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Clinton News-Record, 1958-10-23, Page 2#'AOE TWO CLINTON NEWS-RECOIj,D. THURSDAY, OCTOPEFi. 23, 1958 CliAtOfl News -Record THE CLINTQN NEW ERA • THE, .CLINTON NEW$-RECQRP Amalgamated. 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of. 1uron County a Clinton, Ontario -- Population 2,9o2 • • Sat-. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • WILMA. p. D,jNNiN, Editor 0 5 .D SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance --Canada and Great Britain; $3,00 a year United States and Foreign: :$4,00; Single Copies Seven Cents Authorized as second .class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, OCTOI3ER 23, 1958 ' ANOTHER COMMUNITY ENDEAVOUR CLINTON HAS done it before, and in our estimation, may well be expected to do it again. Within the short space of two years, the community clubs have put their "shoulder to the wheel", and produced enough money to practically complete a community swimming pool. There is some finishing to do, and the work of producing•this final bit of funds will no • doubt be finished this winter, There is another task in community work in the offing, now. Though the group has not yet placed its wishes before the people, the group committee in charge of the Scout and Cub movement in town, has quite real need of a suitable building for their flock of _young boys. With about 60 Cubs in training, ready to go on into Scouts, and another group already in this senior group, there is urgent need of a meeting place. Besides the Scouts and Cubs, there is' an equal number of Brownies and Guides, which could make use of a building put up for the pur- pose of this junior activity, Officials, report there are enough meetings to keep a Scout Hall busy six nights a week. We can estimate 200 youngsters who could be benefiting by the presence of a Scout Hall in Clinton. Now, the Group Committee has not yet completed its investigations into the proper type of structure, its location, or the way in which funds are to be raised, However, we rather ex- pect that funds from the community will be more than welcome in the near future. With the knowledge in mind that the particular type of training given in Scout and Guide work has a very excellent effect on the character of the young people fortunate enough to belong, it is to the community's future welfare that we must look. We feel that this proposed project of a Scout Hall for Clinton is very worthy, and deserves every assistance of the community as a whole. _ THE BANQUET SEASON THE "BANQUET SEASON" is upon us. Shortly after the fall crop is in, people in rural communities begin to think of delightful things like fowl suppers, and banquets. The old- fashioned fowl suppers are a thing of the past in urban centres, although they do flourish in a number of rural church' congregations nearby. They are a great_institution, and ole which we should not let languish.. Where on earth else, (outside of fall fair time) can one see such delightful looking cakes! such delicious pies! such platters of tasty.turk- eys! goose! and chicken! and what's more im- portant, at fowl suppers they are to be eaten, not merely gazed at, as must be done at fall fairs, But as the fowl supper slowly disappears, there has come upon the district another phen- omenon: the banquet. The only difference seems to be that a selected group gets 'together for a banquet. In the olden days the whole community joined for the fowl supper. Most of the farm producer groups, -and associations hold a banquet in the . fall. The lodges in town hold an annual banquet. The sports groups hold banquets to close their season, whether successful or otherwise. And some group of ladies- always caters. They are wonderful people. The delicious°things they concoct for banquets have no resemblance to the dainty lunches they provide for their own group meetings. These are hearty meals, fit for a man who has just come in' from a day harvest- ing corn, or ploughing 20 acres, or unloading a car of lumber. These banquet meals hit the spot. For some reason—mainly due to our sta- tus as "the press"—we attend quite a few of these banquets in season. For weeks now, we have steadfastly tried to diet, with the thought that October and November would be difficult enough to get through even for a slim person. Now the banquet season is upon us, and the diet has flown to the four winds. Time enough for thought of waistline in drear January and February. Right now we're going to enjoy the season following thanksgiving, and enjoy what nature and the banquet season brings to us. DEFENSE OF RURAL SCHOOLS WE ARE particularly upset this week to read of the comment of an inspector of public schools, who described "the average rural school as a wonderful place in which to take refuge from the rain." He went on to "state: "In this great, weal- thy Ontario of ours it Seems there are two standards, of