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Miss Marjorie Black of God*
erich visited with Mr. and Mrs.
John Carter last weekend.
“But do you know how much-1
this means to me, Dad?”
Mrs. Clayton Dixon left on
Wednesday for Brookville to be
with her husband ’ who is in
training there.
R. W, BELL
OPTOMETRIST
The Mun, GODERICH
524-7M1
FIRST BAPTIST CROtCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec)
Pastor: Jack Heynen, B.A.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Church Service.
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INSURANCE * REAL ESTATE
Phone*: OWce 432-0747
Ret, 483-71104
JOHN WISE, Salawnan
phone 482-7205
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Chartered
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"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH”
Organist: MISS LOIS GRASSY, A.R.C.V.
Pastor REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26th
a.m.—Sunday School.
,m.—Worship Service,
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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26th - Sunday
0:00 a.m.—HOLY COMMUNION with B.A.C.
0:45 a.m.—Church School,
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ANGLICAN WORLD MISSION
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30 - ST. ANDREW'S DAY
10:30 a.m,—HOLY COMMUNION.
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
Rev. R. W. Wenham, L.Th„ Rscter
Mist Catharina Potter, Organist
before Mvtmt
and Servers BroakfaoS
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Lowest Current Interest Rate*
INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE
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Phone*: Office 482-9844
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ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. R. U. Maclean, B.A., Minister
Mr*. M. J. Agnew, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
10:4* Public Warehlp.
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Wesley-Willis — Holmesville
REV. A. J. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D.D., Mihirter ‘
MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Diractor
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School,
11:00 a.m.—Worship Service.
Sermon Subject: "CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP"
HOLMESVILLE
1:00 p.m.—Worship Service.
1:4* p.m.—Sunday School.
ALUMINUM PRODUCTS
For Air-Master Aluminum
Doors and Windows
and
Rockwell Power Tools
JERVIS SALES
R. L. Jervl* — Albert
‘ . Clinton-482-9390
■ county assessor <
2 Thursday, Nov. 23, 1967
Busiiics^ and Professional
Directory
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optometrist
Monday* end Wodnotdey*
20 ISAAC STREET
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SEAFORTH OFFICE M7-13W
jV’ HpW that'Icicles , hang from the
eaves and the first snow of the season
has beep ryiet arid conquered, it is time
to think about Christmas; Of course, so
far a^ this newspaper is concerned the
Santa Claus* par^cfe’is by far the news
iest event of the Yuletide season in
Clinton—or .should be.,.
, ^feiSiPA; by , the pyblic throughout
the years seerps to have been that since
the. business^cQrnrnynity of this town
directly .benefits from the parade
through,.more customers, it is a venture
that?, shop Id. be '■ su ppqrted almost en
tirely by the merchants. Among the
merchants, there are sortie who hesitate
to. take .the time 3nd effort during the
rush season to get together a float or
an , entry for the Santa Claus parade. As
a result, Clinton has staged some pitiful
parades attended by only a smattering
■3 »«v Yt 1 <
Following,word last week..that Huron
County Couhdl had voted in favor of
a couniy Assessing System, this news
paper contacted several members of
council fd^th^irycommehis.
We polled some who had voted
for the change and some who have
voted against it. In ev^ry case, the stock
phrase, was the same. "It's coming
whether ^eyke * it o^ not." "We've
foughpt^ %>hg,we.can/'. "It's use
less tjo fight it." ".. . dictated to by the
upper. brackets. in governmen t."
"They're going tp force us into it."
Point; ip Mavor of the $100,000
annual;expenditure, seemed to be that
^a fairer,';.rnorje >equitable assessment
.wpiuld be .forthcoming. Main drawback
70 the p,lah,yifas that local assessors with
a knowledge ,ofJtfie copr|munity are able
to deliver a -truer assessment in relation
to the income. apd„living habits of the
.; Regularly we;hear of the various
conficlerice games being used to extract
money frorri Canadians. These swindlers
usually? tdirect their, efforts to senior
.citizens^’ particularly. widows*
. On.6; prominent
methods is; that bf the ''bank inspector"
supposedly investigating a suspect
teller. The victim^ assistance is sought
arid money, is' withdrawn and, after
being given to,the, "inspector'', is never
Seen'’ again.:.Any ’Questioning of the
withdrawal by the teller only tends to
convince the victim that the teller is
Indeed un^let suspicion*, .
