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No democracy here
During the Second World War,
thousands of Canadians died so that
the rest of us could live in freedom.
Those brave young men laid down
.their lives so that the Nazis and the
murderous hordes could be stopped,
and we would be free to speak as we
chose and be able to elect our own
government that would act on our
behalf.
Well, many of those soldiers who
sacrificed themselves for us would
likely turn over in their graves if they
knew the state of democracy in
Canada today, and .particularly in
Clinton.
Why only a few feet from the
cenotaph where their names are
posted in me morfra-secretive town.
council sits,plotting their next move
in private, and siAnding millions of.
taxpayer' dollars, without a single
ounce of respect or input from the
thousands of people who supposedly
elected them.
For the third year in a row, the
Clinton town council met in closed
committee -of -the -whole, discussed
spending your dollars in the town's ,
annual budget, never told a soul in
lowin they were doing so, then
promptly passed the budget without a
single word of discussion from 'the
public, and without one sing -le tax-
payer knowing the reasons why we
are spending the money and for what.
After the meeting, the press, who
like the public knew nothing of the
meeting, were telephoned, and of-
fered what turns out to be the
"highlights" of the Meeting, only an
hour before deadline on Wednesday,
giving them no time to analyze the
budget nor giving them any reasons
why any of the money Was spent. •
Because this year's council was all
acclaithed they really don't represent
the publc, and so it stands to reason
that they can' do pretty much as well
as they please.
Presently, The provincial and .
federal governments have legislation
in theirhands that would prevent such
secret m-eetings and would give the
public the right td know what their
municipal governments are doing.
The sooner that this legislation
becomes law the better.—by JF
Are this write?
L. Each pronoun should agree with
their antecedent.
2. Just between you and I, case is
importAnt.
3. Verbs has to agree with their
subjects.
4. Watch out for irregular vergs which
have crope into the language..
5. Don't never use double negatives.
6. A writer should not shift your point
of view.
7. Don't write a run-on sentence you
have to punctuatelt.
8. About sentence fragments.
9. In articles and stuff like that we use
corninag to keep things ,apart without
which we would have without doubt
confusion. ,
10. But, don't use, commas, which are
not necessary.
11. Its important to use you're
apostraphes correctly.
12. Don't abbreviate unless nec.
13. Check carefully to if you any
words out.
Icontinued in column 6)
remembering
.our past
5 YEARS AGO
July25,1974
Last Saturday evening, July 19, many
relatives and friends joined Mr. and Mrs.
,-Frank .Boyce of RR 1, Varna in the .Com:
rnunity Centre in Bayfield to honor them
on the occasion of their golden wedding
anniversary.
Thanks to the perseverance of the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Clinton Public
Hospital, the hospital now has black and
white television sets and a cable system
for patients in the hospital.
DesPite the wettest spring in 30 years,
the area around Clinton is in,bad need of a
good rain, as no significant.. rainfall has
fallen in nearly a Jnon.th......-The situation
looks bad for some bean and corn farmers.
There was a blur of action recently at the
Clinton IGA as Freda 't Schoenhals of
Rattenbury Street attempted to grab as
many groceries, as possible in a three-
minute shoppingl spree she won in a draw
at the 'Store. She had gathered $185.70
worth when the clock ran out.
10 YEARS AGO
July 24, 1969
Sunday - the day man walked on the
surface of the moon, the fourth child of Mr.
and Mrs. William Rodger of Auburn was
born in Clinton Public Hospital. The 7
pound, 4 ounce tyke has been named
Michael Neil Edwin in honor of the three
U.S. lunar explorers - Col. Michael Collins,
Neil Armstrong and Col. Edwin Aldrin.
The baby was slated to get another name
For weeks I'd been telling her. I said,
"The jungle is coming on, in us. I'm -not
kidding. It's a bloody jungle out there,
and it's going to get us."
She thought I was hallucinating
again. Jungle. Creeping in. Rubbish.
