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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-03-04, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1954 Iiitton ewtis-Recor - THE CLINTON NEW ERA First issue June 6, 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD First issue (Huron News -Record) January 1881 . Amalgamated 1924 An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests a the Town a Clinton and Surrounding District Population, 2,543; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market $2,000,000; Rate, 4.5c per line flat Sworn Circulation — 2,016 , Home a Clinton ECA]? Station and Adastral Park (residential) MEIVI13ER: Canadian Weeldy Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division,CWNA; Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payahle in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2.50 a year; United States and Fereign: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents Delivered by carrier to RCAF Station and Adastial Park -25 cents a month; seven cents a copy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa t Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1954 It Would Save Money THE BURNING of the Huron County Court • House last Friday was a most regrettable affair. -Certainly no one "could say otherwise, eyen though plans were under way for the eventual destruction of this historic la.ndinark. We are not particularly amused, When in the stories of the fire, and later of the offer Clinton has made of property on which to locate the new court house, references have been made to the "Goderich" Court House. On Tuesday, one of the daily papers serving Huron County followed up a well-written story describ- ing Clinton's offer and the resolution being circulated among other of the fittron municip- alities, with the sentence, "Goderich officials say no move is likely." - Perhaps it is unavoidable that a building • located in a town should gain some affiliation • with that town, and colloquially at any rate the old building has been termed in that way. -Nothing could be farther from fact, however. The work done by county officials in the County Court House, benefits all of the county. On the ether hand, the costs of maintaining and operating the county offices and duties are pro- vided by each and every one of the citizens of the county. On the total assessment of Huron last year afmost $545,000 was paid for county administration. More than two-thirds of ;this amount came from the mtmicipaldies of Us - borne, Tuckersmith, Stephen, Stanley, McKillop, Howick, Hay, Grey Townships, and the west part of Goderich Township; Hensel', Brussels and Blyth villages, and the towns, Sea - forth, Exeter, and Clinton, all of which are closer to Clinton than they are to the present county seat. Population -wise, last year the assessors in the county reported 27,583 residents. Of these, well over 18,214, or practically two-thirds of the people of the county live in the .above named municipalities, and have a more direct and shorter route to Clinton, than •t� Goderich. • The matter of distance, even in this modern age when practically everyone has a car does not mean so much now, perhaps, as it did in the past. However, the number of county of- ficials has increased during the past 50 years. Also, with the increase in population, the num- ber of court cases being heard in Goderich and -other centres has increased. This means more officials, More jurors, more councillors all travelling to the county offices and their expenses must be paid, and paid for out of the ratepayers' pockets. .,, -- One mileage figure • available immediately to us; is that of the Huron County Health Unit located here, in Clinton, which last year spent more than $7,700 for transportation. If that Unit is moved to Goderich, it can •be easily understood that costs on this item will increase immeasurably. • One county councillor' suggests even double the cost, though this might be rather a high estimate. Though many of us may never have official business which takes us to the county buildings, every one in the county is vitally concerned with the amount it takes to administer the county affairs. This matter of location of county offices is one that should be decided by the •-ratepayers in the County of Huron, not by the represent- atives of the various municipalities in the County Council. The opinion of a majority of the people, rather than a majority of the muni- cipalities should be sought. Voted Themselves A Boost In Pay And Then Went Home (The Tweed News, Tweed, Ontario) (EMBERS of the House of Commons on Thursday,. February 4th, voted themselves • a handsome increase in pay—up from $6,000 per year to $10,000. Of this $10,000, $2,000 is free of income tax. ' Having thus voted themselves an increase on a ThursdaY, on Friday half of them absented themselves from attendance at the House. The absentees, • according to a pattern established over long years, were mostly On- tario and Quebec members who can get to their offices and homes over the weekend, while members from the far East and the far West must sit around Ottawa. The reason we know there were only about half of the members present on Friday, is the fact that only 135 members out of a total of 265 voted pro or con for the increase in first- class postal rates. Seventy-six voted for the higher rates and fifty-nine against. It is by roin Our ar y• es 40 'YEARS AGO, The Clinton News Record Feburary 26, 1914 Onslow Crich refused to accept