Clinton News Record, 1954-09-02, Page 2PAGE TWO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
'THURSDAY, SEPTEIVIBER 2, 1954
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
First 'NEMO Juaa6, 1865
THE' CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD
First Jaime (Huron News -Record)
January f881
• Amalgamated 1924
n Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of , Clinton and Surrounding District
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Penlished EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart„ of Huron County
THURSDAY,SEPTEMBER 2, 1954
SEPTEMBER AND SAFE -DRIVING
MORE CHILDREN in the Public, sehool age group (five to 14.years)
are killed in 'Canada each year by accidents, than by all of the
• next nine major causes of death put thgether! •
The sign: "School Ahead—Go Slow”, once again takes on meaning
Tuesday when little folk start once again to make their way to the
• houses of learning. Right here in Clinton there will be 50 little
people making the twice daily, trips oyer streets with which tbey
are net very familiar. .
' In our town we are fortunate indeed to have alert Safety Patrol
•Boys ready to guide the new scholars across our busiest streets, and
• the supervisien which these -Boys receive from Chief J. Ferrand keeps
them on their toes with regardto traffic dangers. We have been
fortunate, too, that no youngsters have been hurt badly in traffic
•accidents M town, recently. .
However, within the last week, there have been two public school
'age children narrowly escape serious injury because of collision vvitit.
moving cars. Both youngsters w.ere seven -year-olds; just the age
When they • are forgetful of 'moving traffic ,and apt to dart into
• certain danger. -
The little people in Clinton and in all com-
munities, need the example of thoughtful adult
action and the protection given when adults take
• care to drive with caution in scheol and busy
zones. With a little thought our children's lives
may be saved. ..
A few rules may bring some imporant things
to mind.
PARENTS SHOULD: Set children a good
example by crossing streets only at intersec-
tions waitingfor the signal, looking both ways
and for turning traffic before crossing. Find
out what traffic aafety education your children
are receiving at schdol and goordieate your own
' instruction with it. •
MOTORISTS SHOULD: Keep constant look-
out for children. Se particularly vigilant for
signs, traffic signals, school patrols. • Slow down
near playgrounds, schools and residential areas. .
Don't compete with bike riders. Be ready al-
ways to give them the right of way. Exercise
special care when backing -up. It is good prac-
tise to get out of your car and make sure
there are no children near, immediately before
starting to back up.
THEY WERE SO NICE
Q0 OFTEN IN THE ROUND of everyday
kJ• living, we get so very accustomed to things
as they are that we take little notice of changes
when they occur. We forget to commend the
folk we live with for the improvements they
Make to our way of living,
Thus it has been with us, as far as the
Canadian National Railway is cocerned. Per-
haps some of you had not yet noticed the
change, either. But the clean and modern
passenger coach which now makes the trip be-
tween here -and Torontq daily, is a pleasure
to behold, and even more of a pleasure to ride.
We have just returned to the job from a
sort of "busman's holiday" which did not take
us away from newspaper work at all, but rather
plunged us into a seething cauldron of ideas,
problems, suggestions, and motivations, frorn
• other newspaper folk from all of Canada --
British Columbia to Newfoundland. The whole
trip was enjoyable, and the folk responsible for
getting us there are the folk who operate
the CNR.
'However, once we arrived in Toronto, it
behooved another railroad to make us comfort..
able in the Royal York Hotel (largest in the
•Hritish Empire). Not satisfied with that, the
Canadian Paelfic Railway people also treated
us to dinner, in a most lavish style, and topped
the thing off with allowing us to hear one of
the beat afterAinner speakers that it has yet
been our pleasure to li,sten to.
Now, this may seem to be nothing but a
huge bouquet in the direction of our railway-
men. That's just what it is intended to be.
• It seems to us that we all sometimes forget
just what the railways have done for the people
' of Canada. initially they were responsible • for
the formation of our vast Dominion, "from sea
to sea." Since that time they have •done an
invaluable job in cementing our far-flung
• ,provinces.
