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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-06-12, Page 4' ON fNEWSM, EC RD,' TJRSD� ,Th Clh tome H 4< li pok$44414 «sch, Th >r ,. t n.Q, $pa 19, Gunton,. fOodfoiloh. It roslatorod srs a;lacs 1n•:l1Ikyth. Nast ►r tha.por1Mlt aur trer 0111. I$+ws- $cord, incorporetpd: In '1924 f,, lfwon N.wr,•1$pc orda foitldMd In 1l1 kt and Tko 'Clinsett'New Xru, *mull 111 1042« Tuts, ow, Mlfl h.r Canadlan cOntlnunhy Niw$papsr AuocIgtlon. ,011pltly " o drartlutng rate*. ovally*la on request. Ask for Rata Card No, 10 affective rapt. 1,1079 GMnerol M..oao.r • J. Howard,Allkan' Editor • Jarnas0, Flt;eor.id A141lartlsing 0lr.ctor.*gory 1. N.Ict Naw$ aditor • Sh.11.y McPhso Office Manager • Margaret Glob Circulation - Freda Mcl;aod SuhscriptyonRata: Canada .'15.00 $r. Citizen - 93.00 par year U.S.A. A foreign -'30.00 par. Year Good work Shriners There's no disputing the fact the Shriners put on one of the finest parades recently, that anyone has witnessed in a long time here. At least not'si wce the mammoth Jubilee 3 Parade of three years ago, says the Goderich Signal -Star. Shriner parades maintain a high standard and that standard was evident in the hour-long show. The clowns, bands, colourful uniforms and the assortrrient 'of patented Shriner mini -vehicles and motorcycles held .the young and old alike, captive for the entire show. The Bluewater Shrine Club deserves a few plaudits for their untiring efforts in organizing the Sprri.n.g _Ceernon"i.al . and --th-e e.f-_ ficacious manner in which they reeled off the weekend events. The communities of Clinton, and' Goderich hosted over 2,000 Shriners and their wivesfrom as far away as To1edo, Ohio in the South and Sault Ste. Marie in the north? Hotels and motels inthe region were booked solid. The Shriners put on a good show for the communities, at• their own ex- pense, but their good deeds are directed towards the 18 Shriner's Hospitals they support in Canada and the United States. Helping kidsPenjoy a better life, But those deeds are camouflaged by the parade and exterior of the club that the public sees. This past weekend, the Shriners deposited a great deal of money in the area ; and although that may be secondary it is definitely worthy of note. And with that in mind, perhaps Goderich can take a lesson from the neighbouring community of Clinton, says the Signal -Star: That town was decorated with banners and posters and: even storefron;s ' offered a warm welcome to all Shriners and their wives. There was little, if any, of thatkind of spirit generatdd in Goderich. It was but a small gesture and yet, many Shriners will likely remember Clinton for it: Space is tighter Cutbacks have hit most sections 01 Canada's economy and small business is not exempt, says the Huron Expositor. Not even small businesses like this newspaper. Probably the biggest jolt we've had to absorb recently is alike in the cost of newsprint. That higher cost, combined with threats of newsprint shortages has made most weekly newspapers ore conscious of the need to edit • ore tightly all the copy -in each we 's edition. Space is su•:enly tighter; what has to "go and hat can stay are being discusses in newsrooms all over the countr . Gone are the days when we had" 'oom tu, run, almost verbatim, re..rts of meetings that read almost like the secretary's own minutes. write letters With doctors double billing, -I can't afford to be In poor health these days." remembering our past 5 YEARS AGO June 12; 1975 Despite a cold 'and occasionally damp weekend, ,officials of the Huron Central Agricultural Society were pleased with this year's version of the Clinton Spring Fair. About 7,000 people attended the three day event .and over • 800 attended the opening night to witness the junior and senior queen contests. Nancy Castle, 18, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wilfred Castle of Clinton was picket as 1975 Queen of the Fair over five other girls. She was crowned by last year's queen, Cheryl Webster. A handful of Stanley Township residents' plan to formally present two petitions of protest Ergainst a proposetl sanitation land fill site at a hearing on the project before the Ontario Municipal Board. 10 YEARS AGO June 11;1970 Clinton council has decided to go ahead None of us wants to sacrifice quality We still are' determined to bring our readers the best in news and ,features,' but editors and correspondents will be working just a little harder, trying to say in one paragraph what we used to say in one and a half. Most of you won't notice the dif- ference. But when you're tempted to get upset when a verse the speaker quoted or'a description of the lunch is left out of a story you contributed to the paper, you'll know why it was done. We want to emphasize that we still welcome and count on news tips, feature story ideas and requests for coverage from our readers. If you're an official group that now contributes news copy, or would like more press coverage, or even if you're just in- terested personally` we still welcome your co-operation. f. f; : ,. One thing should be emphasized.. Reporters and photographers work regular business hours all week and then are often asked to do evening and weekend assignments. So that staff members can have personal lives we must plan extra -hours work well. ahead °, Our.. news schedule for the corning week is made up on Thursday