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Clinton News Record, 1955-12-29, Page 2P,A:'E TWO TYPE CLINTON NEW ERA (1865) and T2IIE CLINTON NEWS - RECORD (1881) Amalgamated 1924 MEMBER: Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspapers Associations and Western Ontario. Counties Press Association Sworn Circulation 2,021' i9LISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT CLINTON, ONTARIO; IN THE HEART OF HURON COUNTY, Population - 2,828 EDITOR: WILMA D. DINNIN SUBSCRIP'r[ON RATES: Payable in advance --Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 a year; United States and Foreign: $4.00;. Single Copies Seven Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department„ Ottawa • THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1955 A HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! THE GREAT EXCITEMENT of Santa Claus ,and the Christmas tree have died down around aur house and yours, and this week seems to be a time for settling down and breathing deep breaths to get caught up on "just living", instead of "hurried living". Now it is time to look forward into the new year and make resolutions for "better living in the future and the accomplishment of Many long -planned -for things. Throughout 1955, Clinton has progressed a great deal. Construction completed includes new side- walks downtown; King Street new from the bottom up; new education wing on the Ontario Street United Church; new wing on the Clinton District Collegiate Institute, including new shop, home economics rooms and new alas s ro o m s, new garages built to replace old ones; new oil storage and distributing centre on Victoria Street has been added; new organizations have been formed; new people have come to town to live. Now we are looking forward into 1956. The year can be full of progress, or full of defeats, just according to the wishes of the people who live it. For Clinton we predict more people, most certainly. The town has grown encouragingly over the past year, adding 200 to the population of the year before. New jobs will open up, and they will bring more people who will create more work for those in business, and more help will need to be hired. These things are inevit- able because of Canada's expanding economy, of which Ontario and this County are getting a good share. More specifically, in Clinton we would Iiia to see more interest shown in the work of public officials. We would like to see some solution to the "white elephant" problem which the building of a new school has created for us. More side- walks in areas of town where they are badly needed would be a wonderful thing to have in 1956. Definitely we would like to see a contin- uance of the work started in repair of the town hall, so that the auditorium would be something to be proud et, rather than the dull, useless place it now is. We would like to see greater en- couragement of existing and growing industries in town, which perhaps is •the most healthy way for a town to grow great. We would like to see something constructive done about the state of the back streets in town -for despite talk to the contrary, those streets are not really very good, at all. In fact, they give a spine -jolting ride to everyone who drives over them. These things, then we would hope for, for Clinton. To all of you goes our best wishes for a Happy New Year, and a prosperous one, and the best of good health to' you all. SAFE WEEKEND! LET'S MAKE New Year's weekend a safe weekend. No matter how often that suggestion is repeated, it remains a very good one. Last weekend, there were 40 people lulled on Ontario highways. That, means a let of un- happy homes over Christmas, and a great Ioss of useful lives to the country. Several years ago the slogan "If you drink, don't drive" was begun, and has gathered wide acceptance. It may not have originated in an area with such frigid temperatures as we have been having here, but it is particularly applic- • able here where ice makes driving hazardous even to the most sober drivers. With the tricky unexpected bits of ice which appear even on well -travelled parts of the highway, coupled with slowed down muscular reaction because of too much drinking, the automobile driver is faced with pretty high odds. Make your plans ahead. If you figure on having to drive your car, then go easy on the merrymaking. If you want to go out on a weekend party, then figure on hiring a taxi to do your driving for you. It is better to stay alive, than to "just think" you can drive. TO ELIMINATE THE "GIMMES" (Vancouver Smt) THE GORDON COMMISSION would be do- ing a real service to the country if it could come up with some suggestions on how govern- ments might re -allocate sources of taxes so that they may get sufficient revenues to carry out the tasks each level of government, federal, pro- vincial and municipal, is best fitted to carry out efficiently and economically. _ It would be a godsend to this country if we oould only get away from this constant scream- ing for more, more, more -this business of the cities accusing the provinces, the provinces ac- cusing the Dominion, of being niggardly and selfish. `PERSONALIZED H(JMAN BEHAVIOUR in respect of in- ooOting mail and wastepaper baskets offers a promising field