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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949
Clinton News -Record
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R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager
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THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1949
The Red Cross and You,
HUMAN SUFFERING takes many forms.
3t may strike. as illness and pain, as misfortune
and natural catastrophe, es bewilderment and
hopelessness against overwhelming odds.
To alleviate these sufferings, to prevent
disease' and to promote the health and welfare
of the people of Canada—that is the task of
the Canadian Red Cross, the task of its work-
ers and its members—ever-renewed, ever -
necessary.
As a good neighbor; as a responsible
human being, each one of us wants to aid
distress wherever we may find it and to
prevent, if possible, its occurrence. In the
complexities of the modern ,world, one man's
hand is not enough. Only the co=operative
effort of a great Society, geared to work
efficiently, quickly and humanely, can hope
to stem the flood of misfortune, of accident
and emergencies that can overtake any one
of us. Only a greet Society, international in
scope, ,can bring hope to millions of our
fellow -men in other portions ' of the war-
scarred globe.
The highest of human ideals—concern with
the welfare of others—is the motivating force
of Red Cross. To translate this ideal into
action, Red Cross and its thousands of volun-
teer workers need the help of every person
M Canada. By contributing your share in the
1949 March appeal for $5,000,000, which opened
Monday, you become an active partner in one
of the greatest humanitarian forces working
for good in the world today. Ontario's share
is $2,000,000:" ..
A. J. McMurray again has been requested
by the Canadian Red Cross Society to take
charge of the local campaign, and has accepted
the responsibility, assisted by a committee. A
canvass will be made, but donations may be
left at any branch bank.
Our Forests Are
THE HISTORY OF CANADA is staged
against a forest background. In fact, forests
have had great influence on the progress end
welfare of mankind in every land end in all
ages. Without wood, history would be a very
difficult story.
Take Canada today. Of all the wealth
created by our basic sources of production—
agriculture, forests, fisheries, trapping and min-
ing—the forests produce one third, or, to be
wholly accurate, 31 per cent, On these basic
industries rests Canada's trade and commerce,
comments the current Monthly Letter of The
Royal Bank of Canada.
Forestry is practicable, paying and desir-
able In all parts of Canada, from the natural
home - of trees on the Atlantic and Pacific
slopes to the grasslands of the Prairies. But
not all land is suitable for trees, 6r for the
same kind of trees.
Forestry represents one of the three major
ways of using land. The others are cropping
end pasture. Generally, woodland, grassland
and desert divide the surface of the earth
among men, and between them there is con-
stant conflict. The grasslands are forever at-
tempting to encroach upon the woodlands, often
With the assistance of men bent upon extend -
(gel their farms. The desert is always trying
to encroech upon the grassland, an attempt
In which it has been helped by men: in the
past, unwittingly, but in these days of wide-
spread knowledge about wind and water ero-
sion, by men with their eyes wide open.
• In Old Ontario, according to the report
of the Royal Commission on Forestry, 1947,
forest cover has shrunk to 9.7 per cent. Groups
which have studied the question estimate that
Worth Preserving
up to 8,000 square miles, or 5,120,000 acres,
of waste land should be returned to forests;
the Commission itself is convinced that at least
two and a half million acres of Old Ontario
might profitably be reforested.
There is no overall recipe, no rule of
thumb, as to where trees should be planted
or not planted. Every scheme needs to be
looked at individually, and the long-time re-
sults as well as the immediate effects should
be assessed. The draining of marshes, for ex-
ample, may be good or bad. Holland Marsh
in Ontario did not involve water storage and
the reclaimed land is being put to good use;
draining of Florida swamp, on the other hand,
has upset the balance of nature as well as the
bank balances of those who did it.Not only
expert advice but common sense is needed.
Different parts of the country demand
different trees and different care. A well -
kept forest in British Columbia will look quite
different from one in New Brunswick, yet
each may be perfect for its location. The
trees are suited to the soil and climate, and,
so far as may be possible, to the requirements
of the owner.
There are, however, certain qualities they
will have in common. Poor or surplus trees
have been thinned out to give the good ones
room. There are noover-ripe trees, past their
best growing years, no diseased or damaged
trees,. no very branchy or badly shaped trees,
The forest floor is covered withneedles, leaves,
twigs and small branches, so that the soil
absorbs the Large amount of water trees need
andpreve'hts erosion. Grazing animals and
fire are kept nut. These are the marks of a
good forest anywhere.
