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PAGE 4---CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY,, OCTOBER,, 5,,1978
"There's that Tom Jones' picture
in the paper again. I don't know
why his club rates all the time."
How many times have you said
or thought that after reading your
newspaper?
But did you ever stop to consider
that maybe we didn't know about
your club's special event, your new
slate of officers or your family's
own personal news event, be it
mom and dad's 50th wedding an-
niversary or grandpa's 90th bir-
thday?
We like to think we're pretty well
in touch 'with what goes on around
here but we're not mind readers.
Our news and photography staff
tries hard to be in the know about
what's happening in and around
town. People do call us to help and
believe it or not, we find out a lot of
what's coming up by faithfully
reading this paper.
But we can't know about
everything that !deserves news
coverage.
That's where you come in. If
someone in your family will be 90
or married 50 years, call us...we'd
like to take a picture and do.a story,
If someone has gotten an honour or -
done something noteworthy, call
us...with an item for Town Talk
column or an idea for a full-fledged
feature story. .
If you're secretary, or an in-
volved member of a group that
rarely gets press coverage call us
when you're doing ' something
special and we'll be glad to come
and take photos.
That's what we can do for you;
here's what you can do for us.
Please, try to request a
photographer, and -or reporter two
or three weeks before your event .
A photographer will go out and
take pictures on a Saturday night of
other people enjoying themselves,
when it's been arranged in advance
- that's part of the job.
But photographers have families
and a social life too and it's not fair
to insist that they drop everything
to go and take pictures of an event
that's been planned for months on a
last minute request.
We'II do our darnedest to have a
photographer at your event at your
specified time if you'll do your
darnedest to be ready when the
photographer arrives.
Sometimes things run a little late
and we can put up with a wait of 15
minutes or so.
But you wouldn't arrange with
your caterer to have dinner at 7 and
then delay its serving until 9. Don't
treat the newspaper photographer.
that way either.
To sum it up, we're glad to give
your group coverage and we'd
specially like to hear from you if
you feel what your group does
•hasn't received adequate
recognition in the paper. •
Next time you're irked because it
looks like old Mr. Jones is getting
tab much news or photo space, call
us with some of your news we cen
use. — from the Blyth Standard.
'� 1' l) - � EDMonfon Sou MAl
740'
"I don't care if you are trying to woo the right-wing voter, Otto, we have a
dress code for cabinet ministers around here!"
marrage has changed
My grandparents celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary this sum-
mer. Another couple, who are friends
and former neighbours of theirs,
marked a similar occasion a few weeks
earlier,' and since then, I've noticed
My trip concluded .
Absolutely my last . column about
trips to Europe, cross my heart and
spit. Just a few final impressions and
some tips to those who haven't done it
before. Travel to Europe, that is.
;Holland is flat and flower -filled;
flowers everywhere. We visited a local
cheese factory and.I was suckered into
buying a real cheese knife with a Delft
handle and a two -pound cheese which
my wife maligned bitterly every time
she had to restore the peace.
Went up into a working windmill, of
which there are only a few left. An
awesome experience, with the great
stones grinding and the vast sails
whirling; like something out of the
middle ages. Saw the biggest flower
market in the world, where the lots of
flowers are wheeled in, prices flash on
a computerized board and buyers,
sitting in a sort of amphitheatre, make
their bids by pressing a button ,which
identifies them.
Holland was also a sort of memory
trip for me. Went within a few miles of
Gorinchem, where I was shot down and
passed -the city of Utrecht, where I
spent several days and made the Great
Escape (seven minutes duration).
Sane in Germany. We spent a night
at Frankfurt, where I had passed three
days and nights way back then, in
solitary, at an interrogation centre,
waiting rather anxiously for the whips
and the thumbscrews.
