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Clinton News-Record, 1962-10-18, Page 2Page 2eerclieeen News-Record- Thurs.,. Oct, 18,, 1962 Editorials e Local Correspondents Serve Community (This is the last in a series of editorials on how a Weekly newspaper functions.) * )1/4* Without its district correspondents a weekly newspaper would contain little news. Correspondents are essential to the gathering of news of the district, This is particularly true in a dis- trict such as the News-Record serves. We try to record the happenings in Auburn, Londesboro, Holmesville, Mid- dleton, Kippen, Brucefield and liensall, as well as Clinton and Bayfield, and it is impossible for our small staff to attempt to cover them all from one office. Local men and women, living in those communities, knowing their residents, are the ones who can and do gather district news. These correspondents are perform- ing a public service to their communi- ties. They chronicle the doings of its people and report the meetings of community organizations. A good dis- trict correspondent is a valuable aid in the building of a live, definite com- munity. Without the aid of our district 'correspondents it would be impossible for this paper to carry all the news it does from the various communities of the area. * * In closing this series, let us review the points we have tried to main establish; A weekly newspaper is a business enterprise providing a public service for a profit. Advertising, the main revenue of a paper, is dependent on circulation. • Under modern conditions, no news- paper •need have its advertisers in- fluence editorial policy. The publisher is responsible for every word published in his paper— signed letters and paid advertisements included. The local correspondent is provid- ing a community service to the district in which he or she resides. Keeping Informed (The Printed Word) A PROFESSOR who specializes in communications, mainly the press, says that last summer, when he had a two- months job teaching in another univer- sity than his own, he didn't get around to reading any of the local newspapers regularly for the first two weeks or so because he was busy boning up his lectures, lecturing, attending o t he 'r meetings, organizing his laundry and the like. He found that what he was handicapped in not knowing about were mainly the news stories that would run on inside pages or a special section, such, as finance. When he got around to reading a paper regularly, along with what he got from TV and radio, he began to know enough again to lecture more adequately on communications. This experience made the professor think of Will Rogers who used to say that all he knew was what he read in the papers. " This was a modest jest," says the professor; "it implied that other sources of knowledge were more profound. Of course it is important to read books and to engage in conversa- tion with sages, if one has access to such. I find that, whatever other sour- ces of information I have, reading at least one paper thoroughly every day is necessary equipment." Letters to the Editor . . . SAVING is EARNING at British Mortgage Open a Savings Account today YOU WILL — Earn 31A % interest on minimum half-yearly balances. — Be able to write cheques on your savings account. — Find it convenient to use free addressed stamped envelopes for depositing by Mail. Start saving your money. -Visit our office today. BRITISH MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY Edward R. Rowland; Branch Manager, At the Stoplight, Goderich, Clinton News-Record SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain: $4.00 a year; United States and Foreign: $5.50; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash Clinton Representative: Harold C. Lawson. Phone HU 2-0644 Rattenbury Street Clinton oat. Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,369 I A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher I WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Eat. 1881 O C OL A CCNR TENDER WING JUICY STE - 89c lb. LEAN BREAKFAST BACON 65c lb. SLICED. PORK LIVER 29c lb. } WEINERS BOLOGNA SAUSAGE 3 lbs. for $1.00 HOME FREEZER PROVISIONS Let us quote you on Home Freezer Needs PETER'S Modern' MEAT Market HU 24731 anada Salt's B 0 11. easy to buy simple to cash good to keep The new Canada Savings Bonds pay 41 2% interest for each of the first three years; 5% for each of the next three years and 5M% for each of the final eight years —an average interest to matu- rity in 14 years of 5.11% per year. In dollars and cents every 4100.00 you invest will grow with accumulated interest to $172.50 at maturity. You