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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-04-22, Page 5PAGE' TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD llriton i [eves-llecor • THE CLINTON NEW ERA First Issue June'" 6 1865 THE CLINTON`I 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, 4,5c per line flat Sworn Circulation — 2,016 Home 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 Park -25 cents a month; seven cents a copy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, APRIL 22,-1954 Wouldn't Want Him To Know ATOWN IN ENGLAND, has, according to the Letter -Review, found a unique method of reducing juvenile delinquency. The magist- rates insist that fathers of the children attend the hearings. This ruling has been in effect for two years, with the result that convictions fell to 191 in 1952 (against" 268 in 1948) and to 75 in 1953. Six times last year juvenile court sessions were cancelled for lack of cases. It has -been a matter of conjecture here since magistrate's court has been resumed in Clinton, as to the cause of the great lack of cases. The first session lasted well on through the afternoon and after six o'clock. Since that time, each court session seems to get shorter, and very few casesare contested, , Perhaps this is another real preventive to curb law infringement. Perhaps those of us who are tempted out of line, hesitate when we think we are going to be heard in front of our neighbours, just as Johnnie hesitates if he knows Dad is going to hear his case. Still a Good Record (Financial Post) DESPITE THE TRAGIC CRASH last week, Trans -Canada Air Lines still has a safety .record that any airline or any other type of commercial transportation might envy. Its fatality rate of 1.03 per 100 million passenger miles is among the very lowest in the world. Translated into simple language this means that the odds are a person could fly continuously from birth to over 75 years without meeting a serious accident. To the innocent victims and their relatives and close friends any airplane crash which snuffs "Out From Und GGALONG WITH ROBINS, perch and other types of wild life that herald the end of winter, there is another species that makes its appearance every spring. From their holes in the ground, or from under the rocks, they crawl out. They do not have a stinger, but many persons have been stung by them. They do not have wings, but they have been known to fly, on the approach of a large man in blue. They don't have scales or fins, but they consort with fish of the type best known as suckers. "We refer, of course, to those ubiquitous scavengers who thrive in small towns, the travel- ling confidence men, and women, who make a living by selling something that is barely, but definitely, within the law." Thus the Wiarton Echo quite aptly terms the out-of-town door=to-door salesman that plagues the housewife, worries the small merch- ant, and drains the pockets of the unwary. ' Along with this salesman type, is the fixer - type that comes around in the spring to tell you that your roof needs fixing, or that he can repair your chimney. Now that spring seems here to stay, these fly-by-nights will be around -. to get as much money for as little work, as it is possible to extract. Remember this, though: there is no job needed around your home that an experienced workman right here in "Clinton is not able and willing to do for you at fair cost. In most cases there are two or more to pick from; it it quite possible to get estimates, and by com- out lives is a shocking disaster. In this respect TCA has been fortunate. In its 17 years of operation in all sorts of weather and over all sorts of terrain it has had but three accidents in which the lives of commercial passengers were lost. Between the second one near Van- couver in 1947 and the unfortunate collision over Moose Jaw last week it carried six million passengers over 3.5 billion miles without a single fatality. In the air one is still about as safe as in bed at home and a lot safer than crossing the average street. • er The Rocks" - Time VASTER WEEKhas a special significance for dwellers in small towns. Especially this year, the seven days of holiday come just at a time when the weather is right for visiting, strolling, or just plain loafing about and talking with people. This year everyone seems to have relatives stopping over for a few "days visit, or grand- parents are entertaining their youngest grand- children, or perhaps it is the other way about and the