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Clinton News-Record, 1946-02-14, Page 2PAGE, TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Clinton News -Record The Clinton New Era Established 1865 The Clinton News -Record Established 1878 Amalgamated 1924' PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT CLINTON, QNTATIQ, CANADA "The Hub of Huron, County" An,Indepe-ndent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District Official Printers to. MEMB5 E: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association '` County of Huron Subscription Rates: In Canada and Great Britain, $1.50 a year in advance; h United States, $2 a year in advance; single copies five cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department,Ottawa Advertising Rate and Detailed Circulation Cards on Request Sworn' Circulation at Dec, 31, 1945 ....... , , , .1,054 R. S. ATEHY Ii. L. 'POIVILI'VSON. Editor and Business Manager Plant Manager THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14,' 1946 CLINTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL Although Clinton Public Hospital had .a small deficit of $257 in 1945, this amount was a net boss anter allowance for depreciation, totalling $2,718, 'had 'lbeen deducted. 'But in order to keep the record straight in the minds of the public, it should be remembered that the "rather considerable sum of $3,125 of bad •debts°was re- covered during the year. In our opinion, that lWas 'a good ,job well done. The extent of the Hospital's improved financial 'conditi'on is indicated by the fact that net foss in 1944 amounted to $1,956. Thesulplus account now stands at '$58,269, buildings and furnishings and equipment con- stituting the chief assets. Rendering a most important 'service to the com- munity, 'Clinton Public. Hospital admittedly is overcrowded, its 24 beds begin filled most of the time. The Board of Direetors, therefore, is faced squarely with the alsolute necessity of coining to grips this year with an expansion program, which has been the subject of considerable dis- •cussion and thought in the past. Financing will pose a difficult problem as reserve funds, invested in bonds, total $16,500, which amount is additional to a grant of $25,000 ¢made by the County of 'Huron, if, as and when an addition is proceeded with. In these days 'of high cost of construction, a potential total of $41,500 is not as large as it might be—nor possibly half • •as large. Thus, it is evident, that one of the major problems facing the 'beard in 1946 is that of raising sufficient funds to proceed with the erection of much-needed additional :accommodation. In view of this and other matters, it. is regrettable -'khat Mr. Frank Fingland, K.C., whohas, been the very capable president of ,the Hospital Board for more than seven years, • should decide to retire from the presidency and also membership on the Board. He is a busy man and has found that. it is necessary for him to call a halt somewhere. • His yeoman service in the cause of the hospital will be missed very greatly by his colleagues, and by the public generally. It is to be hoped that at some future time, he again may be in a position to take up where he left off. The best wie'hes of the community will go to his successor, Dr. W. A. Oakes, in the perfor- mance of a difficult task. © 0 ©' MAPLE TREES FOR BRITAIN C anadians are fond of thir ;maple tree, which are emblematic of this fine young country, and, knowing their beauty and stateliness, are pleased that they will be used in British cemeteries where sleep many of Canada's noblest sons. Some two years ago, Ontario Horticultural Society, working through the Royal Horticultural Society of Great Britain, sent overseas a shipment of Canadian maple tree seedlings, to be planted in Canadian cemeteries overseas. These trees, according to information received from the Imperial War Graves Commission, and received by John A. Carroll, Secretary of the Ontario Horticultural Associa- tion, have been planted in the nursery at Brookwood in 'Surrey,' and new have reached a height of from five to +six 'feet and are ready for pIanitirug. There are 280 maple trees in the nursery -100 silver maples, 100 scarlet maples and 80 sugar maples. Tit now 'h'as been ,decided that, since there are more .trees than can ibe used in the Canadian cenTetery at Brookwood, some