Clinton News Record, 1954-07-29, Page 2PAGE TWO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
`.THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1954
Clinton Nevus - Re c ord
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
First issue June 6, 1865
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
First issue (Huron News -Record)
January 1'881
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, ,Canada, In the Heart of Huron County
THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1954
LONG HOLIDAYS
NEVER DOES the question of- a holiday dur- Then, every four years, when leap year
ang the wee arise, but someone insists rolled around, there Would be a chance for
an-
other t
ether world holiday and this would possibly be
held at the end of June.
Now if this ever is put into effect, and we
can see no adequate objection to it, we can see
a host of advantages.-
For instance — just consider the host of
children who so far have been taught rhymes
to make reason out of to -day's calendar, That
one that starts, "30, days hath September", is
probably the more popular. Figured at a low
estimate of ten minutes teaching, time per
classroom, of which there are probably some
270 in Huron County alone, that means about
2700 minutes, or 45 hours teaching: time in
our own County. Cost of, actualtime a teacher
teaches, works • out to about $2.00 an hour, which
means roughly $90 for the teaching of this
very necessary bit of information, without which
a person is handicapped for the rest of his life.
Figure it out for all the counties in Ontario,
and throughout the rest of the world, and the
figure,.is tremendous.
This is only one' example of the saving
which could be achieved through merely chang-
ing the calendar to this new style.
that the only sensible way should be to have
all holidays planned for ;the closest Monday.
Traffic experts contend that this is not the
mostsafe solution, since the traffic over a long
three-day weekend also builds up the.number
of accidents throughout the period, However,
-people will always be wanting better holidays,
and perhaps the long• weekend, which some-
times can be stretched to a week and a half
With a bit of juggling with a regular vacation,
i5 the most sought-after way of achieving them.
With this in view, and also with the
thought in mind of the amount of worries it
would save the average book-keeper, we would
like to side in with those folks who are sug-
gesting a new calendar, so arranged as to
have all dates fall on the same days each year.
The snappiest idea for this new calendar
is that it creates a world holiday every year
around about New Year's Day, when everyone
could get together for a day of fun or rest,
as they chose. We understand that with this,
new calendar there would be eight months with
30 days, and every third month would have 31
days.' This totals to 364, so there would be one
day left over for this world holiday. •
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From Our E�r1y Files
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, July 23, 1914
Several rinks of bowlers, went
to Seaforth Monday and played af-
ternoon and evening games. The
skips in the afternoon were:
Messrs J. T. Harland, J. Taylor, P.
Towne, A. J. Morrish and Nelson
Bali and in the evening the skips
were: J. T. Harland. 3. Watt, J.
E. Cantelon and N. Ball. Seaforth
Was several points up at the con-
clusion of the day.
The Grand Trunk Railway is
making long past due repairs
about their local freight sheds
and at the passenger station they
are .laying down a cement walk.
Miss Winnie Thompson, who
taught at Sarnia last term,. has
been engaged to -teach in the prim-
ary room of the Model School for
the coming year.
Misses Viola and Florence Rowe
are visiting Exeter friends. :
H. E, Rorke and little MissFlor-
ence were evening visitors to Lon-
don on Monday, returning Tuesday
morning.
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, July 23, 1914
ronto Normal.
The Stevenson -Harris Company
have moved their knitting mach-
ines from the premises occupied by
the company over Aiken's harness
shop to their new factory.
Rev. J. E. Hogg and Misses Hel-
en Nediger, Grace Hellyar, Wil-
helmina Trewartha, Kathleen
Cameron and Irene Vodden reg-
istered at the summer school at
Goderieh last week.
Miss Minnie Kerr, who has been
the successful teacher of the first
room in the Public School has ac-
cepted a room in one of the
schools at Brantford at an increas-
ed salary..
Otto Fink of town is playing
with the Wingham lacrosse ,team
this year.
The CCI board has engaged R.
W. Fleming, B.A., as science mast-
er for the coming term at a ,salary
of $1,300. Mr. Fleming hs had
12 years experience as teacher in
various grades and is now taking
a course at the OAC.
This week the Hensel' Observer
enters its 20th year. The New Era
hopes the editor and paper con-
tinue prosperity so that they may
see the jubilee year.
Most of the hay is in the barn
and in good shape.
George Roberton attended the'
annual outing of the London Life
at Niagara -on -the -Lake a week
ago and reports having an excel-
lent time.
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, July 25, 1929
The following local students,
who attended Normal School, were
successful in their examinations:
Misses Violet Watkins, Edith
Stanbury, Jean McEwan, who at-
tended Stratford Normal School,
and Messrs Arthur.Lyon and Neil
Matheson, who attended the To -
-10 YEARS AGO
Clinton' News -Record
Tlturaday, July 20, 1954
The police committee of Huron
County Council met on Tuesday
and passed the'following motion:
'That the position of
traffic of-
ficer be abolished and that Nor-
man Lever, who has held the posi-
tion since 1921, be given one
month's pay in lieu of notice, the
obolition to take place immediat-
may,'
Rev. and Mrs. D.' J. Lane will
take up residence in the Prehby-
terian manse in Clinton. Rev. Lane
is the minister of Clinton Presby-
terian Church.
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Members of. Present 11 of NI Staff.
