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Minton 10 now entering its 100 year as
a corporation, and there are as, many
'opinions about what will happen to us in
the next 100. Years as thOre are citizens
living 'in the town, but one thing can be
Said positively, the first 1'd years were;
by in large, good for most of us. -
Theke weie no doubt individual
tragedies.in Clinton sine its formation.
Many people died here, some were
killed, and many lost friends and
relatives in fires and numerous other ac-
cidents.
• But overall, Clinton has been good to
its citizens in the .last 100-.yearssanct
citizens have been good to Clinton, for a.
-•-community is made of nothing more than
Its pegple.
As we pause this year to remember
our roots and our past, let's try and -keep
at the forefront the reasons for the foun-
ding of Clinton, and 'indeed most of the
other, communities in this part of the
country: .a new chance, in a new land,
for strange people who faced many har-
dships. In essence, the pioneer spirit.
How.. to break the price spiral
Although almost all forecasts of
business activity in 1975 are bravely
predicated on growth, many of -them
are now so heavily qualified that they
allow room for anything ,' Trifim a
reasonably good advance to a major
downturn. The only prevailing cer-
tainty is that whatever the rest -of the
industrial world_ may suffer, Canada
will suffer Tess, says a front-page
editorial in The Financial Posta
For a look at how bets. are being'
hedged and sentiment is deteriorating,
note this from the usually optimistic
—Royce+'--flank---of Canada's :ecanom its
people: In November, from the usually
optimistic Royal Bank of Canada's
• •'eC'onom ics - people'. • In November, the •
Royal said that although its new
Trendicator - an index of leading in-
dicators - 'had declined ,for • three
quarters, this did ''not imply.. the
Canadian economy is headed into a
`recession."' The second edition of the
Trendicator was released recently
based -.on data' little changed from that
in the first, but accompanied by
sharply different words: ' "The
behaviour of Trendicator so far this
year does not .indicate Canada is
headed for a major depression."'
Through all 'this uncertainty, it is
clear that Ottawa is right in trying to
foster economic growth in 1975 by'
.running ,•4: -hefty deficit. By rejecting
any Intentional slowing of the
economy, Canada is, moredwer, `not
adding to the balance4f-p0'ments
problems of other countries. When it
comes to inflation, however, Ottawa's
approach ,can only be described as
watery. Prospects for reducing the
rate of -inflation are bleaker here than
in the U.S. - where they are bad enough
1'
- if only because we will be moving at a
faster pace through 1975 than the U.S.
And as ,the C.D. Howe Research In-
stitute's Judith Maxwell argues for-
cefully in a review of Canadian
economic policy, "the top priority
must be a policy that will break into the
wage -price spiral." At the recent
federal -provincial Finance 'ministers'
meetings, Finance Minister John
Turner made a start by urging a
consensus on ' how the national
economic pie should be shared. But it
was nebulous stuff, andcynicism about
government intentior.s is already
evident, especially among -tabor
spokesmen.
To recover its credibility, the federal
government via Turner should put into
hard-hitting language how it expects.
every Canadian to treat the tax
reductions in store for 1975. If the cuts
and the indexing are worthonepercent
or two percent or three percent of most
people's wages or salaries, Turner
should say that this is to be taken into
consideration in forming wage
demands - and be subtracted from the
inflation rate when attempting `` to
maintain ,purchasing power. At the
same time, Ottawa should scrap its
intention to raise the pay of MPs by 50
per cent in one fell swoop. Instead, it
should set up a simple indexing of pay
to inflation, with an increase now .to.
Smoking ,
• anti 10 twit it5 IATVC*OT 3 M . r T1t5 To NT1NND Tb:CTE:
The Jack Scott Co
The sales patsy
"No", I said with my eyes as hard'as agates. "I do not want a -
new set of the Encyclopedia Britannica. I cannot afford it. The
old set, though it is 30 years of age,' is plenty good enough for
me. And a. very good day to you, sir.' •
Then I turned from the bathroom mirror and went out to
meet the salesman in person, a nian -that I had actually invited
into my parlor. Twenty minutes later I'd signedd on that old
familiar dotted line for a new set of the Encyclopedia Britan-
nica.
