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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-01-15, Page 4PAGE 4—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY n, 1981 The & iiafecritecaimeirif hl frbtlsbmar each a7owsli®q rot P.O. Res 3i. Griner. 8laterta. texecife.wan$ Tal.:442 3. Serrescripttee Siete: fes- `79.55 Sr. Golsen - `14.010 vac year U.S.& & t - '9,11.116 For ye= rtl is raelstered es smsanai Omit swell ley tics post office sander time partial etuniticsit W . The incctportsteil an ION five Karon testas-ifeccrd. foaonn3mni lav lith. mediate Clinton Nitro aero. toondod in 8105. Total woad run 3.908. A MEMBER JAMES L FITZGERALD -?Editor SHELLEY McPHEE - Ntews Editor GARY HAIST - Advertising Manger HEATHER BRANDER - Advertising MARGARET L. Gee - Offlry Manger A good life Canada is still a pretty good place to live despite the problems we face in 1981. ' Inflatien, a sluggish ecoacirnY, high in- terest rates and the constitutional debate will go with us into the new year. Con- sumers find more and more of their pay cheques going to pay for necessities as food prices rise and everyone feels the effects of 18 per cent interest rates, a art economy forcing layoffs and the 82centdollar. But unlike many countries in the world, Canadians enjoy a great degree of freedom, a variety of foods for our table and a bounteous supply and a peaceful statedepite the regional bickering. Around the world, thousands die every day for lack of food on their table, in ceentries such as Ireland and Israeli stepping outside into the street carries the threat of being shot down by terrorists. In Italy thousands are, still digging out from one of the worst earthquakes ever; they are homeless, hungry and grief-stricken. Iran is at warnesith Iraq. The Soviets still y Aftftnisten. . The Polish people line up for longer than eight hours at a time for a string of sausage to bring hone some meat for the table. The right to free independent trade unions is a right only recently achieved. Polish fanners are lobbying -for their own union so that the man who owes his land can have the right to the advanced technology of modern farming now only available to the government state farms. The very real threat of a Soviet in- tervention with guns and tavitt hangs over the new found freedoms h'ke a dreaded monster. Few people make in a year what Comedians consider to be their disposable MEMBER Display advertising retail evadable on .wast. Ash for "Rate Card No. IS affective Sett. 1. Tort. it income. Few in the world have the freedoms, rights, the full tummies, the peaceful co -existence with neighbours and neighbouring countries that Canadians enjoy. It is something to think about as we head into another new year. Something to consider long and hard We, Canadians have it so good. Touch of pride We must admit to a certain tingling along the spine during the Rose Bowl parade on New Year's Day as the TV cameras focused on the Massed Legion Pipe Bands from Western Ontario, swirling their kilts to the skirl of the pipes, says the W Ingham Advance -Times. Coming, as they do, from several Legion branches in our immediate neigh- bourhood, those 150 pipers and drummers make: -even a diluted drop of Sratislw... Ontario blood rise to the surface. Nor is there a much more inspiring sight than the self-confident swagger of a tall pipe major swinging his staff from side to side as he strides ahead of his band As we watched the Legion bands mar- ching down Pasadena Avenue, we recalled one time we attended the Highland Games at Embro in 1939, when war was all but a reality on tar doorstep_ As one off those magnificent bands, with screaming pipes and thudding drums moved down the field: a tiny woman in her seventies exclaimed, "Noo, if amid Hitler could see that he wouldna be so smart"' Scotland forever Knight of the road Dear Editor: Terry Fox David had Goliath for aloe, Achilles had his heel: But the big "C" was Terry's trine. He fought it with great zeal It robbed him of his good tight leg, Ruined his athletic hope: But Terns did not pity beg; He knew that he could cope_ He'd rein the breadth of this fair land, From the East Coast to the West, Collecting dollars in his hand, Tofight that cancer pest_ He ran for many a month and mile, Through weather good and bad, Ran in his queer hopping style, That brave stouthearted lad. As rain dripped off his curly locks, And hail stones pelted down, Onward hopped Terry Fox, Wearing his stubborn frown_ He hopped as fast as he could go, No thought of a disaster: But Fate dealt yet another blow, Big "C" was heaping faster. Turn to page 3 • Crystol field by Jim Fitzgerald Music, please Dear Editor, Four mornings a week, between 25 and 40 young people arrive at Cental Huron Secondary. School (CRSS) to participate in an extra-cnn icular musical program. Why do these young people elect to give up, upwards of an hour's sleep that many days? They enjoy music, are musically talented, and a young enthusiastic teacher willingly . volunteers his time to direct them in that pursuit Yet, these students and probably others, who for geographical reasons, are unable to avail themselves of an 8 am