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Clinton News-Record, 1961-11-09, Page 2SUGAR and SPICE rfrom our Early Files 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, November 10, 1921 Sam Munro, London, known as Canada's juvenile Harry Lauder, will entertain at the Model School, Reeve Miller asked that three planks be placed on Fulton St- reet for crossing and also for a light over the fire hall dooms. Drillers on the new well have reached a depth of 67 feet, Waterworks debentures for $8,- 000 are on sale, The memorial tablet to 12 boys lost in the great war was unveiled at Willis Presbyterian Church. Major Shaw did the unveiling, The Post Office memorial to 30 Clinton boys who gave their lives in the great war was Un- veiled •by Lt. Col, H. B. Combe during a service there with the veterans, CDOI cadets, regi- mental band and regimental bugle band on •hand. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 10, 1921 A request from a London man to council for permission to open a billiard room was de- nied on motion of Reeve Miller and Councillor Cooper. J. B. Mustard, Brucefield, had a narrow escape from a bad accident on the Bayfield road. A hersedrawn vehicle oc- cupied by Mrs. Richard Burke and two daughters turned left in front of Mr. Mustard's car. The horse balked' and the turn was not made in time. In avoid- ing the vehicle Mr. Mustard turned out to the right and the car rolled on to its top. No one was injured. The annual meeting of the West End Beef Ring in Tuck- ersmith Township is planned at the home of Fred Nett, London Road. Plumsteel Bros. is offering tweed raincoats at $10.98, half price. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-untom. Thursday, November 12, 1936 Clarence Rozell, Clinton, was named president of Huron County Beekeepers' Association last Friday. Principal E, A, Fines report- ed enrollment at the Clinton Collegiate of 173 to board 'mem- bers, Col. Rance, Mr. Pater- son, Mr, Carless, Mr, Finland, Dr. Thompson and Col. Combe, Madeline Ellen Louise Hot- ham, Seaforth became the br- ide of Clayton Evans Laith- waite on Saturday. This is the 40th anniversary of the wedding of Harry Ton Rance of the firm of McMur- chey and Rance, Bankers, El- yth, to Eva Maud Ferrari, Cl- inton, St. Paul's Church choir is putting on "Where's Grandma" in the Town Hall November 24. Wesley-Willis YPU is perform- ing "Eyes of Love", also in the Town Hall, four days earlier. Coffee is 19 cents a pound at the Superior Store. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 8, 1951 Sixteen inches of snow was recorded during the past week. CDCI Beard will request County Council to issue deben- tures for an addition to the collegiate. Stanley and Hullett seem to be opposed to the ad- dition. Clinton's population now st- ands at 2,495. Mrs. J. Murdock, Glasgow, Scotland returned home after spending several months with her daughter, Mrs. J. E. Dale. Miss Wilma Dinnin, Bruce- field, has joined the staff of the News-Record. Huron Trappers Association decided that trappers license fee should be raised to $25 from $5. Mervyn Batkin, Clinton, is president. S. B. Stothers has retired from the agricultural repres- entative service. He was ag rep in Huron from 1918 until 1926. Announcement — NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. is pleased to announce the appointment of W. Lloyd Moore as their representative in 'the Clinton Area. Lloyd will be servicing present New York Life policyholders and will welcome all in- quiries concerning Life, Accident & Health, Group Insurance (large or small) and Pension Plans. NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO. 200 Queens, London, Ont. Business and PrOfessional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON ST. 7 RATTENBURY ST. E. GODERICH CLINTON Phone JA 4-7562 Phone HU 2r7721 I Ise OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined OPTICIAN Oculists' Prescriptions Filled Includes Adjustments At No Further Charge Clinton—Mondays Only Ph. HU 2-7010 9,00 a.m. to 5.30 p,m. Above Hawkins Hardware Seaforth—Weekdays except Mondays, ground floor. Phone 791 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — Por Appointment Phone JA 4.7251 GODERICH 38-tfb INSURANCE THE WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Head Office, DUNGANNON Established 1878 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Brawn Smyth, R 2, Anbern; Vive-Tres., Hereon Ir- Win, Belgrave; Directors, Paul. Caesar, R.1, Dungannon: George C. Feagan, Goderich; Ross Mc- Phee, R. 3, Auburn; Donald MacKay, Ripley; Jelin. F. Mae- Lennan, R. 3, Goderich; Frank Thompson, IL 1, Holyrood; Wm. Wiggins, R. 3, Auburn. For information on your in- sUrance, call your nearest direc- tor who is also an agent, or the secretary, Durnin Phillips, Dun= gasman, phone Dungannon 48 4b . 