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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-06-29, Page 7z <■ The First Column (Continued' from 'Page One)z .8, If a mo to i1ist fails toyield, don’t insist’on your’ right of way. (Remember the lines "he was right, dead right, he ,sped along, but he’s just aS dead as if he were- wrong.”) ., 9, When another car moves to pass, don’t make it more difficult by speeding up., (Would you walk faster if someone passed you on the street?) 10, When q passing driver seeks a ijlace in your lane, slow down and let hint in. 11. Drive as though the other fellow has a right to be th?ro too.* * THIS week, Robert F.'Nixon, Ontario -Liberal- leader says: “‘As a,nation we have neglected the graves pf most ofsthe thirty­ seven Fathers of Confederation. Most of them- are forgotten men. Joseph Howe, that stormy patriot,’ once wrote: “A wise nation preserves its records, gathers up its muniments, dec­ orates the tombs of its illustri­ ous dead , , Fpr the most part, we have ignored these words. Almost without excep­ tion the graves of the Fathers of Confederation are neither marked nor cared fpr by the nation they served so well, The condition of the gravejs has been brought to our atten­ tion through the efforts of the Boy Scouts of Canada. .As a, Centennial project the Scouts spent nearly three years finding the graves of the Fath­ ers of Confederation, and mak­ ing minor repairs to them. Cm July 1st the Scouts with the help of relatives of the' Fathers and government officials will - hold special memorial services at each grave. This is a worthy project but we must go further. The federal and provincial gov­ ernments must take immediate action to transform these graves .into fitting monuments to Canada’s "past. We cannot neglect them as we have for the past many years. Eight Fathers of Confedera­ tion are buried in Ontario. James Cockburn buried at. Tor­ onto; Sir William Pearce How­ land, Toronto; Sir Oliver Mow- at, Toronto; George Brown, Toronto; Sir John A. Macdon­ ald, Kingston; Sir Alexander Campbell, Kingston; Hewitt Barnard, Ottawa; William Mc­ Dougall, Ottawa. Surely it is clear what must be done. • ■ First, the graves-must be fix­ ed up and special plaques .should be placed at the grave and out­ side the cemetery gates. Secondly, they should be de­ clared national historic sites — • and the government should be­ come responsible for their care. If the federal government does- not undertake these res­ ponsibilities, then the Ontario government should act to save the graves in this province. The condition of the graves 'of the Fathers of Confederation is symbolic, in a way, of how we as a nation have neglected our history. We must ensure that Canada does not become a nation neg­ lectful of its past; a nation without heroes; a nation with­ out a dream of what the future can become.* * • Me WITH this week, I end my career (?) as a writer (?) with the Clinton News-Record. Toi’ me at least, it has been a pleasant association with the Clinton publisher, his staff and the people living in the town. The time, has come, for the sumer at least, to spend some time with my young family. We have two months of fun and - relaxation planned (we’re just five miles from beautiful. Lake Huron) . . . and some trips, we hope, to points near and far. Included on the agenda is a jaunt to Expo where we hope to join the 'throngs of Canad­ ians and their visitors . . . and help to iengthen the line­ ups. If and when I ever get back' to this neck of- the Huron woods, I trust I will be as well received as I have been in the past. In the meantime, keep the homefires burning and as they say at the Goderich Signal- Star: dum. them 1 (A*''--? V--' U/z/v Awards Given at Public School Tuesday evening was awards night and presentation of certificates to the graduating Grade 8 class. Shown here with- awards are, left to right, Lynn Shoard, grade 8 proficiency award; Glenn Irwin, grade 8 proficiency award; ’ Christine Hartley, the school’s public speaking champion and Tom Campbell, who was valedictorian for. the graduating class. . (News-Record Photo) Matter of Principle Press Should Offer Since over a month has pass­ ed. from the time of the far­ mers march on Ottawa, I thought the press .had given up ridiculing the farmers for their rowdyism which has been abun­ dantly dis-proved. Not so!' , In the June 22nd- issue of the Family Herald an ’ editorial ap­ pears’ which I suppose is get­ ting in the last word to- dis­ credit the farmers’ effort. It'points out that a crowd of J. Carl Hemingway 10.00Q is difficult to' control. This of course implies that the farmers numbered only 10,000 but I understand that the num­ ber was double that figure. The article goes on to say that the barring of the doors of parliament cannot be blamed on the vast majority’of the march­ ers. I-should say not! ■Apparently the doors of par­ liament were, barred on the or­ ders of some law-enforcement 11 Those who didn’t attend ‘‘Grandma’s Memory?' Album,” held in Clinton. Public School Auditorium, June 21 missed an evening of fun for all.’ Wesley-Willis UCW under the leadership of Mrs. Geo. Beattie was in charge of the program and Dr. A.' J. Mowatt was Master of Ceremonies. • After words of greeting Dr. Mowatt asked everyone to listen to the music of' lhe Regina ..Changer, an instrument built in 1903. There are only three of four in' Canada and Clinton is fortunate to have one of these, owned by Murray Draper of town. A The main part of the program was narrated by Miss B. Stew­ art. As grandma, she reminisced through her old family album, sharing little memories with her captivating humour. Those tak­ ing parts were: mother, Mrs. Cliff Stewart; father, Bert Clifford; little girl, Joan Pal­ mer; husband, Wm. Hearn; bride, Mrs. R, MacDonald; par­ son, Ralph Holland; sister Jane, '■Mrs. D. Bartliff; bathing beau­ ties, Mrs. Doug Andrews, Mrs. Mait Edgar, Mrs. Cam Addison; village beauty, Mrs. K. Stephen-' son. School marm, Mrs. Reid; Klondike 'couple, Mr. and Mrs. B. Cook; Paris model, Mrs. W. Craig; nighties, Miss K. Mc­ Gregor, Mrs. W. C. Jervis, Mrs. E. Hugill. Other numbers of the even­ ing were: Mrs. Gladys Van- Egmond as pianiSt; Mr. Collins with the violin; step’dancing by" Norma Garrett; square dancing with Robt.' Glen as caller; a reading by Mrs. W. Bennett; Mrs. D. Bisback-and Mrs. B. Holland with mouth organ and accordion selections; barbershop quartette with Bill Craig, Geo. Cull, Don Andrews, R. Holland; Jervis Bros. Selec­ tion, by .Wilfred, Lome and Bill. ' An added feature of the even­ ing was the selections of the Bell Ringers '-from Wingham under the leadership of Gordon Leggatt. They played several old familiar songs, which every­ one enjoyed. Near Brucefield official that jumped to conclu- ’sions. 1 It is indeed fortunate that the farmers were of more stable temperament or there would have been serious-conse­ quences. Indeed, had the loss of control that Minister of Agriculture Greene displayed on a television report of a meeting with farm leaders been let loose, there could well have been a serious riot. i I think- the march /accom­ plished its purpose. Most of you have heard of the mule-driver who hit the. mule over the head with a 2 x 4. It wasn’t to make it go. It was just to get its at­ tention. I think .the government will be listening when the farmers now speak. What are they going to say? The editorial goes on to say that the monies spent might, have been put to better use. What better use? Use it to form a Marketing Board — over- which the gov­ ernment has established cpm- '_]plete control? Use it to form a Co-Opera­ tive? — when legislation is be­ ing formulated to make their operation as difficult as pos­ sible? Even at that the editor may have been right. It might have been more ef­ fective if the total money had been put into a campaign fund for the party that put the farm recommendations into effect (payment to be made after, not before). Perhaps we could institute a policy for the press similar to one that was adopted by the OFA to the effect that anyone who introduced a resolution which required the expenditure of more money must .also sub­ mit a plan for raising the money. Could we make it necessary for editors who object to 'the action of farmers to submit a more effective course of action? A farmers’ strike perhaps? I Rambling With Lucy ' (Lucy It. Woods) Illegitimi non carborun- Translation: don’t let wear you down. ' ' --------—o---------- CLINTON PERSONALS Weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Lee McConnell were Mr. and Mrs. John Argo, Toronto; Mrs. P, J. Watson, Ferndale, Mich.; Mrs. John Sharp, John and jane of Albion, Mich# Mr.- and Mrs. Frank Cum­ mings and Gary, 129 Mary St., Spent last Sunday visiting with Mr, and Mrs. John Kirley and Pdt, Bramptohs The Wise family is planning a picnic at the home of George Wise to be held this Sunday, July 2 to mark the birthday Of their mother, Mrs, Jennie Wise# Mrs. Len Cook (formerly Mrs. Dave Finlay), Blyth, hon­ ored Mr. and Mrs, Len Schroe- About 120 amateur radio op­ erators from Western Ontario and the United States partici- ■ .pated in an International Field Day sponsored by the American Radio Relay League. This annual event was held two miles west of Brucefield on the Bayfield highway. ' Among the participants were 25 mem­ bers of the Clinton Amateur Radio Club comprised of per­ sonnel from