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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1920-3-11, Page 8eiwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwimeninow Clinton News -Record flarc.h 11th, 1920 OLINTON'S L1I A.DING JD�WDGPRY STORE How:About Your Eeus — Do Thew:Bother You? Protect them from the strong March wind and sun by getting a pair of colored glasses, or having your eyes properly tested, and fitted with a perfect lens suited to your eyes. Did you ever th'ink : You will just have one pair of eyes—no artificals will take their place. Look after them before it is too late, 14 Flow about your Watch . Ilas it been running properly? Areyouaware that in the course of une year the balance wheel of your watch makes 157,680,000 revs • lutions. Think of it. In time•the oil gums, produces friction and wears the delicate bearings, destroying the high finish and perfect fit, thus ruining a perfect time piece, then, when it is cleaned 'the jeweler is often blamed v hen your watch does not keep accurate time, when you are to blame yourself. An ordinary machine is oiled once a day,. why not your watch once a, year? Let me examine it. An honest opinion from Sae will cost you nothing. Agent for ?honolas, • records and needles R. H. NSON Jeweler an Optician NEXT HOV•EY.'S .DRUG STORE • We Want Your Business And a fair profit on that business— eve give pola the rest, mutual profit e- Ant is the itlefee-n reasonable profit often rather than an exorbit- ant one "occasionally" is what we strive for. You will therefore gon- erallyfind us moderate in our idea as to what constitutes • a 'fair profit' Tlie W. D. Fair Co. Often the Cheapest—Always ,the Best e .Better tgie 4n,, en's Shoes There's alivays a test' in everything! This holds time of Shoes as well as anything else! i' Some makers make very poor Shoes—others make fairly+ good Shoes, while a few makers make the Best of Shoes i From the output of these 'Best we've selected our stock WE WANT YOU TO SEE AND KNOW ABUOT- OUR BETTER SHOES ! No matter what your vocation may be, we can meet your Shoe requirements in detail. There are choice Black Leathers and the new shades of Dark Tan Leathers, in the conserva- tive or extreme styles. THE PRICE RANGE $5 00 TO $15 00 Notwithstanding the universal increase in the cost of Shoes this Shoe Store still stands for the THE BEST MAN'S SHOE ANY STATED PRICE ! FRED JACKSON . THE BETTER SHOE STORE Buy Them Now Pilgrim Rubber Boots at $S00 All lines of rubber footwear have advanced at the faetbry, and ."Pilgrim" Rubber Boots will be at least 4&.00 for spring. Pilgrim Boots have been thoroughly tested and found to be one of the best on -the market. We were fortunate enough to have about 50 pairs. of these boots which were bought at the old price and which we are now going to pass on to our customers at the old price of 415,00 Buy now and savea dollar or more They won't last long. Plumsteel Bros. THE STORE TH AT SELLS FOR LESS. PHONE 96 CLOTHING NEW MEN PATTERNS. Atter Stoek4aLing SALE. Look for the List of Articles in this Space Next Week HA ....AND BR HARDWAIIE, STOVES . NOVELTIES --The Store With a Stook , , ......; i;,, f 1 rides, yumemo mmwmeup Mrs, Edgar Pattison is spending a few weeks visiting in Toronto. Miss Minlou Pinning left Monday for Brantford, where she has taken a posi tion Mrs. A, Sinclair loft Saturday for Flint, Mich., to visit the Bonne of her brother. Mr. A. T. Cooper is in Toronto this week attending the Provincial Temperance Convention. Mrs. W. f, McDonald of Leamingr ton is in town visiting her mother, Mrs. Dawilen, who is ill. Mists • Gooderham and Mrs. Sneath, of Toronto were,lroa:e lost }creek ale- tepliing•' the funeral.., of the late Me*. Steep. Mr.. Frank Pennebaker, who has been working with, Mr, J ...:E. Hovey • for some time past, has gone to To- ronto, to take a position , Messrs.