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Leavinqitto the people
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The best course is not always the
easiest course to follow, but in the case
of Clinton council, it should be worth
the e1trp effort and expense.
We're talking about their historical
decision last Monday night to -let the
people of Clinton decide who will be the
next mayor, rather than, pick him or
her from the council ranks.
It was indeed. a tough decision for
many of ,.the councillors to make, as
many had only the best interests of the
town at heart, and wished to save the
town all the added expenses and un-
counted lost hours that an .new election
entails.
Now whether the will be an elec-
tion or an acclamation depends on the!
people now. Council had .thrown the
ball into the public court.
Should there be an acclamation, it -
will mean either the people are very
happy with the choice, whoever he or
'she may be, or they don't have .an in-
terest. Let's hope it's _not the latter.
They stayed away
One of the more strident laments
heard in recent months •came from •
tourist resort operators here in On-
tario concerning the major drop-off in
tourism from the' United States. Also
the slackening off on• traffic from one
part of Ontario seeking a vacation trip
elsewhere in the Province. The basic
answer to the problem is .simply that,
Ontario tourist caterers of all types are
pricing themselves out of business.
The.,proof of this is apparent when
one speaks to any number of local
people who take the southern route
through the U.S.A. on trips ..to our
western provinces. In addition, the
number of Local people who have
discovered summer long weekends can
be ,enjoyed ,just "as ,much, at •a lower
expense, across the border in Michigan
as through taking a long, drive into the
north' country,
The difference comes mainly in the
expensive gas prices on this side of the
border. No doubt taxation is the main
cause for the much higher_. price.
However, the travelling public knows
that, by the tank -full regardless of the
much touted but actually quite minor.
difference in the size of the gallon, you
can drive further for considerably less
money across the border. .
Add to this fact that motel ac-
com modation, hotel accommodation
and meals are almost at."hold up"
rates over here in comparison to
similar and in many cases superior_
services in 'the U.S.A. The wonder 'is
'Tat any American tourists bothered to
come across this past summer.
Rather than all the moaning and
groaning, the Ontario department of
tourism and all concerned should
perhaps give away fewer expensive
brochures and concentrate on better
service at a more reasonable price.
- From the St. Marys Journal -Argus
Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiley
The spirit of a new year
Could'you write ....a_pungent, telling essay
on The Human Spirit in the new year?
No? Well, that's what -my senior students
tell •me,• too. But I•know they are wrong and
I think you are wrong also. I'll bet you could
write a dandy, especially if you have lived a
lot.
I gave my' students instructions for an
essay; and most of them went into a state of
mild shock. They shouldn't have. They are
dealing witl-, the human spirit, their 'own
and "'others, every minute of their young
lives.
However, students, like most of us, •
prefer things to be spelled out. But how can
you spell out the human spirit?
You can't touch it, taste it, smell it, weigh
or measure it. You can't peer through
someone's navel and shout "Tally.: -ho!.
There it is! Your spirit!"
From the beginnings of . thought, our
great writers and thinkers have explored
the hum °Z creature in an effort to pin down
this elu5, ve thing.
Some philosophers have believed they
had put their finger on the slippery little
devil only to find that it has squirted away.
Clerics are more apt to call it, the soul.
Psychologists pin nasty names like id and
ego end libido on various aspects of it.
u riters,give examples of it. Artists try to
de act its highest aspirations.
i'he human spirit exists in all of us. It,
along with the power to -reason, is what
raises us above the level of'the beasts.
Its presence is allied to all that is good,
and great in human kind: loyalty, integrity,
compassion, honor, courage, dignity,
' Its absence represents all that is bad in
the human race,: greed, cruelty, prejudice,
indifference, treachery.
Given the right fertilizer, the human
spirit reaches out to _other human spirits,
and mankind moves another inch toward
the stars.
Without proper nourishment, the human
spirit shrivels or warps, turns in on itself,
rots, and spreads like, a cancer.
In certain periods, the ,undernourished
spirit produces the great psychopaths like
Attila the Hun, Napoleon, Hitler, and we
are led into darkness.
