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z,f With the. „hospital fund raising,program finally Oyer the $100,000 mark and
.growing slowly each: week, the house-to-house blitz planned for mid-November
;should ive then fund.the final push necessary to put it near its target of $170,000
• =a• fo construction can evenstart. A total of $353,000 of .the total cost of
tial iton ant: stcomiiitf•eli CUbile donations,: so #here is quite a way
there is no turning bib niow an the Much 'needed
i#i n,t asf a�itlmnd in'a full pagelaxplanation in last week's
.rtiized1 o will foil to attract medical person -
r hoses will die .a slowYnatural death. over
T , {�wdoubt that the hospital is • a well,used,,
eepifg kiln etlive=and viable�part of thecom-
e iority. It offers us`*cellent medical service
sending, our residents to far-flung
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six yo4 _door in several weeks .time, think about
have alt~ used, it: at one time or another and -may
fiddu l db'nations haveranged from. $100` to
1a gulde ''en you irke• out. 'your cheque or
tsOiit..ovec=severaIyears. By J.F.
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isn't the fellow to take the blame for anyof
Minister:Eug°ane Whelan, would like10 blame.
t that high; interest, rates are endangering.
usmes,�;Mpssacf schen says the banks should
ial si rty of those who are: (laying 20 percent -plus interest rates 'to•
happy.to see some of t ieir green'blood staining loan officers
e-dsame timethose m, finanatal difficul*4rdulikf.like todefect
oc$acheWs part to awake him=.bringw.downwMthe budget on,
pyres dependent, After a long '"summer of'discont nt in
time td; finalize budget clauses, . the, finance minister
fills .oto•. 7e9%ur;6ed by even o day. A delay of even two weeks in the type of
`!osstsfonce , vlwhich ,has been vaguely, suggested could see hundreds of home
;furrier$ with. m� rtgageswhi h won'tt wait for renewal losing theiir' tomes or sign-`
i g for;anotherperiod of 0., fordable interest rotes.
• ' Wheel -gt_`Ioast tlput.hlis� job where his mouth is when he said he would resign if
there was not some.assiistance._for fanners in the budget. The finance minister,
however, doesn't ,seem. to be .oil that worried about the Canadian .people in
general. He hasn't. offered to sacrifice his job. He hasn't even Offered to recognize
any responsibility for those in serious financial trouble through no fault of their
awn.
High interest rates have not been established by consumers; they are the deci-
sion'.of.MacEachen's godchild, the Bank of Canada. (from the Wingham Advance -
'Times)
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.Fall's snowy finale
"by Jim Fitzgerald
a look through
the news -record files
5 YEARS AGO
November 4,1976
Clinton's first water well, in service
since 1919, was turned off last week
after 57 years of nearly continuous
service, and the 360 feet of five -inch
Pipe was pulled up. by International
Water Supply of Barrie. The Clinton
PUC hopes to put down a new sub-
mersible pump that will deliver up to
400 gallons per minute of water.
After considerable .debate and a
recorded vote, Clinton Council turned
down a motion for a bylaw enforcement ,
officer attheir regular council meeting.
Besides their $300,000 expansion
program,
Besides.
Feed Mill is going
ahead with twomore cement silos '30.
feet by 110 feet; worth 550,000.
10YEARS AGO
November 4,. 1971 : ,
The Children's Aid Director in Huron
County, Bruce Heath, told Huron -..
County Council that there are presently
25 couples in Huron awaiting adoption
placement and there is notone child
immediately available in or out of
Huron County.
He also "reported, that Huron's un-
married parent population is one of the
lowest in the province relative to
population, and has decreased only
very slightly during 1971.
Roy Tyndall, Goderich Township
road superintendent for the past 35
years, was honored on October 28th at a
party at the home of R.E. Thompson,
clerk of the township. Mr. Tyndall and
his wifewere presented with a silver
tray by Reeve Everett McIlwain.
Hayfield's north river was a hive of
activity on Saturday last when two
large cranes hauled -out most of the
craft from the Yacht Club and gover-
nment docks. The operation attracted
wide -spread attention.
25 YEARS AGO'
November 8,1956
An overflow crowd of adults at the
Clinton District Collegiate Institute last
night thronged the classrooms and the
halls to begin this winter's course in the
Clinton Community Night School.
There are 378 enrolled, an increase
from 345 of last year.
A turkey with no visible owner and
Farmerj's IcrtwJII
LEAVE:.
To my wife -'My overdraft at the bank. Maybe she can explain it; To my son - Equi-
ty on my car. Now he'll have to go to work;to meet the payments; To my banker -
My Soul. He hos the mortgage on it anyway.
