HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-07-22, Page 4PAGE 4--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. THURSDAY. JULY M. 1976
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It used to be that Canadians who
were vacationing overseas would
proudly sport maple leaf lapel pins to
distinguish them from American
tourists who, it was believed, were
loud, boorish and much less
sophisticated than we.
It seems .now, however, says the
United Church, that the maple leaf pins
are quietly disappearing lest serious
travellers find themselves identified
with camera -laden, talkative, loudly
dressed and insensitive visitors, from
north of the 49th parallel.
Travel writers in Canadian
newspapers used to praise the average
Canadian for good taste, quiet man-
ners and a regard for local customs
that Americans seemed to ignore in
their rush for the hamburger stands
and tourist traps.
Sadly we hear reports that
Canadians, especially in the Carib-
bean, are. the culprits and that in
Spanish areas like Cuba and Puerto
Rico, people grit their teeth as the
latest Canadian contingerrt arrives
complete with wash and wear. drip-dry
manners.
Our image abroad is being tarnished
as more and more people take ad-
vantage of cheap package tours to
countries desperately anxious to earn
hard currency to boost their sagging
economies. Travel is an excellent way
to, broaden horizons provided one does
not expect to live with conditions tend
people that are different from "back
home".
Tourism earns Canada some five to
six percent of our gross national
product and employs' some 800.00
people with 1975 rec*Npts totalling
some S8.5 billion. it would be a shame if
the behavour of some travelling
Canadians were to burden us with a
reputation for crass and unpleasant
actions and thereby distort our image
as kin and friendly hosts.
Canadian travellers would be well
advised to -study the customs and
conditions of countries they plan to
visit and travel with the idea of lear-
ning something, having some fun and
relaxation but never at the expense of
others or of our own good name among
other countries of this planet.
Dear Editor:
It would be appreciated if
you would print this letter of
thanks to the captains and
canvassers who worked so
hard. and to the groups and
individual residents who
donated so generously to put
our 1976 Heart Fund Cam-
paign over the top.
The Clinton area. thanks to
the efforts of the Clinton
Chapter of the Order of the
Eastern Star and team
captains Joan Bell. Deanna
Delve. Linda Meade. Shirley
Kay. and Romayne
McClinchey, raised a total.of
11.101.35.
It is most gratifying to the
London and Area Chapter to
report a campaign total of
1150.860.33. and we sincerely
thank all those who helped us
read this goal.
Carol carries mike
A young and poised Carol Jewitt of
Hullett Township, daughter of Reeve
John Jewitt, carried the portable
microphone from councillor to coun-
cillor at the June session of Huron
County Council. The roving mike has
been a feature of county council for the
last three months and this is the first
time that a young lady from the county
has handled the chores. Previously, the
work was done by county secretaries.
As Warden Jack McCutcheon
pointed out, Miss 'Jewitt's attendance
was a trial ... but after the quiet and
efficient way she handled the job, it
was plain to see that county councillors
were impressed with the possibility of
utilizing other Huron,County
youngsters in a similar capcity at
future county meetings.
The benefits of such a program are
two -fold, of course. Not only does the
roving mike make county councillors
more audible to tneir associates and
their guests, at a very reasonable cost,
it could well provide an opportunity for
the youth of Huron County to learn
firsthand just what the work of county
council entails. From time to time,
students from Huron County have a
once-in-a-lifetime chance to serve at
Queen's Park as pages. Why not afford
the same type of experience and op-
portunity at the county level 'to
deserving young people?
The youth of today are tomorrow's
leaders. County council has hit on a
unique and especially appealing way of
getting some of Huron's youth in-
terested and involved. in municipal
government at home. It is to be hoped
that this program will become a
permanent feature for the future. —
Goderich Signal -Star
Odds 'n' ends - by Elaine Townshend
.11v green I)ItOttf'
Every home should have a conversation piece. In my
apartment. it's a green telephone
Before the phone was installed. several people asked me
what colour 1 had ordered. -
"Green." 1 answered excitedly.
My girl friend just mumbled. "Green. Oh." She looked a
little strange. but 1 didn't think anything of it at the time.
My sister was a little more to the point. "Green!" she
spluttered. "What do you want green for2••
My twelve -year-old niece. with the directness of a child.
blurted oust. "Ugh' •'
What's wrong with i green telephone? In my yellow
kitchen with its orange .ted green trim. I think the phone
contrasts rather attractively.
Its shade almost matches the garbage can and the handle
of the tea kettle. My landlady' lent me a lamp. which is also
green. It clashes with the phone. but if I set it in one corner
and the phone in another. no one will ever notice. Sitting
near the window. the green telephone brings out the colour
of the tiny leaves In the curtains.
