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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-02-20, Page 9. »k y.ry1,",n 1\\\\'`,1.1. 1.\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\\1\\\r\\\\\\\\1.\\' 'C f(! Oct io•n HOW 4 `11h14 onic, Coo wt rem,DA Ili TNS ttftlitot S1M1<', $0149!'ult.:010%144: pytR�i;� Thursday, February' 20,s 1975 110th Year -No. 8 \\\\\\\\\••\\\\1\\\\\\>\\\\\\1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\1\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\\\\\\\1\\\ &iiiorial Commend The heart food: a unique health cause It is important for everyone to realize that the Heart Fund, conducted here and throughout Canada during February is something more than 'just another health drive.' The Heart Fuhd is uniquely im- portant. Essentially, it is a combined appeal supporting the nationwide fight against a great complex of diseases and disorders - heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure and hardening of the arteries, rheumatic fever and inborn heart defects, to mention a few. Diseases of the heart and circulation, which your Heart Fund dollars help to fight, are responsible for more than 78,000 deaths in Canada each year. That is more than the combined total, resulting from all other diseases and causes of death. In fact these car- diovascular diseases account for over 51.4 percent of a l l deaths. The heart problem is no distant abstraction, Although national and international in •scope, it exists as a painful and costly reality right here in this town. If you have doubts, examine the obituaries which appear in our newspaper. You will find that our local mortality, experience closely parallels national figures: that, on the average, about half our death notice • will mention 'heart attack', . 'stroke' or 'heart» disease'. All too often these terms are applied to. family bread- winners in the prime of life - men in the 45 to 65 year age bracket. There is only one practical way to fight heart disease, namely by sup- porting your Ontario Heart Foun- dation's balanced programs of research, education and .information. You can do this by contributing Heart Fund dollars. Truly, the Heart Fund deserves a place at the very top of your 'giving for health' list. Send your contribution to the Canadian Heart Fund, 310 Davenport Road, Toronto, M5R 3K2, or your local Chapter. " WORDM IT . TNEY'D ALLOW US TO CLAIM 5INCRUDE A5 A' DEPENDENT'?" • Eggs ordinary Hens that lay brown eggs are cat- ching up with those that lay white eggs. The Financial Post reports that British researchers have .determined that brown egg birds' production has risen to an average 268.1 eggs per year vs 253.1 in 1970, while white -egg production increased to an average 281.2 vs 279.4. The brownies are boosting production on a considerably slimmer diet. • Feed consumption by the white birds (aged 127 to• 532 days) has fallen to 100.4 pounds from 106.9 pounds in 1970. Brown birds have managed to cut back consumption to a mere 97.2 pounds from 108.5 pounds. Less input it seems,. more output. Is' there a moral for mere humans? Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiler Liberation my armpit! This, apparently, is Women's Liberation Year, or something of the sort,. So be it. Aren't you getting a little sick of it all? I mean you, and I don't care whether you're a man or a ,woman or a hermaphrodite. Don't worry chaps; I am not afraid. I have a northern hideout, an old atom bomb shelter, with three women laid on: one to bathe me, one to dress me, and one to cook for me. So I'm going to say exactly what I want to, and let the chippies fall where they may. First, I take a look at my own family, to see which women need liberating. Answer? Zero. My wife needs liberating like I need a kick in the groin. Ever since I,met her, she has been, not removing her chains, but applying mine. I clank when I walk. She doesn't need to be liberated. She needs to be tied up. She has made it quite clear that she is: smarter than I about everything from making out the income tax return to screwing in a light bulb; better looking than I (and all we have to do is look in a mirror) ; more artistic than I (she's always frigging with the color thing on the television while I bellow 'I don't care if it's all purple, shut up and watch the program') ; and in better shape than I. 1 always concede the last- named without a fight. I invariably say, "Boy, I could never scrub the kitchen in half an hour; like you. Dear. It would probably take me half the afternoon." And I'm right. So there's no conflict of interest there. She also has a joint account, the house is in her name, the car is in her name, and if I dropped dead tomorrow, she'd have so much insurance ---she---eould give Jackie 2Onassis. a --run--for-her money. Liberation my armpit! My daughter is in the same boat, or category. She alternately bullies and wheedles her father and her husband. She takes nothin' offa nobody, - especially male cops. She is in a career course, and she is using, or kicking out of the way, every male who stands in her path. With one exception. She is being used and pushed around by the only male who could do it, her year-old, walking son, Pokey. And there is the only hope I see for the future of the male. Looking further afield, 1 remember two dames who were so liberated you wondered who was wearing the pants in the family, in both cases. One was my mother. She called the shots in our