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Clinton News-Record, 1980-04-24, Page 4• LINTON NEWSRECORD? rr UR D AP ILI& - ---74-1001—F;Ft-'04,04;itei-4-1; 1* 1**114t10r4140 0* 1010<onit <104 t y , yiwrooky it P.A. 00* 31, Cltnt9o, Ontar4o. offk. tovotior tts.. 'poortt ettIt*tkat 9.17. 000040444,4910103. „ /ha ttewit-Rocord„ IQQII$*1 fl 11124 tho /40(90 4,0.001-110‘,001...10.001411.11 in 1111..14 Irftfk ,Cliottort Sew Ir. iorpoloti Ifs 114). TqtAll two** rufl33H . Ntteplekr.Oseueloetielkly Neper AieeeketeeC • ' $410mbItr C,P0W001an 4,111011,001ty Novoipepipt 41m.socleilt0ft Otsialtty todyerlistno rates 0004on. request. Ask fpr Rote Card No. 10 effective Sept, • 1.1170 °amoral man.wir • J, Howard Aitken NItortJaimps E. Fitzgereld AdwerfAsing Dikeztor.• Plc:icy L. Hoist 'News editor 'Shelley McPheetfice Manager • Margaret 010 CirculAtIon • trade McLeod SubPc4tigniRotp: Canada', 'MOO Sr. roeag're'llrt"- per R rYec: ki.:Ar year Concern warrented Police Chiefs in Huron County are correct in their concern over the lessening of fines for some liquor and highway charges in that the deterrent factor has been drastically diminished. There's an old adage about having "a licence to steal" and perhaps the reduced fines will be considered as part of the "licence" to drink while under age, carry liquor in a car or create unnecessary noise with a vehicle. Certainly, the comparison between a $28 or $38 fine and one of $104 is one that needs little comment and in today's inflationary times it could well be termed a "licence" with little punishment attached, particularly when divided among three or four young people who may be ap-. prehended while getting their kicks. However, there is some question whether the $104 penalty really serves as a strong deterrent, given the in- creased numbers which have been appearing in local court in recent weeks. It's obviously more of a factor than a figure one-third or one-quarter lower, of course, but one wonders if some other form of punishment wouldn't be more persuasive. There's little doubt that a youth caught with liquorin his car would think twice y he lost his driving privileges for three months or. so. That's not a drastic punishment, but one which appears more devastating to ayoung person than a few dollars, especially when he and his cohorts are often given up to 30 days in which to raise their share of the fine. It is obvious that people have to be hit where it hurts to provide a strong deterrent to breaking the laws and if that spot, isn't the pocketbook, then some other avenue should be explored on a trial basis. Meanwhile, a lessening of the at- tack on the pocketbook itself appears a backward step. (from the Exeter Times -Advocate) Clean up now Although this column is more often used to criticize than to praise, there are times when we do see many good things going on around us, and one of them this year is the clean up cam- paign being initiated by manylinton citizens . With the advent of the warmer weather, many but not all, have been inspired te clean up not only the winter Islaccumulation of dirt, but also a- few- eyesores sitting around for more than a few years. The volunteer clean up is the best way of doing something, as pride in one's,, property will do morefor its - upkeep than all the laws of the land. With the visit of the Shriners and thousands of the friends and other tourists only a month away, it would be pleasant to see the rest of Clinton's citizens get on the spruceup band wagon, including some of the town's own property, particularly some sidewalks which haven't seen a broom in several. years. By Jim Fitzgerald • "Let me get this straight remembering our past 10 YEARS AGO April 23, 1970 The Clinton Horticulture Society hosted District 8 of the Ontario Horticultural Association for a dinner and meeting at Ontario Street United Church. Mayor Don Symons welcomed the 104 representatives of the 18 societies in the district who at- tended. A large crowd attended the annual Variety Night in the Auburn Community MemorialHat sponsored bythe members, of the Clinton Junior Farmers. The program included Cupid's Bow, the prize winning Huron Countyiplay. The cast consisted of Lois Merrill, Grant Jones, Helen Good and Doug Trewartha. The directors were Aaren McKenzie, Alice Allen and Daryk Ball. Sunday ' night's gale -force wind in Bayfield twisited a few TV aerials and littered a number of lawns with fallen branches in the village. However, a barn on the farm owned by Adam Flowers of RR 3, Bayfield, suffered quite heavy