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A. T. COOPER, 50 YEARS IN
BUSINESS IN CLINTON
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Ffty years in the retail store busi
ness is the unique record attained
by A. T. Cooper, <of Clinton, who
from a small beginning in May, .1885
has developed a business which i®
probably the largest' of its kind
outside the cities. Starting with a
stock worth $500 of books, station
ery and fancy goods in a store in
the Smith block, financed at .the
time by Iris father the late William
Cooper and assisted in the store by
other members of the family by care
ful application to business he was
able in five years to buy out his
strongest opposition, Chas. Dickson,
and to move into a brand new brick'
block on Victoria Street, “The Coop
er Block.” This block has gradually
been completely occupied and ten
years ago the adjoining store form
erly the Jas. Twitchell shoe store
was taken in and a junior depart
ment store was established. The
business now occupies a floor space
of 7,200 square feet besides base
ment storage and is known as the
Cooper Departmenal Store.
Mr. Cooper 'has lived all hisi life
here. Since his school days, he has
been aggressively active in some
sphere of community life. In sports
he was a member of a cricket team
that won fame in games throughout'
Western Ontario. Bicycle racing was
also a favorite sport 'in which he
won championships. Later he be
came interested in Young Peoples’
Work and was County Secretary of
Christian- Endeavour, and for five
years Provincial secretary of that
organization. He also- took an active
interest in temperance work, was an
official in Huron County for temper
ance organization and for several
years Provincial field secretary for
the province. ,
Former Mayor
He held the position of secretary
of Mothers’ Allowance Board for 13
years. He was for 12 years a mem
ber of the town council and was
elected mayor in 1919 and 1923.
While in the council he advocated
a system of public water supply and
it' was largely through his untiring
efforts that residents of Clinton
have, for twenty years or more,
been supplied as a public utility
with the purest artesian well water.
Mr. Cooper was also the first to ad
vocate for Hydro electricity and as
Mayor attended the opening cere
monies of the Chippewa power plant
Education advancement has also re
ceived his attention and he has for
some years been a member of the
Collegiate board.
In Church work he was for ten
years superintendent of Wesley Sun
day school and Was active in official
board work. At present he is an el
der of 'Wesley-Willis United church.
To mark the 50th anniversary of
the establishment • of the business
Mr. Cooper had had a mammoth ten
storey birthday cake made, , each
storey representing a decade. 'The
cake is beautifully iced and decor
ated and is mounted with fifty wax
tapers. - -
Monday, May 13, 1935
A regular meeting of the Municip
al Council was held in the Town
Hall. All members present. Minutes
af the meeting held on April 22nd
were read and adopted on motion
of Hern and Rivers. Carried.
Letters were read from the office
of Messrs. Connor Bros., consulting
civil engineers regarding service as
consulting engineers. Filed.
From Mr. A. E. Buswell, Lucknow,
Ont., regarding Municipal taxes of
1934. Clerk to make reply.
Mr. Fred Brock asked to have a
street light placed on Gidley street.
Mrs. Ethe,rington and Mrs. Thom
son on behalf of the Horticultural
Society asked to have a gravel walk
along Hill Street form Andrew Street
to the entrance of Riverview Park.
Council suggested the placing of
some cement blocks that may be re
moved from Main iSt. The ladies also
asked to place stone or concrete
pillars at either side of Hill Street
of 'Andrew with a sign “Riverview
Park.” The council promised consid
eration.
Motion per Hern and Rivers: That
gravel be secured from Mrs. Alice
Cudmore’s pit. Trucked by local
truckers.
A request was made by Mr. H. T.
Rowe through the Reeve for the
privilege to erect sign posts on the
street, The council agreed that in
future no- more poles for the erection
of signs or other purposes will be
allowed on Main iStreet.
The property committee recom
mended that the Council call for
tenders for the painting of the exter
ior of the Town Hall. Tenders to
be received by the clerk on or be
fore 12 o’clock noon of Saturday,
May 25th.
Per Hern and Rivers: That the
thanks of the members of the
Municipal Council be extended to
Misses Bonis and Brown of the High
School for the .School Parade on
Monday, May i6th in honor of the
King’s Jubilee Celebration.
Refuse intended for the dump
ground to be collected Tuesday and
Wednesday, May 21st and 22nd and
following days if necessary.
The construction of a concrete
walk By-law was presented and on
motion of Rivers and Hern the same
be accepted and given its first read
ing. Carried. And pe.r motion of
Morley and Roulston the same By
law be now given its second reading.
