Clinton News-Record, 1961-07-20, Page 2airport. That's the worst of
air travel. You lose all the
time gained in flight by endless
bus and taxi rides into the city.
Our time was our own, of
course, but it must be annoy-
ing to anyone in a hurry, or to
someone who doesn't know the
set-up.
Another couple staying at the
hotel were English, but his
brother, now retired, had been
in the Royal Bank of Canada,
manager of various branches
through Ontario and later in
Toronto. No matter where we
go we can find someone inter-
esting to talk to.
Four weeks from now we
will be on the Queen Eliza-
beth, bound for home. I like
boat travel, which includes the
advantages of a luxury hotel as
well as transportation. But I
rather think I won't be able
to resist going by air if I ever
again have the opportunity,
Regards to all.
Catherine.
Letter to the Editor
Sirs:
Please find enclosed cheque
for $4.00 to apply on year's
subscription of your paper.
We have been away from
Clinton for 57 years but still
find items of interest in it,
Our last visit was in June,
1957.
Wishing you success.
Sincerely,
W. E. Sheppard,
Lynden, Wash.,
July 12, 1961.
SUGAR and SPICE...
Well, here I am 'back on the
treadmill of t. summer cou'r e
for teaphers, Nothing has eh-
anged much since I was here
before, last year, when I be -
gen what may tuna out to be
one of the most brief and bril-
liant teaching Careers on rec-
ord, Or may not,
The fellow with the big,
pneumatic c3rUl s+tarte at the
same unholy hour, right be-
low my window, as last year,
The lisp of rules in me cubicle
is the same as last year, sug-
gesting that residents are not
prohibited from introducing
hooch, but stating flatly that
deliveries of beer will not be
accepted at the porter's lodge,
Most of the familiar fares
are back, but a few are nits -
sing. It reminds me of the old
days on the •Squadron, when
we'd come back from leave and
bind new faces in the mess, and
learn that Paddy and Jock
and Tony had "gone missing."
It appears that Bud, a stout
chap who was in real estate,
was shat down ire the wilds
of Western Ontario. George, a
refugee from a big electrical
firm, didn't return from a
mission to Peterboro. Jim, a
former insurance salesman,
crashed on takeoff and is re-
peating the course. Mrs. K.,
who thought teaching would'
be better than keeping house,
had to be taken to an institu-
tion right after the Christmas
exams.
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Most of them completed their
first tour of operations, how-
ever. My old side -kick, Squire,
degree from Cambridge and 10
years as an accountant, is
right across the hall. Young
Pete, fresh out of industry, the
good-looking kid who must have
those Grade 11 girls in a frenzy,
has made the grade and likes
the trade.
Father O'Hooligan, the jolly
Jesuit from County Cork, is
with us again, Mrs. J., who
was about sevens -months preg-
nant last summer, has accom-
plished her mission, end is slim
as a snake this year. Old Jock,
thick Scots accent and Bohem-
ian -newspaper world behind him
has joined us. And young Jeanie
with the dark brown hair, who
doesn't look old enough to be
he Grade 12, let alone teach it,
is there to make us feel fath-
erly, as well, as look it.
The above is a typical cross-
section of the people who are
taking the course with me.
They come from all runs of
fife. Not walks. In age, they
are well above the average of
the teacher entering the pro-
fession in normal times. That
is. before +the war boom in
babies, who are here now, thank
you, and all set to be educated.
Not to mention -the increase int
teachers' salaries.
Most of them wouldn't have
touched teaching with the
proverbial ten -foot pole, when
they first graduated from col-
lege, because of the shobby pay
and the shabby treatment of
the profession.
These have changed. As a
result, people whose experience
adds up to thousands of years,
in the arts, business and indus-
try, are entering the teaching
profession.
This, in my far -from -hum-
ble opinion, is going to pour
a rich transfusion into the veins
of teaching.
Those who went into teach-
ing have carried on, bravely,
BUSINESS COLLEGE OFFICIALS
TO BE HERE TUESDAY
W CARLTON WELLS
LEW SHORT
W.. Carlton Welds and Lew Short of WELLS
ACADEMY in London WiLL VISIT THE CLINTON
AREA ON TUESDAY, JULY 25th. They will discuss
business education on an elementary and college
level basis with young men and women from the
area who are interested in Careers as secretaries,
stenographers, junior accountants and executives.
