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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD" -
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 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
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario,; Canada, in the Heart of Huron. County
R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L, COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager
•. Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday -Wednesday, August 5 - 9, 1950 •
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 19-49
Small Town
MANY OF US who live in the towns and
villages of Canada ' have a tendency some
times to belittle the relative importance of our
local industries.-
We look at some large factory employing
3,000 men and women in a nearby city and
say: "If only we could get an industry like
that where we live!"
Bigness, and the alleged importance and
efficiency of size mesmerizes us.
Yet it is not always the big company
which performs the biggest service, nor for
that matter which is not the most efficient.
In the recent, much-discussed report of
the Canadian Combines Commission into the
flour milling industry there appear these
statements:
"The operating and selling costs of an
efficient small mill, end many of them have
attained a very high degree of efficiency, are
lower than those of their large competitors,
in spite of the economies which large-scale
production and distribution are supposed to.
effect , . ,
"Small mills can and ordinarily- do sell
at prices lower, and often substantially
lower,than those of the big mills. The flour
produced by many of them is recognized by
the larger mills as of a quality comparable
with their own ... The interests of the pub-
lic ... would be seriously prejudiced by any
interference with the free operation of these
sources of supply"
Industry
As was pointed out by the McGregor re-
port into the alleged flour amiIlihg combine,
the number of independent mills 'in Canada
has declined from 412 in 1934 to only 155 in
1947.
In no small measure this decline, despite
lower cost production, has paralleled the grad-
ual but steady acquisition by the larger flour
mills of the majority of the nation's bread -
baking capacity. The small independent mills
have seen their customers bought up or clos-
ed out.
The smaller communities of Canada have
a major stake in the protection of efficient
small business operating outside the larger
cities,
There are still 77 independent flour mills
operating in Eastern Canada, 81 in the "West.
They still have almost per cent of the total
business. The 11 large mills, named In the.
Combines Act charges, control the balance,
If, as the federal combines report sug-
gests, these 158 smaller independent mills in
our smaller towns can compete on grounds of
relative efficiency with the large, city -con-
trolled flour mills, it would seem only fair
that we should ask our legislators to ensure
that they are not subjected to any illegal pres-
sure from price conspiracy.
Those remaining 158 independent flour
mills, in no small way, are the representatives
of independent, small town businesses.
Let us make sure that they receive fair
play!
Historical Sketches of the County of Huron
(Continued from Page One)
others who bring forward similar
arguments to establish their
theory, they were descended from
the Norsemen, whose inclination
or necessities brought them to
the south-west, is a matter which
no amount of research seems
new likely to establish.
Nor is it matter of importance,
so Ear as this local history is
concerned, how it comes that the
Indians .with whom more recent
discoveries have shown the great-
er bulk. of the North American
continent, and particularly Can-
ada, to have been peopled, are of
a. different race, with charsenter-
1stias in direct antagonism to
those of the more southern tribes
described by Columbus, Cortez
and Pizarro.
The former found the Weist
Indies populated by a pleasant,
peaceful people, ruled over by
caciques, enjoying existence, and
knowing nought of war -cry, stake
or crimson trophy. Cortez found
the Aztecs in a still more prog-
ressive state --residents of cities,
advanced in the arts of civiliza-
tion, builders of causeways,
dwellings and temples, and til-
lers of the soil; while on the
southern continent Pizarro con-
quered a nation who were only
inferior to their conquerors in
the arts and artifices of war,
• deceit, and dishonour. In fact,
the Mexican and Peruvian Were
admitted types of a civilization
which ere long would have emul-
ated, if
mul-ated,.if not surpassed, eastern
stages;.of progression, had not a
more cruel and warlike race
crushed out the national Instinct,
and planted its germs upon the
ruins.
Samuel de Champlain
Having briefly referred to some
of the uncertainties connected
with the aboriginal tribes, we
might say that the first authentic
knowledge we possess of those
tribes inhabiting Western On-
tario — particularly the Lake
Huron shore — resulted from, the
trading explorations and warlike
expeditions of Samuel de Cham-
plain, a Frenchman, the founder
of the flag and empire of Old
Prance In the New World — the
father and first governor of New
France—an adventurous explor-
er, a succesful discoverer, a
prosperous trader, a valiant sol-
dier, a chivalrous gentleman, •a
devoted patriot to his native
France, and the .first of his race
who looked upon Lalce Huron, or
ever bivouacked upon the shores
which confine its waters towards
the east.
Champlain was chief of a comp-
any of French traders who set
out in the year 1603 with the
primary object of exploring the
St. Lawrence with the ,view of
establishing a depot for the fur
trade. How he formed an al-
liance with the three great Ind-
ian nations to the north of the
Great Lakes and St. Lawrence
(known as the Algonquins, Out-
aouais and Hurons, and called by
the French the Northern Iro-
quolas); how he fought their bat-
tles agatnst the five great con-
federated Indian tribes to the
south of this chain of waters at
times with success, and again with
most disastrous results; all these
are facts so intimately connected
with the early history of our
country as to make it here un-
necessary to repeat them, further
than to mention the circum-
stances under which he—the first
of his race to set foot upon the
territory of the Huron District
was led at this early day so far
from his base of operations on
the Lower St. Lawrence.
It will be remembered that on
one occasion, during the summer
of 1615, Champlain ascended the
Ottawa (then called Rieviere des
Outaouais, after the tribe of that
name who inhabited its banks),
and the Matawin; thence crossing
the portage to Lake Nipissing,
following the outlet of that body
of water to :Georgian Bay; thence
proceeding via the River Severn,
Lakes .Couciiching and Simcoe,
the River Talbot, Balsam Lake,
and down the chain of lakes and
rivers which flow hence into the
Bay Quinte, 'Crossed the Prince
Edward Peninsula and afterwards
Lake Ontario to the present site
of Oswego, in New York State,
where he fought a battle with the
Soulthern Iroquois, was disasti-
rously defeated, and °Scoped,
wounded, to the north shore with
the remnants of his followers,
whom he had gathered up at var-
ious points along the above route
from the three northern tribes
above mentioned. •
After sustaining this defeat, the
was seized with a desire to form
an alliance with the "Neutral
Nations," who lived in what is
now Northern Ohio and Southern
Michigan He therefore returned
to Georgian Bay the way he had
31e )4dve es a/
optainavag
V11.41VING- LANDED' AT
ACOASTAL VILLAGE
ON -HI SPANIOLA, MORGAN
LEADS 400 BUCCANEERS
THE0U6N THE WILD SAVAIJAI4
TOWAROSTNER/CHGrYOP
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ITIVE EXPEUIT/0N_
come, and thence coasted around
that body of water to Lake Hur-
on, which eastern shore he fo -
lowed to its outlet via River and
Lake St. Clair, halting near the
present site of the City of De-
troit, where he spent the winter
of 1615-16 in holding councils
with the Neutral Nation. It was
during his progress on this mis-
sion that he first visited Huron
County—camping, as tradition in-
forms us, both in going and re-
;turning, at the Spot where Gode-
rich now stands.
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COUNTY CHEESE
PRODUCTION
HAS INCREASE
Huron County showed a con-
siderable increase in the produc-
tion of creamery butter and
;cheddar cheese in October, ac-
cording to figures releases' by
the Ontario Department of Agri-
culture In the monthly dairy re-
port... A decrease was noticed in
the over-all ten months period
ending October, 1949, in, butter
production, but an increase -was
reported in cheese production.
Figures released are: cream-
ery butter, October 1949, 300,113,
;as against 257,995 in the same
period in 1948. For the ten
months periods the figures are
3,310,089 and 3,355,216; cheddar
,cheese: October 1949, 60,443 as
against nothing in the same per-
• iod in • 1948, and 540,760 and
461,285 for the ten months per-
iod in 1949 and 1948. '
In the surrounding counties,
Lainbton shows 'an increase in
butter production in October but
a decrease in the ten Month per-
ido, and no cheese production at
all while Middlesex shows en
increase in both products in the
monthly production; but a de-
crease in the ten months period.
Bruce and Perth Counties show
increases all across the board.
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BLUEVALE — George Hether-
ington has sold his farm on Blue-
vale road to Glenn Golley, Morris
Township.
SEAFORTH—Council has de-
clared Boxing
e-clared'Boxing Day a public holi-
day. The Chamber of Commerce
was authorized toproceed with I
erection of street signs on Gode-
rich St., No. 8 Highway, the town
to assume cost and 'lettering
From Our 'Early Files
25 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, December 25, 1924
David Crawford, former man-
ager of the Commercial Hotel and
son of Mrs Susan Crawford, Clin-
ton; but latterly of Dublin,•. has
purchased the Graham House
from J. Dorsey, and is already in
possession.
Among those froth out-of-town
spending the holiday period here
are • Miss Louise Beaton, Oak-
ville; Miss Gertrude Wallis, Mid-
land; Miss Ethyle. Wasmari, South
Porcupine; Miss Marion Gibbings,
Toronto; Miss Grace Shepherd,
Ottawa; , Harold Kilty, Toronto;
Jack Bowden, Toronto; Misses
Winnie and Sadie Draper, St.
Catharines; Miss Etta Hardy, Tiv-
'erten; Miss 'W. E. Thompson,
Toronto; Ernest' Ford, Orillia;,
Mins Clete Ford, St. Thomas; Miss
Amy Hellyiar, Massey; Miss Bessie
Sloman, New York; Mr. and Mrs.
