Clinton News-Record, 1979-02-22, Page 44
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Trees scheme welcomed
Town council and indeed many
homeowners and rural landowners
alike should be encouraged to
embark on a tree planting scheme
in light of several factors that have
become obvious recently.
Aside from the aesthetic beauty,
cooling abilities in summer and
oxygen replenishment capabilities,
trees are now becoming an im-
portant economic factor 'as the
price of other fuels such as gas, oil
and electricity are becoming more
expensive. •
Now, woodlot management is
just as important as proper
drainage is on cash crop land, and
in the long run, a good stand of
hardwood bush will yield as much
or more in fuel and lumber than a
cleared acre.
Besides the plus benefits of
erosion control, trees, planted in
the right places, could also save
area taxpayers thousands of
dollars each year in snow removal
costs as a strategically placed
windbreak will hold a lot of snow
back. So for a few bucks' in-
vest -Ment, thousands of dollars
could be reaped in future years.'''
Clinton council has taken the first
step in replacing the 100 trees cut
down last year and area, lan-
downers could do the same. Both
the Ausable-Bayfield and Maitland
Valley Conservation Authorities
and the ministry of natural
resources offer free advice, and
even in some cases, free trees to
anyone interested in planting
them. Let's start practicing more
"green survival."
Will it die too?
It would indeed be a shame to see
the annual Clinton Spring Fair die
like many other community events
such as the Winter Carnival has.
All those projects withered
because of a lack of community
interest, and general public
apathy. Too many persons are
more interested in sitting around
watching some dumb American TV
program than they are in helping
the community.
The same is true of minor sports
in Clinton and even some service
clubs have suffered from this same
affliction.
We can't help but wonder if one of
the best things that could happen to
our society was if the televisions
would fail three nights in the week.
We •d all exercise more, eat • less
and get out and meet and help our
fellow man.
But such is not likely to happen.
So unless we make a concerted
effort to get out and work and
support such events as the spring
fair, our community will soon dry
up and be merely a collection "of
houses.
odds 'n' ends
Stars of the ads
Isn't it exciting to be able to turn on
the television, almost any time of the
day or night, and see our favourite
movie and TV stars?
Some appear with their dogs, and
I was overlooked
I've bitten my lip until I drew blood.
I've 'tried not to let the hurt show. But
rv' my close friends have noted something
behind the too -bright smile, the overly-.
casual manner. So I might as well let it'
out. No use getting an ulcer.
I felt slighted to the point of
humiliation when Ed Schreyer was
named Governor-General instead of
me.
I wasn't too disappointed when
Trudeau passed me over for the
Senate. I wasn't old enough, decrepit
enough, orliberal enough.
But I didn't think his petty vin-
dictiveness would go so far as to
overlook me for the G.G.'s job. Just
because I've written a few columns
suggesting that Pierre Elliott is
something less than the Second
Coming.
There were only the two of us in the
running, obviously, but I can't figure
out why the Prime Minister turned his
back on me. Perhaps to garner a few
hundred votes in the west, which is
probably all he'll get, come June. .
I have nothing whatever against Ed
Schreyer as a person. 1 don't believe in
mud -slinging, even when it comes to a
sinecure. But let's look at the record,
and you may begin to understand my
bewilderment at Trudeau's.mistake of
the century.
Ed Schreyer is a politician. Gover-
nors -General should not be ex -
politicians. I am not now, never have
been, and never will be, a politician.
Score one for me. -
Ed Schreyer is too young. Governors -
"General should be fairly ancient, and
look wise even if they aren't I am in my
prime, and by the end of my term
would be approaching the drooling
earnestness that my speech -writers
would prepare for me. And for the
second part of the above qualification, I
am perfect for the part. I can look as
wise as an owl about things in general,
while having the intelligence of a rabbit
about same. Score two.
