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Clinton News-Record, 1974-01-03, Page 4m addicted to newspapers From our early files . . a • • Member, Canadian Community Newspaper Areociation Ontario Weakly Assestalless THE CLINTON NEW ERA Estoblished 1865 Amalgamated 1924 THE HURON NEWS-RECORD 'Established 1801 Clinton News-Recol6(1 Published very Thuroddy at, Clinton, Ontario Editor Fitzgerald General Manager, 1 Howard Aitken , Second Ol• eos Mad togiOltlid100 no, 0517 AMMO. 4411 HUB Ot HURON COUNTY ,P1,4NIXAN (NEW8,1tECQVAP, 'MURRAY, JANUARY 1, 1974 Kditorial Comment [he familg of nations West Germany as well as. East per- nand are now members of the. United Vations. This was one of the great Achievements of the 1973 (.1.fti, General Assembly. The U,S. Secretary of $tate, Henry Kissinger, has suggested that ilso North and South Korea should take heir place in the United Nations. Should that happen in the not too ilstant future, there is no reason why, gorth and South Vietnam should not Join is well. United Nations membership for he two war-torn halves of Vietnam imuld be a step in the right direction. It n ould assist the international corn- unity in its efforts to rebuild those arts of Indochina that have been shat- ered by a succession of conflicts going ight back to the Second World War. It is true enough that many consider he United Nations little more than a debating society where the weak and the Door can shout from a global plat- form at the rich and powerNI, But in, deed the, United Nations is very much more than that, and has proved during its 28-year history that it is capable of action. It has mediated in the Congo, in Cyprus, in Indonesia, India and Pakistan, in the Middle East. It has tried to be a keeper of the peace around the world. It would be naive to pretend that the family of nations today is truly united. Clearly it is not. It is beset by the problems of global poverty, differing Ideologies and political systems, by ther- monuclear competition, by localized wars and rebellions. But through the long night of human folly, the United Nations still shines like a beacon -- a symbol of hope toward which mankind is stumbling in its con- stant efforts to build a world community (contributed) "These kids and their drugs nowadays—doret they know it's just a form of escapism?" we get letters Thank you Dear Editor; On behalf of CARE canide, we would like to thank all those who sent in donatioijs to CARE during the year just ton- eluded. Their support clueing 1973 has enabled us to continue assisting the needy and tOelp those in some 34 countriA of the developing 'world help themselves. CARE's off}-going food, self-help development and medical-aidand-trOnin g programs assist over 30 edition people in Africa, Asia,' Latin America and the Middle East, both saving lives and building better, more self-sufficient futures. While expressing our ap- preciation to all CARET, con- tributors, we would also en- courage them to continue their generosity toward CARE's on- going programs in the fut4e. Thomas Kines National Direetor Care Canada Dove again the China seat More than two years have passed ince a resolution of the United Nations eneral Assembly restored the U.N. hina seat to Peking. And today most of he world's influential nations, as well as any smaller ones, have sent am- assadors to Peking, Only a few dozen ations in Asia, Africa and Latin America recognize the Government in aipei as the Government of China. In Washington,: where the headquar- e:rs of the World Bank and 'the Funds re located, 'both Chinas are represen- ed. There is still a Nationalist Chinese mbassy, and a Communist Chinese iaison office established some months go. As Chinese experiments in inter- China recently sent messages to the World Bank and the. International Monetary Fund asking that the Govern- ment of Taiwan be expelled from these financial institutions. The Peking regime did not make it clear whether it merely wanted Chiang Kai-shek out, or whether it wishes to take an active part in the perations of the World Bank and the Fund. national development are important, it could well be in the interests of the global community to have China taking an active interest particularly in the operations of the World Bank which is trying to promote a better life for the two billion people living in poorer lands. Complex legal and financial dif- ficulties will have to be solved if China is to take its place but so far there has been no suggestion -- even from the United States -- that these problems defy solution. Taiwan for the time being would remain the de facto independent state it is today. Several nations exist very suc- cessfully outside the United Nations system. Taiwan's prestige may have been harmed after its expulsion from the United Nations, but this was not so in regard to its independence or economic prosperity. Giving the GbVerhilient of 800 million Chinese some say in the process of in- ternational economic development is im- portant. The World Bank in particular will have to take this faqt into account in considering Peking's request for the ex- pulsion of