Clinton News-Record, 1950-03-02, Page 2AGE TWO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Clinton News -Record
he Clinton New Era established 1865 The Clinton News -Record established 1878
Amalgamated 1924
n Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
Population, 2,500; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $1,500,000; Rate, ..03 per line flat
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart o Huron County
R. S. ATREY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOIJN, Plant Manager
f Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday Wednesday, August 5 - 9, 1950 f
THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1950
One Man Alone
WHAT CAN ONE MAN ALONE accomplish
against the world? Lost in this tiny planet
whirling in the dark immensity of space,
stifled by the growing complexities of a civil-
ization still close to savagery, battered by the
struggle for existence, what can one man do
to keep alive the spark of human generosity
and kindness that .. will warm his heart and
set a light to guide his path?
By joining his hand with others, a roan
can see realized the good he wishes to Per--
form.
er-`four.. By co-operating with others, a man,
can help to stem the currents of misfortune
and ill luck that ,overwhelm many.
Red Cross is a channel, for the kindest
impulses of each one of us. It is this great
co-operative effort, this response ` from. one
heart in concert With millions that makes the
• Red Cross a living symbol of mercy,
Each year Red Cross extends the oppor-
tunity' to every one of us to do something
to help others, and, in the last analysis, to
help ourselves. Through its medium we ex-
press Canada's generosity to ,other peoples of
the world in dire need; we help our neighbour
when misfortune strikes; we lay the founda-
tions for the better health and well-being of
our own citizens and the coming generations.
That's why we say, as the annual Red
Cross appeal opens, "Given generously! Give .
from the heart!" '
Donations may be left at your local
branch bank.
The Current Economic Picture
SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT HIGHLIGHTS of
the i:resent Canadian economic picture are
featured in the current issue of the Bank of
Montreal's Business Review. Noting that in
1949 new production records were established
in many lines, the Bank points, however, to
significant changes in the busniess background
of more recent months. •.
The bank says that a growing adequacy
of the volume of goods now forthcoming from
domestic sources and from imports, together
with obvious and pressing difficulties in over-
seas export markets, is having a profound ef-
fect on business thinking.
"The result," the review states, "is sharply
to re -focus attention on the buyer, rather than
the producer, as the final arbiter of the level
of business activity, Under these circumstance's.
the general trend of prices takes on added
significance as an indication of fundamental
changes in the over-all relationship of supply
and demand,"
While imports reached an all-time high
during 1949, exports declined by 2.8 per cent
from 1948 record figures, and, apart from
wheat, newsprint end the main base metals
reaisteeed a drop of as much as 17 per cent.
Industrial production showed a gain of 114
per cent during the first eleven months of
1949, over the same period during the previous
year, but there has latterly been a definite
easing in the demand for labour.
The review brings into relief the notable
stability of the wholesale price picture during
the past eighteen months, suggesting, .how-
ever, that price readjustment may now be
o..,•ectoci. Th; bank notes, nevertheless, that
while wholesale prices are approximately
double those of 1939, wage rates in manufac-
turing are up about 2/ times and per Capita
disposable income, after direct taxes, is more
than ilea times the 1939 level.
Commenting upon the virtual stability of
the supply of active money during recent
month;, the Review notes that it rose from
the end of 1948 to the end of 1949 by only
two per cent, to reach a figure of $4,422 mil-
lion. "In relation to the value of present
national output at current prices," the bank
says, "the existing active money supply is not
excessive, judged by prewar standards . '
It can no longer be considered a potent under-
lying influence working in the direction of
further widespread price advances."
The Review contrasts the behaviour of
Canadian prices with those of the United
States. The general index of U.S. wholesale
prices, while advancing further than the
Canadian figure' up to the summer of 1948,
also declined more rapidly. By December of
last year the Canadian wholesale price index,
in terms of the 1935-39 base, was thus 8.4 per
cent higher than that of the United States.
Agricultural products had fallen by seven' per
cent in Canada and 22 per cent in the United
States from their postwar peak, while menu- .
factua'ed products dropped two per cent in
Canada andten per cent In the United States.
Life Depends
WE CAN LIVE without house or clothing
far months, we can live without,food for days,
but to live without water is figured in terms
Of hours and minutes.
It is something we seldom think about.
i Water is common, easily accessible; and cheap.
It is cheaper than dirt; you can buy water in
our cities, delivered by tap to your bath and
sink, for about a nickel a ton, while just
ordinary dirt fill costs from a dollar up, anti
topsoil comes at around $10.
It is only when a crisis occurs that we
realize our dependence upon water, Even then
we mostly take stopgap measures such as pro-
hibiting the watering of lawns or shutting off
the supply for a few hours a day, or, as in
ew York recently, going without shaving on
ne day a week.
In a paragraph, here are ten of the most
mportent uses of water, every one of which
been the basis of hundreds or volumes
technical writing; moisture in the air makes
genic life possible; drinking water is our
reatest physical need; plants, from lowly
d0hens in Niagara Gorge 'to giant Douglas firs
f British Columbia, grow only where there
s water; the sea is the home of fish end of
other -Mood used by men; steam power and
lectrieity depend on water; mechanical and
heinical processes in industry need 'water;
rorn earliest times, water has provided men
'iia a means of transportation; water dictates
he location of cities and fauns; in the form
f ice, water is used universally :for cooling
nd preserving; crater is the great determinant
political boundaries.
Our disregard of the importance of rainfall
dye �eatiffr
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On Water
and water supply has become a dangerous in-
fluence in our civilization. It leads to faulty
economic ideas, confuses our thinking about
colonization and immigration, blinds us to the
consequences of building bigger and bigger
cities, and leads us into wrong judgments about
the location and prospects of factories.
Water is benevolent, when p;;operiy man-
aged. It can be productive and will support
prosperous communities if its flow is wisely
used. 'Our water problems are the outcome
of our efforts to adapt our physical environ-
ment to our economic and social needs, with-
out reckoning sufficiently on nature's unchang-
ing ways,
By drying up marshes and lakes we have
destroyed the homes and breeding grounds of
useful water -fowl aril fur -bearers. By clear-
ing lake and !stream banks of bushes we
have exposed the water to sunshine, warming
• it • so that It is spoiled for the best fish life,
By denuding hillsides of trees the have Increas-
ed water wastage and lowered the water level
in great areas, making it impossible for the
roots of food plants to find moisture, By in-
adequate management, we run short of water
flow for production of electricity, es in On-
tario last year, and of water depth for navi-
gation, as in the Lachine Canal lest year,
Too, we should not become so wrapped up.
in tike utilitarian use of water that we forget •
its contribution ,to the beauty of our surround-
ings. Imagine the barrenness of a world with-
out water!
THOUGHT FOR TODAY— Take it from
life insurance' companies; women ,can expect
to live longer than men,
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THE WORK OF MERCY NEVER ENDS
From Our Early Files
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD amnion. •
Thursday, March 5, 1925
Milverton defeated Clinton in
the first game for the Silver Cup
which has beers donated by Mr.
Smith, manager of the Clinton
Arena. ' Clinton players were;
goal, Elliott; defense, Nediger,
Hovey; centre, Rorke; wings, J,
Mutch, McEwan; subs, Higgins,
F. Mutch,
Mrs. James Appleby fell while
on her way to church on Sunday
morning and injured her spine,
and, as a result will be laid up
for some time.
Harry .Watkins entertained' a
number of boy friends in honour
of his birthday.
Miss Edna Wise has been succ-
essful in her examination in con-
nection with the Toronto Con-
servatory of Music, obtaining first
claws honours.
Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Plaskett
who were burned out several
weeke have moved to Strd orcl
W. L, Johnson has been laid
up with a severe attack of the
grippe.
Dr. P. Ream gave a very in-
teresting travel talk in ,Wiiiliiis
Church on Tuesday evening. The
event was sponsored by the Girls'
Club of the Church.
1VIz's. G.H. David is ill at pres-
ent. This is the more regrettable
as her husband has been an in-
valid for some years and she has
been his constant nurse and cent -
Historical Sketches
(Continued from Page One)
Carleton Count
about six County, where they liv-
ed
years; after which
they removed to Morris in 1853,
where they se%'tled on Lot 13,
Concession 7,
Mr. Kelly followed farming 13
years, at the end of which time
he purchased the mills in. the•
Village of Blyth, which had been
built by
Mr.
Joseph Whitehead,
at present a Pacific Railroad ocn-
tractor. Mr. Kelly proved fully
as successful in the milling busi-
ness as he had formerly been as
a farmer; and his success in both
.avocations has been fully equal-
led by
his popularity as an ener-
getic. enterprising citizen, and' a
genie 1, kind and courteous
gentleman.
The influence which Mr, Kelly
sways in local, municipal, and
political affairs in that portion
of the country is the direct re-
sult of his affability, integrity,
and the consequent respect in
which he is held by all* who
know 'Elm. He is president of
the West Huron Conservaliiva Asa
sociation, and the candidate of
that party fox Parliamentary
honours at the election' to ensue
this summer. He was the first
man north of Exeter to call a
public meeting in regard to the
building 'of the L.H. and B.R.,
and was .one of the most active
supporters of. that enterprise from
its first inception till its ultim-
ate completion, while to his ad-
vocacy many of the benefits which
have since accrued to Blyth may
be directly traced.
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PRINCESS Z4IU4 Age PROG54'S/N6.,.
Markets were: wheat, $1„05
oats 50e to 52c; barley, 85c; buck-
wheat, 80c; butter, 28c to 30c;
live hogs, $11.25.
Miss ,Madelon Shaw is visiting
her cousin, Miss Dorothy Rattan-
bury, Peterboro,
The Hockey team had a very
successful skating party' at 'the
local arena on Tuesday evening,
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40 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, March 3, 1910
Townsend -Stewart = At the
home of the bride's mother, on
Wednesday March. 2, 1910, by
Rev. W. J. Jolliffe, Helen Prisc-
illa (Nellie) only daughter of
Mrs. Agnes Stewart, to Walter
L. Townsend. Elisha Townsend,
brother of the groom, was pian-
ist.
W. Collyer has rented J. Rens-
ford's house on Mary St.
The following have left for the
west, being ticketed through by
W. Jackson: Mr. and Mis, John
, to Blake,e to Edmonton; ethbriW cNesbitt,
to Medicine Hat; . Newcombe,
to Vancouver; 3 PWollock, to Cal-
gary. •
Martin O'Donnell had the mis-
fortune to step into a hole on his
way to work at Stapleton and as
a result is laid up with a broken
ankle.
Rev, W. H. Dunbar has rented
Arthur Cantefon's cottage one
mile south of town and is getting
nicely settled there.
Clinton Masonic Lodge hon-
oured Albert ' McBrien prior to
his departure from town. Pro-
gressive euchre was played, the
winners being J. W. Stevenson
and T. Beacom.
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THE CLINTON NEW
Thu sday, March 3, 1910
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Mrs. Thomas Holloway has
sold her town lots on Ontario
St. to Mrs. Nett.
J. 3. McCaughey is moving his
family from Blyth as soon as his
house :now occupied by Robert
Fitzsimons is vacant,
Among those visiting their
families in town over the week-
end were A. H. Tierney, Blyth;
Fred Forrester, Buffalo; Robert
Hanna, Milverton; Robert Bigg -
Mon
Montreal; JamesFells; Niagara Sweet, ExeterCarman ;
W. H. Newcombe; Ingersoll; Mrs.
T. Couch, Miss Lizzie Couch, Fred
Cowell, Mitchell; Miss Edna
Balkwill, Burford.
Markets were: wheat, (new)
$1.02 to $1.04; oats, (old), 40c;
48coets (o ne ), 35c to 36e; barley,
peas, 80c; eggs, 27c to
28e; . butter, 21c to 22c; hogs,
$7.50; potatoes, 30e.
f• B. Hoover has allowed his
TRU ESf'jA'Y, MARCH 2, 1950
name to stand as a nominee for
the chief clerkship of the Wood-
men of the World.
William Russell "King" Doh-
erty youngest son of Mr. and Mrs.
W, G. Doherty died on Thursday
meaning last. Rev. W. J. Jolliffe,
assisted by Rev. J. Greene, offic-
iated at the funeral. Pallbearers
were Murray Jackson, Will, Gard
and Al Doherty.
The l4attenbiiry House was
filled to overflowing on Tuesday
when over 40 were put up for the
night.
Misses Mabel Cantelon, • Mary'
Smith and Stella Wigginton have
returned from attending the mill-
inery openings in Toronto.
Miss Tessie . Crooks who has
been working in the millinery de-
partment in Hodlges-s store hes
iancecepted a position in Kincaad-
Revlon Specials
Aquamarine Lotion
Revlon Lanolin Soap $1.00
Touch and Glow ..... $1.25
For a perfect faoi'al Finish
ADRIENNE HAND CREAM
for sore hands
it reirews the natural oil of the skin
65c r
Your REXALL Drug Store
W. S. 'R. HOLMES
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See the Craftsman, Sentinel, Valiant, Admiral, Lady
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are available in all models.
Also Ball Point Pens with instantly replaceable writing
units by Sheaffer for Ladies and Clip -on
Pocket type for Men.
Also good stock of Sheaffer Fineline Pens for School
or Office from $1.75 up, with replaceable points—
let us show you how these work.
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Counter's for Finer Jewellery for Over Half a Century
iii Huron County'
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nation's heart
to action
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extend Red Cross rreo
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In tiro of disaster, your
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someone in distress, perhaps
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ma,utate Red Gees Oat-
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