a psychological research. Most people tend to regard letters and printed matter personally addressed to them as important. Even though disillusionment may follow the opening of the envelope or the strip- ping off of the wrapper, such is the recipient's ego that there is a natural reluctance to pitch the stuff into the wastepaper basket where it belongs. The result of this mental roadblock from which most people suffer is an intolerable cluttering 0f desks, filing cabinets and book- cases with material which ought long since to have been burned. Nowadays, to make matters worse, govern. meat departments have cottoned on to the im- We're not sure politicians would like a re- formed fiscal system. It would leave smaller room for excuses and alibis. It would not then be possible for Mr. Bennett, say, to excuse his acts of omission by crying that he hasn't the money, Ottawa has it all. There are some spheres of public invest- ment, no doubt, where it is advisable for various levels of government to participate jointly. These areas should be better defined. The whole search should be for a formula of taxation that would make it more difficult for politicians to pull the wool over people's eyes. PROPAGANDA portance of 'personalized' mail. Every day the office clutter grows worse with the flood of pamphlets, brochures, booklets, news releases and other handouts, most of them originating in Ottawa, and most of them flattering the recipient by being addressed to him personally. For propaganda purposes, "personalized" mail is a fine thing -up to a point. Most men hate, even subconsciously, to see their name associated with something so worthless that it serves no purpose other than filling the waste- paper basket. So some of it gets read. In the end, however, :mental clutter follows office clut- ter and the recipient either gets mad and violates his own ego by resort' to the waste- paper basket, or consults a psychiatrist: RECIPE FOR NEW YEAR'S PUNCH Take yourself Peel off the layers of egotism and jealousy Remove the seeds of unkind thoughts Cwt out the prejudices, worries and fears Then 'add: One firm belief that life is worth living One strong determination to live at your best One resolve that you will strive for the goal of real success Mix well Season with a sense of humor and optimism Garnish with 'smiles and pleasant words Turn bravely to a hungry world waiting for your help Service with gentleness and courage Then patiently wait for your plaudits. -Anon. „t aee THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29 1955 4171E Old 'IO OW V,r:;4. r�� 1 STANCEY M j KNow YODI rE,TF1! TYPE,o' FELLERS WHOAL.WAYS' fiSMQKEr'/Al BED --So ILL' gY' JUST WET IT DoWiM1- -' - I'M TAKt� O MO CHANC'E'S Oat,A F112L From Our Early Files 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD December 23, 1915 Melvin Crich has taken the local agency for the Prudential Insur- ance Company, succeeding Glen Cook, who has enlisted in the 161st Battalion. F. G. Rumball, London, will op- erate the Piano Company's saw- mill this season. Miss Beryl Cooper left this morning to visit until after New Year's with her aunts, the Misses Hanna, Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jennison returned from Swift Current, Sask., last Friday and will spend the winter with relatives in town and district. John Jackson had the misfort- une to meet with a painful acci- dent on Monday afternoon. He was returning home when he slip- ped on some ice and fell so viol- ently that he dislocated his right shoulder. Mr. Jackson is 38 years of age. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, December 23, 1915 Clinton's recruits now total 50 up to Wednesday noon and more are coming. R. S. Hays, Seaforth, has don- ned the khaki, having accepted a junior majorship in the new Hu- ron regiment. Harry Hunt is spending the Christmas holidays with his dau- ghter, Mrs. W. Hamblyn, The family of L. W. Lavis would probably have been smothered by gas from their furnace recently, Forttmately Mr. Lavis came home on the early train and discovered the gas before any serious results occurred. Miss Edna Wasmann returned Monday after a month's visit in Essen and London. Miss Clara Ferguson leaves aft- er the holidays' for New York. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, December 25, 1930 J. Mahaffy had the misfortune to have a fall Last week, which was somewhat serious to a man of his years and he is confined to bed froth shock. Miss Phoebe Bolton of the Sal- vation Army Training College, Toronto, is home for the Christ- mas vacation. Miss Ruth Bali, of the Univer- sity of Western Ontario, London, is home for the holiday season. John Grant has had his two little daughters here from Dunn- ville visiting him and accompanied them back to Dunnville to spend Christmas. Clinton junior hockey team was defeated by Exeter by the score of 4.1. Not Impressive Normal young people love to drive cars. But as a class, even without alcohol, their driving re- cord is not impressive. Indeed, theirs is the worst record of all age groups. The "no alcohol" rule universally enforced M athletics, transporta- tion and industry, is based on sound scientific research into the actual effects of drinking. Fatigue is one very important affect, but only one. Alcohol blurs vision and interferes with skills involving split-second timing and good judg- ment. Reaction time is increased and gross errors are made in judg- ing speeds and distance. Little wonder that alcohol is re- sponsible for one out of five fatal, accidents in the United States, and that drinking drivers are involved in upwards of 50 per cent of high- way crashes in Ontario. This advertisement sponsored by Huron County Temperance Federation. 