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Clinton News-Record, 1966-02-24, Page 3From My Window— To Be a Law T 5 *.</ t I Bell Pioneer Jessie Hart Retires Here other Thuis., Fefi. 24, 1966-^CIint(>n New$-Record~—Page 3, Recipe Exchange Most; sickeiungly sneaky Of all advertising gimmicks em ployed in toils spend-crazy soc iety of purs 'are those top-com mon brochures we get in the ( mail addressed “To The House holder”. True, it is a .simple matter to discard1 them into the gar bage along with the used cof fee 'grounds and some of them are even large enough to use for wrapping potato peelings. But when I consider the energy spent by postal employees to deliver them, the money paid annually to’ transport this un- necessary trash from the home to municipal dumping grounds and the number of unwary folk whip have bCW hooked into less than favourable dealings, I get absolutely livid- in recent months, our mail box has spilled over with an armload of coupons, bargain Offers, clippaible vouchers, pre ferred customer credit cards, come-on letters and puzzles that when solved would earn a substantial reduction on toe purchase price of an article of the winner’s choice, For the ridiculous fee of $100, SODiRICH . ONT. DANCING EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT THIS WEEK . . . "THE WINDJAMMERS" Coming — March 5 . . . "THE KING BEES" of Woodstock Dancing 9 to Midnight Admission $1.00 per person tyo Slacks or Jeans , Catering to Luncheons, Weddings, Banquets, Etc. For Rental Information or Reservations Dial 524-9371 ar 524-9264 f BIG SUCCESS 10% OFF KNITTING WOOL Continues in February At AMSING'S KNITTING CENTRE See Our 100% PURE MOHAIR Sale Price 1-oz. 62c and 77c 100% COTTON For crocheting and knitting 4-oz. — 59c v BABY WOOL—4-oz. skein .......... Sale Price $1.13 NEEDLES — PATTERNS — ADVICE CLEAR-OUT BASKETS WITH WOOL 7-8b L————————————— A It V THEATRE rAKii god cH s ON THE SQUARE FIRST RUN FILMS IN AIR CONDITIONED COMFORT S———— THURSDAY & FRIDAY—FEB. 24 & 25 Entertainment Is Our Business. . ..........—. •WWM® SHOWS AT 7:00 P.M. and 9:30 P.M. (wwIBHIOCOLOr nxkATUMUWOr NOW SK HOW THE WEST SAT.. MON. & TUES.—FEB. 26-28 MARCH 1 Big BEATLE HITS c- e *> «■ if e> o c «I - Shirley Keller our home could have had complete facetlifting outdoors including a backyard paradise featuring - a large swimming pool that would be toe envy of the neighborhood . . . provid ing of course (in toe fine print) we supplied a few minor extras — like topsoil and fertilizer for toe lawn; epnerete, flagstone and water filtering system for the swimming pool; shutters, window boxes, awnings etc. for the house; plus the labor to in stall them. Oh yes, this' price of $100 was good only so long as we persuaded ten other homeowners to invest $1,000 each in the house sidling, plas tic pool liner, five pounds of lawn seed, a half dozen scrag- gly shrubs jand a package of marigold seeds specifically men tioned in the deal; Another company was will ing to sacrifice a full set of the most up-to-date encyclopedias just so the offspring of prefer red customers could reap the benefits of their parents’ hon esty land integrity. No strings attached, mind you, unless, you neglected to make a purchase of $800 or more within ten dlays at toe store. My husband and I coiuld have flown to Spain with $500 to spend. All we had to do was work the simple puzzle and ' mail it in, together with our approval to meet a company ■salesman who would show us (his product and ask us one qualifying question — like how many light-years away is a star that in 2090 will disappear and ■is falling toward the earth now at a speed of sound on a course estimated to be xy-ab times z miles away from toe furthest planet which is thought to. be one million miles due west of the second furthest planet, both still unplotted by astronomers. It is unthinkable there are adults gullible enough to be caught in 'traps similar to these and even more unbelievable that such schemes, actually within the law, are permitted to use the Royal Mail as their agent. But I suppose this is dei- mocriacy — that valuable some thing leaving rman free to live according to his conscience. My only source of pleasure on the receipt of such material is the satisfaction I get in ripping the unopened envelopes to shreds and watching the baited bits fall harmlessly into waste basket. —--------p----------- "Bell" Girl Retires After 31 Years Mrs. J, N. Hart, 180 Rattenbury Street East, Clinton, has retired from the Bell Telephone Com pany of Canada, for which she has