can buy a $100.00 bond for as little as 290 a day, through the convenient Payroll 8avings Plan where you. work. Canada Savings fonds can also be bought for cash, or on instalments at any bank, investment dealer, stock broker, trust or loan company. They are available in amounts as low as $50.00 to any Canadian resident—adult or child—up to a limit of $10,000.00 per person. Estates, too, may buy. Interest is payable annually by coupon, or on the higher denominations by cheque, if desired. You' can cash your Canada Savings Bonds at any time, at any bank, at full face value plus earned interest. Buy new Canada Savings Bondi today—best ever I CANADA SAVINGS BONDS / • From 40 Years. Ago 04N5c.4;sT r17.w 104A Thursday, October 19, 1922 W. G., Serperg, Clinton. is .erge- ieent and Miss Edna Jamieson, Seaterth, is vice-preeleent of jibe East Huron Teac'here Iq- s't!i'tute, Miss Marie Snyder, teacher near Earl'ton tells of sitting With her puplie in. creek while the bush eire swept over them. They 'sang until it was safe to come out. S. S. 'Cooper, proprietor of the ,Npernandie and. Retteelettry betels; 'here was featured in the October. issue of Canada Lum- berman'. The story tells of him building poseefficee in Clinton and Weigeatn, the county House of Refuge and several Churches. At one tithe he pur- shasee 21 oars of 'white pine one day. Anether lumber dealer, Thomas' McKenzie, Clinton, also was featured' in this publication. He came te town in 1872 and his bus'in'ess has occupied a site near the Graod! Trunk Rail- way track since 1880, 40 Years. Ago, ..C.1PNTON NEWS-wiOxnp Thursday, October IA 0,22 Fred Elliott has won 'the sen- ior boys sports championship et the eeillegiate 'fiele. day. Lucy Levy wen the senior girls title. The Exeter Times has bought the leepeell Observer, The Owen Sowed 544'71M:es comments: A heading in 'the Goderich Signal eays': "Wicked Lighting disturbed Goderich on Saturday „afternoon," It must have been very wicked light Ong to have disturbed God, ellen After the lightning was over, is presumed that Geld- exileh went back tp sleep again, It is estimated that the el', erage man who lives Ito :be fifty has spent one year lacing 'his shoes and another looking for hat, O'Neil's big corner grocery is offering coffee at 60c a. lib. Wheat ,is offered at 95c; 'butter at 28c; five hogs at $10. Brucefield railway station is very busy a's' farmers bring in their apples to ship. Holy Land Tour Discussion Topic At Wesley-Willis A program of musical num- bers 'by various people, and a first-hand story and pictures of the Observer Holy Land Tour which took place in' the month of July, will be given in Wes- ley-Willis Church Friday, November 2 at 2.30 p.m. by Mrs. Norman Westin (formerly Vera Lobb, God5rich Towle- ship). She was 'the only Lond- oner aboard 'the jet airliner. The tour was conducted .by Rev. and Mrs. Kenneth Bag- nell, Toronto, assisted by Stan- lep Tepson, 'airline represent- ative'. This 'program is being spon- sored by unit four of 'the United Church Womeh. Visitors will. be welcome. There will be no admission fee, 'but a special of- fering Will be biked, A social half4houe Will follow and re- freshinente will 'be served, 25 Years Ago cpwroN..Z,TIOWS-P400.4P. uplinrotky, October 14, 1931 A curbed of fruit and vege- tables 'for the .Mforttmato folk in the West who have again lost their crepe through drought will leave on' October 21 and 22, Apples, pears, petetpes, turnips, garrets, beets; beans and POMP- kilns are good shippers. W. S. R. Holmes is' chairman of the committee, Friends of Mr, and Mrs. L. inewlywede, gathered et their home and presented walopt mantel clock. George Elliott, Sr. read the address' end, Roy '1);:ediell made the pr'e- sentati'on. Elmer C, Prick and Mary Rosanna Grigg were married 'at Helenesville op October 9. Way 'back in 1897 George Baird, Sr., veteran' teacher et $5 1, etanley purchased a bic- yie which he announced he in- tended to use. To 'the credit of Clinton, we have paid: our county rate each year-while it is said that Goa- enich has not done so f ee 3-4 years. JO Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD ..Thursday, October 23, 1952„ Orville J. Engelsteed is the Royal Bank of Canada, new manager of Clinton branch, Mrs. May Rene leleckinnon is the new music supervisor' at the 'Clinton Public School. Stewart Middleton and Fer- gus Turnfbull have purchased Bandelier of Anoka, 'the 74th, an Aberdeen Angus bull valued at $2,150, William A. Andrews now in at University of Western Ont- ario has won the $100 Huron County scholarship. Brucefield Women's Mission- ary Society, whose 'president is Mrs, Robert