HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-11-02, Page 4PAGE 4 --CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY,, TQYgMBE# 2.1978
That's restraint?
Deciphering the wheat from the
chaff in government promises has
never been easy. But you really
have to wonder about the federal
government's commitment to
financial restraint.
According to the most recent
Statistics Canada figures, the
federal government employed
16,594 more people in June of this
year than one year earlier.
That represents $2,292.8 million
for payroll payments in the second
quarter of the year or an increase
of $33.3 million fron last year. If
that bears any evidence of
restraint it is a lucky thing for
Canadians the government didn't
decide to go on a spending spree.
It's all well and good for the
federal government to slash
budgets and things like the Com-
pany of Young Canadians, The
Consumer. Protection Association
and other high profile areas of
government spending. That gives
the impression the government is
serious about keeping a lid on
spending, but we have the sinking
feeling that the government is
more interested in appearance
than substance and in fact, groups
like the Company of Young
Canadians and the Consumer
Association are sacrificial lambs.
Even with those cuts one could
conclude the federal bureaucracy
is so large and so far out of control
That the government ends up
spilling more than it spends on
services.—from the Exeter
Ti mes—Advocate.
Ourmistake
In an editorial in last week's
paper, it was incorrectly reported
that $60,000 had been set aside in a
reserve fund -to restore the Clinton
town hall.
Clinton council put $30,000 into a
reserve fund for repairs to the hall.
We apologize for any in-
convenience this may have caused.
"The burden of responsibility, urgent problems to overcome, decisions, pressures . .
thank goodness Parliament's back in session so I can get away from all that!"
Promoting Macleans
IF. you have ever bought, or
borrowed, a copy of Maclean's
magazine, you have probably been
subjected, in the past month or so, to
the same treatment I have, a variation
on the Chinese water torture. Every
second day I have received a -card, or a
phony -looking certificate, or a sincere
letter, telling me of the fabulous
bargains in subscriptions I can receive
if Y signup right now.
Heck, for only $19.95 ($52.50 at
newstand), I can receive 70 issues of
Maclean's, PLUS a 10 per cent
guaranteed lifetime savings, PLUS a
full-color 78-79 calendar. It's a great
piece of hucksterism. And with a good
reason. If you don't get them sub-
scribers, you don't get ads, and ads is
what a magazine gets rich on, not
readers.
And I can understand the slight note
of desperation in the mail campaign.
The first few issues of "Canada's
Weekly Newsmagazine" were not
exactly swollen with advertising.
There were six to eight full-page ads,
mostly liquor and cigarettes, a few half
and quarter -pages, a couple or three
self -promotional pages, all this out of 57
pages total. Not enough money there to
pay for the coffee breaks of about 40 -
odd editors, a gaggle of researchers,
correspondents, photographers and
editorial assistants. It is to tremor with
fear.
Not that it would bother me for more
than one minute and a half if Maclean's
went belly up. It's a fat, rich cor-
poration, with many irons in the fire,
most of them highly profitable.
Through a judicious combination of
whining and poisonous nationalism,
Maclean's managed to convince the
Canadian government of the necessity
to kick out of the country its only real
competition, Time magazine and
Readers' Digest.
Nor have -I any reason to wish the
new weekly newsmagazine ill. I have
an old and honorable association with
the magazine and its sister, buxom
with advertising, Chatelaine. The
latter has become, from tenuous, wispy
beginnings, about as good a magazine
as a women's magazine can get.
My association with this pair began
at a tender age, about 10, when I
received a contract to go out and hustle
up subscribers to either or both of these
mags. I was a lousy salesman then, and
still am, and it was Depression years,
but as I recall, I sold two subscriptions
to Chatelaine and one to Maclean's, to
friends of my mother..I received $1.50
in commissions, and that was the end of
a potentially great career in
publishing.
Of course, in those days, a kid didn't
have a chance against the pros:
Maclean's, and.. other publishing
chains, would send into a small town a
highly -trained team of hustlers to sell
subscriptiong. They were personable
and fast -talking , much like the en-
cyclopedia salesmen of a couple of
decades later.
