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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, NOVEIVLDER 29, 1961
Cli1toft News -Record
The Clinton New Era established 1865 The Clinton News -Record established 1881
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
R. S. ' ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1951
Vote As You Like. But Vote!
HEREABOUTS, this seems to be the vot-
•
ing season!
No sooner have we got rid of an Ontario
General Election just a week ago, than we
are plunged into municipal campaigns in the
Town of Clinton, and theTownships of Gode-
rich Townships Hullett, The of Stanley
and Tuckersmith perhaps are more sensible in
having their 1952 municipal elections actually
taking place in 1952.
Be that es it may, with the good people
of Hullett according an acclamation to their
Reeve and four Councillors, the Town of
Clinton, and the Township of Goderich are
holding elections next Monday, December 3.
True, • Clinton(s 'election is only for the
offices of Deputy Reeve and `Public Utilities
Commission, but Goderich Township's contest
is for Reeve and four Councillors, with the
School Area Board being chosen by acclama-
tion.
And there may be some spirited races for
public office in these two municipalities. Let's
hope there are!
A good many people may say that there
was no need for an election; thatacclamations
could have been the rule rather than the ex-
-caption. But to our way of thinking, recourse
to the ballot gives everyone a good deal of
satisfaction — the candidates as well as the
voters, At least they know where they stand,
and have no illusions regarding their desir-
ability for public office or otherwise.
The really important thing about it all is
that we are living in a democratic civilization,
and the right to vote is one of our inalienable
rights. It is not only our right but also our
responsibility, to cast our ballots on elec-
tion day. We may be wrong, but we think
we're right when we state that if many people
who are careless in exercising their franchise,
did not possess the right to vote, they might
be a little chagrined or worse.
So all we can say is to "vote as you like
but vote!"
Change In Electing County Warden
HURON COUNTY COUNCIL has so chang-
ed its regulations that the County Council
as a whole, from now on, will elect the Warden
far any given year, rather than have the "Lib-
eral" or "Conservative" caucus choose one from
among its own little circle—later, of course,
formally ratified by the entire Council.
The NEWS -RECORD believes that the new
system is a great improvement over the old.
We are not going too far from tradition, be-
cause the reigning Warden alternately will be
a Grit or Tory, for the nomination of can-
didates must come from the two caucuses in
alternate years.
Henceforth, however, the Warden selected
at last will be the real , choice of all the
thirty-one members, rather than that of a
portion of that number. Voting by secret bal-
lot in open Council will do away with a lot
of log -rolling that has gone on previously.
The only drawback, however, is that pros-
pective candidates will have to buttonhole all
other 30 members rather than the Grit or the
Tory group in the alternate years. Perhaps
the successful fellow may earn himself an in-
creased honorarium for his' lsibourn?
The Shift Of Population
WHEN MANY OTHER rural counties have
registered a decline in population during the
past ten years, it is our happy privilege to
record that Huron County has increased pop -
...illation by 5,019, or 11.5 per cent, in the
decade between the censuses of 1941 and 1951.
The present total is 48,761, as compared
with 43,742—and we still aren't a large county
as county populations go.
The urban municipalities must feel proud
that they all have increased their populations,
but it should be a matter of regret that the
majority of Townships—nine to seven—have
indicated declines.
It is noteworthy, too, that two of the nine
townships—Tuckersmith and Stephen—have
been the locale for expanding RCAF Stations,
hardly agricultural in their source but stem-
ming from the need for Canada to take her
• place in group of nations that are attempting
to preserve their freedom by being strong in a
military way.
It is unfortunate that the, purely agricul-
tural townships are down in population in the
past decade.
There is one compensation, however. At
the same time there has been a drift from
the rural areas,.there has been increasing
mechanization on the farms.. This factor has
served to keep up production which now stands
in very favorable light with that existing ten
years ago.
•
Editorial Comment ...
Although they do not seem to be included
in the government index, taxes certainly form
one of the chief ingredients of the cost -of -
living in this day and age. If every tax sud-
denly were removed from the goads we buy,
we 'would be amazed at how low prices
would be.
•
A Special Messa e
fromyourBofM
manger...
F I were asked to sum up the whole
Canadian way of living in two words, I'd
say: "Steady Progress". The people cif
this country seem to combine stability with
a go-ahead spirit. This approach shows
- up in most things we do. Take Canada's
first bank — my bank. We have just finished
our 134th year, with assets of over
two billion dollars, Our Annual Statement
is typically Canadian in that it tells of
substantial progress in terms of brass tacks rather than brass bands.
Just three highlights will show you exactly what I mean:
b DEPOSITS: Our 1,800,000 cus-,
toners have $2,085,187,091 on
deposit at 572 B of M branches
across Canada. Some of this
money belongs to business firms and institu-
tions, but more than half of it is the savings
of everyday people.
