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Clinton News -Record:
The Clinton New Era Established. 1865'
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1. S. ATK.EY
Editor and Business Manager
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1946
SEWERAGE PROJECT AT CROSSROADS
onstruction of Clinton's proposed sewerage project
aid sewage treatment plant is now in the lap of
Municipal the gods—or rather, the Ontario Board.
'Activity in this conn'ect'ion over a five-year period
has now culminated in the 'awarding of contracts for the
two portions of the general scheme, effected alt a special
meeting of the Town Council yesterday. But, in the inotion,
the rider was attached: "Subject to the approval of the
Ontario Municipal Board."
The whale question will have to be threshed out
before that august body within the next few days. Council
authorized the Mayor to select a deputation to interview
the Board, and colloquially and sportively speaking, find
oust "what the score is." In ;addition to the Mayor, this
group of citizens probably will include the chairman of
finance and the town solicitor.
Our understanding is that the Board possibly has
three options, viz: to grant the town's request; to demand
that another vote be held on the increased financial require-
ment (the previous vote was on an expenditure of
$199,000) ; or to reject the proposal altogether. But now
that the Town Council has something definite to offer in _
the way of actual cost of the project, the fact that the
contractors are ready to commence work, and suggested
method of financing by the issue of debentures over a 20 -
year period, it is not likely that the deputation will be
given a perfunctory dismissal. Heretofore, the town has
never been in anything like the same bargaining position
as it is today—with actual figures available.
Naturally, no one is so bold- hereabouts as to make
any predictions regarding the ultimate decision of the
Municipal Board. That is the Board's duty and prerogative.
But this coluann trusts that a very thorough examination
Will be made of all the facts before a decision—sand certainly
an adverse one—IS promulgated.
The people of Clinton want a new sewerage system
and sewage treatment plant, and want them in 'operation
At the earliest possible moment. If present plans ' are
successful, the project should be completed long before the
snow flies.
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THE FARMERS' SIDE OF IT
o many of OUT city friends, suggestions that•or-
T ganized agricultural producers should "march on
n,
Ottaw'a and ilial farmers should withhold ship -
invents of eatitle from the market pending the removal of
retail ceilings on beef or attainment of a satisfactory price
adjustment—may be a little unsettling. But we hope •that.
these ideas may serve to " wake up" 'some of the
bureaucrats and individuals Who are in great need of being
Able to see • all sides of the question.
The "march on Ottawa" was suggested at a con-
ference of agricultural producers held in Toronto Monday,
when the Ontario Federation of Agriculture called on the
Dominion Government, witch in 15 days, to name a
parliamentary committee to inquire into the relationship
of 'agriculture, industry and labor, as affected by the War -
lime Prices and Trade Board controls.
Secretary V. S. Milburn, in a statement after the
meethig, said the delegates were definately opposed to the
abolition of anti•lin! 1ationary measures: They felt, how-
ever, that an immediate effort should be Made to adjust
farm products prices in keeping with the increased cost of
production permitted in the . past sin months.
The other suggestion was contained in a resolution
passed at an emergency session of the executive of the
• Ontario Beef Cattle Producers' Association in London the
same day. The meeting came after a week of meat shortages
in many Ontario cities reportedly caused by the refusal of
' packers to purchase livestock on thegrounds that they are
unable to buy at prices which, -after processing and sale to
retailers at existing ceilings, igive them °any margin of
profit.
As Mr. Milburn says, agriculture may find itself in
the middle of a "squeeze" play unless something is done
about it. Pressure groups, representing labor, -manufactur-
ing and other interests, are busily engaged in advancing
their points of view: If organized 'agriculture doesn't-
attempt
oesn'tattempt to look after its own interests, who else will?
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EDITORIAL COMMENT
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Thought for Today—Hitch your wagon to a star:
butt keep hold of your horses!
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Beautify Clinton. "Clean up! Paint upl Plant up!"
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"Play Ball!" will soon. be heard on the 'sandlots.
Clinton baseball club has organized and the first official
practice veil be held Monday night. -'
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Local anglers had tough luck because of cold weather
at the opening of the speckled trout season Friday 'and
Saturday. Better luck this weekend!
