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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1960-02-18, Page 3Lamp Sal ALL 1960 DESIGNS 0 0 TABLE LAMPS Walnut & Brass ...... $9.95 3-Piece Sets Solid Walnut & Brass $29.50 Our Best Quality!! S A L E- 3-Piece Sets i2 Table, I Floor $39.95 . (Reg. $53.85) o 0 SAME DISCOUNTS ON BOUDOIR and BEDSIDE LAMPS The Most Modern Lamps we have ever shown NOW IN STOCK SEE OUR WINDOW, attie Furniture - Dr. Coats was a writer, a stat- Istieran, teacher and civil servant for most of his life. He found the Canadian government in statistical chaos and in 1918 conceived and built the Dominion Bureau of Statistics into an international model. He graduated from University of Toronto in 1896 in the same class as 'Mr. Meighen and a year later than Mackenzie King. He was honored in later years with doctor of laws degrees from To- ronto, McGill and Dalhousie Uni- versities. He entered public service in 1903 after a couple of years on the now defunct Toronto World Hensall Blood Donor Clinic is Planned Soon (By our Hensall Ccirrespondent) Meeting in the Legion Hall on Tuesday, Feb. 2, for their Febru- ary meeting, presided over by president Mrs. Gordon Munn, the Legion Ladies Auxiliary laid plans to hold another blood donor clinic for the Red Cross, the date to be announced in the near future. They will also sponsor •a draw on a suit and pair of blankets, to be drawn for at Easter, and hold a Valentine tea and bake sale on Satirday, February 13. Committees appointed were: sick, Mrs. Leonard Noakes and Mrs. Leona Parke; bingo, Mrs. 'Bob Sangster and Mrs. E. Shad dick; kitchen, to look after sup- plies etc., Mrs. Byran Kyle 'and Mrs. Mary Bisback; gift, Mrs. E. Davis and Mrs. Smale. Auditors are Mrs. Ron Mock and Mrs. Jim Taylor. OUR :LOCK -SERVICE IS TOPS . Just Arrived: THE LATEST IN LOCKSMITH'S EQUIPMENT TO HELP YOU. LOCKS WITHOUT KEYS ARE OUR SPECIALTY We • Supply Keys for Locked Articles 'C'han4C':61Miiiitiaiidat, keys Alike or Master Key Locks • Otte Day Sekvice On Mod- Types • Vehicle Code, Service on Ignition, Doors, etc. BALL & MUTCH I.H.A. HARDWARE Clinton HU 2-9505 VOTE NO! VOTERS OF CLINTON If you do'not favour 'having legal liquor outlets opened in our town OR If you are in doubt about how to vote — You are urged to attend a meeting in WESLEY-WILLIS CHURCH at 8 P.M. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Special Speaker : Discussion YOUR VOTE IS VITAL! Clinton Vote "NO" Committee LEE'S WEEK-END SPECIALS MEN'S WEAR Men's 'SPORT SHIRTS AUTHENTIC PLAIDS A Reg. 5.95 Value 3.59 — 2 for 7.00 Special Purchase! MEN'S DRESS PANTS 50 Pr. to choose from in sizes 28 to 40, mainly Dark Tones. 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Reg. to $21,95 $4,97 , • Clinton News7ReCtott, Thwriday4 relmiory JO, 1,940-,,P,0 St, Andrew's Church Girls' Club Have Successful Valentine Tea and Bazaar XeStilte of the cold storMy Weatb, ladies of the 'WWII attended 4 er last Friday evening, _Several beilnyrteitieeytt:riariartv,saricidchtor.,,,bureafa:$:,sAp_odireeorectvilsoti7.,; guests at the door were the presi- dent of the Club, Mrs*.Gordon. Silt- Beattie charge of the table d' lay-. and Mra. D. Lane, ing a large assortment of hOme- kineral Match, Mrs. J. E, Jacob, made baking were Mrs. Frank and Miss Beatrice Gibson. The ,miscellaneous table and candy HOITI Mrs, Campbell. Langford,. Miss Mabel Harvey"and booth was supervised by Miss At tea tables centred by red cwilqq/ Mrs.