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Are small towns safe?
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Denizens of all small towns in Ontario have always thought of their com-
munities a peaceful and safe places to live, but according to a study just com-
pleted, for the Ontario justice secretariat, people who abandoned larger cities for
the peace and, tranquility of small-town living because they're afraid of crime,
may be jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
The study shows that residents of smaller centres are more likely to experience
crime than are residents of cities such as London and Toronto. Although there is
more violent crime in the cities than the towns, it only accounts for six per cent of
the infractions. But the chances of having your home broken into or experiencing
crimes such as fraud are higher, with the overall crime rate in centres of Tess than
25,000 population being 40 per cent higher than cities. There are slightly more
murders, sexual offences and assualts in cities and a lot more robberies, but the
attempted murder rate was highest in small towns and the reported break-in rate
was 12 per cent higher, shattering some long held myths about "quiet" small
towns.
So there it is, you can either get raped and robbed in the city or, have your
house broken into and someone attempt to murder you in a small town. Some
choice. By J.F.
Courier vs. postal
We have written editorials over the last few years favoring the changing of -the
post office to acrown corporation. The operation has been frustrating fd' all con-
cerned. The Postmaster General was just one of the bosses. The buildings are
under the jurisdiction of Public Works Canada. Wage negotiations are with the
Treasury Board. No cohesive organization can be built under -these conditions.
The appointment of Michael Warren to head the new corporation was a stroke
of genius, we hope.
However, the legislation itself has a strange twist. The post office will have a
monopoly on delivering mail. If a strike, legal or illegal, takes place, we will not
be, able to organize our own systems for delivering invoices, cheques or
newspapers.
To say that no courier systems will be allowed to operate is not quite true. A
compromise solution now in the act will allow couriers to legally carry letters pro-
vided the fee charged by the courier is at least three times the postage rate for a
domestic tetter weighing s0\ grams. Thus established courier systems will be
operating, albeit with a higher tariff than they themselves need to make the ser-
vices available. --�'
As far as we can ascertain, the monopoly of delivering mail is still there, with
the exception of these established courier services. To the ordinary business per-
son, a postal strike under these conditions would be disastrous.
If the post office is to have its monopoly then it must be able to guarantee con-
rtinuous service to the public. The idea that the public must put up with service or
non -service at the whim of a union or what might be poor top management; is
unacceptable.
To think that it is against the law to organize your own method of distributing
essential correspondence even if the public system is unavailable is also unac-
ceptable. The thought that the only alternative'is to use a courier system which is
forced by law to charge three times more than necessary is unacceptable:
Business large and small and individuals must not be left to the mercy of the
reorganiied.post office, if that post office is still in a position td cut off service.
(from the Alliston Herald)
Final tribute to Terry
by Jason Ainslie
r
remembering
our past
a look through
the news -record files
5 YEARS AGO
July 1, 1976
Members of Huron County Council are
reluctant to reduce membership. In two votes
at the June session of county council in
Goderich, members agreed to do nothing
about cutting back the number of county
councillors who serve the ratepayers of
Huron, at least until the September meeting.
Over 1,300 people attended the well -
performed three-hour Marty Robbins concert
held at the Clinton arena last Saturday
evening.
As part of Bayfield's Centennial'
Celebration, a Friendship Scroll will be
presented on behalf of the Oakland County,
Michigan Bicentennial Commission, com-
memmorating the century of friendship
between the two communities.
to YEARS AGO
July 8, 1971 ,=J
Dick Dixon of Clinton officially became
postmaster of the Clinton post office on
Monday. July 5. Mr. Dixon is a native of
Clinton and has worked at the post office for
17 years. He has been acting postmaster since
April. 1, when Art Bell left Clinton to become
postmaster of Kincardine.
July 12 will mark the 19th anniversary of
the Clinton Community Credit Union. The
organization has come a long way in those 19
years. There are now 3,850 members of the
credit union, with 1,350 borrowers. Since
organization. nearly $14 million has been
1wied and assets at the end of May, 1971 •
Mailed $3.903,784.09.
