Clinton News-Record, 1958-08-07, Page 2PAS: TWO
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qi Clinton Ontario the Heart of Huron
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1958
ABOUT MARKETING
ON THE NEXT page is a letter from C. not to the acts themselves. Our "opposition" is
Mortimer Bezeau—a former Clinton resident— to the apparent uselessness of the restrictions.
Mr. Bezeau notes also our "opposition to the
and well known throughout Ontario as a former
mayor of Kitchener. Mr. Bezeau is a long-time removal of restrictions on the purchase and sale
of hogs". We fail to see that the sale of hogs
reader of the News -Record and his comments by the producer can be accomplished in any
from time to time are accepted with pleasure. way other than by leaving the control of the
With reference to his letter this week: Mr, hog, with the farmer—or his respresentatives,
Bezeau speaks of our "opposition to the restric- up until the time of the sale. In the past the
tions on the purchase and sale of intoxication h d t 1 h t ever over
liquors in Huron and Perth" under the Canada
Temperance Act. Actually, and in general prac-
tice in these two counties, there seems to be
little, if any restrictions put upon the purchase
and sale, except by the letter of the law. Cert-
ainly, if a man wishes to buy, he needs only
to know where, and his wishes are granted. As
far as the sale goes—well, a man may only sell
against the law—and does so without the law
being aware of his selling. But there is no
restriction against a man in Wellington County,
selling to a man in neighbouring Perth or Huron.
Therefore, we see only restrictions as to the
place of selling, and also the place of purchase—
average farmer a no con ro w a so
the sale itself after the pigs reached the yards—
and the yards were owned by the packer.
If there are restrictions now, they are at
least imposed by the farmers themselves, through
their own organization, upon each other. They
are comparable to those general rules which a
lodge or club makes upon its members, in
order to have an organized, properly run group.
However, in defending our seeming opposi-
tion to opposite principles, we would state that
the object of the comparison in our own editorial
was meant to convey only that Huron and Perth
have differed from the rest_ of the province in
other things besides the hog marketing plan.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE
IT HAS BEEN said that if all the women
in the world, would decide upon it, there would
be no more war.
The same thing is true about 'teen-age ir-
responsibility in driving. A weekly newspaper
at Salem, N.Y., has suggested that the reason
lads show off, play "chicken" at the wheel, speed
the car, etc., is: girls.
Apparently the young boys are attempting
to show their manhood, their courage, by doing
unusual things with their car. In the old days,
an early -'teener would walk a high board fence,
while the young lady watched properly amazed.
A little more recently a boy could prove his
worthiness by handling skilfully a purebred
horse—or one that was just full of life. In
either age, the danger involved was not as much
to life and limb, as it is now with thousands of
dollars and thousands of pounds of steel in-
volved.
It is up to the girls to try their influence,
by ignoring the show-off and complimenting the
careful one.
For that matter, boys, if she cared for you—
would she taunt you into doing something dang-
erous?
HOSPITAL CARE INSURANCE
(Ridegetown Dominion)
WHETHER OR NOT we like it, whether we
think it adequate or inadequate, or whether we
Want it or don't want it, we are stuck with
hospital care insurance starting on January 1,
1.959 at 12:01 a.m. At that moment all privately
operated systems for hospital common ward
care come to an end every resident of Ontario
is entitled to free hospitalization provided he has
paid the compulsory fee which for a single per-
son is $2.10 monthly, and provided he or she
has registered prior to August 31, 1958.
It is only common ward hospitalization that
is provided by our government. It is making a
government monopoly of that class of hospital
service. No other agency can offer it. If you
prefer a bit of privacy or semi -privacy you can
get it from the private insurers by paying the
difference between the common ward service
and the class you wish.
We have been pouring over a quiz pamphlet
issued by the Ontario Hospital Services Commis-
sion which purports to tell you all about it. The
impression left is confusing in spots however.
For instance, the impression is given that wheth-
er or not you receive the service depends on
whether or not you pay the fee. But there are
"mandatory" groups and "voluntary groups"
and the thought arises why mandatory for one
and voluntary for another.
In one case it states that persons in receipt
of public assistance (e.g. old age pensions) need
not make application because they are auto-
matically covered, but in another place it seems
to say that they are not covered unless they
make application and are declared exempt after
a means test.
It seems needful to get it clear that the
scheme is not state medicine. It does not provide
payment of your doctor's bill. It pays for noth-
ing except hospital treatment of the cheapest
class. If you want more than that it's up to you.
If you need a doctor you pay for him.
