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1Z.INTON 'NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY; APRIL 28, 1955,
i*.ton
THE, CLINTON NEW' ERA
First issue June 6,, 1865
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THE 'CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
'First issue (Huron Newe-Record)
January 1881,
Amalgamated 1924,
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Published EVERY' THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, In .the- Heart of Huron County
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1955
SYMBOL OF TIIE GOOD` BUSINESSMAN
THROUGHOUT the past two weeks, direct- chase and erecting of the four strings of col-
ors of: the Clinton and District Chamber of cured lights which dress up the main inter -
Commerce have been approaching businessmen section in Clinton. The Chamber has also spear-
And others in the Town of Clinton, offering ' Beaded` a campaign towards the purchase of a.
,.membership in the Chamber• most valuable piece of equipment for the Clinton
Some of those approached have accepted • Fire Department. This purchase was completed
-the offer, and in so doing have stated clearly just last week, with the assistance of about
'their belief in the future of Clinton as a good 30 other organizations in town, and tt may well
place to live, and also a belief that they can mean your life or that of someone you know.
.do something -'to help make it even better. Besides this, the Chamber's retail merchants'
The round blue and yellow sticker on the ' committee has conducted several surveys of the
'door of a shop or. on the window of a. car, main street. The Chamber paid for and.erected
-which •designates membership in the Chamber is a pair of green trees at every lamp post in the
-also the sign of the progressive businessman. down town section of" town at Christmas time.
It is the sign of one who is willing to devote These were all worthy projects. And if
his time, his co-operation and his ideas toward any one in town should mutter to himself—
the betterment of our town. "not much", then let him take thought to the
Membership in the Chamber of Commerce fact that a great deal' more could have been
is open to everyone in town and country. It is accomplished, had he himself just. put forth
- limited only to this extent:, that those who more effort, and helped the few active members
' belong are ready to work and talk for the good of the Chamber.
.of Clinton. The name of the Chamber of Commerce is
Strangely enough a few men in Clinton put widely known, and the worth it can be to a
•off joining the Chamber on the strangest of community has been proved time and again.
excuses. One most heard is "What is the The Clinton Chamber can .do more for you
•Chamber doing?" or "What has It done?" all, if you get into the job yourself and make
Among the tangible efforts of the Chamber • use of the organization that is ready to work
during the past 12 months has been the pur- for you,
• IS'FRIDAY NIGHT BETTER?
THOUGHT TOWNS in this area did not see As the editor of the Wiarton Echo notes,
fit to change from customary Saturday night to Bruce. County and, we might add, Huron, is
Friday night shopping, some municipalities, in- essentially a farming area. Saturday night is
eluding St. Marys and Hanover have officially the traditional shopping night for farm folk.
changed their shopping evening. However, we have never yet found that
The change to Friday comes about as a farming people were backward in accepting
result of the five-day week in industrial centres, any new idea which would be 'of benefit to
and the fact that many workers receive theirs themselves or would assist in anything which ,
pay cheques on Friday. With the money in the -community felt was a good thing. We
their pockets, they find that if they get the would be very interested in hearing just what
shopping done right away, then they have two- the farm public, or anyone in town for that
whole days for recreation, visiting, church -going, matter, feels about this business of Friday and
.and general relaxation. , Saturday night opening,
TAXES, TAXES
TAXES, TAXES, everywhere yet no money
'to pay the unemployed, or fix the holes in the
sidewalks, or put paint on the walls. •
3t is so very easy to lose track of the
*enormous percent of every pay cheque which
we turn over to governments of one kind or
.another. We wonder if there -is not some sort
,of insidious psychology in the matter which
:makes us feel easier in mind, when we put our
-money out at various times, and into a variety
tof pockets.
This latest provincial. government • gift to
municipalities is perhaps strongest evidence of
forgetfulness. It may be that it was a pre-
election gift, as many have suspected. That
we don't know. However, it Seemed at the
time to be a marvellous thing, indeed.