The railway is with us all the time, The
engineer blows the whistle at stated places and
tidies. When we want to travel by car, the
railwaymen don't care. And when we choose
to go by rail, then the train, is there for us
Coffee—or Cawitee
CIAWFFEE• WE MUST sadly salute is what
••••4 we found most of on our ,jaunt away from
•Clinton. People -don't even pronounce -it delicat-
ely away from home. (
• And certainly there was nothing delicate -
about the way the coffee beans had been
handled in most instances. We can't iniagine
how it was managed, but even the aroma was
gone.
Oh, wonderful Clinton—the place in which
we eat 50 weeks of. the year! .At least your
restaurateurs make edible coffee—the delicate,
ICerely, aromatic stuff—and shy clear of cawffee,
that horrible brew.
RULES F
Tx ALMOST EVERY SPORT there is a set of
I, rules which must be obeyed. in Ontario,
Conservation Officers are employed by the De-
partment of Lands and Forests to enforce the
rules for the great sport5 of hunting and fishing,
These Officers are protecting your intei--
ests, and you as a law-abiding sportsman should
assitt them in any way possible.. Wherever
Y,ou may be in Ontario, there is a Conservation
(Exetee Time-Advoeate)
TCAMPAIGN by the Sarnia Junior Chant-
• ber of Commerce to have thiOntario gov-
erannent pave the "Nineteee Forgotten Miles"
along the Blue Water Highway is one that
deserves support.
to use. Dependable, like an old pair of ' bed-
room slippers. ,
The railwaymen are always -making im-
provernents to their roads, and they pay for
the upkeep of their mode of travel. Locally,
• ' they have improved the station here Clinton
by installing a black -top platform to replace
the old badly eroded one. No more twisted
ankles as you prepare to board the train. •
Perhaps we are still not as appreciative of
the good points of the modern coaches as we
should be, And perhaps we appreciate the
• least likely advantages, However, the biggest
thrill we got was to find that the smoking
compartment is no longer a little cubby-hole off
by itself. It is larger than in the older cars,
and by means of glass partitions, the inmates
of the "sinoker" do not become a race apart.
Besides those of us who sit outside that area
are no longer plagued by thoughts of the ex-
citing things that might be going on in there
of winch we can see nothing.
• All in fall, we are mightily in favour of
the new coaches—and thanks to the CN1g, and
CPR for a very fine holiday week. • _
•
Old School Is Needed Now
YES, THE OLD PUBLIC SCHOOL is fast
becoming a usefUl spot again. One room
has been used for months as an office by the
Department of HighWays.
Now the Clinton District Collegiate Insti-
tute has requested permission to use two rooms
to accommodate students until the addition to
the CDCI blinding is complete, It is very
handy, indeed, th have a school building ready
for emergencies. • . • "
• We would venture a prediction: It may not
be too many years before the public sehool
board is looking for more accommodation. When
this time comes, it will be very handy, very
handy, indeed, to have the old school building
all ready and iv,aiting.
• Vacation' Time
50 SOON THE SHORT summer is over!
• Just next Tuesday the scholars at public
and high schools all over the country will settle
doWn to their books, their sums, their geometry
• theorems and algebraic equations!'
In June the sumriaer seemed long enough.
Now, when leisure time is over, and ell
that remains is .a last few days to plan clothes
and books and get back to "the grind", the
summer is short, indeed.
Along with the youngsters, the business
world, too, is settling down to a winter's work.
Welcome back home, to all of you. We'll wait
out another work season together and plan
next summer's vacation at the same time.
OR SPORTS
Officer available; he is just as close as the .
nearest telephone,
Roy R, Bellinger,‘ 139 James Street, Clinton,
is the local Conservation Officer. Please de not
hesitate to inform him of any major infringe- 6
//lents of the Game Laws which you should -
run into in this area. REMEMBER, he is pro-
tecting YOUR interests, Won't you help him?
SUPPORT
The famous scenic route comes down from
Southampten along' Lake Huron for about 100
miles. Then, instead of „continuing down the
lake until it reaches the border -crossing centre..
of .Sarnia, the road swings off to Forest and
down to No. 7.
, Because the tourist industry means so much
to Ontario and because our attractions must be
continually improved to meet the competition
of other areas, the paving of this road is an
,, i
,.. essential investment.
The road would certainly bring in millions
of dollars of revenue to more than compensate
for its expenditure.
What Goes Up Must Come Down!,
from Ontario Temperance Federation
An Appeal .
