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Clinton News Record, 1944-02-10, Page 2PAGE 2 'ate Clinton 1v eWs-Idecorcl with which is Incorporated THE NEW ERA TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 41.50 per year in advance, to Can- adian addresses; $2:00 to the U.S,-or ether foreign countries. No paper discontinued until all arrears are paid unless at the option of the pub- lisher. The date to which every sub- sab ption is paid is denoted. on the :, ! Law :ADVERTISING JAMES — Transient -advertising 12c per count line for lfirat insertion. ' Sc: for each subse- ,quent insertion. Ileading counts 2 'lines. Small advertisements not to .exceed one inch, such as "Wanted," "Lost", "Strayed",etc., inserted once .for 95e, each subsequent insertion '15c. Rates for display advertising msade kpown on application, Commwiioations intended for pub- llication must as a guarantee of good faith, be accompanied by the name of the writer. rG. E. HALL - Proprietor IL T. RANCE NOTARY PUBLIC Fire Insurance Agent ,Representing 14' Fire Insurance Companies .Division Court Office, Clinton Frank Fingland, B.A., LLB. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public Successor to W. Brydone, R.C. Sloan Block .... — , .. , Clinton, Ont. 4 .. H. C. MEIR Barrister -at -Law "Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ontario Proctor in Admiralty. Notary Public and Commissioner Offices in Bank of Montreal Building Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tuesdays and Fridays. D. H. McINNES CHIROPRACTOR Electro Therapist, Massage .Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors west of Royal Bank) 2Iours--Wed. and Sat,, and by appointment FOOT CORRECTION thy Manipulation Sun -Ray Treatment ' Phone 207 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD CHAPTER XIII Big-hearted Sarah Daffodil acts in every capacity for the four -family house in Garset after her husband's death. The frugal, elderly Mr. and Mrs. Peppercorn and the 'newly-wed Andrew 'and Candace Thane occupy the two top -floor apartments- and be- low them middle-aged Bert :Fitts and, his wife—who is too engrossed in war activities to care for her home—and King Waters, veteran' of World' war I, and his wife Emma, a devotee of Sine crocheting: King Waters, who is expecting to sign up for making speeches before young men's .organi- zations to raise the morale, discusses Andy' Thane's draft •status with. Mrs. Waters. Andy takes Candace to the hospital and a son, Michael, is born. Sarah Daffodil visits Candace at the ,hospital. The screen around the other bed afforded at least the semblance of privacy. Behind it two girls were chattering to Stacy, their every oth- er sentence beginning with "So I said to him." Sarah put her square, capable hand over the thin white one lying on the coverlet. "I've thought it all out," Sarah said. What she would like to do, she asserted, was to take charge of the baby throughout the day. There was no reason, she insisted, why she shouldn't manage a plain, prac- tical day nursery for one. For the first few weeks the baby would re- quire little of her, except to be fed and changed. When warmer weather set in, there would be the garden. He could sleep in his coach while she worked in her flower beds. Tenant repairs and services could wait until she was free—Candace would be at home Saturdays and Sundays. M,w. see,' there's nothing left 'to arg about." "Oh, but Sarah, you have so mu to 'do. What about your marketin uppose you had to go downtown? She would telephone, Sarah lied, or take the boy in his coa We'll probably cover miles on 1 'heels and my feet." ing•' of foodstuffs we can't replace." Her husband, she continued in a list- less monotone, had suggested renting a fire -and -theft -proof room in a fur- niture storage building. "But I don't know," Mrs. Waters said forlornly. "All my ambition is gone. And my confidence.' I tell ^ King that I don't trust life any more," Mrs. Fitts lowered her voice Ws: creetly. "I was saying to Mrs. ,Waters this morning that I did hope Mr, Thane wasn't ill. We haven't seen him since -When was