morning, right after the current week's paper is out. Please try to have your request for coverage called in to us before Thursday. With your help and understanding this newspaper 'can continue to bring the community a weekly paper that truly.serves the best interests of all. o look through the news -record files and make repairs to the library building even though they foresaw problems get- ting money back on the project from the Huron County Library Board. Council made the' decision after receiving a letter from the library board informing the council it was the town's responsibility to keep the building in good repair. Clinton's 18 new senior citizens housing units could be ready for occupancy by the end of the year and rents, based on gross inconie of the tenant, will_ra-nge upward,_ from $32 -per month: Thirty-three children under nine year of age were entered in the baby show this year at the Spring Fair and it, .made t%r plenty of work on the part of judge Mrs. Bill Dallas of Hensall. Ephrium Snell of RR 1, Clinton last week received hi 50 year jewel as a member of Clinton Lodge 84, AF and AM. jA _M1 - 25 YEARS AGO June 16, 1955 Ross Faber, 19, of Kippen, was forced to jump for his life Thursday afternoon and the tractor he was driving was smashed to fragments by a speeding through train. Mr. Faber, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rochus Faber was crossing the railway tracks that cut through his father's farm half a mile north of.Kippen1when the train took him completely by surprise. The Ontario Aberdeen Angus Field Day is being held at th' farm. of Stewart ..Middleton, RR 3, Clinton on Saturday. Dinner at noon will be served by the ladies of the Trinity Anglican Church, in Bayfield and afternoon program of judging com- petitions, sports etc. is provided. It was a perfect day for the annualk Clinton races held yesterday' afternoon. Close to 1,10.0 people were on hand to see one of the best cards eyer presented by the Clinton Turf Club and although the track record of 2.10 was never endangered, each heat was keenly contested. The Lions Street Frolic last night was attended by.a large number and officials of the club report satisfactory. receipts. Staged on Main Street the events offered various types of games and a large bingo table, as well as a refreshment booth. Nearly 2,000 persons, both civilian and airforce personnel took the opportunity No sentimentality In theory, women are the sen- timental -sex, men are the hard, un- feeling sex In reality, this is pure horse....wait for it....feathers. ' Underneath all the cooing and crooning and weeping, hidden . behind the ah's and oh's and other symbols of maudlinity, women are about as sentimental as turtles. This is said in no disparaging sense. I detest sentimentality though I have nothing against sentiment. Thus, I despise myself for being sentimental about things: old shoes, old hats, old hip waders, old -houses, old cars, and even old ladies. There is nothing of this in my wife. Oh, she can get sentimental about the way I used to baby her, or the joy the children were before they grew up, or her school days in the one -room country schoolhouse, In other words, figments of the imagination. But when it comes down to things I love and cherish; she's as sentimental as a meat-grilzder. Just the other day, she threw out my golf shoes. I'd had them only twenty-one years. They were a size too big when I bought them, and my feet skidded around a bit inside them ; the spikes were worn down"to -pim- ples, many missing. But they were old friends. '1 felt low for two days. She didn't turn a hair. This week, she mad 4me buy a pair of dress shoes, black. Iliad a perfectly good pair of black shoes. As usual, I had worn them only to weddingsand funerals for the first four years, then to work for the last three. They were good shoes. Cost me $22. But they weren't good enough, in her opinion, for some dam' fancy party we were going to. It didn't matter to hell that they were . com- 1 fortable (it takes about three years tb break in a pair of shoes), still quite black when sufficient polish was , applied, and only a few scuffs here and there, about the size of a thum- bnail eaih .. Out they went. Have you any 'idea what a pair of decent shoes costs these days? By George, they must be using humans for skin. Blacks for black shoes, brown people for brown shdes and Scandinavians for white shoes. No animal hide, dead or alive is worth what they're asking for, a bit of leather. My old lady recently bought a collection of strings of leather that wouldn't make a medium' -sized jockstrap, . It was called .a pair of shoes. It cost $85. They were made in Italy. I'm going to writewthe Po e. But I mustn't digriess. Lates`ctim of my wife's complete lack of sen- timentality about old and cherished things was our, car. The Big Car, as my grandboys called it when they climbed, cramped, out of the poky little Datsun their mother drove and in which she carried a pail of water to fill the leaking radiator every thirty- five miles. Those little fellows. loved it. They didn't epen notice the rust. It was a veritable playhouse, the Yellowbird, another pet name. They were at their happiest when we were steaming down the highway, crawling around my feet, pushing buttons, twisting dials. It was sheer bliss for them when they got everything going at once. A cold winter day. The air-conditioning turned