Clinton News-Record, 1963-05-23, Page 4age 4--Clinton News-Record Thurs., Ma 23, 1963
Editorials
Locked Gate Almost Necessity
THE LOCKING of Clinton's dump
will probably not be enthusiastically
approved by those persons who will
miss the convenience of being able to
load up their trash and take it at their
pleasure,
How0er, the move was almost a
necessity for council, as the disregard
shown 'by many persons was creating
an unfair cost to the majority of tax-
payers.
This unfair cost was in the expen-
sive task of frequently bulldozing the
rubbish away from around the front
gate where it had been thoughtlessly
left by users of the premises,
We realize the new regulations will
mean inconvenience for some who fol-
lowed the proper procedure of dump-
ing their refuse at the rear of the dump
where it is supposed to be, but this is
just another case of a few careless and
unthinking persons spoiling benefits
for others.
Some may argue that because the
clump is town property, maintained by
the ratepayers, council have no auth- . ority, to lock it up.
However, in view of the expense
being created on the majority by the'
few, such action we feel is not only
warranted by necessary.
However, a key to the dump should
be made available to those persons who
will follow the proper procedure and
dump their garbage in the spot outlin-
ed by the custodian of the dump,
Surely this is not too much of a
hardship for the use of these necessary
facilities, and when it is known who has
the key, any misuse should be com-
paratively easy to track down, and these
persons ihoulcl then be made to rectify
any problems they have created.
Space Better Place In Which To Live?
ALTHOUGH IT may have been
because his wife wasn't sitting in the
rear seat acting as map-reader, Gordon
Cooper's uncanny feat in landing his
space capsule on target after a 600,000-
mile trip is almost incomprehensible
to the ordinary layman.
The 34-hour trip made a giant cut
into the Russians' lead in space flight
and tightened the race for the moon,
a feat both sides hope to complete in
this very decade.
While not too many area residents
will ever make it on a trip to our
neighboring planet, they should be view-
ing the advancements in space travel,
with more than just a passing glance,
because it has been explained often
that the nation who can control outer
space will have the upper hand in con-
trolling the world in which we live.
It is with this in mind that we
cheer the flight of Gordon Cooper and
his fellow American astronauts' as they
risk their lives in attempting to give
the free world the lead in this chal-
lenge.
But, at tthe same time, the race
in space shows up more than ever the
rather deplorable state of our world and
the idiosyncracies in our values.
With two-thirds of the world going
to bed hungry every night it is un-
fortunate that the two powers in the
world couldn't combine to set up one
space program, cutting their costs in
half, and using this money to feed the
undernourished a n d underprivileged
people whom Cooper passed no less
than 22 times in the space- of only a
little more than 34 hours, in a project
that cost millions and millions of dol-
lars.
While he was undoubtedly too
busy to ponder the situation Of the
people over which he was passing, those
who were following his flight with keen
interest may have had some of the joy
of the success deadened with thoughts
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of their fellow man.
Perhaps as Cooper was reporting
his jaunt over the State of Alabama,
there would be many who wouldn't
have time to listen, as they engaged in
one of the more bitter racial battles in
American history.
As his space craft orbited over
Haiti, there would be those too busy
solving differences in their strife, with
the Dominican Republic to note the
accomplishments of mart in space.
In fact, in most of the countries
over which he passed, there were un-
doubtedly many too occupied with strife
with their fellow man to take time out
to follow his trip with the interest it
warranted.
And, we Canadians can't even
escape the truth that man still has
much to conquer on earth as the news
of the trip was intermingled with re-
ports from Quebec of troubles and
tribulations, as well as the reports of
prejudices and injustices from across
the country that too many of us would
prefer to discredit rather than accept
as fact and attempt to correct.
Yes, man has made gigantic steps
in his technological and scientific ac-
complishments as he rises into • the
heavens in his space ship.-
- But, it certainly hasn't brought
Heaven any closer to earth and Gordon
Cooper's memorable feat has been dul-
led by the fact that the planet he was
circling is still filled with hunger, pre-
judices, mistrust and moral decay.
