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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1913-10-30, Page 1*CLINTON, ONTARIO, ,THURSpAY, OCTOBER 30t1,,--1913 THE HOME PAPER ws-Record will be sent to any address in Canada until end of present year for IO cents. WESLEY CIITJRCH. Rev. S. J. Alli of Ontario strecV church addressed the League on Mon- day evening, hig subject being, "Prig - ons and Prison Reform." The meet- ing Was under the management of the "-Good Citizenship department. ENGAGEM,ENTS ANNOUNCED, Mr. and Mrs. William Glen, of Spruce Lane Farm, Stanley, announce the engagement of their daughters, Mary to Mr. Gabriel M. Elliott of Clinton, and Abigail to Mr. W. Fran- cis Saunders of Goderich. The double wedding will take place in November. PAYS THE EXPENSES. TIEs,Prcaineial Clovernment, through the License Department, hag recogniz- ed the injusticeof asking the Clinton Temperance workers to bear the ex- penses of defending the Local Option bylaw when the ballot boxes were tampered with in an effort to defeat the. meastife last January, and lias seat to the president, Mr. C. J. Wal- lis, a cheque for $250 to asSist in paying expenses incurred by the Local Option committee. This is considered a very worthy act on the part of the Government. OLD CLINTON BOY MARRIED. 1 Mr. R. B. Foster, better known to his Clinton friends as "Dick," was married in Toronto on Wednesday of last week to Miss Jessie Gunn of Woodstock. The ceremony took- place at the residence of the bride.> sister, Mrs. Biette, and was performed by the Rev. Mr. SteWart of the Kew ,Beach Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Foster spent a brief honeymoon visiting several eastern points and have now taken up their residence in Toronto. The News.Record heartily joins with the groom's Clinton friends in WILLIS CHURCH. Rev. Mr. Thyme of Kincardine preached morning and, evening on Sun- day last. • , The ladies of the church held a very successful bazaar in the council cham- ber yesterday afternoon. WILL RECEIVE, Mrs. Wesley Walker W31 receive, for the first time since moving into hernew home, High street, on , day "afternoon of next week , from three to nix o'clock. Mrs. R. A. Walker and Mrs. J. Walker of Tcir.on- to will receive with her. , MOVINCI.S. Mr. Walter Monis has rented the apartments connected with I-Iellyar's store and ,inpved in on Monday. Mr. Von Rohl of the. Piano and Ongaii Company is taking,up his resi- dence in the house just vacated, by Mr. Morris on Raglan street, and Mr. Chas Bartliff having bought the resi- dence occupied for some time by Mr. Von Robl, the Suitter house on Ont- ario street, will take possession soon. A convenient and comfortable house is not allowed to remain vacant very long in Clinton, but is easily dispos- cd,of either by lease or purchase. THEY, WERE SURPRISED. Nine years ago the late Harvey McDowell', Wesi; Wawanosh, who was recently accidentally shot to, death, took out a life- insurance policy with Mr. A. Hooper of town, but after . meeting five premiums he ceased to pay. When he died the friends looking after the estate considered the policy as down and out so were very agree- ably surprised when Mr. Hooper in- formed them that his Company would pay the one thousand dollars, less the unpaid premiums with interest. The congratulations. action of the Company will be much appreciated hy tlie bereaved little "A—PREVTY RECEPTION. • family. Mrs. J. C. Gaudier held her post- 1W. 1. ENTERTAINS• nuptial reception at her home on Rattenhury street on Friday al ter - neon and,• though the weather was any- thing but pleasant outside, everything wee bright and cosy and pretty with- in. ' Mrs. Gandicr wore her charming wedding gown of white charpteuse satin and a lovely corsage hbquet of lily -of -the -valley. She was asIdated in receiving LIT her mother, Mrs. Christian of Toronto, wearing a black satin gown, and her sister, Mrs. J. A. Macdonald, who had on a hard -- some, gown of blue Satin. Mrs. W. G-unn and Mrs. D., K. Grant also as- sisted in receiving. Mrs. Rance poured