Clinton News-Record, 1980-08-28, Page 44
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Two years is enough
—Recently;--a—recornmendirtion—fromMI—th-ami tame emselves with the game
another municipality in Ontario has
been making the rounds of nearly all
• municipalities seeking endorsation of
the three-yeaterm for municipal
council members instead of .the
present two-year term..
On the one hand, some people think
• that the three-year term would allow
councils enough time to qettle in to the
job better without the extra expense
of an election every two years.
However some think three years is too
long a term, as elected officials would
quickily forget their responsibility to
the electors.
While one-year terms would cer-
tainly seem too short, three-year
terms are definitely too long, and
during that time the incumbents could
really lose touch with,the taxpayers,
particularly on the local level.
The first year of a two-year tem
allows the newer members to
of politics; and by their second year'
they are fully versed on the operation
of a council, and yet still fresh enough
to offer new ideas.
Should they not find coauncil to their
liking, they may bow out gracefully
after two years-
' At the provincial or federal level a
two-year term wouldn't allow a
government sufficient time to in-
troduce and enact legislation, before
they would start politicing again. But
municipal politics tends to run more
on an annual basis, because it is
financed by yearly property taxes and
little advance planning is needed.
Although some money could be
saved by only having an • election
every three years, the amount is
insignificant when cornpare4 t4 the
loss of the democratic privi1gc. By
J.F.
Canadian worries
A recent gallup poll netted some
rather interesting •statistics on the
things' that worry Canadians.
The major worry cif Canadians is
health, while the financial problem of
making both ends meet finished a
distant second.
Fear of unemployment was the
third major worry of Canadians and
the fourth was having enough money
in old age.
Health topped the list with 35
percent of those polled listing it as
their major worry-. But following
health, economic related concerns
were a major source of worry.
Making both ends meet preoccupied
,23 percent of those polled while 13
percent were worried about keeping
their job.
• Perhaps it is a sign of the times that
as many people are worried. about
keeping the household budget in line
and maintaining a job as they are
worried ,about their health. But if
Canadians are worrying too much
about • their •socio-economic status
their health is liable to deteriorate in
any case. Maybe the merry-go-round
will never stop.
The same poll asked Canadians
what gives them the most satisfaction
and family and friends was a clear
winner. Health and work were a
distant second while religion, in-
dependence and leisure activities
provided satisfaction to a minority.
What all this may indicate is that
healthy people with money who enjoy
good relationships with family and
friends, have few worries.
But where • does one find these
people?
"Ever notice — no matter how bad the news is when voir leave On vacation, it's always worse when you return?"
a look through
the news -record files
5 YEARS AGO
August 28, 1975
All Huron County councillors will meet
in a special closed session to discuss
preliminary draft proposals to reduce the
number of municipalities in Huron from 26
at present to eight or 12 units of govern-
ment.
• Mrs. Jean McKinley celebrated her
100th birthday at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Scotchmer, where she resides, at RR
• 3, Bayfield on August 23.
Mrs. McKinley enjoys fairly good health
and enoys her grandchildren, great
grandchildren and young - people in
„ general. Her family members were on'
hand to celebrate her birthday with her
along with friends. '
10 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 27, 1970
Clinton branch of the Huron County
Library has a new supervisor. Miss
Catherine Plumfee of Clinton commenced
work Monday at-th-e-Clinton branch suc-
ceeding Mrs. Donald Stevens, who is
retiring to devote more time to her family,
Between 40 and 50 interested persons
• attended an explanation meeting in the
council .chambers on Monday night to
explain provisions of Clinton's nevizoning
bylaw, now before town council.
When it came to approving literature
books to be purchased for Huron Councy
schools, vice chairman Robert Elliott,
Goderich Township, was opposed to some
- selections and was the only board member
who voted against approving the entire
list.
The list included such books as The
Graduate and Tom Jones for use. the first
time in the secondary schools'of Huron.
Director of education John Cochrane
told the board that these books would be
for "extensive reading" tobe read "out of
Class." He indicated the students would
Stay home!
