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CLINTON NEWS-R13CORD
THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1951 •
Clinton News -Record
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R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager
TIAURSDAY, MARCH i, 1951
T.B. Testing 'Teen Agers
it looks rather like a ,,holt dog." As it is
rod -shaped it belongs among the beanie It is
called the tubercle bacillus because of the
tuber -like nodules formed in the lungs. It
lives best in the human body, especially in
the lungs. Though this germ stays alive outs
side the body it is hard to get it to grow and
multiply, It has a waxy coating which helps
et resist drying, and will live through more
heat than scarlet fever,typhoid or diphtheria
germs. It grows slowly and so may damage
the lungs before_ the vietim realizes that any-
thing is wrong.
Canada has case of the lower TB death
rates, but between 5,000 and 6,000 Canadians
die from it yearly—mora than from all other
communicable diseases combined. There are
over 13,000 cases in sanatoria and ; perhaps
three times that many outside. Most `of those
outside don't know they have it.
Every new case of TB is caused by germs
from another case. Careless coughing, sneez-
ing, or spitting may loose showers of germs.
These germs may be in dust, on dishes or tow-
els, or may travel a few feet from person to
person. They could be breathed in, or swal-
lowed in food or drink by healthy persons.
HURON 'COUNTY Health Unit carried out
a tuberculosis test Last week at Clinton Dist -
riot Collegiate Institute, which is just a start
on a general programme.
Finances for this and other activities were
rneclh available by the. Christmas Seals Cam-
paign carried on by bhe Lions Clubs of " the
County. Especially is this so in the matter
of chest x-ray for positive cases.
Dr. R. M. Aldis, director of Huron County
Health Unit, points out that "tuberculosis cern
attack anyone but it need not be you!" He
gives a few words of advice:
Sleep 9 to 10 hours every night
Eat plenty of meat, milk, greens, fruits
and cereals
Bathe often, wash hands before eating
Have a yearly physical examination
Ask your doctor to give you a chest
X-ray, and ask him bow
often it should be repeated.
Tuberculosis is caused by a germ so small
that it can barely be seen under ordinary
'microscopes. Under a high power microscope
Canada's Economic "Cake"
CANADIANS NO LONGER MAY eat their
cake and have it, too, so far as the impact
of increased re -armament expenditures upon
civilian habits of life is concerned, states the
Bank of Montreal in its latest monthly Busi-
ness Review.
The B of M points out that, partly as a
result of a defence outlay of $1,600 millions
for the fiscal year beginning next April, a
federal budget of between $3,600 and $4,000
millions for total governmental expenditures,
•probably may be anticipated. The size and
shape of present plans, the 'report notes, make
it abundantly clear that this country faces
"an appreciable re-deploymernt" of manpower
and materials, and that the process will not
be achieved without "some readjustment" of
civilian hebits, of life
"As long as there were grounds for hope
that world events would not necessitate re-
armannentt expenditures on a large scale, there
was a possibility that, as a nation, we could
eat our cake and have it, too, by the simple
expedient of expanding the size of the cake.
In the light of recent developments, this com-
fortable assumption no longer appears valid."
While the Canadian economy is expand-
ing and -the gross national product "may reach
$20,000 millions" in 1951, its impressive gains
have been "inordinately blown up" by the
price factor, the bank says. The physical vol-
ume of goods and services is officially esti-
mated to have increased, after eliminating
price changes, by only about two per cent
per annum in 1947, 1948 and 1949, despite
substantial additions to productive capital
equipment, Since the war, output per man-
hour has risen, but, "with the general trend
to a shorter 'work week, et would seem that
a good part of the dividend of national prog-
ress has been taken in the form of added
leisure."
No Ground For Complacency
other vchicles; failure to stop and wait before
entering through streets; and failure to sig-
nal turns.
Four of the deaths resulted from collisions
with trains, including one crash where a truck
derailed a train„ killing the engineer and in-
juring many others. Two of the railway cros-
sing accidents involved vehicles that stalled
on the tracks.
Nineteen of the 45 victims were pedest-
rians. Seven were children of whom six were
STREET AND RAILWAY accidents in
`Ontario took 45 lives in January, compared
with 51 last January and 57 in that month
of 1941.
.With traffic volume still mounting. the
improved traffic death records set by eight
of the twelve months last year are going to
be .beard to beat. Highways Minister George
H. Doucett warns that there is no ground
for complacency regarding the 1951 accident
outlook.
Many factors played a part in January's killed on foot. Se'ren of the pedestrians lost
fetal accident record, for example: speeds too their lives when they tried to cross a road
East for icy surface; unwise attempts to pass from behind a parked car.
