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eest spirit forever
Clinton doesn't have much permanent industry in town, in fact, it
accounts for only five per cent of the whole town's tax base, far
below the normal 40 per cent. But one industry that we do have,
and one that accounts for more and more of the town's gross na-
tional product is the tourism industry.
First the spring fair brought thousands to town for one weekend a
year, then the Kinsmen horse races brought tens of thousands of
people to town each sumer who left thousands of dollars and
trreiated'many lobs,"And now we have Klompen Feast, which was an
...overwhelming success 1010 weekend, luring an additional 15,000
people to Clinton, and with them thousands of mere dollars for the
town's.economy. r,
There's;: ,lithe doubt, then, that for o small.. -investment, many
'`visitors can be attracted to. town, and takethe place of our sagging
industrial base. Klompen Feest is one of those events, and we hope
•that Clintohians seize this opportunity to make this high quality
event an annual one that Will 'proudly put. Clinton. on. the map. We
.hOve. proven beyond any doubt that with organization and co-
ierl, i ti,; we con indeed look after that many people, and even
of them despite all the "doubting, Thomases" in town who
lrevi'ous to the avent sdid:it could never be done.
Nearly everyone in Clinton was involved in Klompen Feest in` one
ray or another, whether it was cooking potatoes, orpining up
lecorations. Let's keep this 'spirit alive forever! By J.F.
a place to call home
bear Editor:,
The"ftrst annual Clinton Klompen Feest
isover:
�s 'The vroWds were here, the town looked
at.
The weather was made to order.
4Etyerybne'' amid ed tel be enjoying
Olinitnie—Aratillsiditottinewetitawityhungry:
Now for t e asibessments - As chairman
of the Clinton Klompen Feest, I Want to
'thank all groups, organizations and in-
,djviduals who contributed in any way to
the success of our effort: Itis not my policy
.;to name indiiiiduala for . fear of missing
even, : one nettle. Tod the committee
'chairmen and canmittee member; 1
ccannot isfmmend you enough, you made
my fbAmuch easier for mi.
Weeirecallitg a meeting in the town hall
on Tuesday, June tat 8 pin. It ishoped that
all bins, will be in prior to this meeting and
we can obtain a very clear picture of the
financial position.
The meeting had originally been
scheduled for May 26, but could not be
ha..rganized in time Willi all the ,Oris that
d tele dine to finaliie itfs{fied
busines:ts
If you: are connected with, or are in-
' terested in a future repeat of this suc-
cessful function, plati on attending this
important meeting on June 2. 'A lot of
decisions must be made and made sioon.
Again, thanks to the people of Clinton
and area. It is co-operation such as we had
that makes Clinton a better place to call
home. •
Yours truly,
• Bob Campbell,
1 chairman, Klompen Feest
So you're wondering where 111 your federal tax dollars are
wasted? Well there was a good example down at the Clinton
Federal Building last Wednesday when a crew from Art's
Landscaping ripped up the beautiful tulips planted several
years ago by volunteers of the Horticultural Society. They also
tore out all the ehubbery, hauled them to the dump, and replaced
them with new trees, all at a coat of hundreds of dollars. (James
Fitzgerald photo)
remembering
our past
a Zook through
the news -record files
5 YEARS AGO
May 27,1976
Mary Grigg of Clinton has been elected
president of the newly formed Huron County
Zone 8 United Senior Citizens of Ontario,
Incorporated.
The clubs incorporated in the new zone are
the Golden Gate Club of Goderich, the Senior
Citizens Club of Exeter, the Friendship Club
of Brussels, .the Ever Young Club of Hayfield,
the Golden Radar Club of Clinton, the Golden
Age Club of Grand Bend and the Swinging
Senior Citizens of Blyth.
On Tuesday, May 1 S, the CHSS
cheerleading squad competed in the Huron -
Perth Track and Field Competition in Exeter.
The CHSS girls were fifth to compete and
when it was their turn, they made a beautiful
showing. The girls scored 932 and from the.
five judges present, it was a unanimous
choice that they should win.
10 YEARS AGO
June11,1f71
The majority of Huron County secondary
school teachers have • resigned from their
teaching positions and the Huron County
Board of Education has been "pink-listed"'by
the Ontario Secondary School Teachers'
Federation.
