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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1947-01-09, Page 2GE TWO CLINTON IgEWS-RECOUD •TIIiUjRIS] AY JANUARY 9, 1947. Clinton News -Record The Clinton New Fara Tho Clinton :News -Record Established 1865.Estalblislhed 1878 Amalgamated 1924 'BLUSHED EVERY THURSDAY A'1` CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA In the ,Heart of Huron County Independent Newspaper. Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District MEMBER: •Canadian Weekly Ontario -.Quebec. • News palexs Association ivision> CWNA Official Printers to County of Huron • SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In advance—in Canada and Great Britain: a year, $2; nine month's, $1.50; .six months, $1; three months, GO cents;. e month, 20 cents; eingle copies, 5 cents; in United .States. one year, $2,50; ie' months, $2; six months, $1.35; three months, 70 cents;' one month, cents. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Adve tisig Rate and Detailed Circulation Cards on Request Sworn Circulation at October 31, 1946, , . 1,808 S. ATI{i';Y - - Editor and Pub1-:cher THURSDAY, "JANUARY 9, 1947 A READER'S RESOLUTIONS FOR i.947 ecently, The Editor of The NEWS -RECORD wrote ars editorial suggesting ten New Year's resolutions for the Town of Clinton and asking for similar ideas along this. line. A reader has submitted the following: 1—That the Council make plans to reprove our streets, as soon as the sewerage sysem is completed. The sug gestion :would be to have permanent roadbeds laid and tinished with '!curbs and storm drains, the work to be done milder the direction of a competent engineer and paid foron the frontage system. • 2—That Arbor Day be re -introduced when property owners would the asked to fill in vacant street 'spaces with regulaition shade trees. 3—That new cem'en't sidewalks 'should be 'laid on certain ;streets and others repaired, 4 -That every property owner be asked to improve the appearance of this property, and that no one be allowed to maintain unsightly dumps in residential districts. 5 Zlh'at'the business places recognize their opportunity of serving the public - by limiting their weekly holiday to one-half day. 6—That the Conuhcil hold the annual election the first Monday in December lin order to give the business people the opportunity of taking a more active part and also assuring better weather conditions for getting out the vote. 7 --`list the Town Councillors familiarize themselves with all 'Town By -Laws and have 'them enforced. Tliey could make a good start by studying the bylaw govern- ing procedure at Council meetings, and conduct their meet- ings in accordance with this by-law. 8—That the Mayor oal1 a public meeting quarterly inviting all citizens to attend, and at this meeting have reports from the Public Utilities' Commission. Public Library, Board of Health and School -Boards. • 9—That the Council appoint a publicity. officer to act til some organization .such as a Business Men's Organiza- on or Chamber of Commerce takes over the responsibility. 1.0—The business people recognize the value of our Town ewspaper by supporting it with generous advertising. at the public should cooperate with the paper by epotiting promptly the local news. That all copy be sent the Editor early in the ; week so that the paper can he rintted and in the mails Wednesday evening and thus - more valuable to all concerned. ' [The NEWS -RECORD, 'elf course, had nothing haitever to do with the formulation of these resolutions; ey were just handed in as requested previously.] O 0 '0 EDITORIAL COMMENT Thought for Today—No rule is so general which nits not some exception. O .0 0 The packed arena 'here Monday evening augurs 11 for the 4uccess of the local hockey season. The edy at Goderich the same evening, when a` woman fatally injured and several people injured, is greatly be regretted; © 0 The NEWS -RECORD extends heartfelt congratula- n's to Dr. 