Clinton News-Record, 1979-08-30, Page 4PAGE 4--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1979
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Pay attention
In 1978, there were 51 traffic
fatalities recorded during the 78 hour
Labour Day Weekend. This year, the
Canada Safety Council fears the
figure will rise to somewhere between
56 and 61. The weekend begins 6 p.m.
Friday, August 31st, and ends mid-
night, September 3rd.
The worst Labour Day weekend
ever, for traffic fatalities, was the
-year 1966, when there were 102
deaths.
This year, the Canada • Safety
Council has noted a distressing up-
ward trend in the statistics - a trend
that has not yet been explained. More
Canadians are expected to do their
travelling at home this year, and
there may be a larger than usual
influx of American visitors, due to.
gasoline shortages reported in the
U.S.A. It all adds up to an expectation
What bugs you?
Flies are . nasty. They breed in
places of filth. They like to crawl
around on our food. So we swat them
and forget them.
Mosquitoes are a real pest. They
bite and leave itchy welts. So we
spray. them and slap at them . and
forget them.
But not so the earwig. That little
two-pronged monster . is something
else again. He manages to arouse �a
sort of savage .hatred that is not ac-
corded to either the fly or the
mosquito. And yet the lowly earwig is
really much less offensive than
either.
After all, the earwig seldom does us
any personal harm. He can nip us
with his little pincers, but he doesn't
leave us with any itching aftermath
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of more than usually°congested roads
with an abundance of drivers un
familiar with their immediate
surroundings.
In an effort to minimize the traffic
toll, the Canada Safety Council is
asking all drivers to pay special 'at-
tention to correct overtaking
procedure in view of the increase risk
of meeting someone coming the other
way on undivided highways. In fact, a
driver might ask the question "Do I
really NEED to pass?"
When passing, check traffic ahead
and behind; signal intentions; move
to passing lane, accelerate; alert the
driver being passed; signal again and
move to right lane when well clear;
resume normal speed.. Care is
essential, because passing at the
wrong time can lead •to head-on
crashes. And they are often the most
damaging.
•
like the bite of the mosquito. He
doesn't leave any tracks. He doesn't
make . any noise. He doesn't make
specks on the window. He and his pals
don't come at us in bloodthirsty packs
when we try to weed the flowerbed.
bloodthirsty packs when we try to
weed the flowerbed. •
Why do we hate the earwig so
much? Perhaps because he rertai�rtds„”
us, by his very shape, of some
primeval monster. Maybe his form,
magnified ten thousand times; was
what our shadowy ancestors saw
coming at them out of the swamp.
Hard .to say. But, by the way, have
you found any new earwig spray that
works better than ours?—The
Wingham Advance -Times. .
"Just illy way of showing I still have confidence in the dollar."
remembering
our past
5 YEARS AGO
August22, 1974
A former Auburn resident, Mrs. Isabelle
Hamilton, celebrated her 100th birthday at
Huronview last Sunday, August 18 with
open house held in the craft room.
About $3,000 was stolen from the Country
Market, a supermarket at Vanastra late
Sunday night or early Monday morning
when thieves broke into the store.
Tuckersmith council at a special
meeting last Monday night said yes to the
scheme to cover the recently completed 25
metrepool at Vanastra at the cost of
$35,000.
There will be some very tired youngsters
next week after the Clinton Centennial
Band's Bike-A-Thon travels 50 miles
through a Circuitous route on Huron
County roads. The children will be raising
finds to keep the band alive.
10 YEARS AGO
August2l, 1969
Bayfield's Pioneer Park Association
plans to, seek engineering advice' on
combating erosion of the Lake Huron"'
shorefront and hopes to embark funds to
be used forr erosion control when and if
some solution is recommended.
An increasing number of complaints
about vandalism and night-time
rowdyism, particularly on weekends, may
lead to the enactment of a bylaw imposing
a curfew on' Clinton young people. Late
night noise and disturbances around the
Crown Drive -In and :Victoria. Street may
sugar and spice
Love of the country
As a small-town boy who was always
pretty closely associated with the
country, and nature, it is a • constant
source of bewilderment to me to ob-
serve the reactions of my two grand -
boys to natural phenomena. They
practically ignore them.