The Reason Why
PROFESSORS, ECONOMISTS and others
are given to deploring the shortage of school
teachers. They cannot understand why this
Most influential of professions fails to attract
the right type of men and women in suf-
ficient numbers, reports The Printed Word.
The other day, the answer turned up in
the classified section of a daily paper. A public
school board ,placed two advertisements on
the same day. The first was for a teacher
to take charge of Grades 5 end 6; salary
$1,500per annum. The second was for a
janitor for the same school; salary $1,800 per
annum.
Editorial Comment .. .
THOUGHT FOR TO-DAY—No person or
government is capable of doing for others what
it ought to be doing for itself.
The fact that Lent commenced yesterday
indicates that Easter—late this year—is only
six' weeks distant.
If you drive a car, remember that it may
take 12 times 'the distance to stop en snow
or ice es it does to stop on dry concrete.
When the roads and streets are slippery, there
is . no ..substitute ;for driving slowly, watching .
carefully and allowing plenty of extra space
.and time for stopping.
Just think! A total of 170,000 persons in
Western Ontario, during this month, will be
the happy recipients of about$15,000,000 in
the form of refundable savings collected with
income tax in 1943 and 1944. That's good news!
. Good news for the hardpressed taxpayer is
contained in a report from Ottawa that the
next Abbott Budget, to be brought down be-
fore the Easter recess of Parliament com-
mences about April 13, will see income tax
exemption levels raised to $2200 for married
and $1,100 for single persons.
When the budget is brought down in the
Ontario Legislature—possibly this week—rev-
enue from the sale of liquor in the Province
during the past year is expected to show a
drop. That will be Welcome news to many
who decry the tremendous sums of money
spent annually on' alcohol. However, it is
expected that all other fields of revenue will
show higher returns:
All signs point to an early Federal Elec-
tion. but whether it will teice_plece this 'sum-
mer or in the autumn, remains .to• be, seen.
In any case,. Liberal organizations throughout
the country are "getting busy," local evidences
' being a meeting of Liberals in Clinton Friday
evening lash, and the holding of the
annual meeting of the Huron -Perth Liberal
Association in Hensall on Saturday, March 12,
with the Western Ontario Liberal Association.
annual meeting in London on Monday, March 14,
IN OUR ‘7IMMI
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would be alright to put the GOY -
a dependent?"
From Our Early Files
25 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, March 6, 1924
Morgan-Cree -- On Thursday,
March 6, 1924, by Rev. J. E. Hogg,
at Willis Manse, Isabelle Euph-
emia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L. Cree, to Thomas William
Morgan. The attendants were
Miss Margaret Cree and Harold
Lawson.
Mrs. Farnham and Mrs. Mc-
Dermid have taken the house on
Princess St. west, next to J.
Schoenhals. A. J. Holloway has
bought the house these ladies
have been living in and intends
to take possession in the spring.
The Ontario St. League visited
the County Home on Monday
evening and presented a splendid
programme. Those assisting were
C. S. Hawke, Miss Eva Carter,
Miss Helen Rodaway and Fred
Steele.
The west window of O'Neil's
grocery is very attra.aiive this
week. Gordon Lawson has ar-
ranged a' little log cabin which
depicts life in a sugar bush in
by -gone days. The sugar -bush
was painted by Miss Lucille
Grant.
A. T. Cooper has sold the house
he is now living in to Caryl
Draper end Mr. Cooper intends
moving into his old home next
door. It is expected that the
change will be made about May 1.
George Tomlin, district trouble
men with the Bell Telephone
Company has been transferred to
Stratford. His departure from
town is keenly regretted.
Mr. and Mrs, H. E. Rorke en-
tertained the hockey boys and
their officials to supper on Mon-
day evening.
Letters to the
Editor
TAX ON POP
Editor,
Clinton News -Record,
.;DEAR SIR:
It has beenbrought to nay at-'
tention in many instances, that
our present government is taking
pop from the baby in that the
levy of two cents on a bottle of
pop is grosslyin excess of any
wartime tax now in effect.
• It seems that our government
is starting rather early, taxing
:our next generation to pay for
the war we just fought and won.