And then I took her out and showed her.
She hadn't taken , a good tour of the
estate for a couple of years. And what
she saw shook her. "You're right. It is a
jungle."
A few years ago we had a
kaleidoscope of colour out there. Now
it's almost solid green, relentlessly
creeping in from all sides.
We had two rose beds. We had ac:
tually planted some -roses in them, and
some of the roses actually grew. Peace
roses. Dypsornaniac roses. Red roses.
A's soon as they bloomed, I'd cut them,
put them in a vase, arrd we'd sit around
looking at them as though we'd borne
children. '
I cut them back dutifully, piled dirt
around them in the fall, and a. couple
even bloomed the second year.
The roses were planted cheek -by -
jowl with a fine healthy row of peonies
that produced almost, obscerielr. The
second year of the roses, the peonies
were a little sick. The third year they
• were definitely ailing.
Thi t year that particular flower -bed
has produced twb peonies, three
rosebuds, two elm trees about eight
feet high, a healthy young maple, and
enough hay to feed a herd of cows. The
jungle.
Our other rosebed was somewhat of a
failure from the beginning, despite all
the fertilizing and fussing. Therefore,
When a couple of 'acorns the squirellS
had missed sprouted, I thought, "Why
not? It'll add a nice touch of green.
Almost overnight, it seems, those
acorns have grown to sawlog dimen-
sions.
First few years here we had tiger
Mies and all kinds of other exotics. You
cbuld see them sitting there in the
jungle itd night, peering With yellow
eyes. Some people Might say they Were
eats. Ittttow they Were tigers.'
A few years ago we had brown -eyed
daisies galore. This year we had
brown -eyed children galore, slashing
and galloping through the jungle that
once was brown -eyed daisies.
Even the woodpiles are creeping
closer. At first they were orderly
woodpiles, in their place, ready to be
thrown into the cellar, adding rather a
quaint touch of rusticity to the
backyard, as it once was. ,
Then we started piling fallen bran-
ches on top /of them. Now they are
horrible woodpiles, crooked and
beckoning, festooned by vines and
other creeping green things.
Used to be a fine young spruce
growing near the garage. Top of it
would have made a nice Christmas
tree. It's grown so fast in 15 years that
it's a hazard to low-flying airplanes.
We have squirrels so big and so bold
they'll jump up on the picnic table and
snatch the second half of your peanut -
butter -and -honey sandwich without so
much as a "Do you mind?"
We have robins who pull out worms
as big as rattlesnakes, and then have to
surrender them to grackles as big as
seagulls, strutting about the clearing in
the jungle in that ugly, pigeon-toed gait
of theirs. •
Bees as big as beavers buzz around
our beer bottles. Huge black ants hoist
themselves up the hair on my legs, spit
in my eye', and .waltz off to attack a
starling. Every day we move our lawn
chairs a little closer to the back door.
Out front, our mighty oak grows ever
greater, peers in windows, rubs his
nose against panes, chuckles with
amusement, gives the brick a smack
with one of his huge' hands, and goes
back to waiting for the next north wind,
so that he can drop a dead branch
across our TV cable wire.
lip the back _of the hotise crawls a
great green vine, with tentacles like
those of a giant squid, slowly,
carefully, and With super -human skill
pulling bricks loose„one by one:Every
so often it starts t� die, and / watch
with glee and hope. But no, ffesh green
tendrils sprout ,i eery One of them n
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potential brick pull re
We hadk, we eh 0, we slash, o
aaiL veryheije the trees o' the
weeds, the vines, crawl toward and
over the house, insidious, malicious,
whispering to each other their eventual
triumph. -
In this steady, frightening en-
croachment of jungle, there is only one
bright Spot, one thing that won't grow.
That's the privet .hedge between the
yard and the street, that gives us about
as much privacy, as a stripper at a
medical convention.
Planted at great expense, trimmed
with decreasing regularity because
there's nothing to trim, it looks like a
kid who's been in a fight and had a
couple of front teeth knocked out.
