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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-01-29, Page 4to:. R 75 in one month s.'imply,;.•L ause:It Was being rented to an engineer , ! Working at Douglas Point who didn,f°t. itd+r`, (Huron give a *MO how much it coot because think* the his company was paying the shot t+ic -and Mat s►hou any' ufeiy t.�r � a "There her were a • lot of benefits .. for �is e lore �'���'� ��le? ore tn Kincardine,' TOO some� ppe. pusine�sfor realestate to wciitteExeter independent agents boomed. eveloper s made a big -roue"hisfeeling* fihat, .the buc� cutting up swampy farmlandinto 1.;(04,91.;(04,9145s 00i0tGatreing 'station subdivisions. Grocery stores gouged aslant to Kincardine recently and his the consumer,—charging up to ten percent . or more than competitors •�+rrl#re1ntsuelt"e worth thinitl about if scent � in are tryillg to. Make up, your mind nearby towns: such as Hanover. 0 0r con:. -And as 1 said, the one. segment .of a stations in Huron. He, says. " ..P; s !ally,: •1 think Ontario Hydro , the population which' benefited almost lied the town of Kincardine. A lot of as much as the buslflessrnen. werethe hers would argue, with me, par- cularly business people and velopers who have made a killing.. e average work joe has never had it good Up there really but somehow,- payingohs. and t .cite all the high ' l profits being 'made. lite just doesn't :'seem as.good as it was before the whole deal started. "Rents' soared astronomically. as much as double, in some cases forcing ,persons retired on fixed incomes to, ,rove out of the towtf in which they .spent their enti lives. One house that Tented for ut 1150 a month' jumped 1e Illt AV a Ste d tons 'At a time when most people are • WOnder.ing whether or not they can balance next month's household budget, it seems ,incredible that the Pentagon is .planning to spend more than 5100 billion in the coming year on defense needs, says the United Church. - Defense Secretary James Schlesinger hays submitted a budget. of $105 billion, and the Pentagon says that within one decade these costs will double to more than $2010 billion. The standard answers given by military men when que tioned on the mushrooming costs of armies war- ships, bombers and nuclear weapons have become cliches: national security d mands that weapons must be of the lac t and latest design; armies must a ays be ready to repel a foe; and, what's ' amore, the defense industries a � g4.e fobs to countless millions around theworld. And it must be remembered tt the United States is not alone in spin* ding many billions on arms. The f,',Vet Union; the European powers, and now the oil -rich nations are equally guilty of contributing to the arms race. -.There is no doubt that the men and i40men who help to build nuclear submarines, conventional bombs, machine guns and intercontinental semi -skilled workers Who jumped from about $3 an hour to as much as $6 and $8 an hour. at the plant. They were the lucky ones. Many others who weren't acceptable, or couldn't make the. transition from the furniture factory to the nuclear factory were left out in the cold." But, as Mr. Rowcliffe ended his comments, it's a pretty complex. question. So it is, and that's a good reason for us to think the whole thing over. It's our county and our style of living that will be affected if Hydro builds its plant. What do you think? 'ballistic missiles with multiple warheads get paid for their labors. They contribute to the economy in the same way as other consumers. But would' it not be wiser to have them engaged in more productive pursuits? The super powers bear a special responsibility: They lead the way in the arms race, and other nations—who really can't afford to spend. these astronomic sums on -nuclear weapons—try to follow -their example. It is simple to rebut the arguments that a nation roust stated. guard at all times with the latest weapons. In the case of the great powers, who are the worst offenders in squandering their people's wealth on arms, most generals are convinced that nuclear and thermonuclear weapons will never be used: They realize a nuclear war could destroy mankind. How much longer will the rich nations waste hundreds of billions on arms they can't use? How much longer will they build up their armed; forces - instead of trying to build up both foodstocks and good will in the poorer lands? The rich nations should straighten out their priorities if they