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THURSDAY AT CLINTON, ONTARIO, IN THE (HEART OF HURON COUNTY
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`•THURSDA, SEPTEMBER 29, 1955
THREE CHEERS FOB. THE .LADIES
MANY DIFFERENT groups which initially
are for "men only" find that there is something
lacking in the organization, and, then there is
founded 'ani auxiliary group made up of the
ladies whose men are engaged in the work of
, the first organization.
This is true of the .,Legion, the Kinsmen,
the. Masons, the Oddfellows, the Orangemen and
many .others,
However, there is one group, which in Clin-
ton began with the ladies and has carried on
Strongly ever since. • That is the Clinton Hos-
pital Auxiliary. Away back in .the years when them (as a result of many hours of work) a
Dr. Gunn began the first hospital in Clinton, fair amount of money which wasspent on the
the ladies of the district banded together to nurses' residence. This year their Penny Sale,
bring food supplies (sometimes a jar of jam, which offers a multitude of valuable prizes, is
or a basket of tomatoes), and to provide the being held with the new -project in view,
dressings, bandages, etc,, which are ever neces-
sary in the caring of sick people.
Throughout all the years since then, the
women of this locality have been noted for the
great interest they have taken in the well-
being of the hospital, the -nurses ,working within
in, and of the -patients who are cared for within
its walls.
The work of the auxiliary has changed
from the providing of necessary foods and dress-.
. ings, to helping provide for the machines which
modern medicine , requires, and to (more re-
cently) provide furnishings for the new nurses'
residence. Now they are looking forward to
the job of furnishing rooms in the old section
of the hospital, as they are renovated through
the planning of the Hospital Board.
,Last year then Penny Sale project netted
The ladies devote many hours of their time
to this work. It is up to us all to support
them in their work with all the pennies we can.
Visit their display on main street and join in
the fun of helping to furnish your hospital.
CALL IT WAMPUM?
as much in terms of other people's money, no
matter what the official exchange rate. And
dollars don't sell goods; that takes salesmen.
It also involves making (or growing) what our
customers want to buy.
"It seemed, last spring, as if we were be-
ginning to get over the idea that the Depart-
ment of Finance could wave a magic wand
and solve the international payments problem
all by itself. Mr. Bennett seems to have opened
season on monetary policy once again. If the
Social Crediters are going to preach devaluation
and the Conservatives plug convertibility, it
looks like a long, dull winter ahead.
"It's too bad we stopped calling the Can-
adian unit of currency wampum. If our cur-
rency unit had a different name from the
American we would be spared all sorts of
trouble and people like Bennett would have
fewer occasions for making public their irres-
ponsibility and ignorance."
THE PREMIER Ad British Columbia spoke
to us at the closing banquet of the CWNA
convention in Vancouver. He stated among
other things that, "our dollar should never be
Worth more than ninety American cents. He
asked for 'a dollar that will sell "our products
Competitively in the markets of the world'
'The inflated dollar,' he went on to say, 'is
partly responsible for the country's wheat sur-
plus. It also adversely affects the price secured
from exports/ of primary products, such as
metals, lumber, pulp and newsprint.'
The Financial Post editor takes umbrage at
this statement and remarks,
"Either Mr. Bennett is confusing the issue
or the issue is confusing Mr. Bennett. It will
take more than a manipulated dollar to sell our
products competitively min the markets of the
world. We can fiddle with our dollar all we
choose, but unless we reduce our costs and boost
ow productivity, our goods will still cost just
WHAT HE MAY WEAR
MANY PEOPLE (mostly men) seen. to feel
that they get undue criticism of their manner
of dress when they dare to wear a pink skirt,
or shorts to work, or a flashy tie. Personally
we feel that they receive no more comment than
the ladies do, but 'that, the male sex seems
rather more shy and sensitive.
Regardless of this, however, a change in
"what the well-dressed man should wear is be-
ing made. The editor , of the , Elmira Signet
makes a prediction:
"It's started already, ... look at the pink
shirts and ties now being worn. And this is
just the beginning. Soon, you'll be seeing nylon
blouses instead of shirts. You'll see the man
of the future in -an ensemble something like
this: 'Mr. Hassenphleffer, well-known sports -
4
man and district tiddledy-winks ' champion,
sponsored this year's edition of that most pop-
ular game of mumbledy-peg. Mr. Hassenphleffer
r greeted the contestants on the spacious lawn
of his pent -house home above Kleig's Market on
Arthur Street West. He was most nattily attir-
ed from the ground up in black, patent -leather
dancing slippers with satin bows at the toes.
