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Clinton News Record, 1954-10-14, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14 954 ciiitor THE CL.INTON NEW ERA ' 1First Issue June 8, 1865 THE CLINTON • NEWS -RECORD First essuCe (Huron ,News -Record) • January 11881 eAmaliamated 4 , 11 ul tlen., 2i545i Trading., ei; ''--1.9e,00inOt;"Ite:t15-toiteetlb9421eTee°7e2,000°2 ?we - irenialttll 7, 4.5c 1 enedopepenlent Newspaper' devoted to th lint;on anted S'arrpoeunr dgtg-District MEMBER: Home otwceleinkit;n RCAFSIvo Sworn Station °old P.A.cla2ftrld Park _(residentinl) . e net , . Canadian Newspapers Asi% ItiOnterio-Quebec Division, C- WNA, •Western Ontario Counties Press Associationc81°11 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advanee—Canada and Great Britake $2.5b a year; tidied States and Fareign: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents , Delivered by carrier to Rcii.F Station and Adastral Paik-25 cents a month: seven cents a coPY Authorized as second class mail; Post Office Depart/Tie*, Ottawa eniblisbod EVERY THIIRSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,. 1954 -.THESE MODERN CONVENIENCES HAVE YOU ever noticed how things go wrong all in bunches? There are days that go along very smoothly, and everything is clear sailing so to speak, Then there are time when one after the other, the things •we use every •day start having minds of their own, and conducting themselves in a downright unsportsmanitke manner. In this instance we would like to refer, most particularly to a ,habit of ball-point •pens. They are a marvellous invention. More , ink gets spread on paper in shorter time from Ouch pens than in any other wey. They are always with yell — if you remember to buy, • them in the first place. Not only do they rarely need filling, but they are impossible to fill. This means that you lose no friends because no one can accuse you bf borrowing all the ink in his ink bottle. Hut have you not noticed the perverseness of the slim little conveniences? Just when you are in dire need of one — juet when the stems are closed on Wednesday afternoon -- . Just when you have some very_ important note to take, or some figuring to do, they always run' out of ink. When one stops; all the others in your coat pocket stop, too. Then it is that we Who have depended upon their convenient little presences, do find it so difficult to find even the stub of a lead " pencil, which after all is perhaps more de- pendable than any, mechanism wit'h usable fluid for writing. We have one suggestion to make. Could ribt sorry sort of warning be given off — sitich as a short whistle — or a short stream of red ink — or a built in "Hey, there" of some sort, be used to give the downtrodden evriter sorae idea that the ink supply was just abotit - done? NEW CALENDAR BY -1960? VARIETY BEING . the spice of life, it would appear that a good many folk are in favour of .the present calendar, in all its un- certainties, differences and vagaries. The Goderieh Signal -Star comments on the mat -- ter, and agrees with the opinion of the Wiarton Ech,o, thuswise: "Now this is all very fine, for those who put their shoes together under the bed and hang thefr pants on a hangar, instead. of over a chair, and put the top back on the tooth- paste tube. But whet about all the rest of us, who don't like life' to get too regular? Who wants New Year's Day on a Sunday every year, for example? There's far too, much regulating in our lives already, without laying out a dull calendar like that. One of the few things that make a Canadian winter possible Is the fact that February has only 28 days. (In the new calenear it is to have 30 days). Begging permission to be different, we would like to suggest that a bit of uniformity in the matter of days things happen might oe all to the good. If we are to combat trouble :tad dissention of all kinds — and that should be one of man kind's first aims ,— then would not a- definite day every year for Armistice Day for instance, be a good idea? Quite possibly the llth of November would fail upon such a day as Wednesday, when the half day closing would not inconvenience merchants at all. Or perhaps it would fall on Sunday, when church services are held anyway, mid an extra special day of remem- brance would not inconvenience anyone., Even if It happened to be Tuesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday, which seem to be days on which the