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Clinton News Record, 1954-06-24, Page 2PAGE TWO. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD l'HURSD'AY; JUNE 24; 1954 linon ecor THE CLINTON NEW ERA First issue June 6, 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD First issue (Huron News -Record) January 1'881 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, $2000,000; 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 Comities Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2.50 a year; United States and Foreign: 63.50; 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 xnail, Post Office Department, Ottawa - 'Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, In the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1954 ACTION REGRETTED S MUST SURELY have been by every citizen in Huron bounty the com- plete assurance of good care of persons at - the County Home, here, has been received.• Not only the County Home committee _itself, but the County. Council and provincial auth- orities as well, have completely absolved the staff at the Home from any suspicion of rieglect, We, in Clinton, have nothing but:' pride In the matron and her staff at the County Home. Throughout the. 32 years during which Mrs. Martha Jacob has been in charge Of the.. County Home, nothing but commendation has DOMIN THIS IS WHAT DOMINION DAY should be to a Canadian: , July 1 should be a day for rest from all labour; a day to wave a flag, and see . large banners lifting proudly in the summer breeze, It is a day fol.sitting on the back grorch and reviewing the work done this sum- mer in the garden plot. It is a day to saunter through the fields and marvel at the wonderful growth. It is a day for consider-. ing the wonders of nature in town and country. It is a day to sit with one's family and mark how the youngest has grown since this time last year. It is a da Y to number one's years of living, and measure the worth been heard of the manner in which she has cared •foi'-the folk living there. - The stand of the Connty Council in .this matter has been above reproach, and they 'have gone on record as approving the rnarr- -agement of the home, and terming publicity given the matter as "unfavorable, uncalled for and unfair." • It was with deep regret that we heard the details of charges made by the mayor of Goderich, for although the character of the Home has been cleared, there still may remain the memory of bad talk in .the minds of some persons. It is regrettable that this should have happened to the Huron County Home. ION DAY those years have been to us and the world. For Canada, "our own, our native land," is a country such as poets have Written about, philosophers have pondered, and men have worked and prayed for. Canada is a free land where men receive just reward for their labours and enjoyment from their recreation. This is the Twentieth Century., and it belongs to Canada. The citizens of Canada shOuld take time next Thursday, On the 85th birthday of their nation, to consider the progress of this young country through the past, and ponder the possibilities in her future. We live in a great land in a marvellous.. age. Let us gisie thanks. • SAFETY IN SUMMER (C. A. Wolfe, Conservation Officer, Bruce County) thirty miles an hour it IS very easy to upset even a 15 -foot boat. Care should be taken when around swim- mers in the water. A swimmer's head. is a very small object when you are travelling at a high speed. Courtesy is also an important factor. Don't run by someone standing up fish- ing in a boat, at high speed; You may spill him in the water. ALREADY this summer numerous people have met the Grim Reaper, in boating accidents. Most of these accidents could have been avoided. Accidents just don't happen, they are caused and mostly bY ignorance. The man who so proudly launched the eleven - foot car top boat he built himself the past winter, then put a 25 -horse power motor on, It, is flirting with the undertaker, Large motors such as a 25 horse power should never be used on anything less than a 15 -foot boat and then only if in the hands of an experienced boatman. Those fast roar- ing turns may look very nice and smart, but they are also the height of foolishness. At If your boat ie built to carry four people, don't put eight in it. An extra trip to trans- port all may take a little longer, but it certainly is a lot safer. Use care, courtesy, and common sense and live