it, Emma? Thursday morning I believe I sent' sides to do with his precious, -beau- tiful life—his own dear life --,is for hies- to say. It's the men who of- fer their' lives and who dose them —not the women' at home who talk as you do of `giving'' a husband or a son," They were staring at her as if frozen into"silence. In her.bed Sta- ey O'Neil rocked back and forth clapping her hands soundlessly, Against the background of her pillows, Candace's flushed face and • Bert up to ring your bell, but nolelag eyes were tingly tali be, Eer tumbled. hair;,tar her one answered" trembling scarlet lips ' had in th ('Andy's iudueted." em something furious and beautiful and `"s- •,' "You mean he's gone? With you pathetically young, here in bed? Why, how dreadful!" ''I have a son." The exquisite Mrs. Fitts appeared to be genuinely' voice faltered, but the little head disturbed. She 'had no idea, she re>;•rap'cned 1 oudly erect. "There fluttered, that it would be so sud- den: Mrs. Waters agreed that it was terrible. Unnecessary, too, she de- clared. "Nly husband read Jest week of a case where the man appealed his rating as soon as his child was born. Decision is still pending, but the man is home meanwhile with his wife and baby. ' You could probably direct to the Armory then to camp "fir d have got a delay," ` 5 ����*'i.�i+,�i'+�vrkt' en��tw�w�".nctiSK�.-- ;'�Ii viae ta.012g :iso much," Aptly asieteB copaNa, ";taut Wa•/q Michael till his papa come back," Zi- report tomorrow. They send you ther had said. They had so much to talk about! When Andy, his lean brown face cold against her smooth cheeks, his gnarl- ed hands holding hers, 'sat huncaed on. the side of her bed late" the next day, Candace • unfolded Sarah DaffodiP,y generous plan to hint. "She .is:so good, Andy, she will be so cheerful and strong. And Michael will be in the garden all day, as soon as it is warm..T shall not have to worry about him, or wonder if he is unhappy or neglected. Shall we accept, Andy? Or shall we be taking too much?" It was taking toed -much ,Andy as. sented soberly, "But let's say yes. ' He stopped with that and Can- dace glanced at hint curiously. She had expected him to argue, perhaps, certainly to weigh his decision. care- fully, to be surprised, or pleased, or touched. He must be tired; not to You express greater appreciation for Sar - alt's kindness, it wasn't like Andy to ue be so brusque. eh "You know," Candace Said, "it J .HA>ROLD JACKSON s Licensed Auctioneer 'Spedlalist in Farm and Household 'r Sales, Licensed in Huron and Perth Counties. Prices reasonable; satis- faction guaranteed. For information etc. write or phone Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seeforth, graone 14-661. 06-012 DR. G. S. ELLIOTT Veterinary Surgeon Phone •203- Clinton, Ont. ERNEST W. HUNTER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT Til Bloat Str. W. Toronto Ont. THE MCKILLOP MUTUAL Fire Insurance Company Head Office, Seaforth, Ont. .OFFICERS—President, Alex McEw- ing, BIyth Ont; Vice President, W. R. Archibald, Seaforth; Manager' and Secretary Treasurer, M. A. Reid, Sea - forth, Ont. DIRECTORS — Alex McBwing, Blyth, Osit., W. R. Archibald, . Sea - forth, Ont., Alex Broadfoot, Sea - forth, Ont., Chris Leonhardt, Born - Ulm, Ont., E. J. Trewartha, Clinton, 'Ont., Thomas Moylan, Seaforth, Ont., !Frank McGregor, Clinton, Ont,, Hugh Alexander, Walton, Ont., George Leitch, Clinton, Ont. I've had my first physical, so there's no chance of a delay." He could stay with her till nine o'clock, he went on, they would have supper together and he'd jolly the nurse into bringing the baby in. "Un- less—that Un-Iessthat is, 1 don't want to make things harder for you, Dace." "Stay till the last minute, dar- ling, It's only what we've been ex- pecting and:preparing for." Candace added that he would have to tell Sarah but site hoped he would tell no one else, "I don't want to hear the other tenants talk—I don't want to hear anyone talk about you.'; Candace had a job waiting for her, Andy disclosed at supper, if she wanted to take it when the doctor gave his 0. K. "My bosses have been stewing around, since I told them I'm leaving," Andy said, quite unable to keep his eyes from his wife's face. "When I told thein I was coming up to the hospital, Bacon asked some questions about you and when he heard you'd g? will mean a lot to us. A.s soon as been a private secretary, ire suggest- " I get out of here, I mean to hunt for cd that you take my place. Only till I re- i a job. 