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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-01-30, Page 4PAGE+tCIU4TO N WS -RECORD, UURSDA,Y, JANUARY 30, 1975 A gloomy future Last week's predictions made at the Agricultural Outlook . Conference are going to cause more than a few ulcers among the local farming 'population. According to the Conference, even though the gross farm receipts will rise ,by four percent, the net farm income will nose-dive by nearly 12 percent, mostly because of rising costs. We find it incredible, with everyone else seeking cost of living increases, that the farmer, the single most im- portant man in our society, should be taking a pay 'cut! Optrageous! We indeed live in a' society with a warped value system. On the one hand we pay some "jock" $100,000 a'year for six months work to bang a piece of rubber around on an Ice Sur ace, but can't even give the man who keeps us all eating, the farmer, a .decent wage. According to the Federal Agriculture Minister, Eugene Whelan, every single thing the farmer will buy this year will cost more, from feed to fertilizer, from Afraid of something? Everyone is afraid of something sometime or another, and in this age of technology, we must put a label on everything. So it was with delight that we read an article in the December issue of the "Canadian Printer and Publisher" giving a name for any fear you might have. You've all heard of Claustrophobia, fear of closed spaces, and Hydrophobia, (technically, fear of water, but generally meaning madness 4in dogs or in people bitten by mad dogs), but have 'you heard of these: Mysophobia, fear of filth; Scopophobia, fear of being seert„naked; machinery to fuel.4 Mr. Whelan was optimistic that the farmers could "iron out the peaks and troughs", but we can't agree with him. In Huron County there isn't that much to be hopeful about. The farm population is decreasing each year at an alarmingrate,rate, so much so that_ by the turn of the century they may be as few as 1,000 in the whole county. The average age of area farmers is in the fifties, and what happens when they retire, because, according to the Canadian Bankers association, it cost an average of $85,000 to get into far- ming last year. And with such a poor return pn the investment, who can afford it? Both the Federal and provincial governments, ` tong with' the • mass, media are myopic. By demanding that producers take the slimest of profits or in many cases a loss, they are jeopardizing' the future of the whole country. And without food, we are nothing. Brontophobia, fear of thunder; Stasiphobia, fear of standing erect; Hyalophobia, fear of glass; Thassophobia, fear of sitting idle; Ergophobia, fear of work (didn't know you had it, eh?) ; Mythophobia, fear of lying; Kenophobia, fear of large, open spaces; Scotophobia, fear of darkness; Amenophobia, fear of wind; Galeophobia, fear of cats; Taphophobia, fear of hair; An- thophobia.,„fear of flowers; Basiphobia, fear of walking; Siderodomophobia, fear of trains; Nucleomitophobia, fear of atomic explosions; and Phobophobia, fear of your fears..' Still not satisfjed?, Well, hotw about panophobia, fear, of everyttfitlg: ' Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiley Backto the books Hair raising question . There are a lot of questions floating was as bald as a billiard -ball on top, but, by around in the murky depths of my mind, and a clever contrivance of buns and piling -up, occasionally one floats to the surface. It is she managed to cover it. Or so she thought. usually slapped down by soneone (my In her joky way, one day, while I had my wife?), or just given a good shot of Raid, head bent over a book, in my usual scholarly and lies over on its side and expires. fashion, she scratched my crown and But recently, the questions have been chortled, "My, you're getting a little thin on boiling up like bubbles in a thundermug. I top." felt I . should share them with my long- It didn't bother me. I was. If it had, I suffering readers, and among the six of us, could have said ' something cruel. Like, we . might be able to come up with some "OX., "Rapunzel, let your hair down and answers. (By the way, if you don't know we'll climb up and have a look at what what a thundermug is, ask your Mum. Your you've been hiding all these years.” I couldn't. But I didn't like the old bat, and it was time someone blunted her needle. So, I stood up, walked around her twice, my eyes glued to her bum, which looked like the - east end of a cow goirf g west, smiled and said gently, "Yes, my dear, but. perhaps it's better to be getting a little thin on top than gargantuously thick on the bottom." She scuttled to the coffee urn, eyes at - Dad would be too shy to explain.) They are not exactly burning questions, but, they do create a small smoulder, from time t'o' time. Why are so many men addicted to hairy appendages to their craniums these can understand any chap growing a beard to hide a weak chin. I can understand any young m f growing up.I think it 11 these u Manchu rrI , It is an admission I make with rio sense of regret whatever. I was dead wrong