Our youth receives a very small
income in the form of an al-
lowance (very small to be sure)
and yet must pay war excises' as
high as 40 per cent on a bottle
of soft drink. The two cents is
'as you know 40 per cent of the
cost of a bottle of pop: Isn't this
rather high?'
A child gets a coin, a nickel,
, ,quite a sum for a little fellow
but he is left high and 'dry for
the lack of two cents, He would
dike -to buy candy but there is
'very little to be had, end he is
again stumped; more tax.
nwernment has shown thot
Two Airmen - Bruised
In Car -Truck Crash
Provincial Constable A. Butler,
Goderich, investigated en accid-
ent at 9.55 p.m. Saturday, 11/2
miles south of Clinton, on King's
Highway 4. A car driven by Jean
Raincourt, RCAF., Clinton, coll-
ided with' the rear of a truck
owned by Jack Nethey, Blyth,
which was being pushed, onto the
shoulder of the road for repairs.
Nethey escaped the crash with
bruises. Gerald Sirois, RCAF..
Clinton, escaped with a bruised
right temple.
Estimated damage to the oar
was $300, and to the truck, $150.
youth is its concern in that baby
bonuses, free education and all
other youth benefits have been
granted. No othercountry has,
given its youth as much, yet it
is forgetting that irksome and un-
neces: ary 'a'artiime levy. This
should have beeen remedied on
the cessation of hostilities. Come
on, readers, let us remind our
representatives that they have an
unfinished obligation to our child-
ren, and return pop back to the
Baby.• —INTERESTED
Clinton,
March 2, 1949
London.
40 Years Ago
Huron Lady Winner
Of Judging Contest
The ladies invaded what had
:previously been a male preroga-
tive when Mrs. Thomas Hayden,
Crorrie, and Mrs. Walter S. Dickie,+
Truro;' N.S., stood' first and sec=
and respectively in the All -
Canadian,' open Judging •Cornpet-
ition held each year in connec-
tion with the selection of All -
Canadian Holstein cattle.
Mrs, Thomas Hayden had a
score of 1.42 points out of a pos-
sible 150 while Mrs. Dickie had
140 points out of a possible 150.
The hest that the man could do
was 138 points scored by Orvan
Chambers, Wilfrid, Ont., Russell
Hayden, Gorrie, and/ Alex John-
ston, Kelloe, Man,
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursady, March 4, 1909
Clinton Alley Bowlers defeat-
ed Seaforth on the latter's home
alleys. Clinton bowlers were R.
Graham, M. D. McTaggart, J. B.
Hoover, W. McConnell, C. Twit-
chell, G. East, Dr. N. Ball, N.
Fitzsimons, Dr. Sloan, W. Walk-
er, O. Crich.
The following took part in the
Young People's Social of Willis
Presbyterian Church: Fred Lucas,
Miss L. MacPherson, Mrs. (Dr.)
Gunn, Miss Carrie Shipley, Miss
Annie McCorvie, Miss L. Reid,
Miss B. Greene, Miss Agnes
Irwin.
ford, has bought; out the Deering
Implement Agency of T. Murphy
who is leaving shortly for the
West.
David Cantelon was the pur-
chaser of the old frame St. Jos-
eph's Church and intends adding
it to the old knitting factory and
will use the building as an evap-
orator.
Charles Wallis leaves for the
West in a few days with a car-
load of 50 horses which he has
purchased, the prize animal com-
ing from the farm of Leiper
Bros., Hullett.
Dominion Life Shows
21 Per Cent Increase
Dominion Life President Ford
S. Kumpf, while making a mo-
tion for the adoption of the
Company's Sixtieth Annual Re-
port at Waterloo, spoke in part
as follows:
"The generally favourable busi-
ness' conditions which prevailed
in Canada and the United States
Ire amply reflected in the re-
port which has been presented
covering the operations of our
company for the year 1948. ' The
report is a chronicle of vigorous
expansion in all phases of our
operation which is, I am sure,
most gratifying to all those in-
terested in the welfare of the
company and its 'policyowners.
"New insurance effected, in-
creased and revived amounted to
$58,951,108. This is more than
three times the total reported for
1940, end marks the eighth con-
secutive year that a gain was
recorded over the production of
the previous year. Our gain of
21 per cent for 1948 over 1947
is substantially higher than for
the life insurance industry as a
whole.
