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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1950-06-15, Page 3Tl•IXTR.SbAY, JUNE 15, 1950 •‘: • : , CLINTON taTEi§-aii,(10110•• PAGE Tim= Let's Chat A Woman's Vieivpoint on This and That By MBA THE LOCAL Women's Instit- ute had a memorable experience Thursday last, when in the wee small hours of the morning -6.30 to be exact, some 40 of them em- barked on a chartered bus to Toronto to enjoy a full day's itinerary which was both fun and educational * * * • STOPPING first at Surmysicle, where they had their dinner at noon, they continued on to Eat- on's College St. store where the ladies Chad on opportunity 110 kick around for a short while, before going on to the CBC' studios to ,Watch and listen to the "Happy Gang" broadcast . . . They were welcomed and their presence remarked upon by the master of ceremonies over the air—and to show how an an- nounoment of that nature is not- ed, when attending a banquet in Barrie that some evening, we had a lady tell us that she had heard about the Clinton WI over the air . . . ' FROM the broadcast, they journeyed to the Canadian Na- tional Institute for the Blind . • Here, the ladies were taken on conducted tours in small groups, so that they could observe in detail the work being accomp- lished by the blind people . . There were three different types of work being done — sewing, leather work and reed work — the latter, the making of bas- kets, etc. . . . The observers mar- velled at the speed at which these blind workers could accomplish their particular jobs . . The leather goods included purses, bill folds, belts, braces and shop- ping bags . . . Payment is made on the piece work scale . . * LEAVING the Institute, the ladies continued to the provincial parliament buildings, where again they were taken on a tour by a guide, and in the Legislative Assembly chamber, they were told where the various members sat, and they were able to test the comfort of the various legis- lators' chairs . . MANY of the ladies also took time to visit the headquarters of the WI branch of the Depart- ment of Agriculture .. A de- licious supper at the "Diet Kit- chen" concluded the day in To- ronto proper . . . Then back to Sunnyside, the ladies enjoyed a short period viewing the eights . . . And so back home, arriving leeeefeeeteeeeeeeeeleletelee eeeeteleeeleleeetteeieleeeeleteeeeeeteeeetateleetelereeeet • • % For the average home, one day's time is all that is re- ; quired to insulate open attic 2 floors or rafters, and keep your home cooler in sum- mer, warmer in winter. Ask for a free estimate. •S* BALL--MACAULAY 41fretft LOOSE WOOL BATT TE7PE WOOL BLANKET 1111111111211011111Mr All Three Types.... Easy to Apply Yourself BUILDERS' SUPPLIES. — LIME — CEMENT COAL and WOOD "f* Phone 97 Clinton in the wee small hours . . 'Twee a long' day, but one the WI members won't forget Local arrangements for the trip were made by Mrs. Mervin Bat - kin, Ivies. Fred Hanley and Mrs C. Sturdy . . THE fallowing story on "The Monster and I" was written for last week's edition and the events recorded refer to the previous week . . . Due to the lack of space last week we were shoved aside as our "brain children" are not usually what is described in newspaper terminology as "line news" . , The latter gets first chance at all available apace The result is "Let's Chat" and others have to take their turn as space becomes aVailable * THE Monster and I . . and the title is no pun on Betty Mac - Donald's famous book . . . This is the squasi-tragic story of our first "intimate" encounter with a big black iron monster which re- poses in the back shop of the CLINTON NEWS -RECORD . . In other words, it is the story of our first attempt to run the Heidelberg automatic press . . IT all came about this way . The shop was in the midst of a long run of dodgers which the RCAF distributed by air to advertise Air Force Day on Sat- urday . . They were only a little more than half through the run when all the effort of the shop had to be put on the "Clin- on Day" issue of the paper . And' knowing that friend Ed. was anxious to drop a large number by plane on Friday last, we thought there is no reason why we couldn't look after the press and get the bills out . . After all, all you have to know (oh, yes) is how to start and stop the press and watch the papers coming through and pull out the odd one that comes through the press when two ,.are., picked up at once , . . In theory it sounded fine . . . THEN too, we have always had a hankering to learn about the fascinating work of printing, which few people seem to under- stand . . . Also, we have always felt sort of inadequate when we talked to some of the women at Weekly Newspaper conventions . . For instance, there is Mrs. W. M. Mounteer at Mitchell who, regularly does all the work in the back shop from make-up of the paper to running the presses . . . Then there is Mrs. Kay Marston, editor of Elora Express, who rattles off her editorials on the linotype, and at Bradford, Mrs. Stewart MacKenzie, along with a lady assistant press wom- an, can handle any job that comes into the office , . . So V•••••••••11.MMIMR Woodworking SCREENS for Your Home, Etc. CABINET WORK BAND and JIGSAWING REG. SMITH High St. — Phone 797-W End of the Month Sale of Wallpaper Attractive Floral Patterns for Bedrooms 121/2c - Reg. Value 16c - 24c a roll 221/2c Reg, Value 35c - 40c Living Room and Bedroom Papers 15 patterns 00,401,~4,04•••••••IN, 161/2c 191/2c Reg, Value \ 29c 20 Patterns to choose from in this group Reg, Value 32c FIVE PAPER'S suitable for Ceil- ings or Sidewall .0P40,40~.1.0.00,0140,000.401,44040,••••• ,...e...••••••••••""ea.e..tht••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••r+rvv,hinovrtwerr,•••••••••#,...., Special Values 27c reg. value 45c 29c reg. value 55c 32c ... reg. value 60c 35c reg. value 65c 40c reg. value 70c 45c .. reg.. value 85c 60c reg. value $1.45 • Sale Ends June 30, 1950 No Exchanges or •13efunds HENDERSON S 3 Goderich, Ontario 000•••••10.1mlomsem000400amosk Conducts Exams " S. DRUMMOND WOLFF Who will conduct current exagr inations for the Royal Conser- vatory of Music of Toronto in Clinton June 28. Be'. Wolff's career has been marked by rapid progress under some of the best teachers of Britain, including Sir Walter Alcock. Dr. Ernest Bullock, and Professor C. H. Kitson. Follow - several years as organist and choir director at well-known English churches, Dr. Wolff was appointed organist and Master of the Music at the Church of St. Martin's -in -the -Fields, London, a position which he held until j coming toy Canada in 1945 as or- ganist of Metropolitan United Church, Toronto, you see why we were anxious to show that we could do some- thing, however small, during such a busy time . . BUT we bargained without thinking of 'the monster . . . We haven't too much ability median- ically . . . When an electric iron cord burns out, what do we do? try to fix it? No,we take it to the nearest electrician . . . Thus you see we haven't the right mental attitude toward machin- ery . . And you know most machines have personalities of their own and can easily see through the mere humans who are handling them . . . 4* SO, on Wednesday even▪ ing we faced the iron monster, with its large wheel on one side and a mechanism on the other that re- minds us of' a steam locomotive . . In front to one side, there is a bar that sucks up the paper in a manner that sounds like a Person with store teeth supping pea soup . . . This bar gets the paper on the press, which clangs together with a groan and an- other bar picks the printed paper up and deposits it in a receptacle on the other side . . All well and good, and Laurie showed us how to start, regulate and pick out extra pages coming through . . So meekly, we proceeded . . . The "monster" looked upon us kindly and thought we needed a bit of encouragement, so he acted like a gentleman and with some assistance from Laurie, we were kept busy feeding him, pulling out pages, etc, and in four hours we turned out 12,000 bills Thus encouraged, and think- ing there is nothing to it, we went back the next afternoon and carried on when everyone in the shop was worn out and in the midst of that terrific "Clinton Day" press run . . * 4, k HA!, by then, the monster be- gan to see through us and realized we were a neophyte . . He did all sorts of mean little tricks . However, he realized he was there for a purpose, so we con- tinued to deliver the goods, 15,000 more copies THEN' on Friday, with Laurie away for a well-earned holiday at the Division Weekly Newspaper convention at Windsor, we went back to continue the work, so Clarence and Mr. Hall could carry on with other pressing mat- ters . . . By then, the monster figured he had had enough of us and he pulled all the tricks in 'the bag to make us annoyed . . . He would Stop for no ap- parent reason; he refused to suck up the paper, or if he did,'would take two or three sheets at a time . . Then Clarence would put his soothing hand on the beast and make a few adjustments and he would behave himself nic- ely for a short period . . Think- ing of another way to make us mad, he would cause the paper to stick on his back , . . So we would stop and clean off the sticky parts with coal oil and dust them with powder like a baby (the way we had seen Laurie do) . . . This stopping and starting and cleaning business continued for some time, until Clarence again took time off to put a fresh padding on his back and we were off again . . . And as a last resort, to show his an- noyance, the monster started flipping pages at us In such a manner, it kept us hustling to straighten them out in their re- ceptacle . . . Now, we didn't take all this lying down, every now and then, we would tell the monster in .no uncertain terms what we, thought of him . • Clarence looked at us with a elow grin and remarked "It does im- prove one's language, doesn't it?" * AND thus we left, the monster stil flipping defiantly at us . Young Murray Colquhoun came in over the weekend to finish the run . . . And when we looked in on him, Friday evening on our way to play bridge, Murray said everything was going fine and the monster no longer flipped the papers—again due to Clar- ence,s magic touch . . . We gave the monster dirty looks and he reciprocated in kind . . * ' WE give him fair warning, he hasn't seen the last of us yet— and either one or the other of us is going to conquer . . There will be no flippant good-byes again . . And in spite 'of every- thing we found it fascinating work . . . Never has time passed so rapidly or kept us as Inter- ested as when trying to come to terms with that beast . We'll be seeing you, Mr. Mon- ster! . . I 1_1 VARNA The Webster picnic will be held at Harbour Park, 'Goderich, on Saturday, June 17, The annual. Orange Service will be held in the Anglican Church on Sunday, June 25. Charles, and Logan Keys and son Jeff, Nashville, Teem, called on friends here over the week- end. RCAF Chorus to Sing The WA of the United Church are sponsoring a Garden Party on Tuesday, Ernie 27, with supper being served from 6-8,, The pro- gramme will be presented by the Male Chorus of RCAF Station, Clinton, , Commemoration Service ' A suecial service was he'd, in the United Church 'last Sunday morning commemorating the 25th anniversary of Church Mon. MIS Meets The Varna WMS entertained Blake and Goshen ladies and for- mer members at their special 25th anniversary meeting held Friday evening, June 9. in the Varna Church, The' meeting which was pre- sided over by Mrs, George Reid, opened with the singing of hymn 153, "Spirit Divine attend our Prayer," Rev. Miss Kern led in prayer. The Scripture from St. John, chapter 15, was read by Mrs. Bancroft from Blake. A trio from Goshen Church, Mrs. Eimer Keys, Mrs. Bob Peck and Mrs. Elmer Hayter sang, ac- companied by Mrs. Bruce Keys. Mrs. John McKinley conducted a memorial service for the 45 members of the three societies who have died during the past 25 years. Mrs. Lee McConnell, Mrs. John. Armstrong and Mrs. Sam Hey placed flowers far each name as called. The hymn, "We cannot think of them as dead," was sung. Rev. Miss Kern sang a solo, accompanied by Miss Rachel Johnston. The secretaries read letters of congratulations from former members, namely, Mrs. Nelson Keys, Mrs. Will Reid and Mrs. George Connell. Mrs.'W. R. Stephenson review- ed the work of the WMS since its organization. Mrs. Clare Mc- Bride and Miss Helen Erratt of Goshen favored with a duet on saxophone and cornet, Mrs. Sam Hey, Mrs. Elgin McKinley, Mrs. Sherlock Keys read the minutes of their respective meetings and roll call of 25 years ago. The offer- ing was received and response sung. The meeting closed with the singing of hymn 376, "Blest be the tie that binds," followed by the Benediction. A dainty lunch was served in the basement, Mrs. A. McConnell and Mrs, W. John- ston poured tea, Mines are operated in every province of Canada except Prince Edward Island. THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE In Ontario, beverage rooms are allowed to remain open till 2 am. What possible sensible reason can be given for such a late closing hour? The scandal of it is that the later the closing hour the more advanced the state of in- toxication of the beverage room crowd, In England the pubs are open only for four hour periods and then they are closed for two hour periods, and at 10.30 pm., they are closed for the day. These shorter hours set some limit to the degree of drunkenness that beverage room drinking can pro- duce. The Huron Temeprance Federation protests against On- tario's late closing hour because it gives too much time for over indulgence with its consequent drunkenness and degradation. 24-b Corerek" TRADE MARK PEG, is easy to carry home FOR Safety's SAKE Westinghouse WASHER Only in a Westinghouse Cush- ioned Action Washer will you find the extra safety features you are looking for . . . safety for you ... for your clothes ... and for your investment! • Exclusive "Sentinel of Safety" • Lovell Feather Touch Safety Release Wringer to Exclusive "Cushioned Action" • Westinghouse Dependability Clinton Electric Shop D. W. Cornish — Westinghouse Dealers — Phone 419 - Residence 358 "Every House Needs Westinghouse" Spent the weekend with his Par- r erns, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Stephen.. CONSTANCE son. Mr. and Mrs. M. Hardy and baby Spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. A. Nicholson, Master Dennis Riley; Kitchener, is spending a few days at the home of his grandparents. Mrs. Richard, Barwick, Strat- ford, called recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Nicholson, Donald „ Stevenson, Ottawa, Visitors with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Riley on Sunday were Mr, and Mrs. Fred Riley, Kitchener, • Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Riley and Mr. and Mrs. William Wilbee; Seaforth. School Improvements Mon are at work improving the grounds and making a new fence at the school Competitive :Prices Personal Service a DRUG STORES SPECIAL VALUES AND REMEDIES for Thurs., Fri. and Sat. I.D.A. 'BRAND WEEKEND SPECIALS ALMOND LOTION, 6 on, reg..50c 390 BRANDOIL, 4 oz., reg. 25c 19e BORAX, 8 and 6 oz., reg. 15c, 25c Ile, .19c LINSEED MEAL, 12 az., reg. 30c MERCUROCHROME, le; oz., reg. 20c SODA BICARB, 4, 8, 16 oz. 23c • 16e 12e, iso DON'T FORGET DAD! Father's Day, Sunday, June 18th Here are a few suggested gifts ELECTRIC SHAVERS -- Packard "Good Morning Kit" $25.50' Schick Dual Head $24.95 Remington $19,95, $23.95 BILLFOLDS —English Morocco leather- eerqe.,,, all round, snap fastener change purse, " swing windows, card compartments, etc. ' 1.6 cog $3.51) values for ...... R.00 London Brand Billfolds .. $2,80 & $4 50 SHAVING BRUSHES Rubberset, $100, $1.50, $2.00 Badger or Nylon, $3.98 up Simms Brushes, '$1.09, $1.50, $2.00 Badger $3.95 Nylon $3.50 up FOR HIS SMOKING PLEASURE CIGARETTES give several packs o his favourite brand 20's ... 36c CIGARS Tobaccos -- Pipe 3d Ile tins popular brands $1.05 to $1.75 I PENS and PENCILS— Skywriter Set $3 50 Waterman's Ball Pointer, 1.50 Parker Dufold Set 5.25 CAMERAS from $3.00 up MEN'S FITTED CASE— Alligator leather finish, con- tainingrnilitary brush, chrome metal fittings, zipper clos- ure $1.50 Yardley Shaving Bowls, $1. 125 Yardley After Shave Lotion, $1, 1.50 ,Oite NitlaZzietie He'll like a new lighter EXPORT RONSON, new leather Fine finished $5.00 Cut Ronson engine turned Y2 lbwith service kits, $6.85 and $8,85 tin Polio $5.00; $1.15 )(ince $1.00, $1.50 Speedlite $3, $3.75, $5 arm LUNCH KITS, black metal, leather handle 79c COREGA Plate Powder 23c, 43c, 73c UNIQUE PHOTO SERVIOE F. B. 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