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Persistence pays off
The old cliche says that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, or in
the case of the Huron Town and Country Homemakers, it's more a
case of persistence pays off. Finally after two months of lobbying,
and concerned fighting, the Country Homemakers' program has
been reinstated at Conestog®s Clinton Campus.
The three-month education program, sponsored by the federal
government's Canada Manpower, was dropped from the communi-
ty colleges '•earlier this year to howls of protest. Most of the
graduates are women. who are working for one of the county's
largest employe rs the Town and Country Homemakers, an agency
that= was' started three years ago to provide in-home services for the
CI handicapped and elderly. Last year the agency of 78
homemakers provided personal care to 1,486 people in the county.
1iVe'reglad toysee the Homemakers win their fight to save the
coOrse.The services a very valuable and much needed one and de-
man'd fol itnis growing with each passing week, so the decision to
cut the course that supplied the workers was indeed a bad one. In.
many cases, those that are helped by the program would have re-
quihedmuch more expensive hospital or nursinghome care, so in
the long run,', the .cost of the Homemaker program will be saved
a
Many times over By IF.
ary death
The unfortunate death last week of a young seven-year-old boy
beneath the wheels of a motorcycle, was a tragic death that could
have been averted.
Just ,last Winter, a reader in a letter to the editor of this paper
pointed out that the children on their way to school showed careless
disregartdfo! the traffic on streets around the schools, choosing to
walk anerun out on the road instead of using the sidewalks.. The
thgt xunless. the ,situation wps remedied, an acci-
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To the writer's great . distress, the prediction was right, and a
,young boy has died fast week because of this carelessness, the
driver never had a chance to stop. In seconds it was all. over.
!We're all partially to blame for it, including the parents, teachers,
police; who have all failed to impress upon the children the necessi
trfor constant vigilance while near roads. When a young, precious
body meets the hard steel of a motor vehicle, there is only one win-
Per,.
The're have been many, 1. nany close calls in the past, ;and even yet
the children still .ride or walk down the road while the sidewalk
stands empty near -by. How many more Dannys must lose the bottle
before we learn° By J.F.
A house on Shipley Street, described as one of the most solidly
built in Clinton, has finally been cut in two and was set to -be
moved to a lot in Goderich Township this week by Merner
Contracting. The home is being removed to make room for an
addition to Clinton Hosptial. (James Fitzgerald photo)
remembering
our past
a Zook through
th e n ews -record files
5 YEARS AGO
June 10, 1976
A penny doesn't buy much anymore in
these times of wild inflation, and it will even
buy less in the next few months in Clinton as
penny parking disappears forever.
Clinton council has decided to spend over
$9,000 to replace the town's aging meter
system, one of the few left in the province
where a penny would buy you time.
A record crowd of over 7,000 people took
advantage of the warm, sunny weather this
year for the three days of the Clinton Spring
Fair. While over $6,000 was taken in at the
gates, many proud winners left the fair with
$14,000 in prize money and a host of trophies
from the various, judging exhibits.
Cheryl Jefferson, daughter of Don and
Marie Jefferson, was chosen as Queen of the
Fair. Pat Anstett was first runner-up and
Glenna Ellis placed as second runner-up,
10 YEARSAGO
June 17,1971
Fewer than 100 men were left for march as
CFB Clinton held its final ceremonial parade
on Friday afternoon to honor 29 graduates of
the Clinton Forces Radar and Com-
munications School. Major Y.A. Small, in-
specting officer for the ceremony recalled in
his speech that at one time there was no
trouble to muster 1,200 to 1,500 men for a
parade on the parade square at the base
which was once known as the largest in the
RCAF.
The police dispute in Clinton may be over at ,
last. A meeting of the executive and police •
committee and the Clinton branch of the
Huron County Police Association was held
and tentative agreement was reached on the
,demands of the three police officers whose
salaries were under negotiations. Chief Lloyd
Westlake had already been hired at a salary
of $9,000. He could not negotiate.
