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Clinton News-Record, 1979-12-13, Page 21Qg 4 —7,C4INTQN NEW! E,C94P4 THURSPAYt PECRIVIPER 44979, P44.en 4,10.44,P:Kli 4 em1.04.hfej..541v INPVkiy P.O. IoVS: ciieSpe, s';se,socip. C,141140.09M111.0. l'9.411.414F, Gated* vireflilY filewsPFiter AllaCtdoidon It .4 t.0.0,414m0,4 9110 i,1..Rod *IOU. r aII bysbe 9,111.se erdes ,she .pervis perebef the. NeWirieSerr4, lecorperpred irk 11;4 she Here, Nuere0Selptri. SpArkded In 04), and Th. 044.P.n Now ft". Speed...4 igloos,. Total. prsiis run 3.300, MofttitOt Cift*Ifion Community Newspaper AsoisclotiOn Display isdrertising rotes eyelloble. on request. Ask for Mete Cord No. 9 effective Oct. 1.. 1978. Otineral Manager • J. Howard Aitken Editor • James E. fltagorold Advertising•Ofrector • Gary L. Hoist • tiers Ittlitor • Shelley McPhee Office Manager • N.Iargarot Glib Circulation • Freda McLeod • Subscription Rota: Canada 94,09 per rept Sr. citizen • '12 per year U.S.A. /1. foieign • '30 per year ( , re.q, ers tfie What the other papers say .‘• A fall guy? Thehiring of a personnel relations officer by the Huron County board of education is a fine example of finding a fall guy when negotiations between the board and teachers break down. Ever since teachers were given the right to strike a few years ago by the province, relations between the board and its secondary school teachers have been difficult, to say the least. Ostensibly, the reason for hiring Peter Gryseel, a department head in the London school system, is to smooth relations between the board and teachers; in reality the hiring only serves to take the ht off of the board's negotiation committee and director of education John Cochrane. Cochrane. lamented over the fact that negotiations between the secondary teachers and the board in 1978 were quite bitter with the board's top employee placing 1 the blame on the board's "hired gun" Fred Reeves. While it was true that Reeves had little experiencein teacher I negotiations, it was the board who hired him and who supported him throughout the entire ordeal.. Under the guise of a "federation" the secondary school teachers group is one of the best organized labour unions in the country. As such, it makes sense to hire people who have been involved in tough negotiations. While Gryseel's salary of $39,000 per year is a mere drop in the bucket compared to the board's total budget of over $23,000,000 and to the nearly $7,000,000 which must be raised locally, it still represents the salaries of 1.5 teachers, something which one thinks the federation might be con- cerned about. What is needed is an overhaul of labour relations between the board and teachers with binding arbitration to be introduced automatically if the two parties could not reach an agreement in a reasonable time. During the strike of a couple of years ago, the board earned a lot of respect from the people of the county for standing up for what they believed . was an equitable settlement; one doubts that the hiring of Gryseel will evoke the same reaction. - from the Zurich Citizens News Do you have an opinion? Why not write us a letter to the editor, and let everyone know. All letters are published, providing they can be authenticated, and pseudonyms are allowed. All letters, however, are subject to editing for length or libel. wee./ "Mr wift, told me what I'm getting for Christmas --overweight and lazy." remembering our past a look through the news -record files 5 YEARS AGO December 5, 1974 While many other municipal eleCtions 'suffered from a lack of voters, such was not the case in Clinton, where 60 percent of the voters turned out Monday to elect a new mayor; six councillors, a PUC and board of education and give their decision on the fate of the old town hall. Don Symons w,as re-elected mayor for this sixth term, beating challenger Terry Maguire. Returning to their council seats were Ernie Brown, Don Hall, Mrs. Ruth Roy and Roy Wheeler. There are two new faces on council, Burt Lobb, the youngest councillor ever elected in council's 100 year history and Jim Hunter. A Bayfield couple, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schell, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on the weekend and were ' honored at an open house in the village where dozens of friends and relatives wished them well, By more thana two to one margin, Clinton voters4 last Monday bight were solidly in favor of saving the old Town Hall as they voted 887 to 410 in favor Thr" restoring the old town hall. 10 YEARS AGO December 4, 1t969 Hal Hartley, Clintotf 1,13UC chairman, • , • November blaws Well, I seem to be able to influence the weather merely by writing a column about it. So let's try it again. Early in October, I wrote a column laudatory of those golden October days, with a sky of infinite blue, just a pleasant tinge of melancholy in the air, and a general sort of blat along those lines., Promptly, without even a decent interlude, October turned into a monster. One of my colleagues, in whom I place infinite trust because he is always wrong, and I go from there, told me that this October had had approximately one-third of the sunlight hours' of a normal October. For once, I believ,ed him. November, surely the foulest month of the year in this country, with the possible exception of March, is living up to expectations. One day of watery sunshine, four days of rain and dark skies.'That's why I'm writing this. By the time it