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Clinton News-Record, 1970-01-29, Page 44 .Clinton NeWS,FlecOr.d, Thursday, 4p.rw.ary- 1,97, ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH "THETRTENI5LY CHO -CH" Pastor: REV. H. W. WONFOR, B.Sc., 0„Corn., B.D. Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 9:45 Lill. Sunday Sch001.,": 11:0Q a,m. -- Morning Worship. Sermon Topic: "WHEN BAD MEMORY IS A VIRTUE" INSURANCE OPTOMETRY • \,.....‘,..\\\1•••••••1•NN•NNN' Business. and Professional Directory J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET For Appointment Phone 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 K. W. COLOUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTAT Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 HAL HARTLEY Phone 482-6693 R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE — REAL ESTAT INVESTMENTS. Clinton Office: 482-9644 J. T. Wise, Res.; 482-726 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and AWNINGS and RAILINGS JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis — 68 Albert St. Clinton .- 482-9390 NNNNNN •••••0.%••••,00a1•Ns.•NNOk• %%%%% N.•••••••• THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR AD THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS,RECORD 1924 Established 1881 Clinton News-Record A Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Buteau of Circulation (ABC) second Clads mail registration innthet 0817 susscRtriTioN i4ATeS: (in advance) Canixia, $6.06 per year; U.S.A., $1.60 Ke ItHW„ ROIJLS1CIN —"Editor. • I HOWARt1 AITKEN .derietil Manager Published every ThurSday at the heart of 'Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population 3,4/6 Mt ROME OF PAbAR IN CANADA ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.. The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 10:45 a.m. — Morning Worship. iditorjal comment morn can be. dangerous The loss of a Woman like Miss Kate McGregor is a blow to any cornmunitY. She was the type Of citizen every town, needs more of. She was active in her church and its groups and was president of the Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. She gave her time selflessly for the betterment of her town and country. The loss of such a woman is always a sad time for a community, but when death comes in the manner in which it did for Miss McGregor some time last Friday evening, even those who did not know her are saddened and shocked, Murder is a horrible thing and it brought back memories to everyone around Clinton of another horrid crime more than ten years ago. Tragedy seems to bring out the best and the worst in a small town. Only a few weeks. ago We saw how everyone Pitched in to help a local family who lost their home to fire, But the murder has brought out one of the less Pleasant sides of life in mall towns. All week rumors have been circulating throughout the town and There into other towns in the area. There is no way to confirm or .deny rumors because once they are started they just seem to grow and grow. Often, innocent people can be hurt, It's unfortunate a terrible thing like this murder had to happen. It makes one feel helpless they could do nothing about it. However, we can do something about rumors by simply not passing them on. The rumors conflict too much for them all to be true and until the truth is known we'd all do a little better to hold our tongues. Museum fis for everybody One. Of the most beneficial results of the centralization at the county unit in Huron County has been the Huron County Pioneer Museum in Goderich. Although the museum began-before the current poiicy of regional government was initiated, it is an excellent example of the benefits that can be reaped by increasing the size of unit of local government. Certainly it Would be impossible for each municipality to have its own museum. Many would be reluctant to grant any money for that .,Ourpose altogether while those who did would have a tiny museum, struggling to keep going and with little of interest to attract visitors. By having one central museum for the whole county, we have a first-rate chronicling of life in Huron County during pioneer days. The museum, however, is also an example of the problems of regional government. Many people, even from here in Clinton, have never been through the museum, And Clinton is only 12 miles away. What about those who live 40 or 50 miles away from Goderich?' The money for the museum comes from taxpayers all over the county, ,yet for many,, a trip to the museum is a major . outin6ntili d't . "must "'pia n riee t6r advance. Often they don't even know what hours the museum is open. Solving this problem of letting ,people take advantage of the services they are paying for is an important part of working the kinks out of regionalism. While centralization provides services that could not otherwise be supplied it doesn't do the ordinary citizen much good if he can't use them. Perhaps one way to make better use of the museum would be to take the museum to the people with organized displays of some of' the smaller exhibits in the museum. These exhibits could go to schools in those parts of the county that are some distance from the museum so children can study history more enjoyably. The exhibits could be open to the adult population in the evenings. No doubt this would add to the expense Of the operation of the museum but it would be worth it if more people could take advantage of the museum. It also might make people want to visit the museum to see the many displays that cannot be taken on the tours such as the log cabih and the large farm machinery. A well-organized promotion by the museum to let people know more about it would be a way of .attractinq more people. Anything would help. We've got rrHugelliti ttibel"proticl of and„ more people "'from Hurbn County should' see it, not just American tourists. A love affair that died . The homing pigeons who lost their way 4r'li4w Aggfataa& Snow is something you like or dislike, You can't just ig- nore it. At least not around these parts. If you ignored it at our house, they'd find you in the spring, a high state 'of decomposition. When I was a kid, I loved snow. The more the better. Fighting in it, rolling in' it, making "angels", washing girls' faces in it, throwing it at the enemy, and coming home for supper rosy-checked, warm as toast, and soaked to the skin. Somewhere along the line, our love affair has withered and gone stale. Oh, I admit it's beautiful to look at on a bright winter day, when there's been a fresh fall of a few inches, and the whole world is like Adam and Eve. But when it keeps coming down and coming down, and you have to get rid of it, you remember that the above-men- tioned pair got kicked out of paradise, and the rest of us have had to slug It out ever since. Putting out the garbage is a simple thing, But when the snow IS over the top of you' boots, and you have to carry the cans 80 yards, it's a minor .nightmare, Deciding in the morning whether or not you Can ram your way through the three- foot bonus from the snowplow across the end of your drive is similar to Russian roulette. I tried it once last week and had to leave the ear sitting there like a stranded whale, tail sticking out into the street and body straddling the sidewalk. One hour shovell- ing after work. We have an excellent system of snow tclearance in our town, ' except that the operators have a diabolic sense .of the perfect moment to strike. The 'birg , street plow lurks around the corner while you shovel your driveway. Then the 'driver's mate says, "OK. He's all ready," and they whis- tle around the coiner and dump about three tons of new snow back into the driveway. The only way to beat them is to throw your shovel away as though it was molten metal. jump in the car, and roar out backwards before they make it. Then .we have a sidewalk plow. If you beat the big plow, the little one will get you, He comes around when you're at work and kicks out a one-foot pile on the street-side and an- other on the clrivewhY-side. This is ! frozen into crusty snow-ice by the time you get home, and you need an Alpen- stock to break it up. One big, help though', is the kids, They're right on the job. If it snows two inches of fluffy stuff, they're at the door with big, boyish smiles. "Can I shov- el your walk, Mister?" You could do it yourself Without strain, but figure on assisting free enterprise, give them the job, and over-pay then. Comes a real doWnfall, say ten inches of that Wet, slushy stuff, when every loaded ahoy.' et weighs six pounds and is a' potential coronary, and they're all home watching television. The final aid is the snow- blower. When the banks have built up to a height where you can see only your neighbor's roof and a bit of sky, when the banks are so high not even the Abominable Snowman would tackle one, the blower comes around. And throws 2 tons of snow, salt and sand well up onto your lawn. Great for the grass. Well, if you can't beat them, what do you do? I've been turning over a scheme. No do- pey snowmobile. No downhill skiing, because of a couple of crook knees. And if I wanted to ski, I could do it in my own backyard, practiaing jumps off the picnic table. No, I've decided to relearn to fly. Take lessons at the local airport. Surely some of the old skill, such as it was, is still there. I've done plenty of win. ter flying and it's great up there, except when you run into a snowstorm and have 'to et her down in a farmer's field. But I could sail along at a couple Of thousand feet and sneer down at the snow, enjoy its beauty, and Maybe even get to like the filthy stuff again. It Would be a lot better than hav- ing the snow Sneer down. at Me, es try to hoist a loaded shovel onto a seven-foot bank, and Wait for that sharp pain in the chest with each hoist. Browsing through the financial pages this week, idly checking the price of porkbellies, shell eggs and soybean meal, I stumbled on a report that might change a man's life. So pay attention, all you fellow failures of the world. Seems that an outfit called the National Industrial Conference Board has made' a survey of a whole .bunch of splendidly solvent companies-151 of them, no less—to ferret out the formula of „theiristtccers.- stability at the corporation leNel treasure trove of know-how. shouldn't really be much After all, the methods that give Here, .clearly, was a.veritahle different than the methods that might be applied by the individual. And here were 151,of them babbling their most innermost secrets like schoolgirls at a pyjama party. Not that the No. 1 secret' is really too surprising. In fact, it is so darn simple that you may have guessed it already. It' is simply this: Without exception these companies are planning years ahead into the misty future! That's all there is to it. The day-to-day operations, it seems, are left to the lower executive echelons while the top brass, the real nabobs of management, are brooding over production and problems months and years from now. Well, sir, when you come right down to it, this probably reveals why so many of us are something short of beihg howling successes. 