While man can gloat over his
triumphs in space, it's time he took a
good look at the world around him and
started to use his almost unimagineable
resources to make the world a better
place in which to live before he un-
graciously infects other planets.
We may never comprehend the in-
gredients used in a 600,000-mile space
trip, but certainly ,few of us are too
dull aS to not understand the Golden
Rule.
Letters to the Editor . .
By BRAD ANDERSON
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Est. 1865
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"I couldn't have sunk any lower"
"I didn't want my baby"
"Everybody kicked me around"
Men who have touched the depths of poverty and
degradation; women facing the ordeal of unwed
motherhood; children orphaned or mistreated; ... to
these and countless others The Salvation Army brings
relief and hope through its havens, hostels, homes
and hospitals. Won't you help us to continue this vital
work, and in so doing know the joy of aiding others?
give from the
heart to theRED SHIELD APPEAL
CANVASS IN TOWN OF CLINTON — TODAY AND TOMORROW
Thursday, May 23- and Fridays May 24
From Our Early Files ...
CAS ACTIVE
Clinton News-Record,
Clinton, Ontario.
Dear Mr. Editor:
During the year the Publicity
Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Children's Aid
Society of Huron County will
provide you, periodically, with
some items which you• may
find of interest to your read-
ers. Herewith attached is the
first of the series.
First, we are sure the resi-
dents of the whole of Huron
County will be pleased to know
that two "future homemakers".
have been provided with the
means of earning a livelihood
through the Women's Institute
Children's Aid Society Bursary
Fund. These girls are now sup-
porting themselves.
The Board of Directors have
been gathering information and
working towards the setting up
of a Homemaker's Service
within the` county, but ,it is a'
very slow proCess.
These Homemakers will take
over the Management of the
home during the illness or ab-
sence of the mother so the
bread winner need not leaVe his
work.
Then, too, an auxiliary to the
Children's Aid Society is in
process Of formation through-
oUt the County, whose main
fttnetiOn it will be to help
people who need help.
This aukiliarY will carry the
responsibility for soliciting, re-
ceiving, classifying and making
ready for use, donations, as
well as selecting, to fill re-
quests of clothing, other goods,
including foods and especially
things for older children at
Christmas time.
The Children's Aid Society
Auxiliary Committee is: ,Mrs.
Roy Bennett, Wingham; Mrs.
Doug Bartliff, Clinton and Mrs.
Ken Johns, RR 1, Woodham.
Any one of whom may be
contacted for more infornia-
tion.
The staff will refer families
who are under particular fin-
anciel pressure to the volun-
teers who will be able to com-
bine their efforts to help these
people get back on their feet.
We have found it necessary
to organize a Christmas Bureau
this year. If you know a fam-
ily in need, please let your
nearest board member know.
Anyone intending to make
a donation of any kind for the
Children's Aid Society at
Christmas please send it in No-
vember in order, to give the
volunteers plenty of time to do
their work: More about this
will be reported in September.
(Mrs. K.) Irene Johns,
Woodham, Ontario,
Convener of Publicity
Cominittee,
Children's Aid Sodiety,
May 16, 1963.
REQUESTS' IDEAS
Dear Editor:
I am writing you in order to
get in touch again with the
Clinton descendants of Horatio
Hale. They should know that
the Province will probably
erect a plaque in his memory
in Clinton about mid-Septem-
ber.
We should like suggestions
as to an' appropriate site for
the plaque and word whether
Clinton, county, or township
officials will be interested in
taking part in such ceremonies.
Scholars and government offic-
ials from Province and Dom-
inion will probably be invited.
I plan to be in Clinton soon
to take these matters up but
would like for. some thinking to
have been done in advance in
the matter locally,
Through our efforts the Uni-
versity of Toronto Press has
also agreed to bring back into
print, Hale's classic study of
the Six Nations in Canada, An
Iroquois Book of Rites. '
This should be available by
mid-September, We trust
members of the Six Nations on
the Grand will also be invited
to take part in the ceremon-
ies:
Much more might be said,
but the rest can wait,
Very sincerely,
Richarl Pilant,
Co-Chairman,
The Instittite of
Iroquoian Studies.