'and Mrs. John W. Shaw on the celebration' their ,golden wedding anniversary, whose recognition, a pu'bli'c way, was a fine gesture. May .they have y more ham years together! © 0 0 Encouraging -news comes from Finance Minister ott in the forecast that the Federal budget will be anted, and that there -possibly might be a surplus 4n the all year which ends March 31, 1947. Further reduction income taxes • seems to be a natural corollary of this nation. © 0 0 Monday's municipal election vote in Clinton was. eater than marry people expected and that for the eveship fell short of last year's record poll by only 46. tually, there was an increase in the 'total hi St. George's acrd from 194 to 202, but the other (three wards showed 4iiles. Appro Gi8naJtely 60 per cent of the possible voters sttheir: ballots. _. 0 0 0 Frankly, The NEWS -RECORD did not expect in ex - of' 100 votes to 'be Wast aagainst, the band by-law which 'ed by only -three to one In Monday's polling. It ritahnlly is not the Town 'Counlcil's intention to "run wild" tffi'the taxpayers' money in this regard; payssing of the -law was really only 'a formality required by recent endmelt5 to the statutes. O 0 0 The patrons of Clinton Public Library who depend Miss.Rudd's advice an choosing the kihld of book they joy; the `students who look to her to find the reference ok that will help most in their problems; and the ildren, many now grown up, who awe their pleasure reading and their taste forgood books, in a great re, to Muss Rudd's Saturday -Story' Hour, willregret at she has handed her resignlatibn to the Library Board, take effect at the end of the present Library year, bruary 1, 1947 rt , if,0411 Letters' to the EDITOR LIQUOR DEGISLATION Editor, • Clinton ,News -Record, DEAR The new Liquor License Act has now been Proclaimed, and according to the premier, he is very much dis- satisfied with the present set Op.ef men's and women's beverage rooms; here is what he said.,. "The Complaints about many of the beverage rooms were more than justified. None have been more critical; of this situation than we have been. We recognized that vary, sub- stantial changes were, necessary, if 'we were to have a. workable system." He also said that he hopes this new legislation will. 'actually reduce the consumption of spirits. Then followed an explanation of the new act by the 'attorney general and naturally one would expect to hear how conditions were to, be improved, but unfortunately we seem to be go- ing . moan bad to worse. As an instance of this, Mr. Black- well- told us that the following licenses could now be issued, with the seal of the province attached thereto. License for dining lounges, license for dining room's, license for lounges, license for public house (2 kinds), license for restaurants, license for clubs, license for military mess, license for railway cars, license for steamboats, license for banquets, license ;for the sale of wine, license for brewers, license' for distillers, establishment of Government liquor store, establishment -of brewery warehouses. . , • (Fortunately,, none of the above licenses may be issued in local -option or Canada Temperance Act ter- ritory.) .Under the new legislation, we still -have the objectionable beverage rooms which the premier himself has criticized: Can any sane ,person ex- plain how we can reduce the total consumption of liquor, by continuing the present objectionable outlets, and adding others as above? The Government -established most of the present drinking joints with. out a vote of the people, and yet they require a majority of 60 per cent., to vote thein out. Women's organizations and many others, including the premier, and some. operators of women's beverage roorne, have criticized, the operation of women's beverage rooms. Then why were they not abolished? If the Government put them in, they could cerbainly put them out. Behind this whole liquor system, is the greed for gain. Take away the profits, and there would be very few people engage in the business. A. licensed hotel -keeper said to the writer, some 'years ago, that he would not be in the liquor business 24 hours, if it were not for the big money he was making out of it. (Signed) A. T. COOPER Clinton, Ontario January 6, 19411. 