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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 1954-08-05, Page 2'PAGE TWO •11NYIO5 NEWS-FtECORD THURSDAY, AUGUST 5 1554 ews- ecor THE CLINTON NEWS-RECP.RP T1FIE-CLII4TON NElel ERA . , N'Irst 'issue Jinie 6, 1865 First lassie ,(Huron News-RenOrd) :Tannery '14821 Amalgamated 1924 .. • • . An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town a Cunton and Surrounding District •Population, 2,548; Trading, Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, 4.50 per line flat Sworn Circulation -- ;016 • Home of Clinton RCAF Station and Adastral Park (residential) „ MEM13ER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assoelation; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA;/ Western Ontario Counties Press. Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Parthie in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2.50 a year; I 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 clam mail, Post Office' Department, Ottawa •Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron CoUnty THURVAY, AUGUST 5, 1954 BELJNIONS ARE FUN rrHIS IS THE SEASON for family reunions. Ever since the early part of June we have been reading accounts of them, and a good many of us have attended one, too. And of course there are church reunions, lodge reunions, all sorts of get to-gethers, Lately there have been a good many cen- tennial celebrations. Auburn village has nod the biggest weekend in its history, and Wing - ham celebrated too, with an event -packed three day 75th anniversary. Wellington County, Kit- chener, Windsor, and many others have cele- brated 100 years of existence with bang-up programs, this year. But the most fun of all these "do's" is the meeting of people we haven't met since "I don't know when.' Clinton celebrated its centennial in 1950. Most of us remember what fun it was, with people from east, west and everywhere, returning to Clinton to see how the place looked and to talk with old friends. But we shouldn't have •to, wait for another 50• or 100 years for this pleasure. s The editor of the Haldimand Advocate has a suggestion in this regard. Why not set aside an annual weekend to be known as "Home-' Coming Weekend" when everyone who ever lived in Cayuga could come home there and visit with old friends? • Setting aside a weekend would assure that some of the old friends would be there, too. We think it's a wonderful Idea—(perhaps because the editor of the Advocate, Gordon L. Hall, is an old Clinton resident himself). But we'd like to thank him for the suggestion. And why don't we try it here? KILLING OUR LAND THE EDITOR of the Rural Scene speaks -a• sharply of the get -rich -quick artist who bought 600 acres of the best farm land in Markham Township and sold off the top soil few the making of lawns and gardens in To- tonto. By so doing this vandal turned ex- cellent farm land into a desert. It was sug- gested that the names of men- guilty of such a shoddy trick ought to be permanently attached to the land they misused so that future gen- erations might remember them as destroyers of the good earth. What is happening in Markham Township has happened and is happening in and around the city of London, according to the editor of the Free Press. And he states that the right to own land should not include the right to destroy it; there is too much waste with us now, The London writer suggests that legisla- tion is needed to prevent this top -soil crime against the community. .And in our own Clinton area, where build- ing is going on at great speed,and never before have so many. folk been anxious to build and own their own house, and of course to develop their own lawns and gardens, there are per- haps some who have no plan to save the top -soil from the land they own for replacement after construction is complete. It is a simply matter when the bull -dozer comes in to dig the foundation, to have it peel back the top -soil into a heap several feet from the construction area. Then when the house is done, and thought of a lawn is tne next thing, there is only the' job of replacing the good top soil on the area to be planted and in six months a fine grassy plot can be achieved. Local construction men have taken considerable effort to see that this is done properly and a good deal of praise is dspe them. Only two months ago, however, there was a great trucking project going on looally to move a great area of sod to another location, where the proprietor was either too lazy or too much in a hurry to grow his own grass, Prob- ably he just did not give two hoots. • There are, of course, occasions when the using of sod is the only way in which to arrive at the gracious green sward which we all strive for. However, we must try to keep these to the minimum, and at all costs preserve our good land, for the purpose of growing foods. CALL OF THE NORTH (From vUlIEN THIS LAND was new sand open for " the taking, the work done with bare hands and rude tools was staggering—NEED drove a hard bargain. "He that will not work shall not eat," said Captain John Smith of that fear- ful "starving time" at jamestowta And toil remained a virttle born of necessity of the Massachusetts and Virginia shores, ivith the French, with the Loyalists, and all the others— from Cape Breton up the St. Lawrence, by the Great Lakes, and on the Prairies. Here were people seeking freedom. Fortune lay at the door of every settler, the extent endless. The price was Toil, the reward, In- dependence—the right of every man to stand on his own feet on his own land. With so -much virgin couhtry to develop and so few hands to do the job, idleness was a sin. Only by the most arduous