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Clinton News-Record, 1976-03-04, Page 61976 must -The'pressures is great, no doubt, for Mr. Metier 10 keep► cur hospital open, and he says he is flexible on the Matter. No doubt too, that he and his allies in Toronto have been deluged with protests from the people of the area, , and this must continue. e. - B%it the hospitals, in Huron must also co-operate and show that the saving o#, money can be divided among ' all the hospitals., including Clinton, Seaforth. Wingham, Goderich and Exeter. There is no room for a dog-eat-dog attitude among the hospitals at this Anomalies in car lots The whole of Canada is supposed to, be fighting inflation. Yet 'a Canadian can look at the front page of his newspaper and wonder how equal the fight is. One day disclosed. that the' 62 -bed Clinton Public 1-tospital ' -thee only hospital in Clinton, a hospital providing the biggest source of jobs in the community, a hospital operating at one of the lowest rates in the province— was being closed. Just above that unpleasant news item was another announcing. Cost of Olympic Parking Garages . More Than Doubles to S60 million. These garages are needed—if they are needed at ail— for the two weeks of the Olympic Games. They will house 4.600 vehicles. The cost of providing each car space is time. We must, as Jack Riddell tsiltr,. MPP -said, "work togeth r•" Mr. Miller has .cgnifnitf ed himself to saving some money in Huron, .and although the amount is in dispute, he will not back down on that point. , But obviously the political preures are taking their toll on him.r and he is going to compromise, so we must' be prepared to compromise too. A untied. front in Huron will result in each 1 Ospitat losinga few beds, and will sfif ve the people of Clinton their hospital, and future agony as well. 513,043 --or three or four times the cost of -a car itself. • Two different provinces, are, of course, involved; and it may be that the one that is closing ,the hospital is more concerned.,to fight` inflation' than the one that ,is. , opening garages at S13,043 per space. Blit the anti-inflation program is supposed t be, anation- " , ide; -and these incredible anomalies keep cropping up everywhere, at municipal and school board levels, at provincial and federal levels. They do not make sense. They certainly have nothing to do with humanity. Surely before we cut back on ser- vices to the needy, to the sick, we should first eliminate the luxury frills that serve the gentry.—from the Toronto Globe and Mail. It's nice to be alone I knew things were moving along too smoothly. Second grandson nicely laun- ched, and I was nicely along into my second week of tranquility as a baby bachelor. Each time my daughter adds to the population explosion, my wife hustles off to give her a hand "for a few days." This; I have discovered, stretches into two weeks. But 1 don't really mind. It's rather pleasant, baching it, for a while. Nobody to tell you to get to bed just when there's a dandy horror movie corning on. Nobody to toil ytiu that you area bum and a loafer if you sleep in Sunday morning. Nobody to switch your favorite fops -and -robbers program to a lousy medical love story. Nobody. Nobody to listen to your com- plaints. Nobody to share a laugh. Nobody to gossip with. Nobody to make you take your pills when your bursitis is bad. Nobody to cook you a beautiful egg or make your favorite dessert. Nobody to put your cold feet on at night. Nobody to argue with. Nobody. I guess that's what's wrong with being a real bachelor. Or spinster. Nobody. It must be grim. But as I said. a couple of weeks is no problem. 1 can put a toad of socks through the washer. I can shop better than most men. and as well as most women. I can run a vacuum cleaner. do dishes. feed a cat, make a bed, scrub a sink. And I can whip up a gourmet meal with the best of them. Let's see. Last night it was baked potatoes. a fat chicken leg, and artichoke hearts. The potatoes were crisp - skinned. fluffy inside. with a big pat of butter drooling over the edges. The chicken was so golden outside, tender inside it would make Colonel Sanders weep. The artichoke hearts were hearty. I'd never had them before. but with a cheese sauce, pretty doozy. Night before it was onion soup with golden croutons, baked haddock balls stuffed with shrimp. asparagus tips swimming in butter. a glass or two of Beaujolais. a light dessert of creamy rice pudding with mandarin oranges and real coffee with a dash of cognac in it. Tonight it's going to be something simple because I'm writing my column. Perhaps a little lasagna with meat sauce, after hors d'oeuvres of fine liver pate. Camembert cheese, and smoked oysters on