That's the good part. Down at the other
end, where the snowplow man dumps
forty-eight tons a year, it resembles a
pygmy with a bad case of malnutrition.
That's the' way We plan to go, when
the jungle forces us to flee. Straight out
through one of the gaps in the hedge,
pushing the grand piano in front of us.
a look through
the news -record files
and was expected Saturday, but when his
late arrival coitiCia-ed With the .historic
descent of the lunar landing ship, Eagle,
the parerits decided on the astronauts'
names because, according to Mr. Rodger,
"they landed about the same time."
Blank spaces on the hymn board which
stood in the grass waiting to be auctioned
last Saturday afternoon told the story of
Grace United Church, Porter's Hill, which
was closed last Month and sold last
weekend because the congregation had
dwindled as members of the church one by
one sold their farms and moved away. The
42 -year-old brick church on the 6th con-
cession of Goderich Township, three miles
west of Holmesville, Was sold for $1,850 to
Andrew Riehl of Saltford whoplanS- to
c9nvert it into a house,
25 YEARS AGO
July 29, 1954
Mother Nature smiled gently upon the
efforts of the Bayfield Lions Club last
night, and provided a cooling breeze to
entice crowds of peopre to the arena and
the park for the seventh annual frolic.
Dr. John W. -Shaw, one of Canada's
oldest practising physicians, celebrated
his 93rd birthday last Friday here at his
home on Rattenbury Street East. With Dr.
Shaw for the occasion were Mrs. Peggy
Lillie, a granddaughter and her son
Ronnie, a great-grandson of Dr. Shaw and
Mrs. Madeline Kilty of Toronto, a
daughter. '
Tomorrow the Centenary at Auburn' will
get underway and the good people of the
village and district will see the results of
all the planning they have done throughout
the past weeks and months.
High honor was paid to George Baird,
Brucefield, last week, when he received an'
award from the,gederal Department of
Transport for "excellent weather
reporting over a period of years."
The Kinsmen Club of Hensql1 is spon-
soring an Ontario Bean Festivffl to be held
in that village on Labor Day, September 6.
Long known as the "grain centre of
Ontario," capitalization on this fact will
help to imprint the name of Hensallin the
cOnsciousness of grain buyers an*il
producers and processors.
50 YEARS AGO
July 25, 1929
Mr. S.S. Cooper's draying outfit with
"Jimmy" at the end of the reins was
struck by Mr. Salter's motorcycle
Saturday evening, when the horse had his
leg so badly injured that he had to be shot.
A big procession of picnickers passed
through town on Friday 'morning last, the
Western Foundry Co., Wingham and staff
on its way to Bayfield. Judging by their
appearance, they were going to enjoy the
outing. They were headed by a band and
an ice Cream truck brought -up the rear, -
with about 100 cars between.
Bathing seerns to be the chief recreation
in Auburn at.present. Probably at no other
time has the,Maitlandbeen so largely used
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as a pleasure resort as it is this suinmer.
Last. Wednesday afternoon witnessed 50
bathers in the water at one time.
You can have your feather bed made
into a sanitary roll mattress or, down
comforter. Drop a card to Dominion
Feather and Mattress Co., Goderich, and.
our agent will call.
Save the price of your fare to Toronto.
Permanent waving by expert for only $.50.
When you visit Toronto don't fail to have
one of our famous Permanent Waves at the
reduced rate of $5.50. Robertson's, 288
Yonge Street. '
75 YEARS AGO
July 28, 1904
The Free Press of Tuesday contained a
picture of Messrs. W. Jackson, J. Fair, W.
Eirydone and D.A. Forrester, the crack
Clinton rink , which last year won the
Labatt trophy and is thig week again
taking part in the tournament. The picture
Is in reverse of flattering, especially to
Messrs. .Fair and Forrester, the latter
particularly. They are a good loo -Ting
quartette, the Free Press artist -to the
contrary, notwithstanding.