25 YEARS AGO
July S, 1956
Developments following a week of
Coming to an end
Winding down. The school year is win-
ding down to a close, and I occasionally
feel that I'm winding down with it to a per-
manent close.
Last term is panic term. Back in
September, everybody, students and
teachers, was optimistic, healthy, looking
forward to a solid year of accomplishment,
whether of learning or of teaching.
Second term is the grinder. It's cold, or
stormy, or both. The days are short, the
nights long. There are no long weekends to
break the monotony. Everybody is either
at home in bed with the 'flu or sneezing and
snuffling all over the few teachers and
students who don't have it.
Somehow we all struggle through, get a
lift from the March break, and head into
the home stretch, weary and short of wind,
but with just enough stamina to make it to
the wire, not necessarily first, though even
the long shots manage to finish. Most of
them.
This year we had two who didn't finish.
One of them had enough sense to quit, and
drops in occasionally to rub his bronzed,
healthy face into our pallid, twitching
ones, informing us with deliberate malice
that he's just completing his morning's
four -mile walk..
The other one, a super -active, excep-
tionally outgoing guy, looking forward to
taking early retirement in a couple of
years, and following his true vocation -
preaching - was struck down by a tumour
of the brain, and has retired permanently
from this vale of tears.
Then, in the last term, the panic starts.
Teachers must have marks for the year's
work, and begin setting and marking tests
and essays like maniacsa Students roll
their eyes and groan when they learn that
they'll have four tests next Wednesday.
The administration showers us with
memos, threats, warnings, and other
assorted garbage. Students who are not
"highly motivated", in educational
jargon, feel the pull of sun and green grass
and a stirring of the loins, and drop out.
Everybody decides to have a field trip
for his grades. The other day I had 13 out of
34 in a Grade 13 class. All the others were
on a field trip, or off with the track team,
or off with the concert band, or just spen-
ding a day in bed, because "There'll be
nobody there anyway."
I can 'stand all this; I've been doing it for
21 years. And it all comes out in the welsh.
The students who were doing well continue
to do so. The students who were flunking
continue to do so. A few, around the
squeaky line, became extranet solicitou
of the health and welfare of their teachers,
in the hope of a miracle.
Strange things happen in the panic term.
Just talked to a teacher'' today who -still has
a kid on his rolls, and hasn't seen him since
Sept. 8th, 1980. Naturally, he thought the
boy was long gone; but he's still
registered.
A couple of years ago, a fairly good stu-
dent got into my marks book, and raised
his marks by 20 per cent across the board.
The forgery was so obvious that I let it go,
reducing his marks by 10 per cent from the
original.
Just the other day, a teacher caught a
kid cheating on a test. He had no need to.
He was a top student, and now, because of
cheating, must write all his finals. Guess
what the subject was? Canadian Law!
But this is all normal, and all blood
under the bridge. As I said, I can hack it.
What gets me are the extras. Everyday
there's some niggling chore to do that rubs
the sandpaper into the wounds.
• Take last week. Monday was, as usual,
pull -yourself -together -day -after -the -
weekend. Had to write out two exams after
school (to be written four weeks in the
future).
Tuesday, column day, had to sit in on in-
terviews with two teachers for a job on my
staff. An hour and a half down the drain.
One changed his mind; the other wasn't
the fireball I need. No column written.
Wednesday, have to go up to emergency
ward at the hospital, to pick up a girl who
had tried to sew two fingers together in
Family Studies, and done a fair job of it.
Column written, hastily and not so hotly.
Thursday, a.m. had to get the car to the
dealer's to fix the flicker lights, then go
and get it.after school. Twenty-four bucks,
and it isn't working.
Friday, have to trot colleague off to the
emergency with chest pains at 3 pm.,
after missing a class at 9 a.m. to have a
filling fixed (thirty-four dollars). Friday
night, have to go to a play with old friends
in it. It was excellent but I was whacked by
time we'd got home and done the post'
mortem.
Saturday, drive 120 miles to see great-
grandad, 88, who was more concerned with
getting bald of .some nice, r i h manure. ['vi
his roses than he was about the 88 papers I
had to mark.
