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Clinton News-Record, 1953-04-23, Page 2PAGE TWO ctilrrTON NEWS -RECORD Clinton. News -Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA First issue June 6, 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD First issue (Huron News -Record) January 19$1 Amalgamated 1924 An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District Population, 2,543; Trading Area, l0,OQ0;; ' Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, ,04 per line flat Sworn Circulation -- 2,126 i Home of Clinton RCAF Station and Adastral Park (residential) l) MEMBER; Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA; Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2.50 a year; United States and Foreign: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents Delivered by carrier to RCAF Station and Adastral Park --25 cents a month; seven cents a copy Authorized as secend class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at .CLINTON. Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, APRIL ,23, 1953 Our Police Force WHEN THE END OF APRIL comes and Chief of Police Joseph, Ferrand return's to duty, there will be an almost audible sigh of relief go up from the townsfolk. We have all missed the sight of his familiar blue uniform on the streets of our town, which was within sight at almost any hour of the day or night. It will almost seem as though he had never left us at all. But not quite. His resignation came in the first place because of unfavbprable work- ing conditions. There were too many people who wanted to tell the chief what to do and how he should do it. His hours were long, and his duties were almost too numerous for one man to handle. Inquiries about the mileage of his car for which he requested payment had reached as far as the council chambers. It was practically inevitable that the Chief would • resign. Remember that he was not an inexperienced man. He had served twenty-five years as a "bobby" in Liverpool, and regardless of what you may say or think about auld England, they know how to train a policeman over there. No country that can achieve law and order without arming its policemen, can have a poor method of instructing those men. Chief Ferrand knew much better than any of us, just what his duties should consist of, and we believe he did his utmost to fulfill his obligations. Now, with two constables to assist him, with a police committee in charge of the force, and with a cruiser at the disposal of thepolice- men, there is little doubt that the job of en- forcing the law among more than 4,000 persons, will be a better one. It is up to us, the citizens of Clinton, to assist these men to provide the best service possible. Let everyone do their very utmost to assist the police force, and for goodness sake, if any of us has a complaint about the way in which the policing is being done, let him con- tact the police committee. They are the men who are able to make any necessary changes. Citizen Co=operation is Necessary WITH EVERY REASON NOW, to hope for permanently good and satisfactory police protection, it is up to the people of Clinton to see that the men they have hired have a good chance to serve them. This business of policing in Ontario has had a comparatively short life, and has progressed a good deal from the first paid force which was organized in Toronto in 1835 (just 118 years ago). Originally, the chief duty of a policeman "was to arrest criminals. But today, while this is still one of his principal duties, more and ,more emphasisis being placed on crime preven- tion. There is a growing awareness of the factors which cause crime and some of the best brains in the country are at work on them. An increasing interest is being taken by the ordin- ary citizen, who realizes that he shares a respon- sibility in the solution of these problems and the greatest encouragement the police receive is from public co-opration. Their greatest dis- couragement is from public apathy. A .police force will only be as good as the average citizen desires it to be. To be effective, a police force must have wholehearted co -op - ration and willing assistance at all times from every .