Even after the phone Was installed. though. the critics
wouldn't change their tune
My girl friend glanced at the phone and then turned her
back to it. My sister muttered. To each his own."
But my niece again voiced her thoughts. After touring the
rooms. she concluded. "Well. Elaine. I like your new
apartment. except for that green phone Couldn't you get
any other colour''"
I explained that 1 couldn't get yellow, and red seemed too
loud: beige and white were too ordinary. and black was too
basic. Green looked just right
I've come to the conclusion the critics are jealous. Their
phones arc the plain old black 'and white models. and
they're probably kicking themselves because they didn't
have the imagination to choose a green one.
1 see nothing odd about having a green telephone in my
kitchen. After all. those of you with colour TV know that Dr.
Welby has a yellow phone in his kitchen. And I've heard that
President Ford has a red telephone in the blue room of the
white house. Or is it a blue phone in the red room of the
white house?
If I)r. Welby and President Ford can have yellow and red
phones. why shouldn't 1 have a green one?
Itmakes an excellent conversation piece. When someone
comes in. I nod toward the corner and quiz. "See my green
phone? How do you like it?••
Yesterday I finally found someone with taste for decor
My nephew walked into the kitchen and. with no prom-
pting from me.' announced "I really like your phone.
Elaine. The colour really looks nice in here -.
Thank you. Dave You must have interited your good
taste from your aunt.
10 YEARS AGO
Jul) 28. 1966
PIPs and fletrI►ieeks
11 must be an uneasy time for members
of parliament. First. they were forced to
vote on a moral question. the abolishment
of capital punishment. in what must have
been an agonizing examination of con-
science versus expedience. for many
Despite• the fact that the bill squeaked
through. most MP's must.know that most,
Canadians are against it. And it's that
same majority that elects those same
MP's. Enough -to make a politician lose a
little sleep, eh?
Next they saw a comparatively small
group of Canadians. the airline pilots:-
thumbing
ilots-thumbing their noses at the government.
and getting away with it. And once again, it
was pretty obvious that a majority of
Canadians was solidly behind the pilots
There is little doubt that most MPs will
be happy to get out of the pressure -cooker
Ottawa has turned out to he this year. and
back to their own constituencies for a
couple of months of fence -building. baby -
kissing and all the other nefarioi,s ac
tivities of a politician on his home grounds.
My heart is not exactly bleeding for our
MPs. but I am more than a little disturbed
by the two incidents that have contributed
to their unease in the past few months.
On the first issue. capital punishment. it
is readily apparent. from the closenessof
the final tally. that the country is split right
down the middle on the issue. And that's not
gam-
But i can live with it. The majority has
spoken. in a supposedly. free vote. and it's
not going to wound this country to the vitals
if a few murderers are hanged or kicked to
death with >a frozen tittlot. or otherwise
executed in whatever' cute manner is
decided on. _
it's the 'second issue that pothers me
considerably. For behind the pilots'
palaver about siifety. and the government's
obduracy. amounting almost to stupidity.
concerning bilingualism at our airports.
lies a much darker murk.
That is the obvious back -lash of F.nglish-
spcaking Canadians to the goirernment's
bilingualism. This bitter backlash is not
just had. in my opinion: it, is dangerous. •
Again and again. we saw on television
perfectly ordinary citizens who backed the
pilots. stand. even when personally in-
convenienced by the strike that was not a
strike, blurting things like: "r'm sick of
having it (bilingualism) shoved down my
throat."
This is not the voice of reason. but of bias,
and 1 hate to see it in this country which I
in%c so mach.
For a course of centuries. the French of
Canada ha.i Engli3h shored down their
throats. not by law. but by business,
cclmmerce, politics. education. Naturally.
they resented it. Now. they're trying to
achiesc' equality of opportunity. through
hilingualism The result is a strong and
ugly racialism bouncing back at them.from
those English-speaking Canadi-tns who are
biased and bigoted
As in most bigotry. the retorts are based
on ignorance and fear. Civil servants too
stupid or too lazy to (earn French are afraid
for their jobs Protestants abhor the rise of
Rome. even though most French-
('anadians these days are more protestant
that the Protestants. Conservatives fear
any change in the comfortable pattern of
Canadian life. in which. for generations. a
Frenchman was a "Frog to be looked
down on
Male_ I'm out of touch. but i haven't
noticed anybody trying to shove French
down my throat
1 hold no brief for the province of Quebec.
1 am as nick of its whining and demands as
the next guy 1 think its politics are and
have been. more corrupt than any of the
other provinces. which isn't saying much i
don't even carr that deeply about Quebec
separating from the rest of Canada.
