HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-12-28, Page 98 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, Dec. 28, 1967
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I KIPPEN MR8. NORMAN LONG
Phon* 282-5180
Christmas day guests wltn
Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Kyle and
Jim were;
Mr. and Mrs. Don Kyle and
family of London; Miss Grace
Pepper, London; Mr. and Mrs,
Wilmer McCHnchey, Varna;
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Stecjde and
Ivaib Jr. of Bayfield; Miss Pat
Nordahl, Goderich, Miss Karen
McKinley, Zurich,♦ * * •
Mr. and Mrs, Robert Bell
and family of Shakespeare vis
ited on Christmas day with Mr,
and Mrs, Ray Bell and family
and Ai Boxing day Robert Weir,
Stratford and Miss Jean Bur
gess of Stratford joined them.♦ ♦ ♦
At a Christmas eve draw
at Norman Dickert’sStore, win*
■ ners were: Harold Jones, bev
erage set; Gordon Bell, 50
pounds white sugar; Hugh Hen
drick, 3 pounds chocolates.* v *
Christmas day visitors with
• Mr. and Mrs. Ken McLellan
and girls included, Mr. and Mrs.
Edgar Wahl, Listowel; Mr. and
Mrs. Alex Murray, Waterloo;
Mr. and Mrs. N.‘ W. Dickert.♦ * *
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Anderson
and family of Exeter, Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Campbell of Hen-
sail spent Christmas with Mr.
and Mrs. Emerson Anderson.
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Sympathy is extended to Mr.
and Mrs, W, L, Meilis in tjie
passing of a brother of Mrs.
Meilis, late Robert Gibson
of Wroxeter who was buried
Christmas day.
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Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Rochus Faser included, Mrs.
Frank Bean, Hensail; Mr, and
Mrs. Emerson Coleman and
family, Seaforth; Mr..and Mrs.
Russell Faser and family,* ♦
Mr. and Mrs, Edgar McBride
and Sharon spent Chtistmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Rober
Dalrymple, Betty and Bonnie
of Brucefield. z
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Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson
and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Doug*
las Mann, Vicki and Bradley of
Hensall, Mr. and Mrs, Keith
Anderson of London, also the
Rannie family spent Christmas
at the Lesion Hall In Hensall,
Sunday visitors with Robert
Thomson were, Mrs. David
Moyer and A della of Parry
Sound, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Cornish and family of God
erich, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Stokes and Larry of London.
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Those spending Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. D. J. F.
Bell included: Mrs. John Bell,
Hensall; Mr. and Mrs. Eric
Jensen and Hans of Fergus;
Mr. and Mrs, Irvin Ford and
family of Grand Bend; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Bell and family.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kirk,
Louise and Paul visited Christ
mas day with Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Kirk, Port Stanley, and Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Meharg of Kings*
./vine.
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Mr. and Mrs. Murney Twit-
chell and Kimberley Anne of
London visited Christmas day
with the former’s mother Mrs^
Verna Twltchell of Hensail also
the latter’s parents Mr. and
Mrs. John McGregor of Clinton,
♦ ♦ ♦
Miss Sharon McBride ofSault
Ste Marie is spending the holi.
days with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. Edgar McBride.
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Maybe it was the approach
of Christmas that got me
thinking about money, Maybe
it was Kim asking me what
“collateral” wa?. In trying to.
explain, I got into gold re
serves and depreciation of the
pound and inflation, and we
both wound up refreshingly
bewildered.
Only thing of any value that
came put of it was the ridicu-
lous nature of modern money,
Money, or some form of it, is
as old as man, whether it be
wampum, bits of elephant tusk
or fancy sea-shells. Gold early
became the favorite, because it
was heavy, malleable, decora
tive and hard to get hold of.
Silver and copper made up the
unholy trinity, and we were in
business.
But from early times, and
even" into the last century,
money was real. You could feel
it, bite it, smell it, heft it, look
at it shine, and listen to it
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Officers
acclaimed
The December meeting of the
WMS of St, Andrew’s Presby
terian Church was held ?Lt the
home of Mrs, Ed Farquhar with
the ladles! of the W4 and
Madeleine Lane Auxiliary as
guesfs.
Meeting opened with the call
to worship by Mrs. Blacker, The
Christmas Service of Worship
from the Glad Tidings was fol
lowed with Mrs. McLean as •
leader, Mrs. Shaddick, Mrs,
Sqott, Mrs. Blacker and Miss
Beatrice Gibson taking the parts
of the readers as the candles
were lit.
Roll call was answered by
narplng a favourite carol. ‘
Ejection of officers foHpwed
with all being re-elected.
A short program followed and
the hostess served a delicious
lunqh.
EVENTS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28,
BINGO - at Clinton Legion Hall,
15 regular games for $5.00;
2 share-tho-wealth games; 1
special game for $25.00, the
first letter r‘L” and first let*
ter applies on this game
for $2.00 each; 3 share-the-
wealth games; jackpot applies
on those 3 games $55.00 in
55 numbers, 2 door prizes for
$2,00 each, Admission 50fc
extra .cards 2^ or 6 for $1.00,
tfb,
TUESDAY JANUARY 2,
REGULAR BINGO at Huron Fish
and Game Club, Jackpot $58,00
in 58 numbers;, 6 door prizes,
8:30 p.m. tfb
Every month, I receive a
piece of paper with figures on
it. The figure at the extreme
left is fairly substantial. Then
there are a lot of other figures.
