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Clinton News-Record, 1976-11-18, Page 4In is very poor, the hours long, ProlSe aimnon-existent. it takes a speciaf a Wide cross -Section of. the function under ctgOstanm4f and we're giad to See SO Pasts this paper has atways many wiliirig to offer themselves to hot in municipal Rol Itics, such community work. PeakEditort On behalf of the Red Cross BloOd Dollar Clinic, I would like to thank. you and your staft for your generous suppirt in helping to make our c inic such a tremendous succes s onNovernber 8. We 'tad a record number of 229 donors, many of whom came t from our surrounding coduntinities despite the bad weather and road conditions. 1 w Ould also like to thank the organizations, schools and churches for their -sup- port in our campaign. and the think Legion Ladies -Auxiliary for their donation toward ex- penses in memory of Comrade Dorothy McLean.a devoted worker to both the auxiliary and Blood Donor Clinic. A very special thanks to the ladies who gave 'their time to address cards, telephone our previous donors, also to our -volunteers who came oto and worked at our clinic that afternoon and evenhig. Our thanks fax the use of CHSS, Mr. Homuth and his helpers and the many students who visited us and gave their blood during the afternoon. • To all who donated their blood we say a special that& you. No one knows who may need this gift of life next, it could be you, a loved one or a friend. - Sincerely, Gladys East, Convenor, Blood Donor Clinic, Clinton. Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiley DouWe standards There is one type among the species Man , that putzles and saddens me. In aniagelhat congratulates itself on its openness, its honesty, its "Let it all hang out" attitude, the hypocrite is still very much whh us. Somtpeople might think the 19th century was the golden age of hypocrisy. Certainly, it set we nkielu:gh standards in this line. Therrere ' the manufacturers who preached enlightenment and progress on the one hand, and on the other worked children 80 hours a week in their factories. There were the men who brayed of chastity as one of the prime virtues, and dallied with prostitutes. There were the men who spoke glowingly of a gentler way of like, and set savage fighting dogs on one another. The list is endless. And the women! Oh, but weren't they the hypocrites, too? Just as tough and voracious as any woman of today, they hid these traits behind a facade of gentility, humility, helplessness and fainting fits. It was an era in which the public mouthing of the Christian virtues was only exceeded by the private materialism, corruption, and sometimes downright viciousness of the middle and upper classes. Well, then, have we got rid of this par- ticularly obnoxious type, well into the second half of the 20th century? Not bloody likely! Perhaps we're not quite as hypocritical as the Victorians, but I wouldn't want to bet on it. All that's changed is the terms of Aference. No manufacturer today could, get away with hiring children. But don't think they're any less heartless than their forebears. At least, in the 19th century, you knew the boss was a bastard. Today, a company can "reorganize," and turn half a dozen middle-aged men into the street by an "executive decision." Many men in today's society still practise a double standard, one for themselves, one for their wives. A man who gets drunk has had "a few too many." A woman who gets drunk is "disgusting." A man can go to a business convention and have a little fling with a call girl. If his wife kisses a couple of guys at the New Year's Eve party a bit too warmly, she's a sex maniac. We have polititians who spout of peace and plan for war, doctors who preach against drugs and tell you cigarettes will kill you, even as they butt their 50th coffin nail of the day and pop a couple of bennies to keep going. We have pillars of the church whom. you wouldn't trust as far as you could bounce a bowling ball in a swamp. We have all kinds of characters who will cheat on their income tax, and then berate people on welfare for "ripping off the government", We have teachers who "Can't understand the attitude of young ,-people today," completely fergetting that they themselves were insolent, lazy, and not even that bright when -they were young people, We have mothers who got in the family way at 19, and had a shot -gun marriage, bewailing the "sexual licence" of their daughters. We have fathers who deplore at length the slothfulness of their sons, coiweniently ignoring that they,had to have a good boot in the tail from their own fathers before they'd even carry out the ashes. We have school trustees who will double over in an agony of glee after