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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1949-08-04, Page 3THURSDAY, AUGUST '4., .l949 CLINTON WS -RECORD PAGE THREE Clinton Bank of Montreal's Anniversary Local Branch. Founded ti Just Seventy , Year`s 'Ago This week, the Bank of Mont - pears local office observed its 70th anniversary. It was on Aug- ust 1, 1879, that the branch first opened its doors to serve Clinton and the surrounding district. The office was opened by the Molson's Bank,. which long ago became a part of the B of M, in the build- ing formerly owned by the Jack- son Manufacturing Company Ltd., on Rattenbury Street, opposite the public library. Remodelled, it is now owned end occupied by J. H. Brandon as a farm implement agency, with apartment above. Only a few years earlier, the famous Clinton salt wells were discovered near the town, and Clinton, then as now the busy centre of a rich and productive agricultural district, gave ample promise of its steady development and prosperous future. During the past 70 years, the community has progressed with the times, and has retained that soundness of character. which todayy is typi- cal of the stability of the whole country. 70 Years of Progress Throughout these years, the B of M's local office has con- stantly . served the interests of the community and its residents. and it is proud to be able to look back, with the town, on seven unbroken decades of part- nership and progress. The office has been guided, since it' first opened, by a suc- cession of able managers. M. Lough, who opened the office, was followed by H. C. Brewer, C. E. Dowding and H. R. Sharp. Many residents will remember Harold M. Monteith, now man- ager of the B of M's Sault Ste. Marie office, who had charge of the branch from 1934 to 1942. His successor, William H. Robinson, is capably maintaining the high standard of service to the community established by his predecessors. A native of Thames- ford, he began his banking career in London, in 1912, and has since gained' wide banking experience at numerous points throughout eastern Canada. In the earlier years, the man- agers anagers resided in the apartment over the bank building on Rat- tenbury St. E. Pioneer Banking The forwerd-looking spirit of the local B of M office stems from the earliest traditions of the parent bank, which was founded in 1817. Within a'fort- night of its establishment, Can- ada's first bank introduced the branch banking system. This flexible and trustworthy type of organization has long sane :arm, - en a mainstay of the nation's relative stability in economic affairs, In its first year, the bank also issued Canada's earliest na- tive currency and became the colonial government's domestic banker. In the opening up of the West, Bank of Montrealbranches pion- eered in many frontier settle- ments. The bank played an im- portant part in financing Canada's first transcontinental railway, the Canadian Pacific. Today, the bank that began es a modest office with seven em- ployees has a staff of more than 9,000 in over 500 branches from Bank of Montreal Officials at Present Time - President B. C. GARDNER, MC W. H. ROBINSON Clinton Manager General Manager GORDON R. BALL Bank of Montreal's First Office Here ABOVE is reproduced a photograph of the original Clinton office of the Molsons Bank (predecessor of the Bank of Mont- real) which was opened here in 1879 with M. Lough as manager. A commodious white brick building located on the north side of Rattenbury St. West, . opposite the Public Library, it contained living quarters in the second and third floors for the manager and his family: Remodelled, the structure is now used as an implement agency by J. Ii. Brunsdon, with an apart - meet on the second floor. The early picture was made available through the courtesy of Clinton Presbyterian Church collection of lantern slides originally assembled by H, C. Brewer, second -manager of the 'bank. 1 coast to coast. One of the Brit- ish Commonwealth's major bank, the B of M maintains offices in London, Eng., New York, Chi- cago and San Francisco, Canad- ians keeping money in the Bank of Montreal number 1,7000,000, Thus, Canada's pioneer bank has grown up with the country it has so ably served on the long road front Wilderness colony to world power. NEW ASSISTANT WROXETER — W. T, (Bill) Abraham has been appointed -assistant agricultural represent- ative for Middlesex County, with headquarters in London. He is a native of Wren -der. Since his graduation from OAC, Guelph, in 1947, he has been in the Pub- lic Relations Department at the college. Tomo aaes ogetker eti,,,,a0444 SALT CELLAR WAS STILL' TI3E MAIN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION , . . when our lora) B of M office opened to serve the community back in 1879. Just a few years before, a probing drill found 45 feet of good salt near the outskirts. How many million tons waited to be tapped beneath the soil, only the suture would tell. But the soil itself was rich and productive, ideal for grain farming and as pasture land. And many industries hummed within the town's confines. 'Clinton, in those days, was preparing for its progressive and prosperous future. Through the following: years, the town has maintained its leading position among small, progressive communities while the B of M has steadily served, the banking needs of genera- tions of its people. Here, as in hundreds of communities, large and small —throughout the length and breadth of the. Dominion— the Bank of Montreal con- tinues to work with. Canad- ians as it has done since the days of its foundation more than 130 years ago. In hamlets and villages, towns and cities, the Bank of Montreal is still pioneering with the men and women who arc making the Canada of tomorrow. BANK OF MONTREAL Canada's First Bank working with Canadians in every walk of life since 1817 Clinton Branch: WILLIAM H. ROBINSON, Manager "MY BANB° 7011711)05 U5A0/A5l eannee LONG LAY-OFF ENDS GODERICH —After a lay-off of 'two months, due to the steel strikes in United States, the Do- minion Road Machinery Co. started back to work on Tuesday morning, August 2. Some 120 employees were affected. The Voice of TEMPERANCE This is the season of Polio- myelitis but do you know that there are more than twice as many deaths due to alcoholism? Prevention is the scientific method of combatting all diseases including alcoholism; that Is why Temperance Education stresses the fact that ABSTINENCE PAYS. Drinking in moderation is not the solution to the liquor prob- lem; it is the main cause of that problem. The moderate drinker is always a candidate for alcohol- ism, a total abstainer never is. Scientists have studied care- fully the effects of strong drink on the human body and have learned that the old ideas we had about alcohol being a food and a stimulant were wrong. They have proved alcohol to be a drug and a poison. In the Pharmacological classification of poisons it is plac- ed side by side with chloroform and ether and described as a narcotic poison. A Professor of Bio -Chemistry In the University of Cambridge states that beer is the most harm- ful of alcoholic drinks even though the alcohol content per volume is from 3 to 9 per cent, In the face of this scientific advice a Director of the Brewer's Society is responsible for the fol- lowing statement: "We want to get the beer drinking habit in- stilled into thousands of young men who do not at present know the taste of beer." WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO PROTECT YOUR BOY OR GIRL? IF YOUR EXAMPLE SAFE FOR THEM TO FOLLOW? Sponsored by Huron County Temperance Federation 31-b OBITUARY OLIVER M. JOHNSON Funeral services were conduct- ed at the Ball and Mitch Funeral Home, High St,, Clinton, on Thursday, July 28, 1949, for Oliver M, Johnson. Rev. J. Hutton, Pine River, who had served overseas in the 47th Battalion with Mr. Johnson, officiated: Interment followed in Clinton Cemetery. Pallbearers were G. Howes, E. Snell, M. Counter, Morgan Ag- new, Dr. F. G. Thompson, Clin- ton, and W. J. Appleby, Toronto, Dr. 3, W, Shaw and R. Barkley acted as honorary pallbearers, Friends and relatives from a distance' who attended included - H. C. Johnson and Miss Hazel; Mr. and Mrs. E, Johnson. and Miss Marie; Mr. and . Era's, IT, Johnson, Jr.; 3. Polley; R. Bark - Tey; and W. J. Appleby, all of Toronto. Previous to the service in Clinton. a service was conducted in Jerrett's Funeral Chapel, To- ronto, on Wednesday evening, with Rev. A. F. Hayward in charge, Later e Masonic crevice,' conducted by the members o8• Oakwood Lodge was held. Mr. Johnson was born in Clin- ton 51 years ago, and received his early education here and then eraduated from the Toronto Col- lege of Optometry. For over 30 years Mr. Johnson had been a practicing optometrist at the corner of Duff erin and St. Clair in Toronto. He was a past presi- dent of the Ontario Optometrists Association and a former mem- ber of the Ontario Board of Op- tometrists. Mr. Johnson was a veteran of the First World War, serving overseas where he was severely wounded. He was a member of Oakwood Lodge, A.F. 'and A.M., and 'the Canadian Legion, Mr. Johnson's death occurred at his home, 106 Lauder Ave., Toronto, on Sunday, July 24, af- ter suffering a severe heart at- tack. Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Cooper, leip- pen; two daughters, _ Mrs. W. Brewer and Bette; and two ban- thers, Harold and Earl Johnson: all ,of Toronto, The following is a tribute to 'the late 011ie Johnson from Kan- lcekee, Ill.: " . ' The News -Record ,says 011ie Johnson died, I like to think that there were some of the 161st Bandon fellows to stand at his grave: Could 011ie know, he would be glad. He was any friend. "The last time I saw him was at his cottage at Meeford in 1942. The two of us got in a tiny boat, and either one of us alone was bigger than the boat. It sank. Nelia and Pkat lstil{i' laugh at the sight. "011ie never changed. He was the same then as he was back through the years, the war, and the school days even to the class that a Miss Stevens taught. The school had four ball teems: 011ie was Captain of one. The other Captains picked men to win their games, I wasn't 'worth a damn as a player but 011ie picked that kind just because they wanted to playYears later I saw him. picking up a broken man in France like he picked up school kids who had skinned their knees. They had a poem in a school book that was probably written for 011ie about Play 'up, Play up, and Play the Game. "I should like to write his obituary, one that would make Clinton glad and sorry that they turned out to see a native son on his last trip Home. "I wish they would print John Hutton's funeral address. I know it would be good for John thought much of 011ie . . .111101.11111.1.10 DRUG STORES I.D.A.SFECIALS A. B. S. & C. TABS. 100-18c CLEANING FLUID 19c 37c HEALTH SALTS .. 59c IDASAL TABS 300-59c WITCH HAZEL .. , 19c VITAMIN B. 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