Clinton News Record, 1954-09-23, Page 2#sAt E"FW
IN'l.'ON..NE'WS-RECORD
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1954 ,.•
7"i1E CLINTON NEW ERA,
'first issue June 8. 1865
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD`
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January 1'8s1
Amanlgamated 1924
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1954.„
THE PARKING PROBLEM
IT'S ALL VERY WELL to insist that there
is no parking problem in Clinton. Tice
fellows that tell you that, are the ones who
come: to work early :when the streets are
pretty well empty -park the car in front of
their store—then spent the morning inside
the store or office without going out until
noon. Then they drive home at noon, when
the streets are as empty as in the ;horning—
come back again after lunch before the, farm
folk and other purchasers come into town—
and park in front of the store or office again,
without looking out until six' o'clock. For
them there is no parking problem.
But "they" are a mighty short-sighted
bunch. The block in which the Clinton New*,
Record is situated, was termed this week by
a customer of • ours, as the "worst block in
town to find a parking spot." Right at that
time it was—and probably isa great many
times during the day. Without checking dos-
ely we looked out the window to see at least
five cars, which we knew belong to merchants
or their employees in this block. Besides that
there were three half -ton trucks double-
parked in front of the theatre, whose owners
had stopped to watch the unusual sight of
two tow trucks pulling a transport out of the
BOU
THERE ARE STILL a high quota of bounders
going the rounds, pretending to sell some-
thing which is not much good, or else does
not even exist. •
Some of the bounders we have read about
are the lads who solicit advertising for a
Police Journal, and though the Journal cer-
tainly exists, the lads in question merely
pocket the cash, and the ads never appear in
the book. Other fellows out for easy money
without regard for a homeowner's pocketbook,
are those phony magazine salesmen who make
life difficult for the bona fide salesmen; the
boys who offer a chimney repair job which
is not effective, but very expensive; and of
course, others, too numerous to mention.
Perhaps the most novel, and perhaps most
unusual type of salesmen reported this . last
week are two men operating in the area be-
tween here and Goderich, pretending to be
NOT THRO
THERE IS A VERY STARK LESSON for
Canadians in the present condition of this
country's textile industry. In 1951 the Canad-
ian textile industry was supplying 66 per cent
of the domestic market and employing 102,000
workers. Today it is supplying only 55 per
cent of Canada's own needs, and employs
80,000 workers.
This is not through choice. The textile
industry is slipping back because of competi-
tion from abroad. Clothing made in Japan,
for instance, sells cheaper in Canada than
clothing made in Canada. The reason for
this is not that Canadian manufacturers are
getting richer 'than the Japanese manufactur-
ers but that labor costs are many times greater
in Canada than in Japan.
Labor costs in Japan are lower because
TITLE
vacant -lot near -by, and our customer's own
car double-parked in front of our shop, where
he had to stay unlesshe wished to walk a
block and a half.
We know it was bad,' because at 'a little
before nine o'clock, when we drove into town
'determined to park near the office just once
because it was raining so hard, and we had
religiously parked off the main street for the
past several. weeks, (we felt it was our turn)
-there was no place to park' even at that
hour.
Where did the merchants hope to have
their customers park? Or were they just
concerned with keeping dry themselves, and
to heck with the customers? That seems more
likely.
This attitude of "me first"; on the part
of Clinton's merchants and their helpers is
not doing our town any good. The reputation
of a town rests so very much upon the feeling
of welcome which visitors receive when they
visit here. The frustration felt by a would-be
customer, who walks a block through the rain
to shop only to find the shop -keeper's car in
front of the place he wants to go, must be
appreciated.
NDERS
salesmen for Workmen's Compensation., Of
course, there ' is no such thing, legally.
Workmen's Compensation is a type . of
protection which . no farmer or businessman
who hires anyone else should be without. The
cost is nominal, and payment in case of acci-
dent is immediate. The Workmen's Compen-
sation Act is a governmental one, and the
Act is administered by the government. Any-
one wishing to take out protection under the
Act does so direct. There are no salesmen
on the road to promote it.
This of course, all goes to say that the
homeowner, businessman, in fact everyone—
is advised to keep on the lookout for any
stranger with a "scheme". The old .warning
holds true—"Buy at home". If you need
advice get it from dealers you know. Don't
trust the man who comes to your door with
a wonderful idea and an impressive sales talk.
