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Clinton News-Record, 1979-11-08, Page 4PAGE 4 -,--CLINTON NEWS-RECQRD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1979 ' - • " cD wn Th, Clinton lOW01,COrd.14. Pi411.11e*. each Thuridety. at PAP, 111o* 39. Clinton, Onteyle. Canada. i4OM 11.0. seefehopy. Ontario Weisitly Newspaper Association 10 1* registered PS second C1011 mull by the post office under tho permit number Tien. The News -Record incorporqted In 1924 the Huronffews•Record. founded in 1141. and The Clinton New Era. founded In 1865. Total press run 3.300. Clinton News -Record NA Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association Display advertising rates available on request. Ask for Rate Card No. 10 effective Sept. 1, 1979 Generol Manager • Howard Aitken Editor • Ammo, 0: Fitzgerald Advertising Director - Gary L. Hoist MOWS editor • Shelley McPhee Office Manager • Margaret Gibb Circulation - Fredaclectd ABC Subscriplion Rate: Canada • '15.00 Sr. Citizen - '13.00 per year U.S.A. 8. foreign • '30.0Q per year Rationing not gouging It has become obvious over the last few years to more and more people, particularly the Western nations, that oil is a limited resource, and unless we begin consuming less, we will all be in deep trouble in a few decades. The simple fact of the matter is that we are burning up this precious unrenewable energy supply faster than it is being found. The Arabs, Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, and Canadian Prime Minister Joe Clark all agree that to cut this consumption, the price must be jacked up to a leval to halt .its in- creased use. Eventhough Canada is blessed with all the oil we can use, most of it is in one province, Alberta and Premier Lougheed says his province must put the price up to limit its use. Talk around Ottawa these days is that the price will go from the present $13.75 a barrel to almost $34 a barrel by 1985, an increase of $4 per barrel per year that will break other provincesand put severe strains'on confederation. Canada is a country with a cold climate and wide open spaces. Heating a house and running a car are. more of a necessity • here than anywhere else in the world. In Europe, where gasoline prices have hit nearly $5 a gallon in some coun- tries, car traffic and gasoline con- sumption continues to grow. Raising the price of gasoline and vvouldn!t have any more of a deterring effect• on consumption than similar moves which were made on alcohol and tabacco to try and put them r bey'ond the financial reach of the' — average consumer. But, smoking and drinking levels have continued to rise. A much more effective method of cutting down oil consumption would be to institute a limited form of gasoline rationing, argues Peter C. Newman in the • October 29 issue of McLean's Magazine. It would hardly be a popular measure, but at least everyone would be equally affected and extra supplies could be diverted to those drivers Who depend on cars for their livelihood, Newman says. In -issuing coupons, Ottawa could control oil consumption by a method that would be a little less Draconian, and a whole lot more equitable, than simply raising the price of gasoline sky-high, Newman concludes. Big stink A trip to Clinton these crisp fall days is like, a nostalgic journey into the past.,. Clinton citizens are still permitted to burn their leaves, and there's something very nice about walking along the street and catching a whiff of smoke as it drifts off a pile of burning leaves just around the corner. But when the whiff becomes a cloud; when the sniff becomes a choking gust; when smiling eyes turn into teary pools, the nostalgia disappears and in its place is gratitude for the lumbering old leaf sucker that trails up and down Goderich streets this time of year. It's a once -a -year ritual tl-iat makes apartment dwellers glad they aren't homeowner's' . How fortiinate Goderich citizens are though, to live in a community where the air is always clean, even during the hustle and bustle of leaf gathering. (from the Goderich Signal - Star) • "How was I to know he hadn't borrowed money in years?" remembering our past 5 YEARS AGO October 31, 1.974 The company that bought the former CFB Clinton two years ago, and sub- sequently turned it into Vanastra, has purchased _another Base, Foymount, a former Pinetree defence installation in Renfrew County, near Ottawa. • • - The company, 260303 Holdings. Limited of Kitchener, paid $351,000 forth.e 750 acre Foy mount 'site. The company is owned by John Van Gastet of Cambridge and Fred J. Ginn of Waterloo and they bought the former CFB Clinton in January 1972 for $458,000. Mr. Ginn said