LOANS: Now at the highest year-end figure
in the Bank's history, out loans amount to
$646,368,336. Farmers, fishermen, ranchers
and lumbermen borrowed a great deal from us,
but we lent money to people in every walk of
life and to business of every kind.
At that, we had to cut down on
many, loans we would ordinarily
have liked to make, in order to
co-operate with the Government
°. in measures which ace designed
to combat inflation and help gear up
Canada's economy for the defence program.
INVESTMENTS: At the year's end, the
B of M had $976,950,829 of its depositors'
money invested in high-grade
government bonds and other public
securities. These were listed in the j I
Bank's books at a figure not greater"j,
3.7
than their market value. Our other'';
securities represented mainly short-term
credits to industry. The combined total
amounted to $i,1o8;174,362.
Like Canada; her first bank has gone on from strength to strength
in the past year. We believe in being strong because our main
job is to protect People's savings. And we believe in encouraging
people to save more, coo.
In this, as in any other way we can, we are working
with Canadians in every walk of life for the steady prog•
fess that will give us all a stronger, happier country. pinv,..//41.4..fer,
WILLIAM H, ROBINSON, MANAGER,
CLINTON BRANCH, BANK OF MONTREAL
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From Our Earl Files
Y
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
December 2, 1926
In. South Huron, W. G. Medd,
Progressive, was yesterday elect-
ed by a majority of 1656, ac-
cording to the present figures.
The Women's Institute met on
Friday, and donated $50 towards
the expense of installing the X-
ray in Clinton Public Hospital.
E. G. Courtice, who has been
quite ill, is now recovering rap-
idly.
Miss Jean Minnie Farquhar,
youngest daughter of the late G.
M. and Mrs. Farquhar, became
the bride of Alexander L. "Eag-
leson, Drayton, in Wesley `Willis
Church, November 29, 1926.
Oh• November 30, 1951, Helen
Ladd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Ladd, Clinton;' was mar-
ried to Bruce'H, Rivers, Exeter,
in Wesley Parsonage,
Miss M. McGregor and Mr. A.
McGregor, Bayfield, spent the
weekend with friends in London.
Letters to Editor
"KINGDOM OF CANADA"
Editor, News-Recofd
Clinton
DEAR EDITOR:
Your editorials in the Thursday
Nov. 15 edition of The' NEWS -
RECORD captioned "Why not
Kingdom of... Canada?" and "A
Royal Residence, in Canada" were,
we feel sure, read with much
interest by all your subscribers.
They definitely were by ' this
reader,
May we, however, offer through
the medium of your popular
weekly a name suggestion that
would, We believe, be more fully
in keeping with our country as
constituted and governed, The
name we wish to suggest is this:
"The United Provinces of Can-
ada" and for brevity the initial
letters "UPC," used in the same
sense as USA is used in designat-
eric
ing a." "The United States of Am -
And just in passing, we wonder
where the Americans, so-called,
got the authority to appropriate
the name of the whole continent.
We all are Americans, the Indian
tribes particularly, as being the
first settlers. But that's the way
it is and will continue to be.
Ever since It was first mooted
to lop off the word "Dominion",
this writer has advocated the
name suggested, as seeming to fit
our status exactly. There will
be many who, for sentimental
reasons, will object to "Domin-
ion" being discontinued as now
intimated by our Prime Minister.
Many also wlil not favor it
being replaced by "Kingdom" In
this writer's humble opinion,
Canada is not a Kingdom in the
the full meaning of the term.
Would not then "The United
Provincs of Canada" just about
suit every Canadian from Halifax
to Victoria.
Then, if "Dominion" is drop-
ped off the name, what shall we
call our national holiday? Not
"Canada Day"'as has been sug-
gested, The two da da's as in
Cape, da-da,y close together does
not come easy to the tongue nor
pleasing to the ear. Why not
"Confederation Day," briefed to
"Confed day" for short? And
that is just what the day' really
is.
And while we are about it Jet
us make It First Monday in July,
for permanency and for weekend
convenience and holiday enjoy-
ment,
(Signed)—H. E. RORKE
Clinton, Nov. 21, 1951
Local Manager Gives
Bank Annual Report
Something entirely new in the
interpretation of bank statements
has been initiated by the Bank
of Montreal this week, in re-
porting its financial position to
customers at the end of its 134th
year of operations. The B of M's
message, highlighting the most
significant aspects of its 1951
statement, presents a striking
departure from the traditional
pattern of Canadian bank reports.
Strongly emphasizing the person-
al approach, it is published as a
signed statement from the local
B of M branch manager, William
H. Robinson.
Headed "A Special Message
from Your B of M Manager",
the report is no longer a bank
statement in the ondinary sense
of the word but a plain-spoken
review of the main features of
the bank's experience through-
out the past 12 months. Written
in straight forward, non-tech-
nical language and illustrated by
appropriate thumbnail sketches,
the report represents a further
advance in the direct "grass-
roots" approach pioneered by the
Bank of Montreal in its annual
reports for the past'seven years.
