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Clinton News-Record, 1974-07-25, Page 2•i• This is a picture of Clinton's old frame post office taken on the day of the disasterous fire that struck town in 1907, The post office was badly damaged on one side and the old Rat. tenbury Hotel, where the Clinton Hotel is now located, was burned to the ground, A large crowd is gathered to watch the firemen put water on the ruins, and on the left, on the south side of Victoria Street, can be seen furniture and possessions rescued from the flames (As part of Clinton's upcoming Centennial Celebrations next year, Jabezi Ronds of Clinton is writing a weekly column on the history of the town,) Do you remember when the old frame post office building' was still going strong? This old frame Post Office was on the east side of Victoria Street where Mr, Newcombe's drug store and Mr, Lee's Clothing store are now. It was built some time in the late -.1860's by Mr. Thomas Fair who was the Post Master, When the red brick Post Office was built across the street from it in 1903, the old Frame building was no longer used as a Post Office, but was used as a dwelling place on the second floor and a shop where the Post Office was on the ground floor. This building was burned pretty badly on the , south side and a portion was burned right-off the back of it the day of the big fire when the Rattenbury Hotel beside it • burned down. At this time Mr. T.J. Watts, a shoe repairman and a Mr. A. Twitchell a laundry man, were occupying the building. Mr. Twitchell was living upstairs. Later a Mr. Doig lived upstairs and ran a monument works in the backyard. Mr. Watts still carried on his shoe repair shop in the north side, downstairs. A few of the men who carried on the shoe repair shop at different times were: Mr. Thomas Watts; Mr. A. Wilken; Mr. Jas Lovett and Mr. J. Berry who lived upstairs. The south half downstairs contained the front hall and stairway for the apartment alone until after the First World War, when the stairway was moved co the back and the old Hallway was changed into a little store, In 1919, Mr. Thomas Briton, a war veteran, ran a hot dog stand in the south part and continued it for about another year. I well remember buying hot dogs there and they. seemed r—tty good. In later years the north half became a clothes pressing establishment operated by Mr. H. Clark and then by Mr, B. Glidden. The south half became Mr. Glen Cook's hot dog stand and' lunch counter for some years. It - then became Murray and John McEwan's tailor shop for a few years. It sure had a good variety of uses in its day, but all good things have to end some time. About 1943, the building was taken down and a number of years later those present stores were built on the property. The picture above shows the old frame Post Office building. It was taken on May 13th, 1907 the day of Clin- ton's disastero'us fire and you can see the firemen are still putting water on what is left of the Old Rattenbury Hotel. , Do you remember? BY JABEZ WANDS News of Hensall CLU8 rEEDS LIMITED 0 WHEAT HARVEST . IS HERE Have you' your producer number If not, we have forms for you We are ready to handle your wheat crop Try us for Service • WE STILL HAVE BALER TWINE Seaforth Phone 5274910 owing Soon. Marys Sewing Centre is moving into Ladies Wear location. Mary and .her staff, in- cluding Florence Miller, Jean Grey and Myrt Taylor. (of Irwin's) look forward to serving Clinton and area. Mary's sewing classes will com- mence this fall so enrol soon. Don't Forget! For the best in quality materials; the kind that made the Irwin reputation, and 'for stylish patterns and newest notions. Come tot DIARY'S-SEWING CENTRE Clinton 482-7036 !I VORA StAllti Cedar Panelling Reg. $7.30 Special $595 - "D" Grade fir ply sheathing '6" 4 x 8 Decorative Stone Chips Patio Stones Sidewalk Slabs Picnic Tables 14 1 At Attractive Prices J.W. Counter Builders Supplies 94 Albprt St, (Hwy. No. 4) 4824619 2-7-CLIINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, JULY 250,74 , Drawing towards midsum- mer and already the mornings before 6 a.m. are cooler and darker, Our Funk and Wagnall's dictionary in the of- fice officially states that Mid- summer Day is June 24 - but this puzzles us in as much as the first day of summer is June 21. Any theories on this??? * * * Mr, and Mrs. Bob McClyniont, Shannon and Michael of Guelph visited on the weekend at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Orpen. Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Brown of Willowdale visited, with relatives here during the weekend. I Mrs. Doug Robinson, Lorrie, Kathleen and' Carol of Willowdale are visiting this week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mcelymont. * * * Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Murray from Truth or Con- sequences, New Mexico, are visiting the latter's brother-in- law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. James MacLaren of Wellington Street, Clinton. * * * Mrs. John A. Sutter spent last week visiting her son-in- law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pollock, Cam- bridge. On Thursday, accom- panied by Mr, and Mrs. Pollock and her son, Mr. Benson Sut- ter, she attended the last graduating class of the Wellesley School of Nursing in Toronto, at which time her granddaughter, Miss Linda Robbins, was one of the graduates. * * * Master Lloyd Crich is spen- ding a few days at Vanastra with his cousins, Brenda and BillyJo Hoy. Miss Dianne Crich and, little Marg Hoy motored to Stratford ,today with Mrs. Lloyd Hoy to visit the latter's parents, Mr.' and Mrs. Lingard. Tuesday of last week Mr. and Mrs. James Hoy, Brenda and BillyJo, Dianne Crich of Prin- cess Street and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Hoy, Dunlop Street ntored together to Bracebridge in the Muskoka. * * * Some of the most Aewarslinp_ news,items to,record in, Town=. Talk are those concerning•the celebrations of 50th or more anniversaries, or 90th and on birthdays. These occasions are real achievements and worthy of our congratulations to the celebrants concerned. ' This past Sunday, July 21st, 40 relatives of Mr. W.L. Her- man gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Aiken to celebrate Mr. Herman's 90th birthday. Guests were present from Toronto, Durham, Harriston, Waterloo, London, Crediton and Clinton. * * * A very quiet 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated last Sunday by Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Lawson, Princess Street East, Present from London to share the occasion was their son and his family, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lawson. Thinking on these extra special milestones reminds one of the quotation by James A. Garfield, "If wrinkles must be written upon our brow, let them ,not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old." * * * The Clinton Horticultural Society staged a successful outing last Wednesday at the farm of Mr, and Mrs, Stewart Middleton, Shielded from the drizzle by the many trees edging the pond, 50 senior members and 16 juniors en- joyed a potluck picnic. This was followed by games, boat rides and for the junior gardeners, swimming and fishing. Some prize winners were Mrs. F. Sloman, Mr. Boyd Taylor, Mrs. F. Fingland, Rev. Youmatoff, 'Mrs. M. Cooper, Miss Mary Janiieson, Christine McGee and Michael Pullen. The thanks of all go to Mr. and Mrs. Middleton for their kind hospitality. • * * To misplace 100 members from a family takes some doing - but the News-Record did just that last week. In reporting the Crich Family Reunion we erred in stating there were 30 mem- bers present whereas the num- ber should have read 130. * * * We understand plans for next year's Centennial are sim- mering. away. One group who can add volume to their efforts is the Clinton Centennial Band. This enthusiastic group of youngsters is already practising hard., Besides making music they also hope to make money, for the Band of course! The members are planning a Marathon Cycle Race towards the end of August in order to raise funds to purchase large band instruments, Also plan- ned is a paper drive and fall clean-up program. Further details will appear in the Coming Events of this paper at a ,later-date. - .keery.matching. , ' - CUTTING CALORIES When next making Italian lasagna, try substituting ricotta. cheese in place • of cottage cheese . and use mozarella in- stead of processed . cheddar cheese, for a lower calorie count. Consumers' Association of Canada reminds consumers that the 'recent Nutrition Canada report indicated that a high proportion of Canadians are overweight. CAC National Office is located at 251 Laurier Ave. West,, Room 801, Ottawa, Ontario KIP 5Z7. • BY JOYCE PEPPER Shower A miscellaneous shower was held in the Legion Hall in Hen- sail, Wednesday evening to honor Miss Pauline Allan whose -.marriage • to, tlion McBride will taker place. August 2. Eleanor Shiels presided.and welcomed everyone. A game of "Ann Landers" was enjoyed by all. Angela Dut- tman favoured everyone with selections on her accordion: A mock wedding took place with Eleanor Shiels as Rev. Beck, June Maxwell as the best man, Marg Vanstone as the groom, Marlene Ingram