are genuine in their stated desire for a peaceful world. • Sugar and Spice y Bill Smiley Random thoughts Some random observations this week on a variety of topics, none of them world- shaking. If you are short of either time or patience, turn to the classified ads for some real entertainment. For about 10 days over the holidays I had my grandson. Or rather, he had me. At his beck and call. For about 12 hours a day.. He's at that very interesting stage where he's learning to talk, fast. You know, putting • phrases together, repeating everything he hears, understanding most of what you say. but not yet quite ready to carry on a conversation_ Two phrases, however, he has down pat. The first is: "Come on!" delivered in a peremptory tone and accompanied by a Bran grasp oU a chubby fist on my index finger. This comes immediately after I have settled down with my paper and beer and lighted a cigarette. It means he wants assistance in building a pyramid of getting his glass of "dooce" (anything from milk to orange juice) or letting the "ky-cat" in for another session of torture. What it really means, of course. is that he has a distinct aversion to Grandad retiring from the action. The second phrase, delivered in a piteous tone. is - "Help me" accompanied bya forlorn look and a tug at any portion ' on n ofmy y anatomy available. This means he wants me to plug'in the tree lights, or hold him up so he can watch the record twirling on the turntable or reach something he can't and wants to break. Why, don't the Conservatives make their leadership race just that? Put the entire 18 or 36 or whatever of them on a track at the summer -Olympics. send them off, and the last man to fall flat on his face becomes their leader. it would make just as much Sense as chooain grief by ballot, which is or gal With pi-•Pt'acess.affinding the guy best wind. Per''sonarlly. I'd like to see Flora aaiacDonald have a shot at it. The result might be worse than the massacre of Glencoe, but if ,50 percent of the voters are women, it would give them a chance to sem,, up and be counted. And I think it would terrify Pierre T. One guy I would tune to see win the leadership would be Paul Hellyer. If he n it, the Toriescould kiss their hopes goodbye for another decade. here's his. Lebo Cl cord. raltabinet minister; ran for` ership, lost, sulked, • resigned as' steer: formed his own rightlest Action ar oda party, a total. flop; joined Con- ervative vative party; undistinguished Tory MP; t his seat in 1974, If the Tories chose him l leader, it would illustrate beliefnth �re� n their untiuen+► fallible powers of snake oil as a remedy. Still on politics, I was sorry to see Dave Barrett lose in B.C. He has one of those qualities so carefully hidden by most. politicians — a sense of humor. Maybe he went too far too fast. but he added a lot of zest to the national political scene. And speaking of the Olympics, I learn without horror and, sadly. without sur- prise, that the Quebec government has diverted some 400 million dollars from the James Bay project to bail out the 1976 Olympics. How does that grab you? And that's only a drop in the big bucket with the bigger hole in the bottom, +++ Something that rather shook me was the "Next time you Feel the urge to. criticize the street sanding department, choose an empty truck!" , The Jack Scott Column dre aaw Four` walls This remodelling job we're having done on Offhand tdanor, our first go atryingt insteadof thshape e er waabout, has a house ' personalities fit our me in a curious kind of dither. Lord knows it is excitin4. I spend so, many of my waking hours unobtrusively standing in corners watching the work in progress that it's a wonder they haven't nailed a board to , me. Each day the tranformation becomes more apparent and brings that kind of accelerating satisfaction that we . associate with jig -saw or crossword puzzles. Yet with the surface glow of anticipation, I must confess, there's a.. deeper tug of trepidation. It is nothing as simple as the doleful contemplation of the repayment of the loan. I am hardened, as most of us are, to mortgaging 'the future. Long years of exposure have given me note -immunity. My apprehension comes, instead. from - the subliminal awareness that those hammer blows aimed at the new woodwork may" also be nailing back my wings. Every man. I fancy, has the conflict of mixed emotions on that occasion, early or late. when he `reaches the threshold of'being house-proud. While his wife contemplates the new or remodelled nest with absolute delight .and counts it a moment of solid achievement the male may have terrible pangs of doubt and a wild moment of wondering if, perhaps, voluntarily, he hasn't fashioned his own escape -proof crypt. Only a man would understand that any new possession may be both a prize and a burden and this. I suppose. is why women are better suited to the climate of materialism than the male. There are females who, gifted with an expensive mink stole, are utterly content. They are realists. They like things and acquire or accept them as accomplishments. A man, on the other hand, is much more complicated. His delight in new possessions will be tempered instantly with worries about the article's upkeep or the depreciation of- built-in obsolesence or its re -sale value. 10 YEARS AGO February 3.1966 Reverend E. Donald Stuart has accepted pastoral charges at Brucefield and Kippen United churches. He was inducted on Tuesday. Yesterday a Royal Canadian Navy Band played a one-hour program in the auditorium of the Central Huron Secondary School. as part of a two-week concert tour of secondary schools in widespread hatred of teachers that Canada. Led by bandmaster J.F. emerged when Toronto high school McGuire, LRAM. CD, RCN. the teachers went on strike. 1 don't think the ,bated has more than 30 in- strumentatists. This is the RCN word is too strong. Band of HMCS Cornwallis, from At a time when doctors were noisily Nova Scotia. During the tour they demanding more money, teachers were will play 22 concerts in 20 area accused virulently violently. an viciously, of being 'unprofessional" in going on strike. The strike was perfectly legal, yet the teachers were called everything but child -molesters. to the editor ran about 90 ,percent secondary schools. The Mothers March of Dimes carried out in town and throughout this ,area over the weekend, and specifically on Monday night. tended to straggle Bless them Dear Editor: Attached you , will dna Pent Which we feet express the' sentiments of t' rnatoriity " f, the citizens Huron County. We would appreciate your publishing this poem in ybu' newspaper in an . effort ko express our feelingsto citizens of Ontario. The author wishes too;. remain anonymous ' inti: pubiicaltion. Thanking you very Much. Yours truly, Committee to Save the Hospitp$. • These are all manifestations of his inner. subconcious awareness that the more he's draped in the trappings of comfort or luxury- the more he's restricted in his maneuverability. The weight of the hardware of Suburbia just naturally . makes a man less mobile. Possessions, in short, are anchors.• He is like the Gypsy who has fatten upon good times and has acquired so many caravans.:'horses, violins, baubles, bangles, pots, pans. women and wine that he's no longer able to make if to the open road. Down deep, indeed. men have a natural repugnance for ownership which inevitably means a loss of independence, a shouldering of extra responsibility. It explains why so many men are pathetically fond of camping. of braving the elements with the bare essentials, and thus enjoying the temporary illusion of freedom. The new or remodelled ihouse b!e of all .acquisitions and is, of course, the most rewarding and most form naturally invites excessive pride or excessive panic. A woman looks at it and sees the dream come true, the fruition of years of sacrifice and hopes and plans. The t fan looks at it. pretending to feel the same.way, and somewhere inside him a thin, small voice is saying, 'There goes that idea of sailing around the world in a 36 -foot ketch." He responds on cue to his wife's admiration of the splendid new living room walls of yellow cedar and sud- denly they nt mpla 140 feet e cumulati d demand of newness. the f stone. He contemplates automatic furnace leading to the wall-to-wall carpeting, the wall-to-wall carpeting leading to the built-in oven, the whole familiar progression of accumulation, and feels the final, irrevocable net of domesticity settling over him, Hello, new house. and goodbye Tahiti. Nobody is happier than I that very soon we'll have. at long last, a place we can really call our own. but I have never been owned by a house before and it takes some getting used to. The Cabinet Meeting We'll have to save some money We'll cut our "Health. care" down We'll pick on those `who're mentally ill . Their protests we can drown. We'll close the Psych at Goderich