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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1981-10-21, Page 41%4E4 —c iTON NE. W-REco1w, WEDNESDAY, OCTOREti 21, 1981 BLUE RIBBON Ay\ ARD 1980 The Mateo N. s Is published tooth Tkarradey et P.O. Bon . Clinton, Ontario. c.eedia, iiIM We. Tei.: 42.3443. Babe ription Rete: c#, q>tt.w t. 4TTIarn.-'141Oper•peer 1$43,11. S telvITjii: Wheil dor rim It la registered ea aestlnd siege WWII by the post office under the permit number ®017, the Nev,a•Re¢ord Iruorporeted In 1994 like Huron News-liecord, founded in 111111. end Th. Clinton Nen tire. founded In 1189. Tate) press ran 5.3®0; A MEMBER JAMIE;FIT'ZGERALD - Edltar 911644,911.99e1,4110 -M ws Editor °AIR RAW- Advertising Manager "MOW iNANDIf t - Adverttriing MARGA ET L. OMR- Offlcfli Manager MARY ANN GiLI,IfDON-Subscrlpti®ns ,t 1 n MEMBER Display advertising rates available on request. Mk for Rate Card No. 12 effective Oct.1. 1 I1. Major changes needed As itis presently operated, Canada's unemployment insurance system doesn't Make a great deal of sense, says Roger Worth of the Canadian Federation of In- dependent Businessmen. Consider what's happening. As the country's jobless rate continues to surpass seven piercerit, a let: of employers are having a great deal of difficulty finding workers; particularly skilled trades people. ' Onepf.the reasons: many unemployed individuals are prepared to sit tight, tf , t9lletirfq cis, much as $1895_per week yri unemployment benefits, rather than ac- ce its true; the available positions may require individuals to move, overnment programs are available to finance such activities. ych, Presidefit of the 62 -thousand Canadian Federation of Indepen- dent s then vy,,hat reallyirritates employers. is the fact that they pay a s,.4�hla i:asli` ised to finance the system, yet it appears to work against an`•incentive'for workers to remain on the dole until benefits *rye is little question the program' which will cost .severalbillions pxpayer dollars this year -is extremely, generous. In a supposedly soai�st>,awitty such as West Ge�rmany,,: for instance, workers .can collect no ne.week's joblessbenefits. for every two weeks worked. nad¢�, on'e other hand, individuals can collect as much as four weeks slevery week worked, which at the top rate of $189 per week is not - chi And that's just one example. c'problem, of course is that our -unemployment insurance program has ngradea to the point whereit has. little to do with insurance. Instead, it rs a9sort of social welfare prografil.• So there's:little wander Ottawa is taking a long, hard look at the system. With the. -federal government in debt to the tune of $90 billion. (and rising), the need to seriously consider,,nnajor changes is clear. I_ t rection Members of municipal councils in' Huron Will have little room to complain over a decision reached by the county board of education to collect levies four times each year, rather than the current practice of having ,the municipalities' forward thorn only twice, says the Exeter Times -Advocate. Moircouncil fibers have been complaining about the high cost .of, education foryears,and the move is designed primarily to reduce the amount the board of edecatiori has to borrow before the levies start rolling in from the municipalities. rhoitost-of borrOwinig interim\ funds has always been a large expenditure for the board, and with;today's-interest rates, it was reaching even greater proportions. In same cases, the,change will not be noticed.. Clinton, for instance, has col - Jetted taxes' on a quarterly basis for sometime now. Others may now be promp- ted to follow suit. Actually taxpayers throughout the county will not notice any significant change as it is basically a matter of robbing Peter to pay Paul. Regardless of which body •has to borrow money, the taxpayers foot the bill. It all comes out of the same pockets, and it is that very fact that sinks the argument of .those who suggest the board should collect its own tax revenue. Why duplicate the cost of collection? Everyone knows taxes are already high enough without adding that unnecessary expenserfor those who have to pay the bills. While there may be those who complain about the board's decision to increase the number of levies, everyone should welcome the indication that trustees are at Least taking steps to cut expenses. Perhaps they'll find it so refreshing, they'll continue with other'segments of their astronomical budget that will result in real savings for taxpayers, not merely a shift of costs from one pocket to another.