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TO -MORROW NIGHT is an important Y Port shareholders funds exclusive f
one for the electors of Clinton, and'for the pros-
pective Civic officials of'the town.
To -morrow night Clintonians will elect from
among ;their number, certain men Whom they
feel. most able to conductthe town's business
in the best way possible. From a particularly
varied group of people, will come representatives
of that people to,;form a governing body._
This is the very basic part of the democratic
form of government under which Canada enjoys:
freedom. This is the same principle that. has
been used for obtaining governments in Canada
since and before' Confederation 87 years ago.
Democracy. A word that means different
,things to, different people. To Canadians it
means 'a continuation of the wonderful country
.we live in, and the continuation of peace and
prosperity. It means life as we know it and as
we like it. It is worth continuing., "
There are. no particularly vital issues in
Clinton's municipal life coming up in the near
future. Outside of the usual striving to "keep
that mill rate down," there is nothing very con-
tentious, before the minds of the voters, nor of
the officials.
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But ;what a' difference' a day. may make.
And if a serious problem does come before the
town's elected bodies, then it is- vitally important
that the right men be on the job, and- willing to
devote their time: and energies toward the sol-.
ving of the problem in the right way.
One big job now being undertaken by the
local Planning Board is'•the zoning of the town
for industry and business development. This is
a big job and an important one and though
nothing contentious has Come out of it, there,
are possibilities that such there might be. - Then
must the men oil that board have the wisdom.
of Solomon and the patience, of Job in explaining
away the difficulties.
There are other duties to be expected of
the elected men—such as industrial promotion
('which we must not forget) ; sewerage and
drainage problems; 'sidewalks are. becoming a
problem, too' (a lawsuit for redress in case of a
twisted ankle would be an unhappy thing); park
planning; highway marking; building code—all
of these are jobs which must be undertaken.
There,, then are a few ideas of the type of
thing which your elected men must be able to
deal with. Nominate wisely. The future of
Clinton rests in the lap of your wisdom.
WILL THERE t h AN ELECTION?
YES, THERE WILL.
that Mayor M. J. Agnew will be fighting to keep
We realize that this bit of prediction may
his seat at the head of Council. Also, since
leave us open to being proved inaccurate. How-
several members of the council itself have de -
ever, we feel reasonably confident
termined to withdraw, there will be need for
Insofar as the public school board goes, we
filling several seats—and in the rush to have
are unaware of any great rush of men wishing
sufficient names on the roster, it is very likely
the office. This year Clayton Dixon, George
that there will be many looking for the job. The
Lavin, Royce Macaulay and Leslie Ball are corn-
deputy reeve's chair also may be a matter for
pieting their two-year tour of duty, and as far
contest.
as we know will continue on into another two
We 'are not particularly in favour of the
year term, so unless a "black horse" as yet un-
known makes a bid for the board membership,
manner in which the school board's member -
there will be no change here.
ship has been filled in the last several years—by
'Clinton's different. Problems here are not the .
acclamation. However, the men on the board
In the Public Utilities Commission, Hugh
have been doing a quite commendable job.
Hawkins and A. J. McMurray are completing
their two year terms. We have, heard nothing
In the more, prominent body—the gouncil—
to indicate that they are planning to retire.
it certainly is deplorable to have an acclamation,
Both of these men have many years of exper-
By that means we are governed by an appointed
ienee in PUC work behind them. However,
body—not by an elected body at all
there has been considerable in the way of dis-
We would urge that great effort be made
cussion and contention in the PUC throughout
to see that there are at least a dozen names
the past 12 months; and though this contention
nominated tomorrow night. It is especially im-
did not touch either of these men personally, it
portant that those men nominated be aware of
may lead to other men entering the field and
the action beforehand so .that last' year's fiasco
forcing the veterans of the cause to "run".
be not repeated. At last year's nomination 11
With Reeve J. W Nediger announcing his
were named, *but only five qualified, This
intentions to withdraw from public service this
brought on further expense in holding a second
year, his chair remains open and there is some
nomination to obtain the sixth man. Let us
indication that more than one man will' be striv-
not have this happen again. Make sure your
ing for the position. There is also some rumour
man will act—then nominate him.