appears in print, the second half of November will have turned out to be a giddy adventure of belated Indian summer, with a touch of the deep south thrown in. November is a nothing month. The leaves are all gone. In fact, they're lying on your lawn, if you're like me, dank and soggy and heavy. The'chap who's to put on your storm windows has gone into hiding, letting his phone ring its head off. And when he does come, the windows don't fit, because the sills have swelled through the inordinate rains. Or something. , The skifts of snow become skiftier every time there is one, and any -day, you'll get up and it's midwinter. - November is darkness and depression. And one of the most depressing things in view is the proliferation of Santa Claus and the four-colOr advertisements for Christmas gifts, And the ridiculous -- beginning of Christmas, so-ealled, MUSiC. There are snow tires to get on, and Snow shovels, snOw boOts, and heavy clothing to dig out, each One a. dull, sickening thud on One's spirits, This year, as in eveik other November, the goVernrnent, whatever the shade of its coat, Is waffling and indeoigive and obtuse and strangely unaware of the real problems of the eountry4 This year, in November, you can go into a grocery store, spend ten , dollars, and come out with your tota possessions in the palm of one hand in one smallish paper bag. You know the old car isn't going to make it through January, but you look in horror at prices of gas and a new car, and go „on driving the coughing, belching qld brute, hoping for a flood or holocaust to end it all and save you the decision. This November, people are running wildly from one bank to another trust . company, trying to take advantage of the ridiculous rates of interest. If they have any money. , And if they don't, they quietly cry in the dark and forget about building or buying a home, because there is no way they can ever pay for it, Joe Clark's silly mortgage deal or not. And if people can't afford to build houses, because of the cruel interest rates, what happens to the con- struction industry, and all the others that depend on it, from tiles to ap- pliances to heating units. And the blue-eyed sheiks are rat- tling their sabres in the west, and the chain -smoker is rattling his quill in Quebec, and altogether, it looks like a long, dark, cold winter for this country, physically and spiritually. However, brethren and sistern, do not go quiet into that good night. It's not all bad. , There's some great news on the sports pages. Toronto, at least, is maintaining its image. It has the worst baseball team in North America, in the big leagues. It has the worst football team in Eastern Canada. And the Maple Leafs are well on their way to being renamed the Cellar Dwellers. Doesn't all that cheer you up? At least there's some consistency in the country. It's only a few weeks to the equinox. And even if you're so deep in snow by then that you don't know an equinox from a solstice, never fear. Spring is near. A mere Kir months off. I feel like a sailor throwing lead life - belts to drowning souls, but I repeat the call: "Press, on, regardless." Maybe you'll hit a kittery winner. Maybe your wife isn't really pregnant, Maybe you' dan live on unemploynient insurance and still get your Saturday night t ase Of twenty. fou . Maybe. ' iu t I knto it's ard to keep th" faith in ovember, E en the ruddy 1lrds, those with braln80 have 'gone South. are walking. it's too wet to fly. Think of all the good things in life. Now keep on thinking. Think some More, and I'm sure you'll come up with one. . Let's see. I'm not dying of cancer. I don't think. I can afford three squares a day. I hope. My five shares of CDC have dropped only $28.00 a share on the market, and have rallied by one dollar. My , wife hasn't left ' me, as she's threatened lately. Mixed blessing, that. My grandbOys are six hundred miles away and can't use me for Li climbing tree.every second weekend. My bursitis is merely excruciating, not unbearable. Good old November. Nothing like it. Now, change, Weather! ,armilmomenommank presented retiring afice manager Frank Mutch and his wife Elva with a com- bination clothes washer and spin dryer. The couple also received a swivel chair as a gift from the PUC staff at its annual Christmas party. Mr. Mutch, a Clinton liative, has worked for the PUC for more than 20 years. Antoine "Red"•Garon and Harold Lobb of Clinton appeared before Huron County Council last Friday afternoon to solicit co- operation in the town's efforts to secure , some kind of replacement industry for CFB Clinton when it is closed late in 1970. 25 YEARS AGO ' December 9, 1954 The Elston Cardiff Citizenship Trophy, a new award presented for 4-H club com- petition in Huron, was presented by Mr. Cardiff at Exeter, Friday night to Lloyd Holland of Clinton, president '61 the Bayfield Calf and Beef Club and of the Bayfield Tractor Maintenance Club. John Deeves, bachelor candidate for the Reeveship of Goderich Township, won his ,the election. on AVIonday with a majority of 26 votes, over his opponent C.E. La ithwaite. Grant Stirling headed the poll for the councillors with a total of 496 votes. Mr. Stirling is a newcomer to the municipal field. - Christmas cards in an unsealed envelope may still be sent at the rate of two cents for the first two.ounces, and one cent for each additional two ounces. Signal hon'or has been accorded Frank Fingland, Q.C., in his appointment as Huron County Judge to succeed the late Judge T.M. Costello. 