onion -thins. Don't worry. I haven't gained a pound in 30 years. unlike some I could mention, And I would be in bad shade without a can opener. a bottle opener. and the frozen food counter. But I'm not suffering. And there are other compensations. Last Friday afternoon. i took part in a sym- posium after Work with some of the chaps, at the Legion Hall. Got into a few games of shuffe-board and Russian billiards with some old students of mine, after all the hen- pecked husbands had left, and didn't get out of there until 11 p.m. For some reason, when . the Old Batfleaxe is home, I don't normally do that on a Friday afternoon. LateSaturday afternoon, after watching the Olympics. I went into the kitchen, looked at two days' dishes in the sink, said. "Screw this for a lark," and went out for dinner. Then I went to a truly dreadful show called The Gunfighter, which my wife wouldn't, be caught dead pt. h lovedit.I've loved westerns since I was eight. Got home about 11 p.m.. made a big pot of tea and a sandwich you wouldn't believe the ingredients of, and watched not-only--the- late, but the late late. There certainly are some bonuses, though I'm running out of clean shirts, and ironing them is one of the few things I'm a bit shaky on. However secure in the knowledge that my wife would be home on the weekend, and able to devote her usual eighteen hours a day to my comfort and general welfare, I was happy. Then the bolt came. Not out of the blue. Over the telephone. She informs me that she is bringing home company. One Pokey. two years of perpetual motion. For a month. Or six weeks. In order to let my daughter try to get her year at college. and finish off her degree work. My response was immediate. A roar of: "Holy Old Nelly!" a longish pause: then, in a very mild voice. "That'll be nice. dear. Won't it?" The only response from her was a chuckle that would have made Boris Karloff jealous, and. indeed. did freeze my blood. - Then she trilled: "You'll be able to take him out on his toboggan every day after work. And give him his bath every night. And tell him his bed -time story. And look after him all day on weekends. while I have a rest. Won't that be lovely? I know how crazy you are about him." 1 sputtered "Yabbutt. Yabbutt," a couple of times and gave up. Twenty-four hours later, i am somewhat philosophical about it. After all, families have to stick together. don't they. Lots of grandparents look after their tiny grandchildren in times of stress: war. famine. earthquake. Yabbutt. There's no particular war on. Famine is scarcely stalking the land. And the only earthquake is the one in, Guatemala. - 1 have a feeling, for the enteenth time, that we've been had. by K im. 1 know Trudeau has three goys, and I'm younger than he. But, dammit, he has flunkies. and he's their father. Are there no civil rights for grandfathers? Member. thtlarla Weekly. Netaspaper Assaciatteet tyle Clinton Heirs-tteceed 1 peebtl bed each tharsday .t P.O. Sas 2ti. Clinton. (Made. ; 'anads. MAI MO. I1 is registered as reread claws mss by the pest ,thee ander the permit number N17. The %ests'itecard incorporated In I t the tiara ticen.ttec rd: minded b, IMO. avid tate Chilton New errs. (,ended Is INS. Teta* rti tient t z.isit, Displsy ikdvetiisisp rates irasiai+ie re rue“- tui •t.. i; hill lis. d elrt etiire Oct. s. Editor . James E. F'�itzgera d Adverolisin director - Garry L. Dist General Manager - J. Howard Aitken News titbit • See Clark Subscription Rates: Canada • $11 per year U.S.A. • $12.0 Striate copy - .2Sc R &it- QNT�11 ;MB,Mill 51. REQUIRED TO' maT MiRST AND ASK QUESTIONS - MEL ,av+., .A. n..�:.. Th Jack Scott Colurr>rr The Waling .sire Myinterest in an article by Paul Green called How To Select The Girl to Live With Forever is, of course, purely academic, having been married for about 300 years. It surprises me that 1' m intereste4 in anything. Still, Mr. .Green's notes on the subject are illuminating and should be studied by every young bachelor. The current divorce tables reveal the appalling fact that holy matrimony was never more perilous and it is certainly a contributing factor that most marriages are created by spontaneous combustion rather than careful and mature selection. Although Mr. Green does not raise the point, I've a hunch the problem reduces itself to a matter of age. You see it all over — boys who could not be trusted to buy a suit of clothes now loping to the altar with a stranger, signing a lifetime contract out of sheer delirium. This is a foolishness of the male. not the female. Almost any f6 -year-old school girl has twice the maturity of a 21 - year -old man. a matter of intuitiveness and perhaps. too. of a singleness of purpose not to be found in the