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Worthy crack down'
Police and concerned citizens alike
are pleased with Huron County
Judge William Cochrane`s decision to
crack down on drinking and driving in
the county and hope it will end the
terrible loss of life and destruction of
property.
Huron County leads the province in
many things including being one of
the top agricultural producing areas
in Canada, but one area we are not
proud to lead in is alcohol con-
sumption.
That's. right, Huron residents drink
more booze, per capita than any other
county in Ontario, and Much of that is
done in connection with driving.
Constable Bill Wilson of the Ontario
Provincial Police . department in
Goderich rertorted that already inthe
first seven months of this year, 15
people have died on Huron's roads,
compared with 12 last year, and many
of those accidental deaths\had alcohol
involved.
Not including accidents in town,
there have been 544 accidents in-
vestigated by the provincial police up
until the end of July, compared to 48]
last year for the same time.
The police and the courts are hoping
the doubling of liquor and noise fines
will cut this. accident total, and keep
alive mRre of our citizens.
Although hopefully the increased
fines will keep the drunk drivers off
the road, there seems to be little we
can do about the increasing abuse of
alcohol in Huron, and the devJasta.•ting
effects on its abusers and those family
and friends around them.
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5 YEARS AGO
August 8, 1974
For the second time this year, the
Clinton Police Department was broken
into and one of their .38 cal. revolvers was
stolen.
The break-in occurred early Sunday
morning and thieves gained entry by
smashing the wooden door frame of the
office. They pried open three police
Lockers, but only took Chief Lloyd
Westlake's revolver.
Chief Westlake said that the lockers also
contained another handgun, a rifle and a
shotgun, along with stolen goods seized by
police.
From what we've heard, there will likely
be a lot of red eyes at the Middleton
Church this weekend as the young people.
of the Anglican Church are staging a wake-
a-thon to raise money. The youngsters
hope to stay wide 'awake for 48 hours.
Summer school was good move
In recent years, the educational
system has been under considerable.
pressure and one of the maincharges
had been that students have lost much
of their desire to successfully fulfill
the .opportunities provided for them.
The blame for part of that attitude has
been placed on the teachers.
Well, it would appear that both
sides have been partially vindicated
in the fact that 190 students from
Huron enrolled in the summer school
trial program at CHSS in Clinton to
improve their standings. In view of carefully the costs involved and the
the length of time students and ratio of success attained by the ,
parents. had to°consider the op- students, they musty recognize that the
portunity,' It 'Would appear to be' a • ttial had some "limiting factors and
successful trial.
Summer school principal Doug
Ellison --has already indicated he will
would appear to be worth another
attempt.
, The students -who have shown, the
recommend that the program con- desire to improve their scholastic
tinue next summer, pointing out that standing while their contemporaries
he would expect the numbers to in- are enjoying summer in more normal
crease through earlier planning and ways are to be commended for their
promotion. initiative. (from the Exeter Times -
While the board will have to assess .. Advocate)
" 61 here clo 1 plug in the electric blanket?''
They'll then probably sleep for a week.
after it's all over.
High winds last Sunday and Monday
raised large waves in Lake Huron and
gobbled up hundreds of feet of shoreline.
At Dr. Frank Newland's cottage, file miles
north of Bayfield, about 15 feet of shqreline
disappeared under the waves leaving the
cottage only 20 feet :from the water's edge.
The lake shows little sign of receeding and
cottagers are fearful that a winter storm
will sweep some cottages.into the lake.
10 YEA -RS AGO
August 7, 1969
Paintings along with sculptures of wood
and plasticine and wire and wood drew
large crowds last Wednesday and Thur-
sday evenings, when the third children's
art show took place in Bayfield.
Held in the Town Hall, the show con-
tained almost 100 exhibits attractively
displayed.
Miss Greta Lammie of Hensall is the
winner of two prizes in the Canadian
National Exhibition women's division
handicrafts competition.
Hers were among 750 prize-winning
items which are •now on exhibit at the
CNE's Better Living Centre.
roads &rider pre sed into firefighting
r ice rn tfa rley'Township Monday was
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'Wen •a Targe part of die cred if•for stopping
flames. which threatened 80 acres of grain
on the 2nd concession, farm of Jack
McGregor, RR 5, Clinton.
Both the\grader; owned and operated by
Gordon Heard of RR 5, Seaforth, and the
Brucefield fire brigade fought the fast-
moving blaze' which blackened more than
three acres of standing grain.
