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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-03-20, Page 41%0E4 NEW C tOS tlfrws•Rs>csrl It P4401444Ifh 0y alt P.O. Ilea a!1. Cllntgtt, O t,rie. �, NQM14Q. ITU rettilleritala#::Ocicon4 ciao, m.ii by tha .tOM* Lia0ac She permit nrtnrbor 411?: That N.rrs-119cor1F:.Incorporated, In 112+1 tl�Ai; Huron Itiaarelhi arcl. found.edl In 1i111. and The .. Onion Now Lr.,40414 10 In 1.00. 'Total prat* ran 3.300. IVI.Atbor Canadian grottitirilty N.wrpepor. AilleclaNat • 1)19play' a4vRrtlsinq: .ratea, awaltoblo on, rgquasE Ask for . Role card No.10 effective Soot„ 110.1 . General Manapar•J Froward eltkon Erlltor -.tarn**F. EltxRorgld AdVartlalno,Oirc ctor • Gory L. Holt! Nowt editor • Shelby McPhgo Officct Manager Margaret Gibe Circulation. Freda McLeod $rlbstrlptlon Rnfet Canada '15,00 $r. Ciflxen -'111,00 Per yo4r forolgn-'30.00 per year a Arita A1)011 (P+Wer9 RGMoicol xi 6 Congratulations Optimists This Friday night marks the im- portant milestone for a new service club, and the whole town of Clinton and 'area. It is the charter night of a new Optimist service club in town, and there's nothing better for a small town than another group of dedicated volunteers who give freely of their time and energies for the benefit of their fellow human beings. The new Optimist club,' which is a group of enthusiastic.men, mostly in their 20s and 30s, is a welcome ad- dition to the area's service club —roster; €er we -eau -never seem to -have - enough volunteer help. And they have some excellent examples to follow, for Clinton has a long and enviable history of dedicated public service from dozen of groups from the Hospital Auxilairy to the Lions, from the Kinettes and Kinsmen to the Meals of1Wheels, and includes volunteer groups who run Scouting and Guiding programs and minor sports programs. The list goes on and on. In this day and age of "me -ism" and self-seeking gratification, it is refreshing to see community bet- terment put first again. Congratulations, Optimists, and we —hope we can— e-tail—y o -u -r . ac- complishments in future years and write about your 10, 20 and 30th an- niversaries! by J.F. • An editor's prayer- Blessed are those who do not expect the editor to know everything, but who tell him whenever an interesting event occurs in which they, are in- terested, nterested, for they shall have a better newspaper in that town. Blessed are the merchants who advertise, for they have faith in their business, and their prosperity shall increase manyfold. Blessed is the woman who sends in a well written account of a wedding or other,-sW al.'event, for she shall see the details and names of her guests n correctly reported. Blessed be the advertisers, correspondents and other reporters who get their copy in early, for they shall occupy a warm place in the publisher' s heart. -- Blessed -are they who co-operate with the editor in his'efforts on behalf of the community, for their town shall be known to all men far and wide as a good place in which to live and do business. Blessed. are they who do not think they could run the paper better than the editor runs it, for it's not as simple as it looks. Blessed are they who pay their subscriptions promptly and who realize they are getting a real bargain for $15.:w- • Blessed are they who read the paper for the good they can get out of it rather than for the errors they may find in it. from the Eston, "Sask. Press sugar and spice onies of the old 'I've decided how to supplement my income, when they drag me, kicking aid squealing, into retirement. This is an occupational hazard of potential retirees, who, after living in this country for the, past 30 years, know full well that their paper money is going to be good for starting fires with, and not much else, iii a decade or so. Canadians are extremely security- conscious. They don't give a diddle about growing old gracefully. They want to grow old comfortably. It's hard to believe. These are the same people whose ancestors came from the fogs of Scotland and the bogs of Ireland and the smogs of England, with plenty of nerve and not much else. They paid their dues with hard work, taking chances, raising an feeding huge families. The last things in their minds were pensions, con- dominiums in the south, the falling dollar, or