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The Clinton News Record, 1918-10-24, Page 4Clinton News-Re4ord Oetohe, thi (91ft esemerneworaireseaseesseemesormemposeemeeas SOLOIERS OYER5CA BOXES 131±:ST CORRUGATED CARDBOARD, 3 lb., 5 lb., 7 lb., 11 9h, PRICES - 8 to 12e, Special line of Soldiers' greet- ing carets for Xmas. A. T:001J Agent; C.N. Railway G.N.W. Telegraph Clinton, Ontario Mr. Hantlink, also a well known Goderieh man, died on Saturday at - tet an operation. DAV JN Highlands of Ontario CANADA The home of the Red Deer and the. Moose OPEN SEASONS DEER—November 1st to November 15th inclusive: MOOSE—November 1st to November '15th inclusive. In some of tile Northern Districts of Ontario including Timagami and the territory north and south of the Canadian Government Rail- way from the Quebec to Man- itoba Boundary, open. seasoa for Moose is from October lst to November 30th, inclusive. Write for copy of "Playgrounds— the Haunts of Fish and Game," giv- ing game laws, hunting regulations, etc., to C. E,, Horning, District Pas- senger Agent, Union Station, Toron- to, Ont. J. RANSFORD it SON, Phone 57 Uptown Agents. Oolclerich Township Mr, Alfred Nattel Inas resigned,owe ing, to 1A -health; leispeeitian as trustee of 8:S. No, 8 and Mr, 1Va1- Jis has heats appointee to fill out the tern':, Mr, Mattel has been ins - tee. for over thirty .years and had al- so tilled the position of seere•sary treasurer.• Mr. Albert Colel tugh had the tris - fortune to !mei: a valuable IIQrSe killed by the train Otto morning, re" eontly, The animal broke out of the field during the might and got onto the track, Mr. Wni. Bedour has sold his Ierm on the Maitland concession to Me. S, Wilson of Olinton and is taking over other land from his father. Word has been reeeived by his relatives in this township that Lance -Corporal W. _1 I. Rasom was admitted to hospital on Oct, 2nd suffering from shell. gas. Lance-(lorpl,,. Eason:, who is an old G•oderich township boy, enlisted at London, whore Itis mother now resides. Ile is a brother of Mr. ), Eason of this township, He was wounded in the left shoulder on Aug. 9th but had returned to the front again. The fancily of the late Thomas Elliott, Bayfield Road, wish to ex- press their grateful appreciation oL_ the many kind expressions of sym- pathy and goodwill shown by a large circle of friends in connection with the cfenth of their beloved fath- er. Especially would they mention the members of the Orange Order, an Order which their father greatly loved and of which he was a member for seventy years. -t Holmesviiie Mr. George Gould has purchased a house in Godorich and will remove there in the spring. Olr. Jos. Proctor, the oldest resi- dent of our village has been under the doctor's care for aver a week. We are glad to hear of an Improve- ment in his case. Mars. Wnt. Jenkins and son Frank are at present laid up with an at- tack of the flit, also Miss Elva Proc- tor and her brother Clifton, the daugbter and son of. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Proctor. Mr. J. R. Holmes, while picking apples, had the misfortune to tall from the ladder and fracture three or four of his ribs. This is the fourth time a similar accident has befallen Mr, Holmes. We regret its occurrence and trust that he will have a speedy recovery. Silo filling and threshing is being pretty well .finished up around here. Apples are yielding a better crop than anticipated some time ago. The schools and churches have been closed for a couple of weeks as a precautionary measure against the nu. Dry Goods and House Furnishing C nek PHONE 78. d Millinery and Ready to - Weer Garments CgLrLS That are Different Graceful, charming and practical in all the new autumn shades, $18.00, $20.00, 825.00, $30.00, $35.