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Clinton News-Record, 1976-04-08, Page 4I TONNA + ' ; ' Di ll , A ';,r rit tag a stint Fashion designers made the se)ces look alike. Novi toiletries rnanufac turej's are making them smell alike. That'sthe raticlusion of The: Financial Post Magazine following a blind -testing of men's colognes 'reported by Ted Wood in the latest issue. To confuse the panel of four men and two women, a women's cologne, U.8,1978 Charlie. was included with a sample of eleven men's cologneswhich/the panel rated for subtlety, masculinity, per- sonality, and occasion most suited for use. Charlie rated second only to Yves St. Laurent for Men in overall preference. Which fist goes to show you don't have to be a woman to smell sweet these days!. the Easter message: have faith Behind the lilies and the bunnies and the eggs there Iles a thought about Easter that transcends even the or- thodox teachings of the Christian church, let alone the fluffy inanities that passes for the usual commercial Easter, says the United Church. And that thought is a message of hope. The radiance of Easter has always been preceded by the - crucifixion. In our world today there are all too many crucifixions and Jesus knew that when he said, "daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but for yourselves and for your children." And in our world today where selfishness, hatred, violence, cruelty and indifference become the crucifixion, too often there is missing the radiance of Easter, the hope of Easter. Easter does not tell the world that the stark realities of human suffering are over. Indeed Easter reminds us that we cannot escape these facts. But what Easter does is remind us that we need not become 'cynical and hopeless. Because Easter calls Us to work, as did Jesus and His disciples after the crucifixion, tohelp rescue the world from all that plagues it. To work .$ together in a community of love is the message of Easter. There will be all the trials and pains of the Cross, there will be all the failure that . is summed up in- that grotesque death, there will be all the weakness and despair, all the frailty nad penitence. •But at the end will come Easter, the resurrection, the glory, all the things we sing about -- welcome happy morning! So Easter reminds us of the human condition. We cannot have the victory- without ictory-without the defeat but the assurance .is that in God's community of love, there is hope. So the message of Easter 1976, like the first Easter is: Have faith! Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiley Chicken cheeps When 1 was a boy. I used to have oc- casionally what were known in those days a "bilious attack". They included a splitting headache and a stomach so jittery it would accept nothing but hot lemonade and lady fingers of toast. They would last two or three days. during which I would withdraw from the world rilt4whooping and pain and .darkness. Today. of course. I would be sent first to a specialist. who would diagnose migranes. If they persisted. I would then probably go tit a psychiatrist. who would decide that I was too sensitive for the world and put me on tranquilizers. At age 10, I'd probably be an addict We've come a long way. In those days. my mother would spend hours stroking her fingers through my hair. and gently rub- bing my scalp. And I would emerge, rejoin the world, .and ravenously gcirge the senses that had been starved for a day or two. I haven't had one of those attacks since I was a kid. though a bad hangover. if I had ever chanced to have one. would probably have been a reasonable parallel. Maybe I'm not too sensitive for the world any lire. But I have been feeling rather bilious. occasionally in the •last year or two. And ever the curious observer. I have looked around to find what was causing the problem. Finally. i zeroed in on it. The nausea is caused by the whining of university professors concerning the communicative skills of today's students. They'd never put it so simply. But what they mean is that two thirds of the people they accept into university can't write a decent sentence. let alone a paragraph, and can't, express themselves orally in stan- dard 1•:nglish. Its perfectly true. of course. But why do they whimper about it? Why do they try to blame the high schools? Why do they ac- cept these students in the first place. if they'll• not up to scratch? 111 tell you why. It's. because they are so hard up for money. they'!] accept anything that can pronounce its own name and isn't stalking on all fours The universities have lowered their own 'standards. even the best of them, and ;prolifer.itcd their courses, and introduced '"Mickey Mouse'. courses and highly flexible guidelines in the desperate effort to get living corpses onto their campuses. They are body snatchers of the 20th century, in the scramble for government grants A. dozen years ago. if you failed a subject in your graduating year in high school. you failed your year. and repeated it. Nowadays you would graduate even though your over-all average was 56, and some third rate university called Sir Wilfred Mcbonald University of the Fine Arts would sweep you into its folds with little squeals of delight. And six months later. the head of the English Department at good old (five years) Sir Wilfred would bemoan in the newspapers that the college had to set up a course in remedial English, because it wasn't . being taught properly -in the high schools, and the Head of Math would say the same thing. It would never occur to them to look at the high school marks of Joe, who, with many peers. is giving them -the headaches. They would find that Joe actually got 47 in English, and was given 50 as a gift, so as not to "hold him back;'. A mark of 50, to anyone in the know, means a failure. They. would find, on inquiring. that Joe had received 42 in math, but the guidan- ce department talked his math teacher into giving him a 50, because he had promised he would never take math again. So he enrolls in architecture. 