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Y., OCTOBER •13, 1955
CLINTOi`7 NEWS=ItEcOmD
lews of .Londesbor�
Mrs. 13'. Dutnin is our correspondent in Londesboro.. If you
have visitors or go visiting, or know of any bits of news, phone
Mrs. Durnin up and tellher all about it. She will send it in to
us. Mrs.-Durnin's .phone niunber is Blyth 31
lViiss Vina Knox, Toronto, visit-
ed al. her home.
Miss Margaret Tamblyn, Galt,
•'was with her parents. A
Nelson Radford, London, visited
with his sister, Mrs. J. Lee. '
Emerson Tiesk is spending a
• 'week in Toronto and Bewdley.
Mrs. James Howatt is a patient
in St. Joseph's Hospital, London.
Mrs. Townsend visited with ber
• daughter Dorothy Little in ;To-
ronto,
Mervyn Dwain ' spent the week-
end with Ross and Billie Millson,
Kinburn.'
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Grierson,
Toronto, were in the village over
the weekend.. -
Leslie Knox, Niagara Falls, was
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
'William Knox.
Miss Vera Lyon, R.N., London;
1i1iss Frances Lyon, Toronto, were
at their home.
Mrs. Wilfred • Crisp, London,
spent the weekend with Mr, and Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton
Mrs. Bert Allen. celebrated their silver wedding
Misses Delphine and • Maxine anniversary on Saturday, October
• Hunking, London, spent the week- 8. A family gathering was held in
end with their parents. their honour. Guests included
Mr, and Mrs. Jack Hamilton George Moon, Mr. and Mrs. Lorne
and boys, London, visited Mr. and Heels, Toronto; Mr.. and Mrs.
Mrs, William K. Govier. Moody Holland, Mr. and Mrs. Car-
Mrs. W. Lyon and Mrs. Laura man Moon and family, Keith
Saundercock visited Mr• and Mrs. Hamilton. •
Mercies Snelling, Brucefield.
Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Robinson,
"Niagara Falls, were with Mr. and
I Mix; George Cowan last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. J: Noot and child-
ren, Bridgeport, spent Monday
with Mr. and Mrs. Peter Wester-
*• Bout.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Gaunt, Ken-
neth and Faye, spent Sunday with
"Mr, and lttrs. Ernest Gaunt, St.
Ielen's.
Cpl. and Mrs. Gordon Garrow
- and two daughters left Monday
".for Trenton where they have been
transferred,'
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Riley and'
family, and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas
Radford, Niagara, were with Mr.
and Mrs; Gordon Radford.
Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Shobbrook
and children, Oshawa; Mr; and
Mrs. Norman Radford, Coiling-
wood spent Thanksgiving with
Mrs, J. H• Shobbrook.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fairservice
and Anne, received an invitation
to- attend .the graduation Wings
parade and reception at the RCAF
Station,. Portage la Prairie, on
Friday, October 14, when their
son David' receives his wings.
Mr. and Mrs. Percy Gibbl ngs
were hosts at a birthday party on
Sunday in honour of Mrs. J. H.
Shobbrook whose birthday was
October, 8. All the fancily was
present. Her family presented her
with a •featherweight electric iron
and her grandchildren with a
lovely lamp.
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The regular meeting of Burn -
and Londesboro YPU was held in
Burns Church on October 9. Gail
Manning led in a sing -song fol-
lowed by the business part. Re-
ports were given on the London
Conference. The worship service
was given by the stewardship and
training commission. A recreation
period was held' and then lunch.
Grrandmothers' Day
Mrs. Arthur Colson and Mrs.
Edwin Wood welcomed the grand-
mothers to the regular meeting
of the Londesboro Women's Insti-
tute held in the hall on Thursday,
October 6. With the president,
Mrs. Stanley Lyon presiding, the
meeting opened in the usual man-
ner.
Arrangements were made for
the Hullett Township Federation
of Agriculture banquet on Octob-
er 2. Mrs, Arthur Clark was ap-
pointed delegate to the area con-
vention in London on October 18
and 19. Plans were made for the
bus trip to the Ice Capades in
Toronto on November 2L
Mrs. A. Fangrad read a paper
on "Resolutions". A, donation is
to be sent to the Institute for the
Blind.
Miss Margaret Brophey, CKNX
Wingham, was the guest speaker.
She spoke of radio and television,
telling of the progress of radio
since it was first started and of
some of the programs to be given
on TV when the Wingham station
is completed. She showed pictures
of different scenes taken on some
of her trips. Her talk and pictures
were much enjoyed. Later she took
pictures of the WL members and
grandmothers.
The program consisted of a
piano instrumental by Mrs. Elgin
Josling; a reading by Mrs. Donald
Sprung; a duet by Mrs. Clare
Vincent and Mrs. Thomas Allen,
accompanied by Mrs, Allen Shad-
dick.
During the lunch period, Mrs.
Margaret Manning, president of
the Grandmothers' Club, was pre-
sented with. a lovely decorated
birthday cake as it•was her 88th
birthday. All sang "Happy. Birth-
day" to hen There were 30 mem=
bers and a number of visitors
present.
PAGE NINE,,
Town Crest Presented-. to RCAF Station
Group Captain H, C. Ashdown, 'Commanding Officer at
-RCAF Station Clinton, here accepts a plaque bearing the official
crest of the Town of Clinton as it was presented' by Mayor M. J.
Agnew at a rness dinner at RCAF Station. The crest is a dup-
licate of the one displayed on the front wall of the town's
council chamber. (RCAF Photo)
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1938
BETTER
FISH
1955
BETTER
HUNTING
CONSERVE TODAY — FOR TOMORROW
"1 give my pledge as a Canadian to save and faithfully to
defend from waste the natural resources of my country,
its soil and minerals, its •forests, water and wild life"
(Copipeled by E: R. Doucette)
That Thanksgiving Supper? weeks and they were there all day
It was a beautiful weekend and Sunday, so out 1 went on Monday
every hunter was out to get his and a wild grape vine made a
Thanksgiving goose. A number of good ,blind. Here was where I
flocks of Canada Geese came down was going to get my fat Thanks -
Saturday on their long flight giving goose!
south. Along the lakeshore you I waited one hour and 20 min -
could see a flock of geese, and Utes before they came. When in
five to ten cars following the range, I handed the gander a
flock until they lit. Then every charge of BE shot. He didn't
hunter piled out and tried to see know .what hit him. I gave the
who could fire the first shot. - next goose the same charge. It
We saw five cars stopped on the went down, and tried to recover,
highway. We stopped, too. There so I gave it another to put it out
were three other cars up' the side- of misery, The gander had a 63 -
road. A farmer plowing with a inch wing spread, and the other
tractor pulled the plows out of one, 60 inches.
the ground, put his machine in Now, I had two geese for
high gear, opened the throttle and Thanksgiving, What was I to do
took off across the field—tractor with them? One I gave to the
in•one hand, gun in the other—at boys who were with me. The other
approximately 15 m.p.h. I dressed—and ended up with only
Well, the 32 geese climbed for five and a half pounds of bone and
the blue heavens and a number of skin. This was on a frame built
sliots were fired. The birds came for an 18 to 20 pound goose. The
straight, for the group of cars on boys tell me that their's was only
the highway, flying very low for four and one-half pounds dressed.
geese. Were they carrying too They were not sick, nor injured
much lead? arid had no sign of parasites. There
We moved up a ways and was no sign of a bit of food in
watched the fun. Some 15 or 20 their crops or gizzards, or any -
so -called sportsmen let loose with where in their body. Was it a
everything they had—all the way bad summer? polluted water? or
from 10 gauge to 410 buckshot a crazy gander? Well, he wasn't
and No. 6. One goose came dawn living anymore, and I guess I got
when they were within 50 yards. Thanksgiving goose soup,
There was about two shots per While. hunting this fall I came
goose fired. I never saw wilder upon a sign that read; "Hunters!
shooting, and it was from and Don't shoot at anything unless it's
across the highway. moving. You night hit our hired
man."
Three boys claimed the goose. I
picked it up and was surprised.
Did it come from the Arctic? Just
a pile of feathers and bones. Was
it a sick goose, suffering from
gunshot wounds? or did the flock
have a crazy gander that kept
them on the move all the time
so they could never feed? Why
was this goose so thin?
We passed several flocks in
fields and saw them sitting on
hare ground,—and when in a corn
field` they were not feeding but.
just resting and watching.
I talked to a farmer who told
me. of a flock which had fed in
his corn field for 'the past two
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HOLMESVILLE
Jack Yeo is a patient in Clinton
Public Hospital.
Nelson McCracken and Miss
Hazel" Cameron, Ottawa were
weekend guests of W/02 'Grant
McCracken and Mrs. McCracken.
Anniversary
Anniversary 'services will be
held in Holmesville United Church
on Sunday, October 16, with Rev.
Andrew Lane, Brussels, as 'guest
minister. Leslie. Pearson will be
the soloist at the morning service.
Services will start at 10-a.m. and
7.30 p.m.
Mission Band
The Wilhe]mine Mission Band of
Holmesville ,United Church, met
in the school' on Friday,- October
7, for the regular meeting. Paul
Cudinore was , in charge, and o-
pened the meeting with the hymn
"Birds Are Singing" followed'"by
repeating the purpose in unison.
Ted McCullough read the, scrip-
ture lesson and Dominique Gah-
weiler gave the prayer. Bob Grigg,
the president, conducted the bus-
iness period.
The hymn "When Mothers of
Salem" was sung. Cathie Potter
read a story on Peace, and Bonita
Williams read a temperance item.
Bud Yeo read ,a Thanksgiving
poem, and a contest was enjoyed.
by all.
The study book period was
taken by Mrs. Frank McCullough
and Miss C. Ann Shaddock. The
meeting ..closed with the hymn
"God Sees the Little Sparrow
Fall" and repeating the mizpah
benediction.
Per capita consumption of
cheese an Canada in 1954 was 6.3
pounds compared' with 7.7 pounds
per capita in the United States.
•
�ERVICE ECURITY
AFETY 'AVINGS
Thousands are Joining
- the.
NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE
LEAGUE OF CANADA
Local Representative
Jack A. Webb
Tel. 777J
CLINTON ONTARIO
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BRUCEFIELD
Mrs• 11. F. 'Perry returned from
a visit to Seattle, Wash.
Mr, and Mrs. John Snelling,
Port Colborne, spent the weekend.
with Mr. and Mrs, ,Charlie Snel
Mr, and Mrs. R. Barr and fam-
ily, Burlington; Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Munn and family, Kitchener; Mr.
and Mrs. Vic Dinnin and family,
Zurich, visited' last weekend with
Goderic h Township
Misses Myna' and Agnes Mid-
dleton spent Thanksgiving Sunday
With Mr, and Mrs. Fred Middleton'
Dr. R. G. Hunter and Mrs, Hun-
ter, Toronto, visited on Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mid.'
dleton.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Dinnin.
• Mrs. William Lyon, Mrs. Laura
Saundercocic, Howard Shobbrook,
Londesboro, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Snelling.
LNECatvtrt SPORTS COLUMN
4 seme4 7e
A common at of
the world's basequestion
ball se series ids this:
when
did the series start? • And the common
answer is 1903.
Probably , that was the first year in
wfacts are that an linteich r leagut wase sereeds dates awathe y bank back into \
the 80's.
Modern baseball xeeord books don't use the term
"World
than1884.xoIn thato connection
iOld RlossnRadbom e,series pitchi pitchinglier
his
most famous grand of baseball, helped the National League
champ, Providence, mow down the Metropolitans of the
American Association in a 3-0 series. These were the days
of three strikes and six balls.
In 1882 Cincinnati, having been barred from the Na-
tional League previously, joined the American Association
and won the title. But, on the authority of George More-
land in his book, "Balldm", and also of the late Al Spink,
uncle of J. G. Taylor Spink of the Sporting News and '
author of "The National Game", world championship series
did not begin until 1884.
Both authorities credit Arison's Chicago team with
playing -its first "world series" with the St. Louis Browns
in 1885 and its second series in 1886. These two sets of
games really launched -baseball on its "world championship"
career which has led to such inunense popularity and to
many "million dollar gates".
oit
team for�the when wrld' Louis Browns
sppeeccta orsd eiwie tnessed
for the first and only time an unusual batting spectacle.
The batsman was allowed FOUR strikes. This was clone
away with the nest year.
In 1886, the "world series" was bitterly fought for the
very good reason that it was a winner -take -all affair, un-
like the winner -loser split that prevails in more modern
times.
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