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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-09-30, Page 4a Shaine . it rYelp a k ell a:. their w shy ash at- rd$ a county -Wide Ion program. either oided by Runty. financed by the county, or r last Friday was to. be etch as th* townships, mostwho . Ctn`t have any investment tion and don't want any. ouf- number + the ,towns inthe voting by two: `toe- are exceptions to the rule, of e, where a few townships have their ccinscience bothering them and haveis ntributed to recreation .prbgrams in some of the towns, but the exceptions at'.= tom. few, an we can't PlaY the rm taking my borne." Pep -R. Frank k's ion that _ an InOentive grant of $3 given to- thelw area.3.r.. who wanted to start up area recreation boards was certainly worth more discussion than it received* basest is county Riles, whore rural arid urian take opposite sides on this thorny problem. Unto !nate' towns: (iker. ft, ? and Clinton acre forced to add- Sf surcharges to any out-of-town residents to use their facilities, because few are willing to sit down and work out a, solution mutually satisfactory to all parties. Where we go from here is anybody's g s,. but a solution must be found. Sugar and Spice/By B he joys of su er End of summer notes. Can't thi iWOtcme, single, useful, constructure thing I did during the past summer. Which' is as it should be. I did threaten, once or twice, to paint the back stoop and the picnic table and chairs-. But on the days when I was ready to put the stain on the picnic equipment, it rained. thank goodness. And .I never did figure out how to paint the stoop. The cat sleeps there all day. I was either going to have a cat with green feet, or I'd have to tie him to the lilac tree until the paint „dried, which I thought was abit inhum . One:of the big events of the summer was .` having an oak tree taken down. It was about 70 feet high and two feet thick at the base: It was quite a thrill to watch the tree slayers, two of therm, scrambling away up into the blue of a summer evening, slinging ropes around in all sorts of mysterious ways, shouting incomprehensible direc- tions to each other, like a couple of sailors reefing the foresail around Cape Horn, and lowering fhe mighty oak in sections. I now have four woodpiles in my back yard, about six cords.of firewood, on which all sorts of people are casting an envious eye. 'Forget it, friends. It cost me $300 to have that oak down, and I'm going to enjoy it, if I have to keep the fireplace burning day and night all winter. That was a bad week. Just after the oak carne down, the automatic washer in the basement blew its guts. The dryer was shot too, so this was another $700. An exciting installation. The washer and dryer won't go down our cellar stairs. The boys had to rip out the stairs and lower the machinery. But they labored with great good nature and ingenuity. We didn't lose a single man. Nor even a married One. It could never happen if you bought the outfit from one of the big, out-of-town firms. They'd just sneer if you said: "The stairs have to come out." That was a $1,000 week of pure loss. But it was somewhat redeemed the following week when I went to Halifax and won an award which included a handsome cheque for $500. It made me think God was back,in His heaven, after being out to lunch for a whole week. That Halifax is quite a place. It looks like a city in Germany, circa 1950, that has been badly bombed, and is rebuilding. Beautiful new buildings rising right next to deadly. three-storey slums, with winos hanging out thewindows. Last time I was there was in the spring of 1942, on my way overseas, and Halifax was real crud then. Cold, wet, dismal, blackout, poor food. England looked like paradise after war -time Halifax. Now it's a -swinging, lively city. Had a fine trip on the Bluenosee II, all sails set, spanking along in the sunshine. Don't miss this fyou're ere. Watched in _._fascinationr as a prominent western editor fell asleep, not once, but. three times, during• a speech by Joe Clark, a potential prime minister. Humored an eastern editor who, armed with a credit card from the Grand Trunk Railway, personally signed by Sir John MacDonald, thought he could finance a trip for several of us to Paraguay. Listened to a number of editors of my vintage •tell me they're rich, retired and work one day a