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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-08-14, Page 4PAO 4 '-CLINTON NEW$-RECdRD, TW JRSDAYR AUG 1 ST 14.1980 11 +Cilwtott hiewo4i4Kon+1 is fokhoh4414,101 thttrsdeor qt 0',C+. Sex 114 Conlon. Qnturio Catnada, 010411.0. Mb, enteric Weekiy NaVrepeper oituocwtitgr 41t i ,ikitl*fRr+w!nl ► womt Oa* nral,J 41! Rho point offk4P }vndor 4h* :part aft number Ot17. The lowtrltr►ci rd inks poratetl k 11V!) thi Huron Mewl-Ra4ord, found tin 1110. and The Clinton Newer*. fpuo4,4In 1.4 ,Kate! ipro run 3',300, *CIA Member,Canadian Comntenity Ngww,popor Associattan Display advertising rates available an request. Axis ter Rata Card No. 10 effective Sept. 1,1071, General Manager - J. Howard Aitken Editor - James E. Fitzgerald Advertising Director - Gary, L. Hoist Newt editor . Shelley McPhee Office Manager • Margaret Gibb Circulation - Freda McLeod Subscription Rate: Canada 90,00. Sr. Citizen, '13,00 per year U.S.A. A, foreign ,',70.00 per year opinion Who do you believe? In the the highly complicated world of today , filled with sophisticated equipment and .advanced technologies, experts are more and more called upon to figure out how our lives will be run, and most of the time, we have to take their advice without question. So what happens when they make a mistake, and a costly one at that? Who is responsible? Can they be sued for damages? Take the case of the Clinton Water Pollution control Plant, which was only -opened six years ago. At the time in 1974, engineers hailed the sewage treatment plant as one of the most - modern, up-to-date in Ontario. It was supposed to serve a town of 6,000 persons, nearly double the present 3,200 citizens. Mit a Ye -cent Tejioft et rrftfiis t tl by the Huron County Planning department says the $867,000 plant is grossly undersized, and will soon need expanding, or Clinton won't be allowed to grow any larger. Accor- ding to the study, the plant still can't handle all the water thrown at it during peak run-off times after a large storm or during spring thaw. So who's to blame? And who makes the costly. mistake right? The engineers who sold us the bill of goods? The town council who ac- cepted those goods? The ministry of environment who approved those plans? Or the townspeople who ac - reor 0,1 "Talk about a square peg in a round hole — I wanted WORK and they get me a civil service job." a Iook through the news -record files cepted the plant without question tan* 5 YEARS AGO who will end up paying the` bill, no August 14, le 75 Another expired meter and Clinton matter who is guilty? Constable Clarence Perdue pulled out his The whole natter is only confusing parking LLcket book for the last time. to the little man on the street, who Constable Perdue, who has been .with the doesn't know what expert to believe ClintonPplice Department cfor 21 years next, and is fast getting-si•ok-aad-tired----`etir-es-tem-err°w; of listening. George Cull, Miloslwa Zablocki and Doug Bartliff had -an unenviable job to do during the week of Clinton's- Centennial celebrations as the judges of the Talent Night: Despite the difficulty of the task the trio managed to reach final decisions on the winner in each performance category. British Columbia author Ken Pattison, presented Margaret Farquhar of the Clinton -Public Library with a copy of his latest book, Milestones on Vancouver Island, last week. Mr. Pattison has dedicated a copy in memory of his maternal grandfather, Walter H. Manning who served as secretary of the Clinton Library Board from 1907 to 1934. 10 YEARS AGO ` August 13, 1970 Clinton's recreational director Doug Andrews was beaten about the head late Monday evening at the pool and lay un- conscious until early Tuesday morning before awakening and going for help. Andrews told the News -Record Tuesday morning it is believed he was attacked by two assailants. It is thought the weapon was a bottle. Here we go again Ontario Premier Bill Davis and his PC cohorts have never been known to hide their light under a bushel basket. They are astute at timing and if they are true to form this time around, voters should be gearing up for an October election says the Exeter Times -Advocate. There are some subtle things happening that lead to that ,con- clusion. 