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Better co-operation
Champion Road Machinery
Company in Goderich is embarking
on a new idea that hopefully will
improve the business and relations
with their employees, says the
Brussels Post.
Recently, they announced a profit
sharing scheme whereby employees
will share the. profits made by the
company and management hopes this
will encourage workers to be more
productive and conscious of cutting
costs and improving the product.
The concept of profit sharing has
been working in. Europe for many
years and has proven reliable in
settling and avoiding disputes bet-
ween management and workers
there'. With everyone working for -the
same goal, the -harmony does make
for better business and products.
With Canada's record of strikes and
days lost to strikes, it is about time
that some of our more innovative
companies are finding solutions.
With Champion employing 1,500 in
the county, we cannot afford to have
this firm falter in the ever uphill
battle to remain one of the best road
grader manufacturers in the country.
More firms should follow its
example and lead. our country into a
new decade with a new co-operation
between employer and employee. -
Bathto the wood shed
Don't look now, but that aid to
family discipline, the Wood shed, mai'"
soon be back With' oil costs soaring,
those who turned to that source for
heating are looking for alternatives.
Natural gas is one, and people are
being urged to turn to it for many
reasons.
But many like the idea of wood
stoves and fireplaces. Some have
already bought stoves, and the' old
cooking stove, with water tank,
warming over, andthe like, may soon
occupy many a kitchen. Fireplaces
are an aid on cool fall days and early
spring days, but for heating a house,
other stoves, or a wood burning
furnace would be needed.
It will cost money to make the
conversion, but the feeling is that
wood burning will be cheaper.. It
ought 'to- be,,,put once wood burning
becomes popular, and the business of
operating wood" yards, and selling
wood for fuel starts, that may change.
Handling, of wood burning stoves
and furnaces needs more work; and
the chimneys need care. As far as
pollution is concerned, it is unlikely
wood burning is any worse than any
other form of combustion if efficient
stoves and'fireplaces are used.
At any rate, we seem to be forced to
look for alternatives because of the oil
supply and price situation, and wood
is so far the most popular alternative,
possibly because of the.attraction of
the stoves and fireplaces.
And in a 'society which has some
complaints about ' discipline, the
return of the wood shed may heat
more than the' house.. (From the
Trentonian)
rrtLrhST 1141
G T Atte Off THE
STRtfTS - MOYI ITs to
BrASS. SsirAtnnRNQi._
`Times sure change — I can recall when the hold-up men
were on THIS side of the counter."
remembering
�urpast
5 YEARS AGO
February 26, 1975
The Ontario Provincial Police could take
over policing in . Huron County towns
within three or four months, members of
town police committees were told in
Clinton:
Police committee members from
Wingham, Clinton, Exeter and Seaforth
were told by representatives of the OPP
and the Ontario Police Commission that
--the OPP is willing .'to :sign police contracts
followingrequests from town councils.
Computer data processing equipment is
being purchased by the Huron Board of
Education and will be installed at South
Huron Disitrct High School in Exeter.
10 YEARS AGO
February 19, 1970
At the time of the tragic death. of Ruth
Hayman Elliott last August, a great many
people in Bayfield expressed a desire to
create a lasting tribute to her memory. -
It was decided that an annual award_for
general proficiency be given to a Bayfield
girl or boy graduating from Grade 8 of the
Centennial School, Brucefield.
Hugh Flynn, Reeve of Hullett Township,
is not ecstatic to say the least over last
week's announcement of a huge wildlife
area planned by the province for his
township.
Re°eve' Flynn is angry with the provincial
officials over a lack of communications
between the department of lands and
forests and his council.
The reeve estimates that30 families will
Troubling affairs
For the ,first time in a couple of
decades, young Canadians are taking
more than a casual interest in world
affairs. Young male teachers are
asking us old veterans what we think
about the invasion of Afghanistan, of
boycotting the Olympics, whether the
situation is like that when Hitler was
on the march.
We don't have the answers, of
course, 'but- it's rather interesting to
notice the sudden interest of _these
guys, who are usually talking about
their boats, or their snowmobiles, or
their Last victory at racquet ball, or
their mortgages.
And they're not the only ones. Just
the other day, I was discussing with a
Grade 11 class . George Orwell's
"Animal Farm," that incisive
allegory of revolution and
totalitarianism.
At least I had planned to discuss it.
Instead we talked about Russia,
which led to Afghanistan, which led to
NATO, to China, to Hitler's waltz into
various vacuums while Britain,
France and the U.S. stood` back and
tut -tutted, to a possible invasion of
Canada, to our pitiful armed forces,
and a lot of other things.
The kids were serious, concerned,
and eager ' to learn more. They
reminded me of the young people of
the. early Sixties, wh'o were deadly in
earnest about the cold war 'and a
possible nuclear holocaust.