grandparents are visiting away from home for a few days. Suddenly with the coming of warm weather and youngsters out of school for a while, everybody has more time to talk and to get caught up on news of around the town and the country. Tidy Up The " BESIDES THE TIME to chat and loiter, how- ever, these spring days are perfect for clean up campaigns in the back yards and the back alleys. Yesterday was just about the first of its kind this season, and scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, when so many of our townspeople have an afternoon to call their own, there were a good many gardens got a first going over. Planning and dreaming over the seed catalogues was soon put to good use. Soon Clinton will be its lovely summer best, with rich green lawns, shadowing leafy trees and lovely colour in' the flowerbeds. Our • town will be rich, too, With green things growing in the garden to enrich the tables' of small houses and large ones. And for every thing you plant, and for every unsightly thing that is taken away, something more is added to the beauty of Clinton, Paint is a wonderful thing, too, in the beautifying of our town. But for those of us who just can't find the money to put towards a clean fresh coat of paint, then a bit of judicious gardening can go a very long way indeed. At verandah covered with flowering roses will be admired, even if the wooden posts are bare. A yards with a tightly strung clothesline, and polo standing straight, will be admired, even though it is not shining in its newness. And waste cans with neat tight lids will restrain garbage paring prices and workmanship you can make your choice. If you hire someone you've never seen before, then you have little assurance that you will ever see him again. And if the job is not right, then you have only an empty pocket to show for it. Since Clinton does not have very .effective by-laws governing the licensing of itinerant pedlars; the householder is left very much on his own in these matters. Should anyone have reason to. believe that a salesman -at -the -door is not representing an authentic and good product, then his best action would be to contact the police concerning the matter. Though there is no word here of such a promotion, the further words of the Wiarton .editor may be of use to someone: "Latest gimmick going the rounds is this. Some bird calls on the telephone, gives the merchant a big buildup, and sells him an adver- tisement in a year book for the Ontario Softball Association. If the sucker bites, a young lady • is around smartly to get the money. This was tried recently in Newmarket. A Wiarton merch- ant told us somebody tried the same thing with him a few weeks ago. He turned it down. For all we know, some local men may have taken the bait. "For goodness sake, don't hand over money to smooth talkers unless you are dead sure of what you are getting. Better still, don't do it at all!" To Chat Auction sales are the thing, too. Why, just this week, there were three of them on High- way 4, within a ten -mile stretch. Then, when farm folk are just beginning to think of seed- ing, and that extra implement they never could just quite afford before, they take the time to go visiting at a sale, and quite likely go home with just the bit of equipment they needed. Here in our office, we are having a most pleasant week, for folk visiting the old home town, who have a few minutes to stop in for a chat, are doing just that, and we are more than pleased to hear about where they are liv- ing, and what they are doing away from Clinton. Suddenly the world does not seem such a large one at all, and the neighborliness of people With people is a fine thing to realize, Out -of -Doors" at the back door, to make a tidy view for the neighbours. Since in the summer we live more of our lives out-of-doors, we have a tendency to leave rather unsightly trace of our living there. A little thought for others and what they have to look at is well worth while. Go outside and walk down• the street for a distance and come back looking at your property. Is there anything that can be fixed? And don't rest there, Take a trip over onto the street- behind yours and get a glimpse from there of your backyard. Satisfied? Each family that lives in Clinton can help make it an even prettier spot by doing just that extra little bit of tidying. It is well worth it.. Evening rpm SUN gives his last gift of light Only to those few things He loves the best — the tops of hills, Tree -crests, and sea -gulls' wings, And