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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-10-06, Page 2PAGE 2—CLJNTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6,.,1977 From the Springfield Union and Republican comes the following: "Before you flare at anyone's faults, take time to count ten -- ten of your own." + ++ Visitors over the past weekend with Mrs. Margaret Thorndike were her two daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Sanders and family of Exeter and Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Pratt and family of Listowel, •also her son, Jim MacDonald and daughter, "Lisa, of Lon- don. + ++ Miss Catherine Plumtree, Albert Street, has returned from a most interesting holiday,. a visit to Scotland for the purpose of researching family history. Aside from a flying visit to Edinburgh to check records in the Registrar's Office, her time was spent in Kirkco•nnel, the little village in Upper Nithsdale, Dumfriesshire, from which her mother's people had come to Canada in 1843. She was fortunate in discovering the very farm house in the hills in which her great -great grandmother was born in 1790. Pictures were obtained of the interior of the modernized farmhouse as well as of the beautiful setting amid rolling hills. A tiny ruined church, dating back to 606 A.D., was just across the Vennel, .a small stream from which the far- mhouse takes its name, and added to the historical in- terest of the locality. + + The youngsters may have a Birthday Club of their own but no one deserves recognition more than those who have attained the "90. years and over", hurdle of life. This week we salute Norman Ball of Rattenbury Street West who celebrated his 93rd birthday Sunday, September 25, 1977. Because it is just a step and a jump from Rattenbury up to Albert Street we enjoy Mr. Ball's occasional visit at the office. + + -1- Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Young, St. Lawrence Newfoundland, had a brief visit with Stewart's family in Clinton last weekend. They were returning hnme from a business trip to Kitimat, B.C. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young nom•VIst )t t* •kti. At". 1. WISHES A HAPPY BIRTHDAY To On Joshua Baker David Hayward Beverley Walker Kelly Spencer Corrie Smith Suzanne Walker Jim Crawford Christine Kemp Clinton Bushell Pk. Sask. RR 2 Wingham Clinton Vanastra Clinton RR 2 Clinton Clinton Oct. 6 Oct. 6 Oct. 7 Oct. 8 Oct. 9 Oct. 11 Oct. 11 Oct. 12 f` • To Join - just come into the News-kecord office, 53 •iiAlbert St. Clinton or phone 482-3443 and have your name entered in the Birthday Book and get your FREE button. ****** ' ***** �4 CHILDREN'S CORNER LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE 4 -DOWN 5 -ACROSS ew 1 -DOWN 7 -DOWN 3 -DOWN 1 11111111111111111 1111 II II 111 111111111111 ■ ■1111 1111 II II 1111111 %i 6 -ACROSS 8 -ACROSS 8 2 -DOWN 'IVH 'L 'NOO11V8 'b '3SO8 'C 'MVOVlN' 'e 'NMOlO ' 1.—uMoa 'NNVl '9 ')i00H 'L '31VHM '9 '1V3S '9 'Vbi3INVO ' L—ssoJoy :S1:13MSNV MIX-UPS FiII ip blanks - one letter on each blank. Worn on finger Oranges. apples, grapes are Five plus four minus one _ „-„ - , Frozen water .... Unscramble the first letter of each answer to spell WINN OWN 1.1.0. 0.1•1111 (Matches can start this) Answer next week Answer to lost week's Quiz. Dog, Frog, Horse, Cat. accompanied them back to Toronto on Saturday and stayed overnight, returning home Sunday evening. + ++ More news from ,our very active Clinton Library. On Saturday, October 15, from 9:30 a.m. to noon the library is presenting a 'drama workshop. Children and young adults between the ages of 8-13 are invited to attend., Get your free tickets now at the Clinton Library And plan to be there. + + + The following news release was received in the office and rates a little space. The Eye Bank of Canada - Corneal Transplants. - ., A cloudy or damaged cornea. (the outer surface of the eye) can cause faulty vision or even blindness. Today doc- tors can remove defective sections and replace them with healthy -corneal tissue. The operation is known as a corneal transplant or graft. The cornea must come from eyes recently removed either as a result of accident to another part of the eye or because of death. The Eye Bank of Canada has been set up by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind aided by universities and hospitals across the country to receive and process eyes donated or pledged by those who wish to .leave their sight as a legacy to someone in need. For further information, contact the CNIB office at 96 Ridout St., S. + + + The News -Record isin- debted to Mrs. B.C. Hearn of Townsend Street for making available to us copies of correspondence she .had received from Mr. and Mrs. Robin Macpherson of Halifax which contain considerable interesting items of early Clinton history. For a start, this week, here are some names of early Clinton residents prior to 1900 which will be reappearing from' time -to time in little vignettes of early years. Messrs. Ike and Joe Rattenbury - hotel keepers of Rattenbury House. Mr. Miller - hotel keeper Clarendon ' Hotel. Mr. McTaggart, manufacturer and grain cleaner with two sons George and Malcolm who were bankers. Mr. McMurchie, manufacturer, with one son, a banker and bne daughter, Mrs. Brydone. Mr. McCorvie also a manufacturer. Mr. Doherty of the Organ Factory. Mr. Macpherson, manufacturers of threshing machines etc. also Mr. Hovey in the same business. Mr. 