'I wrote to Hacker and Hacker come back — that's understood." ch. but they are not even going to open He didn't Iike the idea of women hold- sis l the repair shop they half -planned toin on to men's jobs after the war, !open. It's just as well --they couldn't iAg yet pay me my old :salary." man is the wife of'the man andt place. the I fob was his in the first " m;se>+ Candace protested. She could accept such a sacrifice, "It's won- derful, I do appreciate it, Sarah, but I' couldn't begin to pay you—" "It's #o be my, patriotic gesture," Sarah informed her gravely. -"I' decided that individual service my niche and that caring for a ba is important work in wartime, or peace." It. would be wonderful, Cando admitted again, she couldn't imag- ine anything more perfect from her point of view and that of her son's She had been so discouraged, try- ing to devise a plan which she could. afford to carry out. Andy had been worried, too— "Then let's call it settled now an you tell . Andy tomorrow," Sarah ur- ged. "Mind you, it's not upsetting usy life in any way. I'in alone so. much it will be good for me to have something human and alive depend- ent upon ane." Finally they left it that Candace should talk it over with Andy and after Sarah had gone, in the hour before the supper trays were brought up, she thought intently, trying to consider the plan from all angles. pose Sarah found the daily'eare a tiny baby too heavy a burden? that proved to be the case, she uId snake •other arrangements, Can- e reminded herself and later site Id be stronger and better able to make decisions. It would be marvel- ous to feel that she could leave Mich- ael in such strong, capable,' tender hands—no mother would worry' one minute about a child in Sarah's care. ere was the kind of common sense that saw each new situation whole, nstinctively separated, • -essentials rom non -essentials, and made the of whatever was available. Sarah Id never be maudlin- about the y. Candace reflected, stretching uriously—it was lovely to see the les that were het feet again— ah wouldn't gurgle and'coo, but ther would she be so rigidly •de- hed that she would freeze her ef.- ion. Michael would know, as soon e developed instincts, that some - wino loved him was keeping him Zither would seine twice a week ash and iron :and to clean. thertment. Leila had sounded her arid had discovered that faotory did not attempt the colored girl, Fare yelled at employees who e mistakes, Zither quavered, she no intention of putting herself at n explained. Not when the wo. ve is by the shock of knowing realized that a in certain measure of relief came with the acceptance that one had reached c9 a"tdy put the paten of her soft hap to Isis Iips. "Don't worry. You'll' be all right," "Oh, I've made up my mind not to worry," Candace assured him. She g Iooked at him and knew and even in to hi m ed a Toni Fitts sighed that she had be- an to think she would have to wait see the baby until Candace brought in home. "My dear, I never have a inute to myself any more—we pack fifty layettes yesterday , to go broad." On the other side of the bed, Mrs Waters asked about tea, "Do they still have it for the patients? They say it's going to be rationed. All food, they say, is going to be ra- tioned." She looked about the room a little distractedly, as if seeking something. You've probably heard that tramps got into our cottage . and ruined my summer supplies? Simply wrecked everything—I can't begin to tell you what the money loss is, to say noth- d Sup AGENTS --John E. Pepper, Bruce- If field, Ont., R. F. McKereher, Dublin, 'Ont,, J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen, Ont., eo George A, Watt, Blyth, Ont. dee Any money to be paid may