HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-09-28, Page 4PAGE 4.—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY SEPTEBER, 28,1978
Truly amazing show
It's truly amazing when one looks
at it close up - the thousands of
hours of work invested by a few
dozen people for just a few days
enjoyment. There it is, the In-
ternational Plowing Match, right
here in Huron County, whose total
population is only 50,000, but is
having that many visitors in just
one day!
The local Huron committee of the
Plowing Match are to be
congratulated for the fine show
they have assembled. It doesn't
have to take a back seat to any
exhibition or fall fair in Canada.
It's been four years since, the
Huron committee was awarded the
Match, and it's been hard work and
at times heartbreak ever since, but
now, with the weatherman's co-
operation, everything is proving
worth it.
Thanks to the help of many
Clinton area people, like Raymond
Scotchmer of Bayfield, Fred Lobb
of Clinton, and the irreplaceable ag
rep Don Pullen, this year's Plowing
Match has the makings of being the
biggest and the best ever.
If you haven't already been, and
can get away, slip up to Wingham
and see what all their work was
about. Huron County can be prqud
of itself, and its people.
Gift helped him
Sales executive Jim Wexler
dates everything from January 21,
1969 - the date of his open heart
surgery operation.
He was 48 years old then, a man
with 80 percent of his main arteries
blocked. Nine months before he
had buried his older brother who
died of the same condition. Some
years before that his father had
died at age 57, also a victim of
blocked arteries.
Yet Wexler wasn't afraid for his
own life. A businessman who
"thinks positive" like a
businessman, he was confident the
operation would be a success.
Not everyone shared his calm.
The night before his operation
some friends from his local B'.r.sai
Brith chapter donated blood at a
Red Cross blopd donor clinic to
ensure there was an adequate
supply for Wexler's open heart
surgery.
"But I never worried. I knew the
blood would be there for the
operation," Wexler said.
"Hospitals know the tools they
need. Blood is one of the tools. I
didn't even question it wouldn't be
there."
He's 57 now, plays a full round of
golf, swims, and sculpts in his
spare time. He says he feels 39 and
is convinced he has another 30
years to live.
"I've been closer to dangerous
ground than most people," Wexler
said. "And I know that while I was
in the hospital I never worried. The
blood was always there. But it's not
always going to be there unless
people come through and make
sure there's always enough"
sugar and spice
More boring talk
There's probably only one thing more
boring than being ,forced to watch
slides of someone else's holiday jaunt,
and that is having to listen to them tell
about it. But if you think that you are
going to get away with only two
columns about "OUR TRIP" you might
as well turn over to the real estate ads
right now, gentle reader. ,
Not after I spent all that money. I've
had two long-distance calls and a letter
in the past 10 days from the Chargex
people. Seems we went over our limit
by about double and the bills are still
coming in. Oh, well, that's inflation.
On a trip like ours, it's probably a.
good idea to take notes, or keep a diary.
I never do this; too interested in people
and places to try to put them down.
Tried to keep it all in my head, in
pictures. Result: for 10 days after we
got home I couldn't sleep, with all those
pictures hopelessly mixed, flashing
through my mind.
When you hit eight countries in 14
days, it's more like low-flying than an
in-depth study of the treasures of
Europe. But it's amazing what you can
do and see and experience. '
For the average traveller who is not
an art expert, there is'serious danger of
picking up a couple of diseases,
cathedralitis and basilicatis. The
symptoms are similar. If you see a
person with head cricked right back
and mouth open, he's probably just
back from Europe.
While the cathedrals are awesome in
their structure and art work, they tend
to make you feel like a very small
minnow in a very large ocean. And
probably that's what they're supposed
to do. We were in the largest and third-
largest in the world, in Rome and
Florence, both designed by
Michelangelo and I don't care if I never
see another. They make you humble in
the face of the patience, the reverence
and the genius that went. into their
creation.
