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DRIVE -1N
THEATRE
AT CLINTON
NEXT TO COMMUNITY PARK
Box Office Opens at 8 p.m.
First shpw at dusk.
(By !Linda Brackenridge)
held on Wednesday. It is hoped
that more films' of this type will
be shown to give us an idea of the
hazards connected with driving
and in some eases, tee..eh us a
lesson. A coming event will be
the, Annual Athletic Banquet • on
May 17, at which the athletic
awards, bars and school letters will
be preselated.
Next week a report on the ac-
tivities ' of the ys' Athletic As-
sociation and the extra -curricular
athletic activities of the boys for
the past year will appear in this
column.
LADY GOLFERS o
The lady golfers of Maitland
Golf Club enjoyed a turkey dinner,
followed by a social evening, at the
Canadian Legion Hall on Monday.
usiness for the coming year was
held over until a later meeting.
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Mrs. Jas. Bentley and family, of
Detroit, attended the funeral of
her aunt, the late Mrs. R. C. Pos-
telethwaite, on Saturday last.
i tin Thursday evening ateout 40
students from Grade 12 and Specie'
Commercial attended a class party.
The boys and girls of Grade
prepared the food and the students
of Grade 12A cleaned up after the
party. For amusement, the stud-
ents danced and played badmAllen inion
and ping-pong.
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Miss Cooper were the chaperones
and we wish to thank them for
helping to make the party a big
success.
The cadets have been steadily
practising for the inspection which
is to be held May 3, when Major
R. W. Hughes, of Goderich, will be
the inspecting officer. There will
be displays of marching, wireless
Thus,,, Fri. April 26-21 and camouflage and also, for the
first time, the newly -formed cadet
g$ Purple Plain"
band will play in ,public. An in-
vitation is extended to the parents
(COLOR) to come and see our cadets on
with Gregory Pock parade.
CARTOON A film, "Devil on Wheels," was
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Sat., Mon. April 28-30
The Farmer Takes
A Wife"
(COLOR)
Ietfe Grable, Dale Robertson,
Thelma Ritter
'Ng(' CARTOONS
Thes., Wed. May 1-2
"Jamaica Run99
(COLOR)
Rey Mitland, Arlene ' ahl
TWO CARTOONS
Thurs., Fri. May 3-4
"Susan Slept Here''
(COLOR)
Debbie Reynolds, Dick Powell
TWO CARTOONS
shown oin the auditorium on Mon-
day in connection with Safe Driv-
ing and the Road -ea which was
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Two •shew►s nightly, rain or clear.
Children under 12 in cars free.
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Name
Address
Age
Speaking of the Children's Aad
Society, Miss G. Wilkes pointed
out at a meeting of Goderich Home
and School Association on Tues-
day that much, of the agency's
work is of a highly confidential
nature. This, she said, is for the
protection of all concerned.
She outlined the work of the
ociety under -the foIlowling head -
(Agee child protection, juvenile
court, official • guardianship, un-
married mothers, foster home in-
vestigations and adoptions. An-
other duty of the society is to see
that ,family allowances are proper-
ly spent, said Miss Wilkes.
Mrs. R. H. Cornish presided at
the meeting; held in the Public
School Auditorium. In the absence
of Mrs. D. Venus,, Mn. K. Aitken
acted as recording secretary.
It was announced that Miss E.
Hume's morning class won the at-
tendance award with 11 points.
Members of the P.T.A. were wel-
comed to the meeting by Mrs.
Cornish. William Anderson spoke
on the Huron County Tuberculosis
Mass Chest X-ray, which is to take
One of the annost valuable eollee-
tions of diamonds ever seen in this
district is being displayed at N. T.
prinandy Jewellery here today,
IiIridaY and. Saturday. The special
display, which the public is invit-
t, to see, is worth more than
$30,000. The event is designedto
f . us .attention on the famous line
O "Quality -Controlled" Diamonds
atrailable at the store.
One of the outstanding pieces
in the collection is a $12,000 neck-
lace. Other' exhibits are a three
and thee -quarter carat brilliant
cut di iman{1.ewagtli $7,450, an ewe
erald cut diamond worth $3,250,
a three stone brilliant cut ring
worth $3,100 and a` marquise' cut
diamond valued at $700.
KNOX 'CHURCH W.M.R.
EXTENDS ITS SYMPATHY
The W.M.S. of Knox Church met
on Tuesday of last week. The
Scripture lesson was read by Mrs.
11. Rivers, and prayer was offered
by Mrs. J. Thomson.
The president, Mrs. G. Schaefer,
conducted the business session.
There were 84 calls made at the
hospital, 22 home calls .on the sick
place in May. After stressing the ,and shut-ins. The treasurer re -
importance of the work and the
great need for helpers he showed
a film on the subject.
Lunch was served by Mrs. M.
Powell and Mrs. M. Taggart and
their assistants.
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Police Safety
Check Planned
The annual safety check service
will be offered to motorists again
by the Goderich Police Depart-
ment. The dates this year are
May 942 and May 1620. Vehicles
will be tested on East street be-
tween the hours of 10 a.m. and 6
p.m. on the, dates mentioned.
Police Chief F. M. Hall stresses
that the safety check is entirely
voluntary, but he hopes many driv-
ers will take advantage of it.
Points tested in the annual survey
include tire safety, lights, wind-
shield wipers, and horn. Special
windshield stickers -will be given
to owners of cars which pass the
tests.
In past years, the number of
cars checked ranged from 1,200 to
1,800, says the chief.
Win Prizes Galore
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Arthur Circle
ported $123 in the general fund,
$9.18 in the expense fund.
A letter was read from Miss" E.
Somerville regarding her invitation
to the W.M.S. to visit Meaford.
