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Clinton News-Record, 1959-08-20, Page 2• 'PAM TWO etette feexielleel Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NKW IRA CLINTON .NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 punlished every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 2,985 A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher WILMA D« DINNIN f Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 a United States and Foreign: $4,00; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1959 year CO-OPERATION THE KEY TkIT,711SUPAY-, AUGUST 20, 1,959 A A ehiEfe se • .,, mUsnritz ogvirs,REcono 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD (Thursday, August 18, 1949) The annual picnic of the Lad- ies' Orange Benevolent Associa- tion was held at Harbour Park, Goderich, Mrs. Norman Miller and Mrs. Castle were presented with their 25 years' service pins. A decoration service was held in Clinton Cemetery on Sunday afternoon last, followed by 'the decoration of departed comrades and brethren. The severest electrical storm in years resulted in the complete de- struction by fire of the fine bank barn of Arnold Dale, three miles north of Clinton on Highway 4. The barn was built in 1888 by the late Humphrey Snell. Ellwood Epps and Walter. C. Smith again qualified for the ten- man Canadian team in the Inter- national .22 calibre pistol match which was held on the Connaught Ranges, Ottawa. Recently completely remodelled, inside and out, Pennebaker's Drug Store is now one of the first and most modern shops in Clinton. Counter Cheek , Books on Sale at the N ews-Record Letter too brief 1, What Canadian college has neither campus nor buildings? 2. What Canadian province leads in sheep raising? 3. Which Canadian industry con- tributes the most to government revenues? 4. In 1955 the total of personal savings by Canadians was $666 million. What was the 1958 total? 5. Per dollar of sales, is the aver- age profit of Canadian manu- facturers 27.3 cents, 16.6 cents, or 4,6 cents? P UBL I C ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODMICH, Ontario Telephone 1011 Box 478 45-17-b RONALD 0. McCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO 50-tfb OPTOMETRY J. B, LONOSTAFF Hours: Seaforth: Daily except Monday & Wednesday-9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 am. to 12,30 p.m. Thursday evening by appoitntnent only. Clinton; Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Phone Under 2-7010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTH G. ift. CLANCY Optometrist — Optician (sucCessor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) Per appointment phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINI'ER Real Estate and 'Business Broker High Street --- Clinton Phone 1111 2-6092 HAIR DRESSING ANSWERS: 5. In 1958 average profit was 4.6 cents per dollar of sales. 3. Manufacturing paid $621 million in taxes on its income, to all levels of government, in 1958, largest tax contribution of any group in the Canadian economy. 1. Frontier College; students are men in construction, mining and logging camps and teachers are university students who do manual labour by day and teach at night, 4. In 1958, $2.2 billion. 2. Alberta, with Ontario second. Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the poc- ket annual of facts about Canada. INSURANCE INSURE THB 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 Cana& Phones: Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-7851 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone myth 78 J. E. HOWARD. Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53 r 2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE McRILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Re ert Archibald, Seaforth.; vice- pre Cident, Alistair Broacifoot, Sea forth; secretary-treasurer, l\T Jeffery, Seaforth. Directors: John H. Mot Hobert Archibald; Chris. Leon hawk, Bornholm; E. J. Trewan Clinton; Wm, S. Alexander, Well ton!: J, L. Malone, Seaforth; vey Fuller, Greelerich; 3, E. P Brucefield; Alistair BroadfOo Seaforth, Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr„ Lon esboro; Proeter, Brodl Selwyn. Baker, Brussels; Fri Munroe, Set:forth, "L THOUGPIT WE'D NEED IT AGA I N. 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD (Thursday, August 23, 1934) Harold Fremlin and Bob Draper wheeled to flarriston to visit their aunt, Mrs. Tomlin. They covered the distance between Clinton and Harriston• in six hours, which is rather a feat for young boys. • Lloyd Carter, Kenneth Vander- burgh and Willie Bono are spend- ing the week at Conneldale. Mr, and Mrs, Richard Rogers, Seaforth, were in Clinton on Tues- day and attended the wedding of the latter's sister, Miss Jennie Agnes Brown, Hullett Township. Russell Jervis has arranged a miniature garden in the east win- dow of his feed store with a pool in the centre. The William Counter Trophy was played for on the Clinton bowling green end won by F. B. Penne- baker and Harry Steepe, who each carried off a beautiful cab- inet of silverware. The runners up were Fred Ford and George Vanhorne, Seeond prize was won by C. Draper and William John. son, From Our Early Files Miss Elsie Finch returned to Toronto .after a visit of several weeks at her home here, Rev. A. and Mrs. McMillan and Dr. Ernest McMillan have return- ed to Toronto after a visit with Dr. and Mrs. Gunn, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Lands- borough and son, Toronto, motor- ed up and visited his sister, Mrs. George Stanbury and Miss Lands- borough. CLINTON NEW ERA (Thursday, August 21, 1919) A new roof is being put on the Normandie Block. Dr. C. W. Thompson is in Ham- ilton attending the funeral of his brother Dr. R. A. Thompson, Principal of the Hamilton Colleg- iate Institute for 27 years. W. Fulford, E. Hall, J. Butler, S. Greens and E. Lovett motored to Wingham to visit friends on Sunday. D. J. Cantelon left this morn- ing for Toronto, where he will as- sume his position as special policeman at the Toronto Exhibi- tion which he has held for the last four years. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hall left on Saturday morning for Sarnia where they will take the boat for a trip up the Great Lakes to Duluth on the Northern Navi- gation Company's line. They ex- pect to take a trip through to Vancouver. Miss Bess Ferguson, Meaford, and Miss Florence Train, Coiling- wood, were guests of Miss Jessie O'Neil over the weekend and are now visiting at Bayfield. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD (Thursday, August 21, 1919) T. Leppington has taken a posi- tion with Butler Bros., in the new butcher shop. Merritt Nediger met with an injury to his foot at the Motor Works and is having an enforced holiday. Visitors to Detroit on the pro- posed September Greyhound Ex- cursion will have an opportunity of seeing Ty Cobb, play ball as the St. Louis Browns play the Detroit Tigers on September 5. The boat arrives in Goderich on the 3rd, leaves for Detroit on the 4th and returns to Goderich on September 6. 40 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO CHARLES HOUSE b BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling Ring St., Clinton Ph. I-IU 2-7065 C. D. ?Meter, Prop. Quick Canadian Quiz Need up to $2500? HOUSEHOLD FINANCE M. R. Jenkins, Manager 35A West Street Telephone 1501 GODERICH Business and Professional — Directory — Here are 4 reasons why you're wise to see HFC 1. Surprisingly low interest rates. For loans over $1500, HFC's charges are equivalent to slightly less than 8% discount on 30 or 36 month repayment plans, 2. Smaller monthly payments. Compare the size of your HFC payments on bigger loans with what you would pay elsewhere. HFC's lower monthly payments fit your budget better. 3. Bankable security not required. 4. Prompt service. HFC prides itself on giving the fastest loan service in Canada. Stop in or phone HFC today for the most modern, streamlined money service. EVERY YEAR there seems to be some un- happiness about the Clinton Spring Show. All those people who work hard at making it a success, which it has been for many years, seem to get an over-estimated opinion of the amount of work they do themselves, and go around ex- pressing the opinion that nobody else did any work at all. This type of attitude does no one any good. There also seems to be lack of understand- ing about what a fair tries to accomplish. Re- member this, fairs would not have been held for over a hundred years all over Ontario if there had not been a very good aim in view. The purpose of an agricultural fair is to pro- mote better farm animals and better farm pro- duce, The fall fair which is held in many surrounding towns and villages is perhaps the best example of this, The fall fair has ex- panded into a show-place for the youthful ex- hibitors in 4-H Club work, and of course it has always been the opportunity for the women of the community to show off their handwork and cooking. And so, one might reasonably ask, Why does Clinton not have a fall fair with all those things? Well, for one thing there is not a building on the fairgrounds suitable for the ladies display. Secondly, consider this time- table for local fairs: September 22, 23, Blyth; 23, 24, Exeter and Lucknow; 24, 25, Seaforth; 25, 26, Bayfield; 26-28, Zurich; 28, 29, Listowel; 29, 30, Mitchell and Strathroy; October 1, 2, Brussels and Kirkton. All very well to say that another time could be chosen for Clinton— but the two weeks during which fairs are best held in this area are already well staked out. We feel it was partly this cluttered time- table which the directors of the Huron Central (Clinton) Agricultural Society were trying to avoid when they changed, over 50 years ago, to a Spring Show. What our Fair gains by having fewer THE FUNDAMENTALS of a happy life should be rooted primarily in the requirements for healthy family living, and it is likely true to say that the farm way of life provides the greatest opportunities of any in the world for this sort of living. The work of the farmer and the play of his children are carried out in direct connection with the home and the family and nature. The union of farm husband and wife, of parents and children, has been noted for its closeness and its perrhanence. Whereas wives of city workers often have only a dim notion of what their husbands do at the office or the factory; and know still less about their daily problems and set-backs, the farm husband and wife work shoulder to shoulder, each understanding the 'perplexities of the other. Perhaps the most important function of the farm wife and mother is summed up in this way in the report of the Manitoba Royal Com- mission: "It is she who often serves as a catalytic agent in developing the co-operation of all family members to do a particular job or to work towards a goal which is to benefit the whole family." As for children, the rewards of farm living are great. They have all those contacts with air and earth and water which make for wisdom and understanding and judgement. These are indestructible virtues which enrich all their sub- sequent lives. "They will, I think," says (Louis) Bromfield, "understand what is decent and tole RIGHT ABOUT now is the open season for 'teen