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Clinton News-Record, 1959-10-15, Page 2TWO (XINTO,_ NEWS-RW:0RP OCTOBER 15, 1959 CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, October 16, 1919 The School of Commerce, Clin- ton, has been made a Government Vocational School under the Sold- iers' Re-establishment Depart- ment There are already two sold- iers taking commercial course in the school, This school is under the sole management of women, Miss B. F. Ward, B.A., principal, and her assistant, Miss A, M, Stone, a commercial specialist. Miss H. R. Courtice is also a teach- er this term. The new cement driveway on the north side of the town hall is be- ing put in. Curbing is being put in at either side and the whole will 'be a great improvement. Ambrose Maguire, Who was fir- ing on a train on the L. H. & B. line, lost—his--balance while—the- train was taking water at Exeter and fell from the tender, down an embankment about 14 feet, His left wrist was broken and his right badly sprained. The members of the Hospital Board wish to thank Mr. Iddo Crich and Mr, George Cook for their kindness in laying, free of charge, the rubber matting on the steps of the hospital. The work was well and carefully done. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, October 16, 1919 Thanksgiving services were held in St. Paul's Church, Clinton. Rev. Canon Hill, whose eloquence and power as a preacher has been so greatly appreciated by the people of St. Paul's, conducted both morning and evening services. Ed. Lovett has been presented with a fine gold medal from the citizens of Stanley Township, for his service overseas. It is a fine keepsake. Last Saturday, Ed. Schoenhals was thrown up against the wall of the mill when he was struck by a belt. His left arm is now being carried in a sling. The Women's Institute sent a bale containing 51 pairs of socks to the soldier patients of Queen Alexandra Sanatorium at London, Ont. 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, October 18, 1934 The freight sheds at the station are open these days to receive do- nations for the West. Urgent ap- peals are being received for assist- ance. Vegetables of all kinds will be acceptable, also apples, canned goods, beans, oatmeal, honey, flour, maple syrup, in fact everything in the way of good eating, with the exception of foods which are too perishable, Hugh D. Cameron has been ap- pointed issuer of automobile lic- enses in Clinton. The big police dog belonging to Mr. Nickerson of the Rural Hydro is a clever animal, capable of carrying dispatches, When Mr. Nickerson is going out of town and wants to send a emssage home, or to—send- the dog home, he gives him a note to carry, and off he trots with it in his mouth, not swerving from his path until he delivers it to his mistress at home. 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, October 13, 1949 One of the most interested spec- tators at the ball game on Satur- day afternoon was Willis C, Coop- er, just arrived with his wife from London, England, for a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Cooper, Clinton. It was the first baseball game Willis had seen since he left here 25 years ago. Clinton's new "flasher-and-bell" signal system is now in operation at the CNR level crossing on Vic- toria Street (King's Highway 4.) Two flashing red lights operate four ways facing south, east, north and west — with accomp- anying bell. Arrangements to join forces and create a rural fire-fighting service are now being made by the muni- cipal •authorities of Tuckersmith and Stanley Townships, under the joint leadership of Reeves Arthur Nicholson and Elmer Webster. Clinton District Collegiate Insti- tute Corps placed second in a group of 19 schools with a percentage of 84,2, Congratulations are in order for Garnet W. McGee, his assist- ants, the cadets and the trumpet band. 40 YEARS AGO SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) This is National Newspaper Week. Isn't that interesting? It comes right between National Fire Prevention Week and National Cat Week. That must be symoblic of something, but I can't figure it out. * * * Just ten years ago this fall, I got into the newspaper "game". Some game. Like playing polo riding a pig, Or golf with a gag in your mouth. Or soccer with both feet in a bag. * * * But if I have to be mixed up in the newspaper business, I'm glad it's with a weekly, not a daily. I don't know much about daily news- papers, except that most of them meet an inevitable and fitting end, wrapped around garbage. But in the past •decade, I've learned a lot about the exciting job of producing a weekly newspaper. • * I think we fellows in the weekly business have all the best of it, and my heart bleeds for the poor sods who slave on the dailies. Theirs is a pitifully dull existence, * * Imagine being a daily paper editor, and never seeing anybody but your secretary and a gaggle of cowed sub-editors. A weekly editor has a continual stream of fascinating visitors, ranging from the town drunk come to bum a quarter toward a bottle of bingo, to a minister come to bum some free publicity for the temperance movement. * As far as writing editorials goes, there isn't much between them. The city editor, with the aid of his editorial writers, produces beautifully vague editorials about foreign policy, or thunderously indignant ones about the