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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1916-10-19, Page 1he Clinton News- Rec r No. 1959 -37th Year CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19th, 1916 THE HOME PAPER THE- LABEL HEADING JAN. 17 SHffiNS THE SUB 15 P110 UP "When iii Soubt" for a 9regent kr theI 3ride-t6=,fie `+vheose Silver . There is no otherg ift for the bride that is so un- iversally certain to be greeted with joy, used with i pride, and treasured for years. We carry a large and well assorted stock of 1847 ROGERS Bros, knives, cold meat forks,pie tea forks, berry spoons, servers, coffee, desert and table spoons and numerous other useful pieces. of silver .hollow Also a good assortment lv plated holt ware, out glass, china and 3locks: • litYi o ,$e'ztreZev ana Optician c ell a "P - Clinton 1 ank OF CANADA. Incorporated 1869. Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Oapit,U Paid-up 11,560,000 Reserve and Undivided Profits 18,286,000 Total Assets 23#;000,000 880 Branches, With world wide connection. Interest allowed on Savings Deposits, General Banking business trausacted, R, E. MANNING, Manager Clinton Branch " 'n....”....u....r •ata 1CORPORA ED 1855 r r'E i . •. fi a MOLSONS I fa CapitalReserve$8,800,000 In c 96 Branches in Canada. A General eral BankingBusiness Transacted., >a Circular Letters of Credit Bank Money Orders. D Savings Bankenartn Interest allowed at highest curt.ent rate, C. E. Dowding, Manager, Clinton F ANii 1. an to Branch. RD,ADY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING Me &lowish Clothing Co. Onolertnn Onorrneto GETTING YOUR NEW FALL SUIT NESE MEANS CERTAIN SATISFACTION ! Your satisfaction that's our aim, and 9'e are determined that e'Lery man who buys his fall suit here shall be satisfied as never before. Our showing is now 'bery com- plete, We Show Suits as Low as $$.5:0 and as High as $25.00. REMARKABLE SHOWING WNG Of . EXCEPTIONAL EPTIONIAL VALUE SU ITST R IS.00n Among the many priced suits we have our $15.00 line stands out with special prominence. f SPECIAL NOTICE C TO THE LADIES. Men's serges for women's suits in blues, blacks, and greys. Colors guaran- teed to be absolutely fast. Drop in at your convenience and we'll take pleasure in sho'l ing'them. THE MORRISH CLOTHING. CO. Agent C. P. R. Phone 18 for Sunday or night calls. "UNCLE TOM" COl411NG. The old favorite, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," will be presented in the town hall on Saturday evening, for one night only. C. C, SUPPORTS RED CROSS. The county council at a special meeting held last Friday voted half a mill on the dollar to the British Red Cross, This will amount to ov- en $21,000. AN INJURED KNEE. Mr. G. H. David has been laid up during the past week owing to an in- jury to his knee sustained while at work on the G,T.R..As' Mr. David is a moan of energetic habits the enforced holidays is not being partic- ularly enjoyed but it is hoped it will: not be of long; duration. 5 I A STIR IN „ A. CIRCLES. CLES. Capt,, Stephens and Lieut. Anderson of Goderich, Capt. Fox and Li 'id.,• Thrilbeck of Seaforth, Bt Green, Toronto Field Secretary,'13rf- gedier Rawlings, London, Divisional Commander, and Capt. Keith, pri- vate secretary to Commissioner Rich- ards, were all in town this Week, be- sidesFul visitor, the the t tm shed 1 e d s 6 Commissioner This was a busy and a happy week for the local Salvation- ists. FIFTEEN TO GERMAN'S ONE. The following letter is from Pte. Wm, C. Bozzo, Who is in the Nor- folk War Hospital, England, stcifering from a would in the hand. He has evidently seen some severe fighting r "Sept.0 1016 Dear mother and father :—Just a few lines to' lot you know where I um at and bow I am getting along. I'm well except a bad wound in my left baud. I'm in a hospital in England, I think the place that I'm at is Nor- wich. I got here last night. I have not written for a long tine It was not able,was because Io I laid up for two wasweeks witfever and when I got better I was very weak tl d moved nen r ba to ion bad moved to another part of the line, It was very hitrd marching, the weather was r very h and weallu of h togo 1 a o , 6 way each day. and when we got } there We Were pmt up against some hard fighting: The first time in we were in for ten days, hardly assn trenches just fierce fighting cad what, g g ever cover a person could find. I was in ,three attacks in ono afternoon. We drove them back for a long piece.. The artillery is fierce just a captinu- oils roar of shells bursting night and day. They certainly are giving) it to them now. The British are near us and we have lots of big gins. 