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Clinton News-Record, 1969-08-14, Page 2Faster than the Dept. of Highways could ever hope to empty them, refuse cans at roadside stops along Highway 21 north of Bayfield are filled to overflowing by cottagers, campers and motorists who use the sites as garbage dumps and deposit a whole weekend's accumulation of waste in and around the barrels intended for picnickers. This table in Goderich Township presents a scene repeated many times along the highway on busy Sunday afternoons this summer. by W. Jene Miller The empty pew The only antidote for guilt is gratitude! If a policeman gives you a ticket for something, and you feel guilty about it, you will get mad at the police, the law and the judge. You will try to excuse yourself by blaming others. LorKe knew a lady,,,who never ;bo jhere'd. come to complete st=op" at she saW an on-coming car. Once she did not see the on-coming car. If a policeman had given her a ticket and she learned why the law demands • a complete stop, she might not have killed her husband and two other people, and been charged with manslaughter. The only antidote for guilt is gratitude! If the claims of God on your life make you feel guilty, you will try to avoid those claims by getting angry. You will develop a hate, for members, ministers, or anyone else whom you can blame for "hurting your feelings." You will poison your own mind and body with resentment. That's why Jesus warned us to lOve even our enemies. . The only antidote for guilt is gratitfide! If we approach life with gratitude, we are not shaken when we are confronted. We simply analyse our condition in love. If we are right with God, we have no need to be angry; and if we are in error, we can admit it, correct our ways, and go on. That's what the New Testament means by the promise, "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us.,." But in either event, we are wrapped in that perfect love which casts out fear. The only antidote for guilt is gratitude! Yes, it is for God's sake, too. It is His love which was given on the cruel cross to bring us that perfect , peace in Him which makes us whole. It is His love which redeems our lives fxom the spirit of death which brings,: the fruit of hate, murder, lust,' greed, and "a hundred other demons each worse than the first". It is His love which makes us able to appreciate even those who do things that we don't like, and whom He often sends as a judgement on us. . The only antidote for guilt is gratitude! The sins you forgive may be your own! by Bill Smiley Sugar and spice My ypung brother and I are very close. We always have been. We slept in the same bed for years, shared the same teachers in school, spent our summers together at the fami- ly cottage, and fought furious- ly about such things as who was going to get the bike that day. Even the war didn't keep us apart. We both served in the air, force and trained as fighter pilots, sometimes at the same stations. We were both shot down. We ended the war with the same rank. The only real difference was' that he could put the letters D,F.C. after his name, But I was able to count- er that with horror tales about prison camp. Yes, we've been very close. So close that we sometimes remember to send a card at Christmas, And we make a point of corresponding every three or four years. And at least once a decade we have a visit. It happened this past week- end. There's a lot to "get caught up on" when you meet your little brother so seldom, And boy, did we get caught up! He arrived Friday evening in his colonel's uniform, ablaze with ribbons. That night we got caught up until 5 a.m. on Saturday, Saturday night we did even better, getting caught up until 7.30 in the Sunday a,m. And Sunday night, we got caught tip until 1.30 a.m., when, thanks to a merciful providence. he had to leave to catch a bus' to catch a plane back to Colorado Springs and the panic buttons. .I learned a lot of things. That I still owed him $9 for my share of the bike. That his only child has married a very wealthy Englishman and has cars, dogs, servants, the works. It's the only money in the en- tire family connection, as far as I know, but I can't see how I'm going to get my hands on any of it. And 'I learned (this is how close our family is) that a fa- vorite uncle of mine had died over a month ago, Uncle Omar had reason to detest me. As an infant, I had cried lustily and steadily throughout his mar- riage, which took place at my parents' home, But he foigaiie, and offered a big helping hand on a couple of occasions when I needed it like plasma, A mule-skinner in World War I, he worked hard all his life, did well, had a loved and loving family and died peacefully at 75. A good life. My kid brother and I con- jured up a host of forgotten faces and incidents, most of them funny. The incidents, that is, not the faces. We had some good sport talking Otta- wa Valley English, which is unique on this or any other continent, We recalled with pride Mountain Jack Thomson, a great-uncle who was the ter- ror of the lumber camps. The only man who could lick him was his brother, my grandfa- ther, Perhaps