The Huron • Centre of Conestoga College
opened its first course under the Manpower
Training Plan in the Clinton Pubhe Hospital
on Monday.
The class which now numbers 15 ladies is
studying to. be Certified Visiting
Homemakers. Future employment for
graduates of the course, for the most part.
That's life
A reader, W. Ross Carrothers of
Waterloo, Ont., takes me to task for a re-
cent column in which I expressed my
unhappiness, and that of thousands of
others. I'm sure, with The Bell's ubi-
' quitous requests for rate increases.
He says, in part: "Your article certainly
showed you didn't do your homework on
that one. Perhaps you'll be good enough to
write an article on the Hydro rates next.
They seem to slip by you with nary a sigh."
That's what you may think, sir. I don't
sigh; I groan. But it's the only game in
town, and it's controlled by the politicians.
My only available response is to cut back
on my use of electricity.
Mr. Carrothers, P. Eng., goes on. His
figures are based on Stats -Can:
Price increases in percent increases,
1971-80;
Electricity 124
Fruit and vegetables 178
Gasoline 140
Rail 138
Etc., etc., etc.
Telephone services
(Canada 34.6
O.K. Let's take them one at a time,
though it seems my correspondent is using
the argument that two wrongs make a
right, or two blacks a white.
Electricity' increases are the result of
the usual bungling when a utility is con-
trolled by government. During the ten
years mentioned, Hydro spent millions of
dollars in advertising, trying to persuade
us to use "cheap" electricity for
everything from heating homes to buying
new appliances to using an electric
toothbrush. They were practically flogging
this cheap energy.
Bum guesses and faulty prognostica-
tions tell us one minute that electricity is
practically free, it's so plentiful, and the
next that we might start having
"brownouts" because of shortages. And all
the while jacking up the rates to cover the
boo boos of previous prophets on
everything from nuclear newer plants to
projected usage of power, often away out
of whack.
But man, it's a comfortable way to
operate, with no competition, and always
the government shoulder to cry on, tax-
payers' money to subsidize, if necessary,
and politicians to cover up and explain
away.
We could go back to the oil lamp, the
wood stove, and a chunk of ice in the ice-
box. But with the price of oil and wood, and
the inavailability of coal and ice (because
hydro practically forced their purveyors
out of business) there doesn't seem much
point.
We are hooked into an electrical circuit
that heats us, lights us, cooks for us, and
entertains us, audially and visually. It's
our own fault. But, even accounting for in-
flation, hydro prices have risen ridiculous-
ly, and really hurt people on fixed incomes
and those in rural areas. I'd guess that half
of that 10 -year increase is due to bungling
and botching.
Once again, I must be fair, as I was with
Bell. Our hydro is remarkably efficient,
still cheap according to world standards,
but expensive considering our resources.
Next, fruit and vegetables. That's easy.
We had them at bargain rates for years
because their producers used the nearest
thing to slave labor: foreign workers,
migrants, the very poor. Now these people,
with some organization and help from ge-
nuine liberals, are making something ap-
proaching a decent wage. We pay the dif-
ference. But I can still buy a quart of
strawberries for 50 cents, if I pick them
myself.
Gasoline? We are hogs, burning it as
though it were going out of style. Which it
is. We've been warned by experts that it is
a non-renewable form of energy, then told
by politicians that there was no
foreseeable shortage, then panicked by
other politicians. But don't try to tie me
and the Arabs and Ma Bell into one neat
package.
Rail? Sure. More government bungling
and botching and patching over the years,
and now a desperate attempt to recoup
some of the billions of our money used as
subsidies for the CN. CP was smart enough
to get into other things and make money.
But don't forget where they got all that
free land in the first place.
As for the etc.s, they could be anything. I
know for damn -sure that my salary hasn't
gone up 120 or 140 percent in 10 years. Nor
has the income of the farmer, merchant,
pensioner.
It's easy to use a few statistics out of con-
text, to prove a point. Beef prices have
more than doubled in those 10 years. And
beef farmers are going broke. Car prices
have doubled and automobile firms are go-
ing broke. Postal rates have more than
doubled, and the post office requires huge
subsidies. Income taxes have doubled, and
the country is going broke.
