Clinton News-Record, 1974-03-07, Page 4The Jack Scott Column - In NMI
The recent announcement that a
nuclear power plant will be' ocated in
the area within the next ten years will
mean both good news and bad news to
local citixens,'
Depending on Its exact location on
Lake Huron, and Ontario Hydro is not
talking about that, the ,new power plant
will have fantastic impact on the com-
munities nearest it.
With it will come high wages and
thusly plenty of spending money. Nearby
communities may double their size
within a few years and the influx of
people will boost the local economy
greatly.
As well, land priqes will soar as will
rents' and numerous other local com-
modities. '
But , along' with the good will also
come the bad. Wages paid during the
construction period of the plant and to
the men who will run it will be more than
double what most industries around here
pay their employeei. This will eventually
force many smaller, lower paying fac-
tories to close their doors because they
will be unable to compete with the high
wages paid at the new Hydro plant.
Because of the influx of people,
demand for land for housing will soar,
and so will prices, Anyone who doesn't
make a substantial wage will be out of
luck when it comes to buying a home,
As well, the influx of people will put a
strain on existing people services such
as sewers and other land services, with
the result that those towns or villages
nearest the site will have to embark on
expensive construction projects that all
taxpayers will finance.
The new nuclear power plant will also
require more agricultural land both for
the actual plant site and for the tran-
smission lines, which will have to run
through some of Canada's best far-
mland.
Depending on which side of the fence
you're on, then, the new plant has to be
viewed with mixed feelings, as it will be
both a blessing and a curse.
Editorial Comment
A powerful question
Guest opinion
Time to start restructing
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"We'd like to trade ours in on one that carries more Canadian content."
The worst kind of bachelor '
Restructuring. The words roll off the
tongue with some degree of dignity. It
also must roll around in the heads of
municipal and county councillors who
are worth their salt.
Restructuring. Restructuring local
government. An awesome task. A
gigantic task., -A necessary task if local
autonomy is to survive.
Restructuring. Not an easy thing to
achieve but something which cannot be
ignored much longer. The deadline is
getting too close. The signs are too ob-
• vious.
Goderich. Town Council got another
admonition from Queen's Park to take a
serious, look at restructuring.,„ Not a half-0 ,
hearted glance to appease the Ministry
of Treasury Economics and Intergovern-
mental Affairs, ,but a hard, penetrating
look at the system of government that
has been accepted for so long.
Oddly enough, a little upset in the
village of Grand Bend sent the council
of that municipality scurrying for
changes. Even more oddly, Goderich
somewhat reluctantly supported Grand
Bend in its bid for "restructuring" only to
discover The Municipal Act was a step
ahead.
Just to. review, Grand Bend felt a
municipality should have the right to ap-
point an alternative to county council
when the reeve was unable through
. illness or injury to attend. According to'
a letter received by Goderich Town
Council at last week's meeting, there is
provision under Section 209 of The
Municipal Act for any municipal council
to appoint from among its members a
replacement for a head of council in the
event of his temporary absence.
But that section excludes Goderich -
or any town where the head of council is
the mayor who does not attend county
council sessions. The Act says nothing
about absent reeves, only heads of
council.
And then comes the cruncher.
"The County Council might consider
the offer that the Treasurer of Ontario,
the:Aonbrable John White, made at a
meeting of the Association of Counties
and Regions of Ontario in Hamilton last
fall. At that time he said that provincial
assistance would be made available to
counties wishing to undertake studies
toward restructuring. An important part
of any such study would be an
examination of representation. This
would enable the County Council to
solve the problems of adequate
representation as they relate to the total
local government system rather than
dealing with each problem as it arises'
on a piecemeal basis."
Restructuring. The only answer. But
when will it begin in Huron? (from The
Goderich Signal-Star)
Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiley
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4---c11,INTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1974
Some days you can't win a
nickel. Today is one of them.
Outside, it's bucketing down
wet snow to clog my driveway.
Inside, Fin getting the 'flu, and
my jaw is aching from a going•
over the dentist gave me.
And downstairs, two women
are squabbling about how to
bring up my grandson.
Yes, the little chap is paying
his first visit to the old family
home, and he's the only bright
note in the day.
Think I'll sneak down and
have another look at him and
try to cheer myself up.
