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THE 'HURON NEWS RECORD
1924
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4 Clinton, News-Record, Thursday, January 14, 1971
Editoriai.commeat
a majority of 258 votes over N.
s W, Trewartha mid G. W. Nat
succeeded to the Reeveship hi a
close battle with the sitting
Reeve J. D. Falconer,
The latest addition to
Clinton's growing list of business
_firms is that of C. R. Grossman
Body Shop, Specializing in truck
body and fender repairing. The
stand is located on Itattenbury
St. West just West of Bartliff's
bakeshop.
Baseball in Janaary! A
baseball game in January is
really something to remember.
Scholars from S.S. No,
Colborne accepted an invitation
from S.S. No. 1 Colborne on
Monday afternoon When a
friendly game was played. No. 3
were winners, William McCreath
is teaching at No, 3 and Mr. Hall
at No. 1.
Warmest January in Years! —
Mrs. George German picked a
fresh lettuce plant from her
garden, while Mrs. Frank Lobb
plucked some beautiful pansies
from her garden.
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When representatives of the Couniy of
Huron, Tuckersmith Township, the town
of Clinton and the Midwestern Ontario
Development Area visited Ottawa to
present a brief to the government on the
future of CF$ Clinton this week, more
may have been accomplished than just
convincing the government to make sure
something is done with the base.
To be sure this was the objective of the
delegation, and if they are successful in
having the government work to keep the
base open in some new capacity they will
likely figure they have been successful.
But in getting together and
co-operating to present a single brief
important ground work may have been
laid that will be more important in the
long run than keeping the base open. Our
future lies in local municipalities learning
to work together and co-operate to build
better communities.
We ,have the problem' of the Bayfield
watershed to be solved. If the
municipalities along the river would
co-operate in getting together by
themselves and discussing the problem,
the decision of what authority should run
the conservation program on the river
could be threshed out in a couple of
The cost of dignity
Funds at the disposal of the United
Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization (FAO) are about the same as
the cost of just one nuclear submarine.
This is surely one of the' most shameful
aspects of mankind's modern,
war-oriented civilization.
Because bodies like FAO, and other
United Nations Agencies for that matter,
are not given the financial means to do an
adequate job, progress in bringing food to
the hungry has been minimal.
The tragedy is the unwillingness of the
world's nations and of the great powers
and other affluent countries in particular,
to exa nine the long-range problems of
humanity whose numbers have leaped to
3.5 billion,
There is an unwillingness also to trust
those who are not entirely in agreement
with one's viewpoint, which led to the
astronomically costly defense barriers
nations have erected.
'This in turn means that the weapons
Dirty money
Commercialization of violence has
become a sickness in Western society,
The problem has gone so far that these
days men can become wealthy overnight
by selling stories and pictures of war
atrocities to popular U.S. magazines and
newspapers. Perhaps the most glaring
example of this was the recent sale of
hundreds of thousands of dollars of the
gruesome May Lai massacre photographs.
Tragically, there can be little doubt
that in the picture files of the Pentagon
there are similar pictures—but these of
course are not for sale.
The commercialization of the Vietnam
horrors is but one instance of the trend
which has become particularly serious in
North America. Every evening on our
television screens, day after day in many
Thank goodness for work and
routine. They're the best
therapy there is in the titurot-
lc world we live in.
The highly-toated "holi-
day season" should be
enough to make a great many
people agree with rice.
Looking back, I predicted
a quiet holiday. And it start-
ed out all right. kim came
home from college a couple
of days early, quite happy,
just like her old self. 13ut each
day her face lengthened as
she sorted the Christmas mail.
Nothing for her. Day after
day. -
Her secret desire, of
course, was a message from
the loved one, who is spend-
ing the winter up around
Hudson Ray somewhere.
Nothing. She alternated be-
tween reviling him and
gloomieg about the place.
The day before Christmas,
it came - long letter, so
personal that she would read
only bits to her avidly-interes-
ted mother. And the thing
that really killed her was that
in the same mail she received
an equally ardent letter from
a young man she's been see-
ing at university, "Just to
pass the time until Joe gets
home." She thortled at the
Irony of it all.
Gentle grandad arrived and
we settled into speed a quiet
Christmas Vve, MI serene.
Then comes a phone call
from son Hugh, from some
god-foresaken village in deep-
est Quebec. Ile and a friend
hours. Most agree this is the best way of
doing it and most say this should have
been done before the first meeting back in
1970, yet not one of the municipalities
has taken the initiative and called such a
meeting, Clinton should lead the way and
call such a meeting within the next
month, before the issue gets buried in an
avalanche of petty bickering.