But after each of these sombre intervals,
the, resurgent • human spirit roars back,
fanning the embers into a blaze of glory,
and once more man is on the march.
This is all very inspiring, -I'm sure, but
it's pretty abstract, and -I- prefer the-con-
crete.
he-con=crete. Let's seems,>if we can find some
examples of the human spirit in action.
When a two-year-old child, normally
good and obedient, sticks out his Hp and
flatly refuses to do something reasonable,
and defies threats of spankings, he is _not
just being stubborn. He is exhibiting, to the
world, his sense of self, of independence.
That is the•human spirit- "
When an 80 year old man, or woman,
prefers to pig it alone in' poverty and
discomfort, rather than ,be shuttled off to a
cosy senior citizen's h,ome, he or she is
doing the same. .
When a man or woman has enough guts
to say "No!" at a time when all about are
saying "Yes!" that's the human spirit at
work.
But let's get down to an example we can -
all understand. When a man gets up after
his old lady has knocked him down five
times, and advances, on her arms out-
stretched, and says : "Darling, ,het., me
explain just once more," that is the human -
spirit at its best.
Don't get this human spirit thing all
mixed up with sentimentality: the cooing of
a baby, which might be just a gas pain, the
radiant smile of a bride, which might be
just vanity. Or gloating. No let's keep it on a
high plain.
Here are . the instructions I gave my
students.'See how they grab you.
"This essay is to be an examination of the
human spirit (soul, self) as it acts and
reacts under stress, in inter -play with other
human spirits, in conflict with society.
"The essay should reveal something.•of
what the student has learned this year from
exposure to the ideas of first-class writers
-concerning the human spirit...
"Ideas expressed should not be merely_
emotional claptrap or mystic foofawraw.
Nor should they be a mere recording of
examples of the human spirit in action,
taken from the books read. They should
rather represent the -student's own•human
spirit reacting to the stimulus of what has
been read and pondered.'
"Any reasonable :.....and •. even some
unreasonable - app?itches -to the topic will
be encouraged. •
"Students may choose one of the'
following exhortations from theirlorious
leader: .
"Good Luck"'
"or .
"Eat Your Heart Out." •
Aren't -you-glad you don't take English
from me?
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Odds 'n' ends - by Elaine Townshend
Forgetting
If it's true that forgetfulness is a sign °fold age, I must be
ancient beyond my years. Lately I seldom visit anyone
without leaving something behind - something personal for
my hostess to remember me by, such as my toothbrush, my
comb, a sweater or a pair of shoes, a writing pad filled with
notes or a:roll of film, my watch or my purse.
I worried about my failing memory until I heard -that
other people forget things, too.
For instance, a housewife put a bag of brown, sugar in the
freezer and a box of ice cream in the cupboard. Another
lady popped a 'roast into the oven before leaving ,for an
afternoon meeting. Her mind was at ease because she knew
the automatic timer would have -the meat cooked by the
time she got home. Unfortunately, she forgot to turn it on:
A farmet -hung a logging chain on the back of a tractor,
then went to the field to plow. After furrowing two -and -a-
\ half acres he remembered the"chain, which was nowhere in
,_sight. A second man used a tractor and blade to pack en-
silage in a bunker silo.' He removed his jacket, flung it over
a post and hasn't seen the coat since.
Meanwhile two ladies, who shall remain nameless, went
to church -on a Sunday morning. As usual, one or their
daughters accompapied,:t#em to Sunday School. After the
service, the children practiced" for a special choir. The,
ladies chatted with the other 'members of the congregation
outside the church. Soon they felt "cold and. decided they
might as well go home. '
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During the drive, they discussed an up -coming bazaar
and bake sale. They were still sitting in the yardwhen a
neighbour's truck stopped at the end of the laneway.
"I wonder what they're stopping for," one of -the ladies.
mused.
—Then she saw her daughter jump from the truck. The two
ladies looked at each other, at the empty back -seat and at
the • girl walking in the lane. In ,spite of their ern-
'barrassment, they laughed,' but to this.day, the girl can't
see the humour in the situation.
