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Clinton News-Record, 1981-11-11, Page 4PAGE 4 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1981 The Clinton Novas -Record la published each Thursday at p.0. 8os 29, Clinton. Ontario, Cscnmda, ttSA1 164. Tel.: 412-8441. Subscription We: Canada -'16.66 Sr. Citizen - •15.60por your U.S.A. A foreign -'TILOS per year It 10 registered as second chess a eII by the post office under the perrnl9 nannies 6.12. Thu Nowa-Record Incorporated In 1914 the Huron Nmvrs-Record. founded In 1681. end The Clinton Now Fra, founded In 1649. Total press run 3.300 • CNA MEMBER JAMES E. FITZGERALD - Editor SHELLEY McPHEE - News Editor GARY HAIST - Advertising Manager HEATHER BRANDER - Advertising MARGARET L. GIBS - Office Manager LMY arm GLIDDOCy'.SaoI BcrlpaQkm MEMBER Display advertising rates adallable on request. Ask for Date Cord No. 12 effective Oct. 1, 1961. Remembrance for all times It's disappointing when you hear Some people saying, "So what? What did it have to do with me?" They were willing to give up their lives In order that ours could.be bettered. They fought to save their country And for what they believed in. Their bloodshed and tears fell to the ground Only God really knows what they went through They should be remembered, They shall be remembered, For their courageous deeds. More and more people are being enlightened By these overwhelming acts and can feel sorrow. These men should have respect and honour Shown to them throughout the land For a veteran deserves our thanks and praise By Richard Bouzane Springdale, Newfoundland --Senior Poem Winner 1981 For a veteran deserves to be remembered for all time. CanadiOn Legion contest Better use for leaves Every fall, as the golden leaves of our deciduous trees pile up on lawns and streets we are conscious of the sad fate which awaits them. They will either go up in smoke (contrary to local bylaws) or, they will be laboriouslypacked into plastic bags and carted off to the municipal dump, says the Wingham Advance -Times: We wonder how many people ever pause in the realization that the very building blocks of our fields and forests are being consigned to the limbo of uselessness? There would be no forests on our planet were it not for the decaying carpet of dead leaves which add to the life-giving nutrients of the woodland floor each year. At one time, there was no plant life whatsoever on the bare rocks of mother' earth. Only through endless millions of years did decaying moss provide a bed for microscopic plants. These in turn, made a thin soil in which ever larger forms of life could gain sustenance. The millions of tons of leaves which are burned or buried amid tin cans each year, could provide a tremendously valuable source of compost. Nor would it be a difficult or expensive process. How much would it cost any municipality to con- struct a large composting bin, perhaps near the town dump? Nature looks after the change from leaf to rich soil. All that is needed is time. With a few chemical additives the transformation could be achieved over the ensuing winter months, says the Advance -Times. So what to do with the compost? Almost any gardener could tell you that he would gladly pay a fair price for the material with which to enrich his flower beds and vegetable plots. Truth of the matter is that we have become a wasteful society, almost unaware of Nature's beautiful sysl{em by which death and decay produce life and beauty. We have been educated to rely upon the throw -away cigarette lighter, flashlight, pop con — whatever. We aren't very smart when we take the natural bounties around us with the same haphazard indifference: [sugarand spice Storm windows For years or more, we got along fine with ordinary storm windows. Oh, I'll admit they caused a certain amount of domestic hassle, chiefly because they were put on too late in the fall, or taken off too early in the spring, ac- cording to the old lady. But she's always in a rush to "get things done." I get them done, eventually. Never once did I fail to find someone who would put them on before Christmas. And they were kind of ugly. And they did warp. And they did have to be painted. And it was costing more money every year to get someone to do the job. But, ah, what a good feeling I had every fall when I'd conned some guy with a strong back to do the job. 1 wouldn't touch them with a six-foot pole. It's a big house and there were 14 of the brutes, weighing about 70 pounds each. I don't mind heights, as long as I'm not at- tached to the ground. I've been up to 32,000 feet, all by myself, in a Spitfire, and higher than that in passenger jets. But it takes all my nerve to climb a step ladder and change a bulb in the kitchen, with my wife holding the ladder. There was no way I was going to climb 30 feet up a ladder, carrying a 70 pound storm window, and punch and hammer it