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Clinton News-Record, 1971-11-18, Page 14Fresh Mandarin oranges from Japan will be available in grocery stores and supermarkets in plenty of time for the festive holiday season. Pickers start harvesting the succulent fruit in Japan's hillside orange groves in October and work continues through November. By mid-November, the first boxes df tasty Mandarin oranges arrive in Vancouver by ship from Japan and are quickly on their way to retail outlets across the country. Auburn Knox YPS honoured with banquet 1971 HELP RESEARCH SAVE LIVES Scientists are trying to find better ways of diagnosing and treating tuberculosis . . . emphysema . . . and other respiratory diseases. Help vital research with your Christmas seal contribution . . . a matter of life and breath. Use Christmas Seals SPECIAL PURCHASE! While Stock Lasts ... ASPENITE: THE WATERPROOF PANEL WITH THE TEXTURED SURFACE — FOR REC. ROOMS, PATIOS, COTTAGES, GARAGES, FARM BUILDINGS, ETC. NOTE THE SIZE: 45" x 75" BUT JUST LOOK AT THE PRICE: ONLY $2.39 WHILE THEY LAST . otp: pinning 11 I I COME-IN FOR FREE HOME- MADE DONUTS & COFFEE DURING OUR OPENING -- We're Sure You'll Find Our Motif Interesting And Our Selection Unusual. * COMPLETE LINE OF KNITTING YARNS & PATTERNS * COMPLETE RUG MAKING PROGRAM AFGLAN KITS what kind of man keeps our water flowing in Clinton DEPENDABLE, SAFE WATER BECOMES YOUR SERVANT AT THE TURN OF THE TAP Sometimes we take its availibility for granted, but it requires men and equipment on duty constantly to maintain your water supply. Household needs and fire protection are a must in any community. Even if electrical power fails, we can maintain your supply with our auxiliary diesel system. FRIENDLINESS IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF OUR DAY'S WORK MEET OUR WATER WORKS EMPLOYEES ROYCE FREMLIN TOM O'CONNELL Foreman Pump House & Dispcsat Ptant Operator CLINTON PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION DON ELLWOOD Assistant BIG MOBILE HOME CLEARANCE SALE Everything Must Go! ONTARIO'S NO. 1 MOBILE HOME DEALER 5 DOUBLE WIDES ON DISPLAY — 1, 2 & 3 BEDROOM MODELS ORDER ANY HOME — WILL BUILD TO YOUR SPECIFICATIONS * Will take furniture, cars or boats on trade. (Balance like rent, financed by C.C.C. up to 12 months) * 3 Services to take care of your problems. Bank loans available, DEAL WHERE THE ACTION IS! EVERYONE COMES TO: HILLTOP MOBILE HOME SALES LTD. 1000 Ifilliarnoliffe Rd, S, Between London and Latnbeth 662.5343 6A Clinton. News-Record, Thursday, November 18, 1971 F rom my. window; 1111111.01111111111111111111110.111111111111110 , BY SHIRLEY 4. KELLER CNIB has become computerized Well, PET was in our area this week and as usual it threw the entire #rovinee in a tizzy. I don't know why there are always those people who get so worked up over the most insignificant things,„but it happened again this time and I doubt that too many of us were surprised. There was a great deal of discussion as most of you aware, pro and con, concerning whether or not Trudeau would be welcomed in London, Ontario,. for the annual Remembrance' Day services. Some said that Trudeau hadn't served in the war, although he would have been old enough at the time, and he had no place at the cenotaph. Such silliness. I have no idea in the world why Pierre didn't march off to war with a good many other boys his age, but I do know that in almost every community of this great land of ours, there were those who went and those who didn't. But they all remember. The thing which struck me most about Trudeau's visit to our neck of the woods (aside from his hair which I personally feel doesn't do a great deal to improve his looks) was the speech he made in Petrolia. By golly that was a dandy speech, if what you read in the newspapers is true, As always, Trudeau and I see eye to eye on the important issues. You have no idea what that does for my confidence in myself. 'I-crudeau just put into very plain and simple terms what I've been preaching through this column and every other editorial-type thing I have written over the years. He said it is about time people stopped crying on the government's shoulder to do something about inflation and something about the lack of jobs for our people. It is high time that people started to do something themselves. As Trudeau puts it, we've priced ourselves right off the world markets....and it is damn well true. That's the result of this vicious circle we've been running in for the past decade or so. Increase the wages then increase the price of the product ..t,o the consumer so that the margin of profit to the manufacturer stays high. Then increase the wages again and up the price of the merchandise another time. Nobody calls a halt,...nobody that was until just recently when that dirty, dastardly dimwit (that's American for dumb) President Richard Nixon finally used hie head and said, "Enough." Yes, it is true. I think Nixon made the right move at the right time, even if it does affect Canadian markets adversely, We'll recover. But back to Trudeau. He also told the kids at Petrolia to get up off their fannies and hustle, That, man, is my kind of language. Be warned the youth of this country that the government of Canada could not promise everyone the kind of job he or she wants to do. There are just so many extra-special jobs going in this country and it will be the most aggressive and the best trained who will get them. That's what I've. been trying to tell my children. "You've got to have an edge," I tell them whenever I have them captive, like in the car. "You've got to have everything that everybody else has and then you have to have something extra. You have to have ambition and drive as well as ability and talent." Pierre said that abbut the best anyone could promise the youth of this country is that things wouldn't get too unbearable for them. Things might never be perfect if they choose to take the stinker's way out of it, but things would never become absolutely intolerable because of welfare and unemployment insurance and pensions and family allowances. In other words, the government could do little more than take the sting out of it for those with the attitude that the world (or the government in modern day terminology) owes them a living...,and a roof over their heads and food in their mouths and a three-week vacation annually and a color television and a bottle of booze every Saturday plus a luxurious car which is too expensive for the average man to buy because the price reflects our mode of living in Canada. Yes sir, I think Trudeau is right. For people to sit around and wait for the government to create more jobs and open more markets without being behind them one-hundred percent is like asking your husband to get more money on hand so you can spend more.—and then crabbing when he's out every night working and not home to talk to you. Ridiculous. The Choir members and the Young People's Society of Knox United Church were entertained on Tuesday evening, November 9 at a banquet in their honour. It was provided and served by Unit two of the United Church Women. This was to show the appreciation of Knox Congregation to this splendid group of Young•People who are so willing to share not only in the leadership of song, but in the general conduct of the whole Church services. Miss Shelley Grange thanked the ladies and Mrs. Stanley Ball made the response. The rest of the evening was spent in a sing-song led by Raymond Hildebrand with the guitar. About 35 young people were present, also Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wightman and Pastor and Mrs. Alfred Fry. Mr. Charles Scott had the thrill of picking raspberries from his garden last week just before the snowstorm. He also saw the strawberries with blossoms on the plants. Pastor and Mrs. Alfred Fry spent a few days this week visiting their daughter and husband, Dr. and Mrs. F. Haldenby at Oakville. They also attended the Royal Winter Fair at Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Johnston of London spent the weekend with her mother, Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson. Mr, and Mrs. Thomas Johnston and Miss Laura Phillips visited last Sunday with Mrs, Ethel Farrow in St. Joseph's hospital, London. Mr. and Mrs. William Clark visited last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Macintosh and family in London. The Auburn Woman's Missionary Society met at the home of Mrs. John Hallam with the president, Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson in charge. After the call to worship was given, the hymn, I am Trusting Thee, Lord Jesus, was read in unison. The devotional period was taken by Miss Minnie Wagner and she read the scripture lesson from Genesis first chapter, the first seventeen verses. The meditation theme on this passage was, Let there be Light. She closed with prayer. The topic — Teach us to Pray was given by Mrs. William Clark. It was based on Luke II:first verse. She closed by reading an inspiring poem So Swift the way-so short the day. The roll call was answered by a Bible verse containing the word, Light. The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as read by the secretary, Miss Minnie-, Wagner. Plans were made for the Christmas meeting which will be held at the home of Mrs. William Clark on December 8 at 8:00 p.m. Mrs, Clayton Edwards of Goderich will bring the Christmas message, The meeting was closed with the hymn, Great Ruler of the Land and Sea and the benediction given by Mrs, Sanderson. A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. Hallam assisted by Mrs, Roy Daer. Mrs. Ralph Munro returned on the weekend to her home after visiting in Ottawa with her son, Glen Youngblut, John and Jennifer. They brought her home and also visiting here on Sunday was another son, Donald Youngblut, Mrs. Youngblut, Lorie, Barry and Bradley of London. Mrs. Gertrude Mcllveen and her grandson, Jeff Mcllveen, of Oshawa spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Phillips. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 An undetected manufacturing flaw has resulted in the issue and sale of at least two partially imperforate sheets of the Maple in Spring stamp. They were among the total issue of 26 million stamps of this design which were released on 14 April this year. The stamps were supplied to post offices in sheets of fifty, comprised of five horizontal rows of ten stamps per row. The four upper rows are not perforated and the bottom row is perforated along the bottom edge only. The two faulty sheets are identical in this respect. No faulty sheets have been recovered by the Post Office. However, specimens from the two sheets have been examined with a view to ascertaining as accurately as possible the cause of the manufacturing fault. Steps have been taken to prevent as far as possible a repetition of the mechanical error. Based upon the evidence examined and the mechanical processes involved, it is possible that two to eight additional, similarly faulty sheets may exist. To keep pace with growing demands for statistics, the Canadian National Institute for the Blind has gone computer. Ac cording to CNIB comptroller, C, Gordon Graham, "the whole purpose of the computer installation is to improve services for Canada's 27,000 blind people and to provide for those who demand it, a more sophisticated type of information." The computer will supply meaningful statistics to government, industry, social agencies and researchers. At first, the new computer, a small-scale Honeywell Model 58 disc system, will be used for CNIB payroll, accounts payable and general ledgers. Later, it will be used to provide on-the-job training for blind computer programmers, graduates of an eight-month course offered by the University of Manitoba. There are currently 40 blind programmers in Canada. One of them, Ruth Tolton, from Walkerton, Ontario has been hired by the CNIB to set up its program. During the programmers course, Miss Tolton learned to write a program by using Braille on computer cards — one statement per card. If when developing a program she wants to make changes, she removes the cards concerned and replaces them with new cards bearing the revised statements. When a program is complete, she types it on -an ordinary typewriter or dictates it for a keypunch operator to put on cards. Trial runs indicate whether there are any mistakes in logic or format, Miss Toltan makes any necessary corrections on her Braille cards with the help of a sighted assistant.. "The entire process takes only a few minutes longer than if a sighted programmer'were doing the whole job," she says. Looking into the future, Mr. Graham predicts, "in the long run, our cornPtiter will be indispensable to ophthalmolo- gists and other scientists studying the causes, prevention and treatment of blindness. CNIB has a centralized knowledge which is unique in the world, Through computer technology this data will be made available throughout Canada and to other countries," he says. * NEEDLE POINT AND FELT POINT * CUSTOM KNITTING AND CROCHETING BOUTIQUE g 158 Beech Street CLINTON (Just across from the Drive-In Theatre entrance) * * MACRAME CORD * CREATIVE CREWEL HOURS: COMPLETE HI-STRAW CRAFTS RAND OPENINGi FRIDAY & SATURDAY NOVEMBER 18th & 19th of Vs,„ 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Daily Except Sunday Fridays 10 a.m, to 9 p.m.