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Clinton News-Record, 1959-05-21, Page 2PAGE 'TWO Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW BRA THE CLINTON NEWS-RB.PPRP, Amalgamated 124 sl Ii Published every Thursday at the 9' Heart of Huron County . Clinton,Ontario --,,Population 2,985 wt. • ir A. L., opywi-i0VN, Publisher WILMA p, PINNIN, Editor • 4.#44 SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain; $3,00 a year United States and Foreign': $4,00.; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, MAY 21; 1959 U- THREE IMPORTANTCAMPAIGN'S aoINTON fir WS,RgOORD From our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO Clinton New Era Thursday, May 22, 1919 Owing to the threatened strike with Hydro for today (Thursday) The New Era went to press on Wednesday night, to avoid taking any .chances, as we have to depend on hydro for power and heat for linotype and press. Some items may have been missed in the rush to get out before midnight, The leaders of Niagara district Federation of Trades and L,abor announced last night that unless a satisfactory settlement is reached by Wednesday night with Sir Ad- = Beck and Eon. Dr. Reid, Min- ister of Railways and Canals, re- garding the request for an eight- hour day instead of ten on the Hydro Power Canal and Weiland Ship Canal, the men on both can- als would go on strike on Thursday morning, The first reunion of Huron County boys will be held on Sat- urday, Victoria Day, after an ab- sence of over four years. Few in- deed will there be of the men who left in August 1914 for 'Valcartier from Huron. County, who will cele- brate the reunion on Saturday. The roll of "originals" is small, but not all are buried in' Flanders Fields. Many of them were severely woun- ded and proceeded their comrades home. They are here to welcome the late arrivals back to Huron once again, Elsewhere in this is- sue, The New Era carries a full list of the men who enlisted in the 161st and 33rd Battalions. 40 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record Thursday, May 22, 1919 Sergeant-Major W. Snell, DCM, son of James Snell, Hpliett Town- ship, slipped into town on Monday morning without anyone knowing he was coming, As it happened the band and a committee of citizens were at the depot to welcome Private Bert Huller, but Sergeant- Major Snell kept in the back- ground and was not recognized until he got up town. Then Mayor Cooper took him hone in his car arid gave the home folk a pleas- ant surprise. He was a member of the London Police Force be- fore enlisting and went overseas with the 6th Battery as a gunner. Clinton was honoured on Tues- day with a visit from the Hon, H. J. Cody, Minister of Education in Ontario, The weather was any- thing but agreeable, the rain com- ing down steadily all. forenoon, but this did not prevent Dr. Cody go- ing through the program prepar- ed for him. He visited the public school and the collegiate, giving the pupils in each case an inter- esting and instructive address. 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record Thursday, May 24, 1934 The town was again visited by thieves on Monday night, the poultry department of Canada SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) THURSDAY, MAY 21, 10 YEARS . AGO. Clinton News-Record ThOrsday, May 10, 1949 It was a 'red-letter" slay for Clinton on Hospital Day, Thurs- day last, when the modern, new wing of Clinton Public Hospital was officially opened to the pubs lic. The wing has been occupied by bed-patients for seine months, but the formal opening was delay- ed until an appropriate time and suitable weather could be secured, Dr. W. A, Oakes, chairman of the Hospital Board, presided for the ceremonies. Fire broke out in Stanley Towns ship hall, Varna, .whge district school children were viewing Fed oration of Agriculture films, No one was injured, Observers prais- ed the children, who filed out of the hall in orderly fashion, Origin of the blaze was unknown. An insight into the operation of the Russian economy, as opposed to, the Canadian economy, was pro- vided by Professor Harry Shaw, Clinton native and son of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Shaw, Packers' being entered and about $3.00 stolen. The job was no lona- teur one, as the safe was blown before the money could be got at, This is the seeoncl,time within ten days that thieves have visited this town, a ear being stolen and a number of articles of clothing be-, htg taken on May 15, J. A. Rath went fishing away up country somewhere and show- ed the News-Record two beautis ful speckled trout, one 121/2 inch- es and the other 11 on his re- turn. Before the "dark day" in the early eighties, he says the streams were teeming with trout but the ashes caught in the wat- ers at that time, when they were low, killing off most of these fish and there has never been the same abundance since, Miss Lucy R. Woods, Bayfield, was in town Tuesday and leaves on Thursday for Montreal, She will sail for the British Isles on the S.S. Empress of York. Miss Woods will visit an aunt at Grey- stones, County Wicklow, Ireland, and will probably be absent most of the summer, Business and Professional — Directory — AUCTIONEER HAIR DRESSING 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 • J. E. LONGSTAFF Hours: Seaforth: Daily except Monday & Wednesday-9 am. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m, Thursday evening by appoitnment only. Clinton: Above ware—Mondays 5,30 Phone HUnter PHONE 791 G. B. CLANCY • Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L, Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD a WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker High Street — Clinton Phone HU 2-6692 CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065 C. D. Proctor, Prop. INSURANCE INSURE THIS 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 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. Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53 r Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have 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, Ntrina Jeffery, Seaforth. Directors: John H. 1VIcEwinz, Robert Archibald; antis. Lean., harsh, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha,, Clinton; Wan. S. Alexander, Wall- ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. PeIVer. Brucefiel d; Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wan, Leiper Sr., Lond- esboro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Erie Munroe, Seaiforth. r4sils,4414WArsivNIV4~~04+4.00040,044,01 Hawkins Hard- oniy-9 am. to p.m. 2-7010 Clinton SEAFORTH 10 4 to / GUARANTEED TRUST CERTIFICATES • issued in amounts from $100 upwards for 3, 4 or 5 years. • earn 534% interest, payable half- yearly by cheque. • authorized investment for all Canadian Insurance Companies and trust funds. YOUR MONEY DOUBLES ITSELF IN 14 YEARSI at least let's have it fall on Mon- day, and make a long weekend of it. Long weekends help reduce the surplus population, as Scrooge put it. • * The whole conception of holidays in this country is sorely in need of a major overhaul. I'm a great be- liever in holidays, but ours are as haphazard as the political system we've inherited. Under our pres- ent set-up they are not only poorly arranged, but scanty. * * Some of , our months -are all right. In July, of course, we have that great national holiday that stirs the blood of every Canadian, The First of July. August has Civic Holiday, September gives us Lab- our Day, and October is rich with Thanksgiving. * * But how about that November? Thirty of the most dismal and de- pressing days in the year, and not a holiday to lighten the gloom. Why not call a holiday for the second Monday in November? We could name it Last Call For Storm Windows Day. * In December, we have Christ- mas, Boxing Day, and only 'a week later, New Year's Day. Fine. We need them all. But long, dark and cold loom Janaary and February, without a break in either of them. We should stick a couple of Mon- day holidays in there. In January, we could celebrate that ceremony that is rapidly gaining popularity in Canada, and have Packing for Florida Day. * 4; February could be broken up nicely by moving Valentine's Day to the nearest Monday and calling it Love Day. There isn't a single day in the year set aside for love. We could love our neighbours, our wives, our children, our neigh- bours' wives, and anybody else who was in the mood, It would certainly liven up dull old Feb. * March and April, get tricky with Easter, But if Easter came in April, could we not have a Monday holiday in March, called March Hare Day, We could, all go mad with delight at getting through the winter, fling off our outer habiliments, and dance in the streets. In our overshoes. * If Easter came in March, we'd need a special Monday holiday about the middle of April, which is the cruelest month, We might designate it as April Fuel Day, It would be a suitably joyous cele- bration if the government marked it by delivering a load of fuel free to every loyal citizen. just enough to carry him through to the first of July, when he can let his furn- ace out. That takes care of every month but June, Do you realize there ish't a single long weekend ifs June, one of our most delightful months? And one of our busiest Months on the highways. Think of the triumph with which our daily papers could trumpet: FIRST JUNE LONG WEEKEND KILLS 108, *W V Yes, we must have a Monday holiday in June. What shall we call it? Let's ace, June is the Month of marriages, We could have a national. holiday on the second Monday, and name it Dude Awakening ray. THE STERLING TRUSTS 373 Boy St.;, Voronio 35 Dunlop Si., Barrie 1000! T. B. BAIRD Phone HU 2-7498 Brucefieid, Ontario Phone IL Ce LAWSON' Local 1epresenthti've flu 2.9644 Clinton, Ontario 411111010111MINIMY 10* 44 AND Ho• PE To "THE' 004144%g1et, iT .tetI74 YoUg Q.0141A115iSilot4 At4t) 01.3econvAciSO tMOAT44. 1.6 1•M.P CAON VIO 04 .A Nsw AMP OMER LiP 4, 4000 41,t0.$4 GOOD DEED FOP TODAV WITHIN THE NEXT eight days, there are three important campaigns planned within the district. All of them deserve the earnest at- tention of the people who live and laugh and recognize the enjoyment they get out of existing in this county, First" is the house-numbering project of the Kinsmen Club 'of Clinton. The young men who belong to and keep the loeal Kin Club going, do so for the opportunity to serve their fellow man. They have seen the need for a numbering system for Clinton--and they hav4 taken on the task of providing it. Each citizen of the town can do his part by co-operating on Saturday viith the final work in connection with the project. Be ready with a smile, and your con- tribution toward the cost. Second is the Free Blood Donor Clinic which is planned for next Tuesday afternoon and evening in the Christian Education wing of Ontario Street United Church. Through the co-operation of the Canadian Red Cross, blood ANOTHER YEAR is gone, and the Cadets of Clinton District Collegiate Institute have put their uniforms away in mothballs until next sp- ring. Each school year they are brought out and worn for a brief period, for dress rehearsal, and for the inspection day. Put away, too, for another year, will be the band instruments, with which the young people practice steadily for weeks prior to inspection day. Their