- 00, $40.00 and $45.00. Our present showing is one of the events of the season. The dualities are unexcelled and the prices sensible in view of war time, Materials are of wool velours, broadcloth, Salt's guaranteed plashes, cheviots and tweeds, warmly inter- lined. Over one hundred differ- ent styles to choose from, THE. PERPL]SxING QUESTION— Mg New Suit— iliVhat Shall it Be? You women who have yet to choose your new suit for fall and winter weat will find at this store such a fine showing that making a cltoise will be a pleasure, Suits made of Berges, gabardines, poplins anti cheviots. Somo suits ate fully belted, others without belts, warmly interlined and some are finished with braid. Over forty different suits to choose from. of High F'», s Y when haying furs never lege sight of reliability, Our fur business has n built ap on that foundation. tion. Ve consider a eat- isfied customer the best medium of advertising.rosingThe ineteatieg i1 volume of our Inc .business assures us that this' is correct. THIS, STORE OR HIGH( LASq FURS AND READY-TO- WEAR EA y-r0-vrAh GARMENTS, ATritz Must Have Thought &ad of World Had Coni The following interostfug letter is trout Pte. 1V 1'witehell, 800 of Mfrs. J, Twit:010l of Windsor, formerly of Oiieliott, and gives a grupltio descrip- tion of the beginning 'r of the big drive, Aug, 8th. The "boys" ,have indeed advanced a good distance shoo and aro still advancing Frantic, Aug. lath, 1.018 "111y Dear Mother,• -.t suppose my anle would appear In' the :vtsut'ilty list as wounded but "1 .hope you didn't worry over it any, as 7 only got a slight wound on the lido of my neck (left side). I am uolt sure what hit oto but I guess it was a piece of shrapnel, A and 0 Companies ver on hint in: a bonibing tafd on, the t.iglit of Aug,1Sth, at 7.80 noel wo Chased hint back 800 yards., I was on a ritaehine gun crew this 14st +rip in and 1 was standing beside the gun putting an empty pan back in the sling when 1 was 011 in the neck, Billie Carver (my churn) Hurl some other Fellow took off my harness and called a stretcher bearer who I et a dressing on and then .I got away as fast as I could, as it was a tittle too warm around there for rte and 1 had had enough of 1t. I passed one of our- Lance Corpor- als, who was mounded pretty badly in both legs; and one of our ser- geants that was killed. lie had been shot, I think, through the stomach. It was sure an awful place to get out of, as there were so many saps running here and there, and a man didn't know whether he was going in the right direction or not. Ho had thrown quite a bit of gas back at us and it was pretty hard navigating with your gas mask on and dodging shells, 'I met some fellows and they told me what turns to take. I got quite a sur- prise when I went around one turn; 1 saw a wounded Fritz lying on a stretcher -and he could tally as good English as 1 could. He asked ine if I could get him a gas :bask and I told him there were none around, so he asked me if I would help him out and i told hint that there would be some fellows along in a few min- utes who would help him out and then I left him, as I wanted to get out of there as soon as I could, There wore lots of prisoners in the dugouts, who would take him out. I kept on a little ways further and I met a fellow who showed me a way out over land. I had just got out a ways andwas heading for a road not very far away when I heard somebody calling to me from behind, . so I waited until they caught up and there were three more of our fellows, so I was al- right then. There were lots of ma- chine gun bullets flying around but we dodged them alright and we soon came to a trench that led out to the road and then we went right up tate road until tine struck a dressing station, which 'happened to be our own. The M.O. dressed us up again. We hail something warm to drink there and some cigarettes to smoke, and then hailed there about an hour until some more fellows came in. Then about twelve of us, along with a Red Cress fellow, walked about a utile to where the ambulances were. There were two stretcher cases there and one ambul- ance, so they -put the two stretcher cases on and four of the worst walking cases and the rest of us were going to wait for the next ear, but a couple of trucks came along and they took us back to where there were some more cars and we got in them and went a long ways back, where we stayed For the night. We had a swell drink of collect when we got off, and they made us a hcd out in the open until daylight, then we had a drink ot tea and they took our names and the nature of our wounds and inoculatedus, after which.. we got into some lorries and went to the C.C.S., at Amiens, where we were looked at again to see if we needed re -dressing or treatment and then we were given something to cat and- a place to sleep. We stayed there until noon, then we got into ambulances and were taken to the 'station