'Jlrep send ten to fifteen shells to the German's one. I got wounded on the 20th of this month in a bombing at- tack, It will take a long time for it to get better again but the Dina tors say they can save my hand so I dont mind, I would have written sooner but it was impossible, I will elosc how, will write more in a day de two. Your loving son, -Bill." DEATH OP JOHN McICNIGIIT, There papsed away in Clinton on Sunder an old resident of the ec:rn- inunity in the person of Mr. John McKnight of the London Road.. The late Mr. 1 McKnight was barn at St. Catharines seventy-six years ago but he had been a resident of Huron county for many years. He had resided in farmed and n nt Mullett until about seventeen years ago when he moved to lot thirty-six on the London Road. He was' a quiet, home -loving man, taking no acdve part in public affairs but devoting himself to the welfare of bis home and family. He was as good husband. and a loving father. In religion he was an adherent of the Methodist church, attending at Brueelield while that appointment remained open, since then coming to the Ontario street church, Clinton, Mr. MVlcKnigltt had been in tailing health for several months and had undergone an operation in the ensly summer, This not proving oirtirely satisfactory he come' beck to Clinton last week for surgicalfurth rr c treat- ment: His strength was not equal to the strain of another operation, however, and he rapidly sank until the end came. Itis death occurred at the home of his brother-in-law, bir. R. J, Miller of Station street. In all; his illness lie was most patient and cheerful, always ready to under- go whatever was thought might ben- efit him and never willing to allow others to do for bin, what lie could do for himself, In his passing the community, loses a good canvass and the neighborhood in which he lived a good neighbor, but it is in the home circle where he will be most missed, He is survived by his wife, one song J'. T. McKnight' of the, London Road, and one daughter, lifts. R. Tasker of ]Hullett township. The funeral took place Tuesday • from his late residence to the Clin- ton cemetery. The services were 6onducted by Rev. J. A, Agnew and the pallbearers were W. Tasker, W. Mi Sr:,Iles _tW. Miller, Jt.• .I .Di 1 ez R. Carter and J. Walkinshatw. Mrs. Mclinight and faintly wish to extend sincere thanks to the friends both in Clinton and in the home com- niunity. for the kindness and sym- pathy shown theel during the illness of their ,dear one and since his passe ing, TO JANUARY 1ST, • e••• WILLIS CEUIJRCI3, TI3E LOCAL MARKET Wheat $1..45. Barley 70c. Oats 50a, Butter 30e to He. Eggs 33e to 34c. Live flogs $10.25,, TIIL.I7. L. CONVENTION. r The District Epworth League con- vention was held in Ontario street iborch yesterday, As The News -Rec- ord goes to press early it is impos- sible to give a report of the proceed Ings; which will, appear next 'week, A WORD OF APPRECIATION. Mr. and Mrs. D.'S, Cliiff and fam- ily desire" to thank all for their kind expressions of sympathy in their sad bereavement it .the loss of their wi- ly boy,who gave lis young life for his country's honour, in France, on Oct.2nd LOST ONLY SON. e Reginald, the sia-Q ar-old and only son of Mr. and Mrs. George Kemp of London and nephew. of Mr. S. hemp of town, died after a couple of days' illness of diphtheria on Saturday last. Old friends will sympathize with Mn, and 4Irs. hemp in their t sudden and sore bereavement. ONTARIO ST. CHURCH. On Sunday evening next Rev. G. G. IIarris, returned missionary irons Weet China, will preach. The pas- tor, Rev. J. A. Agnew, will occupy. his own pulpit in the morning. Anniversarvu services will be held in this church on the .first