Not a pretty picture, but I didn't start
out, in that other column, to analyze the
economy. I merely pointed out that as a
good corporate citizen which has a near -
monopoly, Bell could show a little restraint
and not be running to the Transport Com-
mission every couple of years for an in-
crease, which it was doing long before in-
flation became a household word.
Mr. Carrothers is waiting to read my
apology to the telephone companies of
Canada. Don't hold your breath, sir.
will be made through the County Health Unit,
as part off its extensive home care program,
although some of the ladies may seek em-
ployment with private agencies.
25 YEARS AGO
June 14, 1956
Tornado Lee, a young horse owned by Dr.
G.S. Elliott and Jack Little of Clinton, stole
the spotlight during yesterday's Clinton race
program.
Making the third start of her career she
came up with a two heat victory in the 2.30
class. The chestnut colt showed her heels to
the seven other entries, covering the mile in
the good times of 2.13 2-5 and 2.13 flat. The
second time established a new record for the
Clinton owned horse who looked at all times
to have plenty of reserve speed if needed.
The LOL Fife and Drum band was tuning'
up in fine shape yesterday, evening as they
escaped the heat in their meeting rooms to
practice on the lawn of the Library Park. An
appreciative audience enjoying the cooler air
of the out-of-doors found that the park was a
pleasant resting place.
The teacher and pupils of the Holmesville
School arranged a very successful bazaar on
Friday night. The children were in charge of
all the sales. Tickets were sold on a doll bed
and this was won by Mrs. L. Morton. Teacher
at the school if Miss C. Ann Shaddock,
Clinton.
50 YEARS AGO
r;4.. , , . w June: 1931 .
The annual June bazaar held by the ladies
bf=the Presbyterian Church struck a rather
bad day this year, Saturday being the date,
chosen, but unfortunately the ladies . had
planned for it to be held in the council
chamber, so they were under cover and the
crowd came anyway.
. The chamber ' was very tastefully
decorated, the windows and booths being
daintily draped in orchid and yellow. Many
useful and ornamental things were offered
for sale during the afternoon and, in spite of
the unfavorable weather, nearly all found
sale.
The vacant lot beside the News -Record is
being levelled up'in readiness for the dancing,
floor for Dominion Day, the day of the
Firemen's Tournament.
After the first open-air band concert of the
season on Thursday evening last, Mayor
Cooper congratulated the players and invited
them to go to the restaurant and have a treat
of ice cream at his expense.
The St. Joseph's Church congregation is
making some important changes down at
their church and installing a new central
heating system. This system will heat the
church, vestry hall and also the parsonage
alongside, taking the place of six or seven
heating units, and will be operated from one
firebox.
50 YEARS AGO
June 15, 1906
A crowd from Goderich, which drove to
Bayfield on Friday afternoon last, via the
lake shore road, had a hard time getting
home.
After the storm subsided it was found that
several culverts were out, and they concluded
to go homebyClinton. They got here all right,
and proceeded up to the Huron Road to within
about three miles of Goderich, where a small
bridge had been undermined, and the usually
turbid stream was swollen to a torrent. They
could not drive through it, and concluded they
would go by Benmiller. So they drove back to
the corner, up to Benmiller, and home, after
covering nearly three times the distance they
had anticipated.
The Holmesville Creamery is doing well
this season, the patronage being so great that
the milk drawers have been compelled to
make double trips occasionally.
loo YEARS AGO
June 10, 1801
in Goderich Township at the wedding of
Miss Essie Rutledge last week, there were a
Million and 16 present. The groom's name
was Million and there were 16 others present.
A daughter of Mr. C. Kaine of Clinton was
poisoned last week, by taking a dose of what
was supposed to be medicine, but was really a
deadly poison. As soon as the mistake was
discovered, antidotes 'were immediately
administered, thus preventing fatal results.