Summer begins, and the school
teacher,' along with his students, is
reasonably ecstatic. Two whole
months free to loaf, swim, golf, fish,
play tennis, scuba dive, or whatever
turns you on.
And suddenly, before you've had a
chance to hit a ball or catch a bass,
it's the middle of August. You haven't
been anywhere -special, you haven't
done anything special, it's rained four
days out of seven Or been so blasted
hot all you could do was lie around
and gasp, and there you are, A couple
,of weeks away from facing about 160
home town for many years, don't go.
Progress puts its ugly linger on the
most cherished memories of
childhood and yOu'll find that the tree-
laned, sleepy little town in which you
—grew up not only makes you sad, but a
little angry, with all its new motels,
sleazy eating places, and fine old
homes turned into apartments or
nursing homes.
I.,went looking for a corner where I
had kissed a girl every night for two
years. As I slowed down, •trying to
identify it with -the big maple gone,
replaced by a pizza joint, a dry-
cleaners, and a fish -and -chips
boutique, a kid came up from behind,
slammed me in the rear and ran off in
• his souped -up Zilch, hur1Mg-7ob-
bought as a farm. He couldn't make a
nickel from it, but it had a huge stone
house with a butler's pantry, and
about 14 outbuildings: stables, sheds,
barns, the lot. After explaining my
safari to a surly chap from eastern
Europe, he said "Sorright, sorright."
So much for memories.
It wasn't all gone, of course, to be
fair. Some of the old stone houses and
hotels are still there, turned into
artsy-crafties or modern, eating
places.
The old, smelly ri'V'er-canal is still
there, weed -infested, tranquil, full of
suckers and pike, a relic of the war of
1812-16. •
But don't go home again. Crowning
blow was when my wallet was either
lost or lifted and I've -been -cancelling
credit cards, getting new licences and
weeping over my cash and my OHIP
number ever since.
Stay home and be happy with your
own rotten place and all its problems.
kids, fit as fiddles and ready to make
you skip academic rope.
Lucky is the teacher who has no
friends or relatives. He or she can go
to Europe, take a course in anything
from primitive sculpture to basic
Rugsian, or just lie around in the
backyard watching the bumble bees
trying to have sex with the hum-
mingbirds. .
But most- of us have relative, and
some of us even have two or three
friends, and therein lies the sudden
disappearance of the summer
holidays.
A couple of days here, a little jaunt
to see some relatives there, and
suddenly it's last summer.
My wife is at the moment packing
bags for the eighth time in five weeks,
and she swears that after this brief
expedition up north to the cottage of
friends, she's going to pile the suit-
cases in the backyardsprinkle a can
of gas over them and have the first big
barbecue we've had time for since the
end of June.
I spent one week loafing. But I have
such a gift for. loafing that it seemed
like only three days.
Then it was a .punishing trip up
north to pick up the grandboys. Their
mother insisted that I not spoil them,
or try to entertain theft. I did both
and we all loved it, but it took its toll.
On me.
Next thing I know, my brother
wants a reunion because they're
leaving the country.
Thomas Wolfe wrote a great novel:
"You Can't Go Home Again." Well,
you can, but I wouldn't advise it. If
you haven't been back, to your old
404 -
scenities. I was wishing I had a .44
and I'd put two slugs through his gas
tank.
I drove down the main street and it
could have been Main Street,
Anywhere. Like North Dakota. That
was the • street where I hustled
deliveries for my Dad, when he had a
shoe store and he's give me a dime
and I'd go to the matinee-, watch
Tarzan beat the crocodiles (almost)
aceoss the river and go back next
Saturday afternoon, Wondering if he'd
made , it. He always did, thank
goodness.
My brother and I played golf, badly,
at the local course. I felt completely
out of my element, with all those old,
white-haired, wizened people until I
got to the bridge, spanning the river.
