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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-05-01, Page 4R 4 :t TQ r NEWS -R; oRp, TUU U ' MAY 1880 WTI "(SIP Cfintos NiwI• *cord Is pu0ll0M04o C 11 as reRlattlroad ox $404004 4141* m II Uy this *Tkogoolsy�1' PO IQ 30. f llr o'l„ 0/0tiAlfa., „M$t %Miff. 1►M1'4ri,IN* pormli iwmh.r 1017 f;ss 4U.KOM1R+t3, 'chit Nswi lMfarit 1n<orpprpt.d In 1t?3 the. . +(won t'h►risAAat►r'1« ffiund.Y4 In 1.001, on* The •CIUstOy+t�tk+kr�lEr*, t9undgtlrnt1H3, Toterpros* ° # ,rut} 3 3$. NA 1600* 0,19''40 Woolly 100v0990f►.er 4111004191100 • Clinton News -Record lAsw o►r. Gl+sid�on o1s1111un ty N.WIpopor ;Alsosl!,len 0111010Y 1110411rtIsing, rotas evalllehl• on request. Ask for *ptt Card $o 10 effaatlye $apt. 1,107!', Gan,ralManaaar • J. Howard Altkpn Editor . James E. fit:argld Advertising, DlioCtor..Gary U. Hoist Now' editor • Shsl,t.y MC? hoe Officio Manger . Morgaript Gibb.. Circulation. Enda McL..od o, ' tg $ubscripljgn Rota: trapada ,'13,90 Sr. Crosse .'13409 ppryogi V,S;A.foretell. 10.00: par y.ar Ready for responsibility? Peter the Loaded Lougheed owes a Iot to ,Rene the Lever Levesque. Alberta's ability to assert her own interests is due, in part, to Quebec. Wild Rose Country has always had the oily energy lever. But only since Quebec slipped the referendum fulcrum near to the heart of federalism has Alberta been able' to use the lever to budge the distribution of economic and political power rightfully lie? Is the centralization of power beneficial? Who should benefit from resource development?, asks the United Church editorial board. Of course, Quebec's situation is different from that of En,glish Canada. There the fight is for a culture, symbolized in language. The • battle is for the power to be a people, a nation; but the questions are ex- portable. • The. Quebec struggle hel9s unveil the bacteria -like breeding patterns of power and the'warts of centralization. Smaller groups are trampled by the. larger; minorities are treated. with, - grudgingcondescension, at best; the center profits while the fringe bleeds. Security is a universal and natural drive. Often the comfort of an economic or political padlock is sought through the massive extension and solidification of power. Dif- ference and uniqueness are viewed as thieves. Those who have the ability, to make their will incarnate are driven to Sominex when threatened with diversity. Pluralism becomes un- comfortable. Bland becomes beautiful. If Canada seeks security through hoarding economic and political power in a vault somewhere --in Central Canada, we are lost. Our history and justice demand that power be shared, though not necessarily in proportion to the size of thrown tantrums. Freedom comes through risk. Strength can be found in disciplined diversity; weakness and obeisance in self-indulgence. But responsibility must accompany the redistribution of power. Only spoiled children, whatever their language or fuel tank levels, demand and expect unac- countable power. Where are you? Dear Editor; We need your help. We are trying to locate former residents of Hanover, Ontario. Some of them may be living in your community. We want to contact them as soon as possible, and decided that the best way to do so would be to write you. Our reason? ' We- are planning a huge Memory Lane Homecoming Weekend- " for Canada Day, July 1st to 5th, 1981. We want former Hanover residents to contact us, and with your help, we can accomplish our goal. Publication of this letter should do the• trick. Hanover folks who want to contact us for information about the homecoming should write to Memory Lane Homecoming, Box 308, Hanover, Ontario N4N 3H6. We thank you in advance for your generous considerations. Yours fraternally, John Kirkvaag Publicity Chairman gvmoKroi/ TbuNen►U/ frt "The country's beset b1' so man.). pro/Veins, 1 hard/i' know which one to ignore first." a look through the news -record files 5 YEARS AGO May 1,1975 Five members of the Ken "Brandon family of Bayfield are in hospital suffering from burns as a result of a flash fire in their home early Wedensday morning. Fire swept through their Highway 21 home about 2:30 am and Bayfield Fire Chief Reg Francis said he has no idea on how the blaze started. Mr.' and Mrs. John W. Armstrong of Londesboro held an open house on April 29 to celebrate their 50th wedding an- niversary. Homeowners and businessmen in Clinton who get out the paint brushes and spruce up their properties may be eligible for one of nine prizes •at, the Clinton Cen- tennial Committee is offering for the best decorated building. 