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Vestigating the feasibility Of :fueling
Ors ''
`E` with a mixture + gesoli a
as d
ta�hol� thelatter^ by the
fermentation of crops..especially for
the
purpose, reports The Financial
t.
In fact, studies have already
reached the point where those in,
volved are trying to establish a
timetable for introdOcing the ilhcohol
fuel. if and when it comes;, it could -
be a boom as far as ,NeaW Zealand's
`crude oil imports bill. is concerned.
News of the development was
e9 released 'by - Energy Research &
Development Committee Executive
Officer Dr. -Garth Harris, who
pointed; 'out that, although
clmittae was studying onlyugaar
boot andanttWood as Sour of at t
So far. it.could ih, fact be Made from
Mnfost any c. rppr„ '
Moreover. .0no group of resear-
chers has also produced AnotherWel.
* methane from the waste ,neater
left over from fermenting cr.
Harris described--te-.pr'o1ect as 'ta
:natbrai one for New Zealand, given
our a cpertise In agriculture and
forestry," t
And, he told FP: "Ak ohoi can be
added to petrol. in arau rts'of up to 15
percent without any major
technoiogicat problems. It can :also
. be used on its own as fuel for cars, .
,again without too many problems."
Presumably, they'll find a way of
ensuring thirsty drivers don't siphon
off a bit from the tangy. every now and
then to Cool off.
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Words for our times
"You cannot bring about
prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot strengthen the weak by
-weakening the strong. You cannot
help the wage earner by ^pulling
down the wage payer. You cannot
further -the brotherhood of man by
encouraging class hatred. You -
cannot help the poor by destroying
TheJack Scott Column -
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Dear Editor:'
We are searching for nail
and. addresses of t�esidentsW
once lived in $t, Catharif
Ontario+ so that W+ :may 1117
them back home for
—Homecoming Week
Celebration"' during the .1�,.
birthday of St. Catharines-. in.
1976.
A varied program of Can«
tenniaal events has been planned
for our fanner° residents en-
joyment
consisting of outdoor
corn' roasts and `barbeques: ';.,
grand parade and fireworks.
display. horse-drawn. :buggy
rides. a Roaring 20's Dance,.
tours of the City, school
reunions, plus many other
interesting activities.
If you are a former resident
or know someone who is, we
would appreciate having their
name and address so that a
personal '"Homecoming" in-.
vitation can be mailed to the'.
Please send your reply to: St.
Catharines Centennial (1976).
Inc. Post Office Box 1976,
Lincoln Trust -House, 60 James
Street. St. Catharines, Ontario -
L °R 6Z4.
the rich. You cannot keep out of
trouble by spending more than you
earn._ You cannot build character
and courage by taking away man's
initiative and independence. You
cannot. help men permanently by
doing for them what they could and
should do for themselves".
Abraham Lincoln
Sugar and Spice/By hili Smi
The joys of summer
r
Well. that big -heat wave through the end of
° June., and into July puts the lie to all those
pessimists who claim our summers are
changing, getting cooler and damper. That
was areal, old-fashioned scorcher.
Even our big, old,• high-ceilinged house,
surrounded by shade trees, warmed up to the
almost uncomfortable pOOint after a- week of
high blue skies and hot -yellow suns-.
Farmers were worried, and a lot of people
Tering, and I had room for a lot of sympathy
for both as I lay on the beach and wondered
whether I should go in for another duck to cool
off.
I have lots of sympathy, but no feeling of
guilt, because I have paid my dues, slugging it
out in the . heat many a summer when other
people were cooling off outside and inside.
There were several years of working as a
serf on one of the big passenger boats that
used to play the Great Lakes.
We worked 1-2 hours a day, seven days a
week. That was in the days when a long
weekend was just a long weekend, with no
holidays for the working stiff. .
Most of the summer I enjoyed thoroughly,
when we were "up the Lakes", sleeping under
blankets at night, and revelling in the hot
clear days and cool nights of The Lakehead,
or Thunder Bay as it's now known.