• L_.. Remembering summer remembering - our past 5 YIEA RS AGO ' October28,1975 z. Alexander and Mabel Knowles may well be .one of Canada's oldest landed immigrants. Mr. and Mrs. Knowles, the parents of Kirsty Barrett . (Dr. Harrett's wife) arrived in Clinton on October 8th from Scotland and plan on residing here. After.12 years as Mayor, and 15 years of serving on Clinton Council, Mayor Don . Symons is retiring from public duty. Now, he will be running as a commissioner for the Clinton Public Utilities Commission. The . Clinton Planning Board has decided to go ahead and ask the Huron County Planning Department to draw up a detailed plan of the town's future growth. Presently the town has a zoning map, but has nothing on record on which to base any future growth or expansion 10 YEARS AGO October28,1971 Firemen played fire onto the blazing Clinton = Public Works Department warehouse in a fire that destroyed the building last Wednesday night ' moat 8:30. The old building was ablaze when firemen arrived and they had no change to save it or remove the equipment inside. They were also hampered- by exploding fuel containers in the building. They spent most of ttteiir.time protecting neighboring buildings which were threatened. A crowd of 300 to 400 persons watched the blaze which could be -seen at a long distance. Charles McNaughton topped every poll but four in Huron riding as he swept to victory in Thursday's Provincial Election with his highest majority thus far. 25 YEARS AGO November 1,1956 Yesterday G. Morley Counter, (better known as "Pete" for his hun- dreds of friends in town) completed his last day as postmaster for the town of by James Fitzgerald a look through the news -record files Clinton. After 23 years of service to the community, he remarked proudly, "I've got the best doggone staff in the province." About 100 in costume attended the Bayfield Lions Hallowe'en Masquerade held in the village hall last night. Alf Scotchmer, acted as master of ceremonies and Leslie Elliott operated the public address system and record player for the parade. Progress is being made steadily toward the objective set by the Nurses at Clinton Public Hospital for the Jessie Grainger Memorial Fund, which they hope to furnish the new public waiting room in the hospital. Auburn's grand old gentleman, William H. Campbell, celebrated his 100th birthday on October 19th. Mr. Campbell has the distinction of being the only Auburn resident to reach this ripe old age. "I haven't an ache or pain," the pioneer , said, "but my eyesight has failed me." 50YEARS AGO : ,b October22,1931 The clothing firm which was to have started business in the store recently vacated by the fruit man has decided not to locate in . Clinton. Some alterations had been made in the premises to suit their convenience but on learning that a deposit would have to be paid to the town treasury before opening up, they decided against it. At the end of a year's business this deposit would be returned, less taxes, but evidently it was not their intention to continue . business. Mr. J. Hall, the, carpenter who made the alterations was given so long to tear them out again and the representative of the would-be business firm de pa rte d. The probability is that the intention was to make a convenience of the town to run off a job lot of goods, then move on to another place. sugar and spice dispensed by bill smiley Accident prone Teachers have 20 days of sick leave (paid) due to them every year. That's fair enough. At present, I have 316 days, plus 20 for the coming year, built up. Figure it out for yourself. I haven't missed many days on the job and some of those were funerals of relatives and such. But how can a man show up for work as a member of the "walking wounded": abra- sions on forehead, black right eye and scraped cheekbone, nose looking as though the rats had been at it and right leg almost completely crippled, though nothing broken? Well, he can't. And yesterday was the first time in my teaching career when I wasn't ill, but stayed home. I went back to- day with a few flesh -colored pieces of tape, and a bad limp, arousing the curiosity of staff and students alike. Strangely enough, I had been telling a bright Grade 11 class just the other day about the gullibility of students. You may remember. I'd had a very minor lesion on my big nose removed. The nurse said, "This is a big bandage." I retorted, "This is a big nose." It was ail done at the hospital before 9 a.m-, and I was on the job. A lad in one of my classes asked, with concern, "What happened to your nose, sir?" I told him with a very straight face that a hyena had escaped from a nearby zoo, poked in one of my cellar windows, and, sneaking up to the bedroom, had bit- ten off my nose. And that's why I'd been to hospital, to have an artificial nose im- planted. "Oh, that's too bad, sir," he'd said, in all sincerity. Well, in all sincerity, I wish the story had been true. For' about the eighth time in my career, my nose looks like a transplant from a guy who has narrowly escaped his life, after being shot through the nose, in- stead of the brain. But this Grade 11 class the other day didn't say a word, though their looks were eloquent. They didn't want to be gullible, 6and have me tell them that my wife did it, or 1 had a fight with the town cop, or I crashed while glider -flying. I wish I'd been born with a snub nose. These people, even though they are always sticking their snubs into other people's business, never seem to get them hurt. I mind my own business, and keep getting my nose broken or badly cut, or a can- didate for cancer. Once again, the damage resulted from shopping. One time I came in with two bags of groceries, slipped off my shoes at the door, went into the freshly waxed kit- chen, took a kick at the cat, slipped and fell, nose -on, against the kitchen counter. No eggs broken, just the nose: This time, I went off with a reasonable shopping list, but got into the impulse - buying game, and arrived home with five of those white plastic shopping bags, load- ed to the gunnels (the bags). Cunningly, I thought, "Well, I can han- dle three on one trip and go back for the