-, Clarence Neilans and Miss. Winnifred Bishop served sandwiches and coffee to the gVeSt$4 The following club mem- bers ascisted in the kitchen, Mrs. Royee 1VIachulaY, Mrs. Dorothy Hymers, Mrs, William Mute); Mrs. HoWard Cowan, Mrs, Jessie Mc- Kenzie, Miss Helen Anderson, Mrs, Grah Robert am Morgan and. Mrs. Allan 'KINDLY, COMPETENT SERVICE. • MEANS 80 MUCH IN TIME-OF NEED, • AMBULANCE ANYTIME. home BEEF GAINS At lent 10% to 22%1 16.3{4, M-11 • • PERMACO',k_ COBALT BULLETS New: Ve ORIN VERMACO` COBALT BULLETS ''''' For Cala" ''''''' 25.o...,. by Mi's. Reg Shipley, followed 'by a prayer of thanksgiving in unis- on, Two pleasing duets Were ant)e by Mrs, H. Sutter end Mrs: W. Holland,. Mrs, L. Jervis gave a talk on the Unitarian Servk‘,e Commission, reading an infornia- live letter she had received from Ottawa headgnarters, She men., tinned a ragged anti haunting sur- vey, taken by Dr. Latta Hitseh- manOVa, on a pilgrimage through India, Hong Kong and Korea,. There is great need for money and clothing, A cheque for V5 is to be met to USC. Articles for lay- ettes are being assembled. Lunch was Sreved by Mrs, L. Jervis and her gr.-04p. " FEATURE DATE BUNS REG. 33c — SAVE 4c Pay Only 29c Clinton MA Clinton WI To Meet Next Thursday Robert Hamilton Coat's, found- ereOf th Do of • Bu,reall of Statistics and its director for nearly 25, years, died at his Rock- cliffe home, Ottawa, on StiridaY, Febrkila,TY 7, He was 85. Born at Clint/XI, where his iria- migrant father was general rrierch- ant and Private banker, Dr, Coats Was honoured as titular bead of the great thread making family of the Coats of PaiSleY, SeetlIzr4. He was an outstanding student and life-long scholar, beginning his education at SS ,11, Goderich Township, then going on to Clin- ton Collegiate and the University of Toronto. (SS 11 is one mile South of Highway 8 on the 16th concession,) Dr. Coats brother Bill was registrar for the County of Huron. The agricultural departMent took the censtis and the Customs bepartment issued trade figures which were promptly revamped by the Trade and Commerce De- Partinent,• Each government de- partment issued its own' statistics and the provinces and in some eases, municipalitieS issued their own repoits—freqUentlY a confus- ing, conflicting unrelated• mess of figures, 'In 1911 Sir George Foster be- came the minister of Trade and Oitrunerce 'and took over census from agriculture. He appointed a 'commission 'of Dr. Adam Shortt and Mr. Coats which in 1913 re- commended centralization of vital statistics and national records. In 1916 Dr. Coats left 'the La- bour department to take charge of the prairie census' with the title. of Dominion Statistician. Two years later 13BS Was born and Dr. Coats became ifs 'director. He 'held that post until 1942 when he re- tired. Scholarly and bespectacled, Dr. Coats lived quietly in retirement at his home, 572 Manor Road, Rockcliffe. He devoted much time to his hobbies of fishing and gard- ening and developed into some- thing of a horticultural authority. Every Simmer of recent years, he made a visit to Bayfield and Clinton, staying a few days at the summer resort renewing acquaint- ancs, and a brief time in Clinton, the home of his parents, and family. He was Canadian delegate to numerous international delegate ces on statistics, past president of the American Statistical Associa- tion, an honorary Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society and en honorary member of the Hungar- ian, Mexican and Italian Statistic- al Societies. He also, was for some time on the board of governors of Carleton College. He returned to the University of Toronto as visiting lecturer in the Department of Political Economy, served as an adviser on statistics to the Ontario goVernment and and later 'the Toronto Globe, When Maekenzie King i,vas Pointed as deputy minister of la- bour, he_Persuaded Mr. Coats to enter the departinent as assistant editor of the Labour Gazette, He later became 'editor ,and chief statistician of the labour depart- ment. Canada, on the brink of its fan, tactic growth, had a government tangled in e maze of conflicting statistical informirtiOn. There was no record of price and no indica- tion of cost of living, The Ciinton Women's Institute will meet on Thursday, February 25, in the board room of the n-ricultura office. Roil call will be answered by stating "How to chase the Blues." Mrs, Gibson and