Nevertheless, when we consider the situation
to the depths, it really is our own money
coming back to our pockets, with one essential
difference. The total is much less now, than
when we first spent it in provincial government
taxes.
You see, whenever money passes through
hands to a certain destination, it is necessary
that a percentage of it remain with the hands
• through which it passes, in order that those
hands be paid. In this case the deduction
process has happened once when the money
Was paid to the province, again when the
. WHAT DAY.
UPON WHAT DATE will the fourth Thurs-
'day of April 1956 fall? What day in the week
will the 13th of February, 1958, be?
That's the type of question nearly every
executtive of nearly every Club is faced with
at some time or other. And as things go, the
editor of a newspaper is more often faced with
it than anybody, for where do people go for
.answers to questions? The editor, that's who.
Now we are as fortunate as most, and
perhaps more fortunate than 'a good many, in .
that we have a tiny booklet measuring about
`two by four inches, and within its eight small
pages we have a wealth of information. There
are 14 different yearly calendars, ,and these
cover all the years from 1891 to 1990.
(It also includes a table which will tell
you, for instance,, just how many days there
are between April 28, 1955 and September 1,
1955). So long as we can fi>id the tiny booklet,
-we are well informed, indeed.
But as we sit and ponder the .glories of °
.owning such, a small little book, (which, by the
way, was distributed by the Indusrtial Accident
Prevention Associations), we worry about.those
hundreds of people who, don't own such a little ,
'book.
When we think of the time which would be
saved if the new Universal Calendar should ever
be accepted, and we all would know without
province paid it to the municipality, and it will
happen again when the municipality spends it.
The, taxpayer gets a very small percentage
of the real worth of his tax money. In the
meantime he has been without the use of his
money for months, so that by all good financial
figuring he should be receiving interest, not
having deductions made.
Committed to a Big Canada
WE MIGHT as well plan for a big Canada
says The Financial Post, because that is what
it is going to be. "A larger population is no
longer just a political slogan. , It's an event to
which we are already committed. The parents
of our larger population have already been
born. More school and university facilities, as
Dr° Sidney Smith has been pointing out, are
not temporary needs; they are part of a new
North American pattern. Higher productivity,
greater business efficiency, aren't just matters
of choice. They are a question of the survival
for our living standard. Twenty years is a
short•period in the life of a nation. If we are
to meet the challenge and grasp the opportunity
of the future, the time to make ready for it is
now.,'
WILL IT BE?
referring to any little book just what day in
the week the 17th of Ireland would be during
the year 1962, for instance. Verily, it would be
a boon to mankind.
Robert ISL: Saunders
1903-1955
This was a man who lived, a dream,
Gave it the substance of reality,
And, dying with the task yet unfulfilled,.
Passed on to us the need to make it whole.
This was a man of simple dedication,
Who strove in sublime will with but one
thought;
To keep what was the people's for the
people, -
Increasing the talents handed to his care..
Too few of us are touched with that spare
wand
That lifts us up and, carries us to the stars.
Not many love a land with single -hearted
zeal, . • ,
Or have a goal of greatest good for all..
When such there be, and such was he,
We take him to our hearts for all time
to come:
—Horace Brown.
—Ont. Dept. of Lanes and Forests Photo
SPECKLED TROUT FISHING, OPENS APR. 30 in Ontario this year
b ' ca x: usual May opening falls:on'Sunday. This fisherman was snapped
lookmgover his flies at White River.
From Our Early Files
40 fYeRrS Ago the Easter vacation.
Miss' Marion Gibbings„Essex and
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Jack Gibbings, University of West-
Tlmrsday, April 29, 1915 ern Ontario, were home over the
J. B. Little's house on Queen Easter holidays.
Street has been rented by Frank
Hollyman, the new baker at Harry
Bartliff's.
The probabilities say that base-
ball will be fairly -brisk in Clinton
again this season. The local art-
ists are already to take to the
diamond. Tommy Hawkins, Mur-
ray McEwen, Frank McCaughey, e
Ed, Johnson and others who have
been the mainstay of the team in i
past seasons will again be• found
on the diamond.
