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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1945-10-11, Page 2..PAGE TWO f1 ANION' MS -RECORD Clinton News -Record The Clinton New Era Established 1867 The. Clinton News -Record Established J878 Amalgamated 1924 PUBLISHED- EVERY THURSDAY AT CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA "The Hub of Huron County" w An Independent Newspaper Devoted' to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and ,Surrounding District, MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. Subscription Rates: In Canada and Great Britain, $1.50 a year in advance; in United States, $2.00 a year in advance; single copies five cents. R. S. ATKEY H. L. TOMLINSON Editor and Business . Manager Plant Manager THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1945 RURAL FAIRS SERVE A FINE PURPOSE It is an encouraging sign to see that: rural fairs-- especially in this part of Western Ontario—have been held this year despite a great many difficulties in their way. In Huron County -alone, the rain may have dampened but did not prevent .the holding • of several successful fall fairs. Those that may be mentioned include Dungannon, Howick at Gorrie, Zurich, and finally, Bayfield: Despite unfavorable weather conditions and financial and other,difficulties, the direeters of Bayfield Agricultural Society went right ahead with their arrangements and staged an -excellent fall fair yesterday, although they were (forced, to call off the school children's parade and' the trials of speed on account of rain falling until about one .o'clock. During the rest of the afternoon, the sun shone 'brightly and everyone went around with a senile on his for her face. The courage of men who keep alive such fairs as the one at Bayfield, is to be commended. You usually find that the place where an event such asthis is 'held regularly is a pretty goodcommunity. © © 0 INDIAN SUMMER ny day no* Indian summer will be coming along— A . those' soft blue. days when summer seems to return for a brief moment of farewell. Many ipeople think 'they are the most beautiful of the whole year. Don't let them deceive you. They never last; close upon them comes those biting winds that chill the marrow in your bones. You'll shiver on street corners and in the fields and barns; you'll pile on extra' clothes just to keep warm right in your own home. How would you like to be one of those 125 million ,.. "half-starved peiiple-itt" turope whop have -nb+extra clothing.,. 'to put on: Refugees who fled ,before the guns—prisoners .of war plodding home–clave laborers clad in rags, children ',who do not remember a world that did not have war and G,. hunger in it. They all need clothing; need it in the very worst way.; For six terrible years their countries were looted of cloth- ing, blankets, textiles; their factories were wrecked and their looms broken and destroyed. No wonder they need help. The National ClothinLg CollectionCommittee for Clinton and District will continue to operate until October 20. You still have time to do 'your part. © © 0 HOG PRODUCERS TO VOTE ON MARKETING" Whether or not producers want to adopt a new province -wide hog marketing scheme to operate under the Farm Products Control Ant, will be decided by .ballot. Every hog producer hi every county in Ontario will have the privilege of .voting on the proposal during November, but producers must register with the Agricultural Representative in each county. Signed bal- lots will be accepted by the Agricultural Representative up to and including Saturday, December' 8. ' The proposed hog marketing scheme, which would be by far the largest yet developed under the Farm; Products Control Act, has been submitted to the Farm Products Control' Board by the Ontario fog Producers' Association, and in accordance with the terms of the Act, the Board has made' the necessary arrangements to take a vote of the producers in order to ascertain their wishes in the matter; In order' to have the 'scheme thoroughly explained beforehand, and an opportunity provided for registering and voting, public meetings will be held in everycounty in the Province during the week of November 12. It is expected that tliere may be considerable differ- ence of opinion among hog producers in Huron' County and other areas, but it seems that settling the question in the good old-fashioned ballot method as a democratic way of handling the situation. • © 0 p "IN WAR AS IN PEACE" ince the beginning of the war, publishers of weekly, newspapers have, faced the greatest' demand in history upon their space and