10 YEARS AGO April 30, 1970 The Department of Transport will review its schooling requirements with the object of taking over the Canadian Forces BdPse near Clinton. Use of the base was rejected last year by the department after it was announced the department of.. national defence would phase it out as an armed forces training centre by mid 1971. Horse racing fans in the area won't have to travel far to enjoy the sport this year. Starting Sunday, July 5 and every Sunday. afternoon thereafter for nine weeks, the trotters and pacers will be in action at the Clinton Community Park. The racing will be sponsored by the Clinton Kinsmen Club. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Brandon of Goderich celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Springlzas sprung Spring actually sprang this year, instead of limping in with a bad cold, its custanniary wont, in these climes. Usually, in this country, we don't really have a spring. We leap from the lingering frigidity of a cold and wet April, rather similar to an English winter, into a hot spell in May that leaves us dizzy,, stunned, stupefied. And before we know it, we're into a humid June, complete with mosquitoes and things, including young ladies, busting out all over. —This year, after, one last wild blizzard near the end of March, Spring decided to live up to her name. , A sunny winter, a mild March, and suddenly one looks out, and there is no snow on the picnic table. One hurls one's clumsy rubber boots into one's closet. One disrobes , from the massive, blanket -like contraption in which one has hidden one's frozen bones for the past five months. .Oneskims one's hat into the' top corner of the closet. And one comes down with one's annual s ring cold, snuffling and sniffling oward summer, that apogee of th anadian psyche. Deep in that Canadian psyche lurks the suspicion that possibly, just possibly, this year the winter will • never end, and that we shall go through asummer of frozen branches etched against a gray sky, frozen ground under foci, no flowers, no foliage, no hot summer sun to peel the ikin. At least that's the way I feel, and I'm an average (my wife would say ordinary) Canadian in every way. Perhaps that's the reason Canadians go winging off to hot places all winter, at phenomenal costs. When it comes to getting away to the sun, we have no equals on earth, ,except perhpas the Scandinavians. I know couples who, if they were having you for dinner, would argue abp ttvwhether to give you the ham- burg barbecue or the tuna casserole, the cheap plonk or the expensive wine with a body. Yet they'll blow a couple of thousand dollars for a week in the sun, riving and letching and drinking and, browning for seven days, and returning to the gray, grim landscape they left. Ws istane. But then there's something insane about all Canadians, when they feel they are escaping, once again, the icy talons of winter. They go cuckoo. Just the other day, I saw an old lady, wrapped to the ears so that she could scarcely move, out raking leaves, simply because the sun was shining, and the calendar, though not the temperature, told her it wag spring. She should have been in by the fire. Before the snow has even begun to melt, our department stores have packed away their winter stuff, and are. flaunting bikinis that would make a stripper blush. Boats are hauled out before the ice on the bay has begun -to melt. Ardent curlers stash their brooms and dig out the golf clubs, though they would sink to the hocks on the fairways. Trout fishermen, who have been chainyed to the arduous ice -fishing for perch during the past few months, get a Wild gleam in their eyes, go out an buy a small fortune's worth of new tackle, and rush like lemmings4to the choice spots on Opening Day, elbowing and struggling with thousands of their ilk to get a line in the water. Kids go goofy. They like winter, but spring drives them right around the bend. Puddles to splash it'i. Mud to tumble into. Exploring to be done into all those secret corners that the snow had kept hidden. Housewives go hairy. Their well - kept homes, dusted and vacuumed and polished to within an inch of their. lives all winter, are suddenly, as the suspicious spring sun peers in, "shabby, filthy, disgusting," and they launch into an orgy of cleaning and decorating 'that drives -their men simultaneously up the wall and into debt. Old people behave oddly. With a sort of glint in their eye, they realize that they've licked the old graveyard one more time and go out and get terrible cricks in their backs planting flowers and gardens. And