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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1949-10-06, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, OCTOBER" 6, 1949 Clinton News -Record THE CLINTON NEW - ERA . Established. 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Established 1878? Amalgamated 1924 • An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District Population, 2,500; Trading Area, 10,000; Sworn Circulation, 1,908; Rate, .03 per line MEMBER: Canadian. Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: payable ' in advance - Canada and Great Britain: $2 a year; United , States , and Foreign: $2,50. Authorized as second class mail, Post Office ., Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, iu the Heart of . Huron County R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager • Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday - Wednesday,. August 5 - 9, 1950 0 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1949 Soil -Conservation Programme Overdue sound soil management may accomplish. In the United States, he said, corn is grown on '90 million acres which yield an average of three billion bushels, If the best known soil management practices were employed, three billion bushels of corn can be produced on 50 million acres. This would leave 40 million acres for soil -conserving crcps such as alfalfa, clover and hay. Thus used, 40 million acres of land would no longer be a liability to the American soil conservation program but would be under cover and held in • reserve to meet the needs of an expending population. Canadian agriculturists can certainly af- ford to give some serious thought to the mat- ter of soil management. Soil is unquestion- ably ourgreatest natural resource, yet in many sections of the country it is being "mined." Wind' and- water ._erosion take a devastating toll every year, Provincial and federal gov- ernments are doing much to solve the problem but they can't do it by themselves. The time has come for every farmer in Canada to launch his own Soil conservation program. SOME. STARTLING STATISTICS were revealed at the recent conference of the Plant Food Producers by Dr. Russell Coleman, president of. the National Fertilizer Associa- tion in the United States, / Describing conditions in his own country, Dr. Coleman said that in its early history, 19 farm people were necessary to produce suf- ficient food for themselves and one additional person. Today -19 farm people are supporting themselves and 66 others. In 1850, about, 65 per cent of the entire labor force in the country worked on farms while 35 per cent • was engaged in industry. 'Today, only 12 per cent are farmers. Of these, one third are pro- ducing 80 per Cent of the nation's farm com- modities. This means that four•per cent of United States' population, using modern equipment and scientific soil management practices, ere producing almost the entire bulk of the Unit- ed States food supply. Dr. Coleman offered an example of what The Wild Pack THIS IS THE SEASON when things seem easy to do, comments The Printed Word. Wars look easier to win, which may be one reason invasions are started. Business executives •turn up suddenly in their offices, surprising some of the newer stenos and messengers who have been taken on strength only since the greens and fairways dried in the late spring, and therefore have not seen the boss before. Those pest youth, who have no fall plowing, have difficulty getting enough exercise. A few gear this surging strength to accomplishing works conceived last spring or dreamed through the summer, or many summers. Autumn Is a very special time for a boy of eleven. It is not unlikely to be the height of his career, the height of his mental develop- ment, and the time when his life is least likely to end. Although he has many gloomy thoughts,. as have children end adults at all ages, he worries less than most, and hardly at all about getting smarter or dying. Hie does not think either is possible. If a boy is lucky in his environment, at the age of eleven in Canada, in the autumn, he runs with a gang. In some cities in most generations there are bad gangs of boys, but these are usually older boys. Boys of eleven in a Canadian autumn feel that life is spac- ious. They run and they yell. School is a burden and there may be side jobs like pick- ing apples or working at a store, but there is energy aplenty left for running