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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1981-09-30, Page 6PAGE 4 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30,1981 BUE RIBBON A\1 ARD 1980 SArc. C1 MO.% best-itecos`r Ie Dabbs ed With Therceley atP.O., San 8®. Clinton. Ontario, Canada. NW UM. Tel.; 41119441. SatlortTiptien Nets: Cana . °1111.06 Sa. Citizen - °19.10par year U.S.A. a feraipaa - °9111111 par yaev vairefes It Is reeicha sd es seaeaasi den seen by the past office under the percale neweber 01111. The Nswua,Raaard Inclept atut/ Ne MON The Moen Newarlieaord, founded Rot 1®111, and The Clinton New Hee, founded In Nig. Teed paves roan &NO Clinton News -Record MEMBER JAMES E. FITZGERALD = Editor SHELLEY McPHEE News Editor GARY !MIST - Advertising Manager HEATHER BRANDER - Advertising MARGARET L. Glee - Office Manager MARY ANN GLIDDON-Subscriptions • O ) C ll MEM®ER Display edvertisine isles available art tsyuest. Ask for Rots Card No. 11 effective Oct. 1. 111111. Driving awareness The increasing number of young people injured and killed in automobile ac- cidents brings home the good sense of the recently announced change in the driver's license system for new drivers. Under the new system, announced by Transportation and Communication Minister James. Snow, all new drivers will be required to complete two, one-year driving periods free of suspensions for traffic violations. Drivers, young and old, who obtain their license now will be placed on the two year term of probation. The system is a significant change from the present one and is clearly geared to reducing the death toll on our highways. Too many young people are presented with powerful cars to drive when they are too inexperienced to deal with the situations that' may arise in the course of driving them. A driver's license is a privilege to be used wisely; not a right to be abused at whim, and at the expense of other users of the road. Perhaps the new legislation will reduce the needless deaths and accidents that are occurring with ever more frequency. Perhaps it will create more respect for the laws of the road. The new regulations impose a license suspension for 30 days if they ac- cumulate six demerit points during their probation period. If a new driver ac- cumulates less than six points during the first 12 months of driving, one of the two probation years will be considered completed, as it will if they complete the se- cond in the same manner. More and more young people hove cars of their own today and more powerful cars increasing more and more the potential for serious accidents. It is hoped that with the new probation system,these new drivers will be forc- ed to be more aware of their driving habits, to respect the laws of the road and that the awareness will continue throughout their years of driving. (from the Nor- wich Gazette) Empty memories .<: +*x -:a. was,rziax€��a�twoaaa,ss-�vHwnwa�w--w�earomaa..aw+w. �-.a::a. ,...eco by Shelley McPhee remembering our past a look through the news -'record files 5 YEARS AGO October 7, 1976 Almost full production was resumed at the Sherlock Manning Piano Co. Ltd., recently. The company, which used to be the second biggest employer in Clinton, next to the hospital, layed off 26 of its 40 employees, April 7. The layoffs were due to a decrease in sales. Wilfred and Verna Glazier celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on October 6th. The couple have two daughters and five grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Galzier were honored at a reception given for them by their family at Saltford Valley Hall on October 1st. 10 YEARS AGO October 7, 1971 Nearly 300 women were in Clinton Thursday and Friday of last week for the 57th annual convention of the London area of the Women's Institute. Held at the Ontario Street United Church, a highlight of the noon luncheon on Thursday was a display of crafts done at Huronview. Work is proceeding rapidly on the new Wil-Dex Plant, in the north end of Clinton. Announced earlier this summer, con- struction began almost immediately with the completion date scheduled • for November. The plant, which will produce precision carbon cutting tools, will employ Small businesses need some help too How big, you may ask, is small business. The answer, of course, is that, in a na- tional..context,'the impact of the country's small and medium-sized enterprises is very Targe indeed, says Roger Worth of the Canadian Federation of Independent Businessmen. The numbers are staggering. 'In 1979 .foc,exgmple, Canada boasted 443,000 business proprietorships (en- trepreneur`soperatng as independents), with another 307,000 incorporated small businesses handling less than $2 million in soles. There were another 89,000 self- employed professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants, 246,000 farmers, 27,000 fishermen, 32,000 salesmen and 13,000 self-employed enter- tainers. The total in the small business category: 1.2 million firms. It's true, 225,000 of these are tiny operations, chalking up annual sales of less than $10,000, but even excluding these, the number of small businesses still traps 932,000. [sugarand spice Garage garbage Garage sales are quite the fad these days. Many people make them part of their lives. They troop around town wat- ching for handmade signs,and check the ads in the classifjed section. Drive around any small town and you'll see a cluster of cars, in front of a house. "Must be a wedding or a funeral," you muse. Then you see a pile of junk with a horde of human magpies darting around it, snatching up bits, beating each other to another heap of rubble, like seagulls div- ing and screeching for a slice of, french - fried spud. It's