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Clinton News Record, 1954-03-18, Page 9tniPDAY,. MARCH 78, 1954' Merger seems to be;(tlae popular ke u,ote' -in Canadian .journalism, ''The Ottawa Citizen has amalgam- etted its morning and evening edi- tions, after 102 years of pubiicat- .ion. .It's the fashion, of course; 'to merge. But, the morning Cit- izen wasn't trying very hard to .stay alive, anyway. It was remin- Eastern Chronicle has written iscent of the last days of the old Finis, to its long history. " The Halifax Chronicle which slipped badly in efficiency during the twilight of its life a few years ago. 'The /Halifax paper is now' called The 'Chronicle-Heraid, but old- -timers know that The Chronicle, 'a Liberal paper, and one of the oldest in the Dominion, has taken little of its political flavor over to the Conservative Herald, in spite of. Nova Scotia's Liberal govern spent. • everidgo) .` 1 Journal The Bulletin died of suc- cess, a rare malady indeed. The paper had expanded to a point where a great amount of money was required to modernize and, to keep up with advancement, but the money was not available. In New Glasgow, N.S., The It was' -different with The Ed- .Ynonton Bulletin, which suspended publication three years ago and :left the field in that expanding Alberta capital entirely to The cause of our decision to cease pub - liking a weekly newspaper," it wrote as its own - epitaph, "is, briefly, the same cause underlying every comparable business decis- ion. We find it unprofitable . We have paid our bills . We do not propose to go into debt. . Pride, sentiment and history will not pay our bills; neither will good wishes and kind words . It is.. cash that is. wanting . , " There may besome consolation in the fact that the first paper ever published in the United Stat- es—The Boston 'Publick Occur- rences Both Foreign and Domes- - NOTICE Clinton Memorial Shop • For the winter months contact J. J. Zapfe, phone Clinton 103. Residence, Rat- tenbury St, East. T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON -- EXETER — SEAFORTII. e.eriiewe•rv07 McKINLEY'S BABY CHICKS CANADIAN APPROVED PUREBRED NEW HAMPSHIRE PUREBRED LIGHT SUSSEX PUREBRED WHITE ROCK N.H. x L.S. CROSSBREDS. N.H. x B.R. CROSSBREDS and our popular THREE- WAY CROSS W. R. x H. S. McKinley's Farm and Hatchery R.R. 1, Zurich 1 to 12-b glib! .one edition:.: Benjamin Harris, the editor of this periodical with the unusual name,. had neglected to get a,license, and the three pages: Of Ills paper (the fourth was Left blank for last' min- ute hand Motes)- were too much of a .crusading nature to suit the col- onial governor. > _ Tt was .padlocked on September 25, 1690. It is sad to see the old journals go: But "publishing is.. big bus iness these days. There;. are few er than 100 dailies in Canada and only about 1,000 weeklies (the newest of these is The Loyalist of Saint John, NB.), but only the larger cities can support—or are supporting—more than one daily newspaper. A monopoly seems to be the on- ly satisfactory economic. assurance. At least, Roy Thompson, Canada's Cinderella publisher and owner of Canada's oldest paper, The Que- bec Chronicle -Telegraph, founded in 1764, maintains ,an English- speaking monopoly in all his Cana- dian newspapers towns, except Vancouver; Thompson has now acquired an interest in several Scottish newspapers (The Edin- burgh Scotsman) and has taken. upresidence in Scotland. - It has. been suggested, with tongue in cheek, that Mr. Thompson is look- ing forward to a baronetcy, in the manner of Lord -Beaverbrook. And perhaps the cynics will. be sur- prised. Even the book vendors are em- ploying gimmicks this year. You will remember some time ago I mentioned the magazine "Gentry", a high class quarterly which has tittle packages of seeds pasted to pages on which garden stories ap- pear. Well, an American publish- er of thrillers (62 million paper backed mystery books were bought by Americans- between 1945 and 1951) has something of the same idea when he supplies his readers with nerve tonics and sleeping tablets. At the end of each excit- ing chapter a notice like this ap- pears? "Should you desire to go to bed after having read this chapter, and to enjoy an undis- turbed–night's rest, please take one of the attached tablets." • Canadians will be doing a lot