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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-01-27, Page 41 PAGE 4—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 2.7, .1977 a- we th • A sobering. thought Earlier this week, many people doubtless watched a TV special carrying the address which the Honourable Rene Levesque, Premier of Quebec, presented to the cream of the financial circles of New York City. In a bold, impassioned speech he begged these financiers to conceive or and accept the idea of a Quebec, separated from Canada, as an adequate spurce of investment for American 'capital. ti How could this ever come to pass? Ten short years ago, with all the pomp and pageantry a new world nation could muster, we were proud to celebrate our country's Centennial. Must we let our zeal of 1967 become our apathy of 1977? And what of Canada's motto? "A Mari Usque Ad Mare" "From Sea To Sea" or with separation, will it change to "From Sea to -Something Missing - Sea"? Gone to the dogs. Clinton council's decision last week to buy a trap to catch errant dogs would appear to be a.step in the right direction in easing our perennial dog problem, but in fact is just one small step, and will do little to alleviate the problem. The real problem is the owners of the four -legged animals, not the dogs, for the -dogs don't know any better, they. are just following their basic instincts. The problem of dog control in town, and the surrounding townships, which are not immune' to the canine capers, can only be solved when elected officials get together and make a concerted effort to collect dogs on an • area basis, like fire controls and most important, to make sure offending animal owners know it. The various .municipalities should pass laws fining the owners of the dogs, whether they come to claim the dog from the pound or not. The fine should be of a sufficient amount that it soon won't be forgotten, and second and subsequent offences should carry even stiffer penalties.' It seems a rather harsh way to deal with the problem, but let's face it, money talks loudest and a few examples set in court will soon keep Bowser out of the garbage and back in the house. Sugar and Spicc/By Bill Smi ey Charting your life HAD the 'flu this week and took a couple of days off work. That made 10 days in the last 15 years on the job. And I rediscovered the reason I will, time and again, totter off to work when I'm practically on my.,hands and knees with some ailment It's because I nearly go out of my skull with boredom when I'm home sick. • I'm not saying my wife isn't a delightful conversationalist or a charming com- panion. She is. But when you have the 'flu you want neither delight nor charm. You just want 'to be left alone like an old dog, to live or die as the Lord decides. . She won't leave me alone. She brings me a big breakfast to bed when all I really want is a sharp harikari knife. After once spending a year in bed, in a sanatorium, I hate eating in bed. Trying to balance a tray on the knees. Spilling coffee on the sheets, with the inevitable blast from the laun- dress. Dripping gooey egg down the front of your pymamas. - Then by lunch-time, I'm so bored with bed that I stagger up• and dress, dying or not. And she starts again. I should have some lunch to keep my strength -up. Have you taken your anti -biotic pills, dear? Maybe you should watch TV for a while to keep your spirits up. Would you like another cup of tea? I don't want another cup of tea. I'm drowning in it already. I don't want any sardines on toast, or cheese bits in the oven, or nice tasty soup. AY pills -make me dizzy. TV makes me want to throw up. This has got to be the swine flu. -Am I really dying or will I -just be paralyzed for life. Does God really exist? If He does, why is He du,mping this on me? Well, all that is bad enough. But during this session, the worst happened: I ran out of reading material. Byt the end of Day Two I had whipped through three library books, two daily papers twice a day, and half -a -dozen weeklies, a couple of news magazines, and the directions on the cereal box, in English' and French. The inevitable occurred. I was forced to read one of those women's magazines that my_ wife buys occasionally at . the super- market when she sees an interesting 'recipe. It,plunged me into an even, almost suicid11 depression. One of the feature articles told me I must love myself first, if I were going to amount to anything. I plowed through it and with growing disgust, considering that at the moment I despised 'myself, modern medicine, my wife, and almost anything else I could think of. When 'I got to a list of things I must stop doing if I were to love myself, and read, • "Not having orgasms," I threw up all over - the livin§-room rug. T After settling my stomach with a hot toddy, and finding nothing else around that • 1 'hadn't read twice, I picked up the . magazine again, in sheer desperation. The other feature article plunged • me once again into abysmal gloom. It was called, "Chart Your Way to Success." When I read,about the author that she is a professor of educational psychology, I should have stopped right there. I know how much those birds know about real life. They live in a dream world of stuff like "positive reinforcement" and "negative feedback." But.I pressed on. After wading through three saccharine endorsements from people whose whole life she had changed, I went on to this: "You too can follow in the footsteps of Lee, Mark and Doris. You can define and attain your own