• When they come to our place, with a
large backyard practically polluted by
birds and squirrels, their great interest
in life is the lawn sprinkler, at any hour
of the day or night. •
Oh, they might look vaguely toward a
tree when I say, "Listen to that big
bird." They might chase a robin or
throw a rock at a squirrel. But those
things are basically boring to them.
Much more fun to turn on the sprinkler,
preferably when Grandad isn't looking,
give him a good cold shot in the back
while he's frying to read the paper and
spend the next hour alternately run-
ning through the sprinkler and running
around with their wet feet on Gran's
favorite rug.
Out driving with them. I point to
cows, horses, sailboats and all sorts of
things they should be interested in.
Scarcely a look. They want to know
how fast we're going, why we aren't
going faster, and, why I don't turn the
air-conditioning to "super -cool" so it
. will blow their hair around. Street -
smart City Boys.
Oh yes, then there are the Boat
People. Somehow I was inveigled into
going out fishing with a couple of young
colleagues. One of them has a dandy
cruiser with a cabin, stove, the Works.
Seemed like a good idea. Have .a beer
or two, catch a mess of bass, dolittle
yarning.
• For three weeks the weather had
been hot and humid. What a treat to get
away out on the Bay, far from the heat
and stench of town. Cool breeze, great
fishing, good companion'ship. That's
the way it its in the beer ads anyway.
We drove to the marina in a cloud-
burst. Sky cleared. Spirits were high.
So were the -waves. Found the
guaranteed bass fishing spot, Water
calmed. Baited up. They put me On the
side of the boat where the bass weren't,
while they hauled in half -pound
monsters of the deep. /
Sky ciouded. Another cloud -burst.
More wind. More rain. No fishing.
Visibility decreased, along with the
food and the beer. 1•' •
No land in sight. Blown off the' shoal
where the fish were. Anchor wouldn't
hold. Soaked to the heels. Circled the
buoy marking the shoal eighteen times
while novice steered erratically and
skipper pretended he could chart a
course.
Nothing in sight except rain. Clung to
rear seat with white knuckles and kept
up spirits of crew with "stories of flying
formation through the clouds, and the
time we came back from Horse Island
deer hunting in November through a
snow storm, pumps not working and
ten -foot waves.
Did quick figures in head, estimating
how far to swim if 'we hit rock, lake
freighter or other cruiser Stupid
enough to be out in such.
Skipper finally figured course, broke
out mergency medical ,supplies,
blind lded all of us, Opened her up and
eade for who north h a w s either
the Orth or
n
the so 1 til shore of t o Bay.
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Obviously, we fntirle it. 1 had caught.
Take^ them up to the local plaza,
where a store has tropical fish, a huge
old parrott, gerbils, rabbits, white mice
and you'd 'think they'd be fascinated.
One cursory . glance arid they're off
and running, smashing shopping .
carts into each other, knocking over
carefully arranged displays and
playing Superman by leaping over
little old ladies sitting on benches.
Took thein over to see their great -
Grandad last weekend. He has la lovely
placer' in the country, about two acres,
with a hundred places to hide and climb ro
and explore: Know where they spent '
their time? Fighting to see who got to
drive the dormant snowmobile in the
backyard. Second choice was "racing"
an old car with its front wheels propped
up g
on two big blocks of wood, Between
-
the two., vehicles, they must have
covered most of Borth America.
Took down n
to the clock for a
fish. They had no more interest in fish
or fishing than, 1 have in refinishing
furniture., But they were intrigued
about how long t �votdd take to drown if
1 d>rbve the ear Off the end Of the dock.
one four -inch rock bass and one helluva
a cold.