Ayrabs. They didn't need oil; they cut their own wood. They couldn't even spell condominium. There was no such thing as a pension. The old man was Grampa, and he hung onto his land, bullied his sons, and made most of the decisions until he retired to senility and the fireside. The old lady was Gramma, and she helped birth her grandchildren, bossed her daughters, had a wisdom that only hard living can give, and was buried thankfully, but with copious tears all around. They lived with a certain' ugliness: brutal work, vicious weather, cruel child-bearing by the women, until they were warped and arthritic and sick in body. - Few pleasures like music and books and drama and automatic dish- washers and television and milk in a plastic carton instead of a cow. But they didn't need two martinis to give them an •appetite for dinner. They didn't need a couple of Seconal to put them to sleep or a couple of mood elevators to relieve their 'depressi+dn or a ample- of •Valium t6 relax their muscles. They ate like animals because they worked like horses. They slept like animals because, they were exhausted. They didn't need mood changers because they had only two ra f y 1 wig Jn4 RL "1 'm afraid there's nothing more I can do for your husband — his credit rating won't survive the shock of extra billing." remembering our past 5 YEARS AGO March 20, 1975 It has been confirmed by phone that Jan Howard, a member of the Grand Old Opry, will headline the Saturday evening grandstand show at the 121st version of the Clint o etrtennilal Spring-Patr:- A 22 -pound, 4 -ounce Rainbow Trout pulled out of the Bayfield River last Novemberhas proven to be the largest of its- kind' caught in North America last Season. The fish, which measured .30% inches long with a girth of 191/2 inches, was caught by Lynn Williams of London last November 19 in the river, about a half -mile upstream from the Highway 21 bridge. 10 YEARS 'AGO March 19, 1970 Unless the people of Huron County act quickly, they are going to be left without a passenger train service. Area municipal e councils have already started the move to stop the action -intended by the railways. Just for once, get out your pen and paper and back those municipal councils up., Write to complain and write TODAY. Mary McFadd,en'of..B,ayfield, who won a Western Ontario figure skating cham- pionship trophy in January, adding two trophies to her collection at the Stratford Sakting Club competition. The Clinton • Ponies brought home the Looking for roots Dear Editor: In my genealogy research I have' just discovered that my 'great grandparents, John Thomas Cooper and Ann glazier were .married ip Clinton; on Dec. 22, 1866. I ora planning a trip to Ontario next month, andwould like to continue: :my research tliore I understand the paper was called the New Era in 1866. WoU1d you..kind1y advise me if old copies of the New'Era are on ,,microfilm •* and if so where 1 could view them • Or, do yOU have old copies from this, time, that I could have access to if f carne to your office, I" ani hoping ;there is a write -tip in the paper of the wedding with in formation of both of these, pe? p1 l parents.: Also' their first chid Charlotte was horn in 1867. She is rely grandmother and 1 would.like to see if I- ca ud-a-bnrth announnzent; nr so get the date of her birth. Thank you very much fox your trouble. Sincerely; Ross Lane, Victoria, B:C. or three moods: angry, tired out, or joyful. They didn't need muscle relaxers because their muscles were too busy to relax. Now you may think I'm making a pitch for 'The good old days." I'm not. I think they were dreadful days. I remember the look on my Dad when he couldn't even make a payment on the coal bill. I remember watching my mother, who never cried, weeping over the sewing machine at midnight, when -she thought no one was looking. But in those days, people grew old with a certain dignity, if not beauty. They accepted their final illness as "God's will," Most people today "Why -me? when they are stricken. Today people want to be beautiful when they're old. They want to be thought of as 'young at heart'. They want to be comfortable. They don't want to be ill, They dread the cold. They fear poverty. They search, sometimes desperately, for some sort of 'womb, or cocoon to go back- to, where they will be safe and