Mr. R. Sellars, the "modern Milton" of
Blyth, had his agent around selling a new
Poem entitled, "The London Disaster." We
understand he intends getting several
thousand of them printed. It was also said,
that he intends devoting his time in the future
entirely to poetry.
A very nice operation was performed in
Seaforth the other day by two of our surgeons
in removing a tumor from the face of a young
lady, daughter of Mr. Duncan McGregor of
Winthrop.
Mr. George Harland, the famous boot and
shoe maker, had an "ad" in this week's issue.
He is making big inducements to farmers
who will order their kip boots before the fall
trade comes in.
We have been shown a stalk of flax, by Mr.
John Johnston, of the London Road, which is
fully two feet long. It was grown on Mr.
Johnston's farm, and he further informs us
that he has four acres of the same kind.
Anyone who can beat this, we would like to
hear from them.
Did you hear, the news? Thompson and
Boles have groceries at right prig. Our tells
are choice; Our 50c. teas take the lead; for
75c. you get the best. Piles of crockery and
glassware at bottom prices -13 lbs. sugar for
$1.00, this week. Bring on your potatoes,
butter and eggs. We never refuse the cash. No
trouble to show goods. Cash for eggs.
write
letters
Are there UFOs?
Dear Editor:
The UFO Research Team of Stratford
will hold its June (public) meeting at
Juliet School, 347 Brunswick Street, Strat-
ford
tratford starting at 7:30 p.m. Guest speaker
will be Ivan Boyes of the International
Search - Inner Earth - Psionics Organiza-
tion in Toronto talking on the Hollow Earth
theory. Everyone 18 years and older is
welcome. Admission free.
Thank you for your help in advertising
this event. If you or one of the newspaper's
reporters wish to. attend and meet Ivan in
person, you're more than welcome.
Sincerely,
Pat De la franier,
Stratford
In praise of CHSS
music
Dear Editor:
It has often been said that whenever
something goes wrong or whenever a
group acts in an unacceptable manner, NIP
everyone is quick to comment. But when
things are going, smoothly, or when a
group acts in a responsible manner,
nobody takes notice.
This unfair treatment of events can only
be rectified if some individual is willing to
stand up and shout the merits of his cause
to the rest of the world.
I may not be able to reach the rest of the
world, but through your paper, I can speak
to the people of Clinton.
For the past 10 months, it has been my
privilege to work with a group of people
who are dedicated, responsible, en-
thusiastic and talented. Even in the midst
of our harsh winters, their response was
excellent.
What group is this? It's the group of
students that make up the music club at
our high school These people (and there
are almost 50 of them) have been coming
to practices at 8 am all year long. They
have worked hard, and given up free time
to participate in the band and choir.
Some people find it incredulous to think
that any of today's youth have the gum-
ption to get up and get going early every
day. These students do -, and they do it
consistently. I have never had to cancel a
practice because of a lack of students.
Although this is our first year of
operation, we have performed on several
occasions. The choir has travelled to many
area churches (that's right they went to
church too! ) and the band has participated
in local parades. Our spring concert was
an overwhelming success.
It would be nice to say that this response
for the students was my achievement, but
it wasn't. The simple truth is that these
yolk. peolde aro terrific, They ti'eserire to
be recognized for their achievements and
I, for one, -want to say. "Well Done!" to the
members of the band and choir of CHSS.
Sincerely,
Robb Parr,
Clinton.
Cancer canvass raises $12,200
Dear Editor:
The Huron County Unit of the Canadian
Cancer Society would like to express their
appreciation and gratitude to all the
residents, industries, business firms and
associations of your community who have
contributed so generously to the 1981
Campaign for Cancer Funds.
The Clinton Branch of the Society has
obtained the remarkable sum of $12,200.00
which is 6 percent over its objective. This
Achievement combined with the other four
branches of Huron Unit has enabled the
Unit to exceed its objective of $60,000.00.
A special thank you to Gerry Holmes,
Urban Campaign Chairman, and Ches
Archibald, Rural Campaign Chairman and
their fine team of volunteers who have
worked long and hard to reach this goal. In
doing so a significant contribution has
been made to the fight against Cancer and
a great service has been done for your
community and for Canada.
