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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., MARCH 2nd, 1944
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OBITUARY
MRS. GEORGE MAIR
uneral services for Mrs. Mary Ellen
'Marr, widow of George Mair, whose'
death after an illness of several W'eek's.
occurred. in Seaforth hospital, were'
'held Friday afternoon at, the horn
of her daughter, Mrs J inti Gilbert,'
',Godeticli township, condnete0y. Rev.
. A. E. •Silver, pastor of Cliiiton' Bap-
.tist church. 't°
;Mrs. Mai?, who was a 'ddtighter
'o£ the late Alexander Osbaldesten
:and Maria (Rapson) Osbaldeston,
:and a granddaughter' of Alexander
Osbaldeston, Clinton's first public
School teacher, was bon March 31,
1881, in Goderich township, in
which locality- she spent nearly all
her life. On'Noy. 27, 1915, she mar-
ried George 'Mair, who died 'four.
years ago. 'They farmed on the
-Huron road 'tyro. miles west of Olin -
fon until Mr. Mair died, when Mrs.
Mair moved to Clinton. There sur-
vive one daughter, Mrs. John Gilbert
and one brother, Herbert Osbaldes-
ton, Goderich township. A son. died
15' years ago She was a member of
Clinton Bajxtist Church.
interment tookplace in Clinton
cemetery. The• ; pallbearers were
Nottn„tan McDowe1, Carl Dean, Glen
Raithby, Amos Osbardeston, Oliver
Pocock and Charles Hutchins. The
flower bearers were Bert Harris,
Austin Harris, Alvin Cox, Donnie
Harris, Alf Hudie and Arline Lock-
hart.
Friends were in attendance from
.Auburn, Goderich, Stratford, Salt:
ford, Wingham, Westfield, Ciinto}r
and vicinity.
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"No need of sending anything to
me or any parcel. I am getting every-
thing from the Red Cross."
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Red Shield
The R. S. W$' A. held their regular
meeting on Tues. Feb. 29th with the
1st vice. Mrs. Harvey Jenkins presid-
ing, •after the Devotionals and busi
nese, the ladies quilted.
$25,00 was voted to the China •and
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India Relief .Fund.
Article's brought in 6 pr. socks,
1 child's dress. •
We acknowledge with thanks 1
quilt top donated by Mrs. Herb
Castle; 1 pr. Platmellette Blankets
donated by Mrs. Jabez Rands Jr.;
1 dress by Mrs. Harold Squire; $1.00
by Mrs, Robert Carter; 2 pr, panties
by 'Mrs, George Potter; 7 cards but-
tons and 2 buckles by Mrs, Lucy
Swan. .
A letter of thanks for Christmas
parcel was read from Roy Pickett.
The Red, Shield held a very suc-
cessful Skating party on Wednesday
Feb. 23rd. The Gross Receipts were
'$51.04. Mr. Albert Mitchell was the
winner of the Door prize of $1.50
which he immediately turned over to
the treasurer. We thank the Public
for their patronage.
The next meeting will be Tues.
March '7th, this will be the regular
Pot Luck Supper with Mrs. Hayden's
group in charge. There will be
quilts to be quilted.
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BAYFIELD
Mrs. M. Moore of Birmingham,
Mich., is visiting- her parents, Rev.
and Mrs. A. S. Colwell, at the par-
sonage..
Mrs. E. P. Lewis of Toronto tante
on Thursday of last week to visit
Mrs. N. W. Woods.
Clarence Larson of Lomion was
home over the weekend.
Sgt. Arthur Hopson of Camp Bord-
en, moved his wife and two children
from Orillia on Saturday. They are
occupying Mrs. N. W. Woods' cott-
age "The Hut"
The many friends of Mrs. Maria
Elliott, who has been indisposed for
a couple of weeks hope that she will
soon be up and about again as usual.
Mr. and Mrs. R. IL Middleton of
Hensall visited the latter's mother,
Mrs. N. W. Woods on Sunday,
Mrs. G. W. Elliott, Mrs. P. Weston
and Mrs. G. Turner,'the committee
appointed to take charge of the Over-
seas boxes sent by the' Bayfield and
Community Active Service .Associat-
ion are packing the Baster Boxes on
Friday, March 3rd.' at 2.30 p.m. sharp
in the Orange Hall. The ladies of'the
community are asked to attend and
bring scissors and thimbles to assist
with the work, The Committee
wishes to thank all those who made
donations of sugar for candy; the
Junior Red Cross and teachers of
Bayfield School for the half -pound
tin containers and the artistic Easter
greeting Cards for the boxes which.
were .made by the pupils.