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Residents of Clinton should not forget to put for-
ward their clocks one hour when they go to bed Saturday
alight. Otherwise itihey' might be late for church Simday
Morning.
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A siigii of the times—a Toronto newspaper "plays
Up", with story and pictures, the successful quest of a
former prisoner of war and his bride to obtain 'a vacant
apartment! The eagle Were chosen frern among 700
applicants.
Q:—My grocer tells me he has only
seed potatoes for sale but I think the
potatoes I bought recently are table
potatoes which should' be cheaper than
seed potatoes. Is there 'any way in.
'which I might know what kind of
potatoes I am buying?
A.; -Yes. Under existing regula-
tions seed potatoes must be sold in a
container sealed and tagged with a
Canadian Government tag on their.
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Q:—Iiave price ceiling regulations
governing laundrying been removed?
Last week I paid 30 cents to have a
shirt washed and pressed. The former
price was 25 cents.
A:—There is a price ceiling on this
type of service. Please send us the
name of the launderer and we will
have the matter investigated.
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Q:—When I returned from overseas
I bought a house and the owner told
me that I could get possession if I
gave a three months' notice. The
tenants refuse to move. How can I'
obtain possession?
A:—Under existing rentals regula-
tions and as long as the tenants re-
main well behaved, you cannot obtain
possession of the house. The special
allowance given ex -service men is for
those who lived in the house before
they enlisted.
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'rom Our Early Files
25 YEARS AGO
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
April; 28, 1921,
St. Paul's Young People met on
Monday night and organized a tennis
•club with the following officers: press=
dent, George Middleton; vice-presi-
dent, Miss Winnie Draper; secretary-
treasurer, Frank Senior).
A meeting was held in the Council
Chamber yesterday for the purpose
of organizing a ;Red Cross ",Society to
do peacetime work. The guest speaker
was Miss Clayton, Listowel. Mayor
A. J. McMurray presided and Rev. S.
E. McKegney acted as secretary. The
following officers•: were elected: Hon-
orary president, Mayor A. J. Mc-
Murray and Dr. J:. W. Shaw; presi-
dent, C. D. Bouck; 1st vice president,
J. W. Treleaven; 2nd vice-president,
Mrs. W. D. Fair; secretary -treasurer,
R. E. Manning.
1 T. Leppington has beenhaving his
house painted. •
W. McIntyre is moving into the
Mcllveen house on Huron St. and Mr.
Campbell is taking the house which
Mi. McIntyre is vacating.
° The funeral of ex -Mayor .Thomas
Cottle was held on •Saturday after-
noon. The mayor and members of
the Council attended in a body, also
the members of the Model School
board. The services were conducted
by Rev. J, E. I•Iogg. The pallbearers
were W. Jenkins, C. J. Wallis, H. B.
Chant, J. H. Wise, J. G. Medd, and
Major M. D. MeTaggart.
Willis Cooper is home with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Cooper,
having completed his year at the
University. Willis` is going out with
a Chatauqua company during the
summer commencing in June.
Miss M. Gilchrist who spent the
winter with her sister in Saginaw,
Mich., has returned to her home in
town.
Earl Livermore, Stratford, spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Livermore.
Mrs. G. E. Saville and Miss Belle
Webster, Londesboro, spent Tuesday
with Mr. and Mrs. Giles Jenkins,
Goderieh,
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Q:—I don't use meat sauce but my
dealer insists on .my buying it before
he will sell ine ketchup. He says he
has to buy the sauce to get the
ketchup and I must do the same.
I've been told this is illegal,
A:—It is illegal. No dealer, either
wholesaler, retailer or manufacturer,
may force any customer to buy some-
thing he doesn't need in order to
obtain something he wants.
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Q:—I want to slaughter cattle for
my own consumption. I understand I
must have a slaughtering permit. Is
this true?
A:—If you are going to slaughter
two animals or less you must get
permission front the board. If you
intend slaughtering more you must
have a permit authorizing you to do
so.
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Q:—I am a grocer and recently I
purchased some honey. It was more
expensive than honey I bought pre-
viously. Did my wholesaler /rake a
mistake?
A:—The wholesale price of honey
was permitted an increase of one cent
pen pound recently.
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Q:—I bought some potatoes mark-
ed American War Seed potatoes.
What price should I pay for these,
the table priec or the seed potato
prize?
A:—You should pay the table
potato price effective in our distrlet.
This price may be determined from
your local WPTB office.
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Q:—Two months ago I gave my land-
lord my notice of intention to vacate
because I had bought another house.
Now T find I cannot get possession
of the house because the tenants in
it cannot find other accommodation.
The house in which I now live has
been sold and I have been notified
I must move by the first of May.
My husband is in the armed forces
and I have no place to go. Can they
make me /move out of my present
dwelling?
A.—You do not mention in your
letter what notice to vacate you gave
your landlord. We advise you to con-
sult the nearest office of the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board or write
directly to the Regional ;Rentals Of-
ficer of the Board, Federal Building,
London, giving him details regarding
the notice of your intention to vacate
and the notice served on the tenants
of the house you ,bought.
Q:—I read in the paper that sports
goods have been removed from the
ceiling regulations. Does this mean
I will have to pay more for tennis
or golf balls?
Ae No. Golf and tennis balls are
not included in the list of sports
equipment and accessories suspended
from price ceiling regulations.
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Questions regarding any regulations
of the Wartime Prices and Trade
Board will be answered if referred
to the Information Branch, London.
THE CLINTON NE:W ERA
April 28, 1921
The Epworth League of Wesley
Church elected the following officers:
President, Miss Ruby Irwin; secre-
tary, Miss Dorothy Rorke; treasurer,
Delos Disher; 1st vice-president, Mr,
M. T. Corless; 2nd• vice-president,
Miss Frieda Wallis; social depart-
ment, Miss S. Powell; Iiterary depart-
ment, Norman Holland; citizenship
department, Miss M. A. Stone; junior
league president, Miss M. Watts;
corresponding secretary, Miss Har-
riett Cantelon; pianist, Miss Nellie
Jenkins; assistant, Miss Dorothy
Rorke.
Group No. 4 of Western Football
Association has drawn up its schedule
of games with five teams: Dublin,
Seaforth, Kinburn, Tuckersmith and
Clinton. Among those appointed to
act es referees are W. Carter, Lon-
desboro; Bert Potter, J. A. Sutter and
J. B. Mustard, Clinton; and Charles
Sills, .Seaforth.
The local Odd Fellows attended
Divine Worship in the Dentist church
on Sunday evening. •
Wilber Wallis has. been appointed
a county constable.
At a meeting on Wednesday night
Dick Tasker was appointed manager
of the Baseball team and Caryl
Draper became' secretary -treasurer.,
A big gang has been working over at
the park Paying .out a new diamond.
James Jackson, Stanley Township,
hae purchased the School of Goin-
nerce building from Wesley Walker,
Goderich: However the school will
continue to oceupy the building.
Bert Langford° has purchased the
lower store of the old Commerical
Hotel from the wrecking company and
will place a roof on it and turn it
into a garage. He has purchased the
,land from Mr. Elliott.
Thomas Greig has erected a fine
f zee at his hone.
J. E. Hovey is having a garage
built at his home.
Miss Maud Torrance returned home
last Friday after hearing the Mendel-
sohn Choir at. Toronto.
Miss Marion Gibbings took part
in a musical recital in London last
Friday,
Mrs. A. J. McMurray is visiting her
sister and brothers in Winnipeg, Man.
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CUSTO MERS'
CORNER
For Rural
Telephone
Service
One Customer Writes:
"Devise some means so that if neighbours
must listen in, they can ,at least repeat
correctly what they heard."
BEUIND this half -joking suggestion is
.0 one of the most serious of all causes
of dissatisfaction on the part of rural
telephone subscribers... the `°listening -in"
habit.
If you find someone already on the line,
please make it your rule always to hang up •
immediately. Your neighbours will appre-
ciate it...and
ppreciateit...and are more likely
to grant you privacy when
you have occasion to call.
40 YEARS AGO
THE OLINTO31' NEWS -RECORD
April 26. 1906
The silver anniversary of tic.
Women's Missionary Society of Wes
ley Church was very sucecsofut. Mrs..
W, S. Harland was in the chair. 1VIrs.
James Southcombe gave a short ad -
'i dress while the main address was
',given by Mrs. Gordon Wright, Lon-
don. Miss Elva 'Wiltse rendered a
solo. Mrs. A. T. Cooper and Miss
F. I. Cuninghame read texts. Misses
Mary- Grant, Pearl Shannon, Leona
and Elva Potts, acted as ushers.
Ontario St. Sunday School had C. B.
Keeleyside, London, as the guest
speaker for their anniversary. Miss
Elva Johnston gave a recitation and
Masters Fred and Charlie Thompson
sang a duet.
The Golf CIu'r re -organized with
the following o.te :era: President, C,
E. Dowding; vise preeideut, James
McMurchie secretary -treasurer, M.
D. IheTaggart; committee, W. Bry-
done, N. Fair, C. E. Dowding.
George McLennan is having an
electric motor installed to operate
his ice cream tri zer. W. Nimens
is putting in a gasoline engine for
the same purposa.
Mrs. George Hanley is moving into
her own house .on Frederick St. John
Ireland who has occupied it has mov-
ed into the house recently vacated
by Mr. Philips.
Dick Baker and Sam Appleby
swapped horses last Monday but later
on swapped back again. After the
secodied.nd swap while on the way hone
Sam Appleby's horse laid down and
G. D. MeTaggart attended the.
horse show in Toronto this week.
Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Pinner have
returned from their honeymoon:
Dr. F. A. Axon, the successor "to
Dr. Holmes, arrived yesterday.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
April 27, 1906
Mrs. Proctor has rented Mr. Searle's
cottage on Orange St. and will occupy
it as soon as Mrs. E, Dayment joins
her husband in the west; Miss John
ston has rented the Pode property on
Albert St.; Mrs. Fleming has rented
a house on the east side of Frederick
St.; Robert Cree has bought the
cottage on North St. belonging to
his mother's estate; Mrs. Osbaldeston
has moved into town from the Iiuron
Road.
Dan Prior has commenced work on
the superstructure which is to be
Dr• Shaw's new home.
Clintonians who have been heard
from since the San Francisco earth-
quake and who are all well are: Mrs.
J. IL Harrison, sister of Mrs, W. S.
Harland; Dr. Sellery, brother of Mrs,
A. T. Cooper; John D. Leslie, son of
J. Leslie; Mrs. J. C. Stevenson and
son, Duncan, sister-in-law and nephew
of Mrs. John Cuninghame. J. C.
Stevenson who has been visiting his
sister, Mrs Callander in Manitoba has
not yet reached California.
Henry Plumsteel resigned from the
Collegiate Board of Trustees after
serving for 17 years.
John Hunter has sold his trotting
mare, Dina, to Josh Cook.
John Sterling's home was complet-
ely gutted by .fire Wednesday even-
ing. The family were spending the
evening with neighbors when the
alarm was sounded. Nothing was
saved but the place is fairly well
covered with insurance.
Mr. and Mrs. George Warrener are
celebrating their golden wedding next
Tuesday.
The Clinton Lawn 'Bowling Club
have elected the following officers:
Honorary/ members, A. J. Taylor;, We.eone viae -president, James Fair; sea
Deckrill, A. Porter; Honorary press retary, W. Brydope•• treasurer, 0, D.
dent, J. iRansford; president, W. Jiiclie McTaggart.,
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• Quoting eggs by the pound would be confusing, wouldn't
it? You buy eggs by the dozen, milk by the quad, meat by
the pound. By what measure do you buy electricity?
You buy electricity by the kilowatt-hour, and you shoiki
know what a kilowatt-hour can do for you.
An electric lamp ar appliance is usually marked "60
watts", "500 watts", "1000 watts", as the case may be.
The mark simply indicates the symbol of wolfs of electricity
that the lamp or appliance will use. A kilowatt is teltiiply
1000 watts. A kilowatt-hour is 1000 *vat is used for one
hour -or 100 watts for ten hours. So that �h� kilowatt-hour
will operate your 1000 watt electric iron for one hour. And
at what a small cost!
The average urban rate for Hydro in Ontario is about
1-1/5c per kilowatt-hour. Just over lc to Iight a 100 -watt
lamp for 10 hours, or drive a washing machine for four
hours! Isn't it great to live in Ontario, where Hydro rates
are among the lowest in the world?