There, I did. And I feel bet-
ter. He's a dandy little fellow.
He's fat, and he smells like a
baby, and he produces the oc-
casional lopsided grin,, as
though he finds the world
amusing. He doesn't know the
half of it. It's not only amusing;
it's ridiculous.
And two of the more
ridiculous aspects of it right
now are his mother and his
grandmother. One has had a
baby for six weeks and thinks
she knows all about babies,
The other hasn't had a baby for
22 years, and she thinks she
knows all about babies.
My role is to try to apply
some common sense, but it's
about as effective as throwing
oil on a fire to put it Out. They
both turn on me and assure me
that my knowledge about
babies is about as capacious as
my knowledge of heaven,
In fact, I know all there is
necessary to know about in.
fonts: Keep them warm and
dry and well fed, and they'll be
Temiy, They're just like human
beings in that respect.
This little guy is certainly
getting that treatment. If his
mother puts a fresh diaper on
him, his gran has got it off and
puts another on before he has a
chance to wet the first one.
And he's certainly not suf-
fering in the groceries depart-
ment. He's gulping great quan-
tities of the pure,
unadulterated stuff nature in-
tended for him. ,
There have been rhapsodies
written about the beauty of a
child nursing at its mother's
breast. And I must say it's
something to see her cuddling
him up to one' side and
reaching with her free hand for
her bottle of beer. She got that
out of a baby book, which, so
help me, suggested nursing
mothers have a bottle of beer to
break the monotony or keep the
flow coming, or something.
There is a little digression,
but I was almost fully grown
before I learned that my basic
idea about nursing mothers
was wrong. Another kid told
me, when we were about six,
that there is porridge in one
breast and milk in the other.
That's why they switch the
baby over,
Yep, there's nothing like a
baby around the house. That
kid just don't get to cry.
Someone snatches 'him up the
minute he bleats once. Even I.
And my wife is having a
great time getting out all the
pictures of our kids when they
were babies, to see whom he
"takes after." The latest notion
is that he looks like his Uncle
Hugh at that age. I think he
looks like Churchill. For once
we're in agreement, because
Hugh tth a baby looked much
like Churchill as an elderly
man.
And his granny is away
ahead of the game on clothes.
She's bought him a white sum-
mer suit, and a blue bunting
bag for next winter. Next win-
ter, already.
I haven't bought him a thing,
but I have a furtive foreboding
that that urchin is going to cost
me plenty, over the years. If the
cost of records and fishing
tackle and hockey equipment
keeps going up, I'll be beggared
before he's into high school. I
seem to be the only one in the
family making a buck these
days.
His mothei• and father have
great plans for him. One is a
musician and the other an ar-
tist, so they think he's going to
be some kind of genius. That's
what I thottght about my kids
too. One is a waiter, the other
is a young mother.
However, if I use all my
craft, perhaps I can lure him
away from the decadent artistic
life, and turn him into a pretty
good angler,, or something
useful like thet.
It doesn't really matter what
you plan for a kid, of course. In
this crazy world, nothing is
clearer than that the best-laid
plans nearly always go agley.
All I hope for little Nikov is
that he gets a charge out of life,
allows himself to love and be
Jetted, and is healthy.
Oh, yes, and one other thing:
that he's twice the man his
grandfather is,
,The greatest menace to the
happy home since Rudolph
Valentino is the bachelor
visitor, a fellow who can throw
a wrench into the machinery of
the snuggest marriage.
From- the moment Eric
arrived to spend the weekend I
knew it was going to do me no
good whatever. He is nothing
special, mind you, having a pot
almost as big as mine and he
uses some kind . of Dry Look
stuff on his hair which instan-
tly arouses my suspicions.
About all he's got that I
haven't is his bachelorhood
and he carries it like a sword.
Well, as I say, from the
moment he arrived I knew I'd
pay for 'it. He carried a huge
box of cheap chocolates. for,mA
wife that he presented with a
great flourish.
"Oh, Eric, that's sweet of
you," my wife carolled in a
voice I haven't heard in several
long years. She was talking to
him, but she was looking at ine
and the look said, "See? Other
men 'are thoughtful and
remember those little things
that a woman needs."
