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Clinton News-Record, 1959-02-26, Page 2Clinton News-Record THE. coNToN NEW ERA THE PLINT9N NEW $,REPOFIP Amalgamated 1924 D 46 Published every Thursday at the Heart of efuren County Clinton, Ontario — Population 2,985 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher tf L WILMA b, .PINNtel, Editor' SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $3,00 a year. United States and Foreign: $4,00; Single Copies Ten Cents , Atitherizecl as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1959 AMAZING! We are quite amazed at the lack of in- terest shown by the people of Clinton in the Matter of pending decisions regarding. the Iowa- -Lion of the post- office. Has no one Any concern for the fact that the lovely old building now housing the post office may be torn down? Has no one any con- cern for the fact that the post office may be moved in the other end of town? Does no one care whether it is moved or not? Two weeks ago we asked for letters from anyone with opinions on this matter. So far, we have not received- any, nor have we received any vocal opinions, Now is the time to make your wishes known, for it is not common sense to remain in silence while 'initial manoeuvring and planning of such 'a change are in process, and then lifting your voice in anguish after some decisions are reached. . WHY CHANGE IT? The Ontario Society for Crippled Children in assoc- iation with 221 Easter Seal service clubs are opening their campaign today for more than 13,500 crippled children in the province. They must raise $800,000 to continue to provide, the services that have been available for so many years. One important part of a crippled child's• life is holiday at the summer camps maintained by the Society. At the camps they have the happy envir- onment of sunshine, fresh air,water and all the activities of camp life. The Easter Seal Campaign runs until Easter Sunday, March 29. Crippled Children's Appeal-Letters Out Campaign Underway for Easter Seals Today thousands of Rotarians, Lions, Kiwanians, Kinsmen, and other service club members mail their Easter Seals to everyone in Ontario asking for help in their crippled children's work. Over 2,500 Easter .Seals sheets were mailed this week by the Health and Welfare committee of Clinton Lions Club, of which Leslie Ball is the chairman. Your donation may be mailed to Mel Crich, treasurer of Easter Seals Fund, Box 242, Clinton. e, The 13,599 crippled children in the province, living on farms or in city homes or in remote northern hamlets, know that the 1959 sale of Easter Seals Means hope. To them the Easter Seals bring treat- ment and training, a possibility of independence and relief from the physical handicaps that birth, illness or accident have left them. Last year, the Ontario SoCiety for Crippled Children, whose only annual appeal for funds is made in Easter Seal Campaigns by 221 service clubs, carried out its big- gest programme in all its history, This year, the more than 13,500 youngsters, who are listed on the Society's rolls as quote "active" cases, will have increased because Ontario's swiftly growing popula- tion means hundreds of new cases each year. The provincial object- ive of this year's Easter Seal Cam- paign, February 26 to March 29, is $770,000. The organization that cares for this number of children is amaz- ingly' small. A tightly-knit office staff at headquarters in Toronto, a score of highly-trained nurses, a corps of volunteer doctors and an army of public-spirited citizens who give freely of their time. The result is a volume of service out of all proportion to the money spent in the work. This work takes several forms. There is a nursing service made up of 22 graduate nurses, each of whom has taken a- special post- graduate course in orthopaedic nursing which qualifies them as orthopaedic nursing consultants. These nurses visit the homes of handicapped children, teach the parents how to administer therapy treatment or direct the child to medical attention. Five summer camps this year will give a three-week holiday to more than 1,200 children, who would otherwise have no such holi- day because of their inability to attend conventional camps. This is the biggest crippled children's SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) .VggiftVAAY A 19$9 From Our 40 YEARS AGO Clinton News-necerd Thursday, February 21, 1919 .. There may be a formal opening later but Clinton .General Hospital opened for practical work this week and already has a Patient, and expects to take in another. tomorrow. The first patient was Bruce Grigg, Goderieh Township. Superintendent Grainger .and Mat- ron Holmes are .in charge and Miss 1VItietard, a probationer, is already at work. The first robin of the season was seen by John 13ailey, Hullett Town- ship, out near the cemetery, It not only looked