On behalf of the Huron County Unit
please accept our sincerest thank you for a
superb job.
Thanks to queen sponsors
Dear Editor:
The committee for the Queen of the Fair
contest wishes to thank the following peo-
ple for their generous donations which
enabled us to have another very special
event at the Clinton Spring Fair: Fleming
Feed Mill, Elgin Thompson, C. H. Emus
Mfg. Ltd., Dr. Ken Wood, Clinton Chrysler -
Plymouth Ltd., Harold King's Shell Ser-
vice, Haugh Tire and Muffler Supply, Clin-
ton Meat Market, Jerry McLean & Son
Sports, Burgess Dept. Store.
Shirai Dept. Store, Thalen Bros. Used
Cars, Gerald Hiltz, Menzies & Ross, Dale
Pump & Farm Supply and Anstett
Jewellers Ltd. who supplied the crown for
Old faces, new roles
Stars are coming back. According to TV
scuttle -butt, we'll be seeing some old
familiar faces in new roles on our televi-
sion screens this year.
Lorne Green has come a long way from
his days on Canadian radio. He traded in
his horse and three middle-aged sons on an
American TV ranch for black attire and a
home in another universe.
Lately he's gone back to western clothes
to sell dog food, but soon he'll be donning a
fireman's helmet and driving a fire
engine.
Lee Majors will appear in a new series
called Fall Guy, in which he will play a
stuntman without the benefit of $6,000,000
components. Mike Connors will move from
private eye Mannix to an FBI agent.
Remember Robert Stack from The Un-
touchables and the girl from Mary Hart-
man, Mary Hartman? They are both mak-
ing comebacks in new roles.
Suzanne Somers and Chrissie Snow have
completed their turbulent break with the
ABC network • and Three's Company.
Chrissie will move to CBS next January.
Her name will change to Suzy, but her
characteristics will stay the same.
Erma Bombeck, columnist and author,
has appeared on several talk shows and is
responsible for a new show called Ma e.
Some stars have already made changes.
Barbara Eden jumped from a Jeanie in a
bottle to a lady that wowed the Harper
Valley PTA. The mayor of the town is good
old "lonesome George" Gabel, who takes
time away from Hollywood Stars game
show to play a rather tipsy town official.
One of the most remarkable conversions
is that of Larry Hagman. He went from the
kindly and likeable master of Jeanie to the
most unlikeable J. R. in Dallas.
Sometimes it is hard for the viewing
public to accept old faces in new roles.. We
might still expect Michael Landon and
Pernell Roberts to call Lorne Green "Pa",
even though Michael Landon has been a
"pa" himself for several years and Pernell
Roberts is a successful modern doctor.
We may be astonished if Lee Majors
can't leap from the ground to the roof of a
three-storey building. We may insist on
calling Suzy by the name of Chrissie.
It's a credit to an actor's ability if he can
make us forget the old character and ac-
cept the new one. Nobody has done it bet-
ter than mean old J. R.
Respectfully yours,
Ross McDaniel,
Campaign Chairman
Huron County Unit
Canadian Cancer Society
the queen.
Harold Workman Real Estate donated
the flowers for the queen.
A very special thanks to the following
who sponsored the young ladies: Abbott's
BP, the Student Council at CELSS, the
Kinsmen, The Arbour, The Kinettes, Dud-
dy Real Estate, Morgan Mobile Homes,
John Wise Insurance Agency, The Dutch
Store, Mason Bailey Real Estate, The Hair
Shop. Thanks to Eric Switzer for helping to
round up open cars and to all those who
loaned the cars.
Thanks to the judges, Wendy Nixon,
Susan White and John Talbot and Beattie
Furniture for the loan of the carpet and to
Murray East for lifting the young ladies to
the platform. Thanks also to Marie Flynn
and her group, the Van Egrnond ladies for
their contributions and the Clinton Nows-
Record.
The Committee for
the Queen of the Fair Contest
Chester Archibald
Elgin Thompson
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