in the prediction I once made, with typical positiveness, that television would turn the entire ' youth of the land into illiterate dunderheads. I sadly under -estimated the hunger for knowledge and the essential good taste of the kids and, apologetically, I tip my, beanie to them. The Woman who is. second in charge at our own local library tells- me that never before have young people read so avidly and that this appears to be true all across Canada. One can only theorize about this, but.I think there is something to her notion that the impact of television • caused some alarm on the part of parents that may have inspired them to steer their youngsters, more consciously than they might have otherwise, toward an early discovery of literature. Youth organizations have something to do with it too. The Brownies, I was pleased to discover the other day, have a Booklover's Badge among their many insignia of accompIt hine1itS, earne l y readi'h$"of a•`¢ elected list of several irhirdretj"s classics, and "rare thus ushered at a tender age into the wonderful 'world of reading. The television people, it.seems to me, have made as fatal a blunder in their approach to the small -fry market as they have in their programming for adults. In seeking a mass audience, guided slavishly by ratings, they've overlooked, as I tended to, the fact that you can't discount the potential of imagination and the response to originality that are, praise be, inherent in young people. The agencies "which conduct the rating surveys are able to prove statistically that . television has'the largest For Bra 10 the nch YE ARS Feb. 1 140 Clinton 4, captive audience of junior viewers and, thus, the largest lobby for influencing Mama's choice of breakfast foods when they're cranking out their repetitious programs. This, they assure the sponsors,. is the biggest club calculated to beat .the younger buyer into submission and so the sponsors, who are without imaginationaact accordingly.they determine the content of the tiny screen, But the statistics in no way mirror the individual. They do not show the boy .or girl who watches these programs lethargically, out of boredom or force of habit, and who, because of this`' ennui, are by no means receptive to the all-important sales pitch. Indeed, the statistics are the enemy of television for their easy, false assumption has led young viewers as 4 well as old, to the point where they are willing and l to desert ' the screen for any other medium that promises them more rewards. And books are the most convenient and attractive of alternatives. This is not a development that is altogether rosy. It is foolish to be happy about the failure of television, however much it may have turned yqungs1ters to reading or td gloat over the fact that',0On►.m�lrcial.ism is its own worst enemy. Ideally,, ti's two should be complementary and there is" - some evidence that they might be most effective in partnership. My librarian 'friend tells me that' there's invariably a rush on any book for adults or children, that has been dramatized on TV. My hope now is that things will work in reverse, that even this modest swing back to literature will force the television people to abandon their comfortable concept of the child's mind and to join with the libraries in giving them the mental nourishment they want and need. we get letters Re-birt'b. Dear Editor, As a Clinton native, concerned with the problems faced° by those Canadians who choose to live in Rural Canada I was particularly pleased to read your `•Re:birth of Small TownS". The editorial made extensive reference to the Canadian Council on Rural Develop- ment (CCRD), an advisory body to the Minister of. Regional Econo-mit Expansion. I found the editorial of particular in- terest because at the time I read it I was considering going to work for the CCRD and have recently accepted a job with the organization. Clinton has had a tremendous impact on the direction my past studies and current work is taking. During my time at home and. while a student at Western saw tremendous change take place in Clinton an community. My firs research project was an interview study of 100 dair farmers in the Clinton area who faced severe economi pressure as costs escalate and many small scale far mers were squeezed out. Since that time I hav continued .to study and wor on the problems faced by.th rural regions as more an more people move to larg cities and farms increase in size. I hope that at CCRD w have some small impact o the direction that ,futur patterns of rural develop ment will take. My real lif experience in Clinton ha shown me that there is real need to reconsider pas policies which produce many of the problems I hav seen at home. You may be able to be o some small assistance t me. Recently I read in you paper, about a report o urban Developrrtent in 12.4x# Areas ` (U.D.I.R.A.) .whi.c has been prepared for th ` 1 roIT County area. Would i be possible for you t provide me with the ,name and address of the group responsible for the preparation of the report. ,Thanks for any help you can be. - I am a regular subscriber to the News Record