214 Murray Street,
Brantford, Ontario/
May 1S, 1963.
ED, NOTE — Persons with
Well, it's been another busy,
busy week, hasn't it? It's bad
enough most of the time, but
spring is pitiless in her de-
mands on us.
She fills a pot with boiling
adrenalin, throws in a hand-
ful of humans, just out of the
deepfree2e, adds a carrot of
new hope, an onion of energy,
and a garlic bud of renewed
promise. She sprinkles it with
a dash of color and a whiff of
scent. She tosses in a soupcon
of sunshine and stirs vigorous-
ly with a ladle of old memor-
ies until the whole thing is
bubbling and gurgling.
What she comes up with, for
People of all ages, is a heady
brew—experience, the essence
of life.
It came to our/ family in
three doses this week. My son
took a lesson in economics, my
daughter took the cat to the
hospital, and I took a dozen
nice speckled trout. We suffer-
ed and enjoyed in about equal
proportions.
ININNFIP:"IntiNK.MiPM.....0•000~4
suggestions concerning t h e
above request are invited to
leave them at the News-Redord
office or leave their names so
Mr, Pliant may contact them
during his visit to the area.
We are sure this conside,rai
tion would be greatly appreci-
ated by The Institute of Iro-
quoian Studies-,
BACKACHE
battle insects. Your line is per-
petually tangled around twigs,
leaves, or your left ear. You
puff, perspire, profane. You eat
lunch with hands generously
spread with an equal mixture
of worm-guts and fish-guts. If
you are tremendously success-
ful, you bring home enough
fish to provide a dinner for a
midget with an ulcer. * *
Why do men do it? There are
several reasons. First, there are
no women, children or cats on
fishing streams. There are no
telephones or doorbells jang-
ling their nerve-rattling sum-
mons. It is life stripped down
to elementals, There are just
you and those stupid trout. It's
you or them. And nine times
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, May 24, 1923
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O'Neil
are expected home this week
from Florida.
Mr. Harry Ball,- of London
University, was home for the
weekend.
The Princess Theatre closed
on Saturday for the summer
months.
Last week Mr. Nelson Cole,
who is employed on the CNR
section gang, received a cut on
the upper lip by being hit by
his pick - and required medical
attention.
Last Thursday morning while
playing in the basement of -the
Public School, Gerald Holmes,
eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
S. R. Holmes, fell and bit his
tongue making such a cut that
medical services and two stit-
ches were required to close it.
Mr. Rogers, high school in-
spector, told' the local board
that the Legislative Grant
would be cut off unless the
unsatisfactory conditions of the
local school building were not
altered immediately.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, May 24, 1923
Mr. J. Copp is painting signs
on the Hydro Shop windows.
South Huron Liberal-Conser-
vatives did well for themselves
on Thursday last when they
chose Mr. N. W. Trewartha,
During the thunderstorm on
Sunday forenoon the flag pole
on the Public Library was
struck and shattered, but for-
tunately that was all the dam-
age done.
Mr. Ernest Livermore, Var-
sity, is home for the long vaca-
tion.
D. F. McGregor, farmer and
clerk of the Township of Tuck-
ersmith, was the choice of the
South Huron Liberals at a
largely attended convention
held in Hensall on Thursday
of ternoon.
It is estimated ' that there
are approximately one million
people in Canada who were
born in the United States, or
about 12 percent of the Dom-
inion population.
The Public School board held
a special meeting last week to
consider the resignation of
Principal W. G. Strong who
goes to Ottawa to take a posi-
tion there for a salary of
$1,900,
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, May 26, 1938
Mr, Charles Lockwood pur-
chased the barber business of
Mr. John lVfedd this week.
Harold Gibbs and George El-
liott first-year students at the
Veterinary College, Guelph,
have received word that they
haVe successfully passed, each
attaining second-class honors,
Thieves made their second
visit in recent days to "Coun-
ter's Bowling Alley, taking
about $30 worth of cigarettes.
Four nurses graduating from
the local hospital will be pre,
sented with ping on 'Friday*,
They are: Misses Icathleeri M.