tea :at a table decorated with white and yel- low 'Mums and asliisting her in the tea room were : Mrs. Axon, and Misses Amy Howson, Isabel Gunn, Winnie O'Neil, Maude Torrance aril Elizabeth Chidley. The decorations in both drawing room .and Tea room were white and yellow 'mums and pink roses. A large number took advantage of the opportunity of calling to pay homage to the bride, who is a wel- come acquisition to the society of Clinton. THE LOCAL .MARKET. _ Wheat 80c. ...Oats 30c. :Barley 80c,' Butter 21c. to • 22c. Eggs 29c, to .30c. Live Hogs $8.50, CLEANED UP GOOD SHARD. Mr, Will Hamblyn exhibited several of Ms Black Wyandottes and Bantams at the poultry show, in London . last week and, as is his 'lanai custom, cleaned up his share of the prize mon- ey. And, what was almost equally satisfactory froma monetary stand- This is one of the most valuable point, he made several good sales.. blocks in town. Mr. Hamblyn's Wyandottes have a . — '1,I-Iis NEW POSTMASTER. more than provincial reputation. OCCUPIES NEW OFFICE The postmaster at Seaforth, who • hell 'a decade ago passed the allotted Mr. A. Forbes, who has had his 'span of life, that is he is seventy-five f coal office up town next door to Mc- ,years at age, is to be retired. He 1'4ggarts' hank since the destruction has certainly had a long tenure of by fire of the one at the yards near , office and will. no doubt be glad to be the station, on Moncla.y moved into free from tlie responsibilities of the his new office, erected upon the site 1 Pasition so as to be able, to round out of the old one. ' The new structure his life at ease. His succeSsor will be Mr. John A. Williams, the Zurich miller, one of the very best known men in the South Riding. Mr. Williams fir well inform- ed, has math force of character and will no doubt make an acceptable post- master. The citizens of Zuri0 11, though, will kick like everything at The trains have been running late ilosing him. for the past week or so and it may I 'PEACHINa OF AGRICTILTURE. I be that they will continue to disre- gard schedule time tor a period even Mr; Abraham Field, representative yet. The reason is that a gang of of the Provincial Department of Agri - men have been at work repairing and culture, spent Monday, Tuesday and erecting new bridges on the run be- Wednesday at the Model school ex- i\VCC11 Goderieli and Stratford the plaintng to the teachers -in -training 'the purpose 'of the Education Depart- ment with respect to the teaching of town. In all thirteen new bridges of elementary- agriculture in rural varying sizes are being built on this schools. He undoubtedly made the stretch ,of road. The work ,must be matter numb clearer and his, address - done between trains and consequently es were much appreciated by the em - is being carried on under difficulties, so if the mails are late an hour or so AN OLD RESIDENT PASSES. An old resident oftown passed away On Thursday last in the person of W. H. Simpson, who died at the age of eighty-one years. - 'Pile deceased was a son of the late Edward Simpson, who came with ' his family from England early in the settlement of Huron County. The family hived for, a time in Goderich and for 'years farmed in Hallett township, The subject of this sketch spent practically all his life in Clinton and immediate vicinity, having been a re- sident of town since the early fifties. He was a shoemaker by trade and for years carried on a boot and shoe busi- ness here. In' 1860 Mr. Simpson was married to Miss Fannie J. Dodd, who surviti: es him. About twenty-five years ago the he has ever since , 8101-1,E HYDRO CONTRACTS. _Owen Sound, the county tqwn Grey, is to have Hydro -Electric,' '.1;be power to be generated, at lrugenia Falls, some thirty tulles distant, The town has signed for 120.0 horsepower at a rate of $31 or less per h. p, • , WILL SELL THE BLOCK. !What is known as the Elliott block, occupied by the Morrish Clothing Company, W. R. Counter, jeweller, and by C. Hoare's musical mimoriurn, will be disposed of by auction on Sat- urday of next week at three o'clock, is