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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-01-06, Page 3THURS., JAN. 6 194 THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN • THE CENTURY ulation is considerably greater as: a% number of outsiders have Moved in. Marriages 11; nirths 22; Deaths 11. The home of. Mr, and Mrs`; E, Kemp;' was gladdened on Christmas Day by the presence of their six sons—Harry of Goderieh, Thomas, Bert and George of London, Will, of Stratfordand Sam of town, who assembled about the old hearth to partake of Christmas cheer. The Gun Club shoot on Christmas.' Day was well attended and some good scores were made. The nomination meeting on Monday night was attended by the usual crowd and the proceedings were at no time lively. Several of the speakers made flattering references to the faithful services of the retiring clerk. Registrar Coats. Mr. W. C. Searle fill- ed the rule of criticsas usual and ly overhauled the council 'for its ac- tions. He would not be a candidate this year for the mayoralty as he didnot care to .be in the race with .two undertakers, Messrs. •Stevenson and Hoover, and suggested to Mayor Jackson that he too retire and leave .the funeral directors to fight it out. Nominated for the mayoralty were Thomas Jackson, 3. C. Stevenson, J. B. Hoover and W. C. Searle. Some Notes of The News in 1918 THE CLINTON NEWS REC'O'RD loft Monday will be for the offices' of Mayor and Reeve. The councillors are: JANUARY 2nd, 1919 I Messrs. B. Langford, Murray Mc- Word has been received .of the death Ewan, W. J. Paisley, A. J. MdMurray, in England of Pte. H. Twyford, whose R. B. Carter, and J, E, Johnson. The family resides in Clinton. ,Pte, Twy- fernier two were members 'of the ford did riot enlist with the Huron council for 1918. Mr. Paisley is, of battalion but he lived here previous course, an old. councillor but the other to going overseas. three are new men. The school tams - Mr E. W. Morrison having sold his 'tees, all of whom were elected by ac - farm on the second of Stanley to Mr. demotion are: St. Andrew's,ward, Walter Stevens and having purchased W. S. R. Holmes; St. James, A. F the town house of Mr. Thomas Rath- ' Cudmore; St. George, A. 3. Morrish well contemplates moving into Clin- and St. John's T. Cottle. As Mr. Cot- ton, probably. in March. � tie is running for mayor a new nom - In honor of our fallen heroes a un- i enation will have to be had to choose ion memorial service will be held in a representative for the ward. Mr: S. Willis church on Friday, January 3rd i J. Andrews was re-elected without at eight o'clock: All returned soldiers I opposition as Public Utilities commis - will assemble at the council chamber sioner, on Friday evening at 7.30 o'clock and I The returned soldiers have secured from there they will march under rooms in the Whitehead block and are command of Col. Combe to Willis Church. Pte Oliver Johnson, Lewis machine gunner of the 47th. battalion has ar- rived at his father's home in God- erich after twenty-six months over- for Toronto where she will spend the seas. He is a well-known Clinton month of January preparing for a boy, having been born and raised in musical exon. ' this town and living here until a year Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jennison of or two before going overseas.ePte. Swift Current, Sask., are in town hav- war Johnson uponbhs two marks of the the ing cone down for the winter. u piece stiff leg to the' Mr. Clarence Paisley, of the head result of a of shellaspilnter itn office of the Royal Bank, Montreal the abdomen, and a 'tar -shaped scar has been home for the Christmas on his left temple. These wounds he holi- sustained on the 2nd of September 1918,. when the 4th Canadian Division, to which Pte. Johnson's, battalion fixing it up fora club room where they can meet together and talk over their recent adventures. It will be known as the khaki club, and will be open to all soldiers at all times. Miss Beatrice Greene left yesterday day tune. Major Gregory Clark, M. C., and Mrs.• Clark of Toronto were guests belonged, made its famous assult on over the week end of the former's the Hindenburg line east of Arras.1 aunt, Mrs. T. Jackson and grand - Pte. Johnson was in command of a mother, Mrs. L. Greig. Lewis gun crew in that battle. While' John Pickett, who has been ailing since August passed away early Mon- day morning at his home 'on the Bay- field road just over the tracks, solid steel helmet to ribbons. He Mr. Thomas Sheppard', who rounded owes his life to the Lewis gun, he out a long life andwas gathered to was carrying. After a short stay in his fathers on Friday last, was a na- a British Hospital at Woolwich, Pte. live Canadian, having. been born at Johnson obtained transfer to the Gan- I Streetsville in 1831. When he was adian Hospital at Orpington and made about two years of age, that is about a rapid recovery. Hisfather, Mr, 01- eight -five years ago, the family iver Johnson, senior, went to Halifax came up to Huron