program, cannot receive the benefit of a credit music course. Because of this they also miss the enrichment and learning ex- perience xperience of presenting a school musical. At the Goderich Collegiate there are two qualified, actively employed music tenches s lenling what I understand is the most rapidly flourishing program at that learning centre. The students attending that school are not only able to obtain a credit in music, to assist them in entering music at university level, but gain all the enjoyable by-products that go with having a school choir and band There is vocal music offered at all DHSS feeder schools and instrumental es well at, at least two of these. For the east few years a Music Night to display the achievements of the pupils attending these schools has been held at CHS& The auditorium has been packed to capacity and the halls have rung with their clear young voices. Yet, students who do not go to Goderich for their secondary education cannot continue in this program. There are however, buses running from every secondary school in Huron County into Clinton - none run the reverse routes. Why then could CRSS not be made the musical centre of the county, or at least move one of the Goderich music teachers here and students from Exeter and Seaforth could ride these already available buses to Clinton for this program? One of the purposes of creating regional school boards was equality of education for all. This aim along with the necessary funding dollars seems to brave been los under a pile of political platitudes. A system of education where neither teachers, parents, taxpayers or students. have a voice in the subject matter to be offered to our young people, would appear to me, to have lost sight of the purpose of education. Sincerely, Aileen Craig, Clinton remembering our past a look through the news -record files - 1-E ARS AGO Januar Ia.1976 Mrs- '►largaret Larson. Hayfields oldest citizen_ lit the first torch at the opening of Bayfield's ' Centennial celebrations last Satin day evening in onear-perfect winter conditions Brussels Reeve Jack McCutch eon became Warden of Human County folloeaing a tie breaking voteby Goderich Reee Stan Profit McC'iileheon and Hullett Reeve Allam Campbell were tied alter the second cote which required a deciding vote by the Goderich Reeve Clinton Reeve Harold Jobb was eliminated after the first ballot with i6 votes while Campbell and \lcCutcheon had tied woth Iia McCutcteeon and Campbell then toed after the second ballot with 28 votes 1 u YEARS AGO January 21.19:1 Stuart Wilson of RR 1. Brumfield as a'- elected p>restdent of the Tuckersmoth Federation of Agriculture at the annual meeting held in Egrmondaille Unoted Church He succeeds Bruce Coleman of RE 4. Nemesis and books Here's a promise_ If I don't get a book published in 1981. I'm going to die trying. And you're all invited to the funeral. No flowers, piease_ Just tiring a mickey of rye and sprinkle it gently over the cremation box, the undertaker, the preache€. and any relatives who happen to be Lurking about_ Reason for mention of the mickey is that Nemesis has struck. Agaiile Last Friday night I struggled into the house' wi;:th two arms loaded with groceries, newspapers, and other miscellaneous garbage_ Right in time middle of the load was a mickey, hist to conceal it from the neighbors, who would withdraw their children from my Sunday School class if they saw the naked article_ The rickey, that is. " I gave a sigh of relief after kicking the back door shut and MY rubbers off. f must have been the sigh that did it The mickey slipped through its camouflage and dropped squarely on ethe middle toe of my Ieft foot, breaking same. At the exact moment of the hit, I dropped the rem Of theses. Have you ever crawled 9, around on the kitchen floon mopping up milk and broken eggs, scraanbting behind the fridge for apples, with your left foot stuck out behind you, simultaneously calling on the gods to punish the per- petrator of your pain? Well, the gods seemed to be otherwise , engaged, as usual so 1 decided to punish that mickey myself. And I did_ With one foot in a bucket of ice water, I purnfshed'it_. In fact I killed it, although I am a gentle soul at heart. All this, of course, has nothing to do with this column. I am merely using the rather trifling incident to impress on nay.stadents what Nemesis is. When they asked me on Monday why I was limping, again, -[just said: "Nen iesis. Retributive justice. I1 you insist on buying rnickeys, which do bad things to your head, you can expect them to do bad things to your feet." That explanation certainly cleared up one dramatic term fforr them. What I really began to talk about in this column is "putting together" a book. Very few people write a book any more_ They just put it together. Thus we have two books on that silly little soap opera Dallas_ One is called The Quotations of J.R. Ewing, and the other is called something equally it"otic. And there's a third in the `putting together" process, called The Women of Dallas or something. I can't think of anything more horrible than being stranded on a desert island with only these three hooks_ Even if it seas 9.30 in New -fie. No, I can't stand the Ea -tries and their lousy oil. i sort of like old J.R,, because he treats his wife just the way mine treats me. Although I can't stand Sue -Ellen with her ever—quivering lips and her ever - batting eyes. What really gets me is that another old side -kick of mine has "put together" a book. That's bad enough, him beating me to it, but what Taurus is that it's a pretty good book In fact, one of the reasons I'm a little ferocious is that i stay up half the night reading it, and I'm grouchy as a would -be -writer with a sore toe today. It's riot the sort of thing your average housewife would sit down to read while she's having her morning coffee, er while waiting for Edge of Night to come on. „t ti does have had Iarnguage, a bit of set, and Tuts I v1,olenee in It And it's pretty honest - an tpnusual thing in a book these days. r Wait'li you see the truth- , embroideries in mine_ Terror in the Starboard Seat is the name of it_ It is vastly over -priced, but well produced. at $12.96. And ifs a +out 41 operational trips aboard a Mosquito by a . Canadian airman, Dave McIntosh. during World War II_ The Mosquito, built of wood. was one of the most interesting aircraft in t hat guerre des anciens combatants i that's what it says on my pension cheque, m The Massie was a nightfighter. intruder. bomber and general har-har-asser of German. 1t was fast. heavily armed. lightly protected. and pretty well operated on its own, with a pilot and navigator_ Dave, an old friend at college, and since then a journalist all over the world, and a grey eminence in the newspaper world of Ottawa, was the terrified young navigator in the right seat. I can't believe he was quite as terrifi as he claims he was_ When I first knew him, he was a sports editor at the Varsity and deliberately taunted, in his daily, column, various incredible Hulks of his- day, isday, in the form of jocks withi woun egoes. He weighed aboout 134 at the time. On the other hand. as Mackenzie King would have said, 1 rr lieve he was as terrified as he claims. Because i was too. He didn't even have any flak on his first trip, I did and i thou t it was a com- bination of hell and Chiristmas, It's a great read Blunt, critical. credible_ Better and better W.W. 1i books are being written. Wait till you read mine. But McIntosh, if you and your pilot were the two guys who shot up the German freight train in which i was lying prisoner. bands and feet tied, I11 go down to Ottawa and personalke ale you. 0'.1 Seaforth. who stepped downo.after completing his thud term. Clinton Dinettes recently donated an ice cleaning and flooding machine to the Clinton Community Centre. The machine not only speeds hp I heoperation of maintaining the ice surface between periods. but also produces a smoother. faster ice surface. The machine was presented last week to Clinton Recreation Director Doug Andrews by a e mrnrttee from the club. oneludang Mrs. Berl alofford. Mrs Bob:Mann and Mrs Tom Feeney We were saddened to learn Wednesday morning of the death of one of our best and most reliable corresporodents. Mrs_ Bert Atkin of londesboro Although the dear lady Baas more than fin years of age. she was very .acts a in the camnmumty and so her death came of something of a shock. 2. YEARS AGO January 19. 1956 A special meeting was hied in Clanton last • eek to map plans for the forthcoming Huron a'minty Mass Chest tray Survey_ eahmch is being spanseired ba the limon County Tuberculosis Association The survey is -cheduled to get underway May 7. and will Cast approximately one month Oa-er 5.000 . oluinteers. all Huron County residents. will be recruoted to pate a part on the survey :\ nee telephone numbering system. which Boll onclude tamp use of exchange names. will he introduced on Clinton on the spring of this %ear w hen the local exchange is converted to mal operatoon The exchange prefix in Clinton 'Ail)] be 11Unter2 5(i' 1 E:t1RS :AGO January 15, 1931 The Eiame and School Club will bold' time first meeting of the year in the Collegiate auditorium- on Tuesday everting: At this meeting the members intend to relax and bit and have some fun. which would seem to be sensible as they do perform a good deal of real work during thea ear_ An apology..._i hereby apologize for the statements I remade on the night of Jan. 5th. 1931 against a lady citizen of Clinton. When making the statements I knew them to be untrue and i sincerely regret having made such statements.. Signed - S S Cooper. Percy Crich. aged 39_ son of Herbert Crich of Clinton. ended his life early Sunday morning in the barn of his employer. Thomas McMillan MP for Huron South. on his farm in Hullett Township_ Mr Crich. apparerotly was on good health and relatives are unable to give any reason for the act. He had been employed on Mi. McMillans farm for some years and was well known throughout the community and word of his death comes as a shock [Oa large circle off friends. Two sleigh -loads of young people from SI. James- Church in Middleton and vicinity attended the. APPA al Va'r na on Friday which was held at the home of Mr and Mrs. John Beatty la YEARS AGO January 19.1906 