Sunday, play with great-nephew for two
hours while his mother, father, grand-
mother, grandfather and great-aunt busy
themselves at less strenuous pursuits.
Monday, drive home, same mileage, and
find skunks have torn up half the lawn,
searching for grubs. Tuesday, back to
work with no marking done, pants have big
grease spot on front, and column to write.
And here I am.
meetings. and more meetings among the
merchants of Clinton have resulted in' a
decision by many of the business places to
remain open both Saturday and Friday nights
in order to serve their customers more
satisfactorily.
Rather an unusual, and expensive bit of
damage done by Sunday night's storm, was
the blasting of six street lamps in the
downtown area, north side of Albert Street.
Jabez Rands, superintendent of the PUC,
reports that the inside of each of these 300
watt bulbs was completely wrecked. Mr.
Rands feels that the damage must have been
caused by a particularly strong bolt of
lightning:
Also on Sunday night the big storm blew the
north end and the east side of the roof out. of
Don Harris' barn in Goderich Township. It
blew over the top of the hydro wires, near the
house. The barn is almost a complete wreck.
The family saw the°'storm coming apd went
into the cellar to be -safe: The cyclone4ike
wind, dipped down to demolish the barn and
then up again, leaving no other damage in
that area.
Despite the recent heavy rain and wind,
and still threatening skies; a good crowd
gathered at Brownie's Drive -In last Sunday
evening for the first of the two-month series
of outdoor community services.
The facilities of the theatre made the
evening service both novel and attractive.
Individual loudspeakers in one's car was felt
by thoseattending to do an admirable job and
brought the sermon and music clearly from
an improvised pulpit on top of the refresh-
ment booth.
50 YEARS AGO
July 2, 1931 •
The Young People's Society of the Ontario
Street United Church had a strawberry
festival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley
Marquis of the Base Line on Friday evening
last when a very pleasant time was spent.
The evening was not as pleasant as it might
have been, being a bit cool, but quite a large
number gathered, and a good program was
given. Of course the strawberries were en-
joyed, too.
Wouldn't you think. that with skirts touching
the ground in some cases the women would
add a few inches to their bathing suits?
For sale - a car in perfect mechanical
condition. Good tires, new top. Price $50:'
Apply to H.A. Hovey, Clinton. Phone 299.
75 YEARS AFO
. July 6, 1906
The celebration of Dominion Day was
rather a surprise this year, when Bayfield
had to entertain about 2,000 guests, who came
to spend the day fishing and boating. Hotels
were crowded to full capacity, while hun
dreds of picnickers gathered in Mr. Jowett's
grove and as the weather did not disappoi=nt',
them, while the usual sports were carried on
with grand success.
Some care and attention should either be
given to the graves at Turner's Cemetery, or
people should cease using them as a burying
ground. it is not only over -run with weeds, but
it is said that no order or system is followed in
the location of graves, and this is likely to
lead to confusion and trouble.
The Methodist people in Londesboro have
provided a splendid stable for the ac •
commodation of those who drive to church,
but they had no idea or intention of ac -
odds 'n' ends
Tongue twisting
Do you find yourself falling asleep faster
than the kids when you tell them the same
old nursery rhymes? If so, try telling them
this way.
Once upon a time there were lee thittle
ligs. And the lee thittle ligs wanted to huild
bouses for themselves.
The lirst fittle lig met a man with a
stragon of waw. He aeked the ham to hive
gim the stragon of waw so he could huild a
bouse. Mo the san gave hien the stragon of
waw and the lirst fittle lig huilt a bouse.
Then the wig wad bolt came along and ask-
ed the fittle lig to het lim in or he'd Puff and
huff and how the blouse down.
But the fittle lig said, "I won't let you in.
commodating all the cows in the neigh-
borhood. The condition of the shed is
disgraceful by reason of so many cows having
access. to it, and some one should see to it that
they are kept out.