services, and with crippling manpower and equipment shortages, they have literally worked night and day to meet these extraordinary war demands. Publishers rarely expect or. receive recognition or. credit for their services—too often :these .'services arei. taken for granted. Tlowever—October 1-8 was proclaimed "`National Newspaper Week", but in .some communities,. due to the National Clothing Collection Campaign and other matters, it was pushed somewhat into the back- ground. True, your hometown newspaper may not be "The Largest Newspaper in The World," .ibuii your; hometown newspaper should be "The ' Greatest Newspaper in The World" as far as you and your community are concerned, Atomic Power And its Use B1 it. J. I)EACIIMAN ex M. P. for NorLb Huron We dream too much, 'think to( little No sooner do we hear of the atomic bomb than we propose to use it for power, yet its use so fat• has been as an explosive and We :have not made any use of gpnpowder, dynamite or T.N.T. as''-Crel tors of power. Would it not be wiser to con- Sidor the costs) ,measure the saving whichwould probably . result? We have inherited the thrift of the Scot, we should use our inheritance. The atom will not Abe used as a source of power unless, by this means, power can ibe obtained more cheaply than from Water falling over a precipice— that, by the way, is fairly cheap. Even power from coal, at times, CMOs close in cost to hydro electric. power. Then power is a rather small item in 'cost when measured as a per- centage of the value of production. Power and fuel cost industryroughly $175,000,000 in 1941. As the total volume of manufactured products in that year was $6,076,000,000 power represented' only 2.87% of the total value of the product. Now this is an important item. If prices of .goods were reduced to that. extent it would add substantially to purchasing power but atomic power, if it ever comes will cost something, and this item, while Important, would not bring about a vital change in costs of production. If power costs should decline sharply, the use of power would expand, it wouldthen be brought within the range of many new buyers. Farm use of electricity is, at present, limited by price. If the price were substantially. Iowered, use would greatly increase. We would do many things with the use of cheap power which would not otherwise he done. Great works, such as irrigation, might then be under- taken. Price determines the 'boun- daries of use. Its use as a source of domestic heat would be important. The saving in cost would then be used for the purchase of other products. In other words the :householder would be able r'tu-•provide'iwo-satisfac'tions•for the cost of one. But we go too fast in all these things, a new age is not born every ;minute. The real prob- lem lies in 'something else. Can we develop the moral qualitites which will permit us to use such amazing force, make' it an efficient servant of mankind If it wereto become an unchecked weapon in war some pirate state might suddenly attack, the dream of world control might bring forth another Hitler. Consider now the tremendous gains which have eome to us in the last hundred years from the development of the power -age in which we live, then ask yourself this + question: "Have we used that power for the enrichment of Life for the benefit of mankind? Are we really happier +than we were a hundred, years ago?" We are happier and wiser, much wiser, if wisdom is. to be measured by knowledge of the things which surround us and the .conditions under which we live. ` We have more insight, more foresight, We are less narrow—and perhaps less • con- ceited. In the distant ` days atomic power may come but the chances are we shall have further oppor- tunities for : mental expansion and moral vitality before we have to face the new problems. It may not be highly gratifying to our pride but it is quite possible that a. period' of waiting may be a distinct advantage to us. o Wealth of Canada Reflect- ed in Minerals The name of Canada wil be for- ever linked with the term minerals: Fortunes have been won in the hinterlands from the minerals of our country. Many minerals have at one time or another played their part and added their bit to our increasing wealth. However, a far larger numm-- ber of minerals occur in Canada which are either of no economic value or occur in too 'small deposits for profit- able operation. In the Royal Ontario Museum there is a collection in which nearly all the, minerals, which are known to occur in Canada, are dis- played. Here there is gold from a number of Canadian sites; silver from Cobalt and Thunder Bay; copper from the historic Coppermine River; cop- per and nickel minerals from Sud- bury; fluorite and talc from Madoc; rose quartz:from Lake .Winnipeg; amethyst from Amethyst Harbour; amazonstone and sodalite from Ban- croft; graphite fror Renfrew; piilogo- pite from Kingston and 'Buckingham; asbestos from Thetford;, lead and zinc .minerals from British Columbia; pitchblende from Great Bear -Lake. We could, go on' naming minerals and their seutices, :but the list would be practically endless. Such an exhibit must be seen in order to appreciate the variety of minerals to be found in tbia...araa.t_aninati,,y of:.