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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-03-24, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -h. RECORD • 'THURSDAY MARCH 24, 1955 THE CLINTON NEW ERA First issue June 6, 1865 News-Ftecorel THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD First issue (Huron News -Record) January 1881 Amalgamated 1924 Gess Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District Population, • 2,543; Trading Area; 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, 4.5c per line flat Sworn Circulation - 2,016 Home of Clinton RCAF Station and Adastral Park (residential) MEMBER; Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec 'Division, CWNA; [western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RA4TES: Payable in-advance—Canada and Great Britain$2.50 a year; , United States and .Foreign: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents Delivered bycarrier to RCAF Station and Adastral Park -25 cents a month; seven cents a copy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department: Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY,/at .CLINTON, Ontario, Canada,,, in the Heart of "Huron County,. THURSDAY; MARCH 24, 1955. PUBLICITY AN T141211E ARE two kinds of publicity. No .one wants bad publicity, thought it is the inevitable result of certain actions not condoned by society, But; Everyone wants good public- ity. Not all of us know how to get it. Of good publicity there are two kinds: paid and unpaid. -. All too.' often people say of a meeting they have organized: why didn't it get in the paper? And all too often those same people are answered: (by someone who doesn't know much about' it) "Oh, they, don't care what happens to our group. They're never at the meetings". • "They" do care. "They" are, the news paper folk who live and work for no other •purpose than to find the news and to print it that all may read. The answer to . that ques- tion should ues-tion::should have been: "I' guess we didn't tell ahem about the meeting ahead of time." Paid publicity is advance publicity. In • other words It is advertising. This, is paid for in terms laid down by the medium being used, whe'th4er it be newspaper, or any other means. 'This is the money which keeps:.a newspaper 'in :business. Without it there would be no 'means of publishing news. After an event has been held, then free •publicity, or ne s coverage may be expected let a newspaper. Perhaps it•would be o;•no Harm to mention these fbw things: Advertising an event in a 'newspaper does not automatically insure that a reporter from that newspaper will appear to record the doings of your meeting. ' Reporters are as forgetful as any person, and it does no harm at all to call in advance of the meeting ,and invite him to be there. If covering an event is apt to cost a re- porter money, in terms of admission fees, ;.luncheon fees, transportation charges; etc., then it, is the polite thing to . do to supply him with .a free ticket, a paid-up dinner„ arid offer to D (IOW TO GET IT give hint transportation if he needs it. Your courtesy will be amply rewarded by the space, given to the story, and the care with which it is handled. Let the newspaper know well in., advance the date of a meeting, the name of the special speaker, request for pictures, and of any other details you may wish to have. It is quite pos- sible"that two programs may for the same time, Then the newspaper must decide which is the better news story—and surprisingly enough he is apt to choose .the one of which he knows something;: and to which he holds a complimentary ticket. I1, , on the other hand,- both and;both events appear to warrant strong attention, then (if it is known early enough) . arrange- ments will be made to have someone take care of the story, though the regular reporter may be busy somewhere else. The old -saying "you cannot get something for nothing" applies to the matter of getting good publicity, But ,it is also very surprising how much of it -you can get for a very little courtesy. - AY NIGHT? , SATURD THERE SEEMS to be a general movement against the matter of staying open on Saturday nights in small ,towns. Some folk say that it is a matter of tradition—that Saturday - night is• the night to go to town and to stand around and talk, and buy the children's shoes, and the weekend's groceries, and choose new wallpaper, However, we feel that this tradition has been shaken. If not, then the idea of closing on Saturday nights would' not have arisen. In any young days, there was certainly no discus- sion of :the. matter, Saturday night was the night to shop; and that was that, Nevertheless things have changed in other -ways. Saturday night used to be the night to take a bath, too, and baths were not taken on ,other nights. That tradition has changed. Peo- ple - are apt, to take baths on almost any night. 