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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-07-19, Page 4ORD, " HLIR.SAA' ', JULY 10,1980 CZO Wfl Ilisst Clinton touno word is publlstosf :Peck UwrsdOy tct it,q. loav,41,��1 .Cft ton, Oatwria� r. dhi»MMM XIX MPesinor» rioi oaki ligrtspIN .Association - •+►CA 0 MemberCpnadiar, Coenrnirnity Newspopor tAssociatton _ • Display advertising rates available on. request. Ask for Rate Card No. 10 effective Sept. 1,11'11, • 1t is relfAltRytNi satgnd,cieis, MO' L by POO *IWO undar tha pprntit •numbar 0411. the' NewsbR cord intgrporttttrd• 3n 1174 thy Ht,ren 14aws Retard, fOtI0cfati In 3111. and,'lh. Clinton�NOW Ira. iowndgd is 10 3,,Total poss. r, run;.. 1 Clinton News -Record • 1 Generai Manager -.f, Howard Aitken Editor • James E. Fitzgerald Advertising Director • Gory 1,. Haii{t News editor • Shelley McPheq Crffiie Manager • Margaret GRA Circulation - Freda McLeod. Subscription Rate: Canada •'is.00 . Sr. Citizen -'13.00 per year U.S.A. d, foreign ,'30.00'pa . year opinto 14.0,161 Well worth attending... Some city people who come to Huron County to visit residents here occasionally wonder how we can stand • living• in- an area that's almost...well..almost deprived. There just doesn't seem to be enough to do, up here. No MacDonalds, no Burger Kings, or other entertained spots. Well, that all changed a few years ago with the opening of two theatres here in Huron - the Blyth Summer Festival and the Huron Country Playhouse. Now we can enjoy dramas, comedies and musicals that are second to none in the country, according to many outside critics. But taking ' advantage of these summer theatres is becoming in - ,creasing difficult for area residents as more and more, the tickets are being snatched up by city people, who have also seen the light! So if you like theatre, take ad vantage of both nearby theatres, but make your reservations early. Now the only thing we don't have here in Huron that the cities do, is the' increasing crime wave. by J.F. Kiow your machinery Mechanization has transformed Canadian agriculture into an ind.ustrya where increased farm production is • now possible with reduced physical effort. However, -th is change has been accompanied by an increase in farm accident hazards, says W. L. Higgitt, president of the Canada Safety Council. Efforts to reduce deaths and in- juries involving agricultural machines and equipment have been made by manufacturers. They are »�<improving existing safety features . and ihcorporating new ones into their designs. Governments and. organizations interested in safety have contributed with promotion and with programs to help farm workers identify the hazards and avoid or correct unsafe situations. But much still has to be done in the never ending safety information process. The Canada .Safety Council spun--' sors Farm Safety . Week in co- operation with Agriculture Canada. The 1980 campaign focuses on'Tractor Safety. It is hoped it will encourage' operators to know Their machines, apply basic safety rules and thus prevent accidents. The Council urges everyone concerned to strive for the highest possible safety standards. F 114 ^ra NIAL, 40-7 4, eog. "Do's Ott reale e our two-week hwlidjj. cost us six weeks salary?" a look through thenews-record files 5 YEARS AGO July 10, 1975 Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson used a somewhat unorthodox style- as he opened the- pite,h at -th.--inauguration of .thew:: Bayfield Lnt.ern.ational Croquet Association near the village last weekend. Th -e association is the first of 'its kind in Canada and several dignitaries were on hand for\ the opening ceremonies. - Despite a.wet June that dumped up to ,, :five inches • of rain on parts of Huron County, many area crops • are suffering from a lack of moisture and in some fields in the county the situation could become critical. Opening day at the Clinton Kinsmen_ Raceway was.. a__ success last Sunday as a_ crowd of 1,400 wagered $63,000, an opening • day record. - A look of shock was evident on the face of Mrs. Connie Colclough as MC Bill Craig announced that she.was the winner of the Centennial Senior Quee_iy.s contest. She was chosen fropi eight contestants. 10 YEARS AGO �,. Jut 9"1970 , . Cheryl Webster, daughter of Mr. and` Mrs. Grant Webster of Varna won th,e • Highest Academic Girl award at the Huron Centennial School. Cheryl was presented with the trophy at the graduation banquet held at the school on June 25. Cheryl Prolonged fame Well, it looks as though I have my summer's work cut out for me. . Instead of loafing around the backyard with the birds and a beer, "I'll be up to my ears in joining things or refusing to, putting together a book, judging a humor competition; and ans.wering a few hundred letters from complete strangers. Some prospect. I'd much prefer to -be left alone to rot, in my own way, into the senility ' that my wife suggests is creeping upon me apace. . I'm in only my second week of celebritydom or whatever they call it, and it's a fair strain. -My mouth is stiff from smiling while people congratulate me on that fine article in Today magazine.. I don't know why the congratulations. I didn't write it. My-smile-'is..in.uch less stiff when someone says. "I liked that there colyum about how tough the farmers have it. That was the real eat' -s• ss- e ................ - •-- - My ears are ringing from long- distance calls from people I've never heard from or of before, and who had never heard of me until they read a • minor article in the Saturday sup- plement of a magAi. that is second - "rate compared t©,z its predecessors. I'm certainly glad I turneddown that " offer from Metro -Goldwyn - Mayer 40 years ago, to play Tarzan, after Johnny Weissmuller got too fat to do it. The adulatidT would have turned my head so badly I'd, have been able to see Death catching up with me, but not to observe that I -was about to step into a fresh cow -flap. It's just a good thing°tha^txit wash:t a centre -fold in Playgirl. Instead of lovely old ladies writing to tell me they have arthritis too, the mail would be crammed with mash testers containing naked photograph's' and lewd suggestions. As it is, my wife, whose head is completely unturned by the article, is ger,ting powerfully peeved at an- severing the phone to half -stoned old fighter pilots, coy ladies who won't give their name, and total strangers .who . want six autographed copies, prepaid. . . To, her, I am just the -guy who puts out the garbage sometimes after the ,.tr''uck has gone' by, wears light -blue • socks with a green tie, makes an ass of himself with "jokes" nobody gets at parties, has no interest in her decorating schemes, can't find Middle C on the piano, will never talk to mechanics and tradesmen, has taken four months to sweep the basement, 'in ten-minute stints every second Saturday, and, generally, doesn't know his arm from a hole in the ground. To skim the surface. To the guys on our staff, the article was a godsend. Now, when I'm lining up a difficult shot on the shuffleboard, instead of the tired old, "Don't miss it," they'vefound new ammunition. "Here's the old fighter pilot, nerves of steel," chorus the heckling watchers. And when I miss, about thrice out of three, the chant is, "No wonder we nearly lost the war." To those of rely students who had to write their. final _exams, it was also a bonanza. "Sure like the article, sir. Would you autograph my copy. Hope you write a book, and I'll buy the first -copy. Sure hope you have a wonderful summer." Those who didn't have "to write looked at me with amused disdain. To those who never thought I'd amountto anything — all my friends, all my colleagues, most of my family — it was a chance to say, "Well, never thought -you'd amount to much. Ain't .it a corker the trash the media will print these days?" Along with all the garbage that's been coming in, of course, are some warm and welcome letters. from old friends, former students, and regular readers of the column, those in- telligentsia as in The People's Smiley, or whatever that inane heading was. But, on the other hand, I'm' dismayed at the number of letters froni' people who want something. The Fighter Pilots' Association • wants me to pay up •my fees, five years in arrears. The ` Prisoners -of -War Association wants me to pay up my fees, eighteen years behind. ' Something called Author's A*ards (sic) wants me to Judge a Magazines - Humor competition. This is a very rewarding pastime. I was a judge, for some years, in the Leacock Award for Humor. I• was a judge,, for one year, of the irulstanding Canadian Columnist Award for