govern- ment. The weekly editor can be equally vague and indignant on the same subjects, and his aren't read either. * * Then there's the prestige angle, I doubt if one percent of his readers would know the daily editor, even by sight, A weekly editor, on the other hand, is known to Most of his readers, and on every public appearance, even if he's Only going for a coffee, is accosted and accused, nagged and praised, told off and urged on. To strangers, he is introduced as "our" editor, or the editor of "our" paper, It's heartwarming, I tell you, * But where the weekly editor has it till ,fiver hiS daily contemporary is that he also gets to be a report- er. What does the daily editor do, for example, when he hears the fire sirens go by? Probably sighs nostalgically and picks up the lat- est circulation report. The Weekly editor, when he hears that siren, drops everything, runs for his car, and goes haring off after the fire truck, along with all the kids on bikes, the dogs, and every other able-bodied driver in town. * * The city reporter is frequently given boring assignments, such as interviewing personalities, like Marilyn Monroe or Gina Whatser- name. He asks the same old, tired questions, and what does he get? A free drink, a lot of unnecessary wiggling, and a few stereo-typed answers. * * How much more interesting it is to be a weekly editor and inter- view the real personalities, like the town's "grand old lady", on her 99th birthday, screaming ques- tions at her and jotting down an- swers which prove, on later exam- ination, that she was married when she was 48, had her first child at the age of 12, and is really only 79. • * * Daily newspapermen used to be dashing fellows with a reputation for hellery, on and off the job. No so any longer. They dress like ac- countants, work eight hours-a day, drop in for a gloomy drink at the Press Club, then head for the sub- urbs, wife and family, to spend the evening watching the idiot box in the corner. It's among the weekly editors that the old traditions are kept alive. There you'll find the odd- balls, the characters. One of them told me quite seriously one day that it was possible to live indefin- initely on air alone. Another quit the ministry to become an editor and is a regular pirate when he gets a few under his belt. Still another recently took off his glas- ses and took on the chairman of the school board after an argument over which was the biggest wind- bag, * So as far as National Newspaper Week goes, I salute that bastion of individuality, the weekly editor. I have learned that it is a mad- dening, exhausting, exhilarating job, with its moments of high humor and bleak despair, But Whatever, it is, it's not boring. And however much I complain about the long hours, the scanty remun- eration, and the lack of apprecia- tion, I am like most weekly edit- ors: it would take a regiment of horse to remove me from the editorial chair, Tuckersmith Township Sunday, October 18 Guest Speaker: REV. EVAN McLAGAN, Blyth 2.00p.m. and 7.30 p,m. SPECIAL MUSIC BY CHOIR TURKEY SUPPER Wednesday, October 21 250 Tickets To Be Sold 1111111111111111110111111010, NOW! Discover The Wonders Of . . CORNING /ARE Made From The Super Strength Ceramic Pyroceram FRY -:- BAKE -:- BROIL -:- SERVE FREEZE -:- STORE -:- Easy To Wash GUARANTEED FOREVER AGAINST DAMAGES FROM TEMPERATURE EXTREMES DELUXE 10" SKILLET — all purpose dish complete with dish, handle, cover and cradle CUSTOM 10" SKILLET — all purpose dish, with cover 9" SKILLET — with cover 7" SKILLET --- with cover 32 ox. SAUCEPAN — with cover 48 oz. SAUCEPAN — with cover 56 oz. 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Prueter, Brodhagen: Selwyn Baker, Brussels; ErtId Munroe, Seaforth, 0 0' 4'4, 1.0 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 THE CLINTON. NEW ERA THE CLINTON. NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron CpuntY Clinton, Ontario —Population 3,000 0 Clinton News-Record A, L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor • From Our Early Files ANNIVERSARY SERVICES TURNER'S UNITED CHURCH ASIDE FROM the nuisance value which those little stamps have which so many stores seem to find themselves forced to give us — the shopping housewife should consider just who is getting the most value out of them. In the initial stages of the use of trading stamps, when, only a few stores used them, then there was possible advantage. The store which Installed them was interested in giving you better service, and something more for your money. But, as soon as all of the stores have them— and the trend seems to be that way, then there will be nothing gained from shopping at e. Part- icular store, except a different choice of prem- iums, The storekeeper cannot make more money because of the stamps. In the first place he must buy the stamps from the firrh who supplies them. The cost of these can perhaps,be illustrat- ed, by, ,a note in the Financial Post of this week, Which states that a new firm has, been formed With the express purpose of•goirig-into the busi- ness of printing the stamps, Plants will be open- ed in Toronto and in PariS. Now, that firm must make'money..The money Which your storekeeper pays for stamps to "give" you, must also cover the cost of the premiums which the firm supply- ing them expects to "give" away. Now, consider in your own knowledge, the number of people who do