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Clinton News-Record, 1979-06-07, Page 4PAGE 4—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 7 , 1979 The Clinton News -Record Is published each Thursday at P.O. Sox 79, Clinton, Ontario. Canada. NOM ILO. Member, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association It Is registered as second class mall by the post office under the permit number 0017. The News -Record Incorporated In 1924 the Huron News -Record. founded In 1001, and The Clinton New Era. founded In 106S. Total press run 3.300. Member Canadian Community NsJkspoper Association Display advertising rates available on request. Ask for Rate Card No. 9 effective Oct. 1, 1970. General Manager • J. Howard Aitken Editor • James E. Fitzgerald Advertising Director . Gory L. Hoist News editor • Shelley McPhee Office Manager - Margaret Gibb Circulation - Freda McLeod Subscription Rate: Canada -'11.00 Pa, yea` Sr. citizen . '12 per year U.S.A. L foreign • '20 per year Shouldering the load With inflation continuing at a record rate, and prices and costs continuing to rise, everyone is particularly hard hit. Many complain about the high,cost of shelter, food and taxes, but a recently released study by the Fraser Institute of Vancouver, shows that Canadians, at least as far a food is concerned, are better off now than 18 years ago, and in fact, Canadian farmers are shouldering the bulk of the load. Since 1961, says the Fraser study, food prices have only risen 172 per cent, compared to a 255 per cent increase in shelter costs, a 231 per cent increase in before -tax income, and a whopping 302 per cent rise in taxes. And for the average 1978 family, $7,486 was paid out in taxes, of which $3,134 was income tax, and $4,352 was from other taxes including gas retail sales, municipal and a host of other hidden taxes that never surface in day to day transactions. Which makes one wonder that if the government is in the hole with a 302 per cent raise in revenue, then how can the farmers be getting ahead with only a 172 per cent increase in income. The bi question still remains, how can our fiod producers continue to give us inexpensive produce, and more important, how long will they continue to do so? It takes a lot of $2.58 corn to pay for a $72,000 tractor. J.F. Spring fair fairest Just when. many people .thought the Clinton Spring Fair was on its last legs and doomed to disappear forever, the :4i" dimmur14ty ' . got together - artd• put on what has to be the best show in the past 10 years. Naturally, co-operation from Mother Nature, who provided three excellent days, helped, but the countless thousands cf volunteer hours put in by dozens of workers laid a firm footing for the 125th fair. From the opening day featuring of the Holstein and Jersey Show, to the Queen of the Fair contest, endowed with a bevy of excellent candidates, to the best fair parade in at least a decade, to- the dozens of little extras like Old MacDonald's Farm and the best livestock show in this part of Ontario-,---ther•i2tfr Clinton Spring -Fair will go down in history as one great community celebration event. It proved beyond a doubt that people can still work together for the mutual benefit of all, and provide en- tertainment that is second to none. 'The record crowd also proved that a well-planned event such as the fair can attract big crowds. We're proud of you, Huron Central Agricultural Society, let's have an encore next year. You're not dead yet. - JF ( sugar ondSPiCe Ebullience cue There are a lot of depressed people in the world, for one reason o'r another: illness, mental or physical; poverty; insecurity; unrequited love; hem- morhoids - you name it. It's difficult for me to understand depression since I have a natural tranquility, and sometimes even a spot of ebullience. This is either from genes or good luck, and I'm not bragging about it. Sometimes, when I feel a bit of ebullience coming on, which is almost every day, I have to take something for it, just as the depressed person has to take an elevator pill to get out of the gloom. If I come down in the morning feeling fairly ebullient, I take a small downer to get me down with normal level of misanthropy. I pick up the morning paper. This depresses me sufficiently that I can get through the day without driving my colleagues and students silly with sheer cheerfulness. If my ebullience starts to build up during the day, after several brilliant lessons, the solving of some teachers' frantic problems, and the crafty evasion of the latest edict from the administration, I have to take something to cool me down when I get home from work. So I pick up the evening paper. This depresses me suffiently that I can go to bed without chuckling myself awake at the folly of mankind. If the evening paper doesn't cool me out enough, I listen to the latest news and go to the sack with the dense gloom that ensures sleep, the only escape from it. There's nothing to quiet your jolliness like some of these items. "Board To Fire 214 Teachers," when your only daughter with three degrees and two children, is in her first year of teaching, and is bound to be one of the casualties. Or this one: "Cancer Dooms Miners." "Lung cancer deaths among hardrock miners are almost double hose of men in other jobs." I knew this 35 years ago. So did the mines. So did the government. So what has been done in the interval? How !about, "Food Costs May Soar." That's itbout as startling as reading, in remembering our past 5 YEARS AGO May 30, 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Taylor of King Street in Clinton celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last week and were honored at a reception at the Clinton Arena with more than 200 showing up to offer their congratulations. They were married in Clinton on May 20, 1'924. Now fully restored to its original condition by Clinton Auto Body, Clinton's 1928 fire trunk is ready to make its rounds proclaiming Clinton's Centennial next year. Restoration of Clinton's core received general backing of the ,Clinton Retail Merchant's Association and the first steps towards reburhishing were taken in a meeting last Thursday night in Clinton. _ At7� 50, ecP 1e, in'iludi:n' merchan p-� t s ,and citizens, packed the Council chamber of the town hall to hear the preliminary discussion of the restoration of the town core. The project is the idea of Gordon Duern, who is a qualified architect and designer-. 10 YEARS AGO May 29. 1969 R.V. Whitley, head of the science department at General Amherst High School, Amherstberg, since 1966, has been named vice-principal of CHSS. The Town of Goderich, the Town of Clinton and Goderich Township have approved in principle a plan for joint operation of a sanitary landfill garbage disposal site at the Lavin, Contracting Company gravel pits in Holmesville. November, "Winter May Come." They have already soared out of sight. The headline should have read "Rocket" instead of "Soar." There's nothing to take the extra ebullience out of a fellow like news stories that tell us Canada's nuclear plants are not all that safe, or that the country is 60 zillion or something dollars in debt, or that your property taxes are going up 10 percent this year. No, I don't know what I'd do without the media. I'd probably spring_out of bed in the morning, singing gaiy, "Here hath been dawning Another new day. Thinik ! Wilt thou let it Slip useless away?" I'd probably come chortling down- stairs and cook up a hig breakfast of bacon and eggs and real coffee instead of my usual tea and peanut butter and jam sandwich. My wife doesn't eat anything. And leave her a dirty big mess in the kitchen to clean up. Then I'd sail off to school, so happy with life that I'd be gawking around at the wonders of nature and probably run over somebody's beloved dog. And when I'd got to school, buzzing with ebullience, the kids would likely cheer lustily, instead of rolling their eyes and groaning, when I announce we . were going to learn some good ole grammar. That cheer would disturb the rest of the school for the whole day, and I'd he on the carpet for upsetting the system. In the teachers' staff room I'd be a menace. If I shouted at the shuf- fleboard, "Jolly good shot," or "Well done, sir," instead of the usual "Don't miss. Don't choke. Don't be light" I'd be a moral leper-. If a teacher came up to me, sobbing on my breast about some real or imaginery problem, and I burbled away cheerfully, instead of putting on my phony, grave expression of con- cern, she'd probably think I'd gone senile overnight. And if I came home and walked in the door and didn't issue my usual .sigh - groan "Holy Cheese, what a day!", my wife would know I had. This is when I must pick up that evening paper. If 'I didn't, who knows what wild cixtravagance my ebullience might lead us into h:l‘ in» .,,niebodv in, going out for dinner, attending a movie, making love? There's no end to the iniquities into which good cheer and jolliness can lead one. Personally, I think people caught singing or whistling to themselves on the street should be locked up. They're liable to start a dangerous trend in this country. Therefore, as a non -depressant, I couldn't do without the media. They are the only, thing that protects me from messing up my life and those of everyone I know by being happy. I make a deep obeisance to them, with my hack turned. That sound you might hear is the breakig of wind. I may he vulgar but I'm happy. a look through the news -record files E.W. Oddleifson, a former Bayfield councillor and unsuccessful candidate for a council seat in the last election, will be named to fill the vacancy created a recent resignation of Councillor- .Jack Sturgeon. The Manta, a trimaran docked at the Bayfield. Boat Club, •is attracting a great deal of attention. This graceful sailing ship is owned by Ted Gozzard, a design engineer with London Precision Buildings. A fully restored 1.931 Ford Model -A deluxe coupe, purchased by John Radford of Lundeshoro, was the most prized item for sale at an auction of antique cars held at the W.R. Jenkins farm on the Base Line Road, north_of Clinton last Sat urday. The deluxe coupe, several unrestored cars and an assortment of parts were from the estate of Douglas . Roze11,. . BiJI -Jen.kin.'s .hrorfit-t'.-i'n-'law.. TCie-.-"-sale drew several' hundred bidders and spectators. • 25 YEARS AGO June 3, 1954 Congratulations are in order for Miss Lucy Woods, representative for the Clinton News -Record in Bayfield. Word has just been received he.xp that she has received honorable • mention in ,a.he Chbmpion Rural Corr"esporlcjept Contest. sponsored by the Ontario Division, Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association and will receive a certificate asserting this. With scarcely standing room for the en- tries, 36 horses came before the grandstand for a special class for single heavy horses on the line at the Spring Show. At a congregational meeting of the Christian Reformed Church held last week in Clinton, the congregation was informed by the hoard that a two -acre building lot . near the new public school has been pur- chased from Mrs. McKenzie with the in- tention of erecting a church. 