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Worthy invest
It's been said over and over
again, but it bears repeating again
that a few bucks investma•t could
save many lives.
The point was brought to life
again over the weekend, when five
children lost their lives in a fire
near -Listowel, and the terrible
tragedy could have been prevented
if a $17 smoke dete,ctpr- had been
installed in the house.
The detector would have given
the sleeping family more time to
get out �f the house, and just
maybe none of those little children
would be resting in a graveyard
today.
Right here in the. Clinton area in
the past month, there have been
several middle-of•the.night fires ��
that could have had serious results
had the people not been lucky
enough to have discovered the fire
Using you
Qnt-
wher
thr•,y did, because none of the
homes 0, .attar tments had smoke
detector
InSeaforth, a man did
lose his inti . but more were saved
only by trey Merck thinking of one•of
the res,d, nts
A fe .'. S t / ' raloke detectors,
howeve, ; 'night have prevented
any log.. tit I i'fe
Altho•,cur1 ;t i, clow cornpulso-y to
install :1 ukt' detectors in all new
vary hiujhpercentage of
older h'': mc:', do'l't possess any
e'ar'ly ornq means, and it would
I f id ke r• • ,, sense to have people
in5t�all 1u ,r ,own detectors, rather
than }},a ,; }t u LThwernrnent legislate
them (.using more
burectur r",'3,.;
Think (ut),',,u' it if you don't have a
srr+c,kt;} r i, tr„ r your home, are
ye6r !,ui-s, worth $17.
Winter in this part of the country
- the snowbelt - brings o•ut the best,
and unfo,rtuna.tely, the 'worst in
people.
And some of the worst people,
according to the police, are out
trying to drive the roads in con
.ditions unfit for man or beast.
According to Constable '.R. W.
Wilson of the Goderich detachment
of the Ontario Provincial Police;
during .the winter, no matter 'what
the weather, people ',have to oo,,,
places'risking life and Inter, most
times unnecessarily.
Often during winter storm
conditions, people call the OPP
office, and even if the police.tel
them the visibility is poor to nil,
roads are badly drifted, etc., the
response is usually, "Oh web, l
have to go anyway, thanks."
"Does this make sense?" Con
stable Wilson asks. "We don't think
•
uhen we -get another
c:ali inv.esl;gule the accident this
person oe is involved in due to the
,y,,l,��ttllr�r ut:.t21 he has been told.
The OPP, who are well trained
d' ivor-,. don't e,,en go out on the
o,ad da, i ic; ,-I sever e storm except
.;0 emergencies and they 'don't
hove doer clod accounts of the road
cor•Ict;tions the ministry of tran-
f7u r ',1' .;rt <,:pct' communication
i-o.!hdreds of people
,And 1housands of
ail; If cl,-amotge is caused
.;c.,nru;'C needlessly out
N\u i,c' << ic.e should be given
r':.a' „ those drivers who
•,a �� i ..•;^ ..; - 1r d to stay, off the
storm and keep
olace for those of
drive after the
The niouse got away
I've often mused about the fate of my
coluk in and the other parts of the
newspaper.. from, my typewriter, my
column goes . to proofreaders . who
correct all my mistakes and turn a
phrase, such as "the mous that git-
way" into "the -mouse that got away."
The newspaper is delivered to your
house, mailbox or post office, and while
you digest the rest of the.news, I hope a
few of you notice Odds n' Ends as well.
Sometimes the newspaper meets a
tragic fate, such, as wrapping turkey
bones or lining a garbage bag.
At this time of year, it might start a
fire in a stove, furnace or fireplace, or
cover a kitchen floor to soak up slush
from wet boots. It could plug a drafty
Clean-up time.
New Year is. a time for house-
cleaning: the- house, the desk, the
mind. Not to mention your personal
relationships, your language, and your
ears.
I'll leave the house to my, wife. And if
you think that's male chauvinism,
whatever that silly phrase means,
you're right. A male is a male, A
chauvinist is a superpatriot. And we all
know what a pig is - one of the most
valuable animals man has ever created
in has own image. .
Theoretically, I'm a male. I was so
pronounced, I imagine, at birth, due to
certain plumbing. I am" not a
chauvinist. I do not. believe in my
country, right or wrong, although I love
it.. I do not trust my government as far
as I could throw a used car into a
And I am not a pig, although I
wouldn't mind being bile. Do you
realize that a pig produces, in his or her
short life,- about eight times what a
human does?
To eat: pork chops and roasts and
bacon and pig hocks and ham and head
cheese and pigs tails. Not to mention
sowbelly, if you.want ,;nae to get male
and chauvinistic. ,
To wear: pigskin for making gloves.
For Sport: 'snaking footballs (heput the
old pigskin square between the
uprights) .
For use: p'ig• tb-risties for making
shaving brushes,, although I fear they
are becoming plastic in 'this plastic
age. And finally, , sows" ears for not
making silk purses of..
O.K. That deals with cleaning up the
house, in the rather round -about. way.
The Old Lady can do it. I'll help clean
lila r►1; r,r :r ,hCS ever crafty
down there on a
r.
Su -1 }1 f ;rt 1 Mi.n'i0g' up my -desk.
,.10.; iiti:i;r worth while,I have
re-, ,,i r; c Christmas cards,
arrival. I always
f,njoy 1r:r °'r, rI my kid broker,
huiO-,h,•t1 'd) :1 5iber�i�a of the a.mes
13ta'y ;,.~.;,:: c . ir: Northern Quebec. He
'tr,. ,o much that he
r7? the'» illy t'; posit iVcly benevolent
to', irri
Then thCr ; h rriy'I•'\ repairman, as he
hirn:;,,21 , who drops a line
t. hr'1'>1 rl1:t'^ 1: er11 Westport, Ont. 1
wtibilose r knrrv, nis real -name,
but ' ht.ro c hcer•y message,
i., ,r: pricking balloons
and eni•thnugh he often
(1w:sri t: i7
•1`herr' , titti ,:,,•,r1i.uu,1 card from Major
MI.I int. , t.',Ai,1r'+roi4, who is hooked
1)1 ;r:,. 1,:.14;ineS. v. rth :a. lively account
of the :,, (IIIc the pipers have
�ittc t�it.'c.1 r. rr, year,
if.t!,•t frrin: an old fighter
pilot ;:';e;.<1.' '.ti hu rrrlinds me of the
time, on the tit av, 1ai,rric from a country
pub, r1.1:..c1 1 r;i,yo•d a turn in the road
and went ,,,,,straight '.through a thorn
hedge. ,N :--t day my face looked as
thc>ugii it h.id h('r•r1 raked by a •ter-
maag:int ,its 1r;n};'nails.
And 1L.Ltc..r from Beth Boyd,• a
former student now, in Lacombe,
Alberta 1 quote' "Iiope.lully you'll
recall mi. ,a4; t), ,nig tall, beautiful and an
extren-rrkti, tar; ;h,t. student. However,
the ren lit y - shur•t, acne and the only
pe'1-srlri y(hu m,IIn.sistently spelled
't4iroughout' as 'throught'." Not so,
Beth I remember you exactly. You Sat
near the hack where you could titter'
and ,giggle with Gail Ellison. And I'm
sure i.hu assns• is gong. And that you're
short. but beuuutiftal, And I'm glad you
are hul>py,
Acoluebotikkierxmow
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Turn to page 9 •
y ,
hole or stuff a crack along a broken
A few weeks ago it was used for
Christmas packing when some of us
ran out of tissue paper. -
The newspaper could• serve as kitty
titter. Or, it could help to train a pup,
and I don't mean to fetch. .
-All those destinies are familiarones,
but recently some of my columns found
another purpose.
I clip and save my columns just to
prove, in future years, that my wacky
thoughts actually appeared in print.
Or, I can send them as samples to other
newspapers in hopes they might accept
another columnist.
My filing system is not complicated I
stuff the columns into the bottom
drawer of a storage area in the apar-
tment.
About three weeks -ago I heard a
chewing sound in the living room wall.
The next night I heard papers rustling
around the corner, and as, I edged
-',closer, I, realized. the noise was coming
frorii "tl e 'lu' ►'Itlff. dFawei". -
At two o'clock in the morning, I was
not in the, mood to confront a mouse,
rat, squirrel or whatever it might be,
and the more I thought about it, the
larger the creature's image became in
my mind. I gave the front of the drawer
a ferocious thumping in hopes "of
scaring him off. '
I thought my ambush'had worked; I
didn't hear any chewing or rustling for
two days. When I went away for a
week, I forgot about the intruder, but
on the night I returned, I heard him
again. - '
In the morning, I cautiously opened
the drawer keeping the hammer
nearby. Approximately two dozen
columns were shredded. I removed the
papers that were intact ,and hoped my
roommate had not made a nest in the
drawer.' Then I set a trap among the
shreds. of paper in the bottom of the
drawer.
I haven't heard from him since, and
the trap remains untouched. Maybe it's
because the only bait I could find was
dried raisins.
I deplore violence,.and I don't really
want to catch him. If he'd move- away,
or just stay in the Oball and mind his
own business, I'd forget the incident.
I can live with- the thought that
maybe a family of wriggly little mice
are warm and cozy in a ,nest made of '
Odds n' Ends.
Only two questions . bother ,M•me :
Where are they? and What happens
when they get big enough, to wander?
remembering\•
our past
a look through
the news -record files
5 YEARS AGO
January 10, 1974
The stork waited until last Saturday,
January 5 at 8:20 p.m., before he visited the
Clinton Public Hospital. He brought with
him seven pound, 14 ounce Karin, a
daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dykstra of
RR2 Clinton. Along with a baby cup
presented by the ladies auxiliary, the family
will receive many other gifts from the local
merchants.
In a rare occurance, three men of the
Varna Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1035 were
presented -with 50 year pins and certificates
last week, County Master, Alex Hamilton of
Grand Bend made the presentation to Fred
McClymont, a- 53 -year member; 'Watson
Webster, a 51 - year member and.. Wilfred
Chuter, also a'5"1 year member. ��'
Mediatior`Callcs between the Huron -Perth
County Roman Catholic ' Separate School
Board and their teachers are scheduled to
re -open in two weeks after a day -long
session at the board offices in Seaforth.
The 'meeting was the second since the
teacher dispute over salaries went to
Toronto • mediator, Hal D. Howells on
December 12, ,
1973 was the .biggest building year in
_ recent history for Clinton, local officials said
last -week. ,
A record $1,043,636 was spent on new ..
buildings and renovations in Clinton in '73
with the majority of that going into new
housing.wA total of $636,220 worth on building
permits was issued in 1972 in town. o
10 YEARS AGO
January 9, 1989
Clinton's first baby of the 'new year
arrived last Saturday - and the same day
marked 'the 100th birthday of a district
resident.
Deborah Lynn Horton, daughter of Cpl.
and' Mrs. Ronald Hortoh, 243 Albert St.,
Clinton was born at 6:47'a.m, at the Clinton,
Hospital and weighed seven pounds, 13'
ounces.
Both Deborah and her mother, the former
Linda Murch of Clinton, are said to be doing
fine.
Miss Mary Harrison, who lives with Mr.
and Mrs. John Beane on their Stanley
Township farm at RR2 Brucefield, was feted
by friends and relatives and received cards
and gifts and flowers from all over the
country for her 100th bi"rthday.
A Brant Countyy native, Miss Harrison has
lived with the' Beane& since '1960. She still
enjoys gardening in the - siamitler,
-corresponds with friends and family and is a
favourite of the three-year-old Beane girls
when it comes to stories.
Months of hard work culminated in a
grand welcome o 1969 wh n the•auditorium
of the Baayfiel Commu city Centre was
opened tor I1,,, irst time.; Village and area
re'sid'ents 1;,,,;o for an evening of dancing
and merrilliLnt.
Skating on natural ice continues but it is
hoped to have the artificial ice plant in-
stalled by,next season.
Mrs. R. U. McLean has been named
president of --the Clinton Public Hospital
Women's Auxiliary, succeeding Mrs. D.
Bartliff. •
As the clouds continued to drop snow ,on
snow in Clinton this week, there were
reports that the fall this season has already
passed last year's total accumulation.
25 YEARS AGO
January 14, 1954
A small rash of what might well be
juvenile thievery is reported on the evening
of December 29-30, when several milk
bottles were robbed of their contents in the
Huron, Rattenbury, Orange, Mary and
Queen Streets area. -
The year of 1954 will have a name for itself
in history. No doubt it will become known as
the year when;' you were termed old-
fashioned to think of,a clear moon -lit night
when someone said "clear as a bell." Yes, in
1954, those in the know, knew that the ex- ,'
pression meant reception on the TV.
