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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1950
Clinton News Record
The Clinton News -Record established 1878
The Clinton New Era established 1865
Amalgamated 1924
An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
Population, 2,500; Trading Area. 10,000; Retail Market, $1,500,000; Rate, .03 per line flat
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Published EVERY THURSDAY .at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager
Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday - Wednesday, August 5 - 9, 1950 • .:
THURSDAY,, A•PR1t. 20, :950
Dutch immigrants More Than Welcome
Dutch "contingent," it might be recalled that
_Prince Bernardt of the ' Netherlands stated
at a press conference in Ottawa recently that
Canada could obtain 10,000 Dutch farmers a
year, ,if it so desired.
The prince, on a flying visit, said the
Netherlands did not want to lose its stalwart
sons, but for the sake of the nation's own
economy, it could stand to "export" 10,000
farmers each year.
The Department of Immigration doubtless
will encourage the flow of newcomers to
Canada from that source, and, in this policy,
will be backed strongly by the rural people
of Canada.
IMMIGRANTS, who have come to Canada
from The Netherlands since the close of World
War II, generally speaking, have proved them-
selves fine farmers and worthy citizens of
this cpuntry. We do not need to go outside
Huron County to know that
For this reason, we are pleased and happy
that Western Ontario hes received' a substan-
tial percentage of the latest group to arrive
in Canada. Of the 1,300 Dutch immigrants
who landed' at Halifax last, weekend, about
370 proceeded to Western Ontario points.
Further movements of Dutch immigrants may
be witnessed later in the season,
In connection with the arrival of the
TIME AFTER TIME we have heard
someone say, "If the atomic bomb could be
built in a couple of years with a couple of
billion dollars, why can't we buy 'a cure for
cancer?"
A cure for cancer would be cheap at•
any price. Unfortunately, however, it can't
be bought. It will come, in all likelihood,
as a result of research. And barring acci-
dental discoveries—the end results of research
are attained by the patient building of fact
upon fact.
To carry on research work, funds are
urgently needed by the Canadian Cancer So-
ciety. In Ontario, citizens are being asked
to contribute $300,000 during April to be
used for research, education work and service
to the cancer patient. Fellowships have been
established to train promising young medical
minds in cancer research, and these fellow -
Ships must be continued.
Cancer isno longer regarded as incur-
able, Medical science can cure some types
On Cancer
of cancer, but only if the cancer is discovered
in" time. The tragic gap between the curable
and the cured can be laid primarily to the
need for more public and professional edu-
cation. The Canadian Cancer Society is
carrying on'a nationwide program to teach the
public to heed the danger signals of canner,
Many cancerpatients are in need of help.
Comforts are provided by the 25 units of
the Society now operating in Ontario and
part of the funds contributed during the April
campaign will be used to further this great
humanitarian work.
Complete cancer control is still unfore-
seeable. It is evident, however, that progress
is being made. Lives are being saved. More
lives can be saved with reasonable precautions.
It is hoped that the day will come when cancer
mortality figures will have reached the van-
ishing point.
That day will be speeded by contributing
to the April campaign of the Cancer Society.
Donations may be left at any branch bank,
Closing In
Curb Spending
SOUND ADVICE is offered by The Ottawa
Journal in the matter of extravaga ,ice at
Ottawa. Referring to the submission of the
Canadian Chamber of Commerce' which is
urging Parliament to curb its spending and
reduce taxes, The Journal suggests that re-
sults of the Chamber's representations prob-
ably would be more fruitful if expenditures
Were challenged in specific instances, rather
than in broad general terms.
No doubt the Canadian Chamber of Com-
merce is aware of the need for fullydocument-
lug its representations. The submission already
made by the Chamber may no doubt be re-
garded as but the first step in a campaign
designed to bring home not only to Ottawa,
but to the taxpayers of Canada, the dangers
Inherent in public extravagance and over-
lapping of service.
