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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-02-10, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON ;NEWS•RECORD THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955 c l dton NeVv*Pgecord THE CLINTON ' NEW `ERA First issue June 6, 1865 THE CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD First issue (Huron News=Record) January 1'881 Amalgamated 1924 An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District s Population, 2,548; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,00(1; Rate, 4.5c per line flat Sworn Circulation 2,016 Home of^ -- Clinton RCAF Station and Adastrai Park (residential) MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA; Western Ontario COCrhties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 'Payable in advance -Canada and, Great Britain: n $2,50 a year; United States 'and $350 Single Copies Six .Cents Delivered bycarrier to •RCp AF Station and rAdastral Park -25 cents..a month;, sevencents a copy Authorized as second class' maii;rPost Office "Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart` of Huron Count" a THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1955 TWO VIEWS IN ECONOMY DURING Council meeting on Monday even- ing, Mayor M. J. Agnew had a clipping from the Toronto Daily Star read aloud: The story was of the 15 percent. reduction in operating costs which Commissioner E. V. McNeill of the Provincial Police proposed to implement within his organization. Included was the following: "A high government official said "anyone. predicting a pay raise is away off. They are only raising their hopes for nothing." "There is also an order against. increasing thesize of the force which is in conflict with. claims that thereweren't enough men, The pay raise the force was expecting, is definitely 'out. Office expenses, long distance calls and a host .of 'other incidentals have been slashed." Since the Clinton Police Committee chair- man found this matter revetant to the present prpblern of cost reduction in Clinton, we would like to present .some excerptsfrom the Globe - :arid Mail published on ,the 'same *day.. On the front page: "First rumblings' as a result of the economy wave have come -from the provincial police. Their head, Conunissioner E.' -V, McNeill is reported to haveinterpreted the order to economize as meaning a 15 percent reduction inoperating costs. , "The economy order to the provincial police was confirmed by Attorney -General Porter. How- SIGNALS FROM THE large number of drivers who neglect to signal. their intention to turn or stop, it can probably be assumed that, too few drivers understand that they are required by law (and subject to ,line otherwise) to signal all turns, deviations from a direct line, or sudden decrease in speed or, stops, when the operation of another. vehicle may be, affected. Signals may be given by either left hand and arm extended beyond the vehicle (RIGHT TURN: upward; LEFT TURN: horizontally; STOP: 'downward) or by illuminated electrical STUDENTS CANADIAN TAXPAYERS should enthus- iastically support suggestion of Mr. David L. Tough, principal of Toronto's Forest Hill CoIl- egiate,that high schools be permitted to suspend or 'expel students Who are not profiting from their attendance. Says Mr. Tough: "We are fooling ourselves and the public if we think that a secondary school education, is a good thing for everybody." rY dy Fact, as many teachers realize, is that Can- adian high schools are loaded down with "stud- ents" who would be far tett,'off in some kind of employment. Anticipating the argument that ever, he denied that the order ltadbeen to reduce costs by 15 percent. Re said that the provincial police, as with every department, had been asked to.cut costs to the limit. "The order to economize does not suggest. to any department that there should bea re- duction in staff. Economies are to be effected in operating costs of departments." And on the editorial page concerning the same subject: ; "Rumors, apparently untrue, have exagger- ated the degree of economy which was intended to be applied in, the OPP. It would be contrary to. good public policy to cut down the Provincial force, especially that, part, of it detailed to traffic . control. The force is underpaidand under- staffed, and while administrative economies are undoubtedly possible, it would be unwise to dis- regard the facts of the case. :It would be much better to leave a few miles of highway unbuilt. next year than to reduce an' already inadequate patrol service any further." Inc o ari with stip son vn h the -]Deal situation, we see this!' Council is considering an expense of approximately $25,000., in -1955 fr.,badly needed paving on certain streets. This plan is certainly to be commended. We do, however, marvel at the idea that this -streets construction is .to be done at the risk of lowering the security of town employee§. AND TURNS -or mechanical signalling device, so long as the intention to turn or stop is clearly visible to other drivers affected, Most often' overlooked appears to be the requirement for signalling deviations from a direct line, as when turning out to pass another vebiele going in the same direction. A. properly given signal is a sensible safe- guard to the driver who gives it, as well as to others; and failure to signal can result in a $1,0 fine. The penaltmaybe i ncreased to $25 25 acid $50 (as well as licence suspension) for sub- sequent offences. NOT PROFITING there aren't enough jobs for them, Mr, Tough correctly remarks: "It is not the function of a secondary school to corral boys and girls just to keep them out of the labor market."