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■$. Clinton News-Record, Thursday, Noy, 16, 1967
unanimous
approval ?
We've all heard the rumors about
a shake-up in Clinton town council and
we rather suspect there are those citi
zens who expect this newspaper to
Offer some guidance on municipal
matters now that nomination meeting
'draws nigh* After talking to clerk John
Livermore and hearing the comments
pf some of the present councillors our
only suggestion is for people to get up
from their Knees and hustle.
Public apathy toward municipal
Affairs seem? to be a general symptom
throughout the area. Councils in the
vicinity have tried all manner of
Schemes to increase interest and pro
mote constructive criticism. Still people
refuse to show concern for the work
ings of council except to complain in
muffled whispers.
Such hushed hostility is what
causes mayors, reeves and councillors
the greatest amount of grief. Undoubt
edly it is fear of this kind of disapproval
that . discourages others from letting
their names stand for the various, offices
which are vital to the community.
It is unlikely that this newspaper
can say anything new to arouse the type
of enthusiasm that is heeded.
We can only advance this familiar
warning. If citizens of Clinton have not
enough concern for the welfare of this
town to devote time either to stand for
public office or, at very least, to attend
nominations to air grievances and hear
Reports and reasons for previous actions
of council ,this newspaper must assume
that the municipal officials are perform
ing efficiently with the unanimous
support of the electorate.
To put it in the crudest and plain
est of terms—put up or shut up.
first things first
The call*for co-operation to create
er single province-wide farm organiza
tion, issued recently in Goderich Town
ship by Charles Munro, president of the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture, was
echoed oyer the week-end at the fed
eration's provincial convention.
We. feel it is a sensible call, but
One which, should be answered only
after long and earnest thought and con
sultation by the two major parties in
volved.
.. ., There is little doubt that organiza
tion by those most directly concerned
with agriculture is the best answer to
the threat of rampant urbanization
tahich is already gobbling up vast areas
?of our prime growing land, and to the
threat of an economic system which is
forcing many farmers off the land.
’ . This second threat may well, as
Mr. Munro told members of the God
erich Township federation, become a
more acute one as the federal govern
ment looks for ways to tighten the
nation's economic belt.
By the same token, the apparent
reluctance of the Ontario Farmers' Union
to rush into amalgamation with th 3 OFA
may not be entirely retrograde.
At present, the OFA and the OFU
represent widely disparate viewpoints
on a number of key issues. A hasty mar
riage might produce an offspring deem
ed by its very cumbersomeness, or
worse, by factional undercurrents.
Perhaps the saner approach would
be to undertake an open-minded and
continuing assessment of the areas of
unity of thought before attempting to
evolve a unity of structure.
you're right Judy !
if there is one politician in Canada
who manages to stay in the limelight
surrounded by public opinion pro and
con it most certainly must be Judy La-
Marsh, the hefty cabinet minister in the
Pearson government who says pretty
much as she thinks just about all the
time.
■ Most recently, of course, Judy has
become., embroiled in a scrap with the
Canadian Broadcasting Company and
we were interested in the following
comments by William Whiting, the out
spoken columnist who writes "TV
Views'' — and incidentally has been
guilty on several occasions of finding
fault with the board of broadcast gov
ernors.
Here's what Mr. Whiting wrote in
His column for this week:
•! You're right Judy! "Rotten man
agement" certainly describes the CBC.
That's polite language. There are other
words, which couldn't be seen in print,
or heard on radio arid television, to
describe that corporation.
Why all the fuss? Miss LaMarsh
pointed out that the reports the present
Government and earlier Governments
have commissioned over the past, few
Years have indicated rotten manage
ment.1.
The outgoing CBC president, J.
Alphonse Ouimet, and Miss LaMarsh
exchanged sharply-worded letters. He
demanded she substantiate her charge.
She refused, saying she was responsible
only to the Prime Minister and Parlia
ment.
It's time to forget about* politics
while the new broadcasting act is being
discussed on the floor of the House
of Commons. The Liberals and the Con
servatives have both been in power
since the Act was born. Both parties
are responsible for the present condition
of the CBC.
When and if the new CBC presi
dent is appointed, there will probably
be some sweeping changes. There
should be many.
But isn't there a simpler and much
better way out of this mess? Didn't
someone in the House of Commons
say "let's sell the CBC"? This is the
best and most sensible solution.
The people in Canada contribute
$160-mililon a year to the CBC. There
isn't a reason in the world why the CBC
shouldn't make a profit—and a big one
—each year.
