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Clinton News-Record, 1964-09-03, Page 2Page:2--Clinton News-Rece —Thurs., Sept, 3, 944 An Apology For Excellence A Shady Glen • • 0 11 Stanley Township (News-Record Photo) SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B. T. SMILEY) Does History Repeat Itself? Both Booth and Oswald were SOU.- therners favoring Unpopular ideas. Both Booth and OsWald were mur- dered before they could be brought to trial. Both presidents' wives lost chil- dren through death while residing in the White House. Lincoln's secretary — whose name was Kennedy—advised him not to go to the theatre. Kennedy's secretary—whose mine was Lincoln—advised him not to go to Dallas, Texas. One wonders when reading the following list of historical facts Wheth- er history does in fact repeat itself. Both the American presidents, Lincoln and Kennedy were concerned with the cause of Civil Rights. Both were slain on Friday and in the presence of their wives. . Both were shot in the head. Lincoln was elected in 1860 and Kennedy was elected in 1960. Their successors, both named John- son, were Southern Democrats, and had served in the Senate. Andrew Johnson was born in 1808, and Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth was born in 1889, and Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, Clinton News-Record Amalgamated 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Published every Thursday at the Bet, 1891 Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population 3;369 DAVID S tv 8OOTT, Editet, A, L. OOLOUHOilM, Publisher althea eehtribwtWAi to Oh 0einleng iikiiiitita aki tie -Ath fie *le* of the 'ftortiope6 chit Orme ntieiii-lieeitti OW*44 •Aiiol fa* Sioeint 0411:' CNIfTICM kAtitt Si:Wane:A ,,,;''OoiitActs sok 4Foo1 ifiliiiik;'$4;00 4AttsS: aeor:Oretell DeeleA lee pieitA THE CLINTON NEW ERA Eat, 1865 44,1 8 * ir co L etNri GODERICH , ONT. THIS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 -2 BANDS — "The Del-Reys"an,"The Undertakers" — 4 HOURS OF DANCING — 8:00 p.m. to 12 Midnight ADMISSION — $1.00 per person S. 46. Ain M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 55-57 SOUTH ST., GODERICH, ONT. 524-7562 TELEPHONE THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Office — Main Street SEAFORTH Insures: • 'Town Dwellings • All Classes of Farm Property • Bummer Cottages • Churoheb, Schools, Halls Extended coverage (Wind, smoke, Water damage, lallhlg objects, 'etc.) to also available. AGENTS: &lines Xeys, AR 1, Seafotrtht it, 3. Lane, ttil 5, Set- forth: Win, telper, Landeriboro; Selwyn, take, Br resets; Harold Squins, Clinton: George iboyne, Dublin; bonedd G. Eaton, Our ar y There's a brilliant example of spot news photography on Page One of this week's edition of the News-Record. It's the sort of picture any editor 'is happy to find on his deS1i any day of any week. It's the kind of picture that wins news photography awards. It is the kind of picture newspapers are critic- ized for publishing—yet it is the kind of picture peoPle really want to see, (In fact, it is usually true that those who protest loudest against the publication of such pictures are the ones who feel cheated if they didn't see it.) John Visser's picture of an acci- dent this week is even better than the picture he took of another accident victim last week just about a block further down the street. Both pictures are shocking, Both show persons suffering and others in states of anxiety, worry, con- cern and even - fear. This week's picture is the third we have published this summer. In each case, a pedestrian was struck by a car. In each case the pedestrian was in- jured. In each case there was worry, concern, anxiety and fear. In each case there was pain. In each case the drivers' of the cars were blameless and in each case the victims were damn lucky they were not killed or maimed for life. . We have, fortunately, never been the driver of a car that struck a pedes- triah. We can only imagine the feel- ings which must be experienced by driv- ers of cars which strike pedestrians— however callous they may be or appear - The strike against three Toronto daily newspapers continues, proving that surely one of the most costly lux- uries in the modern business world must be the "rights" of some labor unions. The strike of printers against the newspapers brings out some flagrantly wasteful practices for which the public pays year after year. Readers will have noted that the Toronto printers were receiving about $140 for a 35-hour work week, and that in itself would indicate they are hardly among the most underprivileged pers- ons in our society. In fact, we can think of a good many Clintonians who would be deliri- ously happy to get half that paycheck for 50 percent more hours of work. We have watched printers at daily newspapers work for hours composing advertisements which we presumed were to be used in the newspaper. But after the ad had been set, proofed and Away back in June of this year we suggested signs pointing the way to Clinton Public Hospital should be erect- ed on the highways leading into town. They wouldn't have to be large signs—not even as big as the sign of _Joe's Hot Dog Stand, Elsie's Heated Cabins or Pete's Super-Octane Gasoline Station. They would just have to be big enough to be legible—like the Depart- ment of Highways signs giving the name of and mileage to nearby towns. Not much bigger in fact than the signs all around town with street names on them. Even the small signs could be seen to be. It must be .God-awful, We can think of no other adjective more appropriate,. And surely, for weeks, months and YeRVS after the incident, the driver must see again and again the scene re-enact, ed. A sorry state of affairs for the in, .nocent driver. There have been no eharges laid in connection with any of the three in- cidents