Clinton News-Record, 1956-07-19, Page 2"Biing out your soybeans, ses-
ame, rice and eggs! "Let us help
you market your produce!"
Such words as these are chal-
lenging farmers today in out of
the way places of Korea, and in-
cideatly, challenging the economic
and transportation problems left
over from the recent tragic war.
Thus, with imagination, inflat-
ion and difficulties with distribu-
tion of goods are alike attacked
by Rev. Young Bin lase the man
behind the recent veStk 'of trans-
lating the Bible into the common
script or "Hankul". As the gen-
eral secretary of the Korean Bible
Society, Mr. Im has decided that
Bibles must be taken to the peo-
ple. If, he reasoned, people could
not afford Bibles because they
could not dispose of their produce,
this itself could become the barter
with which they might secure
them. The Korean Bible Society
is ,associated with' the British and
Foreign Bible Society. This is
the policy of the latter also.
His method is to load trucks
with ,Bibles, Testaments and Gos-
pels. As these are unloaded along
the Way the same means of trans-
portation returns almost filled
with bushels of rice, baskets' of
eggs, peas, soybeans and sesame.
Mr. fin feels he is providing a
double service by meeting the
farmers' desire for . Bibles and
their lack of opportunity for dis-
posal of their crop.
Mr. Im's activity shows the
striking contrast between the sit-
uation today and the time In 1882
Quick Canadian
Quiz _
1. Which province has the great-
est area of land classed as
suitable for agriculture?
2. What is-the major cause of
death among Canadians?
3, Canadians in what occupatiOn
have the highest average in-
come? What is that average
income?
4, In 1955 ,which was higher, •the
totals personal income of
Canadians or the totals of cer-
poration profits?
5. In the past ten years how
many persons have emigrated
froth Canada toE the United
States?
Answers: 5. About ;350,000 per-
sons. 3. Doctors, an average in-
come of $11,258 in 1953, most re-
cent year of record, 1. Alberta,
141,340 square miles, 4. Personal
income was $19,8 billions, corpota-
tion profile were $1.6 billion, 2,
Disease of the heart and arteries.
Material prepared by the editors
Of Quick Canadian Facts) the pot-
ket annual of facie about Canada.
when the first Korean Translation
of the Bible was made. Then it
meant death for anyone to possess
or circulate the Scriptures.
Suggested readings' for the
week:
Sunday-Psa. 127: 1-5
Monday--Psa 128: 1-6
Tuesday-Psa. 140: 1-13
Wednesday-Marls 12: 1-17
Thursday-Mark 12: 18-44e
Friday-Mark 14: 1-42
Saturdey-Mark 14: 43-72
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The Stennterhill Ladies Club
met last Wednesday at the home
of Mrs. Jim Snell with 18 mere-
hers and seven visitors answering
the roll call, The president, Mrs,
Percy Gibbings opened the meet-
ing, and after singing "Home on
the Range" and "Gad Save the
Queen" the minutes and treasur-
er's report were read)._ showing a
balance of $121,58.
A bazaar is being planned for
the fall, and Mrs. Charles Merrill
Was appainted to purchase the
print for aprons which will be
made by the members. Readings
were given by Mrs, Russel: Good
and Mrs. Wes., Hoggart. Mrs,
Neville Forbes gave some helpful
household hints.
The raffle was won by Mrs. Rus-
sel Good.
The August meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs, Russel Stew-
art. On the program are, Mrs'.
William Jenkins, Mrs, Ross Lov-
ett, with Mrs, William Lovett and ,
Mrs. Don McLean, On the lunch,
committee are Mrs. Neville For-
bes, Mrs. George Wright, Mrs.
Norman Wright and Mrs. Earl
Blake,
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$2,000 per Canadian family.
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Q. Our Early Files
Year$. Ago
THE CHEQUE-CROOKS' take last year
amounted to several hundred thousand dollars.
Unless Canadian businessmen overhaul their
cheque-cashing habits this year's total will be
even higher. Cheque fraud' has reached the
points where authorities refer to it as "the fast-
est-growing crime in Canada".
Contributing most to the cheque-crooks'
bankrolls were the nation's department stores.
Next biggest contributors' were supermarkets.
Other favorite spots to pass phonies were liquor
stores, taverns and independent groceries. Gas
stations, banks and restaurants while less' pope
ular, cash a considerable volume of worthless
cheques.
More than half of the cheque-crooks booked
last year were amateurs, with no previous police
records,. About twenty percent of the passers
were women. The three favorite methods are,:
(a) Passing completely bogus cheques, with
phony signature 'or endorsement or both,
drawn on a noon-existent or collapsed bank
account and sometimes oil a non-existent
bank.
(b) Forging the signature of the maker or en-
dorser on a legitimate cheque..
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We believe that after the transition is Made,
though it take weeks, months, or years, the
tensions and hard feelings'. which are rankling
today, will be forgotten, and clinteniane= will
again be happy and unified in their thinking.