50 YEARS AGO December 12, 1929 The 1929 commencement held on Thursday and Friday evenings in con- nection with the Collegiate Ingtitute .brought' out two full hoilses and much commendation from those who attended for the part taken by the young people in the programs. The large auditorium was filled each evening. The snow fences which Goderich Township council purchased some time ago, where erected Thurgday on the Cut Line where the snow has already drifted badly. There passed to rest on Wedensday evening, one of F3ayfield's oldest and most highly respected citizens in the person of Sarah Reid in her 85th year. 75 YEARS AGO December 15, 1904 The bundles of the 'News -Records for odds 'n' ends How we like to talk In the early 1870s, a man in his early 20's used to relax in his favourite dreaming place at his parents' home at Brantford, Ontario. He proved to be more than a dreamer, though; he was a practical thinker and a man of action as well. In Boston,. he was a teacher of the deaf by day and an experimenter with the electrical transmission of sound by night. The result of his vision, ex- perimentation and hard work was the telephone. Historical accounts claim that, even in the initial stages of the telephone, its founder - Alexander Graham Bell - knew one day it would be invaluable to the world. The first telephone communication was made from One room to another in a building in Boston in 1886. The first long distance call also took place in 1876 on telegraph wires running from Paris to tIrantford - a distance of eight miles. Now we can call countries around the world, shipson the open sea and vehicles On the open road. With direct distance dialing, we can save time and money; with the help of the operator, we can call collect, charge the call to our credit card or bill, a third number, Bayfield left for:their destination by the 4:15 train last Thursday afternoon, but failed to reach ' there on time,' we are in- formed. We hope the gross carelessness of some mtinths ago is not again to be repeated, If so, we will now know the reason why. Mrs. Campbell of Summerhill had a very successful wood bee in Mr. Lovett's bush. The Literary evening last Monday night was one 'Of the most enjoyable that the League has ever had and a very fair audience was present. Mr. Ben Rathwell of Goderich Township, whose leg was broken in September last, is still under the care of the doctors and will in all probability be laid up for several weeks yet as the bone has refused to knit. He is now at the home of Mr. D. Eekmeir of Clinton, so as to be nearer rnedical treatment and is being looked after by his sister, Mrs. W. Beacom. Chief Wheatley and Mr. John Johnson were in Blyth on Monday is search of a valuable hound lOst by MrPJohnsen a year ago. They located and brought home the dog much to Mr. Johnson's delight for he values the animal highly. 100 YEARS AGO November 20, 1879 Three young men have written us, asking advice in reference to certain pursuits in life. The question of the first, in reference to military life, we have an- swered several times before and would simply repeat what we then said, "Under no circumstances would we advise you to enter the regular service." The second one wishes to become a sailor, which he can do at almost any port in navigation season, but our advice would be for him to learn some trade - not a profession - where the remuneration is fully as good as in anything else, or better still, stick to farming. The third, not being strong, asks advice as to what trade or profession should he learn. If strong enough to work at all we would advise him to learn a trade but what particular one must be left to his own judgement and inclination. While on this subject, we would say to all young men starting out in the world, learn a trade. Do not think that the professions are preferrable on account of their different social relations; if a person gives the same study and attention to a trade that he would give to some other pursuit, they will find that financially the trade 'will give them just as good returnes as the other , while their social standing is not one whit inferior to any. The telephone has become integral in the business world. Some large businesses and organizations use toll- free numbers that long-distance customers can call. The conference call allows several people in different places to talk to each other at the same time. (If you believe the ads, even ' a barbershop quartet can rehea'rse via the 'conference call.) Design and components are con- stantly improving. Callers can turn a ' dial or push buttons. We can ehoose our phones in colours and styles that 4 suit the decor of milr rooms or our own personalities. If we could afford it, we could have a phone in every room of the house. One of the reasons Alexander Graham Bell was able to conceive the idea of the telephone was his desire to help the deaf. This tradition has continued with the establishment of aids and services that make the telephone available tb people with hearing, speech,' sight and motion disabilities. The four items most. frequently in demand are supplied without a rental fee, while the others include a monthly charge. Both Canada and the United States, Idy claim to the discovery of the telephon , but no one disputes the legacy t at Professor nen left to the world. In April, 1980, Bell Canada will Mark itS I oOth anniversary. One thing