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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-06-03, Page 4Ales 4—CLINTON I*Mf�.RC� -ORD, THUUD�Y'. JUNE 3, Ism 4'irni�l Comment ore csiiiutcitio Itt1t1/ • For many years, the Clinton Recreation Committee has been pretty well en its own. They have had their own beaks. they have run their own operation. and they have very seldom had to answer 1r council. .The rec committee. which is com- posed of many different • types of citizens from all walks of,life, has been left on its own because it has been doing a good job. The committee has never had to go to counncil. except at budget time, and now all of a sudden, council wants to strong arm tern into doing council's will. Why the sudden change of heart? Legally, rec'committees are just an arm of a municipal council, with the council having the final say. But legal or not, council has a moral obligation to lest these practical and sincere people carry out their jobs. which they volunteered for in the .first place. The rec Committee, faced with a budget this year that hits nearly 1133,000, proposed a new fee schedule he arca, one trustee A11 good things must come to an end. That may be time way some Huron County school board' trustees feel as • they face the prospect of representing new areas and of fighting for their school board seats in unfamiliar territory come the December elections if county council realigns the school electoral boumderies. An increase in the Separate School population in the county means that separate supporters will gain one more member on the 16 member board of education. Public school supporters will be giving up one seat on the board and just where that seat is to come from is the controversial question at county council. County council has the power to realign the school election boundaries and their executive committee recommended getting that seat by changing school boundaries so that most arras would be represented by just one trustee. Many larger groupings of towns and townships are now represented by two trustees. A vote on these proposed changes was postponed till next month at county Council. It's a touching question. as one deputy reeve said, some trustees "will haw to fight for their seat and under that would acme the burden on those taxpayers who never use the facilities, by increasing fees 10 these that use them regularly. a the $133.800. the rec board had to get $7S.643' from the council. and only .sought ..10 cut that margin down. Council 'thought that the rec com- mittee's tee schedule' was a little out of hand, and• we agree that all the clubs and leams.shouid haw beset consulted first.. but can .council tell the roc board to cut budget. and then ask them to offer a fair recreation program in the town without the extra dollars to build it with. Recreation in this town should mean more than hockey, baseball and horse racing, but until the rec Committee can get more money to set up other programs that would be of use to the other 80 percent of Clintonlans who are not involved in any way now, recreation will never serve those it should. It's time for more communication between council and the rec con- �tnittee. the old way they probably wouldn't" Sitting trustees may very weil have to fight the next school board election, but that• should just serve to give us a better school board, with represen- tatives who've worked harder to win their seats. Making one member definitely responsible for one area should make a better school board too. Seaforth, for example would join Mullett and McKillop in electing one trustee, a more logical arrangement than what we have now with two trustees representing all of Seaforth, Bayfield, Tuckersmith and Stanley. Some of the board of education's trustees are as responsive to their area's voters as they could possibly be. These trustees have nothing to fear from a realigned school district. Only the trustee who take the voters for granted and have perhaps been a little lax in representing their area's interests on the board of education have anything to worry about. , The one trustee, one district proposal can onlyyigive us a stronger and more responsive school board. County council shouldn't hesitate to follow their executive committee's suggestion. -from the Brussels Post Sugar and Spice By Bill Smiler My wife the wizard Some women's hearts are won by French perfume. mink coats, and diamonds. I've managed to steer clear of this type. All it takes to make my wife happy is a new machine. After years of comparative poverty, during