, Why is it, I want to know, that I'm .like putty in the hands of
these fellows'? Why is it that all over the Western Hemisphere I
am known as a certain pushover for a sales pitch? The Man
Who Can't Say No. That's me: •
Any kind of approach finds the great big flabby heart of my
sales resistance. The slick talkers with their subtle_ approach,^
which causes my lower jaw to fall unbecomingly, are no less
successful than the inept beginners whoa line is often so halting
that I find myself prompting and prodding them right up until
I've signed for 18 monthly payments.
Mind you, I'm hot saying that salesmanship is a necessary•
evil and I'm not saying it isn't, either.
ince the 1971 raise and then ' I€ I should die tomorrow vwife-•will be sitting pretty
catch up since
annual cost of ltvtng t1nC `
kind. ,cif 1'fe M-
.,�., t ,� ., eea a sup» �Ff'5alpsm0,fl tel . ;1 n kin �:.. b
` surance• that a man ought to ave anyway.
Oh, he was a smoothie, that one: How he warmed to my little
SuC
Ottawa's search for a consensus. Then
it could get down to the hard work of
.convincing_ labor, business, and
agriculture of the urgency of stopping,
the spiral.
h moves would be in keeping with golden -curled moppets, putting them on his knee without a
Sugar and Spicc/By Bill Smiley
,.Clean—up 'time
This is the time of the year for "out with the
Rd, in with the new." I honestly did try to do
this. But it was hopeless. I got bogged down,
right up to the navel, in my first attempt to get
rid of the old.' ' .
I decided, as my year-end project, to clean up
my writing desk. This may sound simple, a mere
15 minutes of, sorting and tidying. But you are
t acquainted with my writing desk.
Perhaps you remember the myth about Her -
am due at veteran's hospital for a chest X-ray
(which I forgot all about)..
I have a very definite way of handling these
piles. Miscellaneous I put back on the desk. Over
The Hill, which contains anything more than six
years old, goes into the wastebasket, as does Silly
Old 'Cranks, a very slim stack of letters from
ridiculous people who don't agree with me.
Needs Further Study goes back on the desk,'
i ht on top of Miscellaneous. Look Into This
.cules cleaning out•the Augean stables. They were r g
goes back on the desk on top of -bleeds Further
filled yvith cattle, hadn't been Gleaned in decades Study.Next on the growing pile on the desk goes
and there was a veritable mountain of you -know- ,
what. A formidable task. He did it without even ' o --fie Dealt With =- Sometime.
Then I lift the whole pile and slide underneath
using a pitch -fork. He diverted the flow of two
rivers through the stables, and lo! they were it, right at the bottom, if you'll pardon the ex -
rivers ed. 'pression, To Be Answered Definitely In The New
That was child's play compared to cleaning off Year. And then carefully and'delicately, I ,place on
On each side of my typewriter sits a tie t • s the letters I have receivedfrom
thought' for the knife-edge crease in his sincere, expensive
trousers! But that's another story.
What worries me is that salesmanship is getting to be a relen-
tles''science and there must be millions of pier saps, like me
who have no defence against the art.
. Only yesterday my attention was drawn to two items in the
magazine called "Marketing" which I found downright
chilling:
Dear
You are aware, * no doubt,
that the theme for the nation'
wide observance of National
Education Week on Smoking is
— "Non -Smokers Have Rights
Too!" The dates are January
11-18, 1975.
We are making an effort to
acquaint our community with -
the scientific evidence which
shows that cigarette smoke can
be harmful to non-smokers.
- Studies in smoke filled rooms
indicate that the level of car-
bon monoxide may 'be •in excess
of the " "legal Iib is for air
pollution. Exposure to such
concentrations of CO, can be a
hazard to people suffering from
allergies, heart and respiratory
conditions. p
Many people with none of the
above conditions are discomfor-w
ted by tobacco s@noke. So' it is
increasingly important to
protect non-smokers, especially
in enclosed public places,
public • conveyances and in
many work situations. Smoking,
-and Health Week should be
considered "Consideration
Week" — consideration of non-
smokers who maybe discomfor-
ted by tobacco smoke.
