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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-01-31, Page 8Marks 103rd Birthday A quiet celebration at Queensway Nursing Home, Hensall, Wednesday, January 30, marked the 103rd birthday of Mrs. Agnes J. Baird, a for- mer Brucefield resident. Confined to her bed, Mrs. Baird is in fairly good health and is able to sit up in bed every day. Before moving to the nursing home she resided in. Brucefield with her son, T. S. Baird, who when speaking of his mother; said a placid disposition and long-lived antecedents are the best recipes for a ripe old age. Her grandmother lived to be 98 and her mother, 93. (T-A Photo) PUT SUMMER-FRESH FLAVOR IN YOUR WINTER MEALS DEL MONTE PEAS 2 15-oz. Tins 35c DEL MONTE CREAM CORN 2 15-oz. Tins 35c 14 DEL MONTE Pineapple-Grapefruit Juice 48-oz. fin 39c DEL MONTE Green or Wax Beans, I 5-oz. tins 19c DEL MONTE Fruit Cocktail, 20-oz. tins 39c Large 28-oz.. fins 49c DEL MONTE Pineapple Tit Bits 20-oz. tin 45c DEL MONTE Crushed Pineapple, 20-oz. tin 39c DEL' MONTE Catsup, I I -oz. bottle 22c DEL MONTE Tomato Juice, Lge. 48-oz, tin 31c ST. WILLIAMS Assorted Jams, 9-oz, ,, . ... 3 for 59c THEDFORD No. 1 Table Potatoes. 75-lb. bag $1.89 DAINTY Assorted Cookies .... 25c pkg., 2 for 49c CALLA LILY Pastry Flour, 24-lb. bag $1.55 HERB'S FOOD Market FREE DELIVERY PHONE HU 2-3445 MORRILL TV SEM Authorized Philips Dealer Radio - TV and Appliance Repairs. 215 Victoria Street - -- Phone HU 2-7021 "Service h Our Business" 0 CLINTON RECREATION COMMITTEE Learn to Square-dance Instruction in Modern Square Dancing 13 Weeks Course Commencing Thursday, Feb. 7 8:00 to 10:30 p.m. Central Huron Sec» ndary School Auditorium - Clinton Instructor: El Haveling, Stratford Registration: $10 per couple for complete program NOTE: If you are interested but not able to attend first meeting, please phone Mr. Al Jewson, Clinton HU 2-7875 to insure registration. Other Programs . BADMINTON Adults Wed. evenings and Teenagers Sat. afternoons FIGURE SKATING Arena on Tuesdays 4 to 7 p.m. on Iq ALL Exquisite Form BRAS BLOUSES DUSTER COATS WHITE UNIFORMS Bookcase Bed, Triple Dresser and Chiffoneer. Walnut finish. $158 00 Ordinarily $195.00 SALE 3-pc.-NATURAL FINISH Panel Bed, Double Dresser and $113 00 Chiffoneer (WITH BOOKCASE - $135 00) 5 More Suites to choose from All Drastically Reduced at Be Beattie There are many other sale items sure you don't miss these good buys. Furniture KROEHLER 3-pc. SUITE Panel Bed, Double Dresser with Vertical Mirror and Chiffoneer. Can't Mar Plastic Tops. $24 HEPWORTH-3-pc. SUITE Panel Bed, Triple Dresser, Chit- foneer. 1 Suite Only-discontinu- ed style. Ordinarily $296.00 SALE 3-pc. SUITE Bookcase Bed, Triple Dresser and Chiffoneer. Walnut veneer. Ordinarily $248.00 SALE VICTORIAVILLE 3-pc. SUITE Panel Bed, Double Dresser and Chiffoneer. Walnut veneer. Ordinarily $234.50 3-pc. SUITE Bookcase Bed, Double Dresser and Chiffoneer, Sandlewood finish. $136 00 • Only Ordinarily $175 .... SALE 3-pc. SUITE Ordinarily $278.00 SALE 8.00 SALE $190.00 FINAL WINTER CLEARANCE Price SWEATERS DRESSES SKIRTS CAR COATS WOOL COATS LAMPACA COATS SKIRTS DRESSES DOUBLE KNIT SUITS Off $225.00 $219.00 15 Quebec Teachers ,and Principals Pay Official Visit to RCAF Clinton.. age 8-Clinton News-Record--Thurc, Jan, , 1963 Rambling With Lucy (Lucy R. K)ods) "When two Englishmen meet their first talk is of the weather-Samuel,Johnson. Certainly, the recent weather is a prime topic for MI- versation whether it bp in. England, Europe, Japan, United states or Canada. Last week a friend called Lucy on the telephone. "It's very cold, isn't it?" said she. "Supposed to be 10 degrees below zero to-night!" Lucy stated. "I was thinking of one year when Abe Brandon was delivering milk,. Do you remember that?" she asked. Lucy recalled it.. "I just thought I'd tell you that one time when he was delivering milk it was 23° below zero dowh aFt Mustards" (Alf. F, Scotchmers new.) "We were living in that old frame house with only the pipe from the coal stove below to heat upstairs. I tell you the weather was snappy, but we didn't suffer