Before you men start cracking your "Sounds just like
*omen" jokes, I'll tell --you about a farmer who- pulled a
similar stunt. - ,
He drove his wife to 'town. While she shopped for
groceries, he attended to business at the agricultural office -
and ata machine shop.
They had agreed to meet on a certain corner at a certain
time. She arrived on schedule, but he was late. She waited;,
and 'waited,,,pe•ering down the streets, checking her watch;
wondering where he was and worrying. Finally she noticed
the truck speeding from the direction of their dome.
"Where have you been?" she spluttered as she climbed
into the cab. w,
"Well," he- grinned sheepishly, "when I got home you
weren't there." •
After hearing those stories. I'm not worried aboutmy
memory.`I've forgotten many things, but•at least I haven't
misplaced a person - yet. ,
From our early fibs .
10 YEARS AGO
January 5, 1967
Clinton churches marked the.
opening of Centennial Year with
two interdenominational
meetings. On Sunday, January 1,
about 200 gathered for a hymn
festival at Ontario -Street Church
with Anglicans, Baptists,
Christian-Refgrmed,
Presbyterians, Roman Catholics
and United Church all sharing in
the fellowship together.
On -Wednesday' evening,
January 4, church officials and
their wives, representing the
above churches, met for -a
potluck dinner and evening of
fellowship at Wesley -Willis
Church.
Mayor Don Symons and Group
Captain-K.R. Greenaway brought
greetings from 'the Town . of
c: Clinton and the Canadian Forces
• Base and the evening concluded
1 With community singing, folk
songs by Mrs. Willis.
VanEgmond, and a brief
devotional service.
Three members of Parliament,
Robert McKinley, Federal
member for Huron; Murray
Gaunt, Provincial member for
' Huron -Bruce and Marvin Howe,
Federal member for Wellington -
,Huron, sat in on the Huron
Federation of Agriculture's
annual conference of chairmen of
commodity groups in Huron. Mr.
Gaunt, who has been referred to
as , the apposition's agriculture
spokesman in the Ontario
legislature, promised to look into
... tire proble-m s and
complaints of the Huron farm
groups.
Two minor hockey teams from
Clinton, New York State- pee wee
and bantam - will be guests and
provide the opposition for Ch lon.
teams at the annual minor •
hockey day here 'on Saturday,
January 28.
To invite Clinton, N.Y. minor The new council met on
teams will give the annual minbr Monday forenoon, when the
Hockey day an international following received the meth of
Centennial touch. office: Fred Jackson, mayor;
Clinton, N:V., has long been' Nelson W. Trewartha, reeve;
known as a hockey town and ,is O.L. Paisley, Bert Langford,
the home of the Clinton Comets Fred Livermore, L.W. Correll,
who are presently pleading the W.S.R. Holmes, Dr. F.G.
ten -team Eastern Hockey League Thompson,.councillors.
which includes teams from Ne'w . In his inaugural address,
York to Florida. Mayor Jackson cdm'plimated
the new,council on their election.
25 YEARS AGO He thought it looked like.a council
- January 3, 1952 which would work well together,
which he said was the only way to
Thomas Rathwell, 35, .Bayfield succeed. He went over the
. Line, Gc derioh Township, was several committees, assuring
the victim of a most unfortunate ' them that each would find plenty
'accident Saturday Afternoon last of work, He e phasized•.the need
ah"out three o'clock. • of work on th streets, which he
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He and' his brother Bob were
_bringing up wood from their bush
on the Bayfield River, and were,
in a clearing in the iiush at the
time. They both were wearing
khaki coveralls. and were bent'
over adjusting the whiffletrees on
their sleigh.
Suddenly, a shot rang out,
m
imediately- followed by
another. The second shot struck
Tom Rathwell, aslug fired from
a shotgun about 15_0 yards away
on the. -river.
The slug travelled through his
right lung and then out through
his body. •
Laird- -Schilbe, 23, Goderich,
who later admitted to police that
he had fired the shots while
searching for deer', assisted Bob
Rathwell in getting the wounded
man, who was bleeding
profusely, on a •%.1eigh and
through fields of deep snow to
medical aid.