They'd hit the town like a hurricane,
about Tuesday, and depart Friday
afternoon, 1'aughing like open drains,
with a lot of loot, leaving behind them a
host of housewives wondering vaguely
why they had signed up for eight years
of Maclean's and sixteen years of
Chatelaine, evenithough it hadn't cost
them a cent, ha ha.
However, I am willing to let -old
business animosities lie. If Maclean's
leave me alone, I'll do the same for
them.
Let's take an objective look at their
newsmagazine, the non-pareil, ac-
cording to them. It's not bad, really.
There is a strong tendency to be
smartass, as in this opening sentence,
"The CBC is the oldest whore on the
block." Somebody trying to imitate
Time magazine's style.
But, on the whole, the mag isn't bad.
Considering the tribulations of putting
out a weekly magazine in an age in
which everything is instant dead two
minutes after it's been seen on TV,
there is a fairly good analysis of
provincial and federal news, and
adequate coverage of international
news, and a few good features. One of
them is interesting enough, visually
and verbally, but bears the dreadful
cliche "People" as its heading.
There's ' a lot of cutesy business of
printing over yellow and purple and
orange, which is juvenile and slightly
annoying.
But there is some first-class writing.
People like Barbara Amiel and Mor-
decai Richter and Allan Fotheringham
seldom put a foot wrong. The last of
those is an abrasive columnist from
Vancouver who recently suggested that.
the Toronto Argonauts and the Federal
Liberals were utterly interchangeable,
and that if the Argos backfield were
running the country, nobody would
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Perhaps the magazine is happiest, so
far, in its comments on the arts and
entertainment. This is where
Canadians shine; we are a nation of
critics, whether we know anything
about the subject or not.
It is rather weak on sports, but then
sports are awfully dead, .except for
color stories,, once .the hurly-burly's
o'er.
On the whole, let's give the thing a
chance, for a month or ,two. But no way
am I going to sign up for 70 issues. How
do I get my money back if I die or they.
go broke in the next two weeks.
Sharing
I feel guilty. I let leftovers sit in the
frig for days, and they ended up in the
garbage because I' didn't feel like
eating the same dish again.
Most people in Third World coun-
tries, like Bangladesh and Vietnam,
can't afford even one meal a day. Each
,, iinorning they line 'up for a cup of milk
'4113rovided by an overseas relief agency,
and for most, it's the only sustenanlre of
the day.
I also feel a little guilty because I
bought two new sweaters for winter,
not because -the old ones wouldn't have
remembering
our past
5 YEARS AGO
November 1, 1973
Fire on Tuesday caused between $100,000
and $150,000 damage to Huron Acoustics
Ltd. at Vanastra, the former CFB, Clinton.
The firm which manufactures and
assembles speaker cabinets had set up
operations at Vanastra about a year ago and
employed about 35 persons.
The fire is believed to have started about
12:30 in an exhaust fan in the paint room in
the east wing of the H-shaped structure.
In the eight hour blaze, 30 firemen from
Clinton, Seaforth and Blyth assisted. The
Blyth department using a special Stihl saw,
which can cut through anything except
concrete, cut the building in half to isolate
the flames.
The new Signal -Star Plant on Highway 21
south of Goderich is fast nearing completion
and officials expect to move into the new
plant next week. The News -Record is
composed and printed by the Signal -Star.
The CHSS senior volleyball team finished
first in Huron but met tough opposition in
the' Huron -Perth finals and' finished third,
Team members included Don Reid, Brian
Jewitt, Geoff Gibb, Ray Mair, Rod Camp-
bell, Keith Crittenden, Bob Riehl, Don
MacDonald, Dean Ryan, Paul Johriston,
Jim Amsing and Coach Allen.
• A mural painted by Rosanne Middleton of
Bayfield is now hanging in the hallway at
CHSS. The mural depicting the history of
Benmiller, was painted as part of an
Opportunities for Youth project by nine
Huron County students last summer. A
written history was also compiled.
10 YEARS AGO
October 1, 1968
Skaters will have to wait a little while
longer for ice at the Clinton Community
Centre this year.
Despite continuing efforts by local of-
ficials, only slow headway is being made
toward solution of problems which caused
the arena floor to crack last winter.