masculine gender. It is not shown in the records. but I would wager that nine out of 10 divorce cases among the very young are the fault of the disenchanted husband and for the simple reason that he leaped without looking. Mr. Green is convinced. and rightly. I think. that most men are prirnarity attracted and held by physical ap- pearance — "too much attention to looks," as he puts it. There can be no argument there. A glance at any billboard, or the covers on the magazine stands, reveals the North American male's obsession with appearance. We tend to select our automobiles for the chrome without testing under the hood and eiur selection of womanhood is clearly as shortsighted. Mr. Green. abandoning for scientific-appr-ea :. a hundred times rather take the moment his coldly a fair -looking girl with wholesome personality and even disposition than an out- standing beauty who has the kind of personality that lures men and scares women." The author, in fact, ranks physical appearance (looks, dress,charm and grooming) a poor fourth behind three other considerations. The first is character. which takes in kindliness, sym- pathy. broad-mindedness and honesty. The second is personality, which includes disposition, sense of humor and responsiveness: The third is balance which comprises in- telligenceand mutual interests. This may seem a solemn and frigid approach to romance, but, as Mr. Green says, you have to keep in mind the 40 or 50 years that follow the honeymoon. Without any, -consideration at all of the luck I got in, the draw (I had the incredible good fortune to marry the perfect woman). it seems to me that the quality most to be sought in ' the mate is. for want of a better name, good humor. The perfect marriage is not the Greek god and the Hollywood queen. It's the considerate husband and the durable wife. I cling grimly to the old-fashioned view that the wife holds the home together by a combination of utterly feminine qualities. even at the expense of a full expression of her own personality. Looking about at those wives 1 admire, 1 find in them the ability that Mr. Green so aptly sums up in that word "balance. Marriage is often a leaky boat and while the man must row. row. row, it is the woman who keeps it afloat by bailing. The girl to live with forever is the one whose optimism and cheerfulness will overcome the, .inevitable series of crisis points, who has the stability that so very few men possess. Mind you. my boy, if you are considering one like that who mks-li t. -brityou woeldn't be wasting yc_qur time here. would you? From our early fit s * • a 10 YEARS AGO March 10.1966 At a . senior citizens organizational meeting on February 21. Roy Cantelon, a retired farmer. was elected president. Anson Coleman. another retired farmer is vice- president and Mettle J. Schoenals, retired customs of- ficial. is the secretary -treasurer. The town council and recreation committee have approved funds to renovate a room in the basement of Clinton Public Library as a senior citizens drop- in centre. The announcement last Friday by Studebaker of Canada Limited that they would permanently discontinue the manufacture of Studebaker cars at the Hamilton plant, put Studebaker owpers in the position of owning an ex- clusive product. Robert Dalrymple. Brucefield. whose service station and Studebaker dealership has been run by him and his father before him for almost 27 years has just 2 8 - cylinder models left on the lot Rev. Grant Mills and Mrs. Milts were honoured by the combined congregations of Ontario Street and Turner's Churches on Wednesday March 2. when a 1966 Chevrolet car was presented to them. The presentation was arranged by the ADTS Men's Club. on behalf of the congregations. to express their appreciation for the leadership and inspiration given by Mr. Mills and Mrs. Mills during their pastorate here. Two separates gatherings this week are honouring Mr. and Mrs. Elmer William Colquhoun. 111 Huron Street. on their 50th wedding anniversary. Publication of "The Trial of Steven Truscntt" by McClelland & Stewart. Toronto. is arousing interest across Canada - and doubtless in England as well, where the book was released by another publisher No copies of the book are available in book stores as yet. bid are expected' later this month berth in pockethook and hardcover Presentation of an honnurary life memht`rahtp in the Ontario Good Roads Associatton to Hci+i1. Charles 5 Mac Naughton. Minister of Highways. Ontario. was,* made by • the Board cif Directors of the OGRA ''in recognition of his valuable contributions to the cause of gond roads in this province.'. at its recently-ennrluded annual cnnvent.iOn in Toronto Larry McKinley wasselected student leader at Central Huron Secondary School for this year's Student Leaders' Club. The club is sponsored by the London Free Press and the University of Western Ontario. Central Huron Secondary School's basketball teams didn't last long in WOSSA competition last weekend. The CHSS seniors. who won the Huron -Perth con- ference title the previous weekend lost 72-54 to London Central in the first round on Friday evening in Sarnia. London Central went on to win the championship. 25 YEARS AGO March 9. 19:x1 A letter to S.H.D. McLeod from the District Meterologist Dept. of Transport. informed him that all visual storm signal stations are to be discontinued effective March 31. "Louie" has been the local storm signal agent for the past ten years. He thinks that this service was.instituted about 1870. James Gardner was the first agent. Norman W. Miller. 55. Goderich. County Clerk of Huron. and formerly of Clinton. was killed in a highway crash. on King's Highway 21. eight miles south of Goderich on Saturday afternoon. A further step in the new public school project will be taken on Monday. March 12, at,j:30 p.m. when a joint special meeting of Clinton Town Council and Clinton Public School Board will be held in the Town Council Chamber to discuss the 5300,000 proposal. Clinton District Collegiate Institute would like to erect a large addition to the present two- .tory-and•basement brick structure on Princess St. East. to cost approximately 5285.000. Clinton soon will be m the throes of a miniature building hoom with the erection of five dwellings to commence shortly and the proposal to erect a new Pentecostal Church on Victoria Street Daylight saving time will go into effect in Clinton at 12:01 m . Sunday. April 29. and will remain In effect for five months, rrptrink .ii' 12 01 a.m. Sunday. sept ember 30. the Town Council ii, -c rde'd .at its March meeting itt the Council Chamber Monday evening The Clinton Colts drew first hied in the disc ice's annual hockey classic Milton Moronism Royals versus Clinton Colts for the group 2 Inter- mediate "B" title in Scaforth Memorial Ateflwi 'Staturday evening The Colts won 101 in. overtime after a 7-7 tie at the end of three periods of rough, hard - checking hockey. A. • Peterson. who has been employed with his drilling ap- paratus at the Collegiate for some time. has struck water at auso DearEditor: ,11 seems to 'have been. adequately demonstrated IA - the meeting at thehigh schopl that the closing of the Clinton hospital will not save atr money in the overall picture. • Mr. Miller and Mr. Davis undoubtedly know this, and also will have predicted the reaction of the community. Sa • - what is it all about? The In. terpretation that makes the most sense is that the back room boys of the Big Blue Machine have advised that " the conservative party must take on a sterner public image of a right wing party. This will gain the support of those who fear that thea, country is being eroded away ' by the, welfare state. When the conservatives have • regained a majority, they can be decent Again. The closing of hospitals is a dramatic and newsworthy way of showing the new image. The new image is to cost this riding 5800.000. The backroom boys of the Big Blue Machine couldn't care less whether Clinton has or doesn't have a hospital. They want big publicity for a hard line government saving 9800,000 in Huron, and ting a firm stand against the welfare state. This being the case. the only way Clinton will keep its • hospital is by getting . the - hospitals in the surrounding communities to share the burden by making cutbacks that will add up to 8800,000. Mr. Miller has stated as much. In brief, our hospital is being held to S800.000 ransom to provide publicity for new image for the conservative party. by means of which it hopes to regain a majority. We are experiencing election strategy. Sincerely Gerald Fremlin, Clinton. 50 YEARS AGO the depth of 88 feet. It will be March 11.1926 remembered that last fall a well Mr. I. Mason's horse took a was sunk to the west of the jaunt down through town one day building. but water failed to come last week, leaving the driver after a depth of nearly 100 feet behind. and got along not so badly had been reached. It was then until it struck the corner of Cree's abandoned and a new "site" on dray. when the cutter stopped the east side was experimented and the horse went on. Some eggs upon. and on Friday a plentiful in the cutter were rather badly supply was obtained. The cost of jarred by the sudden stop. this Well will be about 9150. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Gibbi*igs An inconvenience to many entertained at dinner in host ur of especially the merchants were the former's father. John Gib- bings. who on Monday celebrated his 67th birthday. Officers of the WA of Ontario St. United Church are: presidell'es Mrs. F. Glew; first vice- president. Mrs. A. McCartney : second vice-president. Mrs. J. Miller; recording secretary. Mrs. R . Pickett ; corresponding secretary. Mrs. E Mittel'. treasurer. Mrs. H. Peacock: flower superintendent. Mrs. E. Kennedy pianist. Mrs C.J. Moorhouse. The markets were wheat. 91.25. oats. 40c to 45c . buck- wheat. 60c; barley. 60c. eggs. 22c to 30c; butter. 40c to 42c. live hogs. 912.50. 75 YEARS AGO March 8, 1901 The wood market is about the same as usual. the supply of day wood being light. Prices range from 54.50 to $5 per cord. Con- tracts for green ' wood range slightly lower. The live hog market is stationary. the demand fair. and the supply on the light side. The buyer's price ruled at S6.25 for the last shipments. but will drop to 56 for next week The dairy supply is rather light. and prices range from 15c to 16c for butter. with a cent or so extra for creamery. eggs are s.'mewhat scarce and go at 13' to 14c a dozen. The Rev. Ira Hicks predictions for March so far as, Ontario is concerned will be as follows: 1st and 2nd clear and cold. from the 5th to the tth stormy increasing in violence with wird rain and snow. from the Pith to the 13th a regular storm foliowed with electric disturbances affecting telegraph and telephone in- struments. from the 15th to the 17th will be reactionary. stormy ando unsettled. from the Nth to the nth will constitute the great storm period of the month ending up with a fierce blizzard which may continue to the 29. March will close fairand cold. the electric lights being out on Monday night. the cause being due to the smoke stack becoming separated near the bottom and shutting off the draft, renderingtlit necessay to shut down. - Captious persons who think that 93 a day is too much for the census enurer .qr should think of the rislif'theyw it run. Among the questions to be asked every woman in the house is her true age OHIP Dear Editor : Th -e- to h been sent to Ontario Premier William Davis: Dear Sir: We agree as individuals and as a Women's Institute organization with all the facts in the enclosed letter. However. we wish to add some comments. You as head of the Ontario Government have gotten us into this predicament. Hoping for more votes. you gave us OHIP which. of course. we were glad to receive. You well knew at this time that OHiP would not cover the cost of Hospital and Health Care. that the Government would have to pay large subsidies. Instead of asking each individual using health care to pay a percentage, you went deeper- and deeper in debt. Now to try ' to bail yourself and the Government out. you are compelling some municipalities to be the goat for the whose of Ontario> Before Government .Health (continued on page 7 ,Dismayed Dear Editor : The Honourable Miller. Honourable Sir: We. the officers and members of the Blyth Board of Trade. are deeply con- cerned and disthayed with the action of your Ministry in the closing of the Clinton Public Hospital. We cannot un- derstand the reasoning (if any) behind your decision to eliminate such a necessary part of our community. We as businessmen and women of this community cannot help but wonder: if it is the desire of you and your colleagues to suppress private enterprise and initiative in rural areas. Our local doctors are now over- worked and forcing them to spend more of their time driving further to and from hospitals will not be in anybody's best interests. The inconvenience to the general public and the waste of time and energy resources at a time when they are becoming more important should be considered in this decision. Also. the •weather conditiods during the winter Frank months rn our area can make it very difficult. and sometimes practically im- possible. to travel any great distance. even when an emergency exists. Loss of income to those now employed at Clinton Hospital will definitely reflect on our business volume. We are self employed people and in most cases we employ others. The type of action you have taken is discouraging and leaves us wondering whether you consider our kind of initiative necessary to the Ontario economy. We would like some direction from you and your colleagues that would enable us to better plan future:- Are there any further elimination of services or institutions planned' Would you advise businesses to invest more money in their business in expectation of prosperity and expansion in our area or do you consider that we have reached our potential. Your advice to us in this matter will be very helpful. We shall await -your reply. Yours respectfully, Blyth Board of Trade, Mason Bailey. president.