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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-12-14, Page 2• 1 2 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, Dec. 14, 1967 stores plagued Clinton store pwnets are plagued with shoplifters, They say-that; the plague is not seasonal, but, a year- ' round problem now reaching epidemic proportions. What is the cure? In order to find a cure for any dis­ ease, it is first necessary to isolate its germ. In this case, most of the germ­ carriers are children. They, are blamed by storekeepers for the rash of petty pilfering, But they are not the true cul­ prits, They are children, whether they are 8 or 18 years old, because they act. like children. They have homes. They have parents. This shoplifting germ is nurtured in the home and carried from there by the children. If is nourished by lack of discipline, of parental control, of true love and understanding. True love is not just a matter of indulging a child's every whim; something nearly opposite, is the truth. Above all, this germ feeds on indifference. One Clinton shopkeeper, who re­ ported a coy caught shoplighting to his mother, said the parent seemed un­ concerned. He was horrified, not at the child's crijne, but at the nonchalance of the mother. With the germ thus isolated, a vac- WITORIAL PAGE cine can be developed for the preven­ tion and cure of the disease. To control and stamp out shop­ lifting by children, the name of the vaccine is "care." .Parents must care, for their children enough to know what they are doing at all times. If they don't know/ they must check, even at the risk of offending the children, which is apparently considered a major sin in many homes. Perhaps branding the crime of shoplifting with its proper name might help. It is STEALING. And theft is pun- ishable under the Criminal Code, as are murder, arson and rape. Whether the article stolen is a 10- cent chocolate bar or a $ 1,000 color tele­ vision set, the principle is the same. S’ From the Imperial Oil Collection simple weapons. They plagued the R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7551 Samuel de Champlain repelled Sequent attacks by the hostile Iroquois Indians in 1609-10 after forming an alliance with the friendly Hurons and Algonquins. In the picture, Champlain wears . the outfit of al7th century musketeer, but without the traditional steel armoured breast plate and thigh guards. He favored buckskin fortravelling lightly by canoe in the wilderness. Two powder flasks and a bag of bullets hang from his belt. The gun was a heavy, muzzle-loading arquebus, fired by a long fuse. The arquebus was clumsy, slow to operate, and its recoil could easily dislocate a shoulder or collar bone. Eventually the Iroquois realized the superior efficiency of their own simple weapons. They plagued the French settlers with swift, silent surprise attacks until about 1670, when flint-locks were developed and muskets became lighter and more efficient. Champlain made up in leadership whit he lacked in hardware. Builder of the first permanent settlement on Canadian soil and founder of Quebec, he was an explorer, ad­ venturer, cartographer, colonizer and writer. He was commandant of New France for 15 years. After being captured and released by the British, he was governor for the final two years of an energetic and brilliant life which he had devoted to strengthening the colony. From Our Early Files 55 years ago The Clinton New Era Thursday December 12,1912 Miss Ruth Walkinshaw was the guest for a few days dur­ ing the past week of Miss Ruby Wise, of Tuckersmith, Mr . Levi Trick attended the Guelph Stock Show on Wed. nesday. The Modelites are having an At. Home tomorrow evening. Mr. Harrison Wiltse of Win- nipeg is expected home for Christmas. Mr. A. J. McMurray was in Toronto this week on business. Miss Sadie Watkins left on Saturday to visit her sisters Mrs. A. Cousins of FlintMich. Miss M, Streets is visiting her aunt Mrs. J. W, McDonald of Detroit. Mr, F, H, Powell, Goderich township, was a delegate to the U.F.O. convention in Toronto last week. soring a free show for ali the children of Clinton next Wed. nesday afternoon. Ordinary Seaman R. Schoen- hals of the R.C.N.V.R. is home on furlough until the 28th of December. Miss Agnes Agnew of Toronto is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. Agnew. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE 25 years ago 15 years ago The Clinton News-Record Thursday Dec. 7, 1942 Clinton News Record Dec. 11, 1952 me d i c a r e 40 years ago J- E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wedaaedaye 20 ISAAC STREET For sp^lnttnsnt ptamo SEAFORTH OFFICE W7-1S4S A. K. W, COLQUHOUN IN8URANCK A REAL ESTATE PhwMe: Offlee 4EM747 Rea. 4RE-7BB4 JOHN WIEE, teleww pho«M 4E2-7MB H. C. LAWSON Fleet MortMM Money Available Laweat Cumol Intamt Rates INSURANCE- REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phanaa: Office 452-9544 Rea. 482-9787 RONALD L. MCDONALD Chartered Accountent DAVID ST. eODMUCN - 5244253 - ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Alr-Martor AlumtaUDi Doon and Wlndowg and Rockwell Power Took JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervio—M Albert Bt Clinton — 4tt-9390 TinnnnnnnnnrrBTwrTinnrFinnHnr^ *1 GET FAST RESULTS WITH NEWS-RECORD CLASSIFIED ADS I 3 fl fl 0 fl, OJ-flJLB.fi B-O..O.,P.ft.ftft ft ft ft AH ft fl fl fl fl flft.ftft.ft fl fl fl C fl o fl o q o o o 8' Attend Your Church This Sunday NOTE — ALL SERVICES ON STANDARD TIME FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) Pastor: JACK HEYNEN, B.A. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Church Service. — ALL ARE WELCOME HERE — Universal medicare, a program to ensure adequate medical services for ail Canadians at fees they can afford is apparently synonymous With rabies *in some quarters. -Doctors froth at the mouth at the mention of medicare. Practitioners who treat the pocketbook instead of the pa­ tient will be forced by medicare into a standard fee structure. Since the Canadian Medical Association, backed by the American Medical Association, has one of the most powerful political lobbies in Ottawa, further delays in passage of a national medicare bill are almost certain. First promised by the Liberals in 1919, national medicare is a political football still awaiting its first boot through the goalposts. But kicked around it has been, and will be. Delivering the latest toe-punch is the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, of­ fering "unreserved support" to Ontario Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaugh- ton for his opposition to a universal medical care program. In an open letter to the treasurer, Ontario Chamber president F. H. Howard declared: "We endorse state­ ments in the press attributed to you which recognize the inflationary pres­ sures implicit in such a program, and the critical need for cutbacks in govern­ ment spending." Mr. Howard noted that 80 per cent of Canada's population was protected by some form of medical-surgical insur- ance by December of last year. In On­ tario, 95 per cent of the residents were covered. . "These figures," Mr. Howard said, "certainly indicate that the need for imposing a compulsory universal plan does not exist, particularly insofar as Ontario, British Columbia and Alberta, which represents one half of Canada's population, are concerned." Differing with Mr. Howard, the figures indicate no such sweeping as­ sumption. Mr. Howard fails to answer several important questions, such as: What happens to the 20 per cent of Canada's population not covered by private insurance? How-comprehensive is the coverage of the 80 per cent com­ pared with medicare? Can members of the 80 per cent afford the private insurance premiums? Mr. Howard said that the Chamber supports a health services insurance program based upon private insurance and prepayment carriers "coupled with government assistance to provide for that small number of our population who are unable to provide for their own health services." Insurance companies are members and supporters of the Chamber of Com­ merce, just as doctors are members and supporters of their Canadian Medical Association. Doctors pout at medicare through the CMA. Insurance companies pout at medicare through the C of C. Their pouts are predictable, set with the permanence of petrified wood. Their arguments, tattered with age —• reduction in quality of medical care; cost burden on the economy — were waved like ragged banners in the futile battle to thwart provincial medicare in Saskatchewan in 1963. , In that fight, doctors howled, in­ surance companies screamed, the American Medical Association poured huge sums of money into the war-chest, but medicare won. And medicare must leventually, inevitably, win on the na­ tional front. There is one great argument in favour of medicare: It works. The Clinton News-Record Dec. 15, 1927 Mr, William Sturgeon and daughters, Berthina andEmma, of Bayfield, were at Alvinston on Sunday. Skating last Saturday night in the local arena marked tlie earliest skating here for the past few years . The News-Record has been in­ formed that .there is no pro-,, spect of being able Jo giy^Jhe*; children jhe?customary Christ^ mas treat, canSy‘“ and nuts simply cannot be had in the required quantities. Nor will there be any lighted Christmas tree down town this year. How­ ever, the Lions Club are spon- SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Town Council at their meet­ ing Monday evening honoured Mr. M. T. Corless and pre­ sented him with a beautiful watch as a momento of the esteem in which they held him. Mrs. Gordon Herman-, and.. Janice spent last, week- in Glencoe and attended the Rees- Woods wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kirk­ ham and Carol Hewitt, London spent the weekend with Mrs. Kirkham’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Heard, Bayfield. Mr. Nelson Brown, Detroit, Mich., spent the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E, Gliddon, Holmesville. & ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH “THE FRIENDLY CHURCH” Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C.T. Pastor: REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Worship Service. TURNER'S UNITED CHURCH 2:00 p.m.—Church Service r* 3.00 p.m.—Sunday School. Hurry home, honey I’m beginning to realize what a widow with children goes through. It’s tough being both a momma and a poppa. I’ll be glad when my wife fin­ ishes her college course, gets home, and can fight it out with Kim on the old basis, no holds barred, recriminations aplenty, ferocious threats, and tears enough to wash the kitchen floor. Last weekend I nearly gave my wife a heart attack. After spending most of the weekend screwing up my courage, I grit­ ted my teeth, took a good, stiff pelt of Walker’s Special Old nerve tonic, and announced gravely: “Dear, I've got something to tell you about Kim. Now don’t get all upset. Everything will probably work out for the best,” “She’s . not!”, she shrieked. Oh, my God!” “I’m afraid she is,” I said, sombrely. “But you’ve got to face the facts. You can’t keep a kid in the nest forever. These things happen in the best of families. There are some things in this day and age that we may not approve of. But ff Clinton News-Record THR CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORO KatabIWied ISM 1M4 Established 1S81 Publlehtd Every Thursday At Ths Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada FejMilatkm 8*475 n « n SijMd <aaMbwt|ea» to ** eto Wto wtotom - at Wit** W. de •* MMwkrllr WpreU Tea, Ww AMMrtMd m letotW CUc M*H. Na OWlea DeHrttm*, Ottowe, Wd far tame* W MMMMHVNNI MNfc NjeSN t» MM* - ta* Ml «re*f jrhalat IMOad 8m*b sad RnMoN «*id* It Cam. Welk with hindsight, I‘ll ad­ mit I was pretty Stupid. But after my wife had flown three times around the living-room, without ever lighting, it emerged that we were talking about different things. She thought Kim was preg­ nant. All I Was trying to do was tell her something even worse, that Kim had, after giv­ ing me a real feminine, logic­ less* charming con job* joined a “group,” She’s been invited to play the organ and sing in one of those shouting, belting, deafening .groups that are driv­ ing every ’adult over 30 out of his little old square mind. This is just a sample of the troubles I have- My Wife thinks that classical music is it, and groups are for the well-known birds. Kim thinks a young per­ son is blissing a Vital, terribly important experience if she doesn’t ever belong to a group. I think — welt never mind. ■t But my point is that in the good old days, Kim and her mother would have fought it out, with frequent appeals to me from each side, and both sides ignoring my rational compromise. Now, I have to take the decisions, lay down the law, designate “getting-in” hours, and try to force the kid to eat some breakfast. Not to mention cheering her up when she’s down, cooling her down when she’s all up­ tight, telling her to pick up her clothes, and roaring at her to put the lid on the jam bottle and put it away, after break­ fast. And she’ll read this column and say, “You don’t like me, do you Dad? I’m just a nui­ sance to you. I wish Mum was here.” And I’ll