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Phone reassurance worth it
--'Three Huron County students are to
be congratulated for their idea, and
the intiative in setting up a new
program for senior citizens that will
be known as the Telephone
Reassurance Service.
Sponsored by the Huron Day. Centre
in Clinton, the program is aimed at
helping *those that need the help the
most, but are always too proud to ask
for it -- our senior citizens and han-
dicapped who live alone.
In Huron County, where the per-
centage of senior citizens is much
higher than the national average,
such a service could benefit as many
as 200 people, and in its initial stages
will only call on seniors who can be
reached from the Clinton exchange
without long • distance charges, in-
cluding Goderich, Seaforth,. Bayfield
and Hensall.
The program is an admirable one,
because it allows the elderly or
handicapped person to retain .their
independance in their own home, but
still have a life -line to society with
that daily call. Not only does it assure
help to an injured or ill person, but it
provides a valuable social contact as
well.,
But to make the program a success,
.the program needs volunteer callers
as well as clients, and to be a caller
requires someone with patience,
caring, and the ability to handle
emergencies and understand the
necessity of confidentiality.
So if you would like to help someone
else, contact the program leaders at
the Huron Diy Centre between 9 and 4
pm at 482-9630. by J.F.
Shaky trigger finger
How about phis for your shudder of
the week?
Recently a slight ma-lfunction in the
American early warning system
caused the red signals on the com-
puter board to light up, indicating_that
the Soviet Union had • launched a;-.
missile attack on the United States.
The red alarm lasted only three
minutes. The electronic error was
isolated and the alert cancelled.
-In those three minutes, however,
aircraft crews were scrambling to
action stations,. defensive missile
crews, .their weapons aimed at the
heart of the USSR, were fingering the
release buttons and allied nations of
the western team were being alerted
to the imminent danger. '
Thank God the error was
discovered in time. Imagine the
holocaust whichi was sitting there,
only seconds from reality, says the
Wingham Advance -Times.
Though we may turn steadfastly to
the happier aspects of life, this one
crisis is enough to remind us of the
thin lip of extinction on which we
hover every day. It may well be true
that the big nations were never less
inclined to •intentional—warfare, but
that grim possibility of fatal accident
hangs above us like a black and ever-
present cloud.,
•
remembering
our past
5 YEARS AGO
June 26, 1975
The Clinton Campus of Conestoga
College will not be {closing as earlier
reported in a daily newspaper, but the
campus' estimated 1975-76 deficit total of
$17,000 has sent college officials scurrying
in search of cutting the "excessive .costs"
in operating the Clinton centre: -
After two years of declining taxes the
average homeowner in Clinton will face an
.average increase of $100 on their tax bill
this year.
Clinton council set the 1975 tax rate at
172 mills for a residential taxpayer, which
on an assessment of $3,000,means about an
extra $100 in taxes.
More than 20 mills of the 37 mill increase
was uncontrollable as both the county and
the board of education levies jumped from
last year's levels. .
The `.Keep Bayfield Beautiful" group
ttave.aga'in planted flowers in and around
Clan Gregor Square and have dug up the.
beds and trimmed the shrubs and have
everything looking neat and bright.
10 YEARS AGO
June 25, 1970
As the result of the meeting in Seaforth
last Wednesday night a study is to be made
on the practicability of establishing a
comprehensive Home Care Program in„.
,Huron C-ounty.. -
Different people rest in different ways.
After completing the first eight miles of
their 25 mile Walk-a-thon some students
from Calvin Christian took a break. Some
Teacher's reflections
I'd like to be able to say that the end
of year for a teacher is fraught with
sadness, as the delicate flowers you
have nurtured during the year (and
most of them have turned to weeds),
leave you.
Not so. Rather it is a lifting of
several' stones from a ;man who is
being "pressed" to confess. The
pressing was an old-fashioned, method
in which evet-heavier stones Were
placed on a man's chest until he said
"uncle" or "Yeah, I said God didn't
exist" or "Yup, I know where the
jewels are."