Ed Schreyer is a family man. So am
I. But I'll bet my kids were a lot more
rotten than his are and I coped with
them. And how Many grandchildren
does Mr. Schreyer have? I wonder if
.Trudeau gave any thought to the
millions of grandparents in this
country, when he made his abominable
choice?
Is Ed Schreyer a war veteran? Well,
I am. There goes the whole Legion
vote, Trudeau, which you might have
got, if you'd had our head screwed on
right.. -y
-rt is how "4`b r it e::Do'you begin to
understand my astonishment when the
no doubt worthy, and distinguished Mr.
S. was chosen over me'.
Ed Schreyer was... a failure. He
couldn't hang onto his premier's job. I
have never failed at anything. I gained
my pilot's wings in W.W. 2, took an
honours degree in the toughest course
in University, was a successful, if poor,
weekly editor, have risen to the
astronomic height of dep.artment head
, in a high school, and have been
honoured as. Outstanding Columnist in
Canada. 5-0.
Ed Schreyer is single-minded in
politics. An Endeepee-er. I have voted
for all three major parties, some of
them several times. Though not a
politician, I have been closely involved
in politics. I have been publicity man
for a Liberal, an NDP hopeful and a
Tory. The Liberal won twice. Both the
other guys lost. It`s obvious Trudeau
didn't check my dossier.
Much attention has been given to the
fact that Mr. Schreyer has an ethnic
German -Austrian ancestry. So what? I
am not from one of the so-called
founding races either: Scottish, Irish,
and a•little splash of Danish when some
sailors were wrecked in the Hebrides a
couple of centuries ago. T -hat sure ain't
British nor French.
Speaking of French, does Mr.
Schreyer have any bonds with Quebec?
Well, I have. Both my parents were
born and grew up there. My mother
spoke fluent French. And I spent the
first two years of my life in Shawville,
Pontiac County, Quebec. Never mind
that there was not a Jew, a Chinaman,
nor a Frenchman in the village. It was
still in Quebec.
Perhaps you think that, as a former
politician, Mr. Schreyer knows more
about patronage than I do. Nonsense.
When I was the lineman on the dear old
Hamonic on the Great Lakes, before
she was burned at the dock at Sarnia, I
knew the ropes. Give the Chinese cooks
a couple of extra towels a week ar d you
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I don't want to go on and on like this,
pointing out Mr. Trudeau's folly and
-Mr. Schreyer's shortcomings. But it is
a fact that I am better known in
Canada, except among media and'
politicians, than he. Ask anyone in
Kamloops or Moosomin or Sutton or
Bridgewater. They've never heard of
him.
Just a few loose ends. Does Mr.
Schreyer have a son who is devoting his
life to the spiritual welfare of the Third
World, and speaks five languages. Or a
daughter who can wheedle thousands
out of her father without even asking?
Or two grandchildren who can reduce a
fine old house into an ancient ruin in
two w?eks? Let him answer that.
He has a good-looking wife whocooks
exotic European dishes. I have a
beautiful wife whose grilled pork chops
with canned mushroom soup spread on
top make you weep with gastronomic
delight.
Score? About 14-0. It was a sorry day -
for Trudeau when he mistook gold
lettering for solid gold.
by
elaine townshend
they, let us in on the secret of the great
dog food that has helped their canine
pals to live to such ripe old ages.
One actor drinks a certain type of
coffee, while an actress sips a certain
elegant wine.
A few stars snap pictures with cer-
tain cameras. They take shots of other
stars or their loved ones or their pets.
One actress sings and dances her
way around the kitchen with a bottle of
cooking oil in her hand, while an old
friend of hers explains to all of us how
we can make cooking simpler so we'll
have more time for our families and
other important things.
. Praises of orange juice from Florida
are given by a familiar' lady; in
Canada, we have our own songstress to
tell us about the juice from the sunny
south.
Remember Annette Funicello from
the Mickey Mouse gang and later from
the beach party movies? She's been.
popping up on TV. lately to shoV`O, us
she's raising he'r children properly.
