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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1951-05-03, Page 3Illllllllllllllllflllllli11111111IIIllllllll MONSTER BINGO THURSDAY, MAY 3 1951 Let's Chat A Woman's Viewpoint on This and That By MBA ' RAVE you ,missed this column during the past month? . We hope so . It is rather hard to get back into harness atter the events of the past month, but we figured if we kept putting off it . would be just that much Worse . So `Let's Chat" is back on Paige: Three again, alltho' honestly ' we haven't much to write about, because both world and local .events have been more or less passing us by the last while, however we'll try to catch up during the coming weeks * ,p,. ,1, WE had a nice ten -der visit in Petrolia with a two-dey side trip to the States Petralia is obit larger_ than Clinton and' apart from its dying oil wells and refinery, the most interesting thing about the town is the fact that it has en excellent nine -hole golf coufse, which is only a five- minute walk from the centre of the town , WHEN the weather broke to- ward the end of last week and summer arrived with a bang, our sister -irk -law (who romps around the course in the low 40's) in- sisted we needed the exercise, and attempt to play golf with her . . Now a'tho' we have played at golf on and off (mostly off) far a number of years. we never have played it consistently and, as' a result, play in the same • To Beautify Your Home Choose Sturgeons Pure House Paints. Available in gleaming. white and 19 attracting colors. Made to resist wear' and weather. J. W. COUNTER CLINTON, ONTARIO, Pr'cla tion Public Notice is hereby given that a Vote of those entitled to vote 'thereon will be taken on Monday, the 14th Day of May, A.D. 1951 as provided in the following By -Law: BY-LAW NUMBER 9 FOR 1951 OF THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF CLINTON. WHEREAS the Clinton Public School Board has re- quested the Cannell of the Camporartion of the Town of Clinton to pass a By-law for borrowing the sum of $800,000.00 by the issue and sale of debentures for the erection of a new School House in the said Town. AND WHEREAS the Council has refused to pass such By-law without the consent of the Electors qualified to vete under the Municipal Act on money by-laws. AND WHEREAS the Clinton Public School Board has requested that the question be submitted to the vote of the Electors qualified to vote under the Municipal Act on money by-laws. NOW THEREFORE BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the Corporation of the Town of Clinton as follows: 1. The following question, namely • "Are you in fgvour of the Town of Clinton issuing debentures in • the amount of $300,000.00 for the erec- tion of a new public school house?" shall be submitted to the Electors of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, on Monday the 14th day of May, A.D. 1951, between the hours of 9:00 o'clock in the forenoon and 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon (Daylight Saving Time) in the following places, and by the following Deputy Returning. Officers and Poll Clerks: Deputy Returning Ward Voting Place Officer St. Andrew's..Town Hall E. L. Mittel! St. James' ..,.Frank Layton's WarehouseT. G. Scribbins St. John's Ball-Macaulay's Office J. R. Butler St. George's.. K. W. Coiquhoun's Office..,Arthur Groves 2. On the 7th day of May, A.D. 1951, at the hour of 1:30 o'clock in the •afternoon (Daylight Saving Tone), the head of the Council, or some member of the Council ap- pointed for that purpose by .reslution, shall' attend at the office of the Town Clerk of the said Municipality for the purpose of appointing, and, if requested so to db, shall ap- point by writhing, signed by him, two persons to attend at the final summing up of the votes by the Clerk, and one person to attend at each Polling place on behalf of the persons interested in voting in the affirmative on the said question, and a like number on behalf of the persons interested in voting in the negative on the said question. 3. On the 14th day of May, A.D. 1951,.at the hour of 8:00 o'clock in the afternoon (Daylight Saving Time), at the Office of the Town Cleric of the said Municipality, The Clerk shal attend and sum up the votes given in the affirmative and in the negative on the said question. Read a First, Second and Third Time and Passed this 19th day of March, A.D. 1911. "G. W. NOTT", Mayor "M. T. CORLESS", Clerk I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of By -Law Number 9 for 1951. The Vote an the question set out in the said By-law will be taken as therein provided. Any Tenant qualified to vote on the said question must deliver to me, not later than the let day of May; A.D. 1951, the Declaration provided for by Subsection 3 of Section 5,276 of the Municipal Act. T. M. Costello, Esquire, Judge of the County of Huron, will attend at my Office on Tuesday, the 1st day of May, A.D. 1951, at the hour of 2;30 'o'clotck in the afternoon for the purpose of revising the list of voters entitled to mote on the said question. DATED this 11th day of April, A.D. 1951. "M. T. CORLESS", Clerk of the Corporation of the Town of Clinton. 16-17-18-:b. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 'PAGE 'THitEE BRUSSELS Special indnactuen service was held in Melville Presbyterian Church, when the new pester, Rev, William J. T. Fulton, was inducted. A native of Milford County, Donegal, Ire- lanal Mr. and Mrs. Fulton were given a reception here by a large crowd, They have three child- ren: Robin, 13; Austin, 11; Anna; eight. :Wanner as the year we started— so the result was a perfect ex- hibition of how the game should not be played . MAKING our own rules, we used only two clubs -tet No. 2 iron and a mutter—and a practice rabbet :golf bell (after ell, a good hall is too expensive for us to slice or lose) . . There is a wide stream which interrupts the even tenure of three fairways, so we did not take any chances; we merely carried our ball across and continued merrily on the way .. We had our own method of scoring the results 'We, will not tell . However we were pleased that our drives and shots along the fairway were not bad— fair distance and always straight Of course, the fact Viet pus bouncing ball may have aided all this, we do not take into con- sideration . NJ :II ,5 OUR approaches were in the best 'tradition of a poor golfer, nipping the top of, the ball or digging up the sod, the ball would bounce along a few 'yards . A hefty swing close to the green would send it across and off pito the row b and we would.. start all aver . It's a great Mica .. . And .we got plenty of exercise— plenty . . . Our sister-in-Iaw laughed so hard at some of our antics that she dubbed a couple— something we thought good golf- 'ars never do RAN into Mrs. .J Frank Mac- Donald on Woodward Ave. in Detroit . - She was there with her husband who was attending a Metropolitan Life Insurance conference at the Book Cadillac Hotel It seemed rather strange to run into someone from home Detroit was a ghost towel the day we were there .. The bus strike kept the downtown section, the quietest it has been for many a year . . n: ' A thrilled and excited young lady these days must be Kit Fingland. who is attending the London Normal School . . . She, along with five other girls, has been nominated as a candidate for the "Queen of the Ball" Voting for the "Queen" will take place today and Friday evening at "Normal Neeturine the annual graduation dance, the "Queen" will be crowned and she will hold sway as Queen of the Ball . . . Best of lucid .. . s: C e ALL the girls nominated have been prominent in some phase of student extra -curricular aotiv- ity Kit has, been a star basketball player . , . OBITUARY REV. J. R. PETERS Rev. John Robert Peters, 70, wellknow!n retired United Church minister end CCP candidate for Huron -Perth in the 1949 Federal elections, died Thursday at his home in Brampton, A native of Perth County, Mr. Peters held many charges in On- tario. He was onetime minister of 'McKillop United Church and retired from the London. Confer- ence of the ' United Church last June. Mr,Peters parried theCCPbannerr in the 1949 elections but was defeated. He was a graduate of Victorie College, University of REV. J. R. PETERS —Engraving courtesy The London Free Press Toronto. Surviving are his widow, the former Hilda el. Westman, and a daughter, Mrs. Howard (Cath- erine) Hunter, of Brampton.; and three grandchildren. Burial was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, London, Saturday af- ternoon. Mr. Peters was born in Morn- ington Township near Brunner. He attended Topping School, Mil- verton Continuation School, Strat- ford Collegiate Institute, and Al- bert College, Belleville. He took his BA degree in honor philos- ophy from Victoria College of the University of Toronto, and his theology at Victoria. He was ordained in the former Methodist Church in 1913, and since then has served almost entirely in rural charges in Western Ontario: His Huron County appointments included Winthrop, Belgrave,. Dungannon, Varna, and Eliniville, WILLIAM J. DOUGLAS Funeral services for William John Douglas, 80, Brucefield, who died in Stratford General Hospi- tal, on Friday, April 27, 1951, were conducted on Sunday after- noon, April 29, by Rev. P. A. Ferguson, Hensel% and Rev. E, R. Stanway, Brucefield, at the home of his son-in-law, Lindsay W. Eyre, Brucefield, with inter - a West goose it Model C9 THE FINEST WASHER IN WESTINGHOUSE HISTORY! • ae z li For the woman who wants the finest and safest in modern wash- ing equipment, Westinghouse en- gineers have, created this new "Model C-9". 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Pallbearers were Earl Douglas, Roy Censrtt, Eldon Jarrett, John Jarrett, Walker Carlile and Frank McClinchey. Flower ,bearers were Sid Gemmell,; Hugh Love, Wes Richardson, Leland Willett, Wil- fred Coleman and Charles Far- quhar. Relatives" were present 'from Pontiac, Applegate and New Bal- timore,, Mich., Hyde Park, Port Dover, London, Midland, Strat- ford and surroundingtowns. Mr, Douglas was brn at Blake, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Douglas. After his ; mar- riage to Elizabeth Jane Hudson in 1900 he farmed in Michigan for five years, returning to Blake in 1904, where he lived until com- ing to Brucefield in 1918. He was Reeve of Stanley Township for two years, and a counetilor for 12 years, He was a member of Hensall 'Presbyterian Church. Surviving besides his wife are one daughter, Pearl, Mrs. Lindsey Eyre one brother Robert, Port Dover; one sister, brother, Mrs. Edwad McAsh,' London; and two granddaughters. JOHN MCFARLANE F'unera'l services were held at the Ball and . Match Funeral Home, High St., Clinton, on Sun- day afternoon, April 29, for John McFarlane. Rev. Hugh C. Wilson officiated, and interment follow- ed in Baird's Cemetery, Stanley Township. Pallbearers were Ed Glen, Don- ald Glen, E. J. Gllen, Francis Daymond, Greg McGregor and Kenneth Stewart. Flower bear- ers. all grandchildren, were Mat Taylor, Boyd Taylor. WilI•iam McFarlane, Claire Taylor and Marie McFarlane. In his 02nd year, Mr. McFarlane had lived his entire lifetime on the farm on which he was born, lot 30, concession 4, Stanley Township. He was the last sur- viving member of the family of the late Mr•. and Mrs. James Mc- Farlane who came to Canada from Scotland and Ireland. He was a member of Wesley -Willis United Church. Although in ill -health for some time Mr. McFarlane's death oc- curred quite suddenly on Friday, April 27, from a heart attack. In October 1900 Mr. McFarlane married Isabella Robertson Me- Ewen, and last fall Mr. and Mrs. McFarlane, surrounded by their family and friends, celebrated their golden wedding. Surviving as well as Mrs. McFarlane are three sons, James, Noranda, Que.; lllalcolm, Stratford; and John. at home; one daughter, Anne, -Mrs. Kenneth Taylor, Blyth; and 11 grandchildren. MRS. S. H. BROWN Word has been received in town of the death in hospital, in Detroit, Mich., on Sunday, April 22, 1951, of Blanche Shooke, be- loved wife of Dr. S. H. Brown, former residents of Clinton. Born at Sealy's Bay, Mrs. Brown graduated as a nurse. Af- ter her marriage she resided in Cornwall and Bala before com- ing to Clinton. While here they built the residence now occupied by N. W. Trewartha. About 25 years ago they moved to Detroit, where they had since resided. Dr. and Mrs. Brown went to Florida for a vacation in Feb- ruary and while there Mrs. Brown became ill. and was brought to the hospital in Detroit, where she had been until the time of her death. Surviving are her husband, Dr. S. H. Brown, end one son, Merle. Following e church funeral service on Tuesday, April 24, in a Detroit Church interment took place in White Chapel Cemetery, Detroit. 0 CADET GRADUATES EXETER - William B. Arm- strong, Exeter, graduated from the military college of Royal Roads in British Columbia on completion of the first phase of his training for a career as an officer in the armed forces. r GOLDEN ■ MCC b''k' LO with 3Wee ,su 1 GU Ayer PPy •-1; Y Dry -Jy kms, 670N 4De&uiY plus' package by Harriet Hubbard Ayer HARRIET HUBBARD AYER 3 weeks' trial size FORM U LAY ER youthifying cream AT NO EXTRA COST with ' LIMITED TIME ONLY! LUXURIA cleansing cream 1LUX[7RTA IiiRMpolf complete 1.50 UNIQUE PHOTO SERVICE E. R. 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