damage and two antique buggies were lost. 25 YEARS AGO Apr1128, 1955 Amidst a background of daffotls, the Ontario Street Church Girls' Club held the annual daffodil tea in the church hall on Satruclay. Receiving guests at the door were Mrs. A. Glen Eagle and Mrs. W. Brock Olde. "My that's a big hole," was the ex- clamation of many of Clinton's ex yerienced sidewalk superintendents Answering the mail In many ways, I am one of the worst people I have ever met. And one of them is in not answering letters. I wish it were not so. I wish r were meticulous and tidy and had my in- come tax return filed at least two days before the deadline, and liked cats, and shined- mr shoes at least once a week. But I'm not and I don't. That's just a sample of the things I don't like about myself. An entire list would fill this column. But not an- swering letters is right up there near the head of the list. It was brought home to m#6 today, end of March, when I received in the mail my annual card and gift from an old friend and one-time room -mate at college, Norm Lightford. Every Christmas, arriving end of March this year (great mail service, eh?) he sends one of those beautifully illustrated calendars, and a warm card. Aid I have never seen him, or written to him, or telephoned him, for about thirty-five years. Of course, the turkey never sends his address, but I could find that with a little effort. Poor Norm. I shouldn't say that. He's now a dental surgeon in Ottawa with a large practice, a happy marriage after a hiusy one, and a family. I3ut I did him a dirty ,one time. Away back in the fall of '4-1:1 decided to join the Air Forc. Not because I thought I could bring Hitler to his knees in short order. Not at all. Mainly because I was falling badly behind in my studies because' I had fallen Wily in love with a girl from Rio de Janeiro who had to go home, leaving me bereft. Enlisting was a good way out. Only one problem. I was sports editor of the Varsity year -book, Torontonensis. I had some scruples, but not many. I didn't want to leave them without a sports editor (scruple). So, I suckered my twin - mate, Norm, into taking over. Result? He failed second year dentistry, and had to repeat, while I was off in the wild blue yonder. (No scruples). And just here on my desk, under the beer bottle or the goose -neck lamp, is another example of my non -letter - answering perfidy that bothers me, but doesn't seem to go away, like a neadache or a cold. It's a letter from Tony Frombola, of Oakland, Cal. It is dated October 4th, 1.979. It begins, "Dearest Bill," and ends, "Well, Bill, old buddy, I sure wish I was hand -carrying this up to you;. it sure would be nice to have a few for old times sake..." Tony had tracked me down, after thirty-four years. Last time I'd seen him was on a troop -ship home from England. He was a Typhoon pilot, a prisoner -of -war, and we had "escaped" together after our camp was taken over by the Russians. He was also one of the great con artists, and I'd written a column about this aspect. Somehow, through' the "old buddy" network, he'd learned about it, and 'spent four m onths trying to find out where I was. He phoned me one night from California. And I've never answered his letter. Here's another example. Every Valentine's day, 1 get a card from a beautiful woman, Canadian, who spends the winter in Florida. She reasserts, annually, that she loves • -rile. And I've never answered. My sisters write long letters oc- casionally, and I never answer. My kid brother sends off an affectionate missive every Christmas. I do not deign to reply. Readers write wam, intelligent letters praising my column, or telling me what a jackass I am. I maintain a haughty silence. Certainly, after a while, people stop writing, and you've lost another friend. Or enemy. What they don't realize is that I'm just testing them. Anyone who can go on writing letters into a void for thirty-pdd years is a real friend, worth- elittrigh4Kg, even though you never answer the letters. Today I had a long-distance call from a woman, asking if she could reproduce one of my columns for a meeting of school trustees. The column was critical of schools. I said, "Sure." She said, "Thanks very much" I said "O.K." Communication instant. If she'd written me, asking, she'd never have heard, yea or nay. What really has rubbed into my skin this major flaw in tnyeharacter is the number of letters that pile into our place, from exotic lands, bearing incredibly beautiful' stamps, for our son Hugh. After nearly five years in the