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Clinton News Record, 1954-06-17, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD r • ,THE CLINTONNEW ;;ERA First issue June 6 ' 1865 THE CLINTON .NEWS -RECORD Fitat Issue (Huron News.1teeord) January, ;.I'681 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 1VIarket, $2,000 000; Rate, 4.5c per line flat Sworn Circulation — 2,016 • Home of. Clinton RCAF Station and Adiistral 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 Adasteal Park -25 cents a month; seven "cents a copy Authorized as -second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAYS at CLINTON, Ontario; Canada, in the Heart of Huron County. THURSDAY, ;JUNE 17, 1954 NEW CHURCH ►IHE. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH is going ahead with the construction of their new church building. Already- the foundations. are being, poured, and work on the structure itself will take place as early as 'possible. In a -predicted six months the congregation which numbers about 80 families will ,be holding its services in the church. ' Here is a group of ,people, new to Canada, but wise in the way of living and the need of a man for his own place of worship. Through working together in the building of their own church, they will become a part of Clinton, putting down 'roots which will make for a stronger people. Some there are, who feel even yet, that THE OLD IT IS IMPOSSIBLE to stay silent when dis- cussion of the fate of the old public school is underway. Somehow the handling of the whole matter smacks of inefficiency and thoughtlessness from the beginning. We are not so concerned with what the inembers of Council has done, as we are with what they have not done, and with what they plan to do. If the follow up of the suggestion made at the last council meeting results in the demolition of the school, and of the placing of eight resi- dences on the lots thus made available, then Clinton will have Lost in two ways. The site of the old public school is in perfect location for another small park and playground, and members of some women's organizations already have made their suggestion that this be done with the area. If the old building is demolished, or allowed to disintegrate into a useless struc- the Dutch folk should become one of us, and attend our churches. This should not need' to • be so. Were we in their place we would Want a church of our own people in which to worship. It is only natural that they wish a place of their own. Our hats off to a courageous people Who left their own country to come to Canada; who have settled here where the different language of the business people and their neighbours have made difficult situations; where customs have been hard to get used to; and are making them- selves self-sufficient in our community. - Good luck to you all, your minister and your leaders! You are the strong people which will help make Canada strong. SCHOOL. ture, then the citizens ,of Clinton have lost space for the education of their children. Possibly the only use to which the old school can be put is for that of education. If the population continues to grow as has been indicated in the past and now, then in about three years the new school will not be large enough to accommodate all the youngsters of school age. Thenthe people of- Clinton will be asked to dig into their pockets for the money to erect a hew building. We are definitely not in favour of the Town Council allowing the old building to get into worse condition than it is now. Already moss and grass is growing in the eavetroughs; the yard is allowed to accumulate bits of paper, tin cans and other junk; there- is no repair being made to the building. We are not among those who can decide to junk a perfectly firm struc- ture merely because at the moment there is no practical use for it. THE MOST' NOT ALWAYS THE BEST (Wiarton Echo) • FROM TIME TO TIME, we note with some ,` it is often wrong, completely wrong. That's why apprehension the idea held by so many we get so many useless governments. people, that what the majority wants is auto- The majority system is the only workable matically what is best. Thus, if the majority one in running a democracy. It's chief advent- wants wailing cowboys in the juke boxes, that age is that what can be a majority one day or is the best kind of records to have; if the year can easily become a minority the next, and majority prefers the crude and sadistic writing vice versa. In this way, there is available con - 'of Mickey Spillane, that is good writing. Admit- stantly a shifting and fluid, but powerful Check tedly, those examples are carrying the theory to on the actions of our leaders. But what we a painful extreme, but it conveys the general must remember is that, while majority rule idea. works best in our system, and the minority must Nothing could be more foolish than to as- submit to it, it is equally important that the sume that the majority is always right. In fact, rights and ideas of the minority be respected. NOTHING TO GET ALARMED ABOUT (Wingham Advance -Times) THE FREE PRESBYTERIAN' Church of Scot- Ceylonese temple is one of simple etiquette and land has expressed "grief and alarm" be- courtesy. Any visitor of any rehgion'would be cause the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh expected, and rightly so, to observe the rules of committed an act of "idolatrous worship" by the temple while visiting, it. To call it an act taking off their shoes to visit Ceylon's Buddhist of idolatrous worship is just plain silly. Temple of the Tooth during their royal tour. That one receives our nomination ,for the most fantastic story of the year. Queen Elizabeth is also Queen of Ceylon, and the act of taking off her shoes to enter a HALTS FOR BREATH TRADE FAIR TIME (Delhi News -Record) WS,' THERE WERE TWO Trade Fairs in ONE HUNDRED and twenty years ago Lord Clinton and district last week. Palmerston remarked about Russia,—"Rus In • town the Clinton Lions Club through sia does not, I believe, wish to go to war the three hot afternoons and nights, were wrap - with us, but is always trying to push on just ping up another successful Huron County Trade to the extreme point of encroachment and ag- Fair. Excellent weather, with heat broken gression to which she may be allowed to go only by the quick and refreshing cloudburst without war. She then halts to take breath early Saturday evening, kept crowds from• near and waits till people are looking another way and far coming .into the Arena. Some folk to make another step or two forward," came back two and' three times before they Since Stalin's death Russia has'halted to had seen. everything and talked to everyone take breath. She hopes to use the recent ne- they wanted to. We have heard of six vacuum gotiations in Geneva so that while people are cleaner sale directly as a result of the fair, again looking another way she will take an- cleaner sales directly as a result of the fair, other step or two towards completing the evic- and over $600 worth of business done by another tion of freedom from this planet; _ exhibitor in one line only. No doubt dozens of sales will be made by merchants who exhibited, and the results of this gala display centre will be felt in the cash registers of salesmen and dealers all over the county in the months to come. That is the point of view of the merchants. On the other hand is the truly - wonderful chance for folk to find out what's new, And the equally wonderful chance for entertainment' at exceptionally low cost, and the social attitude which rose automatically amid the balloons, pop- corn and potato chips. rin We can't help wondering what members of the Free Presbyterian Church would say if visitors of other religions were to enter their church without removing their hats. SUMER IS ICUMEN IN Q`'UMMER DAYS are stretching ahead. To most of us it means a time of re- laxation and pleasure. It is a time for that treasured two weeks holiday, and a period When weekends are spent in travelling, or puttering in the garden, or for leisurely walks through the country. In the country it is a busy time, for now that the seed is in the ground, there is but a brief respite before haying, and before that is all laid away in the mows, there willbe wheat to cut, peas to harvest, oats and barley and all the rest to garner in turn. Now is the busy time of the year for the farming folk. But with it all, they too, will find time to drive off to the lake on a warm Sunday after- noon, or visit' with neighbours in the cool of the evening. Summer is the time for work and play. It is a good time for seeing a lot of the world as it is—not as man made it. THREE THINGS SURELY IT IS LITTLE WONDER that the • nations of our great and wonderful earth have difficulty in finding peace amid them- selves. No sooner does a great struggle for supremacy and survival cease, and the smoke of ten years ago is fading into the ' mists of memo than talk of more conflict is upper- most in the minds of men. The .fact is that never during the past ten years has the world been free of war. On the local field, though no weapons other than threats have been brought to bear as yet, is the turmoil now roiling through the Town- ship of Goderich, having to do With the admin- istration , of their almost extinct Telephone System. The disagreement has been growing and seething for so many years now, and has had , so many prods and pushes from various situs tions and decisions " that for a bystander it is very difficult to make any sense to the argument at all. Very like the world situation to -day, the growth of bitter ,feelings among certain of the citizens of Goderich. Township is this one re- gard, has lead that comrgunity practically to internal combustion. Neighbours are said to have stopped speaking to each other. Those , who were friends, make no bones. about. telling strangers of the weaknesses and supposed mis- doings of others. As one of the most prominent men in town has said to us very often, "There are three things needed to cause war: selfishness, greed and hate." Certainly all of these is abroad in our neighbouring cobrmunity at