young people! Well, we all know what happens to thea} when Canada occasionally enjoys a real, legitimate Spring. They stand on street corners, after school, bunting each other like young calves. They strip to beach -wear on days that i 'Oils brakes of brass monkey. They fall wildly in love with • someone they hadn't even seen all winter, except as a sniffling, snuffling stripling across the aisle in Grade 10 English. They go wild ' with the sheer delirium of being.,, young in springtime. The boys drive too fast and recklessly. The girls have strange fancies and dream of sex and summer and secrets. What do aging school teachers do in the spring? They're just as nutty as the rest. They look with aching longing. to .their long summer, wishing.. their lives away. They try to retain their dignity, while they feel like kicking up their heels, running off with a Grade 11 girl, or boy, shooting golf in the seventies, catching a whopping rainbow trout. And dreading retirement. It's a grand madness that seizes this nation, come Spring. Long may it continue. • ol} April 20 with a family dinner at Tiger Dunlop Inn. Gordon Hill, Varna, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture believes that no -deposit, non -returnable bottles increase the cost of food. He made the statement announcing the OFA will step-up its campaign to have the provincial department ban the non- returnable glass container. 25 YEARS AGO May 5,11955 Known a year ago as one of Canada's oldest practicing physicians, Dr. John W. Shaw died at his home on Rattenbury Street East on Sunday evening after 64 years as doctor in th!e community. Ex: mayor of Clinton, ardent Liberal and staunch Presbyterian, his passing is . strongly felt by the many persons 'in Clinton who felt the influence of his life. Public funeral service was held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church yesterday, afternoon, May 4, with Rev. D.J. Lane officiating. K.W. "Danny" Colquhoun was elected president of the Kinsmen Club of Clinton at the election- meeting Thursday night. He will head the 1955-56 executive. Nearly 100 giant willow trees fell beneath the teethe of a 'power saw this week, as workmen began clearing the marshy area to the left'`bf the entrance to the Clinton Community Park. Though the leafy tops made a picturesque background for the grandstand and playground at the park, the marshy growth at their roots has for years plagued homeowners nearby since it was a natural breeding spot for mosquitos. 50 YEARS AGO May 1,1930 The Supertest people have commenced work on the new, building they are erecting on the ,site of the old Clinton Ga>rage, which has been wrecked. Two. young men were taken into custody in London on Monday in connection with btrrgl•a-ries •iir-Gnderich; C-lintorr -and- Londesboro. The officers of the Horticultural Society are out for a membership roll of 250 in Clinton and vicinity this season. It was with a general regret that word was received here yesterday morning that the Jowett home at Bayfield was destroyed by fire. "Jowett's" at "The Grove" Bayfield, was a familiar place to two or three generations of people in this section. A landmark has been destroyed. Seeding is in full swing in the Auburn neighborhood and if the weather continues a good number of acres will be sown this week. John Colborne, ari old resident of Goderich Township, died on Saturday last as a -result of a 'gunshot wotmd inflicted try himself while in a state df physical and mental health. He had been ill for sometime and for some weeks has been alone in the house and it is supposed his condition preyed upon his mind until it became unhinged. 75 YEARS AGO May 4, 1905 The Summerhill school case is not yet settled, but negotiations are in progress New season ahead. Last Saturday was the time to change the old clock on the wall again. 'Fall back, spring ahead' is a little reminder I use twice a year to help me turn the hands in the correct direction. Otherwise, I'd probably pop up an hour early in the fall and an hour late in the spring. I also try to maintain the habit of changing the clock before going to bed. If I wake up in the middle of the night and attempt to remember which way to adjust the time, even a simple phrase like 'fall back, spring ahead' boggles my mind. Longer evenings of daylight are welcome after the long dark nights of winter. Yes folks, no matter what the thermometer may say, spring is here. The week of warm weather in 'Mid - April made a believer out of me, and judging from the bicyclists, gar- deners and housecleaners, I wasn't the only one. Did you . ever notice what a busy, noisy 'ensnn Goring can be when it 14. s this, justice? Dear Editor; ' The"subject of capital punishment is being discussed and written about again. Every time there is a brutal murder, capital punishment is the main topic on everyone's lips, l ut all this talk has not accomplished. anything; The time for words has past - We Need Action Now! The 'tragedy of murder cannot be deseribed Or understood until it touches your family, .When a member of your family is indiscriminately and • brutally murdered, -a bond is broken, the bond of love in a;complete family. 