Your hard-earned cash is what he is after.
UGH CHOICE
the Japanese have a much lower standard of
living. They do not drive motor cars or have
telephones or refrigerators or television sets.
They make enough to provide them with the
bare necessities and that is all. One 'way we
can compete with goods from 'Japan—and from
other low living standard countries—is to re-
duce our own standard of living. No one in
his right mind wants to do that,
Another way 'is to protect our home manu-
lecturer by means of reasonable import duties.
At present Canada's customs duties are among
the lowest in the world. An increase would
definitely not put us into the "high tariff" or
"protectionist" group. A healthy textile in-
dutry is essential to our national prosperity
and safety. It is up to us to protect it. And
the sante is true of many mord of our manu-
facturing industries.
DOES NOT ENTITLE
The editor of the Ingersoll Tribune,
(Miss Irma Hutt) says very neatly, some-
thing we have thought true for some time:
aSOMEHOW we cannot get excited about
any "group" --men and women belonging
to one trade or profession—demanding certain
salaries. We just " cannot bring ourselves to
believe that the right to call Oneself a car-
eenter, ,teacher, motor mechanic or a ditch -
digger, automatically entitles one to a certain
scaIe of wages, What should matter is whether
or not one is a good carpenter, teacher, me-
chanic or ditch -digger,
"In recent meetings, the Canadian Teach-
ers' Federation has decided that teachers' pay
is too low. In some cases, it undoubtedly is.
There are many fine teachers in this country
who should be receiving salaries commensur-
ate with the important job they are doing.
Some of them are getting such salaries; others
are not. But not all teachers are good teachers
Vatican Approves
THIS NEW CALENDAR business we hear
so much about, has been planned for many
years but not until the Vatican indicated ap-
proval in principle a few weeks ago was there
much hope of .widespread acceptance. ' Now
the United Nations has taken up the idea and
the views of all established governments are
to be sought.
To make the transition .smooth, a year
would have to be selected where the first
day of the present calendar falls on a Sunday.
That would be in 1961.
Main advantage claimed for the reformed
calendar are simplicity and regularity. Quar-
ters would be identical and dates would fall
on the same week day each year. July 1 for
example would always come on a Sunday.
May 25 on 'a Friday and Christmas on a
Monday. There would be four months, Jan-
uary, April, July and October of 31 days each. -
All others -would have 30 days.
The extra day February 29 in a leap
year and the present 365th would be called
world days, and designated general holidays.
—Joe Greenblat, in the Swift Current Sun,
and in this present day, when there are not
enough to go around, it would 'seem that good
or bad, teachers are assured of a job. They
need not even make any marked attempt to
became better teachers; in many places, pro-
vided they are not definitely' bad, all that' is
required for automatic increases in salary, is
time. And in Ontario,according to press re-
ports, the average salary for teachers in 1953
was $2,771.
"There are many men, and women working
in Ontario, with educational qualifications
equal. to that of teachers; who do not receive
$2,771 for a 50 -week -year (and- in some cases
a. six -day -week, too).
"No, we can't get excited over the poor
Leachers as a group. We feel that in the long
run the ,good teachers will move to the top,.
monetarily, and as for those in the lower
brackets, the title "teacher" should not auto-
matically entitle them to more."
No Grounds For The Howl
(Ridgetown Dominion)
IN THIS COLUMN recently we mentioned
differences of statements about the St.
Lawrence Seaway appearing in one daily
paper, the claims of its feature writers being
flatly contradicted in the editorial columns.
Brought to our attention since has been an.
• article in the same week's issue of the Finan-,
dal, Post which confirms the editorial stand.
From the factual presentation, and the maps
accompanying, it is hard to' see any ground at
all for the claim that Canada is knuckling
under to the U.S. in disgraceful fashion. It
appears that the only major change is that
the canal and locks bypassing the power dam
at Barnhart Island will be built by the U.S.
o. the American side, and in accepting this
Canada -has plainly reserved the right to dup=
llcate the work on the Canadian side if and
when she chooses.
At Iroquois, Canada says in effect "O.K.,
if you want to build up your side, hop to,it'.
We're building on our own side anyway
We don't see much selling . out to the
Yanks in that.
40 YEARS AGO'
The 'Clinton . NeWs-Redord
Thursday, September: 4.7, ' 1914
W. S. Downs has sold his house
on ,Victoria- Street to Joseph,
Wheatley.