But we had bass fillets for breakfast,
the sun shone again, my old lady had to
forget about collecting my insurance
and I promptly called our minister and
told him to put me down for $25 a month
for the real Boat People, those poor
sods who have escaped from Viet Nam
and drowned and starved and thirsted
while we go tearing about in our air-
conditioned cars, our cruisers with all
the amenities and whine about in-
flation. .
City Boys and Boat People. Enjoyed
both of them thoroughly.
a look through
the news-recgrd files
bring a bylaw requiring outdoor eating
places to close early.
25 YEARS AGO
September 2, 1954
The third barn fire to occur in this area
during the past week was at the farm of
William Hayter of RR 1, Varna, where the
big L-shaped barn, seven pigs, 300 hens,
three calves, most of the season's grain
crop, a threshing machine and purnp'1iouse
were completely destroyed. '----
The Auburn Horticultural Society held
its fourth annual flower show in the
Foresters' Hall, August 28. Clifford H.
Epps of Clinton was the judge.
• Cawfee, we must sadly salute is what we
found on most of our jaunt away from
Clinton. People don't even pronounce it
delicately away from home.
And certainly there was nothing delicate
about the way the coffee beans had been
handled in • most instances. We can't
imagine how it was mananged, but even
the aroma was gone.
Oh, wonderful Clinton, the place in.
fk w j.ch. we.eat,50; weeks.oikthe.. ear ! At eastr,-
your restauranteurs make edible coffee,
the delicate, lovely, aromatic stuff, an shy
clear of cawffee, that horrible brew.
50 YEARS AGO
August 22, 1929
We do not think of "our" highway,
getting into the same class as those upon
which accidents are constantly occurring,
but we have had two or three accidents and
near accidents recently which warn us
that constant vigilence is the price of
safety -in these days of high-powered,
swiftly -moving vehicles.
The many friends in town and vicinity of
Dr: Gunn are sorry to know that he is- in
very poor health since his return from the
west.
The School bf Commerce in Clinton
offers you practical business training that
has made it possible for our sources of
students to obtain and hold positions
demanding a high standard of efficiency.
Courses include stenographic, com-
mercial, secretarial, general office, civil
service, commercial teachers course and
special course arranged. School opens on
September 3, Phone 198 for information.
B.F. Ward, B.A., Principal; M.A. Stone,
Com. Specialist, Vice Principal.
Canada has no room for "Reds" except
good red-blooded men and women who are
willing to build up this country on the lines
of justice, fair play and common senses.
Those who think Russia is the only country
fit to live in should be sent there as quickly
as possible.
75 YEARS AGO
August 25, 1904
the Adventist meetings which have been
held in a tent on Albert Street may con-
clude next Sunday evening when a meeting
will be held ,at eight o'clock. Rev. Mr.
Spear, the minister- in charge, is an ear-
nest expounder- of the Adventist faith.
The schooner Kolfage of Goderich was in
the Bayfield harbor this week and took on
lumber from Mustard and Son's sawmill.
' The coat case which had several
hearings before Mayor Hoover, was
dismissed on Saturday last; the evidence
not substantiating the charge. While the
case lasted it ` caused much interest in
Bayfield, Stanley and Goderich Town-
ships. But -Mr. Bartliff has not yet
recovered his coat which was stolen from
the hotel in Varna a month ago while a
garden party was in progress in that
village.
100 YEARS AGO
August 28, 1879
We ,are afraid some of our subscribers
think we carry on business without money.
This is to remind them that we cannot, and
we hope they will take the hint.
One ' day last week, Dr. Worthington
performed a delicate operation on the head
of Mr. T.B. Salt. This person has had a
tumor on the side of his `head for a long
time, and recently it began to trouble him
so much that he decided to have it
removed. After the skin was opened an
attempt was made to tear the tumor out,
but it was found 'necessary to cut it clean
out, which was successfully done. It was
larger than a good sized hen's egg.
On Friday last an Italian mendicant
suddenly acquired a knowledge of English,
on being cautioned by the mayor, that
unless he instantly left town he would be
sent to Goderich for a month; he left on the
double quick.