To my neighbour - My clown suit. He'll need it if he continues to farm as he has in
the past; To the farm centre My grain bin. I was planning to let them take it next
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year anyway. '
To the farm adviser - 50 bushels of corn to see if he,can hit the high market. I
never did; To the junk man - All my machinery. He's had his eyes on it for years.
To my Undertaker - A special request. I want six implement and fertilizer dealers
for my pallbearers. They are used to carrying me. To the Monument Maker - Set
up a jig for the epitaph, "Here lies a farmer who hos now properly assumed all of
his obligations." `
Author Unknown
Another week
Some days you can't make a nickel. This
was one of them. After fighting off a last-
minute decision to attend a fighter -pilots'
reunion last weekend, I thought the gods
might give me a break and start me off
right this week.
I secretly wasn't mad about going to the
convention. Since I was attached to an
R.A.F. squadron, with only about three
Canadians on it, my . old fighter pilot
friends are for the most part dead, or scat-
tered all over the world.
On the other hand, I had two old buddies
in the big city, and one of them dropped a
line to ask if I were going. At the point of no
return, I decided to go. At least I could tell
them I was still flying, as the scars from
my crash-landing in the rock garden would
prove. Still had tape on my forehead, a
bluish -yellow eye and a gashed nose.
My wife, blessher, who had been covert-
,ly hoping I would forget it, fell into my en-
thusiasm, started ironing shirts and pack-
ing socks. Y had insisted to her that I would
skip the receptions, a euphemism for
drunken cocktail parties, and get in touch
with my daughter and grandl.oys, just
across the river in Hull.
With the lightning decision and im-
mediate application of a former officer in
His Majesty's Forces, I got on the phone.
No problem. Bus to the city, fly with the
boys to Ottawa, limp with my arthritic foot
to the Cenotaph, plane back, bus home. It
would only take four days, and I have 316
days sick leave coming to me. And believe
me, I would be sick.
Phoned the bus station. No answer.
Several times. Phoned the buddy who had
called me. No answer. Phoned the other
old buddy. He was half -sloshed, introduced
me to his wife (last time I saw him he was
a 4t; -year-old bachelor), had a nice talk
with her, invited them up for some cross-
country skiing, was invited to their place
for dinner, and discovered he wasn't going
to the convention. First one he's ever miss-
ed. That's wives for you.
I decided to give it up. By this time my
wife had four shirts ironed. A real bonus,
for both of us. Then I started rationalizing,
as we do.
"Who wants to see all those old guys with
white hair, pot bellies and imaginations
that completely distort the fact that they
were never great fighter pilots, like
myself, and remember in vivid detail
things that never happened?"
O.K. Let's get back to the theme, as I
constantly snarl at my senior students.
This was supposed to be a good week for
me, after resisting the devices of Old' Nick
through sheer purity of spirit.
Today, I was up, dressed, fed, clean of
mind and pure of spirit. Went out for my
morning paper to read with my habitual
peanut butter on bread and half of a
banana. No paper. Mildly irritated. The
contract I signed said that the paper will
be placed between the doors before 8 a.m.
It is hurled anywhere within 40 feet of my
back door. When it arrives.
Got in the car. Turned the key. Zilch.
Discovered I'd left the lights on all night.
Not time for a booster from friends or
neighbours. Set out on foot. Eight long
blocks, all uphill, and my new arch support
killing my foot. Nobody even glanced my
way as I looked pitiably about every time a
car came along behind. Arrived as the na-
tional anthem was grinding to a close.
Thirty minutes later, the old lady phoned
and said the furnace was on the blink, what
should she do? I felt like telling her, in no
uncertain terms, but restrained myself.
It's difficult, with an entire furnace.
Vice-principal wants four pages of data
by yesterday. Heaps of essays to mark.
Teachers whining,p about stupid ad-
ministration decisions. Students all agog
because the sun is shining and half of them
will have the afternoon off, because the
vultures from the universities will be here,.
looking for anything that breathes and is
still warm.
By great good luck, catch a friend, Ray
Holt, who will not only drive me home, but
has battery cables, Does -so. He pushed car
out of garage. He's too strong. Car goes
backwards like a jet. I leap, open door,
scrape leg in doing so, drop glasses and
step on them in doing so, hit brake and
wind up three inches from telephone pole.
Bless him, he gets me going. Run up the
car for five minutes to charge battery. Put
car in garage. Restart engine, just to be
sure. AR-ar-ar-grunt-silence.
Phone Ray. Not in yet. Rush to
typewriter. Column day. Sit dazed before
typewriter, thinking a few nasties about
the gods. Ray comes back, gives me
another battery boost. By this time I need
either a tranquilizer or some speed.