"The increase is business in
force in 1948 was $38,984,832,
which is the largest inorease ever
recorded in any single year in
the company's entire history. The
total of over $371,000,000 of in-
surance in force is more than
double the amount on the books
ten years ago. The true signifi-
cance of these totals cannot, how-
ever, be measured from a sta-
tistical viewpoint. Their real
value lies in the ever -widening
mantle of protection being spread
over the families residing in the
territory served by the members
of our organization.
"During 1948, there was an in-
crease in amounts held for future
distribution to policyowners of
more than $6,000,000. These sums
which are being accumulated for
the benefit of our policyowners
are, of course, invested so as to
obtain the best possible return
consistent with safety of prin-
cipal"
Plumsteel Bros. who have been
in the dry goods business for
some time are moving their busi-
ness to Oxbow, Sask., in the
course of the next few days.
Miss Laura Jervis was success-
ful in obtaining honours in her
theory examination in connection
with the London Conservatory of
Music.
Miss May Rance gave an ex-
ceptionally fine recital in the Hall
of the Conservatory of Music,
Toronto, when she presented
Wilson Barrett's "Sign of the
Cross." Reports in the Toronto
papers state the performance was
outstanding. Mr. end Mes. C.
Rance and Mr. and Mrs. W. Jack-
son went to Toronto to be pres-
ent for the occasion.
Miss M. Cantelon attended the
Millinery openings in Toronto and
this week is busy getting ready
for the opening here shortly.
R. C. Belcher, who for some
years has been cutter for Tozer
and Brown has moved to Brant-
ford. Percy Town has been en-
gaged to succeed Mr. Belcher.
The prize winners at the skat-
ing - carnival were: A. Doherty,
A. Kerr, C. East, Miss J. Morris,
B. Johnson, W. Johnson, N. Davis,
Miss Elsie Ross, Miss Erma And-
rews, Miss S. Bawden, R. Moore,
Ross Forrester, James Lawson,
D. Stewart, R. Rumball, H. Twit-
chell, B. Johnson, C. O'Neil, F.
Forrester, A. Wilson.
John Ransford has sold his
Mullett property consisting of 817
acres to Taylor Bros.
J. Taylor has let the contract
to S. S. Cooper to build a store
between his office and the El-
liott block which when complet-
ed will be occupied by Ford and
McLeod.
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, March 6, 1924
Winners at the skating carnival
were: Vera Dodds, C. Pugh,H.
Grigg, K. Rorke, F. Higgins, E.
A. Fines, L. Nediger, J. Nediger,
L. Levy, J. Yesbec, D. Canteen,
E. Dodds, J. Woods, T. Jackson,
H. Cook. C. Brown, A Combe,
B. Biggart, M. Cuninghame. G.
Middleton, H. Lawson, Mrs.
Roberton, N. Coenter. E. Carter,
G. Smith, Mrs. Carter, Mrs, Cree
Cook, Ross Forrester, Helen Rob -
erten, G. Roberton, Grace Stong,
Rita Elliott, Mrs; C. Streets,
Isabel Biggart, B. Streets.
Elliott, Cole, Nediger:, Rorke,
Mutch, Higgins, Hovey and Rob-
erton mede up the Clinton team
which defeated Stratford Juniors
at a hockey game et the local
arena on Monday. '
Ernest Lawson has received
word that his father, Thomas
Lawson, Stratford, has been
killed in a tragic accident he a
ersvel pit in North Easthope.
William, Robert, Joseph, and
Luke, Lawson are all brothers of
the deceased.
Mr. and Mrs. James Scott hove
returned from e pleasant month
spent in Orlando, Fla. They have
been with their friends, Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. O'Neil, and report
that their fruit orchard is 'doing
splendidly. Several crates of.
oranges and grapefruit have . al-
ready arrived and are on sale at
O'Neil's grocery.
The Pastime Club held a fare-
well party in honour of Miss
• Margaret Cree who leaves next
week to become a nurse -in -train-
ing in London.
' Mrs. J. G. Chowan and Mrs. J.
A. Ford have been visiting in
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, March 4. 1909
A.McMurray, for some time
farm superintendent for J. Rans-
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