which everything we had' was second-hand. falling apart, or broken. I am occasionally able to gratify her lust for something that hums. purrs. ,growls or roars. None of those verbs applies to me. by the way. It doesn't matter what it is. anything from a kitchen gadget to a grand piano; it pleases her pink. for a while. ' Not for her the big bouquet on Mother's Day. the fancy earrings on her birthday, the voluptuous dressing -gown for Christ- mas. She wants no part of such frivolities. Just give her something that beats or churns or sews or polishes. and she's in ecstacy. I didn't know this when we were first married. I thought she was a normal. greedy woman. and kept trying to please_.. her by buying blouses that didn't fit. sweaters the wrong color, earrings she wouldn't be found dead in. My first knowledge of her true cravings in material possessions. came after we'd been married a year. 1 was a student veteran. Our total income was US a month, believe it or not. Our rent was 175 a month. We ate only because 1 took part-time and vacation jobs. One day 1 came home.and was stunned to discover she'd bought a sewing machine. for $149-95. She had also signed up for a sewing course, at 115. and had bought material to make a suit, for 120. I have never been stingy, but I was a trifle aghast. She had bought it on the instalment plan. naturally. The story has a reasonably happy ending. She quit the sewing course after a few lessons, finally threw out the suit material, about 111 years later. But she traded in that sewing machine on a new one the other they. and got 175 for the old one. So her sewing has cost her about three dollars a year. over the years. Even a skinflint corldw't quarrel with that. Another day i cane home and steam started coming out of -my navel when she coolly informed me she'd bought a grand piano, for about $4,000. also on the in- stalmeneplan. Our income by this time was just about 14.000a year. "Migawd." 1 thought. "Hate to do it. but I'm going to have to have her committed. We've gotta educate the kids. pay the mortgage. She'll rain s." Once again, her extravagance turned out to be shrewd dealing. She gave piano lessons, the kids were educated, the mortgage is paid. And the other day, an expert told her the grand piano, as it stands, is worth about 15.500. I compare these gambits with my own investments, in which a couple of thousand dollars worth of stocks inevitably wind up as 50 shares of moose pasture, and I can't be anything but humble. This has gone on through the years between, and I've never ceased to be amazed at this woman's thing about a new machine. There's only one flaw in her aberration. Get her a piano and you never get a meal. She's too busy playing the thing. Get,her a record player. and everybody who comes in range must be interviewed. Forget about reading a book or relaxing. . Right now, it's the new sewing machine. It's a beauty. according to her. a Bernina. the Cadillac of sewing machines. It will do anything. In a flash, your garment will have seven new button. holes or a monogram stitched onto the pocket in purple thread. —We're probably the only people in town who can read in bed without taking a book. We just turn down the sheets and spell out what she has stitched all over them. Things like: "Cold feet make cool bed -fellows" and "Some limousine is my sewing machine." and "How now, brown cow." It's a lot of fun, but it's hard to get to sleep with all that Braille stitching tapping out messages on • your anatomy. 111 admit the new machine will do everything but button up your fly. But it's playing havoc with our domestie'1ife. She can't drag herself away from it. The Old Lady is up at five o'clock it the., morning. si wing•. She sneaks down after the news at 11 p.m. to whip off a few stit- ches. - 1 have to get most of the meals. She has time to iron only one shirt and wash one pair of socks at a time. which rather keeps me on ,edge, sartorially. 