L, J. Wasman and Miss Helen,
Toronto; Harry Shaw, Dartmouth
University; Fred Lawrence, Lon-
don, end Miss Annie Lawrence,
Cayuga; Miss Merle Sweet, Sar-
nia; Clarence Shepherd, St.
Thomas; Misses Barry and Agnes
Combo, Toronto; Misses Kathleen
McConnell,-Lloydtown, 'and Annie
McConnell, Buffalo; Mrs. Gordon
Johnston and family, St. Cathar-
ines; Miss Dorothy Rorke, St.
Thomas; Miss Patricia Cunning-
ham, St. Thomas; Mrs. W. D.
Williams and children, Ingersoll;
Miss Jean L. Hogg, Toronto; Mr.
and Mrs. Wilfred Tanner, Agin-
court, and Miss Agnes Walker Ewan, Toronto; Fred Watts, To-
rontoIII.; Miss Elizabeth Ford Oshalva• and Hartley Watts, Belle -
president, Dr, J. W. Shaw; vice-
president, Dr. C. W. Thompson;
secretary -treasurer, Dr. W. Gunn;
members, J. Scott, C. E. Dowding,
T. Jackson, H. Wiltse, J. Wise-
man.
Harvey Parker has bought the
property on North Si. known as
he Newcombe cottage.
Misses Fisher and Mrs. Snow
are moving into the house vacat-
ed -by Mr.and Mrs. E. E. Ball
+'who are moving to Hamilton.4.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, December 23, 1909
W. Stirling and H. Disney are
in charge of the rink this year.
The first skating of the season
was last Saturday night. '
J. E. Hovey and J. E.`Cantelon
represented the Clinton Gun Club
at a clay pigeon shoot in Brussels.
Officers of the A.O.U.W. are:
master workman, J. Torrance;
foreman, D. Stevenson; overseer,
T. Dodds; guide, F. Bawden;' re-
cording secretary, R. J. duff;
secretary -treasurer; F. Fowler;
inside watchman, T. Trick; out-
side watchman, S. Fisher; Medical
examiner, Dr. J. W. Shaw.
Among those who have arrived
in town for the Christmas season
.re: Miss Edna Coopp, Guelph;
Miss Mary Chant, Hanover, and
Miss Gertie , Chant, Stratford;
Misses Sadie and Mary Holmes,
Toronto; Ed Jenkins, Toronto;
Miss May Rance, Toronto; A. F.
Johns, Rockwood; Miss Edith
Hodgen, Toronto; Frank O'Neil,
17loore Jaw, Sask.; Mr. and Mrs.
,f, W. Hill, Oxbow, Sask., with
their daughter, Mrs. William
Pl:umsteel: Miss -Annabelle Mc -
Kingston; Bert Sloman, Kankakee,
Robert Hunter, „Toronto; Miss
Elinor Kemp, Bruce Mines; Harry
Ambler and James Walters, Pon-
tiac, Mich.; Miss Mary Mair,
Maple Lake; Stewart Scott, To-
ronto; Mrs. W. E. Moody, Wal-
lace and Miss Catherine, Toronto;
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Hanley, To -
canto
N. W. Trewartha has purchaser
thebuilding formerly occupied lady, Toronto; HarveyColclou h,
by The New Era from G. E. Hai g
Mr. Trewartha intends fixing it Toronto.
up as a business location. Teachers at the Public School
who have given very satisfactory
mid-term reports. and have thus
gained a word of praise from the
school board are John Hartley,
principal, Misses Lizzie McPher-
son; Janet Wilson, Clara Chidley,
Lucy Stevens, Hattie Courtice,
Maud Wiltse, and Minnie Ker.
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A RHYTHMICAL TRIBUTE
to a Clinton Lady by Miss
Clara Mountcastle
Do you know her? She's a woman
With a. Heart that's large and
warm.
And a face whose flickering sun-
ell•
vine; Miss Lucy Grant, Toronto.
Miss 011ie Cooper, Don, and Miss
Edna Cooper, Toronto; Mr, and
Mrs. Robert., Watkins, Wilkie,
Sask.; Mr. and Mrs. Israel Taylor,
London; Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Southcombe, London, and Mrs.
William Southcombe, St. Marys;
James McCool, Cs -os -swell, Alta.;
Miss . Pearl O'Neil, Toronto; Don
Ross. Toronto; Miss Evelyn Tip
Mrs. S. J. McIlveen has mov-
ed into the property recently
purchased on Albert St. next to
Me]lveen's bakery,
Among those visiting out-of-
town for Christmas include: Miss
Ni. A. Stone, Essex; Miss B. F.
Ward, Rockville, Maryland; Miss
Annie McDonald, Woodstock; Mr.