success." It seems that all you have to do is make a chart, divided into three periods, each representing a third of your life, beginning at the age of five. Then you list three successes !or each period and opposite each, list why it was a success for you. Our of sheer ennui, I started a chart. In the first period, from five to 15', f could think of only one success. I won one -fight with a belligerent urchin named George Cornell, with whom I tangled frequently. It was a success for me because it was the only one I ever did win. In the second period, from 15 to 30, again - I could think of only one success: I learned to fly an airplane. But this wasn't such a great success since, because of it, I spent a 'Stretch in a German prison camp. In the third period, from 30 on, I couldn't think of a single success. I became a newspaper .editor through sheer accident. All that got me was 10 years laboring as a galley slave to pay off the mortgage on the paper. Then I became a teacher which any damfool could become in those days. They were pulling bodies in off the streets because of the baby boom hitting the high schools. I became head of the English Department purely because nobody else was qualified, hot on merit, experience or dedication. I became a syndicated' columnist by chance. All that gets me is a deadline hanging about my neck like a big old albatross. By the time I'd finished making out the chart, I realized, not for the first time, that I was an utter failure, and that it was going to take a lot more than a chart to change things. It was then that I made my one and only resolution for 1977. And all' subsequent years. I will never again, should I be forced to peruse nothing more exciting than the small print on toothpaste tubes, read another woman's magazine from a _s upe.rinrarket:�. . • . Immediately 1 made this resolve, I felt a lot better, and next morning was back at work. .41 Odds 'n' ends - by Elaine Townshend On being organized It was two days before Christmas, and for the first time in three years, I was organized, My cards *ere mailed, and the ones I hadreceived were stuck on a wall in the kitchen. My letters were also written. I had visited a few people around town and had called others to wish them a happy holiday. Some guests had dropped in, but I didn't expect anymore company. My plans to spend the weekend with my parents were finalized. My shopping was completed. The gifts were wrapped and tucked under the small tree in the living room, which I .had , decorated a week earlier. No frantic last-minute shopping was necessary for me, but I sympathized with the people trudging along the sidewalks. Winter's pre -Christmas fury didn't bather me, though, because I could stay inside. "Good! Old Man Winter's getting this storm out of his system before the holidays," I thought to myself.. ... I had tidied . the apartment, and done the laundry. Everything was settled; I was organized. I had nothing to do but sit back, relax and wait for that joyous Christmas Day to arrive. But something was wrong ! I felt restless. I thought I must have forgotten something, but after checking my list, I found nothing. I felt as though I should be doing something, but I couldn',t think of anything that needed doing. The Christmas shows on TV soon lost their glamour. I was bored! My nerves became more jittery, and for awhile, I was ` Member, Ontario Weekly. Newspaper Association The Clinton News -Record is published each Thursday at P.O. Box 39, Clinton, Ontario, Canada, NOM 1L0. • It is registered as second class mail by the post office under the permit number 0817: The News -Record incorporated in 1924 the Huron News -Record, founded In 1881, and the Clinton New Era, founded in 1805. Total press run 3,100. Clinton NewsRecord t• 4 Iviembe-tetuadhril Couttioinity Newspaper moo -elation Displayadvertising rates riVailit'ble on r'egriest. Ask for anti Card No. fi effective Oct. 1,' 1!711. 'GteneelillViit i%w` rr iiioward Aitken • Ii dYti►r Jatneil E p'ltagerald • Adierthdilg GaryL. Heist Assistint edit&dirk'cifeb oMce Maiieglr t•kintgaret tllbb Circuiatlon - Otedh'1%ICLeod Accounting Marion Willson gubscrilition Rates: Cana'a • $i2 per year U.S.A. - $15.50 Ota r-$18 • Singfe +iropy • 25c �•n at think y{.; .• t{'�.}OM•.4'r }'r ::Mr ri Taxes Dear Editor: - Atlast Thursday's meeting of Town Council, a resolution from the town of Ancaster was .submitted for approval by Clinton's Council. The . purpose of a resolution such as this is to send it first to the AMO (Association of Municipalities of Ontario), and if it meets with favour there, ask the government to take action one it. Now the resolution last Thursday night asked that the government allow the amount of property to es paid ' by individuals on their homes to be a deduction from taxable income. As most Ontario taxpayers are aware, we at present are already entitled to a CASH REBATE for rent or taxes paid, which is better any day than only a reduction in taxable income. Of course the catch to the . tax rebate is that it benefits most those peoplee with low1111. or Middle incomes. A reduction in taxable income - I hope it is clear that you can not possibly% have both - benefits only the rich. Every member of Council voted • in favour of the resolution. That was equivalent to voting to abolish the present Ontario tax credit , system. . , Do the citizens of Clinton, Mr. Editor, approve 'of this unanimous attitude taken 1111) the Clinton Town Council? Yours sincerely, Helen R. Tench, • Clinton .4". puzzled. Then the answer came to