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TIRIRaDAY, SEPTEmbsER 9;1954
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• THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
First issue (Huron News -Record)
January HOW
Amalgamated 1924
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 9 T954
ELECTION TIME COMING
SOON as September sets .in solidly, and
the small fry are off to school in the --
annual attempt ,to win top billing in the
scholastic field, it is only a short • while
before2-the older folk begin the same sort
of atteinkt, in the political field.
September, October, •November, and then
nomination day, and election time. There are
a couple of ideas which have been suggested
for' this year's election in Clinton. One is
the matter of dissolution of the PUC because
of some strange manoeuvres •= their part
lag winter. This, however, seems to he an
impractical step-in fact impossible because
13,EPC can find no reason for it.
However, we, could, perhaps, hold a vote
of confidence in the men who will be carry-
DISPLAY
AT RISK OF BEING ACCUSED of harping
at one subject too long, we would like
once more to. suggest a display of local talent
In the way of oils, watercolour, even poster
paint art.
True, last year and the year before there
was opportunity for a small display of art at
the St. Paul's Go Getters Club Hobby Show.
But it was sandwiched in between so many
other things, such as tablecloths, chinaware
• and wood carving, that the artwork did not
quite receive the attention it should have.
We have good artists in Clinton and
THE WOMAN'S TOUCH
WOMEN CAN DO almost anything men
can. Some things they can do better
• than Men can.
We would not suggest that the work of
council would be better off in the hands of
wonien, exclusively. In fact it would prob-
ably be worse of than now.
But we do think that one, or two women
duly elected to the Clinton Council could
/flake great improvements there.
It is not our idea that the menfolk can-
not handle business well -certainly most of
them do a yery good job of it in private life.
'We do suggest that a woman would notice a
good many things that needed doing, and
get them .done quietly and efficiently without
waiting until the 'work was overdue.
This, too, is a matter for electors to
keep firmly in mind as the time for fall
nominations hoves near. . Why not put for-
-ward the name of one woman at least for
this year's elections?
WHAT IS THE TRUTH?
(The Dominion, Ridgetown)
SOIVIETIMES WE WISH more reliance could
be placed on the information we read in
the daily press.
Having been. somewhat out of touch with
news for a few days because of convention
activities (if we had to work as long hours
usually as that guy Bill Cranston kept us
going last week, we'd go on strike) we were
shocked at reading under the authority of
Judith Robinson, corroborated. fay Margaret
Aiken, in the Toronto Telegram that Ottawa
had agreed to pay the largest part of the
expense of constructing the St. Lawrence Sea-
way, and to hand it over to the 'United States
to own and control absolutely.
If this were true, it would obviously be
just about the grossest betrayal of public
confidence imaginable. But in the editorial
columns of the same issue the Telegram flatly
contradicted' the story. Now, who are we to
believe? Judith has always been prone to
run to fire, but the Telegram is not noted
for approval of the present regime at Ottawa.
If there wefe references to the matter
in other papers, we failed to find it, so we
are still in the's dark.
'ing on the ,second Year of their elected 'term.
This has been suggested ,by councillors as -'e
way of getting, the public feling concerning •
all 'Of the PUC Meiribers-not just the two
who will stand for election, ' PossIbly it
would be a geed idea.
Another matter which could properly come
before the tpeople this fall is whether or not
a two-year term for eouncillors might not be
a good idea. By the end of one year, a new
Councillor can, liardly get the feel of things
and prove his worth, beforeanotherelection
comes by; the people can see that he has
-done nothing mucli-and so they elect an-
other man who again finds one year too
short to prove his mettle. Perhaps a two-
year term would be a good idea.
OF ART
district. Their work has been on displly at
many times, when offered for prizes for sonie
worthy =use or other. But these were isolated
displays. What would really be interesting
is a planned exhibition in the Stavely Read-
ing Room, under the auspices of an Art Club
(if possible) or through the goodness of the
Library Board.
• We can imagine the art work hung per-
haps for, a week or two at the library -so
anyone wishing to take it in, might do so at
his leisure. It would be wonderful encour-
agement for our local painters,
HE'S RUN',DOWN
• (Wiarton Echo)
NO ONE WHO HAS not done it knows hoW
hard it is to dredge up- editorials during
the summer. Local organizations fold up their
activities, contentious issues are shelved, the
heat melts the editor's grey cells and all he
wants to do is get away fishing. As a result,
weekly editors get a bit queer in the dog
days and start whacking out editorials about
women wearing shorts and stuff like that.
That's the reason they take their whole,
entire week's holiday toward the end of sum-
mer. The ideas have worn so thin a to be
almog maudlin. So they go away for a week,
and come back, snarling, keen, on the bit,
ready for the fray. If we don't live up to
that description when we get back to this
space, two weeks from today, you'll know,
we've fallen in with evil companions.
