Clinton News-Record, 1978-04-13, Page 4PAGE 4--CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1978
What we think
The farmer suffers
Producing food is a mug's game in
Canada, 1978. Canadians who used to
spend 25 percent of their disposable
income on food, now only spend 18
percent. The result is that in 1978 the
buying power of farm income will be
less than it was, in 1966. And you think
you have trouble keeping up with in-
flation!
Efficient food production is the
foundation of Canada's life and
economy but people who produce food,
the farmers, are taking an economic
beating which the rest of us do not
seem to care about. Farm costs are
rising much more quickly than are
farm receipts. So, Statistics Canada
forecasts a lower realized farm income
for the third consecutive year.
What hope is there then for Canadian
farmers in 1978? With any luck there
will be increased sales of cheese,
yogurt and ice cream and increased
sales of fluid milk. But, these will be
balanced by lower sales of industrial
milk. Beef prices are expected to rise,
but hog prices will fall.
Cereal and oilseed prices are not
expected to improve. It certainly
doesn't inspire great confidence in
farmers who face higher prices for
equipment, fuel, fertilizer, labour and
other production costs.
Farmers, always at the mercy of the
weather, always pressed by consumers
pleading for cheaper food, are worried
and angry. From their point of view,
Canadian consumers are expecting the
farmers to subsidize them. No wonder •
farmers see marketing boards with
strict powers to control supplies and
prices of farm commodities as agents
of justice. They offer the farmers some
stability of income, some protection
against other parts of the food in-
dustry.
Canadian farmers in 1978 are facing
terrible uncertainties. Their efforts
deserve our understanding as well as
our admiration. (contributed)
When things were rough
The following list of items appeared
in a newsletter from North Wilmot
Public School. The newsletter said the
list was taken from guidelines for
teachers as found in some literature at
Black Creek Pioneer Village, Toronto.
+ Each day teachers will fill lamps,
clean chimneys, and trim wicks.
+ Each teacher will bring a bucket
of water and a scuttle of coal for the
day session.
+ Make pens carefully. You may
whittle nibs to the individual taste of
the pupil.
+ Men teachers may take one night
each week for courting purposes, or
two evenings a week if they go to
church regularly.
+ After school the teacher must
spend the time until supper reading the
Bible and other good books.
+ Women teachers who marry or
engage in unseemly conduct will be
discharged.
+ Every teacher should lay aside
from each month's pay a goodly sum
for his benefit during his declining
years so that he will not become a
burden on society.
+ Any teacher who smokes, uses
liquor in any form, frequents pool halls
or public halls, or gets shaved in a
barber shop, shall give good reason to
suspect his worth, integrity and
honesty.
+ The teacher who performs his
duties regularly and faithfully and
without fault for five years, will be
given an increase of 25 cents a week in
his pay, providing the Board of
Education approves.
Sugar and Spice/By Bill Smiler
Born too soon
There are times when I am convinced
that I was born 30 years too soon. One of
them occurs when I see the wonderful
opportunities for travel that young people
have today. They make me pea-green with
envy.
When you and I were young, Maggie,
most of us didn't get much farther than the
next town. A minority visited the city oc-
casionally, and it was considered a big
deal. And a whale of a lot of people never
did get to see a big city in their entire lives.
And were no worse off for it, of course.
Man, how that has changed. Nowadays,
young people go galloping off to the four
corners of the earth with no more thought
about it than we'd have given to a weekend
in the city. They're so blase about it that it's
sickening to an old guy like me, who has
always yearned to travel, and never had
the time or money or freedom to do it.
In my day, during the Depression, the
only people who could afford to travel were
the hoboes. They could afford it because
they didn't have any money. They rode free
on top and inside the box -cars of
freight trains. And they didn't have any
responsibilities except the next meal and a
place to sleep.
