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Clinton News Record, 1954-03-11, Page 2PAGE TWO It CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954 Clinton 1Record 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 of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District, Population, 2,543; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, 4.5e per line flat Sworn Circulation — 2,016 • Horne of Clinton RCAF Station and Adastral Park (residential) MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA; Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2.50 a year; United States and Foreign: $3.50; Single Copies Six 'Cents Delivered by carrier to RCAF Station and Adastral Pare --25 cents a month; seven cents a copy Authorizedas second class mail,,Post Office Department,' Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1954. Not Exactly a "Steal" On the street, over the air, and in the weekly and daily press throughout Huron County there seems to have risen the suggestion that Clinton would like to "steal" the County Court House from, Goderich. Even if such a thing ,were possible, which it most certainly isn't, we doubt that anyone in Clinton would consider the matter at all. That is, if the County Court House belonged to Goderich, then there would be no consideration of a move of that building. But the fact is that the county buildings belong to the people of the County. Therefore, no municipality is able to beg, borrow, steal or persuadethem away from any other municipality, because they do not be- long to any one municipality. We feel that there has been not enough consideration of the reason for the existence of county offices and buildings. In the first place, there was a need for the appointment of men to look after the affairs of a community. In pioneer days small offices were needed in which these appointees could work. The need of a building for the administration of the law was indicated, and for some time in our own county, both .the administration of the law, and the meetings of the county council were accommoda- ted in the gaol. The gaol was located in God- • erich. Just why, we have no information, but would probably be right in assuming that it To Prom RECENTLY there has come into being the "Huron County Industrial Promotion Board". It had its beginnings at a meeting held by county officials in Exeter, and gained a name and a . working executive at an organ- izational meeting held here in Clinton about a week later. Until now the work of promoting a muni- cipality as an industrial site, has been largely left to the men who are actively interested in it and are willing to do the job free gratis, through Chambers . of Commerce or like organ- izations in the various municipalities. 'However interested they are, however, they cannot give continuous support and drive in the matter of contacting prospective industries to the locality without at the same time neglecting their own business and thus suffer financially The purpose of the new Board is to provide enough support through the concerted effort The 9a� hn. 1. The centre -piece of a wheel; a `4-", cylinder through which the axle passes, having peripheral mortises for the convergent spokes; a nave. 2. Figuratively, anything in a central or im- portant position. That is what our dictionary says in the matter of defining• this word, hub". It is our conviction that this dictionary of ours is just as heavy, just as fat, and equally as well writ- ten and contrived ,as any other. _ There is iso mention that a "hub" must be the centre of a wheel: True, it is the centre- piece, but not of necessity the centre. When applied figuratively, as certainly the term is when applied to Clinton, it implies the central or important position, which our town ▪ most certainly is with regard to the County of Huron. But the impressive part of the whole defin- ition, to us, is that part "having peripheral mortises for the convergent spokes". There, now, is a mouthful. . Our dictionary describes a mortise as a • cavity cut in a piece of wood or other material to receive a corresponding projecting piece was placed' in the largest town, the harbour town, the .town at the end of the first main highway in Western Ontario, and possibly the town with the highest incidence of crime be- cause of its larger population. Then, with the need of more offices, the addition of further officers, etc., the old Court House was built on land in the centre of Gode- rich donated by the Canada Company for that purpose. Now, 100 years later, the population . of Huron County has grown, Need for administra- tion exists, and in ever-growing volume, re- cords, offices and officials, still exist. It is necessary for the people of the county to pro, vide accommodation for these officials and their tools. With the urgent need for a building, and the obvious immediate expense to which the people of Huron will be put in providing this building, is it not a wise time to consider a location which over a period of 50 or 100 years will save considerably in the way of tax money? Whether it be in Clinton, Seaforth, Blyth, Londesboro, Bayfield, or out in the middle of a hundred -acre field in one of the central town- ships would matter little, if the principle of economy via a central location be given adequate consideration. ote Industry of the whole county to hire the undivided at- tention of one man. It is understood that this man would have the job of interesting industrial heads in the matter of locating in Huron County. Then, when the prospect comes to the county to decide on a particular spot for his firm, then it will still be the job of the individual muni- cipality to push, sell,. and otherwise build up its own community and thus make it desirable. In no way is the new Board intended to take away from the efforts of existing organiza- tions but rather to perform a needed job of giving financial support to the program, in a way which will assist the entire county. As one of the representatives of a near -by township said at the inaugural meeting of the new Board: "Anything