not ever redeem their stamps. Consider the stamps which go into gar- NOT OFTEN do we make predictions about the future—because things move so fast in this atomic age, that we have absolutely no hope of keeping pace with the mechanics and scient- ists. However, we want to make this prediction for the whole idea fascinates us: Within ten years, we'll be using hovercraft instead of burn- ing , up rubber on the pavements, and pouring Money into the job of building and re-building the pavements. What are hovercraft? They are a new type of transportation vehicle which operates on an air cushion anywhere from a few inches thick to 40 feet. They are being experimented upon in Sweden, England, the •United States, and also in Canada as the Avroear. They use less engine power per ton than an aircraft and will carry nearly twice the pay- load. For instance, a 10,000 ton boat could SUCH THIS WEEK price of milk to the consum- er goes up to 24 cents a quart. Years ago this poem was written, and indicated the feeling then of people with regard to milk costs. It seems that few people feel as strongly to-day. You can put a tax on movies, they will ante up up and go. They will pay a rise with pleasure on the things they wear for show, You can raise the price of liquor, but the only squeal you hear Is from the thirsty public which demands more gin and beer. The same way for tobacco, they will pay with- out a peep, And smoke at least as heavy as they did when it was cheap. But raise the price of milk Oh, boy! They'll fight with all their breath. bage cans, the stamps which get wet in the groc- ery basket on the way home, and never do find their way into anyone's book. These stamps are never redeemed, and so do not cost the stamp- company any premiums. But the storekeeper has already paid for them. Now consider the law in the matter of these stamps. They are considered illegal, and accord- ing to exisiting law, are illegal. It is only by extreme caution to circumvent that law, that the stamp companies, and the stores who distri- bute them, hope to continue their use. The in- tent of the law seems plain that trading stamps are illegal. At present an appeal has been launched against the conviction of two London men for issuing stamps, and it will be heard this month. Though this appeal may be successful—to our mind this does nothing to change the intent of the law, Public opinion condones the distribution of trading stamps. Public opinion also condones gambling through the playing of bingo, sweep- stakes and other methods through which the public feels it is getting something for nothing. Since it is public opinion which in the long run formulates law, then we can expect that trading stamps will continue, at least and until the public gets entirely disgusted with having to save the little stamps and stick them into books. They have a growing youngster who is bound to starve to death, The family allowance can never stand so much; It's nice to keep that windfall for nylons and such. They don't ask for bigger wages to spend it all on milk; They will show those wicked farmers and their scheming, thieving ilk; They will march with hoisted banners, they will cable, write and wire; They will drag the local member by his whiskers through the mire, They don't mind paying rises on their whiskey, smokes and silk, But not the slightest fraction will they tolerate on milk. —Anonymous, reprinted from the Thamesville Herald. Display Advertising Copy for display advertising in the Clinton News-Record MUST be in our office no later than Tuesday evenin5. Wednesday is TOO LATE Please assist our advertising depart- ment with this deadline. Absolutely no Display Advs. Accepted on Wednesday PHONE HU 2-3443 41-tfb LIGHT UP CLINTON !! Support the KINSMEN CLUB LIGHT BULB SALE Thursday, October 15 One of the Kin will call at Your House Buy One or More of Their Little Red School House Kits (Use them later for Lunch Boxes or Doll Houses) See Display in store window next to Bank of Montreal Get 2 — 100 Watt, 4 — 60 Watt Bulbs and a FREE Colouring Book Your Children Can Take Part In Sylvania's Colouring Contest 500 PRIZES — Bulbs at Regular Price! Proceeds for Kin Christmas Toys and Minor Sports HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR SUBSCRIPTION? Business and Professional •••=1•• Directory — RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1959 ABOUT THOSE LITTLE STAMPS THESE CHA NGING TIMES skim over the Atlantic at 100 knots. Ten times the speed, at ten percent of the cost is the claim. Down in the United States, research is going into hoverskates (for one man), hovercars, hover- trains, and a sports hoverlaunch which should be on the market next year. These hovercars will operate over water, land, ice or snow, and would be an excellent answer to the problems we now face with our motor car; whether to have it undercoated in hopes of defeating the salt on the highways; whether to have the tires cut, or snow tires installed; whether to buy a radio, or a warm overcoat. In our treacherous winter climate, the hover- car would be an excellent idea. It would also be the answer to those traffic hazards who insist on skidding their tires, screaming their brakes, and generally reducing nerves to hom- ogenous quivering jelly. IS LIFE PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODER1CH, Ontario Telephone 1011 Box 478 45-17-b 50-tfb