Clinton News-Record, 1979-07-12, Page 55PAGE 4 '....CJNTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY. JULY 19, 1 •i9
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Sink or swim?
Even though the Clinton recreation
board and the Clinton Town Council,
two bodieswhich were either appointed
or elected by the townspeople, have
already made the decision, the
provincial government doesn't trust
their decision and. has asked for the
public to eorne to a meeting next
Tuesday night to give their opinion
again. -•-
A jam-packed town hall last
November overwhelmingly supported
the proposal to built a new pool, even
though the cost could hit $170,000, as
they were told at the time, and now, the
government' wants to go through the
whole procedure again, only this time
in the middle of July, when people are
away on vacation, out in the backyard
on their deck, or just not interested in
stuffing themselves into a hot town hall
on a summer night.
1t will come' as no surprise then, if not
enough 'people show up to support the
pool proposal bec•;rrise of those factors
mentioned previously. The Ministry of
Cu1t•trre rrrd•- Rerr euHon w i11 take that
}�.zr sign of disinterest, and cancel
about $100,000 v or•th of grants.
Without the grants, the town 'council
would either - have to put the town in
debt to the tune of $150,000, or kill -the
whole pool project.
That. is why it's so important for
Clintonians to juin the town hall next
Tuesday -night, no. rna'tter how hot k is
or how much of an inconvenience it
may he,, for or your absence will be
_taken as a negative vote.
New energy s. rce
A St. Thomas man has --proven the
feasibility of, using waste products as
an energy. source. Assisted by
government funds, he has tapped an
old dumping ground, long since filled in
and covered, to provide a big supply of
methane gas. And that gas has been
heating a .20 x 39 foot greenhouse for
some time: 'He says the supply of gas
from that one dump will last the
present operation for 15 to 20 years.
Installation.. -costs, of - such.. a-. -heal'
source are' high, says the greenhouse'
owner, but after installation the fuel
itself costs nothing. Oil -fired heatin
units cost their operators in the rang
of $25,000 per acre per year. In ad-
dition, of course, the burning off of the
trapped methane may well prevent a
tragedy in the future when uninformed
developers try to use the dump site for
housing.
Despite some public discussion on
the use of waste product gases as fuel
sources, we have read of very few other
practical applications of the proven
theory. Some years -ago the Hon. Alvin
Hamilton. former .minister of
Agriculture in the-""Diefenbaker
government. was reported to have
invested in a pant to produce methane
from animal. manure out in Saskat-
che\a an.
It sounded like trernendous idea,
for the. extr;aciion„ of the gas -left the
f' aril"rein e, g culli11cS of -the-
undiminished and odorless .into
bargain.
Certainly the Rr;ocess of extracting
methane from municipaldumps should
fill more than chic' urgent requirement,
for our larger cities are trying in vain
to find land into whichthey may dump
their wastes. If a fuel, potential can
offset the nuisance value of garbage we
should hi' doing all we can to promote
the plan. —from the Wingham
Advance -Times
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rememberin'g
our pest
5.YEARS A.GO
July 11, 1974
Robert McKinley and his wife Audrey
celebrated their. 24th wedding anniversary
and Mr. McKinley was given one of the
biggest presents of all, another four years in
Ottawa, as the voters, of Huron -Middlesex
overwhelmingly gave Mr. McKinley their
support in spite of a national trend that gave
Prime Minister Trudeau a Liberal majority
government. •
Rev. Alexander Taylor was inducted last
Friday night at•a ceremony at Varna -United
Church:
Rev. Ure Stewart of Seaforth conducted
the induction, while Rev. Harold Snell of
Exeter, a former Londesborot native,
preached the service.
Rev. Taylor replaces Rev. Murdock
Morrison who retired recently.
Jack Bell of Kippen has invented a way to
heat the hack -breaking task of weeding first
year strawberry plants on his fa[ -m. Called
the "wee wiggler" the machine is modified
Allis Chalmers four -horsepower riding lawn
mower and can cultivate between the
plants. Mr. Bell steers the machine with his
feet. 'He said it cost about $550 to build,
compared .with a much larger and cum-
bersomci $1,500 factory built machine.
-- • 10 YEARS AGO
July10,1969
Ur. William T. Harrett, who is taking civet-
the
verthe pract ice of Dr. .1.A. Addison, cone, ko
Clinton from the United Kingdom, via"
Wingham where he spent several months
working at the medical centre in association
With Dr. Wilkins and Dr., Hughes. •
Clinton does have the 'authority to
authorize the demolition or repair of unsafe
buildings at the owner's expense, according
to E. Beecher Menzies, solicitor. - Mr.