I should envy the young brother, He's had an ex- citing, roving life in Europe and North America. He is com- pletely bilingual, in excellent health and will be retiring on a fairly fat pension, But I don't, I wouldn't want to be a serviceman, even a colonel, put on the shelf in my prime. He has no home, a scat- tered family, and must sort himself out for a new life at a time when most of us are eas- ing off a little. Does he envy me? I live a comfortable, middle-class life, own my home, have a good job and only two rotten kids, No, he wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole. And perhaps that's why we get along so well. No envy, which can be a destroying ele- ment in any relationship. Just brothers who are completely different in outlook and tem- perament, but retain the warmth of childhood affection and shared experience. Another reason we get along well, of; course, is that we see each other so seldom, There should be a lot more of this (that is, not seeing each other) among families. They'd last longer and finish stronger, But next time he visits, I think I'll arrange for a couple of hospital beds in advance, We'd never make it through another weekend . of "getting caught tip," Poetry is simply the lmost beautiful, impressive and widely effective mode of saying things, and hence its importance. —Matthew Arnold THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1865 • 1924 Established 1881 Clinton News-Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County Clinton; Ontario Population 1,475 77,11'," HOME .01; RADAR iN CANADA ERIC A. McGUINNESS — Editor J. HOWARD AITKEN General Manager second class mail registration number — 0817 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (in advance) Canada, $6.00 per year: U.S.A., $7.50 "Practical politics consists in ignoring facts." — Henry Brooke Adorns Though long-rumored, the decision' to close CFB Clinton came suddenly and was announced after the regular deadline fOr news, and editorial copy. There is little opportunity this week for reflection and cornment on the situation. It is said that recent federal cabinet meetings have had an atmosphere like that • when Icommutation of a death sentence is under study, and the parallel is a good one, for yesterday's decision will end the existence of CFB Clinton at the age of 30. But the base does have a two-year lease on life and there will be an opportunity to try for a transplant — to seek for the empty base a new use which will help sustain and build the community. The relationship between the base and its neighbors has been a friendly one, with bonds which will not be dissolved easily. An- important and integral part of the community and the people who compose it will be removed over the next two years The Federal government, says The Ridgetown Dominion, is moving toward strict control over automobile safety standards. The transport minister, Donald Jamieson, reported recently that 29 motor vehicle safety standards for new cars built in Canada or impohed into the country, would deal with items such as tires, doors, safety harnesses, steering wheels and breakaway points. Such action has been too long delayed. People have always taken for'granted that a man selling his services would have a satisfactory service to offer, and that an item for sale would be as nearly perfect as possible. This summer we had occasion to try to break up an old stove. The workmanship in that stove, would make a modern factory worker shudder. Recently we went through a Canadian automobile plant and as we watched the cars roll by on the assembly line it was very easy to A gulf of bitterness that may never be crossed flows between once friendly families. The boy from one home killed and mutilated the girl from the other when she was flung into the windshield in an intersection crash, or crushed during a roll-over at a curve that was being taken too fast. Yet she may have been, partly, even mainly to blame for the crash that took away her youth, and scarred the minds of four parents. Many a girl who has never touched a wheel has steered a car to disaster. If a boy is attracted to a girl he feels a constant urge to win her approval at every possible moment. In a car he often tries to excite her admiration for his superior skill and "courage". As long as she keeps up her part in this In 1968, motorists travelled 26 billion miles within the Province of Ontario. And in just one day last July, managed to scatter .1,306 pieces of litter along one mile of one highway. Multiply this by the 13,000 miles of King's and Secondary Highways in Ontario and you can imagine the major clean-up that faces the Department of Highways as motorists • take to the highways for the summer. Last year's bill for cleaning up Ontario's highways topped $970,000. DHO and the process, although slow, promises .to 1?e painful. "To the taxpayer," commented the Financial Post recently, "it makes sense to stop spending an increasingly large share on the upkeep of bases and a decreasing amount on equipping the troops in them. National Defence is to be commended, too, for working closely with the Department of Manpower