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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-07-16, Page 1No. E842, -36th Year - CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY I6th, 1914, TI -YE HOME PAPER Advertisers have found that as The News -Record is both News and Circulation Leader it pays them to use its columns. '111111 ANNUAI, •OUTING. Ontario street Sunday sehool had' their animal picnic to Bayfield on. Thursday last and as the weather was ideal a very pleasant day was spent by puptis, parents and officers. SUOCESSFUL STUDENTS. The `following students in Form 2 of the Clinton Collegiate were suc- cessful in the recent departmental ex- ams, .according to the reports. pub- lished ih Friday's dailies : 'C, J. Beaton, W. R. Ohowen, J. M. Cook, Foster Copp, P. A, Cunningham, L, C. Cantelon, A, Dewar, A. I3. Glaz- ier, E. M. Jamieson, IC, McGregor, G. R. McKenzie. F. A. Patterson., (hon.) A. Petrie, C. 11. Powell, Ger- trude Wallis, and P, Wheatley, BOWLING NOTES Messrs. J. Taylor, W. Grant, Dr, Ball and 0, E. Dowding motored ov- er to Owen Sound on Monday after- noon of last week, took part in a bowling tournament Tuesday and Wednesday and returned home Thurs- day. The rink was in line for the. winning of first prise buil not wish- ing to remain to finish they took se- cond and left before the turnep was over. They had a delightful jaunt across country, returning by the lake shore, via Southampton,. ICi ncardine and Goderich, and thoroughlp enjoy- ed -the outing, TENNIS MATCH SATURDAY. A shedule game of tennis was play- ed on Saturday afternoon on Major McTaggart's lawn between Goderich and .Clinton. Out of six events five were won by Goden:ich, the polite Clinton players declining to win on their own ground -at least that would be but a kindly way, of accounting for their defeat. The weather was ideal on Saturday and as Major McTag- gart has now• a second court arrang- ed, all the events took place there and there were a number of interest- ed friends present to watch the game, The following will show how it work- ed'out Doubles-Soothetn and lablafefleghgnl of -•r. deaietl:'Beat Maier McTaggal:t, and .5, Beacom, 6-4, 6-1, and Proud- foot and Morson of Goderich heat George McTaggart and 0. Hodgson 2-6, 6-4, 7-5, Singles—Soothern beat i3eacom 6-3, 6-1 ; Proudloot ' beat Major McTag- gart 6-3, 6-8, 6-2 ; l'otheriugivam heat' FIodgson 6-3, 6-3, and George McTag- gart, Jr., beat Williams 6-1, .6-3. A SuccsssFUL TEACHER. Jn Pearl Pendants life are showing some very pretty designs in pleasing contrast to the styles one usually sees. Yet they are strictly correct and fol- low ollow closely the forms prescribed by those who a rho have the say so in Ladies jewelery. We invite you to come in and inspect our stock. Prices from $ t o.00 up. W. X. Yet1qar dueler and Optician - Clinton i The R o a'1 Bank OF CANADA. Incorporated 1869, Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Cfapital Paid-up 11,560,000 Reserve andUndivided Profits 13,500,000 Total Assets 880,000,000' 370 Branches. With world wide connection, interest allowed on Deposits, General Banking business transacted, R. E. MANNING, Manager Clinton Branch. 1 Molsons Ban Incorporated 1855 Established in Clinton 1870 Capital and Reserve $8,700,000 85 BRANCHES IN CANADA. A. - GENERAL - BANKING - BUSINESS - TRANSACTED. CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT TRAVELLERS Coiu r nes - • - - - ISSUED... BANE MONEY O EY ORDE1iB SAYINGS BANK DEPARTMENT At all branches. Interest allowed at highest current rate. C. E. Dowding Manager - Clinton Branch. niumermoirmommommoni 60441+ww•a►la4siiq.liplso eco•omb+somcmce Boys' Overalls: :Bos' Overalls, 25C. ;y 25c. Evm'O:6Q16'6m.C.El .ice 64111.ambiv ropai.i' 4:14 �.. ig �nap in Zap' `overalls 50e , errs' `Overalls kr 25e. - We puichaged today from the Jack- son ManufacturingCo,Co150 boys' black y bib overalls slightlysoiled at exactly flailrice. Sizes from age 4 to 6 p g i. . Commencing Saturday, July 118th, you can take your choice of the entire lot for 25c. The regular rice -is.. 50e, We cannot procure any more at this price; If you cannot get in on Sat- urday phone 43 and we will keep for you what .size you may require, TFE ODRISH •CLIfiHING CO. Motto : "A Square Deal for Every y Man. 40a4.0^3 4 4.6"ft. •yrs o 0 ®Boys Overalls: 25c. • Baysr Overalls• ..... 