Following the packing of the boxes
the regular Red Cross meeting and
quilting will be held.
Mrs. D. A. Volume, Miss A. M.
Stirling and Mrs, J. Graham were
leaders at the World's Day of Prayer
service held in Knox Prdsbyterian
Church en Friday afternoon. Mrs.
Volume and Miss A. M. Stirling
were substituting for Mrs. D. J. Lane
and Miss 3. Manson, who were un-
able to be present. Those leading
in prayers were Mrs. A. S..Colwell,
Miss J. Stirling, Mrs: 0, .Dewar, Mrs,
L. Makins and Mrs. Emerson Heard..
Mrs. J. Graham sang "Jesus the
Calcified pleads for me" during the.
offertory. Mrs, R. Scotehnter presid
ed at the organ.
At the recent open meeting of the
Junior Red Cross, Mr. J. Bates, prin-
cipal of Bayfield Public School, gave
a brief introduction in which he ex-
pressed pleasure, at the large at-
tendance. The president Miss Jacqu-
eline Parker, then took charge and
"0 Canada' was sung by the school.
The Secretary, Glenn Brandon,
read the minutes of the last meeting.
Tho treasurer's report was• given by
Audrey Sturgeon, The Business
Committee report was made :by Don-
ald McLeod. It was suggested that
the Senior Room of the Bayfield
Public School give five dollars to the
Red Cross and five dollars to the
Active Service Fund. This was
moved by Audrey Sturgeon and
seconded by Gloria Westlake, The
circulation committee report was
given by John Appelbeck. A program
consisted of a recitation "The Snots
Flake" by Gerald Sturgeon, a health
the Juniors. "Oh What a Beautiful s
play entitled "Junior's Valentine" . by T
Morning" sung by the Senior girls, a
a recitation "The Snow Flake'' by a
Marian Makins, A recitation by Bobby it
Parker, "Pour Winds" shrug by the s
Junior boys, a pianoforte solo by s
Monica Graham, Recitation by Joan a.
MacLeod, a play, "Tommy and
Grandfather,' recitation by Shirley c
Brandon, a song- "The 4/rorid is Full e
of Beauty" by the Senior Girls, a a
recitation "Mary's Cold" by Donna
Sturgeon and 'Valentine Morning
by Marie Stirling, and the program
closed with a play entitled Good
Health after which refreshments
Were served.
'Mrs: IL Talbot returned home on
Tuesday after having visited her
daughter, Mrs. Cameron, in 'Sea -
forth.
The Corresponding' Secretary're-
ceived the following letter this week.
Feb. ist, 1944
B144734
Ter. G. E. Heard'
B Coy, 3 Battalion No. 1 C.E.E.D,
Can. Army B.N.A.F.
Deer Mrs. Pentice.,—
Well I 'have finally gotten. in a
position where I can write letters,
and believe 'tile, lately I have been
doing pretty well, I am still in
Hospital and will be for sohnetiine
yet, I guess, but should be able to
get out of bed soon. •
As yet Mrs. Prentice I have re-
ceived no parcels of any kind from.
you or home, •but "still have hopes. I
have done a lot of moving about and
I understand all mail goes to Italy
before coming over here. The last
mailinItalyI had was around Christmas
,
I have never heard from any of
the boys from home yet. I saw Joe
Wild on the street in Aldershot, Eng-
land, when I was leaving but did not
get a chance to speak to him. Since
then I have been continually moving
until I took sick. I came to have
my tonsils taken out but before any-
thing could be done I had taken
Diptiteria. I felt pretty sick for
a while but feel a lot better now.
It is Spring here in North .Africa
the weather much like the month of
June in Canada, only the nights get
very cool. In about another monththe heat will ibe quite intense, that's
When I am going to enjoy a swim in
the Mediterranean Sea. I was in
swimming in the early part of Janu-
ary and it was lovely.
The last mail I had front home was
mailed in November so I don't
know how you are enjoying the
Winter.'. I had a taste of winter in
Italy but most of it was rain and
mud and I mean mud.