And we saw a lot of famous works of
art: the Venus de Milo, a stocky broad
with no arms; the Mona Lisa, looking
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Battleof tongues
This summer I conducted a one -
woman campaign to clean up the
speech habits of my 16 -year-old
nephew, Dave, and my 14 -year-old
niece, Janice.
They didn't swear, at least not within
my earshot,, but they abused the
English language in other ways.
For a long time I ignored them.
anything but enigmatic behind six
layers of bullet-proof glass, It was no
more thrill than looking at a good color
photo of them in an art book.
But that's not the sort of thing you
remember from a trip. You remember
the highlights and the human relations,
the bad moments and the exalted ones.
Like going through the Dolomites, a
range of mountains so forbidding they
make the Rockies look genial in a
rainstorm, the driver inching around
hairpin turns.
Or a magnificent summer evening
with good wine, good food, good music,
good friends, on a balcony overlooking
the beautiful Tivoli gardens, outside
Rome.
Or wandering around the Mont
Martre in Paris, haunt of famous
writers and artists over the years,
watching the painters at work,
haggling over a picture, maybe having
your portrait done in 10 minutes.
Or being kicked off the grass in
Monte Carlo by a surly Monacan cop.
Or hustling through 'the rain in
Heidelberg, trying to buy suppositories
with your scanty German.
Or sitting on your balcony in
Lucerne, wondering what the poor
folks were doing, as you looked over the
lake to the mountains.
Or admiring the lady of the streets,
who saw us gawking at her as she
leaned against a building, turned her
back, flipped up her skirt, no pants on,
some of the bolder spirits told me. I, of
course, had covered my hand with my
eyes, or something like that.
Or discovering in your room a small
bar -refrigerator stocked with
everything from Coke to champagne.
All you had to do was help yourself,
mark down what, you'd used and pay
for it in the morning. Can't see a North
American hotel trusting anyone that
much.
Or watching your wife, the insotnniac
at home, sleeping: on the bus, on the
ferry, in a boat in the canals of
Amsterdam, on a boat down the Rhine,
On the Seine, on the train. The only
place she didn't sleep. was in the hotel
rooms, worrying about getting up at 6
a.m. and on the Hovercraft from
France to England which took only 35
minutes.
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Perhaps the best part of a group tour,
as I mentioned, is the relationships you
form. We had Canadians from a§ far
apart as Dawson City, the Yukon, and
Nova' Scotia, the whole breadth of thel
country.
We had Americans from California,
Texas, Illinois, Oregon and Iowa. And
we had five Australians. Have you ever
heard a lady from Texas trying to talk
to a middle-aged French-Canadian or a
young Australian? It's a riot.
At first we were all a bit stand-offish
tending to huddle with our own. But
after a few days we were helping each
other with language, funny money and
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reasoning that it was their teachers'
probelm and not mine. But when I
noticed they were beginning to in-
fluence their six-year-old brother,
Brian, I decided it was time I did
something.
,curing the summer, I filled in for
their English teachers, correcting their
mistakes and trying to set a good
example by using proper grammar.
The following are a few of the con-
versations that ensued.
Dave: "Me and Paul went to the
show last night."
Myself : "Paul and I went to the
show."
Dave: "You were there too, eh?"
Myself: "How does your English
teacher put up with you?"
Dave: "He don't care. He thinks I
talk good."
Myself: "How do you make people
understand you?"
Dave: "My friends understand me,
so do other people. It ain't hard."
Myself: "You shouldn't say ain't."
Dave: "Oh, yea, ain't ain't in the
dictionary, so I ain't gonna say ain't no
more...but ain't is in the dictionary,
you know."
Myself: "No, it ain't."
Dave: "Gotcha!"
Meanwhile, Janice and Brian taught
me a few slang expressions.
Myself: "Jan, just think, you're in
remembering
our past
25 YEARS AGO
October 8, 1953
The weatherman favoured the Bayfield
Agricultural Society this year and the fall
fair lived up to the slogan "Better and
Bigger than ever." Well, at least the inside
exhibits were bigger and better and though
the horse and livestock entries were down,
the 4-1-1 Calf Club, Swine Club and Holstein
Club entries made up for it.
Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Snell, Jayne, Mary
and Richard moved into their new home on
Highway 4 on October 1. This home is just
east of the homestead now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Snell (nee Marion Jones).
The Snells were all settled down for a
comfortable night's sleep when outside a
terrific tumult started. Bells rang, horns
honked, whistles blew, yes, the chivaree
gang had arrived. After being so suddenly
and unexpectedly awakened, the Snells
gathered their belongings (Eph, had a little
trouble) and threw open their doors to the 25
or more well-wishers.
A bountiful lunch was served by the gang
and' after a sing -song the friends departed
leaving pleasant memories and a quieter
'night.
Clinton District Collegiate's rampaging
Redmen stepped into Goderich yesterday
afternoon and recorded their second
straight win by a score of 17-6.
The gilme was all for Clinton from the
opening kickoff. The Redmen completely
dominated the play throughout the game.
Nine Clinton cheerleaders and four from
Goderich added color to the game as they
urged their respective teams on to greater
effort.
50 YEARS AGO
October 4, 1928
A window in memory of the late Sir John
Willison was unveiled in St. Paul's Anglican
Church, Toronto on Sunday.
Sir John Willison was a native of Stanley
Township and was very well known in
Clinton and vicinity.
The Clinton Kiltie Band furnished the
music at the Bayfield Fair last week.
There are Complaints of racing on the new
London Road pavement. If this continues
somebody may get into trouble. The new
pavements were not built for race courses.
A representative from the Lorne Fire
Engine Co., Mitchell met with council in
regard' to the purchase of a new fire truck at
the cost of $1,450 or $1,400 with the old hose
wagon thrown in. Chief Tasked pointed out
that on more than one occasion the firemen
have been delayed in getting the hose to the
scene of the fire.
Messrs. Watts, Cudrnore tnd Scribbins
received word the other day that samples of
their honey had been chosen by the Ontario
Honeys Producers' Co-operative to be
high school now. Isn't it exciting?"
Janice: "Cross me right out."
Myself: "Look at that new corvette
over there, Brian."
Brian: "De-ee-cent!
Myself: "Let's go for a ride in my
car."
Brian: "Gross!" •
I don't mind teen-age . slang, but
"gross" and "decent" don't sound as
expressive to me as the slang I used
when I was a teen-ager. "Groovy" and
"cool" were the "in" words in those
days.
The following confrontation is one of
Dave and Janice's favourite.
Dave : "I don't got no money."
Myself : "I don't have any money."
Dave: "That's what I said."
Myself: "No; you didn't. You said "I
don't got no money."
At that point, Janice glanced away
from the tv set and piped up, "Don't
got! That's poor grammar, Elaine. And
you call yourself a writer?"
After two months of continuous
battles of the tongues, I gave up. Dave:
and Janice were now the problems of
their high school teachers, and Brian
was being influenced by his grade one
teacher, hopefully, rather than by his
older brother and sister.
I was tired. I'm not sure how in-
fluential I was, but I did my best.
I don't got to tell you folks how hard it
was on me, and I don't got no strength
left to try no more. Gross me right out!
a look through
the news -record files
exhibited at the British Dairy Show, London,
England. Here's hoping it gets first prize.
The third annual WMS.Conference for the
Centre Section Huron Presbyterial was held
in the Ontario Street United Church, Clinton,
on September '27. Mrs. Lane of Seaforth
presided and notwithstanding the inclement
weather, was well attended.
Congratulations to -Mr. M. Showers,
butter -maker at the Holrhesville Cheese
Factory, who on Saturday last, took unto
himself a life partner. The bridal pair
returned on Sunday evening and have taken
up their residence in this community.
Clinton Collegiate students will attend the
Inter -Collegiate Athletic Meet in Mitchell
tomorrow, Friday, when Seaforth, Clinton,
Goderich, Exeter and Mitchell will compete
for the McMillan cup and other trophies.