•citizen. Without this co-operation and help a police force is beaten before it starts. .Without teamwork between police forces and the general public, our democratic way of fife would quickly disappear and the only law would be the law of the jungle. The average citizen is apt to take for grant- ed, the steps taken by the police to protect his freedom and property, but it is important that he should realize the necessity of co-operation with the forces of law and order. The citizen who is careless with his property; who neglects to lock doors and windows; who leayes his car unlocked and untended; who neglects to inform the police of suspicious occurrences, has only himself to blame if he is robbed or otherwise suffers at the hands of wrongdoers. The policeman cannot be everywhere and see everything and he must depend upon the law-abiding• public for assistance in holding the line against crime and the criminal. The police owe a duty to the public whom they have sworn to protect, but, conversely, on the public's side, there is a responsibility to the police. Law observance is far better than law enforcement, There can be true law observance only if the public is awake to its responsibilities and ef- ficient police forces are on hand to assist mem- bers of the public to fulfill their obligations to Canada as good citizens. We, in Clinton, will have a strong police force, and we believe that it will be as efficient as it is possible for one to be. We have the men to do the job. Let's give them all the help we can. Courtesy Extended By Public Officials WE WERE PLEASED, indeed, to be invited to sit in on a meeting of the Town Council and the Public Utilities Commission, held in the town hall this week. We thoroughly appreciate the confidence the men thereby placed in us. Members of the press in Clinton have, as far as we know, always received co-operation from both of these bodies in the matter of presenting true facts to the people of Clinton. This is commendable, when we read so often of the press being barred even from public meet- ings in neighboring towns and cities. In the city which is now "bigger than any of 'em", (Toronto) the council has always wel- comed newspaper reports to all committee meet- ings. This is largely responsible, it is believed, for the fact that no major scandal has yet been reported in the public affairs of that city. Just recently Mayor Lamport saw fit to call a caucus of council members in his office, as a method of getting even for what he termed unfair editorial criticism. As one of the Toronto dailies corn - merited, "This is a very dangerous precedent in the public interest." The columnist quoted above went on to say: "A citizen has a right to know much more than the mere result of a vote on any council or committee. He has the right to receive through the press an account of what his repre- sentative said, or failed to say, on any given question or appointment. This may be an im- portant factor to the citizen in deciding how he votes at the next election. "And the whole procedure of a well-inform- ed public acting at the polls on the basis of public business publicly transacted will be weak- ened if the public is unable to get information. "The transaction of public business in a public manner is often not convenient to public men. That is unfortunate, but it is true. They find it easier to go off in a corner by them- selves and settle things in a gentlemanly way than to have their remarks reported so all who wish may read. "But if they are unable to face this incon- venience; if they are unable to endure constant scrutiny, then they ought to retire and Iet some- body else take over who is prepared to be candid with the public," As we have said, we are pleased with the step the public officials of Clinton have. taken towards allowing their discussions to become ;nc:e public, They requested only that our re- porter use discretion in the matter of handling the account of the meeting. This we feel has been done, and we sincerely hope that in the future, like opportunity will be given us, to serve the public: our readers, and the rate- payers of the municipality. • The Pinery Will Be A Playground (St. Marys Journal Argus) AS SUGGESTED in these columns as much as four years ago, the Pinery, that last stretch of strand along Lake Huron's shores which, stretching from Grand Bend on the north to Port Franks on the south, has not been tram- .me]ed by the building hammers of avid cot- tagers, nor encroached on by the ubiquitous hot dog and pop stands of this commercial era, is to be preserved as a natural park for the people of Western Ontario. The area, much of it in virgin bushland, was until recently owned by the Canada Com- pany but is now in the possession of a Toronto syndicate. At a recent meeting of the Ausable River Conservation Authority, that body appear- ed to agree to take up the matter of acquiring the Pinery either by purchase or by expropria- tion. It may take many years to develop the Pinery but now that a start has been made the matter will probably be carried through to eventual completion. Thus the heritage of the people of this part of the Province will be re- tained. In other words their outlet