In the preamble of this hum-
anized report, the local manager
makes several down-to-earth
comments upon the Canadian
way of living. He emphasizes
that the people seem to combine
stability with a go-ahead spirit
and sums up the Canadian way
of life in two' words, "steady
progress."
Total deposits at the 572 bran-
ches of the B of M across Canada
figure in B of M history. This
figure is indicative of the vast
now amount to a new high of
$2,085,000,000, according to the
message which adds that "some
of this money belongs to business
firms and institutions, . but more
than half of it is the savings o8
everyday people."
Loans now stand at over $646,-
000,000,
646;000,000, another highest year-end
scale of co-operation with busi-
ness and private individuals made
possible through the confidence
placed in the Bank of Monteal
by its 1,800,000 depositors, "Farm-
ers, fishermen, ranchers and
lumbermen borrowed a,greet deal
from us," states the report, "but
we lent money to people in every
Walk of life and to business of
every kind,"
Assets in excess of the$2,200;
000,000 mark' are mid by the
B of M at the end of its 134th
year in business, Well over $976-,
000,000 is held in high-grade
gaverrnment , bonds and other
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Farrow
Mitchell, visited Mrs. James
Johnston, Auburn, last week.
J. L. Reid, London, was the
guest of his sister, Mrs. John
Rathwell, Varna, during the past
week,
Kenneth Stewart, Stanley
Township, who has been hunting
up north, sent a fine deer to his
father, Fenwick Stewart, the oth-
er day.
Mrs. S. T. Murch, Sarnia, visit-
ed Miss Hattie Courtice over the
weekend.
W. G. Beattie of Beattie Bros.,
Fergus, has been in town today.
looking :over; Clinton, with a
view to getting some pointers on
civic improvement. He was par-
ticularly interested in, the Col-
legiate building. We should keep
to the mark if we are to be held
us as examples,
Miss Mary Cartwright, Lon:des'-
born, was a delegate to the Jun-
ior Women's Institute Convention,
held in Guelph last Friday. A
number of representatives of the
Junior Farmers, from different
counties were also present.
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New Era
November 30, 1911
Albert Brunsdon, who has been
a student at the Londesboro Sta-
tion for some time, has taken a
position at the station here, as
assistant,
Exeter will vote on January
1 on a by-law providing for the
introduction of hydro electric
power.
Misses Maggie and Katie 'Mc-
Dermit, Brucefield, entertained a
number of their friends on Thurso
day last.
The Clinton News -Record
November 30, 1911
The members of the Women's
Missionary Society of the Meth-
odist Church, Holmesville, met on
Tuesday afternoon to pack a bale
of goods for the Deaconess' Home,
Toronto.
Miss Clare Biggin, Clinton,
spent Sunday at the home of
her parents, at Summerhill.
Miss Maud Lyon, Hullett Town-
ship, is spending a few days with
relatives and friends in Clinton.
Byron Rowcliffe, Usborne, has
purchased a fine 100 -acre farm
between Brucefield and Clinton.
It belonged to William Grent,
who will reside in Clinton.
TheronBattles returned last
week to Porter's Hill, after spend-
ing several weeks in Toronto.
Rev. J. H. Otserhout, Londes-
boro, was the guest from Monday
until Tuesday morning of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hatrley.
Mrs. T. Wesley Cosens is spend-
ing a few days with relatives in
Seaforth.
Miss Lizzie 1VLeGregor, Stanley
Township, was visiting friends in
Seaforth at the end of last week,
Johnston a n• ct . Taylor, Blyth,
shipped three cars of potatoes
from Londesboro last week, The
price •paid. was 90c a bag, but
now game are being loaded at
$1.12 a bag, and there is an offer
from Kincardine of $1,15 a bag.
A toboggan slide is being built
on High Street for the use of
the young people.
C.O:F. team defeated Woodmen
in Carpet Ball by 15 shots,
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IN APPEALING TO THE ELECTORS
OF CLINTON AS A CANDIDATE FOR
THE POSITION OF DEPUTY REEVE,
I ask you to give some consideration to
my record as Alderman, Mayor, member
of Hospital Board, Parks Board, Public
Utilities Commission, Clinton and Dist-
rict Chamber of Commerce, Clinton Hor-
ticulture Society, and member of war-
time housing committee. ,
Also to my work in connection with
the bundles for Britain Campaign, and the
collection for Winnipeg Flood Relief.
If it is your pleasure that I serve you in the above-men-
tioned position for 1952, I pledge myself to give you honest and
sincere administration.
I have also served you en Active Service in both Great
Wars. Would you kindly return the compliment by electing
me
Deputy Reeve for 1952
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