HIKING THE PRICE
• (Wingham Advance -Times)
TUST ABOUT EVERY DAY we read of the
formation of a new organization of busi-
nessmen, farmers, laboring men or whatnot.
The organizations all seem to have one aim
in common - the marketing of their own
particular product at the highest possible price.
You can hardly blame a man for wanting
to get the best possible price for ,his product.
Everybody does. But nowadays people seem
to go to greater lengths than formerly. ,They
lobby the government, send releases to the
newspapers, drum up publicity stunts and
generally publicise, sometimes in the , most
blatant way, the fact that they ,in
champions
of higher prices.
This is all very well for the people who
are in the business, but for the consumer it
represents nothing more than an organized
attempt to pick his pocket. And when the
dairy industry, for instance, screams for a
15 per cent tax on margarine, it is all' too
evident to the man in the street whose or
is being gored.
Organizations for the promotion of higher -
prices no doubt have their place in modern
society. Perhaps the consumers should get
together in an organization to promote lower
prices. '
• WAYS AND A WAY
• THIS LITTLE BIT OF A POEIVI Was found
awe searched rather diligently for some-
thing appropriate to the season. And as we
read over the ten lines, we were minded of,
something the principal of CDCI said to us
early this week. •
He had just finished the first day of
school arid discovered what courses each of the •
' young people were planning to take. From
his knowledge of their abilities and their gen-
eral likes and dislikes, the principal felt he
could make a wiser choice for some of them,
"But• you can't tell young people," he said.
And we agreed with him. There is a
time in the 'teens when every young one gets
his heart set on something. At "times this
obsession is only a way of getting out of
something he may not just like too well. At
other times it means a striving for something
great. At school there are many different
courses for a young person. By not taking a
particular course he may be handicapped in
the future for some job he may wish for very
desperately. ,
For what it is worth at this time of year,
we'd like to present John Oxenham's verse
on a similar subject:
"To every rnan there openeth
'A way, and ways, and a• way,
And the high soul clindbs the high waY,
• And the low soul gropes the low;
And in between, on the misty flats,
The rest drift to and fro,
• But to every man there openeth
A high way and a low, .
And every man deeideth
• The way his soul shalt go."
YEARS AGO
. ,
The Clinton News -Record
• Thursdey, Septernher 3,491A
• The Collegiate 'ke7opened Tues7
day, with one of ,the largest at-
tent:latices in the history .of the
school, Several &lenges' have been
rned,e in the 'staff and the board
have been favourably • impressed
With the new teachers, The staff
for the coming year will be: Prin-
cipal Treleaven, Mr. Robb, Mr,
Fleming, Miss IVIeDougall, Miss,
Kilty and lelies Ford. The public
school has a good attendance arid
the staff is Prindipat Bouck, as-
sistant principal, Mr,- Hogarth and
Misses Wilson; 'Stevens, Chidley,
Cohrtice, Cooper. and
Thompson. e
• J. W. Duncan, who has been
aesistant superinterdent bf , this
district for the Prudential Life
for some time past, has been
transferred to St. Mary's.His
successor here is J, M.- SteWart.
Ernie' Walton, who lett in June
for a holidey", trip in Eeglapcl, has
enlisted in -the Old Land and may
now be at the, front. His many
friends will. hope that be will be
able to escape bullets,etc., and
after the wet is over will be able
to return once' more to, his Can-
adian home.
el the corner' of Mary eind Isaac
streets foe a bowling alley.
The other niorning' when Percy
'Ladd Called S. Cooper over the,
long distanee telephone, the con-
nection although the distance
reached nearly across the contin-
ent was very clear, eiot a word of
the „important conversation being
missed. • •,
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, September 3, 1914,
At least one passenger on, the
11.45 train on Tuesday evening,
was glad ' when the train pulled
into Clinton station, and that yvas
Miss Rudd, librarian of Clinton
Public Library. About two months
ago Miss Rudd went abroad and
, after spending some time iitEng-
lad, went to the continent. She
was in Austria, when the war was
.deelared. She had little trouble
getting. t� Italy but was obliged
to remain in Rome for two weeks.
She was very thankful to leave on
an Italian tramp steamer and in
steerage at that. The voyage home
was most unpleasant and the feel-
itig of discomfort was increased
by the lack of definite information
as to the events in Europe. They
expected to encounter some Ger-
man men-of-war, • particularly
when passing Gibraltar.
Last week Mrs. McHardy Smith
shipped her furniture which has
been stored here, to London, weeere
she will reside for the future,
25 YEARS AGO
, D. A. Kay, has takep the con-
tract of decorating the-Hohnesville
United Church and will have it
ready for the special anniversary
services which are to be held the
latter part of September.