settling on the 'to meet his son and 'brought him llth of Goderich Township. When Ml home, After a short stay Pte, John- Sheppard had grown pretty well to son will spend a period of convales- manhood he and his brother Jacob cence in St. Andrew's Hospital, Tor- went to the Bayfield line and tak- onto ing up, farms there they cleared and Pte. F. Fraser returned home on worked them and there he continued Thursday last and was given a warm to reside until he retired from active welcome by citizens and band. He is work and come to Clinton. In 1866 Mr. not a Clinton boy, having enlisted at Sheppard was united in marriage to Goderieh but his wife and little deli- Rebecca Pearson, who died in 1878. A ghter have been living here during family of three, Mrs. Alex. Osborne his absence. He is a son-in-law of Mr. of Merlin, Councillor J. P. Sheppard and Mrs. R. Walton. Viand Miss Kate Sheppard of town, The death occurred at his home in survive. Vancouver, B. C., on Monday of last I Mr. J. A. Ford; Miss Minnie G. week of J. Curtis Callander, nephew Rudd Mr. and: Mrs. George Crooks of Mrs. John Cuninghame of town.' and Messrs. R. and A. Welsh were He is the youngest son of the late anion those :from Clinton who at - Harvey Callander, first mayor of tended the funeral of the late Edward Clinton, who lost his life in afire Acheson of Goderich on Monday.. which destroyed the undertaking' es- I Miss Enimae Southcombe, a.P,R. tablishment of his father-in-law, the' agent at Stratford, has been spending late Thomas Stevenson, a good many the past week at her home in town. years ago. The deceased visited here I Misses Winnie and Gladys Draper, new appointment, he was for over a couple of years ago. who have been teaching at Ottawa year an executive member of the Tor - Two deaths occurred in Goderich and Norwich respectively, are holiday- onto Regional Office of the Board. During their residence in Wingham Mr. and Mrs. Smith made many friends who wish them success in this new sphere. Their youngest son Arvinis a Pilot Officer at present located in the north of Scotland, and is cap- tain of a Halifax making occasional flights over Germany. —Wingham Advance -Times. advancing he carried the Lewis gun on his left shoulder. A. shell burst a few feet from •om him smashed the Mrs. James Dunford of Listowel. formerly of Clinton, is, now in Chicat the bedside of her father, who is so seriously ill that his life is despaired of. Mr. Bert Sage carne home from Stratford for the holidays. Dr. Elliott of Wolseley, N. W. T., member of the Territorial Legislature will spend NrYear's with Dr. Thompson. They were classmates at College. Mr. E. J. Howard, who went to Los Angeles, California, several weeks ago returned on Monday, much to the delight of his mriends here. His moth- er who came with him, will stay at the Park House, Goderich, for the wint- er. Miss Bessie Murch, teacher of the second department of the Wellesley Public School, is spending the holi- days at the homestead on the London Road. Mr. Thomas Brownlee, the popular principal of S.S. No. 14 Hay, visited Clinton friends this week end and on Thursday evening attended the wedd- ing of his cousin, Mr. William Brown- lee of Goderich to Miss. Eva. Clark, daughter of Mr. Alex Clark of the same town. Miss E'va Gorrell of Pilot Mound, Man., who has been the guest of her uncle, Mr. E. Butt of the Base Line, left in company with. Miss Carrie Butt to attend the wedding of their cousin, Ida, daughter of Mr. Robert Mcllveen of Watford, formerly of Stanley, which took place on Wednes• day. Mr. and Mrs. James McCool and Mr ,and Mrs. James Mair also attend- ed the wedding, —V Has Position in Ottawa Announcement has been received of the appointment of A. G. Smith, form- erly proprietor of the Advance -Times, to the position of Assistant Supervi- sor of Regional and Local Board Of- fices of the W.P.T.B. in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Smith and family have re- sided in Toronto since leaving Wing - ham in 1926 and. in 1940 Mr. Smith was president of the Huron Old Boys Association of Toronto. His head- quarters will, of necessity, be in Ot- tawa for the duration. Prior to his last week of people well known in ing at their home here. Goderich township and also in Clinton that of Mrs. J .C. Laithwaite, who When the Present Century died on Friday, and that of Edward Acheson, who passed away on Satur- Was Young daMr. 