into place. I always had a vision of a wind catching the storm broadside when I was halfway up, and taking me off for a hang-gliding trip. That actually happened to one chap who was doing the job one fall. A gust caught him and he sailed off the ladder, landed on his feet like a cat, still clutching the win- dow, and nothing was damaged. He just grinned. That was Jim Fletcher, a young fellow who was completely unafraid of work. Made nis living at cleaning floors, win- dows, etc. and built up a nice little business scrubbing out banks and stores and such at nights. You don't see too many merchants Qr bank managers in there scrubbing their Everlasting peace by James Fitzgerald l remembering our past a look through the news -record files 5YEARSAGO November 18, 1976 Ruby Haddy was chosen as this year's Woman of the Year by the Sarah Hale Chapter of the IODE. Mrs. Haddy is very active in church work at Wesley -Willis United Church and is a member of the Easter Star, the Hospital Auxiliary and the Canadian Legion. Mrs. Haddy is also the oldest living graduate nurse from the Clinton Public Hospital. The Clinton Community Credit Union continues to show phenomenal growth again, and at their 25th annual meeting last Wednesday night, November 10th in Clinton, shareholders voted to pay a record 11 per cent dividend this year to all share holders. floors after they've closed, do you? Might do them good. Jim used to charge $14 to put on the storms, which included washing them, and washing the outside of the regular win- dows, and storing the screens. It took him a couple of hours. In the spring, he'd take them off, wash everything again, and store them, for $10. The price went up steadily after he went to greener pastures, and the quality of the workmen went steadily downhill. Some of the young guys I hired took twice as long and charged twice as much. Sometimes the window would stick and they'd leave it with a one -inch gap around half of it. One bird put his fist through a storm and bled all over the place. Another dropped one and glassed half my front lawn. Last year, I had a young fellow, newly started in the cleaning -up of properties, raking leaves, that sort , of thing. I gave him the job of doing the estate, provided he'd do the storms. He looked pretty dubious, but agreed. Brought his wife around on her day off to hold the ladder. Well, he got them all, but he was pea-green and his legs were rub= ber, when he'd finished. He swore he'd never do them again. By this time it was costing me almost $100 a year to get the brutes on and off. Not to mention a great deal of harassment from the distaff side, and a frantic search for a putter-onner. Nobody on unemploy- ment insurance was vaguely interested. , All this, combined with the energy crisis, propaganda, made me cave in, and we had aluminum storms put on. 1 could have paid $100 a year for the next 13 years if I'd stuck with the old wooden ones. "But look what you'll save on fuel", you say. That's what they all say. Probably 50 bucks a year. ' • It will increase the value of your house", someone else says. Maybe. By a few hundred. But it's not the money that bothers rrie. You can't take it with you. Seems to me you can't take a house with you either. No, it's not the money; it's the stress. My wife thinks godliness is second to cleanliness. Those windows have to be washed spring and fall, and maybe a few times between. According to the brochure, and the dealer, there's nothing to it. You just tear off the wooden inside frame, hoist your in- side window, push this, pull that, and the storm comes in. You wash it. Then you get out on the ledge, hanging on by one hand and one foot, 30 feet off the ground, and clean the outside. After which, if you get back in, you just zip, whip, slide, lower your inside window, and hammer back on your now splintered wooden frame. My wife and a girl who comes to help her have wrestled with those things, got them stuck, got them in but not on the rails, and generally found the whole process like rop- ing a steer. I don't blame them. I've always had an aluminum door on my back door, and spr- ing and fall I nearly rupture" myself, swear like a sailor, threaten to smash the thing with an axe, and take an hour just to slide the screen up and let the storm down, or vice versa. One of these days I expect to come home and find two women, each clutching an aluminum window, unconscious on my lawn. Or hanging by one foot from an up- per window, screaming for help. 10 YEARS AGO November 18, 1971 The Canadian Forces Base near Minton has been sold, that much we know. John Van Gastel, the Kitchener man who heads Rodoma Investment and Development Ltd., of Galt, announced last week that his company has purchased the base. The announcement has not been, officially made yet, however, by Crown Assets Disposal, the government agency in charge of negotiations and details on the use of the base are sketchy. ' -. A decision was reached at Monday evening's meeting of the Huron County Board of Education to look into the possibility of securing board office ac- commodation at the former CFB Clinton. Business seems to be booming in Clin- ton. This week a new boutique is opening up on Beech Street to be known as the Spinning Wheel. The expanded facilities of Smith's Hardware Store are also ready for opening. If would seem the tough economic conditions are not hitting Clinton too severely. 