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Looking After Our Safety
This Holiday Weekend
From Our Early Files , * .
You Gotta
A VERY impressive little folder put
PUt by the Ontario Development Cor
poration to promote Centralia Indus
trial Park is on -its way to prospective'
industrialists. It is hoped that some may
be pursuaded to settle at the former
Canadian Forces Base when it has been
made ready for occupancy.
While the yellow and blue brochure
doesn’t say much that isn’t true (we do
question whether Stratford’s Shakes
pearean Festival is “only a short 20 mile
drive from Centralia”) . • .it reminds us;
again that it is possible to Jive too close
to the forest to see the trees (or some
thing like that).
Most of us have known at some
time or another that Centralia could
boast a large housing development, a
■huge built-up “work” area, acres of
land, runways, hangers, recreational
facilities, central heating, water, elec
tricity and many other “about normal”
attributes for the ordinary military
baser Few of us' thought much more
about it. Practically none of us saw a
particular future for it when it closed
last fall.
Be Kiddin’
Suddenly, now that someone has
provided the spark and put the com
pletely workable idea down on paper,
the whole thing becomes exciting and
imaginable- We are impressed by the
facilities Centralia can offer and so '
proud to be so near to the gateway of
an entirely new concept in Canadian
business.
As well, the ODC has put just the
right professional touch to the project to ‘
make it appealing. The brochure boasts: ■
■ “The ODC is authorized to make
capital and working funds available to
qualified industries located or locating
in Ontario, ODC staff is able to provide
financial business and technical advice;
special assistance on engineering, pro
duction and other technical problems;
on-the-spot advisory services; and man
agement. training workshops to assist
small businessmen,”
Sounds like something that might
take place in another province, in an
other country. But right here in Huron
County? Just 20 miles down the road?
. You gotta be kiddin ’ . . .
Give Wise Ones A Break
OXFORD MP Wallace Nesbitt has have had too much to drink and crawl
introduced a private member’s bill in into the back seat to have a sleep should
— not be penalized under the law for show
ing good sense.
Under the present law, the individ- •
ual under the influence feels he is liable
to no more penalty for driving than
sleeping in the vehicle, and does attempt
to drive.
While there may not be any ex-
when they know they have to drive a
vehicle, we must face up to the fact that
it does happen, and any inducement
that can be given to have them pull off
the highway should be seriously con
sidered. —Exeter Times-Advocgte.
the House of Commons which in effect
may encourage drivers of motor vehicles
who are intoxicated to remove them
selves and their vehicles from public
highways.
At .the present time, any individual
found in a car with the keys accessible ........ ........ ...... ..... _
is considered to be in the care and con- iCuse for persons’" who drink to excess
trol of that vehicle, and even if he hap- - - - ... .
pens to be “sleeping it off” in the back
seat he can still be charged with drunk
driving.
Mr.' Nesbitt makes sense when he
argues that drivers who realize they
,/
Law enforcement officers ip Ontario and New York State are
bracing themselves for a record-breaking flow of traffic at
border-points this dbuble holiday weekend, when Canadians
vyill celebrate the 100th birthday of their country and
Americans their Independence Day. Traffic will.be particu
larly heavy on the. international bridges. Standing at 'the
world’s smallest international vehicular span near Gananoque,
Constable William Gardiner, Gananoque detachment of th'e
Ontario Provincial Police, and Zone Sergeant R. C. Vanben-
schoten, New York State Police, Watertown, discuss traffic
problems. This 90-foot span, joining Hill Island in Canada
with Wellesley Island in the United States, is part of the
1,000 Islands Bridge, linking the MacDonald-Cartier Free
way with U.S. Interstate Highway 81. Traffic on the bridge is
already up 50% over last year and holiday weekend travellers
will add to the flow of Expo-bound visitors. The utmost in
care and consideration will be required of every driver. The
Ontario Department of Transport reminds motorists: for
safety’s sake, follow the rules of the road, be good hosts and
show extra courtesy to out-of-province drivers.
AS THE true facts of the lightning
war between the Arab States and Israel
emerge it becomes increasingly evident
that the five-day confrontation was one
of the most complete military victories
m history. A report at the weekend in
dicated that the Egyptians alone suffer
ed at least 20,000 killed. No firm figures
have yet been released about.the casual
ties on the other two fronts with Jordan
and Syria.
