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PETERS of the BACK SHOP
Courage, fellas i If we all just
old ,on for another seven days,
just one week more, we'll be safe
for another four years, we hope.
Sure, and you ladies have just
that many more days left to go
shopping for a young man to pop
the question to before old 1953
rolls in. Do take warning now
from a little old mouse, who
knows. It's in the book. At least
it's in the calendar.
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We know you've all heard of
partnerships which included one
"silent partner". Well, at long
last this mouse has gained just
such a one. From where he
came, We do not know. Whether
hell stay, we do not know eith-
er. Only one thing is certain.
He, she, or it, is here right
now, and there's only the sound
of the cars in the street to mar
the silence. (By the way, who
ever heard of the night before,
the night before Christmas when
there was rain in such vast
quantities, and the sound of
swishing wheels through puddles
instead of a gay sleigh -bell
jingle. Methinks Canadian wint-
ers and Canadian Christmasses
are changed a lot.)
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Well, to get back to the silent
partner we have recently acquir-
ed. He's rather a small type with
ears round and bear like. He has
a pert little brown face that rath-
er put him in the mousy class,
but there his rodent-like features
come to a sudden halt. His back
has a high rounded look, though
not a bit like a camel's hump. In
mousy circles his tail would be
laughed out of existence, for it
is a little bit of an excuse for a
tail, indeed. And his back feet,
(we can't mention his front ones)
for besides being silent, this part-
ner of ours does not move about
at all, and his front feet thus are
never in view) are a bit flattish,
and turned up, so they look like a
turtle's a does when one starts to
walk along.
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We have been told that he
might be a panda -bear, but al-
though he does have a white
stomach, we rather shy from
that notion, because he definit-
elyis not bare. re. His back and
the back of his head is covered
with a firm bumpy surface that
we believe would make a wond-
erful place to light a match.
"That is, if there were no furni-
ture of any sort handy.
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Nevertheless the whole aspect of
this excuse for an animal is so
puzzling that we'll just call him
SP, standing for "silent partner",
and if he ever does anything worth
while, we certainly will let. you
know. At present, life with him
seems rather dull, and we plan to
go to him only when we want
advice given in the affirmative.
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We wish, at this time, to say
a few words (this is the immor-
tal word of all after-dinner
speakers). We wish, that is to
say, in a few words, to express
our appreciation for your co -op -
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Ontario Street YPU
Fold Christmas Party
Ontario Street Young People
held their regular meeting on
Tuesday, December 16 in the form
of a Christmas party, having as
their guests Blyth, Londesboro,
and Auburn.
The party opened with group
singing led by Elwin Merrill with
Mrs. Florence Symons accompany-
ing at the piano.
The worship service was held in
the audttorium which was season-
ally decorated. Fred VanBgmond
opened the service playing "Silent
Night" on the violin. Mary Shel-
don read the scripture which was
followed by prayed led by Stanley
MacDonald. Eleanor Plumsteel
gave an inspiring story of "the
other wise men."
Carols were sung and after the
benediction everyone returned to
the Sunday School room for a
recreational period which was fol-
lowed by lunch. After lunch gifts
were distributed among the mem-
bers.
oration throughout the few
months we have known you,
that is to say, that you have
known us, at least since you
have begun to read this column,
if you have. At Least we hope
that you will realize that we
feel that you've done your part
in this world to promote better
feeling between mice and men,
at least between the men and
mice,
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The mice have always been
willing. We only needed a little
co-operation from the human ele-
ment. Several Christmas cards
have been received from you
column -readers, and we do ap-
preciate them. ' And we wish you
all the very best of Christmasses,
the best New Year yet, and good
cheese for everyone.
Like your Christmas
stocking — our.wishes
for you contain noth-
ing but happiness. May
this be a merry, merry
Yluetide and the hap-
piest New Year for you
and every member of
your family!
lYlartin Bros
Mere's what every
Housewife thinks
About our healthful
Dairy drinks.
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Thompson's Food Market
Phone 40 We Deliver
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As the .bells ring in
the happy day, we want to
be the first to wish you
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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D. G. BALL
Phone 861-W
W. J. 1VMUTCH
Phone 861-3
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A VERY MERRY
CHRISTMAS
and
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
To All
MacLaren's
Studios
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HUGH MCKENZIE
Funeral services for Hugh Mc-
Kenzie, concession 4, Stanley
Township, were conducted on
Tuesday, December 23, from the
Ball and Mutch funeral home,
'Clinton. The service was con-
ducted by Rev. D. 3, Lane, St,
'Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
and interment was made in
Baird's Cemetery.
The pall -bearers were all for-
finer neighbours and old friends
of the deceased: Carl Diehl, Ad-
am Stewart, Edward Glen, Walter
Moffatt, George Baird and Hugh
Gilmour.
Mr. McKenzie was the son of
the late Duncan and Mary Mc-
Kenzie. Recently, he experienc-
ed a nasty fall and was conveyed
to Clinton Public Hospital, where
he died on Sunday, December 21.
