Clinton News-Record, 1962-08-02, Page 7ANNOUNCEP-
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• n.ounce the •engtugemeM: of
• their daughter, 'le.ti>yce
Marjorie ,to Mn 14±hraji
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Mrs, 4pbrainn
Tginiton. The mar-
*age, will take place in Sit.
Faul'a Church' .af Engl'and,
Cl409A. Ontario, pn Satur-
MP* 18 ,alt 3 p.rn,
3.1b
) pions Ahvoys Weicorne
Ernest E, l -ails Terertto,'spent
the 'Weekend at itbe ,home of his
sister; M>ss Evelyn Hall and on
his return was elccampaiiied by
Mme. Hall,.
Attend Your Church
This Sunday. :
ALL. SERVICES UAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
CLINTON BAPTIST CHURCH
• (Baptist Federation of Canada)
Pastor: Craig Peters, B.A.
SUNDAY -40,00 aen.-Sunday School •
11.15 ant -FAMILY WORSHIP --
"Marching Orders For Youth'"
Tuesday 8.00 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study
Wednesday, Aug, 8-2.00 p,ne-CI URCH PICNIC
August ,13.19 VACATION'BIBLE SCHOOL --9 e.m.
A 'Cordial Welcome To All..
Maple Street
GOSPEL HALL
CLI NTON
Sunday, August 5
9.45 a.m.--Worship Service
11.00 a.m.--Sunday Sehool
8.00 p.m. --Guest Speaker: Mr.
Neal • Lowey, . Goderich.
Tuesday -Bible Study and
prayer at 8 p.m,
Ail Welcome
St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church
Rey. D. J. LANE, B.A., D.D.,
Minister
Mrs. M. J. AGNEW, Organist
and Choir Leader
Church Services Withdrawn
. During the Month of
August.
ALL WELCOME TO
WORSHIP WITH US
Joseph Street
GOSPEL HALL
CLINTON
Christians gathered in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ (Matt.
18: 20) meeting in the above
hall invite you to come and hear
the Gospel, the old, old story of
Jesus and His Love.
Order of meetings on Lord's
Day as follows:
Services
11,00 a,m.-Breaking Bread
3.00 p.m. -Sunday School
7.00 p,ni,-Preaching the Gospel
8.00 p.m. -Thursday -- Prayer
Meeting and Bible Reading,
s
Christian Reformed
Church
REV. L. SLOFSTRA
Minister
Sunday, August .5
10.00 a.m, Service in English
2.30 p.m. --Service in Dutch
Cenci. H. Eshius, is guest
speaker at both services.
EVERYONE WELCOME
Anglican Church
of Canada
St. Paul's -- Clinton
Rev. P. L. Dymond, LTh.
Rector
Charles Merrill, Organist
and Choir Leader '
Sunday, August 5
'TRIN'ITY VII
8.30 a.m.-Holy Communion
11.00 a.m.--•Holy Communion
Celebrant and Preacher:
Rev. O. R. Littleford.
BAYFIELD BAPTIST
CHURCH •
T. Leslie Hobbins, B.A.,
Pastor
Sunday, August 5
10.00 a.m.-Sunday School
11,00 a.m.-Morning Worship
"The King That Was
'.Underweight"
7.30 p,m.-Evening Service,
"The World's Greatest
Charge Account."
Wed., 8 p.m. -Prayer Service
"Prophecy For Today"
You are cordially invited to
these services.
pi esieg-panels--Ao nteohnie gniteh 014urc1 es
REV. CLIFFORD G. PARK, M.A., Minister'
.Ontario St. will worship in Wesley -Willis During August
Summer Series -"Five Windows to the Light" •
No. • 1 -"The Christian Attends Church"
HOLMESVILLE =- 9.45 a.m.=Church Service
• 10.45 a.m.-Sunday School.
WESLEY-WILLIS-11.00 a.m.-Church Service.
Primary and Juniors retire for classes at 11.20 a.m.
Ontario Street United Church
'Tiles FRIENDLY CHURCH"
Pastor: REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A.
Joint Summer Services During August
at 11.00 a.m. in Wesley -Willis
United Church.
Turner's Church
9.45 a.m.--Church Service
10.45 a.m.-Sunday School
BUSINESS COLLEGE OFFICIALS
OF
W.ELLS !A(AD.EMY
Will Be Holding Interviews in Clinton
ON
Tuesday, August 7th
of Students interested in a Business
Education.