of them will be planted also in the RCAF regional cemeteries at Harrowgate, Chester, Bath, Cambridge and Oxford, where considerable numbers of Canadian airmen have been buried. In order to providefor the distribution and planting, and also the care of these trees, the Ontario Horticultural Society directors have authorized that si sum of nearly '500, now in the hands of the Royal Horticultural, Society, sand originally intended to provide flower and vegetable seeds for prisoners of war camps' in enemy countries, be utilized for this purpose. This money was subscribed by horticultural societies in Ontario, and the, original purpose of the fund having been eliminated by the end of the war, it is felt that no better outlet could be found for the balance of money on hand than to use it for the planting of these nna.ple trees in the places where Canadian service men are buried. - 0 0 0 EDITORIAL COMMENT 0 0 0 Thought. for Today -Many a man knows :he has more friends he can count up than he tan count on. Oldtime "hockey fever" is consuming many;Clin- tonians as the play-off season rolls around. 0'.•© Clinton Board of Eduoatlllion has made a good remove in -instituting a system of providing hot lunches for the students from out of town, It went into effect last week: © 0 0 , Clinton should be proud of .. its Public Library. It fills a need that no other institution can fill, as judged by its 1945 circulation ;of 10,659, and borrowers numbering Lettersto the EDITOR /LOCAL OPTION Editor, Clinton News -Record, DEAR SIR: The late Judge Dixon of 'Goderieh once said:""It ,is a slander on British jsstiee to say that British laws can- not be enforced." We also bear a good deal these days about the en- forcement of our laws dealing with Temperance. For; instance, -in article published in the Globe Mail of January 29th, Mayor Crabb Little Current is .reported to said. that ,the Ontario Governimerit. will not permit their police to en. force 'the Canada Temperance Actin the district of Manitoulin." I have always understood that every Constable, every Crown Attor- ney, every, Provincial Attorney, when taking office must subscribe to an oath that they 'will enforce the laws of our land. No natter what contrary opinion our officers may have regarding any particular late they cannot give this as an excuse for not snaking an hon- est effort to enforce it, as well as all. laws effective in their respective jurisdictions. We know, of course, that the liquor traffic organizations, hiding behind the so-called Moderation League, are opposed to the Canada Temper- ance Act, as evidenced by their send- ing a representative to the Privy Council, to join with the Ontario Government in making an effort to have the C.T.A. set aside; .also their persistence in opposing Local Option whenever an issue. an, and of other day, his annual euston. He is have •secretary.of the Tobacco Workers' International Union. Imperial Orange Lodge No. 2767, Toronto, of which W. M. Elliott is Worthy ,blaster, is composed largely of former Iluronians. J. W. Elliott, who has conveyed His "Majesty's mail to and fro be- tween post office and station for 24 years, intends to drop out when his present contract expires at the end of April. Today is as much like a day in April as anyone is likely to experience. Eli Crich, 'Tuckersinith Township, is holding his auction _sale February 23, and is moving to Clinton shortly afterward. John Greer, Stanley Tosnship,shine ped a car of cattle to Toronto last week. Married—Deeves-C'ampbeli . At Wesley parsonage, Clinton, on Feb, 10, 1921, by Rev. D. N. McCamus, Anna- belle McOubboit Campbell, Iate of Glasgow, Scotland, to Lorne David W. Deeves, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Deeves, Clinton. Beatty Bros., Stanley Township, held a very successful sale of tho^. ouglthred stock on Tuesday. The Orange en of Varna held a social eveningn Temperance Hall, Thursday csd ay night.; THh3,•CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, February 17, 1921 Mayor IAr. J. -McMurray will he toast -master at the annual banquet of Huron Central Agricultural Society. •i From ,OurEarly Files I 25 YEARS AGO Dr. J. W. Shaw will propose the toast to the ladies, with Mrs. H. B. Combe THEI CLINTONNEWSS'-RECORD responding, Thursday, "Februarq 17, 1921 Tomtniy% Morgan, St. Catharines, is Eggs are 38 to 39 