1 am barraged with totally incomprehensible terms such as tucks. darts/pleats. basting. gathering. i know it will end, once she is on more familiar terms with her new toy. But until then, it is rather like living with a child who has discovered what fun it is tp pound on a drum. Maybe I should have got her one of those garden tractors, with a tiller and cultivator. At least she'd be getting some fresh air. and I'd be getting some pens. 1, Odds t rids - by Elaine Townshend The Ladies' Aid In Nellie McClung's book, "The Second Chance." she included the minutes of a Ladies' Aid meeting. The secretary, who was ill. asked a young neighbourhood girl to take her place. "Write down everything that happens, so that 1 can write a full report," she instructed Pearl. Pearl was not schooled in the art of taking minutes. However, she was a fairly rapid writer, and she managed to copy most of the proceedings. The secretary didn't check her notes until she read them aloud at the next meeting. They caused some excitement. "The Ladies' Aid met at the home of Mrs. Ducker. There were seven present when ,it started; but more came. Mrs. Burrell doesn't know why they can't come in time. She told them so. Mrs. Burrell says, let's open the meeting by singing, "How Firm a Foundation" but Mrs. Ducker says. Oh; don't take that, it's in sharps; take "Nearer, Still Nearer" - it's in flats, and Maudie can handle the flats better. Then they sang. and Mrs. Burrell and Mrs. Ducker prayed. Mrs. Ducker prayed longest. but Mrs. Burrell prayed loudest. and for most things. Mrs. Bates read the last report, and. they said it was better than usual, she'd only -left out one or two things. Then they collected the money. Nearly everyone paid, only Mrs. Burrell couldn't find hers; she was sure she had it in her glove when she came in, and she couldn't see how it ever fell out. Mrs. Ducker will get it when she sweeps if it's in the house at all. Total recepits of evening 12.20. Then Mrs. Burrell askonsiot about the new stairs bkrpet for the parsonage. Mrs, Forrest said linoleum is betterthan carpet. Mrs. Burrell said'litnoletun would do alright if they couldn't afford carpet. and she saw in the Free Press that there was going to be a linoleum sale in Winnipeg on Saturday. Mrs. Ducker does not like sales. Mr. Ducker got a horse at a sale one time, and the very first time they hitched it up it took to blind staggers. Mrs. Forrest thinks there would be no danger of the linoleum havin' it though. Mrs. Burrell said she wished they'd talk sense. Mrs. Snider said she wpuld move that Mrs. Bureell gets whatever she wants for the stairs and the Ladies' Aid will pay for it. Carried. Mrs. Burrell said what about the knives and forks com- mittee. Mrs. Bates hasn't been able to go out since she fell down stairs. There's a black patch on her knee yet. Mrs. Bates blackens easy. Mrs. Snider has had her hands full, goodness knows. since Aunt Jessie has been laid up with arthritis. Aunt Jessie is pretty hard to wait on, and doesn't like the smell of the ointment the doctor gave her, it's altogether different from what she got when she was down in the States. Mrs. Burrell said she would get the knives and forks herself if anybody would make a motion. Two made it, and three seconded it. Carried. Mrs. Burrell said. Hew are the things getting on for the bazaar? Mrs. Ducker had a box of things, sent from Mrs. Norman in Winnipeg. Mrs. Snider thinks Mrs. Norman must have been at a sale. You can get things so cheap there sometimes. (Couldn't get all they said here, everybody talked at once about sales.) Mrs. Burrell said: Where'll we hold it. anyway. if we do get enough stuff? Mrs. Smith moved that sale be held in church basement. though if the stuff didn't come in faster; a piano box would do. Mrs. Allen said. hurry up. do. please. She left the baby with Jim. and he's no good at alt if she begins to fuss. Mrs. Snider seconded the motion. Mrs. Burrell said, where will we meet next time? Mrs. Graham said, come to my house. Mrs. Forrest said it was too far. Mrs. Graham said the walk would do her good, she had just been reading in the "Fireside Visitor" that that's what's wrong with lots of people, they don't walk enough. Mrs. Forrest is glad to know this. for she has often wondered what was wrong with lots of people. Decided to meet at Mrs. Burrell's. R.J.P. Watson, Sec. boat for this time. From our early files • • • • • • 15 YEARS AGO June 9. 1966 The 1966 International Plowing Match comes alive this week when Ontario Minister of High- ways. Charles MacNaughton. and the Minister of Agriculture. William Stewart. will cooperate to plow a first furrow at the match site at Seaforth. Irish Marshall. 111 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Marshall. Kirkton, was named Huron County Dairy Princess. in competition with only one other entry. at Clinton Spring Fair. Saturday. Gordie Gerrits, RR 1. Clinton had the most unusual pets at Clinton Spring Fair on Saturday. He showed two wild hawks which' have been turned into pets. Everett Biggs. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food for Ontario. announces the ap- pointment of Miss Sharon A. Carroll. B.H. Sc.. as Home Economist for Huron County. to replace Miss Diane Liddiard. who is leaving the service to be married. Clinton Kinsmen go all out when they bring in speakers for their annual minor sports banquet. This year they had two of the brightest young stars in the National Hockey League. Paul Henderson. a winger with Detroit Red Wings and "Pit" Martin. formerly with Detroit. and now with Boston Bruins, talked to over 100 peewee age boys and fathers and Kinsmen at Tuesday evening's banquet. The over -70 degree weather on Saturday brought an increase in attendance to Clinton Spring Fair: gate receipts were up considerably over last year. Entries in most classes of livestock. pets and parade were on par with former years. This all added up to 'one of the finest spring fairs ever held in Clinton. Instead' of the annual decoration day service at Clinton Cemetery, a dedication service a( the new cenotaph in Library Park and a short service at the cemetery. is planned for this wear. 25 YEARS AGO June 7.1151 Varna t;nwhen United Church charge has extended n call to Rev T .1 Pitts, at present in the Newfoundland Conference, to become minister of the charge effective July 1 Robert M. Hanley H A Se - son of Mr. anal Mrs. Frederick Hanley of Clinton. received the diretre of Bachelor def Applied Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto. Convocation yesterday afternoon. Miss Ally Lou Thompson. daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Fred G. Thompson. Clinton. was one of a record class of 71 who graduated from Victoria) Hospital School of Nursing. London. Gerald E. (Gerry) -Nelso has been appointed fieldman for the Holstein -Friesian Association of Canada in the East-Central Ontario district. He replaces F. Roy Armiston. Brooklin, who has resigned in order to establish his own Holstein herd. Effective July 1.1Dr. J. Donald Moynan will leave his post as veterinarian attached to Huron Counth Health Unit with headquarters in Clinton, and will practise his profession.. in Detroit. Mich. Dr. Moynan came to Huron County two hears ago from his home city of Ottawa. Immediate efforts will be made to replace him. The first "Awards Day" in the history of Clinton District Collegiate institute was held in the Auditorium Friday afternoon last with Principal E.A. Fines presiding and the members of the teaching staff officiating at the various presentations. in future. the event will take place an- nually. The Clinton Colts won nnc and lost one during the past week. lining at Dashwood Thursday evening 12-5 in a five -inning game. and 'winning against the youthful Zurich. team 9-0 in Clinton Community Park ' Tuesday evening. $ YEARS AGO June 1L. 1126 Mr. Alvin K Leonard. only son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Leonard of Clinton. last week received. at Convocation Hall, Toronto. the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Toronto. Mr. Alvin Townsend. son of Mr. Albert Townsend also won his degree. Several from around here took in the moonlight excursion at Goderich. Monday night. Complaints were made after. the band concert last week that children made a noise during the numbers. This should he stoppc d. Along with Alvin K. Lennard and Alvin Townsend those receiving their degrees at the Convocation of the Unnrrsity of Toronto included Erskine E:vans and Frank A. Mcliard}•Smith A reception in honour of Rev. and Mrs. L:C. Harrison lk.is held in Owen Memorial lull ern Tuesday. Rev. and Mrs. Harrison have just recently moped to Clinton. Those assisting at the reception welcoming Rev and Mrs L.C. Harrison and family to St Paul's Parish. Clinton. in• eluded. Lt Col. 11 R. Comhc, John.Ransford, J Doherty. Mrs. Theo Fremlin. :Mss A. Stcepe. Frank Dempsey. Rev. A.A. Holmes and Rev. C.J: Moorhouse. 73 YEARS AGO June 7. 1991' We congratulate Our young friends on their success at the recent Varsity examinations From the results published we notice that Miss Mary C Lough • passed her exam in her second year in arts and J.R. Bell, and F.ti. Broder(brotherof Mrs. G.D. McTaggart) in their third year in arts. P.B. Crews is preparing to remove his stock to the Bid- dlecomb store and expects to open out in the new stand about Saturday, 15th inst. He has recently been on a purchasing trip and will have a much larger and more variety stock and wishes his customers and others to remember his new stand, opposite the town hall, when he removes and call. Among the great number, there were some from Clinton who' tried the novel competition which 1 V. Fear. druggist of Seaforth. recently held in offering a prize for the