warm and fed, and never have to look that grim Old Man straight in the eye. And modern economy lets them down. Their hard-earned, and hard - saved dollars dwindle into cents. They come 'close to heart attacks and' strokes when they have to pay $3.80 for a pound of beef, 89 cents for a lousy head of -lettuce, over a dollar for a pound of butter. They are disoriented, confused and frightened. And it's not only the old who acre frightened and insecure. I see it in my younger colleagues. They don'ti-talk ' hahout•i`Truth and Beauty, Ideas and Life, They talk about property and R.R.S.P.s and the price of gold. and • -inflation and the terrorizing possibility of losing their jobs. Some of the smart younger teachers bought some land when it was cheap (they're not so young any more, eh?) and built on it. The smarter ones have a working wife. The smartest ones have both. " Most of them, even those in their 30s are already figuring on a second )income when they retire; selling real estate or boats ; doing the books for some small businessman; market gardenil'lg` altique"..shops. Who .can blame them? But I have the answer for every one of there, as I announced in my.thesis, back in paragraph one. No problem about retirement. Just follow Bill Smiley around, do exactly the opposite to what he does and you'll come out healthy, wealthy and wise, when it's time to. put your feet .up. My wife- could have told - anyone that years ago. If. Smiley buys equities, buy blue chip stocks. If Smiley buys gold mining stock, buy a swamp. If Smiley calls the Tories to win, vote Liberal. If Smiley buys` an ounce of gold, dump yours fast, because it will drop $200 overnight. If Smiley gets into seat belts, because they are compulsory, You get out. The •law will change. I could go on and' on, but I'won't. Just watch what I do, and do the saw; —opp osite:•,And I have all the papers to prove it. But I'm charging 20 percent of everything you make. And that's „how I plan to weather inflation and retirement. Chamber of Commerce Trophy after playing three terrific games in the pee wee tournament in Mitchell on Saturday. Steve Cook, with five goals and Jamie Thompson's two, were the goal getters. Every goal was a picture shot especially the breakaway :.goal by Thompson for Clinton's first goal against Mitchell. 25 YEARS AGO March 24, 1955 John B. Livermore, Mary Street, has' been appointed clerk -treasurer , of the Town. of Clinton and is expected to take over his duties from the acting clerk, M.T. Corless sometime next week. The formal resignation of ,former clerk- treasurer L.D. Holland, Goderich, was accepted last week. Clinton was reasonably fortunate as far as storm damage throughout Tuesday afternoon and night went. Bartliff Bros. restaurant front door lost, its plate glass early in the afternoon, when a gust of wind tore the door from a customer's hand, allowing the door to slam. The sign from the door of Dr. D.B. Palmer's office was blown away and has notyet-been found. TV aerials on some houses were bent double, of blown down. The diatelephone is coming to Clinton.. W.W. Haysom, Bell Telephone manager for this region, announced this week that the new dial telephone system is scheduled to go into operation in the spring of 1956. 50 YEARS AGO March 20, 1930 The W.A.'of Wesley -Willis Church had their annual St. Patrick's Day afternoon tea and sale of home baking in the council chambers on Saturday afternoon. The room was vel y prettily -deco -fated- with appropriate colors- for the occasion and those in attendance at the tea tables and at the booths also "wore the green." The Ontario Government has taken over the county road from Clinton north for 36 miles to Walkerton -Kincardine highway. This move has been contemplated for sometime and the expectation is that the road will be paved, if not at once, within a very few years. "Wrecking Robert's Budget," a three - act comedy will be presented by the young people of Holmesville in' the Holmesville United Church on the evening of March 28. Admission 35 cents and 20 cents. Special - for this week only, Nickleplated Copper tea kettles, reg. $2.75, now $2.00. One Sparton Electric radio, reg. $225, now $165. At Sutter and Perdue, Hardware, Plumbing and Electric Wiring. 