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Clinton News-Record, 1971-06-24, Page 4NERE 1$ AN ENTORIAL I, WANTED TO WIVE IIIIS WEEK ON A SUNECT 11AT SHOULD CONCERN US At- r*,011PWESSP6IE ENTIRE ti.)01k1 .b IS BECOMING A GAWK CAN—NO ONE SEEMS I CMS BUT rOR SOME REASON— I JUST CAN'T GET =7. 411164Q1001.,.. • , .00 Publishers' Auxiliary The weekly effort by Bob Sloss THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RE Established 1865 1924 Establi shed 1861 .Clinton News-RecolM 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 it Clinton, Ontario Population 3,475 THE HOME OF RADAR IN CANADA second class mail registration number — 0817 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Oh advance) Canada, $6.00 per year; U.S.A., $7.50 KEITH W. ROULSTON Editor J. HOWARD AITKEN — General Manager b Benson's budget finds favour •with OFA The world's military spending — inflated by continuing price increases — reached a peak last year of about $204-billion. This is the estimate of the United. States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. It is equivalent• in dollar terms of a year's income produced by the 1,800-million people living in the, poorer parts of the world. The figure boggles the mind. The world's richer nations, particularly the United States and the Soviet Union, are spending most of the $204-billion, but they are also selling weapons to poorer states who can ill afford to spend the money. Another figure comes • to mind. According to the World Health It has been estimated that the bombing in Indo-China has cost the United States $20 billion. This includes the costs of the air war against North Vietnam in the last decade. The estimate was made by Senator William Proxmire (Democrat, Wisconsin), who wants President Nixon to order a study on the true costs and effectiveness of U.S. bombing of North Vietnamese supply lines. He says that even after years of bombing, reports persist that up to 1,500 trucks remain in operation along the Ho Chi Minh trail. Bombing has never been the answer in jungle warfare. It was not the answer in the U.S. war against North Vietnam, and did not bring Hanoi to its knees. It is not the answer today in the continuing war Our poisoned air Japan's . planners are working on a project that would replace fueled cars in the cities with computerized electric cars moving along elevated highways. Long-range plans in Japan envisage city travel in the future by using a combination of moving pedestrian footways, conveyor-belt capsules, unmanned computerized subway trains and the push-button electric cars. The internal combustion engine that has polluted the air in most of the world's cities would face extinction — and of course the sooner the better. The air of our cities has been poisoned for long enough. The Japanese, who must cope with the worst air pollution in Asia, are leading the field in regard to electric transportation. Planners say that in Japan the present automobile will be outlawed in the cities, Organization, about a quarter of the 380-million children under five years of age living in developing countries show definite signs of protein-calorie malnutrition. We are living in a world filled with problems. The pollution of air, lakes and even the oceans, drug addiction among young people, cities choked with automobiles — all these headaches of mankind must and can' be solved. But it takes money. Yet the world's nations see fit to squander each year, $204-billion on armaments. This is proof that mankind is heading in the wrong direction. There are sure to be further disasters unless the nations of the world get together soon to work out a scheme for total disarmament. —Contributed. against the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. Bombing jungle trails and villages in Indo-China will never win the war for the United States and Saigon. It will only alienate the local population, and drive them into the arms of the Communists. There is only one solution for Indo-China, and that is a political one. Unless Hanoi and Saigon can reach a political compromise of some sort, the fighting and presumably the costly and dangerous bombing will continue for years to come ... We should continue to urge a cessation of all such futile and devastating tactics on both sides, and call for better uses of money, material and personnel to help build and not destroy. —Contributed. but will be permitted to roam in the wide open spaces of the countryside. The idea of electric cars moving along special highways is not entirely new. The minirail at EXPO '67 showed Canadians what could be done, Canada should study the Japanese plans. The Soviet Union, for instance, already has developed its own electromo b He. We must fight not only polluted air but also poisoned water. In the United States, the environmental protection agency has announced that since 1960, about 145-million fish are known to have been killed by contaminated water. Polluted water now kills about 50-million fish annually in U.S. rivers, lakes and streams. Every human being has a duty to fight pollution of the environment which is becoming a real threat to the health and progress of makind. —Contributed. 