the salary as caretaker of the Clinton Cemetery at $400, and When not required out there to work in the town. " He was paid 15 cents per hour for work in J. Forbes, son of Mr. A. Forbes of the Clinton Coal Yards, who has been a resident of town for the past year and a half, has ac- cepted a position as manager of the Norfolk County_ Telephone System with headquarters in Wat- erford and leaves on Monday reason of the recorded .votes that one learns how many people are in the House of Com- mons. Attendance in the Commons is on the honour system and if a member cares to assert - he was there every day in he session, the pay- master must take his word for it. It certainly has become evident that the Government intends to jam the cost of airmail service down the throats of the people, whether the people want it or need it or not. The people of Tweed probably write as many letters as the people of other communities, but it is suggested that very few letters from Tweed are destined for Vancouver, or any other big city served by airmail. Tweed letters go to nearby communities and to Toronto or Mont- real—by rail. As yet there are no helicopters on the rural routes. The Minutes Were Read By The Secretary (Wiarton Echo) THOSE WHO SUBMIT reports of the meet- ings of organizations to the Echo could help themselves and us a great deal if they would follow a few simple rules. We are pleased to publish all such reports, as fully as possible. But when a report is twice as long as it needs to be, there is a good chance that it will be crowded out, or will crowd somebody else out. Correspondents and others would be doing a good stroke if they omitted much of the garnishing that accompanies accounts of meet- ings. For instance, it is not exactly hot news • that the meeting opened with prayer, followed , by a hymn. Nor is it of world-shaking im- portance that the secretary read the minutes of the last meeting, and they were approved. It would be news if the minutes were found to be full of errors. It is delightful to those who are present, when the hostess and assistants serve a delicious lunch, but it is not of gripping importance to the reader. And the fact that the meeting was opened or closed in the usual manner is of absolutely no interest to either those who at- tended or those who read about it. If we had more space, we would not have news crowded out so often. And if we had less superfluous verbiage we would have more space. We appeal to our contributors to in- clude only what is worth reading in their re- ports and not clutter them up with things that should appear only in the secretary's minutes. By doing that, we'd all be happier, the editor because he could print all the news, the re- porters because their news was printed, not "crowded out last week." Much for Little (Kincardine News) QOMETIMES an erroneous impression- arises of these, in this paper, costs as little as 75 ‘-7• that advertising is expensive and beyond cents, the means of most people and moat orgamza- If the event being advertised has an ad - tions. This is a fallacy. • mission price of 25 cents, it means that it will • Budget -minded organizations, trying to trim talte„othree customers to pay for the advertise - costs and ..to raise money, are inclined to i went. It will appear n 2300 copies of the eschewoadvertising as being too costly. paper and be read by at least 8900 people. Let us look at it this way. Any organize- • This is only slightly more than one -one hund- tion, small or large, can not afford not to redth of a cent for each reader and obviously advertise, Oren if all the space taken is a considerably larger percentage than three read - classified "coming event" advertisement. 'One ers is going to patronize the event. left this week for Florida, where they Will Spbrfd a few weeks. Clifford Andrews, 'llortmto, visit- ed his parents, Magistrate and Mrs. Andrews, over the weekend. C. J. Wallis, wholias been down east on a business trip has been spending the past week at his home here. The Shorthorn Breeders of Hu- ron County offered a choice lot of individuals at their eighth anntial consignment sale held in Wing - ham, February 21, Butterfly Ladas, consigned by Peter Stewart and Sons, topped the sale bringing $185.00. 10 YEARS AGO morning for his new post. Miss Rose Lavis has taken a "-Clinton News -Record position with Messrs. Stewart Thursday, February 24, 1944 ing baby son went to Toronto to greet inB n. , e rSyeasfeoarstohn, for the com Mrs. Ronald MacDonald and Mrs. J. E. (Dick) lVfacDonald, on her arrival in this country, Clinton citizens vvill extend a welcome to the first ,war -bride to come from England. • At .a recent beauty contest held by Toronto University, Miss Kath- leen Cuningharne, clauthter of Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Cuninghame was picked as a typical co-ed and chos- en as "Miss Ontario 'College -of Education for 1944." Professor Harry Shaw of Dart- mouth University, New Hampshire is visiting his parents, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Shaw. Commonsense In DrivingMay Save Your Life A. E. Matheson, who has con- ducted a flour and peed business in Clinton for the past couple of years has bought the farm of J. G. Crich of the second concession of Tuckersmith, giving his town property in exchange. The. Clinton New Era Thursday, February 26, 1914 Last week Percy Couch had his two hands severely burned and it was. lucky for him, no other dam- age was done. • Mr. Couch went to the ldtchen to open up the fire for breakfast, and to all appear- ances the coal fire was out. He shook it down and poured coal oil on to give it a good start. When the oil hit ,some red coals there was a blazeandMr. Couch had a bad burn. Last Friday night Seaforth won the district from Clinton' by a score of 5-4 and 13-7- on the round. The game was clean and fast and referee Shea caught all offsides in good style. Mrs. Bolton has rented the house of Mrs. Butler and moved this week. J. E. Hovey had a serious flood - out at the store on Wednesday night and big damage was done to his goods and fixtures. (By Chief Constable J. Ferranti) Aside from all the laws and regulations governing traffic, com- monsense is still the best guide for safe operation of a motor vehicle. Every 'driver doesn't have the „same ability nor the same at- titude or knowledge, but most drivers have one thing in com- mon . . a. desire to avoid becom- ing the victim of an accident. Remember, I said they have the desire. Whether or not they take the commonsense .precautions which are necessary to avoid ac- cidents is another matter. Obedience to traffic laws i6413st tlie first step towards safe driv- ing; condition of the vehicle, in- dividual attitude,' physiCal ability and a host of 'other considerations determine whether a person is a good or bad driver. Calls Accepted By Presbyterian Ministers in Huron At a meeting cd Huron-lVfaitland Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church' in %Canada held on Tues- day, February 23, in St, Andrew's Church, Clinton, two calls were dealt with by the Court. Knox Church, Windsor, issued a call to Rev. W, M. Hyndman, Cranbrook and Ethel, which Mr. Hyndman accepted. He will wee& his farewell sermon next Sunday, February 28 and will take up his work in Windsor in March. ,The congregation of Dixie, near Toronto, extended a call to Rev. Charles A. Winn, Lucknow and Dungannon. Mr. Winn will con- tinue in his present charge pntil April 4, when his release becomes effective. He will begin -his work •at Dixie. early in April. .Missionary Support in Presby- tery reached an all time record and advances in general develop- ment vvere shown throughout the whole area served by the Presby- terian Church. Rev. W. H. T. Fulton, Brussels, was appointed interim-moderEdor of Cranbrook and • Ethel sessions, and Rev. R. MacDonald, Ripley, appointed to the same position at Lucknow and Dungannon. Both were instructed to declare the pul- pits of their respective appoint- ments vacant, immediately folldw- ing the severance of the pastoral ties of Mr. Hyndman and Mr. Winn. Mr. and -Mrs. Charles Brandon, Goderich, were weekend visitors at their homes in town. Paced by centrernan Stewart, who scored 'two goals, Seaforth defeated Clinton in an Ontario Juvenile hockey game here last Thursday night by a 3-2 score. Clinton line-up: goal, R. Miller; defence, Morgan, Elliott; centre, B. Hanly; wings, Lee, Churchill; subs, D. Miller, Armstrong, Garon, C. Hanly, McDonald, Fingland, Dilling. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday, February 28, 1929 Howard Venner, who hew his banking career in the local branch of the Royal Bank of Canada, and who has been with the Cargill branch for some time, has been transferred to London. Miss Stiver of the collegiate staff visited her home at Union- ville over the weekend. , Mr. and Mrs. G. D. McTaggart BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CHIROPRACTIC D. H. 31eLNNES Oblropractic-IDrugless. Therapy Foot Correction Office Hours: Commercial Hotel, Seaforth ' Menden Thursday Afternoons and Evenings INSURANCI home, the "Co -me Way W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res. 3243 J. E. HOWARD, Hayfield • Phone 81afield 53r2 Car - Fire- Life - Accident WindInsurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy Be Sure • : Be Insured K. W. , 60LCIUHOUN GENERAL INSURANCE Repreeentative: -Ann Life Aesurence Co, of Canada 01„„ flee; Royal Bank Building Office 50 PHONES - Res. 9W H. C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Buikling Clinton ?HONES: Office 25I,W; R. 251J Insurance -- Real Estate . Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. • THE 1VIcKIL4OP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office* Seaforth Officers 1953: President, J. L. Malone, ..Seaforth; vice-president, 3. 11. MoEwing, Blyth; manager end secretary -treasurer, M. .A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: S. H. Whitmore, Seaforth : C. W. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewar- tha, Clinton; Robt. Archibald, Seaforth; H. Mavoirig, Blyth; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Wm: S. Alexander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth- Fiery. Fuller, 'Godericla. Agents: J. Ir. Prueter, Brodlia8- en; Wm. Leiper,. Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. • OPTOMETRY • A. L., COLE, Eyes Examined -end Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33 • 3. E. LONGSTAFF • HOURS: SEAFORTII: Weekdays except Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 12.30 Pm. Tues., 'Thurs., Fri, 9 a.m. • to 5.80 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, CLINTON: MaeLaren's Studio Mondays only, from 9 a.m. • to 5.30 p.m. PHONE 791 • SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT • 'toy. N. BENTLEY Public Accountant , 4 Britannia Rd. (corner South St.) Telephone 1011 GODF.ItICH . ONT. REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business 1BrOlter SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON ' Phone: Office 448; Res.' 5991` travm5rotsram,.. LEITERS,THrg. 164?, TO Miss Audrey Murdock, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Murdock, Brucefield, has enlisted as a nurs- ing sister with the RCAMC and has been posted to London Mili- tary Hospital. Miss Murdock is a graduate of St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Wheatley, Woodstock, formerly of Clinton, received word on Thursday that their son, Pte. Joe Wheatley, was killed while on active service in Italy, serving with the Canadians in the 8th Army. In sports the umpire or referee comes in for a great deal of ban- ter; most of it, fortunately, good- natured, especially if he has to call an unpopular decision against the home team and as police of- ficers we fall 'heir to the same criticism when we are compelled to enforce the rules of the road. The fact that a summons for going through a stop sign could save a motorist's life, seldom oc- curs to him.- He gets away with merely shift- ing into .second a dozen times, which convinces him of his special immunity for accidents. But, sooner or later, the law of aver- ages catches up and one day the price he will pay for merely shifting into second will be out of alt proportion to the summons which reminded him that he was breaking the law. Traffic safety is not a game of the motorist versus the police. Our first ditty is the preservation of human life. Whether we accomp- lish this through the enforcement of laws enacted for the protection The Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: Does the general public know what our town ,council does? At their last' Council meeting an offer for a lot that belongs to the town was made of $400 cash. Council voted five to one to sell said lot to the town clerk for $350. Is Clinton so wealthy they have to subsidize their clerk? What.,does the general public feel about things like this? I would like to see some letters about this, —A BURDENED RATEPAYER March 3, 1954 THE WORK OF MERCY NEVER ENDS For so long as there is human suffering then so long does the Charter of the ' Red Cross require to be honoured by the work of mercy. You know the nced, • and how great it is. Please help generously. You are helping to keep your Red Cross ready for any emerg- ency when you contribute in March. Give generously. $5,422,850 is needed this year A. J. McMURRAY Phone 159 Clinton • . Every member of the Canadian Red Cross Corps is a volunteer. In 1953 Members of the Corps devot- ed more than a hundred thousand hours to Red Cross work. of everyone, or through appeals to the commonsense of the public, the results are the same. I am sure that drivers who take chances with so-called "mihor violations" are cheating nobody but themselves, their families and their fellowmen. THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE A speaker at a recent conven- tion of the National Beer Whole- salers Association of Detroit made an impassioned plea for a nation- wide defense against "the diabol- ical machinations of these forces of evil, who seek to destroy us and strike a death blow to lib- erty." These "forces of evil—(the Drys) do not accept defeat."'.... They are highly organized, artic- ulate and are relentless in their attack." That speaker was in deadly earnest, as well be might be. He knows what many people do not know. Another prohibition era would probably spell the doom of many breweries, just as that other "awful" era did. Prohibition in Ontario from 1916 on was hard on the breweries. By the end of 1917 only 23 out of 64 Ontario breweries remained in existence. One that survived made 23t % brews, ginger ale and ginger beer as a dry period measure. Adver- sity came to an end in 1927 with prohibition. Then came sale by the glass in 1934, since when the building of new facilities has not been able 'to keep pace with the increase in orders. These are facts about beer and prohibition. Pro- hibition, did prohibit. Note the most significant sentence quoted: "Adversity came to an end with prohibition," i.e. when prohibition ended, adversity ended—for beer. This advertisement ie inserted by the Huron County Temperance Federation, 8-b 2+++++44-1-•-2 Qualityc) e41-4Service DRUGS FARMERS YOU CAN SAVE CONSIDERABLE on FEED 7-- TIME St MONEY By Feeding PELLAGREX V.M.A. MIX. To Your HOGS V.M.A. Mix contains Vitamin — Minerals and Antibiotics recommended for the prevention and treatment of deficiency condition such as Scours, Pellagra and Anemia in Swine. Requires one teaspoonful of Pellagrex Mix and JA teaspoon of salt per pig twice weekly. The benefit from using V.M.A. Mix is: ✓ Pigs get to market faster, saving about 1 month's labour, ✓ The V.M.A. pigs consume less feed per pig. ✓ The gradings on the V.M.A. pigs are better. ✓ There is little or no evidence of disease in a V.1)/1.A. The grading on a tested litter using V.M.A. Mix were as follows: . Grade A-21.7%; Grade B1-56.5%; Grade B2-16%; Grade C-6.8%. TRY V.I41.A. MIX — YOU WILL BE AMAZED AT THE RESULTS. • Price: $2.'75 per lb.—only 3.8 cents per pig per week W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 • 1C)1,A_ OUR TWENTIETH YEAR 1954 %."--1-1.- IN CLINTON Now have the SEALY line u f Mattresses a d ox Springs. Nationally advertised on Radio and T.V. These Posturepedic Mattresses offer features not found in any other mattress: • No Buttons. ✓ No Sag Edges and Centre. No Humping, Lumping, or "R�11 to Centre". • 10 -Year registered Guarantee Certificate with each mattress. 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