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G. B. CLANCY
Optometrist .—. Optician
(successor to the late A. L,
Cole, Optometrist)
For appointment phone 33,
Goderieh
REAL ESTATE ,
LEONARD G. WINTER
ILeal Estate and Business Broker
High Street Olinton
Phone Alt1 2-0632
AUCTIONEER
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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
GODERICET, Ontario
Telephone 1011 Box 4'78
45-17-b
How
14, research
saved
Sherry'
Anderson's Sherry . . . 2
years after
her operation.
life
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SHERRY ANDERSON was born a "blue baby", She had
four defects in her heart which robbed her blood of the
oxygen it needed. Her parents knew about the "blue
baby" operation, but they also knew it had not always
been beneficial.
Sherry was particularly fortunate because medical re-
search had just developed a very efficient Heart Pump.
This "pump" actually. does the work of the heart during
an operation, allowing surgeons time to make complete
repairs.
Medical research is also striving to discover the various
causes of heart disease, with the ultimate hope of pre-
venting it. This valuable work is being correlated and
stimulated by the National Heart Foundation of Canada.
Because the life insurance companies in Canada believe
in the Heart Foundation, they have given it strong finan-
cial support. This is just one of many ways in which these
companies help to create a healthier, happier life for
Canadians.
Business and Professional
— Directory — 1
HAIR DRESSING
CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY
Cold Waves, Cutting, and
Styling
King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065
C. D. Proctor, Prop.
INSURANCE
INSURVIVIIII 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
K, W. COLQUHOUN
INSURANCE and REAL ESTAT I
Representative:
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Caned
Phones:
Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-755
Salesman; Vic Kennedy
Phone Blyth 78
J. E. HOWARD, Dayfield
Phone Bayfiold 53r2
Ontario Automobile Assoeiati
Car - Fire - Accident
Wind Insurance
II you need Insurance, I nave
a Policy
THE 1110HILLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
`Officers 1958: President, Iloh
ert Archibald, Seaferth; vice pro -
aident, Alistair Broadfoot, S
forth; secretary-treasurer, N
Jeffery, Seaforth.
Directors: John
Robert Archbald; Chris. Leon
ornheilm; E, J, Trewar
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wail
ton; .7. Malone, Seafouth; Haar
vey Goderich; J. E. Pep
P•rucefiekl; Alistair Eroadf
Sedarth.
Aortae: Wm. lAelper ha, Len
esbore; 3. I". Prueter, trodliageai
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Ent
Munroe, Seaforth.
THE. GLINT0N Ngliv ERA THE CLINTON NEws-REcoRt)
Arriatgamated 1924
a" D , Published every Thursday at the,
Heart of Huron county
• Clinton, Ontario — Population 2,985
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V L 04 ' W11-MA 1:t. P1NNIN, Editor
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THURSDAY, rEBRUARY 12, 1959
HURON IS SERVED WELL
SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advanee—Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 a
United States and Foreign; $4.00; Single copies Ten Cents
Authorized as second class mail, Poet Office Department, Ottawa
THE Fit1FIAL County of Hunan is, we think,
particularly well served by nine weekly news-
papers. Though they are printed in various sizes,
and with a variety of editorial policy, the result
for the residents of the towns and villages and of
the farming areas, is a show window of the com-
munity where buying and selling can be done
With ease, and the ideas and developments of the
communities are recorded.
We attended the annual convention of the
Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association in Tor-
onto last week, and while there, could not help
but be award of the interest in the affairs of
weeklies in general, and of 'the •• betterment of
their own papers shown by the Huron publishers
who attended.
George Ellis, Goderich Signal-Star accepted
. WHAT DO
WE HAVE IN Clinton, a total of 16 garages,
which supply gasoline, oil and a variety of motor
repair , services. We may soon have another,
modern one on the highway, entering town from
the south. This will mean seven service stations
en that one entrance road.
One of these is situated just back of the
Post Office. It is a reasonably new building and
Is in operation. However the firm, which oper-
ates it has several other outlets in Clinton.
Now, the need to expand the post office is
the presidency of the Association from Barry
Wenger, Wingbarn Advance-Tlines. Andrew Y.
McLean, Huron Expositor, Seaforth, was named
to the directorate /of the Association. Represen-
tatives from Clinton, Exeter and Zurich weeklies
attended the conference.