that Foymount has ac- , com modation for nine or 10 industries, has 59 apartments and 60 houses, plus a lot of room for expansiOn. The Clinton Environmental . Improvement Program (CEIP) has been set up in town and•according to Chariman Ken Flett, the purpose of the CE1P is to improve the environment of Clinton while preserving its heritage. ..At the CEI P's recent meeting Clarence .Denom me discussedthe aims of the merchants to rcnovate and restore_the core area buildings. Letters have 'been sent to landkirds requesting their co- operation and work has already begun on some of the storefront designs submitted by Gordon Duern. October days! What is so rare as a day in October? Now that does not quite have the mellifluosity of poet James Lowell Russell's famous: "What is so rare as a day in June?" But it makes a lot more sense to a Canadian. A day in June? It's a zilch. Heat wave, mosquitoes, and the grass growing as though it were trying to reach the moon. Twelve-hour day for the farmer. Water too cold for swim- ming, except for kids. Weeding the garden. Now a day in October is something else. Provided, of course, October is behaving itself. Once in a decade, it becomes a little tired of being the finest month of the year and throws a tan- trum, in the form of an early snowfall. But any month that combines Thanksgiving, Indian summer, duck shooting, last of the golf on lush fair- ways, great rainbow trout fishing, and Northern Spy apples will take a lot of beating. Mornings are cool and often misty. By nine a.m., the. high yellow sky is filtering, from an ineffably blue sky, through the madness of color, the breath -taking palette that is this country's autumn foliage. There is a stillness on a fine October day 'that we get at no. other time of the year. We can almost hear old Mother Earth grunt as she births the last of her bounty!. sqiiash and pumpkin and rich red aooles that spurt with sweetness when you bite into their crisp. Along with the sweetness and sun- niness of October, there lurks a little sadness. We cling to each golden day, trying t� forget what follows October, the numbness and dumbness and glumness of November, surely the lousiest month on the Calendar. • Thanksgiving is, in my mind, the finest holiday weekend of the year0 though it has lost Much of its "holy day' effect and has become a bit of a gluttonous family reunion, a last fling at the cottage, or a, final go at the ducks, the fishing,sand the golf. Perhaps we don' ' express it, except in church and I editorials, but / honestly believe that the average Canadian does giv a taciturn "thanks, God", at this time lot year. Thanks or the betinty. ThitnkS for the fr edOri. Thanks for being aliVe in \, grOitt i . , I • , *4 , , country at a great time of year. 1 know I do. October is so splendid, with its golden sun, its last brave flowers, its in- credibly blue sky and water, its panorama of vivd colors in every patch of trees, its clear air, that every poor devil in the world who has never ex- perienced it should do so once before he dies. We Canadians are the lucky ones. We see it and smell and feel it every year, for a brief but glorious taste of the best in the world. It's a great month for the gourmet. Besides the traditional gut -stuffing, of turkey and pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving dinner, there is a wealth of fresh produce that doesn't yet cost an arm and a leg, and hasn't degenerated into the sodden, ar- tificially colored stuff we haVe to put up with in winter and early spring. Potatoes are firm and taste of the earth. There are still a few golden peaches on the stands. Apples are crisp and juicy, not like the wet tissue affairs we buy in January. There are still.lots of field tomatoes around, before the frost. Can anything be quite as delicious as an ice-cold tomato, right off the vine, eaten over the kitchen sink so you won't slobber all over yourself in your greed? Is there anything to beat a butternut squash, halved and baked, with a big gob of butter working its way into the flesh? And there's always the chance of a meal of fresh trout or roast duck. Though I must admit that they are becoming scarcer all the time thanks to that infernal invention, the deep freezer. The sportsmen who used to drop around with the odd duck (the flying kind), or a fresh rainbow, are now socking them away in the freezer, and forgetting their \ old friends who have become a little too decrepit to Crouch in a blind or Wade to the bum in ice water. Sob. Hint. For the housewife, October is a re - gearing for action. The kids are out of the way, her summer tan is shot, so its time for redecorating, joining