With the talent and resources which it
possesses, the Chamber of Commerce could
render invaluable public service to the people
of Canada were it to undertake a survey of
public services and spending which would
provide the same sort of data and' evidence
as that' made available to the people of the
United States through' the Hoover Report.
Beware The Children!
WHAT DRIVERS least expect is just what
may happen, with tragic results, when there
are children near cars and trucks. Even the
best and smartest of 7hilclren will dart into
the streets now and then, or cross the street
with their eyes and minds somewhere else.
The Ontario Department of Highways asks
all motorists to, keep their speed down `and
their alertness up when driving near homes
or schools. Be prepared to' give children the
right of way—for life!
From Our Early Files
25 Years Ago Toronto.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, April 23, 1925
Officers of the WMS of On-
tario St. Church are: honorary
president, Mrs. Beaton; president,
Mrs. W. S. Downs; first vice-
president, Mrs. G. Shipley; sec-
ond vice-president, Mrs. Moor -
house; third vice-president, Mrs.
Jervis; recording secretary, Mrs.
W J Plumsteel; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. Gooier; strangers
,secretary, Mrs. Govett: treasurer,
Mrs. Kennedy; systematic giving,
Mrs. W. Walker; pianist, Mrs. B.
J, Gibbings; assistant, Miss Plum -
steel; mite boxes, Miss Bricker-
den. '
Officers of the WMS of Wesley
Church are: president, Mrs. W.
Pickard; first vice-president, Mrs.
Fowler; second vice-president,
Mrs. A. A. Holmes; third'vice-
prsr
•e 'den!t Mrs. C. J. Wallis; ourth
f
vice-president, Mrs. French; re-
cording secretary,,Mrs. W. Man-
ning; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. Corless; treasurer, Mrs.
Sutter; Christian Stewardship,
Mrs. J. McKinley; strangers' sec-
retary, Mrs. McMath; treasurer
emergency fund, Mrs. , Robson;
mite boxes, Mrs. Rathwell; pian-
ist, Mrs.' A. T. Cooper.
Rev. J.'E. Hogg and J. A. Irwin
have been named ' to the first
General Council of the United
Church of Canada which will
come into being in June.
Mrs. Lucy Thompson is build-
ing a cottage next to the one
she already occupies. A. Cant -
don is doing the cement and
masonry work and W. Cowan the
carpentry work.
Clinton experienced a snow
storm on Sunday when over two
inches fell. It is hoped that this
will be the last kick of the
season.
While preaching in Ontario St.
Church on Sunday night Rev. J.
W. Hedley, Goderich, had his car
stolen. It was found abandoned
near Wingham on Tuesday.
Those assisting at the WMS
Thankoffering meeting in Wesley
Church were Miss Elsie Snyder,
Miss Greta Van Horne, Mrs. M.
T. Corless, Mrs. H. Fitzsimons,
Mrs. W. Perdue.
Markets were: wheat, $1.40;
barley, 65c to 70c; buckwheat,
60c; butter, 30e: to 31c; oats, 40e;
eggs, 26c to 31c; live hogs, $11.50.
A recent issue of the White
Ribbon Tidings, official organ of
the WCTU contains a very splen-
did portrait of Mrs. A. T. Coop-
er, Provincial superintendent of
law enforcement.
E. S. Livermore has decided to
do missionary work for the sum-
mer and as soon as the exams
are over 'at the University of
Toronto, will leave for Junor,
Alta.
New Idea In Township Road Building
("Queen's Bush Now" in The Stratford Beacon -Herald)
IN TUCKERSMITH Township, they are
turning their troubles to good advantage this
spring. Like all our rural townships, Tucker-
smith has had moreh n the aura
usual break-up
on its roads. The frost came out, of the
ground like small boys erupting from school
at the beginning of vacation, and the roads
heaved and bubbled in the upward thrust
of the thaw.
