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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1949
Clinton News -Record
THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Established 1878
Amalgamated 1924
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Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
Population, 2,500; Trading Area, 10,000; Sworn Circulation, 1,908; Rate, .03 per line
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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
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1949
Why Does Clinton Need to be "Different?'
ed the same dates, which are true of many
nominations and elections. that
From the Town Clerk, we understand
Clinton's decision was made at a special meet-
ing of the Town Council held in. November•,
of which The NEWS -RECORD had not been
informed previously. Legal interpretation of
the Act was discussed, we understand from
the Clerk.
This brings up .the point of the advisa-
bility of -holding nominations and elections a
month or so earlier, as is done in many other
municipalities; in fact, in the majority in
Huron County. The fact is that Clinton is
the only town in the County to hold "late"
elections, Goderich, Wingham and Seaforth
already having selected their munidipal coun-
cils for 1950.
If there is any argument that the early.
nomination meetings would be poorly attended,
one need not go any further than 'the Town-
ship of Goderich nomination meeting -here
recently when the hall was packed to over-
flowing.
AS FAR AS WE CAN ASCERTAIN, the
Town of Clinton is following no leader in
staging its municipal nominations and election
In the middle of the week and thus interfering.,,
With the usual business routine of the town.
Dates advertised elsewhere in this issue
are Wednesday • evening, December 21, for
dominations, and' Thursday, December 29, for
the election.
Search as we may, we have not been able
to Find one single instance in the Province
of Ontario where similar dates have been
proclaimed.
Usually, nominations are held in, Clinton
On the last Monday in December, with election
one week following.
In this issue, the Township of Stanley
advertises its nomination meeting for Friday,
December 23, with election on Monday, Janu-
ary 2. Officials of Tuckersmith Township
plan to hold their nomination meeting and
election on. December 26 and January 2,
respectively. The Village of Exeter has adopt-
eus
The Missing Link?
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I10W LONG IS IT since you have written bigger part in your daily life than ever before.
This is a condition which you have approved.
You have said that you believe government
can do things for you which you cannot do
for yourself.
But remember that the government is only
the collective voice of you, and you, and you!
And if your voice isn't heard through your
member of parliament, it is your own fault if
the government does something you don't like.
Speak up, Mr. and Mrs. Citizen! The
floor is yours. a •
or talked to your member of parliament?
Does he know what you think about the
Issues on which he is voting month by month?
If he doesn't, how is he `supposed to represent
you?
Your job isn't over when you cast your
ballot. You have as much responsibility to
make your stand known to your representative
as he has to make his stand known in parlia-
ment.
Government policies and practices play a
Arithmetic vs. Politics
SOCIAL SECURITY is a fine phrase,
Used effectively by all Canadian political
parties at election time. But, when carefully
examined, it loses much of its meaning, com-
ments The Printed Word. Security of the
country from war is something that no party
can guarantee. Financial security for individ-
uals from cradle to grave is usually thought
to be denoted by the phrase, but such social
security plans as have already been put into
force do not appear to have lessened the need
for private charity on a large scale.
Arithmetic and politics do not coincide.
When it comes to spending public funds. To
an arithmetician it seems that if you tax every-
body for a social service and spend the money
So collected, nothing has been added to society's
wealth.
For the remainder of the population, even
for those who pay no direct taxes and receive
government handouts, social security is a costly
delusion. The estimated cost of the Baby
Bonus for the latest complete fiscal year is
;,+217,000,000. The estimated receipts from the
Dominion sales tax for the same period are
$391,400,000. Thus if the Baby Bonus were
wiped out, or even restricted to those families
who really need it, the sales tax could be cut
to about three per cent, with no net reduction
of Federal revenue. The subsequent reduction
in living costs would'eas' the struggle of earn-
ers of small incomes. The Baby Bonus makes
this struggle harder,
The arithmetic of this is simple enough
for the average sixth -grade pupil. Einstein
himself would be baffled by the arithmetic of
those politicians who preach that taxation and
living costs can be brought down at the same
time as all the costs lumped together under
the head of social security are going up. .