It was decided that June il9th, the
date suggested, was satisfactory,
and plans will be discussed at the
May meeting.
Mrs. Schaefer spoke of the loss
sustained by the Society in the
deaths of Mrs. J. W. Smith and Mrs.
A. Kaitting. Sympathy was ex-,
tended to the members Of both
,families.
Mrs. G. Bisset gave an interest-
ing synopsis of the first two chap-
ters of the study book.
Mrs. G. ‘MacEwan gave is brief
report on the work being bone by
the local Cancer Society.
Mr. and Mrs_ It H. Rutledge,
Napier street, visited a few days
the past week with their son, Roy
and family at Mitchell and Lloyd
and family at Ingersoll. They
visited also with Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Harrison at Exeter and
Dorian Rutledge at Clinton.
R. S. Atkey, publisher of the
Arnprior Chronicle, and former
publisher of the Clinton News -
Record, has been elected president
of the Lanark and . Renfrew
Counties Press Association.
1;1 At. Opening Of Stogie
Brechenridde's H a r d w a r e,
Plumbing and Heating celebrates
its 10th anniversary on Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, May 3, 4
and 5, with a host of free prizes
to mark the opening of its three-
storey, modern, new hardware
store on the Square.
Saturday night will see the close
of Breckenridge's old store on
Hamilton street, where it has been
located for the past ten years.
The beginning of next week will
mean the moving of goods to the
new store at the corner of the
Square and North street to be a1,
set for the big opening on Thurs•
day of next week.
Visitors to the store will see
a remarkable transformation, ,with
the latest in display equipment
and modern lighting effects.
On -the main floor will be found
hardware and appliances, electric-
al it "ms and gift lines. In the
basement is an impressive array of
plumbing and heating fixtures. The
second storey is set up for special
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feature items which will include
toys and which will be made over
into a fairy toyland next Christ-
mas season.
Customers in the basement on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday of
next week will be entitled to a
free draw on a toilet seat. On
each of the three days a free quart
of Martin-Senour paint will go to
the holder of a lucky number draw
by a ticket obtained -with each pur-
chase. Qn the Saturday night
someone will get a free gallon. of
Martin-Senour paint on a draw.
Many valuable prizes will be
given away to the holders of lucky
ticket draws on the second floor.
These prizes have been donated
by numerous wholesale hardware
firms. Draws are to be made Sat-
erday evening, May 5. Watch the
windows of Breckenridge's new
hardware store for the posting of
the names of these winners.
A valuable thermometer will be
given away free to the first 100
customers visiting the store on its
ti opening.
The Spring Than'koffering meet-
ing of the Arthur Circle of Knox
Church was held in the parlor on
Tuesday eve 4ing of last week with
the president, Avico Bisset, in the
chair. The Scripture lesson was
read by Dorothy Venus and Dor-
othy Reed offered prayer. A read-
ing entitled "Unawares," was given
by Shirley ,Cunemiar s. Two vocal
numbers were rendered by Marg-
aret and Lauriae 1V1acDonald, c-
ompanied by, their mother, Mrs..
C. MacDonald.
Mrs. H. R. Hall was present,
representing the Cancer Society,
and explained the needs of their
Welfare pepartmeft, to which the
Arthur Circle plans to contribute
at the May meeting.
Helen Pirie read an interesting
letter from Miss Ida White, mis-
sionary in India.
The guest speaker was Miss
Luella Johnston of the Clinton
Public School staff. Miss John-
ston spoke on the subject "In-
fluence' and stressed the import-
ance of being constantly aware of
the influence for bad or. good of
our every word and action upon
someone else.
Mrs. Madeleine Edward thanked
Miss Johnston for her address. At
the, conclusion of the meeting re-
freshments were served by a com-
mittee convened by Mrs. J. Robin.
GO'DIxRIGI 441 GRAIN
CORN CLUB HOLD MEET
The second meeting of the Gude-
rich 4-R Grain Corn Club was
held in the Xgriculture room of
the ,Goderich Collegiate on Friday
afternoon, April 20. After the
meeting was opened with the 4-1I
Pledge, the minutes of the last
meeting were read.
Mr. Ken Murphy, representative
of the Warwick Seed Corn Com-
pany,
ompany, spoke on the topic "Wihy
Sllquld We Grow Grain Corn." Mr.
A. S. Bolton; assistant .agricultural
representative for Huron County,
explained how to take a soil test.
1C1utrere"adererVmer Robereeon and
James Stoner, were both present
and Mr. Robertson spoke briefly
on where corn originated.
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CONSIDER BUILDIN''G
A NEW PARISH HALL
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USUAL INVESTIGATIONS
FOLLOW 3 BREAK-INS
Ceoderish Police are continuing
their investigatio,t, into three
break-ins in which a total of about
$50 in cash was taken last week.
The burglaries were discovered on
Wednesday morning when proprie-
tors opened their places of bust -
places entered were Hutch -
Radio and Television, Al
Linflield's service station and Kalb-
flelseh Planing Mill.
About 40 persons ,attended a
meeting,held last • wee) to discuss
the possibility of building a hall
to serve St. Peter's Roman Cath-
olic parish. James Chisholm acted
as chairman of the meeting.
It was the unanimous decision
of thosepresent that a new parish
hall is desirable, and plans and
cost estimates will be secured to
see if it is feasible. At present,
part of the school is used to ac-
commodate functions which would
normally take place in a parish
hall.
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reduced from 10% to 50%.
We close our Hamilton street
store Saturday night and re-
open, for business- in our new
store at corner of the Square
said North Street on Thursday,
May 3.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO
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The painting on ground floor
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pening
Maitland
Golf Club
May6,
Men's tournament at 9 a.m. and
women's in the afternoon.
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