We._ have_asked the co-
operation 'of municipal and
One of the items tells about the new trend of sales managers county councils in the area in
Editor,
who' are "seeking to enlist the active interest of salesmen's proclaiming the week "Non -
wives in their husband's work.".. One sales vice-president of an Smoking" or "Consideration
automobile company urges each salesmares wife to get on the . Week". We hope they w:11
hone and try to sell cars. An orchid is sent to each co- ratify the "Non -Smokers Bill of.
operating wife in a""etrrrent` Rights" forwarded to them.
The other item is the effective business -gaits called, We regret that oneof the
of a retail ,piano store., When a customer •calls to make •a'-'�" Town- Councils has denied the
payment on his account and the cashier notices that h&s almost proclamation and has criticized
..paid up or that he's in financial shape to add to it, she presses a .. this type of preventive program
button with .her foot. At the front of the store a dull gong " This program would cost us
quietly sounds and the salesmen, recognizing the signal, are in- very little and our hard
stantly alerted. "The customer gets special attention before he working Education Committee
leaves the store it .notes. ' 'still believes that "an ounce of
It reminds me of the days of the hobo when the hobo who • prevention' is worth a "pound of
fotrriil an open-hearted housewife would unobtrusively tie a - cure".
small rag to the garden gate as a sigrrai . for the next tramp.•---.-• Our •Association is composed'
r a d rf 1 stor about the chorus girl •in the ._-_, of concerned citizens/ from all
travelling- show who was always being dated by first trumpet"'
players. In every town the first trumpet player in the local pit
band would ask her out. Why just the first trumpet player, she
'wondered. Why not a trombonist once in awhile:•Thenshe hap- ,-
pened to see the}•music which accompanied ithe howth; Written i,.,
on top of the orchestration for the first trumpet tilayeiAvere the huh
words: "Date the big blond second from the left in the Toy
Soldier number." .
I sometimes feel, like the housewife or the chorus girl, that
there is an amiable conspiracy afodt_„and that my soft spot is
"- known wherever salesmen gather. I'll never again enter.
another store without cocking• an ear for that dull gong, the
signal for a gaggle of salesmen. to close in on roti,,,•,-... •
What I need much more than the Encyclopedia is a short
course on -how to say "No" in a firm, authoritative, polite man-
ner,.' but nobody is offering .me that.
From our early fites. . s• .
10 YEARS AGO
Jan. 14, 1965
Clifford Epps of Clinton will
be guest speaker .January 12
during the annual meeting of
the Hanover, Horticultural
Society at Hanover. A pot -luck
dinner will be served.
Clinton's new chairman of
the Public Works Committee
told council Monday
night"there are several streets
in Clinton in tenrible 'shape.
Councillor .Jim Armstrong has
been here for over 12 years and
nothing has ever been done on
some streets."
Bayfield Reeve, Brig. F.A.
Clift this week announced his
resignation as president of the
Bayfield Ratepayer's
Association. He felt That his
inaugural Meeting of Cli nton',s
1950 Town council, made a
strong plea for a general
cleanup of the town before Old
Home Week, August 5-9, and
urged the cooperation of the
Council and all citizens in
making the event a success,__
The weathel• appears to -have
settled down into winter for a '
change.
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 8, 1925
N.W. Trewartha has resigned which have been expected by have introduced a still lower
as manager of the local plant of the Dominion Militia Depart- tariff for ted a ssslol ofr
the Gunn Langlois Co: Before ' ment, for some time have at messages,. by adopting a special
leaving he Was presented with a last arrived and . will_ be rate of fifteen cents for night
few days.
farm an con. 6, to Jas. Noble, of
Hullett. Mr. Black intends
retiring 'from farming and
taking up his abode in"
Wingham.
On Monday, Messrs. I.K.
Mair and J. Sheppard, of the
base line, presented a petition
to the Goderich Township
Council, asking for the privilege
ion school sec -
to norm
Mr. C. Crawford, assisted by
Prof. .Jones from Galt and
other talented singers, will give
a conceit during an evening of
next week, in the Town Hall.