From Our Early Files
25 Years Ago
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, December 18, 1924
Officers of the Women's Auxil-
iary of St. Paul's Anglican Church,
are: honorary president, Mrs. T.
White; president, Mrs; C. L. Bil-
key; first vice-president, Mrs. J.
Johnson; second vice-president,
Mrs. F. Hovey; recording secre-
tary, Mrs. W. R. Counter; treas-
urer, Mrs. George Taylor; cor-
responding secretary, Mrs. 'd'
Hawkins; leaflet secretary, 1V.e..
C Baker; mite. box secretary,
Mrs. J. .Johnson; Dorcas secre-
tary, Miss Foster.
Polly Fisher, wife of the late
George Nott, died on Monday,
December 15, in her 81st year.
Surviving are one son, G. W. Nott,
and five daughters: Mrs. Cunning-
ham, Mrs, Lewis Crich, Mrs.
Townsend, Mrs. N. P. Crich and
Mrs. J. E. Johnston. Rev. C. J.
Moorhouse offioated at the :fun-
eral being assisted by Rev. Dr.
Larkin, Seaforth. Pallbearers
were L. Tyndall, H. Peacock, W,
Vodden, A. Whittingham, 0. W.
Potter, and R, Tiplady.
George C. Middleton has re-
ceived first class honours in his
first year Pharmacy examina-
tions.
Markets were: wheat, $1.30;
peas, $1.50; oats, 45c; barley, 85c;
buckwheat, 85e; butter, 35c to
38c; eggs, 46c to 600; live hogs,
$9.00.
R. G. Smith has been making
ice regularly at the Clinton Arena
and hopes to open for business on
Friday evening. The Xiity Band
will be in attendance.
Dr. Foster Copp has been
travelling through Mexico lectur-
ing on insulin and holding clinics
and has now returned to La
Jolla, Calif., for the opening of
the new Metobolic Clinic of
Scripp's Memorial Hospital with
which he has been associated.
M. T. Corless is considering
himself a very lucky man. He
has featured in two motor acci-
dents within the last week, neith-
er one being his fault, but in
neither case was he injured.
Officers of the Junior Auxiliary
of St. Paul's Anglican Church
are: supervisor, Miss F. Ni. Rich-
ardson; first assistant, Miss S.
Sloman; second assistant, Mrs.
C. Draper; president, Miss
Mary Watkins; vice-president,
Miss Margaret Cudmore; secre-
tary, Miss Norma Streets; treas-
urer, Miss Hazel Churchill;
pianist, Miss Susie Livermore;
curator, Miss Harriett Hawkins.
The high winds on Sunday
blew down the smoke stack at
the Clinton Knitting Co. This
stack, standing 40 feet high, has
been partially replaced, but the
factory now is taking its
Christmas vacation.
Mrs. T. J. Watt left yesterday
for Brandon, Man., where she will
spend some months with her sis-
ter, Mrs. S. Booth.
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40 Years,;Ac o
Historical Sketches of the County of Huron
Presbyterian), one school with dition to what the Government
three teachers, Montreal Tele- sunk then, the Township of Stan -
graph office, and daily mail by , ley was induced• to squander
stage, off Seaforth. There are $10,000 of its Municipal Loan
four licensed and three temper- Fund Surplus on the same object
ance hotels, an Orange Hall, and —an act which we venture to say
Barker's hall for the use of pub- 99 out of every 100 of the rate -
lie meetings, etc. payers of that municipality now
Assessment $94,657 deeply regret.