I think this is where I picked up
sickness. When I get out of here
Malaria will he starting again so will
hofaveall, be careful, as it is the worst
to
Well am running short of words so
will close for this time hoping every.
one over there is keeping fine.
. I did not giye..yqu my hospital
address as by the time I would get an
answer back I will be back in the unit
I hope,
Best regards to all,
Yours truly
Gordon E, Heard
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IN THE LETTER BOX
Jan. 22, 1944.
H103353 F/Sgt. Jervis L H.
R. C. A. F. Overseas.
The town of Bradsworthy that
F/Sgt. Jervis speaks about in this
letter, is where his relatives live, and
he is finding many interesting
happenings about his grandparents'
childhood days. This letter to his
family Mr. and Mrs. Les Jervis and
Mary and Walter of Hofinesville tells'
of-one'of his visits.
Dear Fancily:
Bradsworthy is a cute little Eng-
lish town nestled in the hills of
Devonshire. To get there you take
a road from Holsworthy that winds
aimlessly over hill acid dale with no
apparent destination in mind. One
notices as soon as one gets in the
vacinity the earthen and hedge fences
They are made by scraping up dirt
and piling it up' and planting bushes
on the top. Earth. goes up about
seven feet and the hedge makes the
fence about ten feet 'high. So en
you travel in, the groove between
the hedges. Its a paved road of
tarvia But only about 15 ft. wide,
One ,has to guess whets around the
corner. On we wind over hill and
dale until we pass •a cemetery and
then all of a sudden youare in Brad
worthy. It has a big square hi, the
centre that's paved and in the centre
of the square is the village pump. Its
a geed pump -because all the village
uses it. Its incased in a little cem-
ent building and. has an oak tree
growing beside it, One stands in the
square and looks around. Most of
tine houses are oid, very old, cement
erover brick and not of the most 'mod -
n, architecture.
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But when you look at the roof, i
the surprise, its thatched. There I
tie/ my .first thatched roof homes,
be eaves came nearly tothe ground
ttd from the eaves up was neatly
rranged Straw, ;all the straws run-
tg icp and down and bound every
ix inches with a small rope of cross
traw. Its about eight inches ;thick
nd'"neatly trimmed at the eaves.
On one tide of the square is the
hurch a rather' nice cement block
hureh, with a belfry and six bells'
nd next to 15 stands the Kings Arend('
the village local where Most of the
older boys and men 'meet and play
darts and 'argue over a pint of
;,tout or Geinness.
On the other side of the square is
another village inn called the tem-
perance inn and two or three shops
and last but not least comes the vil-
lage .smithy.
Under the spreading Chestnut tree,
The 'village smithy stands,
',the Smith a mighty, man is he,
With large and sinuey hands,
If you should have to call en him,
And, he, to his shop you do not find,
You will find Min supping tea,
In his house behind.
Because the town, is all the same,
Easy' going, And their Mott(
Never do a job today—
That you can do tomorrow.
Three meals a day is all, for us,
But five is •few, to them,
Unless you •eat six meals a day,
You're surely sick or getting._ thin.
In the hustle here and hurry there
Of this world of strife,
I think that six meals a day,
Would make a happy life.
I entered the Blacksmith shop and
was talking to the Blacksmith when
in conies two Italian Prisoners that
work on a local farm. They had
been there for over a year and could
speak fair English. One was named'
Franketti but they all called him:
Prank. He gets letters from home
every week. He lives near Rome. I
gave him an American Cigarette
which he said was very good. He
gets English cigarettes and he enjoy-
ed good old. Wrigley's gum too.
Well I leave the Blacksmith doing
dentistry on a set of harrows and
walk down one of the little cobble
stone streets and meet some other
people that would have me sample
Devonshire Cream. .Its a real. treat
fellow Canadians. You take a sauce
pan of cream and allow to simmer up
to the boiling point and then set it
aside and let it cool withoue stirring
and a 'thick scum comes on top.
carefully take this off and you have
Devonshire Cream,
7 stayed that evening with the
Blacksmith and having arrived in
the village at four in the afternoon
and having already had two meals,
tea and supper, the Blacksmith and
I went down to the local where we
played darts and talked of Canada
overa glass of bitters, The Subject
got around eventually to Devon Cider.