and yelling. Organized sport may claim them if they are skilled, but the great thing of autumn is the wild, ferocious, innocent pack running and yelling In the early dusk. Carelessness Heads The List AN INTERESTING" bit of information comes from the American National Safety Council, which reports that contrary to popular belief, it is not the drunken driver, who is the greatest menace on the highway, but the plain,. ordinary careless driver. Of the many thousands of automobile traffic fatalities in the United States, less than two per cent were caused by drunken drivers, the Safety Council reports. The completely sober driver who failed to exercise proper care was by far more dangerous. People have .been pretty well educated to the fact that a man with a quantity of liquor in his stomach has no ,place behind the steer- iog' wheel. They have not yet realized that no man has any business driving a car unless ne keeps his mind on his job every second, abstains from too great speeds, observes the rules of the road scrupulously, and keeps al- ways in the back of his mind the conscious- ness that the slightest lapse on his part may cause tragedy. There is no excuse for carelessness on the part of any person at the wheel of an automobile. The highways are no place for the driver who has not a full realization of his responsibilities and who is not prepared to exercise due precaution while on the road to assure his own safety, that of those who may be with him, and of his fellow motorists, Historical Sketches of the County (Continued from Page One) village ofof g lI mesv}Ile. Tai July, 1832, John and Samuel Holmes, who had come from Ireland two years previously, settled on Lots 35 and 34 respectively of the Maitland Concession. The same year Hobert Proctor and four Ford brothers - James, Thomas, John and George — came in, and located near the Holmes; and of these four brothers, all are at present (1879) living near Hol mesville except James, who re- turned to Ireland some years aft- er settling here. When they came in, there was only one , frame building in Goderich, and but few of any kind. Along the. Huron Road there were very few settlers at this time, but among them were R. Slattery end two brothers Gibson, who settled about two and a half miles out of Goderich in 1830 or 1831, and of these Mr. Slattery is now the oldest living settler in the township, residing on lot 13, Concession B. At the time the Holmes came in there were no settlersinthe Hur OIl Tract ex- cept those in Goderich Township —which then included the pre- sent town—and the Van Egmonds who kept tavern in Huilett, a short idstance north-west of Seaforth, London Road Opened In 1833 or 1834, however, the London Road, which joins the Huron Road at Clinton, was open- ed out, after which the country traversed thereby was quickly and thickly settled. The greater number of the settlors up to this time purchased their land for $1.50 per acre, and those who did work on the roads to pay for it had five years in which to "come down with the dust". There were comparatively few of these, however, as by far the greater number of the pioneers not only paid for their land, but earned a livelihood for themselves and their families the while, by working on the roads which the Canada Company were building. of Huron Actual Money Scarce Money was an article almost unseen among the settlers, and for several years their condition was very discouraging, In fact, before they commended raising grain, their labour was the only "legal tender" at their command, for it must be remembered that they came in with little or no cash capital, but were "full of hard days' work;" and the use to which that capital was put is re- flected in the splendid farms and fine buildings which to -day grace the entire township. B. B. and G. Built This financial stringency con- tinued, though ie a somewhat milder form, till the building of the Buffalo, Brantford and God= erich Railroad; and as an ex- ample of the scarcity of cash, as well as of the system of "barter" which then prevailed, it may be interesting to mention that Mr. Sturdy on one occasion took a barrel of flour to Goderich and endeavoured tc exehahge it for i "What's this rumour about INFLATION?' From. Our Early Files 25 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, October 9, 1924 A very successful Bazaar was sponsored by the W, M. S. of Ontario St. Church. Those assis- ting were Mrs. George