of grumbling when the price of post- age stamps goes up this spring. The General Post Office of Brit- ain, where penny post was intro- duced in 1840, is such a good money maker that the govern- ment took as much as £40,000,000 out of the surplus in 1944 for the national war effort, Of course, the G.P.O. also owns the National Telephone Company. In the old days, postage on let- ters.was paid by the addressee ac- cording to the number of pages. On one occasion the poet Coler- idge ("Rime of the Ancient 'Mar- iner") was passing by a cottage when he overheard a woman tel- ling the postman that she could not accept a letter he had for her because she could not afford it. But after she had examined it carefully before the light — and then returned it to the carrier — Coleridge gave the postman a shilling and handed the letter to INTON TTEW$-unoonD feptunes PAGE NINA tick'' urvived , or li Supplementing Lancaster aircraft but not replacing h entirely, the RCAF will, within ' a few'months, P Neptune tem ]nave d - twine -engine piston -driven aieraft:.in use: by its Maritime squad- rons, The Neptune will meet the need arising from the increasing importance of maritime reconnaissance and the development of new airborne weapons. The Neptune,, which is a medium -range aircraft; is already in use by the US Navy and the RAF. (National Defence Photo) the woman. Afterwards the wo- man, though grateful, explained thatthe letter had^been from her brother who wrote her every three months. They had; an arrange- ment, so as not to cause her.ex- pense, whereby lie sent a blank sheet of paper which • meant he was well. With this information obtained by looking through the paper, there was no need to pay for it. It would not be practical for everyone, but in the case of David Snoddy, wholives in the highlands of Sutherland -a place too remote for regular postmen—it is cheaper for the G.P.O. to adapt its methods to the situation. Twice a week, Snoddy rows across Loch Shin to fetch his own mail. He is paid ten shillings a week for serving himself, but even this is cheaper than keeping a post office. , Writing is always going through a stage. That is, we seem to go through eras in which a particular theme is more popular than oth- ers. For instance, Sir Walter Scott carried the romantic novel into the 19th Century and Anthony Trollope and Fanny Burney kept young emotions fluttering in stor- ies which jockied for the dominat- ing place in popular tastes with mystery novels from Edgar Wal- lace and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "Northwest Passage" and "Gone With the Wind" established the historical novel and full -bosomed book jackets in the late thirties, and though the historical novel is still popular it has moved in and out of top position while the psychological novel, the "how -to- do -it" books, the biography, auto- biography, and "how -I -did -it" ef- 1� theolul tE16�0o oc1kl10NS woo 3h.�ac '3-ke.Aey ,a. 'auCt%L Ai2ce /t' •AW1 JOAN WILL, of Nelson, B.C. ttGeses CONtRp6 And You.. Young women nowbservingin the RCAF enjoy unusual opportunities — a life that combines travel, companionship, valuable training, important aviation duties, equal pay with r'%m'en.and.a worthwhile target -- a part in the defence of freedom! Aft, OU. If you are a young woman of high purpose, are between 18 and 29 andthave Grade 9 education, the equivalent or better, find out today about the opportunities for you in the RCAF. There are TARGET important openings now in 'the clerical, technical, administrative and medical,branches al:Canada's Air Force. FOR ALL:THE FACTS, SEE, WRITE OR TELEPHONE THE CAREER COUNSELLOR AT YOUR NEAREST RCAF RECRUITING UNIT '.OR 'MAIL THE COUPON TODAY! pt 0 ongio FREEDOM Director of PersonnelManningj, I RCAF Headquarters, Ottawa. Please mall 10 me, without obligation, full particutlars 1 1 regardi,og enrolment requirements and openings now 1 '. I available in the R.C.d,P. I 1 NAME (Please Print) 1 (Surname) (Chr, stian Name) 1 1 STREET ADDRESS 1 CITY PROVINCE 1•EOUCA'1ION (by grade and province) ,.....,... 