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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-10-18, Page 4PAQ 4 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, QCTOB$R 18, 1979 a Ment bar. Ontoriq tMeekly Newspaper Association The Clinton Newseltecord 1s published each .Thursday at P.Q. Sox. 39, Clinton, Ontario, Canada, NOM 11.0, it Is reglstilrod os s.cq,nd c,lars ma11 lir ahe past .office under the pdrmit number 0117. . Th. N*wf-Record Inc9rpora.ted in 1924 the Huron Nava-9acord. founded in 1001, and the Clinton New Era, founded In 1165. Total press run 3.300, • Member Canadian' Community Newspaper Aisoclatlon Display advertising rates available on request. Ask for Rate Card No. 10 effective Sept. - 1, 1979 General ManaQer • J. Howard Aitken Editor • James E. Fitzgerald Advertising Director.': Gary I.. Heist News editor • Shelley McPhee Office Manager - Margaret Gibb Circulation • Freda Mcleod Subscription Rate: Canada . 95.00 Sr. Citizen , '1340 per year U,S,A. & foreign .130.00 per year Hooray for Tuckersmith Although many people in the area may not have heard of it, Tucker- smith Township council recently took a giant step in ending a long-running battle over recreation assessments in the area. Without any prodding from the nearby urban centres, Tuckersmith Council decided to give a yearly stipend to help support recreation committees in the towns of Clinton, Seaforth, and Hensall. • The move, is to be hailed as one of the best steps taken by a municipal council in a long time, and should be an incentive to the towns to meet with Tuckersmith, and the other townships that use Clinton's facilities, and set up an area recreation committee with representation and money from all townships. Tuckersmith's move is the first time anyone has `tried to end the long dispute between the towns and the townships over who uses the recreation facilities, and hence, who should pay for them. At one time, several years ago, Clinton and Seaforth were adding a surcharge for out of town residents who used the arenas, but Clinton quickly dropped it after only a few months. This paper maintained at the time that the townships should be invited to sit on a rec committee and hence would pay their way, but the issue died until this year when Tuckersmith took the first step. Hooray for Tuckersmith! Help UNICEF Sing along with Rita Coolidge, disco with the Bee Gees - it's all part of .a new program called Music for UNICEF and this year thousands of ;„ :—..,,.Canadian students will give "the gift of song". It all. started when .the "founder composers", the Bee Gees, Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge, Olivia Newton -John, Earth, Wind and Fire, John Denver, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, Andy Gibb and ABBA wrote and: recorded a special song for UNICEF. They all "got it together" at a "Music for UNICEF Concert" at the United Nations General Assembly and now, thousands of students are following suit. High schools across Canada are planning Music for UNICEF concerts. carolling groups, special dances and "discos for dollars" The profits from their efforts go to UNICEF ,.to help provide medical care, education clean water supplies, and food for children in developing countries. It's a "Gift of Song" from Canadian students to young people around the world. UNICEF will provide student councils, clubs and teachers with activity sheets and promotion tips. The Music for UNICEF Programme is a great way to celebrate the International Year of the Child, or to help fund some of the ongoing programs initiated during the Year of the Child. It's fun and it's a unique way to share. sugar and spice Avoiding trouble Some people, like me, believe in rolling with the punches,rather than sticking out our chins to show how many we can absorb. I have found that, in. general, if I avoid trouble, 'trouble avoids me. If I know that some pain in the arm has been trying to get me on the phone, I also know immediately that he or she wants me to do something that I don't want to do. Therefore, I take the phone off the hook and leave it off until the pain has found some other sucker. Another invention of mine to stay out of trouble is patented as Nega• Prod. . This is short for Negative Production. The theory is simple: The more you produce, the more problems you have, whether it is children, manufactured goods or farm products. The more children you have, the more emotional and economic problems you create for yourself. The more goods you produce, the more you have to hustle to find customers and meet payrolls. The more farm stuff you raise, whether it's beef or beans, the greater -your chance of being caught in a glut on the market. Our great national railways caught on to this years ago. When they had lots of passehgers, they had lots of problems. People wanted comfort, cleanliness, decent meals, and some assurance that they would get where they were going on time. There was much more money to be made, and fewer problems, by transporting wheat and lumber and cattle. So the railways began treating people like cattle. Passengertrains became uncomfortable and dirty. Quality of the food dropped likt. a stone. And they never arrived on time. Presto.' End of problems. NO more passen e. r s So ti r >l w, a s w e e able to dot off nein-paying passenger lines et. id of all those superfluous ..... g �' p 'erfithings •u 4309 remembering our pas t a look through the news -record files 5 YEARS AGO October 10, 1974 