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THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 1955
NAME YOUR CHOICE
WHEN THE 'PL^RIOD for nominations
•conies up next Monday night, it will be your
opportunity to name a responsible citizen of
Clinton to 011 the vacancy on the council.
This has been a difficult year for the coun-
cillors, since it has been a period when many
'novel problems have arisen. It has been a busy
.year for all committees and there has been a
record number of committee meetings, special
:meetings, and rush-hour gatherings for all.
Though .it would,certainly be hoped -that the
remaining half of 1955 does not contain an
.equal amount of work and worry, still there
:are many loose and dangling problems which
must be solved -rand the cliolee of the right
person to haip take care of tient is an import-
ant one,
There are a number of men in Clinton who
are well-qualified for the position on council,
However, we feel that it would be a matter
of using only half the choices if the electorate .
refuses to scan the ranks of the eligible ladles
for a candidate at this time. It might well be
that such a one might be quite willing to stand
for the job, and that she could fill the position
well. •
In any case, the time to make your choice
for someone on council is duringthe nomination
period. Take advantage of it.
GOOD OLD DAVY CROCKETT
(Swift Current, Sask., San)
WE MUST ADMIT when it first came out were worshipping an Ameraican. Failing to get
we were as wild about Davy Crockett as millions any reaction from the statesmen at Regina about
' of kids everywhere. Confessing ignorance, we the further encroachment of American Imperial -
didn't know who Davy was, only knew that he ism, we let it go at that and turned the dial
was king of the wild frontier. It was the
'catchy tune that caught us. Made no matter
whether he was king of the wild frontier in
Abyssinia or Stokebridge on The Thames. We've, really read the best one about Davy
Then after we got kind of sick and tired Crockett. A mother says she rolled on the
=of Davy Crockett -and that could happen if you floor laughing at her young offspring when he , '
heard "My Wild Irish Rose" continuously 24 inquired about Davy Crockett could have made
hours a day for two months -we started study- . such a,.grand reputation in .so short a time,
Ing history and finally got around to United having been "killed in a bar when he was only
States history and then discovered that our kids three." P,S! This really is a. weighty editorial.
to a station that had another catchy tune,
something about Tweedle-de-dee:
CLINTorr NEWS: RECo13:D
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From Our Early Files
40 Years' Ago
CLI-
TluNTONirs(iay,.IineNEWS1.7,'1915RECORD
Dr, 'Axon and E. G. Courtice,
have been selected to be the skips'
for the two rinks for the Fail'
Trophy games --in Mitchell.
John Rapson .is putting an ad-
ditional' storey on hishose on
North Street., John Dayrnent has
the contract, .
While Mr. 'Weston, Bayfield and
a companion were returning home
on Wednesday afternoon their car
turned- turtle ,throwing both out
and severely injured . Mr, Weston
about the head and shoulders.
John B. Mustard, Brucefield is
improving his place by leveling off
the grround in front and sewing
grass teed.
E. Pattison, Brucefield, station
agent, has purchased an auto from
L. Beatty, Varna. It is a Saxon
runabout,
Thomas Wiggington has been.
under the weather for the past
few days,
WHAT A WAY TO RAISE MONEY!
(Rodney Mercury)
2 ESSER.T MEANS more to some fellows
that it does to others. Rarely do husbands
praise their wives for fixing something fancy
for dessert, but we know one fellow who missed
his dessert recently because of a church bake
sale and he wasn't long in telling the little
'woman what he thought of the situation.
Seems as though his wife was the convener
mf a bake sale. She baked a cake and a number
.of other things; `There was so much stuff he
'.had to get the car out to take the stuff down -
a flop the sale would have cost the 'old man'
$1.50 'or even more.
The sale was not advertised and only the
girls from the sponsoring organization and a few
others from the same church showed up to buy.
Before he was through with the sale it had
cost him two hard earned dollars. That was
not too bad, but when he learned • the total
proceeds of the sale were 518.20, he was fit to
be tied.