1 AGE t. cer,,,.,w4 I. forts — and now science fiction — made their own appeal to the reading public. I have omitted another cate gory—the religious novel. There have been some good ones in the history of literature, but never was this particular kind of story quite so fascinating to so many as it is now. Lloyd C. Douglas was for a long while unexcelled in this field, but some of the best writers are turning to the affairs of the spirit, sometimes in their first and sometimes in their last bids for immortality. People apparently need religion, need to .pe shown the way. While they won't go to church, they are anxious enough to read such books as "A Man Called Peter", "The Greatest Faith Ever Known", "The Silver Chalice" and "The Enchant- ed Cup", and willing to pay boost- ed prices to see such stories as "The Robe" on wide screens. 'Al- most one-third of the books on the current bestseller list have a religious theme. The book market is made up of two stable commod- ities—religion and sex. Today, re- ligion has the edge. In Canada, while many people have still not availed themselves of the opportunity, to reach Archer Wallace's inspiring "Autograph of God", Ryerson has brought out another little volume ($2) by the same author—"I believe in Peo- ple." These Archer Wallace books are all alike. That is why they are so good. Few men (save a few like Harry Emerson Fosdick and the late William L. Stidger) have quite the capacity to tell others—though they be sailing in different ships— how they may arrive safely at the same' destination. Another book from the same press is "A Padre's Pilgrimage", by George O. FalIis. The great Canadian preacher, chaplain of the army, wrote this book into his diaries and sermons, and it is a pity that he did not live to know how much inspiration his pilgrim- age is bringing to new friends. .+-.•a��a- t VARNA Misses Mary and Margaret Me- Clymont, Toronto, visited at the home of their parents over the weekend, Lenten Sersiees Week -night services are being held alternately at the Varna and Goshen United Churches. This week at Varna the service is be- ing held on Thursday at 8 p,m. Bed Cross Executive The Varna Branch of the Can- adian Red Cross Society held its annual meeting in the township hall, Varna, on Monday evening lastOfficers elected for 1954 are as follows: president, George Reid; vice-presidents, John McAsh and Fred McClymont, The resig- nation of the secretary -treasurer, Miss Rachel Johnston, was accept- ed with regret and a vote of ap- preciation was sent to her for ser- vices over the past number of years and also her speedy recovery was wished for. It was decided to make the yearly canvass of the community and canvassers were appointed. "Please have your do- nation ready when they call in the near future." The objective for the branch is $250. Library Annual The annual meeting of the Lib- rary Association was held on Mon- day, March 15 at the home of the librarian, Mrs. Elizabeth Beatty. The report for 1953 was read by Miss Edith Beatty and the board for 1954 appointed. Following this meeting the board met and ap- pointed Rev. T. J. Pitt as chair- man and Miss Edith Beatty as sec- retary. The circulation of books from the library for 1953 was 4,000. Seven schools in the township are There over2,000 supplied earewith suitable on the library shelves, s strted in�1921, anhe d sincerthatwatime has performed a worthwhile service to the community. Besides the grants it receives, it is.financed by sub- scription from those who borrow books. The modest fee of $1 per annum is charge for each family. For 1953 thirty families subscrib- ed. Hope was expressed in the annual meeting that more. resi- dents would subscribe. There are links to meet the needs of all, and the library should rodeive more support than it has been receiving in the past. The libraty -room. is located in the' home of -Mrs. Elizabeth Beatty who for a number of years has been our efficient librarian. She attained her 89th birthday recent- ly and has received the congrat- ulations of her many friends, Your Canadian Red Cross stock- piles, emergency relief supplies in France, Switzerland, Turkey and Australia for immediate disaster assistance to any nation in the • ountry ' `omen ` Uri; ersity Established °Adult Education Ini these days ' pular interest new fabrics and how''to buy in adult dYs oft'op e uea roc , we might well take a look at a', piece of adult education that has been go- ing on for 57 years—the educa- tional programme of theWgmen's Institutes. Every month of the year some 1,500 groups of rural women in Ontario meet