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Clinton News Record, 1954-02-11, Page 2PA:0„, Two CLINTON 1STEWS-RECORD If rklunsDAY; FEBRUARY 11, 1954 THE CLINTON NEW ERA Most issue June 6, 1365 Amalgamated 1924 An Independent Newspaper devoted. to the Interests cif the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District Population, 2,543; Trading Area, 10,090; Retail Market $2 000 000• Rate 4.5c per line flat THE CLINTON NEWS-IIEC0111:t First issue' (1Inron News -Record) , January .1981 ' Sworn Circulation — 2,016 Home of Clinton RCAF Station and Adastral Park (residential) • MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA; Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2.50.a year; United States and Foreign.: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents Delivered by carrier to RCAF Station and Adasfral Park -25 cents a mtanth; seven cents a copy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1954 Strong Farm Groups •WIE HAVE HAD occasion before to mention " the enjoyment. We receive from attending a meeting of any of the agriculture groups which are active in the county, Since Clinton is the hub of the county, and most easily acces- sible to all different parts of the county it is the location of the agricultural representative's - office, and as such rather automatically becomes the centre for the Meetings of a number of farm groups. Whether, (and we believe this has a great deal to do with it) the leadership of the train- ed, hard-working representatives is the reason or not, we find that the meetings of these farm groups are the most properly conducted, the most orderly, and the most nearly run accord- ing to "hoyle" of all meetings we attend. Surely the training of the youngsters thrOugh 4-H Club work, then through Junior Farmer and Junior Institute and finally into the senior clubs does give the men and women of the farming poPula- tion a really good grounding in the "right way to do things". But perhaps the most important thing of all, is the 'enthusiasm of the farm folk for the work in which their group is engaged, Just last week we were very happy to attend the annual meeting of the Huron County Hog Producers' Association, and though the meeting was long and the seats as hard as any bare chair can be, at the end of the afternoon the men at the gathering were paying just as strict and un- divided attention. to the speakers and discussion as they had at the beginning. The speakers knew their subject and were elequent about it. The group members certainly knew the subject too, and were eager to -find the answers -to certain questions that arose. They were inter- eSted. Though there was a certain amount • of heckling, and these present made no bones about "" correcting a statement if they felt it were not correct, the whole thing took place in a com- radely manner, and the good fellowship of the group was not injured in any way.Somehow you got the notion that though a mari who spoke incorrectly were swiftly assured of that fact, his misstatement did not place him any lower in the scale of good neighbourly apprecia- tion of his abilities and work, It was a good healthy meeting of a strong and interested group. The directors of the association are pro- ducers and marketers. The speakers were all producers and marketers of hogs, and the men at the meeting all were producers and marketers of hogs as well. Though the business of farm- ing is on a mixed basis in this county and the, farmers present all are engaged in raising other products as well as pork, at this meeting they kept their energies devoted entirely to that subject, as a matter in which they were all vitally interested, This New County Courthouse N lq WORD FIRST reached us of the VHEdecision of County Council to build the new county courthouse this year, and build it in Goderich, the idea came to us that the lake - .port toWn was not necessarily the best location for a new courthouse, but we felt we would be looked upon as rather greedy here in Clinton if we -should even suggest that our town would be a better location for this new building. Then the editor of the Exeter Times- Advicate voiced his opinion on the subject, and stated that although "Goderich is the larg- est town in' the county and has always been the county seat, Clinton is without doubt the most central place both mileage -wise and'popula- tion-wige." We uttered a silent thank -you to the Time - Advocate and decided we