�a+ire TFILIRSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1945 From Our Early Files 25 YEARS AGO 7'115 CI NTON ;NEWS -RECORD OCTOBER 7, 1920 T. Rona bought the residence of the late Missy Ross on Kirk Street at the sale on Saturday last. Roy Graham has gone to Detroit, Miss Helen Gunne of 141'4°n visiting friends' in: town., Mrs. 'r. T. Murphy of Goderich was in town' over the weekend. • p Mrs. Brnegeman of Chesley has been assisting Mr. E. Wendorf 9n• his confectionery store since his accident. Mr, and Mrs. D. T. O'Neil have taken a furnished apartment at De- Land, Florida, and leave the end of the month to spend' the winter under sunny skies. Miss Agnes Holmes, who has been visiting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Doherty for several weeks, leaves this week and will shortly begin a course of training as a nurse. MTs. C. H. Bartliff and Miss, kinds, who have been in Toronto during the summer, have returned to town and aregetting settled in their new home, the cottage recently purchased from J. Stevens. Miss Marion Irwin, who went to Toronto last week, is taking a Social Service; -Kindergarten .Course at the National Training School. Ac Miss Irwin has shown a decided aptitude for work amongst "children she will no doubt find this work very con- genial. THE CLINTON) NEW ERA OCTOBER . 7, 192h, Mr. and Mrs.' Chas. Lockwood were in town, over the weekend. Miss Maud Torrance was in Tor- onto Iast week to hear Caruso sing. Mrs. C. Hawke, of Townsend street, will be at home the 1st Thursday of every. month. Earl O'Neil who is on the road travelling, spent the weekend at the parental home. Mrs. Joe Webster and babe, of Aub- urn, returned home on Monday after a week's visit with Mrs. G. E. Saville. October 1st saw a few flakes of snow—but we hope the coal :bins will be filled up before the snow storms come. The store front of Fred Jackson is ,being brightened uii by the paint Field Day sports of Seaforth C. I.•on brush of Jos. Copp. Friday afternoon. The girls' basket_ The C.C.I. students will take in the ball team have made some "terrible" �Y`1��R �'✓i / /CARTOON'COUR1 L Sy, ti.•`. maze. a. i THY WINNIPEG TR,Pi h Ugh YOU LOOKED IN YOUR CLOSET "McGEE"T• ImomminimarnmEmoll bets that they will win. Rev. S. E. McICegney, M"C., is in Toronto this week. Formers Con Buy Victory,, Bonds On Convenient eoterred'Paynients ',. " Through'. Any., Bonk .: just sign a short form letter which Victory Loan Salesmen'.• carry (bagks'have copies) ordering the Bk" -to buy Victory Bonds for you. Pay 5% when ordering and the balance at any time during the next 12 months. The interest the bonds earn pays the interest on the baulk loan. wt; ::srn�a iC T IKE thousands of other Canadians, farmers will J-+ welcome the 9th Victory Loan as another dppor- tunity to save money to provide for future plans. Victory Loans have provided an excellent means of helping the war effort, at the same time contributing. to our own personal welfare. Canada needs more money now ... to .make loans to foreign countries so that they can establish credits which will enable them to buy food and other things which they require.. This food will come from Canadian farms; these goods from Canadian factories. When we help to create "markets for our farm produce abroad. and when we help to keep Canadian factories busy .. we help to maintain good prices for the things that Canadian 'farms produce. Victory Bonds also provide a reserve fund of work- ing capital for our' own use .. , so handy to have so many tunes. Any bank will buy Victory Bonds at any time, or loan money on Victory Bonds if we need .. and for our future plans, we'll have the money required for things we want to do_. . . Get ready to buy more Victory Bonds this Fall. Buy, double this time - the ;same rate of savings . as i.n.previous loans will pay for twice as many., bonds over the 12 month period. NATIONAL WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE 1