Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1948-08-19, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 'I'liURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948 Clinton, iNesys-Recorci THE CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Established 1865 Established 1878 Amalgamated 1924 An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District MEMBER; Oa:zodiac Weekly Ontario -Quebec Newspapers Association Divta4on, OWAret SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2 a year; United States and Foreign: $2.50. .Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Advertising Rate and ,Detailed Circulation Cards on Request Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada In The Hcart of Huron County R. S. ATKEY A. L, COLQUHOUN Editor Plant Manager THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1948 OLD BOYS' REUNION. IN 1950 Dosi't let anyone get the idea that it is too early to start organizing for Clinton Old Boys' Reunion which will be held in 1950. A few months ago, Olinton Chamber of Commerce passed a resolution supporting it, and at the August meeting of Town 'Council, Ald. Melvin Crich brought up the matter for discussion. The Mayor seemed to think there was no particular rush, as 1950 seemed a long time away. The proposed Reunion is a project on which the Chamber of Commerce and Town Council should get busy right away. The at such event—a 'great success, from alt accounts—was held in 1925, sb that it' follows naturally that the next one should take place 25 years later, in 1950, 0 0 0 THE RIGHTS OF CANADIAN CITIZENS A11 along The NEWS-RECORD'has been of the opinion that the strikers and strike breakers in the lake sea- men's strike have been allowed far too much latitude in their attitude toward the law of the land and the rights of Canadian citizens. Now—in this nation which prides itself on being law:abiding—we have the sorry spectacle of four lake seamen being ejeced forcibly from a steamer and pilloried in front of a jeep at Hamilton early Sunday, without the police raising a hand. To make matters worse, two of the four men involved complain that a city police car passed them while they were being forcibly herded alongthe ,highway, Discussing "Leniency and Lawlessness" editorially, The Toronto Globe and Mail comments, in part, as follows: "The duty of enforcing the law as it applies to picket- ing falls on the shoulders of the Attorney -General (Hon. Leslie Blackwell. iie is the principal agent of the Crown who has direct responsibility for maintaining law and order. Once matters get beyond the power of the local authorities to deal with, he is the man who sets the machinery of law en- forcement in motion and holds the physical power of the state in his keeping. "The law was made for the protection ' of the cam- ' tinnily. It is the protector of individuals and minorities to just the same degree as it watches over the rights, of organized groups. Like all instruments, it should be applied with dis- cretion and good judgment. But, if it is never applied at 'all to certain sections of the community, a tradition of lawless- ness develops and the idea of special privilege takes root. The picket line is a symbol and its members may he advocates. As soon as they become a public nuisance to law-abiding citi- zens, they should be punished. Mr. Blackwell's lenience has too long been mistaken for weakness." In our opinion, the Attorney -General's course is abundantly clear, 0 0 0 --awry NATIONALIZATION OF THE BANKING n view of the fact that a SYSTEMleftwin Ipolitical party in Canada raetdvuorncaeitestothpeownealt,iointatlaizaintitoenreatoifnigthteo bnaontekitnhgat thesystem, lli gihf Court of the Commonwealth of Australia, in a judgment hand- ed down last week, ruled the Australian Government's pro- posed nationalization of commercial banking as unconstitu- tional. Among other things, the Court held the legislation to be contrary to a section of the Australian Constitution which says that trade between the states shall be absolutely free. . . . 1 Commenting on the judgment, Robert Rae, President of Canadian Bankers' Association, said: "While the conStitu- tional relationship in regards to banking in Australia is not on all fours with Canada, no doubt the essential principle on which the judgment was based is common to both countries. This is that Government ownership of commercial banking jeopardizes its present impariality and potentially interferes with freedom of commerce. That principle applies equally to Canada, once_bank credit accommodation is made subject to steering or direction based on political consideration of a party in power. Availability of bank ereclit does not now depend even to the slightest degree on political creed or social doctrine. It never should. "In Australia, too, there was a manifest fear of political intrusion into the money affairs of the private individual. This fear becomes so 'potent that the socialist govermnent actually sought to allay it by writing a provision into the proposed legislation." It is obvious that Mr. Rae has made a clear state- ment of the case. 0 0 0 • SMALL BEGINNINGS A teakettle singing on the stove was the beginning of the steam engine, A shirt waving on a clothesline was the beginning of a balloon, the forerunner of the Graf Zeppelin. A spider web strung across a garden path suggested the suspension bridge, .. A lantern swinging in a tower was the beginning of the pendulum. An apple falling from a tree was thecause of discover- ing the law of gravitation. If you think you can't do very much, and that the little you can do is of no value, think of these things. 