and look forward to receiving it each week. Keep up the 'excellent coverage of local issues. Yours sincerely, week ago. It is rumored that Mr. F. Harry Cummings, Foster thought some would Research Officer, break the glass plate so sold out Canadian Council on Rural to Mr. Burgess. Development, 100 YEARS A(';O 161 Laurier Ave., Ottawa. Feb. 4, 1875. In consequence of the veru defective condition of the bell , the' Clinton council have caused its ringing to be suspended. As water has been very scarce during the past six months, and our fire apparatus not of the first class, the bell has been considered the most important agent in the prevention of fires. A masquerade Carnival, under the auspices and for the benefit of the Clinton Brass Band was held on the Skating Rink last Friday. The ice was in excellent non-profit group which condition. • collects, publishes and Several new people were appointed to council. The of- exhibits creative works by fie.drs are: Nicholas Robson, (continued on page. 5, treasurer; William Boles, Collector; W.H. Hine, J.A. Welles, assessor; Cemetery Inspector, W.H. Hines. Alfred Brown, pound keeper;D. °°Diekrirtpon;<-_ Ehief = -GotSt`dtt James Scott, Caretaker of hall and council chamber; D. Dickinson, Bread and meat, street, chimney and health in- spector and collector of fees' for shows, transient traders, etc. Amalgamated 1924 From our early fites... • AGO 1965. consecutive 2th year, Canadian Legion, , the public speaking contest for pupils of elementary schools of Clinton and district. The top three senior speakers were: Lyle Steep, first place; Bob Welleman, second place; Patricia Sparks,_ third place. The Junior Public School Winners were: Denise' Stone, Junior Champ; Robert Langley, Second Spot; Denise Deveau, "Third Ate:" An . ele'etion was 'forced on Huron county hog prod cers at the annual meeting of Huron County Hog Producers Association, when 20 were of- ficially nominated for the 19 mitteeman posts un er• Ontario Hog Producers Royal sponsored RR 3, Clinton about two months Tuckersmith township. premature. .. 75 YEARS AGO Robert Orr did his duty as Feb. 2, 1900, caretaker of Bayfield Public Mr. Thompson is having a School for the last time on brisk season at his 'saw -mill on Tuesday, Jan. 31. He tendered the 4th con. Goderi^h twp. He his resignation to the Trustee has employed Mr. Deems of Boa'r'd and it was with genuine Goderich to. run the saw as we. regret, on the part of all -con- believe that as a sawyer he cerned, it was accepted owing to cannot he excelled. the failing eyesight of Mr. Orr. At the Huron Old Boys' Mr. and Mrs. George King, banquet, to be held shortly, Col. Bayfield will have been married W.D. Otter will be elected 59 years on Saturday February Honorary President of the 4, 1950. Association. Col. Otter is one of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Weiland, the old boys from Huron county, Egmondville, quietly observed living just a little ways south of their- 60th wedding anniversary Clinton. on Saturday, Jan. 28. They were Jas. Cartwright of the 8th con. married at.Egmondville by the of Hullett is disposing of his last Rev. Mr. Graham in 1890 place to his sons and will take and have lived in Egmondville up his residence with his son -in - an trying to grow a beard..It s part but their entire married life. law. Wm. Argent, who resides d the Provincial Constable William just north of town. o grovatn wittier to see if anyone had heard, ands tom Gardner, Goderich, has ten- The Memorial Hall, which will But why a F M h oustaches� her mouth For three whole days. tin ubtic library was in whatever to a face that was the word `gargantuously that flung her. Marketing Plan. dered his resignation, flecti've be used as They add nothing tion period, and Cathie Potter has received .February 1. Mr. Gardner plans formerly opened last Thursday his night and singing has no character, andthey era hair. wor that she • • h detract ct from one This started out as a question p- d h tpassed grade to enter the business of g ,w-, , 44, lege about Sorry x a her gr de to they - J,Qhn business AGardner, ofhis n gs the andrder speeches the and sing .� ._. nusrfe Irrr Stades -..., a.t"� s. to kiss rn' ra+�t -g rl~ haemo .s rth n .... ;.. � .a - :. ... _ - �• _ d rr� Ni . � .,.._._ ;ate �. ...._� �. __... _ airrst burr, • s- sue'%- - - - - �- hr- ' �� � --•-.,tr,l*�::�1a-yrs, kra',:cente d_the Dunn volting to kiss a young mala and 'wind ttp�'"I ve rioihrng erg lioriours. Tho• test -was=-�►e�il<� k•n Farm from I-lugh Priiclaril"an-d` I'm not one of those back-to-the-brushcut recently in Clinton by the Royal G d •h resident in people. Lordy, if someone made all my . Conservatory of Music. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Feb. 1925 spring. students (male) cut their hair, I'd have to g learn,,,,their names all over again, and it's. Elmer r Potter. late Mart due to a lack already taken me three months to identify the shaggy dogs. In fact, I rather enjoy the modern novels, which state that, "She ran her hands through his long, silken hair," just as much as I enjoyed the old novels which stated that, "`He ran his hands through her long silken hair." Men's Lib. If you can fihd some silken hair, which is a lot scarcer than you think, grab. -onto it and run your hands through it. 1 sorry for during this with a mouthful of hair. • When I got back to England from prison camp, I had a beautiful handlebar job which had taken me nine months of constant up- sweeping to achieve..It came off 20 minutes after h'1'looked up my first old girl friend. She said it was like kissing a cow's ear. Blunt but honest, she was. And why do all those older guys, who are skin -bald for the first two-thirds of their '� skulls, insist on growing those long, greasy, forlorn ringlets at the backs of their heads, falling down over their collars? They fool nobody. Ill doesn't make them look more virile. It merely makes them look scruffy, and silly. They remind me of the guys who used to comb carefully across ha completely naked pate eight strands of long hair from their sideburns. Why not face it, chaps? If you have a big belly, stick it out and pat it. If you're a baldy, you're a baldy, and you wash your hair with a face -cloth. It doesn't seem to bother the ladies. Yul Brynner has been a sex' symbol for years. And that Telly Savalas, or whatever his name is, that me'n-looking //guy on TV (Rojack? Hojak? Wojak?) -seems to be on every second program, bald as an egg, and about the same shape. 1 remember an elderish lady whose chief delight was putting a needle in o people. She xeric.to 50 YEARS AGO will become a e 5, �" Bods sale W.S.R. Holmes has been Newcombe' s white �g appointed mot9r, license issuer was large and successful. for this part of Huron county for had i sthD photos etek Bible class this year. . about a J. T. Turner has purchased the old flax mill property from Mr. Struthers. Wilfred Seeley is moving to his father's house on Huron St., and his father, Albert One group - fad is tht 'ld-fashioned barber. There's no such thing as a young barber. The young ones are all hair stylists. For the old-timers, business is pretty sketchy. Some of them are cutting so little hair these days - the odd gray ,lock here, another there that they don't even need a broom to sweep the floor. They just use a garden rake. I'm sorry. This started out as a column of questions abqut» the energy mess, politicians who need a 33 percent raise in pay and other such, a'nd it wound up as nothing but another of my hairy columns. pointed secretary -treasurer. ensure fruit for next year. No wonder my life is such -a mess. I can't Clinton Public Hospital has a Mr, and Mrs. Fletcher keep to the trail. I'm like a finely trained baby patient weighing less than Townsend, who have been when he should be pursuing a bu 'k. horn Dec. 25 to Mrs. deerhound who goes haring off after a hare five pounds. The bay boy was �l,ending the winter in town oy-filti(ttt h.i �, moved to their form, in of snow, the ski tow wn d and l and operated by Ken Ty located two nitle's west of Clinton on the Bayfield Road is finally operating. On Sunday, January 31 at the Recreation Centre, two girls will move to the from Clinton received the , Seeley highest honour in Guiding; that residence recently purchased of th'e Gold Cord award. The - from C.D. Eouck on High St. girls are Glenda Wade of the B. Kaiser and J.H. Paxman RCAF Station troupe and Linda have bought out a business in Nfeholson, Clinton troop. 25 YEARS AGO Feb. 2, 1950. Royal Oak, Mich., and the two families plan to move there shortly. Mr. Inkley'• who has The 1950 officers of Clinton purchased Paxman's garage, and District Chamber of tatPttvi possession next week. Commerce were chosen at a W. Brydone has been appointed - mooting of the new Board of a member of Clinton Collegiate Directors in the Town Council institute Board by the County Committee Room last Friday Council. evening. Leslie Ball was . J. Cunnir;hame has grown a promoted from the vice- grapefruit tree in his greenhouse presidency to president succeed and this is now hearing good ng W. Norman Counter. R.S. ',iiF •ft-uit, - five maturing' this Attey was named vice-president 'car. and already there are d K . Colquhoun was ap- bin,,soms appearing which will TiiE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 +CNA • Member, Canadian Community Nswspsp•r Assoclstlon ClintoneWSReCOr( • •• , , • { Drawings Dear Editor: We invite young people in your community to send us paintings, drawings, Poems and stories which express their feelings about them- selves, their environment, and the world we live in. Our project, ALL ABOUT US — NOUS AUTRES, is a t ",01AN COmmum, • fa 0 iWlpANV, CO490 AS N•ws-Record readers art en- couraged to express their opinions in Ntters to the sditor. K h l.900.910118do not ien 1 !r re -n+rtc�+s T1t �i p opinlomi of hs News -Record. Pseudonyms may be used by letter writers, but no letter wIN be publlshsd unless it can bi verified by phone. THE IURON NEWS -RECORD Established 1881 monow pmano weal! spec Association IN1 re si*/ HUB OF HURON COUNTY Published `very Thursday at Clinton, Ontario Editor - James E. Fitzgerald General Manager, J. 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