'and. Mrs. J. A. Irwin received 1 THE CLINTON NEWS' RECORD news the beginning of the week that DECEMBER 31st, 1903 their daughter-in-law wjre of the Mr. D. Cantelon loft last week for Rev. W. H. Irwin of Edmonton, had Charlottetown, P.E.I.,lf to look after died in influenza g Sunday and her a shipment of apples he made to that remains were being sent to her home city.p in Toronto for -.interment. I Rev. Walter Ayers one of the old - THE CLINTON NEW ERA est preachers in Canadian Methodism JANUARY 2nd, 1919 died in London on Monday night. He was well known and a general favor - The results of the nominations are rte in Clinton and Goderich Town- es follows. Eleven men were noninat- strip, ed for councillors, 'but five having This is the record in Clinton for the dropped out the six remaining consti- past year, and. though the births tute the council for 1919. The contest double the deaths the increase in pop- o` A pint of your blood can save a wounded service man. Thousands of donors are! needed. Call Red Cross Blood' Donor Service. v Coming South from. Artic Received a couple of copies of the "Canol Piper", a mimeographed week- ly newspaper in miniature, published within a "stones throw of the Arctic circle. The sender was Gordon Thomp son, son of Mr. and Mrs.' D. M. Thompson. Gordon and his wife plan to spend a holiday in Edmonton in mid-January, but their 18- day leave is not long enough to permit them to come East. Lucknow Sentinel. PA�ili Z 4u#w• New - Uniform HYDRO RUR :&tL RATES. Effective JANUARY lst, 1944 The Hydro -Electric Power Commission of Ontario announces new uniform rates for electricity to all consumers served by the Commission in the rural areas of Ontario, to become effective January lst, 1944. The new rates will result in a substantial saving to most Farm and Hamlet consumers, and their form is considerably simplified. The new rate system provides for the following: • A uniform rate to all Rural customers, now served, direct by the Commission, • The elimination of service charges to all farm users. • The reduction of service charges to all Hamlet customers. • The co-ordination of all present Rural Power Districts into one Provincial Rural Power System with the same meter rates applying throughout to' the various classifications. • The existing consumer classifications, totalling 11 in all, have been reduced to 5 clearly defined classes: i.e. 2 wire hamlet, 3 wire hamlet, farm, commercial lighting and summer cottages. New Rates Benefiting Approximately 97% of All Rural Consumers Are as Follows: FARM SERVICE NO SERVICE CHARGE. First Block of 20 KwHrs.* per Kilowatt of demand per month at 4c per KwHr.* Next Block of 60 KwHrs.* per Kilowatt of demand per month at 1-6/10e per KwHr*. All remaining KwHrs.* per month at 3/4e per KwHr.* Minimum charge $0.75 per Kilowatt of demand per month gross. Gross quarterly bill subject to 10% Prompt Payment Discount. This Farm ' Service rate applies to all Farms. In the case of "Standard" Farms of approximately 100 acres the demand is usually 3 Kilowatts and for these services the first block of KwHrs is 60 while the second block is 180. On larger farms these blocks will increase in proportion to the Kilowatt demand. *(KwHrs.)—Kilowatt Hours 2 WIRE HAMLET SERVICE Service Charge 55c per month gross. First 40 KwHrs.* per month at 4e per KHwr. * Next 80 KwHrs.* per month at 1-6/10c per KwHr.* All remaining KwHrs.* per month at 3/4c per KwHr.* Minimum charge $1.67 per month gross Gross quarterly bill subject to 10% Prompt Payment Discount. 3 WIRE HAMLET SERVICE Service Charge 55c per month gross, First 40 KwHrs.* per month at 4e per Kwhr.* Next 180 KwHrs.* per month at 1-6/10c per KwHr.* All remaining Kwhrs.* per month at 3/4. per KwHr.* Minimum charge $2.25 per month gross. Gross quarterly bill subject to 10% Prompt Payment Discount. *(KwHrs.)—Kilowatt Hours. These new rates apply only to rura consumers served direct by this Commission in Rural Power Districts established under Sections 71 to 79, inclusive, of the Power Commission Act. They do not apply to consumers in rural voted areas or townships operating under Section 54, of the Power Commission Act. In the latter areas, such as the townships of Ancaster, Brantford, East York, Etobicoke, London, Nipigon, North York, Scarborough, Toronto and Trafalgar, the present rates will not be affected. As a result of these new rate reductions, Hydro Rural consumers will save an estimated amount exceeding $500,000.00 per annum. Experience justifies the expecta- tion on the part of the Commission that this reduction in revenue will be recovered in a short time through the increased use of electricity in the rural areas. The application of these uniform rural rates will enable the Commission to later extend service to many areas not now served and to supply economically, consumers in the more sparsely settled areas. In most rural districts the new rates will provide a saving for the majority of consumers. The following examples indicate the estimated consumer saving in a district at present supplied under a rate of 6c per KwHr. for the first block and 2c per KwHr. for the second block. STANDARD FARM CONSUMER °A comparison in 3 months' net cost if use is 450 Kilowatt-hours per quarter. Present ' 3 months' 3 months' 3 months' cost saving cost in under new in 6c and 2c uniform these districts rate districts 2 WIRE HAMLET CONSUMER A comparison in 3 months' net cost if use is 225 Kilowatt-hours per quarter. Present 3 months' 3 months' cost cost in under new 6c and 2c uniform districts rate 3 months' saving in these districts $15.63 $10.38 $5.25 $10.29 $7.32 $2.97 Space