MATTERS
AT THE annual convention of weekly news-
papermen this summer, James S. Duncan spoke
this warning about Canada's present prosperity.
"There are things that give me concern
about the road we are travelling," said Mr.
Duncan. "Our thoughts turn too easily to social
security when they should be on productivity.
They turn too easily to leisure, to holidays, to
short working hours, to long weekends, when
we should be thinking of more and not less
work. We should be concerned over our grow-
ing production costs, which spring from the
factors I have just mentionedn
"I am concerned over the fact that we are
not getting excited over Germany's 52 -hour
OF CONCERN
week at 50 cents to 55 cents an hour and the
fact that she is invading and sometimes captur-
ing the export markets of the world. "
"We do not worry, because we are prosper-
ous,, because we are relying on our, great natural
resources to see us through. -But any country's
greatest asset is the character of its people and,
if we become soft and rich and indolent, we, will
lose out to others.
"I am concerned because we are too young
as a nation, not sufficiently well established, to
lie back on our oars and dream of leisure and
social security. The foundation of our national
prosperity was hard work and dedication. It
will take just that to keep us great."
GOOD ENOUGH
ONE OF the very best reasons for Canada's its -own existence. Few English writers of note
so-called "lack of culture".has been set forth in made a living from their writings, or needed to.
the editorial column of the Wingham Advance- Under such Utopian circumstances, it is
'times. We quote;_ small wonder that, amongst the thousands that
"Canadians have long berated themselves ` dabbled in literature, some should become pre -
for their own lack of culture, and made odious eminent in the field.
comparisons between themselves and the great So far Canada has not developed a leisure
cultural achievements of the Mother Country. class big, enough, with an output large enough
As far as we can see, it's hardly ,Canada's fault. to make much of a dent -in the' world's great
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"English culture has to a large extent been literature. And as long as Canadians continue
a _product of a leisure class, which, relieved of to be ingrossed in the mundane work of building
the strain and necessity of earning•a living, has a new country, things are likely to remain that
turned to the arts% perhaps in an effort to justify way.,,
RECREATION COUNCIL
INCLUDED IN the News -Record sports
We are not in the -least condemning the
news this week, is a notice of the second annual
'good work of the men' who are devoting almost
meeting of Lake Huron Zone Recreation Coun-
endless time to the good of the youth of Clin-
cil, which will be held in Wingham,
ton.. They are doing an excellent job, and are
To us this seems a very important meeting,
using time which they no doubt could use in
and a type of meeting in which Clinton has tak-
other ways to their own financial advantage.
en too little interest in the past. Many of our
But these men; 'active in Clinton's sport of
civic leaders are; unaware of the fact that such
a11- kinds, would be the first to tell of the in -
a' group exists, and that help in planning re-
adequacies and frustrations of Clinton's present
creation programs in our town is readily avail-
haphazard treatment and scheduling of various
able.
sport and recreation activities.
Perhaps we will hear that old refrain of,
'Clinton's different. Problems here are not the .
same as in other places., `We can run our, own
Investor s Soliloquy
snow, without interference from ethers:'
And if ' that refrain has been running on
To buy, or not to buy, that is the question..
About this particular matter of 'recreation plans,
Whether 'tis wiser for the stock to, offer
then we can only say that like the ostrich with
A price that, seezzi's like an outrageous fortune
his head in the .sand,• how can you ever know -
Or to wait, unwisely, till the figure doubles
what is going on in other places, if you keep
And chance of profit ends then. To buy;. so
jour heads buried , in the sands of indifference
cheap;
aild ignorance? If you are unsatisfied with the
No more; for being too late, we end
planning presently being done for the pprecreations
opportunities of the young, folk and old folk in
opportunity of a rise in stocks
Clinton—and certainly some were unsatisfied, at
We would be heir to, is ,consummation
the time the recent Hallowelen weekend—'
Not devoutly to be wished. Ah, there's the rub!
.of
'then for goodness sake, why not find out how
For what right choice of what to buy, and when,
other towns are doing things, and 'then make
to which we come
arrangements for similar or better action her,.
Must give us pause,
in Clinton?
--Stanley Pollard in Saturday Night..