Ind Mrs. R, Horsley, Woodstock;
Miss Sadie Watkins, Flint, Mich.;
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Reynolds, De-
troit; A-11McGerva, Paisley; E. G.
Courtice and Misses. Hattie and
Sybil, Hamilton.
Markets were: wheat; $1.30;
peas, ,$1.50; oats, 45c; barley, 85c; Shows the aftermath of storm.
buckwheat, 85c; butter, 35c to
36c; eggs, 46c to 60c; live hogs, $9. She's a woman, just a woman,
John Cuningheme has purchas-
ed the old Cole property which
adjoins his own on Huron St.
Doherty Pianos Limited have
concluded a very successful year.
W. N. Manning, general manager,
on his visit to the factory this
week left a cheque for $500 to
he distributed among the em-
ployees.
40 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, December 23. 1909
Officers of the Young Men's
Bible Class of St. Paul's Church
are: president, Frank Herman;
vice-president, Roy Ball; secre-
tary, Caryl Draper; look -out com-
mittee, Clarence Rance, Edward
Foster, James Appleby, J. SIo-
man; supply committee, Wilbur
Ford, Ray 'Ford, Dodds Holloway,
E. Foster; teachers, ' John Hart-
ley, Frank Herman, E. M. Mc-
Lean, Roy Ball, John Ransford.
Officers of the 'YMCA are:
president, Perry Plumsteel; vice-
president,
ice-
r ident John Hartley; secre-
tary, Fred Chant; teasurer,
James Tucker; directors, L. C.
Fleming, E. East, G. Doherty;
chairman of religious 'work, C.
H. Holland.
Those who have sold animals
to the local butchers to be in-
cluded in the' Christmas trade are
E. Rathweli, A, Eiicoat, Thomas
Mair, George Hill, Levi Wiltse,
S. Merrill, Walter Marlowe, H.
Peacock, C. Lindsay, S. G. Castle,
H, Snell, C, Lovett, Eli Crich, G.
Wright, James Snell and Sons, E,
Crawford, W, Taylor, W. Wheat-
ley, John Vodden, A. Grainger,
Langston and Scott, James Fair,
J. Bamford, Fitzsimons and Son,
F. Waldron, John Wise, John Mc-
Naughton.
Dave Cook and Robert Sweet
are starting an open air rink.
The Hos ital oar consists of:
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RANSOM FOR. SUCH
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WHERE'S
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) VILLAIN`/
And no other word can tell,
All her graces and perfections,
For she doeth all things well.
Do you know her? She's the
owner
Of a little spotted pair—
Pair on ponies and she drives them
Round about and everywhere.
And she takes the sick for airings,
And she cheers the 'sad with
smiles;
And she comforts all about her
With her 'tender winning wiles,
Do you know her? She's a wonder,
As she sits with stately mien,
Mid lier wrappings. As you pass
her,
You might take her for a queen.
Do • you know her? She's a
Christian,
Sheds her light o'er all the land;
She's a woman pure and spotless,
One of God's own blessed band,
Clinton, December 22, 1099,
This was written 50 years ago
in remembrance of this ,charit-
able lady's kindness to the poet,
during the latter's recovery from
a severe illness. This lady now
living in Clinton (Mrs. Clara
Jackson, Bayfield Road), cele-
brates her 91st birthday today,
December 22, 1949,
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It has been our privilege for 44 years
to extend to all our friends in town and
surrounding country, the season's greet-
ings
and we do mean more than' ever:
"May your Christmas be Merry and
your New Year Bright!
II W. S. R.HOLME i'
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'Twas the night before Christmas
At the 'furniture . store,
Which was sold out of HOMEWOOD,
They hadn't any more.
But the gratified owner,
With a smile full_ of cheer,
Was planning to feature,
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MUCH MORE HOMEWOOD NEXT
YEAR.
A Merry Christmas to you and yours
and "all the best'' throughout
the coming New Year.
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BEATTIE and McROBERTS
George Beattie -- Harold McRoberts
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GIFTS GALORE! °..
Let us help you finish up your gift :.
problems -We have dozens of suggestions Ti
for everybody from young children to i;
grown-ups as well as many lovely things s;
for- the home:
Diamond Rings, Watches, Dresser Sets, Chests of i
Silverware, Electric Wall Clocks, Electric Shavers, Pen ;:t
and
and Pencil Set, Silver Trays and Dishes of all kinds,
Watch Expansion Bracelets, Pearls, Scatter Pins, Bed- 4:
room and Fancy Clocks, Electric Kettles, Irons, Toast- :b
ers, etc., Bracelets, Lockets, Compacts. All these and x
many more are here for you to see. We invite you g
to visit our store.
We take this opportunity to extend
to everybody our wishes for
A
VERY
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
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