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THURSDAY PECCMi3ER 11, 19;x2
Clinton NewsRecord
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
First issue June 6, 1865
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
First issue (Huron News -Record)
January 1881
Amalgamated 1924
An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
Population, 2,543; Trading, Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, .04 per line flat
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, 0 ntario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron Cqunty
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1952
Is Our Voting System Properly Representative?'
WE NOTICE a recent editorial discussion con-
, cerning .the favourability of municipal voting
done by the ward system. The editor 'of The
Wingham Advance -Times brings forth both sides
of the question when he states:
The complaint is frequently heard after
township elections that all the councillors
are from one or two isolated areas in the
municipality. If the townships were divid-
ed into wards and the residents of that
area voted only for their own represent-
atives, the problem would be overcome. On
the other hand, the claim might justly be
made that a township is hot such a large
place and that its voters should have their
say about all council members, rather than
just one.
Certainly the first suggestion that council-
lors can possibly all reside in one section of the
municipality has shown itself here in Clinton.
In the recent election with the exception of the
mayor -elect, the deputy reeve -elect and the de-
feated candidate for mayor, all those nominated
were from St. John's Ward, With respect to
those who will serve on the 1953 Public School
Board, we believe that five of the eight mem-
bers also are from one ward.
We certainly do not believe that all the
men capable of serving on municipal boards live
in one section of the town. Probably this sit-
uation in Clinton is merely a coincidence. But
we do suggest that perhaps in the future there
may be room for representatives from other
wards to stand for election, and for municipal
service.
A Skeleton For Christmas
(Department of L ands and Forests)
"WE SET UP OUR TREE in the living
room a week before Christmas last year and
when Santa arrived there were more needles
Under the tree than on it. It looked more like
the hall rack than a Christmas tree."
"That was probably a spruce and it had
probably been cut three weeks before you bought
it. I've always tried to get a • balsam fir or a
pine because the needles hang on so much better.
It it's a spruce, we .make sure it has not been
cut too long."
"How do you tell the difference between
pine, balsam fir and spruce?"
"A pine always has two or more needles
in a place on the twig, while the balsam and
spruce occur singly. Balsam needles are flat
and will slide between your thumb and fore-
finger, while spruce are four-sided and tend to
roll. Furthermore the spruce needle is sharp -
pointed and prickly while balsam is rounded and
more pliable."
"Do you go out to the country with your
children and cut your own tree?"
"Occasionally — but we always ask our
farmer friend's permission and he usually comes
along so we do not cut trees which he is
saving for a timber crop. If you help yourself
and get caught you could be charged with theft."
"What are the main features- you look for
in a Christmas tree?"
"We generally get a recently -cut scotch pine
or balsam fir, five to six feet high, whorls of
branches not over a foot apart and evenly bal-
anced; when we were in the apartment we found.
we could buy a tree 'that was flat on one side
cheaper, and it fitted into a corner much better.
Here are a few DON'TS: Don't forget that
fire kills; don't leave the Christmas tree lights
burning on the tree when you retire or go
out; don't set up your tree near an open fire-
place; don't use candles near your tree; don't
let your Christmas tree, through carelessness,
leave you or. your family, a skeleton for
Christmas.
PETERS of the BACK SHOP
Calling all girls! Calling all
girls! We wish to make a special
announcement! Only 11 more
shopping days until Christmas.
Even more important! There are
only 20 more shopping days until
the end of Leap Year. And as a
columnist in one of the bigger
Toronto papers makes clear, if
you have the ground for romance
well laid by Christmas, there will
be six more days after that to put
in the finishing touches.
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Certainly it is evident that
all the publishers of this
worthy weekly are men, when
such vital information gets
stashed in the waste -basket.
You'd think they'd at least
realize how valuable it is as a '
warning to men the country
over. And, although in our
initial paragraph, we urge the
ladies on, we were only throw-
ing up a bit of a smoke
screen.
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Now, fellows, while the ladies
have stopped reading this item
minutes ago, and are now racking
their brains to form workable
plans of attack, let us just sit
down and figure out some way of
combating their dastardly plotting.
During 1952 we have lost forever
our champion of bachelorhood.
When Little Abner succumbed to
Daisy's wiles and joined the ranks
of married men, he left us sadly
in the lurch. It is now up to us
to make a firm stand.