to the lake front will be preserved, Young Old Mel at 65 (The Financial Post) HAD THEY STOPPED WORK at 65, neither St. Laurent nor Churchill could ever have led their countries. Smuts and King would have been out of World War II, and Eisenhower would now have but two years to go. Retirement at 65 is outmoded. There can be agreement with Saskatchewan M.P. Ross Thatcher's complaint that civil servants should not face compulsory retirement at that age — although some extensions are now approved. Thatcher asks that the age be lifted to 68, . That would be a good start. But the whole concept of a quitting age needs revision. Some men are old at 50, some at 90. Three score and ten is now very much a reality. That toothless crying wonder in today's crib and the husky boy on the merry-go-round have life. expectancies close to 70 years, M the other end of the age scale, it's not just the absence of chin whiskers which makes today's grandpa of .,'I0 look younger. He is younger. He's enjoying his normal lifespan. Tn 1900, a 70 -year-old was 20 years on "borrowed time," Today's man of 70 is no rare specimen to be hung up in the closet with the worn out shoes and the 1890 bathing suit. Yet that is what so many retirement plans do arbitrarily five years earlier—when he is 65 --at the very time when skilled hands, fertile mind and experience are probably still pretty useful. In business more and more stay on their jobs either full or part time, voluntarily after 65. But government holds out. • For most men, their job is their life --or a very great part of it. To take it away from them on a particular date based on an event that happened 65 years before, is often short- sighted, cruel, and economically wasteful. With a steadily increasing proportion of our population hi the over -65 group, Canada should look for a better policy. THURSDAY, APRIL .23, 7953 From Our arly e5 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton News -Record April 24, 1913 Mr, Alex Leitch of Hulled has just purchased the residence of t latethe he Mrs. George Allen on h corner of Dunlgp Street and will move his family into town almost immediately. Prof. and Mrs. Bristowe have leased Mrs. Hanley's residence on Frederick Street. Mr, and , Mrs. Will Collyer will move into the residence just be- ing vacated by Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Harland. Couch and Co, have leased the rooms' above Chapman's shoe store and have there opened out a house furnishing department. At 10.30 last night Detective Whitesides, who happened to be in town, received instructions from the Crown Attorney to go before Judge Andrews and swear out "an information charging Robert Gor- don of Tuckersmith with the mur- der of his father, -Hugh Gordon. The Judge issued his • warrant and Whitesides left at once to make the arrest. . The Clinton New April 24, 1913. Dick Tasker left this morning to join the St, Catharines baseball, team at Brantford where they play the Canadian League team of that city on Friday and Saturday. Miss Hazel O'Neil leaves next week for Toronto where she ent- ers one of the city hospitals to train for a nurse, Mr. Vern Cook, eldest son of Mr. Josh Cook, has entered the Union Bank at Goderich. The local CCI football team will journey down to Stratford to play the Collegiate, there for the Hough Cup. A return game will be play- ed in Clinton on Saturday, the winner to play either Wingham or Listowel. The following will prob- ably be the lineup of the local team: goal, Caldwell; fullbacks, Torrance, Beacom; halfbacks, P. B. Moffat, Sparks, J. Smillie; for- wards, McCrostie, Kilty, S. Smil- lie, Kaiser, Blatchford. • Era 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record April 26, 1928 Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Grigg are moving into an apartment in the Normandie and Mr. and Mrs, J. T. McKnight are moving into Mr. Grigg's residence, which they re- cently purchased. Rev. A. McFarlane has resigned as minister of the Clinton Presby- terian Church. Mrs. Helen Quinn, Toronto, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. T. Her- man. Miss Florence Cunninghame and Miss Ruby Irwin visited in Ful- larton this week. Messrs. B. R. Higgins, W. H, Hellyar, Loren Tyndall and Ira W. Johns were amongst those ap- pointed at the Presbytery meeting the other day to attend the com- ing meeting of the London Cone ference of the United Church of Canada to be held in Walkerville. Reg. Shipley is sporting a new Chevrolet coach. 