The board raised its offer from 3,5 per cent
!which is the increase the teachers would
have received had the current agreement
been renewed without change) to an offer of
5.5 per cent, Last year the teachers received
increases of 7,9 per cent,
The busiest lace in town, has been the
Clinton Community Park where' workmen '1t
'r,"llavebeen,simultaneously. working on a new, -TA,
covering for the betting area at the
racetrack, making final preparations on'the
track for the opening of horseracing on
Sunday, getting the swimming pool ready for
opening later this month and preparing for
the Clinton Spring Fair on Friday and
Saturday, Later this week, the midway will
move in and set up for action and the park
will be busy on Friday and Saturday with the
fair and Sunday with horsera cing,
25 YEARS AGO
May 31,1956
The sun shone throughout the ceremonies
sugar and spice
dispensed
by
h111 smiley
God Bless !!
I spent ahe entire weekend taiking to
these people, feeding thein, and driving
them to a ferry, half an hour away, where
they could embark and spread the faith on
an Indian reservation.
They can talk like gurus, sleep like a
bomb, and eat like horses. My son arrived
on a Thursday night, and had me so befud-
dled by astrology and the words of the pro-
phet, that 1 slank off to bed about midnight
and got up early so I wouldn't have to face
him again. That afternoon, a frier,
Margaret, arrived from the city, at 80
miles an hour, on her motor -bike. They left
for the island.
At 7:30 that night, Lise arrived, 22,
bright as a whip, endearing, giving up a
weekend with exams approaching, to take
part in the teaching mission. Fed and slept
her at our place, delivered her to the ferry
next day.
Saturday, son Hugh and Margaret arriv-
ed back and took off for the city, back to
work. Sunday morning 1 went to pick up
Liss at the ferry and saw her off on the bus,
. ready to resume her studies for an M.A- in
Status, of all things.
O.K. An old Jewish guy can stand that.
But Monday, I got a letter, courtesy of the
Collingword Weekly, that reinforced my
decision to dent back.
Itwas from William J. McCormick,
Esq., Cheiwyni, Chetwynd Drive, Rose-
mont, Pennsylvania. It was the damndest
thing (pardon the expression in a religious
columnnLthat I havesver seen.
On the outside of t.'le envelope was his
address, and mine, thes: Honorable Hill
Smiley (Teacher & Col enlist). Down in
the right-hand corner was arat green label
Preferent ed; De lioirklay, Label
110,19-72.On the back of the eevelope was
Mist
Dear letter, go upon your way
Over ntain, plain or sea-
Godbfess all who speed your flight
To where l wish you to he. w:
And bless all those beneath the roof "<
the Speaker's Office, House of Commons,
London, England, thanking Mr. McCor-
mick for his copy of an address given at
Haverford, Penn.; a letter from Buck-
ingham
uckingharn Palace thanking him for the copy
of the "Holy Name" and an accompanying
letter (the Palace letter had a grammar
error); a one -inch by six-inch card, in
green, blue and red, announcing 'God
Bless You'; and a 12,000 word copy of the
address by Wm. J. McCormick to the Holy
Name Society of Rosemont, Penn.
It was all a bit too much. Somewhere in
his speech, Wm. J. had a number of
aphorisms about brevity being the soul of
wit. As you may have noticed, I don't
preach much in this That is, I don't
preach religion.
In the first place, I an not learned
enough in the scriptures, whatever scrip-
tures happen to turn you on. By the way,
excuse the use of a capital "S" for scrip-
tures. It merely means writings.
It's not that I don't have a friendly chat
with God once in a while. I do, and I'm sure
He enjoys it, though He never talks back.
In that respect, He is about two hundred
percent more amiable to talk to than my
wife.
In the second place (see above), I am not
pure enough or good enough to preach to
others, though, by George, there are quite
a few of you sinners out there who need a
little touch of hellfire to frighten you.
And in the third place, it's none of my
business. If you want to bang your head on
the ground in the general direction of the
East, do a Holy Roll on the floor, speak in
tongues, lie on a bed of nails, or slurp wine
and eat dry biscuits at Christmas and
Easter, that's your problemm. I am basical-
ly a Jew at heart.
If you believe that you are going to join
the Great Spirit or some other form of It,
Her, Ilam; after you conk out, and meet all
your loved cines again, and float around on
that big Sugar Candy mountain in the sky,
and not ever work again, bless yon, and
good hick.
