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THE' CLINTON NE* ERA
Firat issue June 6, 1865
An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
Population, 2,543; Trading .Area, 10,000; Retail Market, ;$2,000,000; Rate, 4.5c per line flat
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
First isitie (Huron' News -Record)
January 1881
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o Clinton RCAF'Station and Adastral Park (residential)
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
Thursday, January 14, 1954.,
-Beans For A Day!
VUOULD YOU EAT BEANS for one day, if this economical meal, to'the Canadian March of
." you knew by doing so; you could help some Dimes, Box 10, Toronto.
wee girl' or boy toward recovery from polio? . Sounds easy doesn't it? And it would be
Of course you would. For a whole week, if very pleasant took. Take time to look up re-
necessary. cipes for good juicy baked beans, bean soup and
Well, the'March of Dimes campaign b .the bean relish. Use canned beans, or any method.
y This sounds like the most painless way ever
Ontario Chapter of the Canadian Foundation 'of devised to provide money for a worthy cause.
Poliomyelitis is sponsoring a Bean Day next
Thursday, January 21. They suggest that every And think of the pain itwilllift from the
family have beans 1or dinner on that day. Then, body of some stricken youngster or adult.' Make
that .the family send' the money they save by your plans now for Bean Day, next Thursday.
Over -Confidence?
EVER SINCE THE WAR YEARS, with the small towns, there seems to be an attitude' of
coming of RCAF Station • Clinton to this independence and general confidence in prosper -
district, and the subsequent increase in business ity without consideration of the other fellow.
Which its coming caused, progress has been the This attitude has been based on fact in the
keynote of life in Clinton. past. A store -keeper . had business in spite of
. We can boast smooth streets, an up-to-date himself. ,
sewage system and water supply, continual
growth both population -wise and area -wise, the
'most modern primary school building, and also
one of the highest mill rates of the district. a comfortable height, it is necessary for the
But one things does seem to a dmerchants,.the businessmen, and the workmen
be lacking. Thiquality was, asked for by , in Clintoto face the facthat it is. up. t
Mayor Agnew inhis inaugural address to mem- them tosee that this cornforable level is imbi-
bers of the town council, when he requested tained.
co-operation. Friendly co-operation" is what is Continued prosperity becomes dependent on
needed. • the degree of co-operation between Clintonians
Perhaps more here in Clinton than other ' in every walk of life.
However, now, as post-war high prices and
easily made money become things of the past,
and the scale of living begins to level off at
•
The Printing Press
THE PRINTING PRESS is the most powerful,
the most helpful, and the most constant
friend of man; it is the beacon of hope, the
lamp of learning, and the light of progress; it
is the companionof wisdom and the champion
of understanding; the key of knowledge, and
the door of opportunity; it turns darkness into
light, theories into facts, and dreams into real -
Something Different
(Wiax'ton Echo)
HAVEN'T MISSED many banquets in the dist-
rict this fall. But there's one food fiesta
that makes us a little wistful. It's those birth-
day parties at Brinkman's Corners. It seems
they have a Birthday Club there, ladies only.
Every time one of the ladies has a birthday,
she invites the other members of the Club in,
and they all eat like mad. Then they give a
nice gift to the lady having the birthday. It's
the nicest club I've heard of for a long time.
The ladies aren't trying to "do good," or inter-
fere with anybody else They just get together
and enjoy themselves. There should be a lot
more .clubs like that. It would be awfully nice
to belong to an organization that didn't have
any "projects, and that did not have to be
always raising money forsome ridiculous thing
or other. If anybody wants to start a club
whose only object is to bring people together
socially, count me in as„a charter member.
ities; it is the ambassador of accomplishment,
and the herald of achievement; the preserver of
the past, the recorder of the present, and the
inspiration of the future; it has had greater
influence on civilization, contributed more to
the success of the ambitious, aid of the un- ..
fortunate, and comfort of thediscouraged, than
any other human agency.
Calendar
January snowy,
..February flowy,
March blowy.
April showery,
May flowery, ,
June bowery,
July moppy,
August croppy,
September poppy.
October breezy,
November wheezy,
December freezy.
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
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•.•-•o o-ao.e-a• 14
PETER, of the BACK SHOP
Council meetings once more
are under way for the new
year. Appointments have been
made of men to. do this and
that. Local townships have,
among others, made appoint-
ments to the position. of
"fence -viewer", a n d "sheep
evaluator". Still other town-
ships haven't the services of
such employees.
• N •
Our Journalistfriend,in his col-
umn,
l-
umn, "Catnips y Ginger" (he's a
cat)', makes something of the sit-
uation. We beg leave to quote the
impressions of one, "Slim Blig-
gens" a
"Slim Bliggens was re -appointed
municipal fence viewer at the
council's inaugural meeting at the
hall, Cuttin Corners, on Monday.