hearing a filthy joke, but in public sternly deplore the "pornography" children are being exposed to in their school literature. They are the type who will respond with chuckles and even belly laughs to the sexual leers of Norman Lear in Maude and All in the Family, but thunder fulminatingly against a fine novel like The Diviners by Margaret Laurence. They are the type who don't want anything racier than "The Bobbsey Twins't! taught in school, but will shout with ribald laughter at smut on television and take in every restricted movie in town, laughing when there is bloodshed on the screen,..and-, nudging heavily when a couple of naked bodies start squirming on the celluloid strip. What about today's women? Are they less hyprocritical than their great- grandmothers? On the whole, I'd say yes. They're just as blasted irritating as ever, but they're more honest. They still cry for no apparent reason, but they know there's no percentage in pulling a faint,- They'd probably just get a glass of water in the face. But even the women are a long way from being out of the woods, when it comes to hypocrisy. And many of the biggest hypocrites are "surface" feminists. They want all the perks of the new freedom, and all the treats of the old "essence of woman." Oh well, "Let him who is without sin cast the first stone." I'm certainly not talking about me and theegentle reader. But aren't you a little sick of them - all those hypocrites? The Masan !W.,. stRecatil4a. 'thawsday at lib. lisse 3. Maths. Oatarbs.• CAII*040. NOS tUk. ts Is registered sal stand etas* mall by the good *Mee seder the remit *amber NM The Niebtehneeeet Ineetyanited nu the lbw* 'hireitesed. ireesilett 1$1. Kew tea. tiossodedi AU. Total 17 WSW*: rit*41 Arit pre year VAA4-$1$46 8160401.7"at • 4, • e• „,, „ , , „ „ „..„, ,... „ .. „, ,, „„ , „, „ „ „, ,„, „ "Oh dear, looks like Leopold and the philodendron got into another heated discussion onfillingualisin. ." Odds 'n' nds by Elaine Townshend Battle with first snow • It is Monday evening November 8, and I have just returned from a battlejwith OkLMan-VApter's first snowfall. I am not in my most congenial Mood. The showdown began yesterday morning when I awoke with a start to see the ground, the tree branches and my car covered with the heavy white stuff. I swept; I scraped; I gruiited:1 muttered to myself. On the way to church in Holmesville, I slithered on the white highway, averaging 20 miles an hour and wondering where my snow tires were stored. • After church, I was expected at- my parents' farm fax dinner. Mom was serving roast chicken and warm apple pie. I started up a long hill; halfway to thetop the car began to swerve. 1 slowed down, and of Course, that was as fax as I got._I backed down, turned around in a gateway and came -backta--Elinton. Old Man Winter had won the first round. - On the way_ into/ town, I met my sister coming from Loniklian he( -67 Volvo. In vain, I tried testop her. When I reached my apartrnent, I called Dad tetell him te go rescue Mary, but she had already arrived. Shebad no problems on the hill; her car hadsnow tires. I had taken a Otto out of the freezer, but Dad told me to put it back in because he was coming to get me. Old Man Winter didn't teat me out of a chicken dinner, after alt! Confrontation -number two began this morning when I went to the garage to have the snow tires pu o The car was firmly embedded in its parking spot in f of the house. The tires spun; the car rocked, but nothi g else happened. To the driver of the fuel truck who stopped to give me a shove, "Thanks!" Is there any chance of hiring you fax the winter? My courage was renewed Ofiith-the installation of the snow tires. In the afternoon, 1 returned to the country to take photos for a story I was writing; naturally, they were outside shots. In spite of the waning light, the bitter wind and the almost frozen models, I succeeded. The drive home was uneventful, and I guess you could say I won round number two. But what about tomorrow? Through it all, I tried to remain cheerful knowing everyone was in the same predicament, except those who could stay inside. I didn't swear - aloud: I grinned through gritted -teeth; I even smiled once or twice. It's .enough to make a girl dip into her life's savings and titlte'a trip South:Unfortunately. my life's saving would only get frie as far south as Grand Bend. Thinking optimistically, though, this is only the second week in November. It is much too early for winter to set in permanently. This miserable weather cannot last from now until spring, .... can it? From our early files * 0 0 0 0 le YEARS AGO November 24,1968 Efective January 1, 1967, the County of Huron will operate its own county public library system. County Council Tuesday adopted the appropriate legislation by a recorded vote of 2742 and subsequently passed a bylaw putting the pian into effect almost im- mediately. . The man who is writing a musical revue of Huron County to be presented as a county centennial project, was guest speaker at Clinton Lions Club civic night banquet. Tuesday in St. Paul's Parish Hall. J.W. "Jock" McLaren, now living retired (?) in Ben - miller, was a writer and entertainer in the World War I Dumbells entertainment group. The revue for his adopted retirement county will be put on by the Goderich Little Theatre iti April 1967. Mr. McLaren said his revue will include all the early pioneers, "Tiger Dunlop, John Galt, etc; the building of the Huron Tract from Wilmot to Goderich; an act about the Goderich crowd and the Colborne clique; a complete revue- of Huron up to the present t ime. James Simpson. Supervisor of the Field Staffof Ontario Credit Union League, com- mended the members of Clinton Community Credit Union Limited on their progress and stated that Clinton has a better than average Credit Union in Ontario. - Assets in Clinton Community Credit Union Limited are $1,984.000. Mr. SittiPson was the guest speaker at the 1Sth annual meeting of the local credit union, Monday night. Director Cliff Parker rev ewed the financial statement for the year and "recommended that a five per tent dividend be paid on share (saving) accOurits thls ,year. This amounts to some 864,040 as dividends along with over 810,000 that members received in interest in two year notes and 81,700 interest in deposit accounts for a total of over 875,000 in earnings for members. 25 YEARS AGI November 28. 1951 Fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a frame barn and its contents on the farm of Arthur Evans, concession 9, Goderich Township about a mile north of St. James Church, Mid- dleton. Tuesday evening. Loss, partly covered by insurance. was estimated at 88,000. It included half a dozen pigs, two calves. about 40 chickens. a new binder about 20 tons of hay and about • 700 bushels of grain. - Air Vice Marshall Ralph_E. McBurney, Air Officer Commanding Air Material Command, is visiting RCAF Station, Clinton Friday af- ternoon, to present wings to the graduates of Radio Officer Course No. 25. It is a single honor for these young members of aircrew to be presented their wings by one of Canada's outstanding airmen. Mohday. November 26 brought the grand reopening of one of the finest Recreation Centres of the RCAF, namely Roundel Terrace at RCAF Station Clinton. Woody Herman's nationally famous dance band, direct from Hollywood, thrilled hundreds of en- thusiastic fans -from district RCAF stations. During the course of the evening, Woody captivated his audience with sparkling wit and scin- tillating dance music. 5* YEARS AGO December 2. MS In South Huron, W.G. Medd Progressive Conservative, *as yesterday elected by a iTitaleritY of 1,056- according to the present figures. The Womens' Institute met on Friday and donated 850 towards the expense of in- stalling the X-ray in Clinton Public Hospital. - Miss Jean Minnie Farquhar, youngest daughter of the late G.M. and Mrs. Farquhar, became the bride of Alexander L. Eagleson, Drayton in Wesley -Willis Church, November 29, 1926. On November 30, 1951, Helen Ladd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Ladd. Clinton, was married to Bruce H. Rivers, Exeter in Wesley Parsonage. Miss M. McGregor and Mr. A. McGregor, Bayfield spent the weekend with friends in London. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Farrow, Mitchell, visited Mrs. James Johnston, Auburn, last week. J.L. Reid. London was the guest of his sister. Mrs. John Rathwell, Varna, during the past week. Kenneth Stewart, Stanley Township. who has been hunting up north, sent a fine deer to his father, Fenwick Stewart, the other day. Mrs. S.T. Murch, Sarnia, visited Miss Hattie Courtice over the weekend. W.G. Beattie of Beattie Bros., Fergus.' has been in town today looking over Clinton. with a view to getting some pointers on civic im- provements. He was par- ticularly interested in the Collegiate building. We should keep up tO the mark if we are to be held as exam- ples. 75 YEARG AGO November 22. 