Sunday in November, when Rev, W. C' r. Howson son of London will be the preacher. TRAFALGAR DAY. Today' is Trafalgar Day. The day that we -Stave the opportunity of ad ding our mite to help the British Red Cross. in each of the Clinton churches en ,Sunday last the minis- appeals tors made eloquent to the congregations for liberal donations, the newspapers all over have been week devoting space for a r ec or More to setting forth the claims of the. fund and every corporation aud c nmithas of un • been organizing S g g special efforts to raise money for this most worthy' cause. The local committee of 'business men appointed to look after the col- lection in -Clinton have sent out en- velopes to every ratepayer in Clin- ton and these will he called for lat- er in the week. It is hoped that not a single one is unreturnod and that the offering is made, as generous as possible. Everyone can assist a lit- tle in this greet ministry of healing and helping. If by any chalice anye one has been overlooked, and as some citizens arc not ratepayers they may be, a donation handed to the tnapor, the town clerk or Mr. H. E. Paull, secretary of the committee, will be counted in the greed total, which it is hoped will reach a very touch larg- er fgure than last year. The day is not over, it is not yet too late, so if you have not yet made a contribution, 'do so now. LetClinton'slin offering this year be one worthofgenerous• and w ythe s splen- did spirit of its citizens. YESTERDAY'S WEDDING. At nine 0cl cs yesterday forenoon in St. Joseph's church the marriage was solemnized of left. John Joseph Rel •ort sonofMr.) a dI Mrs.omfni 3c , >I Flynn of Mullett, and Mary, , claugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McCaughey of Clinton. To the sweet strains of Lohengrin's wedding chorus, played by Miss Edna McC3auighan, .the bride's sister, the bride entered the church with her: When who gave her, in marriage, She wore a handsome suit of navy blue French serge with black velvet hat, tr:inmmed With a single white dove, and a corsage bouquet of sweet- heart roses, lily -of -the valley and maidenhair fern. Her sister, bliss Rose, was bridesmaid, Her suit was of green broadcloth and she wore a niaise hat and a corsage bou- quet of violets. lift; Thee. Flynn, brother of the groom ,was best man and Messrs. Chas. Shanahan, Len Flymmu and. A. V. Quigley acted as ushers, Rev. Father John Hogan perform- ed the ceremony which made 'the two one, There Were present only the immed- iate relatives of the contracting :par- ties, the nieetbbrs of the choir of St. Josvpfa's church; to which boils bride and groom. belong, and a few per- sonal friends. During the oll'ertory Miss Marp Yes - bee sang "Ave Marie," Afterwards the whole party drove to time home of the bride's parents, where a reception was held, the new- ly -wedded pair received the congrai,- Mations of their friends and the Wed- ding breakfast was partaken of• Mr, and Mrs. Flynn left on the af- ternoon train en a honeymoon 'trip to Toronto, Buffalo and' Niagara and upon their return they will take up housekeeping on the '• groom's farm on the 0th of Hullett. The bride was the recipient of many , -eau 'fug beautiful I giftsfrom friends far and near. A handsome piano was the gift ,of the bride's father, • Both young people are very well- known and are popular among their circle of friends, who, one and all, with them a long, happy and pros- perous manned life: The News -Record adds its eongrat- elations and good wishes. 19171 FIOtY ABOUT YOURS • As the estate of the late • • W. J. Mitchell is to be • • wound up all subscriptions • • in arrears must be paid. • • Subscribers out of town • • , please remit by postotfice • • order, instead of cheque, as • • exchange on latter is ex- • •' cessive for small amounts.. • • • W. I. MTETING. The October meeting of the Vo - men's Institute will be held at the home of Dirs. 