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Clinton News-Record, 1978-11-09, Page 4d PAGE 4 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9,197.8 Deserves our support What may have been a minor tragedy for Clinton has turned into a victory, thanks to some brave and far -thinking employees. Clinton's oldest industry, the piano factory, once known around the world for its quality organs and pianos, was scheduled to close last Friday, after nearly 110 years of business in town. But thanks to the gamble of the employees and , we hope, far- sightedness, the change last Friday will be merely one chapter of an honorable. and skilled industry serving a thankful' town. Within a couple of weeks, the employees are hoping to buy the buildings and equipment, set up an independant piano parts factory, andreopen the plant. One long-time employee, Joe Reid has said that it's not a good •• time of the year to set up a business, but we hope that all three levels of government, municipal provincial, and federal will give the new .industry all the support it needs. With the Canadian dollar hovering down at 85 cents, com- pared to the U.S. dollar, Canadian piano manufacturers are in a good position to build and export pianos •at competitive prices.' Although at this point it's not known how many of the 30 em- ployees will be hired back, we can only wish the new entrepreneurs the best of luck with their new venture. 'The piano factory, under various owners in the past, has faced many hardships, and rebounded back. May history record this latest twist of fate as just another minor hardship. Remembrance - Don't kill it Memories die hard - some should not die at all. There are those today who would kill Remembrance Day and in so doing would kill the memory of those who sacrificed their lives in two world wars. And again, there are those who wish to remember. In the short space of a two minute silence and the clarion call of the bugle, Canada still strives to honour her war dead and.those of her veterans whose lives were spared but shattered. The ones who never came back were those whose hopes. and plans for a future died under the waves of the oceans, on the torn battlefields of many lands or in the fiery crashes of the skies. Their lives have gone - must their memories go too? For two short minutes let us remember.—MG Leave us alone Why can't the big brutal world out there leave us Mile guys alone to get on with the difficult -enough business of living: putting on the storm windows, changing into the snow tires, digging out last winter' 6 rubber boots with the hole in? Not a chance. It's always shoving a ham-fisted hand into the delicate machinery of our daily lives. Today I received a summons to appear in court in the city to answer a charge of illegal parking, with all the "to wits" and "whereases" and threats that ac- company such blackmail. And that's what it is — blackmail. I haven't been in the city for four months, I don't even own a car in my own name, and I certainly was not hanging around disreputable Parliament St. on that occasion or any other, with or without a car. Oh, but I have a choice. If I don't want to travel to the city at con- siderable expense to plead innocent, or, have a lawyer represent me at con- siderably more expense, I can just plead guilty by mail and .send along $7.80. But dammit, I'm innocent. So what do I do? Lose a, day's pay, spend the money to get- there and back, just to prove to some frumpy traffic court that I'm as pure as the driven snow? Or take the chicken way out, and pay the rap? That's blackmail, brother. A month ago, in came a bill from National Revenue, stating that I owed them several hundreds of dollars, plus interest. No explanations, just the bald statement, accompanied -by the usual dire warnings of the .consequences, if I don't ante up. More blackmail. I don't mind paying my bills. Well, I mind, but I pay them. But these min- dless, inhuman, computerized at- tempts to make me feel like a criminal merely succeed in making me sick. Down in Ottawa, the waffling and weaving and ducking and bobbing go on, ministers fall like autumn leaves, and nobody lets the left side of his mouth know what the right side is saying. 4, P.:2* elepii.1 "Why don't we do our Christmas shopping late this year and avoid this early rush What did you say? I often have trouble communicating with my teenaged niece and nephew, who confuse me with their slang, and my brother-in-law, who confounds me with his lengthy lingo, which he probably doesn't understand himself. If the four of us, who have always lived in Canada and supposedly speak -dispensed by bill smiley Trudeau, after losing a dozen able ministers in the last half-dozen years, totters along with a turncoat Tory, Jack Horner, insensitive arrogancies like Otto Lang, and political retreads like Bryce Mackasey, who, as I recall "solved" the last postal strike in only six weeks. And His Eminence floats among these lesser fish like an octopus past his prime, still dangerous, still slippery, but given to emitting squirts of ink, disappearing into a hole, then ten- tatively thrusting out a tentacle to pick up the latest poll, before retreating into the rocks once again. And as if the general state of affairs weren't enough to give me a big pain in the arm, there's the local. My wife, after lugging her smashing new ex- pensive white coat for about 10,000 miles this