Frank Perdue has added'a pair
of well -matched grays to his liv-
ery. He has also bought a Ford t
car to have his eqiupment still
more up-to-date.
Robert Hunter has bought 50
acres off the A. Innes farm in
Stanley Township. He paid $1,800
for this addition and though itis ,
without buildings it is considered
he obtained it at a fair price.
hick Canadian.
Quiz
1; What Canadian • lake yields
North America's largest annual
catch of trout and.: whitefish?
2, What percentage of Canada's
waterpower' resources. - have
been developed to date?
3. "Does .revenue from: individual
inciome taxes represent - two-
thirds, (One-half or one-quarter
of Ottawa's total annual tax
revenues?
4. What are the highest and low-
est temperatures on record in
Canada?
5. Do'Canadian' railways receive
more revenue from freight or
from passenger traffic?
ANSWERS: 5.- Passenger traffic
earns less than ten percent of
railway income, , 3. Personal in-
come taxes produce about ;one-
quarter of federal tax revenues.
1. Great Slave Lake. 4. High
temperature record is 113 degrees,
on the southern prairies; low
temperature is 87 degrees below
zero, in the Yukon. 2. Only about
one-fifth of waterpower resources
have been developed to date.
Material prepared by the editors
of Quick Canadian Facts, the -poc-
ket annual of facts about Canada.
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10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, April 26, 1945 '
Twenty-six of Mr. and -Mrs. Dick
Noble's friends and neighbours,
presented them with a beautiful
nd table and reading lamp, be-
fore they left the farm to reside
n their new home in town.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Miller
and family moved to their new
home in Goderich on Tuesday.
Master Bruce Marshall is out of
he hospital and around again af-
ter being treated for injuries to
his right hand.
Miss Edith Paterson, Guelph,
spent the weekend with friends in
Clinton.
There was a very large crowd in
attendance at the annual CCI "At -
Home” held in the .collegiate aud-
itorium, Friday evening, April 20.
Guests were received by Mr. and
Mrs. Brock Olde, Mr. and Mrs.
Garnet McGee, Miss Mary Lane
and Gerald Elliott, president of
the Students' Council.
Second class priority for repairs
will be granted to motor vehicles
requiring urgent repairs or re-
placements necessary for safe op-
eration regardless of the owner's
gasoline ration category. Only
those repairs and replacements
specified by the police department
may be made under the revised
priorities plan.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, April 29, 1915
James Doherty, who has been a
resident on Ontario Street, is mov-
ing to the house owned by Mrs.
Murphy to Townsend Street:
James Johnston, Ontario Street,
will move next week to a house
on Albert Street north. He is
now the teamster for Arthur
Forbes, coal merchant.
The old Queen's Hotel, that was
a well-known hotel in the days
gone by will be known no more.
Last week William Elliott, has had
a gang of men with Mr. Daymant
in charge dividing the building in
two° He will have the two halves
made into two dwelling houses.
Miss Fannie Waldron spent the
weekend with her friend, Miss
Jennie Grant.
The Minister of Education shows
that during the past five years
the average salary of lady teach-
ers has increased in the rural
schools from $382 to $524 and of
male teachers from $462 to $590.
In urban schools the average has
advanced from $560 to $647 for
ladies and from $995 to $1,225
for men:
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, April 24, 1930
The first social gathering of the
Clinton Golf Club took the form
of a dance in the town hall on
Monday evening, • when a very
pleasant time was spent by those
present. •
The total amount on deposit in
the penny bank by the school
children of Clinton at the end o
February was $1,114.25, as agains
$544.16 a year ago. Thrift is
growing,
The hospital board acknowledge
the following donations to the ele-
vator and fire escape` fund:'• Wes-
ley -Willis Church $34,50; Mrs.