community newspapers. As a result, every hcii? i'ist, and all but one columnist in Canada, think. I am an utter cretin. My syndicate manager wants me to Out book together this summer,, p when i ndv� troutito catch, golf to play, swimming to enjoy, grandboys to entertain, and a.pile of rocks out- side our French windows to transform into a patio. • ' As has been my wont, I'll probably just let the letters moulder__on my desk. I find -that if you don't answer things, they eventually just go away. I dread going to the Air Force Reunion in September. I know I will be cornered by various aged airmen who will tell me they read -the article, then bore me to death . with every sincle incident that has occurred to them since they got their discharge. There's been only one -- count it, ,one -- tangible benefit from the ar- ticle. Today I met the guy who sold me the typewriter with the lazy A. After ten years, he reckons he can fix it. He didn't say for. free. Probably charge me double because it got national exposure. received 33' A's and 3 B's out of a possible 36. Mr. and Mrs. Bert 13runsdon of Lon- desboro celebrated -their golden wedding anniversary on July -r— • ,:.At Cli.nten's Lori -Lynn Beauty Lounge, lightweight, summer wigs. Buy one at • $29.95 and get one free. . ass fishing iii the Bayfield River wasn't too brisk this week. The river waSrett p ,yf hig • and muddy. However I got good reports: 'of fairly good catches of perch on the Bayfield. Pier. Harold Weston caught 60 perch and Clare Merner has been doing well. 25 YEARS AGO o' July 14, 1955 • About six people were present for the nomination meeting on Monday evening, when two men were named for the council seat made vacant when A.E, Shaddick resigned to take a position as constable on • the town's police force. William Riehl was named by Gladstone Grigg and Norman Livermore was named by J. Douglas Thorndike. . Mr. andlyirs. fain Wilson of Clinton are credited with saving the life of 14 -year-old Frances McCullough earlier this Week. Young Frances was riding her bicycle down the Maitland Concession on her way to go swimming with friends, when at the foor of" the River Hill near Forester's Bridge she failed to make the turn and._ went over the embankment. In falling she hurt her arm, breaking a vein near the elbow. _ Mr. 'and Mrs• Wilson, driving past in, their way to go fishing, picked her up and brought her as quickly as possible to the Clinton°Public Hospital for treatment. The Wilsons applied a second tourniquet, however still another had to be applied at -the - htisspital. Frances' friend Sandra Williams put on the first tourni4uet at the scene of the mishap. 50 YEARS AGO ° July 10, 1930 Qn„Saturday last Mr. George Scales, an esteemed resident of Hullett .Township, • passed his 80th birthday. Mr. Scales is still `hale and hearty and with his daughter, Miss Esther, still manages his farm on the ninth with as keen' an interest as many a man half his age. The new bathing suits are here. We h ve a splendid line of bathing suits extrem comfortable and attractive. Many fascinating colors in the latest shades. See the new styles in bathing suits, featuring the smart speed model at The Morrish Clothing Co., Clinton. "A square deal for every man." Mrs. Fergus Van Esmond received for the first time since .her marriage at the home of her parents, on Tuesday afternoon and evening, her mother, Mrs. S.J. Hold your hats In a picture of my gran family, I admire the beautiful gowns worn by the six girls mother. The outfits were and sewn by one of daughters. The -younger g Large ribbons in their .hair. ones d idn't wear hats in the I'm sure each had a hat to their ensemble. In those days, hats were millinery. They weren't ac- cessories; they were vital fashionable lady's wardrobe. • We've all seen pictures Women wearing plain or bonnets for everyday and Sunday -go -to -meeting millinery special .ficcasions. No fashion - conscious lady yuc�,pld b without a fiat. Hats remained in style �1930s through the mics" remember my first hat - a pillbox style with a bit memory serves me correctly, it once and decided I was fashion -conscious type. I- l`rst;; last and only hat. came hWith the 'VMGy, V• aa --e grandmother's flowing' and their designed the older iris wore The older photo, but complete called just' parts of a of