organization, buying some smart new clothes. And a great chante,' with the earlier darkness, for hectoring the ,old man, who can't escape to golf or ' sailing or fishing, and is stuck with her evenings until the curling season ilbegins, For the athlete, it's perhaps the nest titne Of ,. year.' The weather is deal\ t� r kietbalL crOSs-tountry rim. an& Stiff fine' 6nough fur tennis ' • I. • ' , - and golf finals. For sport fans, those adults who fantasize by watching large, strong, young men do the things they were never much good at themselves, it's a cornucopia of goodies: football in full swing, world series ditto, and the hockey season under way. Buttocks will batten through October as millions of middle-aged males remain firmly fixed before the idiot box most evenings and all weekend. You know, writing a column like this is really asking for it. We had such a glorious September we don't even need Indian summer. By the time this ap- pears in print, the ground will probably be knee-deep in snow, there won't 'be one ragged leaf left on a tree, and the ducks and geese will have chosen a new flyway. But I don't care. That's how I feel about October. a look through the news -record files 10 YEARS AGO October 30, 1969 The poppy sales night is November 4 and the fund is being put to work locally this year to assist the family of veteran Roy Pickett, whose house in Goderich Town- ship was razed by fire on Octobei. 18. • Lion Russ Kerr reported that the 13ayfield arena floor had been finished, - Metal siding put on, hydro installed' in the storage building and that an estimate on roofing and building will be presented at the next directors' meeting. The local BoyScouts had a successful paper drive in Varna last Saturday CFPL-TV London, Channel 10, will be an all -color station by November 3. 25 YEARS AGO November 4, 1954 A young pilot, member of the RCAF, crashed to his death yesterday afternoon on a field belonging to Mac Chesney, a mile east of Brucefield. Spectators in the village and on nearby farms nipt.ced the plane apparently having sones engine trouble and witnessed the hose div e..,They lane burst: into flames as it hit the ground and there was no op- portunity of saving the pilot. • F.C., J.G.R. Lamoureux, 20 years old, was a student at RCAF' Station Centralia, due to graduate in December. • The simple cutting of a ribbon signalled the opening of the Hut -on County Honie 62 - bed addition last Friday. Hon. W.A. Goodfellow, minister. of public welfare for Ontario. performed the Ceremony before a crowd of about 300 interested persons. in the auditorium of the Home. 50 YEARS AGO November3, 1929 The warehouse of the Canadian National Fxpress at the station, Clinton, was broken into Friday n ight and some goods taken, although nothing of great value. It is supposed that the robbers were looking for money or liquor parcels, neither of which are ever shipped on the late train. In connection with their Poppy Day campaign next Saturday, the local veterans are putting on a di.splay of war relics in the front windows of A.J. Morrish's store, , over the Armistice weekend. The Orangemen from Holmesville at- tendcd the duck supper in the lodge rooms in Clinton on Tuesday evening. Hyrdo is expected to he turned on in the village of Holmesville this week. Some of the farmers already have it. Not The Same Person At All. 'Fruit -a- t ives' stopped pain and terrible dizziness. It seems almost a miracle the way 'Fruit - a -tiVes' benefits women suffering at the change of life. "I was ohligicd to go to bed because of the terrible dizziness„ pain and weakness," writed Mrs. Onesime Godin of New F3runswick. "During this thrying . . time 'Fruit-a-tives' proved a godsend to me, and now I am in perfect health." The Biltmore Hat. Made of the very finest material and in the correct style. -These hats will appeal to the young man of distinction. Never before have hats like these been sold at a price so iow, at Davis and Herman. 75 YEARS:AGO • November 10, 1904 - A public meeting in the interest of Local Option will be held in the town hall this evening when Alderman Spence, a prominent Temperance worker, will deliver an address. There will also be a number of musical selections. The Local Optionists are beginning the campaign • vigorously. The election of Mr. E.N. Lewis by a majority of 88 for West Huron is an em- phatic endorsation of that gentleman upon which he must be congratulated. The fact • that the Riding had been gerrymandered to make it sure for the Liberal candidate and that Mr. Lewis conducted the cam- paign without any outside assistance, renders the victqryail the more notable. Mr. Henry Cook of Hullett Township has been laid up with an attack of quinsy. Cook's Cotton Root Compound is the only safe, reliable regulator on which woman candepend "in the hour and time of need." Prepared in two degrees of strength, Cook's Cotton Root Compound is sold in Clinton by Watts and Co., H.B. Coombe, R.P. Rcckie and J.E. Hovey, druggists. 