Not so. On the last day of school a
teacher walks out of the shoe factory,
which most schools resemble, and is
beholden to no man.
Except his wife, kids, dog, car,
boat, bank manager, garden. But it's
better than being beholden to a lot of
gobbling young turkeys whose chief
aim in life is to destroy your
emotional,, equilibrium .and a
gaggle -of administrators whose chief
aims in life arediscipline, at-
tendance,'dress, drugs and the entire
mid=Victorian world that is crumbling
around them.
Things have changed quite a bit in
the twenty years I've been teaching.
In my first year, my home form gave
me a present at Christmas and
another at the end of the year.
This went on for some time. They
may have thought I was-adull old
tool, but we parted with mutual
respect and good wishes Mr a happy
summer. There was always a gift;
one year a bottle of wine and three
golf balls, another year a table lighter
that didn't work; another year a pen
and pencil set with thermometer that
still works.
By golly, in those first years, there
was a little sadness. Joe had turned
from a gorilla into a decent lad, hiding
his better instincts behind a mop of
hair. Bridget had turned from a four-
eyed.eager beaver into a braless sex
symbol. ,I wished them well,
unreservedly.
Nowadays, if my home 'form gave
me a present on the last day, the first
thing I would do would be to send it to
the local bomb squad. If theycleared
it, I would open it with tweezers and a
mask, wondering which it=tallied:
dog or cat excrement.
Ah, shoot, that's not true either.
They might put an icepick in my tires,
set -,a thumbtack on my chair when I
wasn't looking, write the odd ob-
scenity in their textbooks, two words,
with my last name the second one, but
they wouldn't really do anything
obnoxious.
Just because I thumped Barney
three times this year with my ar-
thritic right fist, doesn't mean that we
both believe in torpor -al punishment.
We're buddies, and I'm going to keep
an eye on my cat this summer in case
it's strangled.
And little Michelle doesn't really
hate my• •guts, even though she
deliberately stabbed' herself in the
wrist with a pen on the last day of
school, came up to my desk, looked
me straight in the eye, sprinkled
blood all over my desk and pants, and
asked, "Are you sure I have to write
the final exam?"
I'm kidding of course. Those kids in
fitly home form look on me as a father.
Not exactly as a father confessor,
mind you, or a kindly old father..More
the typeaf father whom you put the
boots to when he comes home drunk
and falls at your eager feet.
In fact, I. wouldn't be surprised if
they give me a present on our last
day. Perhaps a cane; possibly a
hearing aid. Presented by Robin, an
angelic -looking little blonde who kicks
Steve, just,ah'Ca't'yof her, right behind
the kneecaps, in the middle of the
national anthem and makes him fall
forward, kicking backward.
The more I think of them the more
nostalgic I get for the year we're
spent together. At least, 1 am spent.
They're not. They haven't invested
anything, so there's nothing to spend.
On second thought, I'm not a father
figure to them. I'm a grandfather
figure. In the last few weeks of school,
before it was decided who would be
'recommended and who would have to
write the final, I noticed a definite
increase in solicitude and kindness.
If I dropped my book from senile
hands, they would pick it up and in-
stead of throwing ?t out the wit dow,
would hand it to me gravely.
And they became nicer to each
other, probably out `of consideration
for my increasing sensibility. Instead
of tripping the girls as they' went to
their seats, the huge boys would pick
them up and carry them.
Instead of throwing a pen like a dart
when someone wanted to borrow one,
they would take off their boot, put the
pen in it and throw the .boot so the pen
wouldn't be lost in the scuffle. -
" And speaking of scuffles, there have
been very few of late. Oh, the other
day, there was a little one, when
Tauri, five feet -minus, grabbed Todd,
six -feet -plus and shoved him out the
window, second storey. No harm
done. He was able to grasp the sill and
when she stomped on his fingers
managed to land on his feet, some
distance below in the middle of a
spruce tree.
Maybe it's all been worth it. They
haven't learned much, but I have and
that's what education is all about.
