Clinton News-Record, 1969-10-02, Page 4LEGION SALUTE Photo by MeG
Lure of city doesn't hold for long
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So this is that kind of
morning, I am thinking of the
downtown streets at lunch-time
with the hurrying, purposeful
crowds.under their shining black
umbrellas or some bare-headed,
ducking.into shop doorways, the
cars all going by with swishing
tires, the signals changing and
everything meshing and the
lights on in the high towers
against a dark crepe paper
October sky.
Cities seem happiest in the
worst of weather. Yes, perhaps
that's it, It is true of all that I
have lived in — Buenos Aires and
London, Toronto and
.-Vancouver and the rest.. The
worst miseries of the elements
titisroerZorewd:,tiemni4avy
lar You
owuhinretihneya
r'estaurant i saY; where people
"burst in from the torrents of the
streets, shaking. the rain from
their shoulders, pleased to be in
this bright, noisy place, and,
sometimes, catching some
stranger's eye, grinning.
Even in the mornings, still
night-dark with the slow winter's
•'• dawn, the human loads in the
big buses creeping in upon the
cities register their highest
voltage of camaraderie when the
weather is foulest. On a sunny
summer morning people stare
out with sightless eyes, still not
quite awake, not quite ready for
the new day. But let it pour or
snow. Then you hear the
friendly babble of small talk and
the commuters are turned
inward to each other, perhaps
seeking warmth.
Through the bus windows the
city looks alive, brave, gay. The
tireless lights run around the
theatre marquees. The
merchandise sits dry and inviting
looking behind the great
windows. The many-colored,
festive neon gleams in reflection
from the wet pavement. It never
seems more beautiful than then.
That where the genuine
country boy differs from those
of us who are transplants.
I have friends out here, here
all their lives, who look on every
metropolis as cold and
forbidding. They're foreigners in
a place where you do not raise
your hand in greeting to every
passing car. The only time they
ever feel really alone is when
they're engulfed by people.
They know nought of the
), h.:AO lobbies a •with,' their own
deeply.carpetted
and luxurious, where you feel
the excitement that comes at
every crossroad of humanity; of
the hour at the end of the
working day when the office
buildings spill their tenants out
under the street lights,
thousands of them the most
beautiful girls in the world,
incrddibly radiant after a day of
commerce.
They know nought of the
long line of winking headlights
of the homeward bound traffic,
of the city after midnight with
the lonely cop and the foraging
cats howling in the alleys under
the net of wires, the clangor that
gets in your blood, the cry of
the siren, the whine of cars in
gear, the barp of the klaxon.
Yes, it looks as if I'll Go In
tomorrow. But never fear,
benevolent reader, be back.
In no time at all.
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It is perhaps best summed up by
paraphrasing a , New Testament quote:
"What does it profit a man, if he gains the
whole world and loses his own house? Or
what shall a man give in exchange for a
house?"
—The Windsor Star.
We all pay the bill
When Prime Minister Trudeau last
week was asked to furnish more federal
money for projects in northern Ontario,
he said the government will gladly spend
them oney, but "we'll take it from you
first."
A similar reminder about the source of
government funds came this week from
the Ontario Dept. of Lands and Forests
which points out that every time a
highway sign is peppered and blasted with
gunshot or bullets, it has to be replaced
with a new one, and it's your money that
pays the cost,
Tnetept. of Highways spends $60,00
a year to replace highway signs that have
been damaged by irresponsible hunters
Teeswater success
Teeswater people have been dealing
with a problem that most municipalities
would like to have. At a joint meeting of
the councils of Teeswater and Culross
Township, they had to deal with the
disposition of a surplus of $9,100 from
the recent old boys' reunion.
It is normal -and usual for events of
that kind to produce a final balance sheet
in red ink, rather than black. In the
Teeswater area they must still have a good
supply of that old-fashioned community
spirit that leads people to jump in and
help without expecting to be paid in cash
every time they lift a finger.
It was a pleasant and productive chore
to carve up the $9,100. The local pipe
band got $200 of it; $700 was assigned to
improve the surface of the local racetrack;
$1,000 to improve the washrooms at the
Teeswater Arena, and so on.