must tell the editor of that journal how happy we were to see some- one else with our point of view. He also ex- pressed the feeling of the residents of the southern part of Huron that it is a long distance to Goderich. Then last week the Goderich Signal -Star undertook to take the T -A editor to task for daring to suggest removal of the county seat front Goderich. He states: We would remind the Exeter editor that South Huron is the small end of the county and that, considering the county as a whole, Clinton is the "hub" only in name. There are five townships south of Clinton, eight townships north of Clinton, and `three townships, Goderich, Hullett and Melfillop, which if divided bn a line running east and west would have a greater part to the north. If it were desired to locate the exact centre of the county it would be found to be not far from Blyth; but because early settlers passed through Rattenbury's Corners on the way to Goderich, and Myth appeared on the map a few years later, the settlement now called Clinton got a start on the real "hub" of the county and has claimed the nickname ever since." The editorial goes on to de a bit of brag- ging: always been the largest town in the county, centre of history, setting for the court- house that no other t,own in the county pos- sesses, superior railway communications superior to those of any other place in the county. How- ever, if the editor had not further on referred again to Clinton as the "so-ealled" 'hub", we would not have found it necessary to answer his few words. ' First of all, what about those references to the "hub"? Certainly we, are aware that a correct hub in a correct wheel is located at the centre. But the surveyors who saw fit tocut up and segment Huron made a very lop -sided affair at best; certainly Huron does not resemble a wheel. To us a hub is a central point from which spokes or in this case, roads and rail- ways radiate outwards, and this meaning cer- tainly applies to Clinton. All of the county may be reached quickly front Clinton along one of the traffic arteries which lead from town. Secondly we'd like to draw attention to the fact that those "early settlers who passed through Rattenbury's Corners on the way to Goderich", were so haphazard in their treatment of planning and development that they misplaced the plan of that town entirely and came up - with some circular idea that was originally meant for Guelph. That was the result of the setting for the present courthouse which was a mistake from the first. Perhaps a fortunate one for Guelph, since it is now- a city, while Goderich with its oft -.vaunted though out -dated circular plan is still striving towards that goal. A great many of the county seats in other counties are located centrally for the simple reason that money is saved in so placing them. Certainly there are some in which that is not true, but in most cases the county seat then, is in a city, which is a logical place for it. In our small, though elongated county, it would seem that since the county councillors are definitely finding it necessary to build a new courthouse, they would do well from a financial point of view, to consider a change in location. Even though Goderich has been the county seat of Huron since a county seat ws necessary, this modern world has proven that just because things have been so for some time is no reason for them so to continue. In fact, people of to- day are just as interested in the saving of pennies and the dollars into which they grow, as their predecessors were, Clinton has an ideal location for county offices, right ready for building. We feel sure that the people of Clinton would welcome any move of the courthouse to our town, and it appears that at least the southern and eastern townships might be in favour. Why not in, vestigate the possibilities? ' A Worth While Introduction LET THE WHITE CANE introduce us—the theme of White Cane Week this year is Al with me," stated R. W. Beath, chief librarian, The Canadian National Institute for the Blind, "It suggests the friendly and cheerful spirit that has gown between sighted and sightless over the eight year span since the week was inaugurated." He explained that the project, occurring every year, commenting on different phases of blindness and the problems of the blind, bas taught the seeing public ilCNIt to accept the sightless. No one is now surprised to find' a blind person walking down the Atreet. Even 'those who