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1916.
Every dollar counts
Despite rising cost, run away inflation, and soaring interest rates,
cost can be held in line, and the private sector isn't necessarily the
best at it either.
Take .a couple of departments in the town of Clinton, a public
financed body, who -both came in with excellent financial records
from last year, and in fact spend far less than they were given.
The public' works ' deportment, despite major street
reconstruction, and expensive maintenance of our too numerous
gravel roods, still managed to come in $11,000 under budget,
despitetosing-o$13,000provincial government road subsidy.
The recreation board also set a:good example., when they were
able fro shove $16,000 from their 1980 budget, taking only $77,500
from the taxpayers, which was $11,000 less than they spend in 1979.
The rest of the receation board's $180,000 comes from grants, ad-
missions, and canteen sales. '
Both departments dispel) the common myth that government
spending is wasteful, and money flushed down the drain. That may
be.trtae to some extend at higher levels, but on the local municipal
leveir it certainly is not. By J.F.
LFt#le guy gets it again
If Huron school board members have their way, the strap will re-
main In the school . system in the county, says the Exeter Times -
Advocate.
's not p °zmajor issue, as evidence4 by the response from the
pudic and4Iwe schools when.osiced for "Their opinions on fhd matter
prior to the board making a decision. I -
ln truth, the board is asking only that the strap be administrated
to students who will stand for it. That argument is supported by the
fact .it is used occasionally in elementary schools in Huron, but
hasn't been in the secondary schools for a number of years.
It's not much of a threat to a 6'2" macho male high school student
to know that his 5'6" pedagogue has the right to administer the
strap. It's a right on whichonly the most foolish would embark,
unless he -she knew the student considered the whole thing a big
lark.
In that way, it becomes an unfair tool for correcting behaviour
because it cannot be administered without fear of favor.
However, it does p epare children for the real world, where
there are many examples of there being one Tule for the big guy
and another for the little guy.
April fresh
5YEARSAGO
Apri122, 1976
So far, the Chilton Hospital board'has taken
no action on an order last week to close the
Clinton Hospital by June 1 and members of
the board and doctors were meeting with.
acting health minister Dr., Bette Stephenson
today and are asking her to reconsider her
closing order of last week.
The hospital board in a meeting Monday
night, gave their solicitor; Beecher Menzies
of Clinton, permission to go ahead and see if
legal action can't be taken by the board
against the provincial government.
An unusual mid-April heat spell started last
Wednesday when the temperature officially
reached -70 (F-)., A --new record -was -set
Tpursday when the mercury hit 77, Friday's
high of 80, Saturday's high of 81, and Sunday's
high of 82 also set new records for those dates..
Mike' Miller, associate ag., rep, said that
considerable seeding of spring grain has
already been carried out, compared to last•
year when farmers never got on the land until
the first of May. -
instrumental music will be offered at
Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton
during the.. 1976-77 . term. The board has
agreed to offer the course.
to YEARS AGO
April 29, 191 1
More than 200 guests gathered in V,:
Clinton, Legion Hall for a dinner and dance
Friday night to honor Florence Symons,
Grand Organist of the Grand Chapter of
Ontario, Order of the Eastern Star.
Mrs. Symons was installed last September
at the Grand Chapter and will hold office until
after the Grand Chapter Sessions this Sep-
tember. She will play for this year's con-
vention at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
The professional sound in modern music is
hard to come by in Clinton; but not im-
possible. ,
• Last Saturday night the Koffee House
sponsored an evening of music by The
Brotherhood. A crowd of about 70 young
people enjoyed the versatility and the swing
of this group.
Hank and Beryl Gelling, hosts of the Koffee
House and originators of the idea were
pleased with the turn -out, and at a quarter a
head, nobody could afford not to come.
by Shelley McPhee
a look through
the news -record files
25 YEARS AGO
Apr1126, 1956
Self-satisfied smiling faces were easily
seen when more than 200 Legion members
watched as the mortgage on the Clinton
Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street, went up
in flames. Legion members gathered for the
mortgage burning and a social evening in
celebration of thefact.
Clinton Lodge AF&AM played host to a
distinguished native-born Clintonian on
Monday, April 23, in the person of Sir Ernest
Cooper, younger brother of the late Albert T.
Cooper, former mayor of Clinton.
A new public school for Hensel), to be
erected at an estimated cost of $120,000 was
approved in principle at a special meeting of
Henson Counil last week. A school board
delegation made the proposal after recom-
mending that construction of the new five -
room school and kindergarten was preferable
to attempting to bring the present building up
to standard.
50 YEARS AGO .
' Apri123, 1931
During the month of April the Canadian
Legion has been conducting an intensive
membership drive. in order to bring into
membership many returned men who live in
the villages and country outside of the larger
towns and cities.