It is an honour to Huron County, and more
particularly evidence of the live-wire attention
to the welfare of their own communities, shown
by the publishes thentelves, to have three men
given leading positions in this province-wide or-
ganization.
Our personal congratulations go to Mr. Ellis
in Goderich, the new president, and our best
wishes in his year of leadership of the OWNA
which is made up of weekly newspapers through-
out Ontario.
YOU THINK?
evident to everyone. 'The logical move would
be to buy the adjacent garage and extend the
post office backward.
But, we understand that (at the present
time at least) the garage is not: purchasable.
Result is a move to consider other locations
for the post' office. Where else can it be put?
We are very interested to read what others
in town feel about the situation. Please write
and let us know what you think.
k DOUBLE S TANDARD
THE WAY, folks act these days you should
flip a coin a'reedy:
Bessie preaches the evils of drinking '—
and is 40 pounds over-weight.
Jake raves about high auto insurance rates
—and conspires with the repairman to fix a
fender not covered by his policy.
Al is a Boy Scout leader — and fudges, on
his income tax.
Sam went on strike to keep Art from being
fired — then ran him down crossing the street.
John teaches Sunday school — and pads his
expense account.
George is a deacon — and speeds whenever
a cop isn't on his tail.
Gabe is the best carpenter in town — and
his house is falling apart.
Sue complains about her health insurance
premiums —.and checks into the hospital for a
couple days to keep from having to pay for an
x-ray.
Amy is a grade school teacher — and
crosses streets on the red and in the middle
of the block.
Mary spends hours sterilizing baby food —
then leaves aspirins and pins lying around for
him to snack on.
Percy complains his retirement benefits are
too 'low — and takes no pains to keep from get-
ting knocked off on the job.
Bill is violently against gambling for. money
— yet puts his life up for grabs every time he
drives his car.
' —You can't hardly get the kind of folks you
can rely on no more!
Robert D. Gidel
ALL FOR A DIME OFF THE PRICE
A FELLOW I know has good reason to hate
The year that's just ended, the year '58.
The thought of it brings only glopm to recall
For he's now out of work' with his back to the wall.
The goods that he made he'd been making for years
By the sweat of his brow and hiS toil and has tears;
Yet now when he 'offers these products for sale
He finds that the lures of ,"cheap bargains" prevail
And his fellow Canadians-=-that's us, you and me—
Are buying from countries far over the sea
Where the wages are less than a third of our own
And the standard of living's pared down to the bone.
This fellow I know is my customer too,
Or rather he was, 'til his business fell through,
Which caused ane to ask—Are we men or 'just mice
To stab our own folks for a clime off the Trice.
The fate of my friend could be yours, could be mine,
So let's "Buy Canadian" throughout '59.
—The Steel Company, of Canada, Limited.
=WON NEWS-RECORD
From our Early Files Clinton News-Record
Thursday, February 10, 1949
Fortner students of Clinton Col-
legiate Institute were prominent
in activities at the 41st annual
At-Horne of Stratford Normal
School, Coronna Wendorf and
Leonard Johnson were members of
a talented octette which sang "Oh
Tell Me, Pretty Maiden" from
"Fleradora"; Trixie Forsyth play-
ed the debutante daughter in a
one,-act drama presented by the
Dramatic Club; and Doreen Mc-
Guire sang in the Glee Club.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Ross MeEwan
and Mr. and Mrs. George F, Elliott
returned home last Thursday night
after nearly three weeks' absence
on a motor trip to Florida.
Mrs. J. S. Snider is visiting her
daughter, Miss Irene Snider, Lon-
don, and also her sister, Mrs, M.
M. Sweet, Hollywood, California.
0
The new locks along the St.
Lawrence Seaway will accommo-
date ships with a beam of 72 feet;
the Welland Canal looks, which
are about 25 years old, are 80 feet
wide.
10 YEARS -AGO
All sorts of people, . wage earners, farm-
ers, businessmen, housewives . . do their
saving, and other banking, at a chartered
bank.
Day in and day out, in 'every one of 4500
branches, bank customers are making de-
posits, arranging loans, cashing cheques,
3. E. LONGSTAFF
Ileum
Seaforth: Daily except Monday &
Wednesday-9 a.m. to 5.30 pan.