sprightly but was singing as gaily as could be. •$ure- ly a good omen for an early sp- ring, Miss Susie Slomart is visiting friends in Toronto. Mrs. Mae Ranee McKinnon was in Goderich, last week assisting with a concert program, - A drive last week in aid of -the hospital netted about $700, with some persons in town still to be heard from and also the collectors in the surrounding vicinity, The country people are giving a show-. er of butter and eggs. 40 YEARS AGO Clinton New Era Thursday, February 27, 1919 The New Era voices the senti- ments of many citizens when we say that the council would not be spending money foolishly if they purchased the photos of "Our Fall- en Heroes" and had them hung in the Council Chamber, as a trib- ute for the sacrifice they made in the great war for freedom, We would also like to see, in the near future, a group picture of the of- ficers of the 161st Huron Battal- ion, and also one of the men, plac- ed on the walls of the Council Chamber. Specials at The Morrish Cloth- camping program of any- single political area in the world and its importance is that it more than gives a holiday, it teaches child- ren who are often embarrassed by handicaps to care for themselves and get along with other young- sters. Year round, too, Woodeden, near London, is a crippled child- ren's centre to provide special treatment for resident and out-pa- tients. Clinics fly the examination of children in areas far from major hospital centres are also organiz- ed and attended by top medical specialists from Toronto, Hamil- ton, Ottawa, and elsewhere giving their experienced advice. If child- ren need hospitalization, this is provided on a specialist's advice and local doctors co-operate in providing treatment at home. With the opening of the 13th annual Easter Seal Campaign to- day, there will be thousands of service club men arid women work- ing for a better future for Timmy and all his pals. Your contribution to the Easter Seal Campaign is needed. an y Files • ing CO,: Men's trousers, while they last, .$2..50; Men's overcoats $10.; Heavy cotton' sweater coats, 91,25; wool and, cotton sweater coats, .a50.. Unmarried men are in the maj, ority among the occupants of Can, ada's penitentiaries. Most married men are so busy trying to dodge the high cost of living they have no time for crime. For 20 years, Clinton has been improving by degrees in health conditions on account of the clean, liness of the town and increased regard for our health, with the result that in the reeent enza epidemic, we suffered less than any town of our size in Can, ado. 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record Thursday, March 1, 1934 The attention of the public is once more respectfully called to the fact that there is no thorough- fare across the grounds of St, Paul's Church. The congregation of St. Paul's are justly proud of their church and grounds, and take pains to keep them in good con- dition. Irreparable damage can be done by tramping a pathway thr- ough the snow at this time. The public is requested to use the pub- lic sidewalk where no harm can be done, W. H. IVIutch, of the Royal Bank, Hamilton, was home over the weekend. Russell Andrews, Toronto, was a weekend guest with his father, Magistrate Andrews, and sister, Mrs. F. VanEgmond. Mrs. Garnet VanHorne and lit- tle son, Ronnie, Toronto, visited her parents in Seaforth and also Mr. and Mrs. G. VanHorne, Clin- ton. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record Thursday, February 24, 1949 Bartliff Bros., bakers and con- fectioners, are the latest local firm to give a "new deal" to their place of business. They are head over heels in modernizing the in- terior of their spacious store. Real progress is being made, too, in, the construction of the new store and apartment building just south of the Roxy Theatre. James Corran, Goderich Town- ship farmer, who has been a resi- dent of Canada for 21 years (in- cluding his period of war service), possesses an interesting musical background. Although of Irish- En- glish ancestry, as a boy he lived in North Wales and competed in the Welsh Eistedfod, coming sec- ond in his class. Mr. Corran con- tributed several delightful lyric tenor solos during Sunday even- ing's band concert. Wesley-Willis Sunday School sleighride was called off because of mild weather. However, the usual supper was served, and the vast quantities of food consumed testified to the fact that children can be hungry with or without a sleighride. YOU MAY BORROW HERE M FOR. ANY REASON YOU THINK WORTHWHILE Canada's largest and most recommended consumer finance company Monty setviec you tan trust—backed by ,over 80 years' experience, Satre-day service a epochally la 1110C I HOUSEHOLD FINANCE Mu R. Jertkint, MafitiOer 35A VINO Shoat Veloph rie 150i GODERICH Counter Cheek Books on Sale at the News-Reeord ,-,barkachet -4tred outt 