in Clinton this summerof which we write. Therefore, we must tread lightly while going about the moral of this editorial. Let us .simply state that we would prefer to publish only pictures such as that taken at the rabies clinic this week (which also appears on page one) or the scenery shot which appears on this Page. But while pedestrians continue to .disregard rules of common. courtesy and safety, we will continue to • report the news of their painful misfortunes. • We don't like the job of handling such news any more than the principals enjoy being involved. But although Clinton is a small town, the cars on its streets are just as big and heavy as those on the streets of other towns and cities where jay- walkers are charged by due process of law and fined for their carelessness— regardless of the extent of their per- sonal injuries. This being news, your News43.ecord photographer and/or reporter will be at the scene to record the event as a ser- vice to you the reader—whether you like it or not. proof-read, it was dumped into the scrap box to be melted down again. The printers were setting ads which had appeared in the newspaper weeks earlier. But the ads which had been used were made from "mats", pieces of heavy cardboard pressed with the type for the •advertisement and from which casts of solid metal had been poured in a labor-saving operation. However, union demands forced the newspaper to employ compositors to set the type as well in order to provide more work for its members. The fact that the work accomplished was a complete and utter waste, meant nothing. The same wasteful process goes on all the time all across the country. Generally it is the ordinary guy—who has no tough union to boost his pay cheque—who pays the shot. We wonder how long this sort of thing can go on—especially at a time when there is more than enough work for every skilled hand that can be found. by some stranger to our town hurrying for medical help with an injured child in his car. A husband who left things to the last minute and was rushing his expec- tant wife to the hospital from a neigh- boring town could see a small sign. And someone who thought he knew the layout of Clinton but who got flus- tered in time of emergency could also find the hospital—with the aid of a Sign. But the only sign—so far—is the one on the front lawn of the hospital. It would help, we suppose, if a badly injured stranger lasted long enough to stop several times to ask directions. THINGS WERE HECTIC How I envy the fellow who has two weeks -holidays! He takes his family to- a cottage, or on a 'motor trip, or out camping, and „that's all 1:4ere is to it. He can then go. quietly and sanely back to work. Things are always pretty hectic around our place in the summer, but this - was the heoticest ever. As a teacher, Ito almost frantic for school to start so I can get off the ferris wheel. Five weeks at summer music school for Hugh. Three weeks at a different summer music school for 'the old lady. Two weeks camp for Kim. Two weeks refresher course in Eng- lish and two weeks as a weekly editor for me. Now this doesn't sound so bad, when you say it quickly. But all these things were go- ing on 'in different places at different times. The result was a combination of the Grand Prix, MUsical Chairs, Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed? and Let's Break The Bank. My wife gets home every Saturday night, heads for the basement with a huge armful of soiled clothes, and we don't see her until it's time to get in the car late Sunday and charge off once . again in all directions. . Last Sunday, for the first time in six weeks, 'the four of us were under the same roof together. We were all a little uneasy at being with these strangers, Hugh came 'through virtually unscathed, despite the tremb- ling and 'trepidation of his par- ents. He talked us into eX- tending his stay at the summer school from *Wee -to five weeks in a letter emphasiting the "inspiration" he Was get- ting 'there. After deep and midnight Consultations, we reluctantly sent off the requisite extortion for the extra two weeks. Soon after, another letter arrived. In this one we learned he'd been out for dinner — steak and mushrooms, Chianti, the works — with a Yank girl whose father was an English teacher, was divorced, and was having an affair with the dau- ghter of the bartender in the place they'd eaten. Hugh's mamma was ready 'to call :the militia, declare war on the U.S., and invade if neces- sary to snatch her boy hack to safety. His father was try- ing to soothe her fears and at the same time, remembering, With not a little sadness, what he was like at that age. However, he surprised us. He arrived home the day he was supposed to. Even more amaz- ing, he had some money left. Completely astounding, he looked only slightly depraved, In those five weeks, he had: become 17, fallen in love at least twice, bought a pipe arid tobacco, cooked for himself for two weeks, living mainly on pablum and cheese, and been in a beer joint. None of this bothered me too much, although his moth- er gave him an interrogation that would have done credit to Inspector Maigret. Perhaps the most rugged `two weeks of the summer were those I spent as a weekly ed- itor. It all began with a wed- ding — my partner's, and very nearly ended with a funeral— mine. And how doubly devastat- ing -it is to be a weekly editor in a tourist town, where every old - friend cottager within a radius of 40 miles is hellbent on wrecking your marriage, your constitution and the next day, with his hospitality. Oh, well, the worst is over. There remains only a gritting of teeth, 'a girding of the loins' and a bardening of the resolu- tion, to get through the last week of summer — the weekly newspapers convention. When that's over, and I come home, a shambling skeleton, a shadow of the