Motion of Rivers and Roulston:
That the council don now resolve it
self into a committee of the whole,
with the Reeve as chairman and con
sider the By-law clause by clause.
Carried,
After consideration the construc
tion By--Law was given the third
reading and duly passed unanimous
ly on motion of Hern and Morley.
Per motion of Roulston seconded
by Rivers: That the construction By
law as passed be now signed by the
Reeve and Clerk and that seal of the
Corporation be added thereto. Car.
The following accts, ‘were read &
passed:
Miss L. Macpherson, Co. Regis
trar for search and copy of street
frontage $10.00; W. W. Taman
constable’s clothes $49.89; Snell
Bros. & Co., supplies for 'fire-truck
$11.50; Miss Bonis expenses and do
nations re Jubilee celebration as per
account presented $14.00; Theodore
Walper, leader of the band, half
yearly salary $100.00; Jos. Senior,
rent of hall 3 months $18.00, ins.
contents 'town hall $11180, $29.80;
P. U. Commission, electric light for
band room $1.82; Clarence Heywood
labor at Town Hall $3.12; Lewis
Kirk, labor $2.60; Rubin McInnis,
ditto $4.00; Percy Hewett, ditto
$14.68; Thos. Cornish, ditto' and
horse hire $23.55; R. E. Davis,
team labor, R.B., $6.60; Edward
Coombes, labor at drain $7.38; Wm.
Laverty, ditto' $6.50; Harry Smith
ditto $'8.00; Rubin McInnis, ditto
$6.8-8; John Stire, ditto- $7.88; Ed
ward Harness, ditto $5.8'8; William
Andrew, labor on street, $27.00;
Harvey Bros., Direct relief $14.05;
Henry Bierling, ditto $9.58; South-
cott Bros., ditto $12.26; S. Cann,
ditto $11.81; Wm. Cook, ditto $5.-
16; W. S .Howey, ditto 25c.; Hugh
Gould, ditto $4.87; C. Tanton, ditto
$4.40; Jones & May, ditto $17.74;
Chainway Stores, ditto $1.46; Frank
Coates, ditto $8.4;6; R. G. Seldon,
ditto $7.90; W. E. Middelton, ditto
$3.57; H. C. Rivers, ditto- $5.40; W.
Hatter, ditto $<13.9’6; C. White, ditto
$4.56; James Bowey, ditto $2.90;
Peoples Cash Shoe Store, -ditto $4.85;
W. S. Cole, ditto $1.3 0; R. Motz,
ditto $2.44; W. C. Pearce, relief of
ficer, $11.00.
Passed on motion of Morley and
Roulston. 'Carried.
Adjourned by Morley.
Jos. Senior, Clerk
Mir. J. W. Beattie, of Seaforth,
registrar of Electors for the Federal
riding of Huron-Perth, will hold a
Court of Revision of the Federal Vot
ers Lists for the following divisions
Of Hensail, 1 and 2 Hay Township,
No-. 3 Usborne and No. 5 of Tucker
smith here in the Town Hall on Mon
day and Tuesday May 20 and 21.
There will be -at least 40 changes in
the Hensail list.
No More Bilious Attacks
No More Sick Headaches
Constipation * should nover bo
allowed to continue.
A free motion of the bowels daily
should bo tho rule of ovoryono, as it
is of supreme importance to the health.
Keep your bowels regulated by
using Milburn’s Laxa-Livcr Pills
and you will have no bilious attacks,
no sick headaches, no coated tonguo,
or many of tho troubles arising
from tho wrong action of tho liver or bowols. They do not gripo, weaken
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SO YEARS AGO
McNaughton-Williams-At the homeof the bride’s father, on the 22nd individulla
inst., by the Rev. W. H. Gane, Mr..
John Alexander McNaughton, public!
ing in a tangible way the apprecia
tion they felt for her gracious dig
nity in the chair and the fine way
in which s'he had infuenced theip as
juuu Aiexunuer xvj.crmugin.uii, puDiiej Spotlights on Ourselves
school teacher of Hibbert, to Miss! Mrs. Hicks rose to ®ay a few words
Harriet Elmyra, daughter of Eleazen befor^retiring from the Presidency.
Williams Esq., of Usborne. | “T
Carling-Fitton-At the residence of co
the bride’s father, -on the 26th inst.,' Branch.
| “I wish to express my appreciation
-.operation of the entire
We have a marvellous Ex-
by tlio W, S. Pascoe, Mr. Wil- ccutive. I want to thank every
liam Carling, -son of Isaac Caring Esq' member of the W. M. S. down to the
to Miss Annie Fitton, eldest daugh-j members of the smallest group since
ter of Mr. Tho®. Fitton, all of Exe- H only with the loyalty of every
ter. ; indivdual that we have successfully
The rates to Europe per Allan carried through our program.
