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CLINTON NEWS-REC,ORD
TI-11.JR8DAY, JULY 22, 1954
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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January 11181
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THURSDAY, 4../LY 22, 1954 "
MUSICIANS OR SIGN -CARRIERS
QUDDENLY we can no longer read of the ,
l•--7 silliness of the Canadian National Exhibition
directors without saying a word on the subject.
We have always felt that the CNE was a
Canadian effort. We have heard stroll -1g criticism
of the fact that it ,was too much a Toronto
fair, and that the grandstand act performance
should be all -Canadian.
Of the first point we debated, for it is
inevitable that the city in which a huge ex-
position is located should have more influence
over it than one a thousand miles away. And
if Toronto gets more of the glory and tourist
business, it also gets more of the bother, the
traffic jams and frustrations of a crowded
metropolis.
But on the second point we were whole-
heartedly in favour. Surely, when some of the
best actors in oft -worshipped Hollywood are
Canada bred, raised and trained; surely when
some of the better, and more interesting of
Hollywood's films are based on Canadians and
Canadian scenery; surely we can get our heads
out from behind this modest handkerchief of in-
sufficiency and realize that we can provide our
own entertainment and do it well.
For the CNE directorate to insist upon an
American star in the first place was silly
WE'RE IN THE D
(A Sort of a Parable)
THE CANADIAN people are still sitting in
the driver's seat when it comes to a
matter of planning the tactics of our nation.
Perhaps only those who may have had the
misfortune to travel in the rear seat of a fast
car driven by an inebriated character with no
sense of respensibility, can adequately apprec-
iate how it feels to live in a country where
the people are not in the driver's seat.
But although we are still occupying the
driver's seat, we are not paying particular at-
tention to the hitch -hikers we pick up. And
sooner or later one of the high -hikers may turn
out to be the inebriated character that takes
over the wheel, bundles us into the trunk,
willy-nilly, and .proceeds on his ever -more ex-
pensive and misdirected way, while we continue
to foot the bills, and grow old and tired trying
to figure ways or making more and ever more
while confronted with the impossibility of stop-
ping the car long enough to get a decent pay-
ing job.
MAY STILL
THROUGH judicious handling throughout the
A remaining five months of the year, the
finances of the Town of Clinton, may well not
result in the rather disastrous situation of a
$10,000 deficit as has been predicted.
When reviewing expenses to dale, and not-
ing the situation of the committee which has
noticeably the highest- expenditure, it must be
realized that that committee has accomplished
a very great deal throughout the first part of
the year.
The Public -Works Committee is now under
the chairmanship of Reeve J. W. Nediger, and
has to do with the streets and roads, side-
walks, operation and maintenance of equip,
ment, snow and ice removal. Also this com-
mittee deals with drainage (not sewers), the
work shops, yards .and small tools, sanitation
and waste removal, street cleaning, the sewer
system, ghrbage and the dump.
The duties of this committee involve per-
haps the greatest amount of controllable ex-
penditure that the Council has to deal with.
It is an important part of the • duties of the
whole Council, since it involves high cost in
comparison with the other committee work,
and because the job done by that committee
affects each citizen personally.
This year as well as last year, a good
many improvements have been made, A great
deal of equipment has been bought, including
a truck, tractor, equipment for both, various
items which makes the overall cost of getting
work done in Clinton more economical from the
LEARN
(Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests)
46,TWENTY SIX Drowned Across Canada Over
-6- Long Weekend Exceeds by One Those
Killed by Automobile Accidents".
"Boy 17 Drowns Within 150 Feet of Island
When Boat Catches Fire".
"Three Drown When Boat Capsizes Along-
side Dock",
Pick up any newspaper at this time of the
year and headlines such as the above stand
out in bold letters. What a tragic loss ,,of life
and, in most cases, safety was only -a few feet
away. It has been said that ninety per cent
of the drownings could have been avoided had
the victims been able to swim only a few feet.
