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,n 14 ever there was a ret . asotl ' not
ingin,9 regional government into this
argot our Huron Cwnty unit W� of
serve as one of the best reasons1
' Huron County -council over the years
had, built up a provincial wide
epuitationrf ling oneof the best such
councils in the rural sector.
They have, • on their own accord,
initiated county -wide planning and
Self -initiated restructuring. proving
their don't need big government in-
erference to rub a rural county ef-
ficiently and happily•
And County Council- again proved
their worth last week in two areas. The
first one was in their fiscal.
respon-sibility in keeping the county budget in
line with the restraint thinking now in
progress. Most county taxpayers will
Jnurn a1ist.c sexism
Since so many journalists have been
falling . all over themselves recently --
trumpeting what a bust international
Women's Year es -.,it's time media
people did something positive about
sexism in their own backyard, says the
United Church.
For starters # -
tors- cot& copy an
exciting new code developed by British
journalists to give women full equality
in the news.
The code forthrightly brands the use
of front page nude photos and
cheesecake to seta newspapers as
"Exploitative ... perpetuating the
myth that women's chief purpose in
life is to gratify men."
The code also agrees that -women
have the same right as men to marital
anonymity in the news suggesting the
use . of "Ms" instead of "Miss" -or
"Mrs." Age too would be eliminated
from stories. unless relevant. Emotive
Mt be clipped by the n►ty u, i.ike tie
S
ftfhappy Aunty school board.
But the bide.. t step taken by county
coutuaitor$145tweek, at -least -to -people
people
in the Clinton area, was their decision
to ask the provincial government it the
county could have the power to decide
where hospital bed cuts should- be
made in -Huron.
Because not alt of the five hospital
boards in Huron could agree on •how to
saveenough money without closing the
Clinton hospital, the County has had to
take matters into their own hands, and
they should be congratulated on the
matter.
Maybe now we can get down to
business and save the badly needed
Clinton facility.
descriptions of female measurements,
physical and mental assets, and sex -
typing of jobs would go. Descriptions
like "railwaymen" or "businessmen"
would change to "rail workers" and
."business executives."
Cliches such as "dumb blondes"
Would disappear and "Mr. and Mrs.
John Smith" would be replaced by
"John and Jane Smith." The code
cautions journalists not to ridicule men
rearing children or doing home chores
-- nor commiserate more with them
than they would with women in the
same roles.
These changes may seem trifling.
But to women confronted constantly by
demeaning sexual put-downs in the
media -- it's not trifling. Women by
their increasingly responsible roles
both at home "and. at work command
respect.
Sugar and Spicc By Bill Smiley
Winitr s end
Dog End of winter. March usually has a
tail 'in it like a tiger. and then we're into ttte
mud and chill winds and rain of April.
Probably the worst time of the year for
Canadians.
Curling season 'is r over and golf season
hasn't begun. It's toe early for gardening
and too late for skiing. There's nothing
much for the sport fan- to do but the weeks
of blah that conute the professional
hockey playoffs.
I think it•s a particularly bad time for the
elderly. The days are longer but the
weather its too deadly to enjoy. the outdoors
yet. They've come through another long
dark winter of survival, arthritis. the fin.
being indoors,most of the time.
In a few weeks they'll be grinning
triumphantly as the sun begins to warm,
and they know they've licked life (or death)
for one more winter. but right now they're a
little low in spirits.
One of the myst obnoxe ious features of this
. time of year is the return from the south of
those lazy. rich. rotten. selfish ,people who
have enough money to spend the winter
there. Is there anything more boring than
their excessive chatter about playing golf
every day. - and swimming in January?
Don't think I'm envious. I wouldn't go
down south in the winter if you offered me a
thousand dollars. But don't make it 51.200.
Nor am I the slightest bit jealous of those
yodng, swinging teachers. back from their
March break in Spain or the Caribbean. as
smug as they are tanned. Talk to them and
you'll find all they did was sit around at.a
beach. drinking rum. or taking in some
historical sites.
Any idiot can do better than that. being
herded like so many Canadian cattle on to a
jet plane. intm. a posh hotel.
