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Last Saturday was a perfect day for the unveiling participants chat after the unveiling and dedication
ceremony of the commemorative plaques at the ceremony outside the library. (photo by Geoff
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Survey shows paper well liked
By Jim Fitzgerald
Most of the people in
the Clinton area are
reading the Clinton News -
Record and for the most
part, they enjoy the paper
very 'much. Some of our
readers enjoy it so much
in fact, that they read the
paper from front to back
twice!
Those are just two of
the important con-
clusions reached in a two-
part readership survey
recently carried out by
the paper.
The first part of the
survey involved a clip out
and mail in survey that
had 47 responses.
.In that survey, nearly
all the respondents found
the paper to be very
satisfying, and with a few
exceptions, most were
very happy with the news
and features offered by
the News -Record.
Many praised the News
Record for the fine, job
they said we were doing,
a few offered some very
constructive criticism,
and many asked for
additional news and
feature coverage of
certain' items, and
wanted specific columns,
such as cooking and
gardening columns, and
other features such as a
horoscope column, a
crossword puzzle, and
book reviews.
The mail -in survey
showed that most of the
paper is very well read,
including the district
correspondents,
municipal news, and the
regular columnists, such
as Peggy Gibb, ' Bill
Smiley, Jim Fitzgerald,
and even the ads.
One of the most popular
items checked off by
those who mailed in their
survey was the letters to
the editor column, and
the obituary column.
Other popular features
included the classified
page, the early files, and
obituaries.
Round about...
• from page 10
Guests last 'weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Donald
R. McLeod were her
brothers, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Barnes, Cheryl,
Susan and Kathy, London
and Mr. and Mrs. George
Barnes, Paul and Shaun'
of Ottawa.
Cheryl, Susan and
Kathy remained this past
week with their aunt and
uncle and enjoyed at-
tending the Country
Playhouse production
"Picnic", Grand Bend
and trips in their uncles
fishing tug the
"Ferroclad."
Weekend visitors with
Mr. and Mrs. W.E.
Parker were Mr. and
Mrs. W.E. Squires of
Mitchell; Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Parker, Dor-
chester, Mr. and Mrs.
W.C. Parker and Jennifer
and Mr. and Mrs. E.
Sawchuck all of London.
Mr. John McLeod has
returned home after
spending 2 weeks in
Montreal where he
stayed at the Royal
Victorian College of
McGill University,
Mrs. Lucy (McLeod)
Desjardine, Detroit,
Mich. is a guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Earl
(Barbara) Martin, Earl
and family at their cot-
tage in the village.
Smile
Few things bring a
fellow and girl closer
together than a sports
car.
All of those who . an-
swered the clip -out
survey read the paper
every week. ,.
The second part of the
survey was a random
sample telephone survey
carried out by Lori Keller
of Goderich. She made
159 calls - 115 in the
Clinton exchange, and 44
in the Bayfield, Hensall,
Londesboro, and Seaforth
exchanges.
This number
represents about five
percent of the total
average paid circulation
each week.
The telephone survey
showed that about 63 per
cent of the people asked
got a daily paper, while
over 80 per cent read a
weekly paper of some
kind. In the immediate
Clinton area, the News -
Record was the
predominate paper, while
in,the other areas, people
were reading the
Seaforth° Expositor, the
Exeter Times -Advocate,
the Zurich Citizens News,
and the Blyth Standard.
The London Free Press
had most of the cir-
culation ' - the daily
readershir pproaching
95 per cei Lith the two
other To�.._lto papers
picking up a few.
But generally
speaking, the reader. of
the weekly papers was
younger than the daily
newspaper reader, and
overall, the weekly
newspaper reader spent
far more time reading the
weekly than the daily
person spent reading the
daily.
Most. people bought the
weekly newspaper to
read both the news and
the advertising, while a
slightly higher per-
centage "bought the daily
to read the news only,
On the average,
readers spent from 30
minutes to an hour
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reading the weekly, while
about 30 minutes was the
average time spent
reading the daily.
The overwhelming
majority of the people
except citing occasional
mistakes, found the
paper to be easy to read
and understand, and over
95 per cent said they
enjoyed the weekly
paper.
A bigger percentage of
the people - about 75 per
cent - believed what they
read in the weekly paper
than in the daily - about 60
per cent.
Generally speaking,
the survey showed that
the editorial page is well-
read, with most readers
believing the editorials to
be well researched.
One of the more sur-
prising things the survey
also showed was the
shopping habits of area
people. The biggest
percentage of them do
most of their shopping
right here in Huron
County, with the odd trip
to London. The majority
spend between $25 and
$75 on these trips to
county towns, which
average more than four
trips a month.
More than 50 per cent of
the people shopped in
Clinton, while Goderich
was the next most
popular ° shopping area.
On the average, only -20
per cent had been to
London once in the last
month for shopping
purposes. No questions
were asked about
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 194—PAGE 11
intal flower show results
Asters, needle, 5 blooms:
1st, Gwen Johnston; 2nd,
Mrs. Reg Cudmore; 3rd,
Nellie Baker; asters, powder
puff, 5 blooms: Mrs. Reg
Cudrhore.