CI ID
Personally, We are at a loss
to know how to begin. Have
you any suggestions? Really
the whole crisis has been
brought to mind so suddenly
that we are entirely bereft of
ideas. One thing is sure, and
that is that we must stand to-
gether, lie low, stiff upper lip,
shoulder to the wheel, etc.,
and if we are careful, extrem-
ely so, we may escape until
January 1, and then we have
four years more in which to
breathe freely. Courage, men!
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However, with the Yule seasoh
•
a gift of cash is
always welcome—
give royal Bank
Money Orders
Available in any amount
at all branches.
THE ROYAL BANK OF CANARIA
before us; with Christmas carols
on the air; with visions of sugar-
plums dancing in our heads; with
church programmes built about
the Christian theme; and the com-
ments of bright-eyed little folk as
they look into store windows,
ringing cheerily in our ears, we
will now no doubt soon get the
spirit of the season, even though
it rains for another week. We
notice that several store owners
are making an attempt to sim-
ulate snow for their window dis-
plays by dotting their windows in
white. It does give a right good
effect.
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CONSTANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hoggart
spent Thursday last in Brussels
with relatives.
The plumbers from Seaforth
have been installing a new bath-
room and pressure system for
Bordon Brown.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelso Adams, son,
Gerald, Miss Donalda Adams,
Centralia; Robert Grimoldby,
spent Monday in Goderich.
We are sorry to hear, Mrs.
George Riley had the misfortune
to fall and break her arm. We
hope for a speedy recovery.
THE VOICE OF
. TEMPERANCE
Christmas is coming! For the
children that means the happiest
time of the year. For the officers
of the law it means the busiest
time of the year. It's the exces-
sive drinking done at Christmas
that gives the police their annual
Christmas problem. It's the office
parties during the Christmas sea-
son and the more or less intoxi-
cated drivers that are the result
of these parties that create the
ugly situation.
Its' a blasphemous mockery in
a so-called Christian land that the
celebrating of the coming of Christ
should be the occasion of the
year's biggest spree. So now the
warning is out "If you drink, don't
drive"— —"If you drive, don't
drink." For safety's sake don't
drink. At a much higher level-
-for Christ's sake don't drink at
Christmas.
This advertisement is inserted
by the Huron County Temperance
Federation. 50-b
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECT ORY
CHIROPRACTIC
D. H. McINNES
Chiropractic - Foot Correction
OFFICE HOURS:
Commercial Hotel, Clinton
Friday, 1 to 8 p.m.
Commercial
Hotel,
lote 8 p.�m�h,
Monday,
VETERINARY
DR. G. S. ELLIOTT
Veterinarian
leht ne 203 CXinton
INSURANCE
Inbure the "Co-op" Way
W. V. ROY
District Representative
Box 310 Clintoin, Ontario
Phone Collect
Office 557_.__ ._,__ Res. 3243
LOBB INSURANCE AGENCY
Cot. William and Rattenbury Sts.
Phone 691W
— GENERAL INSURANCE —
Representhtive:
Dom. of Canada General (Lite)
ut 1 FireF'armers''1H iLa
Nowicic
Insurance Co.
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field
J. rimee° Bayfield 534
Car '+ Fire Y Life. - Accident
Wind Insurance
If you need Insurance, I have
a Policy,
Be Sure :' : Be Insured
K. W. COLQUHO1JN
GENERAL INSURANCE
Representative:
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Office: Royal Bank Building
Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W
H. C. LAWSON
Bank of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHONES: Office 251W; Res, 251.1
Insurance -- Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
THE McleILLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office, Seaforth
Officers 1952, -a -President, J. L.
Malone, Seaforth; 'vice-president,
3. XI. McEWing, Blyth; manager
and secretary -treasurer, ]VL. A.
Reid, Seaforth. Direttors--S. H.
Whitmore, Seaforth; Chris. Leon-
hardt, Bornholiii; E. J. Trewar-
tha, Clinton; Robt. Archibald, Sea -
forth; John H. McEwing, Blyth;
Frank McGregor, Clint
on; Wm. S
.
Alexander, Walton: J. L. Malone,
Seaforth; flaky.
Feller, Goderich,
Agents --J. E, Pepper, Bruce;•
7 Ke cher- tDubli •
Bad; F.IIc r n
3. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; . "IG'm.
Leiper, Jr., Londesboto; S. Baker,
I3resseis3.
OPTOMETRY •
A. L. COLE, R.O.
Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted
Goderich - Phone 33
GORDON R. HEARN
Optometrist
Phone 69
Huron Street, Clinton
1028 Danforth Ave., Toronto, Ont.
JOHN E. LONGSTAI+F
Optometrist
Phone 791. Main St., Seaforth
Hours: 9 am - 6 pm.