cents, live hogs renewing old acquaintances in town. $13.25, and butter 42 to 45 cents. Blyth ratepayers will vote on a Rev. G. I. Burns,.pastor: of Clinton hydro bylaw on March 7. and Auburn Baptist Churches, and Chief Z itzsimons 'has issued a family, were tendered a public recep- warning' to all automobile owners to tion Tuesday evening. secure ,license plates immediatelya The News -Record's old friend, E. The .Gown 'Fathers held a very Lewis Evans, Louisville, Ky., a Olin -short session oit.Friday night, taking ton old boy, sent us a calendar the only about five minutes to rescind the motion passed on Monday re the removal of the gunes to the P. U. Park, as the guns had been returned to their places during the afternoon. It was rumoured that if Council had not decided ti ieescind their notion, a Parade of war veterans, war work- ers and citizens in general, headed py the Kiltie Band, 'would have brought the gulls back on Saturday afternoon —and fireworks might have been on the program.However, peace once more reigns in Clinton, and we still have no love for the Kaiser or his tribe. It is not a fact, too; that with very few exceptions, every liquor organiza- tion has been guilty of violating the laws which try to restrict the liquor traffic? In this County (Huron) we had the C.T.A. in operation for several years after it was carried in 1913, and it was well enforced ` because we had a Crown Attorney, Inspect- ors and Magistrates who tried to do their duty. The late Charles Seager, K.C., Grown Attorney of Huron, in speak- ing of, the C.T.A., card it was one of the best written laws on our Statute Books, and, for the reason that it covers the larger territory, a County, it isthe hest Temperance law avail- able in the Province of Ontario. If, the • Frovincial Government is anxious to reduce the evil effects of Liquor, rather than try to increase its use through Government sales as at present, let them give us County Local Option in place of Municipal Local Option. The Government can anis must en- force the laws, or make way for an- other Government that will. (Signed)—A. T. COOPER. Clinton, Ontario. ' • Wartime Prices Board • Answers Questions Concerning Regulations Sugar continues to be rationed for one reason only—because it is in short supply. For some time past the world has been constuning sugar faster than it is being produced, eat- ing into reserve stooks. The' following questions and answers are presented in order to give readers an understanding of the situation: Q. Is it possible for Canada to Rain more sugar? .. A.—No. Neither Canada nor any they country can buy as much it night wish to obtain. The world's ugar supplies are allocated by the ombined Food Board equitably mong the claimant countries. Each ountry which imports sugar presents statement showing how much sugar produces and bow much it needs import. The United States, the sited Kingdom and Canada, as e r mbers of the CFB, agree on equit- ble distribution of available supplies long all laimants, and as betweenhemselves on an equal per capita sis. Q,—Could we not incl'ease our ra- on by producing more beet sugar in anada? A. --There has been a considerable crease in beet sugar production in anacia• In 1945, we produced nearly ,000,000 pounds more than our pre- vae average. Any production of'sugar worthwhile, since it adds that much ore to the world supply. Our ere- ction of sugar is set against our ()cation; the balance being made up ons other sources. Canada's 'pro- nation of beet sugar from the 1945 op amounted to approximately 165,- 0,000 pounds. It requires 7.2,000,000 u nds to meet the consumer ration quircments of single sugar coupons. Q.—Where does Canada purchase gar? A. ---At the outbreak of war, the nadian and United Kingdon. Gov - .:milts entered into a very satis- story arangement for joint buying supplies through the United King - m Ministry of Food. 'Under Coin - lad Food Board procedure, Canada d the United Kingdom share equit- y the quantities of sugar bought joint account by the Ministry of o6 from the Empire and from the. miniean Republic. The balance tomaticallyennes from Caba whose lh is purchased by the U.S.A. and ocateci by - the ' Combined Food rd. This arrangement has kept es reasonable for both buyers as 11 as producers, two tried to augment our supply, buying sugar from South America, South American importing count- s would have to replace' it from own sources of .supply, so that balance we should be no better off , incidentally, would have to pay re than twice as much for . the ar. —If Canada stopped rationinggar now, what ironic!" happen? .