42-b 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, December 20, 1945 The Town of Clinton will offic- ially welcome its own sons and daughters who have returned from overseas at a big party in the town hall, Thursday, December 27, R. G. Thompson, the efficient and highly esteemed clerk of God- erich township at Saturday night's 1945 wind-up council meeting, completed 34 years as a municipal official in that township. R. M. Aldwinckle, 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Aldwinckle, Var- na, has been named one of On- tario's n- tario s two Rhodes Scholars for 1946. In common with the rest of On- tario, the Clinton district has been enjoying Some real winter weather the past week, with low temper- atures, plenty of snow and storms, and many roads blocked. Howard Trewartha and son Ross, Clinton, have purchased a new Holstein herd sire from S. J. Hammond and Son, St. Paul's. James V. Corran has purchased the farm formerly owned by Fred Mulholland, Holmeeville. Second Officer K J. M. Maguire, S.S. "Malfe" left yesterday for Halifax, N.S., after spending a week with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs, Ephraim Snell. He is a permanent member of the Mer- chant Marine, and his home is in Liverpool, England, 0 ABOUT HOG MARKETING The Editor, Clinton News -Record, Clinton, Ontario. Dear Sir: A recent press report says that a possible opinion in the New Year may be had on the validity of On- tario's Farm Products Marketing Act by Canada's Supreme Court. It is not a matter of seeking an opinion on this act, but of getting a judgement on Bill 98 and reg- ulations thereunder, as it applies to the compulsory marketing of hogs in Ontario. This system is compulsory for all farmers wheth- er they are co-operative members or not. Bill 98 is an amendment to the Farm Products Marketing Act and it is a mandatory order in the first, second and last de- gree. It is the direct opposite to a bill of rights. It even carries provisions whereby anybody can be fined $50 for the first offense and up to $500 for an offense thereafter, if a farmer doesn't market his hogs through this co- operative. The other schemes that operate in Ontario are not all compulsory, and they all hold different pat- terns to that of hogs. No other scheme operates the same as the hogs, not even the peach scheme eo-operative, because it was a buy- ing agency that was voted in. Any penalty fines that may be secured goes to this local boated that once operated the defunct United Livestock Sales, and now is operating this compulsory co- operative. If a person does get prosecuted, the fines should at least go to the crown, and not to this local board. This was made possible because Ontario delegated away crown rights to individuals, to exercise as they please, even without a vote of the hog producers in On- tario. This is much different to the way the Canada Wheat Board has been operating, because they kept the crown rights, and did not give them away like Ontario did to those who are operating this compulsory selling agency. Yours truly, THEODORE PARKER, R.R 1, Sebringville, Ont. December 21, 1955. Muggs and ,Skeeter r�( d a i 01, d k jtel ,\14 �I ,\l THAT'LL - BE ENOUGH, VIGKIEJ NOW 'vu NEEDN"'r TAKE ON UKg THAT... MONIMMIVIIV sir e Z ONLY WISH SKEETER WOULD TAKE TH4TATTlTUPE WHEN Z. TELL H1M HE'S PRACTICED ENOU61d / Il ;?til: • or r THE BIBLE TODAY The structure of the 'Scriptures has been of great interest to Bible lovers for centuries. Perhaps this is why we have inherited a quant- ity of unique detail not available on any other book. Many amazing facts about the physical composition of the "Book of Books" are known , ,. The Bible is , comprised cif „3 , 556,480 letters, 773,03 Vr3rd'S,. 31,102 verses, 1,189 chapters and 66 books. The middle verse is Psalm 118: 8. The 21st verse of the seventh chapter of Eire con- tains all the letters of the alph- abet, except "J", The longest word is in Isaiah 8: 1-"Maher-shall-hash-baz". The word "Lord" decors 1,855 times and the word "and" 46,277 times. One hundred and eighty direct quotations from the Old Test- ament are found in the New Test- ament. The Old Testament contains 39 books classified, - tlieyy are five books of the law, 12 of history, five of poetry, and 17 of prophecy. The New Testament consists 01 27 books. Here '-there are fpur records of the life of,Christ called the "Gospels", one book of 10story, 21 epistles or letters, and one book of prophecy. Psalm 119 is the longest Psalm. It has been referred to as a "Halellujah Chorus" of 17¢yver- ses.. Its construction is an Wen.,, ions acrostic of the Hebrew alio,. abet. Except for two verses all use some name of the Bible. The original manuscripts in Hebrew and Greek were not divid- ed into chapters and verses. These came later and- were