Co-operation will also be needed to
implement the plan outlined here in the
News-Record in November that would
develop the area south of Clinton between
the town and the base, it is understood
that plans are being made by the
Industrial Committee 'in Clinton to meet
with Tuckersmith township officials to
discuss such a possibility.
There is a lot of quivering and shaking
going on in our part of the province
presently about the prospect of having
regional government forced on us. But the
sad truth is, if we had co-operated with
each other in the past, there would be no
push for regional government. And if we
start co-operating now, it may not be too
late to build a better society in Huron
County without having it pushed on us by
the province.
industries which the powerful nations
have established must be kept going. The
loss of aircraft, tanks, artillery pieces,
rockets and other death-dealing arms all
help to add new energy to the ambitious
munitions manufacturers.
Manufacturers must be pleased when
they hear that in six years of fighting in
Vietnam the United States has lost 6,592
aircraft costing $5.2 billion. They must be
pleased when Arabs and Israelis shoot
each other's aircraft out of the skies, for
to them that means more profit.
And while the greedy arms markers
gobble up tax dollars at a frantic rate,
hurn6nitarian organizations like the FAO
must go without. When will mankind
attain the dignity needed for genuine
human progress, and divert the funds now
marked for nuclear submarines to global
organizations not interested in profit or
power politics, but in a better life for all
men?
movie houses, we see brutality, murder,
corruption, bribery, economic and class
hatreds portrayed in a glamorized fashion.
Usually, screen victims and heroes
seem to die relatively neatly, with a single
bullet through the heart or the head. But
the brutish side of men is captured
constantly on film, as if there is no hope
of changing the basic pattern of violence
and horror in the world.
This pessimistic view of humanity,
however, is not necessarily the correct
one. if the public will exists to change the
status quo in regard to mankind's march
into the future, there could be far more
rapid progress. And to cut back on one
major evil, the commercialization of
violence, would certainly be a step in the
right direction.
The test racket
One day he was a man with a
promising career ahead, The
next day he'cl, come to a
standstill. The promotions he'd
expected were passed to others.
His ability, his dedication and
his loyalty to the firm hadn't
changed. Yet somehow he was
washed up.
This is the dilemma of a pal of
mine who has become the victim
of one of the uglier aspects of
the modern business jungle.
At his employer's request he'd
gone, willingly and naively, to
the local branch of an American
firm which specializes in the
"evaluation" of personnel.
He had spent a day
completing written tests,
presumed to indicate his special
aptitudes and the characteristics
of his personality.
He had talked, without
restraint, to a psychologist who,
on the basis of his test marks
and a 30-minute chat, was to
pass judgment that will affect
him for the rest of his career life.
That, prospect simply hadn't
occurred to my friend.
He submitted himself to the
routine with the self-confidence
of a man who is on the way up,
admired and respected.
He made no effort to avoid
those questions which invaded
/5 YEARS AGO
The Huron News-Record
January 8, 1896
The storm last week was as
severe as any that has occurred
around here for the past few
years. On Thursday the
Lticknow stage did not reach
Goderich till nearly two o'clock,
and their it. did not bring the
Carlow mail, as it was impossible
to travel the road between the
Nile and that burg. On Friday
while a party with a team was
trying to reach a political
meeting one of the horses broke
a blood vessel. A new horse was
obtained, but the arrival proved
unmanageable in the deep drifts
and tried to run away, so the
party had to return to town,
Mr. Chas Reid of Stanley, on
Saturday shipped one car of
horses and three ears of Iambs to
Britain, the chief and most
profitable market for Canadians.
55 YEARS AGO
, The -Clinton New Era
January 13, 1916
Major Ratio, a native of
Clinton, is now second in
tommand of the 33rd Battalion
:at present in Quebec City.
Mr. L. D. Fulton and family
of Hensel', have moved into the
house at the corner of Raglou
and Rattenbury Streets formerly
occupied by Mr. Pegli,
Fulton is here in 'the interest of
the International Harvesting Co.
of Canada Ltd.
Bandmaster C. Dixon who
was in charge of the Clinton
Kittle Band. has signed up with
the 161st ,and will conduct the
Regimental Band.
'Chide 'Torn Jackson never
semis so happy as when he is
'doing something for the
children. Last weak be ihvited dill
the children of the town arid
his private life. He was
scrupulously honest, even to the
point of sociably volunteering
the trivia of fears and aspirations
that are so entertaining# to the
head-readers.
These factors loomed out of
all perspective in the subsequent
report to his employer that now
appears to have pigeon-holed
him permanently or, at any rate,
until he can move to a new firm.
It makes you wonder how
many others are being sacrificed
to the pseudo-scientific
processing plants that crank out
these verdicts at an
ever-increasing pace.
A gimmick which began
simply as a preliminary
examination of applicants, a
general guide to the capabilities
of untested new employees, has
now become a massive and
influential court of decision
from which there is no appeal.