Prof. W.R. Pegg gave a -concert in the
Hillsgreen Hall on Friday evening last
Lonsisting. of glass eating, fire eating,
magic tricks, songs, music and hypnotic
experiments. The Prof. delighted his
audience as was shown by the many en-
cores and laughter. Mr. Pegg is a canny
Scoterman and possesses the fine
characteristics of that race.
100 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1879,
Last week a family in town had a narrow
escape from what might have been a
serious case of poisoning; as it was, the
head of the family was the only one af-
fected. Currant and other bushes in the
garden were suffering from grubs, and
hellebore had been purchased to sprinkle
on them. For convenience in use, this was
placed in an ordinary pepper bottle and by
mistake it was placed on the dinner table,
when the aforesaid party sprinkled his
victuili with it, and partook thereof before
the mistake was 'discovered. Remedies
were -at once applied and we are pleased to
say that no serious result fo'Howed.
A lady in town is the possessor of a six-
month -Old baby that turns the scale at 30
pounds.
One day last week a package of bees was
received at the post office here; they did
not require any label, "handle with care."
While Mr. Hannah, trinket pedlar, was
crossing the property of Mr. Peter I5erdue,
of Bayfieldiline, on Thursday evening, 24th
inst., he was attacked by a large wild cat.
Mr. Perdue, hearing his cries for help,
with several others immediately ran to his
assistance, when the animal turned and
fled. Pursuit was given, but the brute
escaped to the woods and is still at large.
Mr. Hannah's injuries were, however, less
intense than his fright. /
Trying again'
You know the old saying "if at first
you don't succeed, try, try again."
I'm still trying to make my life a little
more organized.
I had resigned myself to confusion
- and running in circles until the other
day when I was rummaging through
some old files. I found a yellowed
- column written by a lady in the United
States.
She explained her writing
timefable. In the first week of each
month, she wrote enough columns for
the whole month. That left three
weeks free for other things. Whenever
a column idea struck her, she wrote it
down, and whenever research yielded
some valuable information, she filed
away. Thus she always had a wealth
of Opits from wh ch to choose when
the' first week of Etch month rolled
at und.
'Good idea" t oi.ig t1, "and it,
sounds simpie enough. I'll try it."
Today is Tuesday, I intended to
launch my program yesterday, but
unexpected bookwork and errands
postponed it. The plan has gone well
thus tar today, and this column should
be finished on schedule. One down and
four to go, and I'm wondering why I
decided to start my project in a month
that has five Thursdays.
I could write another one tonight,
but a. survey of my closet tells me if I
-want clean clothes to wear tomorrow,
I should do the !laundry first.
Today, 1 also learned of ap-
pointments that will take me away
from home both Friday and Saturday;
That leaves one day in which to write
three or four colutnns, if my plan is to
succeed.
Should I ignore the interruptlons,
even though they're important, Or
should I postpone iny organizational
clean up for a few days?
Postponement Seems Most likely,
especially 6111Ce 1 just discovered
another major sturnblingblock - an
idea drought. Sure I have lots of topic
suggestions scribbled on bits of
paper; newspaper clippings cram my
files, arid magazines litter my tables,
Unfortunately, I sometimes forget
my reasons for saving certain clip-
pings, and reading takes time. I
usually capsulize a column idea into a
sentence or two,, and stretching one
line into SOO -words' requires some
thought. I might develop four columns
in one day, if miracles do happen.
1 hate to sound like a pessimist, but
I'm beginning to think I was destined
to run around in Circles. For the time
being at least, I'm shelving my
planned organization.
keep the lady's column, though.
I adttire her ; she's certainly " an
Organized person.
Maybe next Sanuary I'll dig out her
c6lurritt again, Make it my New
Year's resolutiob and try again.
Everybody knows how good I an) at
keeping /slew Years resotutions
Ottilungfe.