family from the time she Out on her wedding ring. She decided which of the kids would be licked, and she did the licking. She decided what speed my dad should drive 'at. She pulled us through the Depression. My dad was a sweet, gentle chap lijce myself and always sat in the rumble seat on each new family enterprise. My mother-in-law was • the same. With a combination of tempers, tirades and tears, she made my father-in-law walk on eggs until he didn't feel comfortable unless he had an egg underfoot. , Ditto with my sisters and sisters-in-law. They bully and needle and haggle their men un- mercifully. They continually make them feel that they (the women) had poor luck in the draw, and make veiled and usually ' .imaginery references to' the great chances they had to marry someone worthwhile, who turned out to be somebody. And this phenomenon is not something new, something of the 20th century. Queen Boadicea, if anyone remembers her, had a great time smashing up Roman legions until she died of an overdose of woad. Lady Macbeth was no shrinking, unliberated violet. She was more of a shrieking, liberated violent. Queen Elizabeth I diddled her.would-be lovers for years and ran a growing empire with a velvet glove in an iron fist. Madame de Pompadour literally ran the French empire in the days of the 15th Louis, and she wasn't even married. Nobody is weeping over Jackie what -ever, who bounced from a V.S. president to a Greek billionaire. Nor are many tears shed over the way poor little helpless Liz Taylor has been mistreated by five or six or seven husbands. Of course, all these women had chair rn,` and dtrive, or both, and weren't too much concerned about the cost of hamburg. That's what the, Women's Lib is going to bit me with, among other things. Ohe last example. I know a lot of women teachers, You think they need liberation? Like hell—They smoke and drink and swear like sailors and swagger around in comfortable pant suits ,while the men strangle in shirts and ties. And the real clincher is that they make as much money as men, and frequently more. Top ad- ministrative jobs -are open to them. They don't want them. • Why? Not-. because they cant handle , them - Most of them would do a better job than the dim- witted males who now inhabit these posts. No. It's because they don't want to give up their feminine perks: staying home for two days with a sniffle; shooting off to the hair -dresser once a week; breaking into tears when everything becomes Too Much. For Me. I have always treated a woman as a woman first and a person second. I have used the same treatment with old men and little kids. If I have to start treating woman as people first and women second, I know who is going to complain the loudest'. The women. 'And the second loudest;" eoimplajnt will be from yours truly. It will destroy all the mystery and glamor and excitement which are the only things that make life worthwhile. Men, rally around, For years, both sexes have been equal, but women have been more equal than men. Now, all they want to do is widen the gap. Some of my best friends have been'women, but how would you like your son to marry one? I once started a national campaign for PORK (Parents of Rotten Kids). It was fairly suc- cessful. Once more I appeal. Last time most of the joiners were women. This time, I want the -men of Canada to stand up and be counted as mem- bers of my new organization. Don't nobody be scared. It will be called: Men! Attack Female Independence. Anonymously. In short, MAFIA!. The Jack Scott Column - Alcholic's story Everything that Henry Pludge did from the moment the alarm exploded was done mechanically, as if he were obeying some mysterious remote control. It had been a rough night. A visiting executive from the head office, one drink leading inexorably to.the next, and now, in the early morning light, the goblins. He sat a moment on the edge of his bed, holding his head in his hands. Then, walking very carefully, he proceeded to the bathroom, dabbed cold water at his hot eyes, took three aspirin and gdzed at himself in the mirror. His grey face gazed back. ' At the breakfast table his wife, Sybil, wore an expression carved from granite. Wordlessly, she placed before him a tall glass of tomato juice and a cup of black coffee., But Henry's suffering had touched her. She pulled her chair closer to him; placed her cool hand on his and looked into his eyes. "Darling", she said, "we will fight this thing together." Henry took her -hand in his, squared his narrow shoulders and faced her with gratitude and love. "Yes, darling", Sybil said. "You can't go on suffering this way each time you have a few drinks. You will have to stop drJnking." "You are so right, my dove",,Henry said thickly. "I have no self-control whatever. I never know when I have had enough." "Other men are able to drink and it has no effect on them as it does on you", Sybil said. "It is so foolish to go through life paying such a terrible penalty for indulgence." "That is very true", Henry said, fighting to control his twitching lip. "From now on I will never touch the stuff again. It isn't that I enjoy drinking anyway." "No", said his wife. "You just drink to be a good fellow. And before you know it you have had too many." "That is it exactly, my dear", Henry said. "And with your help and inspiration I shall conquer this weakness." "I will stand four-square behind you, my dear", Sybil said. Her voice trembled with emotion. "We