other two and still have one hand free to slam the trunk door of the car." Unfortunately, my cunning neglected the fact that I was wearing my new arch support, total cost $85, and that it was hur- ting me like a brand new set of false teeth. I was limping heavily on the right. I arrived at the pile of rocks just outside our back door. Sometimes we call it the rock garden, at other times the rock patio. Every year we plan to turn it into one or the other, or something exotic. But it's still just a pile of rocks, each and every one with sharp edges. Many a chunk I've taken off my shin by veering a little to the right. To make a longstory short, I caught my right, limping foot on a heave in the sidewalk, and tumbled straight into the rock pile. Loyal to the end, I clung to the groceries. In my right hand were two bags, obviously loaded with canned goods. The one bag in my left hand contained the toilet tissue and the Kleenex. I went into the rock pile like a badly ballasted ship hitting a reef. I could have been killed. My nose saved me. It took the initial impact before I . skidded onto my cheekbone and forehead. Bloody but unbowed, I gathered the groceries (not an egg busted, not a quart of milk spilled), staggered into the kitchen, scattering blood and groceries everywhere. Lots of people would have been rushed to emergency and sewed and cauterized and otherwise tortured. I never do that. I use my mother's old remedies. Staunch the blood with a cloth or something, make sure you haven't lost an eye, and then sock the ice -water to it. In my mother's day, hot and cold water were the painkillers and the blood stop- pers. We didn't have ice -cubes then, but we had a chunk of ice in the ice -box. And we needed it. I was always coming home with a cut foot.that should have had six stitches, or a cut head where a kid had hit me with a stone, or a sprained ankle from football. I must admit that 1 add a little modern extra. I put the ice -cubes in a towel until the bleeding stops or is merely oozing. Then I take them out, wash off any superfluous blood, put them in a glass, and pour some medicine over them, just in case of shock. If my mother could see me doing this last maneouvre, she'd have gone into shock. She was TT. And that's how I got my banged -up face. But my nose saved though worse. 75 YEARS AGO October 26,1906 There was quite an exciting time in the Holmesville Women's Institute circle, the day of the bread contest. There was a splendid showing of bread. The prizes were carried off by:,lst, Mrs. 'Jos. Jervis; 2nd, Mrs. S. Tebbutt; 3rd, Mrs. Thomas MacDonald. The judges were Mrs. F. Swann, Mrs. W. Marquis and Mrs. Watts. The Jackson Manufacturing Co., has a splendid artisian well over 100 feet deep, which lately has been supplying all the people in the neighborhood with good pure water. The other day a Toronto traveller took a hearty drink of it, and as he smacked his lips he said, "By jove, that's good water; I'd sooner drink it than whiskey." He had evidently been accustomed to the city water, which . is said to be oneythird liquid, one-third - mud, and one-third polywogs and lizards. The unique spectacle of shingling by lamplight could be seen at the Salvation Army barracks on Monday night, when by the aid of eight lanterns, a new roof was put on. 100 YEARS AGO November 4, 1881 Even the patience of Job would become exhausted were he a preacher and • endeavouring to interest his audience while they were keeping up an incessant coughing, making it im- possible for him to be heard, yet how very easy can all this be avoided by simply using Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds. Trial bottles given away at J.H. Combe's Drug Store. Diptheria is now prevalent in McKillop, several cases being reported. Mr. Myers of Bayfield is inventing•a patent reaper and mower, which has very little gearing, and can be built and sold for half •the price of other machines. On Hallowe'en night, the boys in Londesborough had some harmless sport removing gates, one being placed on the top of the old store, but no serious damage. Promenade dresses are very short. The skirt of a fashionable woman clad in walking attire clears the ground by several inches. Autumn poem Dear Editor: I was surprised to see my . poem "Autumn" in your Oct. 14, 1981 issue of the Clinton News -Record. Under different cir- cumstances, I would have been very pleas- ed. Unfortunately the poem had been abridged and a significant error made in the last. stanza. I would appreciate it very much if you would re -publish the poem in full as follows: Autumn As I look through the trees toward the lake, The splendour that was theirs is scattered wide. The heaving swells and whitecaps far beyond, And heavy clouds disgorging from the sky Foretell of icy blasts, and snow piled high. The garden that was lush, is limp and bare • As rain and frost and wind take tireless toll. The ground is littered deep with fallen fruit That hung red ripe just only days ago,, From propped up trees with laden limbs bowed low. - ducks and geese which know full well • their goal, Wing faultlessly their way each scudding day; While birds which sweetly sung their songs to young Among the trees and flowering shrubs, have flown To winter homes; each species to its own. The flaming lamp which earlier glowed' northwest, Now dips its gold red wick much further south, ,And