25 YEARS AGO November 22, 1956 When present plans mature, the Clinton Community Credit Union will be housed in a modern budding on the lot at the corner of William and Ontario Streets, with plenty of parking space for its customers. It is estimated that the cost to construct the new building will be $60,000 and plans include air-conditioning and modern ar- chitenture. The :1156-57 Intermediate hockey season will start in Clinton on Wednesday evening with the Lucan Irish opposing Clinton Colts at the Lions Arena. Facing the powerful Irish will be the youngest group of players to wear the "Hue and white" in many a season, and it is expected that what they lack in ex- perience they will more than make up in enthusiasm. Rev. D.J. Lane received a pulpit Bible and fall, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. M.J. Agnew, to St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church at a special re -dedication service held in the church last Sunday. At the right is a bronze plaque listing names of one- time members of the church in whose name more than a dozen beautiful cathedral lights have been installed in the spacious church. Other gifts 'accepted at the service were books of praise and hymnaries, given by Mrs. M.D. McTaggart. 50 YEARS AGO November 12, 1931 A number of business places were decorated with patriotic colors in honor of Remembrance Day. In the Hydro shop is shown a collection of the cap and shoulders, decorations of the several Canadian Army Units. Horseshoe pitching has been indulged in this week in Clinton, the game going merrily on on Monday night with spec- tators sitting in comfort on the benches, watching in. Not bad for the second week in November. 75 YEARS AGO November 16, 1906 The last returns from the sales of butter from the creamery here have been received, and the patrons are being paid this week 25 cents per pound of butter fat which is the highest on record since the factory started to manufacture Butter, and speaks well for the quality of our butter maker. Among The Ill - The three children of Mr. Lucas, who have been ill for some time, are nearly out of danger. Mrs. R. Graham and son Melvin are progressing favorably. Mrs. Neilans and ,daughter, whose condition was exceedingly critical Turn to page 7 Do you have an opinion? Why not write us a letter to the editor, and let everyone know. All letters erlr published, providing they can be authenticated, and pseudony'itt arc allowed. All letters, however, are- subject to- editing for length or libel. 1 odds 'n' ends by elarne towns Some advice People have given me some valuable ad- vice through the years, but in all honesty, they've given a few bloopers, too. Finding my way around a strange city often causes me problems. I've learned to plot my course, if at all possible, before I leave. This has proved successful several times. Then along comes a helpful soul with the remark, "Oh, I know that city like the back of my hand." He or she then proceeds to give me the most direct route to my destination. The words, "It's a cinch" or "You can't miss it" are a dead giveaway that I'm headed for confusion. The other directional aid I've learned to avoid, thanks to some friendly advice, is the short cut. How will I ever learn to bake if cooks keep giving me instructions like: '`Oh, you don't need a measuring cup. Throw in a cup or so of flour, add a pinch of salt, pour in a little milk, stir until it feels right"? Sometimes I ask the dumb question: "How should it feel when it's right?" The baker replies, "Oh, you'll just know." The person with a green thumb advises me to buy a certain hardy plant. "Not even you could kill it," she says. "Just don't let it get too dry, but don't water it too much. It shouldn't get too muich light, but it needs some light." If I was a betting person, I'd give the hardy plant about two weeks to live. Speaking of betting, I've become wary of the horse expert who assures me: "This baby can't lose ! " Somewhere I read that you should talk tc your mechanic the way you talk to your doctor. Describe the characteristics of your car's problems in terms similar to those you would use to discuss the symp- toms of a human illness - coughing, wheez- ing, stiffness, slowness to,react. You can try it if you want, but I guarantee your friendly neighbourhood mechanic will Stare at you as though you've really flip- ped. Not only have I been the recipient of some bad advice, but I've also handed out some tips that were less than the best. For example, I headed one poor lost lady to a lake rather than the town she was looking for. I do hope she stopped in time. I also sent a friend to a movie that I thought sounded like a real winner. It was a loser. But, in the true spirit of friendship, she let me find out for Myself that my ad- vice was wrong. 