to enjoy a happy and safe summer of boating. Letters to the Editor "BOB" IN SCOTLAND (This is the second letter received from Robert P. Al- lan, Brucefield, now touring the UK with three other On- tario Junior Farmers, as guests of the Young Farmers of Scotland, England and Wales.) . The Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: We spent our second week in Kincardine County on the East Coast of Scotland about '20 miles touth of Aberdeen. This section is still hilly,' but there is more arable land than in Lanarkshire Here the farmers practice mixed farming 'similar to Southern On- tario. A typical farm here in the arable section would have 500 acres with about 100 acres of po- tatoes (the small ones to be sold as seed to England and the large ones fOr table use); 40 acres of turnips (to be put in pits or piles in the fall and winter to be fed to cattle apd sheep); 20 acres in sugar beets which are shipped to Fife by train; 20 acres of wheat And 30 Acres of oats for winter feeding; 150 acres of seed oats or malting barley, and the remainder in hay or pasture. Most of the farmers in this par- ticular area buy feeder cattle from Ireland in the spring and finish them off in courts during the winter, on turnips and hay. They do not use as much grass silage here as in the dairy sec- tions. Many farmers here, also keep a large flock of sheep, most of which are bought as lambs and fattened on grass and turnips in the field. You will usually find 12. or more hired men who work by the year and are supplied with houses to live in. These men just work for eight hours a day and must be paid overtime if they work long- er. Each man will be hired for a definite job, such as a shepherd, byreman, cattleman, dairyman, tractorman, lorryman, etc., put they may change jobs in a real busy season, and thin turnips or lift potatoes. They are just as busy in the winteX as in summer as they lift turnips in the winter, sort and. sell 'potatoes and thresh grain out of steeks. Rabbits are very numerous here and Many. of the farmers have to put- high nets around the sugar beets before thinning, or the rab- bits Will eat all the beets that are Thsis week we are in Angus County and the farming is quite similar to that iii Kincardine, so I may not write next week. After that we will travel to the West coast again, and down to•Ayshire. •Yours truly, ." ' BOB ALLAN 11 Rutland St ".• Edinburgh, Scotland June 14, 1954 •-•-•-•••-•-•••-•-•-•••-•-•-•-•-« SOMETHING TO GET ALARMED ABOUT The Editor, • Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR.: Referringto your retharks un- der "Nothing to get alarmed about", I should like to write to you. If is claimed in your paper of 17 June 1954 that the Queen and the Duke, of Edinburgh have corn- mitted the act of taking off their shoes to visit Ceylon's Buddhist Temple of the Tooth. ' I agree heartily with the people who express their brief and alarm about that act of idolatrous wor- ship. And I hope that you will so after having considered that there is a covenant with -the living God. That covenant requires among other things that Christians do their utmost best to keep His Ten Commandments. The twofirst commandments tell us to avoid idols and idolat- rous worship. Exodus 20 : 3-7. Anybody has to keep those commandments; because God's word says so. I request you to retract such expressions as ''rxiost fantastic story of the year" and "to call it an act of idolatrous worship is just plain silly."' , In the meantime, Yours truly, H. WERKMAN Huron Street, Clinton 20 June 1954 ., THANK YOU The Editor, Clinton News -Record, DEAR SIR: We beg to tender •you our best thanks for the article in the Clinton News -Record of last week about our church. In behalf of our ,congregation, • Yours truly, REV. G. T. HOYTEMA, Christian Reformed Church Clinton June 22, 1954. • (Ed. Note: Thank you Rev. Hoyterna for taking the time to convey your thoughts to • IA) THANK YOU , The Editor, Clinton News -Record, Clinton, Ontario, DEAR SIR: Please accept our appreciation for your splendid co-orieration in publicizing Air Force Day at RCAF Station Clinton. We feel that your efforts con- tributed largely to the success of the day. ' Yours truly, ' M. A. I3ROWN, Flight Lieutenant for CoMmanding Officer RCAF Station Clinton,Ontario Clinton,. 