might be shy at offering guidance, do not find the presence of the blind unusual; "Their acceptance has had a remarkable in- fluence on the blind", Mr. Beath obse,rved, "En- couraged by this recognition, they have started going out more and more." He told how blind, people are travelling frequently on trains and even aeroplanes. Last summer one blind woman in the late seventies teamed up with a total stranger to travel from Toronto to Fredericton, while a gentleman flew from Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, to Zurich, Swit- zerland, and back without any escort -beyond the stewardess. The sightless and sighted are mixing more closely. They join in recreation from bowling to golf, they also »take up the executive bodies of their clubs, handle business, program and other activities, and conduct their annual conventions. The national conference of The Canadian Council of the Blind brings sight- less and sighted together from coast to coast, while the divisional meetings draw delegates on a provincial level. "Whether it's on a train, a bus, a boat or merely at an interse,ction, a warm "Hello there, can I give you a hand?" or even the pleasant "Isn't it a nice day?" produces a cheery feeling of friendliness and companionship that make a world of gifference to the blind", Mr. Beath concluded. "So by -all -means Let the White Cane Introduce me. It's a great idea." A Word From Whitby S1NCE WE ARE rather deep in the matter of farming problems especially at this tirne of the year when the agricultural groups are hold- ing annual „meetings and formulating new plans for the coming 12 months, we are rather stir- • this& to come upon a letter being circulated by the Charnber of Commerce of Whitby, On- tario. It is our intention to quote the letter to you, but first we would like to quote the small slogan which appears at the bottom of the letter so circulated: The only true solution of Our Political, Social and Industrial Problems lies in cultivat- ing everywhere the spirit of brotherhood, of fellow feeling and understanding between man and man. Nice sentiment, isri't it? Why, if the world would only get to work cultivating even a, small crop of these "spirits", certainly all problems of , world domination by a Communist aggressor and , the other fears of the present day would vaniali at once. HoWever, the message of the letter is this: •At the general Meeting of the Whitby Chamber of Commerce held on January 281b, 1954, it was resolved that this Chamber is in favour the sale of yellow coloured margarine. was further resolved that all member Chambers of Commerce and Boards of Trade in the Province of Ontario be approached to, join with the Whitby Chamber of Commerce in mak- ing immediate renresentation to the appropriate local 'Wernher of the Legislative Assembly in order that the sale of yellow coloured margarine be permitted throughout the Province of Ontario and the present absurd and, vexatious anornaly be removed from. the statute books without further delay." Rather a neatly worded resolution, is»'t it? "Absurd and vexatious anomaly"? Do -you know what that means? Do you know what it would mean if yellow margarine were permitted? - We have not yet heard whether the local Chamber of Conunerce intends to support this resolutitin, but we would heartily advise them to consider the matter well before sanctioning it. And in fact we would suggest that the Chamber write a most vigorous letter to the Whitby folk telling them a few facts abput the dairy industry and its connection with the well- being of the country generally. From The .Cocktail Party "Half of the harm that is done in this world -a-LIs due to people who want ,to feel import- , They don't mean to do harm—but the ha`rrn does not interest.them. Or they do not 'see it,, or they )1.latify it Because they are abSofted, in the endlesS struggle To think of thernselves." ' T.S.Bliot. 