The new idea in Tuckersmith has been
to cut away the bad spots in the road while
they are bad, and fill from the bottom up.
Where a spit spot developed, of the kind that
has been miring unwary motorists in the middle
of an apparently level road, heavy machinery
has been used to cut ' away a foot or more of
road, and the hole has been filled at once
with gravel, The material pushed out to
make the hole in the road has been. pushed
back, over the gravel, or levelled ' out along
the shoulders.
When the roads are bad, you know for
certain where the 'bad spots are," says Reeve
um er and
1
Arthur Nicholson. "Once it's summer,
the roads are hard and dry, there's nothing
to show where the soft spots were in the
spring. This year we're trying to cure some
of the trouble spots while we can seeexactly
where the trouble spots are."
The cut -and -fill program of early -season
improvement is being used this spring at about
15 places on the Tuckersmith Township road
system. ,In some places, as much as 100 feet
of roadway has been cut out, and filled. The
plan is feasible partly because Tuckersinith Is
one of the townships that is well endowed
with, gravel. The longest haul to get gravel to
any one of the 15 bad spots that:are being
given the radical spring cure is about four
miles.
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, April 23, 1910
Those assisting at the League
meeting in Wesley Church were:
Rev. W. J. Jolliffe, Miss Ida Wil-
kin, Lloyd Wilkin, Miss Davis,
Miss H. Doherty, Mrs. A. T.
Cooper, Miss Grace Cluff, Miss
Reed.
Those playing carpet balls this
week included: • Murphy Lodge--
Fred
odge—Fred Heyward, W. S. R. Holmes,
T. Managhan, J. P. Sheppard, F.
Cutler, J. Hartley, Josh Cook, J.
Finch, Jr,; Woodmen of the World
—0. Crich, W. Sloman, T. Cottle,
C. Watts, R. A, Bell, George Cook,
W. Ladd, J. B. Hoover.
Those from Clinton who passed
the Normal School' examinations
include W. Grant 'Beaton, Miss
Jean Z. Carling, Miss Hattie E.
Trick, Miss Alice Worthington.
Rev. T. W. Cosens officiated et
the funeral of the late Mrs. John
Hardy. Pallbearers were D. Tip-
lady,
i -
lady, James Stevens, John Govett,
William Robb, Henry Baker and
James Cornish. Surviving are
two sons, William and Thomas H.,
and one daughter, Mrs. Neal.
Mrs. A. J. Holloway, Mrs. E.
M. McLean, Mrs. J. Armour and
Mrs. E. A. Lappine wereall
guests of honour at parties given
in honour of their birthdays dur-
ing the past week.
Among those entertaining this
week include: Miss C. Chidley,
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cantelon, the
members 'of, Miss B. Greene's
Sunday School Class, when they
had as their ' guests the class of
Mrs. A. T. Cooper.
Freddie Cutler and Ogle Mil
elr have had their bicycles re-
turned after having been stolen
on Horse Fair- evening. The cul-
prits who stole them have also
been takeninto custody and later
released after receiving a stern
lecture from the police magistrate
and paying a heavy fine.
Robert Fitzsimons has bought
the house of Fred Hill on Victoria
St. Mr. Hill is moving to the
house on Townsehd St. being
vacated by his brother, A. A. Hill.
James Perdue, John Trowhill
and Charles Moore have left for
the West.
Mrs. A. A. Hill was honoured
by a presentation of pearl handled
knives and forks by St. Paul's
Church. Those who signed the
address were C. R. Gunne, rector;
Harriet Rance for Ladies' Guild:
Minnie A. Hartley, for Young
Ladies' Guild; R. M. Bentley, for
the choir; and H. T. Rance for
the Sunday School.
* *
40 Years Ago
Fined $10 and Costs
For Careless Driving
Conducting his own defence,
Donald Perrin, Clinton, charged
with careless driving, , lost his
case in court at Stratford Satur-
day, when Magistrate A. F. Cook
said he did not have the car
under control. The accused, who
had previuosly pleaded n of
guitly, was fined $10 and costs
or 15 days in jail.