me. It was unusual to not have a sink full of dirty dishes staring me in the face. Moreover, it just wasn't natural for me to not be running around in circles, wondering whether f'd finish a column oro story before I had to start the next one. I wasn't accustomed to being organized. }What do people do who are always organized?". I wondered. "How do they fill the void when their necessary chores are accomplished?" I came to the conclusion that they must plan ahead for such emergencies. They probably budget their free time as carefully as they organize their work schedules. What did I do? I started writing this column on the pitfalls of being organized. At five o'clock on Christmas Eve, I was still typing. I didn't want to leave -a half completed column over the holidays. Goodness knows when I'd get back to -it, and by then, I'd probably forget what I'wanted to say. I discovered long ago it's unwise to stifle ideas when they start to flow. Thus a race against time began.. I was uncertain how I could finish the column, cook supper pack my bag for the weekend, stuff the gifts into the trunk of the car and change my clothes in time to attend the candlelight Christmas Eve service at the church. I seemed to be running around in circles again, but I made it. And you know something? I felt a lot better, I was back to normal! a From our early fites • • • • • • 10 YEARS AGO January 26, 1967 County Fathers was the request A real touch ofwinter struck us season, and quite a number oi`' of Clinton District Collegiate Tuesday night and -the ther- farmers were in town; about a Institute Board that the County mometer ranged along from 12 to dozen horses were disposed of, at raise $285,000 by the issue and 14 below, according to the one fairly good prices. Among the Fireman Harvey Carter, the -n sale of debentures for the con- consulted,, yesterday morning. It buyers we're Dr. O'Neill, London; new chairman of Clinton Geo. Turnbull, John W. Volunteer Fire Brigade muscular struction of an addition to the was clear and cold yesterday, Geo. Turnbull, Seaforth; McMann, W. dystrophy funds campaign, has Collegiate. with the emphasis on the cold, Denholm, Blyth; and J. Trotter, announced that $210.80 has been County Council endorsed the and there s not much change this Brandon. Next Fair Day will be contributed in the Clinton area. recommendation of the Con- morning. Feb. 19. Mr. Carter took over this sultative and Finance Com - chairmanship from fireman mittees that consideration be one we were promised a week dr January 25, 1877 Gordon Dalgleish who has held given to the request when the two ago, which did not arrive. It Byreference an article in the post for some years. Firemen ' municipalities in the District can seems to have been sitting down anoter column,reference under the head all across danada promote and come to an agreement. "` somewhere gathering strength of other otInstitutes the h collect funds for the Muscular Communications had.been for onslaught. , Schools it will be seen that the Dystrophy Association of received from Clinton, Blyth and Call a girl a chick and she High School of this town ranks Canada. Goderich Township concurring in smiles; call her a hen and she with such places as L"onion, • A workshop and some material the __.request; non -concurrence howls. Call a young woman a Kingston, Co laces St. Thomas, from Hullett Township and witch and she is pleased; call an g- that it will Ann and children was moved onto the site of conditional concurrence from old woman a witch and she is and John, Michael, William, Clinton's new community centre Tuckersmith . Township, which indignant. Call a girl a kitten and therefore receive as much as Margaret and James stayed in Community Park this week. asked Clinton and Blyth to absorb she rather likes it; call a woman anyone of those ,places on the around Win ham area. Contractors Shantz & Hicks of an additional a cat and she hates you. Women basis of inspection. It will also be„,,.M Wing ham are expected to start W J Miller, one rmill.eve of, Clinton, are queer. •noticed that there are only six I am very interested in excavation for footings i the pointed out that it is costing If you call a man a gay dog, it schools, or collegiate institutions information on the Lamson, mediately. The go-ahead on Patterson, Bryce, Pease, that will receive $224,660 structure has been OK'd $22,815 a year for bus trap- will flatter him; call a pup, a in the province, Granger, Cash, Watt, by town council, the Ontario sportation of rural pupils, for hound or a cur, and he will try to .....more than the school here. It will Campbell, Young, Nicol, which Clinton gets no benefit alter the map of your face. He thus be seen that Clinton has Municipal Board and the various doesn't mind being called a bull great reason to be proud of her Dean, Southerland or other committees of niinton and whatever. The reeve said Clinton did not or a bear, yet he will object to high school, and also that a new `related families. to: Centennial Community Centre wish to force the issue, but if being mentioned as a calf or cub. building for it was not erected one Richard Lawson, WriteSr., o: Centennial Project. there were too many pupils for Men are queer too. moment too soon. Box 38, Clifton, Kansas 66937. 