Clinton News-Record, 1984-01-18, Page 27F
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Yes tItol4ili. , on?bave .... town
.n In thetown hall
Thi_.ice ..
bellh �� •_.
tower since 1880. and accordingto Mayor
Chester Archibald, It will probably etnY
when it is for yearstocome,
Aten s .:
t the bell !in
in Ks location and perhaps ring on special
occasions," SaidMayo
Council' ' leave the bell
oaf.. #� would
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hazardous
where t i was not
h ire lay els 1, rag ant
to eiitizens. Having reached no,. firm de•
"sign, the Mayoradded that -because the be
is somewhat bi.orical it would likely re-
main. �.
When the tower was built the bell used to
slip and tilt forward but that problem has
been rectified, The coma .ny. whois in the
process of renovating tl>ie town hall have
Scouts return from Owen Sound
Guiding New
Everyone is back to meetings after the.
holidays. During the month of Member the
Brownies visited the hospital and; the senior
citizen home on King Street. They sang
carols and Were given a treat. The Brownies
had test night in December too and Santa
even appeared. •
Guides worked on their prefect
and the Tenderfoots are working on their re-
quirements to be enrolled Into Guides.
Pathfinders are working on their
challenges.
-This`fnonth,-the Brownies -are =stat ngto
-think of projects for Feb. 22. During the
month Brownies will be having a test night.
Guides are also preparing for Feb. 22, as
well as Pathfinders. Guiding sections are
going to Ice Capades in Fv brruary.
Scouthig In December the Scouting sections put on
a Christmas concert at Clinton Public
School.
-The. month of Jan. -IS-hack to wont. The
Scouts have just come back from camping
at Owen Sound. The Venturers went also
and had fun. The Scouts. are busy working on
their levels in this section.
Cubs are starting the star work. They are
hoping to see a London Knight game in
February. Beavers, are going tobogarining
this month. They are also going to the Ice
Capades in Feb.
The Cubs will lie going to Hensali for the
annual Kub Kay Bally op Feb. 18.
Don't forget Patinae Brunch on Feb.
26, at the Clinton'legion, The Church
Parade is at the Catholic 'Church. February
is an important% ' to Guiding and
Scouting because. o founder's birthday
Lord and Lady Baden Powell were born on
Feb. 22. We are hoping to have window
displays again this year. Please take the
time to look atthe, displays.
-Faster ;Sar
to canvass for
Heart Fund
CLINTON - The Clinton Chapter No. 266 of
the Order of the Eastern Star met on Jan. 5
isn_Saint P Anglican
The canvass for the Heart Fund to:belreld
in February will be convened by Mrs.
Deanne Delve. Mrs. Mildred Ament was the
winner of an apron and potholders donated
by Mrs: Fern Baker. Plans for card parties
to be held on January 12 and 26th were
made.
Following the meeting a delicious potluck
supper was enjoyed.
Hill's novel criticized
By Janet Tench
I was excited when I began reading Dan
Hill's Comeback. At last I could read a novel
written by a musician. Would it not be like
an extended work of poetry?
The introduction got off with a bang. Our
hero, Cornelius Barnes is being arrested for
statutory rape. Immediately, there is
suspense. Did he rape the girl or didn't he?
In the next chapter I found out. Yes, he did;
the rape written up with explicit detail.
Disappointment number one: there is no
mystery in this book. As I read on, I became
more shocked, repulsed, and ... quizzical:
Disappoinment" number two - making a
cheap attempt at selling more copies Hill
throws in more +&?! Not just ordinary boy-
meets=girl-inch-Trout-on-thesofa, but ..the
ravings,,=of - a, -person •overawed•• at • The
discovery of said activity and its variations.
On the other hand, the characterization is
profound. Hill, . being a song writer, can
naturally see into souls: Most appealing "of
the personnae is Patty, the rape victim, a
girl with unustial insight for her 15 years.
Her charming innocence would be the only
thing that really gives any depth, but for
Timothy - a musical genius, who got a
glimpse at the real .core of human nature,
and killed .himself rather than become as
corrupt. As far as minor characters go,
Hill's are a hilarious bunch of misfits.
Barnes' manager has a picture of himself
with his arm about Bruce Springsteen,
hanging in the office. On close examination,
the picture can be discerned that the Boss
has been dubbed into the manager's
outspread appendage. Maria Moustacalis is
a woman who seems to do everything (she
was on the Olympic shot put team, until the
team was deemed unnecessary), and to
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sleep with everyone. During Barnes' ordeal
she shows up with the D.A.'s briefs hoping
they'll help. . . a. ..