to full cold with the fan on. Windshield wipers flying at top speed, atidone kid pushing the'windowwash button, the other punching buttons of the radio, turned to full volume, or trying to put on, simultaneously, the headlights and the emergency brake. Do you think any of those good times, those tranquil moments, meant anything to my old lady. Not on your life. This week I bid a fond farewell to the Yellowbird, wiped away a surreptitious tear and climbed into)a new car she'd made me buy. No fun there for the kids. No 'air conditioning to switch on suddenly, making Grandad's hair stand on end. It's a two door, so no more playing with the locks and leaning against the door and watching Gran go out of her mind. Caged in, like animals. Have you bought a new car lately? Neither have we but it's farily new. Our last one cost $2,000 and was only five years old. It lasted over three years and was still valiantly breasting the waves of traffic on the highway.. When I asked for prices on a new one, I turned red, then white and had to be helped to a seat. Had the sales office not been so magnificent rather like the lobby of a bank, I think I should have, perhaps vomited. There 'are more ways than one in which a car agency resembles a bank. Their interest .rates are similar, though, to be fair, slightly lower than the. eighteen -odd percent our banks, those holiest of holies in our economy gouge. Their salesmen are somewhat like those well-groomed young men at the bank, not exactly accountants, not managers, who guide you smoothly through a maze of figures and papers to the stony reality that there is no easy way out, no way to really save money, no way to beat inflation. There was one pleasant dif- ference this time. The ear salesman was a, former student, Ernest Moreau, a craggy young man with a - sense of humor, a sweetness of spirit and a sense of the ridiculousness of things that was a charming change from the dull, humorless, unknowledgeable young, men I've met in the bank lately. Yep, we've bought a car, new shoes, the works. And my wife showed no more sentiment over the old ones than she would have over last week's laundry. I wonder if she could discard an old, well -used man with the same equanimity. I fear so. last Saturday to visit RCAF Station Clinton and see what goes on in Canada's only and the world's largest radar communications school. 50 YEARS AGO June 12, 1930 A number of her Clinton friends packed a hamper with a miscellany, of articles, useful for someone starting housekeeping and sent it as 'a "shower” to Miss Vera Dodds of Toronto, in view - of her ap- proaching marriage. _...Miiss S Johnston __.Hayfield, _ who._has__ taught the pupils of the lower room since Christmas, has recovered, sufficiently from her illness to allow her to be removed to her home near Shepparton inan am- bulance:'on Wednesday. Miss Johnston cal: les• the good wishes of a host of friends with her. 75 YEARS AGO June 15, 1905 While engaged in a scuffle on Monday evening Mr. Robert Stevens fell and broke a small bone in his leg. The injury is of a severe enough nature to lay him up for sometime. Citizens who take pleasure in beautifying their lawns have complained to the News -Record that some passersby ,have helped themselves to their choicest 'flowers without so much as by your leave. This sort of thing is decidedly wrong and poor encouragement for those citizens who throw open their lawns and thus add to the beauty of the street. The News -Record hopes it may not hear of futher depredations of this nature. A picnic of the Stevenson families from the Goshen and Parr Lines, together with a number of their friends from Michigan picnicked on Friday afternoon in Jowett's grove. -. 100 YEARS AGO June 17, 1880 There will be -a total -eclipse of the moon on the 22nd, during which it is said the moon will entirely disappear from view. Smoked glass will not aid in seeing it. During a thunder storm on Friday, Miss Mary Burling of Hibbert was° instantly killed by lightning, which had passed through four doors in the house before it reached her. An elderly farmer residing on the Huron Road in Goderich Township has been much annoyed of late by the loss of number of young chickens and deter- mining. to catch tale thief if possible, he turned ° out one evening last week on hearing a.?ommotion among his fowls. but hee• counted without his host, for as he was hurrying along he tripped' and fell right over a pretty little odorous animal that was in just as big a hurry as he was. He discovered what the thief was, but at the expense of a suit of clothes' and also of being temporarily ostracised from Society.' We are requested to state, 'for in- formation of anyone discovering a fire at night, that an alarm may be given by climbing a ladder which stands im- mediately in front of the engine room at Fair's Mill and opening the steam whistle. Dear Flditor Again .the coni tnittee 'f or the Queen of tie Clinton Fair wishes to thank the many rnerchanis and people or their r' generous denatioinsr These enable us to havea bigger' and better contest thanrever before. ' Thankst goes .to. Fleming's Feed Mills, Hearn Wholesale, Haugh Tire, Harold's Shell Service, the Clinton Meat' Market, Tlla eWs Used Cars, Clinton Chrysler Plymouth, Jerry fillcLean's: Sports, Shirai's Depart- merit Store; C and E Variety, Burgess Department Store, Dale Pumps Harold Workman Real ' Estate and Anstett's