Clinton News-Record, 1952-04-03, Page 2Mercy Trips Prove important
Financed by Easter Seals
MISS MARGARET McQUEEN, one of the Ontario Society
for Crippled Children's occupatitinal therapists is shown with a
Patient. It is for such work that the. Ontario Society for
Crippled Children Easter Seal appeal for funds is being made.
charge of the service in. the
Methodist Church, Londesboro, on
Easter Sunday morning, and will
address the Sunday School pupils.
Miss Susan Ranking, Hullett
Township, is visiting her sister,
Mrs. Angus McLeod.
W. Kilbride spent the weekend
at London and Strathroy.
Miss Fanny Bell Wier, Wrox-
The Clinton New Ero
A, T. Cooper, Clinton, will take N Thursday, April 4, 1912
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Clinton NewsoRecoitd
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
(BatabWilled 1865)
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
(Established 1881)
Anialganaated 1924
An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
Population, 2,543i Trading Area, 19,900; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, .04 per line flat
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
R. S. ATKEY, Editor and Business Manager A. L. COLQIJHOUN, Plant Manager
THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952
Clinton Lucky to Hold the Tax, RateLine
• DESPITE increases in the expenditure on
a number of items, including county levy,
public school, collegiate institute, town salaries
and allowances, debenture payments, police de-
partment and cemetery, Clinton Town Council
has been able to retain a 55-mill tax rate for
1952, the same rate as that which prevailed
in 195L
Reasons for this apparently anomalous
situation are that a surplus of approximately
$10,000 was left over from last year through
the sale of "Wartime" properties, and that
the total assessment of the municipality has
increased slightly in the meantime.
Details of the estimates for 1952, as com-
pared with the 1951 estimates and actual ex-
penditures, are published on Page Three to-
day. We commend to our readers, a careful
study of this table; it should prove very en-
lightening to all. civic-minded persons.
The NEWS-RECORD wishes to compli-
ment the Town Council in achieving a tax rate
similar to last year, at the same time budget-
ing for a small surplus of something over $500.
However, it might have been a good idea—
and we don't wish to gct any further than
that—if the rate had been, upped, say, two or
three mills this year over last.
Seems foolish, doesn't it? But it isn't so
foolish, when you get down to examine it. We
all know that there is likely to be a substan-
tial increase in the 1953 tax rate on account
of the erection of the new public school. If
we were to levy for a substantial surplus this
year, then the increase would not need to be
so great a year from now, And times con-
ceivably might be tougher then than now,
Reasonable, or not?
Why Not, Ladies?
(A CWNA
IT IS SOME thirty-five years since Canad-
ian women first voted in a federal election.
During the years that the ladies fought for
the franchise, their leaders promised great
things for the nation if the women received
the right to vote. That promise, somehow, has
not been fulfilled.
Women have not taken the part in local,
provincial and federal affairs that they might.
have. In this country there are_several million
women . . . few have ever served on municipal
councils, on school boards, in the legislature
or in parliament. Why?
We think that women should get into
public life for they have much good common
sense, much organizational ability, much ex-
ecutive ability that the country needs.
Editorial)
Why not women on our school boards and
our town and rural councils? There are many
ladies in our community who would be real
assets to any,, board or council.
We wonder why the ladies of the nation
have not been more active in public life. In
their own organizations they do a wonderful
job: why should they not focus their abilities
on larger spheres of action?
Women are no longer tied to their homes,
burdened with housekeeping toil—modern sci-
ence and invention has released them from
that. They have taken their place in business,
in industry, in the professions, but to only a \
minor degree in public life.
The welfare of Canada demands the inter-
est and active participation of women in local
and, national affairs. How about it, ladies?