Who, in his right, or even celestial mind,
would want to see all his or her loved ones
again? There'd be some right hair -pulling
Where I would bid yob rest; if some of my old gfrlfrfends and my wife
But bless even more the one to wham eget together for a Sunday brunch at one of
This letter is addressed'Those fly -ins in the sky; and I sure as
Inside were the following: a letter from 'eaven don't warn to meet my children,
nor my brothers and sisters, after I croak.
(Wouldn't mind seeing the grandboys for
about seven minutes.)
So. Generally 1 mind my own business
about other people's beliefs. But this past
week has made me strike back, in despera-
tion.
First of all, I got caught in a welter of
Bahai's..My wife, son and daughter are
adherents of this comparatively new faith
Its beliefs you can't fight with. They're the
best of the older religions. Their purpose is
to spread unity, the oneness of man, in our
world. To battle that would be like con-
dernning Motherhood.
They have , no wild or bizarre
ceremonies. They have simple meetings,
variously called Feasts, Fasts,
ld
lugs• They harm nobody, except the old
guys like me who are dragooned into driv-
ing
riving people to such events.
Then he took off for another ten thousand
words, Enough religion. I'm going to look
up a rabbi tomorrow,
yesterday afternoon which marked the of-
ficial opening of the new I3ayfield Public
School. The event went off smoothly with the
children, teachers and officials working in
close harmony to provide a pleasant program
for the audience of over 100 guests.
Paint brushes, ;lawn mowers and other
housekeeping hardware are being flourished
in high gear at RCAF Station Clinton these
days as preparations get into full swing for
the RCAF's Tenth Annual Air Force Day.
Saturday, June 9, has been designated this
year as the day upon which most Air Force
Stations in Canada will throw open their
doors to the general public in an effort to
provide the people of Canada with an un-
derstanding of the role of this vital arm of our
country's defences,
50 YEAKS AGO
May 2t4. 19:11
Anyone who appreciates a fine drive, gond
roads and beautiful scenery, could do no
better than take a drive thiough part of
the country this week, Orchards ity full bloom„
green fields and meadows and everything
just shooting along, We do not want to seem
boastful but we believe the scenery around
here is just equal to that found most
anywhere in Ontario.
A reunion picnic was held in Harbor Park,
Goderich, by the Tebbutt and Jervis families
on Monday. Usually the members of this
family number over 6o at this annual reunion,
but .the attendance this year was very much
decreased owing to the cool weather.
Conadale on the Maitland River will be
open to this public after Acre lst,
We have been undergoing' some im-
provements. We have dredged our bathing
pond so the bottom is clear of anything in-
jurious to the feet. New road inclines cars to
shade on Hill Crest.- The barn is no longer a
barn, but a placeofusefulness for campers or
picnickers, We can seat 150 to lunch, centre
floor for baskets and washing dishes, west
floor for games of every description in case of
wet day, or extreme heat,
No baseball or horseshoes or fast music or
card playing or games of that nature on the
Sabbath day. No liquor allowed anytime on
the premises,
75 YEARS AGO .
June 1,1906
Nearly 25 years ago, the remains of Mr.
David Moffat were interred at the Varna
Cemetery, As those of her son were recently
interred in Clinton Cemetery, Mrs. Moffat of
High Street, determined to place those of her
husband there also, and they were taken up
and re -interred in Clinton Cemetery last
week,
The first Monarch Separator turned out by
the Clinton Thresher Co., since its
reorganization, was set up and tested on
Thursday, It worked like a charm from the
outset, It is not usual that a new machine runs
smoothly at the first: naturally there are
some parts that need adjustment, but in this
instance the machine worked without a hitch,
and gave every satisfaction.
100 PEAKS AGO
May27, ism'
A new sidewalk has been laid in front of the
town hall, which was much needed. Our
street committee were very prompt in having
this matter attended to, as the plank had no
sooner arrived,than they immediately set the
mento work,
On Tuesday night last some persons en-
tered the shop of Mr. John Smith, Tailor, and
took therefrom, some 15 suits of clothes
together with a quantity of cloth. The party
obtained an entrance through the cellar
window, which had been left open during the
day to throw in wood, No clue to the party can
be obta fined,
To brighten
a rainy day
People are such creative creatures. We
can't do much about rain. (Scientists are
working on controlling the weather, but so
far, we're stuck with what we get.)
Inventors came up with a handy gadget
to make rainy days bearable - the um-
brella.