labours long endured could a man without capital—With his wife and fam- ily—win. So our forefathers all but deified Toil as a means to freedom, security, dignity—and lived scorning .ease. The pioneer spirit persists. Men still work hard and seek new fields of endeavour. But with shorter work days and weeks, and more men to do the work—there is more time for play. So men pioneer and play at pioneering. The adventure lacks the brutality of early Sylva) • times—but it's still the kind of rough life that, while especially hard on the women, agrees with the rough streak in most men. They find relief in wearing rough clothes, rough ways, telling rough jokes and letting their beards grow—in "pigging it", as the campers say, in unabashed, primeval abandon. And the life seems the more satisfying if the primitive tasks—of hunting and fishing, hewing wood and floating logs downstream, chipping minerals from the rocks, clearing land and tilling the soil—are spiced with enough danger to excuse a bit of strutting, And now is the time of year that infects men most for, in the wilderness, life is expand- ing. It's a time of beginning again—of intro- ducing the new to the old—of bird and aairoal parents teaching their young to fly or run, to hide, strike, feed and clean themselves, to face life and live—or die! It's a time for men to work. The river drive is On—new ore deposits await the finding —there are fish to be taken in all the lakes and rivers—plowing to be done and seed planted —for there's great need for wood and mineral products and countless hungry mouths to be fed. While high overhead—in lighthouses, to ensure safe returns—and in aircraft and fire towers to guard the land and its verdure—other men keep lonely vigil. MERCHANTS' PURSES: THE TARGET (ileaford Express) THIS NEWSPAPER has eontinually been -1°- warning people against rackets in the form of . advertising for police magazines, softball magazines, cook books, ready-made chimneys, insulation and other quick sales ideas by itin- erant salesmen. Last week an old one hit town again in the form of a cook book. The sponsor, one of the Most respectable church groups in town, took it over. To them it looked like an ideal way to raise money for church work. Consideration Was not given, howevera to the amount of money which would have to be taken in before the church got its share, or to the fact that the merchants of the town, and people who bought the cook book would be paying a large sum for a small return. We were told that the plan was this: Ladies of the church were to get 106 copies of the heck free to sell at $1.00 each, with the option of having more copies later at 60 cents each to sell to thepublic at $1.00. The producing company received the first $275 from advertis- ing, the balance to be split 50-50 between the church and the publisher. They also receive 60 cents on any books over 100 sold. This is a legitimate business deal. But there are several points which should be con- sidered when such a contract is taken. The first point is that the merchant who buys advertising is not getting value for his money. The ads in the booklet were sold at $35 for a full inside page; $40 if sold in small sections; $60 for the back cover. 11 $1,000 worth of advertising had been sold, the church would have received the sum of $362.50 from the ad- vertising. The balance of $637.50 would go to the promoter. Thia means that local merchants would be sending almost $1,000 out of town when work is so badly needed by their local customers. It also means that local merchant who took a page of advertising would only get a circulation of 100 to 200, as it is difficult to sell cook books for $1.00 each. ' The merchant who pays the minimum of $35 per page woud be paying 12 cents for each home into which the booklet went. That is expensive advertising. The local Chamber of Commerce was criti- cised for stepping in and giving the merchants the facts. The chamber performed a public service and was the means of Saving Meaford merchants a good many hundreds of dollars. We are sure, had the ladies of the church group studied the matter beforehand,. they would have seen that the merchants were getting the unfair part of the deal. It is our sincere hope that the chamber will be on the alert at all times. People wanting to make money in a hurry should check closely to see that they are not injuring their own towns- people in the scramble. END OF THE POP BOTTLE? (The Wi rrHE POP BOTTLE has a new rival. Two; companies have started Canada's first large • scale soft drink canning operations, report The Financial Post, Retailing at two cans for 25 cents, ginger ale, root beer and cola are now being sold in the unique package, The new product is not AN OLD ACT (Exeter Times -Advocate) rrHE BOTTLE CLUB, now an accepted ineti- tution in Huron and Perth, makes a farce out of our out -dated Canada Temperance Act , This ancient prohibition law allows the bottle club to serve beer and liquor, without being licenced or without being inspected reg - Marty, at any time of the day or night. • It even allows minors to drink. It also helps the operator of a club avoid income tax. Isn t 11 crazy? The CTA—praised and de- fended by those who advocate temperance— harbours the bootlegger under its wing and shields the bottle club 1ront regulation. erten Echo) designed for on -the -premise store consumption. They are more suitable for home use and picnics. Soft -drinks -in -a -can are claimed to eliminate the broken glass menace, take less space in the refrigerator, be lighter than bottles, cool faster and solve the "empties and deposits" bother, THE POOR EDITOR arTERE IS A MINISTER who appreciates the anau