Taiwan. (contributed) stories. People helping people, Inside the paper, the classifieds make good reading, That's because you know half the people who are selling a lot or buying a baby carriage or advertising that they will no longer be responsible for their wife's debts. And then there's the writing , of the country correspondents. Some of it is priceless and per- sonal. Here's an item my brother sent me, and I'd like to share it. It appeared in the Madoe Review, in the 50 Years Ago column: "Rev. Bundock, of the Apostolic Church, was tendered a warm, though not unexpec- ted, reception on Tuesday evening, when several citizens of the town and district waited on him at the close of evening service with cars and treated him to a drive in the country, landing finally at Anderson's Island, where they treated him to still further geherosity by making a slight addition to his toilet in the way of tar and feathers. This demonstration of affection was accompanied by a very earnest request that he continue his journey, making tracks with the heels toward Stirling or a still • greater display of feeling would be manifested by all present. "Mr. Bundock could hardly claim to be taken by surprise as he had been warned of what might happen to him and in fact on Friday evening of last week some little attempt was made to carry out this same program, but the generous use of firearms prevented the affair being pulled off. "Mr. Bundock has been in Stirling for a couple of years and claimed to be a faith healer". Now there is the kind of' style, elegant but incisive, that you'll never find in a daily paper, Reading newspapers is an ddiction with some people. If he paper-boy is late, they start fret and grow owly. If, for ome reason, he doesn't show p at all, they are like a tiger ith a sore tooth. This applies to readers of eeklies as well as dailies. eekly newspaper readers are mild and gentle lot, on the urface. But when their paper oesn't arrive on time, they rn into roaring lions or onesses, as the case may be. ny weekly editor will back me p• on this. When I was a weekly editor, regularly received ferocious tters from dear old ladies ating flatly that the paper sn't worth three cents a eek but since they had paid 3 a year, I'd darn well better e that it was delivered on e. I know how they feel. I'm e of those addicts mentioned my opening paragraph. I ke two daily papers and half dozen weeklies. If even one of em doesn't arrive on time, m not fit to live with. The only time I can get along thout my papers is when I'm mping in the wilds. Even en, the 'first morning or two, m greatly tempted to leap to the car and drive thirty Iles to buy a paper. It takes e a couple of days to "dry t". It's not that there is anything rticularly important in the per. The front page Of the ailiet is junk and can be scan- ed in three minutes. Then I mp to the editorial page, hick is only about 90 percent nk, Then I read a couple of lumina, leap to the entertain- ent critics, scan the Sports ge and it's all over, I ignore e financial section and the omen's pages, which I think re an insult to women, n halt an hour, I've skim. several thousand words, and am no better off or happier than when I began. Stupid, isn't it? But you might as well try to tell an alcoholic that drinking is stupid. He'll agree, and as soon as your back is turned, have a couple of stiff ones to steady his nerves. A readoholic, too, will agree that he doesn't need that mor- ning pick-me-up. And the moment your back is turned, he's peering out the window for the paper-boy, twitching in every •nerve, Or he's got his head in the garbage pail, ab- sorbed in a story in the newspaper the garbage is wrap- ped in. I've tried to get the monkey off my back. First step was to shut my eyes while brushing my teeth. This meant I would not be reading the directions on the toothpaste tube, in French and English, during the operation. I lasted two days before I was sneaking peeks. Last summer, in England, I thought I might kick the habit. After all, I wasn't interested in Britain's disasters and divorces and football pools, which took up most of the space, I wouldn't read a single paper, First morning, having break- fast in bed, I felt as helpless and frustrated as a man who has just lost both arms. Second morning, and thereafter, I sneaked down to the lobby before breakfast arrived, bought an armful of papers, went back to the room and lay there reading piggily, happy as a boozer in a barrel of bingo. Reading weeklies is a dif- ferent matter. You not only read the front page more slowly, but with greater in- terest. There are names of old friends, their children's Marriages, deaths that shock. There's also a pretty good twi- rling account of what's hap- pening in the old home town, No sentiationaiisin, Happy little Over the waves Among the familiar types to be found at house parties, such as the singer of Newfoundland chanties, the wearer of lamp- shades, and the demonstrator of ju-jitsu, none is as strange as the party-goer with Long Distance Itch. If you gave a New Year's Party this year I'll just bet he was there. It is a rare gathering