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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-11-02, Page 10& LIONS CASH BINGO LEGION HALL, SEAFOR1 T IQ CZW Woods} Starlight circle DO YOU approve OF A 5'4% DIVIDEND Brucefield man, Nelson HLUS LIFE INSURANCE ON OBITUARY NELSON F. REID ^■5 j.-re! >; * 41 I k - •fl Rambling ^ith Lucy I Ontario champions J ‘ ‘ r Clinton’s new community injury incurred on the footb: Clinton November 2, T?67 oittos boat all ' * • A • By Lucy Ji. Woods. , .Recently, some flashing lights were reported near Goderich, investigation proved that thgy were trem no man-made source, nor did they answer the description. qf flying saucers ^r vehicle? from outer space. The conclusion w^s that these sudden bright flashes were caused by WflHO-The-Wisps. Thqt set Lucy thinklnggboto 'thepb It was a long time since the storieq were told in achaal in hushed tapes, of the figure of a lady Who drowned in a nqng bwifle the/ront road in the soring freshet, rnming back to earth aftd flcftttag about with her hair hanging loose, each anniversary ofW 4esi|k Old tales recount that horses shied when passing tWf t Then there was the gc»tl«mtoi who fell jpto a creek on the Sauble , Line and died, being qpen rising .ttp oik qf the creek at certain times. , j . . • , f It fairly gave one the <yeaj»sl But when Lucy went home and told the tales to her parents, they iflhcounHd these nocturnal visits from the spirit world. And Jack-O-Lantern or Will- ‘ O-The-Wisn which ‘ had nothing to.do With spirits or ghosts. The dictionary defines if as a mete^M* appears in low moist lands. . * v . 1 “Did you ever see FoMfreV* aa$q4fcarl.Tt is a greenish light which comes off decayed JimW * phosphorescent light”, the 'dictionary calls It. At W' years ago, Carl found some on their farm and took a Utfle into the house but gradually the green light it emitted to the dari| disappeared. Mrs. Charles Bell 'aay» tfoat ape used often to see Jack-O- Lanterns at the back of; the^ farmon the fourth concession when milking the cows at night; She’d also been told flfcltMg’i appeared near the old hole on their farm, by her Uncle Jadfc Lindsay, (the Lindsay homestead now owned by Anthony Blok>It WM where work commenced on what was to be a gold mine in tha early; days, The hole was full of gas and George Lindsay waraid all .hi» children to stay away from it. He had once thrown' a rag down itj and it bounced right back up again. It was covered with ojd rails, John Lindsay told Lu-y ;4ie. .was about seventeen years of age when he saw the first WlIP*O-TTto-Wisp. It came up at the farm owned by J. Semple, a ^ge fall flfflrq floated up out of the swamp. In it were all the colors It sailed along and faded into tire atmosphere. V ■' John saw the second one? about 'twelve years later. Two huge balls of fire came up from the riW flats behind the “Hog’s back” and floated together dpwn the river Va|ley to about the bed of the old dam and then disappeared, These two large meteors seemed to be connected and were also seen by Tom Clark and. hi? daughter Clara, living in the present Tom Penhale house. ; <■> ' , '• ■ t- “They always cojne up flom iwarnaiy marshy land,” said John. Asked if there were any superstition attached to them John said “No, not when you know what tlnjy drq!” In the early days there wsjb probably mare superstition concerning such phenomena especially aijaongsi ttye Irish settlers. i Lucy recalls hearing a told abgwt A tom whp lived in the house owned by Mrs. George Hopson, dte.had married him a young wife. When she was aboiit td give blyth- to a baby,, she wanted her husband to go for the plqneer physician. Hr. Niyian Woods who lived at “Stanley Villa” (now “Marswi4ie”>. <■ Now it was the witching-hpi«r.efmld-«ilihtand very dark out The father-to-be looked out' thought of the big swamp through which he’d have- to pays on .the lake shore road to fetch the Doctor. His heart qu|l!qd witoia'.hi1n wasn’t that where so many of those Jack’O-LsntoTBn nuddenly -rose up? And so he went back to tne jroung wife In ehfld labor and asked “Anne, could ye no hold out tae mctfinia?