and put. on a Red Cross train. It was 8 'P.m. before we pulled out, I was just enjoying a nice. sleep when one of the orderlies wakened me and said we were at our destination. We got into ambulances agate and rode up a steep hill. to the hospital, where we had a hot drink and some biscuits and were given slips to our different wards. There were four to go to No. 61, the ward. I am in; 'so one of the fellows took us over and gave us our "blues," and then took us over to the bath house, where we had a good bath, which was the first that wo had had for some time. This is No. 10, U.S.A. General hospital but if all the U.S,. hospitals are like this I would sooner take a Canadian hospital, if I bad my choice. 7 don't 'know anything about the bed cases, whether they fare bet- ter or not. We got one good meal here a day and that is dinner ; the other meals are just lunches but I am well satilsfled here, as it is sure a lot better than being up the line. 7 don't expect to he here much long- er as I will be sent to a convales- cent camp any day, from there I will be sent to the base, where 1 will stop for a short time in order to have my teeth attended to, I will their go to the ruing for a while and then on to the battalion. So you see it will be some time before I ant bank with the battalion. I guess you would a ll he glad, in Canada, to hear of the bigadvanco We made, but,very anxious, 11 meant busy dayInc ne, preparing At eight time onod 1 1 for it oult g hardly move tot traffic going up. The night beton the attack we ewe- eid up close tie the line anti stayed When will it end? Thousands upon thousands, endless thousands, hold their lives cheap as the price of Victorious Peace. And we—as we watch from afar their heroic efforts— may we be able to say, that the little we at home could do, we have done; —that in so far as we could support them, lighten their burdens, bring themcom- forts, we have done it; —that we have striven un- ceasingly to shorten their stay in the Hun -made Hell; —that freely, fervently, unitedly, we have laid our humble offerings alongside their noble sacrifices on the altar of Victory—and Peace. Another opportunity to lend your individual weight to the blow that will shorten the war comes with the offering of Victory Bonds about to be made. Let not the privilege to do your share find you unprepared. Ironed by Canada's victory Loan Committee n co=opiratton aitb tho Minister of Pinand'i of the lomiaion of Canada. in a big sunken toad until it was time to "go over." The: 910 ,Brig- ade went over first on our front and then we went over after them, They advanced 5 kilometres and then we went through them and adveneed three more kilometres. When the artillery opened up in the morning of Aug. 80, there was sure some racket. I think old Fritz must have thought the world had conte to an end, as the amount" of artillery we had behind us was aw- ful. We 055 a few casualties but not nearly so many as the Germans had. When we Started out there was rath- er a heavy mist which helped us a lot, although it was hard to find our way, but it soon lifted and the going was good. He threw a few sholis at its at the start but we were lucky and they either went ov- er us, in front or behind. We went past a lot of prisoners, some of them were pretty wen scared and others looked as Brough they were glad to get out of it. When our time came to go through the Dth Brigade there were only his (Fritz') machine guns that Were firing at ns. When We were advancing we could see tho Huns beating it in front of us. We lost a few men be- fore we matte our objective, but not nearly as many as we expected. We passed a .couple of his batteries of Acid guns, and one of our big tanks was going from one to another smashing them ttp. About half an host after we had matte our object - Live the cavalrylrY charged th you g h us, Cleo, it was a grand sight, as there were thousands of them. After the first wave of them had passed, the light field gtms came tip end started firing Until Fritz was Mut of range, ntttl then they moved 00 again. Dor the rest of that day and until the next night we stayed in a wood, while cavalry, field guns, trans- ports, tanks and infantry went up past us, On the night of the 91.11 we march- ed on further to the outskirts of Beaufort, where we stayed until the night of the