Barnes comes across as a vulnerable, not -
too -bright fellow. Hill seems to want us to
feel pathos for him, because Barnes was a
victim 'of society. My . feelings on this are
that you make yourself what you are - no
victims allowed.
I will point out the other nice thing about
Comeback. Unlike the inferiority complex
that most Canadians feel, Hill felt secure in
setting his novel in good old Don Mills, On-
tario. There are few things more pleasant
than reading a story and saying, "I know
where that is." . :
Novy, to return tooickini bilis book apart.
Two major problei >sf lier`e areg"reinniat cal
ones. I don't know why the publishers let
them by. The story begins, as I said, with
the arrest. This is told in the first person by
our hero in the present tense. Fine. Chapter
two is also told in the present, which causes
one to wonder how Cornelius can be out jog--
ging
og=ging when he was just arrested. It turns ottt
that he had jumped back into the past. Yes,
but when you do that you either change the
tense .or put in italics. But there is poetic
'license; never mind that it's confusing. The
last chapter is told in the first person. Fine;
but how is it that Barnes, just convicted, is
going back to school in a week. Oh, how silly
of me! We are now in the mind of Patty.
HEY, YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT!
My final word on Comeback is that it has
its appeal for teenage boys, because of its
!&?• •
Now I know the - true meaning, for
"Sometimes When We Touch". Rating: 4.
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council that the went structure
ld Ole firml in ce%
tM..,,,. ai•towna- hall close to
the location where lllbrary is situated.
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ate.
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stallswith in itA People to. et up shop an
sell theiru .• There were several but-
cher shops m it at one time•
In 1875, the town bought a .nice new town
bell and had it elevated to its place in the
cupola in the team ham: The following adver-
Casement was* the town paa p;,eer: "Town bell
rimer wanted, Written applicat'ons for the
office of bell ringer will be received up to
noon the 26th day of Juae. Salary -to be at the
rate of #80 per annum, the, bell to be rung six
times a day, three Minutes each time. J.S.
belies, Town Clerk. Clinton June, 1875."
William Foster was chosen for the posi-
tion and herang the bell at 6 and 7 a.m., 12
noon and 1 p.m. and 6 and 7 p.m.
On November 24, 1879, a firestarted in a
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number of frame stores and sheds on Albert
Street when the,I3eaver Block is now, south
of the present Town. all. A Strang . wind was
bio "pieces and: burning Pi ces of shingles and
wood blew ontotownit
thehat roof, setting
on fire.
One man, W.J. Palsies, was on the town
hall"roof trying in vain to put the fires out,
but at this point, they ran out of water and
the town hall burned to the ground. After the
ashes had cooled they found the town bell,
melted into a heap of metal.
During this time, there were two other
men who acted.as bell ringers, James Shep-
pard and John Wheatley.
The fire left the town without a bell and
without a fire alarm. Clinton councilthen
made arrangements with St. Paul's
Anglican Church for the use of their bell for
a time, later the town used the public school
bell.
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Council also set up: a triangle hi front.of
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market Squarewhere one badtfI chino
kidder to hammer it in case of .fire, This did
not work out well so they made ar•
rangements with Fair's Mill that in the case
of fire, the Mill's whistle could be sounded. •
Meanwhile, council began working on the
Plans for a new townhall and after a great
dealof bickering and petitions about where
to put the new building, the new town hall
was begun in early June 1 t.
The new town bell seemed to come in the
contract and as the building was being con-
structed the bell was hoisted up to its place
and built into the building. So John Wheatley
took over his duties again as bell ringer in
the later part of October 1880. The bell was
manufactured by a company in Troy, New
York and weighed about 1,300 pounds and
cost about $500 new.
' In. the. following! it`. t . h �ty of
the town police
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During World Iii( . ,wlien .a large
.umber of people ved on ntoo'}s� p{Main
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6 .m. 'nae
...treat,, ilia i�iiaging �' # bell at#Ir ..
stopped as it wokethe eitizenstooea°ly, alb
soon after, the 7 am, ringing was also
halted. •-
Eventually when there Was a full dme
caretaker at the town hall, the bell was only
rung at 12 noon and 1 p.m, In the mid -1960's,
the bell ringing was ceased altogether
because the police were too buff elsewhere
and there was , no longer a full time
caretaker.
At one tune, the bell always rang on New
Year's Eve to ring out the old year akd ring
in the new. Perhaps the concerned citizen
who recently suggested the bell be kept in its
place, will be able to hear the bell once
again on December 31, 1984.
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