As: owrs,grow into cities ,and the cities
get ;:Aigge);,4. m mu nity succeisesa,"fatt4
kind get scarcer. It's refreshing to see that
it can still happen. K-W RECORD,
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PORK is on the move
4 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, October 2., 1.959
Editorial comment
Impressive, but
By "separate statements, contradictory
in nature, two Ontario cabinet ministers
forecast a paradoxical situation in the
development of this province.
Provincial Treasurer, Charles S,
MacNaughton told the opening session of
the province's first northern development
conference of the possibility of Ontario
almost doubling its standard of living in
the next decade. Unemployment will al$0
drop.
All impressive, with the promise of
most people being touched by this wealth.
On the 'other hand Trade and
Development Minister Stanley Flendall
gave a warning that interest rates on home
mcirtgages will reach 12 per cent by the
end of the year. Already mortgage interest
rates, for first mortgages, are available at
91/2 per cent from Central Mortgage and
Housing Corporation. Second mortgages
range upwards from 14 per cent.
All very depressing, with the realization
that the great majority of people in
Ontario cannot afford to purchase a home
under those terms.
and counties and townships spend many
thousands more.
Peppering stop signs or -shooting, out
chunks of metal on traffic warning signs
may work off frustrations or build up,ego
With some "nice shooting" but lives are
being endangered at the same time,
it $60,000 was not needed each year
to replace damaged signs, the Dept. of
Highways could purchase three 125 h.p.
graders or 15 8-ton dump trucks or five
5-ton dump trucks or resurface 30 miles
of highway with asphalt emulsion or
chips.
With $60,000, the Dept. of Lands and.
Forests could provide, raise to adulthood
and release 21,808 pheasants; extend its
deer range Management program over an
additional 1,000 acres; reforest 1,500
acres; rent a helicopter for 600 hours for
game surveys and enforcement or add
staff for fish stocking and pollution
studies.
Senseless destruction of traffic signs
erected to warn of hazards is a senseless
attitude toward safety. As long as it
continues, we all wilt pay the cost. The
Dept. of Lands and Forests asks hunters
to "Have your money put to better use,
aim for safety, take the offensive against
destruction."
THE MILLAR MUTUAL
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The flood of applications for
PORK (Parents Of Rotten
Kids), which was launched last
week in this column, has not
yet begun to give local
postmen the blind staggers,
but it will. It will.
In the meantime, I've
received a letter from an
Ontario woman, commenting
on a previous column entitled,
"The Kids Are Pathetic." She
certainly qualifies for PORK
and is hereby accepted as a
full•fledged member of this
fledgling organization, with all
the disadvantages and lack
.
of
privileges appertaining
thereto,
She writes: "I myself must
admit to being a parent of a
16-year-old daughter now
living at such a commune as
you describe, right in
downtown Toronto, and I am
helpless by law to interfere.
"Such is our society today
that we have been forced to
accept not only common-law
living amongst adults (Ed
note: I'm not against that), but
also now with children of such
an early age. I myself have left
no stone unturned in an effort
to help resolve the situation,
by writing or contacting every
available society from social
workers to the Hon. John
Yaremko, with the final
realization that in 'Ontario a
child is free from parental
guidance and authority at 16.,
"This same law, however,
contradicts itself by not
allowing them to marry until
18 without a parent's consent
and signature. . „ In B.C, the
age limit for a child to break
away from parental authority
is 18." In short, Ontario laws
are driving young people to, as
we used to put it, living in sin.
She goes on: "Recently in an
interview with a large daily
newspaper, a professor of
applied psychology made the
following statement; 'The
mother in the home today is an
anachronism. The role of. the
housewife used to have dignity
and respect. There is no need
any more for a home manager.'
His remarks are more than a
little off-beat,"
I quite agree with you, dear
lady, and with most of the
other things you go on to say. I
tried four days of "batching it"
recently. The only place
there's no need for a home
manager is in a pigpen,
My wife came home a day
early and caught me cold. I
had put my dinner on and just
shut my eyes for a moment
while the fish was cooking. She
opened the door and found the
house full of smoke, the
kitchen full of dirty dishes,
and an armchair full of me.
I can't smell, of course, not
even fish burning. And it was
the nervous strain of looking
out for myself and the cat for
four clays that had made me
flake out like that.
