Clinton News-Record, 1961-06-22, Page 2Page 2 ----`Clinton News -Record- •Thirst, .June 22, 1941
Editorial•s .. .
Must Not Be Postponed
THE ESTABLISHMENT of some
sort of planning board, with instructions
to come up with a plan very shortly,
must not be postponed any longer in
the town of Clinton.
Many years ago, (nearly a decade)
a planning board was formed in Clinton.
It worked steadily under the guiding
hand of the former clerk -treasurer and
maps of the town were drawn up, in-
dicating existing industry, existing
commercial area and existing residen-
tial area,
Then, due mainly to the premature
death of Dr. McIntyre, who worked
tirelessly in this project, the whole
thing dropped, and nothing has been
done since.
Why does Clinton need a plan?
Well, the main reason is, so that
people planning to build a home, can
be reasonably assured that a meat pack-
ing plant is not put up right beside
them—or a bowling alley for that mat-
ter, or a dance hall, or a school. The
plan, when followed up with the proper
zoning by-laws gives a householderder
reasonable assurance that his street
will not become a thoroughfare for
trucks, which may endanger his chil-
dren's safety and his family's peace and
quiet.
Proper planning and zoning, also
protects an industry from having a sub-
division opened up on its doorstep all
of a sudden, which presents problems
to that industry in the matter of chil-
dren roaming and larger children in-
vestigating.
Proper planning and zoning also
gives a prospective property owner, or
builder, an opportunity to find out
ahead of time what services are avail-
able to hien,. or are likely to be made
available to him, and also those services
which will only be available to him if
he is willing to pay handsomely for
them.
What are services? Essential
things like sidewalks, sewers, water, hy-
dro, fire protection, schools, etc. These
things a family is entitled to if it is to
live in the manner which modern days
have made the custom.
Clinton as a corporation is facing
a number of serious problems right now.
They are serious, because no matter
which way council decides they will in-
convenience someone.
Take the matter of the opening of
Townsend Street. If some decision is
not made at once concerning the
responsibilities for this street, then the
residents will continue to be plagued
with dust, drainage problems and traf-
fic problems. Yet, if council decides in
favour of the residents, thesubdivider
will be put on the spot
financially. If
they decide in favour of the subdivider,
then the general public in Clinton may
feel unjustly dealt with, when asked to
pay for building streets which could
be assumed was opened by a subdivider
as a business investment.
Now, if Clinton were equipped with
the proper by-laws, the proper planning
and the proper information was avail-
able to subdividers, then it is unlikely
that this type of difficulty would exist.
Arise, Canadians
UNEARTHED FROM the shelves
of Clinton Public Library is a copy of
"The Mission of Love and Other Poems"
by Caris Sima. This was in response to
a request from Fred Sloman last week
for any record of a poem by this
authoress containing the lines, "Arise,
Clintonians, rise to battle" written at
the time of the Boer War.
Caris Sima was the nom de plume
Of Miss Clara Mountcastle, late of Clin-
ton, who once lived with her sisters` in
a house located on the corner of Huron
and Mary Streets. This is where Joe
Murphy's home now stands.
In this home, well -protected from
the highway by trees, shrubs and a
well -kept lawn, the Misses Mountcastle
lived. Clara was a poet. She once wrote
a poem. to HRH Princess Louise, at a
time when she and the Marquis of
Lorne, visited Ottawa in 1880. Clinton's
poet received a standard note of ap-
preciation in reply, which prompted her
to write another poem expressing her
sorrow at not receiving more personal
mention.
The poem Mr. Sloman requested
cannot be found in this particular book,
but one called the "Canadian Battle
Song" may be the one which remains
in Mr. Sloman's memory. We quote one
verse:
"Arise! Canadians arise!
Your patriot work begin;
And step by step, and inch by inch,
Press back the fiend of Sin.
Let not your land, your heart's best love,
13y Sin''s foul foot be trod,
Fight for the love of purity
Of honour and of God."
Though South Africa, even to -day
seems many miles away, to the patrio-
tic Canadian of the late 1800s it must
have been considered very close. In
another part of the poem is the line,
"The foe is marching to your doors."
We hesitate to think what the Misses
Mountcastle would have thought of the
nuclear age, and air travel to England,
Europe and South Africa now.
Caris Sima was a spinster, and not
the least perturbed by this situation.
