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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1948-09-30, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948 Clinton News -Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON N2WS-R14..;ORD Established 1865 Established 1878 Amalgamated 1924, An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests .of the Town Of Clinton and Surrounding District MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newapepeie Association Ontar o•Quebec Iliois on, CWNA SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2 a year; United States and Foreign: $2.59 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 Heart of Huron County R. S. ATKEY. A. L. COLQUHOUN kiditor Plant Manager THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1948 SAVE POWER! KEEP EMPLOYMENT.! Announcelnents published elsewhere in this issue by Clinton Public Utilities Commission and Clinton Rural . Operating Area'' of the Hydro Electric Power Com- mission of Ontario, indicate just haw .critical is the shortage ofpower in Ontario. .Out of• all the arguments that are being presented, one fact stands out abundanly clear:•POWER MUST BE SAVED, whether through voluntary action on the part of the tisers of power in one form or another, or, as an alternative, through compulsory cut-offs that might cause a good .many people a good deal of inconvenience. ' The Hydro -Electric Power Commission of Ontario officially informed the two local bodies yesterday That "unless your week -day consumption of killowa!It-hours is reduced to the quota which has been allotted you, the Commission will be obliged, commencing Tuesday next, October 5, to request you to open feeders at regular intervals throughout the day until the required reductionis assured ... Failure to comply with any such request, which will be transmitted to you through our operators, will make it necessary for The Com- mission to :interrupt your power supply every hour on the hour -throughout the day from dawn until dark for periods of time ranging up to fifteen minutes in duration." So there it is—•in a nutshell! And the HEPC is• not fooling!' The Town of Clinton's normal daily average of con- sumption is about 13,600.kilowatt-hours; this must be cut to 9,100 kilowatt-hours, a reduction of one-third. The Clinton Rural Operating Area, which includes 'tile area in this ,. istrict outside the towns, has a normal daily average consumption of 19,720 kilowatt-hours; this must be reduced to 15,600 kilowatt-hours, a drop of one-fifth to one-quarter. That is the problem facing the residents of Clinton and surrounding district. This issue present a big challenge to every one of us. As good Canadians, blessed with so many fine things of this earth, we must accept this c'h'allenge and do our part to "Save 1'owsr; Keel) Employment:" • FREE TO WRITE. ! FiPevention Week will bbe celebrated during the week re of October 3-9, but at the same time, National News- paper Week will be marked from Ocbober 1.8. So while Mayor A. J, McMurray ably, discusses +'he former in his pro- clamation, published elsewhere in `this issue, we shall devote a little attention to the latter. Sitting here, propped up in front of the typewriter, we are free to write 'anything we desire just so long• as it is within the bounds of common decency and the liberal postal regulations. We can publish that writing in The NEWS - RECORD and send it through the mails into the homes of this community. We need show this column, before it is published, to no one. We are the sole judge of what will occupy this space this week. Here in Canada, we call that "Freedom of the Press." It came ,down to us, as a marvelous privilege, from the mem who founded our country. it is a right that is governed by the needs, requirements, and good judgment of the people of our community. They demand of us the truth wherever it is possible to obtain it, and accuracy in reporting it. They can, by .the sheer weight of their collective opinions, put our humble opinions nut of business. So then, "Freedom of the Press," as we celebrate it during National Newspaper Week, is not merely our freedom to print what we please. It is, let's say, our right to say what 'we think in our own newspaper, providing we do not offend the patriotism, the good morals, and the collective better judgment of a majority of our readers. This • is a