'We also understand that some folk take baths • " in the enorning, Some folk have even gone so . far away from tradition, as to take a shower. Times have changed mightily since our youth when the Saturday night was a tradition - and have changed more since 100 years before that when nobody took a bath at all. Perhaps this is the year to change the tradition of shopping nights in this area. Per- haps it is not. Since many } ideas are being put forth, though,inclUding open shopping nights both on Friday and on Saturday nights—we would sug- gest this: YOU ARE THERE DID YOU EVER read of.a flood? the havoc wrought by a hurricane such as Hazel was? the more recent disaster caused by the high winds and snow on Lake. Erie? and wish that you could be there to help? You can be there, at thenext emergency: Your contribution, given to the Red Cross canvasser when he calls at your home next week, will join with hundreds of other contribu- tions' of money, time and skills to "be there" when the next disaster strikes. You are there if . you plan ahead of tinie to let your dollars work for you through the Red Cross, Give generously! At the present time, merchants, hard put to it to cut down on working hours and so retain their clerks, have closed their stores on Wednesday afternoons. This is fine -except that a good many will tell you that they do • little business` on Wednesday morning. Why not then, stay open all day on Wednesday and stay closed all day- on Monday? There'$, never too much doing on Monday anyway, or so we under- stand. This arrangement would avoid the break in the middle of the week where it is so un- handy. This would provide a two-day weekend for the leisurely natiofi in .which, we now live, and it would allow everyone to enjoy Saturday night shopping or Friday night, 'if they prefer—with the added .enjoyment ,,of knowing they would have a two=flay long weekend.. A Thought . •• The best, store .to shop at is the one that is doing a profitable business. " The best merchant to sell to is the- one who makes a profit on the goods he buys. The best employer to work for is*the one. who finds it profitable to employ you. —The Rural Scene From. Our Early Files 40 YEARa AGO The ,Clinton News -Record Thursday, March 25, 1915 'William Acton of the Motor Company staff had the misfortune to fracture his right wrist on -Mon- day while cranking a car The injury will lay pini off work for two or three weeks. Morgan J. Agnew and Alex Gdrsliegh, Clinton, have enlisted in the 33rd battalion and went to London on Tuesday. Ray Cantelon, son of -Mr. and Mrs. D. Cantelon, has enlisted at Saskatoon for. the Third Contin gent. " Mrs. R. Walton.visited her hus- band of the 33rd battalion'' last week at London. Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Mason, Sr. have returned home from Detroit, where they srpent the winter with their ;daughters; • The 'invincible seven of CCI -challenged the town" team to a friendly game of hockey last Thursday -night when they_ went down to defeat in a score of 7-3. This is 'the, first time' the CCI team' has been defeated this seas- on. Lineups: CCI, goal, F. Fing- land; defence, E. Beacom,' P. Wheatley; rover, M. Elliott; cen- tre, H. Kilts,: ,wings, M. Cook, 0. Johnson. Town team: goal, M. Carter; defence, R, Rumball, M, O'Donnell; rover, N. Cluff; centre, E. Graham; wings, J. Carter, M. Draper,Refine, A. Mitchell.. The- Clinton New Era incial -Police and is appointed Provincial Constable. H. J. ')VManaghan, N. W. Miller, N. Sly, M. J. Sehbenhals, E. W. Morrison, 13. Rathwell and W. J. Falconer were amongst those who attended the Orange and .Black conventions at .Brantford last week. Mrs, A. D. Beaton and. Holmes who have spent the winter in Tor- onto, have returned to their home in 'town. Robert Middleton and Miss Jean Middleton; Toronto, spent the weekend al their home here. Thursday, March 25, 1915 Graham Bros.., sold out 200 bush- els of beans for $3 is bushell. Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong have moved to Clinton: Their son Edgar has charge of the farm. George Riley, Constance, . -lost his driver this week. George Beatty, Varna, has ren- ted the farm of, John Kitchen's in Stanley for a,year. Mr. Murner, Bayfield, being un- able to secure ice on the Bayfield river owing to the early breakup, was obliged , to send teams to Trick's pond for a supply. William McEwen and John Mc- Cowan, Stanley Township, went. to Toronto at the end of last creek with fat cattle. The farmer's are now engaged in.making maple syrup. "Doc" Johnston, who . has been "Junior" at the Molson's Bank here for the past year or so, has been moved to Belleville. • 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record Thursday, March 20, 1930 The Ontario Government has taken over the county road from Clinton north for 36 miles to the Walkerton - Kincardine highway, The expectation is the road- will be paved, if not at once, within a very few years. Mr, and Mrs. T. A. Greig, who • have been in Toronto all Winter, have moved into Mrs. T. Jackson's residence, High St. Major B, LeGrand, highway traffic officer, by order in council is now sander the Ontario Prov - 1938- BETTER FISH 1 95'5 BETTER HUNTING CONSERVE TODAY FOR TOMORROW "1 give my pledge as a Canadian to save and faithfully to. defend from waste the natural resources of my country, its soil and minerals, its forests, water and wild life". The 1955 executive -of the As. fresh waters that they were in - r sooiatron has been appointed to traduced into the Great Lakes, take care of the many chides. They In 1906, the "little- fish which ;are as follows: secretary, William smells like a cucumber" was plant - ."Bill" Lee; 'treasurer, Reg.. L. Cud- ed in the St. Marys River by of - ;more; property, George Falconer; ftcials of the State of Michigan, grounds, Harold Glew; farm, Alvin There were repeated plantings up i doubtful'f' Sharp; fish' and wild life, Louis to. 1921 but it is x any .5 , p Freeman; ways and means,. Bert ofthese were successful. In 1912, Gliddon; gun club, Louis. Forest; smelt eggs were planted in Crystal -raffle, Don Smith; dance, Tom Lake,; Michigan, but it was ten Murphy; social and assistant sec- years before mature smelt were •rotary -treasurer, C. J. Livermore; found there. In 1923 they appear - membership, Lloyd Butler; enter- ed in Lake Michigan near the out- tainment, Gerry Westburg; rules let of Crystal Lake. ,.of the club, Frank` Dixon; build-, Fish know no international ing, Jack Tyndall; -junior members, boundaries. r The same year, 1923; and club reporter, E. R. Doucette. specimens were taken at Tober Smelt Season mory on the Bruce Peninsula; The Behind the official words of the smelt worked their way south 'regulations governing the taking (seeking salt water again?) and • ,af smelt in Ontario,'. lies a story. turned up in Lake Erie, then in ler.der the regulations, a resident Lake Ontario and the St. Lawr- may take smelt in a dip net up to enee River. three by three feet in size, without Probably the unsung hero of the a licence; for seine or larger nets smelt runs is one Newt Ely, of (to six by six feet) a $1 licence is Beulah, Mich. Smelt made their required, Non-residerits--„are to 'first sensational appearance 3n a stake out licences at, $5. • stream, near Newt's farm in 1918. This is the smelt story: 18 years 'Newspaper reports of the time • ago, in 1936, Dr. W. J. K. Hark- state: ness, Chief of the Fish and Wild- "He didn't know a smelt when life Division of the Department, he saw one He took two water wrote—'IA new fish has appeared pails from the woodshed and Welk- in recent years in Lake Huron and ed down to the little?creek which other Great Lakes.", sweeps swiftly past a short ;dist- The smelt is not native to the ance.from his house. It was wash Great Lakes. Its native home is day and Mrs. Ely had reminded the Atlantic coast where it lives in him to fill the tubs before he•.went the seas running into streams in to the office. spring to spawn. Some lakes in "At the creek he dipped a pail Maine and New Brunswick con- into the_foot depth of crystal' clear tained;them and it was from such water with the indifferent motion of established habit. The pall felt strangely heavy as it came up., Newt paused to look at it. He stared in open-mouthed astonish- ment. "In the bucket was a wiggling, flipping mass. He rubbed his eyes and stared again. Instead of a pail of water he had a pail of fish -little sardine -like fish about eight inches long. He turned to the creek. Again he rubbed his eyes'. The six-foot width of water was filled, from bank to bank with a teeming, struggling mass of fish, all headed upstream. Some even were crowded'. above the water. That's how it all began. Since then, thousands of Ontario resi- dents have enjoyed smelt fry, Some years ago, the small fish died in ,millions and biologists could find no cause for the disa$- . Hut theye m 1 ter. B have co back. The smelt is a slender, silvery fish with minute loose scales, a sharply forked tail and a mouthful of tiny sharp teeth. It looks some- thing like' a disco or herring ex- cept for the larger mouth armed with those teeth. - Maximum size is around 1.3: to 14 inches, weight - approximately eights.ounces; aver- age size seven to ten inches. A rough estimate of catch would be about 11 fish to the pound. 