10 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record April 29, 1943 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Seeley have received word from their son, Flt. Sgt. Harold Seeley with the RCAF at McDonald, Man., saying that he has been promoted to a Warrant Officer and will be stationed at Rockcliffe, Ottawa, in future. A pretty wedding took place in the Wesley -Willis United Church manse on Friday, April 22, when TENDERS for COAL and COKE Federal Bldgs.—Province of Ont. SEALED TENDERS addressed to the undersigned and endorsed 'VENDER FOR COAL", will be received until 3 p.m. (E.D.S.T.), WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1953, for the supply of coal and coke for the Federal Buildings throughout the Province of Ontario. Forms of tender with specifica- tions and conditions attached can be obtained from the Chief of Pur- chasing and Stores, Department of Public Works, Ottawa, and the District Architect, 36 Adelaide St. East, Toronto, Ont. Tenders should be made on the forms supplied by the Department and in accordance with depart- mental specifications and condi- tions attached thereto. The Department reserves the right to demand from any success- ful tenderer, before awarding the order, a security deposit in the form of a certified cheque on a chartered bank in Canada, made payable to the order of the Hon- ourable the Minister of Public Works equal to 10 per cent of the amount of the tender, or Bearer Bonds of the Dominion of Canada or of the Canadian National Rail- way Company and its constituent companies unconditionally guaran- teed as to principal and interest by the Dominion of Canada, or the aforementioned bonds and a cert- ified cheque if required to make up an odd amount. Such security will serve as a guarantee for the proper fulfil- ment of the • contract. ROBERT FORTIER, Acting Secretary Department of Public Works, Ottawa, April 15, 1953. 16-7-b OFF MAIN STREET . C r'ie i • \i i,, 1eg. O` 4 , , .-. 4, / , P (��, ( k. ;,,-- .111t) ,' lel y' - , I --u cis ,, ,,„ , . _ ,__.i By JOE PENN13TT t PLAVEO A JoKe bN Lite MEATBALL, EN EDUCE? BUT 3eNOE @OMICk3 All ONLY MAKa SELiEVE`, THAT MAKES AhtYThU R3 POSOteeE / 00,11"I Jean, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McDougall, became the bride of Kenneth William Colquhoun, RCAF Brantford, son of Mr. and Mrs. E, W. Colquhoun, all, of Clinton. Rev. Andrew Lane officiated. Miss Barbara Thomson left 011 Monday for Washington, D.C., where she has a position with the British Government. Mr, and Mrs, Bill Leppington, Toronto, were weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Evans, Bert Gliddon spent the weekend in Montreal with Fit. Sgt. and Mrs. James Nickle and Pte, and Mrs. Kenneth Pickett. PETER, of the BACK SHOP • As Lewis Carroll wondered about the sands on the beach, in his immortal "Alice": "If twenty maids with twenty mops, swept it for half a year, Do you suppose they would get it clear?" Some such w o n d e r i n g s went through our small mousy brain yesterday morning, as we watched the fellows trying to sweep up the winter's debris from the broadways of Clinton. The com- petition was rather terrific, be- cause just as a fairly good pile of dust was collected the good stiff breeze came by and swept the whole thing helter-skelter, Then the bit of a drizzle helped working conditions not on .whit, except that it laid the dust so sweeping became unnecessary. O 0 0 We had just • a bit of trouble. ourselves trying to keep our tail decorously in line as we strolled down main street. We certainly wish that spring would either get here, or else winter would come back. We never knew whether to wear a muffler and look sedate and stuffily wintry, or whether to go off gaily with- out it and freeze half to death. O 0 0 There has been a bit of extra excitement in the back shop last week. A professional sort of gentleman arrived last Wednesday and fiddled about most of the day with one of the typesetting ma- chines. Really, he spent a good bit of time with it, before he was satisfied, and all the Men were satisfied with the way it made noises afterward. No one consult- ed me. That's just as well, for if they had, we would have suggest- ed complete demolishment of the whole thing, and then no one would have gotten a paper last Quick Canadian Quiz .. from Quick Canadian Facts 1. Does Vancouver or Montreal handle the largest total of for- eign cargo in a year? 2. Where are the "Reversing Falls?" 3. Was the total of immigrants in 1952 more or less than in 1951? 4. What body regulates activities of •privately owned radio sta- tions in Canada? 5. Is a greater amount of Can- ada's forest wealth harvested annually for fuel, by the pulp and paper industry, for lumber and logs, or consumed by fire and disease? ANSWERS: 5. Annual forest consumption is 29 per cent by fire and disease, 25 per cent for lum- ber and logs, 24 per cent for fuel, 22 per cent for pulp and paper. 