27 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 McKILLOP MUTUAL. FrFIE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers: President, John L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, John H. McEwing, Blyth; secre- tary-treasurer, W. E. South- gate, Seaforth. Directors: John H. McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris Leon- hardt, Bornholm; Norman 'rre- wartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alex- ander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth: Harvey Fuller, Gode- rich; Wm. R. Pepper, Seaforth; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wm. Leiper, Jr., Lon- desbero: V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; James Xeyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Goderich, Ontario Telephone Box JA 4-9521 478 REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker High Street — Clinton PHONE Hu 24691 11.111111=1111111111111111111W BEEF at it s BEST Sirloin Steak Round •Steak Mont Steak All Wing Steak One Steak Roast Price Sirloin Tip Roast Rump Roast Boneless Pot Roast Fresh Ground Beef Young Beef Liver Beef Heart--Beef Tongue 73Clb. 49c lb. 39c lb. 39c piece OXTAILS - PETER' Modern MEAT Market HU 24731 (By W. B. T. SHILEY) cause it is obvious that in 20 years there won't be many World War I vetrans left, and in 30 years they'll be virtually extinct, I find that a depres- sing thought in more ways than one. Personally, I hate to miss the annual parade to the Cen- otaph. At our school, we have an impressive remembrance ceremony. We always formed up at the Legion Hall, with a great bust- ling among the color party and the parade-master. The Scouts and Guides would tag on the end to swell our meagre ranks. To the inevitable strains of Colonel Bogey, we swung sm- artly down the main street. Stern and straight we marched looking neither to left nor right except to nod at friends or grin at" our kids or wave to our wives. When we halted at the Ceno- taph, there would be a big crowd — maybe 40 or 50 — gathered there. Everybody would be looking pretty ser- ious. It was always cold. The Mayor read the names of the fallen, and the wind would snatch them up and throw bits of them into the crowd. A representative from each of the town's organizations placed a wreath, with varying degrees of self - consciousness. Then- came the call for indiv- idual wreaths. YOu blamed the wind for making your eyes wat- er as one or two women, lone, swollen with memory of lost son or husband, went awkward- ly forward, * * At the flagpole, his post of honor, stood the Old Legion- naire. He had fought in the first one, and he had lost his son in the second one. And when he lowered the flag and bowed his head, and the colors dipped, and the Last Post sh- ivered in the cold, and the town bell tolled in the silence that followed, there was a big, pain- ful lump in your throat. And then, with the jaunty hoot of Reveille, the dying was ended and life began again. The shouted command, the lively march tune of the band, brou- ght the wanted release from sadness, and we swung off merrily enough. And after the service, the warmth of the Legion Hall, with good friends, good fellow- ship, good refreshments and good stories by the hour. Ah, I'm sorry I won't be there this year. I'll miss every bit of it. Except the bit where I catch a phenomenal blast from my wife for arriving home 12 hours after the parade. * * And right in the middle is the Canadian Government, In deference to the big pressure from the Legion, the govern- ment closes its own offices on November 11. But in deference to the even bigger potential howl from industry, the Gov- ernment does not declare the day a national holiday, and makes little attempt to encour- age it as such. What about that ubiquitous creature, the man in the st- reet? Where does he stand? I'm not sure, but I have a pretty good idea that he feels about this question just as he does about most others: he couldn't care less. Of course, it it Were put to a national vote, he'd vote for the holiday. I hate to admit it, but I'm afraid that a fellow would vote for a paid holiday if sonieene suggested One hi memory of Henry the Eighth, John A. MacDonald or Good King Weneesles. * I have an idea for November 11. Let's make it a full holiday. And let's make it a real day of riatienal mourning and re- merribrance, Let's turn off all hydro. Let's make any kind of heat or light against the law for 24 hours. Let's close all places of entertainment. Let's forbid travel, Then, in the cold and dark and the boredom, we'd Suffer perhaps one one- hundredth of what the fellows