any. And the children were all well. They got no vitamins but some of the real old-fashioned cod-liver oil off a spoon". "And I remember that winter there was a shortage of water. We had to melt snow for bathing and •carried our drinking water from Dave Dewars. There was no January thaw that year". "We're too coddled in this age. No hustling about and firing. We've gotten too used to oil heat. All one has to do is put one's finger on the thermostat", she concluded. "Yes", agreed Lucy, "and I hope there is no hydro break for where would we be in such weather without our fur- naces". - And Lucy's memory travelled back to the "Good Old Days", fifty years ago when she got out of bed in the morn- ing, washed her face and hands in the cold water from the pitcher on the stand, following special instructions from her father to splash it on her chest, breathe deeply and rub vigorously with the towel, All this in the near-freezing atmosphere, in the bedroom where if one opened one's mouth, one could admire one's breath! And there were odd times too, when she lighted the big furnace, fuelled with 30" wood, while Mother got Ile little kitchen stove crackling and the porridge' pot on for break- fast. (It was a dear little iron stove, so easy to light and make toast from the glowing coals at the front. When it had had its day and was supplanted in 1922 by a big steel nickel--trimmed range with all the luxuries of a hot water tank, warming closet and oven thermometer, Lucy was sad! Give her the little old stove with the front damper. But it was off the market). And reviewing the 23 degrees below zero incident, Lucy decided that it must have been in 1934, so she prevailed upon the kindness of the Clinton News-Record to search' the files. She received the following information as supplied by the late George Baird, official recorder of weather statistics at Brucefield, which made her feel that our recent cold snap had been quite balmy: Feb. 11, 1912, -25 degrees fahren- heit; Feb. 25, 1920, -23 degrees; Feb. 20, 1929, -31 degrees; (the editor comments that this was the lowest temperature Mr. Baird ever recorded), then came 1934: Feb. 4, -3 degrees; Feb. 5, -5 degrees; Feb. 6, -8 degrees; Feb. 7, -6 degrees; Feb. 8, -31 degrees; Feb. 9, -36 degrees; Feb. 10, -25 degrees. (So cheer up‘, folks, the worst is yet to come since all these readings were in February!) Lucy recalled that it had been -30 degrees in Bayfield that winter. She was keeping house while her mother was away. Three times she had to shut off the water pressure system and drain the intake pipe to the well. She was startled one night when her lips stuck to the pipe (at the outside wall in a heated cellar) when she sucked the outlet to start it draining. Then, too, in that week there was a coal fire in the vacated bank room to be kept burning so the water pipes above wouldn't freeze; the kitchen range, the furnace and the coal fire in the Post Office (beauty parlor now). And by the time she'd stoked them all for the night, she was ready for bed! Also in the last week of May, 1934, Lucy journeyed to Ireland. And as the train sped through the` early morning to Montreal, she'll never forget the depressing sight of apple orchards in Lower Canada standing out stark and naked against the otherwise lush green landscape. But if the weather is a conversation piece here, per- haps it is not so cheerful in England and neighboring coun- tries. Imagine trying to heat with a fireplace in near-zero temperatures with present-day facilities and mode of dress. (The pioneers did it in this country but they were garbed for the weather). In a number of houses now in England, there is central heating, but fuel is in extremely short supply. And electricity has been curtailed. And just think of all their "indoor plumbing" frozen solid on the outside. It's much more convenient for repairs, the British think, to have the pipes run down the outside wall. All in all, it's been quite a rugged time for them. But there'll be a big "Spring Thaw" before long! Lord Avebury once quoted John Ruskin in these words: "There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather". Misses