Line are this year lower than ever.1
Cabin passengers $60 to $80; inter- talked much about foreign
mediate $30; steerage $13.
Mr®, Hugh and Mrs. Edward
Spackman left here Tuesday morn
ing for London and St. Thomas and
vicinity where they intend visiting.
Mr. John Davies has received a
fine new bicycle from Montreal. He
took a trip to Ailsa Craig, a distance
of 18 miles on Sunday and returned
Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Kerslake, Frank
Oke and Mr. D, Pryor, of Exeter, and
Rev. Mr. Veale, of Grediton, start to
day for England. They purchased
their ticket's from Mr. John Spack
man.
Our baseball club will be mater
ially weaker this year by the illness
of their -catcher, Alf. Drew,
Mrs.
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Mrs.
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child
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25 YEARS AGO
May 26, 1910
Mr. Harry Smith left Monday for
Mansfield, Ohio and Lexington, Ken
tucky.
Mrs. T. Hakwins went' to Walker
ville, Monday to visit her daughter
for a few days.
Miss Knight, of the London
south, visited her sister
Spackman in -Guelph.
Mrs. Reg. Samuel and
of Highgate are visiting
uel’s parents, M,r. and Mrs. Joseph
Bawden.
Mrs. Diamond, -of Detroit, and
Miss Edith Rollins, of London,
daughters of Mr. Arthur Rollins, vis
ited at the home of Mr. Wm. Rollins
part of last' week.
M,r. Robert Sweet, of Portage la
Prairie, Manitoba, arrived here on
Tuesday. Mrs. ,Sweet and children,
who have been visiting at the -home
of Mr. Thos. Pr-ior for some months
return with Mr. Sweet today.
M,r. W. L. Lewis, of ISout'h River,
who is visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Lewis, 'Grediton, was a vis
itor in town on Saturday.
15 YEARS AGO
May 27, 1920
Mr. |F. E. Willis, of Exeter, has
been appointed Bailiff of the Fifth
Division Court of Huron at Exeter.
Mr. Wesley Lamport while motor
ing on Saturday night last ha-d the
misfortune to upset the car with the
resailt that his foot became caughi
and he received a severe gash.
Mrs. Popplestone, who spent tihe
winter in Blyth with her son has re
turned to her home here.
Mr. Wm. Baker, of Moose Jaw
who has been attending college al
Toronto, visited relatives here Iasi
week.
Mr. Earl Mitchell and wife, whe
are visiting the former’s parents
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Mitchell leave
shortly for England.
Mr. Digor-y Braund passed away
at his home on Wednesday morning
at' the age of 82 years.
Miss Edith Hyndman, who- has
been visiting her uncles and auni
left Wednesday for her home f _
kota.
Henry Robinson, aged 50
was fatally injured at the 1
-Salt Work on Friday morning
he fell off a platform accidentally.
“At this convention, we have not
vw...vn ...uvu u.Mvuk fields
| and work in the Orient. We have
been talking about the church at
home and turning the spotlight back
on 'ourselves. We have been talking
about the leaven of the Kingdom -of
God, Are we missing the coming of
the King by burying ourselves un
der some pettiness, some little self
in dlugence? Are we willing to cast
eside this year anything that will
hinder us from helping to bring in
the Kingdom? I beseech you in be
half of the incoming President to
hold high the standard of our Branch.” '
“Changing China and Missions”
Well-known and well-loved in this
district, her -husband a native of
Brown’s Corners, the name of Mrs.
Homer Brown on the program drew
an unusually large crowd of friends
and others interested in missions to
the Church .on Wednesday afternoon
Mrs. Brown has her work in Cheng-
tu, West China, a city about which
we have heard much in the last
month or so as being the centre of
Communist uprising and agitation.
Mrs. Brown declared that a good
many of these reports we have been
hearing are false—most of the mis
sionaries-are etill at their posts and
West China University is going full
steam.