Bayfield Lions are continuing their
project to raise funds for completion of the
al`ena erected last year. At present, the total
stands at approximately $620 and the Lions
'are still gladly accepting donations.
North End Store, special this week:
Maxwell House- Coffee, lb., $1.07; Cheese
Whiz, 33 cents; ,Carnation Milk, tall, 2 for 27
cents; Velvet Flour, 5 lbs., 39 cents;
bologna, Ib., 30 cents; oatmeal cookies, lb.,
29 cents; Rose Margarine, lb., 29 cents:
The first baby born in 1954 at .Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital, God'erich was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Pritchard,
RR2 Bayfield. He was born on Saturday,
January 2.
50 YEARS AGO
January 10, 1924
If the person who bought a ticket for
Hatley, Alberta, in October, will call at the
office of the uptown CNR agent he will hear
something to his advantage.
Those- Hydro people "beat the Dutch".
They have the audacity to think that their
lighting system beats even the daylight. The
Bulletin, the organ of the Hydro Electric
Commission for January has 'a• couple of
illustrations of slips of plants, started at the.
same tinie, one' grown in the sunlight and the
other by electricity, the latter having about
twice as much growth as the first one, made
-+ in about two months' time.
The wind blew the smokestack off St,
Paul's Church on Sunday, and as it was too
stormy to have it fixed up again, Sunday
School and/evening service had to he railed
off.
Those grave robbers; have ft.,. r• - h
inner tomb 'of King Tutanhamcn and
unearthed WS sleeping form, which the'
people of his dav' supposed would lie lin-
disturbed un,i1 the resurrection which even
in those early days amongst the Egyptians
was looked forward 'to.
Raw furs wanted at the following prices:
mink, $5 to $9; raccoon, $3 to $6; fox, $9 to"
$13; weasel, 25 cents .to 9Q cents. Phone 89.
H. A. Hovey, Clinton.
75 YEARS AGO
January 14, 1904
M. J. W. Newcombe having bought the
merchant -tailoring business of Mr. A. J.
Holloway, will enter into possession on
Monday next. As he contemplates certain
improvements in„the store as soon as Mr.
Newcombe moves into the new block, •he
proposes running off his present stock at
bargain prices. The.busines's will be carried
on under the title of The J. W. Newcombe
Co. and we are quite safe in saying that it
will be a progressive firm.
A feeling of gloom filled each heart in
Drysdale when the death of Albert Denomy
was heard of. .The deceased was a young
male,of 17 and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Regis'
Denomy. He had been ailing some time with
a disease which finally developed into brain
fever and in spite of all that kind friends and
medical aid could do, he passed away on
Friday morning.
The managers oUthe rink in Clinton are
having a favourable season, having had only
three "off nights” since the skating began.
They are attentive and obliging, con-
sequently the rink is being well patronized.
The Citizens' Band will be in attendance this
evening.
100 YEARS AGO
• January 9, 1879
The lowest point the cold has reached here
this season is two degrees above zero.
On Tuesday night last Thos. Churncill, a
veterinary surgeon drank a quantity of
some poisonous preparation; soon after its
effects on him were noticed and medical aid
summoned, when he was "pumped out" in
time to sale his life. Whether he had drank it
intentionally or by mistake is not at present
known, but as' he has been in financial
embarrassment of late, and was very
dissipated, the taking of the poison is
thought to have been intentional.
For furious driving Mrs. Elleby was
yesterday fined $1 and costs.
Bayfield skating arena is now in full blast,
under the conductorship of Mr. Potts, for-
merly of Clinton.
As the Bayfield stage from Seaforth
-neared the village one night last week, some
party tired either at McPherson, the driver
or at the Rev. Mr. Moffatt, Presbyterian
minister -of the Old Kirk, who was on board
the stage at the time. Fortunately neither
was hiirt, - •
Mt.'Thos. Fair is entitled the thanks of the
people here, for 'his endeavors to facilitate
Ithe
forwarding mails ;during the blockade
and for .his general courtesy under the
circumstances.