When I was finally brought in for
questioning, there weren't any, but
there were; subtle threats : "You know
ve haf vays of making you talk." They
shook me a bit by showing me a huge
loose-Ieaf folder with the numbers of
most Air Force squadrons, including
my own, containing a pretty good list of
the personnel. Don't worry; I didn't
talk. Didn't know anything except how
to get a Typhoon off the ground and on,
again. •
Innsbruck in Austria was worth
visiting. Up, up through the Tyrolean
Alps, then down, down through them,
everyone a bit tense on the curves to
the beautiful old city nestled like a
jewel in a valley, mountains all around,
Olympic ski jump just up there. Take in
an evening of local entertainment,.
yodelling, dancing, singing, Robust
¢ood fun. There were about eighteen
different nationalities in the audience
the night we were there.
Don't let your wife loose with a credit
card in Florence ` where goldand
leather are beautifully worked and just
half the price of back home.
Venice stinks. Or so they tell me,.
With my bashed -up beak I didn't notice.
a thing. The waterways are 'controlled
by the gondoliers mafia. There are so
many tourists in St. Mark's Square that
even the famous pigeons have barely
room to forage.
Rome is remarkable, a bit
frightening if you get off the beaten
track and the English-speaking guide.
After you've seen the Pantheon, St.
Peter's, the Colosseum and the Vatican
City, relax. It would take two months to
do the city justice.
A good bet for some of that relaxation
is travel by express train from Rome to
Genoa, where Chris Columbus was
born. Train is fast, and you get great
looks at the Mediterranean all the way
up.
By bus along the famous Cote d'Azur
to tiny Monaco, rigidly ruled by a
benevolent dictator, Prince Rainier.
Took a look at the royal palace. Not too
impressed. Rather. annoyed that
Princess Grace didn't pop out to say
hello -but she was probably sulking over
her daughter's marriage to that old
French guy, when momma wanted
Prince Charles of Britain for her.
Nice, was nice, -though men in party
all woke up with stiff necks from
craning to see topless bathers of the
international set. Very, very•expensif.
Off to Switzerland through Isrenoble,
in France, another Olympics site.
Through the French Alps (not quite so
scary) to Geneva and the calm, peace,
cleanliness and 'beauty that Charac-
terize that country. `Twasn't always so.
Saw the huge statues of Calvin, John
Knox and Zwingli, Protestant early
birds who got their kicks from burning
Catholics at the stake.
Then to Berne, the capital, whose
symbol is the bear; a fine, ancient city.
And so to Lucerne, a small, lovely
lakeside resort city, where You once
again have, to put a leash on your wife,
because it's famous for gold, silver and
watchers, the best in the world.
It's up early for a long, long ride to
Paris. It's all that is claimed for it. We
saw it from four vantage points: by bus
on the way through; blazing with light
This is beginning to sound like a dull
travelogue. Its main purpose is to
suggest that when you do Europe by
coach, whatever the length of your trip,
you are really on the move. If you want
a relaxing holiday stay home, or rent a
cottage. If you want the experience of a
lifetime, take a coach tbur.
Don't listen to well-meaning friends.
You don't need six rolls of toilet paper.
You don't need clothes hangers (we
took half a dozen and lugged them all
over the continent).
Choose clothing with care:
something for cold, something for hot,
something for wet, something for
smart. You don't even the women, need
a new outfit every day. Take per-
manent press stuff.
Arrange your tour through a reliable
travel agency. It doesn't cost any more
and could save you many a headache.
We didn't have a single hitch, including
fourteen hotels, five boat trips, two
buses, one train, one hovercraft and
two limousines.
So. Just arrange that second mor-
tgage on your house, and away you go,
foreign dictionaries in hand. Don't
blame me if you collapse in Cologne
and have to be shipped back in a box.
There'll probably be an air strike and
you can raise a real stink, even after
death.
, newspaper accounts of a few other
couples, who have been married 50
years, 60 years and even longer.
Sixty years! That's a long time to be
hitched to one person.
Most of the couples I'vetalked to or
read about grew up within a few miles
'Of each other. Courting, 60 odd years
ago, consisted of riding up and down
themain street of town in a horse and
buggy.
Most weddings 'took place in the
bride',s home or the church manse. The
bride and groom's parents, immediate
family and closest friends might be
there, or there might be just the
minister and the witness needed to sign
the marriage certificate.