As the mists clear away we may get a
clearer view but as of now we feel that in case
of a provincial election this year if the Opposi-
tion were to come out flat-footed with a promise
to ditch the whole thing they would stand a
good chance of winning on that score alone.
They would hardly dare to do that, however,
since the baby was sired by the Liberals at
Ottawa and the native hue of resolution is
sicklied o'er by the pale cast of thought.
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
10 YEARS AGO
From Our Early
Files
40 YEARS AGO
brood gathered at the home of Mr.
:ul cricketer was John Lashiman,
and Mrs. George Holland, Bay-
CLINTON NEW ERA
'field Road, to spend a few hours
(Thursday, August 8, 1918)
with Pte. Norman Holland, who
The Clinton Model School will
is enjoying a short leave from, the
reopen on August 19, and the
London 'Camp. Miss Hattie Trick
autiook is, bright fiov a aarge class
read an address to the young sold -
this year,
ier 'and Mrs. Clifford Lobb pre -
There :are many war gardens
sented him with a military wrist
in our town. The Misses McFar-
watch, Miss 'Edna Wise, on be -
lane -of "Vinegar 'Hill" grave one
half, laf the Young 'Ladies' Pat -
of the ,best. They ,have a good
riatle 'Society of Goderich Town -
vegetable. garden, chickens, sever.
ship, ,also presented him with a
al{ icalanies of bees., and a small
safety razor.
field of barley. They are healping
20,000 farm lalborers are want -
to "win the wax".
ed to help save the Western crop.
Saturday afternoon at 1,30 the
Fame: $12 to Wlvnnipeg, plus half
coal oda heater used in E. Mum-
.a cent per anile beyond. Return,
roe's 'barber shop exploded and'
half a ,cent -per male to Winnipeg
fire started up' the side of the wall.
,plus $lg. Con-Aomtablo through
The firemen were soon on the
trains, lunch sen4ceis at moder -
soene, but a few p'ai'ls of water
,ate 'prices, Special accommodation
putout ethe,'fire. The d'am lige, will
for women and a scenic route by
not be. heavy.
C.N.R. For information see A. T.
Salarlies: for 15 (firemen for six
Cooper, C.N.R. Agent, Clinton.
months ambunted to $1150.
Canada's, war bread is made
The old question of 'storing the
from 90 percent wheat flour and
:town machinery was once amore
10 ,.percent suilbs'titutes. This makes
before the Council. On motion of
the, loaf .a Tittle ,darker but it is
Councillors Miller and Shepherd,
just as palatable as ever, if prop -
Thos. Cook's ,offer of storage at
eriy amid'', just
a month will. be accepted' If
and
as nutritious.$5
_(y_
area the machinery can be accom-
modated.
25 YEARS AGO
— o
40 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
(Thursday, August 10, 1933)
(Thursday, August 8, 1958)
At ;one time 1011inton: had one' orf
On Saturday evening a number
the !beset cricket teams in: Canada,
of young people in the neighbour-
There were nine. cricket ellubs, the
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
A vast change has chane over
summer living in the Canadian
small town in the past twenty or
thirty years. And I'm not at all
sure that it's been a change for
the better.
✓r :q
This great thought came to me
tonight. We've ad -a week of
real, old-fashioned, hat summer
weather, and as I sat here inthe
quiet, Cool kitchen with nothing
but the :thundering of the moths
against the screen door to distract
retie, I ,gat remmiscineg about sum-
mer in the '20's, when I was a
skinny, little .freckele-faced kid..
For some strange reason, in
those days hi,ds didn?t come run-
ning in to, their mothers eight
,times. a day,, whining: "What'll
we -do, Moan'? lee, there's no fun
outside. How ,about taking us for
a swam? Can we have a nichille for
a popsickle?„
Quite the contrary. Mothers in
those days practically had to call
the police- to elocate their young-
sters so they could drag them In
and feed them three times- a day.
For ch diren in those- times, there
simply were not enough hours an
the iday, and night always fell
far too eai;iy.
a:
For a 'boy, in those days, there
were about 480 fascinating :things
to do on a fine summer day.
There were. no, organized swim-
ming lessons, no organized soft-
ball leagues, na organized any-
thng..Elveirythdng was beautifully
disorganized. You snatched a
bread -and -jam sandweich in the
cool, bright -of the mornuvg, and
took off like a scared •rabbat.