Mrs. Ross will present the topic on historical research and current ev- ents. A spelling match will form the Program. Winners at the euchre PartY held by the WI were: ladles, high, Mrs. Alex McMichael; low, Mrs. 11,obertsqn; men, high, Milton, Wil- tse and low, E. Radford. Mrs, Gladys Wallis won the bas- ket of groceries donated by Fitz- simons Food Fair and. Alex Mc- Michaed held the luckY ticket on the door prize of a basket of ap- ples given by the Clinton IGA store. St Paul's Friendship was a statistical consultant to the United Nations Food and Agricul- ture Organizations. Dr. Coats was author and co- author of several major books, in- cluding "The Labour Movement in Canada", "Canada and' its Prov- inces", and "Sir James Douglas" in the Makers of Canada Series and "The American-Born in Can- ada" in the Carnegie series. Dr. Coats is one of 'very few former Ointonians who appear in the Canadiana Encyclopedia. Facts there about this great man, which are not included in the above story from the Ottawa Journal include the following: He was born on July 25, 1874, the son of Robert Coats and Mary Parke, His first wife was Marie Halboister who died some years ago. Surviving him is his second wife, Maida Skelly, who was once an employee of the Bureau of Statistics. One Dose Gives Each. Animal A Year'S SOriply-OIMObalt! In many areas, up to 9 out of cattle are cobalt deficient. Even apparently "healthy" herds suffer`frorn "Hidden Hunger", the unthriftiness caused by "the slightest lack of 'cobalt. But now, one dose with Cobalt Bullets provides all the cobalt your beef animals need for a full year. Field trials 'show that even in areas where beef fattening has never been a problem, tlIgnmAco' Cobalt Bullets can increase beef gains a minimum of 10% to 22%! Get 'PERMACO' COBALT BULLETS for Beef and Dairy Cattle...TODAYI F. B. PENNEBAKER DRUGGIST IDA I T E MS Mineral Oil, 530.09 BrylcreemDispenser $2.00 VICKS RUB—large —and , COUGH DROPS Both $1.09 F. B. PENNEBAKER DRUGGIST UNIQUE PHOTO SERVICE HU 276626 WW Good Will Club Hears Excellent Talk The W..esley Willis Church Good Will Club met in .the church par- lour, for their ,February meeting,.. With an attendance of 25. Mrs. H. G. presided And Mrs, N. Shepherd was pianist, The Scripture lesson was read Clintonian, Ladies Invited To Goderich Thirteen members of the Clin- tenian Club met at the home of Mrs. Angus Robertson, and accept- ed an invitation to the Goderich club's birthday party on Friday, February 19, Anyone wishing to go should contact Mrs. W. Wat- kins. The Clintonian picnic will be held in Clinton Community Park on June 29. $10 was collected• at the meet- ing for a needy family in town. Meetings will be held on the sec- ond Tuesday of each month, in- stead of the second Wednesday. A delicious lunch was served. At the March meeting at the home of Mrs. Hartley Managhan, lunch Will be served by Mrs. C. Vernier, Mrs. E. Welsh, Mrs, E. Finch and Mrs. T. O'Connell. In charge of the program will be Mrs. M. Fal- coner and Mrs. W. Watkins. NMAyg OF cktisivm Coats. Former Statistician, Dies at tta a We're Coming To CLINTON SOON WATCH FOR OPENING of. Mclaren's Studio Phone JA 4-7924 Collect OODERICH i Eton •Memotial., Shop T 'PRIDE and SON 'CLINTON — EXETER 4.-- SEAR:Atli Thomas Steep, Clinton IRepresentative IPHONV—HU 2-3869 Club Meeting The members of St, Paul's Friendship Club met .Wednesday, FebruarYi Misa Faye Johnston, who was one of the winners in the recent oublic speaking contest, delighted the members with her speech, entitled "An interview with Granchriother." Mrs., Kay Campbell expressed thanks to Faye on behalf of those present. R611 eall was answered by "An Idea for the Bazaar", Many new idea's presented will receive the attention of the members at fu- ture Meetings. The members are asked to note that roll call for the next meeting is fo be answered by either bring- ing a new member or suggesting the name of a poisible member,