preseht. On Saturday too, RCAF Station Clinton was busy with its own Trade Fair.' (Or share- holders' day as they sometimes term it.) Near- ly 1,000 cars were parked on the parade square, -in the other parking lots on the Station, and at. the sports field during the afternoon. This was evidence of a very good crowd indeed, tak- ing the opportunity to visit the lads in blue and see just what goes on in the only electronics school of its kind in Canada, and possibly the largest one anywhere. The welcome to civilians was open. Right down to- the least AW2 from the CO hin"iself, the visitors were treated like long -known friends. It was a great day. Good Work, Neighbours! WE'D LIKE TO use a few words for the _ congratulation of a neighbour to the'South' of us. Last week the publishers of the Exeter Times -Advocate were awarded a pair of prizes from the Ontario Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. The Tinies- Advocate placed first in the contest for best front page, and second in the class for general. excellence. r,• ` This is not the first, time that the Exeter, weekly paper has won trophies in the province- wide competitions, and with the continued ex- cellence and growth of the paper which is vis- ible even to.the casual reader, we are sure that It will not be. the .last time. Happiness Recipe SING A LITTLE, smile a little, That•s the way to live; Spend a little, lend a little, Be friendly and forgive. Take a little, give . a little, Laugh a little, too, ' As upon Life's Loom you weave Threads of Love's bright blue. Hope a little, pray a little, Help folks in distress; Care a little, share a little, And 'so find' Happiness, —By Jean Morton THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954 " NOW -11HAi SHALL WE GET DAD FOR. FATHERS; DAY Grassick in The. Toronto Telegram From Our Early Files. 40 .YEARS AGO. The Clinton New Ere , Thursday, June 11, 1914 The first garden party of the season was held under the auspic- es of the Clinton Hockey Club at the Recreation Park on Tuesday evening. The night was an ideal one and the Clinton Kitties put on a lengthy program in good style, E. Rozell, who has purchased the Torrance Farm, just East of town, has made preparations to deliver milk. A new up-to-date milk van has-been purchased. The bowling green is to be as light as day at night when John Nediger gets through with his work. Dr. J. S. Evans has purchased a new five -passenger Ford. Isaac Bezzo is burning his third kiln of brick this week. The Clinton News -Record Thursday, June 11, 1914 -Postmaster Scott and Mr. T. Jackson Jr„ High Street are .ac- tive members of the brighten -up club and have decorators now at work. Harry Bari( having found it necessary to enlarge, the- cement men are now busy erecting a 24 Poet addition to his store. The county council last week granted increases in salary to Dr. Shaw, physician of the House of Refuge, Inspector Torrance and the assistant matron, who will be remunerated as follows: Dr. Shaw, $350, Inspector Torrance, $300; and the matron's' • assistant $250. Otto Fink, the local artist, here- tofore a somewhat enthusiastic motorcyclist has gone in for some- thing better, having purchased a Saxon car. No doubt there will be any number of Saxons by and by. Harry Bartliff and Ike Rotten - bury are the local dealers. William Stanbury, London Rd. is very busy preparing for his barn raising which will take place the end of the week. Master George Falconer is able to be about again after the rather severe accident to his foot, re- ceived while operating a plow. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday, June 13, 1929 John Nediger Jr. had the mis- fortune to have an arm injured last week when a scaffoldings gave way when at work on the new knitting mill. No bones were broken but the arm was badly sprained, giving him an enforced holiday. Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Paisley and Mr, and Mrs, W. E. Tebbutt, God- erich motored to Toronto last week to be present at the graduat- ion of the former's son, Elmer Paisley from Toronto University. Miss Ruby Churchill of the Bell Telephone staff is visiting her brother at Port Carling. • Misses Olive and Freda Schoen- hals and Miss Shirley Bowden motored to Sarnia and spent the weekend with friends. Harold Lawson left Monday for Toronto where he has taken a position. Harold will be missed from amongst his Clinton friend's. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, June 8, 1944 At the council meeting on Mon- day evening Chief of Police A. E. Fremlin resigned. Bruce McDou- gall was made chief and David Elliott, day constable and utility man. . It was announced Tuesday night from airforce headquarters in Ot- tawa that Flying Offic r Tom C. Cooke had been awarded the Dis- tinguished Flying Cross for ex- ceptional ,performance in an st- ack on a submarine. F/O Cooke captained an aircraft which made a successful attack on a U-boat last month. Mr. and Mrs. W. 3. Carter re- ceived word on Wednesday that their son Major J. Ross Carter had arrived safely at his destinat- ion. • L/Cpl Jack Cree, Aldershot Camp Nova Scotia, is spending his furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cree. Milton Goldstein, Commercial Farm, Clinton, has graduated from No. 1 AOS Malton, as a navigator. Cpl.' Kenneth Vanderburgh, RC AF in Newfoundland, is home on leave and is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Vanderburgh Albert Street. N/S Margaret Middleton left London on Saturday for Debert N.S. Miss Cathleen Cuninghame was home with her parents having completed her course at the Ont- ario College of Education. Since returning home, Miss Cuninghame, has been informed that she is ap- pointed to the staff of the North- ern Vocational School in Toronto. Her subjects will be Physical Ed- ucation, Health, Mathematics and Science. At the hone of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pepper, Tuckersmith Town- ship and at Turner's Church, Tuckersmith, the following were baptized: Mervyn Leslie, son of. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Pepper; William Allan, son of Mr. and Mrs Hugh Ball; Barbara Ann, daught- er of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lay- ton;r s Edward Douglas,sonf Mr. o and Mrs. Edward Layton. Rev. C. G. Burton officiated. Mrs. L. H. R. Theedom, the former Isabel Colquhoun, who has been a member of the News -Re- cord staff for the past four years has resigned her position and will live in Bayfield for the summer months where she and her hus- band Sgt, Theedom have taken a cottage. 0 Letters to Editor DOGS STILL OUT Clinton News -Record Dear Sir: I was pleased to see your edit- orial about the fiasco of the ty- ing up of dogs by-law. This by- law should either be enforced or withdrawn. A similar law pre- vails in other places, and the po- lice obey their instructions to en- force it. 11 such council decisions —whether they be good or other- wise is beside the point—can be ignored by the police then that is the end of democratic rule. The present position is so un- fair. 1 am a great dog lover but my dog is kept tied up and ex- ercised on a lead, while other animals roam about as usual. Some- of my friends, as well as myself have suffered in the past few days, by other people's dogs seriously damaging our gardens, while our own animals are teth- ered. The annoying part is that the damage cannot now be repaired as it is too late to resow some of the crops that have been destroy- ed. People" who keep the law should not be penalised by those who do not. • DOG -LOVER June 15, Clinton, Ontario 0 Crop Report "Following the rains of last week growing conditions in this area have been ideal for all crops," H. R. Baker, agricultural representative for Huron County reports. "Cornplanting is almost many and man completed farmers are P working on their bean fields. - "Hay crops look especially good, but may not be too high 'due to frost and previous dry conditions. Several farmers are now putting in 'their grass silage. PETER, of the BACK SHOP "Thad' a garden. People had dogs. Now their dogs have my garden And I have their dogs." (Courtesy o*a lady admirer.) For a wee mouse in a back shop, we certainly have been getting the phone.calls lately. And for once they are all based on one thing. We've often told Millie that the only thing humans needed to get along in this world was unity. If only they'd show the same co- operative aversions to their troub- les as we mice feel towards cats," we said to her, "then they might get some place." * m Now the ladies at least, the ones with gardens, have begun to show how they feel about the situation of dogs. And we must imagine that the pooches all over town will have red ears from having their habits discus- sed. In fact, some male garden- ers in town are reported to be feeling the same way and in this case the habits of dogs are more often cussed than discussed, * Really, though, and Millie a- grees with me, it is a funny thing about humans: they pass laws, presumably with the idea of making other people do the right thing, and then promptly go about forgetting that very law as soon as they can. Some of the more law-abiding citizens do pay fines and buy licences and such—but there are a good many more who do not. m * 0 In this matter of dogs, there is a good deal to be considered. One dog alone, within call and answer to his master's voice, is a pretty nice animal. Even a mouse can admire the fine lines of his head, the shaggy coat, the firm glossi- ness of him, the speed with which he runs to greet a friend, the re-• nowned qualities of watchfulness and faithfulness which every dog with an owner possesses. But in Clinton there are many too many dogs who apparently have no owners. As one of our lady callers advised us, they run in packs. Then they roam all over town, and create havoc in gardens throughout the whole town. s 4 s We understand that there are fewer dogs running at large this year than last. The police depart- ment is working towards the de- sired end of having even fewer dogs loose. There, they need the co-operation of all dog -owners. 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