The speaker compared China to a
man who has built himself an up-to-
date house, equal with the best any
where. Years pass and the man sud
denly realizes that his house is no
longer of modern construction and
that the furniture, decorations, etc.
are antiquated. In a panic, he sets
about to change everything .inside
and outside his house with the fam
ily still occupying it. Such is China
-today. In a seething turmoil, she
is trying to build a new nation while
Communism and Christianity are at
grips with each other in the midst
of it all. Christianity, however, is
winning out, Mrs. Brown believes,
and China will eventually come thro’
on the right side. The people in
China are in the same position as
David’s army: “And everyone that
was in distress, and everyone that
was in debt, and everyone that was
discontented, gathered themselves
unto him, and he became a captain
over them, and there were with him
about 400 men,” 1 Sam. 22:2.
THURSDAY, MAY 23rd, *035
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Relating her experiences as a mis
sionary, Mrs. Brown painted three
pictures of modern life in China
and concluded by saying that God’s
work is most successfully accom
plished when we “dig deep our chan
nels and build low our dykes.”
Officers for Coining Year
Mrs. J. Gemmell of London, act
ing for the Nominating Committee
brought in the slate of officer® for
1935. The choice was unanimous in
every case and the convention agreed
to put in the entire slate at one
sweep. Mrs. James McCrea, of Ben-
miller is the new President with the
following executive to support her:
1st Vice-Pres., Mrs. J. N. Gould, of
Sarnia; 2nd Vice-Pres., Mrs. Lome
Eedy, St. Marys; Record. Sec’y., Mrs.
H. V. Workman, Petrolia; Corres.
Sec’y., Miss Margaret Geddes, Emb.ro
Christian Stewardship, Mrs. J. S.
Langford, Windsor; Mission Circle
Secretary, Mrs. A. Page, Thamesville
C.G.I.T., Mrs. J, D. Ormand, London
Mission Band, Mrs. W. P. Lane, of
Goderich; Baby Band, Mrs. C. A.
Vessey, St. Marys; Associate Helpers
Mrs. C. Tavener, Blenheim; Supply
Secretary, Mrs. J. G. Archibald, of
Woodstock; Strangers’ Secretary,
Mrs. J. C. Foster, Sarnia; Literature
Secretary, Mrs. L. A. Ball, St. Marys
Missionary Monthly, Mrs. S, J. Jef
feries, Ridgetown; Temperance, Mrs.
H. W. Thomson, Rodney; Life Mem
bership, Miss A. Stone, St. Thomas;
Press Secretary, Mrs. John Gemmell,
London. The advisory committee re
mains the same as last year.
The installation of officers was
conducted by Mrs. R, W. Craw. The
new President, Mrs. McCrea, was
chosen to represent the W.MjS. at
the meeting of the London Confer
ence at Stratford, May 29th, with
Mrs. J. N. Gould as alternate, and
Mrs. Lome Eedy was appointed to
make the presentation of a Bible to
the outgoing missionary who will be
designated on that occasion.
Though she accepted the office of
President with considerable reluct
ance, Mrs. James McCrea hoped that
she would be able to serve to the
best of her ability. “Our main objec
tive,” she said, “is the bringing in-
of the Kingdom of God on earth.
We could revolutionize the world if
we but set our minds and hearts in
the right direction. This year may
be the best -of years. -Let us hope it
will.”
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year:
The engagement is announced oi
Almeda Merle, youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Knowles, of
Granton, to\ Robert Elston, son of
Mrs. Elston' and the late Richard
Elston, 'Baseline, Blanshard, the
marriage to take place the middle
of May.
W. M. S. Branch
Meeting at St Marys
Tuesday and Wedesday of last
week saw the United Church, St.
Mary® crowded full of enthusiastic
supporters of the Women’s Mission
ary Society, London Conference
branch, from a large section of
Western Ontario including 265
specially appointed delegates repre
senting Perth, Oxford, Middlesex,
Lambton, Kent, Huron, Essex and
Elgin
What Women are Doing
Rev. James Anthony of Mother-
well welcomed the delegates on be
half of Perth Presbytery, remarking
that he might have had to come be
fore the meeting with a bodyguard
since the Men’s Presbytery in ses
sion in another part of the building
had just put through a motion de
ploring the ordination ,of women in
to the United Church. “You are do
ing with uS a work that is quite uni
que,” he began, “The Christian
Church is tho only organization that
brings to tho world the message of
Jesus Christ the life-giver, This mes
sage is transmitted through u®. You
are proclaiming this not only by
word but by your example. May the
best you’ve ever known be the worst
you’ll ever see.”
Presentation to Mrs. Hicks
On behalf of tho Executive, Mr®.
Archibald and Mrs. Workman came
forward unexpectedly at this point
and presented Mrs. Hicks with a
silver cake-plate, engraved, expres®-
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