But down at the lower end of the seven-day
run, at Windsor and Detroit, it was another
story. ' That was then, and still is, the
muggiest. funkiest, just plain hell -hottest
place in North America. '
Even the passengers perspired heavily. The
crew didn't perspire. nor even sweat. They
ran tike waterfalls.
When you hit the Detroit River. you knew it.
First, by the filth of the water. Secondly, by
the lack of any semblance of breeze. Third, by
thestink from the breweries of Windsor.
There was no air conditioning inthosedays.
If you had a fan kicking around torrid, tired
air. you were lucky: The passenger cabins
were airless. The crew's quarters; most of
them without windows or port -holes. were
virtually unbreathable in. And the stokehole,
where the black gar)g fired the coal into the
furnaces, was an inferno. Why there wasn't'
mutiny dray, there. I'IJ never know.
But we were young and healthy and had no
unions to tell us how, we were being exploited
(which we were). So after cleaning up the
boat and stattdingunder a tepid shower, it was
on with some clean duds and out to sample the
joys of a night in De roit : bigi league ball
games. burlesque shows and something the
Yanks called beer.
It was pretty heady stuff (not the beer) for a
1 .' or 18 year old. Some of the boys had a little
trouble making it up the gangplank Then it
was up to the top deck, because there was no
use trying to sleep in our quarters, and sit
there. naked, as the boat glided up the river,
into Lake St. Clair, and the first signs of a
Breeze again. No steep, .and . a 12 -hour day
ahead, but who needed it?
Then there was a summer working in a
fa,•tisey n s,eant�a M t of the, lac y was air
w�4i'R'.SrTI C'BT:.TZ3 .H -'t�' was_air
.. conditioned (it had become practicabley
.then) as the plant turned out film and
cameras. But guess who g-.ot'to work in the
machine shop, down in the bowels, with the
lathes and the welding machines and the
temperature about 96? In hot weather, and I
swear it was „hot tai" summer, the guys down
there were m a foul mood throughout their
shift.
I honestly believe that, in the various
summer jobs I've had, I have sweated enough
to fill the tank of one of those new solar -heated
homes they're talking about - something like
40.000 gallons.
And there's anether type I feel sorry for.
That's the weekly newspaper editor. Of
course, they're so spoiled now that some of
them even have, as I understand, air con-
ditioning in their offices.
But in my day. the office took the full blast
of the summer sun from about noon on.
Outside on the street, long cool girls in shorts -
and tops, and little, cool, brown kids in even
less, sauntered along, Oblivious to the beat. r
Inside. the editor stewed and sizzledtrying
ro shake off pieces of paper that stuck to his
damp hands. trying to explain to advertisers
why the paper was coming out late, Won-
dering if there would be any advertising next
week, and trying to wring an editorial out of a
soggy brain. •
Maybe 111 check things out with some of my
old weekly colleagues at the convention this
summer in Saskatoon. NI expect a cool an-
swer.
-'es,'sympathy, but no guilt feeling. Now. if
you'll excuse me. I have to take my grand -
baby out to the beach, where we will sit in the
cool sand with the waves washing over our
legs. and look 'at the girls in bikinis. and dig
Wiles in the wet sand. and splash each other,
and jabber at each other in that, special
language that nobody else seems to un-
derstand. and give nota single thought to all
the poor. steamy. smelly masses working
today.
Never mind. chaps. I've got a rotten sun-
burn.
The persuaders
The sudden spurt of women in- politics, including the
election of Mrs. Margaret Thatcher as head of the British
Conservative Party and the emergence in Canada of likely
party heads of the so-called weaker sex. as just a little
frightening when you realize what Jenny-come-latelies they
are to the public arena.
It would seem that they're going to move into authority in
somewhat the same style that they earned the vote: quietly.
by relentless, stealthy pressure and, If need be, over the
dead bodies of those males who hold, even secretly, to the
outmoded belief that a° woman's business is to keep house
and keep quiet.
Centennially yours.
