Clinton News-Record, 1958-06-26, Page 2H Amalgamated 1924 % y +i; I
Published every Thursday at the Heart of heron County
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THURSDAY, ,LUNE 26, 1958
JULY 1 -- CANADA'S BIRTHDAY
CLINTON IS OLDER than Canada.
But is that any reason to slight the Do-
minion?
After all—Canada is fast becoming the
envy of the whole world. Her resource potential
is tremendous. Her vast mineral deposits are
still not completely explored. Her forests are
a great natural asset. No country in the world
has such great potential in hydro -electric power.
And what do we do about it? The main
thought for July 1 seems to be: "Get out of
town,"
At least Clinton's citizens go out to visit
other sections of the Dominion on her birthday.
MINOR SPORTS IN ' MAJOR PROPORTIONS
"PLAY BALL" is the call, and all over
Ontario youngsters are taking part in some
division of Minor Baseball. Whether it be Pee-
wee, Midget, Bantam, or Juvenile, the kids are
in most cases receiving expert adult coaching
from ex -ballplayers, school teachers, or dedi-
cated sportsmen.
In Clinton all four branches of minor ball
are being played, and .the boys are showing up
very well in competitions. Along with winning
their share of games, the lads are gaining in
experience and learning good fellowship as they
go along.
Minor Baseball Week is designated for this
coming eleven days, ;from June 27 to July 7. We
expect there will be some special marking of
the occasion—but even if there isn't there will
be games played locally by most of the teams.
You can show your interest and give your sup-
port by turning' out to see the games.
They're great sport to watch. Clinton's
full schedule of minor baseball this season will
no doubt produce some very good players, • and
once again put Clinton on the map in inter-
mediate baseball.
HOW DID IT HAPPEN?
WE HAVE for a long time been unhappy
about the control which has been shown over
Canadian Union members by the "bosses" in
the United States. But recently we read an
article outlining the extent to which this has
grown; and we were amazed. We quote:
"If a steel worker wants to be a steel
worker, (in Canada) he comes under the juris.
diction of a union president in Pittsburgh. If
the Canadian wishes to be an automobile work-
er, he comes under the jurisdiction of Walter
Ruether. A union printer in most newspaper
offices pays his tribute to Indianapolis. An
union chemical worker or a rubber worker has
something to do with Akron, Ohio. The lodge
of a locomotive fireman in Canada sends its
dues to Cleveland, Ohio. The union man who
delivers milk, in most cases is a teamster, sub-
ject to one Hoffa, whether the milkman wishes
it to be so or not."
We wonder in the first place how Canadians
ever permitted such a situation to exist — and
now that it does, we wonder why they don't
do something to change it.
APOLOGY MADE
OUR APOLOGIES to the teaching profes-
sion. We were outspoken in our remarks re-
cently about Remembrance Day and the "teach-
er" who so definitely opposed having a school
holiday on November 11,
The lady was not a teacher at all, but a
member of a board of education.
However, the point we made, we feel is
still good. It would be better for the school
as a body to take a holiday, which would im-
press the day more firmly in the mind of the
student than any other method, and then have
the entire school take part in community ser-
vices appropriate to the occasion.
We are quite sure that this would be more
effective than holding the young ones in school
for another day of the standard teaching, top-
ped off with an assembly with Remembrance
Day program put on within the school,
GOING MEXICAN?
THE BULLFIGHT is apparently going on
as scheduled in Lindsay, Ontario.
Lindsay is the town where we would judge
90 percent of the duplex envelopes used by the
Churches of Ontario are printed. The Lindsay
Post is known far and wide as the source of
these and other religious printing.
Strange as it may seem, it is the Chamber
of Commerce that is staging the event which
is being defended as a "bloodless" or "satirized"
bullfight.
That the council would permit such an
event to transpire at all is astounding enough.
But to feature a group of businessmen actually
promoting it, and apparently paying for a trip
to Mexico by at least one of their number, is
more than astounding! It's almost unbelievable!
In fact, when a Clinton man approached us
a week ago to write something about this bull-
fight affair, we scoffed—saying, "There won't
be any bullfight in Ontario. It won't be al-
lowed.."
But it is being allowed,
The Ontario SPCA (Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals) is concerned,
And so they should be,
If you are concerned—write to J. Lloyd
Burrows, Mayor, Town of Lindsay; or the
Lindsay Post, Lindsay.
40 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEW VRA
Thursday, June 27, 1918
Friday's! Daily Globe makes tlhe
following reference to Ernest Mc-
MiUan, who is a nephew of Dr,
,and Mrs. Gunn, Clinton, Univer0l
lihy of Oxford has conferred high,
honor upon Mr. Ernest McMnrlllan,
a former student of ithe Un!iver$-
ity of Toronto, who was travell-
ing in, Germany at the outbreak
of the wear and who has since
,been held dun! a German, prison
camp at R!u'iiftleben,an awan7din!g
!him the degree of Dootor of Mus-
ic. Infonvnsitdon of the granting
of 1the degree was received by
cable. Dr. McMlll!an des a Eton of
Rev. Alexander McMillan, Toron-
to. The young student was able,
amid ithe hardships. of imprison-
ment, to carry on and complete
the course eatttung him to the
Doctorate. Throughout his im-
prisoriment, he has campose!d ex-
tensively, prepared the orehesltral
(parts '.for musicians who had var-
11ous musical du9truments with
,them when they were interned, and
great happiness, and, heartening
have been given !thereby to the
thousands of prisoners.
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40 YEAR'S AGO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, June 27, 1918
CSanada. will be 61 years Old on
July 1, 1918. Tho question arises,
what will, Canada .be dike when
she is 100 years old'? The answer
to (that query "!fres on the knees
of the .gods." But it ds, at any
rate, no extravagant. stretch of
fancy to imagine that, by 1967,
Canada may well be both the
mast Populous a'tvd the xn'os!t Pros-
perous, of the self-;g+overr ing Pom-
Wons.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson are
visiting with the former's mother
this week.
L'ittl'e Miss Margaret Plumsteel,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Will
Pliumsbee!L, celebrated her fifth
bimthday Lasa week, entenb4ftg
about 15 of cher Ubtl'e friends. It
goes without saying tthat they
had a jolly Afternoon,
Principal Treleaven was, 'presli-
ding examiner at the Entrance
Exams, in Seaforth !last week.
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25 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, June 29, 1933
Mr. and Mrs: H, C. Lawson
were the gueslts on Sunday of Mrs.
J. A. Wilson,, Stratford, &o'r the
unveiling ,and dedication of a
window in memomy of Mrs. Law -
son's grea%t-grandfia'thser, the late
Samu!ell Robb, who was one of the
thirst .elders of St. Andrew's' Pres-
bybe-rian Church, Stratford. The
!window was given and unveiled
i'by the Hon. Dr. John Robb, Ont-
ario Minister of Health', a grand -
,son.
Cyril Hale and Mass Marjorie
Hale, !St. Cathemines, are holiday -
Ing at the Hale camp at Burk's
Beach.
Ray Cook returned Saturday to
resume his, duties aspastor of the
Tabernacle Baptist Church, Sand-
wich, after spending his vacation
at the, home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. W. Cook of town.
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
Coming up, dead ahead, is just
about the biggest weekend of the
year for Canadians, It has an ex-
hvlaration that no other weekend
on our calendar produces, Hearts
are Light and gay because its
the official opening of summer,
According to an old, superstition,
summer really begins on June 21sT.
But try to tell that to a school
teacher, glassy -eyed in a miasma
of chalk -dust and warm' running
shoes, as she labours through the
last week of classes with! children
whose minds and hearts have fled
the classroom to the great, green
outdoors, 4
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Try to ,tell it to the resort oper-
atop, whose cabins are as, empty as
his cash register, whose boats
squat on the shore like so many
gutted crocodiles, whose dining -
room echoes only to the lonely
tread of his wife; as she limps in
from the kitchen to, see if there's
any point an preparing dinner.
.y: :I: r,
Nope. Summer begins on the
last we6lcend In June, and we
might as well admit at. That's
when, the hordes of children :pour
forth in -a tidal wave from their
classrooms, filled with a wonder-
ful sense of (freedom, Which will
last about 48 hours.
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That's when, the factory worker,
who has spent 11% months over
a workbench, or putting round
pegs an square holes, sets off, a-
quiver with Lite, for his, two -
weeks -with -pay, ready ,to half -kiln
himself ;golfing, swimming, .drink-
ing %beer, dancing, or wh'at'ever is
his pleasure, .before crawling back,
spent but content, to the shriek -
Ing monotony Of his job.
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Mothers who have spent the, .past
ten months crawling out of bed to
find clean socks and blouses, to
totter about the kitchen making
toast with peanut butter and jam,
have a new spring in their step,
and a smile in, their heart, as :they
go humming about -the job of
packing for the cottage. Their'S
is the, deep :inner warmth that
comes ,from the knowledge that
for the next two months, they'll
gat mealswhen, (they damwell feel
like it, and do the washing ditto.
For the. bass fisherman, a breed
as !peculiar to his, way as the deer
hunter, this is, :the big weekend of
the year. It means two beautiful
moanths ahead, of baking to a crisp
in an open boat, lashing various
bodies of water with miscellaneous
hardware, and drinking s:kunky
beer. Sheer joy.
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For the tension -taut young ex=
ecutive, too, fit's 'a special week-
end, Fainil y settled in at the cot-
tage; he leaves. with protestations
that "It's.. gonna be awfully lonely
without you (guys". And as he
drivesdown the highway back to
the ,city, his: heart is light as angel,
food, as he contemplates those
long, lovely summer evenings, with
maybe a drink and dinner in a
pleasant restaurant before going
home to that beautiful peaceful
house.
And of course, for everyone, this
weekend has a special si'gnifi'cance,
because looming up just after it
is, that .glorious celebration of Can-
ada.'s great- national holiday --The
First of July—or Dominion Day,
as we used to call it in simpler
times.
What Canadian is not thrilled to
trine marrow by the knowledge that
The First of July is just around
the corner, with its wild, bacchan-
alian, carnival .atmosphere, its
flagrant expression of a highly -
emotional people's deepest feel-
ings? Dancing in the streets, wine
flowing like water, kissing under
the maples, as those hot-blooded
Canadian's live it up in celebra-
tion of — uh . . . say, what IS
Dominion Day in aid of?
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Let's see now. Was it the day
Sir Wilfrid Laurier composed "Oh,
Canada!"? No, 'that doesn't seem
to ring a bell. Was at the day
the West won its first Grey Cup?
I dorr"t think so. Was It the day
Mackenzie King introduced the
Baby Bonus? I don't believe it
was.
M Ac *
Wait a n-Anute. It's coming back
to me. I remember now. It was
ithe -day somebody drove the last
spdke into Sir John A. MacDonald.
Anyway, happy !the .First of July,
and ,try -to restrain than wild Can-
adian exuberance within, the
bounds of decency as our whole
nation ;goes haywire with joy dur-
bV the celebration of -this—our
glorious national holiday.
" Thds !gift of a. Bible comes
from the simple and sincere hearts
Of ;the People of the Baptist Clh-
urch of Punaba', sand Pastor Gar-
cia, the Bolivian minister, as Ke
presented a Bible to Dr. Herman
Stiles Zuazo, President of Bolivia,
when the national leader visited
Cochabamba in, cerebration of the
fourth anniversary pf Agrarian re-
form, Mr, Garciaadded:' "We de-
sire that, God may bless you ab-
undantly and that He may 'lead
you to .g+oWerun this country with
wisdom, that He alone can give."