worked as tele phone operator for a total of 31 years. Mrs. Hart was honoured by fellow-employees at a dinner in Hotel Clinton last Wednesday night, and received among other gifts, an honourary life membership in Bell Pioneers, presented by J. D. Mahoney, London, the traffic supervisor for this area. (News-Record Photo) SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill'Smiley the Music Tests RCMT Successes, Earning first class honours in Grade 2 Theory in examina tions held recently in dinton by toe Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto, were Ruth Murphy and Marie Trewartha. Linda Russell also was success ful 'in the examination. Miss Bonnie Boyes has been successful 'in passing Grade 4 Counterpoint from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Univer sity of Toronto. Her teacher is Sister Mercia, Seaforth. Bonnie is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Boyes,1 Clinton. -----------o----------- Per capita personal income in Canada -rose from $1,205 in 1954 to $1,820 in 1964. 1 ■■■■ "................ There's nothing like an old- fashioned blizzard to put that cocky creature, man, in his place. We’re right in the middle of a .four-star dandy at the1 mo ment. It’s been snowing and blowing for 48 hours, with salu- tory results. The world has be come a wild, white wilderness;’ And the people in it have be come human beings. The creature man in has Wis dom believes he has tamed na ture. He will admit, und'er quiz zing, that he still doesn’t know much about himself. But he is confident that he. has brought the natural world to heel. • Normally, he thinks of nature as something subdued, some thing to be 'Used for recreation, or looking at and saying, “Nice; ain't it?” It takes a rousing belch from that old trollop, Mother Nature, whether it be in the form of a blizzard, a hurricane, an earth quake or a fire, to set -him tight back <m hi's primitive heels. And strangely enough, it is only when nature comes up with some kind of a spectacular that man seems to shed his scale of materialism, get down to his basic virtues, and find out once again1 what makes the hu man race go round in ever- diminishing circles. Ordinarily, the Christian vir tues are as easily spotted as the teeth in a hen who is drawing the old-age pension. But when, nature gives a vast’rumble of laughter at toe little fellows, and collapses the facade of creature comforts which are the modern-day fetishes, the old virtues brighten the darkest IE, I.. I- ... I ■ ■ — THIS WEEK'S LUCKY NUMBER — 1514 For $5.00 Free Cleaning Credit i Cole Slaw and Baked PotatoesDinner, flowers and gifts were used' by employees of Bell Telephone Company of Canada here last Wednesday to honour one of themselves, Mrs. Jessie Hart, who has retired after 31 years as telephone op erator with Bell. After dinner in Hotel Clin ton, Mrs. Hart was made an honorary .member of Bell Pion eers, an organization to which employees are eligible after 21 years .of service. She received th award from J, D, Mahoney, London, traffic manager for London Area. He also presented a wallet on behalf of the presi dent of Bell. Mrs. Hart was formerly Jes sie Cress, and worked for Bell for some years prior to her marriage to Joe Hart. She re calls service (in the old tele phone office, which, occupied the narrow building on Albert Street now occupied1 by Dr. K. S. Wood, chiropractor. Miss Kennedy was chief operator and Mrs. Clara Rumball was man ager. For a short time she was acting chief operator. "There have been a lot of Changes since then,” recalled Mrs, Hart. “We used to tell people the time, give them the hockey scores, report on elec tion results, and set off the fire alarm when a call came in to us. There w!as more, contact with toe people .then, and an opportunity to help others, al ways gives you a lift yourself.” She put (in some part time ■service and went back on full time staff about seven years ago. Mrs. Hart -found many new methods, new techniques, ■and even new phrases1 used, in the dial office on Rattenbury Street West. ■Mrs. Hart remembers one call she put through to California, before World War II, which took 17 minutes to complete. That -was before dial systems made toe operation as swift as it is to-day. That call was made by the late Captain Sloan Smith. A set of matched luggage given by friends and fellow em ployees wais presented to Mrs,. Hart by chief operator -Miss Mary Wells, along with a sil ver bracelet and earnings set. Since Mr. and Mrs. Hart are planning a trap overseas to Scotland in late .spring, toe