Wednesday, 9 tam, to 12.30 p.m.
Thursday evening by appointment
only.
Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard-
ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to
5.30 pan.
Pilate IIT7nter.,2-1010 Clinton
PHONE 791. SEAFORTII
RONALD G, McCANN
Public Accountant
Office and Residence
Rattenbury Street •East
Phone ITU 2-9077
CLINTON', ONTARIO'
50-411)
OPTOMETRY
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Recead
Thursday, February 13, 1919
Clinton Post Office was not built
with an eye to future growth and
expansion and has long been ee
small fer the business transacted
in it, Postmaster Scott has done
his best ter the rural mail couriers
as be long ago gave up his private
office for their accommodation.
Ball and Atldnson have purchas-
ed the store next to their furniture
store, now occupied by T, T.
Murphy as an implement shop, and
will fit it up and occupy" both.
Since the fire destroyed their store
room in the rear they have been
more or less crowded.
The annual meeting of the Do-
minion Live Stock and Breeders'
Association was held in Toronto
last week, and was well attended
by local stock men, among them
J. MacFarlane, Stanley; and Jam-
es Snell and Thomas McMichael,
Mullett.
•
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
Thursday, February 13, 1919
By a vote of 63 to 7 the meeting
on Friday afternoon held by the
ladies of the town and vicinity
decided to take over the Clinton
Hospital and re-open that institu-
tion as soon as possible, Some
changes may be needed and some
equipment, but the hospital as it
stands is in excellent shape. And,
as Dr. Shaw stated: "Half the
unity shown by the ladies of the
town during the past four years,
will run the hospital."
William East has taken over
the contract of carrying mail from
I quit. I give up. I know when
I'm licked. All winter I've been
calling Florida-bound friends "co-
wards". All winter I've scoffed
when my wife has told me to wear
gloves and a hat. That's all over.
I have had it. My tail is between
my legs and I'm whimpering,
* *
I don't know what it's like in
your part of this deepfreeze semi-
hemisphere, but it's practically
frightening artitind here. Already
we've,had more than nine feet of
snow on the level, 18 in the drifts
and corners. The mercury keeps
diving belqw zero like a nervous
walrus. *
' Up to Christmas, winter is sort
of fun. Then there's New Year's
and gaiety and hockey games and
bridge parties. First thing you
know, you're halfWay through Jan-
uary and you figure the back of
the winter is practically broken.
About six weeks later, you dis-
cover it's your own back. Around
the middle of February, you fin-
ally realize that winter is just get-
ting nicely under way. It's right
about then that your spirit starts
to crumble, your body begins -to
come apart at the seams.
*
Even at that, I was keeping a
stiff upper lip (there wasn't much
choice, with my nose running all
the time), until this week. Then I
caught the 'flu. There's nothing
like a touch of the good old Feb-
the Post Office to the trains. He
succeeds J. W. Elliott, liveryman,'
who has had the contract for over
18 years, \
Councillor Bert Langford was
in Stratford taking in the coed
'Roads .0:gm/Mien,
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, February 15, 1934
The comedy, "Diamonds and
Hearts" put on by the L.O.B.A,
brought out a fair crowd, but the`
weather was so extremely cold
that many' who would have other-
wise been present could not force
themselves to quit, the fireside and
venture out into the bitter atmos-
phere. The cast of the play con-
sisted of Mrs, C. V. Cooke, Misses
Ethel. Cooke, Hattie Livermore,
Alice Lawson, Janette Taylor, and
S. Silceck, R. Cartwright, Sam
Castle Jr., H. Sloman, J. Sturdy
and Stewart Taylor, most of whom
had taken part in other plays and
tooltItteir roles with fine style.
The News-Record received an
interesting weather report from
George Baird, Stanley, who keeps
official records. Friday last regist-
ered 36 below, the lowest temper-
ature during the past 30 years,
since Mr. Baird has been, keeping
the• records. Eight and one-half
inches of snow has fallen thus far
in February. Not so much snow—'
but it cannot be denied that the
Winter of '34 is a genuine one.