One country singer sells sausage,
while another brags •about pick up
trucks. -
Toothpast is a natural product for
lovely singers and actresses to
promote. When the camera zooms in
close, their teeth have to be their
whitest and their brightest, and only
one toothpast works for them.
Our, Canadian snowbird left her nest-
to
estto travel across the country telling us
about the bank that's hers and ours. A'
male Canadian singer sells breakfast
cereal on his front porch, while two
other well-known radio and TV per-
sonalities promote competitive food
store chains.
Athletes are now sharing the
limelight. Nor a long time, baseball
remembering
our past
5 YEARS AGO
Februat'y 14, 1974
The Clinton Winter Carnival Committee
reported on Tuesday that although revenues
this year are down from last year, more
persons participatedin this year's carnival
than ever before.
The public will get a new picnic area and
park with a 600 feet beach as a result of
action last Monday by the Stanley Township
council.
The council gave official approval at their
regular meeting to plan to develop five
acres of land the township owns along the
shore of Lake Huron, just south of Bayfield.
Included in the plans is a 28 -foot by 40 -foot
picnic pavilion with changing facilities,
washrooms and a covered picnic area.
The old Clinton Town Hall will get a close
inspection, council decided last Monday
night, whey they hired a . consulting
engineer, James F. McLaren of London to
do a feasibility study into the costs of
renovating the existing structure or building
a new one.
Many Bayfield residents are being kept
busy this winter building Bluebird houses in
the basement of the Municipal Building.
About 400 are nearing completion and
another 400 are being cut and readied for
assembly.. Working on the project, financed
by a $5,000 New Horizons grant were Jessie
Blair, Betty Burch, Kay Reid and Mary .
Shepherd. •
10 YEARS AGO
February 13, 1989
Several Clinton town councillors this week
assailed Huron County Council's recent
recommendation that the new county school
board locate its head office in the county's.
administrative building' in Goderich.
Councillor Cameron Proctor said, "This is
like putting it at the end of a dead-end street,
at the farthest end. With regional govern-
ment in the offing it is even more ridiculous.
Putting the county board in Goderich is lis
sensible as putting the town offices at the
north end on North Street in Clinton,"
A prehistoric swatooth-backed ice
monster.. is one of' the entries in the snow
sculpture contest for Clinton's winter
cat,nival. It stands in front of the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Brown at the south end
of town. The creature is the production of
three Brown children, Sharon 20; Robert, 14
and Ricky, 8.
Edgar and Nina Weston of Bayfield
players have been advertising razors,
shaving cream and other grooming
aids. Now football players are getting
into the act; one rushes for a car rental,
while another models panty hose.
Not to be out -done, hockey stars
advertise everything from cars to
breakfast cereal, tv dinners, pizza and
soft drinks.
Anonymity can strike even per-
sonalities
ersonalities that are recognized around
the world. At least, that's what we're
told by jockeys, tennis pros and -even
famous mountain climbers. Where
would they be without their charge
card?
Meanwhile, an ex -television -cop
warns us not to carry large amounts of
cash on trips; traveller's cheques
protect us against thieves.
Angels and ex -angels talk about the
shampoo that is perfect for them. I.
suppose, what's good enough for
Farrah should be good enough for the
rest of tis.
Commercials used to take nobodys
and shoot them into fame and fortune.
Take for example the tidy bowl man,
Glad, the lonely Maytag repairman
and the know-it-all manicurist.
A few advertisers still use hidden
cameras to get supposedly unsolicited
endorsements of their products from
ordinary Joes, like you and me.
But more commercials these days
are using the familiar faces and voices
of movie and TV stars - a financial
investment that boggles my mind.
Does it pay off?