A saving of $160 million could
mean tax reductions for all Canadians
Clinton News-Record
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Father Lacombe persuading Chief Crowfoot
of the Blackfoot Indian tribes to allow the Cana
dian Pacific railway to be built across their
land. This was one of the few obstacles en
countered by the C.P.R. as it pushed its tracks
across the prairies from Winnipeg in 1881 to
Calgary in 1883 and the Rocky mountains in
1884. Up to six miles of track was laid in a
day. Settlers from Eastern Canada thronged
into the west via railway to take up home,
steads. Towns mushroomed around railway
stations. Father Lacombe was one of the first
Catholic missionaries in the northwest. He came
to Edmonton in 1852 and started the first shcool
west of Manitoba. In his immense parish he
ministered to the scattered Indian and Metis
population between the Bow and Peace Rivers
and from the .foothills to the Saskatchewan
forks. His parishioners held him in great
respect. He was able to persuade Chief Crow
foot and his tribe to accept other glands to
replace those needed by the C.P.R. Crowfoot
as a young brave had been regarded as a
fierce warrior. Many victories in tribal wars
enhanced his reputation. But he soon came
to realize the folly of tribal wars, and with
Father Lacombe he was able to influence
his people not to join Sitting Bull’s hostilities
against white men. Later Crowfoot and Lacombe
prevented the Blackfoot tribes from joining
the Northwest Rebellion of 1885. Crowfoot was
eventually given a pension by the C.P.R. for
keeping the peace. He died near Calgary in
1890. Lacombe died in 1916 after many years
of service to his people, his church and his
country. .
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55 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
November 21, 1912
Miss May Rance was in Tor
onto this week having gone down
to give a concert at Caledon
East on Monday evening.
Mr. .C. J. Wallis left on Fri-
day for Toronto and from there
later left for the west on one
of his periodical business trips.
Miss Amanda Morgan of Rip
ley spent the weekend with her
sister, Miss Emma, who is a
teacher-in-training at the Clin
ton Model school.
Mr. George Henderson who
spent some time in the west
this fall, has returned to ,,his
home. ' 1
years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, November 17, 1927
Mr. John Torrance, after
twenty-three years’ service,
has resigned his position as
inspector of the Huron County
Home, the resignation to go into
effect the end of the year.
Rev. and Mrs. H. F. Kennedy
visited friends in Bayfield on
Tuesday, having come from Oil
City to be present at the open
ing entertainment in connection
with Grace United Church, Por
ters Hill, on Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. T, G. Scrib
bens leave next week for Mont
real and sail on the Ausonia
oil November 25 for England,
where they will spend three
months visiting relatives. Mr.
Scribbens is a native of Devon
while Mrs, Scribbens comes
from Birmingham. Both have
been in Canada for some years
and are looking forward to a
visit to the homeland.
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25 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
November 19,. 1942
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bur Iliff
visited for a few days last week
with Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Stevens
of Calabogie.
Miss Ella Lediard of Owen
, Sound is visiting Miss Harriet
Courtice. Miss Lediard return
ed from Japan on the Grips-
holm in August;
Mrs. J. H. Cobb who lias
spent- the past few months in
Banff and Ottawa, has returned
to be with her mother Mrs.
Minnie Ross.
Ordinary Seaman, Lome
Brown of the RCNVR lias re
turned to Charlottetown, PEI
after a week’s visit in town
with Mrs. Brown and son Step
hen.
Attend Your Church
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10 years ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
November 21, 1957
Robert Allan, R. R. 1, Bruce,
field, won first prize for small
seeded beans and the grand
championship white beans at the
Royal Winter Fair.
Percy Renner, Bayfield, re
turned home on Friday after
having accompanied his father,
the Rev. Peter Renner, Tees,
water, on a hunting trip to
Agawa Bay, They did not bag
any deer but enjoyed a visit
with the latter’s parents.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Porter,
R, R. 5 Clinton, accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. William Por
ter, St, Marys, returned re»
cently after spending two weeks
in Capreol. While there they
were surprised by about 35
relatives on their 25th wedding
anniversary.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
B,A day with Smiley
Life do go on. Always the
same, and always different.
Bits and pieces make up the
patchwork quilt that covers
our nakedness.
And bits and pieces of a
typical weekend will make up
this column. I’m no richer or
poorer, sadder or happier, wis
er or otherwise!'. Just a week
older, with a few more patches.
Some red, some black, some
yellow. Making a motley.
Kim was badly shaken when a
friend of hers, a 16-year-old
girl, was killed an hour after
she was talking to her. The
child’s neck was broken. The
boy driving didn’t have his li
cense, had little experience,
hit an icy patch, and couldn’t
cope. One young life snuffed.
Pointlessly, uselessly.