Lady, you have my deepest
sympathy concerning your
daughter and the laws which
.create such an impasse. And
the kids know the law. They
have us right Over a barrel. It's
easy enough to say, "If they
want to go, let 'em go. Kick
'ern out." This is the favorite
advice of non-PORK-ers, It's
not so easy to do with a
basically good, naive kid who
is almost totally unequipped to
cope with a world that ,is not
exactly Eden.
I've been teaching the play
Hamlet this fall. Perhaps you
remember the part where
Ophelia's old man warns her
that she is to have nothing
further to do with Prince
Hamlet. She was about 16 and
this took place in the
Thirteenth Century. She
obeyed him reluctantly, but
without hesitation.
I asked my students what a
girl of today would do if her
father told her such a thing.
They got it second crack. The
first student said she'd say,
"Drop dead." The second said
she'd say, "If I can't go out
with Hamlet, I'll run away."
And she would.
It's emotional blackmail, and
they know it. The only real
solution, I suppose, as with
real blackmailers, is to call
their bluff. But again, it's a
wrenching decision when you
love the child and when you
realize what will probably
happen.
However, fellow - PORK-ers,
thumbs up. We know there is a
golden day coming, when our
RK'S will have Matured and
mellowed. And they will come
and pick us up in their big car,
when we are feeble and
rheumatic, and take us for a
drive, and stop before this big,
handsome building. And they'll
say, "Sorry, Mum and Dad, that
I was such a worry to you.
There it is. Gateway Haven.
See you on visiting days, if we
can get a babysitter."
"Welcome Ina to the wide
open spaces," writes a
benevolent reader. "You are
living proof that they can take
the boy, from the country, but
they Can't take the country from
the boy."
Well, it's true that I keep
coming back, like an old
boomerang, to a rural setting.
But it would be false pretences
to say that I'm a genuine
country boy. Oh, I don't regret
that first move we made from
the city. There's hardly a day, in
fact, that I don't marvel at the
impulse that brought it about.
Some mornings I feel a kind of
smug contentment amidst, this
tweet silence ,and blessed peace.
.1,Some morningsvespecially,4r4he
Springpdo give, ,a.,1•;Whoop ot4j4.
Some mornings I look out‘the
window and shout,, • ljniray!
Hurray! I really do.
Bat the truth must be faced.
I'm a fair-weather hick. When
the weather turns foul; as it just
happens to have turned this
morning, the good' green acres
outside my window do nothing
for me. I ache to be in the pack
in the bright, wet streets of the
big town. I'm suddenly bored
with nature's gentle colors and
crave a shot of garrish neon. The
part of me that I renounced, the
city part, begins to boil and
bubble. I contrive elaborate
excuses to Go In, as we refer to
it out here. ("Are you going
in?" "Yes, I'm going ' in
Tuesday.") I feel like a clown
and a fraud in my blue denim,
like a man uncomfortable at a
masquerade, and pine for my
city uniform.
75 YEARS AGO
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
October 5, 1894
Messrs, Scruton, Jackson and
Upshall have returned from the
Point Levi military camp.
Mr, Cluff, who learned the
boot and shoe buiness with the
late C. Cruickshank but has for
some time been living at Flint,
Mich., has rented a house from
Mr. William Cooper, with the
intention of making Clinton his
home and place of business.
It is generally conceded that
Clinton Millinery Openings take
precedence of all others, and the
displays made by our merchants
last Saturday showed a
magnificence in style and
profusion in assortment that
would be hard to excel
anywhere. Crowds visited the
Several stores and Were doubtless
all pleased at the beautiful things
to be seen,
55 'MARS AGO
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
October 1, 1.914
Miss Jule I3artliff returned
from her extended visit with her
sister, Mrs. Pinning at
Vancouver, B.C.
Mrs. Israel Taylor of London,
is the guest of her father Mr.
James Stevens, Mr, Taylor is
attending General COrtference at
Ottawa.
The Workmen's
Compensation Act, passed by
the last session of the
Legislature, conies into effect on
January 1st. A proclamation tO
that effect WAS issued last
Friday.
40 YEARS AGO
THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD
October 3, 1929
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Leonard
of Elmira were guests at the
home of the former's parents,
Mr. and, Mrs. Fred Leonard of
town over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Shaw of
Brigden were the guests over the
weekend of the lady's sister,
Mrs. Wilfred Seeley. They all
took in the special services in
Holmesville United church on
Sunday.