Do we, the public, feed our dogs a
certain brand of dog food because
Lorne tells us to? Do we really drink a
certain kind of coffee or a certain wine
because Ricardo and Angie say they
like it?
a look through
the news -record files
celebrated their 59th w®dding anniversary
on February 10 with a family dinner at the
home of their niece and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. Lloyd Westlake.
25 YEARS AGO
February 18, 1954
Building of a modern new nurses'
residence in connection with Clinton Public
Hospital to cost in the neighbourhood of
$65,000 is expected to commence sometime
this summer.
Building committee chairman Harry D.
Ball stated that the long -needed residence
was made possible through the generosity of
the late Colonel H. T. Rance whose
assistance with hospital work throughout his
life was continued after death to the extent
of some $45,000.
Members of the Auburn. Women's
Institute meeting on Tuesday in the
Forester's Hall, Auburn, considered a
communication from the Hullett Township
Boundary Farm Forum and voted in favor
of retaining the old court house building in
Goderich.
Three juveniles in town have been in-
terviewed by police and will appear in
juvenile court here in connection with thefts
of money from milk bottles which have been
taking place over the last few weeks.
Members of the Clinton Fire Brigade were
startled Tuesday when they answered the
fire alarm to find that the large fire engine
was not in the Fire Hall. Before they could
get the auxiliary engine underway,
however, they heard the other one coming
back from the Clinton Lions Arena where it
had been in use pumping flood water from
the furnace room,.
The fire in an oil stove in the apartment
over Pinger's Restaurant on Ontario Street
was under control when the firemen
arrived.
50 YEARS AGO
February 14, 1929
The third lecture of the University
Extension series will be given in the
auditorium of the Collegiate Institute
tomorrow, Friday evening. Prof. Burton is
the lecturer.
The Chiselhurst boys are giving an old
time party to their numerous friends and we
are sure all will have a fine time with these
jollyboys.
The bearr,will be resting for another six
weeks as he surely saw his shado* on the
second. However, even if ,we have lots of
snow, we have lovely weather and with the
highway being kept open. we have little to
complain of. Spring will be here before we
are ready.
Thrilling speed and flashing acceleration!
Among all the delightful performance
characteristics of the Outstanding Chevrolet
The great new six -cylinder, valve -in -head
engine responds to the accelerator with an
eagerness that is literally amazing. Touring
speeds are negotiated with such smooth,
silent, effortless ease, that you almost forget
there's a motor under the hood. And when
the throttle is opened wide - the pace is
faster than most experienced drivers would
care to maintain. ,A six in the price of the
four, at J. B. Lavis, Clinton.
75 YEARS AGO -
February 18, 1904
The electric light works used up their
supply of coal on Sunday night, but for-
tunately a carload arrived that day and
there has been no interruption of the ser-
vice.
The organ factory has been so short of fuel
that a gang of woodchoppers has been kept
at work in order that the furnaces might be
' kept going.
More or less wood has been offered for
sale every day so that there has been no
suffering or want of fuel. The wood has
averaged $3•.25 per cord. As the weather, now
promises to be better and the blockade on
the railway is now being lifted, all fear of a
fuel famine will soon end.
Mrs. Maud Goodwin of Clinton has again
resumed tier teaching in Londesboro on
Tuesday and Wednesday of each week. Miss
Goodwin has a large class but has been
unable to get here for two or three weeks
owing to the storms.
Sunday was Valentine Day and not many
knew it here in Bayfield. If someone would
donate us all with a cord of wood it would be
the best valentine on record.
Mr. James Ross of Hullett has moved to
Holmesville Where"he has the management
of the butter factory. He is a first class
butter maker and we,are•sorry to lose him
and his family.
The train service on the L.H. and B. has
been somewhat interrupted this week,
which explains no doubt, why several of our
correspondents up and down the line have
not been heard fro . ,A double -usual -size
budget next week will be in order.