week, "just to keep my " Which, of course, met;. livrith their sons, o daught+, w O: ..eying to pay off the .old.. man .. tremendous sum he wetted— .for the busilr5. Gave sage advice and a bottle of rum to a young woman called Alic B. Toklas, who assured me she had quit running around with ,- Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway and Scott Fitzgerald and all those rotters. And then. of course, we've had The Boys, as they are now called_ The Boys are the two grandsons. When they are here, it takes four adults full time to keep things even *minimally sane. One is at the hell -on - wheels stage. The other is at the crawling, "if you can't eat it pull it over on your head" stage. And every time our daughter leaves, with The Boys, we are cleaned out. She goes away with'a big, green garbage bag full of steaks, chicken, pork chops, a box full of canned goods, and a pillow case stuffed with new clothes for The Boys and herself. Next morning, we have to go shopping to get enough grub for our own breakfast. Then there's been the golf. No matter what she does, my wife is an enthusiast. She believes that nothing succeeds like excess. So we've played golf every day. She is, really a rotten player, because she reads books about golf and practices her swing. I am just ordinary rotten. I'm afraid we're going to be thrown out of the golf club. If anyone had tried to tell me that my sweet, shy bride of a few years ago would come out with the language she uses on the golf course, I'd have said: "Sir, pistols at dawn, or rtine irons at nine. Take - ' your pick." I try to help. in a gentle, sincere sort of way. When she flubs a shot. I merely point out that her grip was slack, her stance sloppy, her back swing too fast, and her head went up like a toilet seat, and she screams at me, right across the fairway. I heard one elderly lady golfer saying to her husband, quite concerned: "Mark my words, she's going to kill him. Why do you think she takes her seven iron home every day, after they play? I hear he's well in- sured." All in all, it was a pretty fair summer. I think. rtfiitt.'1', 1 Anil h an 1 otirihim*a %rM+p*pr$ VAttrucIos ti?i%pla♦ ads e'rti rte$ ,ales ovollable on reform. til for *at**yard a a ettotlftttkR e. i'1. lice Clime* News Retort k ouch Thw ay ot'P 0 Bat 3'!. thetatiie. t46a44 UM It is registered et *treed des* malt by eche dost etfkr ' ehr weak as aWr *17. Thr Ne*411.14ia►reroolite4 is Ott ilea ttsrewe 'woos httcerthoitoiltdr.L* teilt, i tJa °tyhtrt et + Er*. 44144 to, test ti tii1 Editor James E.. titt!rald Advertising director 'Orb! 1. Hoist General Manager - J. lard Aitken News staff • Sev Clark "We've got enou n honey to pay this month's bills -- trouble is, we can't afford to mail titan now." Odds 'n' ends . by Elaine Townshend -Summer-re e :. . Something tells me the magic of summer has worn off. Maybe it's the swings hanging motionless in the park. Maybe it's the rows of bikes lined up in front of the schools or the yellow buses that suddenly reappeared on the roads. Maybe it's the hockey sticks that replaced the baseball bdtr- ia the makeshift back playgrounds. Maybe it's the influx of, sports on TV - baseball, football arid hockey. Maybe it's the cry of the barker at the fair or the midway music combined with shrill screams. Maybe itis the cold waves breaking on an empty shore or the lighthouse beaming -its rays from a deserted harbour or the cottages with their windows barred. Maybe it's the patches of red and gold among the green leaves or the smattering of dry brown leaves that covers the ground. Maybe it's -the barren gardetts and flower beds, fields and fruit trees. Or, maybe it's the white of the corn stalks and the orange of the pumpkins. Maybe it's the shadows that cloak the early evenings or the long nights or'the reluctant dawns. Maybe it's the quiet mornings devoid of the friendly robins' chirp. Maybe it's the noisy gathering of birds in the treetops in the afternoon and • their: sudden swoop southward. Or, maybe it's theflocks of geese flying over the bush in their V - formation. .._ ' Maybe it's the jacket that's needed at night when I go outside or the sandals that are left in the closet. Maybe it's the extra blanket that's needed at night or the thermostat that's turned up. Or, maybe it's the shiver I feel after eating an ice cream cone. Maybe it's the Christmas countdown that's already begun or the • suede and leather coats that fill the racks in the stores. The calendar tells me summer is over and so does the twinge of sadness that I feel. On these autumn days. I reflect on the good times that are gone. Admittedly the summer of '76 was disappointing with some of the worst weather experienced in years. It's only natural that some of us feel cheated, for summer seemed to end before it had begun. ' The sun didn't shine long enough to give me the traditional tan of which I used to be so proud: Of course. some people call themselves "winterpersons," and' they can hardly wait for the snow with its skating, sledding and snow machines. Their 'fun season is only .beginning. For other people, the arrival of autumn in Ontario signals a forthcoming trip down south. As for me. I'd gladly suffer another painful sunburn or the itch of mosquito bites, if I thought I could recapture some of the magic of summer. le irEARSAGE Oct*b r 6, Mil Ch ' les Cook. who lives it the corner of Victoria and Kirk Streets, and one of Clinton's most avidihorticulturis.ts picked a 14 inch diameter dahlia bloom Saturday evening because of the threatening frost. Charlie was so prow of the beautiful Croydon Ace yellow bloom that he brought it uptown to show to friends. He also had many blooms measuring 12 inches across. Mr. Cook is not only interested in his. owa flower garden; three weeks ago he flew out to Vancouver to attend the annual meeting of the African Violet Society of Canada; he is the society's treasurer. Robert McKinley. Huron MP in his address to Bayfield fair -goers bust Wednesday expressed the hope that the central school system expected to be in effect next year would not cause a decrease in the number of children who actively participate in the fair by exhibiting their handiwork. A desperate call for Brownie leaders in Clinton has resulted in only one voluntary offer of help for work for the 64.. eager Brownies who are anxious to begin activities for another year. District Commissioner for Guides and Brownies in Clinton and Adastral Park. Mrs, D.J. Carmichael. CPB Clinton told the Newstecord Tuesday that only 10 ladies attended the special meeting, Monday in the Clinton Legion Hall. 23 YEARS AGO October II, 1951 Barnett and Rieder 154 King Street West, Kitchener, have been appointed by Clinton Public School Board as architects for the new public school for which Ontario Municipal Board has given tentative approval. The architects will proceed at once to prepare preliminary plans and then working drawings for the new sclttooi. It is hoped to have the building completed late in the fall of 1952. Joseph H. Murphy was elected secretary and a director of Huron Fish and Game Conservation Association at the October meeting held in'thti Board Room. Ontario Agricultural Office. He succeeds Glean Lockhart, who has moi ed'to Owen Sound. Clinton Lions took a terrific 20-2 drubbing from Wheatley last Wednesday: but made a brilliant 7-4 comeback on the home diamond Saturday afternoon to stay in the runnings for the Ontario Midget baseball title. The two teams planned to go back at it again on Monday af- ternoon, but ramp interfered. almath Wheatley's star pitcher aa� Coach. Stayed in town Bata iy► and Sunday. Net result is that Wheatley and Clinton clash on the community park diamond here at 3 p.m. this afternoon. the winner to meet either Carleton Place or Oakville for the Ontario championship.' Tuckersmith Township School Area Board metin No. 7 school on October 9. Owing to increased costs. it is probable that the Area Board will ask for taxes of around 51 mills. Ex -mayor Robert Y. Hattin will lead Clinton Progressive Conservative . into the coming Provincial election battle. He was chosen president at a well - attended re -organization meeting of the local Association in the Canadian Legion Hall, Friday evening last, succeeding Dr. G.S. Elliott. now riding president. Erection of a new home for Clinton Branch No. 140. Canadian Legion was discussed informally at the monthly meeting of the Branch in the Legion Hall, but no ' further plans were made. Organization for a paper drive on Wednesday afternoon, October 17, was made, with 12.14. Irwin, as cotnmittee chairman. assisted by J.W. Counter in St. Andrew's Ward: George Rum- baA in St. James Ward; K.B. Streets, in St. John's Ward and R . Fitzsimons in St.George's Ward. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Herman, Clinton., attended the funeral of the latter's sister. Miss Lucille Woods. in Glencoe Tuesday- af- ternoon. The 17 -year-old young lady whose sudden illness was diagnosed as bulbar poliomyelitis. the most serious form of that disease. died in Victoria .Hospital. London. Sunday noon. a few minutes after being admitted. She was reported to have taken iii Saturday night. Rev. C.C. Washington. Auburn, conducted both morning and evening services in Wesley -Willis United Church Sunday. while the minister of the church. .Rev. Hugh C. Wilson, took anniversary servim to Knox United Church in Auburn. -.._. . 59 'YEARS AGO. October 14, 1926 tenbury Street West, the property of Mrs. C.W. Searle. Clinton Public School now has a department of music, Prof. ' Anderton. London, now taking up. the teaching of music to the pupils. The new department is being financed by the Home apd School Club. Mr. and Mrs. G.L. Hanley and Master Don; Mrs. G.B. Hanley and. Mrs. E. Finch motored to Detroit, Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Makins left Sunday on a motor trip to Niagara Falls. A very pretty wedding was solemnized Wednesday. October 6 at Victoria Street parsonage. Goderich when Miss Verna Coiclough. only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Colclough. became the bride of Wilfred Harold Glazier. eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter F. Glazier. all of Goderich TOwnship. On Monday evening. a number of friends and neighbours of Mr. and Mrs. Proctor Palmer gathered at their home on Huron Road to welcome Mrs. Palmer and to extend to them heartiest congratulations for a long and happy married life. Mr. and Mrs. J. Torrance and Miss Maude are visiting in Toronto. Championships at the CCI Field Day held Friday isst were: senior boys. E. Trick: runner-up. S. Moorhouse; intermediate boys. H. Venner: runnerAtp. D. Matheson. junior boys, B. Middleton; runner-up, E. Rorke. Senior girls. Tena Flynn: runner- up. Clara Gould; junior girls, Bessie McEwen; runner-up. Violet Morrison. tells us she grew a cucumber this year which measured 34% inches in length and 12% inches it cir- cumference. ir- cumference. .1 Connell brought a full-floom rose and a Rttle box of rasp• bertles into this office. Edgar Art1111001111 has pur- chased the Rose Cottage, Rat - Mr. and Mrs. Gordon L Hall returned Tuesday from a honey- moon motor trip. Miss Frances Hawkins is taking a short Observation course in kindergarten work in New York prior to her departure for Japan. 75 YEARS AGO October 4.1901 Judge Barron of Stratford has warned farmers and others that if they allow a dog to run loose. which has a habit of running at passing horses. and a runaway takes place. which results in a fatality, the owners of the canine are liable to prosecution for manslaughter. We notice by our exchanges it is feared in some places as well as in Clinton that if a custom which is now in vogue among the girl students at the collegiates. spreads its way. in time it will seriously interfere with the millinery business. The custom referred to is that of going to school or about the streets without hats. Of course they think it is the correct thing or the girls would not do it. The noble Indian or his buxom squaw never wore hats not even on their honey- moon trips and who ever saw a bald headed Indian. A number of papers ask the girls to keep up the custom so they may all have luxuriant heads of hair. Of course this will not be popular with the milliners. but if the young sisters could prevail upon their elders to leave their hats at home when attending public functions. they would win the gratitude of masculine humanity. The fall and winter catalogues from the departmental stores in the cities are being sent to people in all sections at the present time. A catalogue from one of these stores received at this office has found ;.s way to the paper basket. Readers of the New Era can get as good bargains from our town merchants. Read the advertising columns of the New Era and you will see the bargains offered letter Y from.. B ue ate ahysm,y coo#p nlwst lor Uty l transmiSsiofS, it is apper .. that my reply et l Utgust It not get through to Maybe- he , just waso''t listening. He spoke blithely of the truths he learned as a :youngster but seems to have difficulty (as he accuses the