`town, In all, he figured the sale cost him about "With 18 women in the Auxiliary they
;$1.00 for ingredients. could have 'kicked in a buck' apiece and still
We followed the story up and learned what had that much money", he scowled, "They
his wife had baked sold for about $2.00, As far wouldn't have had to do a thing. I guess
'as his wife was concerned that was a pretty women will never learn. They think 'cause
reasonable profit, Of course, she, didn't figure the stuffs in the cupboard it. didn't cost any -
in anything for the time she spent on the thing to put it there. I'd rather give a dollar
'phone arranging the sale, nor the time it took and have it over with," he concluded shaking
ter to make the cake, etc. If the cake had been his head to which we add -amen.
THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE STATE
• THE WORTH OF A STATE, in the Iong run, is the worth of the individuals composing it; and
'a State which postpones the interests of their mental expansion and elevation to a little more of
administrative skill, or that semblance of it which practice gives; in the details of business; a State
which dwarfs its risen, in order that, they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for
find withsmallmenno greatthingcanreally be accomplished; and
'beneficial purposes, will that ai y, a p , .
-that the perfection of machinery to which it has sacrificed everything, will in the end avail it
nothing, for want of the vital power, which, in order that the machine might work more smoothly,
-it has preferred to banish. '
making= a fine business and we
hope he increases his outfit next
year,.
Canadian casualties reported up
until June 12 were 8,659 of whom
1,349 are killed, 5,604 • 'wounded
and 1,706 missing.
W. Collyer, A. J. I2olioway, Ray
Rumball, 4oseph Rattenbury and
Ike Rattenbury motored to see the.
soldiers at London on Sunday.
Mrs: W. D. Fair was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. James,, Watson,
at Seaforth, last week.
Arthur Wiltse and Charlie Wav-
erly took in the excursion to De-
troit.
•
;D "EP - A
DON'T try ..
to beat
the traffic light •
T H 1 NN - you may save 30 seconds
AND - you may lose your life
Remember your signal light is GREEN
Remember the RED will beagainst you
FOR 'ONLY 30 SECONDS
THINE-Are,30 seconds worth saving
at the risk of killing yourself -your passenger
another motorist - a pedestrian who jis moving
on his GREEN.
THINK'
SLOW DOWN and STAY ALIVE
ONTARIO',
RTMENT OF HIGEIWAY
Hon. Jas. N, Allan, Minister
s
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, June 17, 1915
2,000 baby chicks have been sold
by Frank Andrews this -year and
he has also turned away several
orders, as he had not the eggs or
incubators to hatch them. He is
Snell Reunion
URSDAY,:;JUNE 16, 19"05
Huron County
Crop Report
(By G. tV: Montgomery,
Agrienitutai Representative for
Huron County)
Dry weather still Prevailed in
most sections 6f the county until
last ' weekend and all' crops were
suffering from lack of moisture,
particularly in the south end ofthe.
county.
Weather has been ideal for the
making of grass silage and some
farmers have also started haying,
There is an increase in the
acreage of spring grains that are'
being chemically sprayedfor weed
control this year,
25 Years Ago
CLINTON MEWS -RECORD I
Thursday, June 12, 1930
Frank Fingland, Toronto, has
purchased the law practice of Wil-
liam Brydone, KC., Clinton, and
takes over the beginning' of next
week,
A cement flooris being put in
the cellar of the Public Utilities
building:
It was a $20 bill which S. S.
Cooper wrapped about the ball
which he pitched last week at the
opening of the baseball season. T.
McMillan and N. W. Tsewartha
each contributed $5 to the baseball
boys' treasury on opening day.
Local collegiate cadets were in-
spected on Thursday morning. Reg.
Noble was captain; Bert Middle-
ton and Brenton Hellyar, Lieuten-
ants; L. Stock, company sergeant -
major; Aubrey Carter, quarter-
master sergeant; = Gerald Holmes
and Gordon Cudmore, platoon serg-
eants.
John Wiseman was in St. Marys
over the weekend.
Miss Clete Ford of Alma -Col-
lege staff, St. Thomas, is home
for the vacation.