Dear EclitOr:
. I trust you will allow space fOr the
writer to express the'appreciation of
the Clinton Lions Club to the citiZens
of Clinton and area for their support
in the recently completed draw for the
Camper Van. The unit was won by
Mrs. June Harkes of Listowel with
ticket No. 1403.
As you are aware; the Clinton Lions
donated $5,000 to the arena floor so
this was one of the first major fund
raising activities in quite a long
period of time for the club. We are
pleased to report its success.
There are many people who should
' be thanked but -we want to say a
special thanks to the Clinton Kinsmen
for their support and the "reserved
space" at the Sunday races.
We would also like to mention the
neighboring Lions Clubs of -Goderich
and Seaforth for their .efforts on our
behalf, and we respectfully ask you to
remember their help to us should
either of these Clubs come to our
Town. Goderich, incideritally, will be
holding a mini -convention in 1980 so
we may be able to repay their kind-
ness at that time.
The writer would also like to
mention the Lions ladies who spent
time° selling tickets, and worked quite
diligently at the bingo games at The
Spring Fair and Midnite Madness.
Finally, we would like to say thank
you to the Spring Fair Board who got
us started at their Fair and the
coverage supplied by your newspaper
during the whole campaign.
To the many people who bought
tickets and did not wi,n, we wish you
"better luck next time". We know
that you realize the money went to a
good cause to the betterment of the
community.
Yours truly
The Clinton
Lions Club -
L. H. Theedom
- Van projectlooking.
for navals
Dear Editor:
During the war, •nearly 1,600
Canadian naval personnel served as
gunners on Allied merchant ships,
Ilieluding the 220 armed ships of
Canada's ocean-going merchant
marine. These men belonged to a
branch of the Navy called D.E.M.S.
Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships.
At its peak in early 1945, there were
some 570 serving at sea and in every
theatre of war.
We received our charter at the Naval
Reunion in Peterborough recently and
at the present time are trying to round
up every Ex D.E.M.S. Gunner across
Canada. Our mailing list is 210 with a
paid up membership of 166. There has
to be many more that we have not been
able to contact.
I would appreciate it very much If
you could publish a list of the Directors
and Area Representatives: Doug
Andrews, Ontario; Fred Cruickshank,
British Columbia; Chuck Wrightson,
Alberta; Gord Gilhooly, Sask.; Tom
Anderson, Manitoba and Northwestern
Ontario; Bill Croucher, Quebec and
Wally Marlow, Maritimes.
For further information contact
Doug Andrews, Box 21, Ilderton, Ont.
P.S. We still look forward to getting
the News -Record every week, even if
my main interest is your 50 years ago
column.
Doug Andrews,
Ilderton
RCAF to gather
Dear Editor:
The R.C.A.F. veterans who trained
during the last war at the Service
Flying Training School in Dunnville
will be observing their 34th Annual
Reunion this year.
The Wartime personnel of No. 6
S.F.T.S., R.C.A.F., Dunnville, .
Ontario, .will hold their 34th annual
reunion in Dunnville on Sept. 21st,
22nd and 23rd. Highlights of • the
v,veekend. will be a Fridaynight
reception (compliments of Mayor
Frank Marshall), Saturday morning
golf tournament, flypast of wartime
Harvard aircraft, a brief memorial
service at the Harvard Memorial,
Saturday evening banquet and
Sunday morning breakfast.
Yours very truly,
Frank Scholfield,
General Secretary,
Box 187,
Dunnville, Ont.
Are this...
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14. In my opinion, I think an author
when is writing something should not
get accustomed to the habit of making
use of tao many redundant un-
necessary words that he does not
actually really need in order to put his
message across to the reader of the
articIP
15. Abput repetetion, the repetition of
,a word is net usually effective
repetition.
16. As far as incomplete con -
ructions th are wrong. • I
7Sp 11 correc ly.
18. L st but not least, knock off tle
ciich—OVNA Publisher
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