Looking back over the story of the woman's suffrage
movement in Canada, the remarkable thing is that it was all
accomplished so smoothly and without bloodshed.
In other parts of the world, notably in Britain, the struggle
for equality at the palls developed into an outright battle of
the sexes. The ladies marched fiercely under banners. They
frequently dropped bags of, flour upon the heads of the
misguided gents who opposed thein and, en occasion even
heavier objects. One fervent damsel hurled herself under
the hoofs of the horses at the race meeting asa-dramatic
means of drawing attention to the cause. -
Nothing like this happened 'in Canada. The women were
dignified, well-behaved and accomplished their aim by
gentle persuasion or a process of leaning on the men in their
Even as a man who gets i little nervous at the prospect of
being eventually geverned entirely by women, I must admit
that most of the male arguments of those days were em-
<barassingly .weak.
One of the craziest of them all was the claim that women
were organically too weak for "the broils and excitements of
elections. This, mind you. in a day when the average
woman was looking after swarms of kids in great barns of
houses and the wet mop was considered the latest in labor-
. saving appliances. .,
In their zeal to keep the.giris in-t.hekitchen the°.ladswguld
often quote Scripture to prove that "the fnan was not made
for the woman. but the woman for the man" and, again.
"Thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over
There was, too, a genuine fear -shared by many wom
that enfranchisement would unsexand degrade we
destroy domestic harmony and lead to a decline in the
rate.
One of the most widely quoted of the essays to t
was written.by the great American historian, Fra
man. who predicted that they'd go to pieces, m
physically, "if the most impulsive and excit
humanity had an equal voice in making laws."
The aspect of the current change that would have been
most pleasant to those early suffragettes is
.-,. the_female vote may now make the differe
the argument of the male chauvinist that.
women would be ton preoccupied with
and mothers to use it.
Mrs. Nellie McClung. who was on
Canadian suffrage movement and
them. used to regale -her audience
man who appeared at the polls for
When asked -what got him o
n -
en,
irth-
s effect
is Park-
'ntally and
le half of
e evidence that
e. It. was always
yen if they had it.
eir duties -as wives
of the leaders 6f the
ertainly the wittiest of
wit with the story of a
e first timein 15 years.
hereplied,' `I carne out
feel women a vote. .hat's
ey wouldn't use it." •
Jean Birnie = Chairman,.
*'Name -Gathering Committee"
St. Catharines Centennial.
(1976) Inc.
Police
Dear Editor:
Thinjof worth seem to be
achieved through hard work.
Our otvn. Canadian history ran
be used to serve us with many
examples of bravery and:*
achievement, - it's all too easy
to smother these achievements
.with advancements of another
kind. this being decay and
destruction. some work to
achieve. others work ,to decay
and destroy. History also
serves us with examples of this •
brand of survival.
today, to vote against giving these
Often while • working ' to
tht~gooxl of 'vin them a 'note' achieve betterment. eve have to
Mrs. McClung too, had t handy answer for those who use-drasticmeasures. • . Bet -
predicted domestic discor��. "If a husband and wife are terment isn't always a smooth
ole to cruarrel." shed • ared, "they will find a cause for road. If we don't heed the
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nanva„ �saam�xceyp�>.4gme
dispute easily enough a + tvt no
► coma ► + to wail or Ji4i44��
"election day." rosin - of others labour and.
Mostly. however, tla men clung grimly to the idea that it gauge our present actions upon
was unfeminine. a , entiment plaintively voiced by the _them. then we Will in all
probability become extinct
over a period of time. At hest
we will go into a new dark age,
where we will regret not having
been more responsible as in-
dividuals.
As 1 see it. our very survival
is being threatened by not
'having a deterrent to crime.
Some. in their blindness. sow
and reap crime. It is building
up. and to ignore the murders- --
and assaults is to be a coward
:and let yourself be led to the
slaughter. t Didn't Christ for-
cefully chase the money•
changers out of the temple' We
arc doing well in so many areas
+►f life. why throw it all down the
drain to those Tess able than
(tut -selves?
v We can re -instate capital
punishment. which will be a . -
goud deterrent until • we can
manage something better.