We're Not So Good
CRIME IN THE U.S. has come in for much
publicity lately, and here in Canada we're very
busy hanging over the backyard fence playing
scandalized Peeping Tom, It might pay to
look behind us, says The Financial Post, into
our own bailiwick,
We haven't so much to boast about. Re-
cently there's been a rash .of arrests by the
RCMP attempting-to break up ,,gold-smuggling
and stolen-car rackets. In the midst of a pro-
tracted and not very impressive Vice probe,
Montreal has discovered it nurtured and in its
boom a thriving international racket in black-
market babies. Toronto's had its race-fixing
troubles and now, in the very words of of-
ficials, is on its way to out-do Chicago in
gun play. In Vancouver various charges in-
volving dope peddling and bookmaking are
under investigation. Windsor took only a peek
•at a very nasty situation last year. The Fed-
eral Government has had to do some hasty
firing of officials involved in illegal passport
rackets.
Certainly our own backyard isn't a picture
of purity. Canadian businessmen might do
themselves and the community a lot of good
by getting together and seeing what they can
do to prevent the disease before they're com-
pelled to cure it.
Transplanting Natural Seedlings
(By E. F. Johnston,
EACH year, many residents of urban
areas journey to the wooded parts of the
country in search of natural seedlings, (small
forest trees grown by nature) which they can
use for • ornamental planting around their
homes. Unfortunately, a large percentage of
the transplanted seedlings never grow—some
arg not even planted—and I would like, there-
fore, to point out a few steps, which if fol-
lowed, would greatly improve results.
Transplanting should only be attempted
in the spring or fall; specifically, April and
the first half of May, or October.
It is gendally true that the smaller the
tree the better the chance of success.
A spade or shovel should be used to dig—
never pull—the seedling, and take as much
soil with the roots as possible.
Forester, Miller Lake)
Pack the lump of soil tightly into a con-
tainer to keep the earth from rattling off the
roots and to cut down evaporation of moisture.
Plant the seedling in its permanent loca:-
tian as soon as possible.
The lump of soil adhering to the roots
should be firmly pressed into the planting hole
with your heel to exclude air pockets.
Water the trees frequently until you feel
they are well established.
By folloWing •the above steps, the percent-
age of transplanted trees that grows will be
greatly increased, and the necesity for re-
peated planting will be eliminated.
Before you remove trees from any prop-
erty, you should obtain permission from the
owner. Though it will be many years before
they have a real value as timber, these small
seedlings do have a value as an immature crop.
Frequently one hears about
mercy trips along the frontier
that save both life and limb.
Every week in Greater Toronto
about 150 mercy trips are made
for the benefit of about 40 child-
ren. Though not as spectacular
as ,those in the north, they are
equally as vital. Your contribu-
tion to the Ontario Society for
Crippled Children means that
you are sharing in a series of
daily dramas that always have a
happy ending. The Society's
Easter Seal campaign, with an
objective of $400,000 continues
until April 13.
Providing medical care for the
handicapped youngsters is one
problem. Getting them to the
treatment centres is another. In
the fall of 1948 one station wag-
on was obtained to round up the
children and in the spring of
1950 another. The Rotary Club
of Toronto, the Canadian Para-
plegic Association and the Var-
iety Club paid for them. Last
year it was necessary to replace
them and the Society took over
the transport problem. It bought
two eight-passenger cars, roomy
enough to allow many of the
young passengers to stay in their
wheel chairs when they are be-
ing moved.
On a regular schedule, directed
by Mrs. May Wallace, the So-
ciety's Case Secretary, the two
mercy trip drivers, Bert,..Codlin
and Jack Doherty, both war vet-
erans, made the rounds. They
call at the homes of the children
and they take them to clinics at
the Hospital for Sick Children,
the Toronto General Hospital, the
Junior League Cerebral Palsy
Clinic, the Occupational Therapy
Centre and the St. Paul's play
centre for cerebral palsy victims.
Some children must go two and
three times a week. Others
every day. The cars call for
them and bring them home again
and each travels 100 miles a day.
The children have no other means
of transport and the ride in itself
is a treat. When the medical
cases have been dispatched, the
autos are used to take young
handicapped adults to the Torch
, Club for recreation that would
I not otherwise be possible for
I them to enjoy.