that benefits any town or municipality in Huron will benefit the whole of the county." Hub called a tenon formed on another piece of wood, ets., in order to fix the two together at a given angle. The tenons in this particular case are the provincial highways which cut deeply into and through our town, taking the place of town roadways. Certainly the province's roads are fixed at given angles, and themselves lead off as converging arteries, or lead into Clinton as the original definition of the "hub" has it, like convergent spokes. We would not attempt to claim Clinton as the exact centre of Huron, for who but an ex- perienced and costly mathematician of the bril- liance of Einstein would attempt to determine the "centre" of the angled and tortured looking confines of Huron County? Scan as many maps as you will, there remains the south easterly projection of Usborne, the north-easterly striv- ings of Howick, the pointy finger of Ashfield, and the nipped -in waist caused by Highway 84 going through Henson and Zurich, Admittedly, we are in the most enviably situated spot in the whole of the county, being easily reached by any part of the county, and just as easily, from Clinton it is quite simple to visit each of the other municipalities in Huron. That Delicious Lurch (The Listowel Barrier) DERIODICALLY we raise our feeble voice to complain about some of the correspondence that reaches this office. In the interests of brevity we have tried to eliminate the word "delicious" as applied to refreshments served at the conclusion of group events. We have tried to stamp out the allied words "tasty," "dainty" and other admiring adjectives that describe the lunch in glowing` terms. We have taken the view that if all the lunches are tasty and delicious, there is not much point in repeating it week after week. We have tried to take the stand that ALL lunches are tasty and therefore the adjectives are not required, Sometimes a suspicion has arisen that per- haps the correspondent didn't expect to get a "tasty" lunch, and thought it newsworthy that she did. One can imagine the correspondent thinking to herself: I suppose that old harpy, my hostess, will try to palm 'off . some of those white salmon sandwiches and. some of that doughy cake and insipid tea on the girls this afternoon." Then,. imagine her surprise, when the eats .eerie 'round. Why,. the stuff is delicious! For five years now, the editor has been dutifully expunging these tributes to the culin- ary art, using miles of pencil and gallons of ink . to remove the condemned words. . Has the time come for a reversal of policy? We are beginning to wonder. Recent exper- iences have shaken us in our resolve. Uncer- tainty and vaoillatio have seized us, and we may have to give up. In recent times, the editor of The Banner has been privileged to attend meetings of Farm Forums, church organizations and informal groups in most rural centres surrounding List- owel. North, South, East and West, Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, he has been plied with tasty, delicious, marvellous, even dainty refreshments. As we sit here, thinking about the tour kinds of cake, three kinds of cookies, butter tarts, four kinds of pickles and perhaps five ]rinds of sandwiches and choice of tea or coffee that courtesy demanded we do justice to at the Town Line East Forum Monday night, we are weakening . . . weakening. Maybe the girls are right. ,It was tasty, delicious, • sumptuous, splendid, tantalizing, zest- ful, crunchy, taste -tingling, ample, dainty, bountiful and all the other things that lunches are. It is with deep sadness that we contemplate the next five years of expurgating similar com- pliments from the rural news, because the edit- orial heart has been deeply touched in the most effective way known to womankind . through the stomach. Easter Seals Help Dr. Mustard's Work The Ontario Society for Crippled Children, in association with the district Seriiice clubs, held 16 crippled children's clinics throughout the province last year. Over 1,350 crippled children attended these clinics. Shown here is a young lad from the Kirkland Lake District with Dr. William Mustard, (formerly of Brucefield and a graduate of Clinton District Collegiate Institute) of the Hospital for Sick Children's staff in Toronto. Annual Easter Seal Campaign sponsored by the Society will run until April 18 and has an objective of half a million dollars for the province. Contributors from this district may send their dona- tions to J. A. Anstett, Box 295, Clinton, who is chairman of the Clinton Lions Club Easter_ Seal Committee. SEAFORTH CREDIIT UNION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING SEAFORTH At its annual. meeting in the town , hall here, the, Seaforth Credit Union heard W. V.. Roy, Clinton, explain the, From Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO , Clinton News -Record Thursday, March 5, 1914 Chief Wheatley has been off duty since Friday last suffering from a very heavy cold. In the meantime Sergeant Welsh, the "Old Reliable", is on deck keeping the peace of the town. D. S. Cools has moved into the Henry cottage on Rattenbury Street which he has leased. Percy Towne, cutter for Tozer and Brown, went to Toronto yest- erday to pick up the new ideas in styles for men. A number of our young people attended the hockey match be- tween Berlin and Orillia at the former place on Tuesday, Among those going down for the game were Miss Elsie Ross and her guest Miss McEwan, Messrs. H. and C. Twitchell and others. A brother of Miss Ross was one of the players on the Orillia team. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY OPTOMETRY CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES • Ohiropractic-Drugless Therapy Foot Correction Office Hours: Cdn'imercial Hotel, Seaforth Monday, Thursday Afternoons and. Evenings INSURANCC Insure the "Co-op" Way W.V.ROY District Representative Boz 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Roo: 3241 J. E. HOWARD Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Car - Fire - Lite - Accident Wind Insurance 12 you need Insurance, I have a Policy 'Be Sure • • Be Insured R. W. COLQUUBIOVN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative: Ban Life Assunwnce Co. of Canada ice: Royal Bank Building' Oce 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W H. C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHONES: Office • 251W; Res, 251J Insurance -- Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co, THE MoIULLOP, MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: ,Seaforth Officers 1953: President, J. L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, J. H. McEwing, Blyth; manager and secretary -treasurer, M. A. eid, Seaforth. Directors: S. H. Whitmore, Seaforth; C. W. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewar- tha, Clinton; Robt. Archibald, ;Seaforth; J. H. McEwing, Blyth; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Wm. S. Alexander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth• Harv. Fuller,, Goderich, Agents: 3. F. Prueter, Brodhag- ,en; Wm. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric $Munroe, Seaforth. A. L. COLE,R.O. Eyes Examined•and Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33 .1. E. LONGrSTAFF HOURS: SEAFORTH: Weekdays except Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Tues., Thurs., Fri., 9 am. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. CLINTON: MacLaren's Studio Mondays only, from 9 a.m, to 5.30 'p.m. PHONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY. N. BENTLEY Public Accountant 4 Britannia Rd. (corner South St.) Telephone 1011 GODERICH ONT. REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real ,Estate and Business Broker SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON Phone: Office 448; Res. 599j purposes and aims of credit un- ions and describe how the plan is meeting with success throughout Canada. Mr: Roy, is the secretary - manager of the Clinton Credit Union and is a past president of the Stratford District chapter, spent the weekend with Hensall friends. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Jones were with Goderich friends over the weekend. Clinton New Era Thursday, March 5, 1914 David Cook hydr.,. loved from the house on Huron Street to the cot- tage vacated by Mr. Henry on Rattenbury Street, Mr. Walton, baker, has moved to the house recently occupied by Mr. R. Govier. James Johnston has moved from the Torrance farm and has rented the brick cottage on Ontario Street, made vacant by Mr. Wal- ton. W. J. Nediger has branched out and is now doing wiring and sup- plying fixtures for all electrical work. Monday night the local boys took the Mitchell bunch into camp for the Trench trophy by a score of 10-0, 25 YEARS AGO Clinton. News -Record Thursday, March 7, 1929 The Stevenson -Harris by-law passed with flying colours on Monday, only one vote being cast against it, The final count read 375-1. Mrs. William Shipley has pur- chased the house which has been occupied by Mr. and Mrs. W, R. Windahl, After a week or more of pleas- ant spring-like weather we are in the grip of the worst storm of the season this morning. A. J. McMurray, Harriston, was in town this week in connection with the International Tractor demonstration. Mrs. Joseph Clegg and Master Jack, Brussels, spent some days as the guests of the former's mother, Mrs. M. Farquhar, last week. Misses Ruby and Pearl Churchill SVt NATIVE OF BAYFIELD The Editor, Clinton News -Record • DEAR SIR: We would like to express our appreciation of the articles which appear in your paper by your Bayfield correspondent, To those from Bayfield and vicinity rt makes your paper very worthwhile, I lam not a subscrib- er, but our friend and neighbour, James Watson, brings his paper over for us to read, Sincerely yours, Box 18,M —RS. HERBERT WALLIS D'Arcy, Sask. March 3, 1954.• 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, March 2, 1944 Miss Margaret Middleton dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mid- dleton, Goderich Township, has enlisted as a Nursing Sister with the RCAMC and is at Trafalgar Military Hospital, London. Miss Middleton is a honour graduate of Guelph General Hospital. James C. Shearer, agricultural representative for Huron County, is giving up his work for the gov- ernment, in which he has been engaged for the last 15 years, and is going into farming on his own. A well known Clinton resident, William T. Inkley, has enlisted in the Canadian .Active Army at London. Pte. A. B. Corless spent a few days' leave last week with his wife and little daughter at the home of his parents, returning to .Barrie - field Saturday afternoon. LAC Bob Hanley has finished his elementary training at the RCAF Station at Abbotsford, B.C. E. L. Mittell has returned to his home here after a month's visit with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens at Timmins, Miss Jean Hearn has returned to Western Hospital, Toronto, af- ter spending two weeks holidays at her home in town, 0 Crop Report (By G. W. Montgomery) Last Monday's ice storm, fol- lowed by four days of heavy snow fall and high winds have almost completely blocked off county and township roads, Many meetings and events had to be cancelled and the Huron County Seed Fair was postponed to Friday and Sat- urday, March 12 and 13. 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Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 Seventh Annual Seed Fair Sponsored By HURON COUNTY SOIL AND CROP IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION to be held in the Clinton District Collegiate Institute, Clinton FRIDAY and SATURDAY MARCH 12th and 1 th $506 IN PRIZES Special Educational Displays and Programs Open Invitation to Citizens of Clinton and Community Friday Evening. JUNIOR SEED JUDGING COMPETITION SATURDAY MORNING Everyone Welcome ADMISSION IS FREE 9-10-b HYDRO 4)We li/ P ie /Ville DO YOU KNOW? Hydro's expansion program will mean an increase in dependable peak• capacity from 1945 to 1956 of 144%. What time do Hydro's customers rise in the morning? What time does the average housewife do her cooking? 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