On Sabbath morning last in Brucefield a
company from Toronto' in an automobile
passed through the village, en route to
Goderich. The machine, which was a fine one,
had about as much gilding as Ben Hur's
chariot. Every horse they met was
frightened: any horse, unless blind and deaf,
could hardly be expected to pass it. When a
mile from our village, they broke down and
were delayed several hours.
100 YEARS AGO
July 8, 1881
A number of Clinton's townspeople intend
camping out this week, at the Benmilier falls,
for the benfit of their health and to have a rest
from business.
Wanted, 1,061 tubs of butter for which 16
cents cash or I7 cents trade will be paid.
Mrs. G. Mair of Hullett, who has had a
dangerous a ttack of diptheria, we are pleased
to state,is slowly recovering. The disease is
getting rather prevalent in this vicinity,
severa 1 cases proving fatal.
A picnic was held on the banks of the
Maitland River. near Hohnesville, on
Dominion Day in which a very large number
took part. All sorts of games, swinging etc.,
were indulged in, during which all seemed to
enjoy themselves until the evening, when all
repaired to their several homes, well
satisfied with the proceedings.
In' Summerhill, ,the farmers are cutting
their hay ; some of them talk of taking it in, in
bags. The grass in the pastures is all
withered. Stock will eat almost anything. I
noticed a cow eating paper because hay was "
printed on it, it was a "Cantata" bill..
The entrance examination commenced at
the Central School yesterday. There are
about 60 candidates in attendance from all
parts. 'rhe papers so far as we have seen of
them are comparitively easy.
Union Churn - the best in tile market.
Wholesale and retail. Four sizes, don't fail to
see them. - R.M Racey, iron and hardware
merchant, Clinton.
Mr. H. Beacom wishes • to inform the
inhabitants of Clinton and vicinity that, he is
prepared to do all kinds of shoe making and
repairs on the shortest notice possible. Best
French K ip or Calf Skin Boots, made to order,
$4 to $4.50. Place of business - Mountcastle's
oldstand.
,.i11t!t' a discrepancy
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Dear Editor:
I am a ratepayer of the village of
Bayfield and wish to take umbrage in par-
ticular with headlines on page 10, ll and 12
of your June 18, 1981 publication written
under heading of Bayfield Bugle. It has
been my understanding that the respon-
sibility and duty of a respected newspaper
•was to present unbiased, objective news
reporting.
Perhaps I am incorrect in this assump-
by
elaine townshend
Not by the chair on my hinny hip hin." So
the wig wad bolf puffed and he huffed and
he hew the blouse down. And the lirst fittle
lig ran away.
..Now the lecond sittle lig met a man with
a stagon stoad of wicks, and he asked the
man to give him the stagon stoad of wicks
so he could build a house.
The gan mave him the stagon of wicks,
and the lecond fittle lig huilt a house Then
the wig wad bolf came along and saidSto
the lecond sittle lig, "Met le in or I'll puff
and I'll huff and I'll how your blouse
down." But the sittle lig said, "Not by the
chair on my hinny hin hin.",
So the wig Wad bolf puffed and he huffed
and he hew the bhitise down, and the piggle
lig ran away.
Now the lird thittle lig met a man with a
bragon woad of wricks. He asked the gan
Take a stand
Dear Editor:
At a recent meeting of the National
Farmers Union, District 5, a decision was
made to launch a concrete proposal in
Ontario and throughout Canada for a
National Meat Marketing Program.
Producers of all farm commodities
produced in ,Canada should return the
farmer a prie to cover average cost of
production plus a fair return for in-
vestment and labour.
With sky -rocketing interest rates and no
pricing formula for their product,
especially hog and beef farmers are going
bankrupt, or the bank or loaning in-
stitutions are foreclosing on farmers, and
are forcing many farmers out of business.
The hog and beef industries in Ontario
and Canada need a National Meat
Authority, which would have the power to
give the farmer his cost. of production plus
a return on investment and' labour. It
would also have the power •to control
imports and exports. It is time hog and
beef producers stop competing and
blaming each other for their low prices.
Reality has hit and farmers must learn to
live with each other and not off each other.
If supply management is not put into
place immediately and the corporate
section takes over production, consumers
will be paying a lot more for their food.