Shipley, Mrs. Stang, Mrs, Rumbail, Mrs. Bart Levis, Mrs. Frank Glew, Mrs. Govier, Mrs. Downs, Mrs. F. Nott, Mrs. Layton, Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. Walker, Mrs .Peffers, Mrs. Paxman, Mrs. Venner, Miss Emma Plumsteel, Mrs. Harrison Wiltse, Mrs. B. J. Gibbings, Miss Brick- enden, Miss Cornish, Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. R. B. Carter. Mrs. Henry Peacock, Mrs. Hawke, MTs. Was- mann, Mrs. Wended, Mrs. Kenn- edy. Thomas Wigginton has started putting in new lock boxes and re -arranging the present boxes at the Post Office and David Kay has started painting the building. J. A. Ford and Son have pur- chased the building they occupy and the one next to it from Jacob Taylor. The Lion Tamers Club have. taken rooms over Wendorf's Res- taurant for the winter months. Those assisting at the League meeting in Ontario St. Church were Misses Jean Plumsteel, Lulu Crich, Margaret Ball and MQ. Erwin. A. J. McMurray is attending a plowing demonstration in St. Thomas. The Moderation League has set up quarters in the office of /Jacob Taylor on the Midway. Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cook, Sarnia, are visiting with the lat- ter's perents, Mr. and Mrs. John Schoenhals, THE CLINTON' NEWS -RECORD( Thursday, October 9, 1934 Mrs. Long has sold her resid- ence on Albert St. to John Aitken head of the Huron Casting Co. Mrs. Long and Miss Mantle plan Ito spend the winter in California. I Roy Ball has been placing his radio • speaker outside so that p'lasers r^n hear the broadcasts1 of the World Series baseball games. This is the first opport- unity many have had to hear these games. Mr. and Mrs. M. T, Corless have been called to Burgessville on ecciount of the sudden death of the former's mother, Successful students at the C, C. I. field day include: K. Rorke, barrel of salt, but as the salt was considered worth more than the flour, he was unable to effect the exchange. In.eddition to the early settlers already named, this sketch would be incomplete should we neglect to mention the Cox brothers — John, James, George, and David .....who came from. County Fer- managh, Ireland -the former two in 1832, the others in 1833, Very soon thereafter came Joseph Whitehead and several sons; 'and John Wilson, who located on Lot 4, Concession 6, Is one of the very earliest settlers, though we have not the precise meet, The Adveu u €s Of -- Captain 'Captain .tllrlorgan E N�7Age6essLy GEAV/NA. A C4MPFfad aeUtW/NG WHILE THEY SLEEP, THE 80U04NHUNtERS FALL AN EASY PREY ro A-SPAN/SH LAND/N& P.dery_ _ _ So DE .FOtm: • ALL NOW,CMARAE! DEATA TO THE euccANEl25 AND LOOK—THEY NAVE MASTIFFS TO SEARCH Tee UNDERBRUSH-. IF THEY LFATaTHEM T4415'WAY, WE'RE F0.95HED, Too; YOU'RE WGHT,ENOGie ALL WECAtM110i5Tee TO NIDE fRDMTHE DON , QUICK.. LST 5 CLIMB A:7RE£ I'LL BOOST YOU UP MUERTO A LOS a1RpTA4.' GET THE GIRL, CARLOS! - T1.14T'5 THE LAST OF THE ENGLISI4 DEVILS,' I'M WOUNDED,MoR6AN/ STAY WITH ME -OUR. LET ME GO! FRIENDS ARE BEYOND I'LL FIND µFLP ,THE SPANIARDS A WEAPON: OUTNUMBER, US THEY'LL PAY TEN TO ONE. FOR, T4415! ONL' UP TO ' Tt4E (emits I''M' RUM& + I CAN'T HOLD .YOU up 'MUCH LONGER Match, Dodds, Yesbec, R. Carter, Snell, Boyce, McNeil, Richards, VanHorne, Hellyar, Marshall, L. Cook, McKnight, Epps, Castle, Hovey, Glazier, Gibbings. Moor - house, Glew,' Cole, Venner, Mas-. on, Livermore, Kennedy, L. Levy, F. Schcenhals, E. Hogg, M. Thompson, J. McEwen, A. Snell, C. Gould, Z. Salter, M. Streets, E. Stirling, T. Flynn, R. Jackson, M, Middleton, A. Biggin, M. Hov- ey, 19, MlcEwan, F. Rorke, R, Shobbrook, M. Cudmore, J. Lavas, D. Durnin, C. Pepper, E. Stan - bury, C. Evans, E. Atkinson. Mrs. Wilfred Pickett and Mrs. W. G. Moffatt are in Toronto on account of the illness of their father, James Dunford, Miss' Mary Argent visited in Stratford over the weekend. Wilmer Wallis has returned from a business trip up north. * * .•. 40 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, October 7, 1909 Misses Fisher have rented the house lately occupied by J. Tay- lor'on Townsend St.; John Derry has moved from Mrs. Chidley's house opposite the foundry to the house on Ontario St. recently vacated by Mr. Eames; Mr. Barge is moving into the ouse lately occupied by Mr. Derry. Those assisting at the unveil- ing ceremonies of a monument in memory of the late H. B. Kerr will be Dr Evans, N. Ball, T. Cottle, J. B. Hoover, Dr. J. W. Shaw, H, B. Combe and the Cit- izens' Band. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jennis- on have moved to town from the London Road. Their daughters, Misses Edith and Phoebe will conduct a dressmaking establish- ment its town. The Northside bowlers were the losers in the local competit- ion and thus are to prepare the annual supper. Northside bowl- ers: G. Barge, R. E. Manning, Dr. J. W. Shaw, D. A. Forrester, A. J. Holloway, H. Wiltse, J. Wiseman, 3. B. Hoover, J. W. W. Harland, B. J. Gibbinge; Southside bowlers: J. W. Irwin, Dr. F. A. Axon, J. L. Courtice, C. E, Dowding, T. Jackson, A. J. Grigg, G. D, McTaggart, E. G. Courtice, 'C. J. Wallis, J. Ratten- bury, W. Brydone; J. Stevenson. Miss Minnie Cooper has taken a position at Tozer and Brown's store, Misses Reta Herman and; Erma Andrews are learning, the oper- ating at the Bell Telephone off- ice. Misses Edith Hodgens and Luc- ile Grant are resuming ,their studies in art in Toronto. THE. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. Thursday, October 7, 1909 Those assisting at the Bazaar held by the Women's Associat- ion of Willis Presbyterian Church were Misses Jean Scott, Helen Fair, Hazel O'Neil, Jessie O'Neil, Eileen Hoover, Jean Chidley, Agnes Irwin, Barbara NMclvor and Bernice Kay. Miss May Rance has been ap- pointed teacher of elocution at Moulton College, Toronto. Mrs. Edward Walsh has sold PEOPLE FAVOR CHEQUES WHEN PAYING BILLS Cash Method Wastesisky Time Canadians now complete more business transactions by cheque than by cash. The reason is that paying by cash usually involves making a tiresome round, of stores and offices, whereas writing and mailing cheques does the same job quickly and easily. Another advantage is that carrying a cheque-book is much safer than keeping large sums of cash in pocket or purse. Lost cash can bring troubleranging from irritation to tragedy. But a lost cheque-book costs nothing to replace and does' not endanger the owner's savings. Should a filled-in cheque be mislaid, a prompt call to the bank will stop payment of it. Furth- ermore, a cashed cheque auto- rhaticallly becomes a receipt, thus giving the payer extra protection. This modern way of paying bills., is available to everyone at the Bank of Montreal. Mr. Wil- liam H. Robinson, branch man- ager et Clinton, Ontario, advises that the B of M's welcome met is out for all who wish to open 'accounts for this purpose. 40-b her property on the Landon Road to C. 'Wiltse, Mrs. Walsh going to live with her -daughter., in De- troit; Rev. Mr, Eames has moved into the residence he purchased from Dr. Fonder. ' D. A. Forrester, John Wiseman, G. D. McTaggart'.' and James Pair defeated a rink • of bowlers from Seaforth on the latter's home greens on Wednesday. Alexander — MYfcMath — At the residence of the ,bride's par- ents, on Wednesday. October 6, 1909, by Rev„ Mr. Hamilton, Eva, daughter' of Mr. and Mrs. William; McMeth, Goderich Township, to Dr. ' Eban Alexander, Knoxville, Tents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Jackson and Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Shaw are at- tending a Ticket 'Agents' Con- vention in Buffalo. Fortify Your Resistance NOW! CERTIFIED HALIBUT CAPSULES .....100 for $1.25 WAMPOLES COD LIVER EXTRACT .. , $1.00 NEO CHEMICAL FOOD , .. , '$1.35, $2.65; $4.95 CERTIFIED COD LIVER EXT. with Creosote,.. $1.00 SCOTT'S EMIJCSION $1.18 Our Special: NYLON HAIR BRUSH ... $1.00 e. W S. R. HOLMES Your Rexalt Drug Store CHOOSE NOW! This is the time to choose those most important Christmas Gifts. You can pay later, any way you wish during the next three months. We invite you to join our Christmas Lay -Away Club now. Select whatever you want and we will be glad to look after it for you—Watches, Rings. Pearls, Silverware, Compacts, Brush Sets, Lock- ets, Powder Boxes, Bracelets and gifts of jewellery of all kinds, It will pay you to pay us a visit soon. W. N. counter Counter's for Finer Jewellery for Over Half a Century in Huron County. See the NEW Westinghouse RADIO -PHONOGRAPH in our store! HIGHEST FIDELITY RADIO , .. EVERY TYPE OF RECORD You get EVERYTHING at its best with WESTINGHOUSE POLYPHONIC! So many important things have been happen- ing lien radio . , , and in new types of record- ing . , trent only a COMPLETE . . , and completely NEW ; , . instrument can bring you ALL the entertainment and full enjoy- ment you have a right to expect. "You get more Ti -IAN EVER in the NEW WESTINGHOUSE! 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