But they retained their sense of
humor, I wound up by asking
jokingly, which of the services they
would be joining. "Will you go into the
Army, the Navy or the Air Force?"
One boy riposted, "I'll be going into
the woods."
For what they are worth, I do have
some opinions on the world situation.
Even Joe Clark's terrifying threat..
that Canada would boycott the
Olympics will not make then pull out
of Afghanistan until they are good and
ready— probably after they have set
up a puppet government ruthlessly
ruled from Moscow.
Why not? Because the hard-liners
have taken over in Russia, and they
don't give a diddle for world opinion,
at the same'time keeping their own
people in the dark.
Secondly, nobody has the guts, or
the stupidity, to take them on, eyeball
to eyeball, in Afghanistan, any more
than anyone did when the Russians
crushed the liberating climate of
Czecho-Slovakia, or steamrollered
into the ground the . Hungarian
revolution.
-Oh, there were cries of dismay from
everywhere on those occasions, but
nobody did anything, exept wring
hands and take in refugees, -
On
On only two occasions since World
War II has anyone stood up to Russia.
On --both occasions, the Russiaris
cooled it.
One was when Russia cut off Berlin
from the West. The western countries
responded with the Berlin Airlift, in
the face of Russian threats that the
mercy planes would be shot down.
They were not, and the very tense
situation resolved itself. .
Another was the Cuban crisis.
President Kennedy,laid it on the line.
If Russian ships carrying missiles
and other obnoxious items to Cuba did
not turn around and go home, they
would be attacked. The Russians went
right to the brink, then backed down.
But those were the days when
NATO had some teeth, and the
"Americans probably had an edge in
nuclear hardware. Things are dif-
ferent today.
In Europe, the NATO forces are no
match for those of the Warsaw Pact,
in men or machinery. About five
years agb, .an American general, now
head -of the U.S. chiefs of staff, told
me personally that NATO could hold
the Russians for only about two
weeks. The situation today is worse.
On the world scene, the U.S. has
received one black eye after another.
A stalemated war in Korea. A
disaster in Viet. Nam. The propping
up of petty dictators around the
world. The machinations of the CIA. A
Jot of prestige and a lot of clout has
gone down the drain.
Britain is a third-rate power, as is
France. The Scandinavians are wary
of disturbing the bear. Germany west
is tough and wealthy, but vulnerable
from within and without. Japan sits
on its can, making money, while
protected by the American military.
China is a big question mark. India
M
the saint. int iviusiem %arid 1, not
going to take on Russia.
So who's to stop them? I predict
that they ' will consolidate in
Afghanistan, with little opposition,
then cool things down for a few years,
though keeping brush -fires going in
Africa and elsewhere,.before making
their next move, possibly to squash
Yugo-Slavia.
As for Canada pulling out of the
Olympics, unless the great majority
of nations outside the Soviet bloc
follow suit, it would make as much
difference, one way or the other, as a
flea biting an elephant.
be directly involved in the 5,600 acre
project and those not directly involved
may be affected because of drainage
problems.
Reeve Flynn also said that the loss of
revenue from the land . the province
proposes -to take over --would add more than
three mills to the -tax rate for the rest of the
township.
No word, but successful can be used to
describe Clinton's second annual winter
earn i:vat.
From the -opening night when more than
$300 was realized from he carnival bingo,.
to the closing day when more than° 3,000
attended the snowmobile races at the
Community Park, everything went as well
or better than expected.
25 YEARS AGO
February 24, 1955
The Clinton entry in the Huron County
Jun ior'Farme'rs drama festival last night
was adjudged the winner of the finals, and
will represent the county in the Western
Ontario Junior Farmertiira=ma festival to
be held in Guelph. Lloyd Holland, Clinton,
was the director of the one act play "The
Little 1.ed Schoolhouse."
The actors were Fred Pepper, Ivan
McClymont, Kenneth Armstrong, Robert
Lawson, "Stewart Broadfoot, Gordon
Johns, Kay Powell, Doris Hutchins, Ione
Watson, June McClinchey, Jacqueline
Cluff, Joyce. Cornforth,Jean McGregor_.
and Patsy Thompson.
TV has happened to Clinton. It'"s been
with us for over a year' now and has just
become the most popular topic of con-
versation next to the weather.
Asa result, the drop in attendance at
hockey games this winter has been very
noticeable. Even the folk who are
responsible for the financial prosperity of
the arena, and their families, find it much
more pleasant to sit indoors and watch the
ever-changing TV screen. •
But it won't last: Within another year,
the novelty of the thing will have worn off
and then interests, enthusiasms , and
curiosities of Clinton people will, return
again to the local scene.