Let's Show More Self -Respect
MANY OF OUR READERS, no doubt,
have attended banquets where the chairman,
has celled for the singing of "God Save the
King" and a toast to the King, followed by
a request for the singing of the "Star Spangled
Banner" and a toast to the President of the
United States. Or the procedure may have
taken place in some shorter form, but with
essentially the same implications.
The Rural Co-operator, published by On-
tario Federation of Agriculture, says It often
wonders what perfect strangers from some
distant lands must think, on such occasions.
They would see behind the head table the
crossed flags of Great Britain and the U.S.A.
They would hear toasts to the heads of state
of Britain and the USA, and the national
anthems of those two countries.
They would see no Canadian flag, hear no
Canadian national anthem hear no toast of-
fered to 'the :head of state of the Canadian
people.
They doubtless would wonder about the
precise status of this country. Many Canadians
are beginning to wonder about the same thing!
Canada today Is an autonomous, sovereign
state, free and equal among the nations of the
world. It is nobody's satellite nor puppet!
It is splendid that we should honor our
neighbors, but roust we by virtue of this, dis-
regard and ignore the honor of our own
nationality?
The Rural Co-operator asks: Why not mark
our banquets with the singing of "0 Canada!"?
wiry not a toast to the "Prime Minister of
Canada"? After all, he is, regardless of his
political affiliation, the highest representative
of the sovereign, free people of Canada. Or,
if you must be a stickler for form, a toast
to the Governor-General of Canada?
We wouldn't go quite as far as that, King
George VI happens to be the King of Canada,
as much as he is Ktttrg of Great Britain, Aust-
ralia, or any other part of the .British Com-
monwealth. And a toast to hint is to the
head of ole state. But we heartily agree that
often. we are a little careless in paying our
proper respects to our own fine, young, vig-
orous nation—Canada. Let's show her our
proper respect!
Senate Worth Saving
THE CANADIAN SENATE is not a useless
body, declares The Financial Post, Contrary
to widely held opinion, its debates are gen-
erally at a higher level than those hi the
Commons, and its members perform
formai a wreat
reat
deal of excellent and necessary
But certainly the Senate could he made stili
more useful.
To' rejuvenate it, a device is needed to
retire members at some age (they are now
appointed for life) and to make more frequent
changes possible '
Minority parties must also be represented,
but this is a ticklish ,problem.. One can Well
imagine the howl from. the "faithful" if a
prime inroister gave Senate "plums" to mem-
bers of another patty. Yet something like
this must be done if public confidence is to
be restored.
With his potent majority in the House
of Commons and a record number of vacancies
in the Senate, Mr. 5t, Laurent is in an un-
usually favorable Position tb tackle this age-
old problem with courage.
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SOLVING THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR PROBLEM
From Our Early Files
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, Mareb 4, 1926
McKnight-Gliddon—At the On-
tario St. United Church Parson-
age,
arso S-
age, on Wednesday,
1926, by Rev. C. J. Moorhouse,
Grace Fredora, eldest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Glidden, to
Glen Miller McKnight, eider son
of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Mc-
Knight.
Miss Edna Wise has been suc-
cessful in passing her -ATOM ex-
aminations.
N. W. Trewartha is on several
important committees of the On-
tario Legislature, including being
chairman of the Committee on
Agriculture. Other committees
on which our townsman is sere- Misses E. Reid, E, Turner, Ne1Lre
ing include: Standing, Orders, Hill, G. Cantelon, and Rev. J. E.
Private Bills, - Municipal Law, Ford and E. East.
and Privileges and Elections. I Miss Irene Jackson entertained
,I SEVEN RECEIVE CAPS
AUBURN wING•HAM - Seven stdcljent
nurses at Wine/ham General. Hos-
pital 'received their caps in an
MTs. George 'Hamilton is visit-
ing friends at Brucefield and
Seeforth.
Miss Joan Anderson, Watford,.
spent the weekend with her
mother, Mrs. W. T. Robison.
Sells His Farm
William Stewart has sold his
farm in West Wawanosh, a mile
and a quarter went of Auburn,
to his son-in-law, Elmer Sproul,
who gets possession March 1.
Successful Euchre
The Orange lodge held a pro-
gressive euchre party in their hall
with nine tables in play and
prizes going to Miss Margaret
King, Ernest Patterson, Mrs. Roy
Easom, and Roy Easom.