' .Then.fhbre are the leaky roof and
cellar; drain. Experts" , who develop
fictitious problems arid charge exorbit-
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Established 1**fi •’
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The first furrow « the western homesteader
breaking ground. He reached the virgin prairie
beyond the end of the railway line by a canvas-
covered wagon or “prairie-schooner’* which he
slept in if the weather was bad or the ground
swampy. At other times, he slept in a tent.
His first chore on reaching his location was to
break enough ground to plant a crop, This
established his ownership. He set up a pole
at the edge of his plot, tied a cloth to it, directed
his plow to it, and drove a parallel furrow beside the first one, back to the starting point.
Not until His plowing- and seeding was finished
did he being to build a permanent shelter. The.
prairie pioneer in some ways had an easier life
than the first sqttlers in Eastern Canada. He
did not have to carve his farm out of virgin
forest, or carry his grain to the mill on his
back oyer rugged, winding trails. He could
haul it to the nearest elevator by wagon across
open land. But his home was often many miles
from his nearest neighbours. The loneliness
was bad in summer and almost unendurable in
winter; some of the early settlers gave up and
pulled out, But by 1911, immigration to Canada..
had swelled to nearly one third of a million
per year, and most of them were settling on .
the prairies.
GET FAST RESULTS WITH
NEWS-RECORD CLASSIFIED ADS
Comment l,ast year by at least one
long-time Clintonian following the
parade went something like this: People
in other towns take every opportunity
to show their civic pride by participat
ing in any way they can, but Clinton
folks drag their feet every time.
We're not absolutely certain that
this is a fair appraisal of Clinton people
in general but we are forced to agree
that public spirit lags unless someone
gets behind the wagon to push.
This year's Santa Claus parade will
be held on Saturday, December 9. Clin
ton Retail Merchants' Committee is the
driving force behind the. event. For the
sake of the kids and the good of the
town, let's begin work—each one of us
—to make this Centennial edition of the
parade the first of many fine parades.
taxpayers? ‘
At the present time, assessing in
the county costs about $40,000 each
year. Councillors have wondered for
quite some time whether the additional
$60,000 can be justified to the men and
women in Huron-who foot the bills.
A province-wide system to equal
ize the assessment throughout is the
ultimate goal. It follows that property
owners will be pleasantly surprised or
grossly dissatisfied depending on
whether their lands have been over
or under assessed previously.
It is difficult to believe that Huron
residents own properties which are
under-assessed. It is even more difficult
to believe that in this day and age we
could hope for lower taxes through
a miraculous reduction in our present
assessment.
ant prices to rectify them. The work
they do could cause more harm than
good.
One way to assist any person
under your financial guidance from
being deceived is to have the individual
. agree to place a caution on his or her
chequing account, indicating that you
are to be contacted before any cheque
or cash withdrawal over a certain
amount can be charged to it.
It is sad to hear of the loss of a
victim's savings through the smooth and
convincing talk of a swindler., Each of
us should be alert to these situations
and should report them to the police
as soon as they are discovered or sus
pected.—(Canada Trust Company).
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November 28, 1912.
Miss Nellie Medd of Cons
tance who has just returned
from a trip to Egypt was the
guest for a few days last week
of Miss Mabel Kerr,
Messrs. A. J, Morrish, John
i Crooks and A. J., Holloway at
tended the fowl supper at Hol-
mesville on Monday evening and
1'eport it. a record breaker iri
the way of a spread.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Govier
have disposed of their stock
of merchandise and the store
at Summerhill along with which
goes the post office and the car
rying of the mail from Clinton.
The purchaser is Mr. T. E.
Mason who has decided to re
tire from farming to take up
. a business career. He has spent
his whole life in the community
and there are many indeed who
will wish him success.