H. LeBaron Hartt entertained a
number of his old Clinton friends
to dinner at the Sueset Hotel,
Goderich one evening last week.
The Clinton News Record ,
Thursday, August 29, 1929
S. S. Cooper received word Mon-
day of the death of his, wife, who
was staying with their daughter,
Mrs. Percy Ladd; Menrovia, Calif-
ornia. Mrs, Cooper died suddenly
and unexpectedly that morning.
Clinton is talking of erecting a
cairn in honour of the late Brig. -
Gen. Otter who spent his boyhood
on a farm within a few miles of
town.
Mr. Patterson, Windsor, has
leased S. S. Cooper's new building
LEITERS 11441:01°R
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Editor,
Clinton News -Record
DEAR SIR:
Last time I wrote it was not
specifically for Mr. Leppington,
but this time it is. I do not know
why one has to be a taxpayer to
venture an opinion, after all it's a
free country; if it wasn't you
would not have been allowed to
make such bold statements and
get away with it. But incidentally,
I am a taxpayer, and a War vet-
eran too, so now may I continue?
I think you have your facts all
muddled. Obviously you wrote be-
cause you are mad at the Chief
for doing his duty, the same duty
which you want hini to do to
others. How are the police to
know your dog died? Anyway,
might I ask if you can produce
your dog tag for the five years
proceeding his death.I have my
dog tag and I keep my dog tied,
because as you say lie is dangerous
to be at large, he has his run at
night.
There have been dogs on Yny
garden too, but I do not blame
anyone but their inconsiderate
owners. It is the same wherever
you go, in the big cities too. I
think it is harder for the police
force in a small town, too much
criticism, and lots of small prob-
lems to solve. I personally have
sought their help once or twice
witl-esmall matters, and have been
treated courteously and helpfully
You mention my not signing the
letter, e think it is easier for the
police if they do not know who is
for or against them, I think you
are very wrong about saying the
Chief is afraid of,anyone, if he was
he certainly Would not phone peo-
ple about their dog tags.
And I think most of the parents
in this town would prefer to' see
the Chief watching that the child-
ren get to school safely, as he does,
than to see him chasing dogs.
Children should be more import-
ant than dogs.
Like you, Mr. Leppington, I
like everyone, and I especially like
to see people get a fair deal. .
Sincerely ,yours,
-The Same Regular Reader
,lames St: Clinton
September 6, 1954
, Note: Readers will
please take note that this will
be the -last letter published on
the subject of dog tags this
year, Unless .something new
on the , subject arises which
appears to be of especial im-
• portance. The "dog days" are
over.) •
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Donald King, Stratbroy, was
borhe for the weekend.
Mrs. Herb Govier ,has returned
from a visit with, relatives in To-
ronto. -
Mre, F. Reiss visited last week
with Mr. and 1Virs. W. T, Hart,
Toronto. , '
Rev. and Mrs, C. C. Washington
have returned from a month's
holiday at Muskoka.
Mrs. William Roulston, Wing -
ham, spent a few days with Mr.
and Mr. J. W. Graham.
• Joseph Carter and 1Vlise Sadie
Carter sleet the weekend with Mr.
and IVIrs. Bill Hill, London.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Glasgow,
Alan and Dennis, have returned
horne from their holidaye at Col-
borne and, Toronto, ,
' • 10 'YEARS AGO
•
., Clinton News -Record
Thursday, August 24, 1944
F/O Toni Cooke, Clinton and
Dauphin, Man., pilot and captain
of the crew of flying boat sta-
tioned with a squadron in Iceland,
werb recently credited with sink-
ing a submarMe.
Fifteen scouts with their leader
"Red" Garen spent the weekend
camping at Elliott's Grove on Lake
Huron.
Mrs. Lyda McNeil has sold her
cottage on 'High Street to Robert
Reid, Varna. .
Master Billy Cooper has return-
ed home after an' operation in
Clinton Public Hospital:
D. J. Atkinson has sold his house
on Rattenbury Street East to E.
A. Fines. Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson
and Miss Eileen are moving to
London this week.
Mrs. Ray Mason has received
word from her husband, L/Cpl. G.
Ray Mason, that he is now station-
ed in France.
Thomas Murphy has purchased
the frame house on Victoria St
from Fred Watts,
Mrs, L. G. Winter received word
on Thursday, August 24, that her
husband, Pte. Leonard Winter, was
a prisoner of war.
Mr. and Mrs. John Passmore,
Hensall, received word this week
that their son, F/0 Kenneth Pass-
more (overseas), had received
promotion to the rank of Flight
Lieutenant.
John R. Butler has taken over
the Blue Sunoco gas station, for-
merly operated by L. Stephenson.
Mary Dodge, who is employed
by the Clinton Knitting Company,
suffered a painful accident one day
Jest week when her hand acci-
dentally went under the needle
assembly while it was in opera-
tion. Her hand was pierced by a
row of needles, incapacitating it
for some time.