His nylon mesh socks were of ankle -length
held in place by plastic, diaphanous garters
with pink tassles. His bowlegs were displayed
to advantage below his knee-length green plaid
shorts. He wore a transparent, nylon blouse
with a ruffled shirt -front and slit, elbow -length
sleeves. His string -type cravat blew lazily in
the breeze as he tipped a striped, helmet -hat to
the crowds'." -
WHY THEY DON'T VOTE
THE FINANCIAL POST has what seems a the Township of East York held a special by -
good suggestion. Here in Clinton a by-election election last week. Less than eight percent of
to elect one councillor was held this year and those eligible bothered coming out to vote and
the machinery for another was in motion. The each ballot used, it is estimated, cost the local
amount of response to the polls was a small taxpayers almost $5.
percentage of the electorate. "Trivial and unnecessary appeals like this
"Much has been heard about the deplorable are bound to dampen general enthusiasm and
lack of public interest in municipal political af- because only a fraction of the electorate ac -
fairs. Certainly the situation is nothing to boast tually votes they are absolutely worthless. In -
about but it is not helped by the sort of non- stead of going to all the trouble and expense
sense just witnessed in an Ontario munici?ality. of an election when a council vacancy occurs
a simple appointment by the proper authorities
"Ta fill a council vacancy for the few should suffice. Where necessary, provincial laws
months remaining before the regular election, should be amended to permit such a step."
4-H CLUB POLICY
heifer calves for their project and in this man-
nen they can possibly get into the livestock
business from a very small beginning.
"The following is the basis of the point
system which determines the standing of 531
4-H members throughout Huron County in the
24 4-H Agricultural Clubs for 1955.
"Dairy, Beef, ;-Swine—Exhibit 400, Judging
Comp. 100, Questions -Answers 100, Showman-
ship 100, Care and Feeding 100, Regular Re-
port 100, Attendance at 1Vfeetings 100.
"Poultry—Exhibit 200,' Judging 100, Ques-
tions -Answers 100; report 300, Records 200, At-
tendance 100.
"Grain—Score-field 300, Notes -costs 200,
Exhibit 200, Judging 100, Questions 100, At-
tendance 100.
"In regards the judging of the 4-H members
exhibits it might be well suggested that the
group system be used exclusively. This could
also be carried out at the County Championship
Snow at Seaforth and no direct champion be
declared. Some ring -birds would not agree with
- this idea but on the whole it would be much in
line with the policy which is coming into being."
COLUMNIST in the Exeter Times -Advocate
has a few ideas based oh the policy of 4-H
Club leaders:
"How often the spectators at the local fairs
seem to think—So and so won the 4-H Club.
This conclusion is reached because his or her
calf got the red ribbon. The odds are that the
boy or girl • with' That oustanding calf at the
fair does NOT receive the most points as a
member of that 4-H Club,
"True, it may give the member a few extra
points—which lie may deserve—but it is not the
calf that club leaders are interested in as much
as the 'boy or : girl. In the 4-H Beef Clubs
throughout Ontario more and more parents are
trying to win the 'jackpot'. Some are prepared
to pay extravagant prices for animals in hopes
of winning the 'Queen's Guineas Class' at tilt
Royal Winter Fair,
"In the 4-H Grain, Poultry and Swine Clubs ,
this questionable practice has not become'so ap-
parent
; Some beef club members also avoid the
issue by not entering steer calves. Club leaders
and Department of Agriculture representatives
are continuously suggesting the 4-H'ers use
40 Years Ago
CLINTON ; NEWS -RECORD
Septerber 23, 1915
William Simpson, who resides
on Huron Street, Clinton, went
out. "to the Northwest on , one of
the harvest excursions and while
working met,with a bad accident.
He was thrown'off a":wagon and
suffered a broken collarbone and
some broken ribs.
The Bedford barber shop, Gode-
rich, conducted recently by Har-
vey Barr, has been disposed of, to
Melvin Crich, Clinton.
R. B. Carter and•Iddo Crich re-
cently went to the west on the
Home Seekers excursion.