The home of Mr. A. Bell, London Road,
Tuckersmith, was recently robbed of $16.
An attempt was last week made to enter
the house of F.L. Rands. 4th con. of
Hullett, but the owner fired at the intruder,
frightening him away.
Mr. Wm. Baker of the Goshen Line of
Stanley, thrashed on the farm of Charles
Tough Esq. of the Brownson Line, Stanley,
464 bushels of wheat in five hours. Eighty
of the same being thrashed in 20 minutes.
Impounded at Clinton, a two-year old
roan bull, supposed to be part Durham. If
not previously claimed, it will be sold by
auction, at the pound, Isaac Street, on
Saturday, Sept. 6th, at 1. pm. John
Wheatley.
Tragedy and hope
Tuesday, August 7, 1979 in the
morning, the weather was cool but
pleasant. By mid-afternoon, the
temperature was hot and muggy; the
air felt heavy.; gray clouds looked
menacing, and everyone sensed we
were in for a storm.
Around six p.m. the rain started
falling in Clinton. A brisk wind swept
sheets of rain across the.streets, and I
was thankful tobe indoors. Thunder
rumbled a few times, and occasional
stabs of lightning flashed. By seven
o'clock the rain had stopped and the
sun was almost shining. When I went
outside, I felt the hot humid air and
suspected we'd receive,another storm
before the night was over. We didn't,
because we were lucky.
' Not until later in the evening did I
learn of the tornado that levelled
whole .cornmunities just a few dozen
kilometres away.
Homes, factories, businesses,
farms, livestock, crops and vehicles
were devastated. First
s
t
reports'orts'
listed
three peg* dead, damage estimates
in the millions and rising,
and several
hamlets wipedout.People's P� s lives had
been uprooted as easel
as thetrees.
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hree ii
nes lost are three
o
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he , Dews n ers
� p � TV and
radio carried countless stories of
terror and scenes of destruction
Within minutes Red Cross and other
volunteer helpers were at work.,
Ambulance and police sirens
screamed through the darkness. With
power and telephone lines cut, many
people couldn't call for help; CB
radios came into use, ambulance
drivers patrolled streets and roads
looking for people in need, and need
seemed to be everywhere.
• A reporter at the scene Was amazed
how quickly people regained their
composure. Their first thought
seemed to be they were lucky to be
alive. Their second move was to take
stock of the damage and salvage the
little they could.
The job of cleaning up was an
enormous one, but no one put it off.
With .disaster staring them in the
face, they refused to give up. Instead
they began almost immediately to
pick up the pieces of their lives and
put them back together again. ,
They received help 'from neigh-
bours who had been more fortunate.
Because of the' fickle nature. of the
tornado,' houses on one side of astreet
would be demolished while buildings
on the other side would be untouched.
Curious onlookers came, of course,
to gaped take pictures and add to the
habs. Po.
f c
e roadblocks tried
to
keep ee
p
hem out but some slikied tl ou hY A
e �rted tooting added anoer Sad
ote.
Worthy project
But other people had another
purpose. They came from all direc-
tions, and some drove 60 miles or
more. • They arrived in carloads,
truckloads and busloads. Some
brought food and clothing for the
homeless; others came armed with
heavy mitts and work boots, picks
and shovels. They became part of the
massive clean-up brigade. They
didn't know the people they came to
help; they just knew they needed it.
When asked why they came,
volunteers gave various comments.
One lady remarked, "It could have
happened to us as easilyas them".
A man agreed? ":You never know
when we might need help, too."
A second man explained, "1 was in
the same situation a few years ago,
and I feel like this is my chance to
repay all the -help I got then."
In they days following the tornado,
radio stations around' Ontario set up a
relief network, in which thousands of
dollars were raised. Donations came
* from various organizations,
businesses and individuals, and in the
meantime, volunteer workers kept
pouring into the disc ter area. Vic -
ti S
neighbours
and strangers
worked side
by side.
If
any gmgood can be s id to oe
from
atragedy,
su h
astetor Waldo in
c
the Woodstock area, it is the tom
passion that compels p opie to help
those in need.