Looking back, I was one of the lucky
ones. Most of my generation of youth was
forced by circumstances "to stay home, get
any job available, and hang on to it like
grim death, never venturing forth on the
highroads of life. I was the envy of my
class -mates, when, at seventeen, I nabbed
a job on the upper lake boats, and could
come home bragging of having been to such
bizarre, exotic places as Duluth, Sault Ste.
Marie, Detroit, the Lakehead.
Today's youngsters would sneer at such ,
bourgeois travels. They exchange anec-
todes about Morocco and Moscow, Athens
and Australia, Paris and Port-au-Prince,
Delhi and Dubrovnik. Fair nauseates me, it
does.
By the time he was *22, my own son had
lived on both coasts of Canada, been to
Mexico, New Orleans, Texas, Israel,
Ireland, and a hundred other places that
are just names in an atlas to me. Right now
he's in Paraguay, South America, and has
visited Argentina and Bolivia. He speaks
four languages. I speak one, not too well.
My nephews have seen more countries
than Chris Columbus or Sir Francis Drake.
One's an airline pilot, and knows Europe,
North America and the West Indies the way
I know my way to school. Another has
worked in the Canadian north, Quebec, Ile
Congo, Jamaica, and is now living in Costa
rt ica.
My nieces are just as peripatetic.
They've been, among them, to the West
Coast, France, England, Russia. A four-
day trip to New York, for them, is scarcely
worth mentioning. Migawd, I'd have given
my left eyeball to see New York when I wads
their age! I thought it was pretty ear-
thshaking the first time I saw Toronto.
Toronto, ye -e -c -ch!
Thousands of university students an-
nually take a year off, borrow some money.
stuff a packsack and head out for a year of
bumming around Europe, the
Mediterranean, North Africa, India. Rotten
kids!
In the last decade, the travel bug has
spilled over into the high schools. Some of
them are beginning to sound like agencies,
with frequent announcements over the P.A.
system:
"Will the group going to Rome in the
winter break please assemble in. Room 202
at 3:30 for a lesson in tying your toga."
"All those taking the Venezuela trip are
requested to see Mr. Vagabond in room 727
at 3:15 today."
"Those who are involved in the spring
break trip to the Canary Islands should
have their passports by March 1st."
"There will be a meeting today in Room
Quatorze for all students going to the
Quebec Winter Carnival. No separatists,
please."
"An urgent meeting will be held today
for those who plan to take the London -Paris
trip during spring break. All seats are now
filled. If enough are interested, we'll hire
another plane."
It fairly makes your head swim,
especially when your own idea of a trip
south is 100 miles to the city for a weekend,
a trip west means a visit to great-grandad,
and a trip east means you're going to a
funeral or a wedding among the relatives.
Next thing you know, this travel binge
will bulge over into the elementary schools,
and great 747 -loads of little shavers from
Grade Eight will be descending on the
unsuspecting residents of Hong Kong and
Rio de Janeriro. Lord help them. The
residents, not the kids.
Perhaps this sounds like sour grapes.
Well, it is. As Shaw said: "The trouble with
youth is that it was wasted on the young."
And as Smiley says: "THE TROUBLE
WITH YOUTH IS THAT IT IS WASTED ON
THE YOUNG." And as Smiley says: "The
trouble with travel is that it is wasted on
kids who don't know a Grecian urn from an
Italian pizza."
Oh, it's not that I haven't travelled. I've
been to Great Britain. And spent two years
stagger ing around in the hlackout or
wading through the torrential rains of
bonnie. Scotland. I've been to France. Slept
five weeks in a tent in an orchard in
Ormandy. Been to Belgium. Antwerp;
buzzbombs. Know Holland well. Spent two
weeks locked in a box -car in a railway
siding at Utrecht. Am intimately
acquainted with Germany. Was bombed in
Braunsweig and Leipzig, and spent a
delightful six months in salubrious
Pomerania, as a guest of the Third Reich.