Roar car around 10 blocks, charging bat-
tery. Wife thinks I've gone berserk and
just headed off to slam into a.,tree or go
over an embankment.
Home. Stop car. Turn key. It starts.
Don't believe it. Detail wife to run out
every five minutes and start car. Rush to
den and start writing this. Tomorrow the
brick man comes. Last job he did •./as
$1,600. Have a nice day.
Do you have an opinion? Why not
write us a letter to the editor, and
let everyone know. All letters ere
published, providing they case be
authenticated, and pseudonyms,
are allowed. All letters, however,
aresubject to editing for length
or libel.
Old files
noted for its kindess and liberality. She
leaves four children, whom it will be the
duty of the public to see to and care for
at once.
Mr. Sarni. Merrill of Holmesville has
taken to himself a "guid wife" in the
person of Miss Jarvis. May their future
anticipations be fully realized.
odds 'n' ends
bound for no fixed address turned up on
the roadside near SS 5, Hullett Town-
ship last week. It was cleaned and
dressed and ready to stuff, and had
apparently fallen off a passing truck.
When none of the pupils laid claim to
the . bird their teacher, Mrs. J. Willis
VanEgmond, offered her skills in the
realm of the kitchen and took the turkey
home. From then on its destination was
sure.
By Monday, Mrs. VanEgmond had
made the 22 pound bird into sandwiches
which she and her 43 pupils enjoyed for
lunch.
50 YEARS AGO .
October 29, 1931
Superintendent Rumball of the Public
Utilities Commission calls attention to
the fact that a number of electric water
heaters have been purchased in Clinton
and vicinity recently 'which are not
approved and that the sale of such is
unlawful in Ontario. These heaters, he
contends, are dangerous as they come
in direct contact with the water being
heated, that and the vessel, bath tub or
other container, being rendered con-
ductors when the power is on, and that
there are opportunities for those using
them to receive eleetrle shocks of
varying degrees.
The Clinton Knitting Company does
not seem to be feeling the dullness
complained of in some lines. So brisk is
the demand for their wares that it is
working overtime to fill orders.
75 YEARS AGO
November 2, 1906
The COF of Court Constance are
preparing to have an oyster supper the
evening of November 8th. Tea will be
served from 5:30 to 7:30 pm in .,the
basement of the church, after which a
splendid program will be given in the
Temperance Hall. Mr. Henry, a famous
humorist, of Toronto, will sing and
appear in his many amusing guises,
and will please you in spite of yourself.
Local talent consisting of recitations
and instrumental music will also be
given.
We do not know Mayor Hoover's
intentions as to the Mayoralty, but
should he desire to retire, we believe
that Mr. Harrison Wiltse would make a
very acceptable successor; he has had
considerable experience at the Council
board, is a man of good judgement,
cautious and careful and has earned the
honor, if he wishes to have it.
A sad case is that of Mr. J. Strong of
Kippen, who lost his wife through death
last spring, and who has brooded over
his great trial ever since, until at last
his mind gave way, about a week ago
after being watched and cared for by
kind neighbors for some time, he was
taken to the asylum.
100 YEARS AGO
November 4, 1881
Death has removed another from our
midst, in the person of Mrs. Bartley,
living near the Goshen post office. She
is reported to have died of starvation
and want of care. Very few seemed to
be acquainted with her circumstances,
though she lived in ,a neighborhood
Labelling people
The United Nations International Year
of Disabled Persons has increased the use
of certain words in our vocabulary. Most of
the words have been around for decades,
but their meanings have been changed
slightly in the last ten months. Or, at least
their meanings have been clarified.
Cripple, for example, is described in a
dictionary as a lame person. To cripple is
to disable or impair; to cripple is to hobble
or walk lamely.
For some reason, the word seems to
have a derogative tone. Perhaps, it is just
the sound of the word, or perhaps it is the
way in which the word has been used in
past years. Many people now prefer to use
handicapped or disabled in its place.
According to the dictionary, a handicap
is a hindrance or something that places a
person at a disadvantage. It seems an ap-
propriate definition in a year in which the
point is tieing made that people who have
handicaps are real people.
Some handicaps are more obvious than
others; some are more complex than
others;, softie are more difficult to deal
withthan others. But, a person can have a
handicap without being handicapped. If
any person goes through life without fac-
ing some form of handicap or hindrance,
he or she is indeed unique.
The word used roost often this year is
disabled: In the dictionary, to disdble is to
incapacitate from doing or for work; to
disable is to cripple or to deprive of power
of acting.