V-anastra•
not bad
Dear Editor:
In reply to your editorial on the
Vanastra Day Care Centre being in the
wxong place, I would like to make a few
comments. I believe I am qualified to
do so as we lived in Seaforth for 20
years. Clinton two and are beginning
our fourth year in Vanastra. I am also a
member of ' the Vanastra Day Care
Board of Directors.
It seems to me that as far as the other
comminities in the area are concerned
(Seaforth and Clinton in_ particular)
anything that concerns Vanastra is
bad. I have always felt that Seaforth
was home and we would move back
when we retire. As .we become more
acquainted with the people and more
involved in the community of Vanastra
itself, I wonder if this will happen. I
believe the other communities are just
a little jealous and therefore it is very
easy to criticize whenever the op-
portunity arises.
Where else in Huron County is there a
Community Centre such as the one
here with indoor pool, health spa and
gym .. Where else are there industrial
opportunities such as here? With only
about one-third of the industrial area in
operation there is more industry here
than Seaforth or Clinton
As to the Day Care, I^believe .when
the survey was taken this was looked at
and it was felt that Vanastra had the
most potential. As to the deficit when
spread over the Township of Tucker -
smith it amounts to very, very little per
year per household for such a facility
and it sure would be a shame if it were
lost to the township.
The driving from other areas may be
a problem but I really can't see it. Most
people from, the area drive a distance
to work. When the weather is bad most
things are closed .so I believe this is just
an excuse some people might use. No,
doubt there are children in Vanastra
who could be benfitted by Day Care
that are being cared, for by baby sit-
ters, but this is the parents' decision. I.
do believe that the Day Care in
Vanastra will survive and eventually
will not have a deficit.
I think the people of Huron County
and Tuckersmith Township in par-
ticular should be' very proud of
Vanastra.
This community has certainly come
a long way and I think the people of the
community deserve a great deal of
credit. They have lived down a lot of
bad publicity, some very undesirable
people and have stood up under it all
and made the community a great place_
to live.
Betty McLean,
Vanastra
Shocking words
Dear Editor:
This past week I came across a
scrapbook with clippings from
newspapers regarding books which
some people would like to see removed
from our English classes in the
highschools.
Since I rarely glance in the paper, I
was not aware really of what it was all
about until I read one paragraph from
the "Diviners" which shocked me to no
end. I cannot see how a person would be
able ,to even be known to read a book
like that and discuss this with our
young people in the classroom. What
has something like that to do ,with
English language and literature?
'There are lots of good books. Why
make so much effort to poison our kids'
minds?
If I so much as dared put one sen-
tence like that in the paper, it would
first of all not get printed, second, if it
did I would get all of Clinton on my
back.
Whoever thinks that this kind of filth
will condition our young people for
later life has to be off his rocker. It
makes something that, in its proper --
place would be beautiful, a very ugly,
sick and galling scene. How can kids
after that ever think about the beauty
of life,.if they know something that vile
and horrible exists. Who even dreams
up' things like that and puts them down
on paper? The more I think about it, the
more I get sick to my stomach.
Pjease, people of Clinton, write your
school ' board and tell them you don't
want that kind of education for our
kids. God have mercy on those who
harm their minds.
Yours truly,
Corrie Brand
RR 3, Clinton
Eclipse thrill
Dear Editor:
During the morning of February 26, a
total eclipse of the Sun will be oc-
curring and will be visible in North
America and Canada, though in our
region of South Western Ontario
totality will approximate only about 75
per cent. To witness this natural
phenomenon at its fullest extent you
will need to.travel to Manitoba, but in
so doing you could be well rewarded
given clear skies that morning.
Speaking from personal experience of
some 50 years ago,, or more, when as a
schoolboy in North West of England the
memory of seeing an eclipse has
remained steadfast in my mind ever
since.
For the benefit of j{hose lucky readers
who may be journeying West for this
spectacle, and perhaps for the ones
who would dearly love to see it, here is
a slight preview d what one can
Turn to page 21 •