All persons who ever expect to be around
water should learn to swim and it is very easy
to learn. Have some friend who knows how
to swim, give you instructions. You can even
teach yourself.
The first requirement is a lack of fear of
the water. This may be acquired by going
bathing in shallow water. Sink below the sur-
face and remain under as long as you can
hold your breath. In, a short time you will
have learned not to fear going under. Then,
and then only, try lying on your back, relax
completely allowing your head to drop back
into the water to where only your nose and a
small part of your face is above the surface.
If your feet start to Sink, and they probably
will, they can be kept near the surface with a
slow, steady kick such as you have seen swim-
mers use. The secret of learning to float is to
relax completely and any attempt to raise the
head will force you under. All of this may sound
difficult, and may be at first, but after a little
practise you will find that your body is act-
ually quite buoyant and you can lie on the
surface of calm water, yotir arms folded across
your chest, with very little effort.
Once you have learned •to float you 'an
'swim. The back stroke, the side stroke and.
the breast stroke all follow. Then if you want
to really learn to swim get someone who knows
teach you the "C'rawl", the stroke of the expert
swimmer. This is the stroke of the long dist-
ance, and fast, swimmer, and requires the least
effort once it is learned.
You may not wish to train yourself to
sv.,,Int longdistances and it does take a lot of
prattise and training to develop the skill and
stamina for such'work. Every person who goes
flailing, boating and bathing should learn to
enough. But, if in their big -city blindness to •
Canadian potentials, they were not able to see
in advance (or at least recognize later) what
the bringing in of this Hollywood version of a
cowboy would do to Canadian workmen and to
Canadian pride, then it's about time that the
CNE began to draw its directorate from a wider
field than Toronto -the -good, and to make the
'exhibition a truly Canadian one.
Right now, by simply cancelling the cow-
boy's 'contract' and allowing Canadians to put on
a Canadian show, a very silly situation would
be cleared up.
But instead of taking this step there is the
possibility of the CNE planners allowing the
silly business to continue, even to the, extent
of having an all-American grandstand show at
our CNE. All because of a contract with a
cowboy's agent that need never have been made
in the first place.
Even sillier is the fact that American -
influenced unions are bringing the pressure to
bear that makes it impossible for the CNE to
hire this cowboy and still have Canadian talent
for the rest of the show. American -influenced
unions are forcing Canadians to hire or not to
hire Canadians. What in the dickens is going
on, anyw,ay?
RIVER'S SEAT
The hitch -hikers are the pleasant compan-
ions now with us: school area boards, district
high school boards, baby bonuses, old age pen-
sion cheques, unsatisfied judgement claims pay-
ments, subsidies on butter, beef, pork and eggs;
wheat support prices, etc.
These hitch -hikers are pleasant cheery fel-
lows who offer to buy us the odd cup of
coffee, or an ice-cream cone along the way.
But there may soon come a _time when they
will snap their fingers and insist on ice-cream
when we would really prefer a tasty sandwich.
And when that time comes, then we are not
far from the enforced ride in the trunk of the
car, and a diet of dust, sweat and tears.
But were still in the driver's seat.. We
can still turn right or left as we choose. Let's
become a bit more wary of hitch -hikers in the
future and be prepared to travel our own way,
even if .it means buying our own coffee, and
drinking it alone.
BE 'REMEDIED
long range point of view, Also during the past
two years the policy has changed from that
of hiring work done by individuals as need for
it arose to that of hiring permanent personnel _
who are familiar with the Jobs needed and are
capable of going ahead and getting the work -
done.
This change in policy and the purchase of
new equipment has perhaps raised the cost
rather extensively at the moment, and certainly
the main part of the buying by the Public
Works Committee has already been done this
year. It is to , be hoped that other than in
the case of an emergency such as heavy snow-
falls in the early•part of the winter, or unfore-
seen expenses in some other department, 'ex-
penses for the balance of the year may be kept
to a minimum.