Corporations are in business for one main
reason and that is to make a profit.
Also, it is going to destroy the rural
(teommunities, because farmers who are
fbrced out of business will have to go to the
city for a job or go on welfare or unem=
ployment. Does this country need more
welfare and unemployment? Many of
these farmers have put all their lives and
money into their farms Wand it is being
taken away from them. It is not just the
young and beginning farmers, but also
some of the well established farmers.
Many of these farmers already have off -
farm jobs to subsidize their operation.
This also means farmers will have to
accept certain controls and regulation to
have a viable industry. Probably a quota
system, but this quota should not have a
dollar value put on it. It should be the
property of the Authority and be given to
farmers who want to produce that com-
modity. If a farmer no longer wants to
produce that commodity, quota should.go
back to the board and be given to new .
producers or small producers who want to
expand
In the short term because of heavy
financial losses and sometimes
bankruptcy, we need a three-point
program:
1. A short term debt moratorium be
declared on capital debt related to net
income and requiring an application to a
Board of 1� ntitlement for prior approval;
2. Legislation be implemented to
reverse the current banking policy of
periodic upward renegotiation of interest
rates on essential operating and capital
debts;
3. A selective and adequately funded
long-term, low-interest capital loans
program be developed for young and
beginning farmers.
- The NFU will be holding mass meetings
across Ontario hoping to draw a cross ,
section from both rural and urban people •
alike to discuss the National ,Meat
Authority Proposal.
John Krugel, 356-2675, District 5 Director.
National Farmers Union.
life • moll harp' an o,niiu►►►?
It hs- nut irrilf• ils a letter Io
the i'►lilfer, and lf'lerprvf)uf'
knuir. Ill letters are
published, pruriding there
is sufficient space aral/al)le,
and IIu'y can authenticated.
I'sf'uilo►I'•►ns h)f'ii names)
are allutrf'fl if the letter is
sitr►io'fl elsewhere. but all
letters are subject lie editiII.
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to mive him the bragon woad of wricks so
he could huild a bouse. The gan mave him
the wricks and the piggle lig huilt a house:
Then the wig wad bolf came along and
said, "Met le in or I'll puff and I'll huff and
I'll how the blouse down." But the lird thit-
tie lig said, "You can't how my blouse in.
Not by the chair on your hinny hin hin."
The wig wad bolf puffed and he huffed
and he puffed and fie huffed, but he
couldn't how the blouse down. So he said to
himself, "I'll rimb up on the cloof and dide
slown the thimney."
The lird thittle lig heard the wig wad bolf
on the cloof, and he but a wot of polling
pater under the rimncy. When the wig wad
bolf dide clown he; rimney, le handed in the
wot of polling pater and he said,.�`Ouch!"
Then the wig wad bolf wan aray, and the
lee fittle ligs hived happily ever after.
tion regarding the Clinton News Record
because on page 10 one headline states "280
sign petition for council's study", the se-
cond reads "Ratepayers want flunking
returned". And within the story body
under second headline it is stated that 228
signatures were on said petition. Quite a
discrepancy here!
Gosh, hat it's hard to know what to
believe. I am a member in good standing
of the Ratepayers Association of Bayfield
and I did not sign said petition, hence my
objection: Your headlines makes it sound
like ALL Ratepayers felt as those who
signed the petition.
Mr. Fitzgerald, as an editor who in-
cludes in your masthead your obvious
pride of being founded in 1881 and your
CNA Blue Ribbon Award of 1980, please do
continue to give, us news and full coverage
of the_e-vents of Bayfield. But, do some
good city desk editorial scrutiny before
publishing, so that we receive what we
readers are entitled to: "All the news
that's fit to print" in a professional
newspaper fashion.
Sincerely yours,
Barbara M. Erb,
Bayfield
(Editor's note: The mistake in the
headline regarding the petition, was
strictly an inadvertant typographical
error.
While the headline was incorrect, the
context of the accompanying article was
correct. The News -Record apologizes for
headline error and any inconveniences it
may have cause.)
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