0 From Our Early Files 25 YEARS AGO TH,E CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, January 12, 1922' A meeting is being held in Wesley Church for the purpose of forming a choral society. M. G. Bamford lost, his ear when a short circuit caused the, 'car to burn. It was a complete wreck. Ross Fitzsimons, son of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Fitzsimons, is quite ill with -a bad attack •of whooping cough. Miss Clara Ferguson is seriously ill in Stratford Hospital, .. -Gordon Lawsoh had a. couple ef' ribs fractured while playing Hockey. George Elliott is ,baking his work at O'Neil's grocery. The fallowing'have .;been elected officers of 'the Hullett District LOL.: PDM, W. J. Falconer DM, II. 1VI. Hanly; Deputy, C. ''yner; chaplain, W. I1. Hellyar; recording secretary, D.. L. 'Stephenson; financial secre- Newspaperman Named to Post Hon. John Bracken, Leader of the Frogressive Conservative Party, has announced the appointment of 0. V. C'Ihat•'ters, B-timpton, as Director of Public Realtions for• the Progressive Conservative Party. Mr. Charters will assume his duties at Ottawa at once. Geoffrey Heweicke, whc has -been editor of; the party newspaper, "Pnb- lic Opinion," for the past few months will be associated with Mr, Charters in public relations work and will re- main as editor of Public ()pinion. Well Known Newspaperman Clarence V. Charters is pro'babiy one of the best known newspaper- m.cn in Canada. He is certainly known to every weekly newspaper editor in this country because until September 1946 he was managing director of the 'Canadian Weekly - Newspapers Association. He was associated with this or- ganization for over 15 years as a director and for the last 11% years was managing director. During this latter period : he built up member- ship from 237 to '611; raised the in- come -of the association from $9,058 to 08,322 annually, and :Wade hund- reds of new friends for himself while he raised the prestige' of the -or- ganization, "Printer and Publisher" recently' stated . that the better newspapers and the better painting in -Canada's weedy newspapers in the past .few years are largely attributed to his ceaseless efforts to help and improve the 'weekly press on this country. • Was 'Printer's Devil" Clarence Charters was b vn sir Brampton, in J:anuaise 1892, the son of the late ram" Charters, publisher' of The Brampton C'onssrvator. He was educated in Brampton public and high schools and at the age of 14 went to k a "printer's d" in' his father's plant. He became secretary and manager of the` Ghee - incorporated as Co. Ltd., wheat ht wasevil incorporated in 1919, and ,president when his father died three years ago, He retired from the CWNA,, intending to take -a more active part in his own business. Besides 'his association with the CWNA., he has been honored by the Newspaper Association •Managera of Aanerica whose head he was clueing the past. year. . While Canada was at war, and while his two sons served overseas, he was active not only in community war work, but on the Canadian Pub- lishers' War Finance Committee which had charge of all advertising and publishing for the Victory Loans. Fos . three year's he was executive assistant to the Printing and Publish- ing Administrator -of the WPTI3. In 1942 he represented the CC'anaci- iau Weekly Press in a tour overseas, He is an Anglican; a past president of Brampton Liohs Chi)), a member of tate Advertising and Sales Club, Toronto. - o CLOSE AT NINE W11NG5IAM-Win'gham merchants Will close their stores at nine o'eloclr: Saturday nights, clueing January. February and Marchi. Wartime Prices Board Answers Questions Concerning Regti1atioils ' Q. --I understand the price of tea and coffee has been raised. Can you tell me the amount of the increase per pound? A:—.At