1St That the•extensive works of the Doherty Organ Factory, in this town, should be en- tirely /destroyed by fire once, was bad enough; but that the magnificent buildings which replaced others should suffer In like mann-cr., is doubly deplorable. It is scarcely four years. since the first tire twit place, and Mr. ° Doherty with characteristic enterprise had erected Of, beautiful buildings now the factory. They were supposed to be fire proof at least as far as such buildings could be, being specially constructed with that end in view; a competent night watch was kept, and a thorough system of water works provided for emergency. But not withstanding all these safeguards, fire again has been their misfortune. Saturday evening. John Foster, night watchman made his rounds and found -everything all safe. At 11 p.m. just as he was coming out of the engine house to make his round. he saw a light on in the south side of Machinery Hall. He saw flames bursting from a window in the upper story, about the middle of the building. He at once sounded the factory whistle and the town fire alarm ringing soon brought a crowd. Some six or eight hundred 'organs in the course of being made were all destroyed. The factory was unusually busy. and had been turning out about 425 organs a month. so that the direct loss, together with the interruption of trade, will be very large. is rumoured that the township of Colborne had got another school inspector. He paid a flying visit to one of the schools last week. After the se hoot was dismissed • same tumor asserts that the teacher was examined in the old !Min verb "amo" and Was well pleased with the proficiency displayed. Matrimony will be next on the examination questions. WS YEARS AGO November 23, 1878 We learn by telegraph that Dr. Moore, well-known throughout Canada as a vendor of patent medicines, was found dead in his bed, at the Albion House Stratford, on Tuesday night. He had been very dissipated in his habits* and his death ais supposed to have been the retult of drink. (Mit inued on page 7) , are not le . ll , e why.They Ve „been maintained far many years by taxpayers, but are leg liY of lise- i ' I „ t has to be done to • make these cross walks,lefial is to have Clinton Town Council pass a bylaw and erect signs saying "pedestrian cross walk". If we as pedestrians do not want this problem solved„, then I, as a taxpayer do not 7 want my money spent on painting crosswalks on the road, which are valueless. As a concerned person not only for myself but all other, I leave the decision up to the; readers. Yours very truly, Clinton. Injustice Dear Editor, Who likes to suffer in- justice? Are we not indignant or angered when someone does injustice to us? Indeed, injustice seems to strike at the very foundation of any co-operative relationship, whether this is between man and wife, business partners, labor and management, the governed. and those governing. or between nations. If the one party is continually doing injustice to the other party, a co-operative relationship will break down and often' end in violence. Our western industrialized Or society, and the benefits that we derive from it, will not be possible' when the general population no longer believds in, or understands the im- portance of being just to the persons that we deal with. Not only will marriages break down and many children become mentally disturbed misfits, but in- dustrial enterprises cannot function when no one feels * obligation to perform the duties for which he is being Communal and govern- ment systems will no longer function to give us the necessary services of water, roads, electricity, etc. when officials steal the money entrusted to them by the, public. This is the reason that millions of people live in misery and some starve t death in Indian, Africa, Situ American, and many other . places. Their private and public systems cannot fu' ction because of theft ad, corruption. A sense of justice, is missing. the leaders of our society were anxious to inculcate a sense of justice in the next generation. It may be true that the Christian Church has performed that function in the past, but the ChUrch i4 rapidly losing its influgknce as a moral teacher of the oung. Our secular governments have not shown much interest •• in teaching morals. As a matter of fact, it is in- teresting to note that the laws enforced in a democracy, like Canada. do not have to pass . any test to make sure that they will not do injustice to some part of the population.- • All they need is the support of ti Majority -of the politicians in power. We will be in serious dif- ficulties the day that majority is crooked. Our judges commit - themselves to judge. by the law and are not obligated to do justice at all. Our public system of education does not seem toile. aware of the need for teaching justice, either. They just repair their vandalized schools and call for more - police. If there are persons silt who like justice. and who think that justice shoutd-'be (continued on nag News.Record readers are encouraged to express their *pinions in totters to the editor, however, such opinions ilkt not 'ncssarily represent the opinions of the News» Record. 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