pioneer gingham plumed 'for e caught from the °� mid-1980s. I soft green of -veil. If I wore not the t was my wigs and . Andrews and Mrs. James Van Egrnond receiving with her Mrs. Van Egmond wore her handsome wedding gown of white georgette and the rooms were pretty with roses, delphinium • rd'Cattterb ry'b ells". Miss-,ArrryAtrdrevvs; wearing .her pretty bridesmaid's dress, alsoassisted by admitting the guests. ' -- 75 YEARS AGO - July 13, 1905 On Saturday the son of the late R. Heywood was operated on for appendicitis and is improving nicely. The Clinton hospital has quite a large number of patients just now, being taxed almost to its utmost capacity. A Goderich magistrate, lawyer and constable came to town Monday forenoon to try a case in which both complainant and defendents were from Londesboro. The action aroused much interest, so that the council chambers, where it was tried, was crowded. There was at the condlusion of the case a much disorderedroom which' Chief Wheatley surveyed with con- siderable disgust. "Look at that," he said to the New s -Record, "that means two or three hours hard work for which I do pot get as much as thanks. -'Should outside lawyers and constables be allowed"the use of our public buildings without paying for them?" 100 YEARS AGO July 15, 1880 On Friday last a tree standing a few feet from the house of Mr. John Baker, Maitland con. was struck by lightning and splintered. A boy .standing in the door of the house was stunned by the electric current and felt unwell for some time afClinter. ton folks are 'saying that it is an annoyance to have no recognized town bell. Mr. Thos. Stevenson has had erected on his front garden, a small canvas tent, where- time can be very pleasantly spent these hot days without the unpleasantness of suffering from the heat. It is bad enough thtit parties owning fast horses test their speed on the streets on ° week days, but when they do the same on Sundays, the practice should be stopped. Last Sunday evening promenders on Albert Street were much astonished to see two horses -tearing down the street at a break -neck pace while the drivers were urging them on. We trust this reminder will be suffic ient to check the practice. fhe readers write letters AI ted" 11 les Dear Editor, Late spring and early summer are , times of the year associated with increased humairt contact with Mid animals) ThiS includes species which, as many of your readers Will know, cstrry, rabies. In Huron County the Major carriers of rabieS are foes .and skunks., They may easily; transmit this disease to cattle, horses, dogs and cats, A major warning of rabies in, an , animal Will be unusual behavior. ;For a wild animal, this means that it may lose its wildness and beyea'sr'•to catch. or to play with. A tame, or domestic animal, night become wild and aggressive, *Ie-there-is-no-dramat-le-inerease-_t__ in rabies in thisarea, many people - have caught wild • animals, . par- ticularly .young- foxes. .Smile. -.of. these have later turned out to be rabid and have _placed people at great risk of getting rabies. I would caution far- ,mers to .be very wary of a fox or a skunk which is easy to capture. Such animal -behavior is unusual and should be a warning. Also sensible would be a warning to children not to playwith wild animals of any kind. It is unusualfor squirrels or mice or other -rodents to be rabid, but they sometimes are. If a child is bitten by a squirrel, and the squirrel cannot be examined for •rabies, there is` little choice but to administer rabies- vaccine to that child for his protection. Any person having a concern regarding rabies, should contact his family doctor, the Huron County Health Unit, or the provincial government Health of _Animals (Seaforth, Ontario). A somewhat novel sight was witnessed on Wednesday evening. From a high limb of a tree to the ground were stretched half - a -dozen cords like those of a spiden web( while abwn"each coal \wet e s ' berless caterpillers about half -an -inch in length. by elaine townshend UtJuitctiLt "(Ail painful hours of teasing hair, strand by - strand? Remember the almost lethal doses of suffocating spray? No matter how sticky the hair_might be, it was almost impossible -to balance a hat up there. The only time the combs, hat pins and bobby pins worked was when you tried to take the hat off. Then came mini skirts and jeans, and hats almost became lost in the casual craze '- almost lost, but not quite. In parts of the world with extrigae. hot or cold temperatures, hats never lost f1 Wn itarian_value, Tnhen--came- North Americans' interest in sport. Baseball caps became popular; jogging, tennis and racquetball required hats to complete the sports' outfits. Some stores shad to open new departments or enlarge old ones just ,to accommodate the trend toward caps for sport. About two' years ago, the jean culture began to swing to classic suits and cocktail dresses. In the United Mates cowboy outfits were 'in'. What self-respecting cowboy or cowgirl would be caught without a cowboy hat? 'The resurgence of hat popularity shows up now in 'everything front straw boaters to felt fedoras to cotton sunhats and variations Of the Stetson. Locally, fur cassocks worn low over, the brow; fir'm barrets with buckled. straps across the crown and low crowns with ' soft brims made ap- pearances. Even the 1940s style with a veil tried to mount a comeback. The popularity of hats may cause a shortage of straw. U.S. retailers claim they can't find enough straw hat bodies from China for theirspring 1981 line. Ot the whole, millinery manufacturers that survived the lean years, are ecstatic. Hat business is booming I. Resurgence began as 'impulse buying'. Young women bought hats because they were fascinated with them. Older women,. , who had abandoned wearing hats because they didn't want to. stathd out in a crowd, bought one now and again because they never lost the 'feel' for hats. 36 Now young ladies, who always admired the elegant fashions in hats of the past, and older ladies, who ? never felt completely dressed without their,hats, can buy all -the millinery they want. Hats are back! As for me, I doubt that I'llever become fashion -conscious enough to give up bareheaded freedom. Yo u"x sr*ic e r e l y-,..--- Briai'L,yngh, Medical Officer otHealth, County -ofHuron. • Talent search Dear Editor: CFPL-TV in London is beginning a new series this. fall, featuring the performing and creative arts. The program, to be titled "Performance", will be searching out talented and creative people throughout South: western Ontario ' r We •would appreciate , any in- formation . you could .send us on up- coming special events in and around Clinton, or exceptional talent that you are aware of. With your help, we '. can begin preparations for an exceptional season of entertainment: _Thank you for your co-operation. Yours truly, John S. Sommers Producer -Director CFPL-TV Take care ..Dear Editor: , One hundred and seventy-six people died in farm accidents in Canada in 1978. "That preliminary figure, which doesn't count accidents in the home or in transport, is six 'fatalities lower than the 1977 farm death roll. In • addition, there > were. several thousand farm accidents in which the injury was serious enough to cause some loss of time. After mining and forestry, agriculture ranks third for frequency of injuries. But thane numbers -don't' describe the real effects of accidents the pain and suffering, the crushed dreams. During Farm Safety Week, July 25 to 31; 'we should all think about those things. In the push to get the job done. around the farm, especially during the critical planting , and harvesting days, we soma:ttta vighi r ' h+e`=71ft'1'e t things that could make the job safer. When - it's late and you're tired and straining to get the last field plowed - or the last hay wagon loaded, that's when your defences are down and you are most likely to have an accident. In addition to your responsibility to yourself and your family, you also have a responsibility for your hired help. A major source of farm accidents is unskilled workers being sent to do a job without -a proper understanding of how it should be done — and how it should be done safely: The little bit of time that safety :t k'es co 1d save `fe, or a limb or a legacy of pain and guilt. Take care: Yours sincerely, Eugene„1~ . Whelan, Minister of Agriculture Do you have an opinion? Why root write us a letter to the editos, `ate` let everyone know. A11 letters al* pebliahed, providing they cook authenticated, and pseudorsyssii are allowed. 411 letters, how, arse-.aubjeet to editing for lengA or libel. -40 4-