This is hard lo take when
you're young: and my daughter
took it hard. And it’s pretty
hard for an ordinary muddle-
headed man to explain that
Cod is too busy to go running
around preventing every auto
accident and catching every lit
tle sparrow that falls, regard
less of the old hymn.
Nearly cracked up myself on
Saturday. Burling happily
along the highway when we
ran smack into a stretch of wet
snow, with no warning. Every
body on the brakes. Thought I
was going to mount a Volks
wagen in front of me. Decided
to go around him, rather than
over. Took a beautiful four-
skid sashay, during which two
other cars passed me, one on
each side.
Heart stopped thudding af
ter I’d passed two cars in the
ditch. Turned to Kim, who’s
learning to drive, and said
coolly, “Did you notice that
technique for getting out of a
skid? Just turn the wheel into
the skid.” She gave me a long,
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario, ami Quebec)
Patton Jack Haynan, BA.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
9:43 Sunday School,
11:00 a.m.—Church Service.
-ALL ARE WELCOME HERE -
hard look that she has learned
from her mother, and
which she has also
from the same source.
We were on our
spend the weekend with the
Old Lady, at her pad in the
city. What a peculiar feeling to
enter a strange apartment
building, go up an elevator,
walk along a hall, knock on a
strange door, and have your
own wife answer! It seems al
most indecent or something, as
though you had a kept woman.
But three or four hours lat
er, after you've got down to
fighting over finances, apolo
gizing because you haven’t got
the storm windows on yet, and
promising that you’re going to
help Kim
things are
m al.
And it’s
that sinful
keeping a
go to bed
there’s a
daughter sleeping on the floor,
an air mattress and a sleeping
bag, two feet from you.
That ail mattress allowed
me to deliver one of the last
great puns of my life. I knew
this cute gal on our staff had a
mattress. We talked about me
borrowing it. And the other
day, in the staff room, I asked,
in loud clear tones, “Miss S . . .
Could we get together on* that-
mattress?”
As all heads swung toward
us with fascination, I waited to
see whether she’d slug me, or
laugh. She laughed. So did the
others, but some of the old
ducks rather nervously.
My wife has a nice little
apartment, but one weekend in
it nearly drove me up the cur
tains. There’s no place to hide
and read, or look at yourself in
the mirror, or cut your toe
nails. Except the bathroom.
And you can only stay in there
so long. At home, there are 811
sorts of nooks knd crannies for
looking at your navel, or pick
ing fluff out of your belly-
button.
Well, 24 hours of telling her
she could pass the year, if
she’d stop worrying. That’s
like telling Niagara it could be-
a nice little trout strbam if it
Wotild stop falling.
And honie, with Kim driv
ing, and me twitching. Ahd col
umn to Writd and lessons to
prepare and hfailowe’bri candy
io be bought. And that fears-
some* washing machine Still to
be tackled.
snorted,
learned
way to
with her Latin,
right back to nor-
difficult to prolong
feeling that you’re
mistress when you
with a woman, and
great lump of a
Think I’ll have a Snort and
go to the coin laundry,
ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C.T.
Pastor REV. GRANT MILLS, BA.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
a.m.—Sunday School.
.m.—Worship Service.
TURNER'S UNITED CHURCH
p.m.—Church Service,
p.m.—Sunday School.
Wesley-Willis — Holmesville United Churches
'W‘l.iri.'REV.kA/j. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., Minister -*• -
MR, LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director
* SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Worship Service.
Sermon Subject: "FIGHTING OUR FEAR"
HOLMESVILLE
ItOO p.m.—Worddp Service.
1:45 p.m.—Sunday School.
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
Rev. R. W. Wonham, L.Th,, Rector.
Miss Catharine Pottar, Organist
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th - Trinity 26
8:00 «.m.—COMMUNION.
9:45 a.m.—Church School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Prayer.
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MRS. PAT NOONAN
Wednesday, November 22-FRIENDSHIP GUILD, 8:15 P.M.
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. R.. U. Maclean, B.A., Minister
Mrs. M. J. Agnew, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
10:45 pm.—Public Worship.
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CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Rev. G. J. HEERSINK, Minister
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 19th
10:00 a.m.—Worship Service.
11:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
2:30 p.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE.
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listen to "Back to God Hour"
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Sunday, November 19th
9:45 a.m.—Worship Servica.
11:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
8:00 p.m.—Evening Service.
Speaker: SAMUEL MARTIN
Wingham
feocday, 8:00 p.m.—Prayer and
Bible Study
Pentecostal Chur
Victoria Street
W. Werner, Pastor
Sunday, November 19f
9:45* a.m.—SundSy School.
11:00 a.m.—Worship Service
7:30 p.m.—Evening Service.
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