100 YEARS AGO November 6, 1879 A number orfarmers attended church on Sunday in sleighs. On Monday two Indians were in town offering skins for sale, they having come from Munceytown, in thecounty of Kent. Farmers returning from market and having money on their persons would just now he very careful as several highway robberies have of late, been perpetrated on such persons, in various parts of the country. One night last week Mr: W. Wade, of the base line, had 10 sheep worried by dogs, eight of which' died from the effects thereof. On Sunday 14 belonging to Mr. John Mooney were worried, 10 of them dying. Messrs. Ouimette and Taylor report business as very good at this place. As evidence that they believe in the effiacy of printer's ink, the reader is referred to the advertising columns of the New Era. A plowing match under the auspices of the Goderich Township Plovvivtg- Association will take place on the 7th, on the farm of M. Gordon Esq., lot 1.6, con- cession 3rd, Goderich Township. Mr. Robert Kellaway of Exeter, took up in his garden a table carrot which weighed five pounds. Feeling prejudice Picture this: You and your spouse decide to go out for a quiet, relaxed dinner after a hard day's work. You find a cozy restaurant, go in and sit down. The waitress brings one menu which she hands to your spouse. When she comes back she takes your spouse's Order first; then asks, "And what will 'she' have?" The 'she' is you. How would you feel? Imagine this: You and a friend are shopping. You choose an item; your friend carries • it, to the counter, because it's too big for you to handle; then , she steps to the end of the counter. The clerk asks your friend, "Will this be cash?" You answer, "Yes". The clerk rings up the rash register, looks at your friend and says, "Tha t'll be $21.65 please.'"V.ou lay $22 on the counter. The clerk scoops it up and hands the change to your filen d You paid for the item, but during the whole transattion, the clerk didn't look at you once, How would you feel? Consider :this: You are looking for apartMent td tent. You read an ad in the newspaper; you call the number. "Yes, the apartrnerit is still available," says the superintendent. "Yes, I'll be glad to- show it to you right away." Thirty m inutes later you ring his doorbell; he take's one look at you and says, "The apartment is no longer available." How would you feel? If you are handicapped in a way that shows, you will understand how it feels because it has probably hap- pened to you. The waitress, the clerk and the superintendent decide that, because you -do not fit their stereotyped idea of a 'normal' person, you do not exist. Some of my handicapped friends and'I call it the non -person syndrome. Other symptoms of the syndrome are the following assumptions. If you are blind, you are hard of. .hearing. If you are deaf, you cannot see or think . If you cannot speak, you cannot see, hear or understand. If you are in a wheelchair, you can do hone of the above. If you have an arm or a leg missing, you also have' a brain 4,missing. Ironically, the pecple who m ost vividly show the symptoms of the non. , risen syndrome seldom realize they re, handicapped. They are 'unable U. iccept another human being as a ea!' person, bocausehe,or she looks. talks or moves differently than they do. Is that not a handicap? I think it is, and it's the type of handicap that leads to the discriminatory practices that I described in the beginning. Let me make one point clear. I seldom en- counter those kinds of prejudices in my own co m munity, because people know me. They realize I am no better and ,no worse than the next person. The people I deal with accept my way of doing things and they accept me, which is what every person wants and needs. I think most handicapped people have similar experiences in ' their comm unities. In the past few years, I had a chance to travel, and I didn't have to travel far to be jolted out of, my complacen c y. Distrirnination against the' physically disabled still e'xists, even in the e nlightened 70s. A friend and I developed a system for handling ,people who tried to ignore me. It worked 95 percent of the time. I'll tell you about it next wee k . This week I asked how you would f feel you were discriminated against bet use of a Ohysical disability or or any Cher reason. Next wleek I'd like to look at some ways we can work tiogether to overcome the non -person sytiqrome. Curlers reply Dear Editor: It has become apparent that certain citizens are concerned . about the operation, of the Vanastra Curling Club and in particular 'about the unique' relationship between that curling club and the council of the Township'of Tuckersmith. The executive of the Vanastra Curling Club recognizes. that at this time of controversy over recreational facilities in the township, it is fitting for the public to take a special interest in our club. However, we are distressed at many of the uninformed comments quoted in last week's story, "Tuckersmith Council on Hot Seat". In that article, Mr. Rathwell questioned whether it was good management for the township to rent the curling club for $1 per year. On the surface, he seems to have a valid point. However, it should be made clear that the curling club members have invested heavily in the club since they assumed full responsibility for its operation in 1975. Since that time-, the capital expenditures in the club have come to $23,537.52. A total of $8,213.00 alone has been spent on maintaining and improving the ice making equipment. Thus it has not cost the curling club $1 per year for the use of the facilities; rather it has cost over $4,700 per year. If it had not been for the willingness of the curlers to assume these financial burdens, they would have been the respon- sibility of the township. If that had been the case, perhaps the curling rink would have closed. Councillor Brown commented that there was once a plan to use the structure as a small skating rink and curling club. For the 1978-79 curling season the operating expenses for the club were $12,286.13. Not only would these costs increase dramatically if the club were used for a dual purpose; but also the viability of combining skating and curling can,..be seriously questioned. If this alternative had been chosen, the curling club would now be as empty as the Vanastra arena. Further, the insinuation was made that our club is an exclusive or private One dominated by local far- mers. Please note that government regulations require us to be chartered as a' private club. Of course, we ac- tively encourage new members and those members come both from Vanastra and the surrounding area. Mr. Eisler* is quoted as asking why the members did not purchase the curling club. In the spring of this year, it was widely publicized that the building has been condemned because the roof is inadequately supported. One immediately wonders what a fair price for a condemned building would be. Despite the fact that the repairs to the building have been estimated at over $100,000, the curling club at a general meeting committed itself to raise the funds necessary to bring the township's structure up to present building codes. The executive feels that at this time the additional ex- pense of purchasing the curling rink could not be borne by its members. The executive of the curling club thinks that its partnership with the Township of Tuckersmith has been a beneficial one to the community. The township council in its desire to provide recreational opportunities purchased the curling rink; the curling club has protected and im- proved the township's investment. The result is a fine recreational facility. write letters Yours truly, The executive The Vanastra Curling Club Not against it Dear Editor: This letter is a reply to a previous letter printed in the News Record which implied that some of the residents in Vanastra are against the addition to the Recreation Centre. Therefore, they are against the mentally and physically han- dicapped. We are concerned about the needs of the handicapped and we are NOT against the addition. As residents of Vanastra, we are legally responsible for the outstanding debts and any debts incurred at the recreation centre. It has been suggested that grants and funds are available le cover ALL costs of the new addition. Therefore, there should be no additional costs to the people of Tuckersmith Twp., which we are a part. ' The taxpayers of Vanastra need assurance that these funds that are available, will cover the costs. Tucketsmith residents should know that the original petition signed by Vanastra residents gave council the authority to collect monies, through debentures to the sum of $121,000. This would purchase one recreation hall (the old Protestant Church) With an outdoor swimming pool, one curling rink 'to be used for public skating for the children of Vanastra, and one pienit pavilion with a bar -b -q and °picnic tables. I / reality, they purchased one rec eation centre with tl indoor pool trurn to pose 7' 4