She produced several poems on the sub-
ject, including "Lines on Being Asked
Why I do not Marry!" Her reason was,
"None to suit me can I see; None that
I could lean on: Mind is much to be
desired, Truth and 'honour are required;
When with these I see one; He doth
always smoke or drink: Who their fate
with such would link?"
She also penned "The Spinster's
Address to Sir John A MacDonald on
the National Policy of 1880" and "The
Spinster's Reproaching Sir John A.
MacDonald on the N.P,, 1881". In each
case she referred to Sir John's protec-
tionist policy, and the last one ends
thus:
"But know not if the counrty feels
Thy rule for good or ill;
But we, poor maids, are left alone
And unprotected still."
What Others Say ..
"D" Is For • Cow
(Uxbridge
LIKE THE SMALL tyke when pre-
sented with a picture of a quart of milk,
pound of butter and wedge of cheese
and asked what product it represented,
we also find ourselves occasionally for-
getting the dairy industry and stating
" 'D'stands for Cow."
Which brings us to the observation
that June is Dairy Month in Canada.
Canadians are singularly fortunate
in having the finest dairy foods avail-
able in abundance. We are still one of
the largest per capita consumers of milk
but our national average is falling down
at the same time as our wages are
making it possible to eat and drink
more of this "almost perfect food" than
ever before. It follows, then, that large
quantities of butter and cheese are in
storage, the dairy farmer is taking a
beating, and the should -be consumer is
supplementing his diet with store-
bought vitamins.
This is not good business. A cow
cannot turn off production because the
market sags. The dairy farmer cannot
get annoyed and go on strike because
the cow, poor bossy, is not, equipped to
wait for arbitration.
Times -Journal)
But we could co-operate with the
dairy industry and all its affiliates and
at the same time do ourselves a good,
healthy turn by drinking an extra glass
of milk, spreading our butter a little
thicker and eating a bit more cheese in
our daily diet. It would be beneficial
both to the consumer and the "C" is
for "dairy industry,"
Enjoy Yourself
It's really most undignified!
It simply isn't done!
But one day you should try,
It's such a lot of fun.
So when the weather's warmer,
(Maybe one day next week),
Just take your shoes and stockings off
And go wading in the creek!
The people living round that way
Will think you flipped your lid;
But I bet you'll enjoy yourself.
(I know I surely did!).---"G:F.1-I:
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In a recent editorial, Hugh
Texnplan of the Fergus !Yews-
Record, one of ,the 40am of the
weekly newspaper field,. au,tlin-
ed` the arduous duties of the
weekly editor. He described a
typical week in the editor's' life.
It was not exaggerated. It
showed the editor working a
killing week, taking an almnost
superhuman role in. the •a'ffairs
of the community, and serving
as a general waling wall and
information service for his read-
ers.
Closing his editorial, he re-
marked that it was no wonder,
in view of all this, that some
weekly editors with college de-
grees were leaving the field for
the .Short hours and high salaries
of the teaehing profession. I
flinched when I read. this, Then
I flushed, I felt like a deserter.
Then I got mad, "Why, the
sonofagun," I thought, "I'll bet
he couldn't stand it fora week."
Before this trickle .of traitors
becomes a stream, hear me out,
old friends in the publishing
business. First, g clip to that
swivel chair with bath hands.
Hook your legs around that
battered desk and hang on. Say
to yourselves ten time a day,
"I'm a happy weekly editor."
Don't even admit that you went
to college.
*
I have just completed one
year of teaching high school
students. On the surface it has
had little effect on either of us.
The students are a little taller,
or fatter, or thinner than when
we !began. Some of the girls
have different colored hair.
Otherwise they are unmarked
by the experience, Nor do I
show any signs of th ordeal.
Aside .from a tic that makes
the left side of my face look
like Boris Karloff every 20
seconds.
But inwardly neither of us
will ever be the same. The
students have had to revise
their ideas about teachers en-
tirely. They began on the third
day of school, when their teach-
er howled, "Turn around, ye
damned gawk!" ,at one of the
class delinquents.
Since that day, we've roared
with laughter together. We've
argued bitterly, with them win-
ning sometimes. We've teased
each other. I've bellowed at
them, and they've glared right
back at me.
And I, too, have had too re-
furbish my notions about teach-
ing and teachers. First of all,
let me say 'it's a grinding, hard
job, mentally and physically. If
the teacher had nothing to do
but impart knowledge, it would
be a cinch. But this is only a
portion of his duties. The resit
of the time, as occasion de-
mands, he is cop, coach, ''coun-
selor, father, mother and baby-
sitter.