The cars look after not only
the children of the city but those
who are brought to Toronto from
all over the province. They carry
on, in some instances, with the
spectacular mercy trips that you
read about. This is.but one phase
of the „great program that the
Society is conducting, encouraged
and inspired ,by contributions
great and small.
Remember every dime or -dol-
lar you give to the Easter Seal
campaign from March 13 to Ap-
ril 13 places you in the driver's
seat and on a mission of mercy
with health, healing and happi-
ness for some boy or girl at
journey's end.
Quick Canadian Facts
.. from- Quick Canadian Facts
1. Canadians spend how much
each year on textiles and
clothing?
2. In Canada how many pounds
to a bushel of oats, of wheat?
Of Canada's 712,000 square
miles of productive forest area
how much is now occupied?
4. In Canada are there more men
or women?
5. Average weekly wages and
salaries in leading Canadian
industries amounted to $46.63
in Deq., 1950. What was the
figure for Dec., 1951?
ANSWERS: 5. $52.34. 3. Less
than 300,000 sq. miles. 1. $1,650
million. 4. 102 men to every 100
women. 2. 34 pounds of oats, 60
pounds of wheat.
(Material supplied by the Ed-
itors of Quick Canadian Facts,
the handbook of facts about Can-
ada.)
0
GODERICH — Miss Mary Fox,
90, who died in St. Mary's Hos-
pital, London, Friday night, was
born here, and was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fox.
MISS ELIZAI3E1 H LAPP
"H.M.S.Pinafore"
presented by
Huronia Male Choir
assisted by
Guest Artists
to be presented 'in
BLY`IrH MEMORIAL
HALL
TUESDAY, APRIL 8
at 8.15 p.m.
RESERVED SEATS: .75
(Sponsored by Huron Presbytery
ITU; United Church of Canada)
14-p
Goderich Township
Federation of Agriculture
' Bob MeKercher, president of Huron County Fed-
eration of Agriculture, will explain the proposed new
poultry marketing scheme, voting for which will be held
in April.
Film (sponsored by Massey-Harris Company),
"Enough and for All", prlduced by Agricultural Committee
of United Nations, will be shown.
HOLMESVILLE SCHOOL,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, at 830 p.m.
ALL FAME FAMILIES ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
ROBERT STIRLING, President
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BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
ACCOUNTANCY
ROY N. BENTLEY
Licensed Publio Accountant
15 Warren St., Goderich, Ont.
Telephone 587
CHIROPRACTIC
U. IL MeINNES
Chiropractic - Foot Correction
OFFICE HOURS:
Hotel Clinton, Friday, 1 to 8 p.m.
Commercial 110tel, Seaforth,
Monday, 1 to 8 pAn.
INSURANCE
insure the "Co-op" Way
W. V. ROY
District Representatives
Bois 310 Clinton, Ontario
Phone Collect
Office 557 Rea, gg43.
LO)3B INSURANCE AGrENCY
Core Williatri and Itatteribisey Sta.
Phone 891W
.--- GENERAL INSURANCE
Representative:
Ronk, of Canada General (Life)
Howlett Vatatictsw Mutual Fire
InSuranee Co.
VETERINARY
, DR. a S. ELLIOTT
Veterinarian
Phone 1O8 Chilton
Be Sure : Be Insured
K W. COLQUIIOLIN
GENERAL INSURANCE
Representative:.
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Office: Royal Rank Building
Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W
.1. E. HOWARD, hayfield
PhOne hayfield 53r2
Car - Fire - Life - Accident
Wind Insurance
It you need Insurance, I have
a Policy.
H. C. LAWSON
Batik of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHONES: Office 251W; Hes. 251J
Insurance *4 Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
TILE MoKILLOP MUTUAL
FIItE INSURANCE COMPANY
head, Office, Seaforth.
Officers 1952—President, .1. L.
Malone, Seaforth; viteepresiclent,
3. IL IVIcEvehige Blyth; Manager
arid secretary-treasurer, M. A.
Reid, Seaforth. Directors-sS. H.