25 YEARS AGO.
August 12, 1954
Good news again of Fred1Sloman. One of
his stories already purchased by
Maclean's and published by them has been
bought now by the Ford Times. The story?
Well, of course, it was the one about the
car, the couple and the licence numbers.
The Ford publication has asked for more
of the same.
And from another quarter, a bit of news
especially for Tom. Leppington.
-.Apparently some folk in Clinton do take
care of their dogs, at times to their own
expense. There- was the story of the gen-
tleman who rode downtown with his two
dogs and found that car needed some
lengthy treatment at the garage. He still
had some shopping to do and had forgotten
a leash. What to do with the dogs? Why the
gentleman called a taxi and the canines
rode home in state. The gentleman
completed his shopping and went home on
foot. That is a case of living up to the letter
as well as the spirit of the dog bylaw.
50:YEARS AGO
August 8, 1929
The Londesboro WI picnic to Bayfield
last Thursday was a decided successin
every way. The lake breezes were rather
cool, but the young people enjoyed
themselves playing bail and running
races, over 200 being present to enjoy the
ample picnic lunch.
Warning to motel- car drivers, carry
your licenses. The Highway Traffic Act
requires that every person operating a
motor vehicle shall secure an operator's or
chauffeur license •and shall at all times
The oasis
Almost every day in the summer I -
drop in at The Oasis, as I think of it.
I• know, I know. Nasty -minded
readers are already thinking it's
some kind of watering -hole for dry old
Bill Smiley. One of those air-
conditioned bars that are so dark you
can'tsee a thing for five minutes and
have to count your change by the
Braille system.
Not so. I strongly dislike those
joints. Most of them • are dark and
dirty and stink. They have a'few poor,
lonely souls who have nowhere else to
go, and very often a construction gang
or a road gang, noisy and b,eer-
swilling and profane, sousing it up on
the company's time.
Nope. I avoid those places like the
plague. The Oasis is nothing like that.
t doesn't have a braying television
set, foul-mouthed roisterers and cold -
eyed waitresses. It's just the opposite.
True,it is air-conditioned. But not
the kind that makes you wish you
were .wearing a fur coat after -five
minutes. •
And true, it is not brightly lighted.
But there is enough light to see what
you are imbibing, count your change
without using your fingertips, and
read a book or a,newspaper,
And that's exactly what I do there,
and why I think of it as The Oasis, It's
a charming little place to stop and
refresh oneself, • to cool out and
meditate a bit, and gossip and just
plain, sip, before plunging back out
into the desert of life.
What The Oasis provides for the
wandering bedouins who stop there is
a little peace and quiet.
It has none of the plastic jazz of the
,chain ,hamburger and. submarine
joints. But it has a number of the
things those places can never offer:
charm, friendliness, good manners,
courtesy.
The eustomers are not made to'feel
that the tna>nag meat -is doing them a
favour by serving there. They are
greeted warmly, they are served
quickly
and
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anti
. and they
aree
thanked grad usl WHO they leave
even Ithougl
•they"ve Spetit only thirty
cents and taken up a seat for half an
hour.
How many public places to eat and
drink are there like that in this
country? You could count them
without taking your socks off.
Sure,' we have fancy restaurants in.
this country where you can pay $50 for
a so-so dinner for two, and be
patronized by the wine waiter. An.,d we
have eleventy-seven thousand snack
bars and lunch bars and grills where
everything tastes the same.
But we have scarcely any places
like The Oasis. It's not much,
physically. Just a half dozen or so
tables in the back of a store. Very
much like the sort of tearoom you, can
still find in England, if you get off the
beaten trek.
The menu varies little, but there's a
good soup du jour, good coffee and hot
tea, fresh -made sandwiches, and a lot
of goodies that are baddies for the
many little old ladies and all the
vulnerable young ladies who frequent
it: home-made pies, butter tarts,
muffins loaded with calories.
Part of the fun, for me, is sitting
there getting a jolt from my coffee
and listening in.
"Just a pot of tea,. thanks. Well
what are you going to have, Ida? you
are? Well, _what kind do you have?
Well, maybe just. a square of
pineapple cake, And just- one butter
tart to get ,started on." And half an
hour later, those gentie ladies are
walking out with about six hundred
calorites they didn't need. Each.