They represent the largest business training organ-
ization in Western Ontario with schools in London,
Woodstock, Hamilton, Stratford and Kitchener,
Mr. Wells and Mr. Short will be located at
HOTEL CLINTON from 1.30 p.m. to 3.30 p.m.,
and ail young people aesirous of a business edu-
cation are urged to visit them. If you With specific
details, write to WELLS ACADEMY, 306 KING
STREET, LONDON. 29p
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IP4ige 2— -Clinton News -Record —.Thur ay, .)Ply 24, 1961
Editorials.
New School Almost A Certainty
IT APFFARS almost a certainty
that a vocational school, valued at an
estimated million dollars, with a capac-
ity for 570 secondary school pupils will
be built in Clinton on the campus of
Clinton District Collegiate Institute.
On the local level this school will
cost the people of Huron County no
money. True, the grants which come
from the dominion and provincial gov-
ernments are made up of tax dollars.
But they will not be raised from levies
upon Huron County properties at the
local level.
This then, amounts to an outright
gift for Huron people.
Since there are no large urban
centres in our county, we have been
hard put, to provide education oppor
tunities for our young people, without
levying what is considered "too high"
a mill rate upon real estate.
Now, this rural area will be able
to provide a more equal opportunity to
the children growing up in this area.
We have heard some slight puzzle-
ment that the school board members
have not asked the councils of their
municipalities about this school build-
ing. The main reason is that at the out-
set (in fact until last week), board
members themselves were not very well
informed about the'proposed new school,
its cost, and the way in which they
could operate it. •
As they gained more knowledge,
and they realized that the cost would be
little (if any) 'higher per pupil, to edu,
tate pupils in the vocational part of
such a new school, then there was less
need to approach the local councils on
the matter,
A secondary school board is ap-
pointed by municipalities "to provide
• adequate accommodation for pupils
"and shall establish and maintain a high
or vocational school in the high school
district in which it has jurisdiction".
That is a quotation from the schools
act, which sets forth plainly what the
duty of the school board is.
Subject only to Section 31 of the
Act, which deals with the need (if such
exists) of raising money for building,
the board "may provide for the loca-
tion, erection, maintenance and man-
agement of the schools so established."
It would appear that the respon-
sibility lies with the board. Only if
they had needed money, would it have
been in order for them to approach the
local councils.
Of course, there was nothing to
stop any municipal council from calling
in their own representative and hearing
from him what was being planned. We
have not heard of any Huron municipal-
ity being that interested.
We understand now, that the boards
in the four co-operating school districts
do plan to invite the municipal councils
to sit in on a meeting for information
which they may require.
What Others Say ..
Crisis For Huron Hospitals
(Wingham
THE I-'_OSPI^ALS in Huron County
aro being a real crisis. Crowded to the
very doors, they cannot find the money
to add snore beds. If you doubt the
urgency of the situation take a walk
through the corridors of our own hos-
pital almost any week of the year.
Things are a little better than usual
right at the present time. We have only
a couple of dozen more patients than the
hospital is supposed to accommodate. At
times last winter there were 140 patients
in this hospital — which theoretically
contains only 96 beds.
The Seaforth hospital has been con-
demned by provincial authorities. It
must be completely replaced by a 50 -
bed hospital at a cost of approximately
$750,000. Clinton has had to add a new
wing, as has Exeter. Goderich is over-
crowded and one wing is no longer sup-
posed to be used for patient care. The
same is true in Wingham.
If you are among the uninitiated,
you will say, "Kick out some of the old
people who are taking up all the beds."
That is a cheap and very common form
of advice nowadays. If, however, you
happen to know what you are talking
about, you will realize that every hospi-
tal in the county has long since moved
out every patient who can be cared for
in other quarters.
Early this year representatives of
the hospital boards in Huron began a
series of meetings with a committee of
county council and eventually urged
that the county issue debentures for the
Cuts Grass Neat
We bought a new power mower,
It cuts the grass real neat.
We told the children, "Stay away
Or it may cut your feet."
We don't know how it happened;
I was careful, goodness knows;
But sonny's in the hospital
With only half his toes. --- by G.F.H.
Advance -Times
total amount of money required to make
the necessary hospital additions. Though
a proportionate amount was voted by
council for this year only, the debenture
recommendation was turned down.
We aren't blaming county council-
lors for turning down the suggestion.
They are motivated by a perfectly hon-
est desire to contain county spending,
so that taxpayers will not blame their
reeves for increased levies. They are
elected to office and know they will
have to answer for their decisions next
December.
The hospital question is still wide
open. No one can suggest where the
funds are to be found. It may not con-
cern you too deeply at the moment, but
believe us, when your wife or your child
is seriously sick and your own hospital
has no beds left, you will be the first to
realize that an answer simply must be
found—and soon.