Canadian Forces Base, Clinton and the surround­ ing district. The president Of the Clinton Club, John Hamilton, an elec­ tronics instructor at the Radar and Communications School, CFB Clinton, stated that the purpose of the field day was to permit amateur radio operators to Set Up and operate auxiliary power units and radio equip­ ment to provide radio Com* mtmication independent of land lines in the event of a national disaster. Four transmitters were in op-* eratiOn during the two day af­ fair and contacts Were made all over North America and parts of Europe. : AUBURN — The St. Augus­ tine Catholic Women’s League held a joint meeting with the Kingsbridge ladies at St. Augus­ tine hall last week.’Father Car­ uana opened the meeting with prayer and Mrs. Gus Redmond ter, CLinton; Dr, and Mrs. Lee Wardlaw, .Brantford, and Mr, and Mrs. Jack Farrow, Galt, on the occasion of their 25th W&L ding anniversaries. Dinner was held last Saturday evening at Danny’s Restaurant, Wingham. Family was present from Tor­ onto, Lucknow and Londom The celebrants received corsag­ es, boutonnieres ahd many love­ ly gifts, .welcomed the guests. Mrs. John Franken gave the financial re­ port, Mrs. Gerry Van Aaken Called the roll and reported 20 paid up members. Mrs. J. Hickey re­ ported that Mary Anne Boyle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray­ mond Boyle and Mary Ellen Foran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Foran were given their first communion certifi­ cates. Mrs. Gus,Redmond and Mrs. William Redmond are to be in Charge of the church Cleaning during July. Reports of the Windsor convention were given by Mrs. Carl Reigling and Mrs.' Leonard Chisholm. Mrs. William Redmond Char­ ter member of the St. Augus­ tine CWL was presented with a past-prosident’S pin and Mrs, Gus 'Redmond was presented with A president’s pin. t A panel consistihg of Mts. Joe O’Keefe, Mrs. Frank Rieg- ling, Mrs. John Howard and Mrs# Robert Howard expressed their ideas on “Whht the CWL means to me”. .It "waS reported that new steps had been built at the front of the church by James Cum­ mins ahd the ladies of the league will varnish thqm. Father Caruana closed the meet­ ing with brayer and lunch was Served followed by the sale of plants. To Bid Farewell To Auburn Lady ‘ AUBURN — Mrs. , Lansing was hostess last week to a going away p.arty for Mrs. Orland Bere. Mrs. Lansing- wel­ comed her guests and Mrs. W. Bradnock was the chairman for the short program. A sing-song led by Mrs. Gor­ don Taylor included action Songs. She Was accompanied by Mrs'. William J. Craig. A reading was given by Mrs. Thomas Haggitt and a contest Was directed by Mrs. Oliver Anderson, ,Winners were Mrs. William L. Craig and Mrs. S. Lansing. A reading by Mrs. Wil* liam Stiles; a contest by Mrs. Norman McDOWell with winner being Mrs. Oliver Anderson; a piano solo by Mi's. Robert J. Fhillips; and a medley of»old tubes and a Solo by.Mrs. Wes Bradnock accompanied oh the harp by Mrs. R. J, Phillips rounded out the program. Mrs. Kenneth McDougall spoke a few words of regret that Mr^ Bere Was leaving to make her home in Dungannon and presented hot' with an electric tea-kettle and other gifts oh behalf of the 25 guests. Mrs. Bore thanked het friends lot the gifts add lovely evening and lunch was served by Mrs. Lbbsihg assisted by Mrs. Olivet AnclerSon, Mrs. Kenneth Me* DougaH and Mrs. W* Bradnock. Sidney Lucy Receives Another Letter From Her Niece in Australia 1■‘Darwin, N.T., Australia' 14 Jun,e 1967, Dear Aunt Lucy and Uncle C.arl; Thank you fe? yqur letter which arrived today and ra-s fninded me* I’d better get-a letter off to you, What beautiful weather you are having. If Rd stayed- a few days longer I think I wouldn't have wanted to come back,. Already I fegl as if I’d never been away ahd it was all just a lovely dream.' ’ Well, to start at the beginning of my return trip I had a lovely time m Toronto .with Mary, We went-out for dinner on Saturday evening, Then wandered around Civic Centre and viewed the sculptures which are certainly very modern And unusual. If was near midnight but there# was‘ a great crowd walking about and it was such a lovely clear night. The flight to Mexico was very good and I arrived about 2 p.m. It was too late to join a tour so I started off for a walk and found a toqr going to the bullfights, so I decided it would be a shame to miss it, so I went along, not anticipating anything very pleasant, and it wasn’t. A very colourful spect-, acle’ but the matadof was an amateur and didn’t succeed in killing the bull. It was very messy and cruel, so we left and drove about the city, Mexico is truly the most beautiful tropical city I’ve seen, with wide tree-lined avenues that