Abolition i5 no answer.
statistics - support this. It's
probably fostered by the weak.,
•
who don't want to be respon-
sible for life's direction: or the
ignorant. who don't have the
perception to 'Make wise
.lecision.�+
The Lives of policemen are
hanging in the balance over this
issue. Some talk• of police
brutality as if that was an issue.
To rte, this is a symptom of a
refusal to make decisions about
the blacker side of • life.
Policemen have a dirty job
right now. bequeathed them by
the irresponsibility' of people
who could. change things with
their laat►'s, but prefer to let the
police shoulder the hard work
so they won't have to be '
touched by it. 11 the police
dt•t;ided to quit. what would the
do then'?
Sincerely,
Brendon Moore,
Calgary. Alberta
Victoria Times at the turn of the century when It
editorialized. "The true woman whawould make the most of
her every God-given attribute asks not for the ballot. but for
love and home. where the carols -of babyhood are sung to the
sweetest of babies, where home is heaven. and where the
weary husband will finddest and aching hearts sympathy." '
In retrospect. it -seems a pretty weak-kneed argument and
that's just the way the ladies treated it.
From our early files
ill YEARS AGO
July 29,1lMrS
Postal employees • in many
parts of Canada voted in favor of
strike action for wage hikes.
Employees at the Clinton Post
Office were still on the job.
although the ' amount of mail
cozening into the office is con-
siderable less than usual. Only
f• irst plass or letter rate mail was
being•._ accepted and there was no
indication of just when the
..nuisance" would dome to an
end.
Miss Maureen Begg.. daughter
of F -Sgt. and Mrs. W.R. Begg..
RCAF,, Station Clinton, received
the award for general proficiency
in graduation exercises at the
School of Nursing Assistants. St.
Vincent' de Paul .Hospital. Brock-
ville....... ,
Mr. and Mrs. R. MacDonald of
Easi St. accompanied their son
Stewart: and his lanaily to meet
their homebound flight to
California on the weekend, -
A few people have started to
combine wheat. Corn and beans
ar=e growing nicely with warmer
• days and nights: spring grain
harvest will be late since few
fields are changing colour yet.
David. Mary and Robert
Mitchell returned to Scarborough
on Monday after spending the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. 10.P.
Arkell. Also visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Arkell were .their daughter and
family. Mr. and Mrs. George
Sager and sons of Goderich and
Dale Scotchmer. +
THE CLINTON NEW ENA
Estuhltshcd 1865
THE HURON N64VE•IRECOl'IB
Established bill
23YFARS AGO
July 27. It a
Mr. and Mrs. Willard A. Aiken.
Miss Lois Connell and Robert
Miller. visited Mr. and Mrs.. W .P:
Cole, Highland Park. Mich.. ,for a
few days. returning Tuesday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Currie
and family have returned after
spending a week's holiday- with
the lady's brother and sister-in-
law. Rev. arid Mrs. Andrew H.
fieleKenzie. Islington.
• ,Mrs. Frank Andrews was in
Collingwood last weekend at-
tending the 25th wedding an-
niversary reception of hpr
nephew and niece. Mr. and Mrs.
Byard J. Hill. and on her return
was accompanied by her niece
Ors. prank Butters (nee Nellie
40111) and her sons_ Frank. Hugh
and David. and Miss Barbara
Hill. all of Collingwood.
. Miss Eileen Glidden,
Holinesville, has received word
from the Toronto Conservatory of
Music that she has passed suc-
cessfully with honours her piano
teachers A.R.C.T. examination
tried recently in Stratford.
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Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Van Horne.
former residents of Clinton. who
have moved to Honsrail where Mr.
Van Horne has been appointed
agent of the CNP. were honoured
before leaving Dublin where they
have been residing.
Two, aarchaeologists will be
working in this district during the
next few weeks in search for the
remains of ancient unit atals that
may give a clue to the ar-
c haacolegy acf the region.