Live Wire Forum Meets
The Live Wire Farm Forum of
S.S. No.' 8n Huilett, entertained
the FarmRorum of No. 9, Hurl -
lett, in the Foresters' Hall Mon-
day night The first part of the
evening was spent playing bingo,
alter which an interesting pro-
gram was presented by the Live
Wires. Harvey Huulcing w a s
dhalrman for bhe following pro-
gram which opened with a piano
duet by Delphine end Maxine
Honking; piano duett by Muriel
Shobbrook and Marguerite Lyon;
piano solo, Muriel Shobbrook;
piano solo, Marguerite Lyon;
guitar and mouthorgan selection
by Bent Shobbrook. A 'humorous
reading by Mrs. Stanley Lyon,
Later, a short •skit was given,
after which lunch was served by
No. 9 school to close a wonder-
ful evening.
impressive ceremony after five
months' probation. Superintend-
ent Mrs, Iris Morrey, and 'As-
sistant Superintendent, Miss Ei1-
een Lambertus presented the caps
to the nurses.
0
THE VOICE OF
TEMPERANCE
The menace of drunk delving
increases each veer while motor
ear registrations increased by 14
per cent in 1950, conviotiions for
drunk driving went up by 40
per rent. The stricter law en-
forcement and the heavier pen-
alties failed to match the menace
of drunk driving. It should be
obvious that the policy of more
and more outlets, with more and
more liquor consumed is con-
tributing to the drunk driving
menace. As the Toronto Stair
puts it "The Ontario Govern-
ment's free and easy attitude on
liquor sales has been contribut-
ing to the accident toll due to
alcohol." Surely no Huron County
citizen, in his right senses, would
propose to exchange the restric-
tive measure el the Canada
Temperance Act for the free and
easy sales policy of the Ontario
Liquor Control Act, with its in-
creasing drunk driving hazards.
—Advt. 9-b
K. Erskine, Mr. and Mrs. James
McMeth, MTs. A. J. Holloway and
Mrs. J. S. Evans.
Several churches in town are
having a change in their organ-
ists. Mrs. McHardy-Smith has
been engaged as organist and
choir leader of Willis Presbyter-
ian Church; Miss Helen Doherty
becomes bhe organist in Wesley
Methodist Church and Miss H.
Ida Boles the choir leader; it is
unofficially understood that Miss
M. Bentley is relinquishing her
duties as organist of St. Paul's
Church to become the choir lead-
er, and that Miss 'Clete Ford will
succeed Miss Bentley at the
organ.
Those assisting at the Mission-
ary meeting of the League of
Wesley Church were: C. S. Hawke,
The Dramatic Society of St.
Paul's Church, enjoyed an oyster
supper. During the evening R.
Hunter presented Rev, C. L. Bil-
key. the Rector, and the director
of The group for the past five
years, with a purse of money,
the mitt coming on the eve of
the departure of the Gilkey fam-
ily from Clinton. Other presen-
tations at the some meeting in-
cluded a reading lamp given to
Mrs. James McMurchie who had
assisted the group on several
occasions, and a pair et silver
candlesticks presented to Mrs. C.
H. Epps, a recent bride.
Mrs. Clara Rumabil has receiv-
ed word of the dearth in Virden,
Man,, of her brother-in-law, John
Spooner, formerly of Clinton.
The members of the Young
People's League of Ontario St.
United Church 'held a very pleas-
ant social, evening at he home
of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. -Chant.
During the evening the secretary,
Miss Grace Glidden, was present-
ed with a gift in view of her
approaching marriage. Those as-
sisting with the evening included
C. S. Hawke, Miss M. Powell,
Miss E. R. Carter and L. -W.
Currell.
C. G. Teeter, principal of the
Collegiate .Institute, has rented
PJiiss Moore's cottage on William
Street.
R. Walton, caretaker of the
Post Office, is quite ill and his
duties at present are being car-
ried out by Wilbur Orioh.
Mr. and Mrs. E, Nickle have
moved to Sarnia.
The Town Council have decid-
ed that the Collegiate By-law
will be presented to the ratepay-
ers again at the soonest possible
timCote.
, H. B, Combe, on behalf of
the men of the congregation of
St. Paul's Church, presented the
retiring rector with a handsome
club bag following the service
on Sunday morning.
Dr. and Mrs. J, C. Gendier are
vacationing in Toronto.
BLYTH
To Renovate Hall
Leonard Rooney and Harry
Gibbonls thave been named in
charge of renovations planned
for • ,the 'baof Memoriat
Hall here. A survey of repairs
necessary was undertaken nt
Memorial Hall Board meeting.
The local Women's Institute
branch has offered to assist with
the project.