Fire last Saturday night completely, destroyed the barn on a farm owned by John W. Smith on the 8th Concession of Goderich Township. The fire was the third barn fire suffered by the family in the last 14 years. Thefire was discovered at 10 p.m, but by the time the Clinton Fire Department arrived, the ,barn was nearly levelled. Damage was estimated at $25,000. The 60 by 100 foot singlesto`rey barn contained the season's crop of hay and straw, but there were no'cattle in the barn at the time of the blaze. Workmen last week started tearing down the old railroad station in Clinton and expect to have it torn down by the end of the month. Cliff Hallam and his brother Bob of Auburn have bought the old station and intend to recover as much wood in the old building as possible. Recently, vandals have smashed out many of the windows. The last passenger train 'came through Clinton on November 5, 1970 and the station has not been used since. 10 YEARS AGO October 9; 1969 Warm, sunny weather provided ideal weather conditions for the 500 visitors to the ,42nd annual Huron County Plowing Match at Goderich on Saturday. The match was held on the farm of John Rodges, RR 1, Goderich. Gordon McGavin of Walton, a. long-time director of the Plowman's Association, said the land was in the driest condition they have every had, and this gave the 36 contestants a good deal of trouble. With his religion and dress gone and both his language and way of life fast disap- pearing, the Indian in Canada is a victim of cultural genocide, said Walter Currie, president of the Indian and Eskimo Association of Canada, addressing the like station agents and telegraphers and train conductors, and concentrate on taking from one point to another things that paid their way and didn't talk back : newsprint, coal, oil, wheat. Perhaps this is the answer for our provincial governments, which; are quickly and quietly building massive mountains of debt for future tax- payers. Perhaps they should "just stop building highways, and repairing those already in existence. We'd all be sore as hell for a while, but as the roads got worse and worse, most of us would stop driving our cars. The governments would save millions of dollars now spent on highways, and they could fire two-thirds of the high- way cops. I don't quite see how the govern- ments could use Nega-Prod to get out of the liquor business, which cer- tainly produces plenty of problems. The booze trade is so profitable that asking government to abandon it would be like asking a millionaire to forsake his country estate for a run- down farm. Perhaps if they had a Free Booze Day, once a week, every week, say on a Saturday, it would solve a number of problems.® It' would certainly reduce the surplus population. This, in turn, would cut down, drastically, the unemployment figures. Should the provincial governments find that Nega-Prod IS all I've suggested, some of it might spill over into the federal government, usually the last to catch on to what the country really needs. Instead of the manna and honey flowing from Ottawa in the form of baby bonuses and pensions, we might get some terse manifestoes: - "People who have more than one and'a half children will be Sent to jail for four years. Note: separate jails." 'Persons whc pia to live past 65 and claim •a pen'ion ill be subject to an open season a ch r from ea t ly October 1 to ' Thanksgiving Day. Shotguns and bicycle chains only," All veterans of ull1wat's May claim participation by reason of insanity, and may apply to Ottawa for im- mediate euthanization. These might seem slightly Draconian measures, but they sure would put an end to a lot of our problems and troubles. Think of what they would do for such sinful ac- tivities as sex, growing old, and hanging around the Legion Hall, playing checkers. But we must also think of the economic benefits. With a plug put into that river of paper money flowing from Ottawa, taxes would drop, in- flation would vanish and undoubtedly, separatism would wither on the vine. People would be lined up six deep at the U.S. border, tryingto get across, and that would solve, in one swell foop, our unemployment difficulties. We could go back to being hewers of water and carriers of wood, which was our' manifest destiny before the politicians got into the act. Fishermen or lumberjacks, in short, which most of the, rest of the world thinks we are _anyway. Nega-Prod may seem a bit lofty and abstract at first glance, but it works. I know from personal experience. Every time I try to make something, or fix something, it costs me a lot of money, and I get into a lot of trouble. So, I have a policy of never trying to fix something or make something. It's a lot less trouble to pjit up signs: "Beware of falling bricks; Not responsible for slivers from picnic table." And so on. Do you have an opinion? Why not write us a fetter• to the editor,and let eve ryonc. now. All letter,~ are published, providing they ran be Ruth' gnticated, and pyst udon •ins are a lowed, All letters, how' ,er, are subject to editing for let gih rr libel. \,, „ erinimmiworimuriimismoommeeidliirowekammismiLsoftwoOrraimmil iN\ joint thankoffering service on Sunday evening. A sumptuous turkey dinner was enjoyed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snell in Londesboro when they entertained the McCall family, 15 in number, where they met to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jim and Effie McCall. A lovely wedding cake graced the table; an