16 June, 1954. UNTI51ELY DEMISE Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: We receive the "Clinton News - Record" from my wife's mother, Mrs. T. R. Thompson. An article appeared in your May 6th issue concerning a budgie bird, member extraordinary of the officers' mess, Anderson Square, Halifax, N.S. I thought you would be interest- ed in the enclosed clipping from to -day's,, "Halifax Mail -Star", "Zilchie" Pays For Wasted Life "Flying Officer Y. Q. Zilch, RCAF, has paid the penalty for a wasted life. " 'Zilchie', a hard -drinking, hard - swearing character, died the other night in his favorite hang-out, the officers' mess at Anderson Square. A rat—four-legged— was respon- sible for his untimely demise, "No, the Anderson Square rats are not that big—"Zilchie" was that small. Zilchie was a budgie bird. The RCAF gave Zilchie the best of physical care. When he was lost last winter, they called out every resource at their com- niand to find him. And they did find him—perched in a tree on Inglis Street after spending some of the winter's coldest nights out- doors. But he didn't learn his les- son—within an incredibly short time, he was back at his old habits. "Details of Zilchie's death are meagre. Suffice it to say that news of it was received with uni- versal regret." ' One mistaken impression I wish to correct -is that "Zilchie" through faithful devotion to duty had risen to the rank of Squad. roe Leader at the time of his death. • ' ' Yours sincerely, DONALD A. REYNOLDS File D. A. Reynolds, 4 Cherry Drive Dartmouth, N.S. June 19, 1954 Goderich Township The Stirling picnic with 110 present was held in Kincardine last Saturday. _ Orville Alexander, Vancouver, B.C., is spending the week with friends -in the vicinity. ' Mr..nd Mrs. James Mason ancl sons, Blyth, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wallis. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ludlow and son Jim, Hazel Park, Mich - igen, spent the past weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Rowden. . Mr. and Mrs. Loree, Nanton, Alta., Mr. and Mrs. Williamson, Victoria, B.C., Mrs. Johnston St. Ignace, Mich., and Mrs. Craw- ford, Pickford, visited friends in Gofierieh Township last week. , Picnic Postponed - . The schoolnsicnic foe S.S. Nee 9, Godefich Township, •is, postponed until Tuesday, June 29,, in Bay- ' field at Jewett's Grove. , . m uur 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton New Era Thursday, Arne 18, 1914 Last Sunday Silas Davis lost his little brown spaniel alter a week's sickness. The dog had been shot a week ago by someene who had no manhood about him to destroy a small dog the one Mr. Davit owned. °N Last Thursday afternoon, J. J. Weir of the Royal Bank staff re- ceived word to report at Toronto on Friday. „ On Monday of this week the frame barn which has been used for a great number of years as a livery barn opposite the Norman - die Hotel Was purchased by John Elliott, liveryman, who has -had it rented for the past year for a storage barn and garage, N. W. Rowell, Liberal leader in Ontario will be in Stratford on Julie 23rd, and will address a public meeting. • This week W. T. O'Neil pur- chased the old frame house, on the corner of Ontario and Gib- bings streets, from S. S. Cooper. Workmen are already tearing downthe building and the new proprietor will erect - a small house, but with all modern con- veniences. The Clinton News -Record Thursday, June 18, 1914 The latest local purchaser of an auto is Thomas Churchill, Coder- ich Township, who is now' the possessor of a spic and span five passenger car. The local agent for this make of car is Bert Lang- ford. Two rinks of bowlers were in Stratford on Wednesday compet- ing_for the Faill trophy. The fol- lowing are the players who went down: 1. W. Grant, W. Jackson, J. Watt, C. E. Dowding skip; 2. A. J. Holloway, F. T. Jackson, D. A. Forrester, J. Nediger, The local polling booths in the coming, election will be in charge of T. Edgar East, deputy; James Steep, poll clerk; R. J. Cluff, de- puty; T. 4. Monaghan, clerk; J. A. Ford, 'deputy; II. Fremlin Sr., clerk; Peter Cantelon, deputy; Ed. Saville, clerk. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record Thursday, June 20, 1929 Mrs, H. B. Manning entertained a number of young friends to a kitchen shower in honour of Miss Dora Schoenhals one evening last week. Principal Fines of the CCI is presiding at the Departmental ex- ams in the Seaforth Collegiate this week, inspector Dr, Field is presiding examiner here. Check Your Car— Check Accidents, Warns Police Chief Many people believe that police officers 'become callous after a few years experience with traffic ac- cidents, but nothing is farther from the truth, rn admit that scenes of horror and destruction which we witness during the course of in- vestigating accidents do make us into missionaries for safety, but policemen are no different -from anyone else when it comes to feel- ing shocked at the toll of death and injury on our streets and high. - ways. After handling so many of these accident oceurrencies, I have come to the conclusion that safety be- gins with a mechanically sound vehicle which responds unfailingly to the will of the driver. Contrary to popular opinion, old model cars are not the only of- fenders when it conies to safe op- erating condition, but comparativ- ely new cars whose owners neglect simple maintenance checks avail- able from reputable garages and service stations, can become dang- erous. Sooner or later, vibration and normal wear will influence tbe ad- justment of even the' most expen- sive machinery and automobiles are no exception. • Here is some °Mlle equipmet which should be checked regularly: brakes, steering, tires, horn, lights and exhaust system: Since most mechanical defects develop gradually it is pretty dif- ficult for the average motorist to determine the point where his vehicle has become unsafe, but any competent mechanic can pin -point defects or poor adjustments and correct them before they can cause an accident. Believe me, you can afford the few dollars and time Spent to check your car safely, much better than you can afford the cost of an accident, My advice is, CHECK YOUR CAR -- CHECK ACCI- DENTS. —Chief "Joe" 0 Crop Report 'More farmers are puttingin grass silage than ever before in the county: G. W. Montgomery, agricultural representative for Huron County, states. "A staff has also been made at haying, but weather conditions have not been too ideal. All crops have benefit- ed from the warm weather and ample moisture. • "Fall wheat and °spring grains Save made excellent growth: Tur- nip seeding is almost completed. Chemical spraying of spring grains is the. order of the day." Miss Rena Pickett is in Brussels Lor a few weeks assisting the new postmaster, Mr. W. H. Bell. -Messrs W. Coates and 0, John- son. Goderich, both former resi- dents of Clinton, Were in town yesterday. • - Clinton lost a good citizen when, early Mcaiday morning, after an illness covering several months, Herman Benson Chant passed away at his home, Rattenbury street, east. Ontario Street Church softball team went -out to Bayfielci the other eveiing and lost to the team of -that breezy centre. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, June 15, 1944 Rev. C. C AndersoM Drumbo, has accepted a unammeus call from the Clinton andtAnburn Bap- tist Churches and will become their new pastor. Rev. Anderson is filling the ilacandy left when Rev. A. E. Silver was called to Southampton two 'month age:. Mervyn Batkin, owner and pro- prietor of Clinton Locker Storage Service is making improvements and extensions to the business. F/0 Frank Vines, Goderich, is one of the- ferry -pilots flying the England -France route, carrying supplies to the fighting areas and bringing back wounded. Able Seaman Clarence Neilans of the Naval Shore Patrol, Hali- fax, N.S, is home on leaee and is with his parents, Mr. and 1VIrs. Jack Neilans, and his sister Mrs. Jack Leiper. Sgmn. George Rumball, RCN - VR, who has been home on leave, left on Friday for an Eastern port Sigrnn. Rumball has been on duty for some months past in Bermuda. A recent enllatment in Cana- da's active army is Delmer Potter, R.R. 3, Clinton. Miss Mildred Lobb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lobb, has ac- cepted a position with the London Life Insurance Company, at Lon- don.' Miss Leola Nott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs,' G. W. Nott, High Street, has taken a position with the Canadian Pharmaceutical As- sociation in the Concourse Build- ipg, Toronto. .040.~~~4NNAPIMINIMAPI4•11~~.. INSURANCE 3. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Hayfield 53r2 Car - Fire - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy Be Sure : : Be Insured , IL. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL INSURANCE 'Representative: ' Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 PHONES - Res. 9W II. C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton ?HONES: Office 251W; Res, 2513 Insurance — Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. Insure the "Co-op". Way W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 • Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res, 3243 THE DicKILLOP MUTUAL EIRE 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 H. IVIcEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. a. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. Malone, Smaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E, Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea - forth. Agents: Win. Leiper Jr., Londes- bore; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. • OPTOMETRY A. L. COLE, R.O. Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33 3. E. LONGSTAFF . HOURS: SEAFORTH: Weekdays except' Wednesday, 9 am, to 12.30 pm. Tues., Thurs., Fri., 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. CLINTON: MacLarexes Studio Mondays only, from 9 a.m. to 5.30 nm. PHONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT EgLiiNer.A=ZMY • 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 TYPEWRITER ADDING MACHINE • CASII REGISTERS Sales — Service — Rentals We Sell the Best and Service the Rest. SKEOCH OFFICE SUPPLIES Phone 611 -- Goderieh, Ont. 21-2-3-b Health -Minister Philips Visits (linton; (ommends Board's Work A creditable economy, has been On his way, from Clinton to an practised in the building of ad- evening political rally at Hayfield, ditions to the hospitals at Exeter, Dr. Phillips also visited Alexandra er of Health for Ontario, when he Mackinnon. Phillips, M.D„ IVIinist- Goderich. hSeeraforth, and Clinton, said Ma e.Hon, rine and General HoSPital, visited Clinton F'ublic Hospital Ealier that day Dr. Phil)ips, accompanied by Thomas Prycle, Exeter, MLA for Huron, had made similar inspection visits to the hospitals at Exeter' and SAaforth. "In all these hospitals," said Dr. Phillips,. "alterations have been made at a cost of about $7,000 u bed, which is about $2,000 below the average for the group of smal- ler hospitals M the same size range." . a Arule," he said, ,"we're not entirely in sympathy with the con- verting of an olds house into a hospital. However, with devoted, public-spirited men and women on the local hospital boards, it can be done. These three hospitals that I have visited today are really shining examples of what can be done." "All these three hospitals are in the main well equipped for minor surgery, for minor -major surgery, and for therapy, as well as for medical and paediatric patients," said Dr. Phillips. "Huron is fort- unate in having hospital boards willing to give of their ability and experience without thought of re- muneration. I have been very happy to rneet the three superin- tendeets,—and if/ all the nurses are of the same calibre, I know the patients are getting the care they look for and deserve." Dr. Phillips was conducted on his tour of the hospital here by Miss A. B. Sinclair, superintend- ent, and Dr. Walter A. Oakes. Others present for the occasion were G. M Counter; Frank Fing- THg- VOICE OF TEMPERANCE Alcoholism' ha i made the had - lie s very -frequently of late. "OPEN DISCUSSION ON AL- COHOLISM MEETING FEAT- URE". That was a reference to the Canadian Conference on Social work being held in Toronto in June. Members of the legal and medical professions, a prison psy- chologist, a clergyman, an educat- or and a social worker described each his method of meeting prob- lems posed by alcoholics. Very recently the Society for Dentistry for children meeting in Toronto, had Dr. 13e11, Medical director of Toronto's Shadowbrook Health Foundatien, address them on al- coholism. The saine speaker gave a lecture on, the same subject last f all in Convocation Hall at a meeting sponsored by the Royal Canadian Institute. The people at large are- evidently awakening to the gravity of this health menace, " Alcoholism is the fourth most deadly disease in the world, ac- cording to the findings of the World He alth Organization. France, a beer and Wine country, ranks second in the number of ale . coholics per 100,000 of population, The population of Hamilton, On- tario, is less by some 40,000 than the number of alcoholics we have in Canada. The combined popula- tions of Owen 'Sound, Stratford and Woodstock does not equal the total number of alcoholics we have in Ontario. These are startling statistics. The Ontario Govern- ment is concerned, for it plans to land, Q.C.; A. M. 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