50 YEARS AGO May 30, 1929 The seats, pulpit, etc., for Wesley -Willis chuch have arrived and are being put in place. It is expected the church will he opened Sunday, June 30th. The business places in the vicinity of the News -Record have been bereaved this week, the pretty black squirrel which has frequented 'the vicinity for some years past having been run over by a car Tuesday morning. Squirrie was quite tame and would sit up on the telephone pole in front of J.P. Sheppard and Co.'s grocery store and crack nuts which had been generaously provided for him, chattering down to anyone who happened to he below. This is certainly an age of wheels. Last Saturday afternoon two Clinton girls, Misses I)eloris Harris and Susie Livermore, roller skated to Goderich and -back. Everybody should avail themselves of the opportunity of seeing the wonderful sight of Signs, s ign s , signs The following are a few signs that have caused people to do double takes. At some railway crossings, a sign warns "Do Not Block R.R." I am not the most intelligent driver on the road, but even I don't want to sit on a railroad track. The last thing I want is a con- frontation with a train. On some country roads, signs say "Slow Cows." I guess cows take tfreir own sweet time about crossing a road from one pasture to another or going to the barn at milking time or going anywhere they're supposed to. When cows are headed for a neigh- bour's corn field, though, most farmers will tell you "Fast Cows" would he a more appropriate sign. Along the highways, service centres are aptly dubbed "tank and tummy fill ups." A few suggest Feat now, get gas later." While travelling on Vancouver Island looking for a place to spend 'the night, a friend and 1 noticed a sign for a Holiday Inn, but it didn't solve our problem; it was the Dog and Cat Holiday Inn. A Sign in a cluttered old-fashioned the fruit blossom in Goderich Township this week. The writer has never seen anything like it before. Puhlix, colorfast shirts plain ands fancy broadcloth. Special, $1.59. Advance spring styles, at Plumsteel Bros. Come to the big Decoration Day Dance. Jowett's Grove, Bayfield on the evening of Friday, May 31. Music by the Blue Water Boys. 75 YEAR'S AGO June 2, 1904 There were ten interments in Clinton cemetery during the month of May. The invitations are out for another wed- ding in townln'Which the cdntracting.pctrties will be one of our fashionadle dressmakers and a young businessman of Wyoming, 4.Co.rm.erly. of .Clinton- The date will be-about-- thef7lReenth Mr. W.T. Keys of Varna whistles and sings quite merrily at 'his work these days and all on account of the trrrival of a baby girl at his house. This week Mr. Joe Rattenbury retires from the hotel business in which he has been engaged for the past 28 years. It was on May 1, .J,. 76, that he began to assist his brother, the late Isaac Rattenbury, and on the lat- ter's retirement in 1895, he succeeded him and has since continued to cater to the travelling public. How well he has suc- ceeded is seen in the splendid reputation which the House enjoys. 100 YEARS AGO June 12, 1879 Certain boys around town are in the habit • of carrying their joke propensities a little too far, and will get themselves in trouble. They have hitherto contented themselves with obstructing streets at night, but on Friday evening they played a "joke" that is punishable by imprisonment. They removed a number of bolts and nuts from Mr. Lee's waggon and made away with them. It is not positively known who the guilty parties are, but there are some suspected, and they had better take our advice and "quit," or they may yet he subject to an expensive en- terview with the 'Mayor. It is said that the horse business this year is an unprofitable one. Clinton presents the neatest and cleanest appearance of any town in the west. The beautiful appearance of shade trees in town, should induce those who are without them to plant some. A gentleman who disposed of some property a few days since, stated that "it had fallen in value 20, 30 and even 40 per cent, since the Conservative party got in power." It will he seen by advertisment the en- trance examinations for the High School here will he held on the 8th and 9th of July next. Those who intend to enter should give notice before the 1st of June. by Blaine townshend '*4? store explains; "We've got it, if we can find it." A general store boasts: "If we don't have it, you don't need it." In another store, a sign hangs above the cash reglstei . 