Vicki and Judi Cluff, London, spent the weekend with their mother, Mrs. J. Cluff. Joan Davies, Adastral Park, Clinton spent a weekend rec- ently with Martha Corrie. Mr. and Mrs. K. Ferguson, Bill and Della Lou, spent Sun- day in London with their son, Ken Ferguson and family. Mr. and Mrs. A. Brisson, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, spent a couple of days here during the weekend. Jack Fraser, Jr., Ricky and Elizabeth, London, came on Monday to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Fraser. The Rev, and Mrs. H. G. E. Crosby, Mooretown, came on Sunday to spend a few days with her sister, Mrs. J. E. Howard. Paul Cleave who underwent surgery recently in Clinton Public Hospital, returned home on Friday last and is improv- ing in health. Mrs. Maynard Corrie was captain of the Marching Moth- ers in the March of Dimes Campaign here over the week- end, with very satisfying res- ults. Assisting were Mrs. W. E. G. Bellchamber, Mrs. K. Gemeinhardt, Mrs. Roy Scotch- mer, Mrs. Fred Weston, Mrs. Fred P. Arkell, Mrs. Robert MacVean. Home From Hospital E. A. Westlake returned home from Clinton Public Hos- pital on Friday last and is re- cuperating nicely. Mr. and Mrs. John Turner are staying with him. His son and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gladwin Westlake and daughter, Anne, held a family dinner at his home on Sunday to celebrate his 78th birthday. Mr. Westlake's brother Promote Area Man The RCAF has announced the promotion of Flying Of- ficer John F.,Peckitt to the rank of Flight' Lietttenant. F/L Peckitt was born in Lend e sb or o, matriculat- ed from Clinton Collegiate Institute and worked for the Abitibi Power and Paper Co. Ltd., in Sault Ste Marie for four years before enlisting in the RCAF. He was selected for flying duties and received his nav- igator training at the Air Navigation School in Win- nipeg. After his graduation in August, 1956, he spent the next five years with the Search and Rescue Unit in Greenwood, N.S., as s t a f f Navigator. He has been in his present position as In- structor in the Air Naviga- tion Schoel at Winnipeg Since March 1962. F/L Peekitt, and his wife, the former Marguerite Ap- pleby of Blyth, and their fartily are presently living in Winnipeg. Thomas and sister Mrs. Alfred Scotchmer, attended. We join with his many friends in wishing Mr. West- lake "many happy returns", Hosts Refugees H. H. Ormond was in Detroit from Wednesday to Saturday. On his return to the village, Mr. and Mrs. Istva Erdelyi ac- companied him and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Or- mond for the weekend. They were Hungarian refu- gees from the Russians who went to Brazil. Mr. Erdelyi is Director of Engineering with the Ford Motor Company, Sao Paula, Brazil, and was one of Mr. Ormond's chief assistants there from 1950-53. At present he is taking a two-month course in tool and die work. Attends Sarnia Rites The Rev. E. J. B. Harrison was in Sarnia on Saturday for the wedding of his cousin, Jam- es William Copland, Sarnia, to Miss Catherine Clara Valerie MacDonald, St. John, New Brunswick. The ceremony took place in St. George's Church at 11 a.m. with the rector, the Venerable Archdeacon Abraham officiat- ing, assisted by the Rev. E. J. B. Harrison. Reaches 93 Years Congratulations go to a native of Bayfield, Mrs. William How- ard, who on February 5, 1963, will chalk up her 93rd birth- day. "Aunt Ellen" as she is famil- iarly known here lives with her daughters, Mrs. Ann Wiley and Mrs. Mabel Wallace, 11910 Ste- phenson Rd., Onsted, Mich. Although she strained a liga- ment in her hip last August which curtails her activity a bit, she still cares for herself, helps with the household chor- es, does some crocheting and reading and writes letters. She has been working on a rug and piecing a quilt. And already Mrs. Howard is planning the garden she loves. Each week this young wo- man of 93 years looks forward eagerly to the Clinton News- Record with the news from home. We extend birthday greetings. Trinity Guild Elect The annual meeting of Trin- ity Church Chancel Guild