In any case, the hiring of permanent per-
sonnel for this work and equipping them with
necessary equipment has definitely put Clinton
in a better position than if the work were
' still being hired done intermittently. The equip-
ment will last. The personnel will gain ex-
perience. The future looks good for the wel-
fare of Clinton's streets, sidewalks, drains, and
other utilities.
It will take time, but patience is a most
worthy virtue. Let us have faith in the good
intention of the committee chairman and the
members,and get behind their planning for a
better Clinton, by doing: even more tidying in
our own back yards and our own premises,
. before we gripe too much about the condition
of the streets and of the sidewalks.
TO SWIM
swim at least 100 yards and it is not a big
chore to learn to swim that distance. It may
save your life someday.
GIVE TO LIVE
GREATEST EXPERIENCE in the past
half century has been that in living our
lives we must do so with a definite purpose
in view. A life without a purpose is a very
dull life indeed. We all know from personal
experience how tired we may become while
doing nothing, but let us once find an outlet
for our energies, some object on which to expend
them, and our instinctive powers awake us to
life. The Sea of Galilee is fresh and blue and
gives life to living creatures within its sunlit
Waters, not because it receives waters, but be-
cause it gives them freely. The Dead Sea is
dead, not because there is no supply of fresh
water, but because it permits no outlet. It is
therefore stagnant and deadly; no fish lives in
its waters, nor is any beast to be found upon
its shores. It is a law of nature, a law of
- life, that only by giving shall we' receive. None
is so healthy and fresh as he who gives freely
of his strength and talents and thereby -liberates
his impulses and instinctive powers into quicken-
ed activity.
Max A. Bahr, M.D.,
in Swift Current Sun
THIS SIR IS SUMMER
(Minneapolis Tribune)
IN APRIL he said: "I can hardly wait for it
'A- to warm up." In May he said: "If there's
anything I hate it's a cold Summer."
In June he said: You can't even work up
O sweat in this kind of weather." On July 4
he said: "Give me some ofthat good old-
fashioned, pavement -scorching heat,' the kind
that separates the men from the boys and
makes the corn crop gallop."
We saw this chap a day or two ago when
the mercury was in the low nineties and not
a breath of air was stirring."Well, 'one good
. thing,' he, was saying, "It can't last forever.".
And"then, as the gOod 'old-fashioned pavement -
scorching heat reached a particularly climatic
point of breathlessness: "People are' crazy fools '
to put up with it. Now take the Eskimo .
40 YEARS AGO.
The Clinton News -Record
arimrsda.,y, July ,10, 1954
The follovving students in EOM
2 of the CCI were successful in
recent departmental examinations:
C. J. Beaton, W, R Chowen, J.
'M. Cook, Foster CoPP, P. A. Cun-
ningham, L, C. Cantelon,A. Dew-
ar, A. H.- Glazier, E. M.,Jamiesen,
K. M. McGregor, G. R. McKenzie,
F. A. Patterson, ,(hop.) A. Petrie,
C. E. Powell, Gertrude Wallis„
and P, W. Wheatley. ••• _
Melvin Crich, thd. nortlf-end
baiter, has had the decorators in.
Bart Levis and his sister spent
Sunday at the home of John Mc-
Kinley, Stanley Township.
Themes Elliott, ht 91 years of
age, is the oldest Orangeman in
Goderich TownshiP. .
Master John Hellyar, the little
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hell-
yar, passed his sixth birthday on
Saturday and celebrated the event
byhaving a number of his bay
friends to make merry with him.
The Clinton New Ero
Thursday, July 16, 1914
Miss Lois Holmes won the Dunn
Cup for obtaining the highest
marks .for Clinton pupils in the
recent entrance examinations.
The rink of Clinton bowlers who
were at Owen Sound last week
came home with one prize.
The Goderich tennis club ac-
companied by a host of supporters
were in town last Saturday after-
noon. The visitors won the six
events.
The local baseball team lost, at
Goderich on the 13th by a score of
10-3. It was a holiday so the -play-
ers did not feel like exerting them-
selves.