'I', McKenzie, Jr. at three o'clock on Thursday afternoon next, and will take the form of a birthday : party. Tea' will be served and the proceeds will go towards pro- viding Christmas gifts for the Clinton boys who are overseas. A program rvlbe. it provided also. p A LOYAL FAMILY. Mrs. JosehLivermore received word on Monday of time death of her grandson, Wiliiirit ft. McLean; only son of Mn, and Mrs. R. McLean of Toronto. Time, young mass enlisted in Toronto with the Ilighlandees rh December last overseas ger a nd went ver t o em.seas ' lit May. He was killed in action on Sept. 10th. 'Mrs. Livermore has' still three grandsons and a nephew wear- ing the King's uniform, MAY BECOME CHAPLAIN. Sergt. Robt. Irwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Irwin of tonin, whet left his studies at Victoria College to maist eitt the overseas tortes and who27t has been' attached to the .+,tit Battalion and assisting in recruiting for several months past, has been recommended for the position of chaplain of the 207th and has beim specially ordained. The probability is that the recommendation will be confirmed. W.P.S. NOTES. 'rime Women's Patriotic Society will meet at two o'clock sharp on N'riday afternoon, when there willbe towels amid pillow slips -to metre, The ladles ask that the members bring along le hi d come re- needles and a thimbles an s 1 pared to do a good afternoon's work, Weekly caniributors who have been in tine habit of using the boxes please take swathe that instead of the. sev- eral boxes throughout •the town there will in future be only two, one in W. D. Fair's and one in Cooper C C'o's store. WELCOME TO.IDEAD OF y. A. The public reception given to Coni- missioner Richards, heads of the Sal- vation' Army, in Eastern Canada, Newfoundland and the Bermudas, in Ont. St, church on Tuesday evening was a large and enthusiastic ' one, Mayor Thompson oceupied the chair and welcomed Commissioner Rich- ards in the name of the town. Commissioner Richards, who is a gifted and polished ' speaker, told something of the work ' of the Sal- vation Army in the different coun- tries of the world, speaking with au- thority, s t t he hadbeen ors l ' a onal },tn. P y' charge in many, ny, h avusg spent several. years in Denmark, Africa and other foreign lands. C.onunissioner Richards has a family of seven and it is said thatcls one ne cla has a different coun- try as a birth place. - Quite a large number took ed.•an- tage of the opportunity of hearing this gifted rod speaker and each and all were profited anti pleased with his most interesting and instructive ad- dress, Brigadier Green rendered a so- lo during time evening. PASSING 01e IV. SC'ANTLIN. William Seanlin has been for years one of 'the best' known figures on Clinton streets and in his passing on Saturday last another link is lost between the present and the past, The late William Scanlin was born of Irish parentage in the township or Chinguaeo•usy seventy: seven years ago, In 1850 the family, consisting of the father, mother and their three daughters and two 'sans, came to. Hullett 'township and settled an lot 21, concession 1. Hullett was pretty much bush sixty -odd years ago and the fancily* started in to' hew out mi The jdltof Ir a fax T subs c this sketch assisted in this work for a tints but later left for the U'nited States and spent seine tweeter years or. 50 in Minnesota, He returned to I{ullettit 1879 and remained until 1893, when he came into Clinton to reside and. here lie remained crotid time end. William Scanlin was a quiet, inof- fensive limn, one Who minded' his own business end gave no offense to 'any- one, He was genial and sociable and was possessed of a fund of native Irish. wit which flashed out quite spontaneously. For some years Ise Was practically- blind but yet he could make his way about the town and so keen were his other senses that his lack of . vision was not partieu- lady, noticeable. In religion he was 'a Roman Catholic, He had never mar- ried and is 'survived' by but one bro- ther, with whom he had always liv- ed, The funeral took place on Monday morning 'to St. ,;Joseph's chinch, where requiem high mass was said, and afterwards the remains were laid to rest in the family plot in the R. C. cemetery in Hullett, The pall- bearers Were: J, J. McCaughey, Jas. Flynn, John Carbert, Patrick Rey- holds, Joseph Pope and Patrick Quigley, ' Large congregations were 'present ;on Sunday at, each service when