.d
Ave. S. and 5th St. which he ow -
In that year Mr. Jackson gpen-
ned and.managed until selling out
to George Draffin 1946 when he
retired.
A member of St. Augustine's
Anglican Church, Mr. Jackson was
a Mason and also a member of the
Kiwanis Club, He served a two-
year term as president of the Al-
berta Pharmaceutical Association,
Mr. Jackson is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Marjoretta Ellen Jack-
son; two daughters, Miss Margaret
Lavinia, Lethbridge, Mrs. Cather-
ine Sidney Tulloch, Winnipeg; and
two brothers Arthur, Hollywood,
Calif., Walter, St. George, Ont.
MRS, ALICE S, CARTER
A largely attended funeral was
held on Sunday afternoon, De-
, cember 21, in the Ball and Mutch
funeral home, High Street, Clin-
ton, for- Alice Alberta McVittie,
widow of the late Joseph Stanley
Carter. Service was conducted by
a former pastor, Rev. A. W, Gard-
iner, Egmondville, Harry Lear
sang a beautiful solo, "God's To -
Morrow." r
Friends attended from Granton,
Hamilton, Seaforth, Blyth and
other points.
Pall -bearers were three neph-
ews, Harry Oakes, Clifford and
Leonard Shobbrook; and three
neighbors, F. McCool, Victor Roy
and H. Adams. Flower -bearers
were four grandsons, James, Ross,
Harvey and Ronald Carter, and
two nephews, Charles and Doug-
las Shobbrook. Interment was
made in Clinton Cemetery,
Born the daughter 'of the late
Elisha McVittie' and Maria Mor-
rison McVittie, on April 20, 1883,
the deceased had lived in Hul-
lett Township all her life.
On December 9, 1908, she was
married to Joseph Carter, who
predeceased her nine years ago,
and she moved to lot 26, con-
cession 9, which has been her
home since.
She was a life long member
of the Methodist and later the
United Church and took an active
part in the work of the Woman's
Missionary Society of which she
was a life member; also in the
Woman's Association, and other
organizations.
Surviving are two'sons, Ivan
and Percy; also eight grandchild-
ren; a sister, Ruby, and a brother,
George.
Obituary
MRS. THOMAS SHARP
Funeral services were conduct-
ed for Mrs, Thomas Sharp, Sea -
forth, who died on Thursday,
December 18, after ailing for nine
months following a fall, which
resulted in a fractured hip bone.
The former Gertrude Adeline
Kaiser, Mrs. Sharp was born at
Brucefield, but after her mar-
riage in Exeter, and a few years'
residence in Stratford, she made
her home at Seaforth. Her hus-
band died in 1936. Mrs, Sharp
was in her 72nd year.
She was a member of First
Presbyterian Church, Seaforth,
whose minister, Rev. D. G. Camp-
bell, officiated at the funeral
service at the Whitney funeral
home on Saturday, December 20.
Interment was in Harpurhey
Cemetery.
Sur riving are a daughter, Mrs.
Charles Dolmage, Kitchener; a
brother, A. E. Kaiser, Vermillion,
Alta.; a half-sister, Mrs. Minnie
Medaugh, Faint, Mich.; several
grandchildren and two sons,
Keith, Seaforth, and Alvin, Clin-
ton.
WILLIAM SKINNER
Funeral service for William
Skinner, aged 64 who died at the
Huron County Home, Clinton, on
Saturday, December 20, was con-
ducted at the Ball and Mutch
funeral home, on Monday, De-
cember 22.
The service was in the charge
of Rev. J. E. Ostrom, chaplain
of the County Home. Interment
was made in Clinton Cemetery.
The pall -bearers were Carl
Scov, Horst Cziesla, Milord
Scasojevich and E. Jacob.
Deceased was born in Clinton,
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Skinner. He had been physically
handicapped from his boyhood.
He is survived by a brother,
John, California: a half sister,
Mrs, Dan Nash, Stratford and a
half brother, Cecil Cooper, Clin-
ton.
SYDNEY,ACIi ON
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Funeral service was held on
Tuesday afternoon, December 9,
in St. Augustine's Church, Leth-
bridge, Alta., for Sydney Jackson,
79, who passed away early Sun-
day morning, December 7, in a
Lethbridge hospital following a
two-month illness. Interment was
in Mountain View Cemetery.
Born in Clinton, Sydney Jack-
son trained at the Toronto Pharm-
aceutical College and later work-
ed at his trade in Cleveland, Ohio,
and Montreal before going to
Western Canada.
In Lethbridge he worked for
the city's first druggist, J. D. Hig-
inbotham from 1904 to 1911,
breaking away in the latter year
to enter a partnership with J.
J. Johnson under the firm name
of Johnson and Jackson.
Later Mr. Jackson went into
partnership with Percy Cope, but
was sole proprietor when the bus-
iness was sold to T. H. McCready
in 1920.
ed his store at the corner of 4th
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MRS. NEIL CAMPBELL
Funeral services were conducted
on Tuesday, December 9, for Mrs.