Even when The Oasis is busy, there
is no sweat. No barking of orders. No
getting cross. There's time to laugh
and joke with old customers, be
pleasant to new ones, and make sure
nobody is being neglected.
I've watched tourists come in, a
-little uneasy because they're not used
to such informality. They tentatively
order soup and a sandwich, find them
excellent, wind up with a whacking
great piece of pie, 'pray a modest bill,
and go out looking •as though they
couldn't believe what had `happened to
them.
It's
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u place that brin .s u the
pa a g out t
deScan in ti c.�rtrn • islimited
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,The other people, r people Walked to
day, 1'r u p ale• wal ed
land there wasn't a table 'for fourr.
u
young icouple, with a babe in arms,
offered to move to a table for two that
had just been vacated, transferring
their food, utensils and baby. The
newcomers were so shocked they
could scarcely say thanks.
Very often, The Ticket -Seller is
there. He sells tickets on every lottery
you've ever heard of. He loves
children and jokes and talks to the
little guys in The Oasis. He drinks a
coffee, displays his tickets, usually
selling one or two, and hits the street.
The Calumnist.observes.
Two teenagers grab a table. The
Columnist listens. "So, I said to him,
not on your life." Giggles. "So, guess
• what he says?" Giggles. And so on.
Despite what my wife thinks, I am
not enamoured of the lady who runs
The Oasis, though she does have a
beautiful face, figure" and walk. In
fact, she doesn't walk. She sashays.
I am in love with a little place of
sanity, sense and serenity in this
increasingly ugly world.
while driving carry the same. A penalty is
provided for failure to produce such
licenses when demanded by an officer.
This law has been passed in the interests
of -safe driving and to prevent incompetent
persons from operating motor vehicles.
The production of a license is the only
proof of ownership of one.
A very enjoyable time was spent last
Thursday afternoon when the patrons of
Holmesville Co-operative Cheese and
Butter factory and their, friends held their
annual picnic at the pretty 'little spot
"Maitland Dale" which has recently been
improved for such purposes by Mr.
William Connell of Clinton. The afternoon
was spent in races by the children "nd
grown-ups. A very exciting tug-of-war was
ptil'led between the milk patrons and -the
cream patrons, captain for milk, Bert
Lobb, captain for cream, Reuben Grigg.
The milk patrons winning the prize.
75 YEARS AGO
August 11, 1904
Commencing yesterday a tri -weekly
mail service will operate between Clinton
and Summerhill on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays.
An automobile went through here on
Tuesday, something new for Auburn.
Mt. • Henry Rau at St. Joseph has a
spring chicken, that has four legs and it is
doing well. Henry was offered $5 for it but
will not sell it for less that $10.
Wanted - a good smart intelligent boy to
learn the telephone operating and
jewellery business. Rumball and Co.
An amendment was made in the
Municipal Act at the last session of the
Legislature, one clause of which will
prevent considerable trouble. Candidates
for offices of mayor, reeve, controller,
councilman, water commissioner in cities,
towns and incorporated villages are
required to file with the•clerk a declaration
of qualification by noon on the day' of
nominations. The change in the law will do
away with the indiscriminate nominations
so often made at nomination meetings.
100 YEARS AGO
August 14, 1879
On Friday evening last some con-
temptible wretch hurled a large piece of
brick through the glass front door of W.C.
Searle, Mayor. It is supposed to have been
done out of spite.
Recently the Mayor received a letter
from a Zurich watchmaker, offering to
place an eight day clock in the cupola of
the market building, warranted to keep
good time and strike as loud as the bell
would bear., for the sum of $200.
In view of the many burglaries of private
houses occurring all over the country, an
exchange sensibly suggests that pedlars of
small wares should not be allowed to enter
private dwellings at all for this reason: -
The majority -of them carry stuff which
they do not wish to sell, and only enter
private dwellings at all, for the purpose of
seeing how they are eqnstructed in order to
accomplish an act of theft in the night.
The stores are always are the cheapest
place in the end to buy from. The regular
established business is the proper
establishment to do business. We have ho
confidence whatever in Street pedlars of
any description, and the most of them are
nothing more or less than a band of rogues.
Where's H2 o gone
'Water, water everywhere and-ne'er
a drop to drink. The old saying doesn't'
seem as absurd as it once did.