Asters any other type, 5
blooms: Bess Fingland,
Marion Powell, Mrs. Jean
Currie; cosmos, large old
fashioned, 5 stems; Evelyn
Olde, Mrs. Jean Currie.
Cosmos, $mall orange, 5
stems: Mario ;Powell, Mrs.
Jeah Currie; zinnias, large,
dahlia flowered, 5 blooms:
Chas. Cook, Jean McEwan,
Stewart Middleton.
Zinnias, large, cactus
flowered, 5 blooms: Chas.
Cook, Stewart Middleton,
Jean McEwan; zinnias,
small, 5 blooms: Chas. Cook,
Mrs. Marion Powell, Mrs.
Bond.
Petunias, single, under
31/2" dia. 3 stems: Jim
Fitzgerald, Florence Pullen,
Gwen Johnston; petunias,
single, over 31/2" dia., 3
stems: Jean Currie, Mrs.
'Westerhout, Miss D.
Marquis.
Miss D. 'Marquis, Mrs. P.
Westerout, 'Mrs. Jean
Currie; snapdragons,
rocket, large, 3 stems:
Florence Pullen, Mrs. Gwen
Johnston, Mrs. Jean Currie;
marigolds, double, under
11/2,' dia., 5 blooms: Mrs. Ila
Cudmore, Mrs. Evelyn Olde,
Mrs. Bond.•
Marigolds, double, 11/2" to
3" dia., 5 blooms: Florence
Pullen, Marion Powell, Mrs,
Mary Epps; marigolds,
double over 3" dia., 5
blooms: Miss Dorothy
Marquis, Ralph Holland,
Mrs. Mary Epps.
Marigolds, single, under
2" dia., 5 blooms: Miss Jean
McEwan; sweet peas, an-
nual, 7 sterns: Florence
Pullen, Mrs. Jean McEwan,
Mrs. Bess Fingland.
Phlox, perennial, 3 stems:
Jean Currie, Mrs. Mary
Epps; gladiolus, white, 1
spike: Mrs. Foster, Brenda
Foster, Tresia Foster.
Gladiolus, red, 1 spike:
Bram Enderberg, Brenda
Foster, Mrs, Ray Foster;
gladiolus, pink, 1 spike:
Bram Enderberg, Miss Jean
McEwan, Brenda Foster.
Gladiolus, yellow, 1 spike:
Bram Enderberg, Mrs. Reg
Cudmore, Mrs. Bram
Enderberg; gladiolus, any
other colour, 1 spike: Mrs.
Reg Cudmore, Stewart
Middleton, Mrs. Ray Foster..
Gladiolus, different
varieties, 3 spikes: Mrs. Ray
Foster, Mrs. ,Ila Cudmore,
Mrsi B. ;.,Endenberg;
gladiolus, miniature
varieties, 3 spikes: Mrs.
Bram Endenberg, Mrs.
Sioman, Miss Jean McEwan.
Dahlia, large decorative, 1
bloom: Mrs.. Mary Epps,
Mrs. Endenberg; dahlia,
cactus, 1 bloom: Mrs. Bram
Endenberg, Mr. Bram
Endenberg, Mrs. Mary
Epps.
Dahlia, semi -cactus, 1
bloom: Mrs. Jean Currie:
dahlia, miniature,
decorative or cactus, no
pompoms, not over 4" dia., 3
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blooms: Chas. Cook, Janet
McClinchey.
Dahlia, pompom, not over
2" dia., 3 blooms: Chas,
Cook, Mrs. Jean Currie;
dahlia, ball, over 2" dia., 3
blooms: Mrs. Jean Currie.
Tuberous begonias, any
colour or colours, 3 blooms,
floating with leaves: Miss
Dorothy Marquis, Mrs. Mary
Epps, Mrs. Marion Powell;
rose, hybrid tea, any colour,
Mrs. Westerhout, Chas.
Cook.
Rose, grandiflora, any
colour, 1 stem: Mrs. P.
Westerhout, Mrs, Ila Cud -
more, P. Livermore; rose,
floribunda, any colour, 1
stem: Mrs. Jean Livermore,
Mary Epps, Ruth Van Zon.
Daisy, any type, 5 stems:
Miss Jean McEwan, Mrs.
Dorothy Williams, Mrs.
Marion Powell; lily, any
type, 1 bloom: Chas. Cook;
any other garden flower
grown from seed, 1 stem or
bloom: Mrs. Jean Liver-
more, Miss Jean McEwan,
Jim Fitzgerald.
Geranium, potted, grown
from seed by exhibitor, first
year plant: Chas. Cook,
Dorothy Williams; coleus
(foliage), any colour or
colours, 3 stems: Dorothy
Marquis, Jean Currie, Mary
Epps.
A collection of 7 different
vegetables grown by
exhibitor, 2 of each type:
Miss Jean McEwan, Jim
Fitzgerald, Mrs. Jean Currie
true miniature
arrangement, not over 31/2"
in any direction, florets may
be used: Mrs. Fred Sioman,
Mrs, Marion Powell, Mrs. Ila
Cudmore.