The bridge was new, but at least I
remembered sitting on it, watching
the ladies pound their golf balls into
the river. We dived for them and sold
the m back for a 4:11 In e. ,
If I'd' had time, I'd have driven
around the three-mile circuit Jack
Pope and I worked every Saturday
morning, looking for empty beer
bottles in the ditehes. We made a fair
1?uck in those days, probably splitting,
thirty-five cents when we turned in
our goods to M.K., an elderly Jewish
gentleman, much more scrupulous of
his business. dealings with us kids
than most trust company executives
would be.
I saw my sister, who, as waS alWays
her wont, tried to stuff more food into.
me than a healthy alligator could
handle.
• I drove out to an incredibly
romantic place my Uncle John had
probably be reading the books anyway
since they can be attained at the public
libraries and in book stores.
Mr. Cochrane also told the board that vv
some of Shakespeare's orks contain
"curse words" and other reading
materials already on the literature course
for years would "curl your hair."
25 YEARS AGO
September 1, 1955• ,
ands played, people danced in the
sfr et, the weather was favorable - the
onl thing lacking was the fireworks, when
Kin Street was officially opened last
Friday night. In the words of Mayor M.J.
• Agnew, it is "trulia King's Street now."
A real old fashioned barn raising at the
farm of Miss Rose Snowden, Blue Water
,Highway, was staged yesterday when
upwards of 100 district farmers gathered
to lend their muscle and know-how to the
task of "getting her up."-
Dr. E. Kirk Lyon, Leamington, son of the
late William Lyon and Mrs. Lyon, Lon-
desboro, has been appointed to represent
Canadian medicine at the ninthgeneral
assembly of the World Medical
Association in Vienna, Austria, this year.
By next spring, telephone numbers in
Clinton will sound something like this
"Hunter 2-5431" and they will be in use by
early April. During this month, Bell
Telephone will commence the job of
equipping individual premises with new
dial phones.
50 YEARS -AGO
August 28, 1930
Mr. Kenneth Carter, who took up his
honor matriculation course'at home and
sent his papers directly to the department,
last week received "results" direct. They
were very satisfactory, too, he !laving won
five firsts and a second. Kenneth has now
completed his honor matriculation, which
is a nice, satisfactory vantage point, from
which there are many paths, to success.
He has been engaged this summer in the
officepf Gunn, Langlois to'mpany.
About 60 Lions gathered yesterday at the
Huron County Horne. Their victims were
-not all alarmed because they were
representatives of the Lions Club in
Goderich, Seaforth and Wingham.
A program of music was presented by
Mr. Harry McGee, Huron's great Scotch
character, delighted his audience in his
own usual way.
Money wanted - $3,000 is required at
once on mortgage on a good farm. C.B.
Hale, Conveyancer, Clinton, Ontario.
75 YEARS AGO '
August 31, 1905
The celebrated "Etlack Boot Orator"
John R. Clark will preach in the Methodist
Church in Varna on September 3 and will
lecture in the town hall on Monday and
Tuesday evenings.
Dame rumor states that several of
Clinton's most popular Maidens will enter
the matrimonial sphere early in Sep-
tember. Watch out, it may be you.
Of course everybody will be taking in the
moonlight excursion at Goderich next
-Wednesday evening and the excursion to
Detroit on urs ay. s i one o
most enjoyable outings of the season and is
always looked forward to.
Ceetee, unshrinkable underwear is
made of the finest quality two and three
ply Australian wool - much finer -than
It can't be
It's :a dream! Or is it a nightmare?
It's a mirage, an ilusion, a trick of
the imagination. It's sleight of hand
by §ome invisible magician.
It's fake, it's phony. It can't be real.
It can't be what it appears to be. It
just can't be.
Where did it come from? How did it
get here so fast? One day there was no
sign of it; next day -boom - there it
•was right in front of us.
'It's g'etting closer all the time, large
as life, and there isn't anything we
can do about it. We can't stop it, and
we can't run away from it.
• We can't walk around it; we can't
climb over it; we can't burrow under
it. If we hide our heads in the sand like
ostriches, it'll rolrright over us.