population most certainly does not want a holiday, perhaps it would become endurable from habit. We feel that such an arrangement would stop a lot of hard feelings and unhappy situa- tions before they got started, and the business of Remembering could then be gone at in a businesslike fashion, THE ROYAL WINTER "MONTGOMERY to Open Royal Winter kale. That was the head -line in a daily paper recently. Now, how many of you thought of our own agricultural representative when, you read the words? We did, And suddenly we were thinking of all the little fairs that are held across Ontario and Canada, long before the Royal begins to figure very strongly. These are the school fairs at Hensall and Belgrave; the spring fairs at Clinton and Hensall; the Ian fairs at Bay- field, Blyth, Wingham, Seaforth, and Exeter, and all the others. All through the fall months work is go- ing along in the preparation of exhibits for the .big day when everyone comes out to see how Joe's potatoes stack up against those that Mary says are the best she ever grew. The competition is keen. Lately the interest en livestock — both cattle and horses, as well as sheep and pigs — has grown arnazinglet. At the Bayfield Feir which a few years ago had only three entries of cattle, this year howed over 125, and other entries were increased accordingly. Though '-i`at'e may be wrong, we don't think mealy will disagree when we lay a great deal of the credit at the feet of the agricultural representative and his assistant. It has been through their encouragement and work with the 4-H Clubs in the County, and their un- flagging interest M the problems of the young folk, that has raised the interest in farming to the present level, It is this interest in. the living things around which our Canadian econorny revolves, which makes our local fairs grow. It is this interest that extends tn the larger fairs, which become -the show -windows of Canada in the international -market as well,as at home. To the big fairs come buyers and promoters from other countries as well as from our own big cities: The ever-increasing skill in showman- ship by pur • young people presents Canadian agriculture in ever -improving form, To the local agricultural representatives and to their comrades in the scores of other centres, goes the credit for this increase in Canada's stature. They deserve a hearty round of applause. Let's hand it to them. • WHAT IS A BOY? HE IS °A PERSON who is going to carry 'on What you have started. He is to sit right where you are sitting and attend, when you are gone, to those things you think are so important. You may adopt all the policies you please, but 'how they will be carried out depende upon him, Even if you make leagues and treaties, he will have to manage them. He is going to sit at your desk in the Parliament and occupy your - place on the Supreme -Bench. He will assume control of your cities, states and nation. --He is going to move in, take over your prisons, churches, universities, schools and corporations. ' ' All your week is 'going to be judged and praised or condemned by him. Your reputation and your future are in his hands, All your work is for him, and the fate of the nation and of humanity is in leis hands. So it „might be well to pay him some attention. —Author Unknown, Hospital Group' Reviews Bazaar; -Picks Delegate At the October meeting of the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary held in the hospital on Monday, October 4, with president Mrs. Harry Ball presiding, reports on the recent bazaar and penny sale were re- ceived. Mrs. Douglas 13artliff, sec- retary, and Mrs. A. J. McMurray, treasurer, reported, the latter fur- nishing the meeting with a detail- ed financial report of the bazaar and penny sale, Reporting on the recent project was Mrs, Fingland, Miss Win O'Neil, Mrs, C. M. Shearing,and Mrs. William Morlok. Miss A. Sinclair spoke briefly on the efforts of the auxiliary. The preeident was named by the meeting to attend the Ontario Hos- pital Association convention which is slated to be held in Toronto, October 24, 25 and 26. At the conclasoin of the meet- ing Miss Sinclair served tea, with Mrs. D. ,T. Lane pouring from a prettily appointed table. Assist- ing were Mrs. D. Bartliff and Mrs. Ray Gibbon. - Huron County Crop Report (By G. W. Montgomery) Wet weather continue to hind- er farm operations. White bean; growers_ made little headway I with the- hervesting ,of this crop. Approximately 50 per cent of the beans have yet to be pulled. In many cases fields are too wet for silo filling and for fall plowing. However, ideal plow- ing conditions prevailed on the land selected for the two County Plowing Matches this week. TH1RE'5 NO CUTT*6 IT OUT Health Unit Asks For Extension Of - Milk Regulations mHeeAae eni sgo7l ti rBItohe regular monthly was recently or Members of the Huron_ County ard met at Walton rece pa,sed, and will, be forwarded to the Ontario De- partment of Health, that the four townships, Rurniferry, Grey, Tuck- er,3rnith, Usborne.and McKillop be included in the regulations under the Public Health Art, requiring pasteurization of milk. Until now, it has been possible tor the sale of raw milk to be made commercially in these tour townships. If the resolution is approved by the Ontario Depart- ment, then any one wishing to sell milk in these townships will ;have to pasteurize it. All other town- ships in the county are presently governed under the Act in this re- gard. 1 From Our Early Files 1 40 YEARS AGO • The Clinton New Era Thursday, October 8, 1814 War SuminarY The Canadian troops will land in England today and will be sent to an inland training camp. The brave Belgians defend Antwerp against a long battle front. Belgian's capital- is now Os- tend. A German destroyer is sunk by a British submarine. The French retake ceded ground' and enemy cavalry is driven back. n • Three German warships sunk at Kiao Chau. Second Canadian force ,of 22,- 000 is to be organized at once. Erench 'hold country to the Rhine and the Tricolor now floats M Alsace after long exile. Bayfield had fine weather for their annual fair last week and hada good attendance on Wed- nesday. • The Clinton News -Record Thursday, October 8, 1914 The new lamps donated to the council by S. S. Cooper for light- ing the main street around his block have all been placed and now show 'forth their light. They are indeed an added attraction to the main street. The Guy Brothers' Minstrele will appear in Clinton on Wed- eeday evening, Mrs. Rebert Fitzsimons picked a dish full of red raspberries last Thursday morning, This is somewhat unusual at this time of year. On Monday of this week while Tom Cook, liveryman, was driv- ing down "Vinegar Hill", the bolt came out of one side of the Shafts' and after pulling Mr. Cook: out of the rig, the 'horse broke away and came down the street, stopping at the pld livery barh opposite the Normandie Hotel, The horse had a email cut on the hind , leg, Last Thursday was field and flag day for the CCI students .and Mayor Jackson proclaimed it a half holiday. On Wednesday morning 01 this week Bert Fitzsimons met with a bad accident. He was at work when he slipped and strained the legiments of his might leg and has been forced td use a crutch and a cane. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record Thursday, October 10, 1929 First prize in public speaking was awarded Nora Fremlin, who spoke on "Adam Beck"; second to Kenneth Dougan, who spoke on "Lord Nelson" and third to Virginia Harris whose subject was "Bliss Carman", at the school fair last week. ' Mr, and Mrs. Norman Manning are this week getting settled in their new home, which they re- cently ,purchased from T. M. Johnston, Snowflakes fluttered in the air egain on Wednesday. We will now fill our chest with pure air after some summer dusty days. 11. Corey hes sold his 55 -acre thern over the river on the third eoncessioe of Stanley, to Chester Nicholsen, Goderich. G. T, Jenkins returned last week from a business trip to the West. . Col. Ranceand Col. Combe were in London over the week- end baying gone down to attend the reunion of the 38rd battalion. Magistrate and Men S. J.'And- rews and Messrs Frank and C. A. Andrews' are making a tour of Quebec. ' 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, September 28, .1944 Miss Kathleen Nickle IS now the chief operator at the local Bell Telephone office, succeeding Miss L. Kennedy, who retired last week. Norman Lever has opened a Fish ahd Chip restaurant at his residence on Mary Street. Dr. F. G. Thompson has re- turned to_ his home in Clinton and will resume the practice of medicirie after serving for more than five years with the Royal OFF MAIN STREET Uit By JOE DENNETT SOMETIMES 1 Ce'AN'T HELP BLIT WISH 1 WAS A DOG! Canadian Army Medical Corps. Flight Officer Ruth Moore - house, London, has arrived in Britain to help RCAF