The' fountain in Clinton's Library Park has
been painted 'green and bronze, making a
bright spot in the centre. But the color doesn't
blend well with the white and blue of the new
' urns.
Mr. Barry Walter gave a fine temperance
address in the Holmesville Sunday School on
Sunday last. He dwelt chiefly with the
Wickersham report and the opinion of many
noted doctors on. the harmful effects of
alcohol .
75 YEARS AGO
April 27, 1906
Death is always unwelcome even though it
comes at the natural time when life's day is
over and its work done, but when it steals in
upon the family circle, and plucks the young
life that is just budding into womanhood it is
doubly sad, and its blow falls with terrible
force. Such a bereavement as this befell the
home of Mr. and Mrs. H. Pennabaker of
Clinton, Saturday the 21st, when their third
Provincial election
This is being written on the eve of the
provincial election in Ontario, but it could
be the eve of any election in any province
in this far-flung dominion.
Going up against the incumbent
government resembles very much a
pruiiiising -heavyweight fighter going up
against the world champion. He has to
knock the champ out, or make him look so
foolish that even the judges have to award
the challenger the title. If it's anywhere
near close, the champ wins.
How does this apply to provincial
politics? Well, in the first place, the party
in power has its fingers in a stranglehold
on the public purse.
This means that it \can run an over-
whelming advertising campaign, conduct
its own slanted polls, and throw grants and
patronage in all directions, especially
when a seat is in danger.
Every nickel of this vast wastage comes
out of your pocket and mine. A provincial
election costs you and me anywhere from
ten to a hundred million dollars, most of it
disguised in the form of government in-
formation, government announcements of
ten million here, two million there, eight
million elsewhere, and so on.
It means that the government, fighting a
supposedly democratic election, is in with
both hands to public money, scattering i.
wherever it might glean votes, regardless
of the provincial debt, regardless of us,
who are putting up the bucks.
It . means that the government can
cynically hire clever people to write
speeches, brilliant people to plan glossy ad
campaigns, brutal people to twist arms
and remind of past favors, and op-
portunists to denigrate the opposition
parties.
The latter, without access to our money,
can fight only with what they have, and it's
an uphill battle. They can't afford the
opulent advertising, the sybaritic
sycophancy of a venal press, the bus or the
plane with the tree bar, the free buses to
pack nomination meetings.
But, lo, all is not lost. People are not
sheep; not quite. Every so often, a slick,
glossy government campaign goes down
the drain, as The People suddenly demand
to know what the hell the government
stands for, besides motherhood,
prosperity, and a turkey in every seat in.
the legislature.
It happened in B.C. when'Dave Barrett
knocked out the right-wing government of
Wacky Bennett. And in Manitoba, when
right-wing Sterling Lyon knocked out the
left-wing NDP.
It happened in Quebec, when the PQ
knocked off the smooth Liberal
organization, riddled with patronage and
corruption and fear. And it happened
before that in Quebec when the Liberals,
before they became rich and slick,
bumped the Duplessis, right-wing Union
Nationale, now a mere shadow on the
Quebec horizon.
Being of Irish extraction, I always,
without fail, vote against the government.
By the time this appears in print, the
Tories in Ontario, who have a menage a
trois with the NDP federals and the
Liberal government in Ottawa (doesn't
that boggle the mind?) will likely have
formed another minority government.
(Editor's note: they got a majority). How
could they ..be defeated, with all that
money, and a leader who epitomizes all the
small-town, small-minded attitudes of
traditonal Tory Ontario?
But I'm in a quandary. Out on my front
lawn is a sign, urging people to vote NDP.
My wife, in a weak moment, allowed a
friend to talk her into installing it, with my
urging.
1 can't vote Tory, because I detest and
despise a government that has allowed
Ontario to become a second-rate province,
despite its enormous resources, and
because I resent the manner in which the
Tory leader, a fairly mediocre politician
who squeaked into the leadership by about
the same margin as Joe Clark, and only
because the Northern Ontario voters had
to get home by bus, rail and plane, and
couldn't vote in the last ballot, and who
chooses to scatter my money wherever it
will buy a vote.
Why not vote, then, for the NDP man, a
good man, a man of intellect and in-
tegrity? Because, while he is a good man,
and would nuke an excellent represen-
tative, his party can't win.
Turn to page 5 •
young daughter, Annie, answered the sum-
mons of death. For nearly eight months she
had been fighting a hard, and continous battle
against disease, and though she was very
brave and usually hopeful, and though
everything that loving hands, and skilful
medical attendance could devise was done, it
was an unequal struggle, and at last the grim
reaper conquered.
The • directors of the Threshing Co. in
Londesboro met here on Tuesday evening,
and there were no less that eight machine
agents present to show them that each had
the best threshing outfit; they did not com-
plete the deal with any of them, but the
chances are strong in favor of the White rig
from London.