-Our Chinese citizen, the proprietor of the
Cafe, has lately received word that his
former assistant, John Tung, who left here
last fall, died a few weeks ago in Toronto.
While not of our race or faith, John Tung,
nevertheless, had all the attributes of one we
describe as a gentleman.
75 YEARS AGO
October 1, 1903
The entertainment given in the Baptist
Church on Monday evening by the Young
People's Society was a very well attended
and successful affair. Pastor Dunlop
presided in his usual pleasant manner. He
has a happy way of making everyone feel at
home. The chief event on the program was a
debate on "Resolved' that in the best in-
terests of Canada the Chinese should be
excluded." Shut them out entirely argued
Mr. 3. B. Hoover and Miss Murch, admit
them contended Postmaster Scott and Mr.
W. Dunlop. The committee decided that the
friends of the Celestials, for argument's
sake, had the better of the controversy by
one point.
Mr. O. Crich, the efficient superintendent
of the cemetery, informed the News -Record
yesterday that in the 13 months ending on
Tuesday there had been 51 burials in the
Clinton cemetery. This is a larger number
than in the previous 13 months and in March
there were twice as many as in any other
month and since the first of January last 12
men, 16 women and 10 children had been
interred,
Mr. Crich says the population of that
particular God's Acre runs up pretty close to
5,000.
Rev. Mr. Searle, a missionary from China
delivered a very instructive address in the
Methodist Church on Sunday in Varna. He
dwelt particularly on the Boxer rising and
his experience in connection with the same.
Mr. Branderiburger, the new landlord of
the Mason House, is transforming the In»
terior of that hostelry, making such a
Block Parents
Dear Editor:
Across the province of Ontario and
Canada, in over 300 communities both
large and small, children, indeed all
citizens, are enjoying the benefits of a
program which provides a network of
safety - the .BLOCK PARENT
PROGRAM.
The Ontario Block Parent Executive
Committee would like to see all com-
munities in Ontario with Block Parent
Programs. Clinton is one of those
communities. We would be pleased to
send , information or talk with con-
cerned citizens in your community.
The measure of the need of the Block
Parent Program in your community is
not whether your community has
problems with child molestations,
assaults, indecent exposures and
bullying, but rather what the Block
Parent • Program can do for your
community in the future as the com-
munity works as one, citizens, police,
teachers, service clubs, municipal
governments, to provide safety for all
your citizens with every child receiving
basic, common sense instruction on
how to deal with strangers, whether
that incident may happen in their own
community or when they are visiting or
vacationing.
There are 125 Block Parent com-
munities in Ontario, including our
great city giants right down to tiny
villages. It is estimated that there are
approximately 65,000 Block Parent
homes in Ontario.
I have included basic Block Parent
information in this mailing as well as
sending information to the Clinton
Police Chief.
Is Clinton a CARING community.
Yours in Block Parenting,
Mrs. Margaret MacGee ,
Chairman,
Ontario Block Parent
Executive Committee
519-471-9156
London, Ont.
change, in fact, that the old' patrons hardly
recognize it. Mr. Brandenburger is aiming
to still further popularize the House and it
looks as if he will succeed in doing so, dif-
ficult though it will be.
The invitations are out for the wedding of
Miss Olive Manning, daughter of Rev. H. M.
Manning to Mr. Albert N. Milner.
100 YEARS AGO
• October 3, 1878
The farmers surrounding Seaforth talk in
a very discouraging manner of the potato
crop this season. They give the wet weather
as the cause of the failure.
Mr. Thos. Robinson, of the Goshen Line,
Stanley, one of the earliest settlers, died a
few days since.
We regret to learn that a son of Mr. Daniel
McGregor, of Hullett has died of diptheria.
The child was about five years of age.
A few Sundays since when the water on
the Bayfield River was pretty high, a party
of Clinton youths determined to amuse
themselves by a sail on its troubled bosom.