1 have taught under both the old and new systems of education. The old was ridiculous, a formula of rote learning. The new is just as silly. It is so muddled that no one, least of all the students, knows what is going on. Such words as effort. challenge. • excellence. have been thrown out likestale dishwater. They have been replaced by flexibility. individual choice, a good learning situation, and the creativity of the child. What poppycock. What it means is that everything is twice as easy as it was. the chance of failure is remote. a.nd the students are being shoe -horned into an alien world that is as different from school as Dracula is from Anne of Green Gables. But all is not lost. What the university people. and those who would revert to the old days of lock -step. vegimented educatipn, fail to realize is that today the high schools are, at least giving some in- sight into the human spirit. compassion, dignity. and what life is really about, to thousands of young people who. a decade ago. would have been turfed into the factors and dead end jobs at age 16. grade 10. Maybe that's one of the good things about, high unemployment. There's no room for this generation, so they stay in school. They learn something. M.mtws ttntartoWeekly Newspaper ♦Uaciation The (lichen Nems -Record is published each Thursday at P.O. Rua 3!. Clinton. trntarle. -Canada. luau its. It is registered as recon I class mail by the post office under the permit nutmber siti7 The hews -Record incorporated in Mt the harem Nr**a'Reeerd. founded In tette. and ate Cilnz.t, New Era, founded in 1r163 Total Itrenhw. 1 anadian ('btnmanly, Newspaper %%serialise Display advertising raters available ern regerst. Acle ter Kitt card Ne. t eiterttrritct. 1. Ws. Editor • James E. Fitzgerald Advertising director - Gary L. Heist General Manager - J. Howard Aitken News staff - Bev Clark •••.4o 'Subscription Rates: Canada • st l per year U.S.A. • S12.50 Single copy • .25c Odds 'n' ends by Elaine Townshend Spring things What pops into your mind when you think of. spring? Robins and daffodils? Or. rain and mud? The days are longer now. and each morning the songs of the birds sound louder. contrasting the silence of the winter dawns. Robins. wrens, blackbirds and a few bluebirds gather twigs for their nests. Shoots of new grass sprout through our matted lawns. while crocuses. tulips, daffodils and hyacinth color our flower bed. Inside, bouquets of pussy willows decorate our tables. The tiny buds on the tree branches remind us the cherry and apple blossoms will soon bloom and leaves will cover all the trees. Children exchange their skates for baseball bats, skip- ping ropes and bikes. Jackets and running shoes replace bulky coats and boots and encourage mothers to send the children outside to play more often. An arrangement that usually pleases both parties. Unfortunately, few adults are as.carefree as the children. and we have little time to observe spring's effect- cmNature. We (bought Ave were busy during the winter, but compared to spring, winter was a vacation. For homemakers, spring means housecleaning time. Dusty curtains comedown, sometimes falling on our heads: clotheslines sag under the weight of sopping blankets, and mops occasionally knock over pails of dirty water on floors that have just been scrubbed. 'the contents of junk drawers is sorted and inevitably stuffed back'in: Although ,the sunshine brings cheer, it also draws at- e 'ntion to our dirty windows. Most men complain as much out removing the storms. as they did about putting them on last fall. Hockey play-offs and the beginning of the baseball season on TV seem to run interference with the outside chores. To ensure the unhampered growth of the spring bulbs, gardeners rake bushels of dead leaves and weeds from the flower beds. Last month's ice storm. which left twigs and branches scattered over our lawns. created a bigger clean- up job than usual for this spring. The green grass indicates the lawn mowers will soon be needed. Meanwhile. the farmers repair the fences that broke under the pressure of the snowdrifts. They also unload their orders of seed and fertilizer and haul machinery out of the implement sheds - plows, cultivators. disks. harrows, drills. planters and extra tractors. When all the machines are strewn over the yeard. it's difficult to understand how- they could all be stored in one building. I wonder whether such a feat iS listed in the Guinness World Book of Records. The April showers. that bring the May flowers and 'make the pastures grow, also cause clogged sewers. flooded basements and washed-out sideroads. Most unpaved streets and gravelled roads contain ruts. into which our cars disappear. Getting stuck in the muck is as much a part of spring as listening to the robins sing. As you scrape the mud from your shoes. consider the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson: "'Tis not in the high stars alone. Not in the cups of budding flowers. Nor in the redbreast's mellow tone, Nor in the bow that smiles in showers. But in the mud and scum of