Visitors with Miss 3,1 R. Jackson
over the weekend were Mr. and
Mrs. Eric Forster, Detroit, and
Mr. and Mrs. A, Hannah, Toronto,
Mrancl Mrs, Donald Oldreive,
St. Thomas, visited at the week-
end with lYfr. and Mrs. E. Asquith.
On their return they Were accomp-
anied by Mr. and Mrs,. Asquith
Who plan a visit,
Teachers returning to their
schools in the district • include;
Duncan MacKay, Auburn Public
School; Mrs, Harry Youngblut,- to
the Barr's school; Mrs. Sid Lan-
sing, to S.S. 16 East Wawanosh
(Straughan's School); Miss Mar-
ion Taylor to S.S. 8 Colborne.
Teachers returning to their posi-
tions , include,: Mrs. Margaret
Chopin to Wingham; Miss Mary
Houston to Hamilton; Donald Ross
to Oakville; Stewart Toll and Mrs.
Toll to Whitby; Miss Eileee Cun-
• ningham to Goderich; Miss Chris-
tine Cunningham to S.S. No, 2
Hullett.
Baptist Church Anniversary
The 87th anniversary of the Au-
burn Baptist Church will be held
this Sunday, September 12, with
services at 3 and T.30 p.m. Rev.
D. A. Burns, Toronto, superintend -
of the Baptist Home Mission
Board for Ontario and . Quebec,
will be the guest speaker. Special
music will be given, On Monday
evenieg, September 13 an inter-
eeting programme will be present..
ed in, the church, when the pastor,
Rev. 3. Ostrom, will show colored
slides of his tri el to the West
Coast and California, and will also
'show slides of the parade taken
at , the Auburn Centenary,this
year. MuSical numbers will be
given. •
• Bible Society Meet
• The annual meeting of the Au-
burn branch of the Upper Canada
Bible Sbciety was held in the
Baptist Church Sunday evening
with Rev.. J. Ostrom in charge.
Following a sing -song, Rev. C. C.
Washington offered prayer; a trio
was sprig by Rev. and Mrs. Ostrom
and Miss C Clark, Toronto, Mr.
Ostrom gave a 'short talk on the
work of the Bible Society, follow-
ed by a fiLm "The Word of God".
Mrs, Ostrom favored with • a solo
with harp and violin, accompani-.
merit by Mrs. le, J. Phillips and
Mr, Ostrom.
The, president, Frank Raithby,
took charge for the business per-
iod, William. Straughan, treasur-
er, reported $231.38 had been sent
to headquarters last year; this was
an increase cif $19 from the prev-
ious year.
CNIB Does Field
Work Among
Blind of Huron
Though there is no direct con-
nection, a field teacher from St.
Catharines is visiting blind resi-
dents in Huron County this week
as plans are completed for the
Canadian National Institute for
the Blind annual campaign for
funds, September 20 to October 2.
Miss Susan Miller will visit
blind folk in Dungannon, Blyth
and Kintail, part of a reg -alar field
service to blind in their own
homes. While Miss Miller is work-
ing in Huron County,. the new
residence -rehabilitation centre is
giving training to Howard Carroll,
a 35 -year-old Goderich resident
'blinded last year.
Mr. Carroll, blinded in an in-
dustrial accident, was admitted to
the London centre this week for
training which will enable him to
once again make his own way in
the world.
The CNIB campaign for funds
to carry on such work throughout
the counties of Middlesex, Huron,
El in and Perth seeks $50,500.
orrununity Chests in London,
Stratford and Elgin County will
contribute $34,500, and city and
county councils have already given
$5,000. The remaining $11,000 ie
to be raised by public subscription
in Hincin, Perth and Middlesex
Counties.
Residents of communities in the
three counties have already volun-
teered as chairmen and canvassers
of local committees, and mailing
pieces for a direct mail canvass
are being prepared.
The following Officers were
elected: honorary presidents, the
local clergy; president, Alf Nes-
bit; secretary -treasurer, William
Straughan;collectors: Donney-
brook, Louise Jefferson and Grace
Thompson; Westfield, Lois Camp-
bell and Janette Snell; third con-
cession East Wawanosh, Mrs. Carl
Guider, Mrs. -Alf Nesbit; Gravel
Road East, Mrs. Frank Raithby,
Mrs, W. Griod; 13th concession
Hullett, Toni Cunningham, Alvin
Daer; Base Line, Mrs. J. Hallam,
Mrs. Thomas Haggitt; West Wa-
wanosh, Mrs, Ted Mills, Mrs.
Harold Webster; village, north
side, John E. Yungblut; east end,
James Raithby; south side, Wil-
liam Straughan.
Peter Walter offered the clos-
ing prayer.
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