'Brewer a banker with Molsons Bank and Mr.' Tisdale a private banker. Those are a few names listed by Mr. Macpherson and from time to time we think you might be interested to read more and also some events which he recalls. Jim Mair, of the Conestoga board of governors and student council president Judy Harrison helped to set off Conestoga College's 10th birthday by cutting the cake. 'The party which was held last Friday was also an oc- casion to celebrate the Clinton campus' fifth year of operation. (News -Record photo) Library News For Kids by Marian Doucette While the months of Sep- tember have been gloor'hy and rather wet, the Clinton Library's children depart- ment has a happy note to tell. The children's Creative Drama workshop is finally coming! On Saturday, Oct. 15, a 21/2, hour workshop with Heather Earle will take, place. In this workshop Heather, a native,of Newfoundland, will tach various dramatic techniques 111,11111111.11 and will allow plenty of op- portunity for each child to test his -her dramatic ability. Due to the fact that: this workshop must remain small, the library will be issuing tickets to the first 30 children between the ages of 8 and 13 who come into the library to pre -register this weekend. A creative drama workshop can be a lot of fun; so I am appealing to all aspiring actors in the community to ACT NOW ! By Blanche Deeves Anniversary Service The 98th anniversary service was held in Holmesville United Church on Sunday with the senior choir in attendance. , Lovely, fall flowers filled the church and new hymn books were dedicated in the memory of Danny Glidden by Frank and Marie Lawson, Nelson and Eileen Brown, Joe and Lynn Beecroft and Douglas Lawson. The special speaker for this Sunday was Rev. Hazelwood, a retired minister from Brussels. Rev. John Oestreicher was in charge. Holmesville 4-H Meeting three of the Holmesvill 4-11 '1 club was held on October 3 at the leader's home, Mrs. A. Betties. The roll call, show a label sample or picture of processed fruits and tell one way each- is served, was answered by 12 girls. Secretary Mary Jean Bettles gave her report and $5 from the Bayfield Fair exhibits was received with thanks. The next meeting of the club will be on October 17 at the home of Mrs. Betties. Ann Kloops led in a discussion of processing 'fruits by freezing canning and 'drying. Each member brought a fruit label and these were discussed in regard to grade, sugar, content, size of can, ingredients, trade name, etcetera. Each member drew the name of a fruit and gave„a one minute talk on it regarding where it was .` grown, varieties, harvest season, food value, processing, and how used. All other members tried to guess the fruit being described. All girls helped to make the Raspberry Bavarian Cream dessert and the Apricot Tuff. Personals Sorry to report that Edna Jantzi has been in Clinton Hospital and is home now and enjoyed her birthday on Friday. Get well wishes for Edna; From up here by Shelley McPhee At first I thought it would be a wonderful idea, that calories wouldn't count anymore under the new, metric system. However, I learned during my reading education on metrics, that calorie is a metric unit. However it is not a System International Unitand was abandoned. Anyway, I am now forced to throw away my calorie counter and prepare myself for the task of adding yp, joules,.the metric form of energy, or as I think of it, fat. I have been going along with the metric change without too many objections but my British system measured mind will have some problems adopting the joule system. You see one calorie is worth 4.2 joules which means that a 1,200 calorie diet will now be the equivalent of 5,000 joules. To think on a food feasting day I may stuff myself with 5,000 little pieces of fat is just too much for my brain to absorb since I can only think of fat figures in calories. With such high figures as that, no one will be'able to convince me that I'm starving even on 2,100 joules a day which, on my calculator, is only 500 calories. Along with the thought that I'm eating more, I know for sure that I'm now burning up much more gas in my car than I did with the metric change. Being such an old conservative, or something, when I see 70 on a traffic sign I often find myself driving that. However the problem is that I'm driving it in mph in- stead of km -h. The same way when I read that my tireshvill take 200 kilopascals of air, the first vision that came to my mind was me leaving the gas station after filling my tires, not travelling on the road but floating along through the air. Somehow this metric change is not easy for me. Although I thought of myself as young, liberal and flexible, there is a definite limit to my ability'to adapt. All I know is that I refuse to eat thousands of joules when I can feel mentally satisfied by only eating a few hundred calories. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY JOHN LONGSTAFF - OPTOMETRIST Seaforth 527-1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Wednesday, Saturday 9:00 - 12:00 Clinton 482-7010 Monday 9:00 - 5:30 BY APPOINTMENT R.W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 NORM WHITING LICENSED AUCTIONEER 8 APPRAISER Prompt, Courteous, Efficient ANY TYPE, ANY SIZE, ANYWHERE We give complete sale service PROFIT BY EXPERIENCE Phone Collect 235-1964 EXETER DIESEL Pumps and injectors Repaired For All Popular Makes Huron Fuel injection • • Equipment' Bayfield Rd Clinton 482-7971 SIGNS Some of our �u winter stock has now arrived- t - shop early 'for best selection SNOWMOBILE SUITS 22�31 .95 Kenwood A I I -Wool BLANKETS BURGESS P : RTMENT STOR 11 VICTORIA ST., CLINTON 482.3853 r Durst, Vodden & Bender CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 37 West Street Goderich, Ontario 524-2011 INSURANCE GAISER - KNEALE INSURANCE AGENCY INC. Insurance -Real Estate Investments Formerly K.W. COLQUHOUN LTD. Phone Office 482-9747 Len Theedom 482-7994 Hal Hartley 482-3693 C. Buruma 482-3287 JOHN WISE GENERAL INSURANCE — GUARANTEED INVESTMENT! Clinton Office: 482-9644 Res: 482-7265 • BRYAN LAVIS INSURANCE General and Life Office: 10 King St. 482-9310 Residence: 308 High St. 482-7747 - ALUMINUM PRODUCTS JERVIS ALUMINUM. Sales and Service of Aluminum Doors, Windows, and screens. Ornamental Railing and Signs. Glass cut to size. 84 ALBERT ST., CLINTON. 482-9390 4 TRI TOWN BOOKKEEPING SERVICE Complete Business Service - quarterly, half -yearly, yearly. Also Farm and Individual Service. LAIIYRENCE BEANE Brucefield Phone 482-9260 Available year round We believe we have the finest selection of MOTORCYCLES in the area. We GUARANTEE Our SERVICE AFTER SALE! RER STORES TRY C 0 MT. CARMEL `237-3456 OPEN 10 - 10 MON. • SAT. NOON . 6 SUNDAY . Mail your problems to r'ims' pact” e -o this paper. All let- ters will be answered provided a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Some of general interest will be published.' Letters must be signed but we will NOT reveal your identity. FRED J. HUDIE E LIMITED LUMBER BLDG. HOW. PAINT WALLPAPER Ay 'CARPETS vv sv wv a BALDING CENTRE. LIGHTING 482-3441 230 BAYFI ELI) RD. CLINTON Readers are reminded that ALL letters addressed to this ,column, will receive a personal reply, provided you _enclose a STAMPED ADDRESSED EN- VELOPE. A good friend of mine lies in the hospital because he ac- cepted a ride in someone's car. 1 claim that the driver can be held liable, am I right or wrong? If your friend intends to sue the driver then he is going to need' the services of a com- petent lawyer who will ascertain whether he thinks his client has a case or not. Generally speaking, the driver of the automobile is only , liable to gratuitous (Free) passengers where he has been `grossly negligent" (extremely careless), otherwise passengers are taken to ride at their own risk. This does not apply to vehicles operated in the business of carrying passengers for money, (e.g. Taxi). . .proof of gross negligence ,is not needed in that case. To HIGHWAY 4 _ • South Edge CLINTON 482-3752— IF BUSY 482-97.96 1 live in a government owned housing complex. Last spring, while repairing the dining room ceiling, a square was dropped on my dining room buffet and two deep gouges made in it. I reported this immediately and was finally told to get two estimates and submit them to management. I have ap- proached a dozen people and none are interested because the gouges are deep and the• piece of furniture will have to be taken out to repair. Is the' onus on me to find craftsmen to do this job? Yes! legally the onus is on you to get the required two estimates because if you are thinking of sueing you must have a definite amount to go after. &Son` T. Pryae District Representative Don Denomme 75 HAMILTON MONUMENTS LETTERING 524- 2373 or' 6621 appointments _anytimi GODERICH MARKERS I am thinking about co- signing a loan. What does this involve, please? Normally a loan .consists of ,a series of one or more promissory notes. That is. the drawer of the note — the person getting the loan — makes an unconditional promise to pay a certain amount to the loan company or whbever it may designate at a certain time. If you co-sign it is generally as an endorser of the note. When you sign in this capacity, you are held to warrant the genuineness and validity of the note in certain respects. If the person getting the loan cannot pay off the note as it falls due, then you Would be liable, as an endorser, to pay off yourself. Ball & Mutch LTD. HOME FURNISHINGS FLOOR COVERINGS • CARPETING HOME FURNISHINGS 71 ALBERT ST. 482-9505 41, • • M •