40 YEARS AGO er public school staff was home over the WeOkend. Clinton juniors defeated $ea- orth 3-2 in Seaforth last Thursday night. Both teams played fagt clean' hockey with the penalties few and far bet -Ween, Clinton line- up: goal,, "rwyford; defence, Cook, Glidden; centre, Elliott; wings, Bown, MeEwan; subs, Streets, Gibbs. • The Clinton News Reeord Thursday, February 5, 1914 On Tuesday, John Govett sus. tained a bad fall while passing up the sidewalk near the water Works powerhouse. It dove him so severe a shake%) that he has been confined to .the house, with a doctor in attendance. The Torrance farm on the Hu- ron Road east, adjoining the corp- oration - of Clinton, 'has' changed hands, Mr. Torrance having dis- posed 'of it to Ernest Mizell, Grey Township, who takes possession in a few weeks. An important advance step tak- en by Clinton merchants is their decision to close their places of business on eaeh evening of the week (except Wednesday and Sat- urday) at 7 o'clock pin. • Mr, and lairs:- A. J, Morrish are moving ,into the Cooper residence on Albert street and Mr. end 'Mrs. R. A, Govier having rented the house just being vacated by Mia Morrish, will shortly take posses- sion. Harry Twitehell is again able to be out after being somewhat in- disposed for a week or so. • The Clinton New Era Thursday, February 5, 1914 Frank McCaughey, Blyth, was a visitor in town on Wednesday. About 30 hockey sports came down • from Goderich to see the Stratford -Clinton hockey match on Monday night. • They were disap- points to see Clinton lose 6-4. Miss Lena Holmes, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holmes, Toronto, formerly of Clin- ton, has passed her intermediate examinations in plane at Toronto Conservatory of Music, being the only one among all the candidates to obtain honours. W. J. Elliott was the only tend- erer for the street snowplowing in Clinton. His rate of 30 cents per hour was accepted. ,Saturday morning about nine o'clock the grey team of J, L. Paisley's attached to the big oil wagon ran away from behind H. Wiltse's store and went up the front street and home. Fortunat- ely the wagon was nearly full of oil and the hard pulling saved the horses and rig from damage. 25 IMARS AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday, February 7, 1929 Mrs. James Lindsay on Sunday next celebrates her 89th birthday and starts upon her 90th year. Miss Madelon Hawkins is spend- ing a couple of weeks with friends in Hamilton and Elmira. Edgar Maguire left this morn- ing to spend a few weeks in New York and Atlantic City. Miss Eva Carter of the Kitchen- s. 'ak‘ea.`e'FORA'•'-' '"- s., NEEDS .PEN PALS . The Editor, • Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: I ant a World War I Atneriean Legion member, I found your place on a Canadian road guide and thought that I would write to you. I would like to hear from a World War I veteran from there. Please send me a copy of your newspaper. We have an activetown, popula- tion 850, on Lincoln Highway .30, 25 miles from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, population 80,000, home of the Quaker Oats Company. We have a large stock sales barn with sales held twice a week, Hog capital of the U$A. Rush Klippinger, R.F.D. mail carrier, World War I veteran, likes to hear from mail carriers. Leon Ralston, World War IT, likes to hear from World War II veterans. Edith B. Holme of our legion post is a World War I overseas nurse, She can't walk and likes to hear from other folks—for pen Pals. . Everett Ferguson, World War 1, likes to hear from World War I veterans. , Rev. 14lekher, Methodist church, Lisbon, Iowa, USA, likes to hear from ministers. Please publish this letter, Yours truly, —LOUIS NICKLE Mechanicsville, Iowa, USA. Ferbuery 3, 1954 READS RAYFIF,LD NEWS The Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: I am renewing my subscription to The Clinton News -Record. The home paper" is looked forward to very eagerly each week and I read it from cover to cover as seen as I get it. I especially appreciate the Bay- field news and Lucy Woods' ef- forts in gathering together so many items that are so interesting to those of us away from home. —MRS. DELBERT HAW (Nina Heard) . R.R. 1, Proton, Ont, February 4, 1954 TAKES PAPER SINCE 1909 The Editor, Clinton News -Record GENTLEMEN: am enclosing a money order for $2.50 for renewal of your pap- er in my name.' The Record has been coming to our family—Wal- lace M. Johnston—ever since we left Hayfield in 1909 and rd hate to miss it. Thank you, • Yours truly, —MRS. G. 11. SQUIRES Corinne, Sask. February 4,1954 OFF MAIN STRFET. • 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record . . Thursday, February 3; 1944 . The annual meeting of the con- gregation of Wesley -Willis United Church held last Tuesday evening was marked by burning the lag of the. promissory notes held a- gainst the church since its erec- tion 15 years ago, Clinton Lions Juveniles scored a win, over Dublin Juveniles, 4-1. Line-up for Clinton: goal, R. WM- ler; defence, J. Elliott, It, Morgan; centre, R. Hanly; wings, L. John- son,R. Churchill; subs M. Fal- coner, F. Fingland, R. Garon; F. McDonald, J. Gibson, R. Dilling, B. Hardy. The Public Utilities Commission have again turned on the lights on the post office clock, Permission was granted the PUC from the Power Controller to illuminate the Clock. Major H. C. Lawson, Woodstock, Spent the weekend in town with Mrs. Lawson and daughter. Able' Seaman Keith Jenks, St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Murray Quaife, Toronto. Miss Greta Taylor, London, was a weekend visitor with her mother, Mrs. Ethel Taylor. E. L. Mittell has gone to Tim- mins where he will reside with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stevens for the time being. Several business places have ex- pressed the wish to again be al- lowed to use their window lights, but we understand that permission has not been granted for this in any of the town. Mr. and Mrs. D. Kay were called to Windsor last week on account of the serious illness of the batter's sister, Mrs. Lena McBride, of that city. •9UIOK QUIZ Whiph has •the greater area, Vancouver or priaee Edward' Is - 2." on, many Canadians. now have iorne form of hospital or medical insurance? 3. Canada's population grows how Math-ea:eh year though natural increase—that is, the excess of births over deaths? 4. Who built the first fort where the city of Winnipeg now, stands? 5. In 1939 goods made in Canadian factories had a gross value of $3.4 bMion. What was the value of the 1952 outpat? , ANSWERS: 5. 516.9 billion. 3. About 270,000. 1. Vancouver Is- land has six times the area of Prince Edward Island, 4. The fur trader, La Verendrye. 2. More than eight million Canadians have hospital or medical insurance. , From 1939 to 1952 the national public debt increased from 53,152 million ,to 511,185 million, 0 Never Place A Want Ad? Why Not Try One? • THE VOICE OF' TEMPERANCE The amount of trouble resulting from the drinking of liquor is der- ectly proportionate to the amount consumed. The amount consumed is directly proportionate to the facilities offered to the Trade by Farreaching scientific re- search has established the above truths. If an Ontario town at present under the LCA votes to close one or more liquor outlets, liquor consumption in that town will certainly decrease, In Huron County, under the CTA no legal outlets for liquor sale exist. Grant- ed a measure of illegal sate, the total consumption in Huron, judged bythe trouble resulting froth drinking here as compared with LCA counties, is comparatively small. The police report for a small neighboring town under the LCA, for the months of September and October 1953, revealed that of 43 cases taken to court, 22 were for infractions of the LCA. This town has at least five legal outlets. No town in Huron County has any such record of crime. This advertisements is inserted by the Huron County Temperance Federation. , • Crop'Report W. Montgomery) 1 Approximately 15 fir 20 Inches of snow fell in sortte of the sec- tions of the county last week and particularly over the weekend. However; with pp-to-Aate snovy,re- moval equipment, farm ineeti,nga held in the county this week Were excerionally well ateended. It' was reported at the eluvial meeting of the Connty Hog '- ducers' Association that weanling pigs were selling at community and farrri sales for as much as $28,50' apiece. Approximately 100 people in- cluding veterinarians, munieipal and Federation of Agriculture of- ficials and farmers attended a gen- eral calfhood vaccination meeting to bear the Provincial Veterinarian explain the calfhood vaccination program which is functioning th,i- Quality Service t Send your Valentine that Card or Gift A Valentine to Suit Your Favourite Friend Individual Cards -- 5c to $1.00 COLOUR YOUR OWN VALENTINES PAINTS and BRUSH INCLUDED $1.49 CUT-OUT BOOKS FOR. THE KIDDIES BOOKS (31 Valentines) 19e — BOXES (10 Valentines) 39e Give Her 'the Newest hi Fragrance PLATINE COLOGNE by DANA 52.50 SOLID COLOGNE -2.25 Purse Size -75e LAVENESQUE by Yardley — $3.50 A new toilet essence that combines the richness of perfume with the freshness of a toilet water, Give Her CHOCOLATES for Valentine's Day — by -- SMILES 'N CHUCKLES All Boxes Valentine Wrapped Heart Shape $1.35 ---- Other Boxes $1.15 up KODAKS — PRINTING and, DEVELOPING — FILMS MAGAZINES — GREETING CARDS C. Newcombe, Phm. 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