devised ,to mark sections, suitable for public. reading and easy finding of fav- ourite passages. Capital lettersonly were ,used in the original copies and there Was no space between ..words. This made both reading and copying more difficult. In English the fol- lowing is how a .verse would ap- pear if printed this way, "B,EYE- l` NDO'NETOANO'i'IiER". Suggested readings for the week: Sunday ,,,.....: Matt. 2: 1 -Ll Monday Matt. 2: 12-23 Tuesday Matta 3; 147 Wednesday Matt. 4: 1-22 Thursday Isaiah, 40: 1-11 Friday Isaiah 55: 1-13 Saturday ...Psalms 1-3: 1-22 The Top Shelf.. I (By BENJAMIN BEVERIDGE) Whenever I go on a trip I al- ways take along a book of some- thing I have been wanting to read, and it usually ends up as so much excess baggage -because there is always someone interesting to talk to or some new scene to contem- plate. I took a book on a hunting trip this fall. It was just force of habit, of course, and I wouldn't want my hunting companions to know about it; but I should have known better. The Woodsman's routine leaves little time for read- ing. Up at 5.30 a.m. To the primeval forest by seven, and out goes the oil lamp at 9 p.m., after a long day keeping up with the guide and climbing over windfalls. But it's a wonderful life! Al- though I have been big game hunting many times, I've never shot a deer. My record remained unbroken at the end of this seas- on. Sooner or later, however, my luck will run out, and a handsome buck will put himself into a posi- tion where I can't miss. And then the fun will he all over. Even so, the chances were ten to one for the deer- in the country we hunted. A hurricane last year had knocked over a lot of trees and the unfamiliar exercise of climbing over them -paced by a forester who acted as my guide and teacher -left me with knots in my legs reminiscent of the day after the season's first football practice, years ago. ' So it was a successful interim, no telephones, no telegrams, no meetings, no speeches. True . I wouldn't have eaten the bacon and eggs had it been put before me at the Royal York; but no en- couragement is needed to make me eat Nova Scotian homemade baked beans and brown bread, pickles and preserves. When I got back home agaiin I read the book. It is called "The Language of Field Sports," writ- ten by C. E. Hare and published in London six years ago. Now, such a book attracts only the con- nisseurs, the people who feel it is important to know that a male deer is called a fawn in his first year, a pricket in his second, a sorel in his• third, sore in his four- th, bare buck in his fifth, buck in his sixth, and in his seventh year he is called a great buck. But I found the book absorbing, and I syn not a connoisseur. The author has a good deal to say about the technique and eti- quette of hunting, which puts the 41-111. fun in field sports, even though many of our ramrods do not seem to think so. About the language of deer hunting, Mr. Hare says that a herd of deer, correctly, must con- tain at least 20, except in the case of the roe -deer which herds at a minimum of six. The round roll next to the head of a red or fel- low ollow deer is called the burr; the main horn is the beam,' the lowest antler the brow antler, and the bizantlers, the royal, and the sur - royal top in their place. We gen- erally say we "start" a deer, but the proper term to describe head- ing a deer back in its flight is "blanche." Deer graze. It is moose that browse. A red deer stag is in velvet while its neav horns are hardening. He is )n "rags and tatters" after he rubs his horns against trees and the stein hangs in strips. Reindeer are the only female deer to have antlers. A stag, Hare tells us, gets up like a cow -hind quarters first. The liver, kidneys and entrails of the deer were once called "num- bles" and later "humbles." Hence, the term "humble -pie." The book deals with things oth- er than deer, of course. I was interested to know that the last English wolf was killed in 1682, and I shall fire this fact away with my store of useless informa- tion, and some time I will appall an audience somewhere by refer- ring to it. There was a time when the pro- per language of hunting was more important than knowing how 1 spell. "The Language of Field Sports" says that camel -hair brushes are made from squirrel hair. Camel was the name of the first man to make them. The "Teddy Bear" is a toy bear, nam- ed alter Theodore Roosevelt. Among other things discussed are fishing and hawking, the young of animals , footprints, cries of animals, mating, the hor- se, birds and insects. KIPPEN MAN INVOLVED IN TWO CAR CRASH Total damage was estimated at excess of $300 in a two -car crash on Highway 4 last week, one mile south of Exeter. Drivers of both machines escaped injury. Police said drivers were Russell Faber of Kippen, and LAC Ernest Seigle, of RCAF Station Centralia. - ACROSS 2. Entreaty !G Part of a 3. Fluff - chair back 4. Affix b. Call out 5. External 11. Leave of seed coating as a 6.A. depot syllable 7. Cuts, as 12. Concise wood 13. Goes S. Openings 14. Not asleep (anat.) 25. Perched 9. River 16. Little (Wales) children 10. Small pin 18. Hindu used in golf garment 17. Grampus 19. Wooden pin 18. Peasant 22. 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