the beginning of the' year the maximum prices of tea and coffee were restored to the same general level as that prevailing in'the fall of 1942 when prices were reduced by subsidy below the prevailing levels. The increase is four cents 'a pound in the maximum price of coffee, eight cents a pound increase in the price of all tea in bulk or packages, in quantities of less than half a pound and an increase in maximum price of ten cents a pound on all, tea sold in quantities of one'half *pound or more. * tars, Mr. .Montogmery; treasurer, Thomas i5k nde; 'lecturers, G. Fal- coner, G. Cornish;: D of 0., George Evans. Mis. T. IT. Cole ; passed away on Sunday. ,She is -survived by her husband, two sisters and one broth- er, MTs. James •Livermo' e,.,Mrs. Ern- est Jackson and J. Marshall, all of town - carne from. the West recently where I could obtain supplies of evaporated milk without any coup- ons. Now I find that evaporated milk cannot be purchased here unless I have coupons. Why is it that this milk is rationed in one part of the country and not in others? A:—Evaporated milk is only ra- tioned inareas where fluid mills is plentiful and where supplies must be reserved for persons requiring it in their diets. Such "areas" where this product is rationed are termed "re- stricted" and there are restricted areas in every *province of Canada. Q: --I recently had a tooth filled and was charged $4. I used to pay 67. Isn't there a ceiling price on dental services? A:—No. There are no regulations governing professional services. - Q: —• Has there been any recent changes in' prices on work clothing? A:—Yes. The Board rec,ently grant- ed an increase of eight` per cent in the manufacturer's ceiling price for work clothes, This means an increase to the consumer of not more than 21 cents .per garment. Increased costs 'to the industry were responsible for granting the increase in legal ceiling prices. GARAGE SOLD WWNGHAIM — Wingham's oldest established garage business changed hands January 1, when the Crawford Garage was sold to James Carr, town. and Wilfred Congram, Toronto. 'INTERNATI®NAL i. IS CANADA'S. DRESSERWARE You, too, vitt agree who+, you see tater. Yiatlortal Sterling dressorwaro that here is beauty end a: s ...lush can' only bo crestal by c.•F rt c r+ Tun Our stock ,s rr a +, up of o ,ly those pat- terns we show,.' .ort acceptable to our customers. We'll ho glad to show you these perfect gift suggestions, W. N. Counter' TH,E' CLINTON NEWERA Thursday, January ry 12, 1922 The following • are elle committees of Coursed for this Year: Street, Mnddletoix;, Cooper, Kemp,- Nediger; PYop,erty, Nediger, Miller, Liver- more; Fire and Water, Iiemp, Middle- ton, 1VIil1er; ,Cemetery, Miller, Coop- er, Livermore; Charity, Livermore, Kemp, Nediger; Park, Holloway, Cooper, Livermore; P'inencu, Cooper, Middleton, Miller; By-laws, Cooper, Keine, Holloway; Court of Revision, Cantelon, Middleton, Kemp, Nediger, Holloway. Clinton hockey team defeated St. Marys 5-4 in an overtime game. Clinton line-up was: Goal, McGeorch; left defence, M. 'Elliott; right de- fence, H. Manning; centre, J. Baw- den; right wing, F. Elliott; left wing, Govenlock; spares, Graham and Dickson. Chief of Police Fitzsimons broke a smell bone in his left hand when he slipped on the icy streets. Miss Amuce Bartiiff has returned to her nursing ;duties in Detroit. Me. and Mrs. John Gibbings have returned from Lapeer, Mich., where they have been visiting Dr. and Mrs. Iiay. . Cou ndillor W. J. Nediger has been confined to the house with .an at- tack of bronchitis. Earl Steep spent the weekend in Wingham. Counter's For Finer Jewellery For Over Half a Century in Huron County - * * * 40 YEARS AGO THE. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, January-, 10, 1907 John Crooke' a•eferreedl s. hockey match between ,S'eaforth ,land Cod- erieh in the County town Iast Friday. * TIIiE CLINTON N'EVI7 PRA Friday, January 11, 1907 A team frohn the Grove defeated a team from the Doherty end in hoefey by 10-4., The line-ups were: Grove: McConnell, goal;: q. McKenzie, point; E, Nickel, corner; J. Levi, centre; 0. East, r, wing; N. Levi. 1: wing; Doherty: J- Ha1P,, goal; R. Ireland, point; R. Forrester, corner; J. Forrester, centres A, Doherty : T. wing; F. Ruanball, ,q wing. Officers of the Horticultural So- ciety 'are: President, T. Cottle; ;1st vice-president, J. Cuningliaane; 2nd vice-president, J. 1VIcMath; directors, Mrs. J. Fair, Jr,, Miss K. McTaggart, Mrs. R. Agnew, Mrs. C. C. Rance, E. Rutledge, A. Seeley, Jos. Wheatley,' A. :McKenzie, S. Davis; auditors, W;. D. Fair, W. Brydone. J. B. Runibal1 passed away sud- denly. on Sunday morning. He is survived by his wife and two sons: Hairy Cantelon fell while cleaning off the roof of his kitchen. One rib was broken, and a second Was fractur- ed and penetrated his lung. He is making satisfactory progress, . An interesting league meeting was held in Ontario St. Church. Bliss Maud Wiltse sang a solo; Messrs Harland, Weir, Gibbings and Downs, sang a quartette; Miss Wilson gave a paper on Missions; the guest speak- er of the evening was Rev. G. N. Hazen, Goderieh. Those who have been summoned to give evidence at a trial in Goderich are: John •Scruton, John MacKenzie, 011ie Mcllveen, Charles Moore, Harry Bat-tliff, W. Pinner, Police Magist- rate 5. Andrews .and Chief Wheatley. Following Monday's election, the following is the Town Council for this yeas: Mayor, H. Wiltse; Reeve, D. Cantelon (received acclamation at nominations a week ago) ; Council- lors, W. G. Smith, Robert A. Downs, A. T. Cooper, W. S. R. Holmes, B. 5. Gibbings and J. A. Ford. Jackson'MeNaughton — In the Church of the Redeemer, Calgary, Alta., on January 3, by Rev. Dean Hagett, Maud McNaughton to Syd- ney Jackson, both formerly of Clin- ton. MI:se Fm.u:a Stephensrri has re- turned to • her teaching, duties at North Bay. Fred ancl luras'. Rev. 141r. Jolliffe, assisted by !Rev. J. Greene, conducted the funeral. Pal1bearee.s were H. Hodgens, F, Hodgens, H. B. Chant, J. McMatis; C. J. Wallis and 3. W. - Moore. W. G. Smyth, D. S. 'Cook, josh. Cook, John Ford, P, Csntelon and Thomas Managhan, attended .a meet- ing of Ilulhett District L. OD. at Winthrop. The stockholder's in the Clinton Thresher Go. are: W. W. Ferran, D. A. Forrester, Jacob Taylor, W. Robb, W. Jackson, J.-Brickenden, H. T. Rance, 0', E. Hovey, and D. L. Mac- Pherson. The following are the officers of the .P'.O.E. of Willis. Church: Hone oras'y president D. IStew:i'rt; presi- dent, p , 'Miss A. McEwen; vice-presi- dent, Mr. Burke; treas oro`, Miss 161. McLennan; recording secretary, Miss,. H. lMcKenzie; corresponding, secre- tary, 'Miss 'Ida Walkinshaw; Prayer meeting convener, Miss Luella Walk- inshaw; lookout .convener, Miss 'Mable. Cantelon; organist, George. Pearson; assistant, Miss Ida Lindsay, An Institution for Community Service .. . The Beattie Funeral :me GEO. B. BEATTIE Rattenbury St. E. Clinton, Ont. JUST CMMON SENSE To Nip a Cold in the Bud BRONCHOZ ONE Acts Fast It's the Best for the Worst Cough 1:1 IE Did you take your HALIVER CAPSULE today? Bach Capsule has the Vitamin Content of 1 Tablespoon Cod Liver Oil They are the best resistance builder against colds. — Sold By — W. S. R. HOLMES Your Rexall Druggist This is the only national appeal to be 'made in Canada within the next twelve months for Chinese relief. ...the only f+1 hr df r him, an .illi s like him, war -ray. gel. Chin This old peasant, his farm devastated by the Japanese, is too weak to work. His diet for months has been grass and roots.. . Of China's people, 83 per cent. are farmers. Mil- lions are in urgent need of food, clothes, medical supplies. UNRRA's work is ending; voluntary agencies must carry on. Canada must do her share. Will YOU help? . China, a good neighbor and customer, will not forget. e weer/ China, a Good. Neighbor, calls to YOU! CANADIAN AI I TO C. I , .Make cheque payable to CANADIAN AID TO CHINA."and mail to Provincial Ileadquarters 105 Donations 'Accepted at Any Branch Rank in Huron County