50 YEARS AGO
February 20, 1930
Judging from the large attendance and
the enthusiasm shown at the McCormick -
Deering Tractor School and Power Far-
ming Entertainment, sponsored by the
International Harvester Co., of London,
farmers of this district are taking a
decided interest in the new method of
power farming which is sweeping Ontario.
Farming progress is keeping pace With
progress in other industries and
agricultural heads throughout :he country
agree that tractor farming must be
followed to put farming on the best paying
basis.
Probably by this time, everyone in
Clinton is aware that the Collegiate now -
possesses -a very wide-awake company of
Girl Guides, the first to be formed in town.
Quite a number from Constance" at-
tended the Valentine Social held in the
basement of the, church last Friday
evening. The program was well: rendered
and the sum of $20 was realized.
75 YEARS AGO
February 23, 1905
On Tuesday evening next, the Salvation
Army will present 3,000 -,feet of moving
pictures of their great international
congress, recently held in London,
England. The English.bioscope to be used
on this occasion will. be in charge. of
Captain Parker, electrician. Bandmaster
Parkham will, also assist in the musical
program.
Mr. Arthur Townshend, who nursed his
brother John during his last illness at
Upland, California, holds in grateful
recollection the kindess shown by the
people of that place who did all that lay in
their power to soothe the -sufferings of the
young man, who, until his arrival in their
midst, had been an utter stranger to them.
Clinton is now without a Chinese washer
man, Mr. Consigney, having bought out Li
Hung Chang, who has left for another field
of labor. This reduces the number of local
laundries to two which ought to permit
both to make a decent living. Three was
one too many.
100 YEARS, AGO.
February 19, 1880
Trees are budding out. The weather was
so mild on Monday and Tuesday that
several stores transacted business with
open doors.
Measles are very prevalent in town, but
so far have not been attended with any
serious results. Persons having them
should be careful not to contract colds, and
exercise prudence in their diet, abstaining
from fat of all descriptions, as much as
possible. This is the first time in nine years
that they have been so prevalent.
Mr. Jas. Sheppard of the ninth con-
cession of Goderich Township, is a
brother-in-law of the Ryan whose name -
figures as a sufferer at the hands of the
Donellys, of Biddulph.
Messrs. -..Glasgow, MacPherson and. Co.,
of the Clinton Foundry, expect to
manufacture 100 of their celebrated
threshing machines this year. They made
about 90 last year.
Helpful columnists
When in doubt, write to Ann Lan-
ders, Dear Abby or whoever happens
to be your favourite advice columnist.
• You'll find one in almost any major
newspaper.
Ann Landers is one -'of the best
known advice columnists. She's the
one I read most often. Now that I don't
get a daily paper, I admit her column
is one of the things.I, miss most, even
though I didn't react it as delvotedly as
some people.
She - started writing the column in , fields of law, medicine, psychiatry,
rtskeci Linuarrassrtient. bonietimes
just "getting it off their chest" made
them feel better, and mailing a.letter
cost a lot less than consulting a
counsellor.
How she tackled answering some of
the questions that crossed her desk
boggles my mind. She spoke out on a
variety of topics - marriage, in-
fidelity, divorce, c,laildhood and
parenthood, adolescence and senior
citizenship, sex and pornography,
homosexuality, loneliness, depression
and misfortune, death, health and
alcohol, tobacco and drugs.
She sought the help of experts in the
The column's faithful readers
probably got the shock of their lives
when they learned Ann Landers was
divorced, but it only goes 'to show
advice colurrinists are human too.
I often wonder' what kind of people,
write to advice columnists and what
kind of people read the columns day
after day. The answer is all kinds of
people. Some readers get a chuckle
out of the letters, while others'realize
that other people have problems
similar to- theirs or worse. Perhaps
the columnist learns as much or more
than anyone.
For me, coming across gems of wit
or wisdom make reading the column
1955 and admits she didn't take it ''bu`siness, politics, religion, education worthwhile. For example, alady, who
seriously at first. She thought anyone and others. complained that a wealthy relative
who wrote to a stranger for advice Perhaps one of the reasons her never gave gifts, was told: "Your
had to be a little daft, but she soon column has remained so popular over notion that a gift is proof of caring is a
changed her. mind. the years is that she doesn't mince, crock of cranberries. The best gift of
Her success as a columnist led to words; she says what she thinks all is the gift of concern, consideration
success as an author of books. In one without fear of reprisal. She admits and thoughtfulness..."
