HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-01-13, Page 3THURSDAY JANUARY 13, 1955.
OLD TIMERS
To the Editor,
The Clinton News -Record,
•Dear Sir:
I; do not know how much space
you allow for "old-timestuff," but
as'you printed a recent letter of
mine -I send you another.
.'Arthur Jackson who -wrote you
from Hollywood in the same con-
nection (and with whose older
brother Syd I sat in niy first year
at -the - old Clinton High School,
1886-87, even before it became a
Collegiate Institute) • is I think
mistaken about. Davy. Dennison. I
doubt if Davy, ever had the job of
rigging the town) bell.. He was a
short dapper., young manof about
20,;. as .I. remember him- when - he
worked for mybrother, a "swell
dresser" with a.fondness for large
hats, andgreatly interested in
sports. His family lived in a pret-
ty ,little
ret-ty,little white frame house just
off the street where the motion
picture theatre now • stands.. He
left for Detroit' about 1887. Mist
of•the'rising generation in Clinton
nn`thoae Aril, times used, to "light.
out". sooner or later for Detroit
or Chicago to make their fortunes.
• It must be, the late Robert
'Welsh that Arthur is thinking of.
He rang the town bell five 'times
a day as Arthur says throughout
the 'eighties and 'nineties and per-
haps longer—at 6 in the morning
to get up at 7 to go to work, at
noon for dinner, at 1 to go back to
work -again, and at 6'16 knock off
finally. On Saturdays it also rang
at 9'p.m.; fbr-the storeeto close—
they closed only when they feltjike.
it on other days. We called -him
Bobby • Ding:dong" (behind his
back). By the way, as a child. T,
saw the old Town Hall burn down.
(it stood where the Stavely Mem-
orial Library stands now) and I
once'had as a souvenir little bit
of the melted -down bell retrieved
from the ashes.
' "Bobby Ding-dong"' was also
called 'Bobby Weigh -scales" some-
times by us boys (also behind his'
back), as his duties included the
operation of the public platform
scales on the market square, where
the farmers used to get their cat-
tle, hay, etc.,officially ticketed
COUNTY PROMOTION •
Clinton News -Record
Clinton Ontario,
Dear Sir:
Below is the annual Report of
r Industrial Promotion
the Iiu on ial nd tr ,ion
Board.
I am pleased to report to your
Council the. few activities
of t h e Huron ' . County In-
dustrial Promotion Board f o r
itis first year ' in operation. The
organization was formed early in
1954, Five towns, two villages.
and four -townships contributed a,
total'of $660,00 toward the finan-
ces in the organizational, year.
The purpose and aims of the or-
ganization were established to fos
before delivery. The cattle, it
used to be said, always got a good
long -drink -cif water at the nearby
town pump before weighing,—but.
I wouldn't know about that.
-When speaking' of Mille Kelly's
and, Sam Pike's,. Arthur might .also'
have mentioned that, there were
seven' other hotels in ;Clinton in
those days—nine in all -each with
a bar. The • additional ones were
Milne's, (or "The Queen's"—it was
Queen Victoria then), the Ratten-
bury House, the Grand Union
(later called the Clarendon and the
Normandy), the Royal, the Com-
mercial, Swartz's and Kennedy's--
all
ennedy's—all gone' long ago, except that. the
Hotel Clinton: (minus the bar) oc-
cupies the site of the old Ratten-
bury. Because I can reel off their
,names so pat does not necessarily
mean that I was a customer`; but
they did a rousing •business,
•
Yours truly,
R. H. COATS
January 10,1955,
572. `Manor Road,
Rockliffe Park, ,
Ottawa, Ontario.
(Ed, Note—Thanks, Mr.. Coats
for your very interesting letter
about the . "old-time stuff." We
are always most interested to hear
about those times—and we feel
our readers are too—and so most
suchletters get printed.)
CLINTON . NEWS -RECORD.
ter, co-ordinate tnd 'direct the pro
motion' of new and existing indus-
try'hi Huron County.
The Board. endeavored to find
ways and means to accomplish
their aims. A small painphlet was
printed, for an envelope stuffer
and was distributed by their re-
presentative at the Trade Fair
held in Toronto and several local
Trade Fairs. Information has been
gathered for a County Brochure
and generally the ground work
laid for an active 1955.
Five meetings were held during
the year and at each, of these
meetings a majority of the eleven
supporting municipalities lent
their efforts to further their
board's aims.