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40 YEARS AGO` Seeley is now stationed.at Leth-
Th "Clinton News Record . OliverAlberta, ,
The OivRands, who has been with
Thursday, November 19, 1914 Canada Packers for the past year;
The people of Clinton and stein- has been transferred to Walker-
The
•indeed startled on Sat ton. Mrs, ;Rands and children are
urday night when .word reached remaining here for the present.
town that William Perdue' had Mr. and Mrs. Frank Evans have
been instantly killed and his wife received word that -their nephew,
seriously. hurt, while driving. The W.O. William Gordon Leppington,
accident' happened on the Bayfield has been reported missing.
Road about four miles from Clin- Mr, and Mrs, Leslie Jervis, Hol.
ton. The heartfelt sympathy goes mesville have received official
out to the' widow and family ,in word that their son W.O.1 Ivar
this their hour of sorrow. Jervis is missing.
We are glad ti, rap.frt that Mrs: Mr, and Mrs. Glen Lockhart
Carol and Don were Sunday vis.
H. Smith and daughters, who have
been living in.Stratford for some :tors with rt andMrs. Jame:
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time have decided to move back Lockhart, Porter's Hill.
to Clinton 'and have rented the O/Smn. Jim Young, who ha
residence on Huron Street next spent the past few weeks in Now
to Mr. Hooper's home. Scotia, is now taking a gunner3
course.
Miss Jean Dayment is visiting
in_ Fergus.
Miss Lily Kingston is visiting
friends in London.
The. Clinton New Era
Thursday, November 19, 1914
The new regulations of the De-
partment of Agriculture at Otta-
wa provide that "when dairy but-
ter is put up in blocks, squares or
prints and wrapped in parchment
paper, the Paper shall be printed
or branded with the words "Dairy
Butter."
It is expected that the Wonder-
land Picture Show, which has been
closed all summer—will. open about
December 1.
Mr. Whitmore has moved to the
house of Mr. Thomas Gibbings:
H. Schoenhals has rented the
cottage lately occupied by James
Townsend and will move there as
soon as the latter leave for To-
ronto.
Major McTaggart, who is presi-
dent of the Clinton horticultural
Society, attended the annual con-
vention for Ontario at Toronto
last week.
James Stevenson arrived home
last: week from Toronto and will
spend some time here.
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, November 21, 1929
Last weep we boasted a bit
about the fine weather we were
having. We have a touch of win-
ter this week. Several inches of
snow and wintery blasts.' The
snowplow -,vasout• yesterday, No-
vember 20, for the first time.
At the L.O.L. meeting last Sat-
urday. evening the local master
M. J. Schoenhals was presented
by the visitors with a ring, while
they were made the recipients of
a flag by the local brethren.
Miss Eleanor Snider, ATCM of
Brucefield is to be the organist in
the Clinton Presbyterian church,
commencing the first Sunday in
December.
Chief Stang got word of Mr.
Rorke's car which was stolen some
weeps ago. It is supposed to be
down in the vicinity of Brantford
and lie has gone down today to
bring it back. .
Fire was discovered in the Rat-
tenbury House barn early Satur-
day morning, It was soon con-
trolled which was fortunate as
that would be a very bad place
for a fire to get a. start.
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, November 16, 1944
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Seeley have
received word that their son Har-
old Seeley has received his com-
mission as Pilot Officer. P/O
Not Kill -goys
Millions of Canadians have found
a perfect solution to the perplex-
ing liquor problem. Not one has
become an alcoholic. Not one has
killed a single person on the high-
way because of a muddled brain,
Their solution is simple. By
their own free will, without inter-
fering with anybody's business,
without making -. a nuisance of
themselves or being fanatical, they
have simply left liquor in the
bottle and turned down their
Mrs. J. Gandier, Toronto, is vis.
iting Mrs. F. A. Axon.
Miss Vera Hoggart was th(
guest of Miss Maxine Ball, Kitch•
ener, over the weekend.
Constable Bob Biggart, RCMP
of St. John's, New Brunswick, is
spending a leave with his parents
Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Biggart.