Consulting engineers retained by the town
attribute the cracks to frost -heaving. They
recommend, as a corrective measure that
drains be installed in soil around the arena's
foundation or footings.
Bell Canada's Clinton building - a centrke
for long distance calls for much of Huron
County was opened to the. public this week.
Several hundred persons toured the
telephone facilities at open house held
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings.
A new $60,000 Agrico fertilizer blending
plant is being built in Brucefield to replace
the company's bulk fertilizer building which
stands near the CNR tracks.
Charles L. Walkom, district manager for
Agricultural Chemicals Ltd., said con-
struction is underway on the modern
building plant which will handle both bag
and bulk fertilizer. The old building will be
torn down he said. '�
25 YEARS AGO
November 12,1953
William t, Morlok has been tiippointsd tit*
kept me warm, but just because I
wanted a change.
If people can't afford one meal a day,
they certainly aren't going to be able to
buy clothes even though what they're
wearing may be turning into rags.
Some people receive one used article of
clothing a year from a relief
organization, and it must stand up to 12
months of constant wash and wear.
I saved money to buy a carpet for the,
living roomy not because the floor:was_, o.
bare or cold but because I wanted a
colour more suitable to the furniture.
Many people would feel extremely
fortunate to have a floor to sleep on.
They sleep beside railroad tracks
a look through
the news -record files
manager of the Bank of,Montreal's Clinton
branch. He succeeds William H. Robinson,
who retired on pension at the end of the
month.
Miss Iris MacNeill smilingly accepts the
gift of silverware which was the reward
offered by J. A. Anstett in a country -wide
search for a piece which would complete a
jig saw puzzle in his jewellery store window.
Miss MacNeill was thrilled with her gift, a
44 -piece service for eight in the White
Orchid pattern valued at $79.95.
When Friday night rolls around this week,
Teen Town will have something really
special on their agenda.
That's right folks. This Friday dancing
instructors from Arthur Murray's studios
will visit Teen Town in the CDCI
auditorium.
Representatives of the urban
municipalities of Huron County met in the
old public school on Tuesday and passed a
resolution urging that Huron County ask the
department of planning and development
and the provincial government to take up
with the. federal ,government the matter of
reducing or removing the minimum
population requirement for municipalities
to enter into the rental housing field.
At present, only towns with populations of
5,000 or over may enter into rental housing
agreements. In the county, Clinton,
Seaforth, Wingham, Exeter, Blyth, Hensall
and Brussels all fall into the under 5,000
population class. Goderich is the only urban
centre that has,been able to take advantage
of the rental housing scheme.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Turner celebrated
their anniversary on OctolSer 21.
. 50 YEARS AGO
November 8, 1928
A fund is being opened in Clinton for Mr.
W. Pickett of Goderich Township, who
recently lost his house by fire and who has
had much illness in his family. Friends in
town and surrounding community who wish`
to make contributions, large or small, to
Chief Strong or to the News -Record may do
so and amounts will be acknowledged In the
paper from week to week.
A dance will be held in the Girls' Club
rooms, over the Bank of Montreal on Friday
evening, Nov. 9th. Stratford Orchestra in
attendance. Admission, gentlemen 75 cents.
Ladies 25 cents. Everybody welcome.
Rev. J. E. Hogg, Dr. J. C. Gandier and Mr.
R. E. Manning were in Toronto yesterday
inspecting some modern churches for in-
formation in regard to church organs and
fittings for use in Wesley -Willis Church,
which is being rebuilt.
75 YEARS AGO
November 12,1903
The change which the progressive firm of
W. Cooper Co., has just completed in their
store has vastly enhanced its appearance.
They have now an immense plate glass
front, bigger, we believe than has any
bookstore in Ontario, outside Toronto. It will
enable them tb display their stock to still
better advantage.
A disgraceful thing happened on the
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streets of Auburn on Sunday night just as the
service in the English Church was con-
cluded, when some young men from Blyth
hooted and sang songs on the streets. If this
is repeated, they had better beware.
Mr. T. N. Hayter, father of Mrs. James
Mose, who has been postmaster at Harpley
in Stephen Township for over 30 years has
resigned. Like the majority of country
postmasters, Mr. Hayter held office for the
conveneince of his neighbors, for certainly
at the trifling salary paid there was no
money in it. Mr. Hayter often comes up to
visit his daughter and is known by many in
Goderich Township.