The assessed valuation o f Railway Suggested •
property is small, the most so of There have been a number of
any municipality in the county, schemes agitated at various threes
being only $89,438 for real and to give • Bayfield railway corn-
$5,219 for personal property, or munication; but they have fail-
a total of $94,657. ed, as they will continue to do,
The liabilities are however very from the fact that no possible
trifling, if indeed there are any general er 1 re sults could be derived
at all. The sum of $301 was or- from the necessary expenditure,
iginally set off as its share of and the village itself is and will
the Township of Stanley railway be too weak to shoulder even a
debt, and the last of the school tithe of what it would necessarily
debenture. debt (incurred some cost to place a public work with -
years since in enlarging the public in its reach what would benefit
school) was liquidated last"year, itself alone, Nevertheless, Bee -
Harbour Built field possesses attributes, which
Almost the only thing about none can deny it — those of a
Hayfield which merits a descrip- pleasant, quiet; • healthy, little
tion is its harbour; and why the country town, enjoying all the
Dominion Governinent were ever benefits which may. be reaped
possessed to waste $50,000 of the from a rich and fertile country
people's money on building a surrounding it and a good class
harbour which ha's not yet been of citizens inhabiting it; and as.
used, and never (practically such it cannot but continue to
speaking) will be used, is WE.- flourish, though the hopes of it
cult to understand, Work was ever becoming • a commercial
commenced upon it In 1875, and centre of any importance are
completed during 1878. In ad- extremely infinitesimal.''
(Continued from Page One)
Reeveship for 1877, since which
time W. W. Connor has filled
list of village officials for the
the position. Below is a full
current year:
1879 Reeve, W. W. Connor;
Councillors, Andrew Rutledge,.
Paul Cleave, Henry Howard, Ro-
bert Baker; Cleric, William , A.
Morrison; Treasurer, James
Thompson; Assessor, B. Higgins;
Auditors, Henry Wainwright,
Frederick Wood; Constable, John
Ferguson.
Centre of Business
The village has no public im-
provements worth mentioning
The Council meets in a hall be-
longing to the Orange body. Sur-
rounded as it is by a very fine
and comparatively thickly settled
section of country, it still retains
its position as the centre of quite
a local trade, There are six
general stores in the place, one
tin and stove store, two harness,
three tailor, two boot and shoe,
two cabinet, three wagon, and.
three blacksmith shops; one
(water) gristhng and flouring
mill, a sawmill, planing and
shingle mills, two cooperages, a
cider mill and a brewery. There
are four churches (Methodist,.
Episcopal Methodist, Episcopalian,
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, December 16, 1909.
Ed Rathwell has purchased the
brick house on Princess St., at
present, occupied by Hugh Ross
who is moving to a poultry farm
in the suburbs of the town, which
was -awned by Wat Mair, Goder-
ich Township.
Louis Suitter, Glencoe, has
purchased the Standard Elevator
and gets possession next May.
Those-' assisting at the League
meeting in Wesley Church were
Miss Hope Brown, Miss Florence
Cuninghame, Fred Rpmball, Miss
Dell Miller, John. Cantelon, Wil-
mer Wallis, Miss Retta Cook, Miss
Edna Turner, Ray Cantelon.
Markets were: wheat, $1.00 to
$1.02; cr, ts,. 35c to 36c; peas, 85e
to $7e; harley, 53c to 55c; butter,
22c to 23c; eggs, 27c to 30c; dried
apples 5eic to 6c; live hogs, $7.60.
The C. I. Board has purchased
three new typewriters for use in
the Commercial Department of
the school.
Those assisting at the Young
People's Guild meeting in Willis
Presbyterian Church were Misses
Edith and Margaret Torrance, F.
Pearson, Bessie Smith, Luella
STANLEY
The . pupils of Baird's School
(S.S. No. 1, Stanley) are holding'
their annual Christmas Concert
on Thursday evening, December
22, at 8.15 p.m. —Everybody wel-
come,
Goderich Township
Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Middle-
ton spent several days recently
visiting friends in Detroit and
Romeo, Mich.
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Mi and Mrs. Alcidc Corriveau
and baby daughter Rose Ann
spent Sunday'.at the home of her
Rev. Harold J. Snell
To Resume Pastorate
Rev. Harold J, Snell Was in
charge of the morning service in
James Street United Church, Ex-
eter, Sunday, Dec. 4, for the first
time ;in ten weeks.
Rev. Mr. Snell: was seriously
injured in an automobile accident
September 21 and was in hospital
for several weeks.