Three years -from now, I'll meet
them somewhere; on the street, in a
pub, in jail. The boys will have lost
their 14 -year-old ebullience and the
girls will be pregnant, and we'll smile
and love each other.
a look through
the news -record files
just sat while others took a load of their
feet by standing on their shoulders.: One
hundred and fifty-five children from the
school took part in the project and raised
about $3,000 for an orphanage and leper
colony in Nigeria.
Members of the Bayfield branch of the
Huron County Historical Society last week
began compiling information found on the
tombstones in the Bayfield Cemetery.
25 YEARS AGO
June 30, 1955
The Vestery of Trinity Church, Bayfield
met and considerable discussion.- took --
place regarding ways and means of
enlisting 'voluntary help. A motion was
passed unanimously tp proceed with ,the
building of a parish hall..A subscription list
has already been opened.
A parade of 16 Airmen from RCAF
Station, Clinton and an equal number of
veterans from Clinton Branch 140
Canadian Legion, assisted in making the
Memorial Day service in Clinton
Cemetery last Sunday, the most im-
pressive and well attended in some years.
Over 250 pers'cns attended the open air
service.
Constable Robert_Quayle who has been
on the Clinton Police Force for almost two
years has handed in his resignation.
Reason was given "because of working
4,440,,itions which have become intolerate, 1.
find myself unable to continue em-
ployment as a constable."
The resignation followed: an attempt by
Constable Quayle to meet With the police
committee to establish working hours,
holidays etre. According to Quayle, this
meeting was` refused by Mayor M.J.
Agnew on the grounds that it was not
convenient to hold such a meeting.
According to the Mayor, he told 'the con-
stable that his arrogance must stop and
the Mayor told the News -Record that he
was in the process of contacting com-
mittee members for a meeting when he
received the resignation.
50 YEARS AGO
June 26, 1930
Several citizens are complaining that
small boys are robbing them of their fruit,
both berries and cherries and they wish
that the boys would not yield to temp-
tation.
Mrs. Fallas of Peterboro and Mrs.
Trewartha of Clinton addressed a meeting
in the Bayfield town hall on Tuesday af-
ternoon in the interest of the Liberal -
Conservatives. They dealt with the non -
employment and marketing situations.
Quite a number from Hol•rnesville and
vicinity enjoyed the Field Day at Guelph
on Tuesday last, Mr. Melvin Gliddon
taking a truck load. A pleasant day was
spent by all.
The Holland annual picnic was held in
Bayfield on Saturday, June 21st, when
about 54 members .of the families and
connectiorfs enjoyed the event.
The lawn social and strawberry supper
of the Londesboro United Church Sunday
School was held on the ,community hall
grounds last Friday evening and was a
More vacations
I've- been recalling zany and em-
barrassing things that happened to
me on past summer vacations.
One of the most embarrassing took
place behind a fast food restaurant
somewhere in Kelowna, British
Columbia, when I managed to lock
myself in the washroom for 20
minutes. .
At Victoria's Sea World, my friends
and I were given an unexpected
shower by a whale. We dried off ; my
friend's camera rusted.
Another friend and I took three
ferries along the coast of British
Columbia in one day. It proved to be
one boat ride too many. By ilie time
we reached Vancouver Island, our
stomachs were a little unsettled. But
the fresh air and scenery were un-
forgettable!
We were the same travelling pair
that became nervous in a motel room
one night. I had cashed a traveller's
cheque that day and the room had too
many doors for our imagination to
handle. One door opened into the hall,
another onto a balcony that ran the
length of the building and a third into
decided success in every way. The supper
was. all that could be desired and the
program was good. It consisted of a three -
act comedy, "Smile Roger, mile,"
rendered by the young people of the
Westfield church. Each actor took his part,
well and the singing between acts was fully
enjoyed.
75 YEARS AGO
June 29, 1905.
Bayfield will on Saturday loyally
celebrate the anniversary of Canada's
birthday and it is expected that one of the
largest crowds --in its -history will ,be in the
village on that day. A energetic com-
mittee* has for some time 'b'een busy
preparing and a long program is the
result.