Both the Common and High
School will open for their
regular course today. The new
assistant for the High School
will be Mr. .J.R. Thompson of
Avr, who comes well,,,recom-
tion. mended.
The long service ribbons The Dominion Telegraph Co.
Masonic ring, Miss Mary distributed in a
Argent reading the address and: Messrs W. R: Lough and Chas.
D.W.L. Cantelon making the Oyerberry are the only two in
my desk, and also I am no Hercules. ' presentation on behalf of the town who are,..intitled to have
t -ts �t' ter'ri top of the pile the stack labelled Complimentary. these honours.
g employees. ,.•..__.__ ....,
This con sin
stack of papers that reaches approximately to my tenure of presidency Miss .1. Freeman has bought , Messrs .1. and N. Fair have
those splendid, intelligent people who admire my was in- the house on Ontario St., sold the machinery of their saw
head, when I am sitting atmy machine. Huddled P
t e like a s arrgw between two huge wife or kids or column. compatible with his duties as awned by the late Mrs. George mill to W. Doherty and wn out. But ti. f >hg villa e. „ -,a p p e"movin it to Co.,tCo., r:
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at .tie,i ewe ex.. . w... - 'a,<, :. 1 .oanttaenl ._the nln .cunior. here auiing vv�li be
tome t s u s :r•,...,.,� r ha .a a�.tt a _ . ,. � - :-� .. - ,.�,s,o-,..gf factor Yv - tee.
._ a s�_q �yF u-1clrF-t deny a chap. .. . _�'I' -_... . ,,.... -- �-i�-q..:has•.-beet3- ...... y- - �r. — � .a hardly ,•one half- .the votes
.
Colts'c list line forwards colle�- h huge w'th an erected for it when completed r were polled.Callander is the
new Mayor with the Coun-
cillors for St. Georges being
Messrs Coats, Doan, and Searle
and for St. Andrew Ward,
Messers. Cooper, Barton and
Sheppard.
messages not exceeding ten
words, and a half cent -for -each
additional word.
The elections in Clinton on
Monday for Mayor and Coun-
cillors was taken very calmly
by the freeholders,, little in-
terest, , apparently, being taken
areas of the two counties. They
give many volunteer' hours to
the. Association'' and its work.
The implied criticism of their
jud'gm'ent is unjustified. Funds
are ��t6t-sperj't' on pubii'c�ity per
se. Each committee plans,
programs to aid all our people,
either directly or indirectly and
in order to make programs wor-
thwhile, -a Coming Event type
of publicity is used. We do not
receive any. government grants
and charitable gifts received
are budgeted tfs the' best of
representative ability. At our
AnDual. Meeting all are invited
to hear reports of the steward-
ship. of funds. We also en-
courage visits to .our office to
glean the extent of our ac-
tivities. For example, the
program the Council mentioned
above suggested, has been in ef-
fect for approximately six
years, to the extent budget will
allow.
Approximately Sixty percent
of adults are non-smokers; We
hope Councils in the area will
help these involuntary victims
of tobacco smoke to obtain the
right to a clean and healthy en-
vironment!'-
Yours very truly,
Mrs. Beryl Davidson,
Executive Director,
Huron -Perth Tj3 and
Occasionally, one of the piles like a glacier, sum Y
for ,his ego, any more than you would begrudge
slides majestically to the floor, My -wife picks up
an oldC>�i'dy-•a seat in the,chirr;ney._>coxner, where
the mess, and muttering Under her breath, jams the fire `L"an warm her.
it back on the desk. She's forbidden to disturb The piles beside the typewriter are now only a
anything there, or even to dust it. That's the foot and a half high, and it has taken,, day -and
main reason the piles are two feet high. I do a half to sort them. This may' not seem like
allow her to dust the front of the desk, where the
drawers are. progress to you, but Rome wasn't built in a day,
Trouble is, She's so annoyed she piles the stuff as some idiot once remarked.