Until that time, it would .appear inevitable that
there be some unhappiness.
We do not agree that. Clinton should wait
until the rest of the towns in the area make up
their minds for the change, too, Surely it must
be.. remembered that .Clinton has pioneered in
many things in the past, and none them has
proven catastrophic, In fact, to the contrary.
It would be our advice to steer clear of any
enforcing by-laws or regulations with regard to
store, hours, so long as this period of change.
exists. Because we would predict that any such
law would be broken, and it would not be en-
forced. We would advise instead of a laissez,
faire attitude which would allow each merchant
to open when and if he Wishes., That is the
essence ef free enterprise.
Besides, since merchants open for business
for one reason only, they will gradually find the
time when they de the most bdeiness in the
shortest time, and that period will be the time
'that suits most shoppers, too,
ATTITUDES
being paid for their week's work on Friday
rather than on Saturday, This meant that pay
cheques were being cashed on Friday, and the
need for banking hours was reduced.
Now we see‘ the same inclination with regard •=t to the hours' of general merchants. The staff
of event the smallest establishment cannot be ex-
pected to work longer hours than the staff of
%larger places in larger centres. No longer is
the small town an• isolated centre.
The change is inevitable, 'There remains
only the decision.
(c) Counterfeiting a legitimate cheque.
Newspaper reports have indicated a particul-
arly significant increase in the use of com-
pletely fictitious payroll cheques, privately prin-
ted by the crook with the name of a respected
company, made out for a reasonable payroll
sum.
The racket thrives on a fundamental human
weakness-carelessness. Cheque 'fraud can be
retarded, if people will merely think twice before
cashing any cheques, small or large, for anyone
they don't know personally. Know your Endor-
ser is the advice most often given by the police.
Other good 'advice was:-
1. Donft cash out-of-town cheques.
2. Be especially careful when clerks are very
busy.'
3.• Demand better identification than a driver's
license. •
4. Guard blank cheques and cancelled' cheques.
5. Don't eash cheques for juveniles,
6. Don't cash post-dated cheques.
7. Don't cash cheques that are written in pen-
or shown signs bf alteration.
8. Don't be impressed by big company names
on' cheques.
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Thursday, dul. t3, 1949
intense Patriotism bubbling Op-
timism, and fervent faith in the
future of the British Empire OhOr-
: celebrationaereth
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in. .Clinton, on ,t1WWeattehs'-'
day. Peter Cantelon, County See-
retary, estimated that more than
1.0,000 visitors turned. out to ceie,
brat°, the historic day,
At a special meeting of council
on Monday evening, the tax rate
was set at 31 mills,
Lasts Friday afternoon Mrs.
Petrie. had, a narrow escape at :her•
home when the gasoline stove .ex-
ploded„ Neighbours succeeded`
extinguishing the fire without
out the brigade. •
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one onnmost farms,
Haying has commenced in this
The crop is a bumper
25 Years Ago
c4INT0.14 MEWS-RECORD
Thursday, July 3.6, 1981
The following Clinton students
were successful in passing their
recent Normal examinations:
Grace E, Evans, Edith. Paterson,
Ruth E. Venner, Hazel Watkins,
Summerhill and Grace Scott, Seas
forth,
T. H. Leppington had the mis-
fortune to injure a finger very
severely while workiug a power
saw the other day,
A most regrettable accident
happened on Tuesday to the little
three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hugill, Tuelsersmith,
when she pulled a kettle of boil-
ing cherries= over on' herself, re-
sulting in scalds' which threaten
her life.
Misses Isabel Biggart, Irene
Doherty, Norah Fremlin and Dore
othy Steep are attending a Girl
Guide Camp at London.
In the' first quarter of 1956 the
value of foreign goods sold in Can-
ada exceeded the value of Canad-
ian exports by $225 milliop, com-
pared with a trade deficit of $24
million in the same period of 1955.
C1,1NTON NEWS4ECOR1)
'Thursday,. My 18, IWO
A milestone in the history of
Clinton operating area, Hydro
Electric Power Commission of On-
tario was reached Tuesday when
the 2,000 consumer was connected
up. He is John Marshall, RR 3,
Blyth„ who resides. two Miles nor-
th of Blyth,
Fire believed to have been
caused by, spontaneous combust-
ion, completely destroyed the lar-
ge 'bank barn. of George, Stephen-
son of the Parr Line, eight miles
from Hensall, Saturday evening,
The flames also consumed the
season's entire crop of hay and
grain.
A posse of IZ0 men found Mrs.
Ernest Johnston, Goderich Town-
ship, wandering about in a bush
near the Huron Road at 4.15 p.m.
Tuesday, after an organized' sear-
ch of four hours,
,Murphy Lbdge LOL 710, Clin-
ton, enjoyed the honour, of being
the largest lodge in the big Or-
ange "walk" at Blyth, Friday af-
ternoon last. The group was' in
charge of Thomas Peeves; Wore
shipful Master.