Capt. Frank C. Marisa' preached his last sermons as pastor of the church. Capt. Harper was inducted as pas- tor of Willis church in September of. 1814, coming here from Chalmers' clvurch, London, and' resigned 'after' his appointment as chaplain of the 177th (Sirgeoe) Battalion. Next Sunday Ret,. A. Macfarlane,' moderator interim, will declare the pulpit vacant. The W.M.S. are raving their an, nual Thankol'fering meeting this even - I WESLEY CHURCH. Rev. Dr. Rutledge prettehod at , both services :on ,Sundays. Next Xt U ld' morning e Sunday motor Rev. Cl,a 2 G. y Harris, rq t sent iv (loiter- ed) e atm a of the oder- i<ih District Epworth Leagues in Weals China, will occupy the pulpit and will tell something of his work in China. The, missionary department had charge of the League meeting on Monday evening ' tetter Mrs. (Dr.) Rutledge and Mr. J. A. Irwin each gave a' very interesting address. Miss Beatrice Greene rendered a soloo very pleasingly during the everting The good citizenship department will be in charge next week. MUSICAL EVENINGS. '1'lie Young Ladies' Auxiliary ar- ranged last week a number of vietrola recitals, at the homes of Mrs. G. D. McTaggart, .Mrs. W. Brydone, Mrs. W. J, Ross, Mrs. R. ' L. Manning and Mrs. H. T. Ranee, At each place a very pleasing program was arranged, at some of the homes , a soloist also being present. A charge of ten cents was made and though the attendance was not so large as the young ladies had hoped for they realized over thirty donate from the enterprise and this was r s ads cd i to the tl e ;1uxi ' r.t iia•• treasury. The young ladies feel much indebted to the ladles who opened their homes for these recitals. CLINTON BOYS WOleNI)Int), Word reached town last week from am the trop f h t o t o w undin of o two g Clinton boys, Capt• IV. heeler Mc- Taggart, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. leleTaggart, and Pte. Fred, Feed, .• 1 d,. son of Mr. aril Dirs. John Ford. This is the third time Capt. DIeTaggart has been wounded. Iie went with the First Canadian Con- tingent and has been at the front nearly' two years. i'te. Ford went with the 33rd and was drafted into the 48th Highlanders. He had been in the"trenches since May, lefr. and Mrs. Wm, Centelon also received word last week that their grandson, Pte. Edwin Brooks of Mitchell, who enlisted in Toronto, had beets admitted to an hospital in England suffering from a gunshot wound, LITTI.122 LOCALS, bliss Doreen Stephenson had the misfortune to have a finger broken while plain g basket ball at the 3 (., I theIter of day, Mr. and bins. P. J. McNeil have moved into their new (tome on.'high street. Nine n^ me r mbe s of the Jackson ,llf . g Company's staff, in Clinton or else- where, are now in the service of the Empire, in the training camps or at ime front u D t the, Pte.. Walton, 12. having already made the supreme sacrifice, A number of time local Stuulay school workers :attended the County S. S. convention in Seaforth on Thursday last. The W,G.T,U. will hold their regu- lar meeting at the home of Mrs, J. W. Nediger, Mary street, on Friday evening of this week. A FRIENDLY VISIT. Last week about fifty representa- tive business and professional nen of Ontario and the west, among whom was our townsman, Mr. W. Brytlone, President of the Huron County War'Auxiliary, made a jour: - a, . ps ne tote Province of Quebec. 7. y be t Was anon -political, non -religious anis entirely unofficial undertaking, made with a view to bringing about a bet- ter understanding between Ring - dish -speaking and French-speaking C a n a d in s, just a neighbor- ly call, as it were, and that the Neighborly call was appreciated was amply proved by, the warns reception accorded the travellers everywhere. They visited the principal cities in the province and spent the several days at their disposal with the French- speaking. people. 'i'imey visited schools and other institutions and sought 'to see the Frenchman for what he le at home. 147x. Dryden, in common with others of the expedition, came home with a much warner and snore friendly feeling for our French broth- er -Canadians. "All that; is needed is to know them better," be declared. "!