editor. • At an editorial convention he pro- posed the following toast: "To save an editor from starvation take his paper and pay for it • promptl7. So Save him Liam bankruptcy, ad- vertise in his paper liberally. To save him from • despair, send him evety item of news of which you get hold. ro save him from profanity, write your correspondence p)Mnly on one side of the paper and send it as early as possible. To save him from mistakes, bury him. Dead •• people are the only ones who hever make. mistakes, •- 40' YEARS AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday:, July. 30; 1914 W. C. Browa, Huron Street, who generally has something gdod in garden ,truck, had 12-ounee tomatoes last week. The contract for placing eight drinking fountains in the Model School has been let to T. Hawkins. Homer Cantelon, win) has been up the lakes, has returned, home, his mother being- very 01, Harry 'I`vyitchell, Miss Clara Twitchell, Miss Elsie Ross and Mrs. 1VIcCloy composed an auto party which left for Toronto on Tuesday morning, On their return they will be accompanied by Miss ilnd ga iTnwtihtcehecilley.who has been visit - Mr. and Mrs. Hiram I-101 spent Sunday in "l3aliny Hayfield". Principal Treleaven returned on Tuesday from Toronto where for three weeks • he was engaged ,in reading examination papers. owned by R. Cluff is being painted. A new verandah is being erected at the home of D. S. Chuff, iarn Street, 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News'Record Thuniday, A.ugnst 1, 1929 A number of small boys had de- cided to play hide -and -go -seek on Princess Street near the power house last Thursday evening. They were climbing around the building and suddenly littIe Stinson, 8 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Mc- Ilveen stepped on a high tension wire carrying 26000 volts. His older brother Jack attempted to pull him off . and his hand was also burnt. At first they didn't think that Stinson was burnt badly but after he was taken to the hospital it was learned that he was burnt internally as well as on the arms and legs. The little lad suffers a great deal. He regains consciousness at times and tenth to his parents. Miss Linnie Nediger Is supplying at the Public Library during the absence of Miss Rudd. Norman Lever, traffic officer, is occupying S. S. Cooper's house, south side of Mary Street, having moved his family up from Hamil- ton. Miss Norma Bentley, who had spent a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. Morgan Agnew, left Saturday for London. • Miss Mabel Clark left Saturday for a fortnight's holiday in Tor- onto. , The Clinton New Era Thursday, July SO, 1914 The Army worm is getting close to Clinton. It has arrived at the farr'n of Henry Livermore on the London Road about a mile from town and commenced on a field of oats. On Monday evening Tom Jack- son's Presbyterian Colts trimmed "Jake" Taylor's Methodist Boys by a score of 18-9 in a 15 end bowling match. Following were the kitty touchers; Methodist, C. Wilken, Doc. Johnson, R. Rumba% J. Taylor skip; Presbyterian, E. Mitchell, C. Paisley, A. Mitchell, T. Jackson skip. James Hazelwood was laid up with blood poisoning in his arm but is improving. Joseph Vodden, D. Wright, Bert Nott and Wesley Vodden all of Hullett Township had the Blyth phone installed in their homes last week. The frame work of the store •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • INSURANCE 4. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Hayfield 53r2 Car - Fire - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy Be Sure • • Be Insured • W. CoigunouN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative: Sun: life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W H. C. LAWSON 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 TEE McHILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1951: President, John H. McEwing, Blyth; vice. presi- dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; secretary -treasurer and manager, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: John H. 1VIcEwing; 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. Popper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea - forth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes- boro; J. F. Prueter, trodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. 4••••••••••1144.0.04.4:•••••••••••11.44,.•••••••••••••• OPTOMETRY A. L. COLE, R.O. Eyes 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: altuaLaren'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 Si) Telephone 1011 GODERICII ONT. REAL ESTATE Letters to t e Editor • LIKES THE RECORD Clinton News -Record • Clinton, Ontario DEAR STR,S; Enclosed hnd our check for an- other y,ear's subscription to your valuable paper, The Clinton Re- cord, We look forward to its com- ing every week. Altho we read of so many neW names that we are not familiar with, we enjoy the progress being made in and around the commun- ity and realize that time marches You will see by the enclosed clipping that I had a nice honor bestowed upon me not too long ago—I thought you might be int- erested in reading it. Thank you, and wishing a ou continued success, / I am, =WILLIAM EAGLESON 903 So. Jay St. .Aberdeen, S. Dak. Ed. Note: The clipping enclosed was a photo showing Mr. Eagleson in front of his property in Aber- deen. A beautifully wrought iron gate and fence enclosed his trim lawn. His yard had just been termed the "Cleanest yard in town" by rubbish collectors, as they finished a two-week cleanup campaign. Thanks for writing us about it, Mr. Eagleson. —W.D.D. • Yes, tell me who they are and sign your name to it, Some town!. Who's getting paid for all that work? Never mind if you