How's That Again
(Kincardine News)
BY AND LARGE, farmers are
not given to bragging of their wealth
or recounting great returns made in
any year from their agricultural pur-
suits. Certainly not of late.
Urban dwellers can not always
understand this situation, no more than
the Iady who went into a supermarket.
She purchased a carton of cigarettes,
four cakes of soap, two bottles of hand
lotion, a jar of face cream, a pair of
work gloves, a package of knitting
needles, four flashlight batteries, two
magazines, a phonograph record, six
tumblers, a case of soft drinks, 25
pounds of dog food, a quart of milk, a
dozen eggs, a TV dinner and a package
of frozen chicken.
As she paid her bill, she complain-
ed. "Food is so expensive nowadays,
No wonder the farmers are getting
rich."
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From Our Early Files
40 Years Ago
C 4NTON NAW
T1alarsday, July 21, 1921
Among typewriting record's
published by the 'United Type-
writing Co,, .the Clinton; School
of Commerce ranks first. Many
students here spend only nine
nlenths, cot wared with three
years in commereial high
schools.
"As clothes are •ta the Body,
so are wallpapers to the Horne,"
advertised the W. D. Fair Co.
Often the cheapest --always the
best.
Ethel Hogg ,and Annie Turn-
er were highest for town and
country students writing en-
trance results,
Frank Ser uton is learning
the plumbing business with T,
W, Hawkins,
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, July 16, 1936
Douglas Kennedy is spending
a fortnight in Pennsylvania,
studying the building, fixing and
operation of a new single -head
full-fashioned knitting machine.
Stewart Baird, Ray Pepper
and Randal Pepper .spenit a few
days visiting Mr. and Mns. Lorne
Pepper, Niagara Falls.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Shaw sail
an the Duchess. of Bedford from
Montreal on July 17 on the Pil-
grimage to Vinay.
New honey was offered by A.
F. Oudinare, "Ask for Cud'-
more's and get the best".
40 Years Ago
vL1NxQN NPWS-1 ECO4A
Thursday July 21, 1921
Charlie Quong 'and Jung Jan,
Toronto, have taken a lease on
the store on, Albert Street tor-
merly oecuPied by J, A, Irwin,
merchant, and are fitting it up
for a restaurant.
Civic Holiday in, Clinton oto
Anzgust 1, will include morning
baseball games; football ii the
afternoon and baseball in the
evening; a •concert in the re-
creation park and a carnival. in
front of the grandstand,
W. T, Hawkins was installed
Nobie Grand of the IOOF.
Kirk Lyon, Toronto, is spend-
ing his vacation with hiss par-
ents in Londesboro,
Miss E. Mogridge, Auburn,
was successful in passing her
normal examination.
Local barbers have decided to
'bake Monday evening as well as
Wednesday afternoon and even-
ing off eh week.
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, July 19, 1951
53 Orange Lodges took part
in the Walk at Bayfield on
Thursday ,afiternoon,
The first Air Radio Officer
Course graduated seven offic-
ers: S/L D. G. Forest F/L G.
C. Wmttington, F/L T. Ianson,
F/L K. A. Wark, F/O M. L.
Boulton, F/O T. J. Banks 'and
F/O Fraser Caldwell.
Clinton LOBA won the prize
for best dressed ladies lodge
and Miss Gladys Collins placed
first for best lady drummer.
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Letter From Paris...
Miss Kay Plumtree, now
nearing the end of a lengthy
holiday in England and on the
continent, writes to tell of her
trip to Paris:
"Our air trip to Paris was, a
jewel of a journey and the night
flight home in a new Vanguard
proved to be a fitting climax.
After crossing the channel at
16,000 feet, we were told that
we were landing toward the
west at London airport, which
meant flying over Central Lon-
don. The cabin lights were ex-
tinguished so that we would
have a better view of the pan-
orama below.
T h e Thames shimmered
faintly +beneath the jewelled
crescents of the bridge and the
parks were dark islands of mys-
tery. Jewels on black velvet
slanted slowly into an incred-
ibly steep hill as we banked
once more for landing. The
lights outlining the runway
slipped past with increasing
speed and then we were dawn
with only the faintest of jars.
In Paris, our planned excur-
sions (a bus trip around the
city and a boat trip on the
Siene) proved less rewarding
than our own informal travels
on bus and Metro (under-
ground). We walked and win-
dow-shopped up one side of the
Champs Elysees to the Arc de
Triomphe and down the other
to the Place de la Concorda
with frequent stops at side-
walk cafes for tea, ice cream
or soft drinks as the fancy
book us. It was a pleasantt
leisurely way to spend the day.