Two things bring smiles to the staff at the Clinton Branch, Bank of Montreal, this week,
First of importance in history,is the fact that this1coming Sunday is the 75th, anniversary of the
Branch. Of perhaps more interest to.the staff, this Saturday is.the first on which Clinton banks
will 'be closed.
Cheerfully ready to serve customers, are, left to right (back row), Audrey Oliver, June Man-
ning; Roy Sharp, teller; Edna Lightfoot and Jane' Hartley; (front row) Clifford W. Pratt, account-
ant; Helen Cook, teller; George. McPherson, chief clerk. (Photo by Hodges)
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`Pioneer;. Banking •
The ,forward-looking spirit of
the B of M stems from the earliest
traditions of the parent bank,
which was founded in 1817. With-
in
ithin a fortnight of its establishment,
Canada's first bank introduced the
branch -banking system: This flex-
ible and trustworthy type of or-
ganization has long since proven
a mainstay of the nation's -relative
stability in economic affairs. In
its first year, the bank also is-
sued Canada's earliest native cur-
rency and became the colonial
government's domestic banker.
In the opening up of the West,
Bank of Montreal branches pion-
eered in many frontier settle-
ments. The bank also played an
important part in financing Can-
ada's first transcontinental rail-
way„ the Canadian Pacific.
Today there are 'over -600 B of
M offices strategically located in
every section of this country, with.
224 of them in the province of
Ontario. This network, combined
with the bank's long-established
business connections around the
world, enables the Clinton branch
to offer its customers a complete
banking service for both their
personal and business needs. Mr.
Morlok, the manager, can call im-
mediately on B of M head office
departments for any specialized
information that is required.
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Canadian public libraries carry
6,800,000 books. •
THE VOICE OF
TEMPERANCE
In 1932 there were 313 women
in Ontario convicted of drunken-
ness, out of a female population of
1,085,214. Twenty, years later, 'in
1952, there were 2,439 convicted
out of a female population of 1,-
554,593. Any connection between
these statistics and the act that
beer parlours were authorized in
Ontario in 1934, and Cocktail Bars
in 1947? In 1952 the total sale of
brewery products in Canada was
nearly 2% times the figure for
1942. The brewers have always
planned skilfully for the future.
They are still doing so. Today's
youth, boys' and girls, are tomor-
row's beer drinkers, No secret is
made of the plans being made to
assure a steady supply of drinkers.
"We are catering to the younger
generation. To appeal to the 21,
22 and 23 year old group, who are
Clinton 1 of M
Blessed With
Unique Location
The location and construe
tion of the local Branch of
the B of M, "My Bank" is
fairly unique.
Sandwiched . between the
rapidly converging ' Highwaya
8 and 4, the Bank of Montreal
building narrows to a blunt
point at the north west end.
In this narrow part of the
bank's premises is the manag-
er's office, just to the left of
the entrance door.
In the, main part of the
building, the employees world
with their backs to Highway,
8, and wide windows there,
provide plenty of light in al -
Most any kind of weather.
The red brick of Clinton _
Branch erected in 1903, makes
a cheerful welcome to both
the casual and the regular
visitor.
Crop Report
(By G. W. Montgomery)
Outbreaks of armyworms were
still occurring in the county at
the end orlast week. Poison bran
baits using 50 per cent wettable
DDT at two pounds per acre
where the infestation is not heavy
and spraying with aldrin at two
quarts in 20-30 gallons of water
per acre for heavy infestation
gives fairly effective control. " Oat
and barley ,fields have suffered
the most damage but the worms
are now attacking flax andcorn
crops.
used to soft drinks, we are row
brewing. a light palatable beer—
taking the place, in their case; of
a bitter beer which they will
not drink." A Kitchener Brew -
master is quoted here—part of a
speech which he made to a Kiwan-
is Club ... "He crashed into the
railway gates, both officers said the
accused was drunk; 'I had had two
beers but I was not drunk'." Per-
haps
enhaps it was the light palatable
beer. For beer de-bittered, is still
beer, an alcoholic beverage.
(This advertisement is inserted
by the Huron County Temperance
Federation.) 30-b
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It was shortly alter Confederation when the local branch
of the .Bank of Montreal first opened for business. That
was in the candlelight`days before electricity, when vehicles
were horse-drawn.
"But I'm straying.' I was talking about the Bank of
Montreal in this community. That banking office was
originally a branch of the 'Molsons Bank, which later
became part of the B of M. -It began bete in ... let's see
thanks, that's right ... in 1879 — August 1st, to be exact.
"Started off in a two-storey brick building on Mitten -
bury Street, facing the Public Library, and in 1903 the
present premises were acquired.
"MY BANK"
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"Man, do you know that makes 75 years that the people
of Clinton have been dealing with the old bank ... It's a
long time and we've seen progress — and shared in it, too,
through working together,"
Yes, here and throughout the length and breadth of
Canada, the Bank of Montreal has grown with thecommunity,
sharing in its growing pains as well as in its achievements.
And, in hamlets and villages, towns and cities, the B of M
is still pioneering with the men and women who are building
the Canada of tomorrow...
BANK OF MONTREAL
elo:ad4Q 7Gtet '44
Clinton Branch:
WILLIAM MORLOK, Manager
WORKING WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OF LIFE SINCE
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