no wedding. There are no vows ex- changed, except that you takes what you gets, "for better or for worse." It's no funeral, except for those who pay six bucks for something that cost three 10 years ago. It's a garage sale. This phenomenon resembles a mini - auction -sale minus the auctioneer. The garage sale allows the proprietor (often abetted by some of his neighbors) to get rid of all the useless items overflowing the garage, the tool -shed, the basement and the attic. It sometimes brings in two or three hun- dred dollars to the ,vendors, and the garage groupies go home all excited because they have bought a three-legged chair, a horse- drawn sleigh, an umbrella with only one spoke missing, or six paperback novels for a dollar. One of my contemporaries; an habituee of these bizarre events, was more than a bit thunderstruck when he found at one sale that he could buy text -books from our school, duly Stannped as such, dirt cheap. He remonstrated with the owners, pointing out that the books belonged to the school and had been stolen by their children, but they'd have none of it. They wanted cash. So much for human nature. 'f hese were taxpayers who hart helped buy the book.s their kids had stolen, and now .wanted to sell them back to the system so hat other kids could steal the books they were still paying taxes for. May I disagree for a moment? Kids do steal books. Regularly. They don't con- siderate it stealing." Ht's just taking something from a big institution. That's not stealing, according to about 50 per cent of thF"rri. It's just like dad not declaring something on his income tax or mom rdering a dress from Eaton's, wearing it s,art% then lakinu it hack tri the snail It's also interesting to .note that firms with fewer than 26 employees (93 per cent of the total number of businesses in the country), were responsible for a whopping 30 per cent of Canadian employment. And firms employing between 26 and 250 people were responsible for another 30 percent of total employment. In° a, ;on to providing more than 60 per cent of the'cQ,n,try's . jobs, thesp smalle. 'ponies are adding employees, while many'of the large multinationals are in fact shedding employees, says Mr. Worth. Ottawa and the provinces should note what's happening in the sector. While governments have been supporting large, high-profile companies such as Chrysler and Massey -Ferguson, smaller operators have been living by free - enterprise rules and, in some cases, falling by the wayside. Perhaps it is time our crucial small and medium-sized businesses received the kind of government attention they deserve, Mr. Worth contends. order office and returning it, claiming it was "too small" or had smudge marks in the armpits (after she'd discoed in it for four hours). They wouldn't steal from a friend. They might steal from their parents. But they have no compunction about "ripping off" a department store or the government. This is fact, not fancy, as I've learned in discus- sions about morals. Baltic to the garage sales. There is no suggestion of stealing here. Both parties, buyer and seller, are perfectly aware of what's going on. The seller is trying to get rid of something he doesn't need. The buyer is buying something he doesn't need. It's a classic example of our materialistic age. We want to get rid of some of the gar- bage we've bought, and the buyer wants to buy some more garbage. The epitome of a garage - sale.- groupie would be a person who goes to four garage sales, buys a lot of jurik, then has a garage sale to dispose of it, preferably with a small mark-up. But they're fun. A friend of mine, who'll make a bid on anything, even though he doesn't know what it's for, has bought two old-fashioned horse-drawn sleighs. He has worked on them until they are serviceable. All he needs now is a couple of beasts to haul the things. He'll probably wind up with. a camel and a Shetland pony ( and will make a fortune hauling people around when we run out of gas) . Well, I wish I'd had a garage sale this past sumer. First, I'd have sold the garage, a venerable institution. None of this electronic eye, or press a button and the door opens. It has a vast door, weighing about eight hundred pounds. You hoist the door and it slides on pulleys and cables, and at the right moment, on a good day, it stops rising just at the height to tear off your radio aerial. The balances filled with sand, aren't quite enough from crashing down on your hood, but I've fixed that. To one, I've added an axe -head, to the other, a quart of paint. Perfect balance. A real buy. Behind the garage is a sort of tool shed. say "sort of", because when I've sailed in- to the garage on a slippery mid -winter day, I've sometimes gone an extra foot and crashed into the tool shed, which now leans about 35 degrees to the north. I'll throw in the tool shed with the garage, but' not its contents. Migawd, the stuff in there would bug the eyes of either an antique dealer or a garage -groupie. We have garden tools in there that haven't been used since Sir John A. Mac - Donald's wife told him to get his nose out of the glass and go out and stir up the garden. We have at least four perfectly good tires for a 1947 Dodge. We have enough.ho- ly tarpaulin (or is it holey? I've never known) to build a theatre under the stars. There's a perfectly good set of golf clubs, a wee bit rusty. There's a three-legged garden tool that must have come over with Samuel de Champlain. There's a three - wheeled lawnmower (mechanic's special). Six hundred feet of garden hose that a little adhesive would fix. And many more, too miscellaneous to mention. And that's only the tool shed. In- side the house, we have eight tons of books, left by our children. The