3. 1952 total was 164,498; 1951 total was 194,391. 1. Montreal. 4. The CBC. 2.. At the mouth of the St, John River, N.B. Material supplied by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the handbook of facts about Canada. week at all. You can't imagine what a nerve-wracking noise the thing can make when a mouse is trying to get a bit of shut -eye on Wednesday afternoon. 0 0 0 Yes, sleep on Wednesday is quite the thing for us mice, We realize, however, that all the mer- chants on the main street go off for long holidays on Wednesday afternoon, and those who can't go off are routed out of their easy chairs to repair the sink, or weed the garden, or shovel the walk, all in season, of course. Mice have it easy. '+ 0 0 We are proud, and with good reason, of our name. We're al- ways noting some new figure in the news, who bears the name of Peter, and with it makes a good showing. The young lad who holds the top scoring rung in the Pee Wee Hockey Tournament this year is named Peter 1>iasmith, and he certainly has reason to be proud. We understand that he scored seven goals, the total of the game, in the Wingham con- test against the Seaforth Pee Wees. The goals were all made unassisted, and the only thing Pet- er said about the whole thing was that he guessed he must have been lucky. 'Twasn't that at all, Mr. it boy,was . Nasmi h, my it w s the name you bear which brought you success.. Hospital Auxiliaries Meet In Seaforth Members of the Hospital Auxii- iaries from Exeter, Clinton and Goderich met with the auxdliaryr to Scott Memorial Hospital, Sea- forth, at a meeting held in St, Thomas' Church Parish Hall. Mrs. H. G. Horning, president of Ontario Hospital Auxiliaries, explained hospital auxiliary work and told of ways of raising money, Mrs. H. E. Smith introduced Mrs, Horning and thanks was ex- pressed by Mrs. A. Y. McLean, Mrs. J. A. Stewart and Mrs, Frank Kling, with Mrs, M. R. Rennie accompanying, sang solos. The "mystery box" donated by Mrs. John Hotham was won by Mrs. Reginald Ball, Clinton. +4 Quality Service WHAT EVERY WOMAN IS WAITING FOR NYLAST Your toes will really twinkle when fragile nylons have been swished for a minute in NYLAST. Reduces runs, snags, and hosiery bills. Protects, washes and perfumes all at the same time. Nothing ever before like NYLAST to make nylons last longer and longer. Regular Size enough for 36 Washings 49c FOR EASY MOTH -PROOFING Try EQ•53 For Washable Woollens A tablespoonful or two in the washing machine, will moth- proof your woollens for one year. 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ELLIOTT' Veterinarian Phone 203 Clinton INSURANCE Insure fhb "Co-op" Way W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res; 324J LOBB 1NSV1tANCE AGENCY Cor, William and Rrittenbury Sts. Phone 691W --•- GENERAL INSURANCE — Representative: DOM. of Canada General (Life) Hawick Partners' Mutual Fire 10isnranee Clo. t J. E. I3Oi It B a field 'VA Iy, li ',V 1 Phone IE';a'fieid 534 Car ., Fite . I,ifES - Accident Wind Insurance If yeti heed Tnsuranee, t rave n l"oli►, Be Sure : : Be Insured IL W. COLQUIIOTIN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 .. PHONES - Res. OW H. C. LAWSON 13ank of Montreal Building Clinton t'HOi:IES: Office 251W; Res, 251J Insurance = • Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance CO. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Bead Office: Seaforth Officers 1953: President, J. L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, J. H. McEwing, Blyth; manager and secretary -treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth, Directors: S. II. Whitmore, Seaforth: C. W. Leon- hardt, 13ornholm; E. J, Trewar- tha, Clinton; Robt. Archibald, Seaforth; J. H. McEwing, Blyth; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Wrrs. S. Alexander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; }parr. Fuller, Goderich, Airents: J, F. Praetor, BrodhaE- en; Wm, Leiper; .rr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker,. Bruslsels; Eric Munroe, SegfortIr. I. E. HARTLEY Life Insurance District Representative: Canada, Life ' Assurance Co. North 8t., Clinton -- Phone 454W OPTOMETRY A, L. COLE, R.O. Eyes Examined sand Glasses Fitted Goderieh Phone 33 GORDON R. HEARD Optometrist 1028 Danforth Ave., Toronto, Ont. J. E. LONGSTAFF Clinton and Seaforth HOURS: CLINTON: Tuesday Eveninga, 7 pari. to 10 p,m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 pan. SEA9'ORTH: Weekdays except Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5.36 p,nt, Saturday, 9 a.m, to 9 p.m. PHONE 791 SEAlr ORTI( REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Braker SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON Phone: Office 448; Res. 599j