Wed. 9 - 12.30; Sat. 9 em - 9 pm
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate and Business Broker
SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON
Phone: Office 448; Res, 599i
Salesman --THOMAS A, STEEP,
Phone Clinton 146-W
3 ast year et least 12,000 Cair-
adians learned that they had
are er The s. who
t n b
samel
will receive the unwe coins
news in 1953, 1954 or any succeed-
ing year depends on the thor-
oughness of preventive measure..
Com:enmity backing frrr preven-
tion of tuberetilosis is sought eaoh
year through the Christmas Seal
Sale.
From Our Early Files
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New .Era
Thursday, December 12, 1912
The Clinton Lockey Club re-
organized on Wednesday night of
this week at the Pastime Club
rooms and elected the following
officers; patrons, C. E. Dowding,
R. E. Manning, G. D. McTaggart;
honorary president, Mayor Gib-
bings; honorary vice-president, Dr.
Shaw; honorary second vice-presi-
dent, W. Jackson; president, H.
Bartliff; vice-president, J, W. Tre-
leaven, M. D. McTaggart, Rev. Fr.
Dunn; secretary -treasurer, W. L.
Johnson; manager, H. Twitchell;
committee, C. Draper, A. Mitchell,
N. Davis. Club celors are blue
and white.
Clinton is to have a hydro-
electric by-law in January. In or-
der to receive service Clinton must
contract for 400 horsepower,
which with Goderich and Hensel].
and Exeter quotas will make up
the total of 1,700 horsepower
needed.
Miss Brigham, Londesboro, was
the guest over Sunday of the
Misses Harland.
Levi Trick attended the Guelph
Stock Show on Wednesday.
Clinton News -Record •
Thursday, December 12, 1912.
Mr. John Schoenhals is in Port
Albert today.
Miss Jessie Ford is spending a
few days with Lucknow and Tees -
water friends.
Rev, Mr. Percy and Mr. Arthur
Jamieson were in town on Tues-
day attending the meeting of the
Presbytery.
Mrs. William Riley returned
Tuesday after spending a week
with her daughter, Mrs. Watters,
of London.
The Clinton Model School intend
giving an "At Home" in the Town
hall tomorrow night.
A. Scotchmer, Bayfield is mov-
ing into town this week and is
taking possession of the house
lately vacated by Mrs. Butler on
Albert Street north.
J. E. Cantelon stood second in
the International Handicap Shoot-
ing Tournament at St. Thomas
last week, just missing the cham-
pionship by one bird. He won
handsome prizes in the other ev-
ents.
Miss Florence Cuninghame and
little Miss Dorothy and Florence
Rorke were in London on Satur-
day last.
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, December 15, 192'7
The handsome new blue stage
curtains have been put up in the
Collegiate assembly hall and add
greatly to the appearance of the
stage.
Dr. J. S. Evans has got nicely
settled in his new house on Ont-
ario Street and Mr. and Mrs. Fin-
es have taken the house that Dr.
Evans has just vacated.
It is expected that Hydro will
be turned on at Londesboro and
Auburn next week. In each place
most businessmen and many of
the householders are installing
light and power.
Miss M. Streets is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. J. W. McDonald, of
Detroit.
Harold Stanbury has returned
from Rosetown, Sask., where he
went to help with the harvesting.
The new Ford cars that the deal-
ers are demonstrating are about
as much unlike the old Ford car
as anything could be. Whether
it will fill as Iarge a place in the
lives of the common people as the
old one has done remains to be
seen,
Rev. J. B. McCormack, for over
a year pastor of the Clinton and
Auburn Baptist Churches, has re-
signed the charge and will accept
a charge at Lakefield.
.0 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, December 10, 194
AC2 Kers Colquhoun of the RC-
AF, at Toronto, spent part of this
week in town with his parents.
Sgt. Clarence Bozell, stationed
at the Basic Training Centre in
Chatham spent last weekend at
his home in town,
Among the recent enlistments
in the Canadian Army at London
is that of J. Harry Tideswell, eld-
est son of Mr, and Mrs. William
Tideswell of town,
Mr. Clifford Levy has purchased
the ,James Nolan farm south of
Egreondville and gets immediate
possession of this fine farm. Mr.
Levy is a breeder of purebred cat-
tle, having a herd of Shorthorn
and a dairy herd of Guernseys,
Mrs. R. H. Johnson, convener
of the knitting committee of the
War Services Association has re-
ceived letters from four Clinton
men in the services, thanking her
for a pair of home knit socks.