attic is going to come right through to the kitchen, one' of these days. How about a copy of Bhagavadgita, 1,000 pages, at $1.00? Man, I wish I'd got this idea off the ground about two months ago? Anyone in- terested in an iron crib, sides go up and down, filled with three hundred dollars worth of broken toys, exotic paintings, some records and a bag of marbles? Who needs to retire, with all this wealth lying around? institution where she can be properly cared for. An effort will be made to punish the heartless youth responsible for her condition, as she is under the legal age. 100 YEARS AGO September 30, 1881 Some months ago a man giving his name as Moore, passed along the Babylon Line in Stanley Tdwnship, soliciting sub- scriptions for a Young Ladies Journal, suppsed to be published in Montreal. By passing himself off very nicely, he suc- ceeded in getting a number of subcribers to pay their money in advance, and neighter the paper nor the man has ever been heard of since. The business is looked on as a fraud, and people of other places should look out for him. Mr. E. Briggs of Varna, is doing a rushing business in the boot and shoe line. He has just received a heavy stock of leather for the fall and winter trade, and has been so crowded with orders that he has engaged the services of another first class Band. Butter is very scarce in Brucefield and what there is of it is very poor quality. Mr. Alex Stirling of the 7th concession of Goderich Township has given up "single blessedness" and has joined the noble army of bendicts Miss McNeil, of Bayfield, was the other party interested. odds 'n' ends Where did we go wrong? Fall fairs can be depressing for the average person. For example, we wander through the baking section licking our lips over the dream pies with their flaky crusts, and the but ^_r tarts just oozing with raisins and syrups and the muffins so light, they almost f1 -oat off the plates. Then we discover a chocolate cake that seems too good to be true. It seems to stand almost a foot high and it's covered perfectly with creamy frosting. And we remember the chocolate cake we baked for the birthday of somebody special. For some reason, the layers did not rise as high as our expectations. 7'o compensate for the uneven top layer, we tried to spread on extra icing which was too thin and kept running over the edge un- til the cake was anchored in gucky frosting. 12 persons when it opens. The building contractor is from Stratford. Over 100 enthusiastic Brownies from Goderich and Bayfield gathered together on Saturday at Camp Klahane to take part in the 1971 Olympic Revel. The weather- man was most co-operative and presented a beautiful sunny day which was certainly appreciated by everyone. Over 200 people watched an exciting parade of Fall Fashions in the Clinton Public School Auditorium on Thursday evening. The clothes, shown by The Old Mill in Blyth, were modelled by 17 of the Morning Glories. 25 YEARS AGO October 11, 1956 "Cap" Cook, whose birthday was in 1880, the same year that the Clinton Town Hall was built, assumed the attitude of many townsfolk here this week, as work on the tower at the hall was completed. John Roorda of Clinton applied green paint to the woodwork around the tower. The last paint job on the exterior of the town hall was done some 20 years ago. No horses appeared at the North Huron Plowing Match last Friday, when at the Arthur Colson farm nem Blyth, s the smallest plowing match of recent years took place. There were less than half of the entries usually taking part. Four more Brownies won their Golden Hand in a special ceremony held in the Legion Hall where the Guides and Brownies now hold all their meetings. Winning the honor were Margaret Glid- don, Elna Wonch, Joanne and Dianne Cudmore. 50 YEARS AGO October 1,1931 Mr. Melvin Crich of Tuckersmith brought into this office on Tuesday some stalks of corn, which he said he had not picked at all but werre a sample of a five acre field, which measured twelve and a half feet in height. They look like trees and the stalks have several large and full ears of corn. Cattle in this section should not go hungry this winter with silos bursting and mows filled to over flowing. Thursday last was CCI field day and the weather favoured the event, as it was fine and sunny and cooler than for several days previously, making it easier to take part in the sport events. In the evening the annual at-home was held in the auditorium when the students and invited guests enjoyed a few hours dancing and in social intercourse. 75 YEARS AGO October 5, 1906 Mr. James Mitchell of Goderich, as representing the Children's Aid Society, went to London on Tuesday with a young girl of 14, whose case is one of the sad ones so often occurring. She retently arrived from the old country and found em- ployment with a farmer near Seaforth. A young man in the neighborhood led her astray, and being about to become a mother, Mr. Mitchell is placing her in an We look at the blue ribbon cake at the fair; we picture our cake at home; and we wonder, "Where did we go wrong?" Then we decide it's time to move on to the sewing section. How we long to snatch up one of those soft colourful afghans and take it home. imagine curling up in one of those on these damp autumn evenings! We read Cie winning tags and note that many ladies make more than one article. For example, one lady made one full-size afghan; two large quilts - one em- broidered; one painted; two pair of pillow cases with matching runners - one em- broidered; one painted and each with a crocheted edge; one embroidered bridge cloth and one painted table cloth. And we remembered the lovely afghan we started knitting five winters ago. It's being used