Rev. W. B. `Smith, represent-
ing the Ontario Temperance
Federation was the speaker, and
Rev. H.CCurrie of Crediton took
charge of the evening service.
IRev. Mr. Snell hopes to resume
his pastorate on Christmas Sun-
day.
brother and ister-in-law, Mr. and THE VOICE of
Mrs. Reg. Miller, • TEMPERANCE
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"SHARES" CAR OPEN
GODERICH - Constable Fred
Cox, a 225 -pounder and owner
oe a smell car, found no problem
when the door of the vehicle
refused to open. After trying
all other means, he lefted the
car by the front bumper, shook
it—and the door opened.
Walkinshaw, Watt and Wilson. •
and Mrs. James Young.
Mrs. T, Hawkins and family,
have gone on a month's visit tr,
Newark, N. J.
T. Jackson, Jr. is on a businese
trip to Toronto.
The opponents of the Canada
Temperance Act are trying to
make out that it has failed to
prevent the giving of liquor to
minors. This contention is un-
founded. The Canada Temper-
ance Act definitely forbids a -pub-
lic carrier delivering an order of
liquor to a minor. Moreover, the
failure that is scandalous is the
failure of the Ontario Liquor Act
to keep minors out of beverage
rooms. The Huron Temperance
Federation is sure that there is
less temptation and danger for
minors under the Canada Temp-
erance Act than under -the Ontario
Liquor Act. 50-b
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, December 16, 1909
Officers of Murphy Lodge LOL
are: W.M., John Hartley; D.M., R.
Cluff; Chaplain, Rev. W. Dunbar;
recording secretary, P. Cantelon;
treasurer, T. Beacom;' financial
secretary, T. Monaghan; D. of C„
F. Cutler; lett., F. Haywood, John
Ford: first committee man, D.
Steep; inside tyler, B. Sage; out-
side tyler, W. J. Cantelon.
Officers of the Woodmen of the
World are: C.C. Soy., R. A. Bell;
A.L. Soy, William Ladd; B. Soy.,
Robert Sweet; clerk and treasur-
er Sov., T. Cottle; Est. Sow., A.
McReary; W. Soy., William T.
Judd; S, Sov., T. R. Watt; Board
of Managers Sovs., J. S. Evans,
N. Ball, F. Fair. J. B. Hoover
is a member of the, Head Board
of Managers, •
J. W. Moore, J. E. Hovey, H. E.
Rorke and Dr. S. S. Evans are
the members of the School Bodrd
whose terms expire this year but
who are eligible for re-election.
Those who have contributed to
the prize list for the Poultry
Show which will be held next
month are: Frank Hall, A. J.
Gr,gg, G. W. Barge, J. E. Hovey,
W.' S. R. Holmes W. J. Mitchell,
W. H. Hellyar, W. T. O'Neil, W.
R. Counter, Morrish and Crooks,
A, D. Beaton, A. T. Cooper, S. C.
Rathwell, R. Marshall and Plum -
steel Bros.
Officers of Sheffield Lodge are:
president, John Suntan; vice
president, Thomas Judd; past
president, F. H. Powell; chaplain,
H. Joyner; ' secretary -treasurer,
T. Jackson, Sr.; • first guide, H.
Rutledge; seconi guide, W. East;
third guide, J. Woon, Jr.; I. Guard
W. Sloman; 0. Guard, A. Sloman.
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All Things Nice for Your Xmas Giving
or Ladies For Gentleman
Brush,
Comb &
Mirror Sets
3.75 up
YARDLEY'S
Toiletries & Sets
OLD SPICE
& FRIENDSHIPS
GARDEN
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Toiletries & Sets
IMPORTED
TOILET
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60c to $1.50
Sunbeam
Electric
Razors
Remington
Electric
Razors
Schick Razors Gillette Razors
Lather Brushes
Yardleys Sets '1.25 up
Bachelor Sets '1.00 up
Travelling Cases
F Electric Ieating Pads, 6.50, 8.50
Evening in Paris Toiletries, Sets
X Shultons English Lavender and
Perfumes
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