Reporters who have flown over the
battle area simply cannot believe that so
much destruction could have been
wrought in the short time the fighting
lasted. Hundreds upon hundreds of new
Russian tanks lie burned out in the Sinai
desert; the bulk of the Egyptian air
force never got off the ground. Its air
craft were shot to pieces on the air
fields, where they had not even been
deployed or camouflaged.
The territorial gains which were
.achieved by the Israelis may prove to
be a real bone of contention, for they
are not likely to give back all that they
captured in the war. Even though they
might not covet what used .to be Arab
land for their own use, it is understand
able that they would like a wider buffer
zone around their own farm lands. For
years some of the Israeli territory has
been under more or less constant attack
by Arab irregulars.
The Soviet Union has won its de
mand for a meeting of the United Na
tions General Assembly, in which it
■hopes to have Israel branded as the ag
gressor in the conflict. The Russians
are determined, it seems, to convince
the rest of the world that they were
backing the underdog in some spirit of
grand international philanthropy. The
truth is, of course, that the Russians
armed, and encouraged the Arab’nations
because they would form a counterpoise
against the West. Now they don’t like
the feeling that they backed the losers.
—Wingham Advance-Times.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
It’s A Great Country
Honours
* THE FACT that Prime Minister
Pearson will introduce an honours sys
tem to Canada on July 1, the 100th an
niversary of Confederation, adds a some
what incongruous note to the celebra
tion. It is strange to think, that on the
centennial of Canadian independence,
’the Prime Minister has chosen to res-
surect a relic of the days of the British
Empire that,'while it still flourishes in
Britain, is someone foreign to Cana
dians. »The government, in its watered-
down version of the royal honours sys
tem, apparently intends to follow the
British system of bestowing the major
honours on those who have little need
for additional recognition. Fifty persons
Will receive the top-level award, Com
panion of the Order of Canada, this
year. There will be a limit of 25 awards
in any other year and the Order may
have no more than 150 living members
at any given time, according to the
ground rules. A committee of six is busy
now in Ottawa deciding who will be
given the awards this year.
The committee is .certain to make
50 friends and several times that' many
enemies*.
Certainly there are outstanding
Canadians (who deserve recognition from
their country* In fact, this year’s choic
es may be excellent Ones. But you can
be sure that the “honours system” will
degenerate in future years into a popu
larity contest or a political rewards sys-
System
tern.
The honours system is to be a three-
level affair, and it is not surprising that
the award that could actually be of sig
nificance has been relegated to a third-
rate role.
After the lofty Companion of the
Order of Canada award comes the sec
ond-level recognition to be known as
the Medal of Courage. This award is
designed tp recognize acts of conspicu
ous courage and has legitimate merit,
although it should not necessarily have
to be a part of this type of honours sys
tem.
Then come the third-raters. These
are the ones the government intends to
recognize, somewhat reluctantly, for
outstanding contributions to Canada or
humanity “at large”. ’Since the Com
panion of the Order of Canada is also
intended to honour outstanding Cana
dians it is difficult to see the need of
this lower-class awards unless that is
what it is intended' to be — something
for the masses after the COC ranks
have been-filled with millionaires, poli
ticians and Senate rejects*
A prominent member of the gov
ernment said recently that Canada is a
classless society. It-isn’t of course, and
we don’t need a multilevel honours sys
tem to prove it.
The awarding of honours is an ex
cellent idea for centennial year* But we
can do without it after that. —Elmira
Signet.
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- Since we are 100 years old
this.week, I should be grind
ing out an Ode to Canada.--
But it’s so hot, the very
thought of it makes me feel
about 100 years’ ode. (Come
on, Smiley, it ain’t that hot.)
Instead, let’s have an, hon
est look at ourselves, to find
out what kind of a tribe those
ten decades produced.
Trying to pin down the
Canadian national character
is like trying to thread a
needle in the dark, blind
folded and half-stoned. Trouble
is, any way you add up the
individual characteristics, they
come out, spelling schizophre
nic.
For example, the experts
tell us that we are in ex
tremely inarticulate people.
That means we don’t talk
much. Maybe it's because we
haven’t anything worth say
ing and are too proud to
show our ignorance. But at
the same time, we are the
world’s champion yakkers.
According to the telephone
companies, Canadians spend
more, time on the blower than
any other nation, proportion
ately. Yes, Jack, my wife
does too. Undoubtedly this is
a backlash from pioneer days,
when women often went for
weeks without a chance for a
good talk with another wo
man. They’re trying to catch
up.
Another contradiction. In
pioneering, exploring, wars,
we have shown ourselves
bold, adventuresome, brave.
Yet we""are timid about' in
vesting our money in Canada,
and we also buy more insur
ance, per Capita, than any
other country. Why this
caution, this desire for se
curity? There’s something
Freudian about its mother
country; breast-fed too long;
retUrii to the womb or some
thing. But we haven’t time
to figure that one out today*
We are as materialistic as
we could be, and with some
reason, It takes more than a
century to get from sod
shanty to sonata, from barn-
raisihg to ballet. At the same
time wd are extremely Cul
ture-conscious, and arc sec
retly delighted with the
Stratford Festival and the
National Ballot and o U r
sprinkling of symphony or
chestras. As long as we don’t
have to attend.
Despite our reverence for
culture, we refuse to road.
The quickest way to lose your
shirt in Canada is to open a
bookstore. In a population of
20 million, a now book that
sells 10,000 copies is a run
away best-seller* It must
be a hangover from the pio
neer attitude that a person
. should be "doing something”
and that reading doesn’t
come in this category. Or
is it because we have too
much money and too many
toys?
Something else we refuse,
to do is walk. Europeans en
joy walking. Englishmen love
it. Why won't we? Our
trouble probably is, in equal
parts: too far to- anywhere;
wanting to get there in at
hurry; car-worship; and plain
laziness.
We are heavy boozers, as
the statistics show, and can’t
hold our liquor, as a glance
around at the next party will
show. Why? Do we drink
so much because we are so
dull we can’t stand each oth
er without the grape? Or is
it because drink has always
been associated with sin in
this country, and man is born
to sin?
Yes, we play hard, and most
of us work hard. The sad
thing is that the only reason
we work hard is to enable
us to play hard: boats and
barbecues and built-in bars;
cottages and cars and curling
memberships.
Are we a religious people?
Well, we have vast numbers
of churches of every conceiv
able denomination, most of
them tottering on the brink
of bankruptcy. But we are
decent enough to leave God
* in church, where he belongs.
‘ He is rarely mentioned on
weekdays, and usually then
only as a prefix for another
word.
We are without prejudice
and have laws to prove it.
But let’s go On being honest,
and admit the' nation is rid
dled with prejudice based on
race, religion, language, col
or, politics and money. Don’t
agree? Just try joining one
of those exclusive Jewish
clubs if you happen to be a
Black Muslim. Or getting a
teaching job in a French
convent school if you’re a
Jewish ESkinio,
We have a few other little
quirks, but I wouldn’t trade
my Canadian Citizenship for
four million in gold bullion.
How about you?
There’s a topic for your
guest Column, in out Centen
nial Save - Smiley( Contest.
Prize is now $50 cash, Get
cracking.
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: 75 Years Ago
HURON NEWS-RECORD '
June 29, 1892
Robert Disney of Chicago, op
his route to Boston, visited
friends in Goderich Township
and Stanley.
Wm. J. McBrien’s horse got
frightened one evening last
week when tied to a post at
the Summerhill store, and broke
the bridle, leaving it at the
hitching post, It then made it
home at a 2:40 gait, It was
hitched to a fine top buggy but
strange to say, jt turned three
corners and turned completely
round three times before it was
caught, no damages except a
bent axle.
Mr. and Mrs. Robt., Holmes
received many congratulations
on1 Tuesday last when they
celebrated their crystal wedding
anniversary,
•I1 •!*
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Friday, July 1, 1892
A two-headed calf was born
at the stable of John Gemein-
nardt, Louise St., Bayfield, Sat
urday. It had two perfectly
formed heads, in the centre of
the head is a long ear, which
faces both ways, and is evident^
,ly intended for the use of both
heads. Mr, Gemeinhardt plans
to have the animal stuffed and
have it on exhibition on the
12th of July.