Mr. Rathwell, the victim, was
taken to Clinton Public: Hospital,
and required a number of blood
plasma transfusions, ` with
plasma brought from Stratford,
At press time, he was reported
as making satisfactory progress,
but it is expected to be a long,
hard pull.
More than 1,500 girls, wearing
RCAF blue, ,, noted their first
Christmas as members of the Air
'Force, and in many cases showed,
off their smart new uniforms to
mom and dad as they arrived
home for holiday leave. Por
.many of them, it was their first
leave at home since joining the
-Service-.
The RCAF opened its ranks to
women last June and the new
.members come under the same
Service regulations that apply to
male members of the Air Force.
59,YEARS AGO
January 13, 1927
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declaredcould be repaired and • Northwest about a month ago,
made smooth enough to meet°our'-, with a load of lumber and stock,
needs• for some years to come. He returned: •last week. He says the -
thought the idea of putting down shipment of grain over the C.P.R.
permanent ,payements until a is very heavy, in fact so great
sewage system was established that the night he reached Win -
would be a mistake. nipeg trains were stalled outside
Mrs, Antiie Colclough came in the city,, because every track in
and paid her sub: for 1927 the the yard was full of moving cars
other day, the thirty-seventh of grain.
subscription she has paid to this
paper. This is the sort of sub- "'
scriber that warms the heart of a
newspa'15e'r publisher.. Mrs.
Colclough is not the oldest sub-
scriber on our list, It would be
interesting to know just who is.
Speak up, gentlemen. How long -
have you been reading this great
family journal?
The speed.limit•for motor..cars,-
in Ontario is likely to be rai,.,sed to
thirty-five miles. We have never
seen the logic of licensing men to
drive cars with a speed of fifty or
sixty miles and then limiting
them to a speed of twenty-five.
The first hockey match of the
season to be -played in Clinton
took place last Friday when the
Mitchell intermediates met and
defeated the Clinton team 5 to 2.
It was a clean well played game.
the return match was played
in Mitchell yesterday evening,
•when the Perth town again came
off victorious, the score being 10-5
in Mitchell's favour,
75 YEARS AGO
4, •January -30.902 °
The wardenship of the couhty
will this year fall to the lot of Mr.
Donald Patterson,' of . East
Wawanosh, in accordance with
the understanding that one year
the position shall be filled ,year
a
Liberal and the next by a Con-
servative. Mr.' Patterson is the
senior member of the County
Council, and will fill the position
to the entire satisfaction of all
parties,.
• The financial statement of the
town from Jan. 1st, up to the 15th
or, December 1901, shows the
expenditures for the -Steal' to be
$19,417.28, which includes $10,302
for salaries and allowances;
$4,541.40 fire and water account;
$716.70 electric Tight:- $1,103.65
Streets and sidewalks; $1,828,13
interest on debenture debt, while
miscellaneous accounts make up.
st•he'remainder. •
The other day Mrs. Nimimens:
Maple Stroet, had, the misfortune
to slip down and fracture ft:couple
of ribs; this will confine her to the
house for tom)? ..time, ;but her
friends hope for her °, speedy
recovery.
E. ,Butt, who went out to the
100 YEARS AGO
January 11, 1877
There are quite a number of
dogs in this neighbourhood that
are of no use to their owners, and
a 'nuisance to the public, and the
sooner some of them are sum-
marily disposed of, the better.
-Many of them have a habit of
running out and barking at
passing teams, and quite
frequently being the , cause of
runaways. Last Wednesday
evening, while a horse with cutter
belonging to Mr. W. Wise was
being driven down the Bayfield -
con. near Mr. Wheatley's, a small
dog suddently ran out on the
road, and barking at the horse,•
caused it to start off. The driver
was thrown out, . the shafts
broken, and away the horse went,
never stopping until it reached
Mr. H. Snell's, Hallett, a distance
of about four miles. '
Two tramps were committed
by Mr. A.S. Fisher for 20 days to
hard labour, on Tuesday, for
disorderly conduct, and breaking
Mr. J. Cunningham's window.