—Since Canada cannot now ob- any more sugar than her present cation, the abandonment of ration - would mean, that large areas in:s Can would' have no ugar at all, ar prices would get out of control, black market operators would en-' their greatest bonanza of all time. .—Sonne travellers have reported ge stocks of sugar in Cuba and the t Indies. What is the explaisa- 7 0 0 i C a it to U n a an t ba ti C in C, 30 t 15 rri du ail fn er dt 00 Po re su Ca t fa of do bit an abi for Fo Do au ero all Boa pure we I by tho vie our of and sug sus A tain allo ing Car sug aid joy lays Wes tion 525—one quarter of the town's population,tl c .—At certain 'times of the year e are large stocks of sugar in Increasing Farm Income Would 'Assist Farmers A suggestion that raising farm in- comes would allow farmers to cam- pete to better advantage in the labor market arose' at the ninth annual meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture ]n Toronto recently. Delegates, expressing concern over the position of farmers whose incomes have tended to keep down rural wages, passed a resolution which urg- ed the Federal Government to allow an increase in farm returns. This, it was stated, would enable farmers to. carry out the production program set up at the Dominion -Provincial Con- ference last December. "There is increasing evidence that agriculture poduction hr Ontario will be seriously impaired in 1946 due to agriculture's inability to compete in the labor market' en an equal basis in regard to hours of labor, the wage per hour, or to provide the amenities and conveniences which surround in- dustrial employment," the resolution staked. To compete with industries for labor, farm income will have to be raised through adequate commodity prices," said President Kenneth Betz. ner, of Waterloo. He added that the federation's request would be directed to the Prices Board and to its successor organization. Policy on Subsidies In another resolution, the federa- tion called for a statement of Federal Government policy in regard to sub- sidies. The same resolution recom- mended that generally speaking the present level of returns for farm pro - duets, • in relation to production, be maintained. The federation urged the Dominion Government' to increase grants to ex - servicemen going into farming dist- ricts, where conditions made it dif- ficult for them, to establish them. selves, A committee will be set ue to pro. vide for a system of agricultural vocational education which will be. easily accessible to all farm youth, the federation decided. Recommendations are to be placed before the Government for the further electrification of Ontario farms, and for the ,abolition of the 25 -mile and or new lines, Cuba and the British West Indies. In that area, the whole year's production is made in five months. This sugar is allocated by the Combined Food Board.to,the various countries 'which are to receive it, including Canada, .and moves out on a pre -arranged schedule of shipments. Every bit of it is earmarked 'for consumption. ..Q..—Is there not a considerable quantity of sugar in Java? ... A.—.After the defeat of Japan, there were reports of large stocks of sugar in ,lava. Later reports indicate. that the quantityr is uncertain and much of it has deteriorated during the year it has been in storage in Java. Furthermore, sugar may have been destroyed during the disturb anees there. Q.—,It has been' claimed that huge amounts of .sugar are in storage in Canada. Is this true? A.—Yes, this occurs at certain sea- sons. The entire crop of beet sugar. is made in the last three months of the year. This sdgar has to be dis- tributed to the public in order to sat- isfy the sugar ration for the whole twelve months in certain areas. Furthermore, as .much sugar as pos- sible is brought'in`before the'elose of navigation on the St. Lawrence River, as a saving is made in using water transportation. A mother wasenrolling her six- year-old son in kindergarten. The teacher brought out her records and began to ask questions: "Does the boy have any older brothers ?" "No." "Younger brothers?" "Odder sisters?' "Ne" "Younger sisters?" "No At this point the lad, who had grown increasingly unhappy and self- eonscious, put in a wistful word, "'But," he said defensively, "I've got friencis." 