1 'W1 a friend I have been spending the last week rather pleasantly in the solitary company of a nice old maid. She is lying at my feet right this minute, as a matter of fact, whapping her tail with kindly affection. When I decided to come out here to the lake-side cottage to repair some of the ravages of winter (both the cottage and I suffer minor damage that must be attended to come early Summer) it seemed a good idea to bring Jinx along. She is getting on now, heading up the slope of her ninth birthday, which is a steep grade for a sedentary Labrador, and I thought the change would do her good. She's never really become adjusted to suburban life, having spent her first five years in the serenity of the country, and, besides, her little affair with the pound man must have been quite an emotional shock, as it would be to any sensitive old maid. I was out of town when that happened, but I heard alt about it from eye-witnesses. That's one thing about Suburbia: you never want for eye-witnesses. _ What the pound man couldn't know was (1) Jinx's peculiar formation is such that when her collar becomes bothersome she merely has to lower her head to shake it off which automatically puts her outside the law since the licence goes with the collar, and (2) there's just no way you can move Jinx if she has a mind not to be moved, which is constantly. Scientists may scoff at this, but Jinx has found a way to make herself heavier. She began developing the technique some years ago to make it more difficult for me to carry her to her bath, and now, with the natural advantage of her matriarchal weight, she's perfected it against all the rules of gravity. They tell me she waddled up' on the back porch and lay there, grinning and slapping her tail and making herself heavier, while the poor pound man strained and grunted and tried to get a hold on her without success. In a way it was a victory for passiveness, but the whole thing left her rather nervous and so I thought I'd give her this week in the country. That and the fact that it promised to be quite desperately lonely without her. She'll never be the same after this holiday because for the first time in her life — and she's 70-odd as we reckon age — she's been allowed indoors. Her comfortable old kennel, a remodelled chicken coop, had finally given in to the insistence of the weather, the cottage porch seemed too hard and too chill for my conscience, so in she came. To say that Jinx has taken quickly to the interior life is, as the saying goes, to put it mildly. She is a dog with a countenance so outspoken as to project pure pantomime and it says, "Man, this is living." The old, open-fronted stove, a Climax No. 22, built by the "Edgar Benson's budget delivered to Parliament last Friday, will be received by Canadian farmers with a sigh of relief," said : Gordon Bill, president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. "I haven't read the fine print yet," said Hill, "hut our first analysisfihows that about 85 per cent of the recommendations made by OFA and CFA regarding tax reform in Canada have been implemented. "Benson has • really paid attention to farmers' ideas this time, far more than we expected," said Hill, Major recommended changes that have been implemented are the placing of the burden of BY ANDRE AMSING It was 10 minutes to three on a bright sunny afternoon at Central Huron. Many students were strolling in the busy outdoors. Drivers of motorcycles were waving to the girls, Other fellows were taking into account the view of girls sunbathing on the lawn. All was quite tranquil. Inside the school, the air was heavy with the power of thought. Amongst the drones a few sleepy-workers nodded. Inside the washrooms the smokers were doing the finishing puffs to their cigarettes. Here and there a couple would be . talking . . face to face. They would all go to class, a little late perhaps. Suddenly over the P.A.: a thunderous voice demanded: WOULD ALL THE TEACHERS MAKE A CHECK OF THEIR Albion Iron Works at least 60 years ago, heats the two rooms so solidly that I've had to leave both front and back doors open, thus giving Jinx the element of choice. The Great Outdoors are coming a very poor second. There was a crucial moment at sundown last night as I was preparing dinner (canned spaghetti with meat balls) when a couple of deer came down the creek trail, noisily. Normally Jinx would go at her maidenly gallop after them, which must be a subject for much hilarity among even the youngest does. But now, ears up, she walked to the door. She listened to the deer. She looked back at the hot, pink belly of the Climax No. 22, "If I make a gesture after these deer," she was thinking, "that puts me outside. And if I'm outside is he going to let me back in?" She went back to the stove, a climactic moment in her life. Her bedroom manners, I'm bound to say, are awful. She's taken up a position at the foot of my sleeping bag, playing, I proof in tax disputes on the government instead of the