summer, in and out of 20 hotels, on and off countless buses and boats, trains and planes, has lost the blasted thing in her own home town. My daughter, with three degrees , is working as a file tlerk, an honorable vocation, but scarcely one to make the creative impulses throb. My son-in-law is looking for a job, a rather harrowing business these days. And my grandboys are out of all those fine new clothes we bought them last spring. The only thing they're not out of is energy and fiendish ability to dismantle things that electrical engineers would be afraid to touch. I have a brand-new set of golf clubs with which I can hit the ball twelve feet. On a clear day. With a strong tailwind. I tell yez, b'ys, if it weren't for all them old people, I'd be tempted to pack it all in, head for Floridy, and sit on a bench in the sun,•mumbling my gums. But I guess things could be worse. I've got enough money to pay that $7.80 blackmailfor a non- .parking parking ticket. I can fight the Feds on that mysterious assessment. I can live without the post office, though they sure know how to hurt a syndicated colutnnist, dependent on the mails. And just maybe, when the ddllar has hit 75 cents, unemployment has hit 10 percent, and inflation settles in two figures, we'll get sore enough to kick • Th. Clinton News -Record is published each Thursday et P.O. los 39, Clinton. Ontario. Canoga, NOM 110. Member. Ontario Weekly Neutspepiw Association If Is registered as secand class mall by the post office under the permit number 0117. Th. News -petard Incorporated in 1024 tha Hurcoo4 News -Record, founded In MI, and The Clinton New fro, founded In 1193., Total press run 3.2119. Ationthor Ona#114#1, ConnintnIfy litainotoopor Anintlatins ,tlittOlaV agitaarthiaratan itotillilito on 44tiOnif. Ark ter Rot, 4#,+1146. • totiotli bet. le • ' OENNONiiiliMedger • J. H�"1###1 Attkoto Idlta44#11not 11, 01#44611#1 AitontlianOblittigitatt .40V L. Wait • thon#11# Moho* #.44#000,, Moririfi.09#4 • Eaktitirifoit.•00404 Mita*, # Substripflotorlatet tonoito•'14.00 per *Oar Sr. ciihnon. '12 ler year Oar Vonr those tired flacks out of Ottawa. the same language, can't understand each other, how can newcomers to Canada and the English language Understand us? Learning basic words in an English dictionary or a classroom is one thing; living amongst Canadians, transacting business with us and just trying to keep up with our rapid-fire speech is something else. Sorting out all our variations, euphemisms, sound alikes, short forms and slang must be a challenge. For example, at first glance, ball appears- to -be -a very 'small,- simple word. It means a solid or hollow sphere; it is a sphere used in games and can be hard or soft, inflated or solid, large or small. However, a solid missile used in a cannon . is also called a ball but is not My wife will find her coat. I found my,. meant to be played with. pants last year, , after they'd been four-*Oliths. TheY were 120" Many balls for -sports are made of miles away;in the hall closet of my father-in-law. And there was a twenty dollar bill in the pocket. My daughter will get a job, probably as head of the CBC. My son-in-law will get a job, probably as his wife's copy and coffee boy, My grandboys will develop into great engineers. Or form a wrecking company and get rich knocking things apart. Maybe I'll stick 'er out a few months yet. But I wish I could do it like the groundhogs — just fatten up, crawl into a hole and sleep until spring. of her thumb. rubber. Yet, the bounce of the rubber ball is completely different from the bounce of a rubber cheque and the bounce of a ball that we used to follow in sing -along songs. The ball that a person keeps rolling in a conversation has nothing in common with the ball he rolls down a bowling alley or the ball that he writes with on the tip of his fountain pen. The ball that Cinderella went to is different from the ball she finds within her eyelid or on her foot at the base of her great toe or on her hand at the base remembering our past 5 YEARS AGO November 8, 1973 Huron -Perth Catholic separate school teachers have threatened to close 19 elementary schools at the first of the year unless a contract settlement is reached by December 31, Pat Monaghan, chief negotiator for the teachers, said Tuesday night, teachers have voted 107-1 to have the Ontario English - Catholic Teachers' Association start collecting resignations, Nov. 13. There are 155 teachers in the system. Albert Edward Fremlin of Clinton passed away in Clinton hospital on October 26 after a two year illness. He was 89. Mr. Fremlin was born in Clinton on July 11, 1884, a son of the late Henry Fremlin and Harriet Knight. He was educated in Clinton and served in the 161 Regiment in the First World War. Following his return, he worked at the Doherty Organ Factory and was Clinton's 'Chief of Police from 1935 to 1945. On June 3, 1915, he married the former Mary Elizabeth Dpion and the couple lived at their Frederick Street Home for 56 years. For the first time in over 30 years the people of Bayfield have a doctor. He is Dr. G.H. Shepherd of Windsor who has retired to the village. He will have a small office practise. 