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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD I
First issue (Huron News -Record)
January T881
,. Amalgamated 1924 '
Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Sturountling Dietrict
Population, 2,543; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rete, 4,5e per line flat
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
THURSDAY, AUGUST 112, 1954
JUST A MATTER OF COURTESY
(Second in a series of methods Of con-
ducting meetings.)
PERHAPS, soon you will be given the job of
obtaining a speaker for, some special gath-
ering. All along, you've known just who you
-would ask if you just had the chance of making
the choice. Perhaps he is a well-known figure
in local politics. Perhaps he is a person who
once lived ih your town and would be pleased
to make a return visit. Everyone will be sitting
on the' edge of their chairs to see what sort,
•of teak he will give.
But the knowing of the right speaker to
get, and being able to persuade- him to come
are the first two in a long list of details
needed to insure a successful evening. Too
often the program committee chairman lets
the matter drop right there and so spells doom
to his program.
Here are some suggestions of things that
should be done in preparation for a "special
'speaker":
1. Contact him personally by phone or letter
:at least two weeks in advance.
2. Tell him specifically what you want him
to talk about, and give his speech a title—one
with zip, an attention -getter.
3. Give him some information about his aud-
lence—how many may be present, their interests,
etheir ages, the walks of life they represent.
He'll want to fit his' remarks to his lieteners;
give him a chance to do so. '
4. Giye him the date, time and ,place of
the meeting, how to get there and who will
' meet and introduce him. ,
5. Tell him exactly how long he is to talk
and how much time to allow for questions.
6. Give him the names of the other speak-
ers, their topics, and his place on the program.
7. Supply any other pertinent information
about the room, the acoustics, facilities for pro-
jectors, etc.
8. Of course, advise the press concerning
the acceptance of your bid for this special
speaker, giving the details and address if neces-
sary, so that arrangements may be made or
proper handling of publicity in the matter. Even
a small meeting will get better attention by
weekly and daily press if the reporter, photo-
graphee or correspondent covering it, knows in
advance.
(Some of the material we have used in this
little discussion we have gleaned from a quite
excellent small book named, "When You Pre-
side" by S. S. Sutherland. The eighth and final
suggestion we added ourselves. All suggestiens
are worth putting to work.)
IF YOU HAVE
The following editorialby Associate
Editor Ben Hur Larnpman has been widely
circulated since it first appeared in the
Portland Oregonian:
PYOU HAVE LOVED the glimpse of a doe
: and a fawn in the bracken at morning, when
the mists rise out of the little valley; and the
resonant call of the grouse in the sentinel firs;
and the sad sweetness of wild pigeons, calling
one to another; and the wood duck low to the
water; and the red rabbit that comes to the
sand bar at dawn, out of the blackberry tangle—
if you have loved all these, and love them still,
be careful of fire in the forest. If you have
loved. the deep, cool shadows of noon, with a
hawk circling; the charmed stillness of the
drowsy woodland, smelling of fern and resin
and berry; and a peace that flows outward and
LOVED THESE
inward, like a great pulse in harmony; and the
knowledge that here is no urgency, nor ever
has been;- and a pendant Vine drooping with
purple berries -- if you have one time loved
these, and had healing from them, be caretul
of fire in the forest.
If you have loved the lengthening shadows
that come from the forest at evening, when
the deer steal forth again, and the plumed
quail; theawareness that at twilight the near
hills draw nearer; if you have loved, in that
listening stillness, the splaph of a fine trout
rising, or a sea -run salmon ascending the river;
the assurance, somehow, that you are not alien
to the trees, to the evening, nor to the creator
of these; if you have loved all this, and these,
and. are grateful, be careful of fire in the forest.
THE IMMIGRANT
(Aurora News Page)
11E SAT AT A TABLE in the restaurant sip -
:ping his cup of coffee. We tried to make
conversation with him but he did not speak
our language nor we his. He had managed to
order his cup of coffee with some difficulty.
Afterwarde he was alone with his thoughts.
Around him were people in gay mood. as they
drank from cups or enjoyed the contents of tall
glasses.
He was alone in a new country. He was
young, blonde and good-looking. Something had
brought him here, away from the land where
he was born. He had a story if one could have
learned it. But where there is no medium of
understandable speech there can be no com-
munication. He would have an uphill fight. But
he had the future before him.
It may be that in the years to come he
will look back with pride on the resolution
that brought him to Canada. But as he sat
alone with his cup of coffee his thoughts ap-
peared to be far away. Perhaps he was thinking
of his Mother -Land and wondering why he had
come so far. To look on a face filled with such
loneliness is not a happy experience, the more
so when one can do nothing to help.
VIEWS ON ADVERTISING
(Ingersoll Tr(bune)
:'MERCHANTS who do not advertise are invited
to read the followingfrom the American
Bankers' Magazine, as it might give them a new
slant on business, your own business, as well as
the matter of building up your town.
No "business man in any town should allow
a newspaper published in his town to go without
his name and business being mentioned some-
where in its columns. This does not mean you
should have a whole, half or even a quarter page
ad in each issue of the paper, but your name
and business should be Mentioned, if you do not
SLACK—OR TH
• A S WITH OTHER EDITORS who find the
-e-31- topics for editorials rather slim through the
dog days, we take time to skim through others
efforts to glean ideas. And this week, things
are so low, that we must needs use the ideas
of a fellow -editor who has been gleaning from
the efforts of still other editors.
And he discourses on the topic of slacks
for women, and sums up his own objection
-thusly: The objection to slacks is simply that
they look ugly on ninety-nine women out of a
hundred. ,
Then our editor -friend at Fergus quotes
from various other weeklies:
The Barrie Examiner: This year, slacks are
slacker, shorts are shorter and the halters have
halted. '
Wiarton Echo: There's nothing personal or
psychological about my distaste for slacks, on
women. I don't mind. those jeans, and shorts
are 0.K, depending on the legs. It's simply
that they're so darned ugly. And there's one
thing worse than tight slacks on a woman.
That is slack slacks.
Durham, South Carolina, News -Journal: If
it's too hot to wear clothes, people ought to
stay home.
use more than a two-line space. A stranger
picking up a newspaper, should be able to tell
what business is represented in a town by look-
ing at the paper. This is the best possible town
advertiser. The man who does not advertise
his business does an injustice to himself and
the town. The man who insiste on sharing the
business that comes to town, but refuses to
advertise his own is not a valuable addition to
any town. The life of a town depends on the
live, wide-awake and liberal advertising business
men." -- Leduc Representative.
E NOT SO VE, RY
Then the Glengarry News is recorded as
having this to say: finpSlackhort .htaeehtnu.
It looks as though that might sound like
the spluttering of the Glengarry editor after
daughter or wife has applied a wet pilloiv to
stifle any remarks he may have been peeparing
to make about slacks—or the not so very.
EVEN IN YOUR
MORNING COFF,EE
(Bowmanville Statesman)
WHEN DRINKING your cup of coffee tomor-
row morning jest bear in mind that the
government does mighty well out of the high
coffee prices. It charges a ten per ceet sales
tax on the duty-paid value of the imported
coffee. Last July the duty-paid price was 58.7
cents, and now it is about 92 cents. The gov-
ernment cut thus has gone up from less than
six cents to more than nine cents. This illust-
rates the unfairness of a sales tax in a rising
market.
.40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, August a, 1914
Since ReV. Father Hogan bee
purchased a runabout he has had
a garage erected at the back of
the rectory.
The CCI Board received the re-
signation of Miss Stone, commer-
cial teacher for the past two
terms,
War ,Sutrunary
Lord 'Kitchener appoitited new
war minister in Britain.
French Fleet capture two Ger-
man cruisers. .
Japan will aid Britain if eirelini-
stances governed by the allianee
arise.
The Cabinet was in session all
day Monday discussing plans for
Canada's aid to the motherland.
It is reported thet the Cunard
liner Luisitania is being pursued
by two German cruisers and is
heading back to Portland or Bos-
ton. ,
A' battle is supposed to be
fought in the North Sea.
Five German aviators were kil-
led in the assault on Leige on
Wednesday afternoon.
Inea. W, T. O'Neil has returned
from: visiting friends in Buffalo.
Miss Margaret Cree, R.N. of
New York, is holidaying at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
L. Cree,
Miss Grace Veneer, London,
spent the weekend at the home of
her mother.
Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Doan and
their two daughters, Margaret ted
Elizabeth, have returned from
holidaying at Rondeau Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Epps, who
have been spending ,some time
with friends and relatives in this
vicinity have returned to their
home in Cuba.
Miss Isobel Chowen visited
friends in Teeswater during the
week.
Miss Amy Andrews is spending
her holidays at Grand Bend and
Toronto.
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, August 6, 1914
Great Britain and Germany are
now at war. On Tuesday night
the British Foreign Office issued
the following statement: 'Owing
to the summary rejection by the
German government of the request
made by His Britannic Majesty's
government that the neutrality of
Belgium should be respected, His
Majesty's ambassador at Berlin
has received his passperts and His
Majesty's government has declared
to the German government that a
state of war exists between Great
Britain and Germany from 11,00
o'clock p.m. August 4.
On Monday evening the town
ermen struck the tax rate at 29
m %
John Watkins came down the
street the other day with a speci-
men corn stock which measured
exactly ten feet three inches.
Harold Pickett, who underwent
an operation in the hospital a fort-
night ago, has made a qeick re-
covery and will soon be quite him-
self again,
TREASURER'S SALE OF LANDS FOR TAXES
County a Huron
To Wit:
By virtue. of a warrant under the hand of the Warden and seal of the Corporation of the County
of Huron, bearing date the 14th day of , July, 1e54, and to me directed, commanding me to levy on
the lands hereinafter described for the 'arrears of taxes respectively due thereon, together with all
costs incurred, I hereby give notice that unless the said arrears and costs are sooner paid, I will,
proceed to sell by public auction the said lands or as mueh as may be necessary for the said payment
of arrears and costs thereon, on Tuesday, November Oth, 1954, at two o'clock in the afternoon, in
the temporary Court House, Britannia Road, in the ToWn of Goderich, in compliance with the pro-
visions of the Assessment Act. The adjourned sale, if necessary, will be held one week later fat the
same time and place.
Name and Description Lot & Conc. Years Taxes Costs Total
TOWNSHIP OF GODERICH
Arnold Porter Lot 21 Cons. 3 1951-2 $251.35 $. 8.29 $a59.64
TOWNSHIP HE HULLETT
'Thomas Little ........ , . . N. 25, Cons. 12 1951-2-3 558.86 15,97 574.83
Robert Henry .. , Pt. 35, 36, Conc. 13 '1951-2-3 584.71, 16.62 601.33
TOWNSHIP OF STANLEY
Z. F. Cody .,, Lot 29, DowaSt., Hayfield 1951, 1953 7.79 2.25 10:04
W. J. Wilky Pt. 5, L.R.W. 1951 9.71 2.25 11.96
The above lands are patented.
Dated at Goderich, Ontario, July 19th, 1954.
a A. -IL .ERS1C(NE,
Teem:eel:sea County of Huron.
Published in _the Ontario Gazette, Aueuat 7, 1954
THURSDAY, •AUGUST. 12, 1954
RCaTV13., are spending a leave with
their relatives in Clinton and
vicinity.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Shoebottom
have received word fame their son
Lloyd,' who is serving with the
ItCAMC overseas.
Fit./lat. John E, Curmingharne,
Ottawa, was home for a sheet visit
last week.
Bruce Tasker, Brantford, them-
erly of Clinton, is with the Royal
Regiment of Canada, in France.
Mr. and Mrs. George IVicLay are
moving this week into the cottage
on Rattenbury Street formerly oc-
cupied by the late Mr. and Mrs.
James Jackson. ,
Miss Betty Harris spent the
weekend in &vela and Detroit.
Rifleman Benjamin Wellington
Churchill, son of Mr. and Mes.
Ben W. Churchill, 16th concession
of Goderich Townshie, was report-
ed killed in action, July 5, 1944.
He is believed to be one of the
first casualties in the Clinton aiea
durihg the invasion.
F/0 and Mrs. A, J. Deseck and
baby, Steven Douglas, arrived on
Tuesday from Claresholm, Alberta,
to spend several weeks with Mrs.
Desecles parents, Mr. and Mrs, A.
C. Brandon. •
Miss Wilma Radford, London,
spent the weekend with her par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Radford.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Holmes
and baby Billy,. Toronto, are en-
joying their holidays at their par-
ent's' home Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
R. Hohnes.
• 10 YEARS' AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, August 3, 1041
Sgt. Edward Elliott left on Mon-
day for Christie Street Hospital,
Toronto, where he will undergo
treatment on his leg.
AlSme. M. J. Schoenhals and
A/Smn Robert (Bud) Schoenhals,
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, August 3, 1929
A E. Finch has a fine new
building erected on his premises,
on Victoria Street.
H. E. Rorke is having a cement
foundation put under part of his
residence.
Miss Brown is having her house,
on James Street, raised and a
foundation put under it,
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Phone Hayfield 5352
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If you need Insurance, I have
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bearing •a tray on which there
were a couple ad huge pots ot Pip-
ing hot coffee, caught the tail of
his coat in one of the umbrellas
and immediately there was a
shower of scalding lieted over
some of the jesters. Their, injuries,
an some cases, required', medical
attention. Some of the members
of the "Thirteen Club" went home
nursing their wounds, others nurs-
ing their thoughts.
Legends, be they jinxes, super=
stitioes, rites or 'customs, delight
the heart of prince and peasant,
of lawyer, cleric, poet, potentate
or any student of history or
human nature. The literature of
our western world has been en-
riched by sech legends brought to
us by those who have left their
native lands to find a new home
beyond the seas. Anyone with a
wealth of sech legends at his
command makes an inimitable
host and ie ever acceptable as a
most welcome guest for anecdotes
are the canapes of good conversa-
tion.
