HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-12-04, Page 3Duke, the friendly - Newfoundland. dog owned by the. .Bartliffs on Rattenbury
Street, won't be greeting the kids on their way to and from Clinton Public
Salop' Last week it was discovered that Duke had bone cancer and.
he had to be put asleep. (James Fitzgerald photo)
Shelley
by mcphee
A former friend came over to
visit the other night.
Now C.W. doesn't make regula>y
trips down to my Clinton abode, in
fact it may be questionable
whether she will return again, but
I'm trying to keep an open mind
about this. ,
And so she arrived in her usual
whirlwind, camera bag in one
hand, cat in the other.
She dropped in just as I was
about to put the steaks on the grill.
I admit though, I really can't hold
that against her, after all it wa's
closing in on eight o'clock, well
past the usual dining hour.
It's just that I can't deal with the
cat she affectionately calls Thirty-
Endora-Sue-Wallis-Wooden, Tess
to her friends.
To Tess' not so close friends, she
goes by -a number of other names. I
won't speak of them here.
Now I'm not one for' slanderous
name-calling, but occasionally my
cat loving nature is overtaken my
this incredible urge to ring that
neurotic feline's furry neck.
I could deal with Tess' insatiable
curiousity when she rampaged my
place. , t
I understood it when she exer-
cised her claws on my wicker plant
stand and couldn't resist the pan of
buttery neufshroom�oon he stove.
y
sorry her when- she
sneezed all over the arm of my
nicking chair, but delinquent cats,
I have no compassion for.
It began innocently enough, little
Tessie was getting a bit ram-
bunctious.
"Perhaps she needs to do a little
job," I suggested to her mistress.
That seemed to be a reasonable
recommendation, and Tessi had
no qualms about stepping outside
for a few moments.
But little did we know. Within a
matter of minutes the cat, who
C.W. claimed always stayed close
to home, was making her mistress
out to be a complete liar.
Perhaps she just wanted com-
plete privacy to do her job so we
called her name, Again and again
we called for her, no answer came.
"`We'll, just go back inside for 10
minutes and Tess will be here in no
time," C.W. said.
Let me tell you, reverse
psychology does not work on cats,
at least not on this cat, for in 10
minutes time, in 15 minutes time,
in 20 minutes time, Tess . was
nowhere to be seen.
So we reasoned, if Tess won't
come to us,we'll go to her. And
putting on our best Great White
Hunter impersonations, we
followed cat tracks in , the white
dusting of snow that lay on the
ground. Paw prints went in every
direction and then the fear set in,
we also saw larger tracks, could
Tess have been eaten by a dog?
No such luck, about an hour after
we tramped around Clinton streets,
looking behind every bush and
peering into all the dark corners,
when all hope seemed lost, Tess
was discovered. - -
There she was, less -than half a
block away having a gay old time
playing with a big black cat.
And so the visit came to a close',
C.W. and Tess left for home, but as
their car tailights faded into the
distance, a horrifying thought sent
shivers through my body, what if
that black cat was a male. Thirty-
Endora-Sue-Wallis-Wooden ' could
bring offsprings into this un-
suspecting world! !!!!!!
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By Shelley McPhee schoolin the morning,
Something's missing on when they went hozue and
Rattenbury Street East. ., came back from lunch
When the children go to and when the day 'ended
school now,. Duke's not at school.'
there to give his af_ Despite his size and
fectionate facelicks. or to strength, Duke was
nate especially steal mittens and hats, " i es p y knownfor his.
The children know that gontle and docile nature.
somethings amiss anal . "Newfxes have to be
they ask Duke's; mother- gentle," f-Ielen explained,
and father where their "if they weren't, they'd
friend is, but Doug and have to be put asleep
# Ielen Bartliff only can. because they're so big
tell them, '`old Duke's andpowerful."
gone.,, But there wasn't one
One of 'Clinton's in- mean bone in Duke's big
famous, and most easily body. Apart from his
recognized characters, public relations ac -
Duke, the huge black, tivities,, Duke led a quiet
Newfoundland dog was lif'
e inet the; BaDukertliffwas homenot.
a
put to sleep .last week.
The vet had. diagnosed perfect specimin, he did
bone cancer a few 'days have his weaknesses, like
earlier. ice cream cones, car
Duke's domain was his rides and worst of all,
Rattenbury Street 'hom •--rid�ing°UI Doug -gotf cart;.,_
"He would just bounce
around,- in the cart and
Doug always had to 'take
him for a ride around the
block before the cart was
put away," she ex-
plained. .
In fact, Duke gained
celebrity status when he
took part in a Clinton
parade, in his loved golf
cart. ,
"often people would
stop to see Duke, they
couldn't believe we had
such a mammoth dog,"
Helen said,
This was especially
lams apathy.....
where he lived with the..
Bartliffs for eight years.
But more than a family
pet, Duke was known by
hundreds of Clinton
children as their friendly,
playful canine pal.
While some mothers
did not appreciate Duke's
favorite pastime, eating
mits and hats, the
Children flocked to the
giant 200 pound dog each
and every day. And Duke
was always ready to
greet them with his tail
wagging, as they went to
Mayor
from page 1
especially ab ut restrictions on doing
what they like on their own property,"
Mayor Archibald said.
But he pointed out, "Municipalities
are children of the province and '
everything council and emplpyees do
is governed by provincial acts. and
regulations. We cannot make or
enforce bylaws unless ' there ;� is
enabling pro\incial legislation and
most projects of any size require
specific approval of one or other of the
Ontario ministries."
"And there is good reason for
ne
true when Duke jour-
neyed
our
neyed down Rattenbury
with on of the Bartliff
girls, to . the family owned
restaurant. He'd sit
quietly outside the
restaurant, perhaps
unknowingly scraring
away eustonaers, but he
had more inn,portant
things. on his mind. A
special trip to the
restaurant always meant
ice cream or chocolate,
"He couldn't wait for
those chocolate'bars, he'd
eat them paper and all,"
Doug fondly' remem-
bered.
Chocolate and ice
cream weren't the
mainstay, of Duke's diet
and he regularly ate dry
and canned' ' dog food,
table scraps and drank
milk. Yet despite his size
end- p -i e$1.1M iTy
large appetite, Doug said
he was less expensive to
feed than the cat. Unlike
a small dog, Duke would
always known when he
was full and wouldn't eat
just for the sake of eating.
Duke's had a good life;
he's enjoyed the comforts
of a loving family, a
warm home and devoted
fans and undoubtedly in
he will long be remem-
bered in the future when
people reminisce about
their childhood. memories
and the big, black dog of
ltattenbury Street.
C .I TON !elms -R CORD, THURSDAY, DECEM
hemicaldump sit
proposcdfo
BY SHARON PIETZ
Huron County planner Clary
Davidson told Huron County Council
at their final meeting of this term,
November 27, that the Ministry of
Environment has been sa secretive in
their selection of a site for a disposal
area, that he was not aware a Huron
location was on the list of possible
locations.
Environment `Minister ' Harry
Parrott announced in the legislature
Tuesday that an area of prim ;
agricultural'land in South Cayuga has
been chosen for a disposal and
storage area for the bulk of the
province's liquid wastes. The
minister also said a site in Huron was
number two on the list of possible
locations.
Davidson told county council the
ministry has been extremely
restrictions on the use of private
property. As an extreme example,
without any restrictions, one might
build a beautiful new home only to
have an unfenced junkyard
established next door," he explained.
To finish his inaugural speech,
Mayor Archibald admitted that he
would not make any rash promises or
predictions about 1981 taxes.
"All I can say is that I will do my
best to keep them within reasonable
limits consistent with maintaining
essential services and a pleasant
-living environment," he concluded.
Huron
4 ,1980PAGE 3
secretive and his department knew
nothing about a proposed Buron site
until a daily newspaper called
Davidson this week to ask about the
Huron location.
Davidson commented it. seems
difficult that the ministry could have
`doneany testing Without some in-
formation leaking to the planning
department or the warden of the
county.
The county planner said he is
concerned that because of the great
opposition to the South Cayuga site on
environment grounds that the
ministry, may fall back to their
number two site which is the Huron
location.,
The South Cayuga site, 114
kilometres (1 mile) in circumference,
lies within a 12,800 acre tract south of.
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