'Simply turn o.n your radio or television and listen to the govern- ment-sponsored advertisements which indicate that "Life is good, Ontario. Preserve it. Conserve it, Ontario." The PCs are again using tax dollars to tell Ontario voters how great the province is under their rule. The practice is followed faithfully priof to every Ontario election, sof- tening up the electorate. After all, is there any place you'd rather be? Is there ' any other government who could look after your needs as well? You can look for a further promotional campaign with your tax dollars in September and then • an election call. Frogsand snails People keep asking me if I have any plans for the re-st of the summer, sup h as goinjg on a trip, renting a. cottage, learning to scuba -dive or whatever. To each and all of them I have one answer: "I'm going into a rest home where nobody under the age of 50 can get near me." We've just had a length. :;,!,is1tfrom our grandboys, the first in more than six months. If you have any druthers when- your children are expecting children, put in an application for girls. . There is na girl or girls on earth who could have put their Grandad through the physical obstacle course I've been through 4„ tt,A p a st week. When school ended in June, I thought I'd hang around for one more year before making way for a real teacher. I was in pretty good shape and another 10 months in front of the chalkboard would be no sweat. This week, I've almosit decided to' retire qnthe third of September. Somehow I don't think either the authorities or the students want an English department head cranking around in a wheelchair. The bursitis in my shoulder :is killing me, after throwing a baseball to a potential Babe Ruth for hours. My right ' foot is bruised, battered and sprained from trying to prove I can still kick a football over a big spruce tree. My knees are scraped, my hands are raw, my torso is thoroughly pierced froth climbing trees to bring down small boys who can get up, but like cats, can't get down. My back door had to be. removed and repaired after being slammed approximately 3,000 times by the boys and their buddies up the street. My face is burned to a lobster-li$e hue from being out in the sun as long as seven' hours at a stretch. The boys never ' burn. They're moving too quickly for the sun to hit them a single direct blow. don't know much about girls. I had one about 28 years ago, and she was no problem until she became a teenager. The, only idiosyncracy she had was wanting to- go to the bathroom at the most inopportilnq°- times, such as sailing along qn the three -lane highway at 60, with two turkeys tailgating you, and not a tree or bush in sight. But I'm . sure girls are not as curious, ' daring and dicey as small boys, who want to climb as high a's possible, go as fast as possible, lean as far as they can over a dock or cliff, 'and hit each other as hard as they can over the head with a fist, a stick or a baaka ll bat. Do little girls get all cleaned up, dressed up, and then dash through.th,e lawn sprinkler immediately and frequently? Do little girls eat junk food all day, then come home and gobble down enough dinner to. keep a healthy lumberjack going? Do little girls plague you because. everyone else on the highway is passing you, and when you tell them the,other drivers are turkeys, suggest with a grin -that--maybe you are - chic ken? Do little girls, the moment they've arrived for a visit ask that everything be turned on: the fireplace (in July), the hi-fi-, the fans, and the lawn sprinkler? "Do little girls go' from six in the morning until nine at night without stopping in one place for more than „ni•ne, seconds, aside from the odd four - second pee demanded ny Grandad? Well, maybe little girls are not as angelic as I've suggested, but little boys are just as demonic as I've in- timated. In fact, my wife heard at the hairdresser's that little boys are more honest, more affectionate and more lovable than little girls, who of course, are practising to be girls. That may be. However, I'm about as bruised, battered, bewildered and burnt as though I'd climbed a mountain without any ropes, or crossed a desert without water. Gran doesn't take the punishment I do. Oh, she does a lot of work. The washing machine is thumping most of the day, there isn't a dry towel in the house, she's about run out of Band- Aids, and she spends hours in the kitchen, whipping up such delicacies as honey -and -peanut butter sand- wiches and strawberry shortcake. (Guess who picks the berries?) She had a whirl in the back yard one day, batting, fielding, being shot with the hose, did nobly, but hasn't been