100 YEARS AGO
November 7, 1878
Ice an inch thick has formed here this
season.
Anyone wishing to get an excellent view of
the town should ascend the Hose Tower in
rear of the market building where they will
be able to take a survey of the surrounding
country.
A few days since, a lady in town went
away from home, locking up her house, but
unintentionally, leaving her cat therein. It
was discovered after it had been removed
by a neighbor, who found that in its efforts to
get out, the cat had torn down lace curtains,
torn blinds and otherwise done considerable
damage.
A child of Mr. Samuel Beatty of
Tuckersmith. got badly scalded a few days
ago by upsetting a teapot off the stove.
Miss Sofie Patton at present engaged as
assistant teacher in the school at Benmiller,
has been engaged to take charge of No. 7
Colborne at the salary of $265 for the year
1879. -
Moved by Councillor Chidley and
seconded by Councillor Menzies at the town
council's last meeting that an order be
drawn on the Treasurer for $60 to pay in-
surance on the town hall for 1878-79.
The Expositor had an item 'about "the
village of Tipperary, in Goderich Town-
ship." Where is this village, pray?
because they have nowhere else to go.
I complain about a nagging cough or
sore throat or a.flu bug that laid me low
for a few days. Meanwhile millions of
people are dying because of lack of
immunization, medicine, doctors. and
hospitals.
I was reminded of appalling con-
ditions in Third World countries a few
weeks ago when I' viewed a slide
presentation given,_by Dr.Lotta }lit-
chmanova, founder and executive
director of the Unitarian Se -vice
Committee of Canada, which is one of
Canada's oldest and largest overseas
relief agencies.
Sure, the presentation was designed
to play on the emotions of the audience,
to evoke our sympathy and to rouse us
to action.
How else can we be jolted out of our
complacency? How can we be made
aware of how fortunate we are, how
wasteful we are and how little we
share? How else can we be reminded
that many people are not as fortunate
as we?
Practical questions "come into our
minds: How much good can one person
do? How can we be sure our money and
gifts get to the people who really need
them? If those people can't grow
enough food to feed themselves, why
don't they cut down on the population
growth? Haven't they heard of family
planning?
Relief organizations of Canada and
other nations are concerned with more
than the immediate needs of un-
derprivileged countries. They are
providing on-going programs in family
planning, foster parent plans, im-
munization, medical care, education
and training in basic skills, improved
agriculture and community
development.
The purpose is to help people help
themselves, and an excellent example
is Korea, which raised herself from the
wreckage of war to stability and in-
dependence with the aid of foreign
relief agencies.
How much help can one person give?
Perhaps not much, but if everyone felt
their contribution wasn't worth giving,
the agencies that have done so much
good around the world would never
have been formed and would never
have survived over the years.
We shouldn't give at random, though,
just to ease our consciences. We should
do a little research and find a reputable
nutlet that we feel we can trust. Then
if wet give it is hopefully because we
appreciate our good fortune and sin-
cerely want to share it.
Advance poll Saturday
For those few
municipalities that have
an election this fall,
advance polls will be held
this Saturday. The
polls open at 9 a.m. and
close at 8 p.m.
Regular ' polling day
will be held on November
13, when the polls, will be
open from 11 a.m. to 8
p.tn.
Clinton voters will only
have to mark one ballot,
for one PUC seat.
Voter lit Tuckersmith
will only be voting for
three councillor's While
voters in Huliett will
choose a deputy -reeve,
decide on letting liquor
into the township, and
pick a board of education
members in conjunction
with McKillop and
Seaforth voters.
Goderich . Township
voters will pick three
councillors out of five
candidates arid along
with voters in Colborne
'Towpship, will pick a
board of education
member from the two
candidates running.
Colborne voters will
also be asked to pick
three councillors from
the five running, and Hay
Township voters will be
asked to pick a reeve and
three councillors.
Ails other positions in
Bayfield, Hensel!,
Stanley, Auburn and
seats on the board of
education and the
separate board were
tined by'acciataation.
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