be paid wou to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin ,Cutt's Grocery, Goderich. Parties desiring to effect insur- ance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applies - tion to any of the above officers ad- dI dressed to their respective post offi- ces. Losses inspected by the director. f CA` AMA ATIONALBAILWAYS TIME TABLE `Trains will arrive at and depart from Clinton as follows: Toronto and Goderich Division Going East, depart 6.48 a.m. tec Going 'East, depart 3.03 p.na. Going West, depart �12.04 p.m. Going West, depart 11.10 p.m. London and Clinton Division Coming North, arrive .. 11.20 a.m. Going South,:leave ...... . 3.10 p.m. best wou ]tab lux pea Sar net feet as h one safe to'w apa out SILVER STUDIO jobs ."Portraits of Distinction" FI ar For Appointment Prompt Service mad Phone 259 Clinton Finest in Qual- had ity, the mercy of production managers, the end of the bridge. "It's all right —I'm all "right," she whispered, her hand straying blindly in search of her handkerchief. Andy gathered her into his asnss and her brief storm spent itself against his breast. We have had so much, she kept saying to herself we have had so much, . . Drying her eyes on Andy's capa- cious handkerchief, Candace said in her normal soft, clear voice, "When, Andy ?" "They notified me this motsiing, To "Andy never planted to ask de- ferment" Candace wondered how much longer this 'must go on.. In the wards the nurses hustled visi- tors out after a decent length of time, but in the rooms only the nine o'clock curfew was enforced. Mrs. Fitts regretted that no one had gone to the train to see Andy off." I've always understood that the military officials and the rail- road men, too, preferred thatpeo- ple keep away from the stations. But we had a speaker at a dinner last week who berated; the indifference and complacency of the public. He told us it was our duty to give the boys a cheerful farewell." "I don't suppose your husband had a soul to say good -by to him?" Mrs. Waters- suggested. "King would have been delighted to stage a little celebration for him, if he had only known in time." "For the love of Lulu!" muttered Stacy from her bed. The visitors turned slightly to stare. "Is she refined? Iii your class?" Mrs. Waters whispered uneasily. "Well—I of ly asked.. I had a friend who shared a room with a perfectly awful woman, the regular gutter- snipe type. You never know what -ou'll get." Toni Fitts glanced satisfiedly to- ward the dresser where her daf- fodils filled a green jar. "It's a privilege to be young at a time like this." She spoke solemnly, patting the coverlet softly. "Many of us, my dear, will envy you your oppor- tunity to give a husband to your country." "How dare you!" Candace jerked upright; herwonderful, clear voice cut through the room like a blade of steel. "Wha-at?" "I said how dare you. How dare you say such a stupid, cruel, dis- honest/thing! My husband's life isn't urine to give—his life is his alone. Do you believe that when a woman marries a num she awns him, like a table or a chair? What Andy de- IIM•111•1411MUOMMION.1•11/1111•••• =WOO may be another war when Michael is old enough to fight. Perhaps there will always be wars—who knows? But if my son, if Michael goes to war, T'll neverisay I gave him to his count- ry. His life is his to give as he choos- es, No one except himself shall claim the right to offer 1t for any cause, dedicate it to any plan. Not ever." "That's telling them!" Stacy O'Neil said. (THE END) V AN OLD FIRE An old fire like a crumpled rose Lies drowsing in the grate, From room to room the darkness flows; The hour is late! The silver clock upon its shelf Whispers softly upor,its shelf • And stair steps in the dint blue hall Have wondrous words to say Although they do not speak at all By light of day. So mark this truth, 0 mark it well: Strange things come of midnight's spell! A poet gnawing at his pen in dead of night may find This hour, unknown to sober men, Most gravely kind. Its still, star -crusted 'seconds teach Quiet things the art of speech. v --•- HOME FRONT If lie comes back bringing No scars of wounds or pairs But' strong and, happy, singing Along the meadow lane The sorrow of our parting, The IoneIiness that came, The tears forever starting At mention of his name, Will end as dreary memories For coming days to dim, When down by those old elm trees I first catch sight of him. But if no day comes, bringing That figure lithe and trim, Through all the years, slow -swinging .p THURS., FEB. I:Othi,1944 OLD VIRGINIA PIPE TOBACCO It's a real pipe smoker's tobacco UNFILLED CHi7R,CH'ES Ist the quiet cool depths, before me as I bend, Row upon row with no one kneeling there. So few who care. that Sunday is His. day— So few who ,care to take the time to pray. A. country in distress, with work and wages low— So few who come to ask His aid dud grace The Open Road calls to the human herd "No time, no time—. "they cry" to hear His word. What slight regard for blessings! friends and Iove, Enough of food to live—a healthy mind— The Peace or Night—the warmth of sun by day; Whet slight regard.! What slight re- gard we pray! Alnla Paxton. V FOR FREDERICK GEORGE SCOTT 0' voice belov'd, now stolen from our night To shout to the glad roll -call of the Day; 0 loving .spirit, ever -kindling heart, Now slipped at least the prison - form of clay; Sweet singer of the hidden things of God, Strong lover of the striving hearts of men, Who saw, in all, the Will the Father wills And ever pointed all to Him again; For ever shall thy golden verses ring— For ever in some soul thy love be found As it shall find, in faith the One Adored. He passes on. "And all the trum- pets' sound .." Iris Baker Farrar It is important that sows be sup- plied with green forage or fed a feed- ing oil during the entire nursing eriod. I'il keep this place for him; The orchard that Ise planted. The fields aslant the hill, The woods in fall enchanted, The house so strangely still, For though my eyes may never Light as he sings his songs, His spirit will forever Be here where it belongs. Frederick W. Brass Men,30 40q 50 ! 9 Want Normal Pop, Vim, Vigor? Try Ostres Tonle Tablets, (un stns tonics, s6imn- lants,iron Vit nntln n, cel fim t it ni ru;;nide to normal ptp, t i, t 1 , , tet rats!' n Introductory c r .•,, 5, t net ds1 rMn'•e, of it it ors1rte' r(rt dt talc pr• • t n" atlas's, st1.: l,i..tn. t,... devtibee kaiddeirriliMMOd diied!defeer7 • The familiar Hydro towers, striding across the countryside, are symbolic of a great public enterprise that hascontributed much to the development of Ontario. Along the transmission lines, carried by these towers, flows the power that lightens the way in many thousands of homes, industries and farms. Hydro power is accessible,' It reaches out across the miles to far off city, town or farm .. ready to serve at the flip of a switch. Hydro power is flexible. h turns the wheels of our factories, mills and mines. It weaves our cloth grinds our grain, milks our cows, pumps our water. It lifts our elevators, washes our clothes, refrigerates and cooks our food. It lights our homes, runs our. radios. Day and night it serves our needs, in hundreds of different ways. Hydro power is dependable. Well-equipped TI K °:,\w•J:,:::.i• �.!.:. `, k`h emergency crews and repair equipment stand by day and night ready to keep power flowing at all times. Hydro power is economical, Through the years it is one factor, essential to our everyday living, that has been consistently reduced in price. Hydro serves the people in thousands of ways. It brings them comfort, ease and convenience. Yet, Hydro's contribution to the welfare of the people, up to now, is but a preview of the promise which the electrical world holds for Tomorrow. Since war began, Hydro power has been, and will be, available wherever and whenever it is required by Ontario's war industries. When peace comes, electricity supplied by Hydro will perform services that are certain to contribute much toward creating new and finer standards of living. This indispensible element, in our everyday life, lightens the way in everything we do. siiiredd Buy extra War Savings Stamps this month POWER COMMISSi,®N OF `NiA'RAO'