Agnes eJrvis and Miss Laura Jer-
vis $1. •
D. J. Atkinson, W. M. Miller,
Hugh Miller and H. P. Plumsteel
are all able to be out again after
illnesses, They are welcome once
more to their accustomed places
in business and social life.
Miss Cleta Ford, Alma College
staff, St. Thomas and W. Ford,
London, spent Easter with 'their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ford.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Chowen
and Miss Betty, Hamilton and Roy
Chowen, Toronto, were with their
Parents, 1VIr. and Mrs. J. G, Chow -
en over' the Easter Weekend.
Miss Ruth Ball of the University
of Western „Ontario is home for
OFF MAIN STREET
ES, ONCE AGAIN- IT'S SPRING / SEE HOW A YOUNG MAN'S • PANCY 7URN84,
By JOE AENNETT.
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"Safety Cycles"'.
A_ sure sign of spring is the
number of bicycles which made
their appearance after being laid
tip for the winter months, so this
is probably e good time to pass, on
a :few suggestions for safe cycling.
Safety begins with a bicycle
that is ingood mechanical con-
dition. Loose handle grips, brok-
en spokes, slack chains or poor
brakes are factors which' can Gause
accidents no matter how carefully
you try to ride.
It's•most important to make a
safety check before you begin the
season's riding.' It's too late after
an accident happens. When using
the streets and highways cyclists
Must obey all the rules of the
road, 'just likemotorists, plus
other safety, precautions such as
keeping well over to the right of
the 'roadway; riding in single fie;
walking the bicycle across busy
intersections and above all remem-
bering: only ONE. rider per bicycle.
Speaking, as "a police -officer, I
find that in the majority of all
bicycle accidents, the cyclists
violate one or more of the rules of
the road, or fail to observe these
precautions.
In discussing the question of
bicyclingwith parents, I have
found that they very often are
deeply concerned for their child's
safety on the bicycle, but they
neglect one of the simplest safety
procedures: that of discovering
for themselves just what is in-
volved -in
n-volved•in safety cycling, so that
they can be sure the child under-
stands the rules of the road, and
will be encouraged to obey them.
Young cyclists of to -day will be
the motorists of to -morrow and a
good way to prepare for a driver's
licence is to learn the rules of th
road and become traffic -wise a
this level. The safety habits whic
they develop as bicycle riders wil
stay with them long after the
have graduated from a bicycle t
become careful responsible motor
orists. —CHIEF JOE
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TURNIP PLANT HANDLES
OVER 100,000 BUSHELS
Russell Dougherty's turnip plant
at Blyth closed out the 1954 crop
last week and according to Mr.
Dougherty *over 100,000 bushels
were handled.
D -
BRUSSELS' GRAND OLD LADY
HAS' HER 94TH BIRTHDAY
Mrs. David C. Ross, Brussels,
celebrated her 93rd birthday on
Saturday. She received congrat-
ulations and . affectionate good
wishes from her family and many
friends. — Brussels Post.
Crop Report
(By G. W. Montgomery)
"Approximately 50 percent of the
spring grains are now seeded.
Much of the acreage still to be
seeded has been worked over once
or twice. Heavy rains last Wed-
nesday again delayed seeding op-
erations, but farmers were back
on the land at the close of the
week.
"New seedings, old meadows and
pastures have made exceptional
growth and fall wheat is looking
better each day.
"The approval- of a television
licence for radio station CKNX by
the CBC board of governors, is
the big news in the county this
week. The Wingham station will
operate on Channel 8 and it will
have a directional antenna at a
height of 793 feet. Of particular
interest is the fact that an exten-
sive farm program is being plan-
ned."
WINNIPEG TAKES HOME
EAST -WEST CHALLENGE CUP
The Winnipeg entry retained the
East-West challenge trophy, de -
>;eating Goderich Lions peewees in
the final game of the seven full
days of Young Canada Hockey
Week at Goderich. -- Signal -Star.
•
To encourage population gro
in the early days of French Can
ada a father was subject to a fin
if he had a son unmarried at ag
20 or a daughter unwed at age 1
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