of her paperbacks, I read that she she can't help everyone, and she Another wise column was Ann's
received approximately 1,000 letters prints letters of criticism right along ''definition of maturity: "Maturity is
every day and they came from all with letters of praise. many things,..being 'able to pass up
kinds of people - construction Her remarks are often witty, oc- fun -for -the -minute and select the
workers, hank presidents, truck casionally cutting, sometimes gentle course of action which will pay off
drivers, school teachers, politicians, but always human. later... Maturity is _the ability to stick
clergymen, prostitutes, teen agers, One of the pieces of advice I recall with a project or situation until it has
homemakers, prisoners, drug ad- reading most often in the column is been completed... and the capacity to
diets, artists, mental patients, doc- M.Y.O.B. - Mind Your Own Business,, face unpleasantness, frustrations,
tors, lawyers and even an Indian That's the advice she gave to a lady discomfort and defeat without
chief. ha.-ltad discovered her best friend's complaint or collapse... maturity is
They wrote to her because they husband was fooling around with the ability to live up to your respon-
wanted to remain anonymous. If they another woman, and was wondering sibilities and keep your word... to
talked to someone they knew,. they whether she should tell herfriend. make a decision and stand by it:"
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rotjn made easy
Dear Editor:
Joyce Scotchnner
Bayfield, Ontario
Dear Mrs. Scotchmer:
1 am sorry you experienced "some:
difficulty—'n voting at the advance pole
for this election. 1 also noticed that
You addressed your letter to my
f father who haan't been Returning
Officer since 1966 and should not be
blamed for anything that happens in
the 1980 election. "
When the electionwas call9.d the
riding .of Huron -Bruce did not have a
Returning officer. I was appointed to
the position on Dec. 24, 1979 and
between then and Jan. 11 attempted
to: (1) set up an office; (2) arrange
for 188 regular Polls and 8 advance
Polls; (3). print, address and mail
46,000 post cards; (4) answer hun-
dreds of phone calls etc, Unfor-
AIWAf"eIy some errors were made on
the cards and we tried to get the
correct information to the voters by
posting extra copies of the "Notice of
Advance Polls". We also made cer-
tain -the local radio and papers had
this information.
The system you suggest for
selecting people is good, but not
practical with the time and budget
available to organize an election.
To make a long story short we will
try to make Voting as easy as possible
for everyone who is entitled to vote.
Those of us who are less than perfect
will probably continue to make
errors, and hope we will have the
opportunity to corr3ct them.
Yours very truly
A. S. Bolton
Returning Officer
Seaforth
Bothersome xsernent
Dear Editor:
In your issue of Febr,uary 7,
reporting. on Council, you quote Reeve
Macaulay, referring to the town hall,
as saying "It's no good ifwe can't use
the basement to expand to..." Also.
you report Clerk Proctor as faulting
Hill. and Borgal's detailed plan for -
restoration because it does not make
'specific allowance for expansion into
the basement.
What is all this expansion about? Is
Clinton about to burst at the seams
and become a city? The Clerk and
Reeve seem to make expansion .into
the basement the crucial factoring_
deciding whether to demolish or
restore the present town hall. Their
argument would seem to be: "If we
can't expand into eche basement, then
we must demolish and build anew."
It would be interesting to know
more about the Reeve's and Clerk's
.crucial argument., Specifically, it
would be nice to know how much
expansion is required over how many
years and for what purpose?
Do the Clerk and Reeve have a well
thought out 'projection of needs for
additional space? Have they assessed
whether this 'needed space could be
made available in the town hall within
the Hill and Borgal plan of
restoration? Have they 'considered
how .much space is available in the'
Public Library building? Are they
talking about dead storage, or suites
of offices, or what?
If the present town hall is
demolished because the basement
cannot be expanded into, then a new
building will be required. The new
building will of course have to make
allowances for expansion too. I guess
it will be quite a big.building.-And will
cost quite a lot of big dollars. And
there won't be any grants to help pay
for it either.
Sincerely,
Gerry Fremlin,.
Clinton
Family history
Dear Editor:
I am doing some research of my
family history. I have a branch
which I have traced back to
Tuckersmith Township, but cannot
find anymore unless, I know the
specific .parish -in Scoland that they
came from. I am hoping that some of
your readers may be related or have
knowledge of the origins of these
people: Thomas MacKenzie, born
Aug. 12, 1816 in Scotland, died July 28,
1876; Margaret Gilesby'MacK,enzie,
born Nov. 1816 in Edinborough
Scotland, died Nov. 26, 1880; James
Walker, born Sept. 12, 1822 in
Kirkintallock, Scotland, died Aug, 24,
1873; Mary Sprote MacKay Walker,
born June 22, 1822 in Kirkintallock
Scotland, died Dec. 2, 1890.
The last two were married Sept. 15,
1848 in Ontario, and all four died in
Huron County Ontario. Both families
had farms in Tuckersmith Township.
Any information any of your
readers Gould give me about the life
and origins of these people would be
greatly appreciated. Thank you. •
Steve Brink
Rt. 1
Prescott, WI 54021
U.S.A.
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