Oh, I've been around all right. But
somehow it wasn't quite the same. Rattling
through Deutschland on a train with a 10 -
day stubble of beard on your chin and atag-
end of sour black bread stuffed into your
battledress 'blouse is not quite similar to
climbing aboard a 747 with your tote -bag
and waiting for the stewardess to bring
your first meal.
Would I trade? Not on your life.
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"1 think 1 preferred winter — all you needed was a shovel."
Odds 'n' ends - by Elaine Townshend
Late again
I used to pride myself on being pun-
ctual. If I said I'd meet a person at 8
p.m., I'd be there at 8 p.m. or a little
before. Sometimes I'd drive around
putting in time, because I've heard in
this day and age it's impolite to arrive
early.
But in the last few years my problem
has reversed, and I'm beginning to call
myself Lainie Come Lately.
My trouble started when the speed
limit was lowered. I forgot to give
myself extra time to get where I was
going. As a result, either the speed limit
or my time of arrival had to change. I
admit my foot often became heavy on
the gas pedal, but then I decided it was
better to arrive late than never and
better to arrive apologizing than fuming
over a traffic ticket.
Besides, I had written a column in
favour of the lower speed limit because I
felt it was a significant safety measure,
and if I had received a ticket for
speeding, I would have fallen prey to a
lot of wisecracks.
I told myself I'd just have to leave
earlier, but budgeting my time proved
as difficult as budgeting my money.
Instead of giving myself more time to
get ready, I seemed to be getting ready
in less time .than I had previously
needed. And when I left the apartment, I
was always puffing.
How many times have you slammed
your house door, run to your car, driven
as . fast or a little faster than 'the law
allowed, parked in the first spot you
could find, run into a room and collapsed
on a chair 30 seconds before the meeting
began?
At last, you have time to relax and to
think: "Whew! I made it. I never got
ready so fast in all my life." Then comes
the horrifying thought: "I must have
forgotten something!"
You take a quick yet subtle glance to
assure yourself that you're wearing all
your clothes and that the essential
fasteners are fastened. If you can't
excuse yourself to another room to check
more closely, you take a mental in -
ventory, relying on your memory to tell
you whether you combed your hair,
whether one eyelid is blue and the other
is green, whether you are wearing one
earring or two and whether your shoes
match.
If no one is staring at you and if you
don't hear a chorus of giggles behind
your back, you can be fairly certain you
look alright. Then you begin to wonder
.what else you could have forgotten.
Ironically, people often forget the
most important things for their line of
work. For example, a minister forget his
sermon, a speaker forgets his speech, a
secretary forgets the minutes of the last
meeting, a student forgets his books and
so on.
The solution to the problem depends on
the person and the situation. Sometimes
it calls for confessing, apologizing,
rushing home to get the item or faking it.
So far, I've been lucky and haven't
forgotten anything essential. The next
time I'm late, don't worry; I'm just
checking.
From our early files .
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5 YEARS AGO
April 12, 1973
Ron McKay of Clinton has the
smile of a new father as he
proudly shows off a new calf that
is unique in this area. The calf,
born last Saturday, is a cross
between a Hereford cow and
Chianina bull. The new beef cross
comes from a line of bulls that
weigh up to two tons at maturity.
Stewart Middleton of RR 3,
Clinton was honored by the
Clinton Lions Club on Tuesday
night for giving 30 years service
to the club. Lion president Glenn
Price presented Mr. Middleton
with a special scroll to mark the
occasion. Quipped Stewart, "that
sure was a fast 30 years."
His Honor Judge Robert Scott
Hetherington MBE died very
suddenly on Thursday, April 5
after collapsing in the office of
Dr. J.W. Wallace. Judge
Hetherington was taken to
Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital immediately where he
died without regaining con-
sciousness about one-half hour
later.
Brenda Colclough of Clinton
was picked Queen of this year's
"At Home Dance" held at CRSS
last Friday. Miss Colclough was
crowned by last year's Queen
Dianne Tyndall.