75 YEARS AGO January 23, 1895 Huron News-Record The Reformers of West Huron are shaping themselves to give their solid support to the Reform Patron nominee, Mr. D. A. Forrester. Dominion voters' list court will be held in Clinton on the 4th of February, commencing at 9 o'clock in the morning. Every Conservative whose name has been appealed against by the Reformers should not fail to put in a defence. Particulars as to qualification, etc., may be had by calling at' the News-Record office. One day last Week as one of Mr, George Murray's teams, with a load of ice, was crossing the old quarrle on the Huron Road, OW Of Seaforth, the ice broke' and horses, sleigh and load went through. It required the services of another team to pull them out, but nothing was any, the worse for the accident, 40 YEARS AGO January '23,1930' The re-organization of The Sherlock Manning hand and Organ Company and of Doherty Pianos, Limited, has been effected, Mr. Manning hes purchased the interest of Mr. Sherioelt. The business will be continued on under the name of Sherlock-Manning Pianos Ltd. Local Conservatives are busy preparing for the visit of Hon. R. B, Bennett, Conservative leader in the Dominion Parliament, on Wednesday of next week. A banquet will be given in: his honor and it is expected that several prominent Conservatives Will be present, George V's voice was heard for the first time by millionS of his loyal subjects in all parts of his vast empire on Tuesday, as he Welcomed to London the delegates to the Naval Arms Corlfetence, 25 YEARS AGO January 25, 1945 The I.O.O.P. enjoyed a treat of limburger cheese and biscuits after the regular meeting on Tuesday night; from Bro. J. A. Sutter. George H. Jefferson, guest speaker at Lions Club; Burn's Night, outlined the history of Robert Burns, pointing but the reasons Why such OccasionS were held, • Coming to the /Wry Theatre "Her Primitive Man." A delirious drama of a glamour gal who imported a primitive Man and found Mit that he was just a wolf about-town, Louise Allbritton Robert Paige and hobert creation. Thus, right now, the automobile makers are finding out what sort, of car we're likely to want in 1975, how to condition us to its acceptance and—almost incidentally—how to build it. • The word never crops up, but what this seems to imply is an almost inhuman patience and perhaps it is patience that most of us lack. I know I do. If I plan anything more than a week ahead it starts to bore me, then I get a whole wave of doubts if, it is itlitS'doing and 'then, like as not, I just forget it. This is the difference between General Motors and me. Fate seems to interfere, too. I remember a friend of mine with tremendous ambition, who when he left university, devised a plan to bring himself to the attention of several great corporations in a highly dramatic way. What he did was to send homing pigeons, in neat little crates, to the top executives of a number of firms. Attached to each pigeon was a note saying that here was a young man of imagination and bold ideas in salesmanship and, if they were interested, to simply write a reply to that effect, place it in the container attached to the pegeon and release. It transpired, much later, that the birds had, indeed, been released but had flown away to parts unknown. The blight young man gave up planning, ate the rest of his pigeons and took things as'they came. Mr. W: M. Aiken received word on Friday of the death of his eldest brother and left on Saturday for Allinford to attend the funeral. 15 YEARS AGO January 28, 1955 S even ty-eigh I businessmen and citizens of the town of Clinton gathered last Friday evening at a banquet in Hotel Clinton to, honor Judge Frank Fingland on his recent appointment as Huron County judge. Despite blizzarcly weather last night, the "fastest growing 'Tito] Credit Union in Ontario" held its annual meeting in St. Paul's Parish Hall, 10 YEARS AGO January 28, 1060 From First 0ohlmn by Wilma Dineiri, "There's quite a scurrying around right now for a particular record, and not a long-playing one, either, It seems that a Couple of hockey playing teams from Dearborn, Mich, are going to take part in the Minor Hockey' Day plans here oh Saturday and the organizers feel it Would be only polite to play the national anthem of the United SOWS. Brit no One can come up with a record Of the "gtitt• Sptitieed Banriet,' Wesley-Willis — Holmesville United Churches REV. A. J. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., 0,13., Minister MR. LORNE POTTERER, Organist and Chair Director SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 WESLEY-WILLIS 9:45 a.m. -- Sunday School 11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship. Sermon Topic: "MAKE A FRIEND OF YOUR FEAR" H.OLIVIESVILLE 1:00 p.m. — Worship Service. 2:00 p.m. —Sunday School. — ALL WELCOME — CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, Clinton • 263 Princess Avenue Pastor: Alvin Beukema, B.A„ B.D. Services: 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (On )nd and 4th Sunday, 9:30 a.m.) The Church of the Back to God Hour every Sunday 12:30 p.m., CHLO — Everyone Welcome — study', "Sy ho limb you're thirty, ybu cab have forty ybots of busihost eiperlbhcd, koun'till0 overtime, thof is," dPC, vAtftAe. Offhand I can think of only one man I know who has any more than a vague idea of what he'll be doing a year from now or who has set any kind of individual production goal for himself. The exception is a pal of mine who has become a sort of full-time miser, a fellow who is living a wretched life while he salts away every possible penny against the day when he can excape to a tropical island. This is planning, true enough, abut in.o,rathet negative way. .;It ,,, might, be described more .,accurately as plotting and from what I can see it is anything but fun. For most of us, of course, living is a day-to-day business in which we seldom anticipate coming events. I freely confess that my own planning goes ahead only until this coming Saturday (and then only to noon). If the National Industrial Conference Board were to ask me what I have in mind a year from now I could only give them a sickly smile and a shrug. Indeed on those few occasions when I've deliberately planned for something, like the bicycle tour through Ireland or reading War and Peace or learning hotel management by correspondence, something always seemed to come up to steer me in another direction. Something Came Up! There, my dears, is the epitaph of broken dreams. By "planning", according to this report, the senior executives mean, a three-way program of research, promotion and BAYFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor: Leslie Clemens SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1 Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Evening Gospel Service: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. Prayer meeting and Bible