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Clinton News-Record, 1961-05-18, Page 2Page. 2— Clinton News -Record ---Thursdays May 1% 1961 Editorials... Ant F reworks Legislation Not Enough! "Laws, in themselves, are not suf- ficient to eliminate the tragic annual toll of serious injuries, which still occur throughout Canada each Victoria Day, as a result of the sale, purchase and unsupervised use of fireworks. Only the most rigid enforcement of adequate laws, at all levels of govern- ment, backed by severe punishment for offenders, can bring about the desired results." In Making this statement, a spokes- man for the Canadian Underwriters' Association, noted that in the United States, more persons have been killed by fireworks .during Independence Day celebrations than were killed during the war which brought about that inde- pendence! Those who claim that fireworks are not dangerous might consider a few of last year's accident reports, collected by the National Society for the Pre- vention of Blindness; "A four-year-old was struck in the eye with a cap -pro- pelled plastic fireworks toy. Doctors were unable to save his sight." "A so- called 'harmless' sparkler burned both eyes of a 12 -year-old girL" "A home- made grenade injured both eyes and burned the hands of a 16 -year-old boy who may face blindness from a retinal detachment." The C.U.A, urges all Canadian citi- zens to take every precaution to prevent their children from becoming fireworks statistics. What Others Say .. . Accidents Can Be Exciting The Ontario Safety League quotes this column from Robert D. Gidel Are you bored with it all? Are you looking for a new horizon? Have an accident. Accidents can open up a whole new exciting world for you. You'll see places and. experience sensations like way out there, You'll meet pretty young nurses— and probing doctors. You'll learn how emergency wards, operating rooms, surgeons and other specialties function—first hand. You may get a stub or scar which will make an ideal conversation piece. You can write a best seller on, "How I 'Was Brought Back from the Brink," or "How A Cripple Can Up His Income." You may get your name in the paper. Maybe even get a headline like "Drunk Runs into School Bus." You can collect on that accident insurance you've been pouring money down the drain on so long. You may deduct your time lost from work on your income tax return. You may sit around the house while recuperating and catch up on all the daytime TV shows. You can solicit sympathy you'd never get otherwise, maybe even from the kids and spouse. Your physical system will be in- jected with all sorts of drugs and stimulants. The wife might get to go to work, the older kids drop out of school, and so enrich their experiences. Water Safety Week If you're going swimming At the river or the beach, Be sure you've a companion Who is within your reach. There are so many tragedies We read of every day; And most of them are needless, Just people at their play. In the midst of a vacation One more life is cut short; It never need have happened With just a little thought. So while you're having lots of fun, Just THINK, for safety's sake. Remember all the safety rules This summer by the lake. G.F.H. No Privacy? (Oshawa Times) People recuperating now from the nauseating task of making last -Minute income tax returns may derive some consolation from the knowledge that since Babylonian times and before, men have hated income tax. There is this anguished entry in the diary of Dr. John Knyveton, dated January 12, 1799: "The rapacity and greed of the government go beyond all limits. It is now proposing to place a tax on incomes! Those with $280-$300 a year to pay a fortieth, part and above $560 a tenth. It is a vile Jacobin juinp- ed up jack in office impertinence. Is a true Briton to have no privacy? Are the fruits of his labor and toil to be picked over farthing by farthing by pimply minions of bureaucracy?" Yes, doctor, they are. The doctor may have to put you on a regimen to cure some of your bad habits. You might have to learn a new trade to replace the old one you can't continue and didn't like anyway. So live modern. Have an accident. Experience can be a good teacher—if you live through it. Status Symbol (Industry) The 'status symbol to end all status symbols must surely be the "dream car" bought by a certain Mr. Bobby Darin who, it is said, sings for a living, much to the delight of the teen-age set. Custom-made at a cost of $100,000, the car in question is a 500 h.p. four - foot high sedan with a transparent roof, disappearing headlights, and a thirty - coat lacquer finish made of (hold on to your hat, gentle reader) fish scales and diamond dust. Bought just for kicks, no doubt. Old Fashioned? The town of Seaforth merchants considered the possibilities of going modern with a Friday ' night shopping date, but this spring voted against the idea, and are sticking to Saturday night. After the announcement was made, the St. Marys Journal -Argus comment- ed editorially upon the matter, saying, "Clinton and other nearby towns have stores open on Friday evenings, but the Seaforth people apparently are