•The following is a list of suppor-
ting municipalities and their con-
tributions and the year's disburse-
ments are shown.
Goderich . • $ 100.00
Exeter
Seaforth
Wingham
Clinton '
Hensall
Blyth
100.00,
100.00
100.00
100.00
30.00
30.00
Morris. Twp 25.00
West Wawanosh 25.00
Usborne 25.0025.00
Colborne
$ 660.00
Disbursements
Exchange on cheque 1.75
Printing and Stationery ...: 24,15
A. H. Wilford, 'Delegate >... 100.00
Times Advocate Prrinting.... 92.70
Secretary , I 35.00
Bank" Account Dec. 31, '54 406.40
$ 660.00
On December: 14, the Board pas-
sed a motion regyesting each 'mun-
icipality to appointtwo represent-
atives to the organization for 1955
The Board has no concrete re-
sults at the present time, al-
though, one representative at the
last meeting suggested that their
town was • presently dealing with
a prospective industry :which he
feels first heard about their town
though the small pamphlet that.
was distributed.
Diligent work of the„represent-
ative is the price of success and
the Board desires success. Your
continued support is solicited.
Yours truly,
L. D. HOLLAND,
Secretary.. Huron County
Industrial• Promotion Board
Box 400,
Clinton, Ontario,
December 31, 1954.
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PAGE THREE
(By BENJAMIN BEVERIDGIE)
is that more. people -across the
country—and in Nova Scotia it-
self—are familiar with the Blue-
nose than with Judge •Halibur
t'on.
Musing on the romatic era of
the elippeerships, and of the last.
Cutty ; Sark being hauled out of
the Water in England,• I inquired
about the Bluenose.
We have heard'- so much about
the sailing ship, _the one that was
queen ; of the 1Vfaritime fishing
fleets, and the champion of all
sailing vessels from 1923- to 1931,
that it. does not seem .improper to
think of the; Mary Celeste and the
Birkenhead at the same time. But
the Bluenose was' not of that day:
The Duke of•Devonshire drove the
first spike. into her hull as late as
1920. And in March, 1921,:'the,
beautiful ship slid into.the sea'at
Lunenburg.
The concrete used to top the
Bluenose's keel altered her water-
line somewhat,
ater-line'somewhat, however, and she
was brought down by -the head.
When some of the' weight Was re-
moved from her bow the fault was
corrected, and many sailors who
thrilled at the vessel's triumphs
said afterwards that her great
speed was due to this displace-
ment. • •
The Bluenose was 143' feet long
and 'had 'a .•mainmast of 81 feet,
made • of Oregon pine. The -frame
was of spruce and oak, and the
bottom of birch plank. After ser-
ving gallantly through then war,'
the great ship struck a ledge off
Haiti in 1946, and sank. Capt
Angus; Walters, whom Sir Thomas
Lipton ;had so often envied in his
own spectacular attempts to cap-
ture the yachting cup, was not,
with the Bluenose when she went
down, but he .probably had much
to do with. the building of the sec-
ond Bluenose.
There could never really be an-
other Bluenose, though. And she.
will go down in the history books,
just as she often went down to
the sea in the .last glorious days
of wooden ships.
The problem of whether'the egg,
or the chicken came first has, /10
doubt, entertained legions •of
cracker barrel philosophers. And
it is possible that many people
have often wondered whether the
sobriquet, "Bluenose," which is an'
affectionate name, for Nova Scot-
ians, preceded or superseded the
famous fishing vessel of the"same
While I as i the Mari-
times' w m l4Ia
times a short while ago I found
the answer to that one. •
Thomas " Chandler Haliburton,
the Nova Scotian judge who creat-
ed the ;fictional ` character, Sam
Slick, used the "nickname many
years' before the : Bluenose . was
launched. It is a'name the people
of the -old province rattier like, al-
though they resent being; called
"Herring Chookers" quite: as much
as the people across the :„bay ; in
New Brunswick resent being call-
ed "Bluenoses
The curious'thing about it all
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DIRECTORY'
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`GENERAL" INSURANCE
Representative:
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Office; Royal Bank Building+
Office 50 - PHONES Res. 703w2
H. C. LAWSON
Bank of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 25E1
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Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
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Box 310 Clinton, Ontario
Phone Collect
Office 557 Res. 3243
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Phone Bayfield 53r2 '
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If you need Insurance, I have
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THE McEJLLOP MIITUAL
min INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1954: President, John
H. lllcEwing, Blyth; vice. presi-
dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth;
secretary -treasurer and manager,
M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors: John H. McEwing;
Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-
ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har-
vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper,
Brucefleld; Alister Broadfoot, Sea -
forth:
Agents: Win;Leiper Jr., Londes-
boro; J. R. Prueter, Brodhagen;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric
Munroe, Seaforth.