gilded cocks on steeples tall, And clouds — while all ; else lies In shadowed gravity, these burn Soft fires on whitening skies. Elizabeth Coatsworth. WAY OP uti6 /`•. zwftltfic 'THE GATE IS NARROW :AND THE WAV IS HARDi THAT Lt' ' 0 LIFE!, _na woo xvot IN TCA CRASH The Clinton News -Record Clinton, Ontario DEAR SIRS: I am enclosing an envelope which is one of four letters 3 re- ceived on April 13, which were in the Vancouver -bound TransCan- ada Airliner North Star which• crashed at Moose Jaw, Sask., on April 8. • This may be of interest to you as this particular one was mailed at Clinton by Ball -Macaulay, Ltd„ and was forwarded by Clinton Post Office to my address in Victoria. You will note that it isblack and scorched along one end and side and it came close to being burned by fire in its drop of 6,000 •feet over Moose Jaw. It is inter- esting to note that it has the Clin- ton post office stamp on the back of it, April 7, and also is stamped District Post Office Inspector in- vestigation Moose JaW, Sask., on April 8, and on the front is stamp- ed, "Salvaged from T,C.A. Wreck", Mrs. Cuninghame and I are now in Vancouver and we expect to be back in Clinton and Bayfield in a few weeks. Yours very truly, —GORDON CUNINGHAME � Apri117e1854C From Our Early 1 alesV 95 F 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton Ne* Era Thursday, April 16, 1914 The Clinton Knitting Co. have been working overtime and will taken Saturday as a holiday along with Good Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Gabe Elliott will move shortly to the house on Vic- toria Street next Wesley Church. The house has been in the hands of the decorators for the past couple of weeks. The Motor Club of London will place 1,000 signs on roads to blaze the roads for the motor drivers. Some will be put up this way. James Reynolds, who ran the Commercial Hotel here for a year or so, but lately has been running the British Exchange, Goderich, has purchased the license, fixtures, furnishings, etc., of the ,King Ed- ward Hotel at Guelph. On Thursday afternoon William Marshall lost part of his left hand while working with a saw at the piano works. It will be some time before Mr. Marshall will be able to work again. Hogg, Rev. A. A. Holmes; presi- dent, H. B. Manning; first vice- president, Garnet Cornish; second vice-president, C. G. Lobb; secre- tary -treasurer, N. Miller; manag- er, A. Steep; committee, G. Cook, G. Jenkins, M. McEwan, J. A. Sut- ter, G., H. Jefferson. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, April 13, 1944 Miss Marion Pickett is visiting in Port Colborne and Toronto. Miss Wilma Radford, London, spent the Easter weekend at her home in town. Tel. Tom Steep of HMCS Digby, who has seen quite a bit of foreign countries since his enlistment in the Navy, is spending leave at his hoine in town. The Clinton News -Record Thursday, April 16, 1914 Fred Bell, recently arrived from England, has taken the position of baggage master at the GTR sta- tion and is doing his work nicely. The big arena was opened again last week for skating and on Thursday night the Kiltie Band was present and supplied a choice program for the skaters. A partition is being run down the centre of the large store oc- cupied by Morrish Clothing Comp- any antrt'tvo business places are being made of it. The Morrish Co. will continue to occupy the east half and will have a rounded cor- ner entrance. The stone dwelling on the Bay - f ield Line, owned by Mrs. A. Cant- elon has for some months been oc- cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Crich who take possession May 1. Mr. Crich is the courier on R.R. 5. Master Harold Manning had an Easter breakfast and egg hunt on Monday last to which a number of his boy friends were invited. I3USINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CHIROPRACTIC D. H. McINNES Chlropraetic-Drugless Therapy Foot Correction Office Hours: Commercial Hotel, Seaforth Monday, Thursday Afternoons and Evenings. INSURANCI Insure the "Co-op' Wal W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res. 3243' J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Car - Fire- Life Accident Wind Insurance If you need insurance, 1 have a Policy Be Sure : Be Insured R W. COLQUI4OtN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative: Sur Life ASsumnce Co:or Canada Office; Royal Bank. Building Office 50 PHONES " Res. 9W I!F. 0. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 251J Insurance -- Real Estate Agent: Mutual Lire Assurance Co. THE MCK'ILLOP' MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1954: President, John H. McEwing, Blyth; vice.presi- dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; secretary -treasurer and manager, M. A. Reid; Seaforth. Directors: John 1.3. 1VIcEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Wirt. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea- forth. ea forth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes- boro; J; F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. OPTOMETRY A. L. COLE, R.O. Examined and Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33 J. E. LONGSTAFF HOURS: SEAFORTH: ,Weekdays. except Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Tues., Thurs., Fri., 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. CLINTON: MacLaren's . Studio Mondays only, from 0 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. PHONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Pte. Clarence Swan, RCOC, has arrived saftely at his destination according to word; ;received by his mother, Mrs. Lucy'' Swan. Among the class of bombardiers, to receive their wings at No. 4 AOS, Winnipeg, last Thursday, was Kenneth W. Colquhoun, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Colquhoun. Ken was also commissioned as a Pilot Officer and is now spending leave at his home in town. TB Annual Here Hears Dr. Sharpe Tell of Successes THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 1954 uick Canadian Facts ... 1. In what years did Prince Ed- ward Island and British Colum-: bia enter Confederation? 2. In the coming year will Ot etawa's spending on defence be more or less than in 1953-54? 3. From January 2, 1953, to Jan- uary 2, 1954, did prices of con- sumer goods rise or fall? 4. In 1900 Canada had 17,567 miles of railway track. What is today's total? 5. Does Ottawa obtain more rev- enue from income taxes or from customs duties? ANSWERS: 5. Froin income taxes about $2.5 billion, from us - toms duties about $400 million. 3. The consumer price index was un- changed in the year. 1. B.C., 1871; P.E.I., 1873. 4. More than 44,000 miles. 2". $125,000,000 less. Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the poc- ket annual of facts about Canada. There are 13 patients from Hu- ron County in the sanatorium at London, according to a report giv- en by Mrs. J. B. Russell, Seaforth, the executive secretary -treasurer of the Huron County Tuberculosis Association, at the annual meet- ing, here. In the five hospitals in Huron County, 865 people were X-rayed at chest clinics in the last year, she said. The following, executive was named for 1954-55: Fred J. Snow, Seaforth, who has served as presi- dent the past year; Frank ring - land, Q.C., and Harold C. Lawson, Clinton; James Kincaid, Goderich; F. E. Madill, Wingham; Gordon Knight, Brussels; Robert Middle- ton,'Hensall; R. Ilisey, Zurich; H. A. McDermott, Fordwich. Ap- pointments from Bayfield, Exeter and Blyth are pending. Guest speaker at the meeting was Dr. W. C. Sharpe, superin- tendent of Beck Memorial Sana- torium, London. He told the meeting that al- though the battle against TB is being won, there is no room for complacency. The death rate from TB has dropped from 70 per 100,- 000 in 1910 to seven per 100,000 in 1954, he said. At the same time, he added, continued vigilance is necessary as well as expanded county educational programs, since a survey would Indicate that for E. F. Durst, R.R. 2, Clinton, is among recent recruits for naval service, having enlisted at London last week. Also a recent enlist- ment in the RCNVR at London is Vernon Huller, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Huller, Isaac Street. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes spent the holiday in Toronto with, their son, Gerald and family. I every 1,500 people, one would be an active TB case. Dr. Sharpe spoke of the effici- ency of the referred clinics and of X-rays upon admission of every patient to hospitals. An invitation was- extended by Dr. Sharpe, for members of the association to attend the annual meeting of the Ontario Tubercul- osis Association at Beck Memorial Sanatorium on May 7. Dr. Sharpe was introduced by Frank Fingland, Q.C., Clinton. Dr. R. M. Aldis, Clinton, director of the Huron County Health Unit, also addressed the meeting. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record Thursday, April 18, 1929 Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Aiken have moved out to the farm which they recently purchased, just east of the town on the Huron Road. The rooms at the rear of the top storey of the Royal Bank building have been redecorated and fitted up and will be occupied by the Clinton Club at the beginning of May. Work has been commenced mak- ing cement blocks for the new building S. S. Cooper will erect at the corner of Mary and Isaac Sts. The blocks are being made on the grounds. While driving near McGaw the other day M. T. Corless of town and Howard Baer saw a fine deer on the road. The following officers were elected at the business meeting of the Wesley -Willis softball team: honorary presidents, Rev. J. H. ROY. N. BENTLEY Public Accountant 4 Britannia ltd. (corner South St.) Telephone 1.011 GODERICH ONT. REAL ' ESTATE LEONARD-u,G w1NTER, Real Estate and Business, •Broker SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON Phone: Office 448; Res. 599j RAILWAY TIME TABLE ,CHANGES Effective SUNDAY APRIL 25th,1954 fon Information from ovals In point of attendance, entries, weather and special features, the Huron Central Agricultural So- ciety's 39th annual spring stock show ranks with the best in hist- ory of the event. The presence of Lt. -Gov. Albert Matthews, Mrs. Matthews and party, was an at- traction as was also the military and air force parade, • C CANADIAN NA TIONA L Crop Report "Warm spring rains have creat- ed quite a demand for information on spring seeding," H. R. Baker, assistant agricultural representa- tive, reports. "Requests for legume powder innoculants are quite fre- quent. "Swine prices continue to hold fairly steady especially for good breeding stock. "Reports indicate that new seed- ing and winter wheat have come through the winter quite favour- ably." TIEE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE A recent editorial in one of the leading Toronto dailies has a tim- ely word to say in regard to the seriousness of the growth of the drink evil, It accepts as correct the findings of the Alcoholism Re- search Foundation of Ontario re- cently published e.g. that 70 per- cent of adult Canadians "use" alcohol, that 76 per cent of Canad- ian men "use" alcohol, and 64 per cent of Canadian women. "The Foundation's figures should occas- ion thought, if not anxiety. Can we feel that the laws governing the sale, distribution and consump- tion of liquor are adequate?" It. points' out that Ontario is the only province which has made positive changes in liquor legislation with- in recent times and where there has been time to assess the con- sequences. The main purpose of the 1947 legislation was to bring drinking out of hotel bedrooms in- to the open. "To a large extent this has been done". But it did not clean up the beer parlours, "as a visit to almost any of them clearly (and rather repellently) shows." A further quotation, "of the 170 arrests mode by the police over the weekend, 135 were direct- ly connected with liquor, and of those 87 were for drunkenness." We in Huron County have no beer parlours or any other licensed out- lets. If the Canada Temperance Act does not restrict the consump- tion of liquor, why do those finan- cially interested in promoting con- sumption agitate for its repeal? (This advertisement Is inserted by the Huron County Temperance Federation). "Immediate service" IN YOUR LOCALITY FOR Estate Planning and Wills Investment Management and Advisory Service 4% Guaranteed Investments 296 on savings — deposits may be mailed Real Estate Services For prompt attention can RAYE B. PATERSON Tnsas Officer Heneall, Ontario, Phone 51 or any office o/ GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA TORONTO • BIONTIMAL OTTAWA • WINDSOR PIAGARA FALLS • SUDDURY SAULT STE. MARIE CALGARY • VANCOUVER, Service No first-aid kit is complete without `®ETT®L' THE MODERN ANTISEPTIC 3 SIZES 430 — 63c - $1,90 Do Your Hands Suffer From DETERGENTS? IF SO USE Tiffany Hand Cream So Soothing and Healing $1.25 and $2.50 —*— HOUSECLEANING SUGGESTIONS: MOTH CRYSTALS—lb. tins, large or small Crystals, Ib. 590 MOTH BLOCKETTES — To hang in closets, 15c, 250 BERLOU $1.39 & $2.69 LARVEX 93c - $1.43 ELKAYS MOTH -PROOF BOMB 89c - $1.39 KODAKS — PRINTING AND DEVELOPING — FILMS GREETING CARDS . MAGAZINES SMILES 'N CHUCKLES CHOCOLATES W. C. Newcombe, Phin.B. Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 OFF MAIN STREET PLAYING BALL AGAIN! 19 THAT ALL YOUEUERTHINK OF? YOU OUGHT TO STUDY MORE 50 THAT YOU'LL HAVE A SOUND,SEOURE FUTURE/ AINT $100,000 A YEAR SECURE ENOUGH? THAT§ WHAT MUSIAL AND WILLIAMS MAKE! By JOE ID NNETT eta A8) \i�i��F� a,rliia1010 •