education: A good one for students in urban schools and a not -so -good one for stu, dents in rural schools." We will report at the outset that this man is an inspector in the Simcoe district—not in this part of Ontario. Be that as it may, we feel that if the standards in that area are as he states then it must surely be his failure. We always knew when teaching ourselves. that inspectors set the standard. If the teaches does not come up to this standard, then it is up to the inspector to do something about it. Why does this part- icular inspector have two standards? In our experience, we find the opposite to be true. With all due respect for the urban schools—they fill a place in the growth of our country, and the method by which they are run is in many respects, good. But they, are rare which are able to produce in the child the res- ponsibility, the ability to think independently, and to work alone towards accomplishment that a rural school does. As far as accomplishment scholastically goes, we refer to our own class as it entered high school. There were 52 pupils, made up mainly of urban students. In those days there were no school buses, pupils drove themselves to school. In the entire high school there were probably 56 rural students. By the tine we reached fifth form (equiv- alent to the present Grade 13), we were 13 students—and all but one were rural. That one lived just outside town, but was always consider- ed an urban resident, for his parents did not farm, and he' had his elementary training in the town school. We think the inspector from Simcoe should be making some move toward improving his standard for rural students. With such a standard, his rural teachers will not let him down, nor will the students from that area. TERRIBLY UNFORTUNATE THIS COUNTY suffered a great deal throughout the past week, by way of the tragedy at Goderich which saw the lives of two young people ended in horrible deaths. That these deaths were brought about. quite directly through the excessive use of alcohol, it would be difficult for anyone to deny. The pity of it is that through all the ad- vancement which mankind has made in centuries upon this beautiful earth, is that we have found no way to combat the evil results of man's bad habits. Our most prominent scientists are happily attempting a flight to the moon. They are sending objects hurtling around the globe in orbital flight. They manufacture death -dealing weapons of almost unbelievable vastness. ' Yet—when faced with the shortcomings of human nature they can find no way of pre- venting disasterand worse than' that among their fellowmen. We will not be a mature race until man has found a way of living in peace and in friend- ship with himself and his neighbours. We should turn our''" progressive attempts toward this end —before we look out for new worlds to conquer. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (BiHI) Itt seems to vie that the worlid's scienitnsts are behaving like a 'hunch of jutveailie deliquents loose in a chemistry lta'laoratory. Either the f n sightof oda- they've last Mentals of life, or !they've been reading too many saience-rfietbiton stories. :k * * Scientists used to be Odd, but unseeul people Who confined their aoti'v]ties tia i greasing mares ilcriewi'odge of ltiresellf and the wound 'about ;'hien. They Minded ith'etir own business, They pottered abont;t With their bits, of wire, (their rocks and plants, their electrrades, and their formulae. Sometiimes B. T. Smiley) they carne up -With sometthing use- ful, 'like the wheel, the egg-bearter,. a vaccine against smallpox, or a cure for constipation, * * * In those days, they didn't conn,- etitu;te a danger to society because they never had anu!dh :stoney, so :their activities were restrained..to 'eonnlparab'Jvteay harmless, if inter - eating research. Nowadays, with vast sures at their disposal:, they resemble nothing more, than gangs or hoti residers hurtl:inig atilt, dor- iiinlgg each ocher to go faster end d take amore <thances, yelling "chick- en" at each other. Take thils shot at the moor:, now. Wheat did the anoon ever do to us., that we want to start fairing rock- ets last iit'a If the mladmien of the la'+boaiattomies are -,allowed to con- tinue, !lovers will be plighting their breath Under a man in the :noon with, a big, fat hole in hes head. * * * And what about our ipopu'lar steno?. If they bit the moon; with one, of those 'contrayptr onnss, can you imagine yourself e u of tfit v+ rs 'eating nt around the geampfire at a Weenie roast, ranging: "Sshitne On, Harvest Cra- ter -Filled Body' Elntana'binlg Gras elaug Substances", or something of the sort? ' * +4 It'sall very well to hail these latest exhibitionistie efforts of the alchenvtisttrs as 'tremendous strides on the Stairs, of mares 'progtrress, 131.11 man ani ht be a lot (better oiPf if he went downstairs and cleaned up his cellar Wore he starts going From Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO Clinton .New Era (Thursday, October 24, 1918) Influenza, which its now s'vweep- ing over Canada 'from one end to the other, is a very .old disease, It Wats' know in' annient times and !as early es 1510 it aver: ran the whole citvi'izeed wiortl'd, For centuries, t has 1perwacliicaltlly swept over Marious parts of the world. The (vast great eptdet vile Was in 1RSi9-�1'590, when iit was generally known by the French name Of La, grippe. The disease has nil'ways travelled from east to weslt, Owing to the glutlbreak of Span- ish Bine enta. vv'lnlich has demoa alli- ed labor Conditions in Uhe imir teg easexeats+ tromp ywldci Oatar ilo draws its snaipplty of duel, there has been sttch an alarming curtailment in the pa'eldu'ctilon of anthracite of Tarte that grave fetars have arisen re - gaveling our future supply. It Els apparent that a serious fuel em- ergency exists lin Ontariie, In order to help out small sulb- s'crabere. to ;the Victory Loan, the banks, will leered subscribers, on tete Probable certainty of repayment within a year, up tto 90 percent of the anelunt of the investment in the iLoan. Rate of interest charged ?by the banks' is 5�/a per- cent. ulpsiaiirs to maks a mess in the attic. • r *. * Mind you, I'm not against Science. I took in in school once. Piistils and stamens and .1-I21SO4 lamed litmus paper ,and all that stuff. I have a very sound scien- tific background. Biwt I thunk 'the scientislts haMe gone a little hay- wire. Mivakiblg about with, missiles in whhat was previously a wyell or- detred 'universe. is like seeing how many bollen you can Nast in a big !dame. before ,;t "crumbles. Or hike crossinli a rattlesnake and rabbits, just to see what you'lsl get. * Right here on earth we halve enough treubin and human misery and appalling ignorance to keep us and our ehiidirenr and our chultdren's children Occupieed for 'another 500 yeartsl, trying to sort things out. We are barely scratching the sur- face of mar's knowledge of him- sellf. Why not turn alll these in- camldesicenut-(brained scientists to work on our awn woes, befcce we start hlorsi:ng around in outer space? * * * Oh, I know, I know. If we don't do it the Russians might gest there Vest. Well, I say tett them go to it. If some thick-headed teen-ager in town wan to go swimming an the driest pa'March, does that nnean I heave to go .toS", even! though I'm still suffering from a dreadful told? * * * Scientists can build satellites and launching, ramps and suhanar lanes that don't have to surface for air. But are any of them delving into the funvdannentals of human behaviour? Show me a scientist who is .dlonang research on why I leave tit until a blizzard is Maiming to put one my 15 storm windows; and I'thi show you a scientist who is some lase to the would. * * * Scientists, have practically over - carne such? ,groat human ills' at tu- bleroullasis, rplolina, smallpox. But show erre one scientist who ties dexo ting Inas life ,to finding a cure far Iheem'annhciids, one of the great afflictions of the human race, and I'll' show you a scientist who is wtarth anis weight in suppositories. * * * The warted would be a lot'better 'off if they rounded up. about 800 of those scientists engaged in mak- ing rude noises in the atlntosphelre, locked theft n tin a huge research ,entre, gave them all the money they wanted, and said: "O.K., boys. You've got six months tofind a euro for the common cold". Clinton News -Record a!ll and Atkin$on have .green!!!' 4n praveid; their Store by' moving the door to one Side and Patting 4114 big plate gleatss fPolrft. Sttlaek taking has been Completed !at the "Conner Grocery" and H. E. Rorke nes getting his' first exper- ience ,as ,a groper, O'Neilv'ie, iibe "iHulb Grocery„ has "apilled carer onto the neat l'oIt" as it were and.. is now using the shamed next !deer for bandliing their fruit, etc. ,Alfiter a meeting Of pelpresientat- inns of ,the ro'atnilouns churches!, h'eild in Owen Mentortali •Ball, it was unanimously decided to hblld no church sle'riviiioes for another week, due; to the plreivallence Of - inlfilluein a. Tt 61s1 hoped, however, Bleat condie tions 'wall warrant the bpenlinalg )of all clhurlches Ter divine service on Noveanlber 3.. 1Dr, Shaw left in. the News -,'Ree lord ;efface on Fir+iday, a half doz- en or so ripe strtawberri'es from his own vanes: They were in evens stage cif development from Was- shuns to Ifarge, ripe berries. eat is rare to see a ripe strawberry in October. 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record (Thursday, October 26, 1933) Mrs. James! Livermore visited Mrs. H. S. Harper;, London, en Slatualdlay lash. IM;r. and Mrs'. Rees, Jerkins spent the weekend at Guelph and on their return were ac'csom(pannied by Miss Maaiy Jenkins, who had been visiting hen sister, Mrs. It. D. Cameron, for a week. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Fisher and Mrs. Fisher's mother, Mitt: Grov- er, Denver, Colo., are this week the guests of tJh.e former's mother, Mrs. R. E. Manailn'g. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes spent a Mew dlata over the week- end in Toronto. While in 'the city they, were the !guests. of i\fr. and Mrt5, D. S. !aufif, fonneriy of Clinton. • Mr. and Mrs. J. 1. Tiipplakly have returned from spending a fortnight with theiir daughter, Mrs. C. H. Keyes:, Stanley. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record (Thursday, October 21, 1948) W. L. "Nick" Where, Holten. Farm, Hugetit Township, was rae- etntlly invested With the •MBE (Member of the Order ,of the Betdsh. Empire) in recognition of sertvice$ rennldlered' to the Federal Department of Agriculture during Woad War LI. Huundreds of foxes have met their death an Huron County this year. Frlom the begi,nn!inyg of the yam- to date;, a total at $1,594 has been paid) in (bounties. Three dol - liars is paid, for a nn:arture fox and two. dollars, for a pup. More boun- ties have been paid to residents elf Gey 'l1owurishdip than to ani [other senytiian of tine county. S'eMeral recent graduates of Clinton iCdldeigiaite Institute have ennnbarked on careers at universi- ties and nonirnaf galloon's. William R. Hearn!, Donald }teddy and Frank Lawson have entered Uni- versity of Toronto, Engineering (IBiSIc Degree). Stratford Norman School': Doreen 1VacGuirre, Grade- riIth Township; Trixie Forsyth, Leonard Jdhlnlslban end Coronae Wendorf, Clinton'. IF.YOUR TV SET IS OVER 3 YEARS OLD—IT IS DUE FOR A NEW PICTURE TUBE—INSTEAD OF SPENDING MONEY ON SERVICING, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF .. . 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(Signed) GEORGE BEATTi;E, Chairman, Public Works Committee, Town of Clinton. 43-4-b CLERK'S NOTICE OF FIRST POSTING OF VOTERS' LISTS, 1958 TOWNSHIP OF GODERICH COUNTY OF HURON NOTICE is hereby given that I have complied with Section 9 of the Voters' Lists. Act and that I have posted up at my office on the 17th day of October, 1958, the list of all persons entitled to vote in the Municipality of Goderich Township at municipal elections, and that such list remains there for inspection. And I hereby call upon all voters to take immediate pro- ceedings, to have any errors or omissions corrected according to law, the last day for appeal being the 1st day of November, 1958. Dated this 20th day of October, 19p8. 43-b R. E. Thompson, Clerk 1 1 CLERK'S NOTICE Of First Posting of Voters' Lists for 1958 Municipality of the Town of Clinton, '^ra!•: County of Huron NOTICE is hereby given that I have complied with Section & of the VOTERS' LISTS ACT, and I have posted up in my office at Clinton on the 14th day of October, 1958, the list of all persons entitled to vote in said Municipality at Municipal Elections, and that such list remains there for inspection. And I hereby call upon all voters to take immediate pro- ceedings to have any errors or omissions corrected according to law, the last day of appeal being the 28th day of October, 1958. Dated at Clinton this 14th day of October, 1958. JOHN LIVERMORE, 42-3-b, . Clerk of the Town of Clinton I Business and Professional — Directory — AUCTIONEER INSURANCE 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 HIT 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO OPTOMETRY 50-tfb J. E. LONGSTAFF Hours: Seaforth: Daily except Monday & Wednesday -9 a.m: to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9. a.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 Hunter 2-7010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTH G. B. OLANCY Optometrist y Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Rem Estate and Business Broker C o lint High -- g h Street n Phone HU 2-6682 HAIR DRESSING CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2,1065 C. b. Proctor, Prop, INSURE TILE 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 Hotel Clinton Block Clinton PHONES: Office HU 2-9644, Res., HIJ 2-9787 Insurance — Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Phones: Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-7556 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 J. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Bayfield 58r3 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance,_ 1 Xiay.- `- a Policy THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Rob- ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre- sident, Alistair Broadfoot, Sea - forth; secretary -treasurer, Norma Y, Seaforb Jeffery, h , Directors: John II, MoEwing, Robert Archibald; Ohaits. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Won. S. Alexander, 'Wal- ton; J. 'L. Malone, Seaforthe Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E, Pepper, Beucefiehd; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Won. Leiper .Tr„ Land- esboro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth,