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Clinton News Record, 1955-08-11, Page 2PAM TWO 4-lizeoRD INTON"N4W rr5URSDAY, AUGUST 11, 10 int it ecor d• THE CLINTON NEW ERA - THE CLINTON ?HENVS-RECC/RID , First issue (utiron, WS -Record) 1 First 189110 June 6, 1-865 Jassuary .1881 Amalgamated 1924 An s , Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding Distridt 'Population, 2)825; Trading Ar ea, 10,000; Retail Market„ $2,000,000; Rate, 4.5c per line Etat - Sworn Circidation -- 2,016 • ' Home of Clinton RCAF Station and Adastral Park (residential) ' • `. . Editor: WILMA D. DINNIN •.' 1VIEIVIBER: Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspapers Aasociations • s ' and Western Ontario Counties F'ress Association. ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance --Canada and .Great Britain: $2.50 a year; • 1 United States and Foreign: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents •• Authorized as second class mail) Post Office Department, Ottawa • Published .EVERY THURSDAY at, CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, AUGUST - 1t 1 1955 OW .. - --- --..-, . GOOD PARI( AREA'S — NO LEADERS CLINTON IS FORTUNATE M its supply•surely with their plans for lice park on the • of park and play areas. • Bayfield River. These include ideas for a swim - The community park includes a dandy spot ming pool, picnic area, ball games, etc. When for. younger children, with its Wading pool, complete it will be a very well .patronized spot swings and teeters, and benches for the older indeed. • folk to sit and enjoy the children's play. The • However, with all these places to play, the covered grandstand is a credit to the town and youth of Clinton does seem rather unorganized the men who made it possible. • The newly especially during July and August, They need • erected concert stand is sturdy and fine. The leadership. Just how this should be s supplied Is racing stables have -housedssorne of-- the better a problem. horses in Western Ontario, and the track is as The service clubs are doing a grand bit of good as, any in a small town. The ball diamond, work. Each one takes on some avenue of sport, and they do well in promoting it and helping the youngsters, However, we sometimes think that some central recreational centre, to , co-ordinate the sporting projects of all the you,th—boys 'and girls, young and old, throughout winter as well as summer—would be a great advantage. There must be a way. complete With bleachers, is good, and has sup- plied a chance for many a pleasant hour by • fans and players alike, There is another small park area in the • former public school grounds, which we believe could well be developed as a playground. for tiny children through the summer months. The Kinsmen are progressing slowly but s • THE POOR MOTORIST WE ENTERED Clinton's main street the other morning,. to find the road completely blocked. Two huge transports parked in the right lane of highway 4, in front of the town hall, reached from Rattenbury Street, right back to Staniforth's shoe store. 'As we attempted to pass these stalled monsters, a third wheeled transport, which we had seen parked on the wrong side of the road, facing north, in front of Beattie's Furniture Store, pulled from the •curb into the left hand lane of the highway and completed a left hand turn into the lane - way next to the agricultural office. These big vehicles are as much obstruction to the motorist of to -day, as were the mastodons WHERE DO ARE YOU ONE of those foltunate people who live on a corner in Clinton? A corner where streets are marked, and visitors need only be told to follow Highway such and such until they come to the corner, and there's your house? Or do you—as do the majority of Clinton folk—have to go into detailed explanations of the size, colour, type, and location of your home, so that relatives and casual visitors may find you easily? Not so many years ago, everyone in Clinton knew everybody else.; A newcomer to town had only to stop the first citizen he saw that was • old enough to talk, and ask where Mr. Jones lived, and within a few seconds he was on his way. Now ,matters are different. As in larger towns and cities, residents hardly know 'their own neighbours, except as' nodding acquaint- ances. With cars and TV drawing even more of our attention, it is easy to travel miles to visit friends, and. our own neighbours are not as essential to social living. However, along with this, comes the increas- ed numbers of friends from out of- town, who want to pay a call on the way to somewhere else, or stay for the weekend. With this visit- ing, the problem of location becomes a great one. It would be much, simpler if the houses in town were numbered. In fact it is becoming an essential thing. Hours of time could be saved by merchants delivering goods, if numbers were attached to each house. Many of the residents and new- EXPECTATI (Swift Curr of the stone age. They are too big for busy highways. It is a sad thing indeed, that tax -supported railways, forced to keep up their own'roadways, are steadily losing revenue from- express to these huge transports. The transports not only block traffic and hinder motorists, but they share only slightly in the upkeep of their road- ways, which are mainly paid for by the motor- ing public through taxes. Meanwhile, because their own costs are low (by not having to keep up their own roads) the transport companies are able to take away business from the rail- roads. It is unfair, and a most costly thing for the taxpayer. - YOU LIVE? corners to town are personnel of the RCAF. They are accustomed to living in larger centres, or in PMQs, where houses are numbered. They ,would appreciate it greatly if this were the case in Clinton. But it cannot be done haphazardly. Only experienced men should be engaged, so that the job will be done right the first time. House -numbering. in Clinton is long over- due. Let's get the job done soon. Joy Of Being An Editor (Selected) Getting out this magazine is no picnic. If we print jokes, people say we are silly. If we don't, they say we are to serious. If we stick close to the office all day, we ought to be around hustling material. If we go out and try to hustle, we ought to be on the job in the office. If we don't print contributions, we don't appreciate genius. And if we do print them, the paper is filled with junk. If we edit the other fellow's write-up, we're too critical. If we don't we're asleep. If we clip things from other papers, we are too lazy to write them ourselves. If we don't we are stuck on our own stuff. Now, like as not, some guy will say we swiped, this from some magazine.* *We did. ONS IN. LIFE ent Sun) "IT SEEMS that society finds it hard to grasp the fact that preventive medicine has 1 so increased the expectation of life that old people are no longer old," writes Dr. Gordon Bates in an editorial of the current issue of Health Magazine, official publication of the Health League of Canada. "Since 1900 the average duration of life has increased in civ- ilised countries from an average of 50 years to nearly 70, and one authority has predicted • that by 1970 the average in Canada. will be about 80." / "Even newspaper, columnists, generally quick on the trigger, have scarcely sensed, the change," says Dr. Bates, "Their constant reference to the aging Sir Winston Churchill is an evidence that they haven't caught up with the times. It is probably a source of annoyance • to a great statesman, who, in his 80's has still Ottawa's Blithe Talk (Letter Reviesv) WHEN OLD -AGE security fund was first ta'oposed in 1951, Mr. Abbott, then Minister of Finance, was careful to explain to House of • Commons that fund from which universal old - age pensions would be paid would be "self- sustaining." Describing the special 3 -way 2 -per- cent tax on sales and on private and corporate incomes, Mr. Abbott said that self-sufficiency of • revenue from these special taxes "is the basic principal on which it is proposed to operate the fund." in four years since old -age security fund came into existence it has run up a deficit of more than $250 million, $8 million of which was incurred in the first two months of the current fiscal year. • Official Ottawa's blithe talk of • "self-sufficiency," it seems, has become little more than a blighted hope, and deficits in the fund must be anticipated as a regular, charge • against the general Budget. Lesson of old -age security fund should stand • as warning to those who seek constantly to • expand the area of state welfarism, with scant regard for -the economic consequences. • (MP tvimiCsilitETI .Our Eari 40 Y ears, Ago cutcroN' NEW Thursday, August, 12, -1915 The bricklayera are busy at the house of Mrs. Gilchrist awl if the weather keeps fine the brickwork will soon be done, The citizenS of Clinton are sub- scribing for a machipe gnii to be presented to the 33rd Regiment as soon as they are expected to go to the front. Miss Olive Cooper returned last week from Toronto, where she has been taking a special course at summer school at the university. MisS .A... Wallace spent Sunday iiltaderich visiting old friends. Pte. Will Walker of the 33rd battalion is home for a few holi- days. 40 Years Ago CL1NTON NEWS -RECORD • 'Thursday,' August 12, 1913 Miss E, Chidley returned last week from Toronto. A. T.- Cooper took the services at the Leeburn appointment on Sunday. John Nellands, Sam Brown and John Brown are going West to thy harvest fields. Miss Elva Lavis returned to To- ronto on Monday after spending her vacation at her home. Miss Sara Agnew, who has been on a vacation trip, returned to her home on Monday night. • 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, August 1, 1930 Mr. Paterson, the new bank manager of the Royal Bank, has taken Mrs. T. Jackson's house on High Street. es 1 Douglas, the young son of Mr: and Mrs, Frank Andrews, had the misfortune to have a finger badly injured in the electric washer one day last week. • Miss Norma Bentley, who has- been with the SherlecksManning people for Several years in the London office, has returned to town and Will be in the head office in Clinton. • Miss Jean and Master Charles Mutch are camping at Bayfield. Jack Mutch, Detroit, has been spending a holiday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mutch, Oliver Rands, Sault Ste. Marie, spent last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Rands. Miss Ruby Irwin, who has been visiting her brother in the West for the past month, returned home Tuesday. • 10 Years Ago — "BUSINESS DIRECTORY" INSURANCE Insure the "Co-op" Way W. V. ROY District Representative ' Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res. 3243 H. C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 251J Insurance — Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. • Quick Canadian Quiz 1. Name the three largest cities' • in the province of Manitoba. 2. In 1952 there were 35,228 Can- adian: companies that operated at a profit. In, that year hoW many operated at a loss? 3. The following cities have what in common: Eingston, Ont., St, Vincent de Paul, Que., Dor- chester, NB Prince Albert, Sask., Stony sMountain, Man., •New Westminster, B.C., Col- lin's Bay, Qnt., St. John's, CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 'Thursday, August 9, 1945 A group of friends and neigh- bours gathered on Wednesday, Au- gust 8, as a =Prise party for Mrs. George Cook, Victoria Street, who celebrated her 80th'Isirthday that day. On Tuesday night a large crowd met the late train to welcome home Fergus McKay and Charles Kennington, who have served sev- eral yeara overseas with the Can- adian Army, While bathing in the river on Thursday last, 14 -year-old Stanley Falconer rescued Master Gary Cooper and his sister from what might have been a fatal accident, as the children had gone beyond their depth and might have been drowned. Ken 1VIerner has purchased' the threshing outfit from Lloyd Picot and is busy at work among the farmers. Pte. Elmer Johnston is spending his 30 day leave, before going -to the Pacific, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Roberton and daughter, Sandra, London, spent a few days last week with Mr, and Mrs. G. D. Roberton. Mr. and Mrs. David Sours, who have spent several weeks with the latter's sister, Mrs. George Phelan, are returning to their home in Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Nediger and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Becker spent the weekend' at Tobermory. Be Sure : : Be Insured K. W. COLQUROUN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada , Office: Royal Bank Building ` Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 703w2 more wit, energy and wisdom than any of them." Dr. Bates says that it was Sir: William Oster who said that man is as old as his arteries. "What he said M effect was that chronological -age and physical age are two different things. This fact has not yet been realized by either universities or industry. Universities still throw out their best profes- sors at sixty or sixty-five to make room for' less effective youngsters, and industry sacri- ficeS its own interests by retiring men who have grown wise in experience to rust and deter- iorate." Dr. Bates says that work is the great tonic 'Woman's work is never done," he says. "The expectation of life for women is generally sev- eral years greater that the expectation for men. Some people will think that this has its signif- icance." "Bonny Place To Live" OUR NEIGHBOUR TOWN of Seaforth has come bravely through the ordeal of its centen- nial, when hundreds of guests and past Seaforth residents' came to see the town as it now is, and 'reminisce over her as she once was. Blessed with the good fortune of a catchy pair of slogans ,and an especially attractive emblem, the advertising campaign and invitation letters sent out prior to the celebration days, did their work well. The Scotch face which appeared on all +pieces of publicity, 'bore a re- markable resemblance to the face of Seaforth Mayor Dr. E. A. McMaster.The slogans, "A bonny pla.ce to live" and "A. canny place to shop" met approval of merchantsand towns- people, and a co-operative enthusiasm for the project seemed strong in all Seaforth people. The parade, which combined old vehicleS and new ones, old people and young ones, old .. Canadians and New Canadians, was one of the best ever seen in Huron County and band music livened the holiday atmosphere throughout the centennial period. Certainly A. Y. McLean, (editor of- the Huron Expositor) who was chairman of the Re- union, and, the many committee members who conceived, planned and executed this event de- serve the commendation of their townsfolk, for an excellent promotion of •Seaforth, "A Bonny Place to Live." J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Car - Fire - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy 4. In 1949 Canadians spent 5776 million on new housing. What • is the estimated spending in the current year? 5. Last year what pe'rcentage of Canada's exports went to the United Kingdom? To the Milted States? THE McHILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Road Office: Seaforth Officers 1954: President, John H. McEwing, Blyth; vice-presi- dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; secretary -treasurer and manager, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: John H. McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea - forth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes- boro; J. F. Frueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe. Seaforth. INVESTMENTS Get The Facts • Call VIC DINNIN Phone 168 — Zurich Investors Mutual Managed and Distributed by Investors Syndicate bf Canada Ltd. 4P...41NINNINKINWANOWNPANNIWWW.MANP OPTOMETRY G. B. CLANCY Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. - ' Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, ' Goderich To Interest People "Our program is very definite: and appears to be succeeding in: our first objective, • to interest people, notably youth," Huron County recently received this pronouncement from the OTF heedquarters. During the week- end of the Temperance Conclave held. in Goderich in May, upwards+ of 1800 people from all over the county Wete in attendance. On • Saturday night, Teen-Agers and Young Adults to the number of more than 500 flocked to the new GDC1 and Knox Presbyterian Church for a unique new -type • temperance rally. On Sunday night many of these` returned to Goderich, bringing . parents and friends. Knox Church • auditorium, SS room,chapel, par- lor and nursery were filled, • Twelve hundred people gathered, to hear Dr. E. Crossley Hunter. This ware the eighth such Temperance Con- clave sponsored -by the OTF In the past two years. A worthwhile educational pro- ject? We of Huron County cer- tainly believe so. --_ (This advertisement is inserted by the Huron County Temperance Federation). . ANSWERS: 5. About 17 percent to Britain, 60 percent to the U.S. 3. Each is the site of a federal penitentiary, 1. Winnipeg, St. Boniface, Brandon. • 4. About double the 1949 amount, about 51.5 billion. 2. 20,368 operated at a loss 3. E. LONGSTAFF Hours: Seaforth: Daily except Monday & Wednesday -9 a.m. tq 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Clinton: MaeLaren's Studio—Mon- days only -9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. PHONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Crop Report 'Light rain fell in some sections of the County this week, yet in other sections it is still badly needed. ' "The harvesting of grain is nearly completed in all parts of the County and reports indicate that early grain gave excellent yields and late oats considerably less due to the dry weather con- ditions. In the south end of the County, white beans and corn are still suffering from drought conditions. ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant 4 Britannia Rd. '(corner South St.) Telephone 1011 GODERICH ONT. RONALD G. MCCANN Public Accountant Royal Bank Bldg., Phone 561 Res: Rattenbury St., Phone 455 CLINTON, ONTARIO • 4-tfb ' REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER feat Estate and Business Broker High Street — Clinton Phone 448 JOE MATTI _1 — ---t , , ...„..._ •,,,,,,.....t. 1101111/111MIBISWIRV • imommminami Times a5 concentrated LOAD YOUR CAMERA a lotion as TIFFANY HEALING ,HAND CREAM with CHLOROPHYLL . $1.25 $2.50 Prevents and Heals Chapped and Roughened Skin et eMB Cosmetic Counters Euesryhets tot&t KODAK FILM FOR THE „,„ Ri°a 10101id‘ir • AHEAD RETURN THE EXPOSED ROLLS TO US FOR FINISHING... W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 ase‘• I "IveRt441 0,11°1°>. -co a. Wrialyvizr ,.-,PJ )1W • Valisowevens, 0,34th'• Welannel. Stmt. Vimc1o44 11;02t. MOOR to make ttiese boys feel at home! They've come to Niagara - on -the -Lake from all parts of the earth—over continents and seas, by air and, rail and ship— to attend North- America's first World Jamboree . . . Ten thou- sand of them, they stem from six- ty nations, yet speak a common language — the language of Boy Scouts the world over. "MY BANK" ATTENDS THE 3714441)0qtd! .srsiSss. , OF;P:Is Canada's First Bank is happy to extend a special hand of Welcome to the Scouts at Canada's first World Jamboree. For the B of M is playing its part inmaking the boys feel at home by providing a banking service on the Jamboree grounds a service designed especially to take care of their away -from -home banking needs. The pleasure which Scouts take in being of service to others is no greater than the pleasure which the B of Ai takes in being at the service. of the Boy Scouts. BANK. OE MONTREAL 01444417*g 644 ORNII°)' 7025111101/ CO MAW WORKING WITH, ,CANADIANS 5VERY WAIK OF [Ilk* SINCE 1817 • solo" AIMIMMI01•••••••••••••• • ;