Rev. Josias Greene, who spent
nearly 60 years in active work in
the Methodist Church, passed
away on Friday morning. at his
late home on Huron Street. < -He
was 82.
B. Greig, of the Molson's Bank
staff at Merlin, is spending his
holidays with his parents,`Mr: and
Mrs. T. E. Greig, ,
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
September 23, 1915
Robert Mitch, superintendent
at the Huron House of Refuge,
was stricken with a stroke last
Thursday and is in very serious
condition.
The people of the Baptist Church
have purchased the fine brick resi-
dence, of A. J. Holloway on Albert
Street for a parsonage. Rev. J.
K. Fairfull expects to get posses-
sion next month.
Last Friday, Joseph ;Rattenbury.
of the Rattenbury' House, under-
went an operation and at present
is doing as well as can be ex-
pected.
Last week Joe Ryder, while
picking plums fell out of a tree at
his home and received a shaking
up. No bones were broken, and
he was able to be around in a few
days.
Goderich will have a tax rate of
32 mills.
out Sunday to a fire which threat-
ened a building in Memorial. Park,
Chief t. Cree stated that some
boys were frying egks at, the time.
Bruce Roy, Londesboro, has
been awarded the Massey Scholar-
ship, awarded 'each year to - a
student, from Huron County ent-
ering' Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege. Guelph; where the scholar-
Ship'tenable.
Clinton Collegiate Institute has
an enkdlment of 154, an increase
of 17 over .last year, and the
Public School has 216 pupils, a
decrease of five from 1944.
A, business deal of substantial
'mportance was completed yester-
day when the Clinton Knitting
Company Limited, was sold to H.
H. Harriss, Toronto.
Knitters an up an early lead
and took the measure of the Main
Street boys by a score of 11-7 in
a T,own Softball League fixture in
the new -park Monday evening.
,titters to the or
DOESN'T KNOW WHY
Tlie
Editor, -
ClintonNews-Record 1
DEAR EDITOR:,
In the September 1 edition of
the News -Record I read a letter
addressed to the editor, by a ,per=
son who signed his name "Old
Timer and who wanted to know
why Ebenezer church was closed.
Since that date I have scaned the
News -Record columns in vain for
an answer to your question, T
cannot answer your question but
only comment on the subject.
I am So ghad to meet you "Old
Timer". I am one of the younger
generation and as we both have
sat in the same pew (hewn by
hand from a large tree taken
from a nearby bush by one of our
forefathers), in Ebenezer church
many times, I almost feel that I
know you well. Your question has
been asked from one end of Lon-
don Conference —'Yes —from one
side of Canada to the other. 'There
have been any amount of excuses,
such as the ones you read in this
paper. The congregation of Eben-
ezer certainly had not faded or
dwindled. At that time, the con-
gregation was as large or larger
had been for so
than it me time.
What you heard about the fin-
ances of the church were true,
"Old Timer" and there was ab-
solutely no difficulty in securing
a minister. Several weeks before'
the first meeting took place at
Ebenezer church, people were
asking me the question "Is it
right that they are going, to close
Ebenezer Church?"
Could it be that communistic
steps had been taken to close the
church before a meeting of any
kind was held in the church?
There were several meetings of
the trustees and officials of the
church, but at last, the final
meeting of the whole congrega-
tion was called, to decide whether
or not, Ebenezer church be closed.
I am glad you were not at that
meeting "Old Timer". What I
saw and heard in Ebenezer church
that night shall stay in, my mem-
ory as long as I live. The man
whom I saw that night stand up
and make a motion that Ebenezr
church be closed, only three weeks
previous, had stood with his son,
in front of the congregation and
the minister, and by profession of
faith, joined Ebenezer United
Church. Five families left Eben-
ezer church and attended church
in another community,
The night of the final meeting
these same, -five families returned
to the church to vote to close it.
It was not enough that they leave
the church, but they had to re-
turn to vote, to close it in order
that the remaining few families
now have no church.
Again we ask, "Why was Eben-
ezer Church closed?" The land
on which the church was built
was purchased from the owner for
$1.00. When the church shed was
built, the land was given to the
congregation to build a shed, and
when the congregation ceased to
exist, the land with the building
thereon, reverted back to the
owner of the farm at that time.
Could this be one answer "Old'
Timer"
One thing that will always stick
in my memory is how the meeting
bad to be called to order as angry
high-pitched voices echoed against
the walls of the little church. The
question was asked at that meet-
ing, "Why do you want to close
the church?" There never has
been a reply.