built entirely of cement with met- al roofing It is rocany enough for the purposth for which it Is required and will be cosyand , coMforteble and; of course, mach more conven- ientthan an up town office. NEW RAILWAY BRIDGES. The members of the Women's Ins- titute were "At Home" in the hall -over the Molsons Bank on. Thursday evening last wlien they furnished a very pleasing little program followed by refreshments. This was the An, cond attempt of the Institute as pub- lic entertainers and they certainly have reason to congratulate them- selves, for, notwithstanding the vert unfavorable Weather, there was a very good attendance. The program consisted of a piano duet by Misses Gladys Cantelon and Gertrude Chant ; solos by Misses Maude Wilts° and Mayfrid Allin ; a couple ot violin so- los by Miss Chant ; a couple of selec- tions by the Wesley church quarte6te, and a dialogue, The Secret of a Happy Home," those taking part be- ing 1VIrs. W. S. Downs, Mrs. McMur- ray, Mrs. E. Cook, Mrs. T. Mason, Mr. J. Sutter and Erskine Evans and Lawrence West. ' Mrs. E. Munroe, the president, 00 - pied the chair in a graceful and effi- cient manner. At the conclusion of the program there was a "Bean Contest" for the purpose of mixing up the company and forming partners for the refresh- ments, and a happy half hour was spent over the tea cups and the dainty things to eat for which the members of the W. I. are famed. The 'success of the -little entertain- ment will no doubt encourage the la- -dies to try again POULTRY BUSINESS BOOMING-. Business is booming down at the Gunn, Langlois poultry plant, 3,500 chickens are now in the feeding bat- teries and a week hence there will in" all probability be 5,000, The fowl are tieing daily brought in by the Companyls agents at Constance, Bay- field, Londesboro, Auburn, Brucefield, Hensell, Summerhill and other points. Mr, Sam Woodman of, Londesboro brought in a fine bunch on Monday which included seventy-five Barred Rocks which he boughfrom one froone per- son and which had an average weight of over six pounds. The farmer disease from Which ob- .. tained,more than seventy-five cents been p, sufferer, creeping paralysis, for each bird, the price of a good tur- first attacked him and slowly but key not so very many years ago. , surely sapped his vitality and for nearly all of that period he has been an invalid. For several years Mrs. Simpson was assistant matron at the House of Refuge, but giving up the position some months ago, she came. up to town and after -getting settled in a house had her husband brought home. About three weeks before his dea..th; however, he asked to be taken back for the winter, which was done. 'Phe end Came quietly and as a re- ieatle from sal:lei:1'11g and weakness. Though so long, confined to his tome and unable to mingle with his fellows - Mr. Simpson, kept up his interest in affairs and being a great reader he thus occupied himself and kept abreaSt of the times. In religion he was a lVfethOdist and was for maay years connected with the Rattenbury street congregation. Later, owing te its being more ,eon- vertierit to his home, he connected him- self with the Ontario street church. Besides his wife there: survives one sister, Mrs. Pode, and one brother, Robert Simpson, who resides in the Western States. The funeral took plaee on Saturday "afternoon. 'from the residence of Mrs, Simpson, 'Huron Street,' the interincint being made in Clinton cemetery., The services -were .conducted by Rey. J. S. Allin, assisted by Rev. J. G-reene. The Pallbearers were:, John Govett, David Tipledy, -C. H. ,.H011and, Twitchell, David BeepOin'land nlad „ With the number of—birds now in each feed takes 200 pounds each DE wheat aad oats, 50 pounds of buck- wheat and as much low grade flour, all mixed tvith buttermtlk to give the white etilor to the flesh. The birds are kept in the batteries seven- teen days. Mr. Bert Trewartha is superintend- ent of .the selecting and feeding and hap 00.iar Tebbutt as assistantf Ar- thur Trick is book-keeper and ship- per. Ahout a ton of dressed poultry is now being shipped daily, mostly to ' cold storage at London, some to Mon- treal. As it alLgoes by express the local agency's receipts are thereby much enhanced diming the season, work now being on that part of the line between 'Chute' and the county , - ST, P M.'S CHURCH. The regular monthly tea of the Ladies' Guild will be held on Monday afternoon. Mrs, liolroway and Miss Rance will be the hostesses. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED, Mrs. Margaret Pickett announces the engagement of her daughter Mar- garet Emma, to Mr, James Franklin Tyndall. The marriage Will take place early in November. A.NOTHER BARI3ER 5II0P. Mr. J. G. Medd has opened out its the barbering bukiness in the Taylor block, mat door to Ford & IVIeLeod's store. He has fitted up the place in good style and is now better prepared than ever to give his customers satis- factory service. ALWAYS 013LIGING. bryo teachers. The question; of the teaching' of ag- any day, don't worry or fret or riculture in the Public schools is be- came, 'twill do no good, and besides ing taken up seriously by the Depart - the G. T. R. are endeavoring to make traffic along the line safer and more satisfactory. • WESTERN FARM MORTGAGES. A commission appointed some time ago by the Governanehat of Saskatcli. ewan to enquire into the matter of -ag- ricultural credits and grain markets recently concluded its work. A ratIn ONE OF THE PIONEERS. er surprising feature of the informa- The anniversary services of Turn - tion unearthed by the cominission hal; er's church, Tuckersmith, calls to to do with the number of farms under mind the fact that one "of the very - mortgage. Taken by districts , the first preachers to hold services at rramber of Saskatchewan, farms mort- this appointment was Rev, S. A. gaged range from 75 to 80 percent. Pintas, now residing at 58 Albany while in the vicinity of Fillmore, one Ave., Toronl'o. Ile has been superan- of the places where the commission uated for some tine, attends church held a sitting, 9,9 percent. of the every "Sunday, is'the picture of health farms are said to be under mortgage. Intl good. spirits end to look at him This condition of affairs does not no ono would think lie had endured ,necessarily prove the poverty of the the hardi-liips incidental to a preach - farmers that it at first suggestser's life nearly sixty years ago, hav- Many Saskatchewan farmers started ing retained both his mental and pity - out with but a small amount of emit- steal vigor to a remarkable extent. tal and have mortgaged their land ;Ile was stationed in Clinton in 1857 to procure ItOrses and implements. ; his appointments then including Clin- Others have done -so with the object ton, Turn'T'S, H0111100,11 le and Lon - of taking as full advantage as possible desboro- Mr. John Jackson, if we of the period of low values. Unfor- Imistake not, is the only one still liv tunately there is another class who ing here W110 was a member of the have plunged into debit in order to church during Mr. Philps' pastor - buy expensive machinery which iri ate. There is no survivor al; most cases has turned out an unprofi- Turner's, Mrs. W. Cook, now of town, tv able inestment. It is said that was a ,member of his congregation at more homesteads have been lost and Holmesville, and ,\VC ate not sure more western farmers brought to pov- that there are any at Londesboro.ldr, erty in this way than any other.— Philps' reminiscences would be wotth Lucknow Sentinel. • WELSI-I--COLVILLE. having. , THE OWEN 'MEMORIAL HALL. Mr. James Duntord, who for the past twelve years has been assobiat- ed with the furniture business, with, Hoover d Ball, Atkinson & Dunfor and Danford Sr, May, leaves town for Seaforth next week. Mr. Dunford is active and very obliging and 'eo • was popular with the patrons of the store with which he was so long connected. He goes to Seaforth to. take the man- , agement of Broadfoot &r. Box's furni- ture store. We are all sorry to see him leave town but hope he may re- turn again. ONTARIO ST. CHURCH. The Junior -League has entered upon a contest, having been divided into red and blue camps, the program ea Friday -evening being furnished by the "Reds," There were about forty of: the young people present, the enter-- tainment was most enjoyable and at its conclusion refreshments were ser- ved. Communion service will b'e held on Sunday morning, with the quarterly fellowship meeting in the school room at ten o'clock. The pastor, Rev. S.. J. A Ilin, will preach, morning and ev- ening, Rev. Dr. Rutledge addresiaed the League on Monday evening on the subject of "Citizenship." ment of Education, the only wonder being that it has been neglected so long, and there is no doubt but that it will continuo to be ,developed until the boys and girls in rural communi- ties will from the beginning of their school term lie ethicated foi the farm and not away- b:0'11 it. A -very pretty wedding was solemn- ised at Wallaceburg on Saturday last when Winnif red Weston Colville, sec- ond daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Colville was united in marriage , to David Lorne Welsh, freight and pass- enger agent of the Chatham, Wall- aceburg, I,ake It Railway Com- pany, Chatham, and son of Mr. anti Mrs:Robert Welsh of Clinton, . The house was a veritable bed of roses, Mlles of the valley and 'mums. , Promptly at twelve o'clock, while the bride's sister, Mrs. J, Ernest Richards, was playing' Lohengrin's wedding march, the bride, who was unattended, entered the drawing rooni leaning orethe arm of her father and looking sweet and pretty ia a lovely gown of white charmeuse satin with a silk net overdress trimmed with tiny white rose buds and Romanian lace and carrying a shower bouquet of bridal roses and lily of the valley,. rin the rooni's gift , rocklace The Company still' maintains its • ebatiorf at liolinesville where the ducks and 'old hens are fattene!d. The ducks do not thrive' in crates so have to be fattened in pens. There are twelve pluckers at work at Hoirne,sville but as yet rather a smaller number at the local plant. They are paid so much' per'bird and make good wages, but a slow -going plucker wouldn't make his or her The Gunn,Langlois people are par- tial to Barred Rocks and are now distributing sixty male birds among their patrons with the View of toiling up the local breed of bias, This industry haa, Ma'de Clin.ton the wea g g a Owen Nlemorial Ball is the name given to the new extension, to St. Paul's church, an extension made pos- sible by the splendid gift from the Owen family of New York as a mem - oriel to their parents, William and Margaret Owen, Mr. Owen watt a ver3r active Member or St, Paul% chureh in the old da ni; of fifty. years ago, and it is interesting to notice his name with other members of the com- mittees in connection with the build- ing of a former church under the lead- ership of the late Rev. James Car- michael, afterwat-ds Bishop of Mon- treal. IVIsist of the members referred to in the minutes' of the vestry of that time have passed to the Great Beyond. Mr. Thos. Jackson Sr„now resident of town, is the only member whO survives. 6 MtS. J: Comhe, a present mem- 'ber of Si. Paul's, is a sister of the late Mrs. Owen. It was quite in; keeping then with the traditions of the Owen family that of pearls ancl 'peridots. the younger' generation should hhow Rev. Murray C. Tait performed the tangible interest in the church of their ceremony assisted by tsheecretbarridyeo''31 if.athers. uncle, Rev. R. J. Colville, The corgregation of St. Paul's in the Y. M. 0. A., St. Thomas. Our- I ing the signing of the register the ' the present and for the future are un- arri orchestra, which was present for the der a eat debt of gratitude to Messrs., 8. and I,'. Owen and Miss occasion, played 9011^ Promise Me." Own for their gracious gift, 4. very pretty luncheen was 'served, The build r- presents a very at - those who assisted the tractive appearance and. is thorough - room `being, Mrs. E. E. Cousens, ly in keeping with the church, being Misg Laura McLean, Miss Ethel Mc- semi-Crothic in character. Nairne,„ Miss Macdougal and Miss Rheta Bodkin of,Dreaden.It consists of a new vestry, a choir - , After luncheon Was served the bride vestry and robing 'room, a new room and groom left for Detroit, Grand Mr the priniary department, together' Rapids and Chicago. The bride's go- with an addition of twenty' feet to the ing-away suit was a ,smart night blue old school romn, the whole forming tailored suit and she wore a little an exceptionally complete' equipment French plush hat with blue tips. 'for church activities. , The contractor The out of town guests were : Mn. was Mr. 5, S. Cotpes and his work " and Mrs. Robert Welkh of Clinton, 'was mostfiatiliractery, both is to parents of the gnoom, Mrs. Alvin workmanside end, Material used, The' Paue§t, Dresden, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. total cost will be Somewhat oirer Stephenson _mid .daughter of Chat- 82,000, the coillzactprice alone being ham, .$1,850. • Mr, and Mrs. 'Welsh on their return, The Memorial 'Hall is complete and Will reside at Patterson Avenue, Wal- it is expected that in the near future' laceburg, where they will be At Bishop -Williama will, be present to de, Personals Miss Isabel'. Gunn is visiting Toronta friends for a week or so. Mr. and Mrs. .7-• .7. IVIM'aughey Sun - (layer' with Goderich friends. Miss Amelia klarland returned Tues- day after a visit of several weeks with Toronto friends. Misses El.• J. Spark, Helen Murray and Jean Ross of Seaforth spent. Tuesday evening at the home of the latter in town. Mr.. Buchanan, recently out from South America, called on his old friends, Mn, and Mrs. (I. 1,1. Ilol- land of town during the past week_ Mrs. C. H. Holland and daughter,, :Mrs.' Ed. Welsh of the base Line, spent Tuesday of this week at their old home, Fairview Farm in Gorier- ich township. Miss Eliza Guest of near London spent a few days last week with her sister, Mrs. J. C. Henry, Ratten-- bury, street. Mrs. Henry accompare ied her home on an extended visit. Sergeant and Mrs. Welsh were -111 Wal- iacebuig last week atterrling the marriage of their son, Mr. Lorne Welkh, to a Wallaceburg young lady. The event took place on Saturday last, Mr. James Hearn left this week for Jacksonville, Florida, to spend the winter with his daughter. . Here's hoping that the veteran may enjoy - the wa,rm climate aud return full or vim in April next, if not before. Mrs. Christian of Toronto is spend- ing' a few weeks in town the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Gandier. Mrs. Carta:slight, after two weeks.' Witli her sister, Mrs. John Fasten, returned to her hemp irt Wingliarn on Saturday last. Bamfielcl rs. Fraser,. who Zment the past two months with her parents, Mn. and Mrs. James Thomson, left for her home at Fort Woilara yesterday. Judge Doyle was in Bayfield( 0)5 Tuesday making the final revilsion oh the vetere-list for 19.13. Mrs. John Fraser has returned be, Bayfield after an absence of two years with her husband at Sault Ste Marie. The ladies' guild purpose holding a hallowe'en social. in the town hall 00 Friday evening of this week. A good lunch will bb"follewed by an appno- priate progratn. Ten cents Will pay a sub to The News -Record until the end ot the year. The services in Trinity, churn have been changed for the winter months froni—rnornitng to evening, commenc- ing on Sunday next. Service will be- gin at seVen o'clock in the evenins a,nd Sunday school at 2.80. It 15 hoped that those interested will pleads bear these changes in mind. The Young People's Social Club • of Trirefar church held a meeting ma Tuesday evening to arrange a pro- gram, for the winter anonths. An there is plenty of taleat M Bayfield, , there is no doubt but that the Club, will have something good in store. 1 Trinity 'cliiireh vestry hat decided' to make some repairs to both church and Olted before the cold weather sets; 111. best local market for :pultry in the .Home th theit„friends after November dicate it tote 'Glory of God, and the county., , ' ,20th, •'• ' Werk of 1-lia clsurcls 10 cents will pay a sub. to) The News -Record to eni of year.