will walk down life's highway with a new purpose and a measured tread." "I am very fortunate to have a woman -with your moral, fibre", Henry responded. His fingers tightened about her toilworn hand and he looked .deeply into her eyes. "A man is indeed a weakling if he cannot .enjoy life's pleasures without alcohol." "I knew you would see it my way", his wife said happily. "And now, my sweet, you must hurry away to the office." Henry walked from his home to the bus stop. His face was a mask. He boarded the bus and rode into the city, sitting very erect and occasionally mopping his forehead with a handkerchief. At his desk he worked methodically until exactly 11 a.m. Then, still moving automatically, he put on his coat and hat and proceeded into the street. He walked for two and a half blocks and entered a large building, checked his coat and hat, and went up a flight of stairs into a large, silentroom. He sat down at a small table and lit a cigaret with fum- bling fingers. There was no- sound in the room but the distant murmur of traffic outside and the tuneless whistle,pf a man wearing a white apron. "Good morning, Mr. Pludge", the man said. "Lovely day." "It is that, George", Henry said. "What'll it be?" the' Man asked. "A double'tye", said Henry, "and make it snappy." Then a terrible, evil smile came on his face. From our early files.... • . 10 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 25, 1965 Amid a French setting at CHSS auditorium, on Friday evening, Miss Lorraine Deveau was chosen as queen of the school's At -Home. She was elected by vote, of 1225 students. Goderich Township of Agriculture are offering money prizes to encourage township farmers to exhibit agriculture fairs. The Huron County Seed Fair to be in CHSS auditorium and the Clinton Spring Fair are the events to which the federation -is giving money prizes. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Makins accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Alex McMurtie of Kippen, spent last Wednesday in Lake Simcoe ice fishing, and reported quite a good haul of white fish. In three games young Robert Stirling, a Clinton Kinsmen hockey night, scored 12 of the 13 goal scored by his team to help them to a winning spot in the third annual Mite Hockey Tournament, held at RCAF Station ,-.C1'1ntbn, last-ASatul4ay. Robert Stirling was picked as the top player of the day. The members of Unit 2 of St. Andrew's United Church were at CFPL-TV studios again this weekend following their success against a group of ladies from Clinton last week. This week they competed with Scout and Cub Ladies Auxiliary groups from Wardsville and Byron and again emerged victorious, thus qualifying for next week's con- test. The Farm Products Marketing Board has accepted the resignation or withdrawal of R.J. Semple of Bayfield as a can- didate in the previously an- nounced election for 19 members to the Huron County Hog Com- mittee. 25 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 23, 1950 Clinton barber, did the other day as a prize winner in the second prize group in The Toronto Daily Star's "Famous Sayings Con- test". The campaign ran for 48 issues. "You got plenty of fun and hard work", Jack commented. Miss Catherine Fingland, Alma College, St. Thomas, spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fingland, Clinton. Frank MacDonald spent the weekend in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Cornish, who have recently moved to their new home which has just been built on No. 4 Highway north of town, were the guests of honour as a party given in their honour on Wednesday evening last. Two bus loads• of young far- mers and farmerettws are oto.go to Toronto front I tt'i`oID en.,ttnt " Feb. 27 according to plans now draftl by the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture office, Clinton. Substantial increases in the number of patients treated and the amount of revenue received were reported-:..aotlual meeting of Clinton Hospital Association in the Council- Chamber, Town Hall, with only a small number in • attendance outside the Board of Directors. Huron County Conservation Assocation was organized on a countywide basis Monday evening. William E. Jervis was elected president of the Association. 50 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 26, 1925 now that it is actually law it will have to be more strictly adhered to. The Ladies' Guild'of St. Paul's Church served a Shrove Tuesday supper in the Parish Hall on Tuesday and realized a • con- siderable sum for their efforts. Mrs. A.J. Halloway is the in- difatiguable president of the organization. Mrs. Ed Boyes and daughter, Miss Mabel, Brucefield, have been visiting their aunt Mrs. Robert Armstrong. Tom Jackson has returned to his duties in the Royal Bank after spending a vacation in Toronto. Among those who spent the weekend at their homes in town were: Miss Gladys Chowen, Toronto; Robert Hunter, Toronto; E.S. Livermore, Toronto; Miss Myrtle Mair, Turnerville. 