The store front of George Mc-
Lennan's has been brightened up
with paint.
The Graham House has had a
new coat of paint.
D. Cantelon is having a new
verandah put on the house on Rag-
lan Street, occapied by Mr. Von -
Rohl.
ters with a perfect average of four
tits in four times at bat.
Misses Helen Manning and
Janet McTaggart are -at Port
Bruce Girls' Camp. •
Mrs. Harry Tvvitchell motored
over from Windsor with soine
friends this week and. spent a day
with her sister, Mrs. M. McEwan
and her little daughter, Betty, who
is spending the summer here.
Miss Jean Hogg has gone to
Quebec City. to take a special
course in conversational French.
Harold B. Manning left Monday
for Amherstburg, where he will
superintend the removal of the
stock ef the Arnherstburg Organ
Company Limited recently parch=
ased by the Sherlock -Manning Co.
to London. Later he,will take d'
buSiness trip east in the interests
of the company.
Misses Beattie of The Vogue
leave Saturday morning fox a holi-
day at their home at Watford.
,
Crop Report
"Rain is badly needed in most
Lections of the couhty," G. 'W.
Montgomery, agricultural repre-
sentative for Duren County, re-
ports. "Becauseof this fall wheat
is ripening much quicker than
anticipated and other. spring
grains are also turning colour,
Fall wheat on the whole is an
excellent crop arid several fields
have been cut in the south end of
'Army worms have invaded the
grain fields in four sections of the
county and in some cases the out-
breaks have caused' quite serious
damage to crops. Other crops
such as white beans, soybeans,
sugar beets and corn have suffer-
ed severely from the lack of
moisture.
"Pastures are drying up and
there is very little hay aftermath.
Dairy operators report that the
milk flew is dropping 'off at an
increasing rate."
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, July 18, 1929
J. Hall is busy at the building of
Fred Lobb's house, which was re-
cently burned in Goderich Town-
ship.
Clinton defeated Stratford last
Monday night in the Huron -Perth
17-13. Carrick pitched a steady
game, striking out eight men.
Stock and VanHorne led the bat -
INSURANCE
10 YEARS AGO
, Clinton News -Record
Thursday, July 13, 1944
1M% and Mrs. Gordon Lawson
have received word that their son,
Pte. Frank Lawson, has arrived at
his destination.
Mrs. George Elliott received a
telegram Tuesday night from her
son, Eddie Elliott, announcing his
arrival back in Canada. Eddie
went overseas in June 1942 with
the Canadian Fire Fighters and
remustered in August 1943 to air-
creW. He had just received his
wings when he suffered an acci-
dent in which he had his leg brok-
en and since has been in hospital
in England.
The Clinton Lawn Bowling Club
held their weekly jitney and a
large crowd turned out for a real
good time. The winners were:
first, Bert White; second, Roy
Sperling; third, Earl Fulford.
WO Dick Freinlin, RCAF, and
his wife, Sgt. Vivian Fremlin of
the RCAF (WD), Sidney, N.S.,
were recent guests of the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Frem-
lin.
Fred Match suffered a. heart at-
tack at work on Monday morning,
and has since been confined to his
home. At last report he is pro-
gressing favourably and it is hop-
ed that he will soon be around
again.
Miss Kay Ross, Toronto, is
spending her vacation at the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liam Ross.
Miss Kathleen Martin, of the
Base Line, left on July 4, for an
extended visit with relatives in
Saskatoon.
Mrs, W. Osbaldeston, Stratford,
visited with Mrs. Cardwell over
the weekend.
J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield
Phone Bayfield 53r2 •
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Wind Insurance
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GENERAL INSURANCE
Representative:
Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada
Office; Royal Bank Building
Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W
R. C. LAVVSON
Bank of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHONES: 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 McKELLOP BEEJTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1954: President, John
H. McEwing, Blyth; vice-presi-
dent, Robert .Archibald, Seaforth;
secretary -treasurer and mathger,
M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors: John H. McEwing;
Robert . Archibald; Chris. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-
ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har-
vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper,
Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea -
forth.
Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes-
bore; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric
Munroe, Seaforth.
OPTOMETRY
A. L. COLE, ILO.
Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted
Goderich - Phone 33
J. E. LONGSTAFF ,
HOURS:
SEAFORTII: Weekdays except
Wednesday, 9 a.m. 10 12.30 p.m.
Tues., Thurs., Fri.; 9 a.m.`
to 5.30 p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
CLINTON: IllacLaxen's Studio
Mondays only, from 9 atii.
to 5.30 p.m.
PHONE 791 SEAFORTH
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ROY N. BENTLEY
'Public Accountant
4 Britannia, Rd. (corner South St)
Telephone 1011
OODERICH ONT.
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate and Business Broker
SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON
Phone: Office 448. Res. 599j
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THREE PERSONS INJURED
ACCIDENT NEAR SEAFORTH
Three persons were injured
Monday night in a car -truck col-
lision on the Kippen Road, five
miles south' of Seaforth.
, Taken to Scott Memorial Hos-
pital, Seaforth, were James Love,
66, Tuckersznithi Norman B. Har-
vey, 55, Monkton, and his wife, 56.
Mrs, Harvey and Mrs. Love
suffered severe injuries. Mr. Har-
vey suffered bruises and shock.
The vehicles collided at a town-
ship road intersection. The truck,
a light pickup model, in which the
Harveys were riding, burst into
flames after the collision.
Mr. Harvey managed to pull his
wife to safety before the flames
spread.
Both vehicles ended up in the
east ditch. Mr .Love's car was
wrecked. Damage to the truck
was estimated at $1,500 and to
the car, $$00. •
Provincial Constable Helmer
Seaforth, investigated.
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NOW IN ENGLAND
The Editor
Clinton News -Record
During the, past week we spent
four days attending the Royal
Show at Windsor and stayed at
Rosehill Conference Centre at
Redding with about 20 other Jun-
ior Farmers from all over the
world, who were also attending
the' Royal. Some were from On-
tario, Alberta, USA, England,
Germany, Kenya and Australia.
This stay proved very interesting
as the other delegates spoke Eng-
lish quite well.
The Royal Show itself is the
largest of its kind in the world,
covering 173 acres. It includes a
cattle show for 18 breeds . (1,800
cattle), ten breeds of pigs (inanY
of which you will not find. in On-
tario), sheep, horses, ponies and
gnats. The grounds were divided
into many different sections, with
as many as 14 streets in one sec-
tion. This area included those for
horses, other livestock, Machinery,
seeds, fertilizers and feeds, pavil-
ions, grandstand and ring, conces-
sions to stores and caterers, flow-
er show, market produce, forestry,
horticulture, buildings and ap-
pliances, as well as many educa-
tional exhibits sponsored by var-
ious organizations.
There was also an International
Dairy Cattle Judging Competition
at which time Ireland had the
winning team, and a boy from
Jamaica won Her Majesty the
Queen's Cup. All the visiting
Junior Farmers from other coun-
tries were invited to the Royal
Pavilion where the Queen present-
ed the winners with their cups and
medals.
Spectators were there by the
thousands, even though it cost
them $3 for admission on the
main days and $3 more to get on
the grandstand. Even then the
huge grandstand, which ,was all
the way around the huge ring, was
full to capacity.
The Royal Fair is moved to a
different county each year and it
takes 12 months to construct an(
move the buildings and stands,
The main objection to moving the
Fair from place to place is that
there is no permanent walks nor
pavements and for several years
the weather has not co-operated
and the mud was deep enough to
go over the tops of rubber boots.
However, this year they had per-
fect weather except for a heavy
rain the night before the Fair
opened. .
Our group is to spend two more
weeks touring London and visiting
O few more farms, and then will
fly home from London to Toronto
on July 26.
Yours sincerely,
—BOB ALLAN
Buckinghamshire,
Ally 11, 1954
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