marvelous privilege, compared with what the Press of the rest or the world enjoys. Only free men enjoy the right of a free press, but it also is true that only a: free press can guarantee and maintain the rights of a free people. Sitting here, we can write that we dislike the policies of our .governments and cabinet ministers; that we don't like the way the armed forces are being run; that church services will• be held next Sunday. But the larger portion of the world today, editors and writers, dare not 'say those things. A man who writes for a government -controlled newspaper, or the diicti''ar press, says orly those things which are put in his mind =by his bosses. And what happens, the people who read those newspapers'are no longer free We would say that National. Newspaper Week is just as important to you, the reader, as it is to us. It isn't a week in ,which you are expected to eat more apples, buy a lapel button, or don your 'straw hat. it's simply a week In Which, thoughtfully and of your own free will, you should resolve that you willdo everything in your power to keep the press of Canada free. . , In this way, you `will simply be guaranteeing the .continuation of your own Freedom! . . 0' © 0 EDITORIAL., COMMENT Thought for To -day ---The hardest climb a fellow ever has to make is to get out 'of; a rut. •Motorists, don't forget the golden rule of safety. Drive as you would have others drive. Remember, to the others you are the "other -fellow". 0 g '0 Huron County weekly jou•rnalisin has lost one of its most britliailt ornaments and one of its greatest leaders in. the sudden 'passing Wr,jesday last o! Keit'i McPlla.il Mc- Lean, •ed!tor of The .Huron Expositor; Sea.forth Memory of his attrib'utes of.kinduess, self-sacrifice and understanding, that were so characteristic of him; will livelong in the community in' which lie .lived,, ah throughout the County. The NEWS - RECORD extemd's its deepest,synipaj:hy to [the bereaved ;wido`w and family. • IN OUR TIME senses.l NeW Ere Eaterpases '1 just got sick cud tired of seeing him tying around cit day Joins: NOTHING!" . From Our Early Files 25 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, October` 4, 1923 Funeral services for the late Josiah Irwin were held at the home of his brother-in-law, W. J. Miller, and were conducted by Rev. C. J. Moorhouse. Pallbear- ers were T. Livingstone, R. A. Govier, G. Hicks, J. T. McKnight, R. J. Miller and W. J. Miller. C.C.I. baseball and basketball teams each defeated Seaforth teams at the latter's sports day. C.C.I. baseball team was: McNeil c, Cantelon p, Snell lb, Grant 2b, Richards ss, Higgins 3b, Mulch cf, Hovey rf, Lawrence lf, Rorke, Carter, subs. The basketball team was: forwards, O. Schoen - hats, Jean Woods, centres C. Evans, J. Ford, guards L• Levy, M. Bovey, sub, D. Streets. At Monday night's council meeting a by-law was passed making it illegal to sell, offer for sale or possess any type of fire- cracker in the town. . Those assisting at the League meeting in Ontario St. Church were Rev. A. A. Holmes, Mrs. Francis Powell, Mrs. Downs, Mrs. Jervis, Mrs. (Dr.) Brown and Miss Plumsteel, Rev. C. 3. Moorhouse end Miss Frieda Wellis are attending a Joseph Wheatley and his staff league convention in St. Marys. are busy completing the grano- Erskine Evans, Willis Cooper lithic walk on Orange St. between and Fred Wallis have resumed thei studies at the University of Toronto. t * THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, October 4, 1923 Hunter -Cress -At the Presby- terian Manse, Seaforth, on Wed- nesday, Septem.ber 26, 1923, by Rev. Dr. F. H. Larkin, Dorothy Cress, Clinton, to Leonard Hun- ter, Hullett Township. Miss Bella Hunter end Albert B. Habkirk were the attendants. Frank Watson, Wingham, has purchased Mr. 1McKenzie's groc- ery store. The citizens of town are glad to welcome Mr. Watson and his father, David Watson, back to town alter a few years absence. While sitting chatting to his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Tebbutt, David Albert Lindsay took a sud- den heart attack and died instant- ly. Mr. Lindsay was the reeve of Goderich Township and was on his way to a council meeting when his death occurred. This is the second sudden death that has affected the Township Coun- cil as it is only a few weeks since the clerk, Adam Cantelon, passed away very suddenly. Mr, Lindsay is survived by six small children, his wife, the former Laura Perdue, predeceased: him a few years ago. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O'Neil have left for their winter home in Florida. Miss Jessie, a teacher at Kitchener, spent the weekend land and C. S. Hawke assisted the ts, (ministert'J of Ontario St, Church home of the bride's "cunt,. Mrs. Miller, Queen St., Clinton, on Wednesday, September 30, 1908;. by Rev. Mr. Dunbar, Mabel, dau- ghter of David Sheppard Oxbow, Sask., formerly of Clinton, to Silas C. Andrews, son of Police Magistrate and Mrs. S. 3. And- rews. Prior to her marriage the bride was honoured by St. Paul's Choir of which she was e valuable member with the presentation of a fancy clock. A. J. Holloway read the address and H. T. Rance made the. presentation. Friends were greatly shocked to learn of the death of William H C. Rattenbury, 24 -year-old son of Mr.sand Mrs. Joseph Ratten- bury, who died in his sleep on Tuesday morning. Rev. Mr. Dun- bar officiated in the absence of the Rector of St. Paul's Church, Rev. C. R. Gunne. Pallbearers were H. Heuston, C. Sheppard, C. Twitchell, J. McKenzie, W. John.. son and H. Armstrong. Jaynes Snell sent a prize Lei- cester ram to Huntington, Que., on Monday. Harry Bartliff was in charge of a refreshmerit booth at the Blyth Fair, Jacob Taylor has purchased the house on Maple St. belonging to the late Lawrence Manning. The Weekly Press (Editorial in The Globe and Mail, Toronto) • The annual award of the David Williams Cup for the best editor- ial page in Canadian weekly newspapers of a circulation, of 2,000 or more, draws attention to this invarlrable element of oar community life.. Thin year, for the second time since the cup was first presented for compet- ition in 1938, the Midland Free Press Herald` has been adjudged the winner. The cup has also been won twice by the Fort Erie, Ontario, Times -Review and the Penticton, B.C., Herald. The David Williams Cu is at once .a stimulus to improvement in the editorial pages of the smal- ler papers, and a memorial to one of the •best weekly ` news- paper editors of his generation, Dr: David Williams of Colling- wood. So outstanding was the position he won for himself that he was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws by the Uni- versfty of Toronto. There was more than personal significance in the degree, however, merited as it was. It symbolized the im- portance of weekly Tournalism in the national life, and the unique influence it exerts when it is aware of its own strength. The maintenance ofthe stand- ards of weekly newspaper pub- lishing is no light task in the circumstances obtaining today. For these smaller papers, costs have risen alarmingly, just as they have for other businesses. BAYFIELD SWEET SUMMERTIME The beautiful summer has faded away To b place I'll call No -Where, far, far away; All the violets are withered And the. lilacs are dead, And the timely wee cowslips Are all tucked in their bed. The corn is cut, the threshing done, The apples so red, hanging there in the sun. And although I have kissed The sweet summer good-bye, I love the beautiful fall, And here is just why—Apples for all, the Northern Spy. Huron and Rattenbury Sts, John Ransford was appointed one of the delegation which at- tended the funeral ' of the late Bishop Carmichael. This dele- gation was named at the Angli- can Synod which is meeting in Ottawa. The maples are turning to purple and gold, So stately and high in their beauty untold. See that fall maple tree, Standing there in the land, And a Robin is singing a fare- well refrain, Good-bye everybody, I'll see you again. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, October 1, 1908 John Hunter has been acting as night watchman for the past week. Markets were: Wheat, 85c to 88c; oats, 35c to 38c; peas, 85c to 86c; barley, 55c to 60c; eggs, 17c - to 18c; live hogs, $6.75. Dr. and Mrs. F. J. R. 'Fowler and family have moved to Toron- to where the Dr. takes up 'hit work as lecturer in. the Veterin- ary College. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Belcher have rented the Fowler residence. James Sheppard, S. J. Andrews, William Cantelon, John John- stone, John Guest and Robert Thompson were the pallbearers at the funeral of the late Mrs. S. G. Plummer. She is survived by her husband and four child- ren, Mrs. J. E. Booth, Mrs. (Dr.) Devis, William Wallace and • S. G. Plummer, Jr. Arthur McCreary has bought the house on King St. south of Fred Cook's residence. This will be quite handy to the Ferran fruit farm which he has been en- gaged to menage. Superintendent Hooper, C, Hol The war put a heavy strain on their resources, and for a timgQ the paper shortage was acute, It is highly creditable that so many of them are continuing to grow and progress, reaching even high_ er levels -of attainment in both news coverage end service to their communities. There is no little significance in the fact that editorial pages in the weekly newspapers are de- veloping so well. There was a period when violent partisanship was the chief characteristic of the community newspaper. This died oat in the course of time, and the tendency went so far that any sort of opinion on local af- fairs, especially of a political na- recovery, tare, was dangerous. It is a tri- Visitors on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Riley, were: Mrs. Alex McGregor and fainly, John Douglas and Kath- erine of Kippen, and Mr. and Mrs. AIvin Riley, Seaforth, and Miss Ruth Wilbee, Seaforth, CONSTANCE Aruiiversary Services Anniversary services were held here Sunday, Sept, 26, morning and evening. Rev. A. G. Hewitt, Auburn, preached, Special music was rendered by the choir, assist- ed by Blyth Male Quartette. Injured in FaII Charles Dexter had the mis- fortuneo t fall out of an apple tree recently and hurt his left hip. We hope for a speedy re- covery, (intended for lest week) Miss Jennie Mann and Mr. Joe Mann, Hullett, visited on Sunday at thea home of Mr. and Mrs. David Millson. Mrs. Frank Riley is spending a week visiting her sister-in-law,. Mrs. McFarlane, and Mr, James McFarlane, Noranda, Ont, Mr. McFarlane is very 111, his friends of Constance hope for a speedy bate not only to the common- sense of the, editors, but to the rising maturity of their readers, that editorial opinion may be ac- cepted for what it is worth, and taken in good part. The rural editor is often a man of great personal influence in his. community. In fact, the atmos- phere end enterprise of many of the smaller places ere a reflec- tion of the newspapers serving them. On the other hand, if the editor remains unaware of trends in his district, and is content to ride with the breeze, whichever way it blows, Iris town may be one of those left behind by grog- ress. There is everything to be said for life in the smaller places, and the thoughtful editor will see that his constituency does not lag behind through failure to recog- nize opportunity. or to make the best of its own possibilities. The city cannot do without a healthy, vigorous rural life. The country is the source of the city's wealth, and the main market for its goods. The national welfare is therefore best served when both work together in cooperation and good -will. To promote this happy state is the vital responsibility of the country editor, no less than it is of his opposite number in the cities. NEW "L13" OFFICERS WINGHA1M—Organizing for the ensuing term, Wingham High School Literary Society has elect- ed the following slate of officers for 1948: Honorary president, Wilfred H. French; president, Grant Ernest; 1st vice-president, Lois Lockridge; 2nd vice-presi- dent, John Hanna; treasurer, George Gammage. The birds are flying to their . southern home, So far, fax away, leaving us all alone. Yes, summer had gone, leaving memories dear, And to some just a kiss and to some, a tear, But to me just a sweetheart I hold very dear, My s .auti ay esunrmer I wish you'd And so Pl1 be waiting and watch- ing each day, For I know you'll be back as sure as you say, Never once have you failed me, Kept your word every 'time. I'll be waiting and watching, sweetheart mine, The girl of my dreams, My Sweet Suinmertime, with ner paren John Ransford held a success- ful sale of farm stock and imple- ments. Mrs. G. E. Saville has gone on a visit to Detroit and Lansing, Mich. The Town Council has decided to purchase a new flag for the Town Hall. 40 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, October 1, 1908 Andrews -Sheppard — At the in the rally day services held last Sunday. Misses Olive and Edna Cooper at- tended the wedding of Miss Ada Howson, Wingham. The former was the bridesmaid oh this 'oc- casion. A. J. Holloway is in Cobalt attending to mining interests. 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