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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD —. OLD BOYS' SOUVENIR EDITION
PAGE FIFTEEI
Landmarks of Clinton
Old Home Directory
(Continued from Page 14)
better folks there were still some
questions as to whether moving
pictures were Moral or not and
even if they were they could
not, compete with the legitimate
stage and for an evening's real
enjoyment could not offer any-
thing as good as The Guy Broth-
ers or The Marks Company or
Uncle Tom's Cabin, that came to
the Town Hall at least once each
year, not ,to mention the one
that came and brazenly adrvertis-.
ed: "Smoke if you like don't
bring your wife", and arty lower
Blass people attended and it is
said that right on the stage a
woman danced the can -can and
another women turned cart-
wheels after her song so that you
could see her petticoats. '
Old Home visitors are advised
to go to the Roxy when. in,town.
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THE COMMONS
South of the railway track past
Gordy Perrin's and Johnny Ir-
ving's and in front of Morgan
Agnew's house. It has recently
been built up into a modern sub-
division with lights and 'riot-
water connections, but before
Pat Spalding and Barrie Combo
built a knitting mill there, it
was the ball grounds for Morgan
Agnew, Ed. Grealis, Theo Fremlin
wind other such ,roughnecks from
the Doherty Organ rectory.
Bernice and Lillian Agnew said
that, sometimes the language was
something awful of a summer
evening They could not leave
their windows open.
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THE PASSTJME CLUB
(See Newt Davis).
* a a
JOWETT'S GROVE
(Better known as Jewetts)
Patronized chiefly by Sunday
School picnics. Start 'not later
than 9.7.5` to get there at noon
all children to meet by 830
at the Sunday School or St.
Paul's, or Rattenbury Street
church or the Ontario Street
Church as the case might be.
Bob Cree's dray would be fit-
ted up with a canvas top or it
might be J. ,loslin's dray. or
Frank Evans' lighter one. The
older and more sedate folks
would got in the surrey or the.
Wagonette or the two -seated
carriage. Mrs. Warner would go
to make the lemonade. Fred
Livermore's light one-horse
Market -garden wagon could be
hired to carry the lunch baskets,
seventy-seven of them, some fil-
led with cake with real icing
and 'some just ordinary cake , . .
real good sandwiches made of
salmon and some juicy stuff in
them like lettuce leaves and
once some. morbid person invent-
edpeanut butter!
You take the Bayfield Road
and the road -builders of the day
built roads by dumping gravel
on the crown of the road and
let traffic spread it, on the
engineering sound sensible prin-
ciple that traffic . would event-
ually 'work it down where it was
needed most: No person ever was
an the level, ' for all traffic.
avoided the crown.
At Marshall's hill; forty-nine
or fifty-one per cent of the bon-
ton load would get out and walls
to (a) save their lives, (b) spare
the horses on the long drag.
When you passed the S -house
at 10 a.m. you were well on your
way. When you topped the hill
at Middleton's at 10.30 on a good
blue day you could get the first
glimpse of the lake and some-
body would remark that, it was.
smooth es a mill pond and some-
body would point out that you
couldn't tell when it was five
miles away whether it was
smooth or rough. At Switzer's at
11.05 If the dray -load was getting
exuberant and beyond, control,
you could jump from the slow-
moving wagon, steal some cher-
ries or some field peas and some
green apples.' In the last half-
mile at 11.55 there was the awful.
danger of meeting apother wagon
with no possible way of passing,
on the narrow road.
At Jowett's Grove at 12.05 the
perfect day began. The five
ladies who hadleft at hall -pest
eight in the light surrey had the
million plates on the table and
the lemonade was made and the
boiler was almost at the boil
for the tea. The drivers unpack-
ed the hay and the oats for the
horses, some Tarzan, to show hie
prowess, climbed a tree and put
up the swing rope that the lunch
Pickett and Campbell
"Clinton's Leading Men's and Boys' Shop"
extend , a hearty
WELCOME
We are new in business.
since last "Old Boys" . but
since that time we have pur-
abased the business formerly
'liasawn as "Plumsteol Bros."
operated by. W. J. (Bill) and
H. P. (Perry) Plnmsteel.
to all Old Boys and Girls
during Clinton's Big Re-
union, August 5 to 9.
We are not however new to
Clinton, both having been. born
and raised as Clintonions. K.
J. "Ken" Pickett served during
WVotld War 1"( in the moo,
Canadian Army, serving three
years overseas. R. B. (Bob)
Campbell served during World
War 11 in the RCA, Canadian
Army, serving three years
overseas.
YOU ARE
INVITED .
During your stay in Clinton
to use the facilities of our
modern store. We- are cent-
rally located and want you to
come in and visit us. It's nice
and Cool here and cheerful
too, and we urge you to make
our store your meeting place.
You will not be importuned to
purchase.
WhereAllainton's
Thrifty Folk Shop..
For 'Quality .. For Style .. For Value
PHONE 25
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(OPPOSITE THE THEATRE)
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Clinton Public Library
Clinton has known three libraries, The original library
was founded in 1875 on the" 5901 where the 'present library
now stands. At this, time James Scott was librarian. 'Later
the management of the library was taken over by John Bean.
end itwas transferred to the Town Clerk's office. In 1900,
the Library Board were able to get $10,000 from the Staveley
Estate, and the library was moved •backto its present loca-
tion and part of the present building was, erected, Later, in'
1915, an additional 'grant was secured of $5,000 from the
Andrew Carnegie Estate, and the library was fitted out 'as
we now know it. For many years Miss Minnie Rudd, now re-
siding in Goderich, was librarian, and Miss Evelyn Hall is the
present efficient librarian. In front ofthe building is the
fountain donated in memory of the late Sidney Smith.
wagon had brought and the kids
ran to the edge of the perilous
bank to look at the lake and
their mothers screamed at them.
Twenty of them went in high
gear down the slippery path
while mothers clutched .at their
hearts, though it is not on record
that any bone ever broke in any
kid. You dipped your feet in
the water, shouted as you picked
up a stone that would skip, or
one that was pretty if you were,
a girl, and then back on the
heights somebody beat a dish-
pan to show that dinner was
ready.
The minister led in the singing
of 'Be Present at Our Table,'
and then you grabbed ... spec-
ially for the thicker sandwiches
that had salmon in them.
After dinner there were races
for people age six to ten, and ten
to fourteen, and fourteen and
over, and h fat man's race, and a
three-Iegged race, and a race for
married women and a race for
young ladies...the races were
chiefly to keep youaway from
the water so you wouldn't get
drowned.
For ten cents, Mr. Ross would
take you nearly' half a mile out
on the lake if he could get a
party of twenty and if the lake
was not too rough fora sail boat
and if it were not too calm for
a sail boat. You could rent a
row boat for twenty cents for an
hour if you had twenty cents,
and if your mother didn't catch
you too soon and snatch you
from .a watery grave. You could
swing on the fishermen's drying -
reels until the fisherman swore
at you.
You could paddle and if you
were a 'teen-ager you could walk
a mile down the hill and over
a bridge and a half -mile further
CLINTON
WEIMIIMMUMMOTAW1EVA
where there was 'a safe place for
swimming.
You could hear stories about
people who were drowned. You
could see the very spot where'
they fell off the pier or look out
to the horizon to where a ship
maybe sank. And then it was
time for supper. Could any
other day' hold so much.
The biggest problems was to
get the crowd assembled to start
for home at six o'clock, else we
wouldn't get over the bad stretch
of new gravel by dark.
And the songs we sang while
Bob Cree's horses' walked
once they trotted a full sixty
feet for the nine miles and
the babies cried and the five-
year -olds slept and the" 'teen-
year-olds
teen'year-olds giggled and sat closer
than. they need to have Batten.
By all means, Old Timers,
visit Jowett's Grove. If the
Entertainment Committee has
arranged with Bob Cree to take
his dray horses over, and Jack
NOTICE
Will all organ pumpers of the
Methodist, Presbyterian and Eng-
lish Churches since 1890, please
introduce themselves to the
ministers of the various churches
when they attend service this
coming Sunday.
Elliott has the Bon -ton wagon
and Tom Cook has the wagonette,
try to get in the same load as
Itiollie Cluff, or Gladys Chowen, '
or Ruby Irwin, or get with Fred
Thompson or Bob 'Downs and
they will sing about "The Yankee
Patent Medicine, Joo-jah," or
about the tack that sat down on
a chair.
WELCOME,
VISITORS!
We hope you
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To The Town of Clinton on
Attaining Its 75th Birthday!
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.Partial View of Machine Shop
42 of C. H. Epps'Factory, Clinton
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This factory started business in Varna in 1924, moved to Bowmanville in 1931,
and to Clinton in 1935.
For the past 15 years, it has been located in 'Clinton, specializing in the manu-
facture of: •
utornatic 'Water Systems
which' are now being shipped throughout Canada.
In addition, extensive work is being put into the manufacture of new rifle
sights and accessories• for the sportsman,
Open Monday, August 7, from 2'. to 5 p.mfor any visitors
who might -be interested.
Hearty Welcome to 'All Clinton Old Boys and Girls!
C. H. EPPS
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CLINTON
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