person sho could write on .t post card the greatest number of times the words 'TV. Fear .ells pure drugs." many of whom had the sentence _ written over 2.000 limes and were only decipherable with the aid of a microscope. The prize was won by Miss Mice Walker. of Rox- boro. who wrote the sentence 2506 times and • each numbered. the card containing 66.234 letters and figures which beats the world's record by over 15.000. The Clarendon Hotel will have .t new proprietor but an old familiar face, Jas. McGuire having sold out on Saturday to Henry Cantelon, now of Hensall. The transfer will take place on the 10th of July. (researched by Michele Flowers) - Shisibet. IABI art.talrrUb� 6 •r+sr .\...ei.bb.w TSr l'MG«t %rw.• Rrtsrd Is gi.bIllebed east Tb...r.r •t P.O. Nes ,3 tllel.a l'es.i. NON IL& le Is reliMrrrd es ..c.ed does well by Mr p..1 .neer seder Mr peruse wsenter Tw %ev s Reeved i.ewpwMed b 164 Me Hare %r.n R.ren& ttiswded V las, .ed Wee libellee w. Er.. iesem ed la MI6. Tsai rirr.MMew Is ;ANL ‘M.wl*/ 1 a.adla. .01..w.M1. 1,...*.,p, ‘....11.114 bin hl.riay .4.rr/tsI.g retro at MOM& .w rears/. As* tear Rear fend se 6 ~Iv* eel I. tm. Editor • Janice E. Fitriperald Advertising *erecter - Gary L. Heist 0eenetal Manapet - J. Netiwrd Aitken Neves saw - hew Claret •Nyq) •NOS Sirbstriprien Rates: Cawade • 511 per year U.S.A. - S17.311 SIMM copy • .sec Gratitude Dear Editor: On behalf of the Huron. County Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, I would like • to express appreciation and gratitude to all residents, business firms and Associations of , Clinton and surrounding rural area who contributed so generously to the 1,76 cancer campaign. You truly exemplified the theme of this year's cam- paign, "You are making the difference'. The Clinton Branch, under the competent leadership of Leen Rehorst and Mrs. Jack Roorda and their excellent team of canvassers, are to be congratulated on attaining a total of 15.431.70 as reported by the Unit office on May 28th. 1976. The Clinton Branch have exceeded their objective by six per cent which in turn has enabled the Huron County Unit to go over the' top of its objective of 130,700.00. As you may know the Canadian Cancer Society's only sources of income are voluntary contributions an. legacies. I think it is im portant to emphasize tha about five cents only of eac dollar donated is required fo administration costs due t. the vast amount of voluntee work. This leaves the ma jo portion of each dollar' fo research, services fo patients and education. Th education program is gime at giving all Canadians better understanding o Cancer and its preventativ measures. Canada through cance research centres and i dedicated doctors an scientists have made, ou standing contributions to t world fight against cance As Canadians. we can be ver proud of our a complishments. Your c. tributions have made thi possible. Sincerely Ross McDaniel campaign chairman Huron County Unit Canadian Cancer Societ Meals Dear Editor: It is just over a year age that Clinton's first "Meals on Wheels" were delivered to the customer's doors Since that time a voluntee driver has reported to the hospital at 11:45 a m each Monday. Tuesday. Wed- nesday. Thursday and Friday morning to deliver a meal to those who are not able to cook.. a dinner for themsclVe. To the end of April. 2.128 meals have been delivered. Several people who st:lrted with the program when it began are still receiving meals. Others need just. temporary help eg _after surgery. or while in a plaster cast. Whatever the situation is that makes preparing a dinner difficult or impossible. the "Meals on Wheels" committee is pleased to be of service. The price of a dinner ($1 25 ) has not changed during the first year. The Anti-Inflatipn Board should be pleased by such a report. Somimes a voluntee driver 'finds that he or she cannot drive on the scheduled day. and arranges to trade with another driver on the list. if so. please phone the hospital to let them know so that their lists may he corrected All drivers please note' With summer finally in view, some "Meals on Wheels" recipients will be going on holidays. thus -making room for more people in need of dinners. Please phone Miss Marie Elliott at 432-11118 if we can help you Sincerely Meals on Wheels. Executive Committee. News -Record readers are entairaged N express Miter opinions M letters to Me editor. however. svch splslsns de net necessarily represent Mi• e ep$nM ie*t 1 Mews. lMprr. Psewea y*s sway be vied by letter writers. bet ne taker yr* be pu$iebed nMest N can be verified by plume.