Maw. Ida Clranwep. Blyth, visited
user the weekend at the home of
Mr and Mrs. Prank Fingland.
f'lon'Can.
her home in town.
73 VI, ARS AGO
July 27. ISM
Newcombe's have purchased'
the millinery stock and good -will
of the Misses McDonald & Smith
and intend clearing out the entire
stock at about one-third of the
regular value.
Before leaving Clifford for
Wingham, J.J. Elliott V.S.. and
family were waited on by citizens
of Cliffford and presented with
mementos of esteem ac-
companied- by an address, ex-
pressive of the most kindly
sent i menta.
Among those who were suc-
cessful at, the midsummer
examinations in the piano
department of the London
Conservatory of Music was Miss
Carol Nowtombe, Clinton. in her
first v-+•ar
Owing to the steady running of
the Fair Bros. mill, it was found
necessary to repair and improve
part of the 'machinery around the
rollers. A new wuction and dust
collector has been set by a Mr.
t)aglcish. This is a great im-
provement as well as necessity in
mills where first class flour is
turned out.
About the usual shipment was
made by Canteton tiros. the past
week. hut they report the price, of
eggs on the rise. the quotation for
dairy being butter 14c to 15c, eggs
10r. to 11c. Ntv potatoes are
selling at 40c to 50c per bushel.
Green vegetables are in supply
and demand at different prices.
Small fruit is selling at prices
ranged by the quantity brought
in.
. High street has the honor to be
the first .to have the new,
granolithic walks.
First CO can't
WYE ARS AGO
July 34.192 i
R.E. Manning is insppectio the
Union Bank in Godtrich this
week, the Royal Bank bine,,.,;
made -a merger with the hank.
Miss Luella Walk is
holidaying at her home in town.
She was a passenger on the train
which was delayed on Saturday
evening on account of engine
trouble.
Chief Stong received a letter
the other day from Sweden.
giving a description of a robber
which he was asked to keep no
eye out for.
Farmers are busy cutting their
fall wheat, which is a fairly good
crop.
Dr, and Mrs.. B.C. Gandi4>r and
Master Bobbie left Tuesday for
Huntsville. where they expect to
spend some wceeks..Dr. Gandier
Taaas been suffering from. nn in-
fected finger -far .the past couple
of weeks. tfust it is mending.
Miss Eleanor Kemp. who since
Iter. school chased at Bruce Mines
has been presiding- at
exam haat ions &Ind roodi0g
exa►aninaatinn paaQlPM ' is now
swt:tlitSg a fess weeks holiday at
Gr. Capt. Adrian Cocks,
Plaainsfietd,
West Huntspill.
Highbrfdge, Somerset Tag 3QT
England.
Monday. May the 12th..
Clinton Centennal Committee.
P.O. Box 1975
Clinton
Ontario, Canada
v0M 110
Dar Mr. Murphy
Thank you for your kind
Centennial' invite. There are
three reasons why i cannot be
there.
I find that, having achieved
three score years and ten. it is in
the interests of my health. to --
avoid as far as passible. the
rigours of travel and festivities.
I have a family obligation to
.pay an annual summer visit to an
aging cousin - in her SO's - and the
Centennial dates will clash. 1 am
sure you will u aderstar(d Mal I
would wish to put "family" (int.
Lastly. I am certain that i
shonild feet sad to sae "rny" old
school deactivated. although 1
behave that -my" silo still stands
'slicer it was built.
come
However, 1 hope the weather
will be kind for all the outdoor
activities and that perhaps you
will be kind enough to send me a
copy of all the press coverage.
1 think that my two outstanding
memories of your township are
the ("blue nose") Mackenzie
hotel. long space gone. 1 imagine..
c`vith
the Mackenzie couple who
ran it. and, secondly, the speed
With which the water main was
plat through from town to school.
(1 prefer- to try and forget the
funerals I had to attend).
imagine that your township
has changed out of all recognition
over the pati t 35 years:
Sincerely.
Group Capt. Adrian Cocks,
First Commander 01 CFB Clinton--
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