1 uu w ant credit... I gi've... you won't pay..,. I get sore. Better you get sore." A sign outside of a restaurant urges people to "come in and have a pizza of the action." A cafeteria sign offers, "Courteous and Efficient Self -Service." Above a cigarette counter, a sign says: "Draw your own conclusions." In a pet shop window hangs the sign: "Give a gift that keeps on giving - a female cat." In front of a karate school, the sign promises, "Come in, and we'll talk chop." On the sign of a tire repair truck are painted the words "invite us to• your next blow out." A sign in front of a church says, "Remember, Detroit isn't the only place that the Maker can recall his product." In a church kitchen a note was hastily written and taped to the door: "Ladies on clean up committee: Rinse teapots, then stand upside down." Many appropriate plaque; are found in kitchens. One should hang in a conspicuous place: "The cook loves flattery and good wishes almost as much as help with the dishes." Some people have an unconquerable sense of humour. For example, after a hurricane swept through a small U.S. town, some homeowners erected signs in front of their damaged houses. Please Use Other Door. (At the last home only one door was left.) Signs have always been with us, it seems, and even in the eighteenth century, they were worth a second glance. In a farmer's almanac, I found a list of tavern rules that hung in an eighteenth century hostelry in New York City. "Fourpence a night for bed, sixpence with supper. No more than five to sleep in one bed. No boot to be worn in bed. Organ grinders to sleep in wash house. No dogs allowed upstairs. No beer drinking allowed in kitchen. No razor grinders or ?linters taken in." While researching some local pioneer villages, I noted that a foremost hotel in the area in the early nineteenth century proudly displayed its motto on a w^.11 above a clock : "No Ticks Here." C Mail stamped Dear Editor: Due to several incidents of missorted mail, and subsequent customer complaints, on items of mail that did not have the correct mailing address, the Clinton Post Office has embarked on a customer awareness program to improve the service, by getting everyone to advise their correspon- dents of their correct postal mailing address. If all mail has the correct P.O. Box number or Rural Route Number on it, it helps the Post Office ensure correct sortation. In addition the correct and complete mailing address will result in a quicker sortation, as the address does not have to be verified. This is of prime con- sideration as there are new staff members at the Post Office, and the correct address is vital to ensure op- timum sortation speed. Selected items will be stamped ac- cordingly as to the need for box number or rural route number, as the case may be. This notification can be made to correspondents by means of postage free change of address cards, available at the post office. The entire staff of the Clinton Post Office would like to thank the citizens of Clinton for their anticipated cooperation on this program. W.C. Wigelsworth Postmaster, Clinton Meeting notice Dear Editor: The Huron County Federation of Agriculture is holding a meeting on June 7, 1979 at 8:30 in- Clinton at the OMAF (Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food) Mark Waldren, University of Guelph will be the guest speaker. The topic is "Effective Meetings" and it will be a fine opportunity to learn how to improve your meeting skills to get the most for time spent at meetings. • There wit Vile 'ail, opportunity fair`-rbTe""•' — playing and it should be enjoyable and informative." -'-,,„ •. Sincerely, Brenda McIntosh, public relations chairman, Huron County Fed. of Agriculture. Student hired Dear Editor: The Clinton L.A.C.A.C. (Local Architectural Conservancy Advisory Committee) has hired a student, Rob Cornish, who will he preparing an inventory of historically ar- chitecturally important buildings in Clinton this summer. This is part of the Ontario Government;., Experience '79 Program. The Ministry of Culture and Recreation is the major funder of the project. Our student will he taking' many pictures this summer and compiling the history of many buildings. If you know of any historical facts about your home or business, feel free to contact the L.A.C.A.C. chairman or. approach our student if you see him out working. We would appreciate seeing any old postcards of Clinton and old pictures of homes, or our main street. Also, if you feel your home has unique interior architecture, e.g, interesting plasterwork or woodwork, we would like to know about it. For future generations, it is im- portant to have a record of how things looked in the past. All too often, we lose an historic landmark before any record can be made of it. With your co- operation, we will have such a record of our town that will he able to he open to the public for research. Sincerely, Heather L. Hunter, L.A.C.A.C. chairman Queen thanks Dear Editor: The committee for the Queen of the Fair wish to thank the following people for the generous donations which enabled us to have the most suc- cessful competition we have ever had: Lorne Brown Motors, Flemings Feed Mill,, Harold's Shell Service, Clinton Meat Market, The Bank of Montreal, Clinton Chrysler Plymouth, Gerry McLeans Sports, and those who sponsored the girls: Bartliffs Bakery, Chessells General Store. The Pizza Express, The Golden Radar Club, The Clinton Legion, The Farmer's Dell, Jervis Photo Pro's, Central Huron Secondary School, and the Kinnettes of Clinton. Thanks too to: the Clinton News Record for the splendid coverage of events as they progressed; 13eatties Furniture for the loan of the Carpet; Bill and Marie Flynn for the use of their sound system; A.R.C. Industries for the loan of their flowers; the Judges; Glen McGregor who pipe&the Girls to the platform we say thank you all signed The Committee for the Queen of the Fair contest