4-frost diguiletil ARE ALL WE" FED UP When they are troubled by backaCht, that tired out feeling or diguebod rest,. many, many tromen .turn to Dodd's Kidney Pills, These conditions can be caused by excess adds nia."0101; the system. and ttodd's Kidney Pills -atilholata the ki4nbys, find aid their normal action dot:1601g th0e -oxtbss acids and wastes. Then life stout brubter, housework lighted Why' on't you, toot hi Dodd'il es A woman recently wrote the ed- itor of the Bowmanville Statesman, asking, him why in the world his paper carried this Sugar and Spice column by-this Smiley fellow. She claimed she had never yet found anything interesting or amusing in it, objected to the callous way he spoke of his family, and suggested that he was merely an unpleasant sort of person who refused to ac- cept the responsibilities of family life, She added that she had sev- eral children of her own, so knew something abdut such responsib- ilities. The lady is absolutely right. I refuse to accept my responsibilities. I also refuse to accept the fact that I am not young and handsome, It males me feel better to battle these things. When I begin ac- cepting my family responsibilities, I will have ceased to be a free men, or the remnants of one, and will have become the mere plod, ding, senseless statistic this crazy North American society of ours would like to make each one of us. So as long as there's breath in my body, or I don't break one of my typewriting fingers, I'll fight the good fight against the slow strangulation of the free man in the anaconda coils of family res- * * * When I say that I refuse to ac- cept these responsibilities, it does- n't mean that I don't fulfill them, Oh I do. I do. But being a pack- mule doesn't necessarily mean you enjoy lugging large loads about on your back, And being a family man doesn't necessarily Mean you enjoy Wet-nursing a lot of people just because you happened to Marry them or father them. It seems to me that the joys of family life are greatly over-rated, and all I try to do is maintain some sort of balance. Animals know how to deal with families. They have them often, teach them to eat and get along in the world, then turf them out to fend for themselves. NI That, of course, is much too simple for brilliant, monogamous humans, We make an almighty fetish out of marriage and a vir- tual hysteriama out of producing a child. Then, in the name of family responsibilities, we spend the next, and the best, twenty years of our lives trying to hatch the egg with- out breaking the shell. As a res- ult, all too often, when the shell does break, the yolk is either hard or rotten, Mrt i, "nut he was always Such a GOOD boy?" wails the mother whose dangerou* young animal, -nurtured on the idea that the world is his oySter and all he needs to open it is a switch-knife, has just carved up some other human. * * Under the guise of being good parents, and because We haven't the intestinal fortitude to give battle, we accept all the respell- sibilitiee Of our children, And thereby we Steal their Self-reliance, undermine their independence of thought and italie them with the 'charming idea that there's always somebody around to do the dirty Work and pull the chestnuts but of the fire, * 5 * With each generation, children grow More surly and their parents Mote Servile, They wax smarter (Confirmed on Page Five) OPTOMETRY j. E. LONGISTAPF Hours: Seaforth: Daily except Menday & Wednesday-9 a.rn, to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 aim. to 12.80 p.m. Thursday evening by appointment only. Clinton: Above Hawkins Httrd- ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to 5.36 p.m. Phone IlUnter 2-7910 Clinton ?'HONE 791 SEAFORTII tt. B. CLANCY Optometrist Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole,,optonietriSt) For appointment phone 88, Goderieh REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and linsineett Broker High Street — Clinton Phone WY 2-6602 'TWO clairrox NMS-RiCORD Only three years ago, the new "cut-off" road through Auburn was completed along with a modern new bridge, supposedly something un- ique in engineering. Now we understand, the Department of Highways of Ontario, along with the County of Huron, is planning to re-adjust the road. When it was built, it was necessary, in order 'to get a safe curve, to take over land owned and farmed by farmers in that area. NoW, with the "adjustment", the road is planned "to go directly between the house and barn on one of the farms which has already lost land. No compensation can come close to paYing for the damage to the farming operation which will result. It is possible that the hoUse could be moved across the proposed new highway, to the same side. as the barn. But this would do 'nothing to Compensate for the land lost. Besides, it will be costly to the highways department to do. Throughout the entire past