lith, when we moved on up to the line ready to go over on hint in the morning, but the or- .. der was cancelled so wo stayed right in. the trench until night. Our sis- ter battalion, the 42nd, went over that afternoon and took his front line but they got a pretty bad cut- ting up, so we went in that night and reinforced them, and I can tell you they were sure glad to see us as there was only a handful of them left and no light left in them. Tho P.P,C.L.t's were supposed to go over at the same time but an order cants through cancelling the attack. The P.P's got It but ,the 42nd had gone over when the order canle around for them„ It was sure an awful place that we were in that night and the next day, as old Fritz was on three sides of us and s e, the F h 1 just swept o top o the trench ell 1 the time with i isem:nine° guns. IIe sniped one of our fellows that after- noon, and daring the raid that night there were four killed and about ten wounded in our Company. I was sure Melly to get, only this crack and to get as fat as I " am with it. It is a little sore but doesn't bottler nut much, There may be a small piece of shrapnel in there 'the 't I don't think so, I hope h but Y time yea receive this letter that the boys have advanced beyond the Ri cr. Sommev Withto r est leve , to all, , Your loving son, McKillop Township. There are a fen' cases of influenza here but no deaths so far, we are pleased to say. • James Martin is confined --'to his bed through illness. Four members of the family of George Bennervies have had an at- tack of influenza. Apples are now, being taken oft the trees. They are plentiful and of good quality but there appears to be few buyers. James O'Laughlin is very. ill with heart trouble. Win. Murray has bought a Ford car. It has been. run for a year or two by Tilos. MaICay. Stanie>ti Township A number of their friends and neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. 0, Reid of the Bay- field Road on Tuesday evening to spend a few hours with them and to express to them their regret at their impending departure from the neighborhood, they having disposed of their farm to Mr. Is, Monier of Bayfield. Daring the evening Mr, R. J. Richardson, on behalf of the as- sembled company, in. an informal but graceful little speech gave verbal ex- pression to this regret and also ask- ed Mr. and Mrs. Reid to accept as ease chair and centre 'table s y a a tangible tokens of good will. Sev- eral others also spoke, voibing the regret of the community in losing such good neighbors, and a little in- formal program was carried alit. Mr. Reid Depressed the thanks of himself and Mrs.eid emitting tin r R .tss those present that they would not forget their old friends in Stanley. Mr. end 1We. Heid leave this week for their new home at Dashwood. 0110. Birucefeld. Mr, N. Sundorcock of Stanley re- ceived word the outer day that his son, Pte, William Sundercock, had been admitted to the 8th Convales- cent Hospital Depot, Etapies, France, suffering from a gun shot wound in the shoulder received Oct. 4th. Pte. Suncloreock was attached to the 1st Canadian infantry Bat- tatlon. It is hoped that the m'otntd may prove to be a slight one. In the County The new Children's Shelter at Cod- erich will, it is expected, be ready to open Nov. lst. It is now being furnished and fitted and anyone wish- ing to contribute towards its fur- nishing may do so. r Mr. G. NI. Hat, county county agent, will gladly give information as to. what is needed. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Oka ot River Vieiv 'Farm, Boumillor, .announce the engagement of their daughter, Ella Mildred, to, Mr. George W. Feagan of Colborne 'township, The marriage will take place the latter part of. October, ,Before Judge Dickson of the ty Criminal court at Goderieh week William rirodhagan of Logan township was sentenced to three months in jail and a Lino of 3000 and costs, amounting in all to 8878, tor stealing cattle. The accused pleaded guilty to three charges of theft. hirs. William Lane. of Godcr.ich, Wife of County Lane, diedat t f : C ttY t Treasurer L , Ott Stattlay weelc after a long per- iod of illness. She is survived by. sand twostns ono a hot husband ntl 0 a barrister it Vancouver, t ne over 13,C0 anti the ether a doctor in Detroit. A third son was killed in action in Prance: in September of 1910.