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Dear Editor,
Agricrew 1979 has -now drawn to a
close. The four crews in Huron -Perth
finished on August 17 and they were
kept busy throughout the summer. The
crews worked a total of 147 days out of
a possible 152 days. \
During the program, the crews did. a
variety of jobs--- cleaning up, haying
painting, picking stones, cleaning pens,
fencing, and ` the list goes on. As "yo u
drive around the counties, you can,see
that they have been at work in.
beautifying not only the -farms them-
selves but the counties as a whole.
In Huron -Perth area alone, 52 far-
mers were serviced with the crews
averaging three days per farm. During
the program period, 37 area .rural
youth were hired on as crew members.
The quality of the work these 'Ore*
members performed was great.
Farmers are pleased with the crews'
work and some have even spoken for
them next year already.
As co-ordinator of this program I
have thoroughly enjoyed working with
and meeting so many people in Huron
and Perth counties. My only regret was
that Agricrew couldn't have serviced
more farmers. I turned down over 50
farmers who requested Agricrew's
services. If this is any indication I am
sure Agricrew will be a definite success
next year if the program is offered in
1980.
Agricrew has been extremely suc-
cessful in Huron -Perth as well as
across the province and farmers you
are to be congratulated on accepting
this new program as well as you have.
Agricrew was planted as a seed in
May and has blossomed over the
summer with farmers and• crew
members reaping the harvest.
It has been a great summer. Thank
you Huron -Perth.
Fern Cole
Agricrew
Co-ordinator
Chain letters
Dear Editor:
When we discuss safety, most often
there is concern for one's physical self
such as preventing injury to the body.
This week I would like to pass on some
information which may keep your
wallet or purse safe from becoming
ernpty through an unlawful financial
venture which may sound good, at the
time.
- Presently the Ontario Provincial
Police Anti -Gambling Squad is
conducting an investigation into a
chain letter circulating in the
province of Ontario. The purchaser of
one of these letters is ledto believe
that by investing $100 he or she can
reap a return on $204,800.
This scheme is unlawful and ,any
person with knowledge of the letter or
participating in it is requested to
contact their nearest OPP Detach-
ment and leave their name, address
and phone number, and you will be`
contacted by an OPP member.
Please remember that your police
force is an extension of you, and we
can only enforce your laws as well as
citizens help'the police. A small bit of
information may lead to the solving of
many crimes and it is your respon-
sibility and duty to assist in this way.
Be safe - report a crime. All in-
formation will always be treated with
the highest confidence.
R. W. Wilson
Community Services
Officer
Goderich OPP
Check wiring
Dear Editor:
As summer ebbs it's time to -look at
your wiring system before chillier
weather increases the demands on
your electrical system.
So spare a few minutes to think
about the situation, read the
suggestions. from Ontario Hydro and
have a look at your fusebox which
controls the electricity entering your
house or apartment. This isn't a scare
warning, just an annual reminder.
Fuseboxes are usually in the
basement if you live in a house. If you
are in an apartment ask your
superintendent forrits location.
Check that the fuses in your service
panel are of the correct rating.
Warning signs include: repeated
blowing of correctly rated fuses for no
apparent reason; evidence of
. discolouration around fuseholders;
lights which flicker periodically
(although in some cases faulty ap-
pliances may cause lights to flicker) ;
lights or entire circuits which fail to
- work.
0 you experience any of these
conditions, examine the end of a
blown fuse. If it appears the tip has
changed colour or shows signs of
pitting on the bottom contact point,
call a qualified electrician to check
your electrical installation;
If the problem is minor, changing a
fuse or the' like, take a flashlight with
you when you intend to. make the -
change -
Before changing the fuse, unplug
appliances on the overloadedci
c rcuit
and turn off the main switch located
at he main fusebox,
in l
at t
or
repeat,
� ensure Y p t,. the new
firs
also is screwed In tightly by
hand.
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Ontario Hydro