Routes of popular stallions - The Pope, full
brother to Bishop 2.06, will make the season
at the owner's stable near Porter's Hill, and
will arrange for certain days each week later
on at Clinton; Goderich and elsewhere. -
Sterling McPhail, prop.
100 YEARS AGO
;; Apri122, 1881
Why doesn't our street inspector of con=
mittee look after the sidewalk in front of the
town hall? It's in a bad state gentlemen, and
remember there will be an election again in
January.
WANTED - We insert the following ad-
vertisment without charge, with great
pleasure: - WANTED - About 79 young men,
of all shapes and sizes, from the tall, graceful
dandy, with the baseball moustache (nine on
a side) down to the henped-backed, carroty -
headed, weazel-eyed up -start. The object is to
form the gaping corps to be in attendance at
the Clinton street corners each Sunday during
the coming summer before and after divine
service, to stare at the females as they pass
and to make delicate and• gentlemanly
remarks on their person and dress. All who
wish to enlist in the above corps, will appear
at the various street corners next Sunday,
both morning and evening, when they will be
duly inspected and their names, personal
appearance, and quantity of brains
registered in a book, kept for that purpose,
and to be published. To prevent a general
rush, it will be well to state that none will be
enlisted possessing intellectual capacity
superior to that of a well-bred donkey.
R ots
Dear Editor,
Like many other people in Canada, we
are trying to, trace our family tree. Our
home is in Toronto and we visited Clinton
on April 14th and 15th in an effort to find
missing links and crucial ties.
Town Clerk Cam Proctor did everything
he could to help us. We went to the
cemetery and located our grandfather's
grave in Section Q. Your newspaper en-
deavored to help us to locate places and
people who would be able to ,help us. But
the f ew leads we had ran into dead ends.
Our grandfather Thomas Hession lived
and died in Clinton. He was married to the
former Sarah Foster Morten and had six
children, Henry (our father), John,
Eleanor (Nell), Norma, Mary and Eva.
They were all born between 1870 and 1 a 7
and dad worked at Nickelborough's
Department Store and at a furniture
factory.
They first lived over a store, then bought
their own homestead which we believe still
is standing somewhere in town, although
renovated. Henry moved to Toronto
around the turn of the century.
Grandfather was born in Dublin, Ireland
on June 27, 1840 and he died on May 30,
1914. His wife Sarah was born in London,
England (maiden name Morten) on
December 27, 1848 and died on September
9, 1915. Grandfather had some connection
with Dr. Charles Cole.
If aibyone has recollections of our family
here, or knows when they settled here we
would appreciate hearing from you. Write
Barry F. Hession, 139 Kingston Rd.,
Toronto, M4L 1T3.
Thanks to the Clinton News -Record our
trip wasn't completely in vain.
Yours truly,
Barry Hession.
Disabled can enjoy sports too
Dear Editor:
On Friday 22nd, Saturday 23rd, and
Sunday 24th of May, the cityof London will
host the Regional Games for the
Physically Disabled. I hope that in this, the
International Year of the Disabled, the
Clinton News -Record will be able to help
us promote these games.
Our primary objective is to increase the
number of participants over last year. The
Regional Games, although an important
stepping stone for disabled athletes ap-
proachingthe Ontario Games, the Canada
Games and eventually International
Games, also provides wide ranging op-
portunities for all disabled persons
wishing to engage in recreational sporting
activity.
We would like to see every community in
our region represented at the Games and
registration takes place mainly through
April and early May. From our point of
view, the bigger and themore frequent the
exposure you can give us over this period,
the better it will be for us. Many groups,
individuals and corporations have donated
money, time and services to put these
Games in place..I sincerely hope that the
Clinton News -Record will add its weight to
this effort.
John Walsh,
Chairman, media & promotion
The big game?
Parr 11
The puck was dropped. The game was
one, and two mothers were flat on the ice.
The boys' centre grabbed the puck before
the opposing centre knew what was hap-
pening. He skirted one sprawled body and
out -raced two defenders for a clearcut
breakaway.
The goalie didn't expect her work to
start quite that fast, but she prepared
herself. She moved out to the line in front
of the net that John's mother told her was
called the "lip of the crease." She kept her
pads together, her stick flat on the ice and
her gloved hand outstretched - just like the
guys on TV. Well, not quite.
e shot came, the puck gliding
s oothly on the ice. She swiped at it with.
her stick, missed and landed on her fanny.
1 - 0 for the boys. Not a good start for the
mothers.
By the end of the first 10 minute period
(the mothers had insisted on only 10
minute periods), the score was 5-0. The
boys were not surprised. But, in the second
period, strange things started happening.
The goalie became more aggressive,
flip-flopping and throwing herself on the
puck as though pride had suddenly become
more important than bruises. Sometimes
she landed on players instead of the puck,
but more often than not she came out of the
scramble screaming, "I got it! 1 got it!"