I couldn't get flashbulbs to
fit my camera in England but
they had them in Paris for
9 NF (new francs) for six
which is quite expensive.
One of our pleasant impres-
sions of Paris: the brick streets
are washed daily with water
which bubbles out of vents at
the top end of the slope (nearly
all Paras streets seem to slope)
and keeps them; clean and
fresh. Some Canadian cities
could take lessons!
Another pleasant impression:
The young German on the auto -
bus which took us from the
aiepoet to the air terminal, who
came to the aid of ant elderly
fellow -countrywoman who did
not' speak French and had no
French money for the fare. He
offered the correct fare to the
conductor and explained in
English "I also am German
+and it is my duty." Duty is
usually a harsh word, but not
as he said it. He tirade it seem
synonymous with privilege.
Otir hotel was comfortable,
although located in en area not
easily accessible by bus. Zt took
a bit of map studying to be
sure we were going in the
right direction, and even then
we were wrong a couple of tire,
es. Our room looked old-fash-
ioned and odd to us art first,
with the site bath 'alon+gsid'e the
basin., and the toilet located
far away at the end of the
eori.Yidor. But we got eta like
it very well. That sitz bath
was marvellous for soaking tir-
ed feettl
Just before we left the hotel,
two elderly ladies from Inger-
soli,
ngersoli, °Meda, checked in. They
were delighted to see us and
wished we were not leaving,
They were to have been Inert by
a nephew (RCAF) motioned 3n
Germany ,but missed Coirrieic-
bong stmaehiow. We duct not
think orf in at the timer, but
he probably was waiting for
them at the Mr tetrninat which
is a 40,nni it'te ride *vitt the
(By WO. x, Slllru+Ex)
and with dedication, may sneer.
They need not, They are res -
peel and admired, those who
are good at their jobs, by us
newcomers.
We might compare the .old-
ttimera to the "regulars" in
art army. They are the back-
bone, the skeleton of the vast
new structure needed, in war
or emergency..
The new people flocking to
the colors are like war -time
volunteers. There is a great
deal of talent among them.
They bring fresh approaches,
new ideas. Some of them will
be useless, just as some of the
regulars are deadheads.
Down here at the university,
there are thousands of teeach-
ers,taking summer courses.
Many of them, like me, are
merely qualifying, getting their
trade papers. Others are here
to improve ;their financial sstat-
us. No other reason.
Still. others — and bless them
— are here to improve their
skills as teachers. Some are
here solely to get away from
their wives and families for a
few weeks. And bless THE1VI.
4, 4,
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What da we study? Well,
take myself, for example. One
of my courses is Educational
Psychology. I presume that's
all about psychology and edu-
cation.
But they have the Banged
lectures at eight o'clock in the
morning and I haven't been
able to get to one yet.
Then, there's the History and
Philosophy of Education. I have
some pretty good notes on
that course from a fellow who
took it last year, so I don't
have to go to those.
Then I take History and Geo-
graphy The first day. 1 had.
to write my column in the
History Period. The second day,
I had to go to the veteran's
hospital for my annual check-
up, and missed it,
The next time, 1 got a little
mixed up in the timetable and
arrived at 2 pen., to fund the
lecture just ending, But I made
one this week, and it's all a-
bout .Greeks and stuff,
I .also take English, but I
taught that last year, so I knaW
everything there is to know
about it. P.articipies and poems
and metaphors And all like
that. We take Latin, too, but
it's 22 years since I studied
Latin, and there doesn't seem
much point in going back that
far, for a little lousy Latin.
Then, there's Guidance, wh-
ich is all a{bout talking to
teen-agers and getting :them
jobs and things. But I have a
teem, age kid of my own, so
I know all about that, I've
been talking to him and try-
ing to • get him to mow the
lawn all summer.
So there's the course in a
nut -shell. But do you know the
part of the course I like hest
of all? Nt's when I get home
Friday evening,
And a little brown girl says,
"Hi, Dad, smuck, what kept
you so bate, can I go swim-
ming?" And a long lean, brown
kid I wouldn't recognize, if it
weren't for the fact that he's
weaning my best sport shirt,
says, "Hi, Dad, amuck, how'd
you like to take us to the
drive-in?" And a sophisticated,
tanned doll, who bears no re-
lation to the crabby old wife
I had all winter, wraps me up
like an anaconda, and murinurs,
"We missed you!" That's the
part of the course I like.
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