Mr. and 'Sirs. Charles Wiltse
have, taken up their abode in the
Scotchmer cottage on Albert St.
Rev. J. Greene 'has the cement
foundation built for a new com-
modious verandah at the front 6f
his residence on Huron Street.
The very many friends of James
Hearn in, about and far from Clin-
ton will be sorry to learn that he
is not enjoying his former robust
health.
J. P. Cole has had his barn re-
fitted and with cement flooring,
etc., in the stabling it is now quite
up-to-date.
John Connell has had his barn
rebuilt,'so it will be seen that the
farmers in that corner of Goderich
Township are progressive.
Mr. and, Mrs. John Fraser re-
turned to their home the past
week after an absence ' of a few
months in the West.
' The Clinton `New Ero
Thursday, September 17, 1914
A. Case, proprietor of the Clin-
ton evaporator, has opened up the
evaporator for the coming season.
Doreen Stephenson, while in the
gymnasium of CCI, fell while
swinging off one of the ladders.
She got a severe crack on the
head, a sprained wrist and several
scratches and bruises.
James Smith is having his house
repainted.
Thomas Hawkins has had his
house painted, and with all the
other improvements added, Mr.
Hawkins is now possessor of a
modern home in every detail.
'At eight o'clock Saturday night
Sir Adam Beck, chairman of the
Ontario Hydro -Electric Commis-
sion, turned a switch which il-
luminated Windsor with electric
power generated at Niagara Falls,
250 miles away. •
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, September 19, 1929
Jean Plumsteel is supplying on
the Public School staff owing to
Miss Wiltse's absence through ill-
ness.
The fire alarm sounded about
ten o'clock on Monday evening,
fire having been discovered in J.
Rands' blacksmith shop, Isaac St.
It was very quickly got under
control.
Jean McLean has taken a posi-
tion in the office of the Stevenson -
Harris Co.
Ray Rumball, who has been in
Montreal for some time, has been
given a promotion by the Bell
Telephone Company, and on the
first of the month takes the ^ posi-
tion of divisional superintendent
for. the Eastern division with head-
quarters at Ottawa.
Harry Watkins and Thomas
Crane,, Chatham, spent the week-
end at the home of the formers.
parents, 'Slee` and Mrs. J. Watkins,
Mr. and Mrs. John Schoenhals
haye gone to Halifax to visit their
daughter, Mrs. W. E. O'Neil.
Cecil Farnham, Kitchener, who
met with an accident while out on
his motorcycle a couple of, weeks
ago, is visiting bis mother in town.
The local hydro commission has
procured a small motor truck for
use in its business. The mechanical
staff was often handicapped by
failure to secure the serdices of a
dray or a horse when needed, now
it has its own conveyance.
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton ' News -Record
Thursday, September • 7, 1944
Mr, and Mrs. Harry Fitzsimons
received anairmail letter froth
their son, Norman,who is' in
France. The letter took only three
days to come,
Colonel. B, Combe and Mrs.
Combe received word on Wednes-
day morning that their only son,
Lieut. Owen Combe, was killed in
action.
Mrs. Beaton spent the weekend
with her daughter, Mrs. C. E.
Moffatt,. near Sarnia.
Frank Trewartha spent the past
week with Mr, and Mrs. Howard
Trewartha before returning 'to
Kingston.
Pte. W. Ferguson, 48th High-
landers, )las returned to Camp
Borden after spending a leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd
Ferguson.
Mrs. E. J. McBrien, who has
beena patient in Clinton Public
Hospital during the past seven
weeks, is now at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. Melvin Crich.
Miss Ruth Harris has taken a
position in Campbell's Drug Store
in Goderich.
Miss Lois Connell was in Toron-
to last week, the guest of Miss
Peggy Kitty.
Pte. A. B. Corless is spending a
leave with his wife and little dau-
ghter, Susan.
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes,
Miss Gertrude and Miss Pauline
Johnson, London, spent the week-
end and holiday with friends in
Toronto.
Miss Phyllis Middleton has re-
turned from Stratford, where she
was supervisor of the Crehan
Memorial Playground during July
and August and has taken over her
duties as teacher at S.S. No. 9.