- Calvin and Milton Streets came up from Toronto. to attend the funeral oftheir aunt, Miss Mar- garet McMillan, on Tuesday. Rev. W. B. Moulton was here over the week -end, having come up to officiate at the funeral of the late Mrs. D. A. Lindsay of Goderich township on Sunday. Mrs. Jack Bedford of Goderich spent the week -end as the guest of Mrs. Wallace Wheatley and Mrs. John Neil of Stratford has been visiting Mrs. Wheatley this week. Mr. J. W. Stevenson has -returned to town after a trip to the north. He was laid up for a week or two in Stratford on his way back, hav- ing an attack of the prevailing "flu", but is quite well again. Miss Lucy Argent returned last week to Toronto after visiting for a time at her home in town. She was accompanied by' her aunt, Mrs.. Cartwright, who had been visiting in town for some time and who re- turned tb her home at Simcoe. Missess Ross and Edna Levis, who were called home on account of the illness of their sister, who died last week, left yesterday; the form- er to resume her position in Ham- ilton and the latter her school dut- ies in Toronto. Miss Elva is re- maining' for another week. Mrs Sperling of Toronto was the guest over the week -end of Mr. and Mrs. J. Cuninghame. Mrs, • Spavling came up on Saturday with the intention of going on to Wing - ham, her former home. the same day but owing to irregularity of train service was unable to get through until Monday. Mr. James G. Tucker of Saskatoon, formerly an esteemed citizen of Clinton, has just' irteturned from a two -months trip to the Old Land. Although Mr, Tucker is an Englishman with a very warm epot in his heart for the Mother- land, he 'says that conelttons are so unsettled over there that the thought of Canada was very grate- ful to him dueling his stay and he was glad to set foot on its favored soil once more. Dr. and Mrs. Kay of Lapeer, Mich,, were guests over the week -end at the home of the' lady's father, Mr. John Gibbings, Clinton's oldest na- tive-born citizen, who on Monday celebrated his eighty-first birthday. Mr. Gibbings was-.. born on the farm taken up by his father, the house occupying a site not far from his present residence; and' this has been his home ever since. Friends • extend congratulations and good wishes to him. Brucefield l The Rev, Hall Wood, formerly pastor of the Presbyterian clrgrch here but for some time now engaged in managing his oil property at Pe- trolea, got tangled up in the pump- ing gear one day last week and was somewhat severely injured. The timely arrival of an employee who turned off the power relobably saved Mr. Wood's life, Varna. (Crowded out last week.) Mr, and Mrs, Webster of Luck - now visited at, Mr. James Reid's of the Bayfield Road last week, Miss Edith... Rathwoll has gone to Windsor and is visiting her sister, Mrs, Elliott, for a few weeks. Mr. John E. 1Tarwnweil, Stanley's genial 'township Clock, bought., the car formerly owned Tee Mr. John Howard of llay.!ield It has only run ai short tone and is as good as a new tar, No doubt .Mr, and Mee, IIarnwell will have a good many jolly Below is a copy of a letter we received last week from the largest and best cotton„ spinners in the world TELEPHONE NO. 5131 CITY. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS HbRROCKSES, MANCHESTER, HORROCKSES, CENT., LONDON CODES USED: A.B.C. 4TH & 5TH EDITIONS LiEBERS & PREMIER DEAR SIR : HORROCKSES, CREWDSON & CO. LIMITED 107 PICADILLY, MANCHESTER February 14th, 1920 In consequence of the extraordinay advance, in the price of both American and' Egyptian Cotton, and the additional cost of manufacture due to constantlyincreasing wages, the cost ofstores, etc., we regret to inform you that we are com- pelled to raise very considerably the prices: of our 'manufac- tures. A new list, dated February 12th, is, nowin the hands of the printers, and: will be issued by post on ,Friday, February; 20th. In the meantime, all orders from this date (February 14th) can only bs accepted at the prices quoted on the new list. Yours Truly, HORROCKSES, CREWDSON & CO., Limited. WOMEN'S STORE Dry Goods and House Furnishings Phone 67 NEXT ROYAL BANK MEN'S STORE Custom _ Tailoring and (Phone 103) Men's ' Furnishingd - OPPOSITE PUBLIC LIBRARY Stanley Township Miss Annie Mae Stephenson of Goshen Line entertained a few of her friends on Thursday evening in honor of her cousin, Mr. Orval Steph- enson, before his leaving for Clinton and from there to his hone in Mar- lette, Mich. The many friends of Miss Gladys Beatty, Varna, will be glad she is im- proving nicely at the Clinton hospital, where she went for treatment for complications after an attack of measles. Miss Tilly Morrison of Toronto is spending a few weeks with her sis- ter, Mrs. Morton Elliott. Sorry to report the illness of Me. Milton Polock, but hope he will soon recover again. Mr: and Mrs. Alf. Ings have bought the residence formerly owned by. Rev. Mr. Johnston of Varna and intend Moiling in very shortly. Mr. John McKenzie returned last week from spending a fee pleasant clays in Detroit. Jack visits Detroit quite frequently now. Mr. Elnrele Webster of Lucknow is spending a few days with friends in this vicinity this week. Miss Olive Pollock is spending a few weeks with her uncle, Dr. Arm- strong of Mitchell. Dr. Campbell of Zurich has sold his practise to Dr. Odwyer-of near London. D4. Campbell's departure is regretted by many in this neigh- borhood. Sorry to report the death of Mr. George Troyer of Hillsgreen. He passed away on Monday morning, his. death being due to pnuemonia follow- ing "flu". He was a young man of thirty-seven, unmarried and living with his father and mother. The funeral took place on Wednesday af- ternoon. The sympathy of the com- munity goes out to the beteeaved par- ents. What's the Use? "Going to quit -school?" ' "Yep. What's the use of,.goin' on there any more?" "Don't yeti want an education?" "What for? I can get $27 a week right now, workin' in a factory, 'and that's more than teacher is gettin'," NOTICE. As I have disposed of my busi- ness I roust have all cutstainding accounts settled by April' 1 Stir Call at nay residence over Barrt- Iift's restaurant, SAM. DUNI?ORD ARRAH NOW AND SHURE IT'S YOURSELF THOT'S INVOITED TO A RALE OIRISH PARTY GIVEN BY THE COLLEENS OF • 7{cung People's &eiet' and Siris' 'Club of Willis Church on St. 9atriek's *6ve the Sixteenth of Oeld Ireland 5 h * * COME AT EIGHT IN THE EVENING AND NOT IN THE MORNING COME WHEN YOU'RE ASKED AND COME WITHOUT WARNING AND A REAL IRISH WELCOME AWAITS YOU Admission 25 cents. ST, PATRICK'S SUPPER UNDER THE LADIES' AID SO.. CIETY OF WESLEY CHURCH WILL BE GIVEN IN WESLEY HALL ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17th (ST. .PATRICK'S DAY) HOT SUPPER SERVED FROM 5.30 TO 7 O'CLOCK ADMISSION 50c _COME ONE AND ALL AND EN- JOY A DISH OF REAL IRISH STEW Phone 146 Estimates given A. E. WOOD WALL PAPERS, MOULDINGS, SIGNS, ETC INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR DECORATING We protect your floors, furniture, etc., by plenty of drop sheets. ' Ontario Street .CLINTON JUNK DEALER BUYING ALL KINDS 010 JUNK AN1) POULTRY, IIIMITS AND SKINS 3,000 Muskrats "ricin, Wanted PAYING Tilt HIGHEST PRICES M. ItAMRAS Phone 137 Alberti St, Martin-Senour Paints The Store of Ouality Having purchased and taken over the hard- ware business of Mr. R. Rowland, I solicit a share of your trade and. patronage. A full stock of general hardware, paints, oils, glass, roofing, etc., always on hand at reasonable prices. Come. hi and inspect our stock No. trouble to show our goods W. H: DAVISON . General Hardware Phone 53 Prompt and Efficient Service ,llyR-�lBi,�hic ar:r5- IIIII— SOLD BY' Jo A. °llAlliY,l b.R9 and E°i e'Q,`.ZiD 'dean 44771-71 Phone 1, 7w are .