taxpayer, the removal of estate tars, an increased basic exemption for single and married taxpayers, the eliminating of the evasion of taxes on Canadian income by living Qt1t$iii? Canada and the imposing -of a realistic. Capital Gains Tax. "These reforms will distribute the tax load more fairly," said Hill, "and give those on low incomes, especially farmers, a chance to live in dignity while they continue in their traditional occupation of feeding the nation. These changes will improve the chances of survival of the family farm." ROOM AND REPORT ALL MISSING STUDENTS? Silence for a few seconds, then a frantic rush started. The students double-timed it to their class. The cars screetcbed to a halt and was left in the middle of the street, as the passengers sprinted to the welcoming arms of the school. The girls quickly smoothed their skirts, combed their hair, straightened their sunglasses, brushed off the pine needles , . (Never mind!). The smokers hastily beat a path to their room, their bodies breaking through the ring of smoke. Without regard for those behind, they tossed their butts. They were burned up! Like rats they skurried out of the corners. The principal leaned back in satisfaction. That got them back in class! Now they'll be educated to our standards of enlightened learning. fancy, the loyal watch-dog, and I've .heard nothing like it since basic training camp. She sighs and snores and snorts. She has nightmares that set her to growling and whimpering and that awaken her. Then she gets up, takes two or three circles and drops again. It is like a drunk falling out of a second-storey window. The whole cottage shakes with it. 4)11 The first night or two I tried' to soothe her. "It's okay, Jinx," I'd say, the reassuring word in the night. But any kind word sets her tail going for fully 15 minutes, a thumping that invades my own sleep more than any of the other nocturnal noises in her repertoire. At thre in the morning I want no canin messages of love. By day, however, we get along pretty well. I a re-shingling the back of th cottage where the lea developed and Jinx sits dow below, supervising and lendin moral support as only a wise, o loving dog can. 4. Clinton News-Record, Thursday, June 24, 1971 Etlitorkil continent The cures of weapons Bombing not the answer Sunshine vs. school Looking back oh At this time of year, the average, school-teacher takes a deep breath, lets out an even deeper sigh, and wonders where in the name of all that's ridiculous the last teaching year has gone. Looking forward to it in September, it Seems endless. But that doeSn't bother you. You are refreshed, full of beans, full of plans, and full of that once-more-into-the- breach-dear-friends spirit. Looking in either direction about February is a depressing experiehce, Behind lie the ruins of your buoyant September self, Ahead lies a trackless desert, With the end of June far beyond the horizon. But looking back, it seetns to have flown by at the speed of a mallard. You are exhausted, you query whether you have accomplished •a4thing, and you are ready to step out of the breach and into a lawnthair. It's a good time for a quiet assessment of what the whole educational businttsS is about, and also of whether you have contributed anything more than a fairly capable job of baby sitting. The young teacher especially, just finishing the first year, has had a genuine eye-opener. First of all, he or she has discovered rt 10-yetir term that the "learning process", as the jargoneers call it, is vastly different from What he Or she had imagined it to be, The brighter ones realize that they have learned more than they have been taught. They've learned that kids are people, that problems are never as large as they look, and that 'Memos are for the waste-basket. For some of them, it has been the most exciting year of their lives, because it has been the first year in which they have been totally involved in a ,real job, With real people, students, For Marty of them, the year past has been a blur, or a dazzler endless bouts of preparation and m arking papers; and a combination of great kaps ahead and agonizing prat-falls, They're looking forward desperately to vadatioo, because they've really been through the wringer. They can scarcely believe that they have come through a year of teaching Without anything worse than a slight tie or a voice several decibels higher than it was in September. Quite a few are even Mote "dedicated" than when they began, Some of them, fortunately not many, ere Soured on the Whole sharnbleS and have decided they don't like kids, detest their fellow-teachers, and loathe the administration, They should clear out without a backward look, if they want to avoid Unhappy lives for themselves and all those about them, Teaching is a reasonably well-paid job, with a long holiday thrown in. But I've never met a wealthy teacher and never will. And rine can even get a bellyful! of holidays. Especially when one has to get up at six o'clock to drive his daughter to work. But to those who consider it as a vocation, let me just say it's a helluva tough