things There always, always something sings." From our early files . ea TEN YEARS AGO April 14, 19U After an hour of discussion Tuesday evening. Clinton Lions Club passed a motion to continue to operate the arena as in the past. This was the wording of a lengthy motion proposed by Lions George Laves and Royce Macauley. which read, in part "that Lions retain ownership and continue to operate until we definitely know that there will be ice in the proposed new arena for the '66='67 season" This week the Clinton News - Record announces a subscription price increase effective the end of the month. At that time the an- nual rate in Canada and the United Kingdom will be $5 per year. In the U.S. and other destinations 'where postage must be affixed, the rate will be $6.50 a year. = Almost a full court house at Goderich on Tuesday heard the first 15 witnesses in what promises 'to be a three-day hearing of arbitration by lodge R .S. Heatllerington. Judge Heatherington was appointed by County Council to arbitrate an appeal by a number of ratepayers in Tuckersmith Township. against the council of Tuckersmith, to either deal with, or release, certain lands from County of Huron School Area No. 2. for t"he purpose of forming a union school section with the town of Seaforth. Due to the town taking over the garbage collection service. an increase in the County of Huron rate and an increase in both high school and public school rates, the town of Clinton has been forced to increase the mill rate by 11 mills. The new rates are 89 milts for residential and farm property and 99 mills- for industrial. commercial,. professional and business taxes This is the first increase in the residential rate since 1959 when it jumped from 72 to 78 mills. 25 YEARS AGO April 12.1851 Erection of a $285.000 ad- ditional of Clinton District Collegiate institute will remain in abeyance until the next meeting of the board which will be held on Tuesday evening. May 8. Five of the eight municipalities arc in favour of the project. Warble fly treatment got un- derway this week, with 12 - municipalities in the County of Huron carrying on campaigns thi, ....r year. R.G. Bennett. agricultural representative for Huron County stated today. "Most cattle are in very good condition for'this time of year and feed supplies are still quite adequate," he said. A.J. McMurray. chairman of the recent local campaign for the Canadian Red Cross Society. stated today that the committee was very appreciative of the splendid response. He estimated that the total, still incomplete, now stands at about $1.640. with reports from two or three points not in yet. Total a year ago was about 51,750. Salaries_of the members of the teaching staff of Clinton Public School were discussed at the April meeting of the board in the school last Thursday evening. when all members were present except trustee 'Leslie Ball who was out of town. The Board decided to offer contracts for 1951-52 bearing approximately ten percent in- creases. Definite figures were not available however. Miss Joan Moore. teacher of Grade Three for the tast year. resigned. stating she was leaving the profession: Her place will be filled. The Board decided to request that the Home and School -Club, which has beeii inactive since 1937. be reorganized; if so, it will receive the whole hearted sup- port of the Board. Hullett Township Council voted in favour of granting 535 to the Huron Central Agricultural Society. 50 YEARS AGO Apri1.22,192* Winners at Clinton Spring Shosy were Fred Colquhoun, Robert Lamont. A. and J. Broadfoot. James Stirling. James . Van Egmditd. John Vodden, William' Grey. A. Sinclair. E. Johnson. John Dale. John Deichert, Jean McEwen, Bert Boyles, and many others. Harry Edgar Munro. only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Munro died last Wednesday. Surviving as well as his parents ate his grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fitzsimmons and several aunts and uncles. Rev. A.A. Holmes assisted by Rev. A. MacFarlane, officiated at the funeral, and the pallbearers were Willis Van Egmond, Edgar Dale. William Walters. George Elliott, Stanley Shobbrook and• Stewart McBrien. Mr. and Mrs. John Torrance and Miss Maude. and Mr. and Mrs. W.T. O'Neil have returned home after spending the winter months in Florida. W. Lane. dealer in Durant cars. has taken the vacant showroom in the Hydro Block. Markets were: wheat. 51.25: oats 40c to 45c; buckwheat. 60c: barley 60c; eggs. 20c to 26c: butter. 40c. live hogs 513. Manager Bartliff of the corner restaurant has installed an ice - less refrigerator. Those assissting at the Young People's league in Ontario Street United Church were Mrs. Downs. Miss Edith Johnston, Aubrey Carter. Rev. J.C. Moorehouse and Joe Yesbec. A.J. McMurray Harriston, was m tower ri Spring Show Day. Having been connected with the fair for a number of years. Mr. McMurray was very interested in its success. Miss Gwen Holmes, Toronto. has come home to nurse her mother. Mrs. A. A. Holmes. who is quite ill. 75 YEARS AGO April .12. 