•y
They; will discuss business education ort it
elementary and college level basis with
young then and worriers from the area who
ore interested ih careers as secretaries,
stenographers, ju.nir ae
otnf and r
executives. They represent the largest
business training organization in Western
Ontario with schools in Lohdbri, Wood -
stack, Hamilton, Strafford and Kitchener,
interviews Will, be 'Conducted 1n a private Office
at the Clinton News -Record, Phone HU 24443
for more complete information:
Wells'Academiy, 306 King Street, London
Master Robert Brown, son of
Mx, fid, Mrs, Percy Bowe, is
a
patient in The Sick Oleildren's
Hospkal, Toronto.
Neater David. Jervis is holi-
daying with this uh.dle and aunt,
Mr. and Mits. Arthur Bishop
et Lake Couchiching.
Berate Smith, Manchester,
Eiiglamcf, is visiting this summer
with his non and daughter-in-
law, and Vanlily, Sgt. and M.
Milton Smith, Victoria Street,
Clinton.
Mr, and Mrs. .Russell Jervis
and Mr. and` Mrs. Murray Fort-
es and girls attended the Wil-
liamson reunion at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Nesbitt,
Blyth, on Sunday,
Karen Jean Buck, daughter
of WO and Mrs. R. 'F. Buck,
RCAF Station .Clinton ie 'learn-
ing for HCS Cornwallis, Nova
Scotia, foe, eight weeks basic
training with the Royal Can-
adian Navy.
Cpl. Roy ],VlcLean, Royal
Canadian Signals, who has been
stationed in Egypt for the past
nine months, returned :ham's
Saturday, July 28. He leaves
September 17 for Camp Borden
'where he ;is: enrolled :in an of-
ficers' course. Roy is the son
of Mr, and Mrs. Don McLean,
Clinton.
Mrs. N, L. Elliott, Lancaster,
England, is visiting with her
son and daughter-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Alan Elliott, Towns'-
end Street for six weeks, Aleo
this week with the Mets, are
Mr. .and Mrs. R. A. Schaefer
and namely., Cincinnati, Ohio,
who are snaking their first visit
to Canada,
Mos, Ernest Hall, Mrs. Bent
Scott, Mrs. Herb Helston, To-
ronto; Mrs. Harvey Wilkin,
Miss Olive Wilkin, Little Cur-
rtniit; Mrs. Cecil Buckton, Mrs.;
Tom Fesitton, Mrs. Garden Far-
row, 1Vlrs. Neil. Gowan, Mrs.
Willis Gowan, Alienford and
Miss Mary Lee Legge, 'Chesley,
were guests last week with Miss
Evelyn Hall while they attend-
ed :pemfonnances at the Strat-
ford Flestival.
Rev. A. G. Pease
inducted At
Bayfield United
B'AYFtehleD - An induction
service was !held in St. And-
rew's United Church on There
day evening, July 26 for the
Rev. A. G. Pease, who nokw ds
Minsiter of the congregation
here.
Mr. Pease carnes from the
St. David's-Queen:stan charge
in the Niagara Presbytery, and
it is a coincidence :that the Rev.
W. C. Smith who has just left
Baylfield, is now in the St.
David's 'charge. ,
The Rev. Grant Mills, of On-
taria Street United Church:,
Clinton, conducted the service.
The sermon with its chaege to
the congregation and to the
minister was preached by the
Rev. A. C. Dukelow, Victoria
Street United 'Chureh, Gode-
rich.
A social hour was enjoyed in
the Sunday School room, when
the people met the minister: and
his wife and their four boys,
Allan, Tom, David and Roheilt
Bruce. Mr. Pease, recently or-
dained, received his education
•at Toronto University and Em-
manuel College, Toronto.
0
Mrs. W. Johnson
Mrs. Winnifred Elizabelth
Tahnson, widow of Capt. F.
Johnson, died 'suddenly ,at her
home •irx Goderich, on Tuesday,
July 31,
Mrs. Johnson was the former
Whwifred Sturdy, and was e
member of St. George's Angle
can Church.
Su"viving are one sister, Mrs.
M. Finlay, Clinton; two broth -
ere, Clarence Sturtd'y, Claritin,
and John H. Sturdy, Victoria,
B.C. Her 'husband died in 1938.
the funeral service will be heed
The body is at the Stiles
funeral home, Goderich, Where
Thursday at 2 pen. Rev. Canon
K. E. Taylor Will officiate and
burial will be in Maitland
cemetery.
Flowers
Telegraphed
Anywhere
K. C. Cooke.
'IF I.ORI•S'r
Dial fly 2. 012,Cftntoe
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IForme
rr Clintonian Reminisces
The Editor,
Clinton News -Record.