Jewellers for tpeir cash donations. - - Those who sponsored„ the ;=queen conteSin.ats,_ the Blue Fol retain Restaurant, • the Kinamen Club, Bartliff's Restaurant, Frills and Fancies, Bank of Montreal, Gaiser and ' Kneale Insurance, Huronic Rebekahs, Clinton Optimists, The Hair. Shop, CHSS and Clinton Kinettes, are also thanked for their contribution. '; Thanks also goes to: the Clinton News -Record for their coverage *of events as they progressed; to Beattie Furniture for the loan of their carpet; to Bill and Marie Flynn for th sound system; the judges; Glen McGregor; Ron Fleming for his musical en- tertainment and to Eric Switzer who supplied the sports cars for the contestants to ride in during the parade. Thank you all very much, especially to all the beautiful girls. Elgi Commi -Goderich. celebration Dear Editor: - Clinton's . ming F great •success' last numerous floats, ba The parade organi .ticipants• are to be c The Port of Gode a parade as part Celebrations at t we would like to same organizati entered the Cli part in ours as Our paradeew June 29th, at Agricultural P have two "Friendship neighbours) celebration Goderich "F now). We depicting th fering prize - If any of take part i float, vehi like to ent myself, with Pat than ha our Can Sincerely, Thompson, tte chairman air parade was a weekend, with nds and vehicles. zers and the par-, ongratulated. rich is also holding of its Canada Week he end of June, and invite some of the ons and groups who ton Parade to take wel'I. ill be held on Sunday, 2 p.m., starting from ark in Goderich. We themes", one ' being Days" (helping our and the other being a of. the Founding of ounders_ Day"_ (then and ould like to see floats ese themes, and are of - s for the best theme floats. your -readers would like to n our parade, and have a cle or band that they would er, please get in touch with Doug Bundy, at 524-8895, or King, 524-8333. We'd be more hap to have you take part in ada Week Celebrations. Sincerely, D. R. Bundy, Goderich Tourism Comm. Camping bug In the spring, I conducted a mini- survey of campgrounds and parks in Huron and Perth Counties. As a non - camper, I was pleasantly surprised by the number and variety of facilities available to tourists and local residents alike., There's a place ' for everyone seniors, retired couples, families with young children, singles and youth groups. Natural resources - "lakes, rivers and woodlands - provide a wide range of activities. There's swimming, boating, water skiing, fishing and hiking for the ambitious. There's sandy beaches and shady trees for the not -so -ambitious. Traditional camping activities abound, such as campfires, sing- songs, corn roasts, hayrides and canoeing. New activities are available as well - paddle boats for man-made lakes, craft programs to entertain , and educate children and ping-pong, bingo and films for rainy days. Most family campgrounds have large shelters for got-togethers that Do you have an opinion? Why not write us a letter to the editor,,'ailw4 let everyone know. All letter :published, providing they case * authenticated, slid pseudonym* to are allowed. All letters, however, are -.subject to editing for length• or libel. by Blaine townshend even a cloudburst couldn't dampen. Back -to -nature buffs might find a haven just a ten-minute drive from home. They can use it as as summer home or a weekend retreat. The counties have an abundance of parks for day -tripping too - perfect for picnics. In Western Ontario, museums, historical sites, interesting ar- chitecture, shopping and dining centres) theatre and other en- tertainment never seem far away when campers decide they want a change of scene. ' ` If anything- -goody les out of the ever-increasing fuel, iirices, it many be that we rediscover the many at- tributes close to home. During my survey, I was caught up in the friendly excitement of those already bitten by the camping bug. They were busily preparing for another season. I walked through the woods and along the beach, admired the lakes and boats, the sports equipment and neat campsites, listened to the waves and birds and felt the wind and sun on ' my face. I thought, "This is nice,; maybe I'll take up camping thissurnmer." Then a familiar voice started whispering in my head. "Who' do you 4 ,,...NOMI✓ think you're kidding Elaine? Remember the first and last time you camped? ?Remember the six nights of camping and five nights of rain? Remember your companions threatening to throw you out of the tent because you kept running into the centre pole in the dark?" "Face it Elaine; you're not the camping type. Your idea of `roughing it' is lying on the ground instead of a hammock slung between' two trees. To you, 'getting back to nature' means sitting, on a log at the beach or on a grassy knoll in the middle of a field daydreaming. Your idea of exploring is turning off a highway and following a gravel road to see where it leads. If you get lost on concession roads what would you do in a bush? Remember the last time yow' ex- plored back roads? Remember the flat tire? If you hadn't found a kind soul willing to change the flat at the first farmhouse you walked to, you would have taken an impromptu walk in the rain. •,. Take my advice Elaine. Stick to the back yard. Let the camping bug bite someone who knows how to handle it - someone who knows' east fromm west, north from south and how to avoid a tent pole."