For Commocse, !ye,se Driving
(Jihie
• The good driver„ the safe, driver, looks ahead, sees ahead
and thinks ahead, often with the help of traffic signs and pave-
ment markings.
Signs and direction signals are erected afteh the most careful
- study. of traffic conditions and they are designed to provide a,
comfortable margin of safety for those who obey them.
were --EXCEEDING THE SPEED
LIMIT, failure to keep to the right
of the centre line; disregard of
warning signals; ignoring stop
signs,ancl disobeying traffic lights.
These actions which contribute
to accidents are all covered by the•
signs of life and the laws of com-
mon sense safety rules. So wheth-
er &lying or walking, remember—
KNOW and OBEY YOUR SIGNS.
We are never too old to, learn
and I will be more than pleased
to telk, over and explain the rules
of the road, etc., to anyone who
wishes it. -
Be especially careful this corn-
ing holiday weekend. It is only e,
few days away and it is considered
BY EXPERTS, to be one of the
most hazardous periods of the year
for motorists and other highway
users. The result a our own pea- ,
ple taking advantage. of the holi-
day, and the great number of visit-
ors from the United States, is a
tremendous -volume of traffic on
the roads. As well, it is a week-
end of peak holiday activity—the
vveekerid before the youngsters
start back to school for the fall
term—cottages are being closed'
for• the summer, vehicles are
carrying bigger than normal loads
and everyone tries to get the most
out of the holiday.
of the most common violations Let's have a safe holiday,
By the same tokee, failure to
heed the posted warnings can and
does result in serious traffic ac-
cidents.
I'm thinking of a case in one of
our eastern counties where four
.persons were killed when a driver
ignored the checkerboard sign
indicating, a right angled turn,
Instead of slowing down he tried
to snake the turn at high speed
with the result that hie car left
the road, roiled over several times
and landed in a water -filled clitea.
This spring another driver fail-
ed to slow down for a "bump" sign
where frost had heaved the road.
His steering arm broke and
caused a headLon collision with a
car approaching ,from the opposite
direction
Ian sure that the average driver
dould list rnany other instances
from experience or observation
along' the same line, but the point
I am trying to make is this! The
driver who obeys traffic signs and
signals is following a pattern de-
signed for safety BY EXPERTS!
So wh'Y take a chance by ignoring
them? There is nothing to gain
and everything to lose by doing so.
r am informed that in more than
half of the fatal accidents last
year the driver was violating one
or more of the traffic laws. Some
From aur Early Files 1
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New 2'ro
Thursday, August 2'1, 1914
This week the WI Doherty Piano
Company shipped a splendid dis-
play of pianos and piano rdayers
to Toronto for the Exhibition
which opens Saturday of this
week. ,
The Department of Justice is
sending out notices that no one
under the age of 18 years is per-
mitted to drive or operate an auto-
mobile and only those to whom
the Markers are issued. Also that
all autos must head in en the right
side of the street with one rear
light and one outside light show-
ing when standing.
:Last Saturday night or early
Sunday morning tramps opened a
window in the waiting room of the
GTR station and gained admit-
tance to the ticket office by open-
ing the ticket wicket. The cash
drawer was opened and about
$2.21 was taken. Later a tramp
was captured at London with the
bag that station agent Pattison
uses • to carry money.
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, Augus 2'4.1914
R. Rowland's new residence on
High..Street is being rapidly com-
pleted and will soon be ready for
occupancy. It is a handsome resi-
dence and will bee complete In
every particular thus adding an-
other to the many beautiful homes
In Clinton.
Miss Eileen Atkinsen, the little
daUghter of Mr. and Mrs, T. D.
Atkinson, passed her eighth birth-
day on Saturday.
J. K. Wise of the Huron Road
east slipped into town on Sahel:lay
afternoon last in his new auto.
Miss Ruby Irwin went to Toron-
to on Thursday to take a position.
Miss Mary Southcombe was in
London over the weekend.
For scientific purposes the De-
partment of the Interior has erect-
ed a tower, on a high point just
east of the Clintoli -Cemetery.
. 25 YEARS, AGO
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, August 22, 1929
Clinton triehmed Hayfield in a
group playoff at the local park
last night 15-3. Carrick, on the
mound for the locals turned in a
wonderful game.