has been ascertained over the years: , Canadians love to talk. In fact, Canada is one of the most talkative • countries in the world - at least on the telephone. Even though 1 know the telephone was invented by a man, I've, fallen into the habit of referring to the system affectionatelyvAnd sometimes not so affectionately, as Ma Bell. Most people seem to share the same habit. My thoughts were less than af- fectionate recently when I opened a bill that totalled almost $300. I flew to the phone and explained to a cour- teous lady that I had been charged for a business phone with a number only one digit different from mine. The mistake was soon remedied. What a difference a digit makes! Ma Bell caused a bit of controversy a few weeks ago, when she suggested dropping the monthly rate S and charging for each call - loeal or long distance. The rationale was possibly to make the people who use the phone most pay for it. Not only big business would be hurt by such a move, but also shut- ins, who depend on the phone to make a living or just to contact the out6ide world. Knowing they had to pay for each call would, I think, 'p1a0e an extra burden on them. At the time of writing, I haven't heard a decision or 'further ,cletailS, but passage of such an idea might undermine the very purpo e for Whit!' the telephone was invente Tharilis Conestoga Dear Editor: Please pass on rny advice to people who are not satisfied with their jobs and lives ... go back to school. After,being out of schoolfoi some 20' years, I decided to take upgrading at Conestoga College in Vanastra. What a, surprise to find that my learning rapacity was still good and 1 Wagi enjoying the new, knowledge IM- mensely. — 4 When. algebra came along in the course, it nearly finished me, but I was too stubborn to quit. With the help and endurance of a marvelous Math teacher, I made it. The metric system was another giant step, but the science teacher stood by patiently. Then into the commercial course I went with_ lots more studying to do. Don't ever think it was a snap, but what a way to gain your confidence again and qualify yourself for a better jdb: .„.„ If going back to school has ever crossed your mind, you will be in the best of hands at Vanastra. Most of the teachers are excellent and will do everything they can to -assist you in the world of learning. Apart from the studies, I met many nice people who will remain my friends in the years ahead. Sincerely yours, Dorothy (Dodie) Sears, Clinton. Attention Sarnia grads To former residents of Sarnia, Ontario: If you attended Central Collegiate, you are cordially invited to attend the 25th reunion to be held in Sarnia on May 16, 17 and 18, 1980. For further information please write to: Anniversary Reunion Committee, Sarnia 'Central Collegiate, 281 East Street North, Sarnia, Ontario. - Registration forms and information will be sent to you immediately. Yours truly, E.F. McCaffrey, Chairman, Anniversary Reunion. Ottawa forgotten us Dear Eclito r : Like many of you,the other day I received a seasons greeting letter from our member of federal parliament which read in part, "much has happened in recent times to make us wonder and worry about our future. Yet we remain fortunate in Canada that we can govern our- selves and choose our goals for ouselves, using our energies and the habits we have learned from our heritage to build a secure and happy future". I don't know whether he is just trying to pacify us, .or he just doesn't know what is going on around him. I lieve he has been in Ottawa too long d has forgotten the realities in his own riding. Right here in Vanastra and TuckersMith Township, we have a dictatorship comprised of "big wheel fifth wheels" who are holding a gun on Vanastra and do not hesitate to pull the trigger any time they wish. The wishes of the people carry no weight whatsoever. This is freedom? One of the be.st councillors, a member from Egmondville, in my opinion is being chastized for the position he took on the proposed addition, which the people didn't want, but council pulled the trigger anyway on the people of Vanastra and the member from Egmondville. This is democracy? Habits we have learned from our heritage, we have learned to be bottom kissers and only the bottom kissers live the good fife and have happy future. • Vanastra and Tuckersmith are not the only place that's having its troubles with dictators, until recently, Clinton council was having closed, non-public meetings and was forced to open them to the public by the , press. The reeve of Exeter several weeks ago resigned his position saying he didn't want to serve with a bunch of dictators. "Yet we remain fortunate in Canada that we can govern ourselves and choose our goals for our- selves,..." is pure bunk. Charles Mazmanian, Vanastra. Need new business Dear Editor, Re: Businessman Opposes Supermarket, December 6 News - Record. Prices are high enciugh in this town now, so maybe with some more competition, we the people of Clinton might get a small bargain sometimes. Over the past few years, Clinton has slowly been reverting to a bedroom town and any business we can get, whether large or small, will cause employement to be generated for _some people. A businessman is worried about business in the core area, but I believe that if we can get a grocery bargain somewhere in Clinton, we 'won't have to patronize the core area of some other town after we do our grocery shopping. Stn Palconer, Clinton.