At one time, people were probably con-
tent with a sombre black or brown silk um-
brella that kept the rain off, but modern
man decided the umbrella could do more.
It could brighten a rainy dtty, and it could
reflect any individual's personality and
lifestyle.
If you could spend an hour on same rainy
afternoon tatting in a window -seat of a
restaurant overlooking a busy city
sidewalk, you could learn a lot about the
people passing by just looking at their tun-
brellas.
In order to get rid of hotel pests, the loafers,
who will sit in the bar -room all day, in the
hope of being asked to drink, the license
commissioners for South Perth have issued a
peremptory order for the removal of all
chairsand seats out of such rooms. This has
been the rule in several of the better class
hotels for some time past, and has pleased
everybody save the professional bummers
and loafers who are not only too lazy to work,
but have the impudence to importune their
acquaintances to buy liquor for them.
We doubt if any clothing establishment in
the West can boast of their business more
than Mr. Thos, Jackson, the "famous"
clothier of this town. Mr. Jackson now has 21
hands in his employ, and has orders for three
months ahead. For the past month, his hands
have been working three and four hours
overtime, and still have not been able to fill
the orders,
The Meeting in Hayfield, relative to the
building of a new, school house, ended in a
fizzle - some of the ratepayers being for brick,
some fora stone one and some for none at all,
The Reeve and Dr. Stanbury were absent
owing to their feet, and Councillor Cleave was
nearlykilled by his horses running away
while he was proceedingdown the mill hill, so
his valuable services were a loss to the
meeting.
Uri you have an opininrr
Why not write us, letter to
the editor, and let everyone
know. All letters are
published, providing there
is sufficient space available,
and they can authenticated.
Pseudonyms /pen names/
are allowed if the letter is
signed elsewhere, but ell
letters are subject to editing
for length or libel.
Dutch immigrants
proud of Canada
Dear Editor:
As new Canadians, we would like to
thank all those who made the "Momper)
Feest" such a success.
Special thanks to Mr. Bob Campbell, as
chairman of thisevent.
When we came to Clinton in 1950, there
was a warm welcome extended from you
to us. People helped us with the language
and how to cook good Canadian meals,
We hope Clinton will have many more
good, years at the special event called
"Klompen Feest," We are proud to be
Canadians!
Mr. and Mrs. John Guetter Sr.
Mr, and Mrs. John DeJong
meg. Rita Lazet and family
by
elaine townshend
You might see a few busy young ex-
ecutives striding by under their trim
black, grey or brown umbrellas. It's a safe
bet that the umbrellas fold down small
enough to fit into a leather case that in turn
tucks away in a briefcase.
A lighter rain might bring out for a stroll
an elderly couple using a distinguished -
looking dark umbrella with a carved
wooden handle - a family heirloom
perhaps. At home, Mere could be a brass
or wooden umbrella stand - another family
heirloom.
A couple from Scottish descent might
choose an umbrella of a bold plaid design.
The younger set might choose brighter
colours of yellow, orange, blue or green or
even a flowered pattern. A few might sport
the clear plastic look.
A busy homemaker might have two or
three kids huddled under a bright canopy.
A telltale rip on the edge could reveal a
sane of one of the kids trying to push the
umbrella into the ear before it was closed,
Umbrellas can be accident prone, main-
ly because people always seem to be 1n a
hurry to get in out of the rain. Sometimes
owners forget where they've laid the inn-
brella until they sit on it. Oh, the pain!
The umbrella has a superstition attach-
ed to it. An open umbrella inside the house
is said to bring bad luck.
No matter how pretty or useful the um-
brella may be, it is destined to stand up-
side down in a closet until the next rain
storm comes.
Inventors came up with other uses for
the umbrella far removed from rainy
days, They just made it bigger, added
wider stripes and a few frills, and planted
it on the beach and beside backyard pools.
Years ago, southern belles used lacy
parasols to protect their delicate skin from
the aun.
The umbrella has had an lnteresting and
useful past and will probably have an even
more exciting future. Who knows? Maybe
one .y we will all be able to fly above the
chimney taps with our umbrellas, just like
Mary Popping,
write
letters
Bayfield ratepayer
wants straight facts
Dear Editor:
From the President of Bayfield
Ratepayers:
It is an unfortunate set of circumstances
that forces me to write this complaint - for
a complaint it surely is - to the editor of the
Clinton News Record, but I feel that there
are a few things to straighten out and a few
apologies coming to those who have been
maligned.