My wife and i .almost in%ariably go south
in the March break. But we don't sit .
around on any silly beach. getting a painful
burn. We go to the city. and get a slow burn
from the prices in the hotel. Neither of us
- drinks rum. But if we want to take in some
historical sights. we just take a look at each
other.
About the only people who aren't a bit
dc:►wn in the mouth as inter drags to its
weary end are little kids. There is mud to
play in: deep puddles to test your boots in:
dirty remnants of snow to push each other
down into. What more could a kid want?
Their mothers are not quite so joyous
about now. The occasional sun reveals
dirty windows, shabby wallpaper, faded
drapes.
When they go out. their winter clothes are
too heavy for shopping in the hot stores, but
the weather is too foul to try on the new
spring outfit. Result? Winter -end snarl.
Man of the house isn't exactly bubbling
over. either. He's just added up the fuel
bill, which is roughly twice what it was six
years ago. He has received this year's tax
notice, which is just about twice what it was
10 years ago. And he's heading right into
income tax time which is just about twice
as complicated as it was any years ago. No
joy there at all.
University students are scarcely rap-
turous at this time of year. The year that
looked so long last September suddenly has
a week or two to go. There are essays due.
There are final exams ahead. There is
anguish in the highsight of days and weeks
of near -idleness during the past two terms.
There is panic at the realization of the
minuscule amount of learning actually
acquired. The mind skitters like a
frightened mouse, but there is no hole in the
wainscoting to dodge into. It's time for the
hot coffee, the benzedrine, and prayer.
none of which will help much.
For students graduating this spring. it's
not exactly Christmas either. After three
or four years in the cocoon, they must come -
out and discover whether they are cater-
pillers or butterflies. There are no lines of
employers eager to sign them up. There'll
be no more cheques from Dad. There's
nothing there but a vast. indifferent system
into which they must kick and squirm and
claw to make a niche for themselves.
Does all this sound depressing? Heck.
no. it's just the way of life in this country of
ours. this time of year.
There are lots of happy people. living a
day at a time. And there are lots of joyous
people looking forward. Girls who are
going to be married in June. Young;
pregnants looking forward to their first
baby. Ancient gardeners already nut
kicking aside the lumps of mud and ice.
looking for crocuses, scarcely able to wait
to get their hands into the soil. Golfers who
have, mentally ironed out their swings
during the winter. Sailors who watch
eagerly for the breaking up of the ice.
And there are lots of ordinary guys like
me. full of arthrii.is. not many teeth left in
the head. but happy as simpletons. fun-
damentally incapable of boing depressed.
just glad to be alive. Join us.
1
etst don't let...,. it happen again, Bud by the way, how are.
on fixing parking 'tickets?"
you
Odds
ends" by Elaine Townshend
All Fools Day
April 1 is dedicated to practical jokers and their victims.
Ifyou lost track of the date this morning, you've probably
already fallen prey to one or more of the pranksters. They
often strike before breakfast. catching you off guard. Don't
feel bad. It happens to people around the world.
April 1 refuses to be relegated to the rank of an ordinary
day. It isn't a holiday; it isn't recognized by our govern-
ments or by our schools: it's seldom praised in songs or
poetry- Nevertheless its-populy has survived for three
centuries_, because it's the one day i ;3 u e. can foot p'eaple
and getaway with it.
All Fools' Day is believed to have originated from a
combination of New Year and vernal equinox celebrations.
March 21 marked the Vernal , q µinox. as well as the
beginning of the , New. Y:earr: and „April 71 climaxed the
holiday with the exchange of gifts.
Withthe introduction of the Gregorian Calendar in the
1500s, both March 21 and April 1 lost their importance.
However some people, through ignorance or stubbornness,
continued to celebrate on the first of April, and it gradually
dCC% eloped into a day of ,fooling and being fooled. From
France. the custom spread to England and around the
world.
One 'cif the most popular tricks sends the victim on a wild
goose chase. searching for hen's teeth or pigeon's milk. In
Scotland. the "fool" is called an April-gowk, meaning a
cuckoo. When the Scots send him on a vain errand. they say
he is hunting the gowke. , -
The French ask the Aper liFool to find some sweet vinegar
or a stick with only one end. They call him an April fish
because he "bites" the joke and is caught.