BeacoM, Mary El Garniss, Ella
M. Wilson and 'Hazel Van Eg-
out of ten, it's you.
Don't feel sorry for the trout.
They're pretty, with their col-
ored spots, but nobody ever
sees them except other trout,
who promptly try to eat them.
And don't feel that they have-
n't a chance against the cruel
angler. Sending a sedentary
civilian against the brook trout
is like sending a hippopotamus
out to catch Monkeys with a
butterfly net.
The real reason I go trout
fishing at least once a year is
that it's a ritual of spring that
purges the soul of those sim-
merings which have built up
during the winter. After a long
day on a rugged trout stream,
even civilation looks pretty
good.
mond.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Peacock
and Mr. and Mrs. William
Cook attended the graduation
exercises at McMaster Univer-
sity when Mr. Roy C. Cook,
son of the latter, received his
degree. The graduate was a
winner of an English scholar-
ship and in 1935 was gold med-
alist orator of McMaster Uni-
versity,
10 Years A go
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
, Thursday, May 21, 1953
Weekend accidents over the
long holiday resulted in damag-
es close to $3,500.. Injuries
suffered in the worst, which.
wrecked one car were: Bert
Boyes, fractured collar; John
Tyndall, lacerations to head
and face; Edward W. Elliott,
scalp injuries, broken finger
and leg injuries; Roy Elliott,
suffered shock.
A very delightful presenta-
damp after each rinse, Then
gently shake and ntill the blan,
ket into shape And, hang
lengthwise over two lines in
the shade.
The following information
may still be in time- to help
some of us in our late eteaning,
and is something to remember
for the future as well, This has
to do with Cleansers, Many
housewives reason that if one
cleanser does a job well, a mix-
ture of two or more cleansers
will do it even better. What we
do not always realize Is that
we are dealing with powerful
chemicals.
Mixing them may release
futhes that could be dangerous,
even deadly, especially in a
small, poorly ventilated room.
Two chemicals that demand
great respect are bleach and
household ammonia.
BLEACH: The active ingred-
ient in bleach is chlorine. Any
acid added to the bleach may
cause chlorine gas to be re- •
leased. The housewife who de-
cides to whiten nylon. fabric
by adding vinegar (acetic acid)
to the bleach is living danger
ously. •
And so is the housewife who
combines bleach and toilet boWl
cleanser., One elderly woman
died from inhaling the fumes
from this mixture; a younger
woman survived the gassing,
but spent many weeks in hos-
pital.
When chlorine gas is inhaled,
the victim's lungs tend to fill
with fluid. If she survives this
she is likely to develop many
small abcesses in the lungs.
In fact, chlorine was used
as a poison gas in World War
Therefore, the best advice
about bleach: never mix it with
anything unless recommended
by a recognized authority.
AMMONIA: This is another
irritating gas that may injure
the lungs, although it is not
likely to cause death. In house-
hold ammonia it is in a safe
form, but other chemicals may
free the ammonia gas. •
One woman, cleaning her
oven with household ammonia,
sprinkled some cleanser on a
stubborn spot and her kitchen
filled with the gas. In another
case, workmen cleaning a store
mixed ammonia water with
thi!ee other cleansers and 20
people were overcome by the
fumes.
These and other incidents
point clearly to the dangers of
mixing cleansers together. Oth-
er cleaning agents produce
toxic fumes all by themselves.
Carbon Tetrachloride and
Benzine, to excellent - grease
and spot removers, have a de-
centively pleasant odor; yet ex-
posure to the vapor may dam-
age the liver and sometimes the
kidneys. They should be used
sparingly and only in a well-
ventilated room,
During. the StIPPY, breezy
days of late May and early
June, before there is too .much
heat in the stin, is a good time
to • wash winter blankets grid.
if we are lucky enough to have.
warm summer, -perha.ps we
can store these woolieS. away
until fall.
I came across some tips on
washing woollen blankets which
I would like to pass along to
you„ one step at a time.
1. Remove dust by shaking
the blankets well..
2, Wash only one blanket at
a time.