4-H awards night Dear Friends: The 34th annual Huron County 9-H Awards Night will .be held in the Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, on Friday, November 27, commencing at 8 p.m. sharp. All Huron County 4-H Agricultural Club members who com- pleted their project by showing at the Achievement Day will receive their awards on this occasion. 4-H clubmembers who are 12 years of age as of January 1, 1961 and are in 4-H for the first time will receive an inscribed 4-H plaque, while 4-H members who are over 12 years of age as of January 1, 1981 and have received a plaque last year will receive a mounted plaque with the year inscribed on it to attach to last year's plaque. As outlined at the beginning of the 4-H year, pre 4-H members (club members who had not reached their 12th birthday by January 1, 1981) will not receive a plaque because they are recognized as county 4-H club members and not as provincial members. Pre 4-H members will receive a certificate from the Huron County 4-H Club Leaders' Association, recognizing them as completing their project. Len MacGregor, Extension Assistant for Huron County for the past 11 years, transferred effective October 1, 1981, to the Agronomy Division, Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology but we are looking forward to having Len return for the program. A committee of representatives of the 4- H Youth Council, 4-H Club leaders and Junior Farmers are busy organizing a presentation for Len at that time. This will be your opportunity to thank Len for all his work and wish him success in his new job. Anyone with an interest is invited to at- tend. Light refreshments will be served at the conclusion. Sincerely, Don Pullen Agricultural Representative for Huron County. Remembering 1885 Dear Editor: We would like to inform your readers that we will soon be marking the 100th aniversary of Canada's last rebellion, and we need their help. In 1885, Louis Riel and his Metis and Indian supporters arose on the Saskatchewan prairies, protesting their treatment at the hands of the govern- ment. Militia units from Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes were called up to quell the rebellion. To mark this, centennial, the Glenbow Museum in Calgary is organizing a major exhibition on the rebellion which we plan to circulate across Canada. However, we need the help of anyone whose relatives were involved in the militia at that time who might have souvenirs, parts of uniforms, Indian relics, photographs, let- ters, or anything relating to the rebellion which might have been brought back: We are also trying to find anything dealing with the militia units themselves -colours; accoutrements, weapons, etc. We are prepared to buy, borrow or ac- cept donations of such items for our exhibi- tion. If you have anything or can put us in touch with anyone who does, we would cer- tainly like you to write or phone us collect (403-264-8300). The year 1885 was important in Cana- dian history. You can help us to com- memorate it. Hugh A. Dempsey Chief Curator, Glenbow Museum, 130 - 9 Avenue S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2G OP3 Better communication Dear Editor: I would like to extend my thanks to your paper for the inclusion of information regarding .our Special Education meetings, and our Bill 82 planning process. Liaison with the Clinton News -Record is a new venture for the Student Services department. It is our sincere hope that through continued contact with the news media and with community organizations we can further develop cooperation and communication between school and com- munity. Thank you again for your interest. Yours truly, Sheila Clarke Co-ordinator Student Services Veterans meeting Dear Editor: May I call upon you for assistance in publicizing the following meeting, through your 'letters to the Editor' or 'Public Forum' column. An invitation is extended to all W. W.2 Veterans, who served with the Canadian 1st Infantry Division, the 5th Canadian- Ar- moured Division, the British 1st and 8th Armies, in North Africa, Sicily and Italy. (We extend this invitation to the wives as well) to attend a meeting of the 8th Army Veterans' Association on Sunday, Nov. 15th, 1981 at 2:00 pm. in the Memorial Hall, Wolseley Barracks, London, Ont. For further information please contact Ernie Huntley at 58 Langton Road, Lon- don, Tele., 455-373.3. Sincerely E.(Ernie) W.R. Huntley CD National President, C.C. 8th A.V.A.