Allan, celebrated its 75th anniversary. Flying Officer Wally Burton was recently appointed mayor of "Wastrel Park, and has el- even ,councillors assisting him. Mayor Burton is pay 'accounts officer at Station Clinton. Seeger or later, someone is going to realize that we Can- adians' possess ithe most deadly weapon in the world. When this happens, you can say good- bye the war, and you can be glad you're 'a citizen of the nation 'that is about to he-. comedominant in our times, Our lea'd'ers haven't tumbled to the devastating potential of this weapon yet, but I 'have, and I'm wining,. with all the fri, ction irn eke world these days, to let them in on it, to etheaeh it on the troublesome nations and to put 'an. end to the per- petual wrangling among th major powees, It is a weapon that makes neelear warfare look like cave- man stuff. It shatters people physically lit wrecks them mo- rally, mentally and emotionally. My only eoebt neve Canada's leaders the ruthless- ness' necessary 'to turn it loose on humanity? Dm referring, of course, to The Flu. As ',sit here tapping out this ringing can to arms! with shaky fingers, my nose dripping a steady accompaniment, my body wracked by hot and cold flushes, I can't help thinking it's a 'shame tp let such a vic- ious weapon remain strictly for home consumption. * All our Prime Minister would 'have 'to de is round up a dozen Canadians who are suffering from The Flu. He could find them, "et 'any time oe t'he year, in 'any numbers, in any paint of the country. Put them on a plane and send them on state visits' to Moscow, Washington, London, Paris, Peking, Berlin or an y other trouble spot. Let them eningle freely at diploma- tic cocktail parties. I'll guarantee that within a 'few months', 90 per cent. of the people in the world waved have The Flu. Wane would cease. In- ternational strife would 'en d. Everybody would be too busy will The Flu. Personally, I'd rather be hit by a 'hydrogen 'bomb than by The Flu,• With' the former, you can only be blown to bits or burned 'to venders. With the 1'at- .ter„ you die a 't'housand deaths, • ,couple of 'times a year, for 'Can't you see those Russian mouliks reeling around with fe- vers, repny noses and. hacking coughs? They wouldn't ha v enough energy to. Inumer "Nye eel" at the UN. We'd have them op 'their kneee before you could say, "lenlepropetrovsk." When you have The' Flu, you're Jut not iMprestett fighting anybody. In the first place, you re so weak you can't lick your lips, In the second, you don't want slaughter you want sympathy. You may 'think all this is a bit eanelfel, but I know. This week I haven't even. had the strength or the spirit to 'fight with my wife. Instead of walk- ing around me my kids just push me out of 'the way, I was so weak that, when I was cha- oging the goldfish, I nearly went flat on my back when he gave 'a flip in my hand. That's the physical 'aspect. But the psychological effect is even more horrible. You go 'around in a cloud of depression. You develop 'a deep and bitter Hatred' of everybdde: your fam- ily, which seems remarkably unconcerned by the fact that you are dying; Fluless friends Whose idea of sympathy is to tell you about the terrible dose of The Flu they had last spring; doeters, Who tell you the 'thing to do 'is' to go 'to bed for a few days, When it's all you can do to get to bed at nights. Beauty of my plan for Can • world domination is that there is no defence, no counter weapon for The Flu. With the same 'hideous malevolence, it seeks out high and' low, rich and poor. No bomb shelter is deep enough to protect against it. This little plan, to produce world peace is offered to Mr. Diefenbaker and his boys - (if they're still around when this is printed) for nothing. I don't want public acclaim, or as large monetary reward, or even a- 'knighthood'. All I Want 'is to get rid of my Flu. Dear Editor, It speeded as if I was reading the "Story of any life" in the "Subdivision Furor" last week 'in your paper, I .open, cans, bottles, cartons —use detergents, carpet clean- ers or dyes—press any button within sight and THEN read directions. Pat B. RR 1, .Cinton • Ontario, October 14, 1902 Dear Ea:or: I would like to voice my dis- pleasure regarding the undip7 eomatic (ignorant) statements in your first column regarding Mr. Murray "Gaunt and 'his' re- cent win in 'the Huron-Bruce by-election. 'Certainly Mr. Gaunt has be- en successful in 4-H, Junior Farmers, and radio and tele- vision. Does this not tend to make one doubt if he would fail in his forthcoming political career? As for the former Conservative government, do you think that they indeed, were lax? Or were there no "eligible" young Conservatives in Huron-Bruce 'to take advan- tage of the benefits of 4-H and Junior Farmer experience set foeth by your former goveln- ment? - • • - In closing, let me wish Mr. Gaunt every sucess, because, in order to 'fulfill his duties, isn't he going to have to feed the very hands that are now biting him? Yours sincerely, James Flynn P.S. Please print in paper. Edit. Note: We're sorry if the remark in first column last we- ek left 'the 'impression that we wished Mr. Gaunt anything but success in his new job. He has already accomplished a minor miracle and we will watch his career with great and sympath- etic interest, Our comment 'had been meant as a bit of fun, and we're sorry if we failed 'to get the chuckle across to all our readers, ' • W, D. D. o . Huron County Farming Report (By D. G. Grieve, associate agricultural representative for Huron County) A large number of white beans remain .unharvested due 'to showery weather. Silo filling is progressing well. Grain corn harvest is barely started with corn re- taining a high moisture content, Our E-4rty. Files SUGAR and SPICE Lfiy W T, $41,400 When you should hesitate to ac- cept an invitation for 'dinner at a friend's home. Even relat- ives should be avoided if pos- sible, or you're trapped. When dinner is over and the dishes lame due, you settle your- self in the most comfortable chair left in 'the livingroom, (the men and' kids bave grab- bed-off their choice 'first). You look forward to a pleasant hour of conversation before you can politely take off for home. SuddenlY a small table is set. at ''one end of the Toone 'and ev-. eryone is invited to join in a "moving" game somewhat like musical chairs. You've probably guessed by now that 'the head of the !house is about to run through the slides or movies the family made during their summer vac- ation! Sometimes home movies of pictures can be very ietereet- ing and unusual, especially 'if your acquaintances have been vi'si'ting in Tibet or 'perhaps have been fishing off the coast of - Icelland. (Not many seem to spend their two weeks with pay at 'these vacation spots lately, have you neeiced?) You must settle for the ,stEundarei lake or fishing scenes. Most of the shots on 'the sand are taken apparently on 'the days when the handsome life- guards are replaced by knobby- kneed males; it 'is quite 'appar- ent too, that a "censor" in the form of "Dear Wife" prevented the camera being aimed at the attractive females found on most b'ea'ches, There is one good thing about all thee. As you feel that after- dinner dk'owsiness creeping, ov- er you, remember the lights are out and you can yawn unnot- icekle-just be sure you place your hand over your mouth. You could be embarrassed! At the same 'time you can let your mind wander just a wee bit. Right now 'the birds are gat/teeing in flocks, ready for their trip to the south. Before long some of the less-hardy type 'Canadians will be "flock- ing" for the South too, Some- day I hope to' job them, but meantime, during 'these quite times in the dark, I can just shut my eyes and 'recall many Florida sights. I have seen 'them se 'often on 'film, I feel as though I have lived next door to ,them :all my life. The train- ed porpoise at Marine Land, 'for instance sire more famil'i'ar to Me than Slippery; who 'lives on- ly 5() miles from here. And. Adine Writes - - - of many things It's the season again folks, those water skiers 'at Cypress Gardens! They 'surely are :ter- rific on home movies as' they glide along with their heads chopped off or skim past on half-legs. • I em firmly resolved to con- tinue the practice we have made when, we go on vacation: Our camera is always with us, to be sure, and we take 'the old-'fashioned personal snap- shoes. Professional photo- graphers have done a wonderful job cif picture-taking and :their handiwork 'is 'available at yea- sonable cost; the picture post- card. We add these 'coloured pictures Ito the 'family snaps and stick 'them ell 'in an album. Years from now gramdchildreie Who will never tire of looking et pictures even as youngsters today enjoy them, will be able to laugh 'at these without hav- ing to bother Grandpa to set up the projector. Kids love pict- ures' sir albums as much as those in the funny paper or a comic book. On thinking it over, we all enjoy pictures. TV sales 'are increasing each year they 'say, and the home projector will al- ways be popular, even with me. Not 'too many theatres offer meal 'before the "feature" film comes on the screen. Here's hoping we get the chance to see this year's addition to the film libraries of our .friends' and relatives!