Melizies was asked by the town council to
investigate the town's power on such
matters after More than 50 residents I
complained about a vacant and dilapidated
house on Ontario Street last May. • . '
a look through
the news -record files
M.r .• .Serb ,Shell reports that ..the final; .glad it doesn't last all the summer through,..
amounts for .the Bayfield Walkathon have° "Old age pensions are not charity," says
been received. The-'iCotal raised is $1,019.31. that Mail and Empire.
The annual children's day will be held by If. not, then why make"paupers-df those
the Auburn -WI on Jtrly.._15.. A:Il dhildren of the who Are to benefit by them, by depriving
community are invited. Anyone wishing to them of any property rights.
take part in the program is asked to contact Whatcould happen a piece of mail 'bet-
M'r•s. Leonard Archambault, the convener. ween here and the. county town to delay ID.
Three musicians from 'Clinton are among days?
11,500 participants '`armed with guitars and The God-erich Signal Star dated June 27th
accordions- who will vie -for more than did not -reach this office until Saturday, July
$10,000 in prizes and trophies. at the 16th . Gth, the -day after that of July 4th reached us,
annual Canadian Music L-eague's Music and it didn't look at all travel stained.
Festival being held at the Royal York Hotel.
The three from Clinton in this year's
competition are Debra Alexander, Cossar
McBride and Bill Rapson.
25 YEARS AGO.
I • July 15, 1954 •
75 YEARS AGO
• July 14, 1904
Mr. J. King, baker and confectioner, will
close his store each Wednesday afternoon
during; July and August. The real majority
. The Llashmer Drive -In Theatre in Clinton
is the first drive-in theatre in Huron County. of Clinton's business places are. now closed
Clinton was ,chosen as the site for the on ,that, afternon ,and purchasers are
drive-in after a thorough investigation of the adapting themselves to circumstances.;
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Mr. Fletcher McCartney of Goderich
towns in the county showed Bob Marshall, .
the theatre's genial proprietor from Township, has bought through-,,jr. ,T.:T.
Listowel, the fact that Clinton was situated Murphey of Clinton anup-to-date separator
in the centre of a good agricultural area. He with a rear cup attachment and blower. Also
noted that Clinton was an aggressive a 20 horse powertraction engine. The outfit
community, situated in a progressive far
is complete, and will enable Mr. McCartney
yang dlstrict�. �: °ria 41' �a ,t give his many patrons still better
w1' mac. - ' - sritts,,factlon this coming so iron..
The •Set�cSnd^ arinu l•. 'lciirc'°of mars s wiio i
u A . aectrng of those �interc ted .ir1 G.'rn
r. ''dJl�i,tc.d. flubn ,,:the...:lir1. _
a tc%ti...� i. - _ i.
t1b.1 c.-1�c3� 1. 1: �. ..��..
to
•te•
�. trance" wiir�k "wi1lf'l i•e h
waS held la • Sunday,p cid in the chamber
� s,t July 11, in the Lions council Friday evening.
Park, Seaforth, with an; attendance of 87.
Mr. and 'Mrs. A.W. Hayman, of Bayfield
celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary
at a buffet supper party at The Little Inn on
Sunday: • . ,
One of the more important features of the
Being a big wig
Every year, when July rolls around, I
breathe a 'pretty heavy nigh of 'relief.
Not because school is over and there's
a long holiday ahead. That's nice. But I
can teach English with one head tied
• behind my back. And I'm not that wild
• about holidays.
No, the reason for:;the relief is that I
have managed to wiggle my way
through another year of being a
department head without having any
deaths, suicides or nervous break-
downs among my staff. •
Being head of a large department in
a large high school would seem to be a
rather enviable position. You are paid
extra for it, and usually teach one less
class than the other teachers.
Those are the good aspects. But there
are oth 1 i, and they are not all a piece
of cake. I won't bother moaning about
the inces-sant paper work, 'the.
scrambling to stray within a Meagre
budget with cost of books soaring
steadily, the taking of inventory of
about twenty thousand books. Those
are the drudge jobs, and everyone has
some of this in his work. - -
It's the personalities involved that
make the job something less than a
sine -cure. A department head must be
a combination of Momma, 'Polon-ras-,-
Machiavelli, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,
a priest, Napoleon and a touch ,of a
psychiatrist.
'For one thing, English teachers are a
bit more creative, articulate, and reb
elli"ou4 than most .of their con-
temporaries,, perhaps because they
continually deal with ideas, not facts.
Ideas are shifty things, and the con-
veying of them to- students is more
slippery than the ,teaching of more
pragmatic tSubjects:, ' science, • math,
geography, s
hops.
M a result, the English department.
head must ser've,as a wailing wall for
his teachers who loudlyand sometimes
tearfully vent their fr Strations at their
,,,inability to impart' th it own skills to
e rstu
the dcritSr H�tb� m
' hejoints of
u.t
his department frequntly; When some
of its members seem about to come to
"blows with each other. He must act as a
buffer between them and the ad-
ministration. And he iiiust stand, up for'
them vigorRusly when .someone
trying to title-rfi•them.
Now', LhOpi' you are not expecting me
to say that• I do all these things. A pat on
the hack here, a word of praise there,,a
shoulder to c•r` - on, long one-on-one
talks to restore their confidence, a
stern repriin.end when necessary,
frequent depart ment meetings whet`e
we "tulle. thinks out."'
Not at all. If I tr-ied to do all those
things, I'd have been committed or had
a heart attac.Jk long- ago. I just, leave
them alone, let then` crack up or break
down, land try to show them, with in-
vincible , myoid theory that there
is nothing, absolutely nothing in :this
world to get e'xcite'd about. •
It seems to w vr•k pretty well. I am
rather Shy and- don't get involved -in
their personal lives, except to listen
once in .r-Ia
n wh-rlc'
, f can't avoid R. When
they are seriously ill, 1 don't bug them,
don't even go to see them.
We've .._-hod . three department
. members with serious heart trouble. in
the last three years. They`re--all-•-back
on the job; better 'than ever. Pro'bably
-because I left them alone, didn't show
any particular sympathy, and let them
solveit'themselves.
When a couple of. members are at
each others throats, I tell them to sort 'it
out themselves, not come running to
me for help.
We'd never think of,having a•meeting
at which we "-let it all hang out." We
have the shortest department meetings
in the school. Most of them are taken up
with ribaldry, a- little business, and a
quick acceptance of a motion for ad-
journment.
We have quite an assortment. Three
working mothers. One ..artist. One
student who his been taking extremely
difficult courses for several years; One
poet, One guy writing a novel. One
syndicated columnist. Three of uS are
former newspaper people. One lady
teacher is a
r
dot,ged and determined
merhber'of the salary cotrimrttee.
We have a devoted Catholic and a
couple of agnostics. We have a mixture
of racial backgrounds: Polish, Scot-.
tish, Irish, Greek, French-Canadian
and German.
Occasionally, one or two members of
the department need a good blast from
their head for recalcitrance; mopery or
gawk. But I am psychologically; unable
to ream somebody out, and the trouble
usually goes away, like bad weather.
Once in a while, when I _become a
little depressed at the way they are
Turn to page 7 •
100 YEARS AGO
July"17, 1879
The excursion to the Falls, on Thursday
was only .a partial success, very few,
Celebration of the 1:00th birthday of the comparatively, going. It was a bad time of
village of Auburn. and the School section the year, far•niers being busy haying.
there, -.will be the display of relics such as old - The melodious strains of an energetically
pictures, photos, curios, furniture and worked nand -organ floated 'on the air on
equipment used in the old days -in ih-- Thursday. A woman with a tamhorine raked
district. - • in coppers wherever they performed. •
At a recent meeting of the -Centennial • Before Mr. J. McGarva, J.P., Robert
Association, William Straughan was , ap- Colclough was fined $1, for using profance •
pointed to take charge of this -important language. 'Geo. Marshall, of the firm
feature of the Centennial. ,Marshall Bros., London-, was also fined $2
50 YEARS -AGO and costs, forpeddlingtea without a license.
July 11, 1929 % A Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Misses' Mry.tle Armstrong, Vera Pepper, was formed in this town on Tucs'day evening
Jean Twyford, Eileen Runiball, Jean by -Mrs. Skelton, who is making a tour
Mutch, . Susie Livermore, Evelyn Hall, through. Ontario -for the purpose of
Margaret Plumsteel, Delores Harris and organizing these unions.
Marion Mason of Clinton are spending a On Saturday,. evening a young lady
fortnight in Jowett's Grove. hurriedly. rushed into the .bar of the Rat -
The Cotton Shows were well patronized tenbury House, and approaching the
last week. and ran right up to the time when counter, asked -if there were any letters for
a big rain shower put a damper on the Jun, so-and-so. Isaac could scarcely repress a
brftWEbn 11 and 12; Saturday night, the Ferris smile, but hq managed to tell her that the
-Wheel being full when the downpour came. •
They then "folded their tents, like Arabs,"
and, while near -by citizens say their exit
wasn't particularly marked by silence, they
were •well 'away before many were astir
Sunday morning, going from here to
Dresden.
That sort of thing may he all right oc-
casionally, but the majority of citizens are
odds 'n' ends
A frw dilemmas
Post Office was next door, and as she left the
har, her face would have been a study for an
artist. .
Messrs. Gld'sgow, MacPherson and Co.,
have ,just connected their i*stablishment
with the express office, by means of a Bell
telephone, this instr•unient being found to
give the greatest satisfaeticrn and sage much
! cele► I r •
by
Blaine townshend
open. I was given an unexpected'
shower.
In another tub, the taps were swit-
ched, and it took a blast of cold water to ,
When you're„on the road -for 16 days, alert "me to the -change:
sleeping in motel rooms and eating in. In .a washroom in a restaurant, I
restaurants, you're bound to encounter found a 'different kind of sink. It had
a few amusing or perplexing situations. • only one tap with a button on it. I
For example; at'the end of a long hot pushed the button and water gushed
day of driving, Joan and I decided to out. I washed and pushed -the button
take the first motel we found. When we again. The water kept coming. I pulled
rounded a curve and spied a motel sign, the tap and tried turning the button,.but
it seemed too good to be true, and, it the water kept coming.
"It will , probably stop
automatically," I reasoned. But my
calm reasoning wavered as the water
was:
One end- of the building was under
renovation, with scaffolding and paint
pails on the top floor of the two storey level rose. Just before panic sent rile
structure. The other end ,,seethed un- - racing from the room, I spied a lever
cluttered, and we --assumed that was that looked,like a soap -dispenser.
where our room would be: "Wliat have •I got to dose?" I asked
Instead, the manager took us to a ,' myself as T hit the lever. 'To rri,y relief
room ., on ,the second floor under the the flowing water stopped, a mere 11/2
scaffold' and pails. The room,'` was . inches from the top of the sink. . t
spacious, but the beds wore not made , A new owner had taken over a cer-
and a vacuum cleaner lay in -the -middle tain motel and one of his innovations
of the flodr. - was a breakfast nook.for guests only,
"You can have this room for $*30,'''the The small room had a u -shaped counter
wit a ozen stools. group just entering -the officers
The waitresses were ,obviously new quarters and rushed to catch up. We
at the job. They had difficulty finding' went only a short distance before we
thing' likie the menus. One f the ladies realized we were with a group of Lions'
to tat
so eon the stove. It w Club.,. , _
p as alright members and their wives from
until MI6 ,r
ne rfi.,
to d,o -the �rro 'g burner.'A the »'net dStates.
e"
odd n e
s xlni
Son
and ,flying � t
p y n Mate Oh well, no Ole old us to get .lost. 1
ma confided h h d
nage;` con a c . r._ as
..ough • he was -
doing us a favour. -
Joan and 1 decided weed like to drive
a little further. ar-" -
During a preliminary, check 'of
#ono her motel room, 1 tested the
bat tub taps only to discover the for.
rile visitors,. had left the ,,shower tan
behind the counter. .
In another restaurant, we ordered
the special of the day - veal cutlet. _
"Oh, is that what's on today?" the
waitress asked. Then-' she explained
that "she had just come on duty and
hadn't had time to read the menu. The
three of us read it together.
Since neither. "Joan nor I speak
French, we expected a few problems in
Quebec. Surprisingly, nothing hap-
pened' until we were on our way home.
We found .a menu in French only and a
waitress who didn't speak English. We
resorted to , pointing and thought
everything was 'alright until she came
back with one hot chicken sandwich
and two chicken breasts. She must
have thought we were hearty eaters!
With a few more gestures and halting
speech, we explained the mistake and
she gracioii1ly took back one of the
chicken breasts`. ,
Our Milli dilemma happened at Old
Fort Henry at Kingston. We loitered in
the• gift'. shop sand , thought we had
.missed our guided tour. We spied a
1.'
sent tf, j t� burly truck drivers ` tuhking guess they knew we already had,
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Dear Editor;
The Clinton Recreation Committee -
has been accused many times of ,being
an incompeteot group Who cares: 'little
about the recreational needs ofirrnany
people. In an attempt to improve Qn our
record, earlier this year We hired
Michelle Flowers to, conduct a needs
,study and make recoipmendations to
the committee so as to serve YOU the
citizens of Clinton better. I emphasize
t iat this project is for,your benefit.
The results, •to date, have been ex- -
tremely. disn'tal and in tiffany cases '
downright rude. This girl has had doors
si'ammed in her face and has been
subjected to verbal abuse for reasons
we cannot understand.
To collect data, she has asked you the
good citizens of the town to take 15
minutes 'of your time and complete a
questionnaire. The results have been a __
disappointing 14 per cent return by the
adult population of the town. The
children from 6-14 years are out per-
forming you_ by 2.6_ per _ _cent . with a
return of 40 per cent. •
Co-operation is the way to ac-
complish something. Slammed doors
and insults accomplish nothing. If you
feel unable to spare the timre then be
satisfied with what is being done -by the
Rec. Committee and as Ann Landers
would say "Quit your bitchin."
Clinton. Recreation Committee •
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School reunion -
Dear Editor:
The Wingham Centennial Reunion is
being held August 1 to 6, and as a part
of 'it, the Wingham School Reunion is
being held on Saturday morning,
August 4 from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in the
F.E. Madill Se 'pndary School.
We are Welcoming back to the
Wingham School Reunion all former
and.. present students, teachers, school
trustees, school boards and inspectors
from the Wingham Public School, the
Secondary School, the Sacred Heart
Separate School, -the Lower Town
School, the Golden Circle School and
the Business Colleges.
In trying to get addres-ses of former
students we used the Grade 9 class lists
from 1907 on throughout the years, and
classmates in Wingham have worked
enthusiastically trying to get as many
addresses as possible.
We also searched for the names and
addresses of the teachers and others
involved in education. These hundreds
of names were added to the already
collected list of ,.the Wingham Cen-
..•te.>&stn..i
.al.�:.I,n.xtattonal :rC annt.mattree.-._w.ho.._.
then mailed out all the invitations. -
However, we know we did not get all
the names and addresses of those in-
volved in `the Wingham educational
systems and we are hopingthat those
who know about it or hear about it will
spread the word and invite any who
attended or were involved in•schools in _
Wingham throughout the years to
"Come Back To School" Saturday
morning, August 4.
The school bells are ringing to
welcome all back. Be sure and come.
We are looking, forward to 'a happy
reunion:
Florence Reavie, Reunion Committee
Lumber Jack days
Dear Editor:
The Thedford-Bosanquet Optimist
Club is sponsoring the second annual
Thedford Lumber Jack Days on Civic
Holiday weekend. .
Festivities will open on Saturday,
August 4 and wind up Monday evening,
August 6.
A long list of events have been lined
up including the appearance of radio
and TV star Carroll Baker; an
authentic German Polka Band, the
Eddie Adamic Orchestra; and the ever
popular Roger Quick and The Rain-
bows. - -
Stan'Rumford, President
Farms not safe
Dear Editor: '
With approximately 200 accidental
deaths . and more 'than 25,000 injuries
occurring on Canadian farms each
year .life on the farm has become
somewhat dangerous. It is not the quiet
and slow paced life depicted in former
years. That is long gone. Today's farm
'is complex and potentially hazardous.
Ideally, an identified hazard should
be eliminated. Where this..,, is not
feasible, machine guards and personal
protective equipment should be used.
The use of personal -protective
equipment • in agriculture is as
necessary as it is in other industries
where • its value .has long been
recognized. Its use eliminates injuries
or lessens their severity. It is needed in
many farming operations like handling
'pesticides, operating machinery,
undertaking general maintenance or
when triinming trees, to suggest just a
few. '
The campaign's theme for Farm
Safety ,Week 1979 from July 25 - 31 is
"Protective eiptzfpment ... it`s per-
sonal!". The,Week is sponsored by the
C-ariada Safety Cain co-bpetation
with Agriculture Canada and is en-
dorsed by several interest
organizations. 4
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preside
Canada Safety oun
Ottawa ittla
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