Murray Dale of the Nationa
Radio Research Council of Ottawa
and his bride, have returned t(
Ottawa after spending part o
their honeymoon with the former':
father, Mr. W, A. Dale and sun
Miss E. Brickenden of the Huroi
Road, East.
VLA Aid `veterans
In Buying Urban
Areas For 0" Mes
Reports received from Canadiai
Legion branches throughout th(
Province of Ontario indicate tha'
the new provisions of the Veter
ans'Land Act, providing assist
anee for veterans to build home;
in urban areas, is being receive(
with the utmost enthusiasm. Re
ports from branches which hav(
already initiated training course:
in home-building under the pro
visions of the Act show that i,
is likely that thousands of On.
tario veterans will be building
their own homes with the assist•
ante and supervision of the VLA
administration.
Resources of the VLA administ-
ration, it is intimated, are beim
taxed. to the limit to supply the
demand for training courses it
many parts of the province. Over
100 Windsor veterans are nmN
training as do-it-yourself home•
builders, a similar number have
enrolled in Oshawa; 75 in St.
Catharines, and over 30 in Belle-
ville. It is obligatory for veterans
seeking loans under the generous
provisions of part two of the Act
to take courses of training and tc
do as much of the actual building
of their own homes themselves.
Ray Mann, chairman of the
Legion's Ontario Command Hous-
ing Committee, is delighted with
the response of Legion branches
to
the appeal that they set up an
organization to assist the Veter-
ans' Land Act staff in their own
communities, and nearly all of the
urban branches in Ontario, lie re-
ports, have appointed special offic-
ers to handle this work.
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Quick Canadian
Quiz ,
1. Which is the largest island in
Canada's inland waters.
2• How many of Canada's homes
are radio -equipped?
3. What was the birth date of the
Heir Apparent, Prince Charles?
4. What are the annual payand
allowance of a Member of the
House of Commons, of a Cab-
inet Minister, of the Prime
Minister?
5. To run all of Canada's govern -
ments combined — municipal,
proGincial and federal—does it
cost $1 million a day, $6 million
a. day, $20 million a day?
ANSWERS: 5 -About $20 mil-
lion
illion a -day. 3—November 14,'1948.
1—Manitoulin, in Sake Huron. 4—
Of a Member $30,000; of 'a Min-
glasses at banquets. ister $27000• of the Prime Min -
ant through the science of record undivided" profitsr :of $135,000,
ing: ,It will .forever be 'lament- —the `iiigh'est figure -'for hh3 >- f
able that we shall never sit > inchartered-,
the ' '•
.banks.
our living rooms and hear Beeth- Beyond this '•important increase
oven playing.' the piano or Pagan- in the bank's capital positiozi, Ale
ini, the violin. ,It is an unhappy most notable change in the ybaf-
realization, too, . that we . shall ante-stieef figures is the veiy Apt
never know what joy it was to stantial.'enlargement of $1'39 mil-
never
the nightingale voice - of lion in deposits, which stand at
Jenny Lind. But the°golden voice $2,365 million, compared with
of Caruso has been saved on re- $2226 million year ago.
cords for posterity, and the vocal �.
efforts of Grace' Moore, Helen Strong Liquid Position
Traubel and Lauritz. Melchoir willThe bank's traditionally strong
be as close as our radios and re- liquid position is seen in increases
cord players for long years to which have occurred in the hold -
come, barring the hydrogen bomb ings • of .government and other
and a second flood, Everything securities, now- totalling $1,170
Bing Crosby ever crooned will be million, as compared with $982
on record for those who come af- million in 1953. These holdings
ter us, and even a good deal of comprise the large part of the
what Edward Morrow has said. bank's liquid resources totalling
$1,694,056,090, which equal 7017
I have been looking through per cent of the bank's public lia-
some of ,RCA Victor's new lists bilities,
of recordings, and from all appear- "Commercial, and other loans"
ances the people who buy discs are up from $787 million to $794
are more interested in classical million, while call loans at $97
music than ever, There are operas, million compare with $70 million
arias, concertos and symphonies a year ago. A new item in. the
galore, along with cowboy ballads statement this year is "Mortgages
and jazz songs, of course,,as well and hypothecs insured under the
as music from "Call Me Madam", National Housing Act, 1954" at
"Kismet", "Kiss Me, Kate" and $10,880,652.
"South Pacific". Increase In Earnings
On one record from Victor The statement of earnings
studios Marian Anderson sings shows that, after provision was
"The 'Crucifixion". On another made for income taxes of $6,925,-
78 and 45 r•p.m. record Paul Mick- 000, net profits amounted to
1 ekson plays "The Holy City' and $7,344,274, compared with $7,042, -
The Lord's Prayer" on the Radio 676 in 1953.
City Hall pipe organ. RCA has Dividend
payments to share-
a treasury of Lilli •Lehmann's be- holders were $5,436,395—about a
loved songs, and a fine recording million and a half less than the,
' of John McCormack's tenor voice bank's tax-bill—and represented
singing "When Irish Eyes Are the same rate of return as in 1953.
Smiling" and 'Mother Machree' .
There are new records of Caruso 0
singing Verdes arias, and gHuron C®u.niy
Pinza tries the same score. Thohose e
who like Laurence Tibbett can
hear him in "Porgy and Bess" Crop Report
with Helen Jepson. There is a 11
complete high fidelity album of
"Faust", and one of Mozart's 35th (By G. W Montgomery)
and 40th. Yehudi ' Menuhin is Approximately 260 cars or 12,000
heard playing the violin in grand tons of beets have now been ship-
Kubelik fashion, and Jan Feerce ped from the county. Yield per
sings "Bluebird of Happiness" acre is down from other years
"Because", "Schubert's Serenade coupled with a low sugar content..
and "Ali! Sweet Mystery of Life", Growers are still attempting to
all on one record. salvage white beaus and some red
Toscanini is heard directing the clover seed was also combined this
NBCorchestra. Myra Hess plays week.
the piano and Erna Sack sings.
i Toscanini, Munch, Monteux and
the Boston Symphony, Fiedler and
the Boston Pops, and Stokowsld
and the orchestra join instruments
and batons in an album of music
for the danse, called "The Ballet".
And Canada's own Lois Marshall
comes out as soloist in 'Missa
Solemnis".
We are a blessed generation to
have so much to be thankful for.
A, a, v.
In another league of music, a
more ephemeral one, perhaps, is
a young Canadians singer called
Giselle MacKenzie, who has gone
a long way among the bright
lights since she went to the Unit-
ed States.
She was born Gisele La Fleche,
in Winnipeg. And at 14 she head-
ed for Toronto t6 study tho violin.
Fortune led her eventually to
singing and to radio spots with
Bob Crosby and Jack Benny.
Giselle has made dozens of re-
cordings and now appears regular-
ly before 22 million people via
television. She has three mink
coats and an apartment on Park
Avenue.
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There is no particular reason
why I should mention Gladys
Wallis just now, except that we
are talking about stage achieve-
ment and also because it is just
about a year ago that she died.
Gladys was 80, and not many
people remembered her. But there
was once a time when she (her
real name was Margaret Bird of
New York) was the best looping
ingenue on any Chicago stage, a
tiny, vivacious actress with spark-
ling eyes, who appeared with Wil-
liam Crane and John. Drew, and
who was a contemporary and
friend of Maude Adams (who also
died last year) and Ethel Barry -
more (who is still going strong).
Theatre patrons once paid as
much as $1,000 a seat to see
Gladys act, and after she married
Samuel Instill she gained equal
reputation as a haughty social
leader.
Mr. Instill was an historic fig-
ure, too. He was once a five -
shilling -a -week office boy, then
secretary to Thomas A. Edison,
and later a utilities czar worth
$100,000,000, in addition to enter-
prises valued at $14 billion. How
could life at the Insull's—on their
4,256 -acre estate—be anything but
happy?
But the Insull empire collapsed
in 1932 and the actress' husband
fled to Europe. Later, facing
charges of fraud, he returned to
the U.S, and was acquitted. When
Mr. Insull died in 1938, the legacy
he left Gladys Wallis was $1,000
in cash and $12,000,000 in debts,
She never quite recovered from
that, of course. But, then, the
Insulls had a lot of fun with their
money while it lasted.
They are not "Killjoys". They
are respectable; upstanding, level-
ister, , 37000. 2-96
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