A. D. McCartney enjoyed a well
earned holiday attending the gath-
ering of the Canadian Retail Coal
Dealers' Association held aboard
the steamer "Kingston" cruising in
Lake Ontario and through the
Thousand Islands:
The annual Snell Reunion was
held at Londesbord on Saturday,
June 11. One hundred and• fifty
members of the clan registered.
A good programme of sports
was conducted for the children
and a special feature for the
grown-ups was the car rodeo -a
test of driving skill. The men's
highest score went to Percy
Brown, .Clinton. Ladies' high to
Mrs. Douglas Snell, Londesboro.
At five o'clock all congregated
in the hall for a sumptuous sup-
per after which all took•part in a
good„ old fashioned sing -song led
by Robert Welsh. Mrs. Ephraim
Snell accompanied on the piano.
William Snell, Lambeth, first
vice-president, acted as chairman
for the business and programme.
He thanked president Humphrey
Grey for introducing the rodeo in-
to the events of the ,afternoon
and all agreed to carry it out again
next year. The 1956 reunion is to
be, held on the third Saturday in
June in the same place,
A minute's silence was observed
in memory of those who had pas-
sed away during the year. Mrs.
Martha Inkley, Elwin Taylor, Rod-
ney Snell and Mrs. James Brown.
The newest married couple were
Mr. and Mp;Jpmes Snell, Clin-
ton. The person' coming the great-
est distance, John Snell, Brandon,
Man. Longest married couple was
Mr. and Mrs.. Hugh Hill, Gode-
rich (49 years). Youngest child
present, Charles Snell, son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Snell. Person with
a birthday nearest the reunion
day. Mrs. Howard Snell, Clinton.
The largest family present, Mr.
and Mrs. John Snell, Londesboro.
All received prizes.
Tickets were sold on a GE steam
iron 'and the lucky number was
held by Robert Welsh. The door
prize was won by Gordon Thomp-
son, Brantford. •
Douglas Fisher favored with an
instrumental. A, duet by Barbara
and Bonnie Snell was accompanied
by Douglas Fisher. A solo by
Catherine Welsh was accompanied
by Mrs. Oliver Welsh.
A duet by Wanda and Ann Snell
"Billie Boy", was accompanied by
Mrs. Fred Boyce; A solo by Wavid
Welsh, "The Tired Moon", was
accompanied by Mrs. 0. Welsh.
The present slate of officers
were elected • for another term.
The successful reunion concluded
with "God Save the Queen".
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Quick Canadian
Quiz
1. Which province ranks first in
lumber production?
2. Of the Canadian manufactur-
ing industry's sales dollar, 46.6
cents goes for materials. How
Much goes for wages and salar-
ies, for taxes, for profits?
3.- By law, the federal and provin-
' cial legislatures must hold a
session at least how often?
4. In 1954, 154,227 immigrants
were allowed to enter Canada.
Was that more or les§ than in -
1953?
5: Do interest payments on the
federal public debt cost $250,000
a week, 54 million a week, $9
million a week?
ANSWERS: 5=About $9 million
a week. 3 -At least once in every.
12. months. 1 -British Columbia.
4 -More than 14,000 less than in.
1953. 2 -On the average, in 1954,
wages and salaries took 23.5 cents
of the manufacturing industry's
sales dollar; income, excise and
sales taxes took 8,7 cents; profits
took 5.2 cents, of which 2.8 cents
were retained in the industry,
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, Jame 14, 1945
In the Western University re-
sults, Elizabeth Middleton, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs, Fred Middle-
ton, passed with first class hon-
ours in her first year.
L/Cpl, Leonard Adams returned
to Clinton on Saturday evening
after seeing service overseas with
the Canadian Army.
A delegation composed of Dr. J.
W. Shaw, Dr, Thompson, 0. L.
Paisley, A. J. McMurray and Mr.
Telfer, inspector of hospitals, ap-
peared before Huron County coun-
cil this week. Mr. McMurray,
spokesman for the group, request-
ed a grant of 525,000 to enlarge
the Clinton Hospital at an estimat-
ed cost of 593,000.
Miss Vera Hoggarth spent Sun-
day with Miss Jean Evans, St.