The one in Timmins text. The "hicks" in Huron County W ill not know what to do. And as for that "Nor- theastern" It's far enough away No matter how they holler We won't hear a word they say. The sick, depressed,, psychotic, Will be told to "Have no fear We will still be offering help - Far, Far away from here." And every worried relative Must firmly be assured That saving money's para mount Not who is helped or cured. And we can reconstruct these plants To suit retarded folk And train and hire new staff and all And here's the biggest joke. We'll give the Federal Government One half the bill to pay So we'll be saving lots of cash - The Provincial Way - If any stupid taxpayer Should question our neat scheme We'll just chuckle in our beet` And bless The Blue Machine. -A Huron County Hick" Letters ow p to the deesnsn against teachers. Columnists and editorial and blustery a little owing weather.Howeverow writers made no attempt to be objective, giving' were generous, and the and used warped figurers, arrant sen- goal of 5850 was passed with timentality, personal vindictiveness and dollars to spare. appeals to the emotions to turn the public For their valuable contribution against teachers. Strange. Donor Clinic. e B the I can understand some of it as pure trainees at ttofood stationed at RCAF resentment: I pity the mother whose entire Clinton have been presented with social life is disrupted by ti couple of a rather unusual trophy. The hulking teenagers hanging around -the clinic was held two weeks ago at house when they should be -in schoot. the physical training centre and a It was really hard on students, heading total of 258 donors gave blood. A for higher education. who lost a couple of final count revealed that per months. And for the working patents who capita the trainees on the Station have to go out and leave the house at the made the best contribution mer - of that 16 -year-old lump lying in bed. compared to staff airman.. staff Hut cah't (.use understand thc_Sheer. senior and junior non - naked hatred that emerged.'i' went through commissioned officers and school. and I didn't then, and don't now, commissioned officers. A,/trophy, teachers. consisting of a model" Dracula hate any of my We could enclosed in a glass case. was I felt sorry for some of theft:. suitably inscribed and presented make Miss Graydon, our French teacher, to the trainees by the tnted cry at the drop of a chapeau. Poor Dr. mending Officer. Group Captain Wheat' with a PH.D in science. couldn't K.R. Greenaway. The public school consultive dwelling gc when d all their belongings f an committee of Huron county by urnace council has decided against exploded on Monday. Bob was on Bayfield in its effort to have parts patrol•at the time of the fire, and of Stanley attached (with the when he returned found that what ratepayers' approval) to the he had on his person was all plat village for school purposes. he had salvaged from the disaster. 2s YEARS AGO February 1, 1951 50 YEARS AGO February 4. 1926 Jack Clegg. young Stanley At St. Paul's rectory. Stratford. Township farmer, was elected on Wednesday of lat week. Miss peSideitt of Huron Central Mary N. , Argent, youngest Agricultural Society at the an- daughter of Mrs. Martha Argent nual meeting in the Board Rioom. of Clinton, and Mr Clifford Epps, Ontario Agricultural Office, son- of Mr. and Mrs. E. Epps of Saturday afternoon. Varna. were quietly married. Through the courtesy and co- The Reverend H.W Snell per• operation of the Commanding forming the ceremony Officer WIC R.F. AFC, Bayfield - The mails were held Milicr, RCAF Station Clinton's newest p h�rr �� s arm ere on and slast owing wing of to establishment. the Corporal's Club • opened its doors last the roads with snow Mail carrier Friday evening. A.C. Brandon made. connections Clinton Public Utilities Com- with the train at Brucefield on mission is jiving serious con- Thursday a.m but was unable to sideration to the drilling of a third make the return trip until Friday well to supplement the present noon. supply of water, following the The piled up snow on the west visit of experts here a couple of side /of Albert Street is, being removed this week. giving• theweeksagci- A pian for securing new in - merchants on that side a chance dustries for the town was laid to see what we on tilis side are before Clinton and District doing. Chamber of Commerce at its Markets were wheat. $1.35, annual meeting in the Town oats 40c to 45c; buckwheat. 