0 0 0 EDITORIAL COMMENT Clinton Electric Shop Thought for To-day—Sorne men have a thousand i IN OUR TIME ey Howi. Hunt r -----,1 I __---.---- -r ; '-s--------.-.::----- -• . .-:'---- ---7— s . R.Ilomed by Pm Zr. iteterprloos we- ' to the 1:01,A• 3 4' cto fund, sir - heir "much would you like to coat.100.4?" As 'Viewed by a Horse (By our Bayfield correspondent) Said the Percheron horse to the Clydesdale. mare: "We now live at ease, but it seems unfair For the tractor that takes a horse's place Means the end of our noble equine race. We'll soon be extinct as the mastadon And the sabre-toothed tiger that carried on Where now the Hollywood stud- ios weave The fantastic tales of their make- believe. We will join the mammoth and cave -bear both The dodo and auk and the great ground -sloth. We horses once had an honoured name And we toiled and sweat to de- serve the same And the man in the saddle who held our reins Was the man who conquered the western plains For the feather -head -dressed a- borigine Gave way at the charge of the cavalry. And no one walked for the trails were long And a saddle -horse was a theme ' for song And the crime -a -crimes in that land of the free Was the horse -thief's crime, and on near -by tree. He paid for the same as soon as caught A fate deserved in the plainsman's thought. And we broke the sod and we raised a crop And we reaped the same and we did not stop Till it all was threshed and haul- ed to town. And we shared in the pioneers renown. And the bison's haunts became fields of grain And pure-bred stock soon en- riched the plain We were man's best friends and we thought to hold His affection as in the days of old But now this brainless thing of steel That cannot think and that can- not feel Has elbowed us out of man's es- teem And shattered the faithful horses' dream. - 4 It feeds on fire and cannot know We were friends of man since the Long Ago. And we thrilled with life and the pride of birth But this heartless thing drives us off the earth To end. in the canning -factory And. be shipped to the starving across the sea, Whose divided views started two world wars That for centuries will show wounds and scars. ' On town arid tower and govern- ment And seething craters of discon- tent Where shop-worn creeds plan a third world -strife theres anything cheaper than human life, It's the life of a horse in the world to -day Man and horse, once friends, may be swept away For men draft their best to serve war's cruel need And they leave their scrubs safe at house to breed And that dries not seem' to me good horse .sense" Said the Percheron horse, by the pasture fence. —A. J. Styles, July 1948 (By our Bayfield correspendent) At the time he wrote the above, Mr. Styles was visiting Mr. and Mrs. Bert Duna, Si, Bronson Line. He was inspired to write the poetry when he, saw Bert Dunn using the tractor while his team of horses was tied to the fence. The author, who is in his eigh- tieth year, was raised near Blake. He has had a varied career, hav- ing taught school at Dashwood, practised law in the United States and prospected in the Yukon and Canadian north. He has publish- ed two books of verse. "Pony Express and other Poems" and "The Soul of the Universe and other Poems", within the last few years. Still very active, he plans a walking tour across the contin- ent next year He has been vis- iting relatives in this District while on a motor trip through Canada. His home is in Holly- wood California. 40 Years Ago THE CLINTON' NEWS -RECORD Thursday, August 20, 1908 D. L. Macpherson has been an - pointed town treasurer as well as clerk, the latter office which he has held for some time. He succ- eeds Capt McTaggart as treasur- er. Clinton C.O.F. defeated Hen- sall F. playing carpet balls in the latter place. Clinton play- ers were J. P. Sheppard, W. S. R. Holm,es, J, E. Finch, T, Managhan, T. W. -Flisch, W. T. Hardy, I. Dodd, H. Glazier, R. Miller, M. Greens. Friends are delighted to know that Caryl Draper has sufficient- lly recovered from his attack of Typhoid Fever and will return home from Stratford General Hospital this weekend. $22.50,. DIAMONDS for Happiness GUARANTEED PERFECT W. N. COUNTER Counter's for Finer Jewellery for Over Half a Century in Huron County MakeaYour Home:a Westinghouse Home! See our fine stock of up-to-the-minute, tirne-saving, electrical appliances to -day. Tudhope Rangettes • Featuring Automatic Oven Control You get the best quality at the lowest prices reasons why they can't do something., when all they'need is one reason why they can. 0 0 0 The mighty ("Babe") Rilth—"Mr. Baseball" him- self—is dead with cancer of the throat at the age of 53. In