1. have agonizingly watched.the pain, and misery inflicted on the family and friends of my brother-in-law, Con- stable Duncan Thomas McAleese, who was brutally murdered in Delhi —on -Januar -y,-23,4980, ▪ a--'D�aogle say that as a policeman my brother-in-law knew the risk he took. Granted that may have been true but this does not change the fact that every murder is a senseless waste of human life. Policemen are not the --only people who are brutally mur- dered every ' year. When will we do something to stop the unjust -slaughter of inn;ecent people? ' If 'we, the people, do not do something to change the system, haw can we expect to recruit . or keep policemen on the job? Since January 1, 1978, nine police officers have lost their lives in the line of duty - four in •Ontario alone. We must help our police so that they can do their job - to serve and protect us. What is justice - the rendering of what is due or merited. At present, the punishment for first degree murder is 25 years' imprisonment. Is this' justice? A person who has committed murder will eventually return to his family and possibly murder again. But what of the victim and their family? They can never be together again. Is this justice? • Punishment and justice are not necessarily identical. Twenty-five years imprisonment is punishment but is most certainly not justice, and. contradicts the ancient and long lasting belief of the majority of Canadians, that the only just punish- ment for first degree murder is the death penalty. Is there any informed person in this country who does not know what the wishes of the majority are on this issue? NO. Is the question decided fairly and settled democratically by a National Referendum? NO. The Members of the House' of Commons decide this crucial issue on the basis of a "Free Vote" - which means that._no party has an official policy on the question. Each M.P. votes according to his own conscience and not in accordance with the wishes of the majority of voters in his riding or whom he is their elected representative. Obviously, this issue should be decided by each M.P. randomly polling his constituents and then voting in accordance with the wishes of the people not by his own personal conscience. That is why I ask for your support and help. I need the people to fill in a form to show their opinion. Anyone interested in filling in a form or cir- culating forms please write me: Philip Beddow, Box 811, Clinton, Ontario NOM 1 LO, phone 519-482-7391 or 482-9371. Maybe, just maybe, with your help we might -save the life of someone's son, daughter, husband or wife. Sincerely Philip Beddow and we hope to be able to announce shortly that a satisfactory arrangement has been arrived at. The new section is willing to accept the now disused school and 1200 with which to refurnish it, but we believe 'No. 4 says we will give you the school or the $840 awarded by the arbitrators, but nothing for furnishings. The steamship Vancouver is expected to arrive at Montreal in a few days with over 1,000 immigrants who are being brought over under the auspices of the Salvation Army. If anyone in this district' requires help, application should 'tbe made to Captain Boyd of the local corps who will, if -they are required, bring as many of the newcomers here as possible. , A bylaw to loan the Knitting Co. the sum of $6;000 was carried on Monday, only 26 votes being recorded against it and 306 for. The ratepayers having thus. shown in no unmistakable manner that they are in favor of progress. 