WhithoOre, Seaforth; Chris. Leons
hatdt, tiotnholiti; E. 3, Tredrare
tha e Clinton; Rebt. Archibald, Sea-
forth; JOhri IL MeEWirig, Elythi
Frank McGtegor, Clinton; Writ. S.
Alexander, Walton; J. L. Malone,
Setiferth; Nara. Gedetiah.
Agentli--J, E.1 Peppet,
field; IL E. bleXereher, Dublin;
F, Praetor, Brodhatgeri; Wm.
Leiner, Jr., Londesboro; S. Baker,
Ertiggals,
MASSAGE
Best remedial Swedish Massage,
and hydrotherapy, by certified
masseur.
L. LEEPER
Clinton Phone 907r5
10-1-2-3sp
OPTOMETRY
A, L. COLE. R.O.
Eyes Examined ,and Glasses Pitted
Goderich - Phone 33
GORDON R. 'YEARN
Optometrist
. Phone 69
Huron Shied, Clinton
JOHN E. LONGSTAFF
Opionietrist
Phone 791. Main St., Seaforth
Hours: 9 can - 6 tirn.
Wed. 9 - 12.30; Sat. 9 am - 9 pm
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate and Itusiness Broker
SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON
Phone: Office 448; Res. 599j
LEGAL
ROBERT E. BARNES
hartiOter and Solicitor
Albert Street, Clinton
(Over lactekvvood's Barber ShOti)
Office Hears: ThescitiSta and
Stkturdays,,0 to 101, TelePliones:
Clinton 807 Goderielt 051
PAGE TWO 144WS-RECORD TIWASDAY,1.4 3, 1953
25 YEARS AGO
•••rrrr,....Tr.
eter, was the guest of her aunt,
1 MA'S. J. AlittleY, during the past week,
has returned from visiting her
Mrs, George Turner, Brucefield,
parents at Leamington.
!visited at the home of his sister,
Andrew Beatty, Westminster,
Mrs. Scott, last week,
William Hesk, Hullett Town.-
shin, Went to Toronto on Satur-
day,. to visit his mother and his
(brother, George Ifesk.
John Cantelon, liolmesville,
moved to Clinton on Tuesday,
GIRL INJURED
DUBLIN — Fourteen-year-old
Dorothy Walker was badly bruis-
ed when she was in collision with
The Clinton News-Record
Thursday, March 31, 1927
Charles Manning, Brueefielcl,
spent the weekend with his son,
Alex Manning, Lonclesboro,
T, Vairaervice, Londesboro, mo-
tored to Stratford on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Donaldson and
family, Goderich, spent Friday
with W. C,, Robertson in Auburn.
Miss Jessie Tough was the guest
of Mrs. W, Stevens and her bro-
ther, D. Tough, this week.
Mrs, J, W, Tippet, Bayfield, re-
turned on Thursday last after
spending a few days with her
sister in London.
The Loyal Orange Lodge, Bay- a car that police said was driven field, was well represented at by John Krausopf, R.R. 1, Dub-
the Royal Arch Degree, Goclerich, lin, in an accident on the main
by: James Lindsay, Lindsay street of Dublin.
Smith, Robert Orr, William Orr,
John McLeod, Jr„ John Pease,
William Higgins, Ninian, Heard.
McKnight-cook—In the Baptist
parsonage, Clinton, on March 24,
Eva Gertrude Cook to William
EarlMcK night, Auburn.
l
: jGibbings was in London
yesterday.