Jerry Elliott won first prize at
the London . Thistle Club men's
doubles on Monday evening.
Twenty-eight members attend-
ed the jitney last week, The win-
ners were Mrs, Helen Faireervice
and W. S. R. Holmes.
=Behind the steady twirling of
"Blondy" Cook, Clinton Colts de-
feated EXeter at Exeter, Monday
evening by Clarence Neilans
hit a. single, double and' triple,
Bert White banged out a double
and two singles,
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LOG AS BOAT, GULLS AS
PEOPLE; POLICE GALLED
Provincial Police of the Exeter
detachment were called to Port
Blake, three miles north of Grand
Bend; on Sunday evening to inves-
tigate an overturned boat with
people clinging to it. Upon invest-
igation by PC Cecil Gibbons and
other officers it was found that
some over-anxious citizen, had re-
ported a log with a few /sea gulls.
None of us is free from 4 nat-
ural tendency to talk about others.
We would be unusual and uncon-
genial companions indeed if we
never displayed any interest in our
fellow travellers on the road of
life. So much, we would', all be
willing to grant, But-the line is
thin between this natural interest
and (dangerous, gossip, -
Even saying nothing is not al-
ways a guarantee of safety from
the accusation of being a gossip.
It is possible to maintain what
we think is an attitude of strict
neutrality, while talk we recognize
as gossip is in progress, and dis-
cover with a real sense of shock
that we have been quoted as
agreeing or disagreeing with it,
, The' only safe course seems to
be to state bluntly that we want
no part of the discuseion. A
strong-minded attitude - but one
not calculated to Will us friends or
to keep us abreast of current ev-
ents! No one wants to live in an
airless vacuum, antiseptically free
of all danger,
To my mind; the most danger-
ous gossip is the muddled thinker
who unloads a juicy tid-bit or ex-
pression of opinion upon her un-
easy listener and then, taking sil-
ence far agreement, relays it to
the next' person as the utterance•
of the woman to whom she has
just been talking: The first Es-
tener, priding herself on her tol-
erance, is frequently unaware of
her complicity in spreading a
story which might or might not be
true. Her only mistake lay in
listening.
I once* knew a woman who was
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Cliaton News Record
THE PERIOD of transition from any one
'state or custom to any other, even though it be
for the better, is a trying time for all those who
are taking part in it,
The time of changing the USA from a sever,
eign colony of the British Empire, rto the inde-
pendent status which was Won by the war of
independence made enexnies of neighbours and
set brother •against grother.
The changing of Canada from a sovereign
colony to one of independent status is just as
sure, except that 'It is making the change more
slowly: 'Without bloodshed, the change is' being
made. But that does not mean that the change
is without hurt, nor without injury:
Here in Clinton we are feeling the force of
the change in one particular feet of our living:
changing of store hours,
How does that figure? Well it all stems
froth Canada's extremely high standard' of living
Which in turn is a result of our huge natural
resources, With that high standard of living
have come the shortened working hours which
in turn have suggested the need for a shorter
shopping week.
The reason for the change we would not like
to be without. Therefore we must put up with
the change itself.
. IDEAS AND
AS AN INTERESTED bystander, we have
been keeping rather a sharp eye out for ideas
and attitudes towards store closing hours both'
in Clinton, surrounding towns', and throughout
the rest of the country.
As a result we have came to believe that
the urge towards shorter working weeks in all
fields of labour, is inevitably cutting down the
length of the shopping week, also.
This is most noticeable here in the fact that
banks no longer open their doors for business
on Saturdays'. This was an outgrowth of the
previous fact that more and more were
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The July issue of .Chatelaine
publishes a disturbing article on
the vice of gossip which is al-
most enough to make the reader
retire from circulation and peer
fearfully out at the dangers 'en-
eountered in the simplest Contact
with the outer werld.. The author
includes a few reassuring state-
itents, but the general picture is
not encouraging.
It •wouyl seem. that we are, most
Of us, gossips ourselves. We ..are,
while acting with the purest of
motives, capable of starting a
major scandal by a look, a word,
or an inflection in our voices.
distressed at a situation which
rose in her own family, She had
listened to both sides of a dispute
and comforted both parties with-
out committing herself to an opines
ion, To her indignation, she was
voted by one disputant to, the
other as an .arden champion "YOU'
should justs,hear what Elsie has
to say about itl" No, neutrality
is a tricky business.
However, every cloud has its'
silver lining, ,George Matthew
Adams, in his daily short article
in the London Free Press, writes
that, even though "everybody"
says this or that, it proves' noth,.
ing. "The dog barks, but the car-avan marches on!"
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Summerhill Ladies
From the
West Window
(BY CATHERINE, px;onwIsv10 .
Parking with even part of your car
on the highway is against the law.
Good drivers always park completely
off the road. Moving traffic needs
all the road space.
HOW GOOD ARE
YOUR DRIVING HABITS?
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