and Regional Development .1 "These facts, however, are cold comfort to the • Canadian communities about to be dealt a severe economic blow." There have been any number of assurances and promises of govern'ment aid to lubricate the wheels of change, but citizens of Clinton and the surrounding area must take the initiative and make the most productive possible use of the two years ahead. see that one careless worker, one worker who let the car roll by while he unrolled a stick of gum, could work havoc with the general overall plan. It is not only in the work area that we have abandoned pride in workmanship, but in a great many other areas of life we have taken away the moral standards which governed behaviour. As a result we must now demand charity in the form of social security, good behaviour by law instead of by principles and a good day's work by government inspection rather than the workman asking a good day's pay for an honest day's effort. If seems you can't have it both ways. Remove one set of repressions and you have to replace it with another. However, we will drive our cars with more confidence if we know that the government has insisted on certain standards being met. —Wingham Advance-Time. game, the danger of collision mounts. If she shows she is Iiot impressed by "kid stuff" driving, she may avert an accident that could kill or maim several people, and permanently destroy the self respect of the boy driver. Every passenger in a car has a responsibility towards the driver, and all other road users, says the Ontario Safety League. It is a responsibility to see that his own behaviour does not contribute to unnecessary distraction, or tension. And a responsibility *to use quiet influence to discourage any attitude or behaviour of the driver, or other passengers, that could constitute or develop into a hazard. The responsibility weighs heavily on an' attractive girl, out in a car with an impressionable boy. maintenance crews spent more than one-quarter of a million' man-hours at this task. Littering is an expensive and potentially dangerous habit. It is also against the law as 353 persons discovered last year when they were fined varying sums up to $50 for littering Ontario's highways. Help keep Ontario's highways clean this holiday season by keeping a litter bag in your car and using it. N.N.\\‘‘NN.N.N.NN.N.•\NI. NO6N.N.N.N.\\NNNNN.N.N.N.N.•N.N.\\‘‘‘‘•\\ Business and, ,Professional Directory OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET For Appointment Phone 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 For Air-Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis — 68 Albert St. Clinton — 482-9390 SERVICES Attend Your Church This Sunday NOTE: All Services on Daylight Saving Time ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH ,,v c$,G. .6' "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" leg - I Pastor: REV. H. W. WONFOR, 4 B.SC., B.Ccim., B.D: 0 A (‘ Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C;T. SUNDAY, AUGUST 17th , • 11:00 a.m. --,- Morning Worship. Sermon Topic: "The Marks Of Jesus" 3. — PATIENCE Wesley-Vyillis United CLirch will worship with us. . Sunday School closed until September 7 Wesley-Willis — Holmesville United Churches REV. A.J. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D.D., Minister MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director Joint. Service with Ontario Street United Church during August. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH SUNDAY, AUGUST 17th 10:00 a.m. — Morning Service - English 8.00 P.M. — Evening Service Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas listen to "Ba4k to God Hour" — EVERYONE WELCOME — ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Riv.'FLU. MacLean, B.A., Minister tors: B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director. Services of Public Worship withdrawn during the month of August. PENTECOSTAL CHURCH' Victoria Street W. Werner, Pastor SUNDAY, AUGUST 17th 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 11:00 a.m,; -" Worship Service. 7:30 p.m. — Evening Service. MAPLE STREET GOSPEL HALL SUNDAY, AUGUST 17th 9:45 a.m. — Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. — Sunday School, 7:15 - 7:45 p.m. — Sunday Evening — Hymn Sing 8:00p.m.— Evening Service. Speaker: Fred Munnings 8:00 p.m. — Tuesday Prayer Meeting; Bible Study "The boss toniplimented me for thinking big in e small sod Of Way," :2 Clinton .News,Record„ Thursday, Augst 14, 1969 As we see. it The axe has fallen Need vehicle safety rules , 6, • • : ••••.oifort.0,:, 4:.-• • •SP...i A gulf of bitterness $970,000 clean-up R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 PETER J. KELLY your • Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada Representative 201 King St. Clinton ' 482-7914 INSURANCE K. W. COLCIUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 HAL HARTLEY Phone 482-6693 LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE — REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Clinton Office: 482.9644 H. C. Lawson, Res.: 482-9787 J. T. Wise, Res.: 482-7265 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS