The Clinton News Record, 1919-1-2, Page 8810.1
Clinton New
Record
Conditions as to Food lire
Serious
The tollowiu'g =tracts are from a
letter written by ;.Dr • Ernest Mae-
Milian,
1iae-
7 Ile t, only sen of ROY, Alen', Mao -
Milian' of Toronto , and nephew of
Mrs, (Dr) guns et. town, who ryas
a prisoner in Germany during the
entire pix'fq<l;ot the war, having been
amusical' student there when War
was declared, He wrote from Edin-
burgh oi} Deo, pncl ;
"We had a most; amazingly cordial
reception on our arrival at Leith, As
,there were ne available calls, we had
to walk part 'of'the way up Leith
Walk, and we' headed a triumphal
procession. ,I was conspicuous, hav-
ing no hat, and carrying niy rod
blanket oh;.pty bade. The tremend-
ous enthusiasts was most inspiriting,
T was afraid you might be a bit
nervous about mo during the revolu-
tionary days, but all such fears were
quite unfounded, On the 'Contrary,
the Gorman people right and left
were laying themselves out to be as
agreeable as possible, . and to try
to make us forget all that had hap-
pened. , - The people are heart-
ily, siek of the old` regime and every-
thing connected therewith—and about
,time, too I Ono German soldier told
me he believed it was the first time
in history, that a nation was glad to
have been beaten! But Berlin (which
I visited twice during the last week)
is rather a depressing place at pres-
ent. The food problem is really ser-
ious, and the one thing they aro look-
ing forward 'to is supplies from
abroad. . A. large batch left
the camp on Friday, Nov, 22nd, and
the rest followed on the 'Sunday fol-
lowing. I am glad I was left to the
last, because the first batch landed at
Bull. . . On Monday morning we
left the shores of Germany in_a Dan-
ish ship, and the Danish Red Cross
people did things on a magnificent
scale. It was a beautiful day, and I
think everybody enjoyed "the trip to
Copenhagen. Arrived there, we ehang-
ed our ship and started the same ev-
ening for our trip aorosi; the North
SCA. Apart from the atullin009 of
the 'dormitory,' (05 whatever one
Might call: it) I enjoyed every main -
ea of the voyage. They fed us stag -
Mat ou
niifooattiy the supplies o f r va
board must have been enormous TO
Out a long story short, we were int
the Forth on Wednesday evening, and
our tri:umpltal entrance into Leith
harbor, amid ,cheers 011 all sides,
hooting of liens from destroyers,
etc, waving of flags and all kinds
of demonstrations, took place early
on Thursday morning, I shan't at-
tempt to describe my feelings: ' I
have already llitlted at them. I am';
embarrassed on all sides by' the
goodness .of everybody. I need hard-
ly say how happy a Christmas I wish
everybody, This will really be a
happy Christmas for many, an infin-
itely happier one than we have
known for a long time,"
•
RESOLUTION FOR 1919,
I Hereby Resolve
That during 1919 I will save money;
That I will save'an amount which
will compel me to forego something.
I can really do without ;
That I will buy,' War Savings
Stamps ;
That I will also get a Thrift card,
which will enable me to take care of
•
the "quarters"
That I will keep ''on doing this
throughout the -year ;
That I will recommend this Plan to
others ; -
That I will do all I can to popular-
ize it for the good of my neighbour
and Canada generally,
•
'John Kirkconnell of Grey township
was officially notified that his son,
Pte. John R., Kirkeopnell, - who was
reported missingseveral months ago,
is in a hospital in Bolougne, Franco,
having had a leg amputated and also
suffering, from gunshot wounds in the
arm. His friends thought he had
made the supreme sacrifice,
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The Best of Rubbers
This is the Rubber Season and we offer our trade
the Beat in Rubbers, carefully avoiding°all the worth-
less"Bargain" "trash"!
Our Rubbers give the wearers
lasting and satisfactory service.
We've Rubbers for Men, Women and Children.
formed to fit the present styles,
of shoes correctly
To insure the best of Rubber Service, they should
be carefully fitted to theshoe.—fitted as we know how
to fit them,
FRED. JACKSON
"SHOES 'OF, QUALITY."
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TO ONE AND ALL
A Happy and Prosperous
New Year
Plumsteel Bros.
CLOTHING
THE STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS,
PHONE 25
NEW IDEA PATTERNS0
Everg Rug
IN OUR EXHIBIT
has a charm of its own. Bach
has an individuality and the
variety is so great that every
taste can be gratifi5d. Hero are
rugs of oriental design, others
ofdomestic origin in plain,
floral and geometric patterns.
But there is only one quality
in the entire collection ; the
very bust that can be obtained
for the money.
JAS. DUNFORD
Undertaker and Funeral Director,,;
28 Phone ' 28
Now for 1919
1 ,•
VICTORY IS WON, 'PEACE
IS ASSURED AND SOON
WE MAY LOOK FORWARD
TQ 7,'H.0I RESUMPTION O11'
NORMAL BUSINESS CON-
DITIONS AND CONTIN-
UANCE OF YOUR FORMER
HEARTY CO-OPERATION
FOR W1-IICH WE ARE' SO,
GRATEFUL MAY' ; Vire
COMING ,Y1B.AR BE A PROS-
PEROUS ONE P011 YOU,
Tile W. B. Fair Coo
"Often the Cheapest
Always the Best.'3
Miss Rose Sehoenhals visited Port
Albert friends last week.
Miss, Jean Scott was up from Toron-
to for the holiday season.
Mr. Harry Shaw is home from Var-
sity_for the holiday season.
Miss Lottie Sloman of Toronto has
been In town for the holiday, seas-
on.
Rev. W. and Mrs. Moulton are with
Brantford friends for over New
Year's.
The Misses Southcombe were with
their brother in London for Christ-
mas' Day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Lavis and family of
Wingham were Christmas visitors
in town.
Misses Ida, Laura and Irene Wilken
were over from Detroit for the
festive holidays. •
Miss .Olive Harland was up from
Toronto for a few days during the
holiday season.
Miss A. Landsborough of town is vis-
iting Brucefield friends over the
holiday season.
Mr. Alex. Mitchell of Detroit has
been here with his mother during
the vacation time.
Misses Ross and Edna Lavis have
been spending the Christmastide at
• their home in town.
Mr. Charles Twitchell, who has been
• reported quite ill at Windsor, is,
we are glad to report, now improv-
ing.
Miss Emma Southcombe; C. P. R.
agent at Stratford, has been spend-
ing the past week at her home in
town.
Mrs. Sheeley and Miss Charlotte left
for Toronto this week. Miss Char-
lotte has accepted a school near
Oshawa,
Messrs. Charles and Ross Forbes,•
both spldier boys, were with their
mother for Christmas and the
week -end. -
Miss T. Tibbett of Toronto has been
spending the. vacation period with
relatives in Clinton and Goderich
township.
Rev. R. Fulton Irwin and Mrs. Ir-
win of Glencoe are the guests of
tate former's brother, Mr. J. A.
Irwin of town. •
Misses Winnie and Gladys Draper,
who have been teaching at Ottawa
and Norwich respectively, are holi-
daying at their home here.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Watts and family of
Oshawa have been visiting at the
home of the lady's parents, that of
Mr. and Mrs. H. Pennebaker.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Courtice of I-Iam-
ilton spent the holidays at the par-
ental home of the former, that of
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Courtice.
Misses Lois Holmes, Kathleen NIc-
Connell and Nora Kennedy of Strat-
ford Normal have been spending the
holidays at their respective homes
in town.
Mr. Geo., ,•Warrener of Wallaceburg
and Mr. and Mrs. T. Warrener
were New Year's visitors with
their parents, NIr, and Mrs, Geo.
Warrener of town.
Miss Pearl Foster, who spent the
Christmas vacation as the guest of
her aunt, NIrs. Kerr of Victoria
street, leaves this afternoon for
Windsor to resume her teaching
duties,
Mr. Clifford. Harland came up from
Guelph on Thursday last to attend
the funeral of his grandfather, the
late George Harland, and remained
over the week -end with friends in.
town,
Mr. A. Osborne of Merlin came up
on ChrisEmas Eve and joined his
wife, who had been with her fath-
er for some weeks, and remained
over until after,Mr. Sheppard's fun-
eral.
Mr, and Mrs, G, E. Saville and lit-
tle Miss Isabel Webster went to
Londesboro to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Saville's mother. Miss
Isabel remained at her home at
Londesboro.
Mrs. John Rands left Tuesday morn-
tng for her horse at Richardson
Station; Sask., after a few weeks'
visit with her mother, Mrs; James
Connell of Goderich township, and
with Clinton friends,
Mr, J. A,' Ford, Miss Minnie 0.
Rudd, Mr, and Mrs, Geo. Crooks
and Messrs. R. and A. Welsh were
among diose from Clinton who at-
tended the funeral of the late Ed-
ward Acheson of Goderich on Mon-
day.
Miss Phoebe Dinsmore of Wingham
Was the guest of her sister, Mrs.
R. A, Roberton of the Bayfield
Road, over Christmas holidays and
en New Year's Day accompanied
Mr, and Mrs. Roberton to the
Golden. Wedding 01 an inncle and
aunt fn East Wawanosh,
Coats
Alll!uary 2pdt 19
ud Furs at Sale P ices
Perhaps Santa Claiis Didn't F:riiig'. You
A Warm Ctat or a Set of bars
Then here's your opportunity to buy them for yourself, and
save liberally on the purchase. Now that Christmas festivities and
gift.buying are largely of the past, we may turn our attention to the
practical comforts of life, and what more timely subject than the warm
coat and furs that everyone requires for the next four months ?
WOMEN'S AND MISSES COATS AT CLEARING PRICES
A. special purchase from a leading manufacturer, as well as several splendid clearing lines from our own
stock, makes a fine opportunity to secure a warm, stylish coat at very much less than the regular price.
This season's attractive styles are all represented,
CHILDREN'S COATS REDUCED
Every coat ineluded in our assortment for children, has lost a generous part of its original price. Smart
styles and pretty materials.
BEAUTIFUL FURS AT 1-4 TO 1-3 LESS THAN REGULAR
The fur section has a wonderful assortment of handsome furs at extraordinary price reductions, And.
you may choose with perfect confidence whether you know anything about furs or not. Our many
years of experience as dearlers in fine furs, will safeguard your buying.
FUR COATS
Are all reduced in price, and the comfoft of a fur coat is unsurpassed by any other -garment.
OUR STOCK OF FUR NECKPIECES AND MUFFS
includes all -this season's'smart styles and 'unequalled values. Handsome Canadian mink, Black Fox,
Sable, Blue Wolf, Persian Lamb, Marmot, etc., are all represented, every piece marked in plain figures,
Come r:n and let us show you what extraordinary values we're offering
WOMEN'S STORE
Drj floods, House Furnishings
phone 6'P.'.
Next Royal Bank
MEN'S STORE .
Custom Tailoring and
(phone 103) Men's Furnishings
Opposite Public Library,
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Batjfield
Mrs. , (Capt.) Ed. Reid, Owen
Sound, arrived in Goderich Monday
to attend the fuueral of her sister,
Mrs. Ben Young, who died Saturday
in Kincardine hospital of pneumonia
following the flu, while on a visit to
that town.
Nominations on Monday resulted as
follows :
For leave—A. E. 'Erwin, George
Lindsay.
For councillors—David Dewar, Sam-
uel Cleave, John Cameron, Wm, J.
Weston, who were elected by accla-
mation. •
For trustees—Thomas Elliott, Al-
fred Macfarlane, John McLeod, Henry
Drehmann. William Heard. The elec-
tion on Monday will be for reeve and
trustees.
Misses Lula Davison and) Lula
Baker of London are holidaying at
their homes in the village.
Mr. Lawrence Fowlie of London
is spending his holidays under the
parental roof.
NIrs. Erwood of Toronto is spend-
ing the holidays the guest of Miss
Maud Castle.
Mr, Frank King of London is holi-
daying under the parental roof.
Mr. and Mrs: James Donaldson left
last week for Wfngham to spend the
winter, With their son, Mr., Charles
Donaldson.
Messrs. Jelin and Charles Tippet
received word on Monday of, the
death 'oftheir,. sister, ' Mrs, Farman,
and left on Wednesday for Marine
City, Mich., to attend the funeral.
Mr. Sid Castle of St. Catherincs is
spending the holidays under the par-
ental roof, .
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Londesboro.
On Saturday last Misses Jean and
Eleanor Mains returned to Chi-
cago after spending Christmas with
their mother,
Miss Della McCool of Toronto spent
Christmas under the parental roof.
The Christmas; tree held on Christ-
mas night in the Methodist church
.was well attended, The programme
was excellent, each one taking their
part well. The proceeds amounted to
over sixty dollars,
Miss Kezialt Brown of Toronto is
spending the holidays with friends
around here,•
Last week Mrs, Fred Caldwell re-
ceived word that her brot'hor, Pte.
John R. Kirkconnell, who was re-
ported as missing state time ago,
had been a prisoner hi Germany and
had been badly wounded. We are
glad to hear that J'olin is still alive
and will be glad to welcome him
back to his old home.
The dance given by the D. A, NI,
I, D. H. club of Ilarloclt on, New
Year's eve, in Cartwright's hall was
mach enjoyed by all present, and
was largely attended.
NKr, VA, Irwin of Olintoe occupied
the pulpit In the Methodist church to
Sunday evening last.
Mullett Town hip
S.S. No. 2 held an exam and Xmas
tree on Dec. 21st. After lessons the
children rendered a program of reci-
tations, etc., interspersed with music
which was much appreciated. Then
Santa Claus unloaded , the tree to
the delight of old and young. After
an address was read by Stamey
Shobbrook, Josie Mann presented the
teacher, Mr. C. H. Ilolland, with the
last present, which was a beautiful
set of ebony brushes. After Mt. Hol-
land had said a few words of . ap-
preciation the ladies served a dainty
lunch to the satisfaction of all. There
was a fair crowd but on account of
the "Flu" the attendance was not as
largo as it would otherwise have
been.
Messrs. Michael, Edward and Clar-
ence Blake wore home for the Xmas
holidays. The first two mentioned
returned to work on Tuesday, but
Clarence is remaining for a longer
stay.
Misses Loretto and Eulala Flynn
of Toronto were also home for
Christmas.
The nomination tweeting in Hallett
was well attended on Monday, the
hall being crowded. The members of
the council went over the work of
the year and it was pretty well dis-
cussed but there was , no opposition
to the old council, which was declar-
ed elected. The council consists of
81. Armstrong, reeve, and Councillors
Chas, Howson, Jas. Watt, Thos. Me-
Miehael and W. J. Miller, ' This is
the third year the council has been
elected by acclamation and it was
thought that there would be a 'con-
test for the Mikes for 1919 but the
ratepayers deemed that the affairs
were in good hands and ' decided to
leave the council 1 undisturbed. This
is certainly a tribute to the mem-
bers of the council which they should,
and no doubt do, appreciate. The
oldest member of the council is W. ,J,
Miller, who has had a seat at the
board for nine years.
Tuckersmith Township
Miss Erste O'Brien of 'Toronto
spent the Christmas holidays at her
home here,
Mr, and Mrs. Chris. O'Brien wore
visitors with Stratford` relatives for
the Christmastide.
'rhe nominations in'uokersmith re-
sulted in the following names being
put up but at time of writing we are
not sura how many will stand :
For Reeve : Herbert Crich, Themas
Coleman, .J. G. McKay.
For Councillors Win. 1)ofg, L. L.
13,, Thos, Doig, Silas Moore, Matt,
Clark,' Chas. Riley, J, G. Lrich, J.
McNaughton, R. P, Watson,
The latter three are tuembers of
the old council.
Stanleti Township
A very enjoyable Christmas tree
entertainment was held in No, 1
school -house . on Friday afternoon 'be-
fore Christmas. NIr. Pete Moffat
took the chair and the pupils fur-
nished a splendid programme of
choruses, solo's, recitations and dia-
logues, which was a credit to them-
selves and to their teacher, Miss
Pearl Potter. They were also fav-
ored with a speech from Mr, Malcolm
McEwen, who held the office of trus-
tee for over forty years, and a
speech from Mr. Livermore of the
London Road, who gave the chil-
dren some good advice. Tho children
choose NIr, H. Corey to act as Santa
Claus and distribute the presents off
the tree, which he did in his own
inimitable style. There were about
forty visitors present.
The following is the report of S.S.
No, 6, Stanley, for Nov., and Dec.,
the names being in order of merit.
Marks based on weekly examinations,
regular attendance, punctuality, gen-
eral proficiency and good conduct :
4th— Total 865.
Sr. 4th—Pearl Reid 795, Erie Reid
777, Carl Johnston 732, Eolith Beat-
ty 898, .Emily Beatty 686.
Jr. 4th—George Pilgrim 745, Percy
Johnston 744, Eva Epps 705.
3rd—Total 685 :
Sr. 8rd—Rena Johnston 580, Wil-
fred Chutes .574.
Jr. 3rd—Bruce Foster 664, Margar-
et Johnston 659, Mabel McClinchey
508, Phebo Colclough 590, Ellwood
Epps 582, Ernest McClinchey 445.
2nd—Total 1065—Cassie Johnston
948, Irene Johnston 847, Irene Climb-
er 883, -
Pt, 2nd—Total 660—Millard Robert -
soh 645, Hazel Steep 540; Clayton
Elliott 610, Mabel Pilgrim 595.
1st—Total 540 :
Sr. Pt. 1st—Rachel Johnston 580.
Jr. Pt, 1st—Jean ,Johnston 530.
Pt, let (a)—Ada Steep 525, Jean
Foster 520, 'Pommy Clmter 280, Jean
Albert 175.
—M. L. Coleman, Teacher.
Painting -Paperhanging
Neat and Quick Work
16 years Toronto experience
Avoid the spring rush by
getting work done now
Not necessary to remove car-
pets, coverings or pictures
we have plenty drop sheets
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Isaac Street, Clinton
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For winter bloom we have :
HYACINTHS,
NARCISSUS,
JONQUILS,
TULIPS,
FUSCIAS,
DAFFODILS,
ETC. •
Good quality, reasonably priced.
Try the new Giant White Narcis-
sus, grown in water which bloomss
in six weeks.
Winter bulbs are easily grown.
Let us tell you how.
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We furnish Cans and
Remit Daily
Take Notice
Having taken over the busi-
ness'of Byam Sz Sutter, I am,,
now in a position to do all
kinds of work in Plumbing,.
Troughing, Heating and Elec-
tric Wiring,
Repairs promptly done
J. A. SUTTEE.
Plumber and Electrician
Phone 7 ,