was held at the home of Mrs. R. H. F, Gairdner on Tuesday, Janu- ary 29 and Mrs, J. W. Jowett, second vice-president, presided. Mrs. R. J. Larson acted as secretary and read the minutes for Mrs. J. B. Higgins. Mrs. R. H. F. Gairdner read the trea- surer's statement for Mrs. J. M. Stewart. The Rev, E, J. B. Harrison took the chair for the election of officers for 1963. They are: honorary president, Mrs, 3. M, Stewart; president, Mrs. John Cluff; vice-president, Mrs. Lloyd Scotchmer; second vice-president, Mrs, S. W, Jow- ett; secretary, Mrs. J. B. Hig- gins; treasurer, Mrs. H. K. King; convener of linen, Mrs. Percy Weston; flower convener, Mrs, R. J. Larson; press report- er, Mrs. R,, H. F.' Gairdner. Meetings will be held every other month, the March meet- ing will be at the home of Mrs. J. W. Jowett. It was also de- cided to have the baptismal bowl resilVered. Serving for Febroary will be Mrs. R. J, Larson and Mrs, H. K. King. Mrs. L. B. Smith, Mrs. H. K. King and Mit. Fred P. Arkell were admitted to the membership. Squirts TriUmph Bayfield squirts under coach Adam Flowers won over Gode- rich Township squirts 4-0 in the arena on Friday, January 18. 13rucefield-Varna Senior boys team beat the tayfield Public School boys Wider' coach Percy Renner 8-3 in the second game, A most enjoyable Mocassin dance followed to recorded Mudd. Last Week's games had to be Boyfieid Obituary John E, Howard 'PAY.X7g4P - Widely and favourably known in thiS dist- rict, join!. g, Howard passed away in his sleep at his home early Saturday morning, Janu- ary 26, 1963 following An ill ness of over four months from A heart ailment, Born in Stanley Township on May 10, 1885 he was the *ing- est child of Henry Howard and Margaret Johnston, early eers of the Sauble Line. He attended Bayfield P u 4.1 i c School In 1902, he went west and took up land near milestone, saskatchewan. He farmed there until 1919 when he sold his property and came home to stay with his mother. After coming east, he sold cars for a few years, and went into the Insurance business which he continued until two years ago. In his death, Bayfield' loses a warm-hearted citizen whose stability will be greatly missed He had the courage of h i s convictions and was vitally con- cerned for the good of the community and country at large. In municipal work he had served for a number of years in several capacities on the Bayfield School Trustee Board, the Trustee Board of the Pol- ice Village of Bayfield, and the Agricultural Society. He was treasurer of the latter soc- iety for some years. In politics he was a staunch Conservative. On December 21, 1936, J. E. Howard was married to Miss Anna Wildridge Woods, who survives him. Also surviving is a daughter, Margaret (Mrs. Lawrence Scotesbury - Leeson) Wolverton Bucks, England; a brother, Christopher, Windsor, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Wil- liam Howard, Ousted, Mich. After resting at the Ball and Mutch funeral home, Clinton, until Tuesday at noon, the re- mains were .brought to Trinity Church, Bayfield, for the fun- eral service which was largely attended. The burial and committal services were in charge of the rector, Rev. E. J. B. Harrison, assisted by the Rev. H. G. E. Crosby of Mooretown, Interment was made in • the Woods family plot in Bayfield Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Leslie El- liott, Wilfred Heard, Douglas Gemeinhardt, Jack Sturgeon, Jr., Robert Blair, William H. Johnston. Relatives from a distance who attended the funeral in- cluded: Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baker, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Featherston, London, Christo- pher Howard an d daughters, Shirley (Mrs. Jack Parker) Margaret, (Mrs. Art Mann) with her husband and son Kev- in, Windsor. • cancelled owing to road condi- tions and they are to be play- ed on February 1 between Hol- mesville squirts and Bayfield squirts and Holmesville senior boys and Bayfield senior boys. This will be followed by a game between the girls and mothers hockey teams in Bay- field. Fifteen high school teachers and principals from Quebec