DEAR •SIR:
Somehow I have are targe to
write about Clinton, Clinton of
the past: in the days .of en-
oti}er age, :of ,tarries that are es.
vivid as last week, oi' gree
and feces of those wonderful
people, most of whom .are gone
OW.
Today, to do as who .are .scat-
tered near and far, the town
is much like a thousand oth-
ers. It has lost its identity and
is now a community of gas
stations, chain stores, modern
merchandise, school buses, high
taxes, financing problems, de-
bentures, traffic lights and tele-
vision aerials.
Over the years as we grew
up most of us left to seek em-
ployment in various fields of
endeavour elsewhere. Clinton
ha dnothing tp offer us or
perhaps we had nothing to offer
Clinton.
What had Clinton done for
us? Nothing, . or very little we
thought.
Changes came slowly and the
town remained much the sarne,
But now somehow time has
flown and a half .century has
passed. All at once the old
days seem long, long ago and
of another age.
Now we are wiser and realize
that Clinton did give us a great
deal. It gave us standards,
character, a philosophy of life
and above all the memories of
childhood and growing up. It
gave us the example of its
citizens; they were real people
in a real world.
There never 'was a town like
Clinton, Where could you find
a Vinegar Hill, Devil's Half
,Acre, Little England, Stapleton
with its salt mine, and a Lon-
don Bridge. And the swimming
places: Three Trees, Brickies
and the Deep Hole where the
big boys went and you finally
got courage to go yourself. Any-
one who wore a bathing suit
was an oddity indeed. You will
say that it was a boy's world
and so it was. Remember the
day you went swimming, tried
smoking, ate green apples and
crawledhome. sick as a dog?
And when you got home, who
do you thing you were fooling?
But places do not make a
town. It takes people with skill,
intelligence, personality and a
sense of humour.
Do you remember Mayor Fred
Jackson .and Joe Wheatley the
Chief of Police who could strike
terror in the souls of small boys
while mothers hushed their
children just by mentioning his
name? Not very good psychol-
ogy you say, but it was very
effective and the vogue.
Bobby Welsh was the night-
watchman who reportedly was
wakened one night by the heat
of his burning shoes in the town
hall fire. That's unkind and
untrue but if you're a watch-
man and the town hall burns,
'so do your ears.
Perhaps you knew C. D.
Bouch who ruled his school with
an iron hand but had a heart
of pure gold to which he would
never admit. And Miss Wilson,
a Scotswoman and an outstand-
ing teacher who died of the 'flu
in 1918. I think. Anyone who
could walk turned mit to that
funeral.
Then there was J, W. Tre-
leaven (Buster, to the uncouth)
who must have written many
miles of history and Latin on
the board. And Miss Mac-
Dougall who made Shakespeare
come alive and cried in exas-
peration at such characters as
Mike Kilty, Nick Manning and
Bucky Wallis; not to mention
Socks Stewart, Pinch McTag-
gart and Van VanEgmond.
What about .the people in the
periphery of the town? Frank
Andrews and his strawberries,
where you could pick and get
paid even, and eat all you
wanted at the same time; the
Fulfords and Tom Leppington
in Devil's Half Acre. Those
boys weren't really devils, just
mischievous. Then the Deeves
family near the "X" where the
Grand Trunk joined the Lon-
don, Huron and Bruce line. They
had a fierce, black , snarling'
dog on a chain and a small boy
was always welcome and could
listen to interesting stories of
trapping andhunting and lies
about fishing.
You could see Ike Carter's
boys and Jabber Cooper spear-
ing suckers under London.
Bridge. From there it wasn't
too far to the poorhouse where
the accommodation wasn't the
best in the World and the best
of society avoided taking up
residence there.
Do you remember the big
Doherty house near the piano
factory and Shipley's Farm
Where they had a big friendly
collie that could Climb trees,
believe it or not, Did you ever
play in the Grove otvned by
Si Davis and get a ride oh
Newt's horse.
There was a butcherbird's
nest in that grove with twice
rand frogs hanging on thorn's:
Perhaps you gathered beechnuts
there in the fall br were tough
enough to watch Fitzsimons'
kill a pig at the slaughter .house
and then ask for the bladder.