0
Of Canada's 13 Prime Ministers,
three were born in the United
Kingdom, one in New Brunswick,
and three each in Nova Scotia
Quebec and Ontario.
ruary 'flu to turn a red-blooded
Canadian male into a red-eyed,
cowardly glob of self-pity. *
But I've had the 'flu before, and
have always tottered through it
without losing a day's work, los-
ing nothing, in fact, except the af-
fection of my family, the tolerance
of my friends,' and the respect of
anyone I came in contact with.
• *
So I figured I could stagger
through another dose of it, wheeze
my 'way as far as the first of
March, blow and cough and sweat
my way through April, and greet
once again the first green grass
with- a joyous paean. The 'flu
however,• was only a sample. I
got the full February treatment.
And that is why I wish I was 70
years old and had a paid-up an-
nuity like those birds in the mag-
azine 'ads, and was sitting stupidly
in the sun somewhere, holding
hands with Mother. *
In brief. Got up early garbage
morning, so wouldn't miss the
truck. House felt chilly. Checked
thermometer. It read 42, Held
hand over register. Hand turned
blue. Went to cellar. Stoker fan
whirring noisily. Opened furnace
door. Fire out.
*
Night' before, had thrown stoker
out of gear for an hour, to burn
excess' coal piling up in furnace.
Then threw it back into gear, so
coal would resume feeding. Appar-
ently miscued putting it back in
gear, 'Result, no coal, no fire.
Spent 30 minutes, kneeling among
clinkers, scraping dead coal and
ashes out of black maw of furnace
with handy saucepan wife's been
missing all winter.
* *
Finally got furnace started, with
aid of muffled shouts from up-
stairs. Took out garbage. Saw
garbage truck turning corner
three blocks past. Put garbage
back in shed. Wife hollered down
to learn temperature in kitchen
and issue orders re milk bottles
and money, Cursed softly. Stepped
in pup's puddle in stocking feet.
Cursed louder. • * *
Left for work, forgetting 'milk
bottles, Perceived porch roof sag-
ging ominously from weight of ice.
Perceived entire path, shovelled
last night, filled in 12 inches deep.
Trudged through it. Perceived
ticket on car for leaving it on
street all night. Tore off ticket
in rage. With it came rubber off
windshield wiper, to which it was
frozen. Couldn't get ear started.
Walked eight blocks to work in
eight inches soft snow in toe rub-
bers as boots left at office yes-
terday before 'flu hit.
• *
Arrived at office with gravel
throat, aching bones, running eyes,
black mind and bleak soul. Sorted
mail; 2 insurance premiums and
1 ear 'Payment due; wonderful
chance to Subscribe to Maclean's
at low-Iow rate; card from fiend
friend in Florida.
* '5
Phone rang. Lady wanted free
publicity for church supper. Brow-
beat me'. Fled to toffee shop.
Fellow on next stool blasted me
for last editorial. Fled back to of-
fice wishing had gun or cyanide
crystal in desk drawer, Phone
rang, Wife calling to tell me fur-
nace *
And that's a typical February
day in this benighted country, If
it wasn't for rim's birthday. party
Coining up next week, I'd head
out of here in a -beeline for Mex-
ico without -even stopping to turn
down the thermostat.
1
1. Are there more males' or fes
males in the Canadian popula-
tion?
2, By area, rank Canada's three
largest provinces.
Canadian labour income is esti-
mated, at $16,120 million for
1958, What was the total five
Years earlier?
4. Is the number of Canadians
now employed in manufactur-
ing larger or smaller than at
wartime peak?
5. What was the most recent year
in which Canada had a favour-
able balance of trade?
Answers: 5. 1952 is the most
recent year in which value of ex-
ports exceeded value of imports.
3. In 1953 labour income totalled
$12,110 million. 1. At the time of
the 1956 census males outnumber-
ed females by 225,000. Since 1951
employment in manufacturing has
been higher than at wartime peak.
2. Quebec, Ontario, British Col-
umbia.
Material prepared by the editors
of Quick Canadian Facts, the poc-
ket annual of facts about Canada.
-THURSDAY, FEII.RVAtiY 12, 1959
Quick Canadian
Quiz
•••so both are building .bank accounts
TH 1' CHARTERED RANKS SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY
buying money orders, purchasing foreign
exchange, using safety deposit boxes, talk.
lug over financial problems of a personal
or business nature, And the list goes on
and art. —
Only a chartered bank offers a full range
of banking services -under one roof.
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
THE .LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA
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