:1. *
Maybe, you went up to the f:air-
groundis,andlplayedhardbafll (soft -
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WORKING VITH CANADIANS IN. ItVE RY WALK OP L.IPIS SIMON 113117,
ball was a girls ,game in those
days) all morning. There'd be
,about twelve kids on each side;
and every pitch, every close play
was .argued violently, with a loi
of pushing :in the chest and fierc(
repartee like: "Oh, Yeah? Se,,
Who?"
4:
Maybe you took a swing arouni
by the sand 'pit, crawled into rth(
carefully concealed cave and la3
around with the gang, smokini
monkey .tobacco in toilet paper
and platting a horrible fate foe
the ,gang an lm,o, n'gNt street over
N: (i qi
Maybe you just sat on top o
a wall•, in -the sun, chewing licor
ice ,and sleedng who could spit th
farbhest. Maybe you'd "sneak up'
,on somebody, crawling thougl
tomato, plants and corn stalks un
til' you lay there, knife between
your teeth, watching every mov,
of a woman haging out ha
clothes, in 'halpy agnorance of th(
fact that ionly the gums pokdn�l
from !the loophales in the housa
were saving her ;from a scalepins(
at the hands of the ruthless Nava
jos.
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Maybe you lay on a wooden
bridge and 'fished, the 'haunts peel
dng ,off ,like petals as you watch
:ed the dank water below and th(
stir .as the tail of atrout moved
the rent of him unseen behind ,
log. Or maybe you swam in th(
.river until your lips were blue ani
your ,eyes all .bloodshot, then lad
baking in the sun, mrindless, fold
owing the, ponderous dance of nth!(
great, white, cumulous ,clouds.
:Y. u
Maybe you had- a "feed". First
you'd search for empty beer bot
tles, sell ,them, and invest the pro
fits in wieners. Then you'd sen(
the 'best snatcher of the gang b
:swipe a !bunch of ,bananas off th(
outside stand at the fruit store
Then you'd all .go home and stea
((you. never asked for it, you stab
it), any food' you could get awa;
with, ,and anaybe a handful a
Dad's pipe, tobacco. Then you'd al
retire to the coal, vaulted depth:
of the old distillery cellar an(
have an orgy rthalt would make onli
of Nero's feasts look like a Sun
day -School picnic.
After supper, a swift gulpirn
of corn on the cob and (olid apply
sauce, new delights beckoned. Y01
could climb into the ,tree hour(
and kick little (girls in the fac(
when they ,tried to climb up. Ther(
was Run -Sheep -Run and, (R,,edaaglu
in the gathering dusk. There ww
creeping up, with suppressed gig
gles, ,on your bag sister and hell
bearer as they sat in suspicious sit
ence can the porch.
»
It was with thee sharpest of .pant
and the must bitter of sorrow thal
you heard ,your mother's whisrtl(
or piercing "Y000H000" rtol dng th(
knell of !painting day. Every mea
ther had 'a different Call for hell
brood, and we knew our own Cron
two .blocks away. And emery fa•
ther had the same treatment fat
kids who failed to respond — a
,hearty clip on ,the chops. WE
carne home, not joyfully, 'but
promptly.
The autonvolblile, and televislioi
have changed all that. Kids, are
all over the country now, on isuan•
mer ievenings. They're driver,
somewhere to 'play ball, With. a W
of other "organized" boys. Ot
they've wheedled their frol'lm rote
taking theari to the drime-in theat-
re, 'Or they're sleepiircig arca stralv�e
beds at somebody's cottage, whale
their parents: sat around dirdrnkdaV
gin collimes. *
Or the poor Tattle souks are
crouched, with nenselcss stare, in
£cont of a TV set, watching is re-
play of ane of last 'winter's Pro-
grammes, while in the sloft, waft
outdoors, -the -lairds and the trees
and ,the moon mourn the days
when the piong voices of children
at play prbva:dded a counterpoint to
the m1olody of a velvet summer
evenitl;n.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7,. 1950
mtstanding cricketer, 'being two
10 YEARS AGO
men, George Baird and
Henry Cameron. Another vaonder-
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
:ul cricketer was John Lashiman,
Londeslboro. The aa.te James Me-
(Thursday, August 5, 1948)
NLur�ehie was, considered gvu+thanrt
Moving a haus'' more than two
doubt, to be one of the ;beset 'bowl-
miles as, quite a jab, but that's.
ars in Canada. The $ate William
what Weis accomplished whesumen
a
fully Mondayanorniwhom, mg a
Jackson had a scrapbook of all
truckand ,trailer and several: men
the old Clinton games played, daft-
co-operated in .providing George
ing back a'bowt 50 years.