;After reading seleoti!ons from
Soromon's'great prayer U Kings
.3:) !the !pastor continued, "Marey
rulers' have based their lives on
this Book and have had great
success in governing their count-
ries. We know that it wall help
you as well, for the fear of the
Lord is the: beginning of wisdom."
The President 'received the Bib-
le with emotion and said', "Of
all the gifts this, is !the best'.
Mrs. A. Weat!herwax rand daugh
Illia. on Friday and spent the week-
end with her farther and sister,
D. Camtelon and, Miss Dollies.
10 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, June 24, 1948
Wide 'interest was shown in the
wedding in Wes!Ley-WdM: United
Church, Clinton, Saturday after -
.noon, June 19, of Helen Jean Grea-
Lis, sister sof Mists Madzie M. Grea-
lis, to Douglas Thornton Bastt4�iff,
youngest rson of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Barbliff, all of Clinton. The
dou'blt-ring .ceremony was perfor-
med -by Rev. Andrew Lane. Mr.
and Mrs. Bartdiff will reside' in
Clinton following their return from
a motor honeymoon) trip to New
York.
(Picking fruit in the Vineland
Area of the Niagara Peiiinsula
is ithe memunenaUve--wand we hope
pleasant --- occupaltl n of four gilds
from this district who are stud-
ents at Cltnn!ton Collegiate InRtit-
ute. They are Juan Mines and Is-
obea Chowen, Clinton; Rutih, Scott
and June Taylor, Brucefdeld; and
Mary Beatty, Varna.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Paterson,
Wiartonn, are the guests this week
of Mm, and Mrs. George B, Beat-
tie,
Sugge'st'ed reading for next
week:
Sunday P'sa'lms' 149; 1-1,4
Monday Song of Solomon 8: 1-14
Tuesday Proverbs 4: 1-27
Wednesday Proverbs 9: 110
Thursday Deuteronomy 4: 1-10
'F iid'ay Deuteronomy 11: 1-117
Saturday Deuteronomy 11: 18-321
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Piano Students
Success in Theory
Successful an theory examina-
tions, held recently by the Royal
conservatory of- Music of Toronto;
here in Clinton were the following
pupils of Mass Lois Orasby: Grade
3, !theory, harmony and history,
Wal!liam Trick, RR 3, Clinton and
Judith. Hal!ward, RCAF SStarfr M
Clanton, bo!tii! with, honours.
Grade 2, theory, first cl'a'ss; hon-
ours, _Alan Cochrane, Nancy L.
Ol , Sherry Cl cbrane, Mary E.
Lavas, Shirley Vincent and Joan
'McCowan, all of Clinton.
Other students successful in the
examinations were Carol E. Pep-
per, RR 3, Seaforth (pupil. of Mrs.
McDougall, Blyth) ; Arlyn Powell,
L!on!desboro and Neth Eadie, Wdng-
hem. mese three all received
honours in Grade 4 theory, har-
mony.
Margaret C. Per¢iie, BrusseM5,
earned honours an Grade 5, theory,
counterpoint.
Grade 2 theory, pass, Mary Fish-
er, Cabharine MacDonald.
Grade 1 !theory, first class ,hom.-
ours, Mary E. S'hiells, Philllli!s Clay-
ton .and Janet Finlayson.
Goderich Township
The, Stm- iing - clan: held their
annual ipdcnic on June 21 at Har-
bour Park, Goderich. Owing to
coral weather, there was not as
lunge a crowd as usual—only a-
bout 60 attended.
After the la&es had provided
dinner, the president, J. R. Stirl-
dng, called :the meeting to order.
They decided' to, hold a picnic next
year. John Watson was alerted
,president, and the same comrtni t -
tees as this year.
Races and sports were run off
an, sunshine, Everyone enjoyed
,bhedr .day.
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