out of the house since, and spent moat of the next day in bed. Thank goodness for good neigh- bours. John "fixeded" the car doors• when the boys, through some miracle of mechanics had made it impossible to close them. He also "fixeded" the sprinkler. (Ballind, the little guy, wants to make sure the past tense is quite clear, so he adds an extra "ed"). Jim, another neighbour, fixeded the door, which was just about to"fly away by itself. All in all, however, it hasn't been too bad, except for the sleeping arrangements.,, The boys are peripatetic while somnambulant. You go to bed in one room, alone, wake up at midnight in another bed, another room, three of you, and may wind up in the morning in still another, four of you. I wouldn't trade them for all the Samath-as and -'Mary Ellens and Joannes in the world. But make me an offer. A $300 reward- will be paid for in- formation regarding the. malicious assault of Mr. Andrews. Miss Amy Lammie of, Hensall is listed • among the winners in the women's division of the Canadian National Exhibition. A baby doll dressed in a hand -knitted outfit was—Kiss .cntr-y-whicrfi—drew _ second prize in its class. Over 30 Londesboro neighbors met Saturday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Duizer to honor Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pickett prior to their departure from the vicinity. A social time was en- joyed and gifts tendered to Buster and Joyce. 25 YEARS AGO August 18, 1955 Rev. Jack West, who is pastor.of the second lag -gest of 13 Pentecostal Assem- blies of God churches in Springfield, Missouri, will speak in the Clinton Pen- tecostal Church on Friday evening. This former Clinton boy was educated in the Clinton schools and 'worked for some time at Par-Knitt Hosiery•Limited. He is a veteran of the Second World War, having served overseas with the Canadian Army. Guests from Ripley Horticultural Society paid a visit to the annual Flower Show which was held by the local society last Saturday in the Clinton town hall. The busload of 15 were met by the president of the Clinton group, Rev. D.J. Lane. 50 YEARS AGO August 14, 1930 The Clinton Fire Company which is in the habit of putting on street dance oc- casionally, has purchased a hardwood floor for use at such times. A few -of the young people of the Bayfield Line held a weiner roast at Baker's Beach on Friday evening. Mr. Knott, prominent thresher of Hullett Township, came over last week to help the a Goderich Township farmers out. Ike stook - threshed 43 acres for Mr. Norman Holland in 2134 hours and when in passed over the Clinton scales there were 1,690 bushels of No. 1 wheat. No short crop about that. An automobile party of seven from Kippen who had been visiting at the home o -f Wellington Goodin Auburn, and were returning home via the Base Line, miraculously escaped from a collision with a CNR freight train. One side of the car was completely torn off,.in,.line with the seats, but the uprights on the other side held up the car and protected the passengers underneath, who escaped without injury. Although the top of the car was com- pletely wrecked it was otherwise free from injury and after being pulled onto the road and the oil in the crankcase replaced, the party were able to proceed home. • Amateur Boxing Tournament at Blyth on the Driving Park Grounds, Friday evening Augiist 22. Three bouts„ three rounds, three minutes each. Contests to a decision. Ladies will enjoy the tournament as well as the men. Open air dancing after the tournament with the Blyth Citizen's Band in attendance. 75 YEARS AGO August 17, 1905 The work on the• new railway in the vicinity of Walton-has.been,-at a stand still for some time. We' desire to announce that•during the absence of Mr. J.C. Stevenson to the Old Country, the Furniture and' Undertaking business will be carried -on and heretofore. Undertaking will be carefully looked after as before and night or day calls promptly attended to. J.C. Stevenson, residence on Huron Street. Miss Sybil Courtice will be at home during the following year, going to London each week in order to take advantage of the scholarship won in the recent exatninations at the Conservatory there and also to look after her classes in piano and theory in town. 105 YEARS AGO August 12, 1875 In its proper place will be found the notice of the death of Thomas Dowden, a man well known here. Deceased was born in 1790 in Bandon County, Cork, Ireland and was descended from a highly