Matt Nediger will remember all
that and the day X shot a cat
at two ,hundred yards with rriy
.22 and couldn't believe T .had
hit it and was sorry, and a little
sick at my stomach,
Some Will •remember the brain
'street and the people there,
merchants, bankers and barb
e s; Sc oenhais and the flour
mill ,and the mill pond 'where
we skated in winter and. fell off
rafts in summer, 3, P.. Shere
pards groecry Store Where
crackers, sugar and salt were
in barrels and bins.. And Fred
Mitch in Bali and •Zapfe s hard-
ware -Fred Was a really warni
and friendly person and l knovv
that his boys must mist hint
still, Everyyne knew )harry
Bartl,tft whoc$1.led every child
by name and Made you feel
that you. were his special friend,
and you were,
Early in the morning I .can
still see Tom Hawkins sweep-
ing in front of his store joking
with Shorty Centelen, (about
whom a whale boos; could be
written), Just up the street
(Rattenbury) you could see
John .Cuninghame with his neat
whets beard loading the express
wagon and- my aunt Florence
•Cuninghame opening her flow-.
er. shop,
John Medd would cut your
heir and •sometimes if you gave
up your turn iie'd do it free.
Cap Mornish and Ernie Hovey
were always in ,a hurry but
Cap would stay afterwards and
talk for half an hour,
Then ' at the News Record
was Ted Hall and Miss Mabel
Clark, Miss Clark was intelli-
gent friendly and. one of the
nicest Poeple L have known..
If you worked :in the bank you
have seen .a junior clerk init-
iated as he was sent from the
Royal to • the Mason's Bank.
•across: the earner to get the
Long Stand, He waited .and
waited till someone took pity
on him and•. told him. the truth
about scoundrel accountants. and
ledger keepers.
Do you remember the Nor-
mandie Motel with the life-
sized statue of Edward VII; the
Rattenbury House and Josh
Cook? Oh! and those battles
at the station between Josh and
Sam' Cooper jockeying for posi-
tion with their horse-drawn
buses and literally tearing the
travellers apart in their efforts
to get them as customers for
their respective hotels, Those
fights' were something to behold,
full of sound and fury and the
two Irishmen loved it and sec-
retly loved each other, I think.
There were five hotels with
livery stables, four blacksmith
shops where we could see the
forges glowing and hear the
ring of the hammers on the an-
vil, see the showers of red
sparks and smell the acrid
odour of burning hoofs as
Jabez Rands or Guy Jones fit-
ted shoes on retractive and
spirited horses.
In April (and it always rain-
ed or snowed) everyone turned
out for the Spring Horse Show.
The hotel harps were full of
stamping Percherons, Clydes
and Belgians, plus sleek car-
riage horses. The proud owners
were busy braiding manes and
tails and brushing the glossy
coats. We boys made the tour
and ventured into the stables
fearfully but it was exciting and
life was complete.
Who of you remembers Otto
Fink playing lacrosse or Dick
Tasker hitting the long ball out
of the park? Dizzy Dean would
have Loved him; a hitting pit-
cher. For years I thought Frank
Mackay was Ty Cobb because
in a certain game with the
bases loaded and Frank at bat,
someone shouted "Three men on
base and Ty Cobb at bat"; and
then Frank ignominiously
struck out.
Some will remember those
wonderful ministers: Revs.
Hogg, Powell, Jones, Anderson,
Holmes and so many more.
Then the Evangelists, Crosley
and Hunter. How we were
saved! and it lasted three or
even four' days'. But the cher-
ries were too red and we slip-
ped back into sin and relaxed
and enjoyed life once more.
At the howling green I can
see and so, can. you:. Will Grant
winning a game; Nelson Ball,
George Roberton, Torr Rance
and Jack Nediger Sr.
Then there were those excit-
ing days when the Marks Bros.
came to town -what a noon -
hour parade! They knew the
value of advertising. Little work
got done in school that after-
noon. We'had town parades too
and wonderful bands. I can see
Cap Cook leading a parade,
clowning down the street, he
was good, too. I sometimes
suspected that he had had a
couple but, everyone knew that
he was a teetotaler!
And the Princess Theatre on
Friday nights! We somehow
raised the six cents admission
by selling old iroh or rubbers
or copper wire to Charlie Wil-
son in • his tinsmith shop on
Huron Street, This shop could
have come straight out of one
of Dickens' novels.
The. Million Dollar mystely.
was showing oat the theatre in
serial form with. Hawaiian
music: from an old gramophone
at the rear, lVo show before or
since_ has ever been so thrilling.
The ,chapter -closed at a most
critical time so we waited in
anticipation for a whole week
to see what happened,
Wh.do remmbout
the ,moatbilizatioyoun ofetheber 1b61st
Battalion? Col, Combe, Dr.