Preparations had been made for the
entertainment of a big crowd at the garden
party held at Mr. Lindsay's on Huron Road
Monday evening, but unfortunately the
temperature reached too low a point for
out-of-door enjoyment, consequently the
attendance was not as large as had been
expected. The Citizens' Band was present
and enlivened the proceedings.
What might have been a serious accident
happened to Dr. Rogers of Brucefield as he
was driving home from attending some
patients. His horse got frightened and
started to kick. The Dr. bravely hung on to
the lines but the horse bolted d up e`t,'the
buggy and Dr. into 'the creek. The Dr.
escaped with nothing more serious than a
good wetting and a badly broken buggy.
100 YEARS AGO
July 1, 1880
1-lolmesville has one of the best country
stores in this county. The proprietor is Mr.
Andrew • Duff, ex -teacher, well known
throughout these parts and we are glad to
know that he is so successful.
Miss Susy Warner.from near Brussels,
late of Hullett, passed through Londesboro
yesterday,on,her way to Cleveland, U.S.,
where she intends to live. It seems a great
pity that such a good girl as Susy should
leave Canada unmarried. The boys must
be going daft.
While many come to town during the
week, the majority of farmers appear to be
forming the habit of doing their business
on Saturday. Last Saturday was an ex-
ceedingly busy one for the business men
and in the evening the streets were
literally black with people, giving Clinton
an unusually animated appearance, which
we hope it may often experience again.
The G.W.R. commenced their popular
Saturday excursions to 'Kincardine last
Saturday, the fare from Clinton is $1.
Mr. John Mack has opened an auction
room in Bayfield and will transact
business in that line. He has also com-
menced the butchering business, which he
intends to carry on.
The roads in Stanley have received
considerable improvements during the
last two weeks from statute labor and
other jobs let by the Reeve and Coun-
cillors, so that they are now in very good
repair.
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the adjoining room. lite !cors didn't
impress us.
Always _creative, we found a roll 'of
cord in our baggage.• (Please don't
ask why we were carrying cord; I
have no idea.) We lassoed the door
knobs and ran the cord over and
around chairs, tying it to anything
that looked solid. Heaven help the
intruder that tried to meddle with us!
In Quebec, the only language
problem we encountered was when
we ordered chicken dinners for three.
There were only two of us.
One year I spent my birthday in the
car bay of a Canadian Tire Store
somewhere in Charlottetown, Prince
Edward Island. With all due respect
to the city of Charlottetown and the
Canadian Tire Corporation, when
you've seen one car bay you've seen
them all.
That evening we decided to plunge
into our hudget again for a hot beef
dinner in honor of my birthday. The
restaurant we chose looked im-
pressive fror the outsidie but it was
empty except for three waitresses
who stared at us as though they hadn't
seen customers before.
It was Monday, and one of the
waitresses informed us they didn't
serve potatoes on Monday.
"Why?" wP'asked.
"Because we use them all up onthe
-weekend and the cook doesn't cook
any more until Tuesday," she replied.
Then she went on to tell us their beef
dinner on Monday was hot beef and
gravy over bread and was every bit as
good as beef and mashed potatoes.
We told herwe had our hearts set on
hot beef and whipped potatoes and
left. Ninety Minutes later we delved
into a beef dinner on the other side of
the city.
Am I the only person who
remembers wacky incidents from
trips?
Seeing beautiful scenery, learning
about other parts of the country and
meeting, people are all part of my
vacations. They are scenes preserved
in photos and post cards. But spon-
taneous incidents, that , happen too
quibkly to be photographed or that we
wotildn't want photographed anyway,
come to mind without tangible
reminders.
They are the types of things that
can happen on vacations spent at
home too. For example, a bird can
dampen a lazy afternoon spent under
a tree in, the backyard as well aS"one
spent under a tree in a campground
two thousand miles away.