One good thing came out of this year's sorting.
back in any old order. This causes a problem I remembered that I had received a letter�'rom
when I decide to. clear the desk at year's end. BarryBt=oadfoot, author of Ten Lost Years, a
I pick up the first letter. It is from a farmer's book about the depression. I'd wifie,�complimenting me on my stand for the beef convening
writ -
farmer. It is dated 1962.�That suggests that 'the ten a column about it.
lash time I cleaned my desk was in 1961. No, I couldn't find his letter. It must have
If also poses questions,- What was my stand on wandered into the Ms eelan ousmador somewhere.e emember
the beef farmer in 1962? I'll bet it was a little But the memory of his
sweeter than my attitude toward sirloin steak that I'd had at least ten letters from all over the
prices today. Was the letter ever answered? Who country, and the States, asking where 'a copy
might be obtained. No, 4' couldn't find these let-
knt�•ws? So � I put it in the stack labelled Who g
Knows. This turns out to be the biggest of' the ters either.
many piles I .lay -out on the floor. But the memory of them reminded me of what
The other piles bear such esoteric labels as: To 'u.,""" Broadfoot wrote in his letter. He's wrg
Be Dealt With -- Sometime; Needs Further
Study; Look Into Thia; Silly Old Cranks; To Be
Answered Definitely In The New Year; Com-
plimentary; Over The Hill; and so on. The
second largest stack is called , Miscellaneous
because I don't know where else to put these
items.
Under the last item go such things as: a
passport application form; a bill from the Strand
Palace, London, England; a Chriatmas carts from
my inkurance agent; a teat'for Grade 11; an offer
to do the Smiley family tree for only $.00. (mut
_haye been, ern f11 family); and a reminder that I
teal -a.tot .' ,of 28 scoring points confined tote o • -
• v• shirr. of -the grippe. -This is the the mill. will be run- by elec
has be'en forced to knock off dynamo, and Messrs. Doherty
d Co purpose to begin
last week.
25 YEARS AGO
Jan. 12, 1950
William J. Dale, a leading
work for illnesS.
Mrs. W. D. Fair held a business soon.
delightful reteption in honour 100 YEARS AGO
of Miss MacDougall, a former , Jan. '7, 1875
Clydesdale horseman, is Reeve .
well -loved teacher of Clinton.
of Hullett township for -1950,
having' been elected in -a close Quite _a number of former
pupils took this occasion to call
ballot battle with J. Ira Rap -
and. enjoy a few minutes chat
son, He was sworn in as Reeve
with their former teachers.
on Monday, January 9.
Wing Commander, Robert F. The Mill office was broken
assumed command of RCAV amount of money taken. En -
Station, Clinton, at an in- ,4.. -trance was made by a window,
teresting ceremony in the Drill another window being used as
Hall at the 'Station Thursday - an exit. Two persons were seen
afternoon last, witi\ a full -.running from the building, but
so far the culprits have not
parade of 'personnel, He has
another b.00k called The Pioneer Years, and he been stationed at Air ,Force
names of oldtimers who Were spry and in- Clayton E. Laithwaite gained
teresting, RO that he could interview them. , the fourth sen,t on the Goderich
. So there you are, everybody .‘;',••n(1 the names of township council' by four votes
spry, interesting oldtiniers, of eithei -:ex, to Barry over •John W. Deeves-, it was
Broadfoot, car) of Doubledav l',Allishers, 105 revealed following a recount of
Bond St., Toronto, Ont. M5B 1Y3, And the same L
toe ballots cast in the recent
peopleAvill be happy to provide you with a copy Municipal election in that
of Ten LoSt Years," ' ' ' L• ' township. He took his seat for
There. My first good deed. of 1975. And that's 1950 at the inaugural meeting
going to cost .. you, Brother Broadfoot. Crown Monday morning.
been found.
75 YEARS AGO '
Jan. 12, 1900
New Year's Day passed off
ver'y quietly around SO
Joseph's, yet it did not prevent
many from spending the day
and evening at their respective
relatives, and the next day
were unable to ri.ach home
with their family as the roads
' were quite impassable.
John Black fiat; Aold his
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