Little Stinson Mibcieen, who is
in Toronto General Hospital und-
ergoing treatment following his
injUry from stepping on a high
tension wire at the loeal power
hottse last month is doing well and
Is now expected to recover. An-
other operation was performed an
Monday, one leg being removed
below the knee.
One of the new regulations is
to the .effect that anyone wishing
to Use a gun for any sort of hunt-
ing Must take out a licenee. J.
A. Ford is the local vendor. Rev.
A. A. Holmes and Gordon Cun-
ninghame went in the other day
and took out the first licenSes to
be issued in Clinton.
The opening 61 A. E. Finch's
new barn on Victoria Street wag
celebrated Friday evening by a
barn dance in aid of the Clinthn
Fire Company.
Dr. 'McInnes has taken the /twin
house on Haron Street and will
take o h tl
• Miss Maud Torrance presided at
the organ in Wesley -Willis Church
on Sunday in the absence of Mrs.
Morgan Agnew.
10 YEARS AGO
• Clinton 'News -Record
Thursday, August 11, 1914
Mrs. L. G. Winter of town, re-
ceived word on August 3, that tier
husband Pte, L. G. (Skip) Winter
was missing in action in France
on July 21.
0/Smn, Kenneth IVIiller who has
spent the past two weeks with his
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Norman
Miller, has gone to St. Hyacinthe,
Quebec, to continue his course as
a Radio Artificer.
Mrs. Ray Mason has received
word from her husband, L/CpL G.
Ray Mason, that he is now serv-
ing in France. "
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By .10E DENT
C. Hoare, who is past 80 and has
a fruit farm on No. 4 Highway, is
a busy man. He has been asked
to help at three threshings and ac-
cepted, doing his big "bit" to help
on the production front. '
Misses Florence Aiken and
Helen Welsh left on -Monday for a
boat trip to Quebec City, and on
their return will visit in Toronto,
Master Kenneth McAllister has
returned home after spending sev-
eral weeks with his friend, Elroy
Desjardine, Zurich.
Announcement was made last
evening by Dr. Hobbs Taylor,
MLA, that paving of the 12 -mile
stretch of Highway 21 (Blue Wat-
er) will be preceeded with cover-
ing from Hayfield to Goderich.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ross and
family have returned home after
spending the -past two weeks with
friends in Grosse Isle, Royal Oak
and Huntington Woods, Michigan.
'LETTER TO THE EDITOR
DOGS AGAIN
The Editor
Clinton News -Record
I saw in your paper a letter
dated August 16, by someone
-known only as "Regular Reader,'
no other name. I am criticized by
that Reader as to the letter I sent
in some time ago, about the Chief
and so on. Reader seems to be
very smart.
Now, about the Chief of Police—
he's OIC with me. Reader seerns
to be shading him a wee bit. Per-
haps doesn't even know him.
Reader, you don't understand
much about what took place and
why I put that letter in the paper
to start with. When the Chief
called on the phone and said to
come An and fix up my dog tax,
I was right on the job: dead dog.
The way it wae said, a person
Could almost see.prison bars, hand-
cuffs and then some. 1 told him
if he really meant what he said to
me, for him to get his tags and
the dog list and go around town
and see what is on, and he said,
"no time to spare".
You, Reader, said, "Why not the
town get a dog catcher". I say,
catch the dog owners and save
trouble, time and expense. I don't
care who pays Reader says to
mind our own business. That's
why I am writing this letter.
Readers says, "1 can't control
my own dog", and that he might
bite a stranger. That's bad news,
and a bad dog to be at large.
Well, the Reader is telling others
to mind their own business. How
about you, the Reader, looking
after your own business. We
wonder if you are paying taxes in
the Town of Clinton, if not, your
letter is not worth Much to the
Public.
By the way — the Town is short
of money, still the assessment
ootices came out this week with
40 stamps on them. This mounts
to a good bit a money, Think it
over.
Thanks to all those taxpayers
who have been complimenting me
for the letter I sent in some thaw
ago. They say you can't beat the
truth: there's no come back. You
can't suit everybody. TO the old
reliable News -Record and Staff
and can't ail the rest we say, eou
f WO Well
-done t5 111;:nnield tgi
dogs home in a taxi. o It noakv e I else
quarrel with anybody.