3, Each of the five hospitals in A second carnival will be held Huron County had filled in a the accommodation available, 75 YEARS AGO - Sincerely, questionnaire for presentation to what was to be done? January 24, 1902 on the rink, here, on Monday Despite ideas to the contrary On Sunday, four young men of evening next. A number of prizes Richard Lawson, Sr. Council in January. Patient per are offered for costumed, of day costs for ward, semi -private and also that of changing it into a town, thinking they might fall fair, Clinton Spring Show will rossibly make a record, un- which there will likely be a large and private accomollowi g: be held as usual a aid this year. number. The band will be in revealed the following: g dertook to walk to Hensall and attendance. Alexandrea Marine and General Suggested date, is Wednesday, back. They started some time Miner Bell Ringers,;to- in Goderich $22.85, $24.85 and June 4, but that has not yet been after breakfast. One got a far as night, a Family Hall. Saved $26.85 ; Seaforth Community decided, pending a meeting of the Brucefield when his ardor cooled g 1952 directors. and he ghoughtwhethat was enough `°� Avery sudden death occurred Hospital, $24.70, $28.20, $30.30; Two- important suggestions on the 3rd con., Goderich Wingham and District Hospital, p g for him. The others were more Township, on Friday evening Dear Editor: $24.85, $27.35, $29.85; Clinton were made that likely will be plucky and succeeded in makinglast. While sitting at the tea table, I am another one like Public Hos ilii, $22.70, $25.70, acted upon. Their object was too the distance to Hensall and back, the wife of Mr. D. Wakefield, Barbara Sparks. I, too, am $7.7 -- 25. 0, accentuate - local interest in the but we won't say how long it took Exeter, ; South Huron 0, an al' iii— Fair. them, suffice it to say that the aged 60 years, dropped her -head— saved—and*know lit."Read 'th Exeter, $25.80, $28.30, and no One was that local classes be on her breast and instantly ex - private room accomodation last one arrived home about 8:30 following Bible texts - 2 Cot. added, to include exhibitors of the p m, They did not feel quite so Aired, not having suffered any 4:.14, Acts. 16 :31, John 3:36, offered. area in friendlycomp clition, • previous illness. She was buried John 14:6,John 11:25. p good next day, however. in Goderich Cemetery, on Sun- All hospitals are either meanwhile keeping up the high John Foster of Queen Street, ' day, a very large number at- If one believes the above finishing,building planning standard of exhibits set in recent was Ghe recipient of a very g or lannin ears. handsome ' Christmas present tending her funeral. texts with all of their hearts, additional facilities attar present Y Acts 8:37, they are saved. `time. - The other was that a Junior from his son William, (who is I believe that very soon we At tag Kinsmen Club of Clinton Fair be competingp, with Jnnispor Fial employed in the Preston Foundry shall see Him, I for one can meeting last week, a motion was niers in special and Stove Works) in the -shape of dem lrl ecutive explore livestock classes all of their own. a Peninsular Coal Range, of hardly wait for His glorious passed that the e p r laces design. Mr. Foster says he e, appearing. IIII the possibilities' of promoting 50 YEARS AGO organized recreation for girls. has given it a good trial, and finds The club puts much effort into January 27,1927 that it will "cook, boil or bake" to �✓ Bernice Kennedy, boys sports, but have been On another page of this issue, their entire satisfaction. A Clinton will be found the C.C.I. report for present of this kind is assuredly requested to do something for the .the fall term. Clinton Collegiate an acceptable and appropriate teed -age girls iii the area. makes a good showing. Of a total one. The meeting was the annual of 1,140 papers written therelvere past presidents', night~ and was 957 Passes, a percentage of 84. It is very seldom we ever hear held in Hotel Clinton. Two former' According to the new method of of a horse having any teeth filled, presidents, Don Kay and Ken marking, students are getting full- but such was the case the other Scott were made honorary - credit for every paper written day. Dr. Freeman had this duty members of the club for 1966-67. and marks obtained, and will to perform having filled a front know just exactly how they stand. tooth with silver of one dl 3. 25 YEARS AGO Form one Carries off the plan; as Middleton's horses. This is the - January 24, 1952 being the best in the school. first filling he has had to ao since These students have now made a coming to Clinton. record which they will need to see Wednesday was the first is continued. _.Monthly horse fair day of the N 0 Disease Dear -Editor: In 1.970 I began an exhaustive search for an- cestry on my father's side, since he died of hereditary nephritis in 1958. His father, 44 George Henry Lawson. was A. born in 1863 in Kinburn, Hullett Twp. Huron County, Ontario, the son of John Lawson and Margaret Pat- terson: Kinburn was just a post office and general store, that John Lawson ran from 1855-1864. In 1864, they went to Hancoch W. Ill, where Margaret's sister Isabelle, the wife of George Pease, M lived. John and Margaret later moved to Clay Co. '' Kansas, where they were soon joined by her brother James Patterson and wife Isabelle Waft, of Morris Township, Huron County. Margaret was -a daughter of John Patterson and Margaret Bryce and her father died in Wingham in 1885. As far as” can be determined, her sister Agnes, wife of Charles, Granger �j 1' sister Grace, v�1fe of Edward Cash, stayed in Huron County. Also:• her brothers William and Michael, with his wife Mary Rebecca, One of the most important matters to come before the 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. ,