There were those that tossed
their heads haughtily as they left
the church. Others had a very
guilty look. Others looked wor-
ried, as if their conscience was
bothering them, and there were
those that lingered awhile with
tears in their eyes. The little
church that they thought so much
of, where they had taught Sunday
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
September 18, 1930
Three scholarships were won by
Clinton Collegiate students this
year: Andrew Fraser winning two,
the third Edward Blake scholar-
ship in Science 'Proficiency, Uni-
versity of Toronto, and the James
Harris scholarship in, -Science, Uni-
versity College. Miss Margaret
McLeod also won a James Harris
Scholarship, University College, in
English and History.
T. H. Leppington brought a
corn stalk into this office which
measured within one inch of 11
feet.
The residence of Mr, and Mrs.
James Livermore had a narrow
escape from destruction on Satur-
day last when it was struck by
lightning in the storm which
broke shortly after noon.
Miss Grace Scott and Hazel
Watkins are among the CCI stud-
ents, who are now .taking a Nor-
mal course.
School classes, where they had
worked to keep' it in good repair
'and where they had heard the
Word of God preached Sunday af-
ter Sunday—by words spoken in
one evening, was to be closed.
If some o1 the people that you
mention in your letter, "Old Tini-
er" knew what had happened to
Ebenezer Church and knew who
were responsible for it all, I am
afraid their souls will not rest in
peace.
However, thereis still a bright,
spat at Ebenezer Church, "Old
Timer". A few of the remaining
members went to Presbytery and
were granted permission to use,
the church building for a Sunday
School.. What a wonderful piece
of work those people are doing!
They have three different classes
and have an average attendance
of 20. It is good to see the little
tots trudging off to. Sunday School
each week and I'm sure that
those people that carry on that
work shallreap a reward that is
rich indeed,
Again,_ "Why Was Ebenezer
Church Closed"? Probably the
man that made the motion to
close Ebenezer Church could tell
s
us in the columns ofthis paper o
or
perhaps, better still, we should
ask the person who now owns the
farm on which the church shed is
now standing—the shed which we
all helped to build and keep in
repair. How about a letter from
you, sir, to this paper? We want
an answer.
Thanking the News -Record for
their valuable space in their pap-
er, I remain,
One who was there, ,
"YOUNG TIMER"
"Magazine format is the latest
thing in Bible bindings", accord-
ing to Bible Society officials.
The pages, about average mag-
azine size, are well illustrated
with photographs and line draw-
ings depicting events of Bible
lards and times. Each gospel or
book of the New Testament is
bound separately.
"Bible readings need not be
black and the pages filled with
only blocks of type" "' was the
further claim made recently when
the Jubilee Youth Bible, some-
times called "The newest and
most modern Bible" was issued to
celebrate 150 years of Bible So-
siety work.
Packed with 500 pictures that
are simple snapshot sketches of
every bird, beast, tree and flower
mentioned in the narrative, the
attractive volume is the Authoriz-
ed Version.
For the first time this new line
of plain and practical illustration
is introduced into the Bible. It is
really an up-to-date visual aid
rather than the old time type of
story picture. Route -maps ac-
company the text to show the
reader the road he travels, mile-
stones give the distance between
different places, time signals
count out the passing of the cent-
uries, badges or identity cards in-
dicate the nationality of the peo-
ple he meets. City gates and
dwellings of the points visited are
also shown. Highlights of the
book are the special close-up
studies of the Temple buildings,
officers, vestments and vessels of
worship: the costumes, coins,
countryside and customs of the
time of Christ; and the journeys
of the apostle Paul,
Marilyn Bell, Prince Charles,
and Princess Anne each have been
presented with a copy of this
Jubilee Edition of The Bible.
Suggested Bible readings for
the week:
Sunday—Gen. 22: 1-14
Monday—Lev. 19: 1-37
Tuesday—Dent. 5: 1-15
Wednesday—Dent. 5: 16-23
Thursday—II Sam. 7: 18-29
Friday—Ps. 55: 1-23
Saturday—Ps. 138: 1-8.
Tenders Called
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
September 20, 1945
With this issue, The Clinton
News -Record passes under new
ownership.
G. E. Hall, who has published
the paper continuously since Oc-
tober 1916, has disposed of the
plant, building, equipment and
goodwill, to R. S.',Atkey and H. L.