75 YEARS AGO March 23, 1905 It is not improbable than in a few weeks odds 'n' ends And thebeat goes on Cough, cough; snee7e, sneeze. Oh what a disease it is ! Yes folks, Canadians are marching to the sound of a common beat - drip, da da drip, da da drip, da da drip, da da drip. Everyone I talk to lately seems to be trying out for a TV decongestant ad. If there's ainything good to be said about the common cold, perhaps it is that it draws Canadians together. At least Ontarians are beginning to look alike with their noses like Rudolph the reindeer, their puffy eyes, their drawn cheeks and their white knuckles. Ontarians are dressing alike, bundled up from head to foot and still shivering. They're beginning to sound alike - nasal. "Eh -hems" and "achoos" can almost be declared words in everyday conversations. Kleenex manufacturers must 'be making•-a,bundle: You'll notice I've been saying "they" instead of "we". As yet, I've escaped the bug, but today I have a craving for a• mug of tomato soup - a sure sign that I'm coming down with something. the name of Combe will disappear from the retail drug business in Clinton with which it has been identified for the past 40' years. This is in consequence of Mr. H.B. Combe engaging in the hoisery business as one of the leading stockholders and secretary -treasurer of the Clinton Knitting Company. Clinton citizens are beginning to realize than too many shade trees line the streets, so there may be considerable thinning out this spring. An old and respected resident in the person of Mrs. Hurd. Sr: of the Sauble Line is confingd to her bed with an attack of,la grippe. The aged -lady has been in feeble health for some time and the present illness is telling upon her strength. Rev.. Mr. Rhodes of Summerhill showed good pluck by walking to the different churches in the parish on Sunday. This means a walk of 20 miles, besides his conducting the services. 100 YEARS AGO March 18, 1880 Seaforth Catholic Church contributes $100 towards the suffering in Ireland. High -heeled boots are being much worn by ladies of Clinton. On Friday evening while the Masonic Lodge room was being got ready for a meeting, a lighted chandelier fell down, smashing the lamps therein and setting fire was threatened, but it was promptly checked before very much damage had ensued. On Friday afternoon a team of horse. belonging° to Mr. George Middleton of Goderich Township, got frightened in town by the passing of a baby carriage and brake away frora the boy who was holding them. They ran down Victoria Street at no snail's pace, until in the vicinity of Mr. TurnbuIl's residence they collided with a tree, which released them from the wagon. They continued on some distance and succeeded in doing .considerable damage to the harness. A very interesting debate took place in - the Temperance Hall in Benmiller on the 10th when the following subject was discussed, "Which does the most towards making home happy, the wife or husband?" Mr. A. Heddle ably maintained the affirmative and Mr. J. Scott the negative. Decision given in favor of the - matron. The house of Mr. Thompson, put up by auction on Saturday, wbid in at $650. It costa short time ago $901E4 'On Tuesday,' a dog made its exit from Mr. Twitchell's store by jumping through the glass°door. It did not wait to pay for damages done. Poor sportsmanship Dear Editor: Last weekend a peewee team from Clinton played three garbles of hockey with a peewee team from Chesley. . Two. of these games were played 'in° Chesley and one in Clinton. The Chesley team was eliminated in the - third game as- the Clinton, team won two games out of three. • I am deeply concerned that the coaches of the Clinton team would allow, if not encourage, .a team to play the type of hockey demonstrated in these three games. I would not want a child of mine to be involved--in-this-type o€•-hecke-y.and- am happy to know that the coaches of the team in_ which he plays peewee hockey have a good philosophy of sportsmanship which hopefully will impress these children in order for them to see that it is not whether you win or lose but rather how you played the game. Yours truly, (Rev.) Walter A. Kiing, Chesley, Ont. Everyene has their telltale signs ti and their homemade remedies: my sign and remedy are one and the same - .tomato soup. I hope my intuition is wrong. I'm not looking forward to the coughing, sniffling