Finley with a new home, Former -
yon the, M .ch farm, tiara
]y Murch
A report from Regina states
P
move
house was moved intact to a new
that a three-year-old child inn'.
foundati;on on, a got located on
southern, Saskatchewan experien-
the west slide, of Maple Street.
cel the, night of falling raan a few
Edward Wise, RR 3, Clin-
diays ago; for the fdmst time in her
ton, was named winner Monday
three years. The child cried "Dad-
night of the 19481 Studebaker
dy, 'take ane home quick. Someone
Cham,p'ion t u d' o r valued a t
is .tgrrawdrug water at ane." Al'-
$,2,3001,, drawn in connection with
though we ala know that ,parts' of
the Kinsmen's, Club, Carnival
Saskatchewan, have been witheaut
rain for' long periods, the fast
Reputed to be the oldest piece
was not .driven home until we
of horseflesh in Human County, an
read the article.
Indian pony is claimed by its own-
er Adelbest Gardiner, Graderich
J. P. Shepherd and Miss Kate
Township, new Holmesville, to he
have Lsal�d their grocery ibusine!ss
45 years• old. The pony has been
to Fred Mutch and his sons, Will
:on the (farm ifor almost half a
and Frank. Frank and Will Mut-
century, and Mr. Gardiner recalls
ch ,are papular Clinton boys and
the time, when it was, used to
their friends wish them every sac-
transport him and iother members
cess in their n -v undertaldng.
of the family to school.
Business and Professional
— Directory
AUCTIONEER
ALVIN WALPER
PROVINCIAL
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For your sale, large or small,
courteous and efficient service
at all times.
"Service that Satisfies"
Phone 119 Dashwood
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ROY N. BENTLEY
Public Accountant
GODERICH, Ontario
Telephone 1011 Box 478
45-17-b
RONALD G. McCANN
Public Accountant
Office and Residence
Rattenbury Street East
Phone HU 2-9677
CLINTON, ONTARIO
50-tfb
OPTOMETRY
Jr. B, LONGSTAFF
{ Hours:
Seaforth: Daily except Monday
l Wednesday -9 a,m, to 5.30
p.m.
Wednesday, ga.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Thursday evening by appointment
only.
Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard-
ware—Mondays only -9 a.m. to
5.30 p.m.
Phone Renter 2-7010 Clinton
PHONE 791 SEAFORTB
G. B. CLANCY
Optometrist — Optician
(successor to the late A. L.
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment phone 33,
Goderich
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate and Business Brokei
High Street — Clinton
Phone HU 2-6682
NOON00~410~0 PO~
DOCTOR
G. A. WEBB, D.C.*
*Doctor of Chiropractic
433 MAIN STREET, EXETER
X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities
Open Each Weekday Except
Wednesday
Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7-9
or Appointment - Phone 606
ARE YOU
INSURANCE
INSURE THE CO-OP WAY
Auto, Accident and Sickness,
Liability, Wind, Fire and other
perils
P. A. "PETE" ROY, CLINTON
Phone HU 2-9357
Co-operators Insurance
Association
H. C. LAWSON
Bank of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHONES: Office HU 2-9644,
Res., HU 2-9787
Insurance — Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
Be Sure . . Be insured
K. W. COLQUHOUN
Insurance and Real Estate
Representative
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
r Clinton �•:a,i•.-i
PHONES `
Office HU 2-9747—Res. 2-7556
d. E. HOWARD, Bayfield
Phone Bayfield 58x2
Ontario Automobile Association
Car - Fire - Accident
Wind Insurance
If you need Insurance, I nave
a Policy
THE McIiILLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1958: President, Rob-
ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre-
gident, Alistair Broadfoot, Sea -
forth; secretary -treasurer, Norma
Jeffery, Seaforth.
Directors: John H. McEwdng,
Robert Archilbaldd; Chiles. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trecvartha,
Clinton; Wan. S. Alexander, Wal-
ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har-
vey Fuller, Godemich; J. E. Pepper,
Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot,
Seaforth,
Agents: 'Arm. Leiper Jr., Lond-
eisbom; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen;
Selwyn Balser, Brussels; Eric
Munroe, Seaforth.
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Think twice! Could your wife administer your
estate? Does she understand Tax regulations
and Succession Duties? If she died, how long
would your children wait for the courts to
settle your will .. until they were 21? What
would they do until then?
Think twice, and you'll.realize realize why so many
men and women enlist the services of Sterling
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H. C. LAWSON, Representative
L Phone HU 2-9644 Clinton, Ontario
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