enjoyable evening was spent during which an electric toaster was presented to the couple. c1f Clinton UCW 25 YEARS AGO October 14, 1954 "We've got to find time for the work of the Chamber," said R.B. Campbell at the Tuesday meeting of the Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce. "There should be no more excuse, 'Oh I haven't got the time.' We've got to find the time. We must be ready to promote any wor- thwhile project for the betterment of Clinton." The -directors assured Mr. Campbell of the support of the chamber and en- "cuuraged him to go ahead with plans for obtaining a Christmas Parade. Clinton has been chosen the location for I3r•anch No. 14 of the Polish National Union of Canada. F. Kloskowicz, Huron Street., Clinton, has been appointed first president of the new Branch. Every "New Canadian" of Polish origin who is living in the region.of Huron County may become members of the Branch. Mr. Kloskowicz estimates•that there are about 40 of these families living in the county. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Edgar East were married last Saturday in Wesley -Willis United Church parsonage, Clinton by the Rev. H.C. Wilson. The . bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Calcutt, Strathroy and her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James East, Hullett Township. They are living in Seaforth. • 50 YEARS AGO October 17, 1929 Large crowds have been attending the presentation of the picture "King of Kings" in the local theatre. The presen- tation ,was reverent and in some parts, strong and beautiful. One criticism was that it rather erred on the side of realism. But it is a great picture. There were no services in Holmesville United Church on Sunday, the church being closed by order of the Medical Officer of Health on account of a recent death from diptheria. The school has also been closed.. The . undersigned will receive ap.- plications in writing, up to Saturday the 26th inst., for the position of Matron of the Children's Shelter at Goderich, duties to hegira November 1 next. •Applicants to state qualifications, age, if married or single and give references. Geo. W. Holman, Goderich. Recreation Club. Sanitary, healthful, courteous treatment. You can't meet a deficit in the body without proper exercise, try bowling. Official opening of the four new alleys on the corner of Mary and Isaac Street will be held on October 18. Special prizes for opening night. 75 YEARS AGO October 13,'1904 Joseph Twamley from London, who hired a horse from Warrner's Livery and did not come back until brought by the constable, has been sentenced by Judge Doyle to three years -in the penitentiary. This .may cure him of his mania for horse stealing. During the storm on Sunday last, lightening struck the barn of Mr. Alex Cameron of Bayfield and splintered a number of the rafters and beams, but did notset fire. One of the most esteemed residents of the village of Londesboro was called in the passing of Harrison Lyon, who died sud- dert,ly recently in his 68th year. Mr. Lyon had been a resident of Hullett„ for many years, but recently has been residing in the village. South Huron Prohibition Rally in the Hensall Town Hall on October 21. .Com- mencing at 2 o'clock, address by Rev. R.A. Whattam of Oshawa also local speakers. All persons interested in prohibition are invited. 100 YEARS AGO October 16, 1879 As D. Cantelon of Goderich Township was driving to church on Sunday last, his horses took fright at something and ran away, upsetting the buggy and throwing the occupants into the ditch. The horses were brought to a stand still after running a short distance, by two elderly ladies threatening them with destruction with their parasols if they attempted to pass. Fortunately no one was seriously hurt. The man Whiteford, who is suspected of having fired the barn of Mr. W. Cudmore on the London Road, a couple of months' since, , was arrested last week and com- mitted to Goderich jail to stand trial. A shoemaker would do well in Holmesville. The subscribers desire to intimate to the people of Hullett and surrounding country, that, hayingrepaired their grist mill, they have reopened the same and are prepared to satisfactorily execute all orders en- trusted to them. Huber Bros. Miss Annie Taylor, daughter of Mr. J. Tiylor of the Huron Road, who a short time since was taken with bleeding of the lungs, has recovered sufficiently to resume her household duties, On our 7th page will be found the prize list's of the Morris and Stanley Branches fall shows, the last of the season. We are not at all sorry that these shows are over, as the class of reading material contained in the prize lists is not the most instructive. the readers e, New assoc�e .at,on Dear Editor: Last year a group of home economists, dieticians and home economics teachers, both active and retired, met to form a group called the Huron County Home Economics Association. One of its goals is to provide a chance for professionals to gether together and discuss common problems and learn new t chniques for education. It has° prove to be a very worthwhile organization for those who are involved. By publicizing our events and giving you an account of our meetings for the newspaper, we hope to interest those of the community who are also interested in home economics education to come to our meetings as well. Thank you for your co-operation and I hope you will find space to print our meeting reports once a month. Yours truly, I. Grace Bird Huron County Home Economics Association. Colorful panaorama Dear Editor : A colorful panoramaof telephones used during the last century is featured on the cover of the 1979-80 telephone directory for London -St. Thomas and surrounding area. Bell is marking its 100th an- niversary on April 29, 1980. The phones, in full color against a grey background, range from the early wooden box and handset to the modern Contempra. There is also a message explaining the cover design and listing the years when the 12 telephones pictured were introduced. Some 221,000 copies of the new directory are being delivered, beginning October 29 and ending about November 12, about 9,000 more than last year. Bell is continuing its policy of one directory per customer. Anyone who does not receive a copy by the delivery date should call the local Bell business office. One of the new features in the directory is a greatly expanded Ontario Government section. Many more services are listed making it easier for the public to get in touch with the service they want. Subscribers should consult the wealth of information in the in- troductory pages. These include ----- emergency numbers for police, fire department and ambulance, long distance area codes, discount times for long distance calls and Bell ,Canadanumbers for repair, directory assistance andbusiness.office. Peter Croome Bell manager Stra fordolistrict Seeks column space Dear Editor: Agriculture Canada is initiating a new service to community papers called Agriculture Mailbox. It is a weekly column based on letters received by myself and the depart- ment. The first such column is en- closed. The letters we receive are one of the. surest indications of the issues, policies and programs that most concern the agricultural community. By replying to these concerns in the column I hope this information can reach a large audience. The subject matter will be non- partisan and of a nature and variety that should be of interest to your readership. I hope that you will consider publishing this column on a regular basis. Because this is a new service, I would appreciate any comments you may have. Your suggestions will help us tailor the column to best serve you and your readership. Yours sincerely, John Wise, Minister of Agriculture. odds 'n' ends by elaine townshend Chronic complainer When it conies to weather, I'm a chronic complainer. Most of you have probably noticed that, but it's a habit shared by many people; I'm not alone. Spring means rebirth. Green grass is a welcome sign of this rebirth, but before the grass can grow, spring has to bring a good hard rain to erase all the traces of dirty snow that are bound to cling to ditches and flowerbeds. Unfortunately, the rain sometimes doesn't know when to quit and spring turns into a soggy, muddy mess. Summer is often too hot, too humid, and it definitely 4rings too many thunderstorms. Autumn can be cold, damp and downright dismal. For some of us, autumn is a sign that winter is just around the corner, and as far as we're concerned, that's another strike against it. Killer frost can quickly turn farmers and gardeners against fall too. • Winter is too col , too snowy, too icy just too unpre t and p ctable. Si ce I co plai about bad weather wlth.outhese attoti, it seems only fair that I giv equal time to good. weather. September of this.•. year, especially the last two weeks of the month, reminded me what autumn is all about and convinced me it is my favourite season. As one person put it, that's the way every fall should be. The days were filled with sunshine. You could take a walk along the beach wearing only slacks and a sweater. The gulls were unusually quiet; in fact, they were outnumbered by monarch butterflies. The robin is a. sign of spring. Monarch butterflies, when they begin their migration, are a sure sign of autumn. In September, the air seemed filled with the orange and black beauties. Fog caused problems for motorists on several mornings, and they probably didn't view it with the same ,imagination that Carl Sandburg used when he wrote this poem 'Tog". "The fog comes on little cat feet it sits looking Over harbour' and city on silent haunches and then, moves on." But when the sun burned off the fo on thes September m ornin' s the of p , g phrase "autumn's glow had toubhe the hill " didn't sound out of place. Colour was stillon the trees; no one had t� Worry about raking leaves, and we didn't smell the pungent odour of burning leaves in the air. Instead we took long walks not for the sake of participaction but to enjoy the sunshine, the crisp air and the sound of a few crackling leaves under our feet. We temporarily ignored the price of gas. The country scenes on long slow Sunday drives paid us back. Even through the week, taking the long way around on necessary trips was ex- cusable. At night, the air was crisp and clear and the cliche "the frost is on the pumpkin" made sense. The killer frosts of other years didn't strike this September, though. When September ended,- the sun- shine disappeared and the hillsides lost some of their brilliance. The skies grew,'. inevitably duller; winds blew more briskly, and raking began. The drab part of autumn had arrived. But I'm not. complaining. The two weeks of beautiful autumn weather in September will help to make Whatever comes next more tolerable. Someone expressed a view with which r jigree, though: hough: If only the Septemb weather had stayed like that until April and then warmed up. , • • I.