now. It fits quite nicely in the doll buggy. Where did we go wrong? Oh well, we have no time to worry about that now. We're at the produce department. This is puzzling. Why do the tomatoes on display seem to be the same size as our pumpkins at home? Along the walls ale ceiannc puts ui splendid macrame hangers. Healthy - looking plants of all varieties spill over the edges. At home, we have pots hanging in almost every corner, and we have a good reason for each location. One reason is to hide the chip in the one side of the flower pot; another purpose is to compensate for the fact the macrame holder will not hang straight; the third reason is to keep from view the ivy vine on which all the leaves died. Where did we go wrong? Maybe it's time we left the building and strolled down to the ring beside the barn where the 4-1.1 members are parading their calves. The calves all look big, healthy and well - kept, and they seem so well-behaved. We remember that our calves always manag- ed to plow through the only mud puddle on the fairgrounds when we were on our way to the ring. We remember, too, the biggest feature in our parade was our tug of war with the calves, which the calves always won. Where did we go wrong? the readers write letters News -Record junk :nail! Dear Mr. Fitzgerald: Would it be possible for your staff to staple shut ar close by some other means the bags you mail the Clinton News Record in.. After the postal strike I received my backlog of papers only to find one bag contained the July 29th edition of The Canadian Statesman frpm Bowmanville, Ont. Needless.to say thi's paper was not of much interestto me. This is not the first time this has happened. A few months ago the paper bag arrived full of "junk" mail minus the paper. I don't know if any of your other out of town subscribers are experiencing this same problem but it is sure annoying when you look forward to receiving the paper only to find the bag contains "junk" mail. Thank you for your attention to this request. , F'.' Sincerely, Mrs. J. Grimsdale, 10556-55 Ave., Edmonton, Alberta. T6H 0W7 Foreign boilers • Dear Editor: You may recall that on two occasions in the recent past the Huron County School Board was about to buy boilers of foreign manufacture despite the fact that there are a number of competent Canadian boiler manufacturers who could supply this equipment, one of which is located in Huron County at Seaforth: The foreign boilers at the Goderich High School have been installed. Because of considerable effort by our company in the fall I of 1980, Canadian boilers of our manufacture were installed in the McCurdy School in Huron Park instead of the foreign boilers. The board realized a considerable savings as a result of our efforts. We have just learned that, at the advice of Mr. R. Egan, the board's consulting engineer, the board has awarded a con- tract for a • new boiler in the Seaforth District High School to a contractor who will supply a boiler of foreign manufac- ture. This is despite the fact that this school is only 1 mile from our plant. Robert Bell Industries paid taxes this year into the Huron County school system in the amount of $2,457.05. If the tax paid by our employees is added to this, it would easily double the amount. We have been informed that a difference of $1,932.00 exists:,between; the foreign boiler and our boiler. In light of the sagging industrial base in Ontario, the tens of thousands of dollars that our company has contributed to the educational tax base of Huron County and the substantial savings that the school board enjoyed last year at our effort, we cannot understand the decision of the school board in this instance. We make assurances to all who receive this letter that our ('company will take every possible step to remove this in- justice. We would be more than happy to discuss this matter with you and explain our view of the numerous details involved. We are at your service. C.B. Smith, B.A. Sc., P. Eng. Design & Production Engineer, Robt. Bell Industries Ltd., Sea forth. An eye opener Dear Editor: The present increase of the interest rates should finally open the eyes of our Members of Parliament. Never was the gangsterism of our banking system been so evident. The banks are the creators of all the money. This money is created by the banks with a stroke of the pen. This money, based on the wealths produced by the Canadians, should be handed over to the producers without interests and to the consumers without debts. Likewise this money should come into the world without debts nor interests nor taxes for public developments. On the contrary, all the money created by the banks nowadays still belongs to the banks, who do not build the country but are only the accountants. The banks lend this money to the builders of the country's wealths. Thus, the banks rapidly become owners of all the real wealths of the country, dispossessing the producers and the legitimate owners. In 1931, Pope Pius XI wrote: "The controllers of money and credit have become the masters of our lives so that no one dares breathe against their will." It is time that this colossal swindle en- couraged by our laws ends. The Ottawa Government must not wait the decision of the other countries to give orders to the Bank of Canada to function for the good of the Canadians according to the Canadians' wealths, and to stop submitting itself to the government of the international banking dictatorship. Michael Journal, Montreal, Que. 1]o you have an opinion? Why not write tut a letter to the editor, aid let everyone know. 411 letters asps published, providing they carr authenticated, and pseudonym* are allowed. 411 hitters, however, are. Subject to editing for length or libel.