uniforms, and their equipment are stored for another year. We hate to see this happen. Clinton, is mighty shy of home-produced music. We have no locally based dance band. We have no citizens band. We have no brass band. Our pipe band is a fine brave showing of kilt, pipers and drums, and for it, all of the district shows enthusiasm. The fife and drum band can hold its own at any Walk of the Orangemen and lends stir- ON ROADS PATROLLED by the Ontario provincial police there were 176 accidental deaths in four months to the end of April, more than one a day, up eight from the same period a year ago. Most, if not all, accidental deaths are pre- ventable. So it is not enough to say that the increase is slight. The deaths in 1959 from vehicle accidents are 176 too many. In 1958, in all of Ontario there were 1,112 highway deaths. Motor vehicles were involved in most. Just one involved a horse-drawn Vehicle, In addition to deaths on roads patrolled by the province, the cities have their own tragic records. Metropolitan Toronto by May 1st had had 28 vehicle deaths since the latest New Year's celebration, compared with 52 a year ago. *To reduce the total is a gain, but only one death is one too many. Something strange about the human mind is that horror is not cumulative. The eleven is to be provided to the hospitals in Ontario, ineluding the one at Clinton, to those in need of the' life-giving stuff. Taken from contribu- tors on Tuesday, it will be stored in London, where the hoepital superintendent can place a request at any time, This blood will be given free to the patients who need it, If you can give blood—then this is your chance to help someone else—maybe someone in your own family, or yourself, sometime in the future, Third is the funds campaign planned by the Salvation Army, Though the nearest loca- tion of a Salvation Army unit is in Goderich, the Army continues its work throughout this area. They work. quietly, and without request for praise or publicity, Once a year they ask for financial help. In Clinton this request will come on May 26, 27 and 2$, Be ready to do your part to share in their work of mercy. These three campaigns are worthy of your support. We feel sure that Clinton will not let any one of them down, ring note to the church parades and other events in the Orange lodge, But we have still nothing to listen to throughout the year which gives the pleasure of a trumpet band, with drums, In the CDCI Cadet Band there is promise of excellence, which we feel is only partly brought out, because the young folk have only two days in which to perform, and their talent and, skills must be neglected throughout the rest of the year. Some of the young people are making reg- ular trips to Wingham to practice there with a boys and girls band, and the leader is from Clinton. For lack of a sponsor, and stronger interest here, our town is losing out, our young people are losing out, and the whole community is lack- ing the enjoyment of a band for which the nucleus already exists. We commend the Cadet Band at CDCI for their fine performance. But we regret that we cannot hear more of them throughout the year. hundred deaths in Ontario last year were griefs for individual families,' A headline "1,100 Die in Shipwreck" would be an event seared into historic record never to be forgotten. Then there are events that get, by the standard of the automotive record, dispropor- tionate notice. In Ontario there have been, for instance, two or three deaths in the last year from fires or explosions due to natural gas. These have been two or three too many deaths and it is hoped there will be none in the futuie. In any event the risk to a large public-from natural gas, is much less than is a highway jaunt in a motor vehicle. Before the reader can see this, it is almost certain that Metro Toronto will have one or more further deaths from motor vehicles. In contrast, the natural gas industry with the usual care and only a little bit of luck ,may avoid tragedy for a long time to come.:—The Tweed News. ANOTHER YEAR ONE IS ONE. TOO MANY There is a tendency, as we start pushing 40, and 40 starts pushing back, to don rose-coloured glasses every time we look back at our childhood. This is one of the more disgusting symptoms of ap- proaching senility, and should be resisted stoutly. * For example, I was thinking of writing a column about the Twenty-fourth of May. It was go- in to be nostalgic and saccharine: what a grand celebration the 24th used to be; what a pity they've changed the date to the nearest or farthest or something Monday and lost all the significance of the holiday; hove kids nowadays don't have as much fun as we did on the 24th of May. • * * Fortunately, seeking a little ex- tra background, I asked my wife what she did when she was a kid, on the 24th. "Nothing", she replied. Sadly but sensibly, I realized that what I'd been about to write was pure piffle. There wasn't any great celebration on the 24th, when I was a kid. It was just a welcome holiday, and no kid I ever knew cared two firecrackers for old Queen. Victoria. * * What's more, kids nowadays have just as much fun as we ever did, only they're a little more soph- isticated about it. Looking back, all I can remember about the 24th is going around all day beefing because I couldn't buy all the fire- works I wanted, and going to bed that night with a couple of burned fingers and a singed eyebrow or two. That is exactly what my kids do, so they must be having just as much fun as I did. * * * In the third place, I think it's an excellent idea to move the 24th to the preceding Monday. When a holiday has no significance in the history or tradition of a nation,