Neil Campbell, widow of the late
Neil Campbell, Lucknow, at the
funeral home of McLennan and
MacKenzie, Lucknow. Interment
was made in Greenhill Cemetery.
The service was conducted by
Rev. C. A. Winn, Lucknow Pres-
byterian Church, of which Mrs.
Campbell was a life-long member.
Mrs. Campbell was the former
Mary Christina Watson, a daugh-
terMrs. Peter
theand
of late Mr,
Watson. She was one of a family
of seven, who had lived on conces-
sion 12, West Wawanosh Town-
ship, two of whom survive, Mrs.
Robert Webster (Jesse), Clinton,
and Abigail (Mrs, John Pritch-
ard), Lucknow.
The deceased is also survived by
one daughter, Mrs. Cecil Roberts
(Annie), Toronto, and one son,
Peter, on the homestead.
Mrs, Campbell was a lifelong
member of Lucknow Presbyterian
Church, and of the Women's Mis-
sionary Society.
For the last two winters she
had lived with her sister, Mrs.
Webster, Victoria Street, Clinton,
and had made arrangements to
spend the coming winter there
again.
During November and until her
death she had been visiting her
daughter in Toronto, and had been
in her usual health until Saturday
morning, December 6, when she
was discovered to have passed
away in her sleep.
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Sunday, December 28, 1952
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ONTARIO ST. UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
PASTOR—REV. A. GLEN EAGLE, B.A., B.D.
ORGANIST—MRS. E. WENDORF
11.00 a.m.—Morning Worship
12.15 p.m.—Sunday School
7.15 p.m.—Organ Recital
7.30 p.m.—Evening Worship.
New Year's Candlelight Service
TURNER'S CHURCH
2.00 p.m.—Worship
3.00 p.m.—Sunday Sc hool
Pentecostal Church
Victoria St.
K. L. SWEIGAB.D. Pastor
10.00 a,m.—Sunday School
11.00 a.m.—Morning Service
7.30 p.m.—Evening•.Service
Friday, 8.00 p.m. ---Young People's
Tuesday, 8.00 p.m.—Bible Study
and Prayer.
ALL WELCOME
Huron St.
Baptist Church
Minister—REV. J. E. OSTROM
Organist—Mrs. George Grant
11.00 a.m.—Worship "Retrospect"
12.15 noon -Bible School
7.00 p.m. "Time to Know"
Dutch Reformed
Church
Holland Service -2.30 p.m.
at the
l anadian Legion Hall, Exeter
M2. C. M. EELMAN, Exeter
Box 336
WESLEY-WILLIS
United Church
Rev, HUGH C. WILSON, Minister
MRS. M. R. RENNIE, Organist
M. R. RENNIE, Choir Director
11.00 a.m.—Morning Worship
"Keeping Our Enthusiasm"
11.20 a.m.-••Primary Sehobl
12.15 p.m. --Church School
7.00 p.m.—Evening 'Praise,
"New Year's Resohttions'la
A 'WARM "WELCOME TO ALL
Gospel Hall
MAPLE STREET, CLINTON
One Block East of Albert Street,
North of Par -Knit
Sunday
9.45 a.m.—Sunday School
10.45 a.m.—Communion Service
8.00 p.m.—Gospel Service
Friday, 8 p.m.—Prayer and Bible
Study.
"Cast thy burden upon the Lord,
and He shall sustain thee".
--Psalm 55 : 22
St. Paul's Anglican
Church
REV. R. M. P. BULTEEL, Rector
Mrs. Theodore Fremlin, Organist
Mrs. J. G. MacKinnon,
Choir Leader
11.00 a.m.—Carol Service and
Sunday School
7.00 p.m.—Evening Service
Christmas Eve --Holy Communion
at 11.00 p.m.
Christmas Day—Holy Communion
at 10.30 a.m,
St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church
REV. D. 3, LANE, B.A., Minister
Mrs. Bert Boyes, Organist
and Choir Leader
10.00 a.m.-..-Church School
11.00 e,m,—Divine Worship,
The Closing of 1952
Sermon Subject:
"Ready for Emergencies"
Children's Seareh Word.
2.30 pini.—Knox Church, hay-
field Service,
Do not close the year without
worshipping God.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1952
TO ALL FROM
IRWIN'S
The School of Commerce
Clinton, Ontario
will re -open
Monday, January 5, 1953
•
Students interested in a short, intensive,
practical Commercial Course may write
to the Principal, B. F. Ward,
for particulars,
or Phone Clinton 198.
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a Merry Christmas —
and a year ahead chock
full of good health, hop-
piness and prosperity!
BA.RTLIFF BROS.
and Staff
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Let the peace and seren-
ity of the Holiday
Season be the goal for
which we strive the year
around. To all of our
friends, we wish a Joy-
ous Christmas and a
year of fulfillment in
1952.
Willard d
AI*EN