The 13th A Jinx? Huron Old Boy
Presents Views and News on Subject
Be Sure : : Be Insured
K. W. COLQIIHOUN
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
PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 2515
Insurance — Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
(By Claude, Laing Fisher)
(Copyright)
Friday, the 13th! Do you be-
lieve in a Friday jinx or that ill -
luck dogs the footsteps of the
number "12"? If so, then what
of the combination of Friday and
"13" on the same day as it occurs
this week on the 13th day of
August?
Of, course, you may pooh-pooh
such nonsense as belonging to
"untutored minds" but be honest
with yourself. If you put no
credence in either of these wiper-
stitions, have you your own pet
belief to which you pay obeisance?
For instance, do you throw spill
salt over your left shoulder, or
carry a rabbit's foot or a four -
leafed clover as a concession to
the ill -luck or bad -luck that is
sometimes attributed to one or
other of these? Do you . sit on
your handkerchief or walk around
your chair three times when your
star is not in the ascendancy in
bridge or poker? Do you walk
around a ladder rather than under
It?
Insure the "Co-op" Way
W. V. ROY
District Representative
Box 310 Clinton, Ontario
Phone Collect
Office 557 Res. 324J
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Offieers 1951: President, Sohn
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secretary -treasurer and manager,
M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors: John H. lacEwing;
Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-
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Wednesday, 9 arra to 12.30 p.m.
Tues., Thurs., Fri., 9 a.m.
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Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
CLINTON: MacLaren's Studio
Mondays- only, from 9 ,a.m.
to 5.30 p.m.
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of a skull reposing in a coffin. The
toastmaster used the bone of the
forearm of a skeleton to rap for
order. At intervals, the diners
counted up to "13" as a chant and
when "13" was reached, it was
hailed with cheers.
Near the end of the banquet,
the waiters filed into the room to
the music of a funeral march, each
waiter bearing aloft a chocolate
•cake with 13 candles upon it,—and
a white skull and cross bones in
the centre.
But the crowning insult to
superstition wes an open umbrella
at the head of each table and
everyone knows that an open
umbrella within doors presages
bad luck or disaster. This super -
insult was, apparently, too much
'for Pate's patience. A waiter,
• THE VOICE OF
TEMPERANCE
"The bottle club, now an accep-
ted institution in Huron and Per-
th, makes a farce out of uur
ont-
dated Canada Temperance Act."
We quote from a recent editorial
in a Huron County Weekly. "In
a recorded vote, which was unan-
imous,- a, permit to build a $10,000
social club building on the west
side of Erie St., Clinton, was turn-
ed down by the Clinton Town
Council on Monday night. The so-
called 'club' was described as a
club where citizens aged 21 or over
could join and play cards, or if
patrons so desired, the club could
supply and control liquor and beer
for them." A recent news item.
One Huron town council very evi-
dently does not accept the bottle
club as a desirable institution, The
council rightly interpreted the
feeling of Clinton citizens. How
many such liquor clubs in Huron
are listed amongst the pleasant
social clubs in their community?
Granted that the law lacks teeth
somewhat, it is rather surprising
how frequently these clubs run
foul of the law. Our Crown At-
torney, can and does prosecute
without fear or favour where there
is evidence that bottle clubs are
selling liquor. Liquor cannot leg-
ally be sold in Huron County, even
in a bottle club, except in that
section which is directly under
Federal jurisdiction, the RCAF
camp just outside of Clinton.
32.
All this may be nonsense to you.
You are really level-headed and
do not believe in such foolishhess,
(touch wood, dear reader,. when
you say that), and do not Indulge
in such silly things. If, however,
you do happen to do sorne of those
things, you may pass it off with a
flippant remark, but is there, at
the same time, in the back of your
mind perhaps a feint idea that
there may be "something in it"
after all and it is just as well to
be on the safe side?
Now, think again. Even if you
laugh off or laugh at those so-
called silly customs, is there not
one custom to which you pay your
devoirs? If so, then you are in
good company. The immortal Dr.
Samuel Johnson, wag perhaps, the
greatest debunker of his day, yet
this Dr. Johnson, the author of
the "Vanity of Human Wishes"
and many other erudite sayings,
would never pass a post on the
street without touching it or hit-
ting it with his cane. He had it
firmly established in his mind
that, if he neglected to do so, some
disaster would shortly afterwards
overtake him!
Even the sedate London Times
of London was not immune to
superstitious beliefs or at least to
the news value of such beliefs, for
it published on its front page the
story of a banquet the previous
evening where superstition was
flouted and invited to do its worst
by all manner of taunts levelled
against the fearsome number "13".
It was a dinner given by the
"Thirteen Club". The writer was
in London at the time ancl-clipped
the story from the Times and ad-
ded it to his scrap book.
The diners sat at tables of '13"
each. Before each plate a red
candle burned in a death's head
holder and the member whose
candle went out first was sup-
posed to receive it as a sign. .As
soon as the company was seated,
a mirror was broken.
The ices were served in the form
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