Ferrin was charged after a car
he was driving west on No. 7
and 8 Highway, March 31, crash-
ed' into the side of another car
that was turning into a driveway
and bounced off into a gate post.
THE VOICE OF
TEMPERANCE
When Prime Minister Nehru
visited Washington, the Indian
Embassy broke an old tradition.
Instead of serving liquor to its
guests, it served fruit juices end'
dates. It's about time that some
one challenged the tyranny that
alcohol has imposed on society.
Intoxicating beverages have de-
moralized too many social gath-
erings turning them into loud
and loose drinking sprees. It
would go a long way towards
the solving of .the problem of
alcoholism if all "social gatherings
in"high places were non-alcoholic.
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, April 21, 1910
Officers of Clinton Lawn Bowl-
ing Club are: honorary members,
A. J. Taylor, A. Armstrong, R.
Holmes, Dr. R. Agnew, J. W.
Irwin, W: Coats, A Porter, F.
Hodgens; honorary president, G.
D. McTaggart; president, W.
Jackson; vice-president, 3. B.
Hoover; secretary -treasurer, J.
Wiseman; auditor, D. L. McPher-
son; ground committee, W. Gra-
ham. J. Hunter, J. L. Courtice,
J, Johnston, W. J. Stevenson;
entertainment committee, J. Fair,
J. B. Hoover, Dr. J. W. Shaw;
membership committee, W. J.
Harland, J. Hunter, J. Ransford.
Officers of the WMS of Wes-
ley Church are: president, Mrs.
J. Shepherd; first vice-president,
Mrs. Pattison; second vice-presi-
dent, Mrs. Moffat; recording sec-
retary, Miss Rudd; corresponding
secretary, Mrs. E. Cantelon;
treasurer, Miss Porter; mite boxes,
Milk. Harland; organist, Mrs.
Cooper; assistant, Miss Greene.
Officers of Ontario St. Sunday
y
School ere: honorary superin-
tendent, David Tiplady; superin-
tendent, A. Hooper; assistants, S.
Rothwell, W. Walker; secretary -
treasurer, Ralph Tiplady; assist-
ants, George Wray, Amos Castle;
musical director, Dr,: Evans:
pianist, Miss Zemilla Cornish;
assistants, Misses Emma Plum -
steel, Elva Wiltse, Grace Walker;
superintendent cradle roll, Hattie
Levis,
B. A. McF.wan has bought the
store occupied by Baker Agnew.
Mr. Agnew will continue in pos-
session.
New windows are being put in
George Barge's tailor shop.
Stewart -Jackson was the assist-
ing artist at a large recital in
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PORTER'S HILL
Enjoyable Evening
An enjoyable evening was spent
at Porter's Hill school on Friday,
April 14, when euchre and "500"
and dancing to Irwin's orchestra
was enjoyed. Prizes in "500"
went to Mrs. Bill Harris, Allen
Battles, Mrs. C. Sturdy and Ash-
ley Silbert; in euchre to Audrey
Harrison, Bert Rowden, Madeline
Cox and Dick Porter. Lucky
draws were won by Charles Hut-
chins and Mrs. C. Sturdy.
Grace Church WA
The regular monthly meeting
of the WA of Grace Church was
held on Thursday last at the
home of Mrs. Austin Halals with
a good attendance. The presi-
dent, Mrs. Austin Harris, presid-
ed over the meeting which open-
ed with a hymn 'and a prayer
offered by Mrs. P. Harrison, The
Scripture was read by Mrs. J.
S. Lockhart and the roll call
answered by an Easter verse.
After the business was discus
sed, Mary Torrance gave a read-
ing, The afternoon was spent
quilting, after which the hostess
and her assistants served a lov-
ely ' lunch, The May meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs.
Liscombe,
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