40 'YEARS AGO TEEE, OLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, February 15, 1906 ' In the matter of early chickens, Mr. T. Manahan leads them all. Out of a setting of 13 eggs put under a hen. nine good lively chicks were hatched. This is early indeed. 'Fred Ford has been promoted to the Third Book and Fred Thompson to the Second Book. of his business whooFredtnWhi el, disposedhas bought it back again. On completing 20 years as a mein- Nei of Ontario St. Church choir, W. J. Harland was honoured, an address be- ing read by Miss Gibbings. The executive of the .Spxing Fair has selected April 5 as the date of the first fair. John Johnstone will erect twa stores on the Dinsley Corner,,each 23 feet width by 78 feet depth on Rat- tenbury St., of convent blocks. Jubilee Preceptorv, Royal Black Knights of Ireland officers elected are: Preceptor, John Scarlett; deputy, William Kenny; chaplain, James Con- nolly;. registrar, Peter Cantelon; treasurer, Thomas Kearns; lecturers, David Barr and John Bullard; cen- sors. Albert Anderson, William Ford; standard bearers, J. I:I, Campbell and A. M. Todd: "Drovers" blanked "Frog Ponders" in hockey, Lineups: Grove—Ross Forrester, Johnny Hall, Johnny Moore. .Reddy Paisley, Fred Rmnball Roy McConnell, Cooper Robinson; Frog Pond—Kenny Mackenzie, Lee McTavish, Roy Forrester, Willie Dun - .ford, everno Cook, Ray Ireland, Jack Levy. The following took part in a social in Ontario St. Church School Room: vocal duet, Misses Elva Wiltse and Ella Johnson: piano duet, Misses La - pine, and Chant; solos, Miss Lily Coats. W. J. Harland, R. A. Downs and Hill; recitations, llev. W, E. Keir, Miss Clara Mountcastle. Squire Biggins of E]nrlrttrst Farm, was in Toronto last week attending the annual meeting of Dominion 15 Shorthorn Breeders' Association, of. ) which he is a director { ff A large number in Bayfield and'2 vicinity are busily engaged this week l getting in their supply of ice for the summer, • . Charley Pilgrim, Varna, wears a. smiling face because his wife present- ed him with a, bouncing baby boy last week. W Seotchmer, Bs onsotrLine, Stan- ley d'ownship, has -sold his driver to Rr Co]clough, Gode7ch Township, for $130, Charles Johnstone,'Stanley, has sold three horses to O. Johnson, Clin- ton, J, Cowen, Bronson Line, and Charles Rathwell, Goshen Line• Hullett farmers are selling many 'horses these days. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 194e J. R. BUTLER QUALIFIES FOR PRODUCTION CLUB J. R. Butler, widely known Con- federation Life representative, quali- fiecl as a member of the production club of his mpain . Con- federation Life paymentsny to1945polity- , owners and beneficiaries totalled, $13,594,780 in 1945 and business in force was $621,950,297 at the end of the year. Founded in 1871, Con- federation Life Association has grown with Canada and this year celebrates' 75 years of service. WE ARE PREPARED , To efficiently arrange every detail and assist you in every- way possible. ble. The te4 #z eizal elloste GEO. B. \BEATTIE WHY ? Put up with a radio that only makes a noise? Why not have that full rich tone your radio . is able to give you? You can have that tone and performance restored quickly by calling on Clinton Radio and Appliances at the White Rose Garage Huron St. PHONE 465 "THE HOME OF REAL SERVICE" Clinton A MESSAGE TO ALL NEWLY DISCHARGED SERVICEMEN Civil., life has its booby traps too. Be careful. Be on your guard against plaus- ible strangers with plans for spending your hard earned gratuity, your Victory Bonds, your savings. Be on your guard against "friendly" tips on sure things; and schemes to double .your money. And if you decide to embark on some new enterprise of your own get all the facts and weigh them --in advance. Talk your plane over with someone you trustand whose business judgment you respect. If you think we can help, call on the manager of anybranch. He will feel privileged to help you in any way be can. The manager of every branch of The Royal Bank of Canada has been in. formed of this invitation and joins index; tending it to you. THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA J. G. McLAY, Manager CLINTON BRANCH