We are using the same water today
that was used at the beginning of
time. We aren't running out of water,
but we seem to be running out of
common sense as we pollute the liquid
at'a tremendous rate. • +
With 20,000 chemicals on . the
market now and 500 .new ones in-
troduced each year, it's .impossible to
know what we're drinking when we
turn on the tap. Herbicides on pasture
lands draining into 'lakes, rivers and
streams' is only one means of
pollution.
Some people dislike the taste of
chlorine, but in many cases, we
shouldn't worry as much about the
chemicals we know are in the water
as we should about the ones we don't
know,
While the development 'and use of
chemicals grow, concerned 'people -
are searching for ways to protect
themselves from impurities in the
water. -
A filter on a faucet screens some
chemicals, but no._..mesh .. is small
enough ,to stop all of them. Bacteria
collects inside the filter, until the flow
of water pushes some of them
through. It is ther"efore essential to
watch the filter closely and to replace
it when it is no longer doing its job.
People will drive for miles to a
spring - a _place where pure water
wells up before it has a chance to
come in contact with pollutants. They
haul the drinking water home in
bottles and jugs, but as time goes by,
springs become more difficult to find.
Next to spring water, the purest
water is distilled. Distillation is the
process of turning water to vapour by
Heating it, condensing it with cold and
calle he liquid.
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1�(If you're pick un1ng an old shonor in
e hilly; with its chiPmey st i kin and
r•t:lt•grandlanpy sitting oh a' rock
t
,
•out front with a shotgun cradled in one
arm and a jug of moonshine under the
other, you've got the wrong idea.)
A gallon of distilled water sells for
about $1. An average small family
uses four gallons a day for drinking
and cooking. $4 a day soon adds up,
and many families are choosing to
'buy a home,' distillery as an
economical alternative. A unit for an
average small family costs ap-
proximately $400.
Some distilleries can be hooked into
the water line, but in apartments,
small countertop units are more
practical., Some sophisticated
machines cool the distilled water, and
a drink of cold purified water is
always on • tap. Of course, the more
frills a consumer wants the more he
has to pay, and most settle for a
simple version "of the purifying
method.
Ironic isn't Man s
to invert
a
adhIne to purify ni p rfy the water, er, which he
polirted with the chemicals he
• acv loped in the name of progress.
Not invaders
Dear Editor: •
To the parties who feel they are
invaded by easterners (Vanastra
Voice, August 9) :
In response to your statement in
last Week's News -Record, I feel as an
eastern Canadian that I should clarify
the word "invade" for you.'To invade
means to enter with or as with hostile
intent, las for conquering or plum-
dering.
, As civilized people returning home
from vacation, I cannot see where we
have invaded anyone. Those of you
who feel you have been invaded
should, check your roots: Perhaps
some of you have eastern blood
running through your veins.
We have listened to your stupid
remarks and sick jokes for years, and
now you accuse us of invasion.
Each province is a part of Canada,
and as Canadian adults, we should set
an example for our children of the
future. If some choose to be
'prejudiced against • their own
Canadian fellowmen, what can we
expect from them in the future?
I'm sure the majority of easterners
stand by me when I say, "Yes we had
a good vacation and we never heard
one Ontario joke while we were
there."
People have better things to do with
their time down there. And to think I
told my• mother what nice neighbors
we had.
Signed,
One of the eastern invaders
Leave him alone
Dear Editor:
On Aug. 2 your paper ran the death
notice of Steven Truscott's father.
Fine, all well and good, but did you
have to go back and remind the people
why Steven Truscott was imprisoned?
Is the young boy charged with the
murder of the 16 -year-old jogger
going to be tried as an adult? Are his
parents going to have to go through
-hell like the Truscotts? Truscott has
done his time and is married and
making a new life for himself ; he
even had to change • his name. I
suspect for the very reason that the
people- and the news media won't
leave him alone. I still firmly believe
he's innocent.
Furthermore, I can't recall any
other convicted murderer getting
publicity after they've done their time
like Truscott has. Please let society
leave him alone.
G. Garnett
London
Story well done
Dear Editor:
I would like to take this time to
thank Shelley McPhee for writing the
article on the Junior Agriculturalist
Program. The article was very well
written as was evidenced by not only
the article, but also by the many
favourable comments I received
about it.
Thank you once again for your time
and effort. I very 'much appreciate
your help in promoting the program.
Yours truly,
. Laura Hansen,
Junior Agriculturalist
Co-ordinator,
Clinton.
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