in the trenches went through back in that big war that end-ed 43 years ago. Perhaps the reason the Gov-eminent plays it cagey is be- EXAMPLE FOR A NATIVE (The Printed Word) REMEMBERING AN immigrant restaurant - keeper, who has ben dead for several years, recently cost a native Canadian $500. A successful scientist says that when he was a student he patronized for milk shakes and such a restaurant and soda fountain not far from where he roomed. Aftr an absence of two or three months on his summer job the restaurant proprietor inquired into the financial situation. The student said that he was short his fees. "How much is that?" said the proprietor. On being told, he went behind the scenes for a moment and came back with a cheque which took care of the young man's immediate problem. Some years later the young man was ready to pay back the "loan." But the man from modern Greece refused to take it. He said that he was glad to help younger people because, he ex- plained, Canada had been very good to him, So in this year of grace, 1961, an- other young student has had his fees paid because of the example set by an immigrant of a generation ago. Famous Cheese (The Printed Word) THAT WONDERFUL Canadian cheese, product of Oka, was not on the menu but the diner ordered it any- way. Departing to the kitchens, the waiter promised to do his best to get a serving but, he warned in respectful tone, "We may not have it — it's im- ported you know." Some day, two or three genera- tions on maybe, Canadians may reach that point of sophistication where they will recognize that what's good may after all be native. Clinton News-Record vie CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON NEWS,RECORD Est. 1865 Amalgamated 1924 Est. 1881 %1 I 411 Ptiblished every Thursday at the Heart of eitiren County „, Clinton, Ontario e- Population 3,225 ABC A, L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • .110 SAO WILMA D. DIMON, Editor StItSCAIPTION RA'rtS: Payable in advance — Canada, and Great Britain: .$.00 a year United States arid Foreign: $4.50: Single Copies Teti Cents Atitherited as second class trraiZ, Peet Offide Depatititent, Ottawa Editorials NEW SEASON BEGUN Page fix—Clinton News-Record,Thurscloy, Nov. 9( 1961 COMING OF WINTER in a farm- ing community in. Canada means the beginning also of that fine series of meetings known as Farm Forum. Be- gun as an adult education feature es- pecially for farmers, these meetings have grown and reduced in number as the years have gone along, depend- ing upon various factors. Without radio Farm Forum would be impossible. By use of this medium a discussion of general interest is car- ried on, and seeds for further discus- sion are sown. Then in the livingrooms of farming communities, groups of rur- al people hold discussions making use of a guide book. Answers to questions are decided upon, and these are sent in to a central office. Here they are considered, and combined into a report which goes back to all farm forums, and to various leaders in the nation, par- ticularly interested in the field of ag- riculture. The next Monday the procedure is repeated. Once a month is review night, which means just that on the radio, and THE SECOND province-wide oper- ation of Emergency Measures known as Tocsin B is scheduled to take place on November 13 and 14. This is meant to be a sort of 24-hour alert to test the effectiveness of plans made by the Em- ergency Measures Organizations on municipal, provincial and federal levels. Though Huron County has, we un- ' derstand, hired an organizer to organ- ize the Huron Emergency Measures Organization, and this appointment was to have been effective at the first of last month, we have heard of no action from this organizer as yet. If the work of Emergency Meas- ures is important — and certainly the nation's heads appear to think it is — then doesn't it seem obvious that early participation in all exercises planned THE MOST significant aspect a- bout the recent Ontario PC leadership convention in Toronto was the demo- cratic way in which the successor to Premier Frost was chosen. There was no evidence of "power at the top", of suspicious "back-room deals," of undue pressure being ekert- ed on the delegates in whose hands the decision rested. Fairness to all candidates was 'cl- early indicated from the platform. Each was given equal opportunity to appeal and those who attempted to take advantage of the rostrom were quickly brought to order. Clearly the man responsible for the establishing this policy was Premier Frost himself. The "grand old man of Ontario" could have exerted powerful influence both behind the scenes and publicly. He chose not to. There is little question that his motive was