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block of wood, He receWed a bad
Spent this week attending the
bothered by backaches. Perhaps noth•
out ond' was unable to see out of
A.utbIonized as second class mail,
Post Office Department, Ottawa
Vie o�ve until evenhtg.
have returnod' from visiting their
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On Slatumd'ay evening a notable
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 195$
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change could' be seen on the dace
of Ex iWard'en (David Comtellan. The
One, of the oldest churches in
ache And tired feeling. Then you feel
better, rest better, work better, Get
barbel, 'put the razor to his face,
Dodds Kid... Pills now. Look for the
blue box with the red band at all drug
,congregation, a fortnight ago, cele-
the first time in 40 Years, and
F lJ N AT
T H
E FAIR
our worthycitizen now slpomts only
skers.
a moustWhe and chin whiskers.
Reeve Ford received- 011ifildal,
THIS IS THE time of Fall Fairs, all over
of Huron .can look forward to others—equally
word stating Ithiat his son, Private
Fred Fwd, load been wounded and
Ontario, and there are several being held in
as interesting. In Blyth, in Seaforth, in Brus-
was admitted to hosipiftal on Sept -
Huron County within the next .few weeks.
sa year, els, in Exeter, And in Zurich this y
ember 3, rred enlisted with the
special; effort is being made to produce a Fair
161st Battalion and was the 30th
Bayfiuc quite complete showing of ani-
of excellence and attraction. Bands, midway.
one rto sign tip in Clinton. He was
mals, produce and the skills of the young folk
baby contest, new site for the fair, the use of
later trantsllerred to +a machine gun
in the area, has come Ili be the local fair for
an indoor ring for showing animals, all are
sefctifom.
many of the people in Clinton and district. The
:attractions. Also, there is to be a wrestling
The pitce, of anthracite coal was
Village folk have a very lovely site for their
match scheduled for the time of the fair, which
advanced 30 cetnrts, per ton in, the
fair, and they have been commended for it
will attract more money to the till, and help
,hast invoices received, from the in-
em f ,
derp x,d
ent. wholesalers at Buffalo.grounds
many times. Surrounded by trees, the fair-
ensure the successes of future fairs,
The price of coal from the regul-
produce a natural rural setting, in which
Though Clinton has no fall fair of her own,
ar dealers is now $11, per tom,
visitors Can enjoy the sights, sounds and smells
substituting instead the famous Clinton Spring
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of a fair.
be bands, dancing, competitions
Show (than which there is no better, at that
40 YEARS AGO
There will
time of year), residents are not prevented from
of all sorts, the best livestock in the area, and
enjoying the fairs at neighbouring towns. They
Clinton News -Record
people meeting in friendly conversation. Going
will be made welcome, and will enjoy the fun
(Thursday, September 19, 1918)
to the fair is an institution—and everyone goes,
and good fellowship which exists at all of these
Besides the fair in the lake village, people
events.
Miss Naomi hogs, Powassan,
has been visiting her aunt, Mrs.
-
Charles :Bartlif. .
John Watt, Los Angeles, Calif -
Letter to the Editor axillo, formerlye Clinton, il
'slpeavding a few weeks in 'town
LONG TIME SUBSCRIBER He d% the ,guest of Mr, and Mrs
T. J. Watt, Ratten(bury Street:,
RENEWS AGAIN Mrs, J. Watters and little Mis:
Gentlemen; Nancy, who hwie been spending
the summer with. f+itends here,, ad
Enclosed !find $4 for the paper. Baylfieldl :and, in other parts qt
Hoping, this finds all the Old Ontario, 1e!ft this' morning on tlZedx
Timers OK. It has been 58 years return journey to Seattle, Wash.
since I left Clinton. The best of
luck to all of you.
They .will visit at various points
.
Sincerely yours,
of Bible, Canadian West .an their
way.. Miss, Florence Cuninghame
aacomipafnmed them as far as To-
110OW and will; spend the weekend
there with friends.
Xisis Luoy Wtpad's, Baytfi'old; is
Visiting 'bier uncle at D ,-rham,
Howard, Snell haspurchased the
Stevens t'anm on the London Road'.
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
(Thursday, $cpternber 21, 1903)
Times are looking up. Sher -
lack -Manning, Limited, shipped a
couple of pplan. m t9 South A4qitoa
thisweek and yesterday hada cab-
le from Anuatraha for some organs.
The raid frame Ibui+Lang, behind
H. C. tCameroxv's woodworvidmg
shop has been pulled down. it
was erected about 50 years ago
by the late William, Alexander and
has ibeen used mostly as a, blacic-
smith shop, J. Tedford probably
being the first to, occupy it. The
;Last was Charles Hellyar, and of
recent years it has been used by
R. J. Fisher. Originally a three-
story building, it was erected for
the late Mr, Mourteastle, At
that time Huron Street was Chn-
ton's ,rain street and it was sup-
posed that that corner aught be
the centre, of (town. It was thought
at one time that the stGatdon might
be (located somewhere inhere.
,Clinton has' a crow that cannot
be disoouma+ged from, regular at-
tendance at school. "Jam" by
name, Tit belongs' to Roy Lepping-
ton and perches in a tree near the
school until the children are, ready
to go home,
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10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
(Thursday, September 16, 1948)
If you happen to notice, several
citizens sorting corncob pipes --
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205 2nd Ave, S.E,,
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Selptemlber 11, 1958.
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(By W. (Bill) B, T, 5niiley)
Twelve years ago tonight, j was
a brand new bridegroom, Yep, it's
our twelfth anniversary. Seems
like only yesterday. As Methuse-
lah said when they asked him how
it felt the first time he had his
beard trimmed.