They are Ordinary Seaman Clar-
ence Neilans, Gunner Bab Camp-
bell, Sgt. Percy Brown and Pte.
Norman Fitzsimons.
Miss Jean Colquhoun, Toronto,
spent the weekend in town with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. W.
Colquhoun.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Paterson,
returned home last week after a
month's holiday spent at their
home in Wiarton.
Col. and Mrs. F. G. Thompson
were visitors in Toronto over the
weekend.
A very quiet but pretty wed-
ding took place on Friday even-
ing, November 27, when Dorothy
Irene Isobel, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Cook, of Clinton,
was united in marriage to Reg-
inald Duncan (Rex) McGregor,
of Egmondville. They were at-
tended by Miss Mona McGregor
and James Hughes.
H e-N-1+ee-e-+•M
HOLMESVILLE
Government statisticians report
that $1,500,000 was collected in
1951 as the result of special and
anti-dumping duties on textiles.
The expanding canned food In,
dustry in Canada produces goods
valued at more than $200,000,000 a
year.
The regular meeting of the Wil-
helmine Mission Band, Holmesville
United Church, was held in the
school on Friday, December 5,
with the president, Kenneth Pot-
ter, as leader.
The meeting opened with the
singing of "It Came Upon the
Midnight Clear" and the Christ -1
mas story as told by St. Matthew
was read by Edward McCullough.
Robert Grigg offered prayer.
The slate of officers for 1953
was read by the superintendent,
Mrs. Frank McCullough. The
hymn "O Little Town of Bethle-
hem" was sung and the group en-
joyed a Christmas contest. A 1
story about the origin of the
Christmas carols was told by
Douglas Norman, Eleanor Yeo,
Barry Wilson, Iva Glazier and
Mary Helen Yeo. Frances Mc-
CuIlough read an article on
"Peace" and Victor Corran read
a piece on Temperance.
The Study Books were read by
the leaders, Mrs. Jack Yeo and
Mrs. F. McCullough. The meet-
ing closed with the hymn "Away
in a Manger" and the Mizpah
Benediction.
The officers for 1953 are as
follows: president, Mary Hutch-
ins; first vice-president, Eleanor
Yeo; second vice-president, Rob-
ert Grigg; secretary, Barry Wil-
son; treasurer, Douglas Norman;
world friends secretary, Edward
McCullough; correspondence sec-
retary, Frances McHullough; hy-
nm books, Paul Cudmore; peace
secretaries, Victor Comm, Bonita
Williams, Franklin Yeo, Marion
Liebold and Edward McCullough;
temperance secretaries, Francis
McCulIough, Barbara Yeo, Robert
Grigg, Leonard Wilson and Cathie
Potter.
Mr. Nelson Brown, Detroit,
Mich:, spent the weekend at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. D. E.
Gliddon.
Mrs. J. W. Smith, Goderich, was
a guest last Wednesday, of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank McCullough.
Quality
Service
Give a KODAK
this
Christmas
$3.30
to
51.00
We have the
_FLASH ATTACHMENTS
For All Kodaks
CHRISTMAS CARDS—
By the Box or Single
Box 39c to 1.50
Single Cards 5c to 1.00
COMB, BRUSH, MIRROR SETS --11.95
TOILET SETS—
By Adrienne -- Tiffany •— Yardley — Tabu
1.40 up
SHAVING SETS .for Men—
By Bachelor -- Yardley — Seaforth — Courtley
1.00 up
Animal Soaps - Bath Salts - Colognes
Perfumes - Toilet Waters - Etc.
Christmas -Wrapped CHOCOLATES—
By SMILES 'N CHUCKLES
50c to $5.00
W. C. Nem F be PhmB.
Your REXALL Druggist
PHONE 51
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All accounts for the present year
and especially the month of Decem-
ber are to be in the Clerk's Office
by December 31.
Town of Clinton
M. T. CORLESS,
Clerk and' Treasurer
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Christmas Poultry
It Has Been Our Custom In Past Years To Have Available For Christmas
ALL HINDS. OF POULTRY
WE AGAIN EXPECT TO HAVE THIS POULTRY THIS YEAR—
AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPLYING OUR MANY CUSTOMERS
AGAIN.
ORDERS WILL BE TAKEN AT ANY OF OUR OFFICES IN
CLINTON OR BY PHONING 580 - 581 — CLINTON.
CANADA PACKERS
OFF MAIN STREET
By JOE DENNErr
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