After the ceremony, the couple were
sometimes driven around town in a
horse and buggy or wagon, and later
they returned to the bride's home for a
dinner • prep'ared by mothers, sisters
and aunts.
At the end of the day, the bridal
couple slipped away to their new home,
which was furnished with the bare
necessities they had been able to buy
and a few wedding gifts. Many of the
gifts were second-hand furniture that
had been in the family for years - Aunt
Lizzie's iron bed that mother had used
in the guest room or Grandma's rocker
that had sat in the front room.
Honeymoons, in those days, were
rare. The newly-weds lost no time
settling down into married life.
It was a quiet simple beginning to 60
years of marriage. Quite a contrast to
the elaborate weddings of today that
take months of planning and thousapds
of dollars. There are gowns to be made,
tuxedos to be rented and 40, 50, 100 or
more guests to be wined and dined and
entertained.
The wedding days of most 1978 bridal
couples are much different from those
of the 1918 couples, and unfortunately,
that's not the only difference in their
marriages.,
The chances of today's marriage
lasting "until death .do -us part". are.
slim and growing slimmer each' year.
Three in every five marriages in
Canada end in divorce. From 1965 to
1,975, the number of divorces in Canada
multiplied five times.
The U.S. Census Bureau predicts that
in 1985, one in three Americans will
divorce. Although 80 percent of them
will remarry, the chances for 'a suc-
cessful marriage the second time
around will be worse than the first
time.
Young women are advised to become
career -oriented before marriage,
because, according to statistics, in a
few years they'll be divorced with two
or three kids to support.
Things have changed, people have
changed, and marriage is no longer the
"institution" it was once considered to
be. Law Reform- •Commission- rej
cam= -
mendations make divorce easier to
obtain. A couple need no longer "stick
it out" if the situation has become
intolerable.
A United Church brief supported the
recommendations but also urged
federal and provincial governments to
establish stronger counselling and'
support services for families.
In the February issue of the
Observer, the United Church stated,
"We believe that the institution of
marriage is more likely to be protected
by supporting and , "'enriching the
relationship, than that the relationship
is likely to be upheld by strengthening
the institution."
Meanwhile, couples who have been
married 50 or 60 years talk about a lot
of things - gpod times and hard times
that seemed to draw them closer
together rather than drive them apart. '
They don't seem surprised that the
marriage lasted 60 years, and some of
them predict it will last another 60
years.
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25 YEARS AGO
October 15, 1953
Galbraith Radio and Television requested
permission from council to , erect an
overhanging sign in front of his property on
Albert Street. Since the sign already was
erected, permission was granted.
The Christian Reform Church offered
$18,000 for the old public school building and
requested a "yes" or "no" answer. Since
matters were uncertain at the mdment, and
it was impossible to give a definite af-
firmative ianswer, councillors tabled the
letter.
The Clinton Planning Board has now been
set up with members, John Levis, E.
McAdam, R.N. Irwin, Councillor S.
Schoenals, and Mayor W.J. Miller.
Kindling delivered at $4.50 a cord, $2.50
per half cord: Apply Walter Forbes, phone
Clinton 904r31. •
The most important, or at least the most
talked about item at our collegiate now is
(rather than more scholarly subjects)
initiation. This year initiation will be from
this Wednesday to Friday in the costume
review with ceremonies this Friday evening'
(in costume) at eight o'clock. The apparel
basically will consist of: girls: man's shirt
and tie worn backwards, short skirt (six
inches above the knees); fancy garters;
hair swept up and fastened with pipe
cleaners; heavy Work boots and socks; no
make up; hard boiled egg strapped to back
of hand:
Boys: long underwear over normal
clothes; large'iadies' straw hat tied under
chin with a silk .stocking; one rubber boot
and,one slipper; lots of make up; a bunch of
onions and a silk stocking for a belt.