wilderness, he gets letters from Iraq, • Paraguay, Argent!na, Ireland, and so on. There are two worn int United Nations building in New York, another from Florida, many from Quebec. He has friends all over the world. Maybe he vvrites baG144.6,them. I don't even write letters to the editor, no -natter what inanities appear in print. But it's all going to change. After all, a man controls his own destiny. I am definitely going to answer all your letters, Norm, Tony, Winnie, Floss, Norma, Blake, Uncle Ivan, nephew Paul, cousin Laura, and all you readers. The minute I retire. I'm a $500 tax deduction and You only give me 25 cents a week allowance?" "- Firemen respond • near Editor An open letter frem fireMen 'The Bayfield Firemen wOnla like to take this opportunity to explain their recent actions to the general publiC:. -The „increase in Monies sought IS due to the fact that there has been no increase granted since the Municipal DepartMent Was formed in 1977. The Bayfield Department was to have iceived radios and other necessary equipment during this period in lieu of a pay increase. The, equipment has not been received to date -The lack of communication bt- ween the Bayfield Firemen, the area fire board and the village council has left the local firemen to act as they have. In order to be able to operate an efficient Fire Department, the chain of command must be clarified. -The public does not always realize th-rattiount of-vuhxnteertitne-spentiri the firemen over and above actual firefighting time. After each fire (or emergency call) reports -have to be made out for various governing bodies, i.e., village council, fire marshall, etc. There is an enormous amount of time spent at meetings, practices and repairing of equipment as firemen strive to operate a safer and more efficient fire -fighting team. There is no remuneration for this time. -Many of the Bayfield Firemen are self-employed and it costs money to leave a job and go fight a fire at a lower rate of pay. The feelings of the members of this department are that while ata fire the rate of pay received should be similar to what would be received if the time was spent working at their own trade. The Bayfield Firemen yesterday, as the excavation for the new dial telepone exchange building behind Aiken Bros, store grew larger and larger. Spoksman fpr G.F. Elliott Contracting, which is in charge of excavating operations said that the basement was planned to be 12 feet high. Colored slides of Bayfield throughout the seasons were shown in Bayfield last Wednesday, as the teachers of Stanley Township acted as hosts in the New Ritz .Hotel,tathetnembers of.the Clinton Unit of the Federation of Women Teachers Assocation of Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Poth combined talentS ' in the showing; as Mrs. Poth did the com- mentary, while her husband operated the projector. Bob Draper, a former pitcher and outfielder for the Clinton Colts baseball team, is now the coach for this year's team. 50 YEARS AGO Apr1124, 1930 The Holmesville School opened on Monday, the Easter holidays not being taken advantage of on account of so much time being lost last fall owing to illness. The first social gathering of the Clinton Golf Club took the form of a dance in the town hall offi Monday evening, when a very pleasant time was spent by those present. Tne evening was rather unfavorable and some of those invited did not attend but those. who did had a thoroughly enjoyable time. The total amount on deposit in the Penny Bank by the school children of Clinton at the end of February was $1,114.24 as against $544.16 a year ago. Thrift is growing. Will you play golf this summer? You will require at least one 3 -piece Woollen Sport Ensemble. We have anticipated your requirements and are featuring an at- tractive line at prices ranging from $.975to • --$19.75 at Irwin's. "Clinton's leading style shoppe." Mr. Harry J. Thompson of Goderich Township went this week to attend the annual convocation and graduation exercises in connection with the Univer- sity on Tuesday when his sop George R. Thompson, was graduated from Wycliffe. Warning Notice - Re Corn Borer Act. All corn stubble and stalks must either be plowed under of picked up and burned before the 20th day of May next. Oswald Gunn, inspector, Goderich. 