25c. • 1 The following items from. a recent issue of the Aylmer Express refer to a former citizen of Clinton and will he read with interest by Mr, Camp- bell's old friends hereabouts tW. Glenn Campbell is to be con- gratulated on receiving news of the eucccas of a former pupil in the per- son of Miss Winnie Howson, Auburn, who has .just passed successfully the degree of an Asaeciale, A,I, C,M, Since Mr, Campbell's removal 11'om- Clinton a year ago, Miss Howson has been under the direction of Miss Gid - ley, an ex -pupil also, and ,both teach- er and pupil place all due credit of his last art sisu tters to the tuition re- ceived from Mr. Campbell, while in Huron County." On Friday, Prof. N. H. Howell, of Montreal, was in town conducting ex- ams, for the London, Eng., College of Music. The candidates, seven in number, were all pupils of W. Glenn Campbell, and all were successful. This brings the number of certificates and diplomas obtained, by Mr. Camp- bell's pupils, since his coning to Aylmer a year ago, to the number of fifteen, which is a ,just cause for con- gratulation," THE 13th AT GODERICH. All roads led to Goderich on Mon- day when that town had in its midst more visitors than probablyeverbe- fore on any day in its history. How many it would lie hard to eJ,d- mate for the circle—locally they call it a square -has a way of swallowing up a Crowd in a manner pecul- iar to itself. Suffice to say the crowd was, big, well'dresised, happy and very well .behaved. There were fifty Orange Lodges, sev- eral fife and drum, bands. Highland u bands and brass bands in the posses- tri Sion which, after parading the circle, an dispersed, The Stanley and' Goderich ;township M1 lodges turned out strong and in the pr line of march 'were many of the best set known men in those townships. Old ca No. 24, Bayfield, made a splendid of Showing. The Londeoboro Lodge,. Co which has a big membership :among he the stalwarts of Ilullett, had in' line we many young members as well 'as a ter large representation of the veterans. he The S.ummerhili Lodge was led by its we splendid Ole and druid band, orgauiz 13e ed thirty years ago and the winner lit, of many prizes. The Clinton Lodge ca which has grown greatly in late years ag was one of the best appearing in the er whole procession. In--' the, ranks 111 '1 addition to the veterans who have 01 "walked" for many years and the en t Ia ter accessions wereRe S v , . J. Al- can lin and Rev. C. L. Langford. The,ell bodge was preceded by its fife and the drum band, under the leadelSIup' of lea Mr, Fred Mntch. ter In the, fife and drum band-cornpetie tion there were three entries : Cox's sy Lodge band, Summerhill and Clinton, re Clinton won with Summerhill and 011 Cox's second and thOEd respectively. tar The prize for best fifer was won by nap Fred Mutch; leader of'the Clinton rea band; 1110 little son Billy .playing the t big drum, Joe Carter. of Auburn Won first prize for belt big drummer, s THE LOCAL MARKET, Wheat 81.00. Peas 31.00, Oats 40e, Barley 50e.. Butter 16c `1 o 18c. Eggs 18c to 19e, Live Hogs •x8.50. TEACHERS RE=EN•G4GED. The Model School _'Board on Tues- day evening re-engaged its former and efficient staff, at the. same salary was heretofore. It is understood there were between twenty and thir- ty applications, ' For the Model term William Hoggarth of the vil- lage of Hensall has been en- gaged at a salary of 3260. He will in addition get the fifty dollar grant given by the Government to all tea- chers in Model Schools. FELL OFF Hili TRAIN; A Clandeboye farmer, who had been observing the day at Goderich fell off his train at the Clinton "Y",Monday evening. His friends missed him when the train reached the station, but it Was not until two other trains had passed the "Y" some two hours later, that 11 occurred; to them to organize -a search, when the party headed by Chief Wheatley eato found the messing Yma n laying beside the track thoroughly soaked by the rainfall but other- wise not apparently much damaged by his experience. But that he had a narrow escape from death or seri- ous injury Iias probably ere this dawned upon him, ONT. S1'. CHURCH., Rev. Hall Woods of Brucefield preachcld on Sunday evening last in exchange with the pastor, Next Sunday Rev. E. (1 , Powell will preach both morning and evening, the pastor Rev. Mr. Arlin, being away on a hol- iday!. ' ' The quarterly tea in connection with the W.M.S. was held on Tues- day afternoon at the ;Tana-ef 1vf,a--• Wen i✓liipley. Quite a large number: Wen present and the . meeting preced- ing the tea was ioueh enjoyed.. Mrs, Andrewsof Winnipeg and Mrs,Wood- man of Boston -each took part in the program. A symposium on ',What we are thankful for" was given by the menubo:'s. A number of the la- dies were conveyed to and from the meeting by D1:, Evans in his new au- te; '1'17I l ILLUSTRATED I.L:C'r'llii: In the town hall on Wednesday ev- ening of last week the Rev J. II. Dyke, Field Secretary of the Musko- ka Free hospital for C'onisunlptives, gave an illustrated lecture with lan- tern views. Tito subject was presen- ted in ars interesting way and the hour and a half was full of in1ormaLion which people ought to have. He showed the process and results of the tubercle bacillus both. in the cell and in the „lung generally, and indicated many waye•liftficli pei,pi0:Might follow to help prevent the spread -ibis ter- rible disease. Many people are ih- different to this scourge until it effects themselves or fatuity and lie showed wily people should be alert and con- sult a doctor in time so as to avoid getting into an "advanced coieditfon," 'The lecturer indicated the work of the Muskoka 10000 Hospital, showing why it was free ancf entitled to pub- lic sympathy and support. He stat- ed that 'there were 171 patients in the hospital of whom 136: were free. patients, The audience enjoyed the lecture and more people should have been present as this is a subject which ought to interest all. Rev. Dr. Rut- ledge occupied the chair and Mayor Jackson kindly assisted by running the slides, PASSING OF MRS. V. C, FRENCH Much regret was felt when it be- came known on Monday that Mrs. V, C. French of Wetaskiwin, Alta,, had passed away on Sunday. The deceasbd was a native of Clin- ton, being a daughter of the late William Cooper and Mrs. Cooper of Clinton. About ten years ago she was married to Mr. Victor C. French ho is; also a Fernier resident, being, e only son of Mrs. French of town d went to live in Wetaskiwin. A.boat three or four weeks ago :s. French was striciea down with lewnonia and other complications ting'in it was soon found that her se was very serious. On hearing the turn her illness had taken Mrs, open immediately left to go to r daughter and was with her a ek before the end came. A sis- Mrs. T. J. McNeil of town, who. Il gone, out on ' a visit several eks earlier, was also by her side, sides her s'arrowing husband, four tie ones are left without a ;mother's re, The eldest is eight years of e and the youngest two. The fun - a1 took place in. Wetaskiwin, `he late Mrs. French was a woman great lovableness' of character and sad herself t l b all with whom she ie illCntct contact, and the Many (ri- ds of her `girlhood' here as welt as se of her new. home in the west rned of'her early passing' with sin- e sorrow. The Cooper family have aiiso the syn of all in their double sor- er as only a fortnight ago, Misses ve and Edna were called to On- rio, Cal., owing to the illness of a hew, who passed away before they ched their destination, and e'er PICNICS G ALORI7: St, Paul's ` and Willis Sunday schools o Picnicked s n c 1 kedHayfield p akyester- day and Wesley church is having a congregational picnic at -the lakeside today. • A.O.1+;' '1'O CHURCH. t Members of Court Prosperity, A.O. F.," together with a'nuniber of the young Ancients will attend divine ser- vice with the ,Seaforth brethren next Sunday. Later on in the season Court Prosperity will invite the Sea - forth A.O.F's back for a similar ser- vice here. HAD A'BIR/I'THD AY PARTY. r a 0 s 1 Master John Hellyar, the little 'son of Mr, and Mr's, W. H. Hollyar, pass- ed his sixth birthday on Saturday and celebrated.the•event by having'a number of his ' boy friends to make 'merry with him. They spent a jolly afternoonwith games of various kinds topped oll by a sumptuous birth- day feat, , That it was an enjoya- ble gathering goes without saying and it was a tired but happy bunch of boys who wended their way home- ward in the evening. ON THE BOWLING GREEN. There are almost ,daily doings at the bowling green ; just now, On Wednesday of last week six rinks of Seaforth bowlers carne up and played a tike number of locals afternoon and evening. The local players won.in the afternoon, Se,aforth carrying off the- Iaureis in the evening. On Fri- day afternoon a couple of rinks came up from, 'Woodstock and in the evening four rinks from Hensail and one from Blyth came along and played Several ends. Bowling is a sociable game and is the means of much genial in- lereourse. BASEBALL lvi:l'TU1I A TIG. 'I'he baseball match played - on the local diamond Thursday evening last between the Zurich teaoiand the, lo- O is it nt--1 i+.0iti-ieinii -a tie, `:,lie score standing at 7-7 at the end of the 0th inning. 11 was a good game, the bus from the ie Southern town always play 'good hall, and the s cat r p ate s had the worth of thc'r money. The local line-up was as follows : F. Mc- Caughey, p ; T. Hawkins, c ; Ld: Johnson, lb ; W. Boyer, 21i,; R. Rum - ball, 3b C. Draper, as ; P. Couch, r. f. ; M, MuL•'wan, I.F. ; W. Johnsen, centre J .le. ('antelon was referee. , OF.FIC'ERS MASON f(.1 LODGE. The officers of ('301011 Masonic Lodge for the ensuing „twelve months are as follows a Master II, E. Rorke, I. P. M , II. W. Gould. Sr, Warden, A. Clarkson, .ir, Warden, J. W. Praleavcn, D. of. C., J. W. Shaw. Chaplain, J., S, Evans. Treasurer, W. D. Fair.. Secretary, 11. 13. Chant, Sr, Deacon, Wnii, Mollwan. Jr, Deacon, 0. 17. Dowding. Inner. Guard, Robb. Sr.Steward, S, Byam. stew rd Gabriel Elliott. Tyler, Amofi Castle: Auditors, C. E. notVC;i35-.6p0,11, T. Rance. , WILLIS' ,NEW PASTOR. Rev, Frank ank C. harper, who will in a few weeks enter upon the pastorate of Willis church, was born at Barrie. He is the younger brother of Mr; Bert Harper, Ottawa, who a few. years ago gave his life in a heroic attempt to rescue from drowning Mist Bessie, daughter of 111e late Hon. A. 0, Blair, and for whom the citizens of the Capital ereetel a beautiful bronze Sir Gallalhad monument. Mr. Harper graduated from Toron- to University taking the B.A. degree, and from Knox College his 13.D. He has held pastorates at Syden- ham, Pickering, Niagara Falls, Hilis- dalo and London, but is int only in his early prime,-, Ile is a Masonic chaplain president of 111e London Presbyterian Min- isters' Club ais expert tennis player, a leader among young people in short a successful all around pastor and it is. freely predicted that the good work accomplished in previous charges will be more than repeated during his pas- torate of Willis church. A WEEK 1N CAMP. The Cadets returned ,Saturday after a week's training in the London camp, The early rising,, the daily drill, the eating and sleeping under canvas, all appealed to th0n8 and one and all they enjoyed it. There were about eleven hundred Cadets in camp and during the week they received a visit of insliection from Col. I-iughes, who expressed extreme pleasiu:e at their fine appearance. Each corps was supplied with an awn- ing -covered table where good meals were served, one cook being provided for every one hundred boys. Over thirty went from •Clinton, un- der instructors t 73 ol s eft Johnson, if s , an George eWeber,- as g follows : Captains, E. Beacom, Fred Thompson , Cadets; E. Sheelep, S.. Arlin, H. Stewart, M. Cook, O. "Cook, 3). A. Cantelon, C. M. 'Thompson, W. Oriels, H. Kilty, k`, Lawrence, C. Cooper, A. Nedigar, W. Tong, P. Ladd, 11, 'Holmes, I3, Shaw, F, Pennobaker, W. Gould, N. Sparks, M. Schoenbals, :0r M. Cante- Ion, 0. Johnson, A. Matheson, W. Fulford,, W.Walker, O. Pickett, E. Steep, 11 Cboa'ien,. W Appleby, ' S, hey were gone a week their mother Henry. Rev. S:,- J. Altai and Rev, was summoned to her daughter's bed- C. L. Langford ' went along as chap- ide in Wetaskiwin; lains, HAI) i HI : DECORATORS IN. Mr. Melvirn4°Crieff,, the north -end. barber has ha dtie decorators 10 n and' as the remit his tonsorial parlor now presents a greatly improved appear- ance. 1I lTt FEW 1'•1'IUMBl,I,D." A, citizen who has a ken sense of humour and who is Pond of a harm- less joke had a good deal of fun on Saturday by proclaiming to ail and sundry with whom he came in con- tact that the Whitney Government" had ordered all bars closed on the. 12th. It was a bit surprising how few tumbled to the fact that the 12th came on Sunday and the. waggish cit- izen had a peck of fun watching the different moods in which this bit of information was taken by the inane Hien to whorl it was imparted. WE LOOK FOR IT EVERY WEEK. In asking that his address be .changed from Provost, Sask., where he has lived since going west, Mr Peter 'Ker said : "The wheat has headed out nicely and all the crops are looking well so we are hopeful of a good yield, Will you,please change my address to as above indicated for we must have the People's Paper which is so newsy and reaches us so regularly. g y In all the years we have been here we have.only missed one copyapd that, we have reason to believe, was the fault of the postal service out here,. Holmesville Great quantities of cherries' are be- ing sent from Hoimesville station these days, principally by Colborne farmers 0110 have a big crop of foe fruit and are, doing their own ship- ping. These people are progressive and have found by experience that co-operation if only to the extent of buyers and sellers getting closer to- gether is a good thing. Goderich Township. aria; ,D., {estaJ. Snyder of the 1688, who recently tried her exam. in grade 2 pianoforte under Prof, Willgoose at Clinton, passed with 1st class hon- ors. Congratulations are in order not only to the clever young student but the teacher, Miss Elsie Lobb, as Well, Mrs. Archie Agnew and iter little son, Eldred, Detroit, are visiting at her parental home, eIr. and Mee; Henry' Weston's. Brucefield Mrs. John Swan, who has not been very1 well for some tiline, we are glad to say is now improving. Clinton School Makes Good Showing in Entrance Exams CLINTON, Honors. Sherwin Allia Winnie Draper Luther I3111 M " j,r,,, • Holmes Gladys KeThre..,, Alvin Leonard Ruth McMath Harold Manning Dorothy Rattenbury Charlotte Sheeler Mary E. '.turner leiorence Vodden Viola Wise Pass. Hannah Argent Aileen Aranour. George 0. Ball Bertha G. Corbett Elvira Churchill Emily Connell Viola Cook Percy Currie Alice Davidson Marion Gihbings Ed ward Good Mabel Ilarvey Beryl Huck Lola Hudie Berta Jackson Verna Jervis ]vforgau Jones Edwin Judd Nora Kennedy Cassie McBurney Frank McGregor Margaret McLeod Murrayi McNeil Percy Ladd Larene Langford Sea J. Lobb Mabel Marshall Merle Moore Roy Munnings Elva Nott Alice Peckett Lilian Potter Willie ;Sloma+n Grace Tehutt Elisha Townsend Vera Trick Norman Tyndall' Margaret Walker Frieda Wallis i Ire le {Yard 1 Nellieatki W uts 526: 501. 488. 536. 489. 518, 187. 487. 526. 517, 487. 196, 408, 433• 167. 390. 458. 300, 460, 146 473. 897. 393. 452. 457. 451. 442, 390, 435. 418. 470. 137. 394. 4.72. 411. 44.1, 412. 390. 426. 473, 929. 459: 456. 436. 390. 442. 412: 435. 447, 450. 430. 434. 11.5. BLYTH. John Butler 414, 'Willie Carter' 414, Edgar Cowan 44.7, Edna. Luning 430, 'Mildred Gray (honors) 501, Mabel Hill' (honors) 520, ' Robbie Laidlaw (honors) 491. Kirk, Lyon 434, Kath- leen McConnell 391, Bert McElroy 455 Ruth McGowan (honors) 487, Jean MdMiurcbie 480, Jessie MaoVittie 463, Violet Parker (honors) 487, Olive Par- rott 472, Willie Phelan 590, Alpha Potter 163., Elwin' Raithby (honors) 487, Bella Ilobertsori 460, Lillian Rog- erson 4.51, Irvine Wall.aee 424, The Oldest Orangeman in. Goderich Township. Mr. Thomas Elliott. In appearance and action Mr, Thos. Elliott of Goderich township belies his pears, that 15 he doesn't think, move c• n e oract likeaa mn of ninety - 011% though he eonfessesto that great old age. Here's hoping this Golden Rule veteran may ,participate in many, more 12t11 July Walks. Bayfield Mr. Nelvillo C'hailoker and Mrs. Challoner and Miss Blanche of. Lon- don spent Sunday with friends in Lakeside Park, Mrs. Bingley and daughter Miss Flo Miss Rachel 'Taylor and Miss Rath - well of Detroit have taken posses- sion of their summer residence oa Anne street. Mr, .and Mrs, W. Robinson and fame of Brantford are guests at the Misses Grace and fella and Messrs. Williani and Fra kCameron n of De- troit are home on a visit... Mrs. Scott andson of Toronto are summering in neer Lodge Park. Mrs, John McLeod, who was visit- ing friends at Fort William, returned home wick. Misslast Claire Spackinan of Loeclva is home on a visit. Mr, and Mrs. Archie Scott and Miss Govenlock of Seaforth were guests at. the Commercial the past Mrs. W''elsh of 'Toronto is the aucst of herrt parents, Mr. and airs. John, Ili,ba• Mr, .3. G. Stanbury and son of Ex- eter: and Mr• Douglas S(anbury of Toronto are spending a few days in the village, Diiss Lllcy Thorne and hiss Rena Beacons of London are the gueslg of Miss al;ary Reid, Mr. and Mrs. W. 1", Cantelon, Mas- ter Wilfrid and bliss Kathleen and Mr. C'louston of Toronto are occupy - 'ng 501'. Glass' cottage overloolcing the river. Brucefieid. Quite a number of pupils froju our „village and vicinity, who wrote at theE,stralice examinations, were successful, ii ilniullg5v :'' wer two from S. S. No, 10, Stanley, both of wham are youthful students, Master Lawrence Reid and Eknma A., Higgins each being only ten years of age. The latter secured a sufficient percentage to give her first class honors, Miss Emma has bean quite successful in her exams. Although so young she succeeded in getting first class] honors in the first and second year exams. in the London, Englahcl, Conservatory of Music last year car - tying of her teachers' prize for the best pupil in her class and has also been awarded five first prizes out of a total of seven letters written to the Playtime section of the Tomato Daily Globe receiving 'the sunt of 91.. for each prize five dollars in all, Messrs, B. R. Berry and A. T. Swan have purchased the threshing outfit and business of Jas. Boyce and:' are giving the machinery a thorough. overhauling 'to be ready for the sea- son which will commence very soon. Berry 4 Swan are energotio young fellows and they are sure to get a good share of the public patronage. The farmers are now busy haying and it is on the whole an average crop very much better than last year. Friday the 24tH inst. has bean nam- ed as our civic holiday, The citi- zens and Oddfcllows (L0.0.5.) intend picnicing at Bayfield and it is expec- ted that the Sundays schools who are to have their picnic the same week will join and all go the same, clay. do good time fs expected. Mr. and Mrs, b'ellowlees along with their daughter, Miss "hien, motored up from Bowmanville last week ands after spending some time with fri-- ende here left for home this week. Master e Ross c , 0 5 ott and Miss Ina ac- companied them for a short trip. Mrs. Wm. Scott and Mrs., :Allan Douglas' returned home after visiting friends at, Watford and around their former home. ill 11'estuhinister and London. Mr, Joe Gray and family of Elmer iItoii are visiting at the home of Mr.. • 13,- 14. Iliggies. Mr, David Roeatt has given hie - his residence a coat of paint and otherwise inlprovcd it. Robert Ho- thans, our veteran painter, did the work 0111 needless to say it was well dome.