Mrs. William Perkins and son PRE-PUPLICITY on the Can,-
Charles, Toronto, visited Mr. and adian Association of Broadcasters Mrs. E. P. Windover over the
weekend. 27th annual conference in Toron.-
to last week indicated that the Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Jackson; Mr. and Mrs. Lemon, Hensall, most contentious issue would be
spent a few hours on Sunday with on the subject of. ratings. These
Mr. and Mrs. James Livermore, are the figures which are sup-
Fred, Rumball, Toronto, spent hersd to tell who's listening to
ad io, when, and to what sta-
the weekend with his mother, lion. Different survey firms have Mrs. Clara Rumball. Mr, _Rum- 6
issuing statistics on the
same ball, who is with the Royal Bank, I baa e_n_
is leaving Toronto, where lie has s program, in the same area,
been for five years, and will over the same station, but with an
work In the Royal Bank in Mont- entirely different rating. This had
real. ,looked like a hot topic. A corn-
Officers elected at the YPS mittee investigating the subject
reported, however, that they meeting at Varna Friday were: /
Presidents, J. E. Harnwell, Wat- I could find very little to complain
son Webster, Mrs. Charles Rath- of in this inasmuch as the dif-
well, Miss R. Taylor
J
Miss Pep-
per; secretary, Miss ean Foster; is.,mta2ten their survey sample on, the
treasurer, William Clark; organ- e day, and therefore the re-
ist, Miss Violet McCisimont. !sults could not be expected to be
Fashion has lifted a consider- 1 the same. That took the steam
counter-argu- able burden off the clothesline. i ments and left the out of everybody's
en- The Pastime Club presented an industry's
amusing play, "Facing the Music" thusiasm for surveys only slightly
in the Town Hall last Friday , dampened.
evening. ALTHOUGH THE CONFER-
ENCE AGENDA was devoted al-
most entirely to radio sales and
management, I picked up a few
The Clinton News Record program ideas while the meeting
Thursday, April 4, 1912 was discussing two-way telephone
Mrs. R. T. Dunlop and baby, conversations. CKNW, New West-
are the guests of her mother, minster, B.C., runs a show Sun-
Mrs. . W. H. Rattenbury, Bruce- or Idea
night called "Call the Past-
Idea is that a minister of
Lorne Wilson, Brucefield, who the calmly-confident-fireside-chat
has spent a week or so in. Aub- type takes the air and invites
urn, has returned home.
listeners to telephone him and
Flossie Attwood, Bayfield, discuss their problems. The list-Miss
has left for Verdun, Man., to eners remain anonymous. The
visit her brother,' William.
audience hears both sides of the
McCIure-Storey—At the rest- I telephone conversation. Sounds
deuce of the bride's father, like a natural for almost any
March 20, Emeline Storey and 1 on metropolitan area.
—as—
William McClure, both of Mc- I CAB PRESIDENT, Malcolm
Killop Township.
Miss Ella Ronnie, Zurich, visit- Neill of CFNE, Fredericton, New
ed in Hensel]. on. Sunday.
Brunswick, gave-Parliament and.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Harnwell, the CEO a raking over the coals
this week, and are now guests of for what
what he called the "complet-
Varna, visited Clinton friends
the former's brother at Port Col-
impractical restrictions o n
borne. .
the free enterprise development
Mrs. Joseph Mulch and daugh- 'of TV" and called on Ottawa to
ter, Delight, will spend the boll- "allow private radio to provide
days at Wingham.
television service to all parts of
the country at no expense to the
taxpayer."
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NEWCOMBE'S REXALL DRUG STORE INVITES YOU TO HEAR
Miss Elizabeth Lapp
on the subject
Skin Care and Personal Make-up
8.00 p.m. in the Town Hall, Clinton
Wednesday, April 16
Miss Lapp's vocation in, life represents a thorough study of women and their
many problems, Her experience stems from intensive research in the medical
and health fields. 'Her findings show that many problems of women originate from,
their natural striving for beauty. She has found that by improving her ap-
pearance, a woman gains greater confidence and success in all her aspirations.
So enthusiastic have been the reports of Miss Lapp's lectures to women's groups,
that our store has gone to great lengths to Obtain her services.
Remember 8.00 p.m. in
the Town Hall, Clinton, on
• Wednesday, April 16. There
will be no admission charge
and a beautiful chest of Tif-
fany Cosmetics will be given
away as a door prize.
PERSONAL CONSULTATION'S ALL DAY
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
Miss Lapp has been kind enough to agree to
spend all day Thursday, April 17, at our store
in Clinton. She will be pleased to give you a
free personal consultation on your beauty
Problems.
NEWCOMBE'S REXALL DRUG STORE
CLINTON, ONTARIO
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