in` which there's not one or more participants who, warmed 'by grain spirits and bursting with camaraderie, develops a passion for phoning to the far corners of the earth. Quiet, modest, unassuming men develop an inexplicable urge for global messages relayed through the miracle 'wrought hy-MiXanderGratiatn' Bell. Unlike, the chanty- balladeers or the wrestlers, they are often the introverts at a party, unnoticed until at mid- night you hear them cry, "Let's phone old Hal in Honolulu". Only the other night I, chan- ced to be at a soiree in which the high point of the evening was, in fact, a $27.50 conver- sation with old Hal. Eleven 10 YEARS AGO JANUARY 2, 1964 More than 200 friends and relatives visited the home of the Rev, and Mrs. Harold Thomas Kendrick in Seaforth last Saturday afternoon to ex- tend congratulations and best wishes to the couple on their golden wedding anniversary. They were married December 16, 1913, and have lived in this area for the past 20 years. Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rad- ford and Greg Alymer, New York, spent part of the holiday season at his parental home on Princess St., also visiting his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Radford, RR 3 Cli,iton. Mr. and Mrs.' A.J. Langdon, Clinton, celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on December 21. Three daughters, Mrs. Czaja (Mary Gail), Misses Lana, Cleo, and Joy planned a surprise party with a dinner at Hotel Clinton. On Sunday, December 29, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Rathwell were surprised by members of their family, the occasion being their 55th wedding anniver- sary. All the family was present to visit with their parents and each other, 25 YEARS AGO January 6, 1949 Throughout Ontario, and in Huron County, red foxes are on the increase but it is not likely that the Provincial govern- ment will place a bounty on them, according to Frank A, MacDougall, deputy minister of lands and forests, He states that restrictions on the hunting and trapping of foxes, which have been lifted, have widened the control over them, The bounty system is in effect in this county.- Most people pay for their chickens and then Cat them with no thought of getting any Money in return. However Mrs. people who normally wouldn't walk into the next room to say hello to the man, babbled in- coherent words of love and af- fection across the blue Pacific. Distance, as they say, lends enchantment and, having made the connection, it seemed terribly important to give the man immortality. It is a curse I bear that my own three best friends are all victims of Long Distance Itch and reach a point in every reunion when they are drawn irresistibly to the instrument, They are naturally incapable of understanding my lack of co- operation when, at four in the morning, I am aroused for the sole purpose of hearing them sing, "For He's A Jolly Good Fellow." Such conversations, in fact, always have a high, clear lunacy with one side fiercely gay and the other still resentful and stunned from the fear that the long-distance message will be bad news. They are further complicated by the fact that they are almost Lloyd Walper, Rattenbury St. has found the opposite to be true. On Tuesday when she was cleaning a chicken at her home, she just was able to take a com- pletely formed but unlaid egg from the chicken. Later when cleaning the gizzard she saw something shiny and on closer examination found it was a dime. Before the gizzard was completely cleaned she had discovered three dimes and a cent. The first baby born in Clin- ton Public Hospital 1949 is not going to be a resident of Clin- ton, but' rather is going to be finding the broad acres of his parent's farm on RR 3 Clinton, Goderich Township a few miles from town, as his home. He is the infant son of Mr. and Mrs, Harold Yeo and was born on Sunday, January 2. He was the only child to even come close to being born on New Year's Day. SO YEARS AGO January 3, 1924 Saturday morning many of our citizens took graceful and ungraceful falls on the slippery sidewalks and roads and many resolutions were broken right 'then. Manager Chapman of the Clinton Arena is busy making ice at the rink, and has already a good sheet. The workmen have been busy and have lowered the whop side balcony and now have a 5-tier of seats starting from the ice, so that there will be an increased seating capacity at the rink, and all will be able to see the game. Mr. and Mrs. Alex Butler and son of Clinton, spent the weekend at Lneknow with relatives. Miss Isabel Law of Toronto was the guest of Mr, and Mrs, Wes Shobbrook over the weekend, Mrs. TA.1. McNeil received a box of California's enpicest fruits and nuts last week as a Christmas gift front het son, always unintelligible on at least one.side. Good old Hal in sunny Hawaii gave us what I am sure was a full description of' his holidays, but which came out at our end only as a sound like breaking bubbles, and I had the distinct impression of speaking to a man in a leaky bathysphere. He, on the other hand, was receiving us loud and clear which was, perhaps, unfor- tunate since our contribution consisted mainly of the folk- singer's rendition of the "Squid-Jiggin' Ground," The chanty-singer who is also a Long Distance Itcher is a new menace to society. I will concede that there is a fatal attraction in this most ex- pensive of parlour games and 'one is easily swept along by the enthusiasm of the man with the original thought. Yet, like so many things in life, an- ticipation is everything and not infrequently the sense of anti- climax when the call is com- pleted is enough to ruin a whole party. The planned witticisms never Mr. Murray McNeil, who has been there for the past three years. Murray likes the country and is doing well. History was made in Clinton on Monday night when a can- didate for civic honours, for the first time in Clinton's history, had his nomination seconded by a lady. The candidate was Mr. C.G. Middleton, candidate for the reeveship, whose nomination was seconded by Miss Winnifred O'Neil, Misses Roy East and Carl East of Toronto 'were New Year's guests at the home of their sister, Mrs. Gordon Cun- ningham. Mr. Carl East is remaining for the week, being on vacation: 75 YEARS AGO January 5, 1899 A citizen has informed us that he saw a robin one day last week. This is the second time within a few days that a redbreast has been noticed within the confine;, of the town. Soothsayers will have it that this portends mild weather, but changes have been so rapid of come off. Instead, a series of people bellow into the receiver, "How are you? Say, it's great to hear your voice. The reply comes back, "Blub, blub, blub," and the in- strument is hastily passed to the next old chum who cries out, "Say, it's great to hear your voice. How are you?" Meanwhile the host has begun to sulk, all too aware of mysterious meters adding a whacking double figure to his next telephone bill. No one, of course, has ever been known to develop Long Distance Itch in his own home, The really curious thing is that this is a singular failing of the male. While the female is more at home ''with'the telephone and, indeed, may spend 40 minutes on it talking about a hat, she shows a com- mendable resistance to inter- national tomfoolery. I know of only one woman with Long Distance Itch and she in- variably places her call collect, which gives the victim at least a sporting chance. late that any sort of weather will be accepted. Mr. and Mrs. John Green celebrated their crystal wed- ding on the 26th of December, when many friends gathered at their residence to congratulate them upon the prosperous decade. Among the guests on the occasion were Mr. and Mrs. John Stewart, two of our most highly esteemed pioneers. The former has reached the three- quarter century mark, but looks good for many a year to come. Dr. Shaw had somewhat of walkover for the mayoralty, his majority being greater than given any previous candidate for that office. The Dr. is young, popular, vigorous and the exponent of a progressive policy for Clinton, so that it is expected that the town's best interests will be pushed ahead faster then in the past. Since 1965, 2,000 miles of road have been built in the North at costs ranging from $24,000 to $200,000 a mile. Bill 274 Dear Editor: Permit me to use `your columns to thank the peo6le of Huron County for their under- standing shown over/ the teacher protest on Ttiesday, December 18th regarding Bill 274. The legislation proposed in this measure would: . 1. Force individuals who had exercised what was a legal right to resign, to continue working beyond the effective date of their resignatiotii, 2. Modify, retroactively, the terms of a contract 'vithout consultation or consent, of the two parties concerned, 3, Impose compulsory ar- bitration with the limit of set- tlement set beforehand) Many besides teachers were cii gramely, concer ned , that human rights would be infringe upon, that legal contracts would be tampered with, and that free and collective bargaining would be stifled by the measures proposed by Bill 274. As a result, numerous civil rights, labour, and professional organizations, in addition to many members of the provin- cial legislature, voiced, op- position to the bill. It appears that the demon- stration of concern and protest has had positive results.( The government has agreed nit to proceed, at the present, ,with the bill, allowing more time for the parties involved to work towards mutually acceptable solutions. f , It was not easy for ds to leave our classrooms on Tuesday. However, in view of the circumstances, we remain convinced that this was) a necessity. Hopefully our actiion will be seen as an exercise of civic responsibility in protesting such measures. Yours sincerely, Jack Kopas, Communications Officer District 45 (Huron County) Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation. The Jack Scott Column "I MIll MI MI MR Isaregkommimr -News-Record raiders amen- •couraged to express their opinions In letters to the editor, however, such opinions do not necessarily represent the opinion. of the News-Record. Poreudonyrtis may be used by letter writers, but no letter Will be published unless it can be verified by phone.