* * *
I
don't know whether it's
true or not, but I heard some-
one say the other day than
there are more mental break-
downs in the teaching profes-
sion than any other. It's no
wonder. Recently, I was teach-
ing a sea story by Conrad. I
carefully instructed the kids in
such nautical -terms as port,
starboard, aft, the bridge, the
hold, hatches. Then I gave
them a test.
One girl defined "bridge" as
"a group of hard boards nailed
together to cross a lake, river,
etc." I had to give her a mark,
as I had'n't specified the bridge
of a ship, but I almost had a
breakdowrn, right there. The
same kid told me "starboard"
meant "a board covered with
stars in the captain's cabin, by
which he navigates."
Another boy informed me, in
an essay, that there are more
people drowned in summer than
on highways. I couldn't argue
with him there, but I nearly
bust a gusset when he warned
that we must be careful not to
get caught by the "under -toes"
when swimming.
* * *
Now, about those short hours,
Hugh Templin. Teachers work
from nine to four. Unless they
are coaching a team, directing
a play, helping with the year-
book, or doing one of a hundred
similar tricks, in which case
they are around the factory art
all hours.
Add to this about twenty
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"In the meantime let's not forget to take our :lois off to this one."
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hours of lesson preparatiarv, at
four hours a night, and we find
than teachers work a minimum
of fifty hours a week, a fair
stint in this day and age.
Big salaries? My take-home
pay is a little over $80 a week.
A union Linotype operator or
bricklayer, working the same
hours, would sneer at my pit-
tance. Tawe, 'after fifteen ` to
twenty years of teaching, one
can snake from $8,000 to $10,-
000, depending on qualifications.
There aren't many lawyers or
dentists who aren't doing as
well or better, and in •a lot
less time.
These salaries have been ach-
ieved only in the past couple
a years. They are not the res-
ult of a sudden wave of ben-
evolence
enevolence on the part of school.
boards. They are the direct
result of the rule of supply and
demand. Teachers were scarce
because of the shabby salaries.
Now, the salaries and secur-
ity of teaching are attracting
many of our best and brightest,
the people who should be teach-
ing. This cannot fail to raise
our standard's of education.
* * *
The increase in education
costs hurts the individual tax-
payer. It's going to keep on
hurting. No longer can a boy
quit school at 16, with a Grade
10 education, and hope to find
a happy life. Technology is
rapidly wiping out the laborer.
One man with a power shovel
does the work of twenty ditch -
diggers. The "Harvest Excur-
sion" to the west is a thing
of the past. The machine has
replaced the men once re-
quired.
Here, wait a minute now.
I'm starting to talk about stuff
that is away over my head.
Let's get down to brass facts.
All I can say, about teaching
is that I've never worked hard-
er in my life. But it was worth
it, to see those shy smiles of
gratitude and affection on the
faces of my students, as they
trampled me into the floor on
their way out, the last day of
school,
Don't worry, old friends in
the weekly business. I'm not
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From Our Early F
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, June 23, 1921
Mayor Adam J. McMurray
was ;instrumental in forming
the Huron. County Agricultural
Society with the purpose of
creating a friendly spirit be-
tween the Huron societies, and
to press county council for gr-
ants of at leash $200 per fair.
Tenfairs, were held in the
county.
Hugh Hill, Goderich, placed
ane vote behind W. H. Fraser
at the North Huron Liberal
convention first ballot for pro-
Arida/ member.
Dancing on the green was
pant of the Firemen's' Garden
Party to be 'held in the rec-
reation park. Admission was
25 cents.
Huron County Council has
been approached to pave a
short piece of road at Grand
Bend from Brenner's Hotel to
the lake, about 100 rods.
Sutter -Perdue store was of-
fering a hand power washer
for $11.
Enforcement of headlight
Laws was giving the garages
a brisk trade installing •the
1'atest in headlights.
letting down the team. You
should hear me talking to
these teachers, when they st-
art complaining about how hard
they work. "Why you spoiled,
pampered pedagogues." I tell
them "you don't know What
work is. This is a snap. You're
overpaid a n d underworked.