10 YEARS AGO November 7, 1968 Work started this week on an extension to the Clinton Fire Hall to accommodate a new and larger engine which has been ordered and is being readied for delivery. Improvements are also to be made in the driveways and in parking for police and fire vehicles. A good sign for Clinton this week was the installation of a new sign at the new Beatty Farm. Service Centre. Albert and Princess Street's *and opening of the modern showroom as sales office. The opening is set for November 15. The business outgrew its, old quarters on Rattenbury Street. The doll festival held by the UC,W of Clinton en October 26 at the Wesley -Willie Church was a big success and saw almost 1,000 handmade dolls and items for doll's clothing sold within two hours, Many visited from places an hour's drive or farther away not only to buy the dolls but to see the • displays of novelty, period and nurgery rhyme dolls. 25 YEARS AGO November 1901953 Two thembetil tif the 1953 eeuncil, eeve Nediger and Deputy Reeve Melvin Just when a person thinks he has learned every possible variation of the word, someone announces, "We had a ball at the party last night!" "Which ball?" he wonders. It's frustrating to make a person bawl like a baby. What a difference one letter makes. It turns a four legged animal - a horse - into a raspy croaking voice - hoarse. It turns the red ball in the sky - the sun - into a father's male offspring - a son. The hare that is famous for beating the tortoise has nothing to do with the hair we brush every morning, and the slow old turtle is less remembered now than the caramel and nutty one we munch on. Meanwhile the rabbit is not necessarily rabid. A man may be nagged by his wife, his backache or his money problems, but he also remembers the old nag he rode bareback to school when he was a kid.. A dam, the kind that holds back water, if mentioned in the wrong place at the wrong time, can cause em- barrassment. Do new ,Canadians ever find them- selves censored and wonder why? How can a new Canadian be certain he's not insulting someone or being insulted himself? If he feels he has been insulted, how can he be sure? How can a newcomer to Canada escape being bewildered by the double talk of us the natives? Come to think of it - how can any of us understand each other? a look through the news -record files Crich have indicated their intention to stand for their same positions in 1954, if they are nominated on Friday night., The Kipper' team won the Huron Fish and Geume Conservation Association trophy for doWhing 112 out of 1256 targets. The team included, William Kyle, Wesley Venner, Lloyd Venner, C.G. Lee and John Anderson. A 19 -year-old RCAF student was killed on Tuesday when the Harvard trainer he was flying solo went into a spin and plunged into a farmer's field one concession 'north of Kippen. Robert James Gibson, Toronto, who came to Centralia for advanced training on September 15 and who had been flying solo for six weeks, was up on a local flying exercise. Limited number of seats available for nine Clinton Colt home games for the 1953-54 season, nine games for $6. By having a reserved seat .for the scheduled home games, season ticket holders have first chance on the same seats for playoff games. Reserved tickets will go on sale at the Clinton Lions Arena Friday afternoon. Miss Delores Renner, a popular young bride -elect on Saturday has been feted during the past two weeks with a number of showers of Bayfield friends and organizations. On Friday evening last, Miss Margaret McLeod was hostess at a delightful party when she entertained 10 girls in honor of Miss Renner. The hostess served dainty refreshments, Clerks, $1,690-$2,240 and $1,380-$1,780 for Government Departments at Clinton. Married women may apply for temporary appointment. Details and application forms at the post office. 50 YEARS AGO November 15,1928 Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Jowett of Bayfield and Mrs. S.A. Ferguson left by motor on Thursday last for Orlando, Florida where they will spend the winter. Death came with startling suddenness to John Ford of Goderich Township on Tuesday afternoon when after preparing some kindling in his own woodshed be staggered to the kitchen door, opened it and fell dead across the threshold. He had had no warning by previous attacks and his death was a great shock, especially to his sister, Who resided with him and was alone in the house' when the tragic event oceurrecl, W.T. O'Neil, Cash and Service, Weekend 80041, 10 POUndS ot,,rai$W. TWO, pounds of loose starch, $25c; Harry Herne's Custard Powder, 10,16 and 30c. • , • 75 YEARS AGO November 19, 1903 The town hall had a narrow escape from fire about seven o'clock on Friday evening last. Chief Wheatlyhappened to be in the clerk's office at the time and his attention having been drawn by the cracking of glass he went towards the back part of the hall to ascertain the cause thereof. He fothid the council chamber filled with smoke, proceeding from a fire in the floor near the furnace. The alarm was sounded and the brigade quickly appeared upon the scene, but the flames were extinguished without their aid. An influential deputation of Rev. J. Kennedy and Rev. J.A. Hamilton of Lon- desboro, Rev. T.B. Coupland and Rev. J.L. Snell of Auburn . and others came before Hullett council with a numerously signed petition asking to have a bylaw submitted to the vote of the electors for prohibiting the sale of liquor by retail in the township. Mr. R. Penhaie of Stanely had a shingling bee on Saturday. It was a cold day to be mounted so high. The Indian doctor is in Colborne Township again and some who are 111 or think they are are giving him a trial. Joe Irwin of Auburn has gone into the tea and spice agency business. 