lug gage will be put to very good use. The' staff also prepared a (Continued on page 6) , Two items this week from two sources. First to© cole slaw served at toe Ladies Rifle CJjuib dinner jn January, and given to us at that time. German Cole Stow medium cabbage, shredded medium green pepper medium large sliced onion cup older vinegar cup sugar tsp. celery seed 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 tsp, mustard seed Salt end pepper Toss together one day ahead. Slaw will keep four days; —B. Bowman Now the second item, which is1 a favorite in Prince Edward Island; Potato and Crabmeat Canoes 6 "medium baked potatoes 2 tbsp, butter 34 Cup milk 1 tbsp, chopped onion 1 tbsp, chopped parsley 1 -tsp, salt % tsp, white pepper 1 fin (634 ounces) crabmeat % cup grated Cheddar cheese Bake potatoes'; cut lids off and scoop out carefully. Mash potato; add butter, milk, onion, parsley, salt and pepper. Heat Until creamy, Add chabmeat and refill shells, mounding slightly. Sprinkle with the grated cheese. Bake in oven at 325° F. for 20 minutes. Makes 6 serv ings. STAND UP JOBS — LONG HOURS It has been estimated that a traffic policeman who stands on his feet all day may be an inch shorter at night. Other types of work may cause a person to lift heavy objects or stand in a bad position, one leg lifted higher than the other for long periods of time. Modem living demands that our bodies be able to withstand everyday activities. Displaced vertebrae cause pressure on nerves creating malfunction of tendons, ligaments and muscles of the back. When this condition exists, long periods of standing places extra weight on muscles in the lower part of the spine creating low back and leg pains and tired feet. Early recognition of spinal displacements plus scien tific chiropractic spinal adjustments will minimize pain, disability — and will restore impaired body function. SPECIAL PRICES Until February 26th Nivea Creme—4-oz. jar Reg. $1.43 .....Special $1.09 Score Clear Hair Cream Reg. 89c ............ Special 77c corner. Generosity, unselfishness, de cency, do-imto-iathers — all toe things to which we pay lip serv ice — suddenly flower when people are getting a good kick in the teeth from old Mother. When a blizzard, is raging, or dinary, miserable, grouchy peo ple regain some of those quali ties the pioneers are supposed to have had1. People who wouldn’t pick up the Queen of England, even if she displayed a sign reading, "Buckingham Pal ace or bust,” suddenly start picking up ihiteh-hikers. People who ordinarily wouldn’t -give you the time of dhy will stop and shove you out of a snowbank. People who wouldn’t buy an, apple from a Boy Scout will shovel out old ladies’ driveways. Andi strangest of all, they smile and grin and chortle while they’re doing it. Not only do they revert to humanity. They return1 to a cer tain primitive pride in doing battle with the elements. People who will grumble for hours about a sprinkle of rain that spoils’ a picnic, turn into ■giants when toe big snow comes. They hump through the drifts. They snort and stamp into work half an hour late, as proud as though they’d just crossed the Sahara, single-hand ed, without water. They die in their hundreds, frozen grins on their, faces, clutching their snow-shovels. I speak from experience. This morning, my ' neighbor, with whom I exchange a carefully amiable 'greeting about every six months, had managed to sm.aSh his truck through the three-foot drift in his drive. And there .he was when he mushed out grinning like a’gar goyle, motor running, to' give us a drive to work. And he wasn’t practising one-up-man ship. He was neighbor. Got to work one chap • had toe storm for hours to make was slit-eyed, something of a hero, for per haps the first time in his life. I bate to suggest it, in case old Mother N. iis listening, but perhaps we need a few more blizzards, earthquakes, holo causts' 'and hurricanes. They work a lot better toan nation ally advertised Brotherhood Weeks. Wedding Pictures JERVIS STUDIO Phone 482-7006 v. I.D.A, Dependable Hot Water Bottles Reg. $2.50’ .................................... Special $1.99 Alberto VO5 Hair Spray—15-oz. and 7-oz. Combination Offer $4,87 Value Special $2.44 Right Guard Deodorant, 3-oz. Reg. 89c Special 77c Kotex, 12's, Reg. 51c .......................... Special 41c Pertussin Medicated Vaporizer, Reg, $1.39 ........................ Prell Shampoo, $1.30 value EDWARDS PHARMACY PRESCRIPTIONS CLINTON, ONT. — 9 Albert St. Special $1.17 .. 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