She seemed more surprised than
anyone. When the other goalie took over
near the end of the second period, she
seemed to have picked up some tips. She
let in a couple of fast soft goals, but after
that, she settled downatoo.
By the end of the second period, the
score was 7-3. The boys were shaking their
heads, just a little. They still knew they
would win - easy. But they had to admit
some of those mothers could skate not half
bad. And Jim and John's mothers really
had known what they were talking about;
they could actually play hockey.
The referee, alias Tommy's father, let
them away with a lot, though, especially
Tommy's mother. The mothers did a lot of
tripping. Sure, it usually happened when
the mothers fell and her stick was lying on
Armchair athletes
Dear Editor;
Regarding the quality of hockey in this
area. I was settling down, Wednesday of
last week, to see a good hockey game
between Toronto and Buffalo when the
phone rang. Being disturbed from my
Coke and ? I hoped it could be a wrong
number.
Instead, it 'was from a friend of mine
(Oscar), asking me if I would like to see an
Industrial game being played in Goderich
between Hodgin's Mill and.O'Briens. The
game was the rubber match in the first
round of the championship. .
Well, I hesitated for a few seconds and
then I thought that since the guy was good
enough to ask me, I'd say yes. Thank
heaven's for' the invitation, instead of
seeing the demise of, what used to be a top
hockey reggmg (,Toronto lost 4-4) we were
treated to a very hngh class game..
Here are some facts about the kind of
hockey that I saw: there is no body con-
tact, no slapshots and no spearing
(remember last week's', game between
Toronto. and the Pinnies when Sutler got
slashed for five stitches).
Oh, the guys push and shove a little, but
within two minutes they always kiss and
make up. But if there is a little extra
pushing, both players get an automatic
game penalty.
One other thing I forgot to mention, all
these guys are working buffs and it doesn't
cost one cent to watch.
How about it Clinton, dO you want to
watch your local lads, or get fat and
overweight by sitting in your armchair
watching lack -lustre games on T.V.
Sincerely,
Fred "Doc" Jackson,
Clinton
the ice and a kid tripped on It. But she
should have got a penalty for tripping,
anyway.
As the third period wore on, the mothers
were getting up slower and slower. In the
big leagues, they would have gotten
trillions of penalties for delaying the
game, but not in this one.
The boys took over again, popping in
more and more goals. The final score was
12-4, and the boys claimed they could have
made it a lot worse, but they didn't want to
make their old moms feel bad.
The mothers blamed it on lack of prac-
tise time but quickly turned down the ref's
suggestion of a rematch.
During the boys' celebration, one was a
little subdued. John remembered his
mother had threatened to feed him spinach
and liver for a week if he beat her. He
glanced at her and grinned sheepishly, as
they were leaving the ice. She rubbed her
elbow.
He forgot his worries, though, when the
referee and some of the other fathers took
the boys out for a Big Mac to celebrate.
When they walked past, the mothers'
dressing room, a liniment bottle was be-
ing passed around.
A sister for Clinton
Dear Editor:
Our sister city of Bay City, Michigan,
again wishes to thank the large delegation
from your town to our annual St. Patrick's
Day parade weekend festivities. They _
were a wonderful contribution to our
parade and we were pleased when they
came away with the "best -out-of-town"
float and trophy.
Our mayor, Mrs. Anne R. Hachtel,
organized :a.. very -.nice reception for the
group at our City Hall, and our American
Legion Post 18 hosted the delegation, in-
cluding the Clinton Pipe Band, in their
clubrooms. If the Goderich folks were wat-
ching, our WNEM-TV Channel Five gave
coverage on three different newscasts to
Goderich participation in our "Irish" ac-
tivities.
In honoring the 25th anniversary of our
national People -to -People and sister city
program founded by the late President
Eisenhower in 1956, we will have a special
Goderich Friendship Days program Satur-
day and Sunday, October 3-4 when we hope
a delegation from your city will visit us.
There will be special tours of Bay City
historic homes and points of interest, ar-
ranged by the Bay County Historical Socie-
ty and a reception with special entertain-
ment provided by American Legion Post
18.
Our family of Michigan cities affiliating
with sister cities in your midst is growing.
Our neighbour, Standish, has a very fine
program going with Wingham, while West
Branch is affiliated With Seaforth and
Auburn with Auburn, Ontario. Meanwhile,
another Bay County community, Pinconn-
ing, is showing some interest in taking on
Clinton as a sister city, while Midland, 15
miles west of Bay City, expects to affiliate
with Midland, Ontario, this year.
Thanking you and all of those fine folks
in Goderich, I am,
Sincerely,
Leslie E. Arndt,
President
Bay Sister Cities
Federation,
Bay City, Michigan