November 24, 1927
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jowett
returned last week to Bayfield
after having been away six
weeks on a most delightful mo.
tor trip to Warroad, Minn, and
other Western points.
Mrs. Carter of Strathclair,
Alberta, visited last week with
her brothers John Diehl of Clin-
ton and Mr. H. Diehl of Stanley
township,
Mrs. Eldred Yeo of Holmes-
ville spent the weekend with her
father, Rev, T. J. Snowdon of
town.
Prof. A. C. Chant, who de
livered the first of a course of
lectures to be given in Clinton
under the University Extension
plan, on Friday evening last was »
the guest of his brother, Mr.
H. B. Chant while in town.
Dear Sir:
Until ftirther notice, the
public works chairman or em
ployees will not answer any
complaints’ by phone calls at
their homes, or place. of work
unless a matter of life or death
so as to speak. The public is
hereby notified that complaints
re the public works will be tqr«
warded to the public works com«»
mittee by letter and will be
channelled through the council
for proper action.
It is also Suggested that if
tlie problem is considered so
great, that the public make an
effort to tippear tit the open
council meetings (second Mon
day of every month) for action.
There is ti place at these meet
ings for deputations and com
plaints but no effort is made ih
this direction by the taxpayer-
the telephone is too handy)
Remember these are open
council meetings for you, the
tax payer, to tiir your views of
complaints-not the chairman's
or employees' telephones, .
We can only paSs these things
on to the appropriate committee
and council for proper action.
Let's till try to use a little
discretion for once.
Yours truly,
G.A. Wonch,,
Chairman of Public Works
JERVIS STUDIO
Phone 482-70M
25 years ago
Thursday, November 26, 1942;
Major F. G. Thompson has
been appointed to the command
of London Military Hospital in
the rank of acting Lieutenant
colonel, it was announced last
Thursday at No.l Military Dis
trict Headquarters.
AC 2 Kenneth Cooke, who
tied for top honours in his re.
cent examinations as a wire,
less operator at Hamilton, spent
the weekend at his home in town
and on Monday left for Lachine,
Quebec.
November 28, 1957
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Miller
Windsor, spent the weekend with
their parents, Mayor W. J.
Miller and Mr. and Mrs. C. D,
Connell.
Setting a new record in this
generation for Clinton, Mayor
W, J, Miller has the distinc
tion of heading a complete coun
cil of six men and two reeves,
for the third consecutive year.
During that time no changes
have been made in the person
nel. Also this year, for the first
time since the ‘30’s there will
be no election for municipal
offices in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Turner
were in Kitchener on Tuesday to
attend the hockey game between
the Kitchener-WaterlooDutch
men and the visiting Russian
team. They were accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Toms.
SUGAR
SPICE
by Bill Smiley
Oh boy! I know every man
leads a life of quiet despera
tion. according to Thoreau. I’d
settle for that, if mine were
even quiet.
This has been one of those
days that make me wonder
how the hell I can be the
sweet, gentle person I am un
derneath.
It started at five a.m., when
the .Old Lady's alarm clock
failed, to go off. She had
checked it four times between
11 p.m. and 5 a.m., switching
on the light and waking me up
each time. At 4.45, she-settled
into a. sound sleep and woke
with a great , lurch and a
scream of dismay at 5.30. She
takes off for the city at 6.
Scrambling. Tea and toast
Eyes like rubbed by sandpaper.
Turned on the outside, light. Six
inches of fresh snow, first of
the year. More scrambling, for
winter boots, long laid away in
some hidey-hole. 1
Shoved her into the snow
and tottered about from 6 un
til 8.30, having cups of tea,
shaves and anything else that
was reviving. Off into the bliz
zard with Kim. No snow tires,
naturally. Was going to put
them on this week.
Taught all day. Committee
meeting at 3.15. Department
heads’ meeting - at 3.30 until
4.30. Column to write but
• went around to the garage to
get the snow tires on. Three
hundred other people had the
same idea.
Home at six. Two kids (that
useless Hugh's home) sitting
listening to records, with the
breakfast dishes ih the sink.