some who squandered gifts of sum- mer days Like birds and fowl their way are wending, And sharing the common hope of Spring's returning. , The flowering weeds now stand in fields forlorn, Brittle and dry beneath the threatening sky. • Surely it is only those who will not see That what so many curse, and some despise, Is far beyond man's skill to realize. As once again I stare towards the lake, . Theurge the birds must feel runs through - my mind. Like them, I'd like to wing my way and stay At a winter home far from the snow and.: blast Until like Spring, I am welcomed back at last. Yours truly, Charles. F. Curtis, Bayfield United stand Dear Editor: The Supreme Court's recent ruling is a clear vindication of our determined stand over the last year to win for Canadians a made -in -Canada Constitution that will reflect and serve our federal country. In the days and weeks ahead we will have to put the case clearly and forcefully for agreement on a reasonable consensus compromise. That will mean continued toughness by all of us in standing firm against unconstitutional unilateral action that will divide our country. -Mule we continue to press the govern- ment to give priority to the economic crisis it has caused, we must be firm on the con- stitutional front as well. Thanking you for your help and support for the sake of our country. Yours sincerely, Joe Clark Opposition Leader, Ottawa. Kinettes say thanks to all Dear Editor: May I take this opportunity on behalf of the Clinton Kinettes to thank everyone who assisted our Fashion Show in any way, great or small. To all the merchants who made a special effort to assist us with their merchandise selections and displays; we couldn't have managed without you. We must mention Mrs. Jane Groves from the Board and Bat- ten, who made special decorations just for Autumn delight As autumn leaves are falling one by one to the ground and Canada Geese are call- ing on their way southward bound, many a wingless spirit longs to take flight and soar over woods, hills and lakes to some far-off shore. Most wanderlust souls, though, have our feet firmly anchored in the rich plowed soil of Southwestern Ontario. And, when we take a look around, we discover it's a good place to be. Many people, who are busy at all times tf the year, and many people, whose minds are always oce'upied with practical thoughts, can't resist slowing their pace to take stock of the beauty around them. , In summer, we stop to smell the roses along the way to remind us of our bless- ings. In autumn, our eyes drink in the spec- tacular colours of nature's palette - colours brushed on the landscape by an unseen hand. The sun shone on us for most of the Thanksgiving weekend. In spite of the pro- blems that plagued us before and the ones we knew were sure to follow, it was three days that made us sit back and appreciate the good things we had. It was a welcome break in an otherwise hectic season. For many people, life seems to be getting busier and more complicated no matter the time of year and "time- outs" are getting harder to find. Everyone needs to take a breather now and again. Everyone needs to relax, and most important, everyone needs to lake the time to enjoy the good things around thein before those good things are gone. It is easy to take pleasantries tor granted. We assume they will always be there for us to enjoy whenever we have the time. Often we don't realize how wrong we are until it is too late. As the old saying goes,, all good things must come to an end, and autumn is no ex- ception. The beauty of the fall season is an especially fleeting thing. The romance will end. The gorgeous leaves will mat the ground and the work Of raking will begin in earnest. Stark branches will stand against a grey sky when the sun becomes a stranger again. Rain will probably fall turning the fields muddy. Mornings will begin quietly when most of the birds are gone. Nights will become longer and days colder. Morning frost will become a familiar happening. For awhile, the panorama will look bar- ren and bleak, until one daywe'll waken to a sparkling field of white - the beginning of the beauty of another season. our stage backdrop. Thank you, Jane. To our Kin Kids, you're all great actors, and to our friends Kay, Florence, Dave and Kent we appreciate your helpfulness. The proceeds from this event will help us with our ;10,000 pledge to the Clinton Hospital Building Fund. The profit we realized Would not have been possible without an audience. We hope you were well entertained! Yours truly, Marie Jefferson, chairman Safe ch' g water Dear Editor: I note with interest that the Ontario Unicef Committee has declared the week of October 24 - 31, 1981, to be UNICEF Week for Safe Drinking Water. During this week UNICEF will promote citizen awareness of the United Nations "Inter- natioaAl Drinking Water Supply and Sanitation Decade, 1981 - 1990", and i am more than pleased to wish the Conunittee every success on behalf of the Government of Ontario. goal of his U.N. - declared e is to eliiminate by 1990 the threat of death and disease which presently endangers the lives of 500 million children in the developing world. The provision of basic necessities such as wells, pumps and pipes will guarantee safe water, a vital con- tribution to the health and well-being of these children in need. William G. Davis, Premier j