It's a Bong time to litve with a
strange,, woman. Especially when
she .gots^$trangem every year. Well,
not 'stranger, exactly, but more
peculiar. 's Well, not exactly more
peculiar, but, you know, uh, more
sort of odd. Not really odd, of
course, in the real sense of the
word, but, uh, more kind of, ub,
unexpected.
That's what gets ane atbau.t it.
Twelve years' ago, I married this
dark -eyed, ts'erene; little girl, just
out of :her teens. She thought I
was some shakes. I was a big
operator, ex-tfligh:t-lieutenant just
out of the air force, been around',
seen the. world. She thought ev-
ertythdng I said was gospel. She
htun1, literally hung, on my every
word. My opinions, were Mosaic
in their majesty.
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"Bops" I thcrugdit, "this is for
me. This lad is, just what I'm look-
ing for, So many of my friends
(have marAed those opinionated,
overbearing, women who axe al-
ways telling them what to do.
None of t mit for me. This kid
knows quality When she sees it.
She knows you don't get guys Hike
me, out of grab -bags. And she's so
quiet. And undemanding. She's
happy just to be with me."
Well, sire's still got the dark
eyes. But did you ever pay much
attenftion to the colour of eyes
your sexlgeant-major was sporting,
when you were in the array?
Know what she sat:d the first
thiniig this morning, .before break-,
tftassrt? On our anniversary? She
said: "III you t'hinlc I'm goang to
take the. garbage out again this
week, you're, crazy!" Imiagin:e that,
`On ,our anniversary. And' I hadn't
even, asked her yet,
Of 'course, she didn't know it
was our anniversary, Nor did, I,
until no:mM when I brought home
a card from hem sister in the city,
which ,carolled": " Slappy Anniver.
nary". She. didn't burst into tears,
as any normal wife would, do. She
realization dawned on me' that it
wars Wednesday afternoon, the
stores were closed, and I cauldnll
even get a beWed token: to thrav
to her, as the Russians used, V
throw thein cloaks, or was it tlheh
chrildrent, to the pursuing wolves.
"Oh, I don't expect a present"
she, said to the kids in that ton(
that makes your toenails carl
"Your ,father Ss much too tbuS3
watcli important things, bike for.
getting to order the coal, and for.
getting to get the sttan-n windows
ont, and forgetting to pay the hy,
dro hill, ,to remember a silly old
anniversary."
Five hours latter, when I got
home from work, to which I had
Red with the alacrity of a ratbbat
released from a snare., and from.
which I had returned with the
speed .of a turtle with a sprainec
ankle, she resumed, the iron strik-
ingdeeper.
"Isn't this much nicer on aux
just looked at me, in the dispas-
sionate manner in wNch- most
people look at a spider tbey are
about to stoon,
T. ,:
The kids heaped things along, as
usual. "Weill, they yodelled, "it's
your anniversary, eh Mom? Wd7at
did you. bring her, Dad? How
Long have you been married?
What's flus,, the silver ann,'ver-
sar,,y? What did' you bring for a
present, Dad?" And the horrible
anniversary", she said to the kids,
weeping over the onions she was
chopping into the ;frying liver,
"than your father taking me out
to dinner, with candlelight and soffit
music? Just the dour of us to-
gether, In :our own hoarse, With
no fire in the furnace -AND TIEE
TEMPERATURE 49 DEGREES
IN THE DININGROOM!"
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Never rnhi.d; it's' been a, wonder-
ful twelve years, and, I wouldn't
trade one minute of dt, If I hadn't
,got married twelve years alga, I'd
still be a frivolous young man
witha. lot of money. Instead of a
serious, middle-aged type, dedtic-
ated to the joyous tasks of +pay-
inlg off • Ilhe mortgage providing
an education for a couple of de-
iarghnful children I'+d never have
seen, and attempting to cope with
the shanty Irish rtemlper of that
serene, quicit, understanding little
girl I though was so 1bu�raty to get
me.
THURSDAY, SEPTVMBRR 1.8, 1958
the real genuine arti4e'.•-- .don't huddling of the dhuveh, ReN, Gam-
think your fellow-totwn men leave
on, ,Houghton, Heywood, was the
Done sl:igh.tly zany, At mire I.li M
special speaker. The r rotor, Rev.
meeting Tuesday evening, Hugh
Laverne Mangan .assisted.
1-Uwk4i0, who was a delegate of
the Club to the Lions Intrernationai
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nventiofn in New York City in
duly, -around cornK�db fxu�s
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If
passed
by the themroeMbemb of line Cllllulb, He
fbxau�gfxt thea, 'back rCa Canada as
as
ALL THE TIME
+gigs' fmorn the Missouri I40M.
Now and then everybody gets a
Mr. and Urs, F. B. Pennelbalcea'
"tired -out" feeling, and may be
Spent this week attending the
bothered by backaches. Perhaps noth•
Drug 'Show in Toronto,
in'seriously wrong, just a temporary
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lacltwood
condition caused by urinary irritation or
bladder discomfort. That's a to
have returnod' from visiting their
g '
oddi'she
take Dodd's Kidney Pills. poli s :help
son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and
stimulate the kidneys to relieve ,this
Mrs, D, L. Hanes, Ottawa.
condition which may often cause back -
One, of the oldest churches in
ache And tired feeling. Then you feel
better, rest better, work better, Get
this section of Western, Ontami.o
is, Trinity Church, BayVe+ld. The
Dodds Kid... Pills now. Look for the
blue box with the red band at all drug
,congregation, a fortnight ago, cele-
counters.Youcandepend onDodd's.w
brated the 90th anniversary of the
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