100 YEAS AGO November 14,1878 When a .Blyth man last week remarked to us that our streets were nearly as muddy as theirs, we had our conceit about Clinton's good streets taken out of us, because we knew theirs were "awful." Tramps, pretending to be sufferers by the yellow fever epidemic in the South, are trading on the syrhpathies of the people just now in several parts of Ontario. Our citizens should be on the look out for them. The fence arid' turnstiles around the co'urt house square are becoming very shabby - Signal. (Becoming shabby! Why, they were shabby ten years' ago. Give them away for firewood and get new ones!) On Friday last, e number of boys, the eldest of whom eould not have been over eight years old, were detected in the act of shoWing a keg of lighted combUstibles under the blacksmith shop of W. Peter Grant. It was fortunate tit discoVery was made just as when it w, o herWise the building,and doubtless othereV,iould have been burnt. Goderich Township IS to be congratulated on the possession of 'mob a 004 plowman as Mt.' Sohn Marquis has Sheli hltnSelf to be. lia took tirst.prlie in the Arai c)ass 'tent at Clinton and the Same alsont.NorthEasthope this fall, totripeting, against plihitteis tern all over, "Moe powei4 yout tirit 4ohit. • • No marina Dear Editor: vie following is a copy of a letter sent to incoming Bayfield Reeve Frank McFadden. Dear Reeve McFadden: 1 have just seen in the Clinton News Record that Mr. Peever has applied for permission to build another marina in the Bayfield River. Before there is any further mutilation of our river, may I respectfully point out to the Bayfield Council the following facts: - The Bayfield river valley is what Pleistocene Geologists call a mature valley. This means that the river has ceased eroding or deepening the valley, because it has attained the elevation of the lake, referred to as its "local base level". "This is the limiting level below which a stream cannot erode the land (1)". Any straightening of the natural meanders by dredging, etc, increases the velocity of the river at that action of river's banks. Any deepeningV the natural river bed, or the removal of natural obstacles such as trees, leads to more erosion somewhere else in the valley as.. the natural laws of gravitation and sedimentation tend to fill in the excavated area to re- establish the stable condition (2). Each, spring a quantity of this eroded material is dredged out at some cost to the taxpayer and because of "en- trepreneurs" tampering with the river, the local taxpayer is a double looser. First he looses property by erosion which might eventually undermine his house, and second he has to help pay for the removal of the eroded material for the boatdwellers who pay no local taxes. Surely there are laws or statutes which could be evoked to stop profiteers from altering the course of a river which took hundreds of thousands of years to arrive at a stable and beautiful condition. Respectfully, Neil Mustard, P. Eng., Mississauga, Ont. (1) Physical Geology - Longwell, Flint and Sanders. (2) Friedkin - US Waterways Experiment Station. Shots, please Dear Editor: We wish to alert you to an ex- traordinary effort that will be made by your provincial ministry of health in cooperation with other provinces and health and welfare, Ottawa, for the. ,• -protection of all children against the ravages of avoidable infectious diseases. November will be recognized nationally as Immunization Action Month in a doncerted attack on vac- cine -preventable diseases that are a threat to an estimated 20 per -cent of children in Canada. We need your cooperation because an informed public is the first step toward a well -immunized population. Your provincial Health Education Director (list attached) is prepared to furnish data on your provinces specific program .and provide you with authorities who will be available for interviews, talk shows, and any special programs you decide to undertake. Your assistance in communicating this important health topic is greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Herbert Lampert, National Coordinator Committee for Immunization Action in Canada. Editorial Too too late Mary Wright, a young lady who hat been doing extensive research into the social and intellectual skills of the children in rich and poor families, has come to a- sur- prising conclusion. She has stated that teen age girls should be required to hold a license before they have babies. Her basic reasoning may be sound enough, based on the belief that very young mothers are often unable to cope with the difficulties presented by their own immature personalities and the ac- companying stress of child rearing. However, Miss Wright would appear to be blissfully unaware of the facts of life. Having babies is riot the same as taking the shotgun out for a spot of duck hunting. The license system would possibly prove difficult of forcement. But we should give Miss Wright the benefit of second thoughts. A tater news story said that her idea was to require young mothers to secure licenses to keep their childteri when they Could prove their competence in the skills of parenthood. Either way you look at ii\,though, we don't think her plan Will prove popular. (from the Wingham Advance 'Times) • • • 1