There is hardly any doubt but
their intention was to obtain a
committal, so than they_ would.
enjoy comfortable quarters
during this cold snap. It is a pity
the quarters are so comfortable,
and that there is so little for them
to do.
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In the last analysis, ability
is commonly found to consist
mainly of a high degree of
solemnity.
News -Record readers are
encouraged to express their
opinions in letters to the
editor, however,"such opinions
do not necessarily represent
the opinions of the News.
Record. .
Pseudonyms may be used
by letter writers, but no letter
will be published unless it can
,be verified by .phone.
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Service!
Dear Editor
Congratulations! We must
let you know that after the,
first delay on our papers, they
are • now arriving as they
should, the Monday following
publication. We are very
pleased, keep up the goo
work..
We would also like you
pass along congratulations to
Elaine Townshend, and tell
her how much we enjoy her
column. We look forward to
reading it each week..
Again our thanks, and we
look forward to continued
good service, barring a mail
strike of course. A very
Happy New Year to all of you.
Yours truly
Charlie & Hazel Brown,
Dunedin; Florida.
Taxis!
Dear Editor:
I am enclosing a copy of a
letter written to the Town
Council at Clinton and I
would appreciate if. you
wold print it in your fine
Clinton News -Record.
I have also included a
photostat copy of the last
letter received from the
Clerk's office and a copy of
the tax arrears as billed to
r'ne, after being • away from
the Town of Clinton for over.
five years. •
Thanking you and trust that
the enclos'ed letters will be of
interest to the people, o
Clinton.
Yours tru:
Elwood Epps
Orilli
"Town of Clinton
C. C. Proctor, •
Clerk Treasurer,
23 Albert St.
Clinton, Ont. -
Dear Cam:
"Enclosed is my cheque for
payment in full of the -back
taxes $4,383.17, plus the
penalty that you penalized Me.
for-, when it was your fault,,in.
the-- amount of $1,053.94:
Personally I think the ones;
responsible for not collecting,
these .taxes should absorb this
amount. A total of_ $5,437.1I,
that; I am paying under
protest, which was levied
against our property ,at Y(80
King Street, Clinton, Ontario.
"Why I should have top y
these taxes, when I was not
even at` these premises, nor
was I advised • of any
delinquency of said amount,
and especially for five years,
sounds very unfair,
.especially - the penalties
caused by either the Clerk's
or the Council's inefficiency, I
,think is very unfair.
"It. is hard to. understand
this is very little thanks for all
the money we created in
Clinton for the many years we
were in,business there.,
"If this is a sample of the
way the Town is run it is no
wonder that Clinton taxes are
much higher than most
surrounding Towns.
"Further to this, you also
have tried to collect,, a
Business tax in the amoun
of $1,053.94 which you als
failed to collect, and whic
fortunately for' me, is not b
law charged to the propert
but you at least tried t
collect it from me.
"I would like to suggest t
all Tax Payers in the town o
Clinton to take a good look a
the way the Town is ru
before it is too late."
Yours truly,
Elwood Epps
"Elwood Epps Orillia Ltd.,
RR3
Orillia, Ontario
Dear Ellwood:
"In reply to your recent
letter to Council asking to be.
relieved of the penalties onl
the tax arrears, may I advise
that this letter Was discussed
by all members of Council at
their last meeting on Dec. 13,
1976.
"I must inform ' you that
Council agreed unanimously
'that you must be charged
pena°lty at the same rate as
any other person. I pointed
out to them that I had already
given -my word that if the
account was -•paid by Dec. 31,
1976, no penalty would be
charged on the Nov. 1 th
stalment.- They agreed to
- along with this, but no fort
relief was approved.
•"With reference tot t1 e
Business tax, it is true that it
is not against the property.
The reason it was also shown
is because it is standard
procedure to at least attempt
r- have this paid as well. My
experience in the past few
yeasts here is that it has also
been paid up completely
when requested.'
.—Yours truly, C , C. -Procter