I shot her back a ha look
that said, , "Yeah, and why
shouldn't he? The lout will eat
10 YEARS AGO
March 5, 1964
Some 40 Huron county far-
mers have submitted their
feeding programs for analysis
at the county's annual seed fair
program in Seaforth, Saturday,
Hay samples are to be judged
and a,discussion will be held by
the experts.
Ninete'en year old I3eryl
Stevens, daughter of Sgt. and
Mrs. Thomas Reg Stevens,
Townsend Street, Clinton was
crowned Queen of the At-Home
dance at CHSS on Friday.
A new height-finding radar
system designated as the FPS-
507 is now assembled at RCAF
Station Clinton. The in-
stallation was completed
Tuesday and will be used as a
training vehicle for RCAF per-
sonnel in the Radar
Technician.
Gordon McGavin, Walton,
and Larry Snider, Exeter, have
been named co-chairmen of the
local committee to plan and
operate the 1966 International
Plowing Match to be held near
Seaforth, Doug Miles, Huron's
agrjcultural representative, will
handle one of the busiest jobs,
that of secretary while Huron's
assistant clerk-treasurer, 'Bill
Hanly, Goderich will be
treasurer.
Mr. and Mrs, John Anstett
Were in Toronto on February
23,24, 25 attending the 46th an-
nual convention of the
Canadian Jewellers
Association at the Royal York
Hotel. They heard top speakers
in the jewellery wholesale and
retail industry. While in the
city they also attended the
Toronto Gift Show and made
purchases for the ,Anstett
Jewellers Limited stores in
Clinton, Walkerton and
Seaforth,
50 dollars' worth of food and
drink all my booze. Why
shouldn't he make a small
down payment?"
My wife and I sometimes
talk. like this by the hour
without saying a word, but this
time she refused to read my
message. "I am not receiving
you, WLX-9,'-' her eyes said.
From the beginning Eric
went ou,t of his way to establish
himself as a Lover of Children.
Having bought them off with
his cheap trinkets in the begin-
ning, this was no trick at all.
Kids will hang around any
sucker who might buy them
something, like chorus girls
looking for an ermine.
Naturally, it was. Uncle Eric
right from the start and,
naturally, Uncle Eric's idea of
playing with the children was
to toss them up against the
ceiling just before bedtime.
This ensured them a nice, long
sleepless, night with Daddy up
on the hour.
I noticed, too, that as soon as
the children became a little
testy and when One broke into
tears, old Uncle Eric quickly
began looking about for new
entertainment. When he had
25 YEARS AGO
MARCH 10, 1949
Sheila Rogers, ' sixth grade
pupil of Clinton Public School,
who was an entrant in the
clarinet section of the recent
Kiwanis Musical Festival,
came very close to a scholar-
ship, as there were three given.
The 11 year-old girl came
fourth obtaining a mark of 76,
which constituted honours.
Miss Shirley G. Gutter,
General Hospital, St.
Catharines, and Mr. and Mrs.
R.P. RokbACrediton, visited
the eartY' this week with
the ladies" parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John A. Gutter, Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Tyndall
spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. John Middleton in
Goderich Township.
Bartliff Bros. have reopened
their store and restaurant after
it has been closed for moder-
nizing. The entire interior is
designed for attractiveness,
modernity and cleanliness. The
flooring is of rubber tile in
green and cream square style
with an interwoven pattern,
Walls are in pale green colour,
and the ceiling is white. Many
Clinton people helped in the
building.
When a horse he was riding
broke through the ice covering
a ditch running through his
father's farm in McKillop,
Laverne Holgy noticed
something moving in the water.
'As he watched, a seven-inch
sucker flipped itself out of the
water onto the ice. He carried
the fish home and placed it in
the water trough,
50 YEARS AGO
March 6, 1924
The carnival, held in the
local arena yesterday evening
for the benefit of the hockey
gone for a "short stroll,"
leaving the children in the last
stages of hysteria, I heard my
wife say, "My! I do admire a
man who loves children."
Eric quickly established him-
self, too, as The Great Little
Helper. When my wife
suggested a cheery' little fire,
Eric sprang to his feet as if he
were volunteering to wipe out
an enemy pillbox single-
handed. Soon he was back
from the basement with two-
thirds of the kindling I had cut
for the winter. I was prepared
to wait him out, but. I felt my
wife's eyes on me commanding
me to go and get the heavy
wood.