75 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 23, 1900 • • • On Friday evening, a number of the members and adherents of chuxcwaitedton their organist, Miss Lottie leeks, a'�' ' presented her with-a-very-higk�ly eothpfimentaraddress and e A days since Mr. purse of money in recognition for ' Mason, of Hullett, sold his im- her services as organist during ported horse, "Crown Prince" to Messrs. Sullivan and The times among the markets are about the same except in the price of hogs, which has gone up to $4.60 cwt., 10 cents of a raise since last report. In the produce line there is the usual supply for this time of the year. Eggs are quoted at 14c to 15c per dozen, and butter going at 18c and 10c per lb. Cantelon Bros. shipped about 1,000 dozen eggs and 2,000 lbs. of butter to»the east. Half a dozen of the Clinton checker players bombarded Brucefield on Thursday, evening last week, and met with a reverse, the latter winning by a score of 16 to 12. The library board has decided to improve the reading room of the library. Some of the cheaper magazines will be discontinued and several more expensive papers will be added. The Clinton Marble Works have been busy looking after orders for monuments and head stones to be erected in memory of departed friends. Mrs.' Seale is now on the road in the interests of the firm. Dear Editor : I've enclosed some posters promoting an event scheduled for the Drayton Opera House on Saturday, March 1, at 8 p.ncl., which I feel is of, interest to your readers. The evenjpg • consists of a showing of a film -•-- "The Clinton Special" - and of the performance of a play, "Naked on the North Shore", produced by Theatre Passe Muraille and featuring actor Ted Johns as re -creator of the tiny fishing village of Old Fort -Bay on the coast of Labrador. The Drayton Opera House, the setting for this activity, was built in 1902 and restored in 1972 under an Opportunities for Youth Grant. Apparently the Opera House was the site of Beatrice Lilly's stage debut and it features an unusual raked proscenium arch stage and a tin, embossed ceiling. "The Clinton Special is a one- hour and ten minute color film describing how the play, "The Farm Show", was created by the Theatre Passe Muraille Company. It includes in- terviews with the farm people around the Clinton-Goderich area with whom the actors lived and worked during the summer prior to the play's production in the fall of 1972. Also shown are scenes from the "Farm Show" during its performance in the Listowel Sales Barn. The film was made by Michael Ondatje, the 1972 Governor -General's Award - Winner for Poetry. Ted John's is a member of the original Farm Show cast. In "Naked on the North Shore" he re-creates, singlehandedly, the people and lifestyle of a Canadian community com- pletely isolated from the out- side world. To gather material for his one-man show, Ted spent a month livingwith the people* of Old Fort Bay, along with Bill Acres of Listowel, who designed the set for the show. The purpose behind this evening of entertainment is to encourage the people of Drayton and surrounding area to make use of the Drayton Opera House as a community resource. People from Clinton and Goderich wishing to see the film and play should take High- way 8 south to Mitchells then take Highway 23 east through to Palmerston, then south 10 miles on Township Road No. 10 tp Drayton. The Opera House is in the Drayton Town Hall. Tickets can be reserved by calling 1-638-2252 in Drayton in the evenings. If you feel there might be a good demand for tickets in Clinton, I would be pleased to send some to you. Sincerely yours, Don Smith Drayton, Ont. P.S. Tickets are $2.50 each. • McLaughlin, a couple of gen- tlemen from Ohio, offered the sum of $2,250. Mr. J. Avery, London Road, also sold his im- ported two-year-old colt to Mr. J.J. Fisher, Colborne. For two or three days past, we have experienced a rapid thaw, which has greatly reduced the quantity of snow. The thaw has seriously interfered with travel as it has made the roads so soft in some places that the horses sink up to their knees. According to announcement, a meeting was held here a few evenings 'since for the purpose of forming a company to sink a salt 100 NEARS AGO well. just outside of B1'yth. FEB'RUARY-'251-1414%**--,----..-- A401 art *as, sltk s fgrm, lot 4, con. 5, Hullett, near John Kinburn. The farm contains 125 acres, 100 acres cleared and in good condition. The buildings are first-class. few the past year. THE CLINTON ON NEW ERA Esliihlishi.d 1865 . Monday was the coldest February 20 on record, a low of 8 below zero having been reached here. For the first time since the winter • season opened there has been a solid week of skating at Lions Are'ia. It is not every day a fellow picks up $100 in• cold cash. But that's what Jack Plumtree, F.E, Powell has purchased the' building in which Mr. Swantz has his bakery and confectionary store. Bert Langford is altering the front of his auto sales room so that cars can be run right from Albert St. to the alley behind. Among those assisting musically at the Masonic at- home were F. and W. Mutch, J. Leid and Mrs. Campbell, J.P. Sheppard is in charge of the men's brotherhood of Wesley Church on Sunday morning. Postmaster James Scott has been notified that no one is permitted to post up lost or found notices in, the lobby of the post office. Mr. Scott has been trying to enforce this for some time, but PCNA A mulgomulrd 1924 THE HURON NEWS -RECORD Established 1881 Member, Canadian Community Newspaper Association Usrnber, Ontario Weekly spar Association Clinton N ews- Rec 1bcl 4r Published i1rery Thursday, - at Clinton; Ontario , Editor - Jams E. Fitzgerald General Manager, J. Howard Aitken Second Class Mall lstratlori no..,0017 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: CANADA $1O3)0 U.S.A. 511.50 maul coat .25c 'MIMow 0' •AOAI iN CAP AOA' 4 1.0. ah OF HURON COUNTY