aid blowing, but lately I've felt -almost unpatriotic. To not have a cold in the winter seems almost anti= Canadian. In the medical vein, I heard recently that germs from a cold can be transmitted as readily by touch as by a cough or a sneeze. If you've got a cold, you leave germs on everything you touch - a comb, a table, a telephone receiver, • That's why wiping things off after you've handled them is imrortant. A handshake c'an transmit germs as quickly as a kiss. (You'd have a hard time convincing a lot of people of that one.) One thing puzzles me. When a cold epidemic "catches on," someone has to catch it first, but from whom? Most Ontarians seem resigned to suffering through a cold now and again, and at least, we can take comfort in3knowing we're not alone. The 'other day I found an old get - well card in the bottom of a box in the closet. I don't remember what I was suffering from, but 1 know the card is old because it cost 15 cents and is in the shape of a hot water bottle. `How long has it been since you bought a card tor 15 cents or curled up with a hot water bottle in your bed? This card was filled with hee hees; ho hos; and ha has designed to make the patient forget her woes. Here are a couple of samples. "The father looked up, from his racing form and noticed the baby in the playpen. Turning to his wife he said, 'Baby's nose is running again." His wife snapped, "Don't you ever think of anything but horse races?" "A mother pigeon was exasperated .with one of her squabs, that was chicken about flying. The mother laid down an ultimatum, 'Either you learn to fly today or I'll tie a string on you and tow you.' 'But mother,' protested the little ,pigeon, 'I don't want to be pigeon - towed ! " You can be your own judge but I think °those are groaners - most ap- propriate for a get -well card. . All together now - let's hear a loud chorus of "achoos!" and "drip, da, da drips!". +f+ P.S. •I'n, early March I asked, "Where Is The Snow?" and a few days later I fotiind out. It was falling and swirling around my car, blotting out the yellow line, the trees, the ditches, the front of the car, etc. And I was not in the hardest hit area. When will 1 learn to keep my mouth shut about the weather? Kincardine rela.nion Dear Editor: ' We would appreciate having this :Itter published in your•newspaper: It announces what is to be a special weekend for all former residents of the Town of Kincardine. The Kincardine OTd Boys and Girls Reunion is to be held from Friday, August "lst through Tuesday, August 5th, 1880. There will be parades, concerts, back to school - both public and secondary, midnight shirt-tail parade, dances and horse -racing. If any of -your" readers wish to be placed on our mailing list, they should write: c -o P. d. Box 1980,• Kincardine, Ontario. Yours truly, Donald McKeeman Kincardine Help St. John's Dear Editor: The Seaforth St. John Ambulance at this time request your assistance in their financial campaign. During 1979, the Seaforth- Brigade members donated 3,020 hours of their time at many events throughout this area and administered first aid to -94 - people in need of their services Some of the things the Branch wish to do during the year 1980 include: + Obtain a second mobile first aid unit so that two events needing such- services uchservices can be staffed at the same time. --1- Get the Brigade . members in uniform so they can be better iden- tified when their services are required in an emergency. + More training in the area so as more people know what to do when an emergency arises in the home, place of work or on the streets and roads of this or other areas. Please make cheque payable to: Seaforth St. John AMbdliance, and send to: Seaforth St. John Ambulance, P.O. Box 850, Seaforth, Ont. NOK 1 W0. A temporary receipt will be sent on receipt of your donation with an in- come tax deduction receipt to follow after the close of our , financial campaign. Thank you for your consideration of our appeal at this time. Robert Dinsmore, Campaign chairman Kenneth Holmes, Branch chairman 4 (Do You have an opinion? � X� ? Why not write us a letter to the editor, and let everyone know. All letters .fit, published, providing they can be authenticated, and pseudonyms are allowed. All letters, however, . are. subject to editing for length. or libel.