personnel plan post war jobs for fighting men and wcnnen. Flight Officer Moorehouse will be remembered by many in Clinton as she at- tended school in town when her father' was minister of Ontario Street United Church. Miss Shirley Nickle left a week ago for Toronto and has secured a position with the Income Tax eDepartment. Misses Joan Sloman, Phyllis Manning and Phyllis Herman left on Monday to resume their studies at the University of West- ern Ontario. H. J. Reynolds, son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Reynolds, Hullett Township, recently enlisted in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps. Thomas Murphy, who has been employed at the Melton Airport during the past few months, has returned to his home in town, and has taken a positien with William Wells at his garage on Ontario Street. Leslie Ball, who has conducted his auto parts business on King Street, has moved to the store on Albert Street, recently vacat- ed by W. L. Johnson. Elizabeth Middleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton, left for London early this week where she registered at the Uni- eersity of Western Ontario. Elizalmth will take a mathematics and physics course. Harry McEwan, RCNVR, is spending his furlough with his parents, Mr, and Mrs. Murray encEwan. "BUSINESS DIRECTORY" INSURANCE Be Sure : Be insured K. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL INSURANCIE . Representative: Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W IL C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 251j Insurance — Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co, Insure the "Co-op" Way W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res, 324J X. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Car - Fire - Life Accident Wind Insurance .If you need Insurance, I have • a Policy THE IVIcKILLOP muTuAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY -Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1954: President, John H. McEwing, Myth; vice-presi- dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; searetary-treasurer and manager, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: John H. McEwine; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Borieholm; R. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; .7. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brticefield; Mister Broadfoot, Sea - forth. Agents: Wm, Leiper Jr., Londes- boro; J. F. -Prueter, 13rodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. VIVIN4WWIWW.0 OPTOMETRY A. L. COLE, R.O. Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33 ' J. E. LONG -STAFF - HOURS: . SEAFORTH: Weekdays except Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Tues., Thurs., Fri., 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 0 a.m. to 9 p.m. CLINTON: MacLarea's Studio ' Mondays only, from 9. ann. to 5.30 p.m. PHONE 791 - SEAFORTH enewnenteementoseneenne.o, - PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT e ItHleeN. BENTLEY Public :Ac,:oorttant 4 Britannia ( r8° uth St) • Telephone 1.011 REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker ,SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON Phone: Office 448; Res. 5e9j, Ephraim Snell Is Among Judges At Royal Winter -Fair ' Ephraim Snell, Clinton, will be among the more than 120 nntex•- nationalln-famous judges f tem Canada,' the United States; Eng- land and Scotland, who will judge the 'thousands * enteies in the 1954 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in the Coliseum, Toronto, from Novembet 12 to 20. ' They will judge horses, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry -and pet 'Stock as well as grain, vegetables, dairy and poultry products, fruit, flow- ers and other agricultural products Billed as "Canada's show win- dow of agriculture", this' year's Royal Will be More All -Canadian in scope than ever before since all the Dominion's ten provinces will be represented. With teams from the United States, Mexico, Spain, Germany, and Canada competing and Lis Hertel the world's greatest dress- age rider giving a demonstration, the Horse Show will again be one of the outstanding features of this year's Royal, but there will be a variety of other interesting attrac- tions. Among these will be a photographic competition, a live mink show, square dancing and horse -shoe pitching competitions, a flower show, the Eaton Agricul- tural Scholarships and an exten- sive display by the Dutch Govern- ment. Judges travelling the greatest distances to select prize-winning entries at this year's Royal include Lord Irwin, IVI.F.H., Swynford Pad- docks, Six Mile Bottom, Newmar- ket, England, and R. H. Wathers- ton, Ford Midlothian, Scotland. Lord Irwin will judge hunters in the horse show as well as the light" horse improvement division while Mr. Watherston will be one of a panel of three judges of Shorthorn cattle. Quick Canadian Utri . 