On Monday afternoon last Mr Jas Connoly of Goderich Township was on hois way home from Holmes ille to the Butter Factory when toe noticed a lady just about stepping on to the Raolroad bridge which crosses, the road Instantly he caught sight off a freight train approaching at a-tero-ific rate-Husfranticcall .. fist reached her in time. and for the instant odds 'n' ends .Snowbound Snowbound m London with a column deadline fast approaching, that was my problem_ A borrowed typewriter and paper provided part of the solution. My sister and her family gave me a room -to Work in with relative peace and quiet — another problem solved If I could have just borrowed same ideas, I could have breathed a sigh of relief. I would not have been staring at a blank sheet of paper with a blank mind_ I considered taking a survey of sugges- tions, but abandcried the idea because I knew what the topics would be_ The number one suggestion would be horses_ Unfortunately in our family, four people claim they have a horse better than the other three and they can't even agree on the best breed of horse. Inevitably the story would come out about the girl who was almost kicked by another person's hoarse and developed an almost limp. I didn't need that kind of friction_ Another topic would be cats. According to my niece, her cat, Corky, has a lot in common eon. %I' - Corky. too. was a she appeared dazed. but had the presence of mind to step off the track. Fortunately. Mr. Connoly's quick perception saved her life. as the high wind from the ;, ,,posite direction prevented her from hearing the train which probably egrould have caught her in the centre of the bridge with but little chance of escape. A few nights since. some one visited the cellar of Mr C Bembridge in Hullett Township and carried off a crock of choice butter Mr. Bembridge does not ask for the return of the but err. but would like to get the • crock back, if the party is through with it. too YEARS AGO January 27. t 881 The contract for the erection of a new school house in Be,miiller. to be finished by September. was let to Mr. A. Heddle. con- tractor. for the sum of $986. The building is to have two- rooms. having a total ac- commodation for upwards of loo pupils. In Bayfield. John Mackis wife and family have left for parts unknown. it is reported that John was not very kind to his wife and family. The amount of teaming that has been done in the vicinity of this townm thus far this winter. is simply astonishing. Although the roads are very heavy and require the utmost care to be driven over in safety, an enormous quantity of wood. saw legs. hay. grain. etc.. has been moved In reference to the first named article. one wonders what become of it all Teams is continuous strings have been hauling it all winter: and yet there is a scarcity in town - that is of dry wood. The amount annually comsumed here is several thounand cords, and is constantly on the in- crease. ' stray, but he's much cuter than Morris I and Morris II. On a scale of one to ten, Cor- ky rates a twleve, in my niece's estima- tion_ But all cat lovers consider their pets to be the best, and all dog owners- believe their pets to be the cutest, smartest and fastest_ I could foresee another argrnnent_ Besides, I've already received' letters from a groundhog and a spider, via human correspondents, of course_ It's reassuring to know my column is being read, but I wondered how many dogs, cats and horses I might hear from Finally I discussed the problem with my eight-year-old nephew, Brian_ "Why don't you write about Star Wars or Dinosaurs? " he suggested. e'You can even borrow my books." A light bulb flashed in my head_ How Many dinosaurs could I offend? 1 began leafing through Brian's book There was the amphibian, ichtbyostega, reptiles, Edaphosaurtts and ; flying reptiles, Dimorphodon and Rham phorhyncbus; and Stegosauras, an early plant eating reptile. Brian could pronounce those names; I couldn't.. And I realized spelling them cor- rectly nectly take all day. I'm not certain how year' -ml read rainy cal- umn. Nor am I sure how many thirty-year- old readers could pronounce them. I hope Brian will be satisfied knowing his dinosaurs received mention in this space, if not full billing. 1 was back to square one, but I carefully avoided mentioning my predicament to my oldest nephew, the mechanic. He would launch into a tirade about what's right with his car and what's wrong with mine= Perhaps 1 should try to explain that, although weather and road conditions prevented me from heading northward home and although city streets were slip- pery, essential travel, such as attending hockey gam, was par* a'btw. In three nights, I attended four hockey games - two novice, one Junior A and one gg exhibition game between a �"' 'm Czechoslovakian juvenile team and a Lon- don juvenile team. All the teams I was ming for lost, but the games were entertaining just the same. By the end of the fourth game, I was hoarse_ Although no one spoke the feeling aloud, I suspect my hosts were hoping foss laryngitis. No such luck! However, I did bring home with me a nnasty head cold - the end of my snowbotmd travails! in L ndka t.