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Clinton News-Record, 1946-08-15, Page 2PAGE TWO CIANTOiT 10:WS-RECORD Clinton News -Record The Clinton New Era Established 1865 The Clinton News -Record 'Established 1878 Amalgamated 1924 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT CLINTON, ONTARIO, CANADA "The Hub of Huron County" An Independent Newspaper Devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association Subscription Rates: In Canada and Great Britain, $1,50 a year in advance; in United States, s2 a year in advance; single copies, five cents. (82 and $2.50, respectively, effective September 1, 1946) Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa • Advertising Rate and Detailed Circulation Cards on Request Sworn Circulation at July 31, 1946 1,779 R. S. ATKEY Editor and Publisher Official Printers to County of Huron THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1946 STRIKES AND THE RULE OF LAW ' Ict is difficult for the peaceful and lamr-abiding citizens of a community Ilie Clinton to begin,to comprehend the point of view and psychology of , strikers who refuse to work themselves and, into the bar- gain, by any means within their power, try to prevent others froin earning their daily bread. The Wit to strike • is the right of a tree citizen of a democracy, and with that riglut we have no quarrel whatsoever. But what we can- not underkand is that strikers, through their pickets and others, should intimidate mentally and physically, those • to whom they fancy they 'are opposed — and get away ' with it! . The City of Hamilton is the classic example in this country today. Lawlessness has been in the saddle in that great industrial •city during the steel strike, so that an ordinary citizen may hardly call •his dear -bought freedom his own. A young man, who is employed in a downtown , office, was driving down a Hamilton street in the early evening with the object of sitting at the water's edge, as has been his custom for years. He was halted by strike pickets and compelled to turn back. This law-abiding citizen, having no connection with •any of the struck plants, was prevented from using a public thoroughfare. This is only a mild example of what has been going on in Hamilton. Admitted that labor possesses the right to strike, to peacefully picket, and to advance its own interests in every legal way, is it not time that the authorities stepped in and called a halt to repeated infringenents of the rights of the individual? The fundamental British rights, accruing to the indiWidual under the law, must be maintained at all costs. There is only one alternative to the rule of law, and that is lawlessness and anarchy. . 0 0 0 THE NEED FOR NURSES 1\ —ursing, as a profession, is one of great responsibility, ' requirng young women of character and purpose. It offers a lifework of promise and value to human- ity and the world at large. , In a letter to The NEWS -RECORD, Hon. Russell T. Kelley, Ontario Minister of Health, points out that there is a very great need for nurses in the hospitals of the Province. The Department of Health is doing all it can to meet the situation by: (1) requesting, by personal letters to all Registered Nurses, that they give all the time they possibly can to their chosen profession; (2) seeing that all training classes commencing in September have their full quota of enrolment; (3) re -opening training classes for nurses in hospitals which can now meet the requirements, "In spite of these efforts," the Minister states, "there will still be a shortage. In addition to the above, therefore, we propose to initiate a course for nursing assistants." This course will consik of three months' instruction in a central school and six months' practice under supervision in selected hospitals, and will lead to a certificate as a Certified Nursing Assistant, Forms may be secured from the Superintendent of Clinton Public Hospital or other hospitals in this area, or from the Nurse Registration Branch, Province of Ontario, Toronto. O 0 0 EDITORIAL COMMENT Thought for Today — To keep friends one must continue to deserve them, O 0 0 "Big Days" ahead in Clinton are the Horse Races next Wednesday, August 21, and the Labor Day celebra- tion on Monday, September 2. O 0 0 Construction of Clinton's new •sewerage project is making good progress, with many •streets presently in a "torn up" condition. Coun. C. H. Epps, chairman of the Street Comniittee, requests the citizens to be patient and promises that the streets will be put in Shape as soon as possible. O 0 0 The new wallet -sized birth certificates, which will be issued by the Ontario Government after September 1, will be a big improvement over the old-style paper sheets. Made on celluloid .a.cebate ten thousandths of an inch thick, they will contain only the name, date of birth, place of birth and an index number. O 0 0 . "Safety First" is still a good policy With regard to conduet in motor traffic. According to Hon. George. H. Doucett, Ontario Minister of Highways, traffic accidents in the Province thiS year have increased by more than 53 per cent. and fatalities by 49 per Cent. over last year. "The predeMinating factor in accidents has been, is now and for- ever will be the human element, that is, the •chivers and the pedestrians," he said. "The tragic waste of life and health is due in the vast majority of cases t� impatience, pre- occupation and poor judgment on the part a motorists and of people on foot." O 0 0 Erection of the new Huron County Court House will require additional land in the Court House park, and therefore also may require the passing of a special Act of Parliament. The land originally was granted by the Can- ada Company to the Town of Goderiel for use as a market square and later was granted by the town to the United Counties of Huron and Bruce, an Act of Parliament a . 