Robert Wixon, the sailor who
had his legs frozen last winter
in crossing Lake Huron, and
who has been living since at the-
home of Mrs. Snowden, Sauble
Line, Stanley, was brought to
town on Monday night and sent
home to Detroit on Tuesday.
A new railway time schedule
went into effect on Monday.
Number of trains leaving Clin
ton daily, 4 West, 2 North, 3
East and 2^South.
It won’t be long before the
buzz of the mower and binder
is heard in the land.
On Sunday last the wife of
George Miller, Goderich Town
ship, presented him with twin
boys; this is the third- pair of
twins she has been the proud
mother of.
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD ,
Thursday, July 4, 19125
W< T- Hawkins of Ingersoll
has bought the tinsmithing and
plumbing' business pf T. IX
Johnson and takes possession on
the 15th. Mr. Ilawkins was
formerly employed by Harland
Bros, in town.
When the Model School opens
in September, instruction in Art
to the teachers-in-training will
be givip by Miss Lucille Grant;
in Physical Culture by Miss
May Rance and in ’Music by
Miss. Cleta Ford,. )
Rev, and Mrs, T. Wesley Gosd
ens and DeWitt left on Monday
for London where Mr, Cosens
has entered upon the pastorate
of the Empress Avenue Church,
Duncan McEwen.
Henry Plumsteel has been in
business here for about fifty
years and there is not a man in
business in Clinton now who
was here when Mr. Plumsteel
started.
Joe Silcox has been visiting
during the past week with Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Slonian up in-
the north. ••
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, June 30, 1927
Mr. and Mrs, Milton Wiltse
and babe spent Sunday with
Mitchell friends,..
Miss Isobel Draper pf Brant
ford is home foi' the holidays.
Miss Gertrude Wallis of
Midland and Freda Wallis of
Victoria Hospital, London, have
been visiting at home.
Miss Jean McEwen of Pet
rolia was home for a few days,
having .come tp attend the fun
eral of her grandfather, the late
25 Years Ago
CIJNTON NEWS-RECORD
, Thursday,. July 2, 1942
LAC Ernest E. Andrews pf
Alix, Alfa., who is attending No.
31 Radio School, RAF, Clinton
is a nephew of Mrs, Fergus
VanEgrpond pf town.
M, J. gchoenhals, customs
and national revenue officer
here has applied and been ac
cepted in the service branch
of the Royal Canadian Naval
Volunteer Reserve,
Capt, H. C. Lawson has re
turned from overseas and at
present is stationed at Wood-
stock.
Miss Margaret Middleton,
nurse-in-training at Guelph
General Hospital, is spending
three weeks’ holidays at the
home of her parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Fred Middleton.
Jimmy Murray who is leaving
soon for overseas, was present
ed with a. shaving kit. The ad-
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55 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, July 4, 1912
J. Becker is having town
water laid to one of his cottages
on Mary St., the one occupied
by W. Cochrane.
Forty-one dead, and a prop
erty loss of about eleven million
dollars—this in short is the .lat
est news of a calamity wrought
by a cyclone which struck the
city of Regina Sunday after
noon.
The new five-dollar Dominion
bills have been issued. On the
obverse side is a picturesque
scene of the Wentworth Valley
in Nova Scotia, with an Inter
colonial train coming down the
famous grade on .the Folleigh
Mountain.
A picture in this issue shows
three bald town officials: Tom
Jackson, Fred Jackson, council
lors and John Ransford, presi
dent of board of trade. The
Toronto Star Weekly states that
there are many more such fine
baldheads' in Clinton.
R. W. BELL
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R. L. Jervis — 68 Albert St,
Clinton — 482-9390
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Office — Main Street
SEAFORTH
Insures:
• Town Dwellings
• All Class of Farm Property
• Summer Cottages
• Churches, Schools, Halls
Extended coverage (wind,
smoke, water damage, falling
objects etc.) is also available.
Agents: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea
forth; Wm. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels;
Harold Squire, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Eaton,
Seaforth.
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Daily
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Season
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Weekly
Season
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