A raft was hastily constructed, launched
and livestock cargo "all aboard" when its
moorings were loosed and away she floated,
occupants being in high glee of the apparent
success 'of their venture. For awhile the
craft went smoothly on but as it followed the
twistings and turnings of the river and
entered more turbulent waters than at fist,
the pleasure was turned to vexation when
they found they Could not control it and when
it met a sudden obstruction, causing
everyone of its passengers to tumble into the
water, words fail todescribe their feelings.
"We'd not have cared, only we'd on our
Sunday clothes."
During the past year we have worked very
hard in the endeavor to make the New Era a
paper worthy the support of all and believe
that we have succeeded in making it second
to none. But to do this we have been put to
considerable expense and thus far the
returns have not been in proportion to the
outlay. We do not like to be Continually
asking our subscribers to pay up, and would
much rather not do it, but as we very much
need money to enable us to carry on our
business, we must.
We have many hundred dollars of sub-
scriptions on our books arid as we only ask
for that which is property our own, we trust
our subscribers will Ett once see the urgency
of otir case and pay up. The harvest being
over and farmers being now in a position to
sell their grain, We hope those who are in-
debted to us will have a portion of, their
proceeds with us.
Strath and West of Seaforth offered a prize
of $10, at the late show, for the beat looking
baby. A^ child of Mr. Samuel tounsberry, of
Sgaforth, bore the prize against all com-
petitors.
Fishing
Dear Editor:
One of the high priority tasks of
Fisheries and Oceans is to promote and
assist the marketing of Canadian
fishery products, particularly as we
move into a period when our improved
resources will permit a large increase
in production and marketing.
In recognition of the growing im-
portance of fish in Canada and to
provide a focus for its continuing ef-
fective promotion in the domestic
market, the Honourable Romeo
LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries and
Oceans will shortly be proclaiming the
month of November as "Canadian Fish
and Seafood Month".
My purpose in writing is to invite you
to participate in this national
promotional program. As part of the
observance of "Canadian Fish and
Seafood Month" we are planning a
complete information program to focus
*the attention of the Canadian public on
fish. Various commercial features for
the fish, month promotion will be for-
warded to the media and retail stores
during the last two weeks of Sep-
tember. The attached "flyer" is to let
you know that the promotional cam-
paign will be on shortly. I sincerely
hope that you will actively participate
in this exciting national event which
should be of wide interest to your
audience.
Yours sincerley,
Donald D. Tansley
Associate deputy minister
Ministry of Fisheries
Ottawa.
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Incarnate
Dear Editor:
Seven noted British theologians
would seem to disagree with the idea
expressed in recent ads in support of
the "trinity". They have written a book
"The Myth of God Incarnate'',
challenging the traditional teaching
that Jesus is God.
"There is nothing new about the
central theme of this book," says John
Hick, the book's editor, who is
professor of theology of Birmingham
University. "That the historical Jesus
did not present Himself as God in-
carnate is accepted by all
(theologians) ...Christian laymen today
are not fully aware of it."
"Jesus" says Hick, "did not teach the
doctrine of the trinity." In a section of
the book, Frances Young, lecturer of
Birmingham University suggested that
the doctrine of the incarnation of Christ
was adopted by the early church
through fusion of pagan and Jewish
traditions.
Although the theologians who wrote
this book do not present Jesus Christ as
the Bioble does, as truly the 'Son of
God', they have drawn attention to the
falseness of the Trinity doctrine, as
taught by Christendom's churches.
Jesus himself ' never claimed to be
God but said: "The Father is greater
than I am." And at John 20:17 He told
Mary: "I ascend unto my Father and to
your Father; and to my God and your
. God." Also, it is recorded at Revelation
3:12 "Him that overcometh will I make
a pillar in the temple of MY GOD...and
1 will write upon him the name. of MY
GOD, and the name of the city of MY
GOD..." •--- The resurrected and
glorified Jesus Christ speaking: "And
declared to be the Son if God with
power, aceordipg to the spirit of
holiness, by .the resurrection from the
dead." Romana 1:4
Sincerely,
C. F. Barney
Clinton
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