—The Rural Scene. EPILOGUE LET US consider that arbitrary power has seldom' or never been introduced into any country at once. It must -be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by step, lest the people should see it approach. -Lord Chesterfield. Mystery Cures Give Hope But , Killer Eludes Dragnet of Scientists (By RON KENYON, Telegram Selence Reporter) This is the second of a series et five articles, Years agog at the Hospital for Sick Children, in Toronto, dobtors operated on a child with cancer in the. kidney region. • All they did was cut the child open ... npthing more . , they found the tumor too far advanced for surgery . and so, regret- fully, they closed the suture and told the parents that nothing could be done... it was only a matter of time. Then occurred one of the strange, Unaccountable miracles of medicine, The child got better. There was no doubt that he had had incurable cancer, and no ver- diet but that he had been cured. The difficulty. was, the doctors didn't know what had brought, a- bout -the recovery, Nor did they ever find out. - Throughout the world, in medi- cal records, there are a few such cases, and they constitute one of the reasons why scientists believe that cancer is " curable -that its end is not inevitable: No efforts are spared in check- ing any "cancer cure", no shatter how remote.it seems that it will lead to the findingof a general 'nears ago it was noted that muskies (yes, fish!) in. Lake Scugog. were prone to a form. of cancer and more recently It was suspected that some of them-be- catne cured of it. For months muskies of great length have -been kept in special tanks in the Rant- ing institute for study. Doctors have had thousands of. muskies :netted' in Lake Scuggg„ for exam- ination: All but a few were re- , turned to thewater; but the few -under study may bring some new lenowledge of .cancer. • In the absence of definite proof, there are dozens of theories of the -cause of cancer. Some researchers believe that viruses, smallest of all germs, play a part: A mystery . themselves. viruses hover somewhere in a' no, man's land between what we call "living things" and "dead • things". tlbey • are known to: cause polio, measles,, and the eel/inion cold + (as welt as many other ailments). Have they a part in the cancer ,cese? Other experts say 'cancer is started by some change in body .chemistry. In studying this theyve become so involved in technicality that their very language is -often unintelligible to doctors working in ,other .specialties. Hereditary Link? Some believe there is a heredit- ary link in the cancer chain, while others, studying practical treat- ments, have improved cur methods of dealing with tumors. Sometimes they eliminate cancer and enable people to live normally again. Of- ten they fail, -as if the top of a weed were removed but the root were left untouched to grow again. So elusive is cancer that its study has been called "the grave- yard of scientists." Many have cried "Eureka" and have enjoyed brief glry--only to suffer irrepar- able professional ' damage when their method didn't work. • Yet the cancer challenge is be- ing taken by more Canadians each year. In 1947, when the National Cancer Institute •was formed, it spent $702000" on tesearch. This year it will spend $500,000. This money is doled out among re, searchers on more than 70 projects in progress across Canada. In effect, it 'enables scientists to gamble their professional lives on a professionally risky job when there are other fields in which they could far snore easily gain recognition•—even,' probably, dist- inction. • Tried To Starve Cancers as year, Dr. J. 11. Quasdel, director of the Research.Institute, Montreal General Hospital, who had already achieved world fame by ' discovering the weed -killer 2-4-D, came up with an ingenious way ftackling cancer. Knowing that cancer has a vor- acious appetite for sugar (glucose) he reasoned that if a substance chemically like sugar but lacking any nutritious qualities could be substituted, the ' cancer" would starve, •He used achemical called glucosamine and in the first study (of rats) it seemed to work. But since then the success has not•been repeated either by Dr. Quasdel or anyone else. Research is still con- tinuing' but again, momentarily, cancer seems to have slipped away unscathed. In - Chicago;' Dr. A. C. Ivy, a distinguished scientist, sponsored a blood extract which looked prom- ising. But testsby other scientists didn't confirm. ` early hopes=and now the picture -is vague. I3oronies have consistently beets, linked with dreams of cancex,cure and they, too, -haye shown great promise but not enough fulfill- , / Aid Prone Many Littere,b• Their story=snows how know-- ledge along apparently;,unrelated lines helps ga"nceeereseareb 'Back in.1896; Sir, William Beat - son, of England, showed that when ovaries were removed from fe- males the result was temporary, but favorable, results in breast cancer. This was 'tecognized as being due to elimination of hor- mones produced by the ovaries. Two years later something hap- pened, quite unrelated to cancer, which has proved very important, At a scientific meeting in Paris, a noted French researcher, aged 72, asserted that he had rejuvenated himself with sex hormones extract- ed from young dogs. lee proved quite wrong, -for his apparent youth was de to enthusiasm en- gendered by his own "discovery." As soon as the first glow of glory wore off he became an old man again. But he had succeeded in turning • dozens of scientists into a Study of hormones, until then little understood or studied. '" `Hormones (the word is Greek, meaning • "messenger"l" are tiny chemical' substances secreted by a number of ,glands—sex, thyroid, adrenal, pititary, etc, -and they ride in the blood stream, Their purpose is to speed or slow vital body processes. - Soon, hormones were being link- ed ,closely with cancer of the Uterus (womb), breast and, (in man) prostate. Canadian -born Dr. Charles Huggins, of Chicago, show- ed that when sex glands were re- moved from men there was a big improvement in prostate. cancer, • - Injections Effective But more knowledge simplified° .the procedure, Whereas Beatson had removed ovaries from women and Huggins had taken glands from men, other researchers .dis- covered a simpler way of achiev- ing the 'same result without surg- ery. They learned that sex hor- mones from women " antagonized those from men—cudvice versa. So instead of removing the ovaries from' women with breast cancer, they injected male sex hormones. And when a man had prostate cancer, they injected see hormones -from females. It turned out, however, that „the adrenal glands also could produce sex hormone and this upset the treatments. At that time the adrenals could not beremoved be- cause they were essential ,td life. Back in 1949 Kendall and Hengh, waking at the Mayo clinic, on ap- parently unrelated subjects, dis- covered the hormone cortisone which is one of those produced by the adrenal glands. Now it be- came possible to remove the adren- als surgically and keep the patient alive' with cortisone injection. • This is now being, done but it is a circuitous treatment and results are not clearly established And so, in this, and other fields,' researchers are still looking for the final answer to cancer. Torn Our early Files 40 YEAR.) AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday, February if, 1915.. Mrs. Sadiee-Johnston entertained the choir of Willis Church one evening last week, • 1'he annual meeting of the CIin- tori Motor Car Company was -held on Friday last when the following officers were elected; president and treasurer, W, Jackson; vice- president, T. Jackson, Jr.; secre- tary, H. T. Ranee; director John Jenkins, Clinton,• A. T. Holland, Montreal; general manager, C. W. Whitmore. It is expected that 1915 will •be a good one for the company. Orders for 512,000 worth of trucks being booked during the month of January alone. Messrs. J. P. Sheppard, D. N, Dingle, R; J.'Ciuff and P. Cant- elon attended the annual meeting of the South. Huron LOL at Exe- ter on Tuesday. Postmaster Scott and Miss Jean are spending a fo'rtnight's vacation with friends; at Carleton Place. The Clinton ' New. Ere Thursday, February 11, 1915 - The School of .Comtnerce held their annual ' skating, party and supper on Wednesday evening of this week. .A' good time was had by. all. William Proudfoot, K.C., M.P.P. for Centre Huron, will address: the Clinton Club on Friday evening of this week. Miss Lizzie Shanahan is visiting friends at London. Will Harland,- Guelph, was in town on Tuesday. ' Miss Kathleen Gunne, "London, is visiting with old friends in town, Robert Townsend spent Sunday in Londesboro. Miss Mary Chant leaves on Fri- day of this week for Auburn, N.Y.; to resume her position after a brief holiday at the parental home here, Miss Jean McTaggart returned Monday from, a fortnight's visit in Hamilton. James Doig who has been under the weather for some time, is still confined to his -xoom, 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton . News Record • Thursday,February 6, 1930 R. E. Manning and Rev. J. E. Hogg were appointed by the County Council at the session last week to the Clinton Collegiate board, the Iatter to fill the uncom- pleted term of the late 11. B. Chant. Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Pattison, esteemed citizens of Clinton, ceIe- brated the 57th anniversary of their wedding on Tuesday. Sid Thompson, relieving freight fo agent r the. CNR, has rented the McMurray house on Gibson. Street and had moved into it, Chairman Holmes reported for the fire and water committee, at the council meeting On Monday night. ,He said that Clinton's fire loss last, year' amounted to only $36.00, a fact which he felt dem- onstrated the splendid efficiency of the fire brigade, in the most spectacular games of hockey played here this season, the Clinton All-Star Intermediate hockey team and the Goderich • QuickCanadian Quiz 1 To collectors, what is Canada's most valuable postage stamp? 2, Does annual welfare spending by government agencies only now total about $90 per Can- adian family, $240 per family, $370 per family?• 3. In dollar value what are the principal catches of the Atlan- tic and the Pacific sea fisheries - 4. In what .year did the Halifax Explosion occur? 5. In 1939 the average Canadian family paid less than $300 a year in taxes, What is the present total? • ANSWERS: 5. Over 51,700 per year. 3. Of the Atlantic fisheries, lobster; of the Pacific, salmon. 1. The 12 -penny black, issued in 1850, now valued at 3,500, 4. In 1917 when an exploding munitions ship killed 1,800. ' 2, About 5370. Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the hoc- ket annual of facts about Canada. o Huron. County Crop Report (By G. W. Montgomery) Heavy snowfalls - coupled with high winds completely blocked most country roads on January 27. Agricultural activities were conse- quently curtailed fpr the remainder of that week. I3opwever roadsare now open as indicated by the at- tendance of 200 at the annual county Hog Producers" meeting on February 3. - Seed cleaning plants report in- creased activity and numerous .in- quiries -are being received regard- ing sources of seed supplies. "A record number .of 4-H Club mem- berships- have been received for this season of the year. 0 Fifteen Words Five most important words: "I am proud of you•" Four most important words: "What is your opinion? Three most important words: "If you please." Two most . important words: "Thank. you." Least important word: "I". Black Hawks battled to a'tie in 30 -minute overtime game here o Monday night. .10 YEARS AGO Clinton- News -Record Thursday, February 8," 1945 At the regular council meetin on Monday night, Dr, F. G. Tho "son was appointed to the office Medical Officer of Health succee ing :Dr.. J. W. Shaw who held th office for the past 52 years. Mrs. Harry Watkins, Roderic has received; word that her h band, Cpl. H. E. Watkins,is doin nicely, after a serious 'operatic when he -was taken 311 two week ago. Miss Shirley Henri has taken position in - Milady Beauty Shopp Toronto. Mrs. E. E. Gibson is spendin the week with her sister, Mrs. F. Reid, Varna. Miss Wilma Radford, Londe spent the weekend withher pa eats, Mr. and Mrs. 3. C. Radfor " Pte. K. B. Streets and Mr Streets, London, spent the week end in town with Mrs. C. Street and -family. • Frank Fingland, K.C., spent th weekend in Toronto, attending th reunion dinner of the Osgoode Hal class of 1926. ' Miss Catherine Jefferson, ac companied by Miss Jerry Saunder Brandon, Man., students of Alam College, St. Thomas, will spend long weekend at 'the home' of th forfner's parents, Mr. • and Mrs.- 11. Jefferson. Stoker 1st class, Mervyn Mc Cartney, RCNVR, Lunenburg, N. visited Last week with his unci Harvey McCartney, and other re latives in Clinton and Goderich "BUSINESS DIRECTORY" INSURANCE Be Sure • • Be Insured K. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL, INSURANCE Representative: Sten life Assurance Co. of Caned Office: Royal Bank Building' Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 703w IL 0. LAWSON - Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 251 Insurance Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co Insure the "Co-op" Way sY W. V. ROY District Representative Box 810 Clinton, Outer( Phone Collect Office 557 Res, 324J e. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Oar - Fire - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE McRILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 19 0 64. President, John H. - McEwing, BIyth; vice•pr i - dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; seoretery-treasurer and manager, M, A. Reid, Seaforth, Directors: John H. McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, BOrahoim; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Wats.. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J L. done, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, oderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea - forth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes- boro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; SelMunro ; SeaBakker, Brussels; . Eric INVESTMENTS Got The Facts Call VIC DINIytN Phone 168— Zurich Investors Mutual Managed and Distributed by Investors Syndicate of Canada, Ltd, OPTOMETRY ' A. L. COLE, R.O. • Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33. - J. E. LOffGSTAFF HOURS: SEAFORTH: Weekdays except Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Tues., Thurs„ Fri., 9 a.m.. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. C NTON: MacLaren's Studio Mondays only, from 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. - P$IONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT RONALD . G. McCANN Public Accountant Royal Banic Bldg., Phone 561 Res: Rattenbury St., Phone 455 CLINTON, ONTARIO 4-tfb, ROY N. BENTLEY , Public,Accouutant 4 Britannia Rd. (corner South St) Telephone 1011 GODERICH ' ONT. REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER' Real Estate and Business Broker High Street —'Clinton• Phone 448 Letters to TO A•GRFJENHOUSE s The Editor, - 1 Clinton News -Record Dear Editor; I am just `wondering if you had any space left that you might spare to print a short story of a little trip my wife and,I had some time ago, g 1 am not going to try to report m- it in detail, for that could take up of too much room, so I will only try d- to tell you a".Iittle about the Dale e Estate at Brampton. While spending our 40 year wed- 1, ding day with our son and his us family, also our daughter who is g hying there, they gave us a chance n, to. see a part of what I believe to s be the largest green house plant in Canada. The reason I say a part a is because we had only the after- e, noon to spend there, and to see through the place from end to end would take three or four days." ; We were, driven to the office at the green house, and Mrs. McGill r, and I were introduced by our son Glenn to the manager, Mr. Wind-" E. ridge, who is a veteran of World • War "I, and who has been employ= - ed there with• the tem for 35 years.. Mr. Windridge was very kind in showing us the place.'We wereSP e taken first "through the large 1 rooms where the cut flowers were brought in froth the green houses, and then to sorting,and' packing - rooms: There each flower was in, s, speeted for perfection before it $ was packed. a After spending,an hour or , e there we were, tken out into the G• beds of roses, „beautiful to be- hold", I wish I could •convey to - you in words the beauty of the J the Editor long beds of flowers with all the color of •.the rainbow scattered over them—a sight you would not forget for many days. I should like, -to give you some idea of the size of the place be - cause '1'think it is worth knowing about, In the first place, there are 360 acres of land growing .flowers .ea well as 35 acres under glass and covering this 35 acres there are 132 green houses, which carry 1,500,000 square feet of glass. Under ground tunnels that lead from house to house reach 2,090 feet, andif the green houses were placed end to . end, would extend nine miles, Now I would like to say, that the Royal palaces of England and Scotland have been graced with the beauty' and perfection of the 'Dale"',roses. Each rose has ,en its leaf "the 'name Dale stamped before, et is sold., There are also almost 400'work- ers totake care of the place, and the amount of work that has to be done. As we were shown through this .wonderful place ,ve • were flowthrileracreat creation, taken care off, be the of man. '' e a handas we had e nt a couple 'oi hours_ with the beautiful things;, we found' that if we were going to see ;.them up.and down the rows , we would have to walk 32 mrlesi so we turned back, very well'pleas- ed indeed with the beauty we saw and for •the kindness shown us by Mr. Windridge, and the staff in the ale greenhouses at Brat -tiptop. 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Chemist and Druggist - PHONE 51 "IMMUNIZE" Protection 'against diphtheria, whooping Dough, tetanus, and smallpox. is available from.. your family physician or the Health Unit. ,4 clinic open to intents three months and over, pre-school` children or any other persons, is held for CLINTON and DISTRICT, on the 3rd Friday of EACH MONTH expopt during duly and August. Next clinic is February 18, 1955, s` from 3:30.- 4:00 p.m. For well -babies, a child health' conference is .held every Friday afternoon from 2:30 - 4:00 p.m. The nurse is available at this time to weigh the child and discuss his care. At present both'the child health conference and the im- mmiizatioe clinic are being held in the new Public School, Clinton, ` Sponsor -- Huron County Health Unit {{ • Huron County H �•aith Q' Unit Preparation For Parenthood cod Classes Another series of classes is to be 'arranged for Clinton and District.' Those interested in these classes are invited to meet on TUESDAY,• FEBRUARY 15; 1955, at 8.00 p.m. in the Nurses' Office at the Clinton Public School.. On this day the titre and place far the classes - will beidecided. You may also phone 670 on February 14, or write to Miss Barbara Sauer, P.H.N., Clinton. 7-b OFF MAIN STREET ON.01-11 WE BROKE MOMS BEST VASE! BUT.WHBRE eAt i' WE Go? gin, By JOE DENNET•I WE'LL HOLE `UP THE IN FIBRHE'ATE' UNTI5 l . 1 �\ .,OFF•!