Entire staffs are sent for the
treatment, Veteran employees
being considered for a change or
for promotion are dispatched to
be tested by methods that are
not merely inexact, but highly
dubious.
The honest standards by
which a man was once judged,
by his ability and work and by
his results, are now warped by
eountryside, their mothers and
grandmothers to the Town Hall
to see the beautiful photo play
"Cinderella", but by some error
"Cinderella" did not arrive, but
what did arrive was funny and
good, but he promised the
children that they would see
"Cinderella" as soon as it could
be obtained.
40 YEARS AGO
'time Clinton News-Record
January 15,1931
On Sunday last a new
Canadian National timetable
went Into effect: Morning train
to Toronto 6:58; Noon train to
Toronto 11;55; Afternoon train
to Toronto 2:55; Night train to
Toronto 10:09; Morning Wirt to
London 7:38; Afternoon train
to London 3:53:
Six passenger trains daily.
In Kippen, the splendid home
of Mr. H. McMurtie was entirely
burned down on Thursday la.)1,
while Mr. and Mrs. McMurtie
were away. The principal part of
the downstairs effects were
saved by neighbours and by the
splendid and quick aetion of Mr.
W. Harvey who first noticed the
flames and broke into the house.
Rev. G. Sherman newly
appointed Baptist minister, has
arrived 'from Lanark and is
getting his family settled in the
Baptist parsonage.
The Home and School Club
will hold its first meeting of the
year in the Collegiate
auditorium. Mrs. Ps Hearn will
have charge of the Musical
portion of the program while
Mrs. W. T. Herman will have
charge of the social part.
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News-Record
January 10, 1946
A. J. McMurray was 'elected
Mayor .of Clinton for 1946 with
him out, in particular, about his
cultural activities. My friend had
responded eagerly to this
c r o ss -exam ination, naturally
thinking that his considerable
interest in the arts would be to
his credit as part of a
well-rounded personality.
Somehow this came out in the
psychologist's interpretation as
"an effiminate tendency,"
So, too, his views on life,
which were described as
"markedly humanitarian," were
diagnosed as a deficiency in his
potential as a managerial
prospect.
Wherever he had unburdened
himself of the sort of personal,
uncertainties that are common
to all humans the psychologist
had seized them gleefully —
often using my friend's exact
words — to suggest in
pseudo-clinical style that they
were evidence of
"maladjustment."
An isolated case, you say? I
wonder,
How many other good men
have had their careers blighted
by this kind of nonsense and
how many not-so-good men have
improved their position by the
simple, if dishonest, method of
creating for the psychologist the
kind of image he requires?
15 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News-Record
January 12, 1956
Mrs. A. Iladdy, Clinton, was
elected president of the Clinton
Hospital Auxiliary for 1956.
Mrs. Reddy succeeds Mrs. Harry
Ball who has completed two
years in that office.
Showing every sign of growing
enthusiasm in the promotion of
industry within the County, last
night close to 70 municipal
officials and interested persons,
attended a dinner meeting in the
Ontario Street United Church
here. Representatives of all five
towns, three villages and 11 of
Hurons 16 townships were
present to hear Bob Potts,
consultant with the Municipal
Industrial Development Division,
Trade and Industry Branch,
Department of Agriculture,
Toronto.
George L, Falconer was
re-named chairman of the
Clinton Collegiate Institute
Board at the first meeting of the
New 'Year.
Letters
to the Editor
The Editor,
I felt very honoured when
recently I received a copy of
your paper dated 3 December,
1970,
Let roe take this opportunity
to thank you for the article
entitled, "He turned a Town
Hall into an Art Gallery", There
was a feeling of nostalgia when. I
once again saw these paintings.
To 'artists in the area I say —
take a good look around you;
there are many beautiful
subjects to paint and don't make
things difficult for yourself.
After all, the "Bayfield School"
watercolour was painted with
only two colours, (Burnt Sienna
and Neutral Tint)
Again, thank you and my very
best regards to the wonderful
people in the Clinton area.
Sincerely,
Ross E. Thomas,
Audio Visual Director,
Royal Roads Military College,
Victoria, B.C.
The editor,
it would be very much
appreciated if you would allow
us space to say a heartfelt
"Thank You" to all the
individuals and groups
throughout Huron County who
have come tp Huronview during
the past year to put on
entertainments or to assist in
any way in making life more
pleasant for the residents.
Please be assured that your
contributions of time and talent
are deeply appreciated by both
residents and staff, _
Sincerely,
C. A. Archibald,
Administrator,
The editor,
It's time for an Ontario Job
Corps.
With government policy
creating unemployment and
increasing automation, many
unemployed are out of work
through no fault of their own.
There are thousands of
worthy projects in Ontario.