5 5 Do You Know? Cross a carrier pigeon with a woodpecker and you should get a bird that will not, only -deliver a message but knock` at the door. 'The best outlook on life we've heard yet: Just an ordinary map of ,the world should give us; a les- son in living. The map shows`, six times as much water as dry land. Any fool should be able to see that the Good Lord meant a man to fish six times as much as he works: (Try- it.) The largest speckled brook trout was caught' by S. G. Reynolds in Alberta, 8 lbs., 14 ozs. Bait: raw meat. The largest small mouth -Black Bass was caught by. L. J. Watson -of- Birch Lake, Ontario, 6 lbs.; 14 ozs. Bait: live frog. Dial Phones In Clinton Promised By Spring of 1956, New Building The dial telephone is coming°to Clinton. ' W, W:' Haysom, Bell Telephone manager for this region, announc- ed this week that the new dial telephone system here is scheduled to go into operation in the spring of 1956. First step toward the change 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Pte. Albert Steep, Camp Ipper- wash, spent last weekend at his home, Bob Hanley, who graduated last fall as a sergeant pilot in the RCAF was on the RCAF Reserve for several months, He recently. enlisted in the Canadian - Army and is stationed at Brantford. Lieut. Clarence'A, Rozell, rvho has been overseas foy' some time in England and Holland has ar- rived home. Huron County Crop Report . (By G. W. Montgomery) While 'some fair runs of sap were reported earlier last week, the maple syrup make to date in Huron County has been small and is selling locally at $5 per gallon. Four hundred people were on hand for the open house program at the Seaforth Rural Community Night School when ,the courses of instruction were concluded for the season. A panel discussion on "New De- velopments in Fruit Growing" highlighted the annual meeting and banquet of the County Fruit Growers' Association, at which 75 Superintendent A. E. Rumball Thomas Churchill and W. E. Per- due, were in Toronto this week attending the Hydro convention. Mrs, Harold Fremlin received word last Thursday that her hus- band L/Cph Harold Fremlin is missing in action. He was serv- ing with the Algonquin Regiment in Holland. Second Lieut. Nursing Sister Gertrude Holmes, Crumlin, spent the weekendwith her parents' Mr. ,and. Mrs. W. S. IL Holmes. Miss Donna Lobb has returned after a two week's visit at Conn - 'ell Bluffs, Iowa. Mrs. Norman Miller Mr. and r Pearl and Frank, spent Sunday with F/0 and Mrs. Vernon Wag- ner. Ft° Wagner, who has been an instructor at 'Centralia, has now been posted to Centralia. Miss Marion Thompson, Hamil- ton, spent the weekend with Dr. and Mrs. F. G. Thompson. growers and guests were- 'in at- tendance. Local seed supplies are rapidly becoming exhausted, numerous en- quiries regarding sources .of Rod- ney and Garry oats and Brant. barley are still being. received. fox more building space to -provide enlarged facilities, it was decided to convert the Clinton exchange to dial operation as soon as prac- ticable. The community's entire wire - and -cable network must be re- arranged and extended to connect with the new exchange building. of the n .'hone Tmplex switcqup- systeoverm to dial opeClintorationtelepwill be inheert,cowhich will'dial requirehing severeial months: to install when the new building is ready, must first . be engineered and manufactured to meet, Clinton's specific telephone needs. All telephone sets must be changed for dial operation. The whole program must be carefully co-ordinated so that all Clinton telephones cap be switched over to dial operation within a matter of seconds on the cutover • date, with virtually no interrup- tior 1n service. the construction of a dial exchange building on the south side of Rat- tenbury Street on property purch- ased a: little over a year ago from W. Br Seeley: Tenders for the new. building have just .been called, and construction will commence within the next few weeks. An attractive brick structure of modern ,appearance, the building will consist of two storeys and basement. The first floor will house the dial switching equip- ment, while the