as the bride, Joan Allan as maid-of rlionor, Joyce Pepper as the bride's mother. It produced quite a few laughs., Jean Smale read the presen- tation address to Pauline and Karen Shiels, Donna Jean Allan and Kathy McDonald helped to present gifts. Pauline fittingly thanked every'one and a delicious lunch was served. Thomson Reunion The 35th annual Thomson reunion was-held in••the •Hen- sail park oil`Stitiday afternoon: After a delicious smorgasbord lunch, president Dorothy Chase presided for a short' business meeting. -It was decided that next year's picnic will be held the third Sunday in July at • Goderich Harbour Park. , Officers for next year -are: president, Dorothy Chase; vice- president, Norm Stanlake; secretary-treasurer, Mary Par- sons; sports committee, Bob and Glenda Cornish; • lunch committee, Cecil and Joyce Pepper and Lloyd and Helen Thompson. The youngest, per- son present was Tara Nichole Cornish, daughter of Mr: and Mrs. Robert Cornish of Guelph. Results of the sports are as follows: winners in the various races were Elizabeth Thomp- son, Tania Cornish, Greg Chase, Jo-Ann Pepper, Jeff Chase, Laurie Pepper, Marilyn Pepper and, Brad Chase, ,A carqtyserarnkle,yvast enjoyed hy all_thelil'clren.'Ladies kick die slipper was won by Cindy Cor- nish. Guessing contents of an unlabled can -- Laurie Pepper, guessing number of jelly beans in a jar --. Cindy Cornish, Waddy (Men's game) Clarence Prestap, water in a balloon contest -- Laurie Pepper and Brad Chase. r The Lonclesboro Unite Church service and picnic wa held on SUnday July 21st at .th Seaforth Lions Park with a large attendance Miss Clare McGowan of Goderich was guest speaker at the service. Mr. nd Mrs, Theron Betties of Clinton visited on Thursday with, Mr, and Mrs. George Mcllwain. Alvin Storey of• Holmesville spent the weekend ,,,with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Storey. Kevin Jewitt of Sarnia spent the weekend with Mrs, Ella Jewitt Don,- Larry, 'Ken and Steven. Mr. and Mrs..Carl Merner, Sandra, Julie Ann and Michael visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Collins of Walton. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crozier, Brian, Paul, Kevin and Lori of Huron Ridge Kincardine visited on Sunday evening with her' parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mcilwairi. Brian and Kevin remained for a week's holiday. Mrs. Barry Powley Jdnathan and Jason of Ottawa came on Friday to spend two weeks holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John Thompson, Jim, Sharon and Bob. Andrea Whyte of Lindsay is spending this week's holidays with her grandmother, Mrs. W.L. Whyte, Tom, Bill and Mr. Harold Whyte. - Billy and Christopher Presz- cator are spending a .few days this week with their grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Preszcator, • Diane and Nancy. This weeks .visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Buchanan, Bill. Doug, Betty and Bob are Miss June Fehr of Vanastra and Kenny Taylor of Goderich, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Preszcator, Bill, Debbiej and Michael visited on Saturday ' evening with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Scott of Parkhill. Miss Debbie- Presz- ator is spending holidays this week with Mr. and Mrs. Allan Pfaff, Elaine and Dennis of Crediton, Mrs. • Aleta White of Moosomin Sask., her daughter nd son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Margetts of 'Pas, Manitoba re visiting with Mrs. White's ister,Mrs. Sam •McClure, Mr. THIS WEEK'S Winners CLUB NO, 1 MR. JOE ESSEX CLUB NO. 2 MRS. JOAN DIEROLF Will you be next? N. T. ORMANDY DIAMOND SPECIALIST GODERICH ( - L continued page 1 M d McClure and family, s Mr, and Mrs. John Thonip- e son, Mr, and Mrs. Sam McClure, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson McClure, •Mr. and • Mrs. Carl Merner, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Margetts, Mrs. Aleta White, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Floyd, Mr, Jim Thompson, Miss Sheila Baker, and Mr, Gary McClure were among those attending the dance sponsored by the Agriculture Society featuring the Walter Ostanek Band at the Brussels arena on Friday evening. The McClure family gathering was held at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. Sam McClure and family on Sunday with 36 attending. Mrs. Sam McClure, Mr. and Mrs. Ken Margetts, Mrs. Aleta White, and Mr. Jim Floyd spent Monday at Niagara Falls and also at the Lion Safari at Rockten. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Floyd en- tertained the McClure family, her aunt and cousins on Tuesday evening.