does not permit us to detail all of the changes in connection with the new Hydro Rural rates, such as those affecting commercial, industrial and summer cottage users. If further particulars are desired, inquire of your district Rural Power Superin- tendent or contact The I-Iydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, 620 University Avenue, Toronto. THE HYDRO -ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO able at the time of sending, it ex- plained, adding that further informa- tion will follow. Pte Williams is a son of Mr. and I of S f th and IN SICILY BATTLES Pte William J. Williams has been wounded in Italy. An official tele- gram to that effect was received. last week by his wife, Mrs. Edna R. Wil- liams, 110 Wilhelm St., Kitchener. The 33 -year-old Signaller has serv- ed overseas two years, and went through the Battle of Sicily unharm- ed. Beyond stating that Pte. Williams was injured Dec, 9th, the telegram contained tittle detail. The nature and extent of wounds were not avail- Star. /) Takes in Hemisphere I In fact, we regard his influence in this country an inimical to our country. One of Bertie McCormick's State -1 The Ontario Paper Company on its ments in his Detroit speech was that own account and through its subsid- Britain should liquidate all her hold- iary, the Quebec North Shote Paper Board there are now available ade- quate supplies of most varieties of seeds that last year were not in too good supply, the Board stated recent- ly. Included in the kinds of seeds pro - Mrs. Sol Williams, ea or a former well known. Seaforth boy. ings on this hemisphere. By this he Company, has much business with the ducal are beans, peas, beets, carrots, —Huron Expositor probably means that the Union Jack lands departments of the Ontario and cauliflower, encumbers, lettuce, on - ti should be hauled down wherever it Quebec provincial governments; there ions, parsnips, radishes, spinach, to- • may fly. Hence Canada, of he had his are great holdings of timber limits ' matoes, swedes and nangels. Peculiar Accident at Sky way, would cease to be a British coun- and the terms of the contracts are not I Several varieties of these vegetables Harbour try, become probably a part of the advertised so the average citizen, may have been produced in order to meet United States. Perhaps he also means know what is done with public assets. the requirements of Canadian condi- No. 12 E.F.T.S., Sky Harbor, was that Britons must liquidate their in- We believe that the poral on per glation- and a tions. The seed is notable for its hard_ thescene of an unusual and speetacu- vestments in the United States and ship between p mess and freedom from many of the lar accident last. Sunday' when two elsewhere on this hemisphere—if in -government department should be one diseases found in seed,produced in Tiger Moth training planes collided deed, Britons have any left after pay. strictly confined to business. But Col. southern areas. in midair only thirty feet above the ing cash -on -the -barrel -head for war McCormick's principal agent in this airdrome. Fortunately only one of supplies in those dark days before country is a . great entertainer and 1 Besides providing for Canadian re - the four airmen in the two planes was lend-lease and U. S. participation. in contact man, sumptuously friendly quirements, the Agricultural Supplies seriously injured. He is in hospital; the war for the preservation of Chris- with all the powers -that -be and'most Board'undertook to arrange for the would-be powers. Col. .McCormick production in Canada of large sup his injuries were not :announced. It tion financial seems to have retained almost as plies of the same kinds of vegetable was said, however, that he is one 03 If financial liquidation were ,slight many Canadian lawyers as were on seeds mentioned. for shipment to, the the •oldest and most trustworthy of total, there would be some slight all sides of the fight over Abitibi's United. Kingdom, through the British, Food Mission, Shipments are now go- ing forward and several million pounds will eventually be exported the instructional staff and possesses compensation in the fact that Col. �loo,000,000, a fine record. Bettie would be impelled to end his 'fir Manager J. R. Douglas called the business interests in Canada. Most, if accident a midair crash. It is under- not all other, United States investors Seed Production so as to provide for urgent food re - stood that one plane, in landing, came in Canadian politics. But through the 1 PTOgram Results quirements •in •Britain. down on the back of another plane Chicago Tribune wholly-owned On.: wastaking which off. An investiga- tario Paper Company,; Col. McCormick As a result of a seed production I Plans are now well advanced to ex- tion has been-- held. Goderich Signal- is ever active in affairs which do not program arranged in the 'spring of tend the seed production program , ;;;gliconcern him as alien -resident alien. 1943 by the Agricultural Supplies in Canada next year. •