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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-09-30, Page 2PAGE TWO' CLINTON NEWS -RECORD TI[7RSDAY,`, SEPTEMBER :lr THE "CLI'NTON . NEW ERA First issue ',June 6, 1865 Recorc THE CLIN1ON ,NEWS -RECORD First issue (Huron News -Record) January l881 • Amalgamated 1924 $ Independent NeWspdper devoted to the Interests of ting Toiyn of Clinton and Surrounding District Population, 2,548; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate '4.5c per line flat ',I Sworn Circulation --2,016 , „Home of Clinton "1RCAF'Station and Adastral Park (residential) ' AMEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA; Mestere' Ontario Cduntiey Press Association ` SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in . advance—Canada and Great Britain:,$2.50 a year; Delivered . by carder United Staates andForeign: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents 1l. AP Station and Adestral Park -25, cents- a month; seven cents a copy Authorized as second class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa puhlished EVERY .THURSDAY at, CLINTON,. Ontario, Canada, in _ the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER30, 1954 WHITE CANE OF FRIENDSHIP AjOT TOO LONG AGO we read of a certain spilled something on the table -cloth. • You'll service club which organized and held a know then, something of the lack in notseeing "blind" brown gravy spilled` smoothly ; dinner. At the `regular dinners meet- the delicious ing, each of the club members was blind- over a mound of fresh whipped potatoes; the folded, and the meal went along as best it red, red clearness of jelly against juicy brown could, meats; the steaming tendrils of vapour from This was a practical ;demonstration of the that second cup of coffee; the friendliness of difficulties met by those of us who suffer your family about you. from blindness. ; No person gifted with sight So far, Clinton district has returned only can possibly imagine what it would be like one per cent of the donations needed, Chair to be without vision, without some such ex- man of the committee for the CNIB campaign, periment. W. V. Roy, has received only a very few of Try it yourself to -night at thesupper table . your dollars to help the handicappped. big When your experiment is, over, reach deep ' deeper in the pocket, and give more. into the pockets of your jeans or your business If any of you is still disinterested in the suit, and makean immediate offer of friend- CNIB campaign for funds think this one ship to those people who are so handicapped. a over: accidents can happen—YOU or any one You'll know then what terror can be of 'your family might be blinded. The White experienced by not knowing what is happen- Cane — symbol of blindness — may become Your ing around you. You'll know then, the con- link with reality. fusion of not being sure where your' water • glass is, and the discouragement of having .-Give generously. THREE MORE MEETINGS` THERE WILL BE only three more regular next meeting of Council on Monday evening, meetings of the 1954 Town Council October 4, and learn first hand of the work As yet the present councillors will have their elected men are doing. given little thought to the matter of whether • We would also like to suggest that Mon - they will be running for office again this fall. day's meeting, being one of the three left On the other hand, perhaps too few this, year, would be a good chance for neophyte, people have been paying much attention to or potential councillor to pay a call and the work of Council throughout the past year. figure out ahead of time whether or not they Certainly attendance at Council meetings has would like the job. not been terribly . high. Also, we would suggest a platform which We would like to suggest to all citizens should get the support of all shoppers, mer - and taxpayers of Clinton that it would be chants, and visitors: new sidewalks in the perfectly in order for them to drop in to the business district. PC FORTUNES (Exeter Times -Advocate) i • p 7NDER CONSTANT FIRE since the last �v election, the Progressive Conservative party has been subjected to a considerable amount of criticism—most of it constructive. Most outright clap at the party's leader, George A. Drew, has been swung by a rump provincial association in British Columbia which . demanded his resignation. Although party officials do not Consider this BC action seriously, it is the first official move to re- move Drew. Many Conservatives, including a number in this area, feel that he should be relieved but they, are not pushing the idea. R 5 5 An interesting observation on the PC leadership •question was made recently by A. Y. McLean, former Liberal member for Huron - Perth, who said in his Huron. Expositor: • "The gist of the comment seems to be that there is dissatisfaction with the leadership of George Drew. But