weekend, when almost hysterical reports through press and radio were telling the people of Canada about the government's decision to discontinue construction of the Arrow for the country's defence, we were certain of at least one thing. No one condemned the government for its decision-7but only for the results of it. And it seems to us that any follow up of the decision was done by the A. ,V, Roe Comp- any (when it decided within hours to dismiss all of its employees) rather than by the govern- ment. Certainly it was not intended by the government that this should take Place, or the Prime Minister would have included this decis- ion in his speech in parliameni. That the comp- any should come to the point of dismissing em- ployees in such an abrupt manner, seems only to indicate that the company hopes to put the It is interesting, albeit astonishing, to note that Unions claiming to be in charge of the well-being of the thousands of employees who were dismissed from employment by the comp- any building the Arrow aircraft, are loud in their charges that the government is becoming dependent upon the United States for defense. Are these the same Unions, who quite happily (apparently) transfer a. high percentage each week, of the union dues paid them by their members, over to the "head boys" in the United States. Surely they are giving only lip service to their creed of "all for Canada" in this present situation? We are bound up with the affairs of the (The London Free Press) The Pinery,on Lake Huron is to be opened this summer by the Ontario Government, and the people of Southwestern Ontario will have another recreation park for their holiday use. The resort will have parking accommodation for 3,000 ears. A charge may be levied but the beaches will not be closed to public use as some Cottage-owners have urged. At the sable time For that matter, the type of planning which 'makes it necessary for a change in the route of a highway within three years aftercon- structirin, leaves ninth. to be desired in the De-, pertinent, or in the engineering which went into the job. We cannot help but wonder if the money soon to be put into this "adjustment" of the route of this highway, would not be better spent on the Blue Water Highway north of Goderich, where local young people were seriously hurt earlier this month. The county has been promised a new bridge over the Maitland at. Goderieh, and a re- making of this seriously unsafe part of the Blue Water for many years, It was part of the pro-: mises made by the provincial government during the campaign of the by-election last year. It probably will be part of the election campaign promises later this year. When the job will be clone, still remains to be seen. government on the spot. We must not, in Canada, come to believe that the colossus of defense expense and employ- ment is to be a never-ending thing. Though temporarily it is imperative that we continue building for defense, we must never lose sight of the fact that building for peace is the ultimate aim, When it becomes apparent that the de- fense work now in progress is, or will soon be obsolete, then we must take steps toward chang- ing the'way in which we provide for defense. Though we feel, considerable sympathy for the thousands of `men, and their families, thrown out of work by the decision of the comp- any for which they laboured, we can also see, from the general taxpayer's point of view, that if their work is no longer needed by the country as a whole, then there is nothing to be gained by continuing their employment. United States, both financially, and policy-wise, and it will take wise leadership, and 'determined steering to-take Canada out of this unfortunate arrangement, • But if the Unions are sincere in their supposed wish for Canada to remain strong in - her own right, then they should be doing some- thing about the thousands of dollars taken front the employees of union shops, going over into the United States. These dollars, remaining in the wallets of the wage earners, would do a great deal to improve the economy of the country and increase the purchasing power . of the people of Canada. the government plans better facilities at ipper- wash BeaCh one of our most popular resorts. A great deal of thought is being given to the creation of new easily accessible parks and recreational centres to meet the demands of our growing population. The Bruce is not as isolated as it was When roads were inadequate, but that has all been changed and we, shall have need of more summer resorts up the Bruce in the years to come. NOT WHAT THEY DID -- LIP SERVICE NEW RESORTS ALVIN WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwoo PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Amour:tent GODERICH, •Ontario Telephone' 1011 'Box 478 45-17- RONALD G. 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