INVESTMENTS
Get The Facts "
Call VIC DINNIN
Phone 168 — Zurich
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Managed and Distributed by
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OPTOMETRY
A. L. COLE, R.O.'
Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted
Goderich - Phone 33
J. E. LOiliGSTAI+'F
HOURS:
SEAFORTH: Weekdays except
' Wednesday,9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Tues., Thurs., Fri., 9 am.
to 5.30- p.m.
Saturday, 9 a.m.to 9 p.m
CLINTON: MacLaren's Studio
Mondays only, from 9 a.m.
to 5.30 p.m.
PHONE 791 SEAFORTH
• PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
_ROY N. BENTLEY
Public Accountant
4 Britannia Rd. (corner South St)
.Telephone 1011
GODERIOH ONT.
REAL ESTATE
'LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate and Business' Broker
High Street -- Clinton
Phone 448
Business Week magazine recen-
tly ran an article about Nova
Scotia and indicated that the peo-
ple there have a gloomy .outlook
because the. Maritimes are not ad-
vancing at the same pace as other
parts of Canada. A change to the
Upper, Canadian way of doing.
things was recommended.
Perhaps a change would be good,
for those Iittle provinces. But
what a pity it would' be to change
the people, to- goad" them into a
pace incompatible with their easy-
going nature. Every`time a Mar-
itimer tears down one of his de-
lightfulcovered bridges, and puts
a steel one in its place, a little of
that picturesque grandeur, so be-
loved by the tourist, disappears..I'
do not wish' the sea folk to lose
any of the bounties of these prom-
ising times, but how nice it would
be if they could have'the conven-
iences of progress as well as the
charm of the past.
Nova Scotia has a substantial
French element along the north-
western shore, and many of these
people date their ancestry back to
the great Acadian expulsion
(which will be marked this sum-
mer on the 200th anniversary),
The culture of the Maritimes—and
this is particularly true of New
Brunswick, where the northern
parts of that province are almost
entirely French-speaking — draws
liberally from the Landrys, the
Lcbiancs, and their fellowmen. It
is good to see that there is some
effort being made in those regions
to create a dual culture, based on
understanding.
This month, the people of the
French -shore will petition the
CBC to establish a French lang-
uage radio station in.the Clare
district. A year ago a similar
was e in onoton
station o en d •M
p
N,B., which is rapidly becoming a
bi-lingual city. - ,
At Acadia University, in the
heart of one of the world's finest
apple districts in Nova Scotia,
there is to be a new type of cour-
se offered for students who antic-
ipate careers of public service. The
instruction will - be given in the
name of the late Hon. J. L. Ral-
ston, Acadia graduate and one
time Canadian minister of nation-
al defence. Throughout the four-
year course, the. study of French
will be compulsory.
Buy At Home
Advertise At Home
Fine Double As
Driver Plead
Guilty To Charge
Indicating he was, going' to get
tougher with drivers who disre-
garded stop , signs, Magistrate
Dudley Holmes last week raised 'a
carless driving fine from $10 to
$20• in Exeter court.
Grant :Triebner, who was order-
ed to pay the fine, pleaded guilty
to a charge of driving through
the intersection of the airport
road and Creditonroed sand caus-
ing an accident.
The magistrate's decision to
raise the 'fjne ' followed a state-
ment by Crown Attorney -H; Glen
Hayes that` accidents at this cor-
ner were too frequent.
Two youths who fought'"at a
Hensall dance on December 24
were told by the magistrate that
Christmas signified "Peace. on
part%," not fighting.
C The two, Gordon Hall, 17, Zur-
ich, and Lloyd Bell, 19, Clinton,
received fines of $10 each.
Crown Attorney. H. Glen Hayes..
said that the Hensall dances were
' "the scene of too much rowdyism.
'Notice, ers
to Sho
EFFECTIVE FROM SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1.955
The majority of Retail Stores in . Clinton will 'close r,
at 6 p.m, during January, February and March.
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• RETAIL •'MERCHANTS SCo M'COMMITTEE
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Special Values and Reminders for
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
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