1. What is the difference in stand- ard time between S,John's,. Newfoundland, and WI nnipek, . . Man.? 2. The Canadian new car buyer paid how much an the ,average last year in federal excise and a Among Canada's 168,000 inuoi- grain s last year were there mote adult males or more %o- men and children? 4. Net national income of Canad- ians this year will be about 818 billion. How much of dna c will they pay in taxes? 5 Of Canada's 42,956 miles of railway track, how much is in the prairie provinces AN$WERS': 5. The throe prairie provinces have 19,270 miles of rail- way traek. 3. 100,000 women and children, 68,000 adult mAles, 1. Two and one half hours 4. Taxes to all govern/nuns will take about one dollar in three. 2. The aver- age ,of excise and sales taxes, paid at the factory to the federal gov- ernment, was $42e on every new ear bought in 1953. - Material prepared by, the editors of Quick Cariadiart Facts, the poc- ket annual of facts about Canada. THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE - The money spent by Canadians for intoxicants is increasing alarmingly. Since 1921 the rate of consumption has nearly treb- led—the rate of conviction's for drunkenness has nearly doubled and the rate of alcoholism has more than doubled. A recent survey conducted in London; , snowed thee there were last year 1,000 persons convicted of of- fences traceable to drink. There were 1,600 in the later stages of alcoholism. The amount spent in drink in London was estimated to be $6,000,000. These are sur- ely sobering statistics. Arnold Toynbee, the eminent historian, has thie to say of modern so- ciety. "Perhaps this pre -occupa- tion with the semi-conscious world of the tavern and cocktail lounge is a sign of the slow but steady progress of decay in our western civilization. It is flight from reality and no people that will stand up to life and its stern problems can long survive." Cardinal Leger of Montreal puts it this way; "A people which spends one billion dollars on alcohol and yet is too poor to eliminate slums, to better the school system, to improve living conditions, is a people which has signed its death warrant." This advertisement is inserted by Huron County Temperance Federation. 41-b HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA AT HOME PROGRESS RAPIDLY OW MONTHLY PAYMENTS ALL BOOKS SUPPLIED If you send your name and address now we will send you a Free Sample Lesson and 44 - Page Book. AMERICAN SCHOOL 1175 Princess Ave. London, Ont. Continu s it! Sat. ight W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. Chentist and 'Druggist PHONE 51 We have so much to protect This Canada of ours —Is outs to enjoy at a price— the price • of constant alertness. We cannot take for granted our freedom to worship, to vote, to °climate our children, or to order our home life as we please. MI these freedoms are ours only as long as we are willing to do everything necessary to maintain and defend them. All honour then to the Canadian Soldier the steadfast guardian of all °unfree institutions. Without men like him, the Canada we love might cease to be. We have so much to protect. Let us all do our part, without let-up, whatever way our duty lies. SERVE CANADA AND YOURSELF IN THE ARMY robe eligible you must be 17 to 40 years of age, skilled tradesmen to 45. When applying bring birth certificate or other proof of age. Apply tilght away — Por fulf information write or visit the Amy Recraiting Centre nearest your home. No. 13 Personnel Depot, vvains House, Rideau & Charlotto Its,, Ottawa, Ont. -- Tel. 94507 Canadian Army Recruiting Station, 164 Wellington St., Kingston, Ont, Canadian Army Recruiting Centre, 95 Richmond St, W., Toronto, Ont.—Tel. BM, 6-8341.—Local 276 No. 7 Personnel Depot, Weise* Barracks, Oxford & Elizabeth Sts., London, Ont. —Tel. 24261 Army Recruiting Centre, 230 Main St W., North Bay, Ont. — Tel. 4.56 Canadian Anny Recruiting Station, 384 ging St. E., Hamilton, Ont. --Tel. 2.8708 027,00