Parks need upkeep. Roads need
maintenance and cleanups.
Man-made dustbowls and
abandoned farms need
ref o r es t ra Hon. Community
centers' and facilities need
improvements, while
governments waste millions in
welfare to keep healthy men
idle. This is folly for the
taxpayer and unhealthy for
those on the dole.
Ontario now makes grants to
mibielptilities; but this situation
gets steadily worse,
The Province should assume
all welfare costs and establish an
Ontario job corps. All
able-bodied unemployed could
be given work at the Provincial
minimum wage till economic
conditions improve and they can
get beater paying jobs
elsewhere.
The money would be spent on
welfare anyway; the taxpayers
will get something for their.
taxes; the jobless can have some
work and we can abolish welfare
for the able-bodied.
Yours truly,
John C. Medeof,
Mount Albert,
Ontario.
10 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News-Record
January 12, 1961
Donald Grieve, Clinton,
associate agricultural
representative for Huron County
was among ten representatives
from -Western Ontario, who
attended a workshop in the
Middlesex County building,
London last week. Among
subjects discussed was training
of 4-Il
le o aders; oneiii his last official
appearances as Warden of Huron
County, John Durbin received
the silver trowel and officiated
at the laying of the datestone rtt
the Huron County Home, on
Saturday last.
A long standing ambition of
the local Odd fellows was
realized on Monday evening
when their regular meeting was
held in the new hail on Princess
Street East. Meetings have been
held in Brueefield 100F ball
during the fall term.
phoney considerations of his
hidden attitudes and motivations
which the evaluators pretend to
understand after the briefest of
interviews.
Any deviation from the image
of The Perfect Employee, as it is
defined in the psychologist's
mind, becomes suspect and is
put into the record so that
individuality or idiosyncrasies of
personality are considered
dangerous.
The man who doesn't
conform to the image will
always suffer. He can't win.
If he refuses to take the test
he comes under suspicion
imThediately.1 If he answers
honestly add reveals any aspect
of his personality that is
non-conformist the busy
psychologist springs upon it as a
juicy paragraph for his report.
And the employer may then
abandon his own good
judgment, based on years of
personal experience and
common sense,
My friend asked for and was
given a copy of the report, It
contained a character analysis
that struck him as comical until
lie began to realize that it was
being taken all too seriously by
his employer.
The psychologist had sounded
An example of co-operation
had been in a car accident.
The cat was a write off, but
they were both alive. (They
weren't eVeh supposed to be
coming home for Christmas.)
They arrived the next day,
all racked up and bruised and
abrased and cut. The only
thing that hadn't been
damaged in the accident, it
seemed, seas their appetites.
They got through about eight
pounds of our nine-pound
goose.
Then there was a round of
X-rays of chests, calls to in-
smarted adjusters, and confes-
sions that some people had
six essays overdue, that
others* had an exam right
after the holidays and hadn't
done a tap of studying and
that others were out of a job.
This was all very good for
my wife's nerves. Combined
with the general slobbiness of
the young people — they all
smoke makings and there's
tobacco all over the floor;
they eat and drink coffee in a
continuous process for 24
hours and never wash a dish;
their °clothes are draped all
over the house; and the hi-fi
goes at a brain-shattering
decibel tount — all this made
her tante down with what
seemed like stomach 'flu but
to me was a break-down.
Site threw up regularly.
She couldhl eat or sleep. She
had no energy. She snarled.
She whimpered.
As- a result, I was busier
than the proverbial one-
armed paperhanger. Talking
to Kim about her love life.
Assuring Hugh that he would-
n't die, even though every
time he coughed it was like
an arrow in the chest. Calling
the doctor. Getting Alex in
touch with insurance people.
Telling my wife to get off her
tail and give me a hand.
And I cooked everything
from the Christmas goose to
the New Year's ham. And
washed dishes until I couldn't
bear a TV commercial about
the beautiful hands you have
if you use Ivory soap, And
didn't have time to watch TV
anyway. And would conic
down in the morning to read
my paper and find that the
young gentlemen had seized a
section each and were immer-
sed in it and their third cup
of coffee.
But the worst thing of all
was the complete lack of pri-
vacy. I am not anti-social, but
I do need an hour or two
day to escape front people,
read, think, sleep.
The only privacy I had was
When I locked Myself in the
bathroom, and then my wife
would be shrilling from her
bed, "Are the 'dishes done?
Who's going to vacuum the
rue There are four loads of
washing in the basement!"
The only other private
Moments were when I went
shopping, And baby, I didn't
hustle through the superrnar-
ket. T strolled like a' ired tor-
toise, enjoying every volup-
tuous moment of it.
All in all, it's wonderful to
b4 back to work,
The Argyle tyndieskto
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