75 YEARS AGO Apr1127, 1905 Many of our readers may remember the accident which befell Mrs. Peter Cole of Migrainers not alone If it's any consolation to migraine sufferers who are frying to sandwich a 'normal' life between their attacks of head pain, they are in good com- pany. Thomas Jefferson, General U.S. Grant, Chopin, Charles Darwi: St. Luke, Madame de Pompadour, John Calvin, Tolstoy and Virginia Woolf are migrines. Researchers further contend the visions of William Blake, Lewis .Carroll and St. Theresa could have had their origin&in the migrallne 'aura' - the warning signs in the pre - headache stages - that these people endured. Migraine has a 4,000 year history. The first description of migraine as a periodic syndrome appeared in 3,000 B.C. in Mesopotamian Poems, and Hippocrates in 400 B.C. designated hemicrania, the periodic headache with visual disturbances. In spite of a 4,000 year history and the miracles of modern science, the migraine, like the common cold, stubbornly resists attempts to find a 'cure'. Until recent years, the migraine did not receive as much attention as other ailments in society. Perhaps this was because it is not a fatal disease, although it has driven some sufferers to thoughts of suicide. Now extensive research is turriing up glimmers of hope for migrainers that they may at least be able to rv,rilice the intensity, , Goderich Township while driving over the railway crossing neat the station in October last. Here horse got its foot caught between the rail and plank, throwing 'it down and Mrs. cole out of the buggy. From the effects of the injury then sustained she has not yet fully recovered. There will not, hoWever, be any a.ctoin against the Grand Trnk,.the Company having settled by paying Mrs. Cole $500 and the amount of the dotor's bill, or $550 i nma i1 Harvey- McBrien's son Stewart, a handsome -little lad of two summers, got his hand caught in a clothes wringer in operation on Tuesday and had his fingers so „badly bruised that the services of the surgeon had to be called in. .. • Wbhat might have been a serious accident happened to a young man from near Varna one evening last week. After seeing his best girl home and returning in the wee small hours, he somehow got .11,is feet tangled in one of thewheels, but with the exception of a severe shaking up and a pair of torn pants he got off safely. • 100 YEARS AGO Apr1122, 1880 Nearly 30 baby carriages were disposed of by dealers here last year. Who'd E. thought it? Mr. Forrester informs us that he expects to have about 400 acres put in with flax this season, the result of which will be to make • business in this line, somewhat brisk in ttie fall. As the mill has been:Ldle for over a year, he hopes to make up for lost time. A large number of the Holmesville people are at present engaged in the mean of brand -new bnarcrfa instead of the old zigzag. We hope others will follow in the wake of these and make this place look fresh as a rose. Sometime between Saturdani ht and Y g Sunday morning an entrance was effected into the residence of- 1Vir. Ieter Cole, 9th concession, by one or more persons, who managed to carry off a quantity of tea, butter, eggs, a pair of boots and several other articles, without disturbing the in- mates. The theft is supposed to have been committed by tramps and farmers should see that their premises are secured, as many of these charecters are around the country. fF After the 1st of May next ail liquids sold will have to be measured by the imperial gallon. Dealers and others using measures will have to govern themselves ac- cordingly. The population of Goderich is 4,328, being 100 less than last year. by elaine townshend frequency and duration of attacks. - The Migraine Association of Great Britain established the Migraine Trust in the early 1960s for further research. Clinics are now in operation in England; for example, in London sufferers may go to a ,clinic fer treatment at the outset of an attack and with prompt action the majority ofcases are sent home after four The American' Association for the Study of Headache has existed in the United States for several years. In later years, the National Migraine Association with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, was established to refer sufferers to acetedited headache clinics. A few months ago, the CBC daytime program Take Thirty featured a representative of the Canadian Migraine Poundation: 390 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto, M5R 2Z4. The Migraine Foundation, a. non- profit organization supported by private donations, was founded in 1974 to gather material on the basic facts about migraines, to keep up-to-date files on research findings, to answer the questions most frequently asked by migrainers and to compile lists of the warning signs, symptoms and trigger mechanisms most frequently noted by physicians and migraine sufferers. This information is available free of charge to migraine sufferers, upon request. In addition, more technical data for health care professionals is available upon request from physicians, The Foundation emphasizes Liinig,rine should be diagnosed and treated by a physician. Many migrainers are able to cope With the problem when the physician finds the prescription. medication orother therapy that is best suited to the in- dividual. Sometimes the sufferer is referred to a neurologist 'with a special interest in migraine.' The most helpful step the individual can take is to try to determine his or her personal trigger mechanisms, that is, what sets off an attack. The Fountlation stresses the list of 'triggers' in its information is to be used not as a tool for self -diagnoses but rather as a guideline. If migrainers can isolate their personal trigger mechanisms and, when possible, remove them and their influence from their lives, it is logical to assume they can help to reduce the intensity and frequency of their at- tacks. For example, some individuals may be able to avoid the intake of certain foods or beverages, change in routine, fasting, over-exertion, bright sunlight or glaring lights or certain noises, if one or some of the above are • discovered to be trigger rnechanisms for a migraine. Not all "triggers are avoidable; weather changes, for instance;. but being aware of the problem allows the person to take appropriate steps that may ease the intensity or lessen the duration of attacks. Advice to parents of children with migraine seems to be remain calm, understanding and sympatheti, and the message to adult migraine suf- ferers seems to be "you are not alone." Let it -rest - Dear Editor: In last week's edition of the Clinton New -Record, there was a comment made aboutt Steven Truscott. It was suggested in Jim Fitzgerald's "First Column", that citizens all over Canada think that Clinton is full of nothing but murderers and rodents. The Main Street Wit who made this comment really had no business to. Why don't people that live in Clinton just leave Truscott alone. It happened over 20 years ago and why doesn't everyone leave it in the past where it should be left. There was absolutely no reason to bring up that topic to remind Clinton of something terrible that happened many years ago. I am very disgusted with the News - Record and Jim Fitzgerald to allow this article about Truscott to be printed in the paper. The News - Record should stop printing articles • on Steven Truscott andjust leave him alone. Yours sincerely, Mike Taylor, Clinton. School reunion Dear Editor: South Huron District High School is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The Student Cquneitis planning a gala HoprecominrIrVirrforiner students, graduates, teachers and their friends are invited to attend. Special invitations are extended to the 1950 staff and graduating class. The festivities begin June 21 at 8 am. with a pancake breakfast at the firehall. The breakfast continues until 11 a.m. From • the firehall the activity moves to the high school for class reunions. Several locations are designated for certain years. At the same time special events will be held throughout the school. These events will include old timers' field hockey, basketball and soccer games. Musical presentations, theatre arts presentations and department displays will be set up. A special picture and yearbook display will also be set up. Donations 61 old pictures would be appreciated. These mifbe given to Doris Schwartz in the school ofice. The festivAties also include a chicken barbecue at the South Huron Recreation Centre from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. A program introducing former queens, presidents and staff members will be held after the meal. Homecoming '80 will be an un- forgettable occasion so get your tickets now while they are available at RSD Sports Den, The Times Advocate, Jerry MacLean's, the school office and present students. Circle'June 21 on your calendar and return to the high school for one day land have the best time of your life. Yours sincerely, Mike Burke, President, S.H.D.H.S. Student Connell (Do you have an opinion? irhy not write us 8 letter to the editor, and let everyone know. All letters a*, published, providing they ea^ b* authentkated, and pseudonym*, are allowed. All letters, howeverA, ar. subject to editing for lengtk or libel.