can get your money Sittings in the shade, or in a 'cool office (don't look obit). Every day will lie Sun- day by and by. I believe there still are around 75 female and male dogs wititoUt tags. T. see Mr. J. W. Manning, the assessor, is now using the mail to send out assessment papers. I guess he does not want to see any of the dogs. He might get bit. Yes, use your eyes and your mouth and your head to get after those owners who are. laughing at the tax man. 10 YEARS AGO • Clinton News -Record Thursday, July 27, 1944, Mrs. J. Addison has received word that her daughter IsT/S Gladys Addison has arrived safely at her destination. Pte K. B. Streets who bas been stationed at Halifax for the last two years has been transferred back to London temporarily. LAC F. Evans, Debert, N.S. is spending his leave with his par- ents, Mr. and 1VIrs. Frank Evans. The lawn bowling club held their weekly jitneyon Monday night. The following were she winners: lst. J. A. Sutter, 2nd Bert White, 3rd. George Roberton. Mrs. Walker, Stratford has sold her house on King Street to Mrs. Pearson and Doug Kennedy. Lloyd Stock of the RCAF is with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. Stock, Holmesville. Miss Shirley Henri has left on her holidays. Frank Hollyman has sold his bake shop in Blyth to Mr., Groome, London, and will move into the house formerly owned by the late Misses Forsythe. Mr. Hollyman will be remembered by many in Clinton as he was baker for Harry Bartliff for some time. Miss Hattie Turner has just re- turned from her holidays at Oak- ville Lake, Stirling. Mr. and Mrs. Ross McEwan are spending a few days in Toronto. The Rev. Dr. Hurford has just received word from the Archbishop of Huron of his appointment to Christ Church, London. Crop Report LEONARD G. WINTER, Real Estate and Business Broker SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON Phone: Office 448; Res. 599i —THOMAS LEPPINGTON, Tax Payer 0, Last year Canadians spent a record $1,086,000,000 on new hous- ing. REGARDING TOWN DOG LICENCES Clinton News -Record After paying dog licences in the Town of Clinton for almost 50 years and always having my dog or dogs tied up and their tags paid for, the Chief of Police called up on the phone on July 31, 1954, to let me know I was behind in my dog taxes; for to come in and save expenses and pay up. The Chief said he was calling up all dog tax arrears (say nothing about the dozens of dogs without any tags). I told him not to worry over mine as he was under the sod. It's a poor game. Half the dogs are paid. The rest do as they please night and day, in the park, in the gardens, in the flowers, tramping and scratching, running up and down the front streets and many other streets. It's not hard to find three or four dogs to- gether. If any one says anything about dogs troubling them, you are told to lay a complaint and give the police their names. If not he can't oaci anything about them. Use you as a tool or a soft -head. (By Gr. W. Montgomery) Seven hundred 4-13 Club mem- bers visited the OAC on Tuesday, July 27, on 'the annual Huron County 4-H bus tour," G. W. Montgomery, agricultural repre- sentative for Huron County, re- ports. "Arrnyworms have almost dis- appeared from the grain fields in the county. Practically all of the wheat is now cut and combining and threshing of the crop is gen- eral. Many fields of early grain have also been cut and the re- mainder of the crop is ripening rapidly. "Dry weather still prevails and unless rain comes within the next week or two there will be a heavy crop loss particularly in the cul- tivated crops such as white beans, soybeans, sugar beets, corn, etc." o ' GOING PRETTY FAR (Made:ins) We have a little story for Do- minion Day, at the conclusion of which the audience will please rise and sing 0 Canada—or at least 0 Ottawa. It is offered by a civil servant at Deep River, Ont., in atomic -energy land, who thought he had learned all about govern- ment red tape until he mailed some superannuation forms to Ot- tawa. Many days later, back they came. No there was nothing wrong with the way they were filled out, and the official department stamp showed they'd been received in good time. But, explained an ac- companying letter, a new regula- tion said such forms could not be received by the superannuation of- fice unless they had been registee- ed at the post office to ensure delivery. Would he please mail them back and this time would he please register them?: He wotild and he did, but he thinks the government's going pretty far to make up that post - office deficit. THE VOICE OF • TEMPERANCE The effects of small amounts of alcohol is insignificant if the drinker is lying in a hammock. Not so if he is operating fast- moving machinery, or engaged in any activity involving hard work, dexterity and good judgement - athletics,' for instance. Instru- ments called dynamometers enable investigators to measure muscular output. It has been found that there is a ten percent loss in mus- cular energy one hour after drink- ing two to six ounces of whiskey. This "fatigue effect" however, is only one of the effects of alcohol responsible for the "No Alcohol" rule universally enforced in ath- letics, transportation and industry. Alcohol blurs vision and interferes with skilful movements involving split-second timing and good judge ment. Most young people like to get behind the wheel of Dad's car. As a class, even without alcohol, their driving record is not impress- ive. In fact theirs is the worst record of any age group. There- fore they need to know that the "couple beers" alibi \receives little sympathy from police officers. Dr. J, M. 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