PETER, of the BACK SHOP
Hello, all you cheese eaters! Be-
fore we get to the meat of the
matter of to -day's discussion, this
mouse wants to remind everyone,
everywhere, that October is the
recognized month of Cheese Fest-
ival. In October, every year the
producers of cheese and the dairy-
men who supply the milk which is
used in Cheese, make a special ef-
fort to present the facts and fig-
ures about Cheese. They hope that
everyone will eat a little more.
Personally, this mouse hopes that
he'll be able to eat a little more
cheese in October, too.
i, +k *
But, the main thing we
wanted to mention this week,
was a matter of vital import-
ance to everyone. This is that
Christmas is coming. As in-
evitably as rain from the sky,
and puddles on the sidewalk,
that great birthday and day of
rejoicing will be here ,before
we all know it.
* * ,*
We'd like to mention this week,
as we have for the past two years,
the fact that in preparation for
that great day, there is a great
deal of work to be done. In fact
a very great deal of work, And
before the Christmas cake and
puddings are baked, and plans are
made for visitors and visiting,
there are Christmas Cards to send,
* *
Everybody and his uncle
will be expecting to get a
great sheaf of the things in
the mail sometime within the
last two weeks before Decem-
ber 25. Of course, it is a
sentimental custom, and Millie
grumbles and says it's a lot of
bother—but still, it's nice to
get a few cards in the mail.
And just about the only way to
insure the fact that a lot of cards
will be received, is to send out a
great sheaf of them yourselves.
Ah, there's the rub. It's a tedious
task going to the store, and pick-
ing out the card that's just right
for Aunt Nellie, and pretty little
cards for all the nieces, and a
hefty man-size card for Cousin
Joe. Why not change your tac-
tics, a little?
,. u= *
When you get your Christ-
mas cards in the mail, you like
to be reminded of the person
that sends them, don't you?
Well, then.. Why not stop try-
ing to find cards that fit the
personality of the people that
you're sending to, and instead,
pick out a card that fits you!
Then when your card reaches
the place its intended for, Cou-
sin Joe will pick it tip, and
say, "That's from Jim.' And
he remembers you right away.'
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What we're trying to get around
to is to say that to pick out a
card that fits your personality
right to a "T", just drop into the
News -Record office and pick out
the one you like best. The boys
will print your name on the in-
side, with a wee message, if you
want one. Your work is half done
for you, because all the writing
necessary is the addresses on the
outside of the envelope. And of
course the licking of two -cent
stamps to sendthem on their way.
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The Christmas Cards at the
News -Record are the very
prettiest, that have ever been
shown here. Do come on down
and see them.
Crop Report
(ISy G. W. Montgomery)
Despite rather adverse weather
conditions the three school fairs
held in the county were well at-
tended and the quality and quan-
tity of the exhibits were good.
The rain which was badly need-
ed for pastures and crops such as
corn and sugar beets has delayed
the pulling of the white bean crop.
With the additional moisture it
would now appear that more fall
wheat will be seeded than prev-
iously intended.
ck"Canadian
Q
illZ,•
1. Name the six Canadian cities
that have more than 200,000
population,,
2, To, aII governments are Can-
adians paying annual taxes of
$95: per capita, $260, $470?
3, 013
boundary? the Great Lakes,: which has
the. greatest area on the Can-
adian side of the international
4. What is the salary of the Gov-
e'r'nor General?
5. What government , body has
authority " to grant radio and
television broadcasting lic-
enses?
ANSWERS: 5. The CI3C. 3. Lake
Huron. 1. Montreal, Toronto, Van-
couver, Winnipeg, Hamilton, Ot-
tawa, 4. $48,667 a year, tax free,
plus •$100,000, a year `expense al-
lowance. 2. $470.
Material prepared by the edit-
ors of Quick. Canadian Facts,' the
Co aet . annual of facts about
a
Honors Wife With
Newspaper Notice
Classified ade-. ni the Oakland
Tribune:
"I ant responsible for all debts
and obligations of my wife, Vir-
ginia, both
ir-ginia,:;both present and future,
and am more than happy to, be the
provider for a woman' who has
borne me five, lovely, daughters,
and with an, Oyer -abundance of
love and carehas made the past
eight years of married life the
best years of my life. On this our
eighth anniversary, I wish to pub-
liclyexpressgratitude. P m y David.
Rousseau.
Rousseau explained that lie
chose this way to celebrate his
eighth wedding anniversary "just
to show that there are some happy
married couples in the world." ,
• Over the 'last five years the
federal government's revenue from
income taxes has more than
doubled.
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