government) of applying them now. It is . in- cOmprehensible how he continually . takes clean, excellent quality pictures and color from closely regulated television stationsand re- transmits them as blurred, off color, smeared and distorted pictures. It has been noted that some of the in-house equipment of channel 12 was sent to Toronto for repairs. Would it be asking too much Mr. McIntosh for you to senct,the•ik equipment for all of the other channels. also for repairs to Toronto? It is only a suggestion, but heaven knows that you should do something. You were very critical of the CRTC and accused them of "telling Canadian people that they aren't mature enough to choose and watch certain ,channels". I tried to spell it out to you that because of such poor transmissions, you, yourself were denying your customers of viewing certain channels. Well. in last Friday's London Free Press, Larry Condon. MP Middlesex, London, Lambton, is quoted "This is great. They (the CRTC) are listening to the people and are not all that unfeeling and uncaring". Well, Mr. McIntosh it is now up to you! It appears that the CRTC has listened, that they aren't unfeeling after all. Show us that you are listening - that you are not unfeeling - that you do care - as much as or maybe just a little more than the CRT*. Give us good clear viewable pictures in true color!! Then m'hybe your customers - and even our own MP - can say equally as nice things about Bluewater Cable TV. Show us now - don't wait another six weeks. A. G. Coombs. RR 5, Clinton. Why not Esperanto? The regularity of Esperanto makes it an ideal model for the study of sen- tence patterns and structure. Prom personal experience of teaching junior high students. I can guarantee that there is a strong carry-over value as a result of studying. the structure of Esperanto. That is because in Esperanto every part of speech has its unique. ending letter. I like the idea of having a tool like this to demonstrate and - to use for linguistic purposes in English - which at the same time can be useful and fun to know. I urge the local Superin- tendent of Education to in- troduce the teaching of Esperanto as a means of improving the teaching of English linguistics. Garry Howell, Camp b 1 River. B.C. Dear Editor: The idea of using Esperanto as a model language in the teaching of English. has intrigued me since I first began studying it. Of course. the idea is not novel. Many countries already advocate the study of Esperanto as a prerequisite to the study of any foreign language. It is becoming increasingly evident that students who arrive at universities forr their first year are crippled IV language deficiencies in English. They simply have understood neither the old traditional grammar of memorization nor the new modern linguistics of sen- tence patterns. English is a complex language. It is very difficult to get down to basic patterns, because there are so many - and so many ex- ceptions to each one. Poor taste • Dear Editor : Twice this summer I was on the point of writing you. but this week's paper does it. 1 do not agree with your choice of words in describing the weather. Perhaps summer hasn't been exactly what we would prescribe for ourselves. but then. do we always know what is best for us? Havett our crops been abundant aro far in spite of it all? Wouldn't people in Europe and other drought -stricken parts of the world welcome a few of these rainy days that you called "rot ten .' in your paper? Also, this week's implied "damn' in your headline "Dam (p) weather delays harvest" is definitely not good taste. Surely a newspaper must at all tames use and cultivate the use of well-chosen words. TIO' above mentioned. in my estimation. do not measure up May i also commend you on the excerpt from the United Church Herald on lotteries. True, someone should have spoken up long ago! If you feel this letter should go in the column "We get letters" please do so. Otherwise. please take it to heart. personally, and it will have accomplished its pur- pose. Perhaps you ov! others, who feel as I do, an apology. Sincerely yo rs, Marion Van k RR 3 Clinton. News -Record readers its encouraged to express thio' opinions in letters to editor,,however. such opi? do not: necessarily re the opinions of the Nei Record. Pseudonyms" may by letter writers. but no 'file' will be published unless 11 be verified by phone.