Tomlinson, who 'took possession
Monday, September 17, 1945.
Lorne J. Brown has taken over
as lessee, the Supertest Service
Station formerly leased by Basil
Thrower, effective yesterday. He
will act as local agent for Chrys-
ler and Plymouth automobiles.
Automobiles driven by Miss
Coronna Wendorf and Victor Ken-
nedy, cane into collision at the
schoolhouse corner, south of Lon-
desboro.
Clinton Fire Brigade was called
Huron County
Crop Report
(By G. W. Montgomery, agri-
cultural representative for Huron
County.
'The -general rain on September
23, (the first in weeks) will be of
great benefit to fall wheat and
pastures.
"Fourteen 4-H• Clubs held their
achievement day programs at
four fall fairs during the week.
Numbers and quality of cattle
shown at breed shows were ex-
cellent: 114 -head at the County
Black and White Show, 101 head
at the County Hereford Show and
130 head at the Perth- Huron Re-
gional Shorthorn. Show.
"Forty-one dairy calves• were
shown in the County 4-H Dairy
Show, 86 beef calves in the Coun-
ty 4-H Beef Show and 24 gilts in
the County . 4-H Championship
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On Highway 8
Tenders have been called for
the paving of Highway 8 from
Clinton to Goderich, Tom Pryde,
MLA for Huron, has announced.
Exactly when the black top will
be put on is not known but it
will be by early spring at least
and maybe even this fall, Mr.
Pryde stated. If it should be
done late this fall it would be'one
coat for a "lift"- to the highway
to carry over until next spring
when the job would be completed.
Clinton to Holmesville is al-
ready fit for paving and work is
being rushed on the Holmesville
to Goderich stretch.
FEED THE STARVIN±1
The Editor,
Clinton News -Record
DEAR EDITOR: '
When the current wheat crop is
harvested and added to the carry-•
over from previous years Canada
will. have approximately one bil-
lion bushels of this grain on hand,
and there is a similar surplus in
the United States. What to do
with this wheat surplus is a prob-
lem facing both these countries
at the nioment.
In Asia and parts of Europe
there are millions of people who
never know what it is like to
have a full meal. These people
would buy our surplus grain if
we would accept in payment what
they have to offer in exchange;
hut we refuse to trade. We want
only gold in exchange.
In Canada we have gold mines,
some of which are subsidized by
the government. When the gold
is refined it is bought by the
government at a fixed price and
stored in Bank of Canada vaults.
The United States has gold to the
value of 40 billion dollars stored
in vaults at Fort Knox. The gold
in these vaults was bought with
the products of factories and
farms. Yet there it lies of no use
to any person.
If there is any good reason for
the government to encourage the
production of gold, even to the •
extent of subsidizing the mines,
then buying the gold and putting
it back underground in vaults
where it serves no useful purpose,
would it not be equally sensible
for the government to encourage
the production of wheat and buy
the surplus at a fixed price to be
sent to feed the starving millions
of Asia and Europe? By doing
this the government would per-
form a three -fold service: Feeding
hungry millions; stabilizing our
agricultural economy, and pre-
venting another industrial depres-
sion, and possibly another war.
—C MORTIMER BEZEAU
12 Ellen Street East,
Kitchener, Ont.
Sept. 27, 1955
Lest We Forget -
We of Huron County should be
very proud of our unique "dry"
record.
Hullett Township was one of
the first municipalities to carry a
Local Option vote. That was 50
years ago. By 1913 almost all of
the municipalities had followed
suit and tried by L.O. to go dry.
By that date there were only 3
townships, 2 .villages and •3 towns
remaining in the wet column. In
1914 the whole county voted dry
by carrying the Canada Temper-
ance Act with a majority of 2,608:
Five years later our dry senti
ment was clearly evidenced again
by a . vote in a new restrictive
law, the Ontario Temperance Act.
Not only then, but later in 1924
was this law carried by large
majorities. In 1924, of the major-
ity of 34,051 in the Province,
11,945 was secured in "dry" Hu-
ron.
The C.T.A. is our present law.
In Huron County no legal outlets
for liquor sale such as beverage
rooms, cocktail bars, lounges, etc.,
can be licensed. Let us hold fast
to our "dry" status,
HURON COUNTY
TEMPERANCE FEDERATION
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