age drivers. By that we mean that those of the younger generation who have not already talked dad into teaching them to drive the fam- ily car will be "putting the heat" on him in the, final lap of summer holidays just before school opens, Their sense of timeliness tells them that it's "now or never" to get a "yes" from dad With "never," of course, meaning about a year from now when the teenager will be a bit older, and more sensible. Those parents Who postpone the "yes" and Who are prone to criticize driving habits of the younger generation should keep an established fact in mind, Parents who set a good example of careful driving and respect for traffic laws Will have less to worry about when their Child- ren are eventually in the driver's seat. Parents who nervously weave in and out of traffic and who fail to observe traffic laws can expect their children to do the same. Before condemning the teenagers for careless driving, it is well for parents to turn the mirror on them- selves. Perhaps their driving routine isn't con- ducive to impressing proper driving habits on their youngsters. Canada's young people are tomorrow's citi- ems. It is the duty of every parent to set a good driving pattern for the children, And prop. or driving habits do riot result from unjust criti- cism or depriving young people of the opportun- ity to properly handle an automobile. Patience, shows held—there's only one other, Hensall, in the whole of Ontario in the spring—it loses in some particulars because of the season. However, we feel that the Clinton fair is in as good financial condition as most of the rural fairs. The gate receipts have never, nor do they at other fairs, come close to covering the cost of the event. Fairs were never meant to make money—a thing which modern business- men have trouble understanding. Every fair in Ontario is supported by grants, from the pro- vincial, county and municipal governments, and from individual merchants and others who are interested in promoting agriculture, and lending support to this major endeavour each year. The salvation of the Clinton Spring Show lies not in miarrelling about the financial situa- tion, but in devising new ways to make the fair attractive. One suggestion came to us to-day—Why not have some item given away to everybody who comes to the fair? Maybe samples of foodstuffs produced in_ the area—an apple from the fruit orchards of Huron; or sizzling, tempting bacon strips on toothpicks, from any farm; or hot coffee served with concentrated milk processed Holmesville; or cheese samples from the excellent factory at Blyth; cookies from any one or all of the good bakeshops in the area (all baked from farm foods). Many of the many good things which are produced in Huron County, and processed in Clinton and surrounding areas, could be promoted. And to make the whole thing complete, why not build this Scout Hall which the junior gen- eration needs so much, and have the Fair rent it for the week of the Show for inside exhibits? Let's advertise this Spring Show by word of mouth, by writing our relatives, by radio farm shows, and through the Women's Institutes and other women's organizations, and make it the big town-country co-operative effort it is meant to be. erant in life, and comprehend both the evils of selfish exploitation and the evils of a regimented world in which huamn dignity and the soaring quality of the human spirit are cramped and stifled." The country which maintains the soundest ideals and ambitions in the way of family build- ing will be the country peopled with the strong- est and most capable citizens. These things can- not be learned from books, but through living. Much of what is learned on the farm—a vast fund of wisdom and skill—is transmitted from father to son, from mother to daughter on the thin air of oral tradition or of living example. That is the essence and the substance of the farm way of life. —From The Royal Bank of Canada, monthly letter, August, 1959. RULE IS BROKEN ONE OF THE maximas of good editors is the commandment, "Write not in long-winded style, but concisely and to the point," Though breaking this commandment in fine style, we are not sorry, but feel that the things we had to say could best be said in the manner in which we had to say them. They also say that a good rule must have an exception. We hope that we may be for- given in our breaking of this rule. kindness and adequate supervision create lasting impressions.—(Goderich Signal Star) GOLDEN HAWKS THE GOLDEN Hawks acrobatic team, pride and joy of the Royal Canadian Air Force, will be putting on their thrilling display at the Centralia Air Station in mid-September. There will be those who feel that such aerial acrobatics would be better left alone, be- cause already one fatal accident has beset the men who bear the proud title of Golden Hawks. But, we feel that as long as men are men, they Will continue to do .the daring, the unneces- sary, and the bold, We would have it no other way. When Canadians have ceased to try to prove themselves, then we will be headed to- ward extinction in a shameful way. Let us not call for a stop to these displays of excellence, but rather encourage them to be done well, and many other types of displays as well. Let's shake off the feeling of blame which rests upon us since the Duke of Edinburgh chided Canada for her poor standard of health, and make an effort to reclainl the reputation of strength set for us by the pioneers of this country. Let's encourage our children to be strong, bold and fearless, and our country will grow stronger with them. io A WAY OF LIFE TEENAGERS AND CAR DRIVING