Nations alae not sacred
But none of that has anything to do with
the French language • 1 thought Canadians
were growing up. learning tolerance.
becoming more sophisticated. More fair.
Reit the, latest ugly develoilments make
me wonder Are we just a bunch of red-
necks -at heart" •
Tenders have been recalled for
Clinton's proposed new com•
munity centre The re+asiin` Only
one complete tender w:is .
received up to the extended
tender closing time of 5 p m
Thursday. July 21.
The first swimming' meet of the
season at Clinton Community
Swimming Pool -for children, IS
years and under was held
Saturday afternoon in com-
parison with' the number of
persons using the pool. a ntrie.
were low but- competition was
keen. The . biggest winner was
Holly Deline with four -firsts, two
thirds and one second for' 25
points.
Among the one -room rural
schoolhouses, the function of
which will end with the opening of
the consolidated school at
Brucef►eld next year is that of
Section. Number One. Stanley.
better known a. Baird's School in
honour of Mr. George Baird. who
taught there for half a century.
from January. 1861 to December.
1910. Records indicate that the
school there has existed .ince
1855
The share -the -wealth snowball
bingo at the next bingo on Augu.t
5th, sponsWreit by the sers ter
clubs of Clinton for Clinton .incl
District Community ('entre
Centennial Fund. will he North
1906
Nancy I Olde ha. - he. n
awarded the Richard and .lulls
Butler Scholarship for Honours
Botany by the tines ersity of
Western (Intact', She ts the
daughter of Mr and Mrs W
Brock Olde. 99 Princes. Street
East. Clinton
Clinton Ponies. sponsored t.t
the Kinsmen Club. won the first
game of their W'(lAA peels re
baseball playoff with St Marys
Tuesday. by a close 5score
25YFARS A(:0
July 26. 1951
Group Captain E.A.B -Hutton.
42. Otrawa. ' director of
telecommunications at RCAF
headquarters. btiawa. has been
named commanding officer of
R'('AF Station Clinton. He will
succeed Wing Commander
Robert F Miller. 34. of Marshal
S.tsk . who has been named to a
staff job at headquarters.
Dr D.13 Palfner. dentist. is
ntc►>, ing, his dental office to larger
quarters on the second floor over
Thompson's Fond Market, op-
posite Bartliff Bros., Albert
Street
The King and Queen are much
interested to hear that you are
celebrating your tOOth birthday
and send you • hearty
ongratulations and good
wishes ' This message - from
Boa ingha m Palace. London
1 ngland was only one of many
messages of good will received
hs Mrs. Alice Maud Robson. who
elehrated her 100th birthday on
_Monday .0 her home. Rattenbury
St West. Clinton
Clinton RCAF Station .,is now
cut -over- � into 60 -cycle power.
the operation having been
1►ertormed in two "cuts" on
noonday and Tuesday. The
operation included the change•
...et .41 many pieces of highly
technical apparatus. The 145
homes in Ad.tstral Park were
.tandarlired to 60 cycles.
Flmer 1 Tartish 11.4..4.
Township.
ss eleite.t 1 .hef .t
randtdate• for Huron Ili co a .n the
next Ontario electron Ai .In ej,
thusiastic nomination 1 ..nsention
and annual meeting held in the
Town Hall. Wingham ..n M•mr1.s%
evening
Gerald Wallace terry
Montgomery BSA. now es in 1Mo
s tdetl..is Apr. t11t11►.11
Kepresentaltte for Huron
holt cog take•. . • er Iv .•nc K •
/.....i .r limn. f 1 11.•..t.(♦
SO YEARS s♦GO
July 29. 11126
boxes. One Cltntondaachelor paid
four dollars for his box An in-
teresting feature of the party was
the presentatton of .t birthday
cake lighted with candles to Dr
J W Shaw
Thtec rinks of Stratford lady
bowlers and a rink from
Wingham played the Clinton
ladles here. when the local
bowlers came .out ahead Clinton
skip. were Mr. J l.tpfe. Mr. F
Hovey. Mrs J M:Murchie. Miss
A. Howson
1hi'. hos .octal and dance given
.it H.tyen barter. the hospitable
home .of Mr and Mrs E-phriam
�nrll.
Hullett. on Friday evening
last •indrr the auspices of the
i i.nton Public Hospital Board.
l.t
osed to he .1,s -cry pleasant and
I.f i.Itt:Ihle affair
Ali Harry J Thompson of
I.o.Mrich Township brought into -
Ill,' News -Record• office last
1 hursday 'afternoon. a treat of
sp..tppir. grown on his farm last
sear They had kept well and
...•t.- of good flavour As apples
h.'.,- been tied already of this
..•.tr growing. we have apples
,tl the vear around in Huron
1 .flinty
Res W A Townsend has
,hipped his household bclongtngs
to Perste where he has been
Appointed to a charge. .and on
fhursda> he and his•family go up
t.• take up their abode in the
1.-1 11•►
I.11 hlltot was the grills;
ru. tianee'r. at the box social and
.1. wee on Friday evening There
...t• is e-ly bidding on all the
73 YEARS f,GO
Jul) 26. 1901
Clinton has again been
honoured in yachting circles
..Now , our friend. W A Phillips.
bookkeeper for R & J Ransford.
is away to Montreal to act as one
of the judges in the remit race. at
Lake St Louis. who .s ill deride
the course and act as timekeeper
and settle all matters in con
nection with the contest which is
between Canadian and American
boats •
The date for the fall and w enter
sittings of the High Court i►f
Justice are announced For
Huron county. ;he Jury sittings is
Monday. September 9. before
Judge Falconbridge and non -jury
sittings on Monday. Nos ember
4th before Judge Mlederith
Mr James Cornish, of the
Base Line. make. the boast that
he cut 29 acres of grain. using
Central Prison htndertw ire and
only found it necessary to thread
the machine needle once. this is
pretty good record We are told Of
another farmer who cut 35 acres
wad nc!•er missed a sheaf In both
cases. the work was done by one
of the %sell known Massey Harris
hinder.
R.ispherres are coming in
freely hut the crop i• reported to
he tight owing to scarcity of rain
.As Manitoba and the North
West are asking for a large
number of hands. some say 10,000
to 20.000 men. the C P R is
running .l farm latK►rers' ex
rurston to the West on Tuesday.
august 6 for 510 to any point in
Manitoba or Assimbe,i.i as far as
Moose Jaw. Estes an. Or Yorkton.
and .on producing a certificate get
hack f.er S19
The first days es ent. of the
annua: meeting of the Ge.derich
Turf .A.sociarion came off on
Wednesday in the presence of
about 1200 people The day was
.'arm. hut the cool hree a made
the heat bearable. and exciting
heat• and go.xi music made it a
red letter one There are o.er
fife trotter. and runners on the
ground.. the largest number
attending .t meeting outside the
rifles in Ontario i researched by
Mic helle Fiowersi
News -Record readers are
encouraged to express their
opinions in letters to, the
editor, however. sucti opinions
do not necessarily represent
the opinions of the News -
Record.
Pseudonyms may be used
by letter writers. but no leiter
will be published unless it can
be verified by phone.
Sincerely.
J .T. Lindores.
Chairman.
London and Area Chapter.
Ontario Heart Foundation.
Question -
Dear Editor:
Today's News -Record
(July 15) carried an ad-
vertisement bearing the
statement: "God's Holy Word
Declares, (3) That Jesus
Christ is GOD...-. citing in
proof (Acts 4:12: John 3:16).
May I be allowed to call in
question the 'correctness of
such statement?
Jesus said in prayer 'to his
heavenly Father "1 have
glorified you on the earth.
having finished the work you
have given me to do. So now
you. rather. glorify me
alongside yourself with the
glory that 1 had alongside you
before the world was." (John-
So. the one who became
Jesus Christ. "the Lamb of
God -. had existed as a Son of
God alongside his heavenly.
Father in the invisible• spirit
realm. (John 8:581 Hence. in
order for him to become the
human Son of God under th
name Jesus Christ. he had to
let Almighty God transfer his
life from heaven to the human
ovum in the body of the
Jewish virgin. In this way
God continued to be his
Father at his birth in
Bethlehem. It could be only
from heaven that God
transferred the life of his Son -
miraculously and thereby
"sent" his Son. as stated in
John 3:16: "Goa loved the
world sof mankind ) so much
that he gave his only -begotten
Son. in order that everyone
exercising faith in him might
not he destroyed hut have
e erlasting life. For God sept
forth his Son into the worid.-
nut for hii4 to judge the
world. but for the world to be
sa.ed through him. -
In this way we can see how
God provided the ONE' man
whom we needed for olio
everlasting salvation The
emr man who was the exact
equal of Adam .during his
Adam's) perfection and
sinle•ssne•s in the garden ,of
Eden This man alone -was
able to offer himself to God to
be sacrificed as "the Lamb of
God that takes' away ,the stn of
the world" (John 1 29.30►
That Jesus was not and is
not God is evident (ram the
- following statcments..... _.."Of
that day and'hour knoweth n
man. no. not the angels o
heaven. hut my Father only "
(Mathew 24:36) . "Then
cometh the end. when heshall
have delivered up the
kingdom to God. even the
I- other. when he shall have
put down all rule and
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