Naw, vtihen I was in the weekly
newspaper business "
You'll notice, friend Hugh,
that I have carefully avoided
the matter of holidays. This
summer and next, I have to go
to summer school, at consider-
able expense. But, I'm making
plans for the summer of '63.
At first, I thought a trip
to Europe might be nice. But
I've pretty well decided to
spend July and August on a
tour of Canada, dropping in an
weekly editors in my Bermuda
shorts, and letting them cry
on the shoulder of my cool,
crisp sport shirt.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
' Thursday, June 23, 1921
J. A. Irwin, Clinton was
named president of the Huron
County Temperance Association
at the meeting in Ontario • St-
reet United Church.
Doctors will take a weekly
half holiday, starting next Wed-
nesday, but will still be within
can. Central will always • be not-
ified which doctor is on duty.
Jonathan. Hugill was offering.
a bargain on a Gray Dort Sp-
ecial "only gotten into nice
running shape" on which he
would take a Ford as part pay-
ment.
W. Jackson was offering a
Clinton motorcar for $265, used,
A 1917 Ford with three nearly
new tires was offered at a sac-
rifice for $400 cash.
A 48-hour airship service fr-
om. England' to Canada is the
aim of an aerial transport
company. $250 per passenger.
Letter to the Editor
Want TV News
Dear Sirs:
As a subscriber to your pap-
er we feel entitled to a beef.
When we go up to Clinton on
weekends we can never find
any aradio or TV information
in your paper. Clinton and sur-
rounding district must be quite
a size and I ,imagine every
home has a radia or TV and
same times both, yet in order
to find out what is going on
one has to buy a London Free
Press or Toronto Star.
It would seem to me this
addition would improve your
circulation. Writing only with
the best intentions.
Very sincerely,
Mrs. Evelyn Shobbraok
798 Gladstone Ave.
Toronto, 4, Ont.
Ed. Note: Do any other 'readers
feel the same way?
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, June 18, 1936
A college friend of Owen
Combe called an him in Clin-
ton and reported buying hose
made by Clinton Knitting Co.,
wh'il'e shopping in Kingston,
Jamaica.
Ebenezer Church planned a
strawberry social with admis-
sion 35 cents and 15 cents. A
play, "Up the Hill to Paradise"
will .be presented.
The tenth annual live stock
judging competition was held in
Clinton with Ian McLeod in
charge, Frank Archibald, Sea -
forth, won top honours and
Clifford Crozier placed second.
Stewart Bryans, Blyth was tap
senior judge of 'horses.
Summer dresses at A. T.
Cooper's store listed from 98
cents to $2.95, with silk crepes
at $3.95.
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, June 21, 1951
Huron Temperance Federa.-
'titon protested any action by
County Council toward having
the Canada Temperance Act seat
aside. Charles M. Robertson,
God'erich, is president of the
Federation.
J. Ernest Hovey was named
president of the Bayfield Lions.
Lorne J. Brown is president of
Clinton. Lions Club.
Prefabricated huts at RCAF
Station Clinton will be erected
by a Toronto firm •at a cost
of $34,000.
Sheldon Baxter, music teach-
er at Bayfield School, directed
a fine musical program in the
village hall.
Grade 8 pupils from A/V/M
Hugh Campbell Public School
visited the Clinton Collegiate
for a day to see where they
would begin secondary educa-
tion.
The church shed of Wesley -
Wallis United Church was sold
by the town :to W. D. Wells
for $400.
Blinker lights at Brucefield
were advised by a coroner's
jury inquiring into the death of
a Welland man at that .cor-
ner.
Business and Professional Directory
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Ali Types of Life
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ASSURANCE CO.
Clinton, Ontario
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INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE
Representative:
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of Canada
Phones: Office HU 2-9747
Res. HU 2-7556
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Head Office: Seaforth
Offlcerd: President, John L.
Malone, Seafort •; vice-president,
John H. McEwing, Blyth; .secre-
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gate, Seaforth.
Directors: John H. NfcEwing;
Robert Archibald; Chris Leon,
hardt, Eornhoim; Norman Tre-
wartha, Clinton; WM. S. Alex-
ander, Walton; a. L. Malone,
Seaforth: Harvey Fuller, Gide-
rich Wm. R. Pepper, Seaforth;
Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth,
Agents: Wirth Leper, Jr., Lon,
desboro' V. J. Lane, RR. 5, Sea -
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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
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REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate dd Business Broker
High Street -- Clinton
PHONE HU 2-6692
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