such a conclusion fails to take into consideration the fact that of those elected as Progressive Conservatives in the House of Commons, there is no one with the unselfish capacity for leadership, now with the broad knowledge possessed by George Drew. And as far as can be seen, there is no one outside the Commons—at least there IF WE ST (By Joseph SOMETIMES it seems if we were a little 'wiser we might also be a little more patient. A thousand lecturers and broadcasters have told us of Canada's boundless future. If , we were only a little wiser we would recognize that it is our future, and that what we are now demanding is bound to come to us. Every day that passes a thousand new. citizens are born in Canada. Every month thirty thousand new young lives. Every month ten thousand new people reach our shores, their hearts and hands eager for the oppor- tunities we have , to offer: Every month of the year—every year—we add a city the size of Brantford or Kingston or New Westminster. Think of the needs of these cities. Think of the industries and jobs they provide. There is a branch bank for each 3,800 of us, We need . them because nine million of us have money on deposit, something like $10,000 million in total. If that isn't enough, let us reflect that 90 per cent of our homes are electrically equipped and almost 100 per- cent have radios. Four homes in every five have power washing machines and running is no one who has indicated a desire for the position --who can compare with him in his ability to do the job. "If the two-party system is to prevail in Canada, it is essential that each of the parties is led by one who is sincere—who refuses to take refuge in demogogery, and who is pre- pared„ to place principle and country ahead of person and party." Arthur R. Ford, the respected editor-in- chief of The London Free Press, is against a change of leadership. Mr. Ford wrote in a recent Saturday edition that the conservatives "cannot continue as a popular par y in Canada and shoot at every whim of their leaders." Mr. Ford said; "No party can even hope to attain power without makiirg progress in Quebec and with .the French-Canadians . . . The plain facts are that as lona- as Hon. Louis St. Laurent is prime minister, it is difficult for any Conservative leader, George Drew or anyone else, to make " headway in Quebec. The French-Canadians are proud of Mr. St. Laurent as a member of their race." 4. 5 * Mr. Drew's popularity is at a low ebb but fortunes change quickly. Churchill has been at the top and the bottom numerous times in his spectacular career. OP 4OSTLING Lister Rutledge) water, seven in ten have telephones while more than three in five have mechanical re- frigerators and sewing machines and electric or gas ranges. Better than every second horn has a car and central heating and an electric vacuum cleaner. What are we crying about? Ten years • ago such figures would have appeared an absurd dream, Today they are just prosaic facts. That's one part of this future we talk about that came home to roost. ..6.nd. why? One reason, one that we seldom mention, is that ten year ago on an average we worked. five ho(rrs a week 'more' and earned $25 a week less. What are we jostling for? For some im- mediate advantage? A little patience ,and it is coming to you. Nothing can stop it. More people with more needs in a bountiful land mean more work, more jobs, more pay. The only way we can slow it down is to demand too much today. That" way we price things out of our reach, and our future grows un - "certain. But if we stop jostling, that future is sure. CUSTOMER'S RITE (Wingham Advance -Times) SEVERAL WESTERN ONTARIO towns have , lately been trying the Friday night open- ing instead of Saturday, following a move; whichstarted in the cities seine years ago. Most of the proponents seem to feel. that. Friday night is just as good a. night to keep, the store open as Saturday—if you can • only educate the people to it. ': As far as we can see the idea was not dreamed up with any particular benefits for the customer in mind. Most customers, par- ticularly those from the country, would prefer' to shop on Saturday .night, and furthermore they would like to shop right up to twelve p.m. if possible. If, as some people say, the customer is always right, then the merchants should stick to Saturday night: Saturday night in the rural districts has • r'r long been a tradition. It's a chance for town arld district people alike to get together and visit -in the stores, on the street and around the town. Perhaps the Saturday night is doomed by progress. ~ But if so, we should think it would be for a more appropriate .reason than the fact 'that the merchants want a long weekend. Points of View A DESCRIPTION of socialism and communism as published in the April issue of "Think" magazine, bears repeating, • The author Of the article, actor Robert Montgomery, says: "Socialism, . is competition "`without prizes, economic warfare without vic- tory, stagnation -without hope and • statistics without' end. Communism is politics without. principle, economics vtIthout ethics, destruction without distinction, and , life ( without •hope." r:Y • pR6a51: AT i ss f3lt.itY OF AI.COIaOLSM Canada' now has 250,000 alcoholics, reports the Alcoholism Research Foundation. Rate of alcoholism per capita has more than doubled since 1921. • e ers to the Editor ITS IOVI .BUSINESS The Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: I am in full accord, with the suggestion in the editorial page a feiv weeks ago, that all the 1954 Public • 'Utilities Commissioners submit their names to the electors for approval at the next municipal election, thereby `giving the people an opportunity to pass judgement on the whole 'Commission including the Mayor, for their action in re- hiring the 1953 superintendent at a salary of $3,500 per year after he had been retired ; by the 1953 Commission on' a retaining fee of $50,00,per month. I feel this would be the demo- cratic way of dealing with this contentious matter, and is in line with the wishes of the 438 petition- ers who were more or less ignored. However, if the .two present Commissioners whose terms do` not expire until the end of 1955, should resign? would, the Council exercise their prerogative and appoint, two men.; to replace them, thereby.de- feating the will of te people? (A READER) September 28, 1954 Clinton, Ontario BILLY GRAHAM The Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: Since religion is news, allow me to make a few remarks. A party of us went to Clinton this week to see the Billy Graham London Crusade picture, presented by the Clinton Area Youth for Christ, of which body, Frank Col- lar, Wingham, is the capable dir- ector. We were thrilled to see. pictures of historic old London, and the crowds that attended the meetings of this famed evangelist. Old England is being spiritually awakened, and next year, Scotland is to be visited by .this team of energetic young men. This is just 1 From Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton New Era Thursday, September 24, 1914 The Public Utilities Commission are busy installing more water pipes. Those connected recently are Prof, Bristow, E. Blacker and R Tasker, Thomas Hawkins has the water fountains placed in the rooms at the Model School, and did a good job. - War Summary. Whole German Army is prepar- ing for a great retiring movement. British aviators make 500 mile flight, drop bombs on Zeppelin hangar and return safely. General Botha will take a strong field force against Germany in South Africa. The German cruiser, Spreewald is captured by the British cruiser Berwick in the North Atlantic. The Clinton News -Record Thursday, September 24, 1914 Colonel Wilson whose extended term as commanding officer of the Huron Regiment expired yester- day, is succeeded by Major H. B. Combe. With the transfer of the stores shortly it is expected Major Combe will be given the rank of Lieut. -Colonel. Major Combe join- ed the Clinton Company as a bug- ler over 30 years ago and has been continuously connected with the force. - Mrs. J. Bartlett Lavis will re- ceive with Mrs. George Lavis at her residence, Joseph Street, on Tuesday afternoon, Adam Scott, who has been buy- ing, picking and packing apples for several years, says that never in his experience has he ever seen such a full crop of apples, hut un- fortunately the demand is not at all. brisk. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record Thursday, September 26, 1929 At the Lib. -Conservative con- vention, held at Hensall on Mon- day last, George H. Elliott, Clin- ton, was the one chosen to carry the party standard in the coming election. Next Thursday and Friday are school fair days in Clinton. Trust we shall have "fair" weather. Misses Florence Cuningbame and Lucille Grant acted as fudges of flowers and fine arts at Bay- field Fair. A. A. Colquhoun, Staffa, mem- ber for South Perth in the last legislature, was nominated by the Liberals at a convention held on Tuesday to lead their forces in the coming election. John i-Iellyar is attending Strat- ford Normal School, Miss Dorothy Innis, a graduate of. CCI, has gone to Toronto to take a uniVersity,course. Messrs.' Edgar Maguire and Ed- ward Rorke 'accompanied by a friend from Galt, have been on a trip to Buffalo, New York and Montreal. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, September 14, 1944 Mrs. John Armstrong, formerly .of Clinton, and one of the pioneers of Stanley and Tuckersmith Town- ships, celebrated her 90th birthday on September 7. Melvin Crich has, purchased the cottage on Rattenbury Street from Lloyd Ferguson. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Andrews re- ceived a letter from their son, AB Douglas F. Andrews, from India. Doug expects to remain on service in the Far East for some time. Walter E, Osbaldeston, son of Mrs.;T. J. Cardwell and the late A. Osbaldeston, was one of the mem- bers of the Canadian Army Over- seas in the list qualified for the 1939-43 Star. t•( .a ,E, Gus, I'U.. • RAKE THE LAWN! ' YOU RUN ALONG• Y j what the world needs to combat the falseisms of our day. This local branch of "Youth' for Christ" is a splendid' organization, and is Like peppermint to the local churches. It has been aptly said, that the soul of all improvement, is the improvement of the soul. FRANK H. WI ILSMITI-2 September 24, 1954' Exeter, Ontario THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE This is the story of Alcoholism in France, amongst children, as found in ."Time",July 12, 1954. Seven-year-old Pierre was brought by his prosperous parents to Child Psychiatrist Dr. Suzanne' Serin.' A bright healthy boy he often had strange visions. "Wings not hands, which things which dance on the bureau .. , It is awful." "Despite 26 years of practice, Dr. Serin was scarcely able to believe her own diagnosis, acute alcoholism. Alarm- ed, 'Dr. Serin alerted Paris' clinics and soon uncovered three more eases, Lucien, 5; Yvonne, 3, and Maurice, 12. Certain that there must be a host of others such as these, Dr. , Serin persuaded the Ministry. of Health to conduct an investigation. 'The results Were shocking." In Paris, Dr. Serin 're ported findings to the Academy of Medicine. Dismayed, its star d members promptly launched a big anti -alcoholism c a m p a i g n in French schools — a difficult and delicate job, for any French peas ant will confidently insist, "a little wine never hurt anybody." It is rather significant that the Ameri- can Medical Association has de- creed a ban on all liquor advertise- ments in their periodicals. They know that "Wine IS a mocker." This advertisement is inserted by Huron County Temperance Federation. 39-b LAC and Mrs. Bill Reid and little son, Hagersville, are spending a few days this week with the lady's father, Mrs. William Rozell. Miss Margaret Lockwood, To- ronto, spent the holiday weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lockwood. Miss Shirley Sutter, nurse -in - training at the Stratford General Hospital, underwent an append- ectomy recently and is now con- valescing at her home in town. Miss Kathleen Martin, of the Base Line, has returned home af- ter spending the past two months visiting friends and relatives ar- ound Saskatoon and Maymont, Saskatchewan. Under the new regulations, re- stricting hours of work of em- ployees, the merchants of Clinton have decided to close their places of business all day Wednesday, ex- cept during the month of. Decem- ber. Crop Report (By G. W. Montgomery) "Heavy rains and cool weather the first three days of last week considerably delayed the pulling and harvesting of the white bean crop. Fall fairs held in the county 'the latter part of the week benefit from these rains as attendance was up considerably. An above aver- age number of requests have been received for soil sample boxes and information re: the use of same." 0 EXETER BOARD MEETS WITH RECREATION COUNCIL A special meeting of town coun- cil will be held to consider the financial position of the Commun- ity Centres Board. Board and Ree Council officials will be asked to attend the meeting. This' action resulted from council session Mon- day night when,the question of the arena board's debts arose again. The board has a number of out- standing accounts. around town and has been trying to pay them off without seeking a grant from council. So far the plan has not met with success. -- Exeter Times - Advocate. Quality JISCaLOService DRUGS 1 Rexall Sale Coming 1 OCTOBER -13-14•-15-16 WED. THURS. FRI. SAT. MORE THAN 250 ITEMS ON TILE SALE including Tooth Pastes Cigarette Lighters Tooth Brushes Razor Blades Billfolds Pipes etc. etc. Vitamins Stationery Toiletries etc, HERE'S HOW THE SALE WORKS You buy on article for the 'Regular Price and you get another of the same for lc more. 3(011 CAN DEPEND ON REXALL For The Biggest ;`argains of the Year W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. I Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 Special Selected Groupings at Low Prices: No. 1— Step Table, End Table and Coffee Table— r Birch Walnut. ALL THREE PIECES for S2c�e1�p 65 No. 2- 3 -Piece Birch Walnut. Bedroom Suite-- Dresser, Chiffonier and Bed, Bed Springs, and 125 0 Spring -Fitted Mattress COMPLETE No. 3- 2 -Piece Luxury Liner Sofa Bed. Susi Upholstered in Silk Boucle covering. 9.00 Reduced to v e-- The above groupings will furnish two rooms for the low picice of $287.65. One floor lamp or two table lamps FREE, ONE USED CHESTERFIELD SOFA. — Blue Mohair cover. $25.00 Bargain eattie Furniture A KID, HIS AGE SHOULD BE HA'VIN' FUN 'STEAD OF wORKIN''; GUS! WHERE ARE YbU\ GOING WITH THE RAKE? kW JOE DENNE I GOT JOB FOR FIFTYCaENTS, RAKIN' LIP MRS. DUDLEY' YARD!