Province paid an official visit to RCAF Station 'Clinton re- cently.. F/O .1.0.H, Gagnon of Mont- real RCAF Recruiting Unit and F/L H. Hawthorne of SIT Clinton accompanied the group on their station tour. The educators were welcom- ed to Radar and Communipat- tions School by the OC, W/C I. Gillean CD, and were shown through the school. •S/L D. A. Dolan, CD, OC School of In- structional Technique welcom- ed the teachers to SIT and ex- plained its unique role in the RCAF. The visiting group was made up of; Mr, Jacobson, Ste. Agathe Ecole Secondaire Ste. Agathe; Ecole Cecondaire Ste. Agate; Brother Bernard Provencher, Ecole Secondaire Mgr. Frenette St. Jerome; Mr. Jean Jaques Lafleur, Commission Scolaire Regionale des Lauentides; Bra- Mrs. Susan Gould A descendent of Goderich Township pioneers, Mrs. Susan Gould passed away in Huron- view on Saturday, January 26, 1963. She was 93 years old. Her grandparents emigrated from England and took up land on the Bluewater Highway, south of the Cut Line, where Mrs. Gould was born. Her father was the late John Wallis and her mother was a Miss Banting, a relative of Sir Frederick Banting, the discov- erer of insulin. Mrs. Gould, known as "Susy", attended the Gulley Public School and was a devout fol- low of the Methodist faith. She sang in the choir at Bethel Methodist Church at Wilkinson's corners for a num- ber of years. After her marriage to George Gould they lived on his farm on the Huron road, west of Hol- mesville, After disposing of the farm they moved to Goderich, where her husband died several years ago. Funeral service was held from the Lodge funeral home, Gode- rich, and burial was in Mait- land cemetery, Goderich. 0 Mrs. Eric J. Allen LONDESBORO-Mrs. Eric J. Allen, 44, Goderich Township, passed away in hospital at Lon- don on Tuesday, _January 22. She was the former Della Irene Fothergill. She was born August 2, 1918, at Westfield and at an early age, following the death of her father, William Fothergill, she moved with her family to Lon desboro. Survivors include her hus- band Eric and daughters Della and Alice, at home; one bro- ther, Edwin Fothergill, Lon- desboro; a sister, Mrs. Marg- aret Crich, Clinton. Funeral service was held on Thursday from the Lodge fun- eral home, Goderigh. Pall-bearers were Arnold Crich, Roy Crich, Joseph Vod- den, Alvin Vodden, Ron Pen- nington and Barry Walters. Burial was at Maitland Cemetery, Goderich. ' then Marcel; ,Ecole 4egionale• des Wigs Isles; Mr. R,. F. Tongas, University of Witt, re4.1;. F/O G. q4r4tchp11, versity•of of. Montreal; F/O J, L. T,etiherte, College St.. Law- ent de Mentreal; Mr. Richard C. Dolan, Insti- tute de Technologie .de Laval; ,Robert Carsmen, Institute de Teehnologie de Laval; Bro, tiler Francois Daophin, Ecole Secondaire. St, Francois D'As- sise; Brother P a u Lefebvre, Ecole Secondaire Barthelemy Joliette; Brother Hector Clont, ier,Ecole Secondaire Barthel-. erny joliette; Mr. H. Canty, Milles Isles Regional Catholic High School; Mr. R. C. Harris, Rosemere High. School; F/O J. Q. H,. Gagnon (escorting offic- er)., RU Montreal; r/L. H. Hawthorne (escorting officer), SIT Clinton, HOLMESVILLE (Intended for Last Week) . January meeting of the Messengers of Hohnesville Unit. ed Churail was held in the Sun- day ellool room on Saturday, ,Tannary 19, Mrs. Kenneth Trewartha read the introduction to the Scrip- ture lesson and Leonard Lobb read the Scripture lesson, with Jimmy Ginn leading in prayer. Mrs. Trewartha gave the meditation and the president, Lucille - Bond conducted the business. The secretary, Nancy Ginn read the minutes of the previous meeting and Gerald Trewartha received the offering. David McCullough gaVe the treasurer's report and Mrs, Treiwartha discussed the project for the year, "Clean Up Sold- iers", the articles to be handed in, at the February and March meetings. A talk on temperance was given by Mrs. Trewartha. Mrs. Gerry Ginn conducted the games period, and Mrs. Trewartha and Mrs. Ginn were in charge of the study book period. The World Friends were distributed by Leonard Lobb. s o, SALE JANUARY 8c FEBRUARY CLEARANCE SALE on BEDROOM SUITES