50 YEARS AGO
October 11, 1928
While at Work on the itew pavement on the
London Road before his injury a few weeks
ago, Mr. D, Steep picked up an old Bank of
Montreal penny of the year 1846. It Was a
big th ft .. , of to
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.Seen s owid' e'illttd,_ k ' hatre begin tiro _.e,.,
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b `sol `eel 0' Who' o' was ; road Making. in the
early nays.
The Golden Jubilee celebration in con-
nection with Ontario Street United Church,
which extended over two Sundays and
throughout the intervening week,
culminated in a grand supper and concert in
the chureb on Monday evening. '
The annual hospital bazaar is being held
in'the town hall today, which will be followed
by cards and dancing this evening.
The following is the report on the S.S. No.
9, Goderich Township for the month of
September. The names are in order of
merit: Sr. 4th -Evelyn Wise, 51 ;Jack Gilbert,
53. Jr. 4th -Albert Pearson, 82; Will Grigg,
55. Sr. 3rd - Eldon Yeo, 80; Reginald Miller,
61.
Sr. 2nd -Donald Harris, 86; Violet Cole, 81;
Eugene Cole, 77; Muriel Miller 60; Jr. 2nd -
Howard McCullough, 92; Erwin
McCullough, 59.
Jr. lst-Daphne McCullough, 81; Bernice
Grigg, 59. Jr. Primer -Donald McCullough.
The best speller for the month was Evelyn
Wise, Number of pupils on the roll, 15,
average attendance for the month, 13.1-
Mayme Pridham, teacher.
The officers and directors of the
Holmesville Cheese and Butter Co, met at
the home of one of their members, Mr.T.R.
Jenkins on Wednesday evening -of last week
and in view of the recent marriage the
president of the company, Mr. W.H. Lobb,
made a 'neat little speech, congratulating
Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins and expressing the
good wishes of the company for their hap-
piness. Mr. Showers, buttermaker and his
bride were also in the company, and they too
came in for some congratulations.
75,YEARS AGO
October 8,1903
Mr. S.S. Cooper has bought the Caledonian
site and says he will build a hotel forthwith,
indeed, he has named an early date for its
completion.
The corner stand in the new block being
erected on the Combe property by Mr. J.P,
Tisdall has been leased by the .Maisons
Bank. It was generally understood that the
Sovereign would get it but their con petitors
stole a morph on there. The Sovereign,
Dear Editor;
This is in response to the Opinion
Page article "Bell tolls again", taken
from The Beacon Times, Port Elgin
,and appearing in your newspaper
September 14, 1978.
It is a myth to believe telephone
users have made no demands on Bell
Canada. To coin a phrase "talk is
cheap", but the expense of maintaining
a multi -billion dollar telephone net-
work continues ,ato climb. Telephone.
mpanies are not immune to inflation,
th pay, the going rate for goods and
ser • 'ces the same as' other consumers.
To tisfy the demands of our
custo - rs Bell Canada will invest over
1 billion • ollars in 1978, and each of the
next four ears a similar amount of
capital.
In the Clin en exchange for example,
we will add t• our capital investment
approximately 754,000 in 1978. This
will bring our inv tment to $4.7 million
in Clinton. An exp ; nditure that would
not be undertake i if no service
demands were made. In fact, $152,000
can be directly associa.ed with service
to 336 homes in the Clin on exchange.
The expenditure has been "ade so that
these customers will have n more than
four parties on each multi arty line
rather than the, present max' um of
ten.'
Not many of these custome are
demanding private lines although they
will be available at an extra cost, to
those who want the service, but "r
many years improved multi-party lin
service has been requested.
In so far as Bell asking the CRTC
(our regulatory authority) for higher
revenues than we believe are required,
it just is not true. Anyone who un-
derstands the regulatory process Bell
goes through when applying for an
increase in rates,,I feel would agree. If
it was not necessary, rather than spend
time, energy and money preparing
over 8,000 pages of testimony to present
our case to the CRTC, followed by
several weeks of cross-examination by
the regulators and interveners, we
would rather, get on with the job of
running our business and providing
service to our customers.