When ,I 'staggered back up-
stairs I found that Eric was out
in the kitchen drying the dishes
for my wife and recalled bit-
terly that on our last fishing
trip he had eaten from a piece
of wood rather than wipe off a
plate.
"My, it's nice to have a man
around who helps out," my
wife fluted. "Not like some
people I could mention." I
guess it was then I began to
speculate on how Eric would
look with a l tchet in his head.
boys and arranged by a number
of the young lady "hockey
fans", was a huge success. Af-
ter paying all the expenses the
girls were able to hand over the
substantial sum of $30.65 to
the treasurer of the hockey
team,
The News-Record started
their old files this week with a
section from twenty years ago,
Mr. John Sterling, who has
spent the winter with his
daughters in Jackson, Mich,
returned to Clinton, Saturday
in time for the spring building
rush.
Mr. Carl Draper has, pur-
chased the frame residence now
occupied by Mr. A. T. Cooper
and will take possession in a
month or so.
Robert Thompson of East
Huron Produce Emporium,
Brussels, has decided to
discard the old time ice storage
for the summer use and will
Put in a modern cold storage
plant that will enable him to
Like 'most bachelors, Eric
proved to be a regular Lothario
with married women,. the hun-
ter with blank cartridges.
Several times he stared for long
periods at my wife, then turned
to me to say, "My you're a
lucky man, Jack. I just wish
I'd met this little girl 20 years
ago." I'd have reminded him
that he'd met a dozen other
charming and eligible women
and weasled out of matrimony,
but I didn't have the heart to
spoil my wife's fun.
Then we had the I'm-only-a-
poor-lonely-bachelor routine.
"Children!" he cried. "A
gorgeous wife!, A fireplace!
Books! What more could a
man want?"
I • thought even. 'my wife
would recognize the comedy
here since everyone knows that
Eric has been pedalling briskly
away from just such respon-
sibilities for the past 20 years,
but when he said, "I'm still
waiting for the right girl'; I saw
her eyes flutter.
Want him to go? My good-
ness, no. I knew as soon as he
went I was going to pay and
pay, for, naturally, my wife was
using Eric in her own awful,
subtle way.
keep the egg stock and poultry
up-to-date condition ,right on
his own premises until sales are
made.
75 YEARS AGO
March 9, 1899
There was a debate held in
the 'Baptist church. The main
topic for the day was 'women's
equality. Mr. Hoover and Mr.
Bezzo represented the men's
side, while Mr. Baer, himself a
bachelor, represented the
women's. The judges decided
that.the negative presented the
best of the argument.
Neighbour Robson, the
grocer, opened a guessing com-
petition a couple of weeks ago,
when he put up a handsome set
of dishes for that customer of
his who Could come nearest the
vote 'polled by the Front Bob on
Feb. 21st. There were five-
hundred or more guesses and
Mr. Harry Holden, with a lucky,
guess the day before, was the
winner.
On behalf of the Women's
Auxiliary to the Clinton Public
Hospital, I would like to take
this apportunity to thank you
for the excellent coverage you
have given to our monthl
meetings over the past year.
We appreciate the publicit
given to us through your pa
as many of our members ar
not able to attend the meetings
They are kept posted on ou
activities.
Yours truly
Dawna J. Westlake
Recording Secrete
Membership
Dear Editor:
The membership drive is now
in progress for the Hospital
Auxiliary. The roll of the
auxiliary is to serve the
patients in the Clinton Hospital
with additional comforts and
services purchased with your
contributions!
The auxiliary is a completely
voluntary organization,
therefore 100 per cent of the
funds can be used to good ef-
fect.
In these days of rising cats
and government control on
hospital budgets, your money
more effective than ever before
in providing the extras which
cannot come within th
hospital budget.
Your membership fee entit
you to belong to the auxiliar
and to attend the auxiliar
meetings which are held on th
first Monday of every month in
the Hospital Board Room a
10:00 a.m.
We urgently need activ
members to assist us to run the
TV system now being installed
in the hospital and to help with
our other services to patients
and to serve on our executive
committees.
Please come to our meetings
and learn what is being done
and .what you can do. A few
hours of your time every month
can be put to valuable and
satisfying use.
Kirsty Harrett (President)
Hospital Auxiliary
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