100 YEARS AGO April 29, 1880 Although the contract for the erection of the market building has nominally been awarded, there is little or nothing known outside•the council in reference to price of the different tenders, but it looks strange that there should be so great a difference between the highest and the lowest, nearly $4,000. On Tuesday evening the Baptist Church of Clinton, was formally organized as a church, delegations for other churches in the county being present. An effort will shortly be made to hold service twice every Sabbath, instead of once, as at present. A new store is being erected at Mid- dleton's Corners by Mr. John Middleton. It is a fine structure and will be finished about the 1st of May. This will be 'a fine chance for the man with a moderate capital, as the store will be to let and a post office is to be opened in a short time. A good blacksmith would also do a splendid business here, as this is one of the best farming communities in the county. Any parties embarking in business will have the best chances for success. Vacant houses are not very common in Clinton although there are a few of them. Improvements about Clinton in the wpy of shingling, new fences etc. are "too numerous to mention." There are a great many places where five minutes work with a hammer and nails would materially improve the appearance and the security of the houses. ,,, Eggs are down to nine cents a dozen - cheap living. • - Now going 'on, Great Bankrupt Sale of about $9,000 worth of general dry goods, clothings, hats and caps, house fur- nishings, groceries, boots and shoes etc., at the Waterloo House, Clinton. People who want genuine bargains can get them from me ataboutone-half the price asked by merchants who have to pay 100 c. on the $ for their goods. Butter and eggs taken in exchange for goods. by elaine townshend finally bursts? It isn't just the buds clothing the tree branches, or the croci blooming in the flowerbeds or the robins playing tug-of-war with the worms. People are affected, too. Homemakers •for example. Out come the mats and the drapes and the buckets and mops until the entire house is sparkling. As yet, I haven't been bitten by the spring cleaning bug. (I don't think blowing the dust off a silk rose and attacking a cobweb can be classified as serious work.) Gardeners armed with their rakes hoes, shovels and seedlings were -ready for spring planting before the ground was. Meanwhile the dead leaves on lawns were raked, and dried and on several evenings, bonfires smoked. Rumour has it that a certain someone, who shall remain nameless to protect me, took his lawn mower i apart and is now wondering how to put it back together so he can take it to the repair shop to be fixed. How many garages are now tidy and swept clean not because of spring cleaning fever, but because the kids' bikes were at the back behind the pile of wood for the fireplace or the screens or the boxes of junk? ' Besides the bikes, out came balls and bats, racquets and sundry other spring things. In the sky kites fly on breezy days. Motorbikes and con- vertibles with tops down are back on the scene. Out of closets and drawers come spring clothes in fresh light colours indicative of the season. We may shiver through a few frosty nights, but when we make the move to spring wear, we don't change our minds. With winter boots, I do a famous disappearing act. Now you see them now you don't, as I throw them in a closet and slam the door before' they roll back out. Fall cleaning Will be an excellent time to tidy closets. Don't be confused by the hockey games on tv; they could continue until the first of June, I'm told. This is the. season for baseball, but watching baseball. in the afternoon and hockey at night gives spring a new twist. If you feel a few shivers or see a few snowflakes some of these days, don't worry. Spring has sprung and will unfold in its usual busy way. Not an excuse Dear Editor: After reading a comment in the Clinton News -Record made bygone of the school's veteran-. custodians" about the mouse problem, I was somewhat annoyed. The unidentified custodian claifhed that the cleaning crew had the situation under control before the student walk, -out. As 'well "Mr. X' stated, "They were just looking for n excuse to get an hour off school." If the problem really was under control before the walkout, why weren't the students informed? Why was it necessary to call in the ex- terminators to get rid of the rodents, if indeed the situation had already been rectified? The cost of the ex- termination, was, in that case, a waste of money. (I'm sure that really helps the school's tight budget). I have one final question for our friendly, neighborhood custodian, which is,, "Don't you think it's a bit late now to fill everyone in on your secret?" Yours truly, Judy Carter 12A CHSS student Do you have an opinion? 'fly not write us a letter to the editor, atpit let everyone know. All letters published, providing they can authenticated, and pseationyasap ere allowed. Al letters, howev r,, are• subject to editing for length or libel.