Arrangement in a small
unusual container not to
exceed 24 cm (10") in any
direction: Mrs. Marion
Powell, Mrs. Bess Fingland,
Mary Epps; artistic
arrangement of pansies: Ila
Cudmore, Jean 'Livermore,
Bev Broadfoot.
Coffee table arrangement:
Mrs. Marion' Powell, Mrs.
Mary )Epps, Ruth Van Zon;
arrangement of assorted
roses: Mrs. Mary Epps, Mrs.
Ila Cudmore, Mrs. Bess
Fingland.
Arrangement of flowers in
the same tints and tones as
the container: Mrs. Ila
Cudmore, Jean Currie,
Marion Powell; gladiolus,
arrangement in basket or
container: Mrs. Ila Cud -
more.
Arrangement of -assorted
garden flowers, minimum of
5 kinds of flowers: Mrs. Ila
Cudmore, Mrs. Bess
Fingland, Mrs. Marlon
Powell; zinnias,
arrangement in basket or
container: Mrs. Marion
Powell, Chas. Cook Miss
Jean McEwan.
Mantel arrangement one
sided: Mrs. Ila Cudmore,
Mrs. Mary Epps; table
arrangement of fruits and -or
vegetables: Mrs. Marion
Powell, Mrs. Ila Cudmore,
Jim Fitzgerald.
Oriental arrangement:
Mrs. Marion Powell, Mrs. Ila
Cudmore; make a picture or
scene with dried or fresh
plant material, using any
suitable background, sizenot
to exceed 16" in length or
width: Mrs. Marion
Powell, Mrs. Ila Cudmore.
An arrangement in a cup
and saucer: Mrs. Sioman,
Mrs. Janet McClinchy, Ruth
Van Zon; for first time
exhibitors only,
arrangement viewed from
one side only: Mrs. Janet
McClinchy, Mrs. Bev
Broadfoot, Mrs. Dorothy
Williams.
For men only - hall table
arrangement, nd help to be
received from any female:
Stewart Middleton, Chas.
Cook.
Classes for children of
elementary school age,
Clinton Junior Gardeners
excluded
Zinnias, large, 5. blooms:
Shaune McClinchy,
Elizabeth Brandon; asters, 5
blooms: Lauralee Johnston,
Julie Johnston; pansies, 5
blooms: Laurelee Johnston,
Lori Brandon, Julie John-
ston; snapdragons, 3 stems:
Laurelee Johnston, Julie
Johnston.
Petunias, 5 blooms: Lori
Brandon, Shaune McClin-
chy, Julie Johnston;, table
arrangement, not over 12"
high: Lori Brandon, Danny
..Shaddick; make an animal
using fruits, vegetables or
flowers, or any combination
of these: Scott McClinchy,
Shaune McClinchy, Julie
Johnston.
Classes for Clinton Junior
Gardeners
Using fruits or vegetables
or a combination of these,
make . at least one animal
and person, forming a scene
in a cake pan, entry must
have a title: Gwen Holland,
Michael Pullen, Julie Baker,
David Pullen, Christine
Baker, Henrietta Sneider.
Zinnias, 5 blooms: Brad
James, Christine Baker,
David Pullen, Julie Anne
Baker, Michael Pullen;
cosmos, 3 stems: David
Pullen, Michael Pullen, Brad
James, Tanya Hart.
Pansies, 5 blooms: Brad
James, Julie Baker, Michael
Pullen, David Pullen, Tanya
Hart, Christine Baker;
gladiolus, 1 spike: Brad
James, Christine Baker,
Julie Baker, Michael Pullen,
David Pullen.
Petunias, 5 blooms: David
Pullen, Brad Tames,
Michael Hollanu, Chris
Kerrigan, Michael Pullen,
Tanya Hart; 1 stem of any
flower grown from a seed or
bulb bought with the child's
own spending money:
Matthew Kerrigan, Brad
James, David Pullen,
Michael Pullen.
Tiny Tim tomatoes, a
small box or container full:
Michael Pullen, Brad
James, Tanya Hart, Michael
Holland;David Pullen, Julie
Baker; mantel
arrangement: David Pullen,
Michael Pullen, Brad
James, Chris Kerrigan,
Stephenie Kerrigan,
Henrietta Sneider.
Arrangement in a tea cup
and saucer: Susanne
Walker, Michael Pullen,
David Pullen, Gwen Holland,
Henrietta Sneider, Stephanie
Kerrigan; miniature
arrangement: Gwen
Holland, Matthew Kerrigan,
Brad James, Henrietta
Sneider, Chris Kerrigan,
Susanne Walker.
Arrangement in an
unusual container: Matthew
Kerrigan, Brad James,
Michael Pullen, Chris
Kerrigan, Stephanie
Kerrigan, Michael Holland;
hanging arrangement of
plants in a flower pot,: David
Pullen, Michael Pullen.
Christine Baker, Henrietta
Sneider, Julie Baker,
Matthew Kerrigan; smallest
Tiny Tim tomato: David
Pullen.
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