We have a nice town to live in,
and let us all pull together — no
more chewing. The Public knows
who started it. I have always
tried to help Keep Clinton Clean.
A look' at our corner will prove
this is right. I know that to look
after a town is not ahbed of roses.
But you mutt -have a leader —
sorneone not afraid to speak up
and without fear nor favour to
anybody.
Yes, who's who? and -who really
is Clinton's boss? Sometimes it
looks as if one hand does not
know what the other hand is do-
ing. I guess everybody is his own
boss. VVell, you know you must
have a system,. to look after any-
thing. Then, if each one really
looks after his own job, and takes
pride In his work, no extra help
will be needed, Let us, all carry
our own load And make Clinton a
better place for all. to see, and
and above all_a better place
to live in.
Yes, in the old Hub Town, the
name Leppington, is certainly well
known — four generations for
fair dealings and prompt payment,
I ask no merchant to carry IDY
load -a that's my motto.
Well, how about a kind word
and a smile to help sweeten lifea
pathway? This life is just what
you make it Keep smiling and
the world smiles with us all.
Thaeks everyone.
• Thomas Leppington
Taxpayer, and Veteran of
• World War 1
August 31, 1954
Clinton, Ontario
Quick Canadian
Quiz •
1. What is Canada's most wester-
ly azoint?
2. Canada has about 26,000 miles
of paved highways. What is
the country's mileage of rail -
Way: track?
3. In indirect -taxes on the goods
they purchase this year Canad-
ians will pay how much to the
federal goverment?
4. Last year more than one-third
of all Canadia _labour income
canie from what one industry?
5. Does Canada buy more goods
from, or sell more goods to, the
United States?
ANSWERS: 5. In 1953 imports
from the U.S. were $3,229.7 mil-
lion, exports to the U.S. were
$2,433,6 millions. 3. In sales and
excise taxes and excise duties
Canadians this year will pay Ot-
tawa about $1,100 million. 1. Mt.
St. Elias in the Yukon is the
most westerly . point in Canada.
4. From manufacturing. 2. Canada
has more than 44,000 miles of
single track railway line.
Material prepared bg the editors
of Quick Canadian Facts, the poc-
ket annual of facts about Canada.
Crop Report
"intermittent rains again delay-
ed harvest operations particularly
in the north end of the county, "
G. W. Montgoinery, agricultural
representative for Huron County,
reports. "Fall wheat land is being
prepared, and indications are for
a reduced acreage of this crop.
'Cash crops are making good
growth, however there is some
rusting of the white bean crop,
t'Some early turnips have' been
shipped with the growers receiving
up to $1.00 per bushel."
1
THE VOICE OF
TEMPERANCE,.
Alcoholism is the fOurth most
deadly disease in the world, ac-
cording to the World Health Or-
ganization. It is the most import-
ant problem confronting western
civilization. We in Canada have
about 500 addicts of cocaine, her-
oin and similar drugs, but we have
more than 100,000 alcoholics. The
W. IL 0, defines drug addiction as
a state of chronic intoxication
detrimental to the individual and
to society. Dr. Andrea C. Ivy,
vice-president of the University of
.
addressing the school of
narcotics in session in Saskatoon
recently, deplored the fact that
the W.H.O., had not the courage
to include alcohol amongst such
devastating drugs as heroin and
cocaine, because it would cause
international stir. Yet the start-
ling amount of damage to society
done by alcoholism in Ontario is
seen when certain occupational
statistics are presented. A study
of the occupational status of 200
alcoholics was made by the Alcoh-
olism Research Foundation of On-
tario. Professional and executive
folk, 16.5%; white collar, 32.5%;
skilled, 23.5%; unskilled, 20.0%;
unknown, 7 .5% . Thus 72% of
those whom liquor masters might
be called the brains of the country.
As alcoholics they are a dead loss
to the country economically. In-
deed, they are much more than
that, John W. Foote, our provin-
cial Reforms Institutions minister,
declared in a provincial -affairs
broadcast in April last, that keep-
ing alcoholics in reform institU-
tions will cost Ontario more than
$3,600,000 this year. '
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