job. It's not for the weak of will or the faint of heart, There are certain prerequisites, You must like, if not necessarily Understand, young people. Who does? You trust be able to get along with, if not necessarily like, your fellow teachers, It is perfectly 0.X. to loathe administrators. Everyone else does. After ten years of it, I have leaned to roll with the punches. If you don't, yoU'll get a broken neck, figuratively speaking. I have learned that that mob of hoodlums I faced in September Is just a group of high-spirited youngsters. But roll on, the First of July, 75 YEARS AGO THE CLINTON NEW ERA JUNE 26,1896 The brickwork on Mrs. Sage's hotel has been finished this week. There are few towns its Size that can boast of having two as fine hotels now, as Walton. We presume that we have been credibly informed that Dr. McRae, Dungannon, has, in consequence of his high standing in the University of Toronto, been offered an appointment as a member of the staff of Toronto General Hospital, which evinces that he stands high in his profession. A big wind storm passed through Winthrop last Sunday and did a lot of bent. Fences and trees were broken in many places and Mr. Dixon's barn Was blown over, Miss Linton has resigned her post as teacher on the Brussel's Public School staff. 55 YEARS AGO THE CLINTON NEW ERA JUNE 22,1916 The Sunday School class taught by Miss Winnie O'Neil and Mr. James Scott held a picnic at Goderich this week and while there, visited the rose garden of Registrar Coats. The genial owner presented each visitor with a rose. A delightful day was spent by all. Pte. Ernie Britton of the 91st Battalion was here for a few days last Week, but was recalled on Saturday to St. Thomas, as the Battalion left on Sunday to catch a boat to England. The best wishes of our citizens go with the young soldier, Rev. T. W. Hodgins, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Stratford, and formerly of Seaforth, who is also Chaplain of the 33rd Huron Regiment, has been granted a leave of absence for two months. The regular meeting of the town fathers will be held on Monday evening at 8 o'clock. This will likely be an important meeting. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS—RECORD JUNE 25,1931 All roads will lead into Clinton on Wednesday, July 1st, Canada's birthday. Ontario West Firemen are putting on a big demonstration here. It is hoped that no citizen will fail to do his duty in decorating for Dominion Day. Miss Mary Stewart entertained the staff of the Blyth Continuation School on Thursday evening last. Mr, T. F. Wasman announces the engagement of his daughter, Ethyle M., to Mr. Cleveland Stafford, Gorrie, Ontario, the marriage to take place titiietly in June. 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS—RECORD JUNE 27,1946 Six boys have gone front Clinton Collegiate Institute to Camp Ipperwash for the Cadet Camp from June 24 to July 5. The six are: Fred Thorndike, Jack Rozell, David Sparing, Stanley Falconer, Jack Petrie, and William Lemmon. The popularity of the Clinton Legion Band is still increasing. Following their popular concert here a week ago last Sunday, they went to liensall this past Sunday and delighted a rge crowd down there with their music. W. V. Roy, Londesboro, sec retary- treasurer, Huron Federation of Agriculture, represented the Federation at a conference of secretaries from various county Federations in Ontario held in the King Edward Hotel, Toronto, on Monday. He brought back Information, on the release of 600 army-type trucks by the War Assets Corporation, to Ontario farmers, 15 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS—RECORD JUNE 21,1956 Repeating a life-saving job similar to one last year, Sonny Mallough, Goderich, who is a grandson of Mrs. David Steep, Clinton, last week saved the life of 11-yeat-old Dennis Fowler, who was in trouble in the ship channel at Goderich Harbour, Kenneth Engelstad, son of Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Engelstad, and a student completing his Grade 8 year at Clinton Public School, has been awarded a Silver Dollar for producing the best essay ie an annual contest at the school. Last Saturday night, at a special evening held . in the Sargeant's Mess, ft,C.A,F. Station, Clinton, a plaque, bearing the Town of Clinton trest enameled in colour, was presented by the honourary members to the mess. 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS—RECORD JUNE 22,1961 This year's edition of "De Schola" Was recently completed and delivered to the Collegiate. There is a limited number of copies available, at $2,00 each, and these can be purchased from R. G. Hunter, Guidance teacher and year book staff councillor, or from the office of the Clinto News-Record. Music students in the are tried examinations befo examiners from the Roy Conservatory of Music, Toron at Blyth, late hi May. Carol Pepper, R. R. Seaforth, writing Grave V Fo received 78, an hellion standing. Obtaining first class honor in Grade 2 Theory we Clarence Magee, Douglas Well Barbara Irwin and MadIw Jones, all of Clinton. THIS SUMME BE WATER WISE!