10 YEARS AGO
April 11, 1968
Three of four townships served
by the Clinton fire department
have agreed to help out for a new
$25,000 fire truck for Clinton.
Tuckersmith has given their
written consent, with, delegates
from Stanley and Hullett
Township having agreed ver-
bally. Goderich Township has
refused to agree to the conditions
put forth by Clinton.
The Holmesville H1C's are
planning a march from Goderich
to Clinton Saturday, April 13 to
raise money for the Retarded
Adult Workshop in Goderich.
Anyone wishing to sponsor one of
the marchers should contact Jon
Ginn, RR 2, Goderich.
April 9 marks the 51st an-
niversary of the battle of Vimy
Ridge. There in the thick of the
heavy snowstorm and fighting
was Tom Leppington, Spencer
Street, Clinton.
25 YEARS AGO
April 16, 1953
Well, the wee pumper is finally
promised a destination and only
in a matter of a few days it will be
resting with other of its fellows,
partners in the art of fighting
fires, in Goderich Museum. We'll
be sorry to see it go. Throughout
the winter months it formed the
basis of many a conversation.
When people got tired of
speaking about the weather and
admittedly there was quite a bit
said about this winter too, the
only thing needed to get the
conversational ball rolling was
the question, what do you think
about the small pumper? And the
afternoon was as good as spent
"right there.
Official unveiling of Pickett
and Campbell's men's wear store
on Clinton's main intersection is
scheduled for Saturday morning,
April 18. This promises to be
quite an occasion, for Ken and
Bob with the able assistance of
Stan McDonald have been putting
in some long hours preparing for
a gala opening.
- 50 YEARS AGO
April 12, 1928
Not for some years have we
heard so much about bad roads
as has been the case this spring.
Mud roads are almost im-
passable and some of the gravel
roads are badly cut up. One spot
between here and Seaforth where
the road had been widened out in
anticipation of the laying of the
pavement, became so bad last
week that it had to be closed and
traffic sent around by Brucefield.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Dale who
were recently married have
taken up house -keeping on the old
homestead.
Clinton was unfortunate in
regard to weather for the annual
Spring Fair, but as we have
before remarked, it takes more
than bad weather to spoil Clin-
ton's annual. Never since its
inception has Clinton's spring
fair been anything even ap-
proaching a failure and we have
had worse weather than was '
measured out to us on Thursday
last.
Quite a number of young people
spent Friday evening with Mr.
and Mrs. Bert Hoggarth of
Constance, helping them to
celebrate their wooden wedding.
75 YEARS AGO
April 23, 1903
There have been some slight
changes made in the postal rates
that are of interest especially to
newspapters and newspaper
correspondents. Now the rate at
which book and newspaper
manuscript passes is one cent for
two oz. The rate on fourth class
matter, i.e., including mer-
chandise etc., is now one cent per
oz. Newspapers may now be
mailed to the United Kingdom by
publishers and newsdealers at
the same rate as for Canada.
The board of license com-
missioners for West Huron met at
Inspector Paisley's office last
Thursday to decide who should be
licensed to sell "spirituous and
malt liquors" for the ensuing 12
months.
In addition to last year's list
there were two new applicants,
Samuel Pike; Clinton and N.G.
Boggs of Carlow. The former was
rejected on the ground of in-
sufficient population but the
application of Mr. Boggs proved
to be quite a bone of contention.
There were petitions for and
against.
The former claim that a hotel is
much needed at Carlow for the
accomodation of the travelling
public, while the latter allege that
it's only a trap for boys.
Mr. Jas Armstrong is very
busy these days getting
everything ready as he leaves for
the West next week. Jiin is a
hustler and will be much missed
around Varna.
100 YEARS AGO
April 18, 1878
The Exeter Times -Advocate
boasts of a calf in that village,
weighing over 100 pounds. We
believe it, and suppose it refers to
the one employed on their staff.
"Our imp" suggests that the
melancholy expression on the
countenances of some of our
townsmen is caused by the fact
that it is housecleaning time.