respectable and wealthy family. He was the youngest of three Sons and one daughter, who are all dead but the daughter, who still resides in Ireland. Having been brought up in luxury and indulgence, he had no conception of the value of money and was therefore lavish in its° expenditure, when he had the op- portunity, which was immediately after his mother's death, who left him a life income of $2,500 a year - ore third of a cotton mill employing, 300 hands. After enjoying it for a year he sold his right and immediately started for Canada; but instead of leaving the ship when it arrived on this side of the ocean, he remained on it as a passenger, crossing and re -crossing till all his money was gone. He then went to his brothers to ask for more, but was flatly refused. He then purchased a spade and putting it on his shoulder, went to his brothers and threatened to go and ask for work from the Earl of Bandon. To prevent this, to them, imagined disgrace, they furnished him with ri good wardrobe,and • paid his passage to Toronto, where he Was compelled to go to work as a hostler, at which he remained till 1850, when he was brought to Clinton by Mr. Wm. Moore with whom he resided several years. Latterly he has lived with Mr. Joslin and though always given to drink, he has never become a burthen or injured.anybody. He always remained single and was what the world commonly calls his worst own enemy. Such has been the life of a maxi _who started . with _ the best. - of prospects, but by folly pursued a ,crreer anything but comfortable or honorable. Vanastra bylaw Dear Editor: At the Township of Tuckersnnith Council meeting of Tuesday, August 5, . four council members voted i.> ... favour of Bylaw No. 11-1980, One council- member recorded his negative' vote. Bylaw No, 11.1980 is council's attempt to make sure that the full burden of the original $130,000 debenture on the Township's recreation centre, located in Vanastra, be and remain ` on the people of Vanastra In response response to council's determined persistence in unfairness, I would like to share with all our neighbours throughout the township my story of Johnny. Johnny was the youngest in a - family of six. He was 17, a tall lad for - hi.s_-age._Scr_uffy-looking-_he_ was.- and far from handsome. Acne all over his face, a couple of front teeth missing. And as he walked, he moved about clumsily and awkwardly. Yet he was actually a happy active kid, trying to do well and be accepted by his family. But that's where the rub came in. You need to understand that Johnny really wasn't one of the family. He was adopted. How all of this actually came about, nobody seemed to know for sure. Dad never wanted Johnny in the first place. And he made sure that everybody in the family understood this, including Johnny. One day Johnny said to Dad: "Dad, I want to buy a car, one of those small jobs, 4 cylinders, a compact you know, something I can afford. I need your help with a loan. But I'll pay you back! Every month you can take $10 out of my paycheck. And' I'll drive careful, I promise." "Well" said Dad, "I'll think about it. But you better put something on paper boy l don'Ltrust..your. word,'' Johnny ••didn't even hear the put down. 1 -le felt so excited. He already saw hi 'iswif sitting behind the wheel of his little dream car. With that little car he. would meet his girl in town more often.'He also would use the car to go to college next year. Yippee! Two months later a big eight cylinder job stands next to Dad's car in the driveway. The whole family thinks that the big car is a great idea, except Johnny. Since Dad had to put up extra 'money for the big car, the whole family of course is now entitled to drive the•car. It is a family car. But that includes Johnny. Well, yes, up to a point. And every month Dad deducts $10 from Johnny's paycheck, because that was' his intent, as Dad puts it. And everybody in the family agrees, except Johnny of course, but that doesn't, count. Billy, Johnny's older brother also doesn't agree. But than Billy is a bit of an oddball anyway. Yet he is family. • In the meantime, Johnny hitchhikes most of the time to town to see his girl. He feels frustrated, bitter and betrayed by Dad and the family. But Dad is bigger than him; he feels like the whole family is against him, even like the whole world is against him. Six months later, the big eight cylinder• job is traded in for one of those nice big vans. As Dad explained it to the family: "Now the