3, Use lukewarm water, be,.
tween 90 and 100 degrees, and
a mild unbuilt synthetic .deter-
gent, the type used for fine
fabrics or dish washing. Dis-,
solve the detergent thorough-
ly before immersing the blan-
ket,
4. Pre-treat spots on the
binding with detergent 'suds
and a soft brush.
5. Let the blanket soak in
tub, regular washer, or top-
loading automatic machine
from fiVe to 15 minutes. Do
not operate the washer during
this period.
6.. Turn the blanket over once
or twice by hand.
7. Spin out the soiled , water
or put the blanket through a
very loose wringer,
8. Fill the tub or washer
with lukewarm rinse water,
stop the machine-and let the
blanket soak five minutes.
9. Extract the water and
soak-rinse again in lukewarm
water once or twice more.
10. Wring loosely 'or spin-
Adine Writes . 11.
many things
tion was made in the Ball and
Mutch furniture store, Friday,
when the firm pretented 18 girl
graduates of CDCI with minia-
ture cedar chests.
Gary Freeman, 10-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Freeman, caught • a 191/2 inch
pike in the Hayfield river last
week, but won't tell exactly
where. He used a tree branch
and a short line to haul it in.
Bayfield. Lions Club headed
by president Elgin Porter, were
the guests of Clinton Lions
Club, Tuesday. Clinton Lions
president George Beattie pre-
sided.
Under the direction of Mrs.
Frank Fingland,, the Wesley-:
Willis YPU presented a three-
act play on Thursday and 'Fri-
day. Leading parts were taken
by: Ken Carter, Margaret Hol-
land, Betty Lou Nediger, Lloyd
Holland, Gail Shearing, Mar-
jorie Currie, Ron Steepe, Don
Cornish and Marilyn Martin.
Minn kidneys fail to remove
bitcOss Acids and wastes,
backaolio—tirod feoilrip—
disturbed jest. often may
follow. Dodd's Kldnoy Pills
ttiniulato kiddeys normal
duty. You fool bettor, sloop
hotter, work better. 80
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Hugh discovered the elemen-
tary thesis that dames are mur-
der on the money. He took a
girl to the high school prom.
Tickets, corsage, and the inevi-
table post-dance ' snack cost
him 'what he would spend on
himself in about two months.
I hoped the lesson would regis-
ter, and that he'd give up wo-
men for life. But he is human,
and as all such, perverse. All it
did was make him want to get
a high-paying job for the sum-
mer, so that he could do it
again, and more often.
I think the dance took more
out of his mother than it did
out of him. At any rate, she
was More tired when he left
for the dance than he was when
he got home. This, I under-
stand, is par for the course.
On Monday, my wife made
one of those lightning decisions
for which she is famous. After
two years of coping with kit-
tens, she snatched the phone,
called the vet, plunked the cat
in Kim's arms and pushed both
of them out the door. When I
got home, she was wearing that
smug air of decision which Cae-
sar displayed the day he cross-
ed the Rubicon. Or was it the
Delaware?
And I don't blame her. We
had spent a hideous weekend,
Piper the cat was that way
again. A huge white torn
prowled and howled in the back
yard. A gigantic black torn
yowled and growled about the
front door. Our dog raced from
one to the other, yapping fero-
ciously. They just sneered at Goderich Township, as their
him and retreated not an inch. candidate in the coming elec-
This went on for hours. lion.
Finally, I picked up the cat
and hurled her out the back
door. I felt just like the Rus-
sian parents in those old stor-
ies who', chased by wolves,
threw their children out of the
sleigh, one by one, in the hope
of slowing down the pursuers
so that others could get to
safety. Anyway, there'll be no
More of that cacophony of cat-
calls around our place.
In an effort to save my san-
ity, I went trout fishing, I
nearly destroyed the scattered
remnants of my wits in the re-
discovery that speckled trout
fishing is the most awkward,
inconvenient, difficult and in-
furiating sport in the world.
My wife, and most women,
consider trout fishing as the
Most ridiculous form of recrea-
tion that exists. They are right.
You stagger through swamps.
You slip off wet logs into ice-
water. You trip over roots.
You lose a hundred hooks. You