I refer to the report by Bud Sturgeon of
the Ratepayers May meeting in last
week's paper. It is so full of false in-
terpretation and innuendos that the reader
must of necessity form a completely
wrong picture of what really went on.
In your leader on the editorial page of
that same issue under the heading "rotten
journalism" there is this paragraph: "A
newspaper, if it truly . lives up to its pur-
pose in our society, seeks not merely to be
sensational - it seeks the truth". I agree
wholehartedly with this concept.
On to specifics ... Mr. Sturgeon states •
"Mr. Youmatoff continued his address by
stating that he 'believes in putting his
money where his mouth is and that the
ratepayers have to do more than talk" - I
have never in my life used the expression
attributed to me and which I find offensive
- Mr. Sturgeon might - I do not ... What I
said was that I had no use for people who
sat back and compalined but were un-
willing to take on a voluntary job in a
community when asked to do so -- for the
information of Mr. Sturgeon (and he would
know this if he stopped grinding his per-
sonal axe long enough to listen in-
telligently to what others were saying) the
ratepayers of hayfield are one of the most
energetic community minded bodies I
have ever known.
For a little further enlightenment, Mrs.
Galbraith, while she has worked ex-
tremely hard for the ratepayers, is not the
vice president as falsely reported (I'm not
too sure where he got that bit of in-
formation). The vice-president is Mrs. Peg
Wlllock.
Mr. Youmatoff did not "caution the
audience that if they weren't careful, the
washrooms would end up on the tax bill". I
stated quite emphatically that, since we
had made Clan Gregor Square attractive
to picnickers, we should be prepared and
happy, in the name of progress, to foot the
bill. In fact, we came out with a resolution
asking Council to get on with the job of
arranging permanent facilities as ex-
peditiously as possible.
My last complaint aimed at Mr.
Sturgeon is 1pgatie syas not
`abruptly' cut off but when to no less than
two requests whether there was any
further discussion no response was
received, the vote was called for and the
motion on the floor at the time was
carried. It had been declared at the
beginning that parliamentaryprocedure
would be used to keep the meeting in hand
and that is exactly what happened.
13y the way, Mr. Sturgeon, I have been
around for a long long time and, even if
you consider it 'journalistic licence', I
resent being addressed by my name alone
without a title - there are enough of them to
choose from take your pick. It may be the
deplorable habit of some papers but we
like to think that we can rise a Bove that.
Now for Mr. Fitzgerald! During the
course of the last few weeks you have
received a number of complaints of this
nature - you have ignored them, You have
had apologies about some of the so called
'opinions' expressed by Mr. Sturgeon - you
have ignored them too. 1 spoke to you
personally to explain that there was one
correspondent accredited to the
ratepayers meeting as there is for Council
you chose to ignore that too. I am ac-
cusing you of carrying on some sort of
intrigue insofar as the village of Bayfield
is concerned and I ask you, for your own
sake and for the sake of what was once a
very decent little weekly paper, to cease
and desist. "A Newspaper if it truly lives
up to its purpose in our society, seeks not
merely the sensational - it seeks the
truth". .
Get on with it and seek and publish the
truth - don't allow yourself to be used as a
grindstone for someon'e political or
personal axe - don't forget that all your
readers are not dumb, blind or stupid -you
only lower yourself in the eyes of those who
know the truth - Get back to being a paper
worth reading which is certainly not the
case now ,., If Mr, Bud Sturgeon can't see
his way clear to tell the truth or check his
facts, then get rid of him and the garbage
will soon disappear from your pages.
One last word - If there is any further
maligning or defamation of character, 1
for one will not hesitate to bring it to the
courts. I might not do as well as Carol
Burnett, but so what.
Major C. Youmatoff;
Hayfield
Mein Harr
Redakteur!
Pierre Trudeau ist ein Kraut (May)? Ich
denke nicht, ober 1ch denke dos Albrecht
Atkens fist ein Krankpot and ein Dum-
bkopf. Pierre ist haib Frosch, halb Jock,
and elle Kanadian, and hat ein gut
Konstitution. Also Pierre hat ein million
dollaren. Was kind Socialist dos fist?
Hoch mit Pierre!
Unter mit Albrecht!
Treu
Ilesorgt Pfanderlefher,
Clinton.
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