were laid out originally by the Aztecs, and the Spaniards fortunately followed suit. The weather was just perfect, too — warm-and sunny with not a trace of humidity. i The next- day >we drove around the’ university campus which is in a beautiful garden setting — palm trees, jacasanda and bouganvillea, and the, buildings with their beautiful mosaics. ' Then we went out to the floating gardens which are in fact a network of canals with lovely, trees and shrubs grooving along the sides. The boats are decorated with flowers and are propelled by a boy with a long pole. There were little ladies selling bouquets of roses and orchids, restaurant boats which ‘ pulled alongside, with plates of tacos and anchelados and other nameless things top hot to eat. There was a small hand floating along, too, for serenading; and of course the^e were lots of souvenirs on display — beauti­ ful embroidered serapes, skirts; shawls, tablecloths, tooled leatherwork and silver. One has to bargain, though, for prices are high, and come down rapidly.. There were opals, too. Much lighter than Australian opal! We drove on up into the mountains, only a few miles from ■■ the city, but it was like another world, one little adobe "l village after another, eachv built around a very ancient church, Most of these churches were built during the 16th century, when the Spaniards came. There was practically no traffic on the road except an occasional rattly old truck or bus, and, the peasants seemed a bit startled to see a car. There were fields of corn and beans in the 'valleys •— this being the staple diet of the country folk. There were wide-leaf cactus plants with the leaves tied upright in the centre and from the sap of this ■ plant the Mexicans make “Pulque”, a milky intoxicating drink. I do wish I’d been able to stay longer for there was ■so much to see. ' . ' . I met an Australian girl at the airport there who had' married an American and was going to Brisbane to visit her family. She also stopped over night in Auckland so we travelled together as far as Sydney. The flight for Auckland left in the evening and we stopped in Acapulco for an hour. It was much more humid there and even more so in Popiete (Tahiti) when we had a two-hour stop at about 3 a.m. Arrived in Auckland about 10 a.m.- after a 17-hour flight, -and surprisingly the sun was shining, but the wind was cool. It was good to be back again and see old friends whom ,«I’d never expected to see again so soon. There were quite a few changes in the city, too — lots of construction, more highways and overpasses. ' I stayed with the Kilgours in their lovely but unheated house, and they tuqked me into bed amidst eiderdowns and hot water bottles, then flung th.e windows wide open! Mercy! I thought I was frozen solid when I woke up in the mprning — the ground was* covered with white frost! The flight across the Tasman was only three and a half hours, and the Sydney Opera House didn’t appear to have progressed much further than it had whenT saw it two years ago. My BOAC flight to Darwin left about two hours later and I arrived about 5:30 p.m. / Ollie and Elizabeth were at the airport to meet me and I went to Elizabeth’s, to have dinner and hedr all the news. Then we all came back to the flat which Cecily had fixed up very nicely. It certainly is an improvement over the last one — but was a bit of a shock after the lovely Canadian homes. There are quite a lot of things needed, but it is- quite com­ fortable. Today Cecily and I painted the bathroom door and louvres. We have the most hideous bathroom I’ve ever seen. The walls arfe covered to a height of four feet with dark green and blue floor tiles and the door and louvres were dark blue, as well, which made it very dark. We’ve painted them ofi-white and it looks much better already. Our new Office is very pice and I have been on my own pretty .much as Elizabeth is 'having some time off. J. H. the architect^ is Very nice to work with and has quite a bit of work forms to do. -The windows in his office had been painted over, but’today they are being scaped off in preparation for hanging drapes. In the meantime-his office is a show-case and he is busy waving and smiling like’ Queen Elizabeth. Last weekend was long' — the Queen’s Birthday holiday and the Darwin Festival has been going on for several days. There was a big parade of floats on Saturday, a beauty queen contest — the queen was .judged and crowned Saturday night at the Botanic gardens amphitheatre and we went down to watch. There have been water ski' competitions, races and Aboriginal dances as well; but I didn’t see those as Ollie's captain is' in port so wa went down the track on Sunday for a barbeque. Love, Margaret.” z i