** ' . s \ . ’a; !- ’ » ' ■*' y - DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY (Clinton’s new community • arena was the scene of an exhibition hockey match Sator- t day night between Goderich Siftos and Mitchell Hawks, 1966-67 Aik-Ontario Junior D champions. The Mitchell Juniors appear­ ed to be completely in control of the game until the third period, At the end of the sec­ ond period they had taken a 4-0 lead over the Siftos a»d it appeared as though the God­ erich Junior B team were la for a humiliating defeat. The final twenty minutes told the story though, The Mitchell Juniors lost their edge Ud Goderich Juniors, after two periods’ of inactivity, came alive. They, unleashed their scoring power'to the extent of ten goals within a twenty miJW ute period. Of these, Terry O’Brien ao counted for the lions’ share with four; Williams and Paquette each scored two and single markers went to MacNair and Bell. Siftos’ regular goalie, Allan Howes, who was hospitalised about ten days ago following tn injury incurred on the football field, was among the spectators at the Junior B - Junior D ex» Sltion hockey match in Clin- last Saturday night, Howes is recuperating rapidly and is expected to return to the Sifto net-minding job in another two weeks. Unit 4 of UCWmeet Mrs. George Colcqughjeader of UniW of Ontario Street United Church* presided over the Octo­ ber meeting. The worship was conducted by Mrs. Harold Black. The study book °Japan Profiles’* was in- troduced by Mrs, Cecil Elliott and a story of a Christian war. riqr in Japan was mostinteres- ting. During the business meeting, two thank you notes were read from members who have left town. The bazaar in December was planned and every member Is. asked to bring in her bell with her dime donations on it for the next meeting. Two readings were enjoyed by the group. They were given by Miss Shirley Mains and Mrs. C. Elliott. . A delicious lunch was served by Mrs. Keith Tyndall’s group. 50-year jewel for Emerson Heard 4 successful dinner was ser- ved by the Ladies qf United Church, Bayfield for L.O.L, No. 24 on Friday evening October 27, Guosts were present from North Huron and Perth and Bruce counties. Brother Wm. McHwain acted as master of ceremonies. Speaker for the evening was ' Deputy Grand Master of On­ tario West from Llstowel, Dave Warden. Worshipful Brother Oliver Jacques andCounty Master Bro­ ther Frank Falconer and D, Beck, United Church minister, also spoke. Brother Jacques presented Brother Emerson' Heard with his 50-year jewel. He has beena member of L.O.L. No. 24 for 57 years. He was also presented with his long Service Certificate, having only PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Harry Coch­ rane, Miss Sherry Cochrane, M;?. and Mrs. Harold Hartley and Christine visited recently in Ithaca, N, Y. * ♦ ♦ Alan Cochrane is an assls> tant teacher and is studying for his Masters Degree in Science at Cornell University. missed one twelfth of July cel bration in that time. Brother Heard thanked t lodge and the members f their kind thoughts. Brother Frank Falcone County Master of South Hur also spoke. The meeting clos with ‘God Save The Queen’, WED, NOV, I 8:13 r.M. ■ 12 regular games for $1 3 specials at $25 1 jackpot $75 Admission $1,00 Extra cards 25c or 7 for $ Fifteen members met in the church parlour for the October meeting of the Starlight Circle. Unit leader, Mrs. Bob Mc­ Donald led the call to worship. Visiting convener reported making nine home and hospital calls. Arrangements were com­ pleted for the*‘VarietyNight” which the unit sponsored on Friday, October 20. Mrs. R, Holland wasnomto- ated as sewing convener for. the forthcoming doll festival. Mrs. B. McDonald, an­ nounced that Unit 1 had been invited to the Christmas meat* ing. Thursday, November 2 was the date decided upon for the noon luncheon sponsored by the unit. Mrs. H. Wise and Mrs. Dumont were nominated to bring in a slate of officers for the next meeting, A