say, “Stop feeling sorry for yourself. Did it ever occur to you to do the dishes? I wish Mum was here She‘d straighten you out, little bum.” And she’ll say, “Oh, think I’m a little bum, Well, thanks a lot. That tainly makes a person wanted.” And I’ll say, “Bum, schlum. Get the carrots ready for the stew and then get at ' your homework.” And she’ll snap, 'That’s all you think about. Carrots. You’re getting more like a too. you you eh? cer- feel 10 years ago Clinton News-Record Thursday, December 12,1957 Clinton Horticultural Society and Clinton and District Cham* ber of Commerce are offering fifty dollars in prize money for the best decorated homes in Clinton. Dr. Lloyd Stackhouse, Pres­ ton and his mother from Ridge­ way visited Mrs. A. Adams and Miss Brigham. Mrs, Roy Pepper .and Mrs. Wilmer Wallis spent a few days this past week in Pontiac Mich, with their brother who "is ill., Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Mc­ Conkey, Toronto, were at their home in Bayfield for the week­ end. school-teacher all the time. Pompous and arrogant.” And I’ll shbut, “You get up­ stairs and get at your home­ work and stop being so lippy or I’ll give you a thick ear.” Knowing I wouldn’t dare, she flounces out, goes up and Works off her repressions with the guitar and a couple of shouted freedom songs. And I work off mine by getting the carrots ready and inviting her down to dinner. But we get along fine. She knows her place — head of the household, and I know mine — foot of the household, I’ll be glad when Mum gets home. At least she knows a head from a foot, which is somethihg in these troubled times. Wesley-Willis — Holmesville United Churchee REV. A. J MOW ATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D,D„. Minister MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Worship Service. Sermon Topic: "IN THE WILDERNESS MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY" HOLMESVILLE 1:00 p.m.—Worship Service. 1:45 p.m.—Sunday School. ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH Rev. R. W. Wenham, L.Th., Rector Miss Catharine Potter, Organist SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th — ADVENT THREE 9:45 a.m.—Church School. 11:00 a.m.—MORNING PRAYER. 2:30 p.m,—Christmas Concert by Church School in Parish Hall. ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister Mrs. M. J. Agnew, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 10:45 p.m.—Public Worship. — EVERYONE WELCOME — CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH Guest Preacher}: Rev. John C. Derksen, Guelph, Ont. SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17th 10:00 a.m.—Worship Service—English. 2:30 p.m.—Worship Service—Dutch. Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thoma* / listen to "Back to God Hour" ' — EVERYONE WELCOME — THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ; a Agents: James Keys, RR 1, Office — Main Street SEAFORTH insures: ToWh Dwelling* All Class of Farm Property Summer Cottages 4 * • Churche*, School*, Halla Extended coverage (wind, smoke, water damage, falling objects etc.) is also available, Seaforth; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea*Agents: James n.ey», rwv ^.ocbuhu. y- v.forth; Wm* Leiper. Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Bakeiv Brussels^ Harold Squire, Clinton; George Coyne, DuNin; Donald G, Eaton, Seaforth. BASE CHAPELS Canadian Farces Base Clinton ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL Chaplain—F/L THE REV. F. J. LALLY Sunday Masses—9:00 a.m. and 11:09 a.m. Confessions—Before Sunday Masses end 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays Baptisms and Interviews —• By Appointment Phone 482-3411, Ext 253 PROTESTANT CHAPEL Chaplain—S/L THE REV. F. P. DeLONG Holy Communion—Following Divine Service, 1st Sunday* 8:30 a.m. on other Sunday* ‘ Sunday School—9:30 a.m. (Nursery Department at 11 a.m.) Divine Service—-11:00 a.m. Interviews, Baptisms, ate. By Appointment Phono 482-3411, Ext 247 or Ext. 303 after hours MAPLE ST. GOSPEsL HALL Sunday, December 17th 9:45 a,m.--Worship Service, 11:00 a.m.—-Sunday School. 1:00 p.m.-—Evening Service. Speaker: Eric Vetters, London Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.—Prayer and Bible Study Pentecostal Church Victoria Street W. Werner, Pastor Sunday, December 17th 9:45 a,m.-—Sunday School. 11:M a.m,—Worship Service. 7:30 p.m.-—Evening Service. Friday, I p.m.—YPU Meeting