1901 One of George Sterling's best working horses fell dead in the bush the other day while skidding out, the logs. Whether the animal polled too hard or not is a mystery. It expired inside of two minutes. A Committee from Hensall including the council, were in Clinton • recently inspecting the pipe band instruments of the C.O.F. band. which existed last year. A number in that place have decided to organize a band and it was with a view of our chasing the committee visited Clinton. We learn that a bargain was made. In all there were about 12 instruments with the drums and they were sold at about $70_ We hope the Hensall people will have 'a good drganization and favour us at some near date. A subscriber recently writing from Ontario California. where a number of Clintonians have settled, says the prospects in that place for fruit are good. They have had recent rains and the plum. peach. prune and apricot trees are in fuel bloom; barley is high and green. The weather is like June and there are more tourists than ever before. County Clerk Lane has totalled the population of the County from the assessment rolls, of which he has just received the list for 1900. and that our readers may see the changes one year makes, we have given the population for 1999. It will be seen that the Towns and Villages have lost 19, and townships 307. too great a loss for the fine old agricultural county of Huron. Total population in 1899 was 60475 while the population of Huron County in 1900 was 60.149. The total decrease in population in 1900 was 326. Mr. Landers. near the village of Kippen. has succeeded in getting the first prize for oats at the Paris Exposition. As the exposition was not a financial success, the Gold Medal has not been sent to him. He could obtain the medal by sending 525. The Presbyterian Church in Auburn is r joicrng in the fact that the late deficit, in the Home Mission is now paid in full. A call was lately made and the money came in sums ranging from 25 cents to five thousand dollars. The work has greatly increased. all the college students who wished .r place to preach in the summer months. in the home missu►n hoards, obtained it and still more men are needed Colts Dear Editor: As 1 follow the progress of the '76 Mustangs, 1 am also following with nostalgia the progress of the '51 Colts in "Through Our Early Files" column of 25 years ago. These early files arouse many fond memories of that season. While we literally met our Waterloo at the hands of the Bridgeport Vets. your files neglected to point out what had been the high point of the season; namely a goal scored by Dan Colquhoun Sr. on Bindernagel of the Vets. a goalie of great ability and reputation of that era. It was one of the few goals 'scored by D,ar1 Sr.. and I trust your omisSion of this feat was not intended to slight his ability. "Yours truly, (an old Colt) Elmer Schlotzhauer, Clinton. Flying saucers Dear Editor, We would like to inform you and your readers that a Centre to investigate and study the phenomenon of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) has recently been established in Toronto. An independent private Canadian group. the UFO Research Centre: Ontario will 'seriously and scien- tifically study the complex and controversial UFO enigma. The Centre will operate as a standing com- mittee of the Toronto Society for Psychical Research, set up in 1970 as a federally registered not-for-profit institution. ' The Centre aims to be a place to which individuals can report UFO sightings or experiences without fear of ridicule. and wtith assurance that their reports will receive serious attention and be treated in strict confidence. We aim to pursue a scientific study of such reports. to become a source of information and undertake public education programs about UFOs. and to co- operate with other serious groups and individuals in the ; field. Also. we would like to secure the voluntary services of people such as astronomers. teachers, journalists and psychologists who have special technical knowledge/ skills or facilities relevant to UFO research. If you would like further information about the Centre • please contact us at the address below. Thank -you. Yours sincerely. Iris Owen t Mrs.) Honorary Secretary UFO Research Centre: Ontario P.O. Box 427. Station F. Toronto M4Y 2L8 Phone 416-964-0244 LeIkr to the ditor Dear Editor Matthew 27 51--53. ac- cording to many translations, has been t ery difficult to appret•tate. However. current events sometimes help to clarify. For instance: The recent Guatemalan earthquake. "Time" magazine reports that "several mourners who went to bury their dead in family plots found that the coffins of long -dead relatives had been uncovered by the quake '•. Something similar occurred during an earthquake in the Jerusalem area at Jesus' death. at that time, dead bodies were customarily placed in vaults or chambers cut from Palestine's soft limestone rock. often in hillsides. Johannes , Greber's tran- slation reports that when Jesus died. "the earth quaked. and Cie rocks were, shattered. Tombs were laid open. and many bodies of those buried there were tossed upright. In this posture they projected from the graves and were seen by many who passed: by on their way back to the city." (Matthew 27:51-53 Greber). Hence. rather than a resurrection. as some Bible translations imply. there appears to have been merely an exposure of the dead to observers. as in Guatemala. The more we examine the Bible and apply the advice of Isaiah: "Come. now. let us reason together". the more we are convinced that the words of Jesus concerning the Scriptures : "Thy Word is truth" are. really a safe guide for Christians. Sincerely. C. F. Barney. Clinton News -Record readers are encouraged to express their opinions in letters to the editor, however, such opinions -do not necessarily represent the opinions of the News - Record. Pseudonyms may be used by letter writers, but no letter will be published unless it can be verified by phone. Smile An honest golfer is one Who tells the "hole" truth.