In Lisbon. Portugal, All Fools' Day is observed on the
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Dear Editor:
At the last meeting, of the
Clinton Retail, i4ercbari S
Cotn.mittee, considerable
,discussion arose concerning
the problem that some stores
are . having with "shoplif-
ters" . One merchant
reported that he" 'had ap-
prehended seven people in
one week for shoplifting,
Perhaps many parents and
teenagers areunaware of the
serious harm this could have
on their lives and -future.
"Shoplifting is stealing, and
stealing is .,a crimifial act.
Even if the punishment does
not include a jail sentence.
nevertheless the criminal
record remains and could
make it difficult, if not im-
possible for a person to go
into any business where a
license is required. such as
law. real. ,. estate and in-
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,4:E;;=surance.
So called '`fun" and youth-
ful "pranks" can cause young
people a lifetime of trouble. •
You can be arrested if you
steal any property from a
store. no ,matter how little it
cost. It is a crime if you steal
even -a tube of lipstick or a
candy bar.
Because of the growing
problem, the, store owners are
going to get tough . with
shoplifters and are taking
measures to catch them in the
act. , We are now convinced
that the proper way to deal
with shoplifters is through the
police and courts. Punish-
ment for a first offence can be
as much as two years in jail
or for a theft, over p00, as
much as 10 years.
Shoplifting is theft, and
theft is an indictable offence
and is punishable as such.
This is what parents can do
about it.
Be aware that shoplifting
can be just the beginning of
bigger trouble for children.
Make sure children un-
derstand that shoplifting is
stealing and stealing is a
criminal act
Be, certain that your
children . know what a
criminal record can do to
their chances for jobs.
colleges and professions.
Know how much money
"'they have and how they spend
it.
Know what your son or
daughter brings into the
house. If it isrt`t: his or hers,
check on where it came from.
Don't accept a pat answer.
Be alert to a daughter who
repeatedly goes shopping
with an extra large hand -bag
or shopping bag. These are
common tools of shoplifters.
Supervise any "clothes"
shopping.
Set an example.
Sunday and Monday before Lent. The Portugese used to
throw ashes or flour into each other's faces.
Many of London England's most prominent citizens were
fooled in 1860. They received invitations that read: "Tower
of London_ ,(• Admit Bearer and Friend to view annual
ceremony of Washing the White Lions - Sunday. April 1.
Admittance only at White Gate. A traffic jam resulted on
that Sunday morning. as buggies drove around Tower Hill
looking for the WhiteGate.
From Poor Robin's Almanac of 1760. this quote is taken:
"The first of April some do say.
Is set apart for All Fool's Day:
But why the people call it so
Nor I, nor they themselves. do know.
But on this day are people sent
On purpose for pure merriment."
Those lines are as true today as they were back then. The
April Fool idea is so deeply entrenched in our sophisticated
society that only a bold person dares to start an enterprise
on this date. To be married on April 1 brings wisecracks to
the courageous couple, and pity the poor soul that's born on
the first of April.
Did your alarm clock wake you an hour early this
morning? Was your sugar bowl filled with salt? Did you
answer your doorbell to find no one there? Did you try to
pick a coin off the floor only to discover it was glued? Did
you kick an old hat from the sidewalk and feel a brick un-
derneath?,
If you did. take heart in knowing, you're not the only
person fooled on this date. Besides. a proverb
acknowledges "there's no fool like an old fool."
From our early files •
10Y-EARSSAGO was decided at the April meeting
April 3-4.4915 of Town Council last night.
A former weekly newspapers Increases by departments are
publisher. James 'Johnston, is at roughly as follows: police
39. national ' director of the protection. .75 mills; salaries,
Conservative party' in Canada. .66; county levy. 2.`I5 mills;
His appointment to this job on public school, 2.50 milts; salaries.
Tuesday. April 5. was announced .66; county Levy. 2.75 mills;
by the Hon. John G. Diefenbaker. public school, 2.50 mills ;
As the News -Record goes to collegiate, 1.25 mills; deficit for
press Wednesday evening. no 1950..25 mills; total, 8.16 mills.