The figure at the extreme
right bears no relation to the
first one. It is one jump ahead
of the old-age pension. This is
known as a pay cheque.
I take it to a large building,
write some figures on another
piece of paper, present both to
a nice lady, and she gives.me,
back some other papers, green,
blue and brown, with figures
On them, My wife gives them
to another^nice lady, in ex
change for a big basket of gro
ceries and maybe three pieces
of real money, coins.
Once a month we sit down
and write things on some dif
ferent paper, put the paper in
envelopes and send them to all
spits of people who have pre
viously sept us pieces of paper
with figures and the words
“Please!” or “Last warning!”
on them.
It's all very logical, of
course. And the crowning
piece of logic is that the whole
thing is based on digging gold
out of a hole in the ground in
Northern Ontario and burying
it in another hole in the
ground at Fort Knox, Ken
tucky.
SCHEDULE
Jan 8 Varna vs- Mainstreet;
Bankers vs. Teachers.
On Jan 15 Varna vs Bankers
Mainstreet vs. Teachers.
On Jan 22 Varna vs Teachers
Bankers vs. Mainstreet
On Jan 29 Bankers vs. Teach-
ers, Varna vs. Mainstreet,
On Feb. 5, Mainstreet vs
Teachers, Varna vs. Bankers
On Feb 12 Bankers vs. Main-
street, Varna vs. Teachers.
On Feb. 19, Varna vs. Main-
street, Bankers vs. Teachers,
On Feb. 26, Varna
Bankers, Mainstreet
Teachers.
On March 4, Varna
Teachers, Bankers vs. Main-
street.
PERSONAL
OES Turkey draw on Dec
ember 16 at BarrettsShoeStore
by Mrs. Ida McClinchey, Varna>
Winners were: .
“A SERIES OF PRENATAL
classes will begin Wednesday,
January 10th, at 2 p.m. at the
Health Unit Office, Clinton
Nurses’ Residence, Clinton.
These will be held at weekly
intervals for nine weeks. Those
interested are invited to attend
on the above date, or phone
the Public Health Nurse,
Clinton 482 - 9661, between
9:00 - 9:30 a.m, or 4:30 -
5:00 p.m.”Sandra Williams, Burling*
ton, Dr, Goddard, Hensail,
Vesta Marshel, Kirkton.ring. It had weight, substance.
You couid put it in a sock
and feel like a banker. You
could bury it in the ground
when you heard the tax collec
tor was coming. Try that with
modern currency.
What fun it must have been
to go into a tavern with
friends, spin a gold guinea on
the table and shout: “Land
lord! • Three game pies, a
haunch of venison and three
gallons of your best brandy.”
And get ten jingling shillings
in change.
Mine host stirs the fire,
cooks bustle happily off-stage
and waiters- scurry, tugging at
their forelock and brimming
up the tankards.
Compare. Today you go into
a tavern with friends, Half an
hour later, when your eyes
have adjusted to the gloom, a
waiter, either surly or insolent,
hands you a large piece of
paper. This, eventually, prod
uces a very small drink at a
very large price.
After a suitably lengthy pe
riod of .anaesthetisation, in
preparation for the coming
shock, another waiter, this one
morose or bellicose, hands you
another large piece of paper.
Eventually, this produces a
platter of something which
you’re lucky it’s too dark to
see.
Later, he brings another
very small piece of paper, with
a figure on it which you’re also
lucky it’s too dark to see. In
turn, you show him a piece of
plastic, called- a credit card,
and sign a paper. Or if you’re
just a peasant, you hand over a
number of pieces of colored
paper.
He takes it away and comes
back, promptly this time, with
a little tray. All your paper is
gone and there is a quarter
and four pennies on the tray.
■ He stands, glowering, until you
put another piece of paper on
the tray. He grunts, snatches
it, and departs.
On the way out, you fork
over the quarter to ransom
your overcoat. You are left
with four pennies. They don’t
exactly jingle.
Point is, no real money has
changed hands. There is no
personal contact, and therefore
no satisfaction in it.'
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WALLOPED
Clinton Colts took their first
bad beating of the season Dec.
21 when they were walloped
17-5 by Wiarton on home ice.
. The rampaging visitors were
ahead 6-2 at the end of the fir}st
period and the Colts were never
able to recover.
Wiarton snapped five more
goals past Bert Dube in the
Colts’ goal during the second
period, against only one goal
scored by Clinton.
In tire third period, the name
of the game was the same, with
Wiarton scoring six and Clinton
two for the final tally.
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__ ’ That’s our song!
The verse wishes you
all the best this coming
Year, the chorus thanks
you for a loyal friendship.
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WILLARD and ARTHUR
AIKEN
WINNER
Prize for the best entry in
the Blyth Horticultural So
ciety’s Christmas decorating
contest went to a lighted nati
vity scene at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Bainton. Other
winners were Jack Stewart and
Ray Madill.
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NOISEMAKERS
BALLOONS Sc each or 29c pkg.
SERPENTINE CONFETTI 29c pkg.
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PARTY CRACKERS
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