most interesting and in. formative talk was given by Mrs. Helen Davies and Mrs. Marie Jefferson on the high­ lights of their stay at Alma College. The meeting closed with the benediction. Lunch was served- The roll call for next month will be a Christmas recipe. i OF LIMITED DI VTU (E,t. 1894) DL I I 11 PHONE Bl.YTN 523-9873 — On Hwy. 4, Between Clinton and Wingham THE OLD MILL ANNUAL , CONTINUES TILL NOVEMBER 18th / * A Ferris Reid passed away in ■ t Clintpn Public Hospital last Sat- ' urday, October 28 in his 79th year. Funeral service was from the Ball Funeral Home, Clin­ ton, on Monday, October 30 with Rey. D. Stuart, Brucefield, and Dr. A. J, Mowatt, Clinton, of­ ficiating. Interment was in Baird’s Cemetery in Stanley Township, Pallbearers were Melvin Web­ ster, Keith McLaren, Robert Taylor, Wilmer Turner, Merton Keyes and Norman Elliott. Flowerbearers were grandsons Stewart, Neil, Jeffrey and Char­ les Mustard and nephews Wayne Cantelon and Ervin Keyes. Mr. Reid was born in Stanley Township on November 30,1888 to the late James and Margaret (Webster) Reid. He was mar­ ried in 1919 to Margaret Re­ becca Stewart who predeceased him one year ago in August Of 1966. A retired farmer, the de- ceased was a member of Bruce, field-United Church, As an hon­ orary member of LOL 1035, Varna, who had attended all but one Orange Walk in 60 years of membership, he was accord, ed a special service at the fun­ eral home by members of the Lodge. He is survived by one daugh­ ter, Mrs. Jack (Mary) Mustard, Brucefield; a brother, Fred. Clinton; three sisters, Mrs. Dave (Mamie) Elliott, London, Mrs. Fred (Ruth) Mulholland, Clinton, and Mrs. Wilbur (Eun­ ice) Keyes, Seaforth; and five grandchildren, Stewart, Neil, Jeffery, -Charles and Catherine Mustard. He was predeceased by two brothers, Leonard and Thomas’. Persons attended the funeral .from Toronto, Brampton, Wood- stock, London, Lucknow, Mib» chell, Cromarty, St. Helens and Goderich. A 50-year jewel was presented to Bro. Emerson Heard Friday evening when Loyal Orange Lodge No. 24 held a successful dinner, catered by the ladies of Bayfield United Church. Bro. Heard, who was also presented with a long service certificate, has been a member of L.O.L. No. 24 for 57 years, during which time he has missed only one Twelfth of July celebration. Guest speaker for the dinner was Dave Warden, ..of Llstowel. Deoutv Grand Master of Ontario West. (Photo by Bellchamber) Deputy governor visits Lions club The regular meeting of the Bayfield Lions Club was held at the Little Inn on Tuesday, October 24, with the president, George Mavor in the chair. All members were in at- tendance. Plans were finalized, for the Lions Hallowe’en party'for the children this Tuesday, and for the Bingo to be held at the /-..- ■ - —-...... ■ ............. Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON SEAFORTH Phone 482-7211 Open Every Afternoon Local Representative A. W. STEEP — 482-6642 Ontario Hospital on Novem­ ber 1. Lion Harvey Coleman intro­ duced the guest speaker, Deputy District Govenor of Region 3, John Campbell of Blyth. Mr. Campbell spoke on Lion Fellow­ ship. Lion Bill Clark on behalf of the members, thanked the spea­ ker for a very interesting and enjoyable talk YOUR SHARES VOTE AT THE ANNUAL MEETING NOVEMBER 16th, 1967 CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION LIMITED CH8CK TMI ADVEJITISCMENTS IN LAST WEEK'S HOURS: ) ’ Vafer F0R DETA1LS 9:00 A.M. T.Q 8:00 P.M. WEEK DAYS, INCLUDING WEDNESDAY BAT Qfl DAYS, 9:00 A.M. TO 10:00 P.M.TERM INSURANCE CLINTON — EXETER ■ t < j For Your Fall Fertilizer Requirements Use AGRICO FERTILIZER . on Wheat, Pasture, Hay Fields and Fall Plow-Down BAG and BULKi DELIVERY Spr eader Rental (5-ton capacity) 154 Beech St., Clinton (Near Drive-In Theatre) OPEN EVERY SATURDAY MORNING 10 A.M. TO 12 NOON PHONE 482-9491 FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY HURON LAUNDRY SOIL SAMPLING SERVICE (before fall plowing if possible) DORY'S SUPERTEST NOW!! 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