It's in plain view now, by day and by
night. We can taste it, see it and even
smell it in places like the orchard.
Signs of it seem to be everywhere wo
go.
We can hear it in the wind and feel it
•••
Dear Editor,
I am writing to thank you for the
Overwhelming support you.. and Your
organization have show,n the Blyth
Summer Festival over the summer.
The Festival has enjoyed a
tremendoits season this year. Our
audience increased greatly this
summer, and the reason for the in-
crease is due, in large part, to the
interest of the local media in the
people and the program we have here.
I really think that we, at the Blyth
Summer Festival, are very lucky to
have such a supportive community
around us. What a joy to deal with
people who are always so welcoming
and_ so interestesi in_ _what _we_ are
doing
Our sincere thanks to your paper
for their coverage and to the people of
the area for their patronage. We hope
we can continue to enjoy their trust
and support in years to come,
Yours sincerely,
Brenda Doner,
Publicity Director.
Canadian wool, because it is grown. in a
warmer climate.
Ceetee Underwear will not shrink Or get
out of shape and until worn out retains all
the original qualities of wool - is soft and
elastic. Your dealer will replace any
Ceetee garment that shrinks. Made in
Galt, 'Canada by The C. Turnbull Co.,
Limited and sold by all reliable retailers.
Goderich Township's S.S. No. 10 has
, recently been galvanized on the eicterior
and presents a more attractive ap-
pearance and will be a very great deal
warmer. •
105 YEARS AGO-
• September 2,1875
On Friday last, Mr. Macaulay .made
arrangements to give an exhibition of the
,use of the Boynton bathing suit at
Goderich. After receiving on board about
• 300 passengers, • with the 7th battalion
band, of London, the boat steamed out
three or four miles into the lake, the band
very materially adding pleasure to the trip
by playing at intervals. Mr. Macaulay then
donned hit India -rubber suit, which
completely envelopes the body with the
exception of the face, With tubes attached
to different portions of it for•the purpose of
inflation, it apparently being divided into
compartments. After the suit was -well
inflated, he jumped from the bulwarks into
the water, but did not sink 'far. After.
floating around for a short time, a water-
tight valise was thrown to him, with a
• string attached to it which he towed for a
little. He then opened it and took out a
revolver which he fired off several times.
He then took out a glass and bottle and
drank therefrom and partook of other
• refreshments. He then came on board till
the steamer had approached within a
couple of miles of the shore when he again
plunged into the lake to swim ashore. The
boat then steamed for the wharf and
landed her passengers. Mr. Macaulay
very shortly afterward reached terra
firma. The conclusion we arrived at, after
viewing this exhibition of the Boynton
seeing, at 50 cents ahead, on a calm day,
such as we then had, but as for practical
Use in case of emergency, at the time when
danger was imminent, it would be utterly
unavailable as it requires too much time
and the assistance of someone te put it on
and inflate it.
Political opinion
Expect better
Dear Editor:
Now that the many hundreds (?)
clamouring for a Fifty have been
satisfied, I am sore you would like to
do 'something for the rest of your
Bayfield readers. I'll form a new line
for those of us who find the continuing
reference to • photo of Fifty, The
Moleman, The Stickman et1 al dull,
tiresome, repetitive and irritating.
We have always considered the
Bayfield pages of the News -Record
the strongest section of your paper
after the front pages. It was the
conscientious and respon#ble con-
tributions of the late Lucy Woods and
the correspondents who followed her
that enabled the Record to win the
awards it did over the years. At
present, except for Gwen Pem-
berton's items and the sports
• coverage, there is little news in the
• Bayfield news. •.
•Instead, we are subjected to a
weekly round of pet•sonal opinions,
cutsie names, not -so subtle com-
ments, and now, washroom jour-
nalism — rude, crude and totally
lacking in taste or maturity. I find
Lampoonery, as do -many others,
occasionally interesting, frequently
pointless, and always much lengthier
than the content warrants.