We received a report of the ap-
pointment from our East Thimble -
berry township correspondent this
Morning,
• .
"'Say, Bliggens, just what does
a fence viewer do?' I asked Slim.
"'Why he views fences, of
course, 'said Slim. "Us fence view-
ers gats a annual stipend of 25
'bucks and I'm tellin' you I don't
know how we gets along on it.
Frankly I think the fence viewers
of the municipality is due, fer a
raise. Seems like others is gettin'
raises_."
"'Well as a taxpayer, I object,"
I said. 'Who is to prove that all
the fences have been viewed in
1953? I tell you a fence viewer
could be getting away with high-
way robbery. e Now I'll bet the
average viewer collects his annual
stipend without viewing a single
fence in his whole
term of office.
Mind you, he might see a wire
one in his own garden once in a
while but he is probably looking
through it to observe a well dres-
sed young lady walking along the
street. But casual unofficial views
shouldn't count. Or a fence view-
er who wanted to be partly honest
could rent a light plane and fly
over all the fences in the com-
munity merely giving them a cur-
sory view. Plane rental might be
$10 and he still would have $15 of
the taxpayers' money. to spend.'
•
"'Oh well,we've got lots,' said
Bliggens.
"'Lots of what?'
"'Lots of taxpayers money to
spend up in Cuttin Corners.'
* *
"'Well you may up there but we
haven't down here,' I said. 'Any-
way I'm talking about general
principles. 1 think there should be.
some sort of investigation into this
fence viewing business. We cer-
tainly don't hear any reports to
council on the results of fence
viewing. Not once have we heard
of any bad ,fences and there must
be some bad ones around.'
"- 4
"'A fence viewer's job can be
a highly important one,' said Blig-
gens, 'Take a couple of neighbors
who squabble over the position of
a fence. A viewer e ex hasg of to arb-
itrate andi
dee de where1
t to fence
should be. A fence viewer is next
thingt
o a judgein decisions like.
this.
* * '1'.
"'Then a fence viewer has got
to have a eagle eye to do his job
right. Why I have climbed trees
and hung upside down from a tele-
vision aerial to get a good view of
a fence at times..' Not only should
us fence viewers get a raise, We
should also get danger pay,'
"'Talk as you may, I think we
should have an investigation and
a full report in 'council; I said."
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Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1953 President,- J. L.
Malone, Seaforth; vice-president,
J. H. McEwing, Blyth; manager
and secretary -treasurer, M. A.
Reid, Seaforth. Directors: S. H.
Whitmore,, Seaforth: C. W. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm E. J. Trewar-
tha, Clinton; Robt, Archibald;
Seaforth,: J. H. McEwing, Blyth;
3. E. Pepper, Brucefield . Wm. S.
Alexander, Walton; J. L Malone,
Seaforth- Harv. Fuller,`Goderich.
Agents: J. F. Prueter, Brodhag-
en; Wm. Leiper Jr., • Londesboro;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; _ Eric
Munroe, Seaforth.
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Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 'p.m.
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CLINTON N
WS -RECORD
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News 'Record` ..
Thursday, January 8, 1914
James Carter has purchased the
house and lot on Albert street
owned by Harry East, Hullett,' and
will occupy it as soon as he has
made some necessary repairs to
the cottage.
The by-law to operate Hydro
and Waterworks under, one com-
mission carried by a majority of
242.
The citizens' band with many ad-
vantages and setbacks has-been a
credit to the town. This year the
band has been re -organized and
the services of Fred Forebister,
Thomas, a man who has had 20
years band. experience in the Unit-
ed States and Canada. The boys
have also decided to get new uni-
forms and have chosen the -popular
Scotch military costume and in
future will be known as the Clin-
ton Kiltie Band. v
While driving down . from the
north on Tuesday, Charles Bern-
bridge, Morris Township, saw ` a
blackbird .concerning which he re-
marked to the News -Record. "I
have been 4i0 years in this part and
this is the first time I have, ever
seen a blackbird at so early . a
date."
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, January 8, 1914
For the , mayor's chair, Fred
Jackson made a strong "come-
back" after his defeat last year for
council and after an exciting con-
test defeated A. T. Cooper by a
majority of 48 votes. The contest
for the ree e '
shi
v p was an interest-
ing
nteresting one until the ; returns came
from St: George's ward which gave
Reeve Cantelon a majority of 24
votes over Jacob Taylor.
Wiltse polled the _highest vote
to head council. Other men elect-
ed were: J. A. Ford, H. Fitzsimons,
J. P. Shepherd, W: J. Paisley, C. J.
Wallis. R. J. Miller, W. G. Smyth
and G. A. McLennan were defeat-
ed.
Huilett Township have elected
John Fingland as reeve and. M.
Armstrong, J. Watt, W. Miller and
T. Neilans as councillors.
George Johnston, Goderich, has
purchased from the Clinton Auto-
mobile Company, one of their auto -
trucks, and will have it fitted up
for both passenger and freight
traffic between Goderich and Kin-
cardine.
Clinton defeated Mitchell in a
scheduled Northern League hockey
game by a score of 5-2. Lineup
for Clinton was: goal, W. Johnson;
defence, R. Rurnball, M. O'Donnell;
rover, D. Cluff; centre, E. Kerr;
wings, C. Draper, W, A. Mitchell.
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News -Record
• Thursday, January 10,,1929 '
Mrs. L. Hunking has purchased
the Aitken residence, Albert
street; Mrs. S. Lawrence is suf-
fering with a bad attack of flu.
Ross Hamilton, the original
"Marjorie" in "The Dumbells", and
a company supporting him, gave
an entertainment in the town hall
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William Walker, who has been
superintendent of . the Ontario St-
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Mile years has resigned. Harold
Turner presented Mr. Walker with
an illustrated teacher's bible on
behalf of the school.
Clinton,as two hockeyteams
this year hich: are worty of the
support of all interested in hockey.
In the intermediate's first game on
Friday night Clinton and St.
Marys played to a 30 minute over-
time tie with the score ending 0-0:'
Clinton's lineup: goal, G. Elliott;
defence,, Nediger, Murney; centre,
J. Elliott; wings, Mutcli, Kennedy;
subs, Lovelock, Little. Clinton
Juniors covered 'themselves with
glory in their first game when
they beat Stratford 9-5. Clinton
line-up: goal, Twyford; defence,
Elliott, Mitchell; centre, McEwan;
wings, Brown, Streets; subs, Rath,
Castle. .
10 -YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, January 6, 1944
Morgan J. Agnew was elected
mayor of Clinton in Monday's civic
election when he defeated A. J.
McMurray who held that post for
the past two years. Mr. Agnew
had a : majority of 142.
Members of the Board of Edu-
cation this year will be Dr. W. A.
Oakes, D. H. McInnes, Frank
Fingland, Gordon Ross. G. E. Hall,
F. 0. Ford and 0. L. Paisley were
the defeated candidates.
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hoggart
received greetings from their son,
Ivan, who iswith the British and
Canadian 8th Army in Italy.
Pte. Gordon Campbell; Camp
Shiba, Manitoba, is on leave at his
home in London, and visited
friends in town over the holiday
weekend.
Edward Steep has just received
a telegram informing hire that his
second son, L/Cpl. Joseph Steep
hat been wounded serving in Italy
for .,the past six months with the
Hastings and Prince Edward
Regiment. '
L/Cpl. Arthur Aiken. . of the
Prince Edward Island Highlanders
stationed at Prince George, B.C.,
spent New Year's at his home here.
Coder J. C. Shanahan left for
the coast on Friday to join his
ship after spending two week's
leave at his home in town.
A.B. Keith Jenks, RCNVR, St.
Hyacinthe, Quebec, spent Christ-
mas with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Ward.
Mr. and Mrs. A.. Armstrong,
Bronson Line, Stanley Township,
received word that their son, Fit.
Sgt. John Armstrong, missing af-
ter a raid over Germany on No-
vember 26, is now a prisoner of
war in Germany.
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ANSWERING MIR PERDUE
The Editor
Clinton News -Record
DEAR SIR:
I would appreciate space in your
paper to reply to a letter of W. E.
Perdue published by you in the
issue of January . 7.
The business record of the Clin-
ton Public Utilities Commission
over the many years I" ` believe
speaks for itself. However, . one
matter referred to by Mr. Perdue
may leave a wrong impression in
the minds of your readers. Prior
to 1942 the transformers referred
to by Mr. Perdue as having been
`replaced in that year had a capac-
ity of 450 k.w. The peak load in
1941 was 516 k.w. It was obvious
therefore that a change was neces-
sary and the Hydro Electric
Power Commission by letter dated
20th April, 1942, wrote to " the
Clinton PUC as follows:
"We have to advise you that the
Commission at its meeting on April
9 approved of the expenditure by
your Commission of the surplus
funds of the electric department
in an amount of $12,000 for the
purpose of purchasing and instal-
ling three 250 KV -A transformers
in your local sub -station.
It may further po
be
intE
d out
that by 1948 the peak load has
risen from 516 k.w. in 1941 to
989 Jew. and by 1953 - had again
risen to 1,491 k.w. Major changes
to takecare of increased consump-
tion can only be undertaken with
the approval of the Hydro Electric
Power Commission.
Yours truly,
January 12, 1954H R. HAWKINS
Clinton, Ontario.
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