Additional public health nurses
word has been received con- are being sought by Huron
reining a decision by Solicitor- County Health Unit. The Unit
General L.T. Pennell on whether took this action at a meeting in
or not an inquiry will be held into Clinton Thursday fast, after
the Truscott case. nor on what being told by Miss Marjorie
type of inquiry is being con- Rutherford, regional nursing
sidered. On Tuesday, Opposition
Leader John G. , Diefenbaker supervisor for the Ontario
urged the federal government to Department of Health, that the
grant a new triaL provided present unit is understaffed. At
examination indicates he may present there are six nurses and
havebeen unjustly convicted. ' . - the supervisor.
Paul Watson, only son of Mr.
Huron County on Tuesday night
voted in favour of retaining the and Mrs. W.N. Watson, Blyth.
death penalty for murder in has been awarded a 52.400
Canada. Robert E. McKinley. scholarship by OAC. Guelph, to
Zurich.. MP for Huron. voted be used to specialize•i:n research
work for a degree as Master of
along with 76 other Conservatives Science of Agriculture. Paul will
is,
now of keeping the taw as it graduate at OAC in May, having
completed his course of four
The farm of Norman Tyndall, years in field husbandry.
in Tuckersmith Township has W H Cranston editor of the
had an impressive history of Midland Free Press Herald. and
service to Canada, since in the A.D. 'iushighatt, curator of
summer of 1941, it became theA.D.
House. Midland. met
site of the first radar training with the historical committee of
establishment in North America Huron County Council at
Galled No. 31 Radio School Goderich Monday and advised
(RAF) the school was created in the committee on the setting up of
little over one month from May the museum. The collectiiioti at
'27 until June 30 of that year. present housed in the museum is
There. are 220 housing units in a better than average collection
Adastral Park, the perdlaneni
to start with, but some technical
married quarters at the station. assistance is stilt needed in.
The s public labral there has 12 arrangement and display. it was . j,piipr torooms plus library. There isa bowling alley, curling rink (158)
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League of Ontario St. United delinquent; even up. he never
Church are: president, Miss Eva does anything that *ill assist the
Carter; first vicepresident, publisher to can a good paper,
Leonard McKnight. second vice- and forty to one if the paper is a
president. Miss Dorothy Man goad one and full of life, he is the
most eager to see the paper when
Bing; third vice-president. it comes out.Francis Powell; fourth vice- As v, mentioned m last
president, Miss Grace Evans; week's issue Sas. t4lcClacherty
secretary. Miss Florence Lin- has sold out his bakery and
dsay, treasurer, Wilfred Jervis, oonfeccianery, the new
pianists. Misses Carol Evansand ,proprietors being Messrs• McLay
Jean P}umsteel. and ParLmer of Londesboio who
Amos Cartwright has pur-
chased T.H. Leppington's house
at the corner of Rattenbury and
Erie streets:
Citizens of Clinton voted on
Monday to allow the Town
Council to issue debentures so
that a new Collegiate can be built.
There ,were subtantial
maorities in all wards in favour
of the expenditure of this money.
The same by-law was defeated at
the municipal election at the first
of the year by only 16 votes.
Markets were: wheat, 51.25;
oats, 40c to 45c; buckwheat, 60c;
barley. 60c. butter, 40c to 42c;
eggs 20c to 26c: hive hogs. S12.75.
The Town Council has decided
to fix the two rooms in the public
Utilities Building as a ladies rest
room, a need 'for which has been
felt for some tine.
75 YEARS AGO
AprilS,1901
For the Grumblers - Whenever
you find a man finding fault with
the local paper. open it up and ten
to onehe hasnt an advertisement
in it; five toone he never gave it a
job of work; three to one he does
not take the paper; two to one
that if he is a subscriber. he is a
will attend strictly to business
and do all they can to please the
public in this line as they came
well recommended.
Building operations should be
good in Clinton during the coming
summer. W ith the building of the
new Methodist church. the parish
priests home and other houses to
go up employment will be given
to a good many workmen. Clinton
is in need of more dwellings and
some of our` moneyed men would
do well to erect. At present. thereare very few empty dweltiiigs in
town -No doubt there are a number
from Huron who have been toParis and have seen the great
exposition but a few others can
boast of more than this. Joseph
Wheatley is one of the latter and
has the honour of having been
granted. one of the diplomas by
the international jury of awards
to Dominion of Canada for fruit
exhibit. The Canadian commissioner has issued this grand
prize diploma to Mr. Wheatley as
one of the contributors. he having
exhibited plums. (researched by
Michele Flowers)�__ _ __ __due
editor
Its "do - or - die" for our nothinghad actually been
and skating rink (1961).nRCAF beloved Clinton Colts Saturday, Dear Editor: '
Station Clinton is no rltelre• evening when they meet It has come to my attention done,
Base igh the Training Command Bridgeport Vets in the third game The purpose of the meeting
Base is still very much in actio((. front several villagers that,
of the best -of -five OHA Inter- was to being the propcisal to
It's time honoured name has mediate "B" Semi-final series. as one of a small group of the public. i was surprised at
disappeared into vapour trails. The crucial match will be played people attending the open the amount of nothing that
C of A 1, the new pane is in Waterloo Memorial Arena at meeting for our proposed new already done even
CFB Clinton.lirwhichlmeans 8:30 p.m. It is expected that library, we were there as had extent been done
even
Canadian Forces Base Clinton. many royal' fans will accompany Bayfield Lionesses to protest. merttheofall they that could begin
um-
tegr is in the new spirit of in- the boys and cheer them on to This is not true. We were
trgration of the Forces. construction - 'But again not
The -biggest little hockey victory. Colts dropped the first there as concerned individual construction
just surprised.
match of the series in Goderich ratepayers and had nothing
tournament in the wand'. Young p As a mother raising five
Canada Hockey' Week starts in aMemorial Arena 4-0 Thursday at all to do with our local club, children. one of whom is now
Goderich on Friday. April 8 at evening last. Journeying to We seemed to have been,.,
12 15 p.m. The tournament runs Waterloo, they were down 12-3 attending College, i certainly
Tuesday evening. branded as a protest
know and appreciate the
through Saturday. April 16 with Two of Clinton's newer and movement. If there must be a value of a Library. I don't
sevenno
games on Sunday. OntarioEighty-.
highly respected citizens. Mr. protest branded on me it appreciate the quality of my
Quebec.
teams from Ontario. and Mrs. James S. Lockhart. would be perhaps that our
art in tL and Michigan formerly of Goderich Township,chiidrens' education used as a
will lake part in the tournament Council did not have this play to sway me in anyway.
celebrated their golden wedding mieeting, or give more in- ly children are at least twice
2S YEARS AGO anniversary on Tuesday. March formation to the press sooner
April S. 1951 a week in their school library. 27. (951. to clarify some friars to those
Clinton's tax rate for 1951 is 55 56 YEARS to don't spend anytime in
mills on the dollar as compared 1J 9 of us in the village.who had no our lootl library but that does
with 47 mills to 1c350 - an increaseincreasetde7a what was going on. 1 was
of eight mills over last year - it Officers Attrt18.of the Young Pectptc�.s
(:,lel earlier by our Reeve that not mean that I don't believe
Clinton Retail
Merchants Committee.
Misquote
Dear Editor
Last week's edition of your
paper quotes me as saying
"That after Vatican 1I,
everything , was up for
grabs". I am being quoted
incorrectly because 1 don't
believe that now or in the •
future that the moral
teaching of the Catholic
Church will be up for grabs.
What I said is that some
think everything is up for
grabs.
This coming Sunday. ' a'ee
will have F7'. M. Prieur from
St. Peter's seminary to speak
on the moral teachings of the
Church in the Light of
Vatican I1 and the recent
declaration concerning
sexual ethic.
I am sure he will clear up
any confusion created -by the
above misquote.
Yours truly.
Rev. Joseph Hardy.
it is necessary to our Village.
1 do.
I *anted some answers
concerning costs and how it
was going to affect my
family. which is certainly al"
very big concern these dads.
We as a small group of
individuals had no- idea how
this was to be arranged, but
most of the others there
seemed to know now and
understand all the financial
arrangements and this was
the first public meeting.
How"
We found out that the new
library would not cost the
taxpayers a cent. They have
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