second "storey will accommodate e new long distance switchboard of the latest design. "The rapid and continuing. growth of „the, Clinton area is chiefly responsible for the decision to change the exchange to dial operation in the near future," Mr. Haysom explained. • Instep with the industrial and residential expansion which has taken place in the Clinton area since the end of the war, telephone facilities have been expanded again and again until today there are more than 1,450 telephones in ser- vice here, approaching three times the 535 15 service, in 1945. Re- peated additions to the Clinton switchboardshave filled the pres- ent building to capacity. - Thus, in view of the ever-in- creasing demand here and the need The Greatest Handicap Ignorance! "If parents could ap- preciate that the chance of one or more 'of their children' (or their neighbour's children) -- becoming t an alcoholic exceeds he combined chance of their developing tuber- culosis or poliomyelitis, more int- erest in this field would be quickly developed. Read that again! It is not the hysterical pronounce- ment of a temperance crank, We quote from a recent publication of the Health League of "Canada. Again, "The ,greatest handicap ;to effective treatment and prevention of alcohol' addiction and chronic alcoholism lies in the general pub- lic's ignorance." • This advertisement is inserted by the. Huron County Temperance Federation.- 12-b amessenimiimessomass • Quick Canadian Qui 1. Who was Canada's first Prime Minister? ` 2: What famed inventor first took a man aloft in Canada, in a heavier-than-air machine? 3. How many Canadians are vol- untarily insured against hospi- tai, medical or surgical ex- penses 4. Is the average hourly wage earned in Canadian manufact- uring 90 cents, 51.20 or $1.40? 5. Does the a v er a g e. Canadian family pay anhually in taxes $250, $975 or $1,724? ANSWERS: 5. $1,724; 3. More, than 12 million. 1. Sir John A. Macdonald; 4. $1.40; 2. Alexander Graham Bell, in 1907, in the kite Cygnet., Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the poc- ket annual of facts about Canada. 0 Exeter Break -In Under Police Investigation Police officers are investigating a break-in at Rick's Foodland, Exeter, which 'occurred on Mon- day—the second at the store with- ih the last four weeks. - A quantity of cigarette* and a safe containing 5150 were taken The store was enteredthrough the front door after its lock' had been smashed. A cash register was un- touched: Provincial police later found the safe open on the township road three miles west of Exeter. Rec- ord papers in it were intact. The store is owned by Wesley Ryckenan of Exeter.., When the dial system is inaug- ureted, it will necessarily mean a reduction in the size of the 'operat- ing staff. The conipany is already making plans to ensure that this will be accomplished with a min- imum inimum ' of disruption to present operators. A large number of operators will still be required to handle such work as' long distance, information and assistance calls. Tomake sure that present operators are given preference, any new operators or replacements for girls leaving the company will be hired on the un'llexstanding that their employ- ment may be temporary. Other plans' are being worked out to make certain that any dislocation of the operating staff is kept to a minimum, M. Haysom said. l Uait Q_ y ()Service DRUGS NEEDS NO NEUTRALIZER FAIL -PROOF METHOD only $1:75 SRP1NGIERend-curls DEEPER waves -- This : Is KLEENEX WEEK Get a couple of extra boxes. Reg. 20c, 2/39c Man's: Size 85o, 2/G9e p See Our Display of Easter Chocolates Bunnies Priced from lec to $2.50 Veeaude -• • PROM neutralizes automatically PROM waves hair evenly • PROM "takes" every time TRY A TONI FOR EASTER HOUSECLEANING SPECIAL Moth Crystals Reg. 59e lb. -2 lbs. for 580 KODAKS — PRINTING and DEVELOPING - FILMS MAGAZINES and GREETING CARDS W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 searemeanneuessammare vaintroraciancsourammacitanagar ave of Four tr 11r YF over rti 1 from last week's ad. in: News -Record. 1954 DESIGNS equipped with al'I features. REDUCED IN .PRICE • plus Carriage TUFFLEX MATTRESS and NYLON NET FREE. eattie Furnitiir' OFF MAIN STREET . I BETCHA CANT "GUESS WHAT` I'M • ' THINKING ABOUT! COMIC BOOKS, GIRLS, BASEBALL'; AUTO -RACING MOVIES, ICE -CREAM? -- NOPE! T' WASTHlNKIN' ■ THAT THE WIND NECESSARY TO PLAYA FLUTE MUST HAVE VELOCITY OF MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE MILE'S AN a HOUR! By JOE DENNETT SHUCKS! 'THAT WAS, THE NEXTTHING 1 WA5 GONNA SAY! :ere ^�Iilllillap C.4 •Ji.