his day he -was one of the immortals of the game of baseball, and the idol of millions of sports-conscions boys - in the world. WESTINGUOUSE DEALERS D. W. Cornish PRONE 479 RES. 358 e' fd IRE• a,. CSC.' . .C111AS , • .1°' • • 4°0 From Our Early Files 25 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, August 23, 1923 Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Lucas and daughter, Miss Annie, Stewart Taylor, Mr, and Mrs. George Tay- lor and family, Mr. and 1Virs. J. H. Johnston and family, IVIS-. and Mrs. J. Watkins and family and Mn arid Mrs, George Campbell and family attended a C.N.R. picnic at , Springbank Park in London. The following are going west on the C. P. R. excursion: W. Hen- ry, Earl Cooper, A R. Miller, G. Bolton, J. R. Brown, J. Hohner, W. W. Thompson, and Miss Garr- ett. Among the changes in proper- ty include: Mrs. A. McKown has putatiased A. Seeley's house on Mary St, and has taken possess- ion; W, McIntyre is moving to Port Huron: G. Hanley is moving into the house be vacates on Huron St, and Mrs. French will move into the Hanley house an King St.; Miss Whitely has sold her cottage on Huron St., now occupied by C. H. Venner, to Miss McLaren and also her cottage on Townsend St. to W. Nickle. 'Misses Ethyle M, Wasman, Elsie M. Ferguson, Gertrude A. Fowler and Ione W. Stothers have been successful in obtaining Sup- ervisors' certificates in Art. Lucan defeated Clinton junior Baseball team by 5-4. Clinton team was C. Hovey, c; F. Me - Taggart, p; W. Hovey, 11; J. Higg- ins, 2b; N. Cook, ss; F. Cantelon, 3b; 3. Mutch, rf; F. Mute]; ef; P. Livermore, lf. 0 THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, August 23, 1923 Improvements: William Hiles, Ontario St., has had his house painted; a new garage is being erected at Ontario St. Parsonage; the store front of George A Mc- Lennan's grocery has been re- painted; The Plumsteel Store has had a coat of paint; John Cuning_ hame has had his house painted; The Normandie Block is being freshened with a coat of paint; S. S. Cooper has had his two buses and dray wagon painted; new slate blackboards are being in- stalled in Clinton Public School. The following teachers have been successful in passing ex- aminations which enable them to have certificates in teaching phy- sical culture: Miss Amy Hellyar, Miss Florentine Marquis, Miss Ruth MeMath, Miss Izetta Merner, Norman Garrott, Carman Powell, W. M. Erwin, Miss Janet Smith, Miss Gertrude Wallis, N. C. And- erson and R. V. Summ,erhays. Mowatt Chowen, son of J. G. Chowen has the honour of being the first station agent at the new- ly built station in Brussels. The whole community was shocked to -day to learn of the sudden death while eating his dinner a Adam Cantelon, clerk of Goderich Township. Mr. Cante- Ion is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Charles Wise. Also surviving are three brothers and one sister, David, William, Harry and Mrs. Karl. Misses Gertrude Fowler, Annie Lawrence and Harriet Cantelon are visiting Miss Elsie Ferguson, in Goderich Township. * 40 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, August 20, 1908 Those bowling from Clinton at the Goderich tournament were J. L. Courtice, J, Watts, J. Harland, J. Taylor, J. Nediger, 3. Hunter, J. B. Hoover and W. J. Harland Another group comprising Pete Kerr, T. Baird, 3,' Lamson, H. Gilmour, M. Jordan, George King, W. Turner, Miss Baird, Miss J. gone west On the C. P. R. excurs- ion this week Mrs. Thomas Meliveen has bought a bakery in Granton and plans to move there very present - Much regret has been expressed since it was known that W. W. Ferran had passed away on Mon- day. He has lived M Clinton the greater part of his life and was keenly interested in the affairs of the town and could tell a great deal of its history. He wias very active in St. Paul's. Anglican church. He is survived by his widow, the former Ellen Archi- bald, and one daughter, Eva, Mrs. H. Torr Rance. Misses mime and Lou White are opening a home made baking establishment in the MacKay block in the stand formerly °coup - Thompson and A, Sanderi s have ed by A. R. Smith. Services at Beattie's Providing every requisite of faultless service hut avoiding needless expense. The Beattie Funeral Home Rattenhury St. E. CLINTON Geo. B. Beattie 34-tfb YOUR BLOOD IS YOUR HEALTH BAROMETER— • FERROPLEX. contains Iron, Liver Extract Vitamin B Complex and will keep your blood built up. Large Bottle $1.25 at your Rexall Drug Store We S. R. HOLMES Going Away? t hit:, 611 ti, Carry Travellers Cheques and you can't It's, the safe way to carry travel funds. Here's why ; ; ; Before your Travellers Cheques can be cashed, they must be signed twice by you: first, when • - ”; you buy them and again when you cash them. So if lost, stolen or destroyed, and before you have added your second signature, they are worthless to anyone else ... and you get your money back. Keep your travel • funds safe. Carry Travellers Cheques on all vacation or business trips. Cash them wherever you go, as you need the money. Sold at all branches. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA ris "coN • 41RANCH ;; .1. G. McLAY, Manage