Thurs./ 2y^ ]967r-~-Clinton News-Record—-Page 7 Wesley-Willis UCW Units To Enjoy Summer Recess T Wo-He-Lo Units Fourteen of th<? Wo-He-Lo Unit members with Dr. and Mrs. A- J.Mowatt jQurneyed to visit the new Brucefield Centennial School at 1 p.m. The Principal, Mr, Mathers, welcomed the company and escorted them through the 20 room school and auditorium where all the class­ es’were busy studying. Mrs. Fred Reid and her com­ mittee, Mrs. Murch, Mrs, B. Holland and Mrs* Cornish had planned the trip. A short worship service under leadership of Mrs. W. Murph followed at the .church parlor, The business was conducted by Mrs. C, Stewart, The Wo-He-Lo group will cater to a wedding op August 19. Convener is MJ?- C. Stew­ art, The Unit will have holidays during July and August, They Will resume regular meetings starting September 14 with a pot luck K. Wood will be a vacation. luncheon with Mrs. in charge. Roll call highlight of summer * - * Fidelity Unit The meeting-of the Fidelity Unit was 'held' in the church parlor on June 13 .with Mrs. N. Holland, program convener, pre­ siding. She Jed in the devotional. The Scripture lessons were read by Mrs. McKiel and Mrs! Clif­ ford Holland. Mrs. L. ''Jervis V gave the lesson thoughts 4 under the caption, “tire greatest Of lowly service”, and combined it with her topic, “The biggest ... of little things”, given in verse and prose. The business part of the meeting was taken by Mrs, Andrews, The roll call was an­ swered by showing an interest­ ing photo put of the past, Mrs. Sutter reported a col­ lection of $4p.O5 from the May meeting, Miss Diehl reported eight boxes of used clothing from the UCW were ready for shipment,- Mrs, N- Holland received a letter' from Miss Thompson of- Blind River concerning the bale ■and its distribution. Some ab­ sent members were remembered with cards. It was moved by Mrs, Howse f and -seconded by Mrs, Sutter .that the midsummer meetings be discontinued until Septem­ ber. Mrs. McKiel and; Mrs. Shepherd were hostesses for the social period. There was an - attendance of ’twelve. ---------_o--------— Bayfield Personal Mary Ervine, Stratford, spent : the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E-rvine, Bay- field. Miss Ervine is employed at the office of Reliance-Reeves Ltd,, Stratford, She is a gradu­ ate of Goderich Business Col­ lege. Aerosol Mist Colognes .... $1.25 Noxzema Deodorant . ^Reg. $1.25 .... Special 2/$1.26 Fluorinated Rexall Tooth Paste Reg. 63c ...... Special 3/$1.29 - Our Store — Closed Saturday - vi Bathing Caps...... 98c to $L98 Suntan and Sunburn Needs Beach Bag .......... 98c Sun Glasses - Open Next Monday PRESCRIPTIONS Phone 482-9511 ■4 I Clinton, Ontario Attend Your Church i NOTE—-ALL SERVICES ON DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME FIRST. BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) Pastor: Jack Heynen, B.A. Sunday, July 2 10:00 a.m.—Sunday School 11:15 a.m.—Church Service ALL ARE WELCOME HERE Ontario Street United Church “THE FRIENDLY CHURCH” Pastor: REV. GRANT .MILLS, B.A. Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, A. R. C. T. Sunday, July 2 During the month of July, the Ontario Street and Turner’s Congregations will worship with Wesley-Willis United Church. REV. A. J. MOWATT, CD., B.A., B.D., D.D., Minister MR. CHARLES MERRILL, Organist MRS. VIOLA VANEGMOND, Choir Director Sunday, July 2 11:00 am.—Divine Worship Subject: “Canada’s Centennial Challenge” Ontario Sibreeftsand Turner’s will Wpfehip with us. HOLMESVILLE 9:45 am.—Worship Service 10:45 am.—Sunday School ST. PAULS ANGLICAN CHURCH Rev. R. W. Wenham, L.Th., Rector Miss Catharine Potter, Organist Sunday, July 2 — Trinity VI 11:00 a.m.—Holy Communion :ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ■: :: The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister Mrs. M. J. Agnew, Organist and Choir Director Sunday, July 2 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School 10:45 a.m.—Divine Worship Everyone Welcome CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH REV. G. J. HEERSINK, Minister Sunday, July 2 10:00 a.m.—Worship Service 11:00 a.m.—Sunday School 2:30 p.m.—Worship Service Every Sunday, 12i30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas, listen to “Back to God Hour”. EVERYONE WELCOME i: MAKE st. GOSPEL HALL Sunday, July 2 9:45 a.m.-—Worship Service 11:00 a.m.—Sunday School 8:00 p.m.—Evening Service Speaker: John Aitken, Shelburne , Tues., 8:00 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study J Pentecostal Church .Victoria Street W. Werner/ Pastor? Sunday July 2 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School 11:00 a.m.—Worship Service 7:30 p.m.—Evening Service Friday, 8 p.m.—YPU Meeting f