whole family can even go camping together.' And everybody in the family agrees, except Billy and Johnny, of course. Johnny is furious. He stamps his feet, kicks the furniture, bangs with his fists on the table and shouts and screams: "not fair, not fair," But Dad is bigger than Johnny; and also can shout louder. And the whole family, except Billy, thinks : what's the matter, with Johnny. Arid at the end of each month Dad deducts $10 from Johnny's paycheck, because as Dad puts it to Johnny: "That was your intent boy, I got it black on white, Ha, Ha, Ha." -N. : _ �-quest ion is: - Who-is-doin-g what to Johnny, and why? Peter Mantel Vanastra. People "It takes all kinds to make the world!" That's an eimsaying, but it's true. If all people in the • world were the same, what a boring place it would be - more peaceful maybe, but boring just the same. If everyone we encountered in life looked, talked, acted and thought as we do, how dull life would be. People have a habit of voicing their opinion of other people, and the result is often a witty or thought-provoking quote that is passed down from one generation to another. For example, "people who live in glass houses should never throw stones," is an acknowledged truth. Adelaide Stevenson put it another way, "A man who slings mud is likely to lose ground." People who complain that their dreams never come true should be thankful their nightmares don't either. When two pessimists meet at a • party, they don't shake'hands; they just shake their heads. Optimists are the newlyweds, aged seventy-five and seventy-eight, looking for a house near a school. Here • is the truth', however, that most people share in life: '`At twenty, you think you can save the world; at .forty, you're delighted if you can save a small part of your salary." Some people will believe anything, if it is whispered to them said Pierre de Marivaux. The virtues of a good listener were cited by Carolyn Hermann: "It's wonderful having a listener 'Because you can learn a whole lot By hearing yourself as you ramble On some special problem you've got • But•one thing that's just as rewarding As someone to care about you Is having the love and the patience To be someone's 'listener' too." An African proverb points out that "one volunteer is better than ten forced men," and a Reader's Digest quoted from the Sunday Express, London, that "most people wish to serve God - but in an advisory capacity only." Among my notes, I found a description of different kinds of people in which each group was compared to a bone: wish bones \ people who wish someone else would dothe work; jaw bones - those. who talk about work but don't do it themselves; knuckle bones - people who knock everything and everybody. They knock what everyone else does but dd- nothing themselves; back bones - those who get under the load and carry it. Whatever the job to be done, they do their share and often more. —author unknown. According to a Barbara Streisand song of a few years ago, "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world." It's common knowledge all people need people for "no man is an island." There are all kinds of people in the world: fat people, skinny people, tall people, short people, tankers and listeners, thinkers and doers, dreamers, schemers and organizers; complainers and praisers; quiet ones; shy ones, noisy ones; leaders• and followers. If only we could learn to respect each other's differences a little more, we could find enjoyment in. them rather than annoyance. Life would be anything but dull and the world might. find a little more peace. Appreciation Dear Editor: To: Councillor Frank Falconer Township of'I'uckersmith Dear Mr. Falconer: My sincere and grateful. "thanks" to Councillor Frank Falconer for having my letter I received, from Mr, Clare Westcott (Office of Premier Wm. Davis, from Queen's Park, Toronto) published in the Clinton News -Record on Aug. 7, 1980. Itvnever ever crossed my mind, to have' that letter, or any of the other ones I have received from Queen's Park and elsewhere, pubfished. Although I only asked Mr. Westcott ONE question, he was kind enough to supply me with three "very long" answers. (Which I in turn have thanked Mr. Wcstcott for.) If Councillor Falconer would like - copies of the 'other letters to publish, which I have, he may do so by calling here at the house, for a nice cup of tea and quiet discussion on them. Once again', Thank -you Sincerely, Mrs. Clara Brown Egmondyiile