Mrs. J. A. Ford returned
Sunday after a little visit with
her daughter, Mrs. (Dr.)
Procunier of Dorechester. Mrs.
Procunier motored her mother
home and visited a day or so in
town.
Mrs. Spooner of Virden, Man.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Clare
RuMball.
25 YEARS AGO
October 5, 1944
LAC Gordon Herman, who is
on leav,e, is spending a few days
with hit sister Mist Helen of
Millgrove,
Mir and Mrt. Reg. Simmons,
Miss Iona Klutchey and Ray
Gibbings of Barham were
visitors at the holm of Mr. and
Nits. Melvin orieb on Sunday.
Pte. liarold Johnston has
returned to Camp Borden after a
furlough spent with Wife and
little On, Kenneth.
Mr. and Mrs. OOP Bailey of
Ottawa and Mist Pat McCown of
London were Weekend guests of
Mr. anti Mrs. Charles IlrandorL
15 YEARS AGO
September 30, 1954
Mrs. R. P. Robbins and two
children, Ronnie and Linda,
arrived on Sunday to spend
some time with the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John A.
Sutter. Mr. Robbins has been
appointed chief of the
newly-formed Richmond Hill
police force and has already
taken 'over his duties in that
town. Mrs, Robbins and the
children will remain here until
housing accommodations can be
secured.
Ronald Poth of Bayfield left
on Wednesday of last week for
Huron College to enter his
second year in business
administration at the University
of Western Ontario.
Miss Gladys Collins, Seaforth,
spent the past weekend with Mr,
and Mrs. Charles Stewart.
10 YEARS AGO
October 1, 1959
Dr. and Mrt. A. F. Cooper,
Toronto, spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bond
, 73 East St.
Mr. and Mrs. C, Vanbartune
Were visited over the weekend
by Graf Carl Sehonborn of
Pornmersfeiden, Bavaria. Misses
Clare and Ida McGowan Were
eo-hostesses.
Brian Grime, eldest son of
Mr, a nd Mrs. George
13ellebainber, Bayfield, entered
the University of Western
Ontario last week. A graduate of
G.1),C.1, be is enrolled in the
engineering science courte.
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STREET UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
Pastor: REV. H. W. WONFOR,
B.Sc., B.Com ., B.D.
Organist; MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C.T.
OCTOBER 5th
a.m. — Sunday School.
a.m. — Sacrament of the Lord's Supper
and Reception of New Members.
p.m. — Oct. 5--
Thankoffering in Wesley-Willis Church
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
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th
9:45 a.m. — Sunday School.
11:00 a.m. — World Wide Communion Sunday.
HOLMESVILLE
2:00 p.m. — ANNIVERSARY SERVICE.
Guest Preacher: Rev. H. W. Wonfor, B.Sc., B.Com ., S.D.
Soloist: Mr. Harry Lear, Londesboro.
— All Welcome —
October 5 — JOINT THANKOFFERING WITH
ONTARIO STREET CHURCH.
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th
10:00 a,m. — Morning Service.
2:30 p.m. — Afternoon Service.
Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas
listen to "Back to God Hour"
— EVERYONE WELCOME —
. ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister
Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th
• 9i45 a.m. — Sunday School.
10:45 a.m. — Public Worship
Holy Communion
MAPLE STREET GOSPEL HALL
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th
9:45 a.m. — Worship Service
11:00 a.m. — Sunday School
7:15. 7:45 — Hymn Sing.
8:00 p.m, — MR. JOHN AITKEN, Shelburne; Speaker.
8:00 p.m. — Tuesday Prayer Meeting; Bible Study
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
the Rev. J. $. Sharpies, M.A., Minister
Morning Services and Sunday School, 10:00 anti.
October 5 to end of March
Holy Communion — Sunday, Oat. 5
EtAYFIELb BAPTIST" CHURCH
PaStor: LeSlie Clemens
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5th
Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship: I 1 :00 a.ru,
Evening Gospel Service: 1:30 p.m.
Speaker: REV. 0, A. MOREHOUSE representing 1.E.A.K,
Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting and - Bible study
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