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Headline space
Dear l✓ditpr :
Your Bayfield subscribers are
becoming a little upset at the lack of
front page 'headliner' space, this area
gets in your paper.
Several attempts have been made to
get some publicity regarding Bayfield
and surrounding area's valiant a.tte.mpt
to obtain funds to rebuild their arena.
Every attempt has failed.
A lot .of hard work was put into the ,,
collection of pennies- by the young
people of this community, raising, over
$600, so where did the one small picture
that was taken 'appear inside, next to
Hensall new - no headline as usual.
The same with the first in L,ionisin
picture. How about some good news
from our community for the front page
for alchange instead of always the bad.
Clinton's thermometer has, rated
front page coverage for weeks. We
have a thermometer of which we are
equally proud. Why not give us a
chance and share some space with
Bayfield. Your subscribers from
Bayfield may think twice about
renewing their subscriptions.
Also, we were wondering if you have
ever thought about purchasing a decent
camera for your correspondents. The
one given to our correspondent must
have come out of the ark.
Let's see a change in your paper -
good news please!
Sincerely,
--'Mrs. Anna Scotchmer,
RR 3, Bayfield
Scholarly thinking
Dear Editor :
May.I make a suggestion for a little
"sound scholarly thinking" on the part
of J.R. Broadfoot.-regarding his
'correcting and setting straight' in his
. letter of January 11?
Those who reject the English
"Jehovah" and insist on using the
Hebrew pronunciation `might do well to
ask themselves why they say "Jesus
Christ," when that was not the way his
name was. pronounced in Hebrew. In
Hebrew, Jesus would be • closer to
"yehoshua" and "Christ" would be
"Mashiahh."
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Vol. 8,
-1910 edition, page 329 states: "Jehovah,
the proper name of God in the Old
Testament." Interestingly, it adds: "It
has been maintained by some recent
scholars that the word Jehovah dates
only . from the year 1520..rBut the
_writers of the sixteenth century,
Catholic and :Protestant, are perfectly
familiar with •'the word...Besides,
prusius discovered it in Porchetus, a
theologian 'of the fourteenth century.
Finally, the word is found even in the
`pugio fidei' of Raymond 'Martin, a
work written about 1270. Probably the
introduction of the name Jehovah
antedates even R. Martin."
Hence, it is perfectly correct for the
King James Version to say at- Psalm
83:18: "That men }may know that thou,
whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art
the most high over .all the earth." But,
how are 'men' going to come to 'know'
this if, like the Revised Version tran-
slators, (Maybe I should just call them
'revisers') everyone followed their
example and removed the name from
our vocabulary?
Sincerely yours,
C.F. Barney,
Clinton.
Responsibility
Dear Editor,:
Further to my letter which appeared
in your newspaper on January 11, 1979,
I believe •that a man has a certain
responsibility to act with sincerity,
prudence, integrity and honesty in
dealing with the Word of God, as it has
been revealed to us in the Scriptures.
I believe that when a person uses
Scripture to support a , particular
argument or discussion, that it cannot
be half -quoted, or taken out of context.
Man, in the past, has become quite
adept at this sort of thing and has
caused all Sorts of problems.
Consequently, I am distressed when
men such as Mr. - Barney have used
Scripture to support a half-truth, or
when they •try to •bring`nout an im,
plication that is simply not there.: I am
•distressed because I wonder about the
implications of what this does to others
who are genuinely and sincerely
searching out their faith. •
In Mr. Barney's letter which ap-
peared in your newspaper on January
4, 1979, he quotes John 1:18, which "by
the way he said he checked out in "12
different versions" as "No man has
ever seen God at any time". I read the
verse in the original Greek and in
translation it reads: "No one has ever
seen God; the only son, the one being in
the bosom of the Father, that one has
Turn to page 9 •
Our mistake
Last week, the News -Record in-
correctly identified Rev. James
Broadfoot - as a 13rucefield resident.
This is not so.
Rev, James Broadfoot lives in
Clinton • and is minister of St. Paul's
Anglican Church in Clinton. He should
not.be confused with James Broadfoot
of Vanastra.
The News -Record wishes to
apologize for any ineonveniente we
May have caused.
A,
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