Blew up. Got the dinner organ
ized and a few home truths off
my xihest.
But ho rest. Out into the
bleak night for another meet
ing at 7:30. Lasted until 10.
Accomplished? Zero.
Home at last for peace,
quiet, telaXatjohr Kim hit me
the triinute I got iri. A proposi
tion. She’s been asked tO play
the Orgah With a rock group. It
seems the in thing for groups
these days is to have a girl in
them; She'd also sing.
No catches whatever. Except
that she'd have th buy an or-
gan for $150 and spend about
20 hours a week practising.
Nothing to it. She has a hun
dred in the bank from summer
earnings. She could easily bor
row the other $50 from the
bank.
Brief lesson in economics.
“What do you have for securi
ty?” She wanted to know what
that was. I explained that- if
you have $5,000 in government
bonds, the bank will lend you
$50. Maybe.
The only assets she could
think of .were: her bicycle,
leaning against a tree in the •
snow in the backyard, unridden
for three years, a portable
record-player with a broken
arm; a guitar that was worth
$40 in its hey-day, ten years
ago; and “her” piano, which I
pointed out was owned by her, v
mother.
“Yes, and now get to bed.”
Lip stuck out about three
inches, she remembered to in
form me that her mother had
called .while I was out, and
wanted to talk to me. It was
16 hours since I’d seen her.
Since my wife went back to
college, my phone' bill looks
like the national debt of Egypt.
But I called her. Fortunately,
she was in a terse, taciturn
mood. Talked for only 20 min
utes.
Went off at 11 p.m. to at
tack the column, while Hugh
was brewing up a little snack
for himself consisting 'of' on- •
ions, cheese, beans arid salami,
all in the same pot.
Got a couple Of hundred
words Of soggy prose down,
and he carte tip and interrupt-‘
ed me, for a chat about his
prospects. Which are nil.
Worked until two, ahd I
might just as well have betin
watchlhg television, or Sleep-,
ing, because it turned out to bo
a lousy eoitinin, as you have
just discovered.
Just tb top off the day,
ohticktid the closet ahd found I
didn't have a clean shirt for
' tomorrow. Said, “Gdsh \dtirri
it," and hit the sack, ■ \
* ' 2:00 p.m.—Church Service.
3:00 p.m.—Sunday School.
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
R«v. G. J. HEERSINK, Mini.tai
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26th
10:00 •.■.—Worship Service.
11:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
2:20 p.m.—WORSHIP SERVICE-IN DUTCH.
Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 480 CHLO, If. Thetswo
listen to "Beck to God Heer'4
- EVERYONE WELCOME -
BASE CHAPELS
Canadian Forces Base Clinton
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPO
Chaplain—F/L THi REV. F. S. UttV
Bunday Ma**e>—9:00 e.m. end 11:00 a.m.
C ' ' ‘ ‘ "
on Stturdaya,
Baptism* and Interview* — By Appalntoosft
Phone 482-3411, Ixt, 259
PROTESTANT CHAFO
Chaplain-S/L THE RIV/F. I». DHOW
Holy Communion—Following Divina larvlca, l*f 8«n^*y«
8:30 a,m. on other Bwndeyc
Bunday School—9:30 a.m.—(Nuriery DoparfmeKt ef
Divine Satvica_^.H:00 *.m. .
Interviews, Baptism*, etc, — By AppeSnhrowtt
Phone 482-3411, Ext 247 or Ext. 8*8 aftw h6OHT
Confessions—Before Sunday Masses and 7:00 p.m. te p?.o
maple st. gqspel hall
Sunday, November 26th
9:45 a.m.—Worship^ Service.
11:00 aim.—Sunday School.
8:00 p.m.—Evening Service,
tmeday, 1:00 p.m.—Prayer ,
Bible Study
•nd
Pentecostal Church
Victoria Strrtet
W« Wornor, Pastor
Sunday, November 26th
9:45 •.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a,m.—Worship Bartle®
7:30 p.m.—Evanfog Sarvk®.
Friday, 8 p.TM.-—VflJ
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