Ticket troubles
Dear editor:
Nice summer we're having so far,
•isn't it? Leaves are out bright and
green in the trees, the birds are
,singing overhead.r tourist -seal -On is ,
almost here and•_,parking tickets 'are
showing up under windshields alt over
town,
Pint yourself in a tourist's shoes for
minute, You drive into a pretty little
Own, such as ours. You need in-
struetipn$ to' pet to the home of a
• ,relativein town. You park your car in
fonof a quaint little coffee shop. You
aren't away from your car for five
minutes when you come back to find a
little yellow envelope peeking up from
your left windshield wiper requesting
two dollars for parking overtime.
Doesn't that just want to make you
turn around and go home to tell all
ear-friends-and-neighbours-a,boutthe--.--_
great time you had in that "nice little
town."
Yours truly,
Dave Wise,
Clinton.
Ret*ing Bayfield
Dear Editor:
We are delighted to see any interest
expressed in the preservation of the
village of Bayfield, a cause close to
our hearts. There are some realities,
however, which must be mixed -in
with the dreams!
People come to Bayfield for many
reasons - the sunsets, the beach, the
parks, the marinas, the fishing, the
golf, the river, the shope, the meals,
the rooms, the gardens, the trees, the.
trailer parks. It is important to
recognize that all these things bring
the people to the village and
erroneous to suggest that any one
element is responsible for the .crowds l;
The merchants, for example, should'
not be expected to provide lavatories,.
for example, for the people who
venture into Bayfield tb view our
lovely sunset from Pioneer Park.
For years, it would seem that the
village has ducked the issue of
providing a water supply and sewer
system. Still, permits are issued for
yet more buildings and for com-
mercial booths which bring yet more
people here. •
Perm its granted for septic - tank
fields a'll'ow for space too limited for
anything but the personal use of those
who live or wok on the premises.
Existing houses and stores were long '
ago permitted to build and expand
without provision for .lavatories for
the use of the public. Existing septic
tank _systems cannot now assume a
greater burden nor should they be
expected to when ample bathrooms
are already available in the
municipal building: Alas, bathrooms
which do exist in the private sections
of local businesses would also require
the attendance of guardians to protect
the privacyand the possessions of the
occupants of the property.
It is important to take note of the
amount of taxes paid by the mer-
chants of Bayfield and. check the
-balance sheet regarding the services
provided in exchange for those tax
monies. Certainly it is within their
right for the merchants to request
that the bathrooms in the municipal
building be open during the summer
season for the use of the general
public. Government grants' for
student help are available - and
several merchants have already
offered to contribute to the financing
of caretakers for the bathrooms.
If the bathrooms in -the municipal
building continue to remain ojien as
''they now are, we.sincerely thank the
village council for this service. ,It is a
service, after all, which benefits
everyone in Bayfield since the
reported use of the parks, beaches,
streets and private lawns'for lavatory
purposes is hardly an enhancement of
this community!
There are those who would criticize
the Bayfield merchants for the profits'
they make. How naive about business
are these critics! They know little of
the slim profit margins for the owners
and operators of small businesses!
We, for examples have refurbished
two of the villages oldest houses and
continue to maintain not only the
houses but the two great and historic
trees in front, despite the fact they are
rooted in village property, at con-
siderable cost to ourselves. All the
work and, furnishings that went into
our estTblishment are Canadian -
made, the business going to people
within a 20'mile radius orthis village.
We provide°sernployment for at least
ten local persons. Does not such an
effort contribute to the good of the
community? Why, then, are mer-
chants such as we seen as the enemy?
It is important or the villagers; to
take a closer look at the merchants
now on Main Street. Be careful not to
drive out the quality there. Those
people who are currently in residence
,sand -or business may well be replaced
by a far less desirable lot!
One can dream about Bayfield as it
once was. 1 remember it 40 years ago -
and have loved it ever since but
reality is here. The trailers are dere.
The hot dog stands are here. The
bots are here. There is no turning
back the crowd now - the favorable
exchange rate of the Canadian dollar,
the !availability and lower price. of
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