fine, healthy young fel- low I-was on the first day of July, my plains are made. I Phone a sanitarium, take my 20 days sick leave, and resume living about 'the end of Sep- tember: 40 Years. AgQ spoppopr 4, ;L92t The fountain in the Library Park has been painted a very nice shade of grey and is much improved. -Chief Strong wasthe artist and 'the paint WAs kindly donated by the Miller Hard- ware Company, Sunday was the hottest dal of. August, 'indeed, of .the -Whole summed; when the therreernet- sr registered 94.5 degrees above. Another 'clwarcl Blake Sch- olarship has come to Clinton. Collegiate, Robert G. Xurter, son of Mrs, John Hunter, hay- !ng won the 'Wird Ddward Bl- ake in .science proficiency wh, ten includes Latin, French, Al- gebra, Geometry, Trigonomet- ry, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. The Collegiate opened Tiles, clay with an attendance of about 170. (From a council meeting re- port); On motion of councillor Schoenhals and Reeve Middle- ton, Chief Strong wa's lnstruot- ea to procure new signs for the dump heap, so that people will know where to dump their refuse — • Councillor Rozell recommended that a rubber coat be purchased for the fire brigade to replace one which is worn out. 25 Years Ago September 7, 1939 • At the September session of town council held Monday ev- ening, by-law No, 11 fixing dates for nomination and elec- tion was read three times and passed. Nomination day had previously been the last Mon- day in December with elections following the ensuing week. The new legislation calls for nominations on November 24th and elections on Monday, Dec- ember 4th. There is little change this year in 'the number of pupils enrolled at the Collegiate In- stitute and the Public School. At the Collegiate on Tuesday morning 175 registered which is 'approximately 'the same number as last year. Mr. Ephriam Snell has again brought honour to Hullett Township with his prize-win- ning flock of Leicester sheep exhibited at the Toronto Ex- hibition. The Citizen's Band and the Clinton Fire Brigade netted a neat profit from the sale of tickets in the lucky draw and carnival in connection with the annual extravaganza held here last Thursday .night. PHOTOGRAPHY HADDEN'S STUDIO PORTRAIT -- WEDDING and CHILDREN 118 St. David's. St. Dial 524-8787, Goderich 6-13p PORTRAITS -- WEDDINGS COMMERCIAL gaitil Vase-4 20 Isaac Street Friday and Saturday 2 to 9 p.m. Phone 482-9654 after 6 p.m. for appointments OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays CLINTON MEDICAL CENTRE 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 791 G. B. CLANCY, 0.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH 38-tfb R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST F. T. ARMSTRONG ' Consulting Optometrist The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 ltfb Files 15 Years, Ago ,Soptega).or 1,, A.04:9 when a flash fire, .originat, lag In an upstairs bedroom, was discovered .on their farm home on Lot 38, Concession 114:01W$Mitil four miles south .pf Clinton on the King's Highway 4, Mr. and Mrs. George L. Fawner were burned and had a narrow ecS, cape from much more serious consequences, This week's circulation cif ale News-Record isapproximately '2,125. An official of the Ontario Department of Highways said at .Goderich that the section of Highway 21 between Goder, ietio.ankl Bayfield, is in fair cop- .clition for travel but motorists are warned to proceed caut- iously, Hail as big as small marbles fell iin HenSall and vicinity about 1:30 p.m. yesterday. Later, a very heavy dainstorra accompanied by thunder and lightning took place. Hail .cov- ered Hensall's main street. 'Special services were held on Sunday at Knox United Char- eh, Auburn, to mark 'the re- opening of the, church following a period of redecoration. 10 Years Ago September 2, 7.954 A fire at the farm of Clif- ford Addison, RR 1, Londes- boro, last Wednesday morning, completely dettroyed the barn. Members of the Clinton Fire Department -fought through long early morning hours to slave the property of James Handy, RR 4, Clinton when his large barn was completely de- stroyed on Sunday morning, August 22. The 'third barn fire to occur In • this area during the past week was at the farm of Wil- liam Hayter, RR 1, V a r n a, where the big L-shaped barn, seven pigs, 300 hens, three' cal- ves, most of the seasons grain crop, a threshing machine and pump were completely destroy- ed. Good news in one instance comes of the fire in the straw mow at the farm of Eddie Bell, on the 13th Concession of Hul- lett just three miles southeast of Blyth. The Bell children not- ed the smoke in the straw, and ran to- tell their mother, who turned in the alarm, Huron County Health Unit has for the first time in its history a complete nursing staff, according to supervisor of nursing, Miss Norah Cun- ningham. INSURANCE K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 4i:2-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7268 GARY COOPER Life Insurance & Annuities Representing GREAT WEST LIFE ASSURANCE CO. 482-7200 Clinton H. C. LAWSON First Mortgage Money Available Lowest Current Interest Rates INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phones: Office 482-9644 Res. 482-9787 • H. E. HARTLEY LIFE INSURANCE Planned Savings • . . . . . Estate Analysis CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Alurriinurn Doors and Windows and Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis-68 Albert St. Clinton-482-9390 Absolute Waste Their "Right" Eat At Joe's Hot Dog Stand FIRST MORTGAGES Farms -- Residential Commercial PROMPT, CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE THE INDUSTRIAL MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1889 Contact our Itepresentative H. C. LAWSON S RATTENELIRY MEET EAST PHONE 482-9644 CLINTON, ONE. Business and Professional Directory