Don't editors edit any more? Isn't it
time for some judicious blue-pencilled
deletions before the Bayfield news is
• printed? And isn't it time to write 30
(the end at last) to the breathtaking
adventures of Fifty? Someone has a
responsibility to the readers and we
expect and deserve something better
than we are getting. •
I am enclosing a cheque for my
renewal, although at the moment, I
can't really imagine why.
Sincerely
Shirley Wackhaus
• Bayfield
Dear Editor,
I would like to give my view on this
constitutional issue that Trudeau is so
anxious to get a hold of and tear it to
pieces and come up with a new
French constitution. He says that he
shouldn't have to go hat in hand to the
Queen to ask for the BNA of con-
stitution after us serving in.two wars.
Well if it is on his war record or his
province, he'll never get it.
ere--is---
nothing wrong with it as far as
language is concerned. There is nine
English speaking provinces and one
bilingual Quebec. They were to use
both English and French. They could
by
elaine townshend
•
in the air; we can sense it in our
bones.
We can see it in other people's eyes.
It caught everyone by surprise, as it
•does every year, but now everyone
seems to know.
There it is, straight ahead in our
path so close we can -almost touch it.
We could scream and yell and make
a lot of noise, but that wouldn't scare
it off. We could complain- and
threaten, but that never worked
before. We could make it' feel un-
wanted, but it always comes anyway.,,
We could explain th-at we're just not
ready and beg for a little more time,
but it never listens. No, talking would
be a waste of time.
It's coming closer. In just a few
more days, it will take over com-
pletely. It's inevitable.
We can't ignore it nor avoid it. We
can't run away from it, we might as
well stand our ground and face it.
There's no sense fighting it.
We can't beat it and we certainly
can't change it. We might as well
accept it.
It's inevitable that it will come and
it will stay for its allotted time. Then
something else will roll along to take
its place. All we can do is 'row with
the how.'
It's a system that's been in effect
for a long, long time. Who are. we to
question it? Heck, we might even find
something to enjoy in it!
One of the reasons it often seems
unwelcome is because it catches us
off guard each year, even though we
know_ it's coming 11 months in ad-
vance.
We're so wrapped up in summer
things we just forget summer has to
end and it has to begin.
It's the signal of the beginning and
ending of many things - end of
vacations, end of summer, beginning
of school, beginrijng of autumn;
prelude to winter. That's why it's a
jay to come people and a drag to
others.
In spite of its promise of fall colours
and refreshing breezes, it's met with
mixed emotions and it takes us by
'surprise again.
You'll be working in your garden
some evening soon and feel a chilly
tap on your shoulders. It can't be. But
is -is. Pall!
use tteir .French in the legislative
assembly in the federal house and
federal courts. At that time there was
only one federal court. They weren't
even supposed to be French in the
civil service.
For years this law worked good
when the French moved out of Quebec
to some other place in Canada. They
learned our language which "they4had
a perfect right to and we got along
Tine-
discriminated against if they could
qualify for the job they got.
For years now ,federal government
and Conservatives, whenever they
were in, broke the rules of the BNA by
giving special privileges to the
French until now they are the
privileged race although outside
Quebec we are 90 per cent English
speaking.
In 1969, Trudeau's language act and
Turn to page 19 •
Bugle bouquet
Dear Editor:
Congratulations goes to Bud
Sturgeon for making the Byfield
" Bugle one' of the most enjoyable
section s of the Clinton News Record.
There hhve been, and always will
be, controversial issues in, a village,
but none iri 13aylieid -handled as
professionally as you. I'm sure there
have been temptations in your
reporting but you report the facts;
good, bad or indifferent.
Your humour may riot tickle the
ribs oI everyone, but the dissenters
obviously never miss an issue which
is one of the prime goals of jour-
nalism, to sell newpapersl I feel sorry.
for those who have lost or never had a
sense of humour for they are truly
unhappy people.
Keep smiling Bud and have a good
autumn and winter reporting for.
Bayfield's most prolific newspaper.
Signed:
One of hundreds
of your supporters