Community Centre Board
Reeve W. II. Merritt is 1951
ohairman of the • community
centre board' here. Other off -W-
ens are Mrs. Harold Phillips, sec-
retary, and R. D, Philp, treasurer.
Other members at the board
.meeting which appointed the of -
OFF MAIN STREET
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LUNCH NOW?
.titers were Councillor H. T. Vett-
den, Harry Gibbons, Leonard
Rooney and Mrs. L. M. Scnim-
geour.
Citizens Perturbed
A crashing sound awakened
Blyth . people islurnbering bliss-
full'ly recently. First fears of
some folks that ole village had:
been subjeated to a sneak bomb
raid were dispelled after severaldan. W s conso 1 t
villagers arose to find out what
had 'disturbed' thenthenrest. The
weight of 18 inches of wet snow
caused a large section of the roof
of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church shed to collapse with a
roar. The building brad not been
used extensively for a number
of years. Older folks here re-
call that the shed was built at
the same time as the church in
1889.
Successful Card Party
Sixteen tables of euchre and
bridge were in play in Memorialthe
Hall at e Gard. party sponsored
by the local branch of the Wom-
en's Institute. The high honors
for women in euchre were won
by Mrs. Archie Young and the
high for men went oto R. C. Rio•r-
omena ion prize
went to Mrs. J. McGee, men's
consolation to,W. H. Merritt. The
high honors in bridge went to
women, Mrs. B. Hell, and Mrs.
Luella 'McGowan, who played in
a mart's place. Consolation prizes
were won by Mrs. A. Berthot
and H. Vod.deh•. All proceeds
will be used by bhe Institute to
redecorate the basement of Me-
morial Hall.
are visiting in Ingersoll end St.
Thomas.
W. Glenn Campbell has resign-
ed as organist of Willis Presby
terian Church intending to spend
his entire time at teaching music.
Both he and Mrs. Carrrpnell will
continue in their present studio
on Rattenbury St. W.
R. Draper has resumed his
duties after a three weea's en-
forced vacation on account of ill-
ness.
Teachers at the Public School
whose reports appeared in this
issue were M. E. Chidley, J. Wil-
son, L. Stevens, H. Courtice, E.
C. Tiplady, M. Wiltse, and M. L.
Kerr.
Mrs. S. H. Smith officiated at
the organ of Wesley Methodist
Church on Sunday lest.
at a very unique surprise party
in honour of Miss Kate Scott who
leaves for New York shortly to
begin 'training for a nurse.
Mr. and Mrs, James Fair, Dr.
and Mrs. J. W. Shaw, and Mr.
and Mrs. R. Graham were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. James Snell at
a very delightful dinner party.
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Harold M. Black
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The Clinton New Era
Thursday, March 2. 1911
Clinton defeated Goderich in
an exhibition hockey match by
14-7. Clinton players were: goal,
Johnson; point, RumbalI; cover,
Copp; rover, Forrester; centre,
McLennan; L wing, Draper; R.
wing, Mitchell.
R. Graham and James Ford
are busy collecting tills week for
the Spring Stock Show.
Arthur R. Fotd, son 'of Rev. J.
E. Ford, has been appointed
editor of the Christian Guardian.
Miss Minnie Rudd attended a
meeting of Librarians In Strat-
ford.
Miss Mabel Cantelon has rent-
ed the store formerly occupied
by George Berge and will use
it for her spring showings of
millinery. She will be assisted
by Miss Mary Smith and Miss
Ethel Govier.
nIrs. H. B. Combe and chi'l'dren
els
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For that hanging -on Cough , .
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St. Patrick's
Day
Greeting Cards
BIRTHDAY
Smiles 'n Chuckles
Easter EGGS and Easter BASKETS
Magazines
Easter
W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B.
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40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, March 2, 1911
Those assisting at tube IOOF
At -Home included: Miss Maud
Torrance, A. J. Morrish, Mrs. W.
H. Hellyar, R. E. Manning, Mr.
Stevenson, Seaforbh; James Fow-
ler, George Phalen, J. McRae, W.
rloffatt. Harold Innes, O. Pink,
Miss M. Bentley.
Kyle-Lindsay—At the home of
the bride's parents, on Wednes-
day,. March 1, 19:11, by Rev. Dr.
A. Stewart, Ida Louise, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Lindsay,
to J. I4xideay Kyle. Mrs. F. W.
Watts wes pianist, and little Miss.
Ria Hill was flower girl.
Among those entertaining this
week include: Mrs. W. Brydone,
Miss Emma Southcombe, Mr. and
Mrs. H. B. Chant, Mr, and Mrs,
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