John Stanley was arrested on
Tuesday for frequenting barns
and stables, and having no visible
means of support, and being
brought before the Mayor, was
fined $1 and costs, but not having
the wherewith to settle, he was
sent to Goderich for 10 days.
At Auburn one day last week,
the horse of the commercial
traveller, with a buggy attached,
ran away and was stopped in its
mad career by a brave young
lady, named Miss Edmondson,
before any damage was done.
Heroines are not all dead yet, it
will be seen. Young men who
contemplate going to Manitoba
could not do better than secure
such a prize for a companion.
Now that the assessors are
through, dogs are returning from
their holidays.
Education week
starts Monday
The official opening
ceremonies for Education
Week for the Huron -Perth
R.C.S.S. Board will be held
At. St. Michael's School in
Stratford on April 17.
W.E.P. Fleck, Regional
Director of Education for the
Western Ontario Region of
the Ministry of Education,
will be the guest speaker at
the official opening of
Education Week, April 16-22. If
Mayor Keith Culliton, Board
Chairman Don Crowley,
Trustees, Priests of the
Huron Perth Deanery, and
pupils from various county
schools will be taking part in
the program that begins at 8
p.m.
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What you
think
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Burning
Dear Editor:
An article titled "Hell, Still
a Burning Issue?" in "U.S.
Catholic" magazine observes
that in the "Old Testament"
hell was called "Sheol' and
whether you were good or bad
didn't make any difference. •
Everyone ended up in the
same place." "Sheol" is the
Hebrew word for "the
grave", though often ren-ak "hell" in popularIIII
Catholic and Protestant Bible
translations. The Catholic
"Jerusalem Bible," however,
'leaves it un -translated, as
does the "New World
Translation."
"U.S. Catholic" goes on to
.note that later on, "evil ones"
were believed to be "sent to
Gehenna - the burning dump"
outside Jerusalem. "I've seen
it," says (clergyman) Martin
Marty. 'The fires we now
associate with hell are
symbols of Gehenna' where
fires burned incessantly to
keep the pile rubbish
manageable. . . It was the
name Jesus use when he
spoke several times m the
Gospels about hell." -
November 1977, pages 6-10. •
Hence, even Catholic
authorities are admitting
publicly that the word "Hell"
as found in many translations
has origins and meanings
different from what many
have been led to believe. In
fact, the Catholic Jerusalem
Bible's note on the "burning
lake" of Revelation
(Apocalypse) 21:8, which
apparently corresponds with
"gehenna", states that it
represents "eternal death.
The fire, like the water of V.6q
is symbolic. - See also
Revelation 20: 14, 15 and note.
Jerusalem Bible."
Ecclesiastes 9:10 (Douay
Version) says: "Whatsoever
thy hand is able to do, do it
earnestly; for neither'work,
nor reason, nor wisdom, nor
knowledge shall be in hell,
whither thou art." Therefore,
"Hell" never should have
been a "Burning" issue.
Sincerely yours,
C.F. Barney,
Clinton
Plot
Dear Editor:
One of the hottest -selling
books in Canada (despite all
attempts to suppress it) is
"Bilingual Today, French
Tomorrow," by Lieutenant
Commander J. V. Andrew,
Canadian Armed Forces
(Retired).
In this book Lt. Cdr.
Andrew exposes the
diabolical plot of Pierre
Trudeau, Gerard Pelletier
and Marc Lalonde to convert
Canada from an English-
speaking country to a French-
speaking country.
"Bilingual Today, French
Tomorrow" is "must"
reading for every English-
speaking person who intends
to • remain in Canada. We
ignore this book at our peril.
If your local bookstore
doesn't have it you can order
it at $3.50 a copy postpaid
from: The Canadian League
of Rights, Box 130,
Flesherton, Ontario NOC 1E0. •
Very truly yours,
Malcolm Patterson,
Tusket, Yarmouth County,
Nova Scotia
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