not yet quite convinced that the old-time Sat- urday night has gone way of the horse —and what was that rig it pulled?" Then the daily newspapers had a few words to say. But Seaforth Chamber of Com- merce isn't getting excited. , "We won't worry if they think us an old-fashioned horse and buggy town," commented the chairman of the merchants committee. "The main thing is that Seaforth merchants have real old-fashioned prices. A nickel really means five cents in Seaforth!" They Wanted The Press (Elmira Signet) It must have sounded as music to all the representatives of the newspaper profession to learn that Preston town council in, their proposed talks with Galt on integration have requested that press be present at all future talks or there will be no talks at all. It was pointed out that some Pres- ton officials would not attend the meet- ing, if there were no reporters present to ensure fair play. For once the tables have been changed. It is no longer the press who needs to assure its readers, that by be- ing present and reporting the proceed- ings it ensures fair play towards the citizens whether the fact is conceded or not. But it certainly is something new that press has been requested to assume role of a guardian angel to ensure fair• ness in the talks, What better proof is needed that the press is here to protect the democratic procedure? Clinton Ne'ws4ecord THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 0 ABC), + 4'40 till sutscf rPrioN 1 ATt Authorized as THE CLINTON NEWS-REORD Amalgamated 1924 Eat. Publlshed every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population 3,806 s A. Lr COLQUHOUN, Publisherr WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor Payable 3iCi advdtgee Caiiii .a and area Britain: OW a year `Iifrit6d States arid arelglr: $4.00; Single Copies 'lien Cents beconA Mass mail, Post Office Departnient, Ottatita From Our Early Files 40 Years Ago CUNTON N1 WS-ftECORJ . Thursday, May 19, 1921 The Central ExperiMen:tal Farm at Ottawa has leased the Clinton flax mill for two years from Mr. S rothers, who rec- ently purchased it from Merrier Bros., and will operate it as a demonstration, station. The mill at Ottawa was destroyed by fire recently. Emerson. Libby, 18, son of the manager of the Clinton Knitting Company, Limited, was electrocuted in Owen Sound while painting a garage on Ninth Street. He had re- mained in Owen Sound when the knitting plant was closed to "lay up" the machines and had then taken the employment which, resulted in his death. The • printing outfit of the former Dungannon News has been purchased by a Mea'ford man and is being removed to that town. Robert Campbell, son of the late Robert Campbell, former lighthouse keeper at Goderich, was: drowned off Whitefish Poinit in. Saturday's gale when the tow barge "Mistoc" on which he was mate, was lost. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, May 19, 1921 Morgan Agnew, who has, sp- ent the pant few months in Fort William returned to town last week. Miss Frances Nickawa, tal- ented Cree entertainer, gave a recital of Pauline Johnson's poems and Indian legends in the Ontario Street Methodisit Church, appearing in Indian costume. Dr. Gandier has had a hedge planted all around his home winch when full grown will take the place of the board fence. Lock Cree purchased the old stone foundation of the old; rink and will use it as a foundation for his house on Mary Street. He has had the house raised and a cellar is being dug. Alex Murdock, clerk of the village of Hansell, is spending a week or so with his daugh- ter, Miss Alexia, at Brantford. Jacob Schroeder, who recent- ly sold his farm to his son, has rented a house in Dashwood. 25 Years Ago CI'.INTON NF,WS-IZI COALI) Thursday, May 14, 1930 Ad McCartney has sold his grey team and purchased a pair of bisek ones. "Ad" likes a mice team and always keeps thein in. first cl'as's condition. Olive Dlizaheth, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John $ehoenhals, was married to George A. Mc- Cague, Toronto, Rev. Kenneth McGoun performed the cere- mony, It was discovered that J. J. Huggand, well-known lawyer of Seaforth, had left town and that a number of bearer bonds belonging to clients were mis- sing. The loss is estimated at between $75,000 and .$100,000 much of it belonging to elderly people and widows, In spite of the depression, from which, farmers claim to have suffered as much as any- one, Goderidh Township finds itself in excellent financial conn clition. Every cent of resident taxes has been paid, with a balance of less than $190 due on property owned by non- residents, 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, May 1'7, 1951 Chief Fernand has arranged with Boy Scouts to help at the matin intersection and the Clinton Grill corner at school hours. They wear white 'belts and are doing a real "good turn" daily. An event of more than usual interest will be marked quietly on Sunday, May 20. It was. on May 20, 1891, that John W. Shaw, M.D., first began prac- ticing medicine in Clinton, and 60 years lamer still is carrying on in his chosen profession. Taxp'ay'ers approved the er- ection of a $300,000 public sch- ool 265-162. Dr. John Shaw, who will be 90 in July, was the oldest person to cast a vote. He is strongly in favour of the new school. An offer of $400 from W. D. Wells was accepted for the purchase from the Town of Cl- inton; of the lot and shed on King Street, owned by the town and formerly the prop- erty of Wesley -Willis United Church and used as a driving shed. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B. 'r SMILEY) There's something missing in my life this spring. I've been feeling restless and unfulfilled lately, and didn't know what was the matter. But I've real- ized what it is I'm lonely for my old house. Since we moved here last September, we've lived in a rented place, .and while it's 'a good house, it hasn't the charac- ter of the old place. There's nothing falling down, or heav- ing, or torn up. Everything is as neat, tidy and uninspired as the exterior of a shoe -box. Other years, about this time of year, I'd be excitedly plann- ing +all sorts of repairs, renova- tions and improvements, as I walked around my haggard half,acre. Once the first fever of the trout season had abated, I'd wake a tour of inspection, usually on a sunny Saturday in May. * * :K First, I'd check the ruts in the lawn, made by the coal truck, Depending on what kind of winter we'd had, these orevass'es ran from a few inch- es deep to more than a foot, I'd measure their depth with a practised eye, shake my head admiringly at the skill of the truck driver in hitting the soft- est spot in the lawn, and mut- ter, "If a fellow just had ab- out a truck -load of fill and some grass seed ... " Then I'd nosey around to the back and check the clothes -line. The Old Lady used to give me quite a bit of trouble over that. About four .times each spring, she'd ,haul me into the back- yard, wave hysterically at all the fine, sturdy, upright clotheslines of our neighbors', and point, speechless with rage and shame, at ours. It wasn't the rush that made her so mad. It was the way the line gently sagged in the middle, as soon as she put anything heavier than a pair of panties on it. Pole at the far end was rotten, and kind of leaned toward the house, let- ting the line down to about two feet off the ground. And every May, I'd look at it and 'Murmur, "If a fellow could just get hold of a good, straight oedar pole about 15 feet . . ." k ,K * Then I'd poke around into my patio and look at my shingles. They fell down there when I had the new roof put any seven years ago. Each sp- ring, I'd kick them over, so they'd dry on the bottom. I always .figured that when they were well dried, I'd tie them in bundles and sell them for kindling. "If a fellow could get 10 cents a bundle for them, even . . ." Then I'd turn over a few spadefuis 'off earth in my gar- den. I had dug that little plot, the whole four square feet of ,iit, six years ago. It wouldn't grow carrots or radishes or green onions but it produced some of the best fishing wornr5 you ever sawthose skinny red ones that the trout really go for. "Say, you know, if a fellow started' breeding these things seriously , . ." * * * Satisfied that my warms had wintered well, I'd give the cedar hedge a routine check. When we first moved PETER'S Modern MEAT Market HU 2.9731 "The Home of Quality Meats" SMOKED PICNIC HAMS 39c ib. COOKED HAM c,uararrfeeri IEon) 79c Ib. LUNCHEON MEAT LOAF , 59c Ib. This week we feature .. Stable Fed BABY BEEF Try a Roast or Steak, you'll have our guarantee that they are the tenderest you have ever eaten. Officers in Clinton Collegiate's Cadet Corps, from the left are: Cdt. Lt. John Masse, Cdt. Capt. F. Yeo, Cdt. Lt. W. Fremlin, Cdt, Major John Harris, Cadet Major K. Allen, Cdt. Lt. P. Brand, Cdt. Major C. Bartliff, Cdt. Lt. D. Roorda, Cdt. Capt. D. Seruton, Cdt. Lt. A. Cochrane, Cdt. Lt, K. Engelstad. (News -Record Photo) Quick Canadian Quiz 1. Which province has the greatest area of land classed as suitable for agriculture? 2. What is the major cause of death among Canadians? 3. Canadians in what occupa- tion have the highest average income? 4. In 1960 which had the greater value, Canada's imports or exports? 5. In the past ten years how many persons have emigrated' from Canada to the United States? ANSWERS: 5, About 350,- 000 persons. 3, Consulting en- gineers and architects. 1. Al- berta, 140,000 square miles; about one-half is now being farmed. 4. Imports had a value of $5,548 million, exports, a value of $5,400 million. 