1885 Vaaielattiteg the transfer. The Town Solicitor's opinion is that if the town were to transfer •additional land for the , 'enlarged Court House, a similar Act a Parliament would have to be passed. Through the Chartered Banks (Edited& in Halifax Herald) Announcing in, Parliament that tin. Canadian copperecelored "nickels" are being withdrawn from circulation aia expressing the belief that "the unove went will be completed within the uear future," the Finance Minister added that "the withdrawal was being carried out through the charterec hanks." We see eo many statemeets of that kind. --that this and that and the other thing is being done "through the chartered banks" --that we pay little or no attention to them any more. But we should stop and think about There are those hi this eountry, no large number, perhaps, who count that day lost that does not provide them with a chance to criticize "the banksk" To hear that kind of talk, you would imagine that "the banks" do as they please with other people's money and their own . . that they carry on without let or hindrance, making their own laws and vegula- tions, and generally amassing for- tunes for their executives and direct - The fact is, of course, that banking in this Dominion is hedged about by the most rigid. restrictions and Cone trols—not in these times of "control" alone, but always, in season and out of season, in peace as in war. The banking laws of. Canada are the most •exacting of all laws governing Can- adian buisness activities. All banking is done under the eem mud supervision of government . . . Aud no banking system in the world is sounder from the public viewpoint. • The banks of Canada did an ini. manse job in wartime and are doing an immense job in this "transition" period. The fact that the public hears lilile'about it is an indication of how thoroughly it is being done, without grounds for eerious complaint. How mueh free or near -free service the chartered banks of Canada give governments and the public we do not know, but it must be veey ex- tensive, indeed. (Look at the Hee- ups at the bank wickets each week or unonth of people cashing govern- ment cheques. It is just one example of the service the banks are giving the public—without much "percent- age" in it for the banks.) This is not a "defence" of the baulks or an "apologia" for them: it is mer - an attempt to give to the banks of this country some small measure of the credit -Drat is due them. Wartime Prices Board Answers Questions Concerning Regulations bought an Il-quavt, basket of Montmorency cherries for. $3.25 in Norfolk County. The stems were re- moved and the fruit weighed- 18 pounds. Was 1 overcharged? A:—From your letter it would ap- pear you bought the cherries from a producer whose ceiling price in Nor- folk IS $3,36, No difference in maxi- mum prices i$ quoted for stemmed and destemmed :fruit in our regula- tions. * * Q:---Cau you tell me the maximum interest a pawrbroken is allowed to charge on a 30 -day Toan ? A:—The Wartime Prices aed Trade Board does not have a regulation governing this subject; Federal and provinciel pawnbrokers' laws do limit the interest rates. * * Q:—Does the Prices Board have a»y coetrol over rente of a small property in a township where the owner makes a living? Aleo does it control tourist home rates and housekeeping rooms for service men? A:—.11 the tenant of the small prop- erty in the townshm us 0103010): and »lakes his living from the farm the Board has no control over the rent: 0•0011.01allimmo••••••••• [ From Our Early Files • 25 YEARS AGO . THEI ,CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, August 18, 1921 Collegiate results were: ]liliddre School Entrance to Normal—Gersont Anderson, Helen Anderson, Harry D. Ball, Kenneth Carter, Annie E. Dew- ar, Eva Dewar, Mary Finleon, Hazel A. Fisher, IVIark F. Flynn, Flossie Gibbings, Agnes E Glenn'G Anna . Hamilton, Annica Et Hill, W. ,Spence Jackson, Marion MeSevan, Winnie Mc - Math, Cecil Matheson, Izetta Merner. Alice Mustard, Daisy Nediger, Vera B. Pepper, Adie F. Siecl, Agnes 1V. Reynolds, Ella M. Rutledge, Marion Rutledge and Grace Venner. Ernest Livermore won the first Edward Blake scholarship, in group one and ranked fourth for the Mara Mulock scholarship in classics. The homes of IVL D. McTaggart, Lovett, J. G Medd And Thomas Rathe well, have received coats of paint Friends were greatly shocked to hear of the sudden death of Harry Rance in his 20th year, at the home of ,Mr. anti Mrs W. Jackson with whim he made his home. He had been a University student of much promise and was to enter the office of Jackson Manufacturing Co. in the fall. ,Rev. iS Er. McKegney conducted the funeral in St. Paul's church. Pall- bearers were George Middleton, Ere - lune Evans, Alex Eagleson, Harold Manning, Foeter Copp and Harold Holmes. Mrs. Roy Bell and Mrs. J. E. Cook have been visiting in Detroit and Sarnia. Mrs. R Marshall and Master Bert have returned from Kingston. Mayor McMurray and Councillor Cooper attended the banquet to Prem- ier Drury in Goderich. * 5 THF. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thureday, August 18, 1921 H. S. Holmes successfully passed his Physical Culture exam in the sum- uner course at the University as did also Miss Mildred Cook, Toronto, for- merly of town, Ma Dew, flax mill foreman is, mov- ing into Mrs. Mogridge's house. J. Zapfe gets immediate posses- sion of the Asquith house, Rattenbury St. Miss Bertha Jackson has taken a position on the staff of the Model School succeeding Miss Asquith. Misses 'Ruby Irwin, Ida Walkin- shaw, Linnie Nediger, Marjorie and Winnie afacMath and Mr51 T. Herman If the landlady of a tourist home or housekeeping rooms, furnishes every- thing, that is the bedding and li»en and does the laundering of these, slue 5111) fix luer own rates. If the tenant considers that the rates are too high he may apply for a reducteon to the nearest office of the WPM. The rates must be comparable to rates charged for similar accommodation in, the same neighbourhood. * * * Q:—I understood that priority cer- tificates for new cave \vein cancelled. o 1 are cannping at Burk's, Mr. and Mrs,. Harry Bartliff motor- ed to Brussels on Sunday. Mrs. D: Livermore and daughters Lottie and Nora, have returned from St Catharines. Mr. and Mrs 3. D. Atkinson and Miss Eileen and Mrs.. Hooper have motored to Michigan, The tMarkets were: Wheat„ $1.25; buckwheat, 80c; oats, 50c; barley, 65c; butter„ 65c; eggs, 35c to 36c. The Baptist choir presented Mi.,s Asquith with a fountain penbefore she left town. The presentation took place the home of 114r, and Mrs. ;Guy Jones., , 40 YEARS AGO • „ THE CLINTON NEW; KEA , August 17; 1906; . Woodstock bowlers were, defeated liere on 'Monday. ,Olinton ,bowlers were J Courtieee W. Graham; W. Jack- son,.Dr, R Agnew (skip); H. Wiltse, E. McLean; W. Stevenson, IV: P. Spaulding (skip); J. Tayloe, R. Holmes, D. A Forrester, W. Beydone (skip); G X% Parkes, J. Hunter, 1 Fair and G. McTaggart (skip). D Cantelon made his first shipment of fall apples on Saturday, a car going to Regina.. Master Many Shaw celebrated his birthday by having a party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W..Jacksort, Harland Brosare putting a new roof on. the Jackson block, Huron St. ; Following is the result of the exam- inations—Senior Teachers, D. G. Mc- Lean, N. D. Ross, John iRiemball, W. B. Taylor; Junior Teachers, IL J. Bad. our, Esther E. Jamieson, W. M. Mc- Queen, M. B. V. Rogers, PH. Swann, W. D, Swan, Evelyn Tiplady; com- pleted matriculation, James Cameron, Samuel Lamont, H. J. l3adour. Part of Matriculation, George L Duncan, Bert Johnson, L. W. Manning, T. F. Rance. Mrs. A. T. Cooper and Master Wil- lis are visiting relatives in Kincardine. * 5 * THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, August 16, 1906 A quartette consisting of W. J. Harland, A J. Holloway, B. J. Gib. bings and W. T. Holloway sang at the services in Ontario St. Church last Sunday. Cook-Hobbs—On August 15, at St. Paul' rectory, Clinton, by Rev. 0. R. Gurnee, Laura Ethel MMus, Londes- bore, to George Lorimer Cook, Clin- ton. Clinton bowlers went to Blyth and defeated the homesters on their new green. Clinton bowlers were: J. Fair, Dr. J. W. Shaw, J. Hunter, J. A. Ford, G. D. IVIcTaggert, H. Wiltse, W. Brydone, W, Graham, J. Taylor, C. C. Rance 1 B. Hoover, W. Jackson, R. Agnew, P. T. Jackson, W. 3, Steven- son, R. Graham, J. W. Irwin, II. Holmes, J. Watts, and J. L Couetice. Mrs,. E. Moore's family were all at their home, Albert St, this week for the first time in 13 years. Five of the nine children are living in town while those visiting here were: Mies M. J. Moore Kingston, 'A E. Moore, Winnipeg, Staff Captain David Moore the S.A. staff, Montreal, and Mrs. V . Young, Seaforth. Miss Bertha 114cRae vieitecl her brother in Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. C., If. Cook, Miss Priscilla Cook and lVIr. and Mrs, Josh Cook visited in ,Goderich. My dealer says thus Is not so. Is he coreect? A.: --Yes. No new cars may be se- cured without the presentation of a priority certificate. Q:—Can you quote me the ceiling price on a can of peas. I understand the price was recently increased? A:—Prices vary according to the size of the can the type of the vege- table and the eanner. We would have to check the particular grocers costs before we could quote the correct ceiling mice. Questions regarding prices and ra- tioning and any other regulations of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board will be answered uf they are sent to the Information Branch, Wartime Prices and Trade Board, Federal Iluliding London. CUSTOMERS' SUGGESTION CORNER For Rural Telephone Service • TUE know it's not always VT easy to keep little ones fromplayingwiththetelephone, or their older brothers and sisters from spending too much time on the line. 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