Catherines,
George Cardwell, Sarnia, spent
the weekend with his mother, Mrs,
A. Cardwell..
The Clinton Turf Club will hold
races on June 20. Four races will
be run for a total purse of 51,050.
The club was formed two years
ago for the purpose of rebuilding
the racetrack on the Andrews
farm and eventually holding a race
meet when the European war was
over. The track was leased for a
period of five years and under
the' direction of O. L. Paisley it
was drained and rebuilt to be one
of the fastest tracks in Ontario.
H
Holstein Club Has
Twilight Meeting
The HIuron County Holstein
Club heldits annual twilight meet-
ing on: Friday night at the farm
of Ross Marshall, . Kirkton,- with
nearly '200 present Davis Stev-
ens, St, Marys, nationaldirector
of the Holstein-Frieseian Associa-
tior: gave a type demonstration,
followed' by the group judging a
class of Holsteins, which were
placed by Harry Shore, also 'a na-
tional director, from Glanworth,
Guest speaker was Dr: Clarence
Rennie, of . the animal husbandry
department, OAC, Guelph,
Interni
HYDRO WILL BE OFF IN THE TOWN
OF CLINTON AND ALL CLINTON
RURAL AREA ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, JUNE 190
FROM 1 P.M. to 5 P.M. (DST)
From Now Until DAD'S DAY June 19
1O%Off On All Chairs
ALUMINUM FOLDING CHAIRS 7.95 to 13.95
HOSTESS TYPE, FREIZE COVERS ' 18.95 to 23.50
T.V. ROCKERS on PLATFORM 27.00
WROUGHT IRON FOLDING, PLASTIC COVERS 22.00
OCCASIONAL CHAIR and ROCKER 18.50 19.50
KROEHLER REST ROCKERS -- the most popular chair
, on the market $49.00 - $59.00
KENMAR RECLINER, AUTOMATIC FOOT REST
built into chair 99.00
LA -Z -BOY with OTTOMAN 89.50 - 115.00
"Fit FOR A King"
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DRUGS
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GIFT SUGGESTIONS
SHAVING BRUSHES- ELECTRIC RAZORS ,. 527.95
54.00 value for $2.98 BACHELOR SHAVING
BILLFOLDS ..,, $1.69 to $7.00 SETS $L50 to $5.00
GILLETTE RAZORS- YARDLEY SETS ... $3.65 up
59e to 55.09 SHAVING MUGr with
PIPITS -reg. to $3.50 for 51.00 SOAP $1.50
HAIR BRUSHES, 1.00 to 3.50 GILLETTE BLADES -
SHAVING MIRRORS .,.... 390 25e to 51.00
PLAYING CARDS, Moto 2.50 KODAKS ....., $3.60 to 547.50
AUTOMOBILE FIRST AID SHAVING LOTIONS and
BITS $3.00 TALCS 600 to $1.75
SEND FATHER A FATHER'S DAY CARD -5c to 35c
SPECIALS
COLGATE' TOOTH PASTE- KOLYNOS TOOTH PASTE-
. Reg. 59c 2 for 89e Reg. 69c 2 for 890
PALMOLIVE SHAMPOO- WOODBURY SHAMPOO -
Reg. 900 for 45c Reg. 51,20 .........,,• for 590
FREE
SHAVING LOTION
6Sc Size PALMOLIVE SHAVING CREAM
- Smiles 'n Chuckles
Chocolates ,
W. C. Newcornbe, Phm.B.
Chemist and Druggist ,
PHONE 51 •
From Now Until DAD'S DAY June 19
1O%Off On All Chairs
ALUMINUM FOLDING CHAIRS 7.95 to 13.95
HOSTESS TYPE, FREIZE COVERS ' 18.95 to 23.50
T.V. ROCKERS on PLATFORM 27.00
WROUGHT IRON FOLDING, PLASTIC COVERS 22.00
OCCASIONAL CHAIR and ROCKER 18.50 19.50
KROEHLER REST ROCKERS -- the most popular chair
, on the market $49.00 - $59.00
KENMAR RECLINER, AUTOMATIC FOOT REST
built into chair 99.00
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