Shaw, Malcolm MacTaggart, all.
the other ,ranks and billeting
of soldiers in the town. I re-
member it all and Cree Cook
showing off on horseback up
anal down rrlain street. Then
they were gone and the names
of, those who remained at Pas-
schendale and Virny Ridge. are
recorded on bronze plaques in
the various churches.
There are many more mem-
ories Sunday School picnics,
horse-drawn :carryalls and Je-
witt's Grove in Bayfield and a
close shave, with the Grim
Reaper as we tried to swim the
choppy water between the two
piers.
Then there are personal
memories, such as the night my
father drove his ]Maxwell
through the new garage. Only
one board broke as the whole
end came off but fifty feet of
raspberries were mowed down
before we stopped. My sister,
too, tried to drive but gave it
up when she missed the garage
completely, We weren't alone
however-rnany cars tried to
climb' telephone poles, mount
sidewalks and break into stores..
In most cases only embarrass.
ment was the result. There
were delightful eases, however,
of terrified horses running away
as the age of automobiles was
introduced:
I remember a court case
where a witness, no other than
Shorty Cantelon, testified that
the car in his estimation was
not exceeding the speed limit
of 15 miles per hour. Magist-
rate Andrews summarily dis-
missed the case,
Does the town bell still ring
loud and clear at six in the
morning? Can you hear mourn-
ing doves at dawn and the
harsh cries of nighthawks in
the evening along Main Street?
I hope Doug and Harry Ball,
the Matches, Cochranes, Nedi-
gers, Bartliffs and Jack Sutter
read this, and pause to remem-
ber the days when Clinton was
unique and had a culture all its
own filled with interesting and
exciting characters. There really
should be a museum to retain
the objects and records of
those wonderful, vital years.
Sincerely yours,
-KEN RORKE,
Prescott, Ontario.
July 28, 1962.
Maryland Rector
At St. Paul's
During August
• During the absence of the
rector, the Rev. P. L. Dymond,
services in, St. P.aul's Anglican
Church will be taken' by the
Rev. Osborne R. Littleford, rec-
ttor of the Church of Saint Mi-
ehee'l and All Angels, Balti-
more, Maryland.
Services will be at the usual
hours' of 8.30 and 11 a.m. Even-
ing
prayer will not be said
during the month of August.
The First Column
(Continued
from page
one)
Clinton to live with his family
He learned the brick laying
trade •ixr Clinton and went to
Chicago to practice *hat trade
about 1904 ... At the time of
his death in 1934, he had four
sisters surviving . . . one was
IVs s. George Taylor, then hying
on'
Rattenbury Street, Clinton
and another was Mrs. John
Cameron, living at Luckn ow .. .
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Thurs., August 2, )962 -Clinton News -Record ----Page 7
Cphre Playful Pets On h
• Sraa'pathets of pets deeerve' an
important place in anyone's
family picture record.
A well -loved pet is a •genuine
member of the .family and pic-
tures taken When the kitten is
tiny and _piayfurl or when the.
dog is romping with the chil-
dren will be treasured in years.
tQ come.
In this warm weather, you
have ideal oppoiltuniities for pert
photos. When you're in the
backyard and your db'g or cat
enjoys a mewl, or a sunbath
talke a picture. When he playas
with a:to!y', bane or ball of yam:,
he has a special expression that
you''ll want to preserve on filar.
If your pelt 'seems .afraid of
the camera, let him .sniff .it and
get to know it. Then ,he'l'l relax
and return to his natural ex-
pression -whether it's alertness
or sadness.
For action photos, remember
that there is a definite pattern
as the ,acltdon reaches its peak.
A dog jumping up for a ball,
for example, always comes to a
halt hest before gravity pulls
him back down again. Be ready
to press the shutter at the pre-
dictable peak of action.
Try squatting or lying down,
at your pelt's eye level. And get
close enough so that the sub-
ject Shier :the viewfinder. With
a snriple carnera, 'that means
a disltance of about five feet.
EXPERT
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at
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Animals and bills have minds
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of course, you can give a com-
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ention. But waih bird% you%
want to set your camera for a
fairly fish shutter speed, and
then keep alert at the button.
Whether you want a 'photo
of a bird buliding a nest, or
pulling a worm from the soil,
it's largely a matter of know -
big where to 'lack, and then
setting up your camera and
wanting. Blind's ob)t gingly return
to the same spots. To be pre-
pared, you might rest your
camera on a nearby fence but
a ;tripod is bent.
With some patience, you can
have appealing, photos of pets.
Just keep your eyes open for
photographic ponsi;bilities, and
your canvemahandy.
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