together in a home or • a hall, and their programme is likely to relate to borne economics or health or agri- culture or education or citizen- ship. Along' with this the Insti- tutes have access to a government educational service that provides a pretty liberal education. The Clinton Women's Institute meets in the Agricultural Office Board Room, and is headed by Nfrs. C. Sturdy. The extension services provided by the Women's Institute Branch of, the Ontario Department of Ag- riculture are not intended for In- stitute' members alone, They are for all rural women. The local Institute is the agency that spon- sors the service, provides the hall or other place where ,a course is to be given and invitein all the women of the community. And what do they learn? In earlier days extension courses were mostly in foods and cooking, sewing and home nursing. These subjects are still among the most popular. It seems, the better cook a woman is the more she wants to learn about it, so both experienc- ed and inexperienced homemakers come to hear how to feed their families to keep them well, how to get their money's worth in buying food, how to have a variety of food the year round by canning or freezing, to get some new ideas for supper dishes or oven meals. There is a course especially for young mothers on food for child- ren; and a course that usually causes a good deal of amusement —'Your Food and Your Figure". Education in clothing is not limited to sewing. There are courses in dressmaking and mak- ing clothes for children—a special service for young mothers; but the women also learn all about the team, clothes and the types of clothes most becoming to them, most suit- able .'for . the wear they have to give them, Right along the lines of onto - deal homemaking many women are adding to their own educa- tion by leading Girls' Homemak- ing Clubs. Last year, under the Junior Extension Service of the Women's Institute Branch, 5,594 Ontario girls in homemaking clubs Were trained in foods and clothing and gardening and being good hostesses. - County Home. Econ- omists (in Huron, Miss Jean Steckle), Sq ervised the work and women of the community acted as local leaders. A registered nurse teaches the women home nursing, general health education and, how to safe- guard a home against accidents. There are classes in home furnish- ing and all sort of homecrafts from needlepoint and rug -making to leatherwork. A psychologist is . • in great demand for courses in family relationships, child guid- ance, understanding the teenager —and indeed to help women to understand themselves and why they sometimes act the way they do. The homekeeping woman in the Women's Institute is very much aware that she has responsibilities outside her home, so at the wo- men's own request the government hprovided n�urses in •bcship,culualinteress, pu speaking, how to conduct meet- ings and in general how to he an efficient club woman. When the Women's Institute ex- tension service included only what were considered "practical" sub- jects it gave .the rural woman what the city woman could get in a technical school. .As the ser- vice has broadened enough through the years it now gives the rural woman something in the nature of a university education. 0 - There are 22 young women serv- ing in the Far East as members of Canadian Red Cross welfare Contract barley We are again taking contracts for barley, as the quantity of seed is limited. Contract early and be sure you can get enough for acreage desired. Fred O. Ford Phone 123W Clinton FARMERS Wo are shipping cattle every Saturday for United Co-operatives of Ontario and solicit your patronage. Wo will hick them up at your farrow. Please PIIONI3 COLLECT not later than Friday nights. Seaforth Farmers Co-operative 11. S. Hunt, Manager Phone --Day 9, Evenings 4811v II 29-tfb (i LATEST MOD l S LOWEST PROM 1953 Chevrolet Sedan 153 Dodge Sedan 6-1952 Chevrolet Sedans and Coaches 1952 Pontiac Sedan 1951 Chevrolet l'eluxe Sedan, fully equipped 1951 Fleetline Chevrolet Power -Glide Sedan, fully equipped 2--1950 Chevrolet Station. Wagons 1950 Plymouth Sedan 1949 Chevrolet Fleetleille Sedan 1949 Dodge Sedan 2-1948 Chevrolet Fleetline Coaches 1948 Chevrolet Sedan 1946 Pontiac Five Passenger Coupe 1946 Chevrolet Sedan, Special at $395. 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