to ensure that the "grass roots" had control, that the delegate from I.1'-Aborne township and the one from Dryden had as much to say in the selection as the one from Scarborough. The key person required' to main- tain this impartiality throughout the convention was the party's provincial president, Exeter's Elmer D. Bell, QC. In making the arrangements, in estab- lishing the rules, and in conducting the convention itself, the major responsibil- ity fell upon the shoulders of the local lawyer. Mr. Bell's performance has earned him respect throughout the province. sometimes a social evening on the part of the forum, The period just prior to TV was perhaps the heyday of Farm Forums, Since then, the attraction of community meetings has waned somewhat. How- ever, CKNX-TV has taken up the chal- lenge and has endeavoured through a number of ways to provide a TV pro- gram to supplement the Farm Forum program each week. Varying degrees of success have been obtained, However, there is an upsurge of interest in Farm Forums. People seem to want a participating sort of program rather than the strictly spectator role which must be played in front of a TV set. An offer is made this week by members of the SS 4 Farm Forum in Goderich Township: If any person is interested in beginning a farm forum, they will assist to the best of their abil- ity. Note the report of their Monday's Meeting elsewhere in this issue. This seems like a •marvellous offer to make, and we will be very interested to see what comes of it. would be a wise thing for Huron peo- ple? Suddenly this week we note that publicity is being given what might be termed "education" of the farm people about what to do to save their animals and stocks of feed from the danger of fall-out. We have read that "the farm- er's survival will depend very much on his own actions." He is advised to give himself and his family first considera- tion and he "may have to ignore live- stock and crops. Surely this whole problem bears immediate looking into. Or will the farmer be expected once again (as in other times of crisis) to do what he can by himself to save his livestock, and his crops, so that he can again commence to feed the world's remaining people? His diplomatic firmness and fairness gave none:cause for complaint. He played .a vital role in directing a con- vention which will have, by its very nature, -a substantial effect in restoring cdrifidence in the democratic process. Also significant was the fact that the eventual whiner, John P. Robarts, Was able to Stand before the convention and 'declare that he had made no deals ,and no commitments to win his sup- port. He assumes his post without per- sonal 'Obligations. It was amusing to find one metro- politan newspaper complaining about the "lack of power" and the absence of "deals" evident at the convention. Ob- Viously, it bad delved hard to find some of the democratic abuses that have marked previous conventions to flaunt before the public as evidence of the shady side of politics. That it failed to succeed was strong testimony to the democratic success. Thanks to Premier Frost and El- mer Bell, then, this convention set a high standard for political morality. It would be naive; of course, to, suggest that the method of selecting the PC leader represents the ultimate in democratic control. There still re- mains the difficult task of choosing, democratically, the delegates from each riding and the still more trying prob- lem of eliminating the need for depen- dance on party "friends" for financing the campaigns. Nevertheless, the PC convention has made a major contribu- tion toward fostering political honesty. TOCSIN B FASCINATING NOMINATION (Exeter Times-Advocate) By the time this appears in print, the battle over the ,dlei servance of Remembrance Day, November 11, will be over, in most centres. It's an annual fracas, which generates a good deal of heat, and, on occasion, some bitterness. On one side is the Legion, one of whose aims is to keep alive the memory that a 'good- ly number of fathers and sons, uncles and brothers, had their lives torn from them, pre- maturely and painfully, in the two world wars that have dis- graced the twentieth century. The Legion urges that the day be declared a full holiday in every community, and that it be fittingly observed. Ranged on the other side are the merchants and manu- facturers, some of whom res- ent the loss of profit or prod- uction that is involved. Lots of them are veterans themselves. They claim, and with some justice, that it's not a day of remembrance any more, but merely a holiday. They wonder aloud why they should pay wages to a fellow who •will simply take the opportunity to go hunting or sit in the pub all day.