2. •Dis- eases of the heart and arteries. to the old house, it was about twelve feet high. Every spring, I tried to figure out a way of trimming it. And every spring it was a foot higher. Then the maiples and spruce started growing up tihrought the cedar, and it was so pretty I just let it go. It must be twenty feet high by now. "But if I wanted to thin it, I'll bet I could get some good timber out of there . .." Next part of my annual in- spection was the cellar. I'd go down there,reatly for anything. And that's just what I'd find in it—anything from a beaver pond to potatoes right out of the cellar floor. I used to pick Up a shovel, move some ashes from here to there ,then get absorbed in restuffing the broken window with a burlap sack, and finally, head upstairs, mumbling, "If a fellow could just get somebody to take those ashes out of there ..." * There were dozens o f other little jabs to plan:— painting the trim; putting up the section of fence the kids knocked down three Hallo- weens shack; putting n e w panes in the storm windows; tearing down the leaky ,drain- pipes. Each of them took oarefui, 'accurate figuring on time involved, and money for materials. And you know, I miss all that. There's something about thatgood, old spring tour of inspection that is vital and sat- isfying. It just makes you want to get right at thingsand'•plan them. After years of planning, this year I feel like a gentle- man farmer without a faun, I never gotaround to doing an6'' of those jobs around the old place, But if I say it my- self, there was nothing wrong with the plans. BELL LIQ [+:S by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager Back in 1911, 246 telephone people gathered in Boston for the first convention of The Telephone Pioneers of America. Today, 50 years later, the tri - • 1975 1911 S angular emblem shown here is • O F AMERICA • worn by 202,000 men and wo- men throughout North ,America who proudly call themselves Pioneers. There are 12,000 Pioneers in Canada and this month many of them will gather in Toronto for the 21st Convention of the Charles Fleetford Sise Chapter—an all -Canadian chapter. Mrs, Mary Jordan and Mrs. Jessie Hart, Clinton, are Pioneers in the Clinton community. All Pioneers here as elsewhere have one important thing in common --they must have completed 21 years of service in the telephone busi- ness. The word "service" is probably the key to the Pioneer movement. On the job the Pioneer like his fel- low employees devotes his time to service — telephone service. How natural then for the Pioneer to spend his leisure time serving his fellow employees and h i s community. You'll find the Pioneer visiting the sick, help- ing his fellow Pioneers, promoting hobby inter- ests and taking an ac- tive role in community projects, It's this spirit of service that has kept the Pioneer org- anization thriving over the years. It has made them a credit to the telephone industry, to their fellow employees and to their commun- ities. Mrs. Mary Jordan is shown here at her job. # F Do you remember names easily? Or are you like a friend we know who calls everyone "Doctor" or "Colonel" because he can never remember names? When he Meets two people at the same time and can't recall their names he introduces them like this: "Oh, by the way Doctor have you met the colonel here?" Then there's the sneaky type voila says, "Say, what was your last name again?" He hopes the fellow will give him his full name. And there's the fearless type who recklessly says the first name that comes into his head on the assumption that 80 per cent of the time he'll be right. We've all probably tried at least one of these tactics at some time or other, which just goes to show that our memory isn't always as good as we think it is. The same thing applies to telephone numbers. It's a lot safer to look the number up in the directory or Blue Book of Telephone Numbers and write it down before dialing. This will save the em- barrassmelnt and delay of reaching a wrong number and we won't have to say, "cops, sorry Doctor, I was trying to reach the colonel!" Shopping Begins in the Pages Of This Newspaper Business and Professional Directory INSURANCE H. E. HARTLEY All Types of Life Term Insurance -- Annuities CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Phones: Office HU 2-9747 Res. HU 2-7556 THE MVIcKILLOP MUTUAL. F641E INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers: President, John L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, John H. MVlcEwing Blyth; secre- tary -treasurer, W. E. South- gate, Seaforth. Direct:rs: John H. McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris Leon- hardt, Bornhoinx; Norman Tre- wartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alex- ander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth: Harvey F`ullet', Gude- rich; Wm. R. Pepper, Seaforth; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wm. Leiper, Jr., Lon- desboro; V. X. Lane, R.P. 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Bolter, Brussels: James Xecee, Seaforth; Harold Squirm, Clinton. A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4��682 33 HAMILTON STREET +GODERICH JA 4-7562 REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker Hight Street -- Clinton PHONE HU 2-6692 PU3LIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTAN1 Goderloh, Ontario Telephone BaX. JA 4-9521 478 RONALD G. McCANN PUBLICACCOUNTANT Office tuid Residence R.attenbtliy Street Bast Phone HU 2.9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRI.3T Eyes Examined OPTICIAN Oculists' l'rescniptions Filled Includes Adjustments At No Further Charge Clinton—Mondays Only Ph. HU 2-7010 9.00 a,m, to 5.30 p.tn. Above Hawkins Hardware 5eaforth--Weekdays except Mondays, ground floor. Phone 791 O. B. CLANCY, O.D. �-- OPTOMETRIST" * For Appointment Phone JA 4.1251 GODERICH 38-tttlb