A disability
stteothat
prevet ons' otg thing. Perhaps
the latter definition could be expanded to
explain that a disability is a thing or want
that prevents one's doing something in the
cuIIVelILwudl way. many people have prov-
ed a person can have a disability and not
be disabled.
Terry Fox had only one leg. Beethoven
was deaf. Helen Keller was deaf, blind and
mute. U. S. President Franklin Roosevelt
was paralyzed after a bout with polio
Louis Braille was blind. Sarah Bernhardt
had a leg amputated below the knee.
Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Jose Feli-
ciano and Ronnie Milsap are blind. Mel
Tiflis, a country singer, stutters when he
talks. Bobby Clark, with hockey's
Philadelphia Flyers and Bill Gullickson
with baseball's Montreal Expos, have
diabetes.
Words and their definitions are in-
teresting, but when we use them to label
people, we're headed for confusion. More
interesting than the written word are the
people who refuse to be stereotyped or
categorized. They're theones who rewrite
the meaning.
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For Safety
and Justice
pear Editor: .
We are a newly formed group of people
called Citizens United for Safety and
Justice who are concerned about the safe-
ty of children in our community.
There have recently been many attacks,
rapes and murders of children in our pro-
vince. It is our understanding that many
known sex offenders are being released in-
to communities across Canada without
reasonable supervision of their day to day
activities. Why?
Right now there is a law reform bill Gall-
ed Bill C53 before the House of Commons
which could provide revisions in our
criminal laws. Mr. Jean -Guy DuBois is
chairman of the Standing Committee of
Justice and Legal Affairs charged with
this review. We want to strongly en-
courage this committee to provide those
revisions so that the ordinary citizen of
Canada is better protected. _.
Our newly formed citizens group, of
which the recently bereaved Clausen
Family is an active supporter, appeals to
you for help. We would like every person
who reads this letter to write a letter of
their own to: Mr. Jean -Guy DuBois, Chair-
man. Please take time to express your per-
sonal feelings and concerns regarding the
obvious failure of the existing laws to pro-
tect us all.
Please forward your letter to CUSJ, Box
779, Duncan, B.C. V9L 3Y1 so that we may
package and send them altogether to Mr.
DuBois. Also, we will make and send
copies of your letters to the Attorney
General of British Columbia and the
Solicitor General of Canada. 0
We are also seeking membership in this
group at the rate of $5 per person to cover
printing and postage charges etc. A
receipt will be issued. Your contribution
may be sent to CUSJ, Box 779, Duncan,
B.C. V9L 3Y1. If you wish to share your
ideas and time please enquire of Cleone
Ratcliffe at 748-2390.
Yours truly,
Cleone Ratcliffe,
Co-ordinator,
Duncan, B.C.
Animals suffer
from testing
Dear Editor:
Countless animals are used mainly in
the United States and in Europe, in the
process of testing .canmercial products
including cosmetics. In order to determine
whether or not any particular cosmetic is
Safe to be used by bah men and women,
the governments of the United States and
of Canada demand that the product be
tested and proved to be' safe, to their
satisfaction.
The most common way of carrying out
this test is to subject the eyes of a rabbit to
the particular chemical or cosmetic. This
is, commonly referred to as the "Draize"
test. Millions of animals suffer as a result
of this procedure.
Because of obvious and paramount
responsibility of the government to protect
the people against harmful products there
is little point in the humane movement
"protesting" this particular procedure
unless an alternative method of test can be
found.
Dr. Joseph Leighton of the Medical
College of Pennsylvania Hospital believes
that he can develop a satisfactory alter-
native testing technique which would not
Involve animals. All research is expensive.
Dr. Leighton urgently needs funds in order
to enable him to continue with his inr,uiry.
• The,Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada
has satisfied itself that the proposalDr.
Leighton is sound and worthy of support.
The Foundation is gathering funds
together to Mable the research to com-
mence. Funds are being made available
from humane organizations in the United
States but we believe that Canada has a
strong moral obligation to support this
work in the U.S.
Anyone who is interested in supporting
this work may donate to the "Animal
Welfare Foundation of Canada" • 8064
Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, L4J 1W3,
"Leighton Fund". Donations may also be
made at the Ontario Humane Society, 8064
Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, L4J 1W3
and the Toronto Humane Society, 11 River
Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5A 9C2. Both of
these societies are supporting this im-
portant humane project. Donations are tax
deductible. Official receipts, valid for tax
purposes, will be issued.
The animals which are sacrificed every
year to the Draize test, and similar testing
procedures, can be saved if a satisfactory
alternative form of test can be developed.
Your donation is urgently needed for this
important project.
Yours sincerely,
T.I. Hughes
Secretary
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