Yours truly,
P.D. Croome
Area manager, Stratford.
Thanks, helpers
Dear Editor:
The 1978 Penny Sale sponsored by the
Hospital Auxiliary concluded last
Saturday afternoon with the draw for
prizes.
The Auxiliary would like to take this
opportunity to thank the area mer-
chants and professional people for their
generous donations - prizes, vouchers,
and cash donations. We are very
grateful.
The accounting is as yet not com-
pete, but it appears that over $2,000
has been raised. This sum will be used
by the Clinton Hospital to buy needed
equipment.
To those who donated prizes and
money, and to the many volunteers
who donated countless hours to make
the Penny Sale such a success. a sin-
cere thank -you.
however, will doubtless be in new quarters
before very long and as nothing is too good
for them it will be up-to-date in every
'respect.
Mr. George England of St. Catharines,
owner of the River Hotel in Bayfield is
spending a short time in the village.
A bailiff went to a certain house in
Goderich Township on the Maitland con-
cession recently to serve a legal document.
The inmates however, barred the front door
against him and escaping by the back door
they walked to Goderich, a distance of
nearly 12 miles. The woman' fainted from
exhaustion on reaching that place.
A ball will be given in the Clinton Town
Hall on the evening of Thursday next,
Thanksgiving night, when a large at-
tendance is expected. Music will be fur-
nished by the London Harpers and the
affair promises to be, like its predecessors,
very pleasant.
The iron work at Hog's Back Bridge in
Hullett Township is nearly completed. .
Mr. R. Graham is branching out, having
added a stock of boots and shoes, so that he
is now in a position to supply the wants of his
patrons in footwear as well as groceries,
100 YEARS AGO
October 10. 1878
We are pleased to learn that an effort is
being made to form a fire brigade here. Now
that we have a good engine, there is no
reason why we should not have a good fire
company, and we hope soon to be, able to
announce its completion.
On Saturday morning about 7 o'clock the
boiler of Ralph Brown's saw mill near Dash-
wood, exploded. The building and
machinery Were blown to atoms. A man who
was filing the Aaw at the time escaped
unhurt,The rest of the hands were at break-
fast at the time, which saved a loss of lives,
No water in the boiler was the cause of the
explosion.
Mr. Robert Sharpe, 4th concession,
Stanley Township has rented his (arm of 100
,
acres to fir, Sohn F. Cah gel on fora period of
five Seals, at a rent of $175 'per annum.
Dear Editor:
As you are aware, most towns in our
immediate area have their own annual
project with full backing from all
organizations. Clinton is very proud of
our Junior C hockey team but you can
appreciate the fact that it is very ex-
pensive to run a hockey team.
In the past, you have shown your
support by purchasing a Booster Club
ticket; and to show our appreciation we
are organizing a Junior C booster
"Oktoberfest" which, hopefully, will
become an annual event.
The festivities will begin at 2 p.m. at
the Sandpiper Inn, Vanastra on
Saturday, October 14 and will continue
all day and evening. The day will begin
with a hospitality hour with free wine
and cheese from 2-3 p.m. Local en-
tertainment will provide the music in
this' hospitality room while games of
chance will be going on in another area.
Dancing begins at 9 p.m.
Food fitting in with our Oktoberfest
theme will be provided by the Sand-
piper throughout the day and refresh-
ments will also be available.
' The remaining Booster Club, draws
will be made during the day. The $100
October draw will be made at 4 p.m.
the $100 November draw at 8 p.m. and
our grand $1,000 December draw will
be made at midnight.
Admission will be $3 per person or $5
per couple with free admission for
booster ticket holders. For those of you
who have not purchased your 1979
tickets, they will be available at the
door.
There will be several draws, prizes,
favours -and spot dances and we will be
proud to present `to you during the day
our 197849794unior C hockey team.
W1'shing 'to make this a gala,
memorable event we urge you to mark
October 14th on ' your calendar and
please bring a friend with you.
Hoping to see you there!
?our Junior C
i,.._._.._
Mustang Executive