65c to Council Chambers last evening. The prrttposal was made by J.E . TurnbalL of the Municipal Division, Trade and Industry Branch. Ontario Department of Planning and Development. ih a down -to- earth address. The speaker stated that of ap- proximately 343 municipalities in Ontario. about 90 percent want industrial exparisioli. Of these about 75 percent are in the "wish- ful thinking" stage. like a bird in a nest wishing for something to drop into its mouth. Robert Rich', younger son of keep order. But I admired some of them, Countycouncil rejected a move Mr and Mrs. George, Riehl., with whom 1 still doth- Minton, discoveted George, holiday like Old Flf'ni. to discontinue the bounty on municate. and who has challenged me to a coxes, and at the same time art- that misfortune does not always s -t' Wiry race. And 1 almost loved 'eructed the clerk to notify all strike those in the more densely - municipal ski eros tit who used to strap ..Populated areas. of Ontario, but 'orale. Old Mary Walker, murilcipai cicrks "that all ears y must be clipped from foxes." also may hit in isolated spots as me three times a week. Laura Walker, m muwell. Bob, who is serving as first grade teacher. gentle. kind. bright. Clerk-treaburer Berry explained Katie Johnston, who instilled in me a love thtit the bounty is $4, which is Game Warden t Moan so ntsrio of literature. recovered by the province. The JJamesnd woBa . N tads hid the riot a sadist or a bully or a sneak among total paid might be $1,500 ore misfortune of lads losing th he the lot of them Strange, that hatred. $2,000 In a year. Mrn.hrr, .int** h' %rel,ly V'rwxmier Association 7Oc. barley. 60c to 65c; butter, 36c to 37c : eggs. 25c to 35c; live hogs S13. Officers of the town appointed by Town Council are : clerk and treasurer. D.L. MacPherson. chief constable. L. Stang. night watchman, E. Grealis; cemetery superintendent. R. Hunter: medical officer of health. Dr. J W sham, engineer. G. Hicks: weigh master, J Wheatley. 7S YEARS AGO February 1, 1901 J W Yeo met with a runaway accident on Wednesday af- ternoon When on Isaac Street, his spirited horse _became frightened and after going at breakneck speed along the street, %t•upped at Davis and Rowiand's. Mr Yeo and his friend were thrown out of the cutter in op- posite directions and before the animal had freed itself the shafts were broken off J G Searle. who recently dissol;.ed partner'bip with Mr. Hoover. has taken in E.Bice of C landeboye. as a partner and they have bought the house and Int from Mr Holmes, now oc- cupied by Dr. Wilkie and joining Mr Seale's own lot and intend starting soon to convert it into a `marble shop. Mr. Seale has brothers in the marble business. one in St. Marys and one in Aivinston and as they understand every line in connection with the business, the new firm believes it will be on an even footing with any other in this line of business. Atthe last meeting of the fire department, the officers for the year were appointed as follows: - Chief. Jos. Wheatley: Capt.. C. Helyar: Lieut. B. Kerr; Sec.. Nelson Ball. Trellis., A. Seeley. The people throughout Canada are asked to observe Saturday next, Feb. 3nd. as a day of mourning for our late beloved Queen Upon request of the majority of businessmen the Mayor has proclaimed and requests the citizens to observe the day by suspending business until I p.m. A union memorial. service will be held in Willis Presbyterian Church, com- mencing at 11 a.m., to be con- ducted by the resident ministers of town. After having finished up many artesian wells in the country. A. Peterson again started on new ground at the collegiate. '- this time experimenting on the east side of Ore school. near,the gymnasium. They ' are own about 50 feet. (researched by Michele Flovstersi The ataton News -Rena r lav-itr- poibltohod each Thursday at Minton On ario. cans ii. tt is registered as seised class mail by the post Wire under ttee permit number Nt7. The News -Record incorporated in Mi the . Huron News•Iteeoed: (waded la t**. and Mittman New rem. founded to ISIS. Total eirculatitiriistiSd Ili -Warr . !sesame t'..aimina, %e i aper Association t..•ina, Ads ertisin4 rotes *satiable •ri regi..est. t*k tai FUN. hare! Ve: t etirctive Oct 1. Ott Editor • James E. Fitzgerald Advertising director - Gary L. Hoist General Manager • J. *toward Aitken News stab • etiv Clark •r��.s Strbscrlpfitltt! Rates: Canada - sit per year U.S.A. = 512..55 Sinqlt espy - .2S+t