I found out that Devon Cider is not
the cider in bottles, is not the draft
cider, its not the sweet cider nor the
sour cider but a special eider the
farmers make that when you drink
it you hold your glass in the right
hand and hold your hair down with
the left.
We .went back across the square
that was so dark you couldn't see
your hand in front of your face be-
cause of the•blackout regulations and
feeling around for the door latch we
we went inside to eat our, Before—.
You -Go -To -Bed, meal. I slept in a
cute little room under the eaves with
a Big Ben Massy Harris Alarm Clock
hammering in my ears.
• Next morningI got up about nine
thirty and had breakfast after which
I had a Mid-lttorning meal and •then
I had time to tike a short walk before
dinner.
It was Monday and the monthly
market day. AI the farmers came In
with* cattle and;.sheop and in the big
field they weressuctiotied off to buy-
ers. Ca'tle were?allre breed, Devon-
shire b
evon-shire•' bread,. Mostly a beef type but
used for cline? too. They bad red
curly hair with 'white faces and some
brought 60 to 80 "pounds which is
$265 to $354. and they were not
registered stock. All day cattle were
running through the village square.
In the afternoon a ten room old
house and three acres of land were
auctioned off for 750 pounds or
$3332.50 so prices. are pretty high
here.
Next morning before dawn I left
this quaint village to get back to. the
'worry and hurry of modern tunes,
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YOUTH TRAINING,
Dear Editor:
We find in the public press, almost
daily, some phase of child training,
or youth delenquincy, and a great.
concern is being shown by the auth-
orities, both in' the moral and the
criminal courts, to know what is best
to be attempted to effect a cure:
What has gone wrong with'. our
youth?
The last few years of educational
training we have heard much about
the principle of self expressions, and
much has been claimed Inc' it, We
sincerely fear that. "self expression"
has resulted in moral decay, as it
allows the natural :and evil trend in
the child's heart to express itself,
and not trained as in former times.
We should learn from our fore-
"Soon after I peck my way out of the shell, I must have food—
but not just any food! I am a baby—the little bit I eat will
make or break me—and if must be just right! Only fresh, per-
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minerals and high quality proteins can make me live and
grow the way I should.
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"I need fresh food! And you know that SHUR-GAIN
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right near our farm — made as needed. Please don't give me
stale stuff when you can be so sure of freshness with SHUR-
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"I want good food! SHUR-GAIN'OHICK STARTER is
crammed 'with the quality materials that are the best insurance
of growth and strength. Nuff said!
"I want tested food! Well, thousands of baby chicks
have already double-checked SHUR-GAIN CHICK STARTER for
me, at SHUR-GAIN Experimental Farm, before I ever take a bite.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating!
"A word to the wise—save money buy front the manufacturer
the SHUR-GAIN Feed Service Mill, and cut out the middleman.
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Let Shur -Gain Chick Starter build' better chicks fon
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fathers, Solomon says "He tha
spareth tate rod, hateth his son. But
he that loveth him chasteneth him
betimes" Pro 13th, 24
We are well aware of the strict
commands given by our divine Father
to the Hebrew parents -speaking of
the Law and the Prophets= "Thou
ach
shalt tethen diligently to thy
children, as thou lies: down and as
thou riseth up". Etc. and, no other
person was given this important
responsibility. Now, aparently this
training is neglected by parents, and
unless the Churches conte in, there
is nothing definitely done, and the
natural trend is always downward.
Mayor Conboy, of Toronto, and
other ruling authorities have been
;talcig a most worthy example in
throwing the responsibilitiy on the
Churches and other reform units.
The home .is surely the logical
place .to look to first for its respon-
sibility, then the Church should come
next with its support, and Iastly the
day -school should provide reerea
tional privileges.
In the training of the children we
are given the delightful illustration
of Mrs, Samuel Wesley. In her large
family, she railed 10 to adult age,
and for 20 ,yrs. she trained them M
her own home 6 hrs. a day, assisted
by her husband; and: we may see the
results in her two illustrious sons,
John and Charles Wesley. She made
it her never -failing principle, that
the will of the children must be brok-
en, and that as • early as possible.
Without this nothing worthwhile
could be taught. I thing we may well
take a leaf out of Mrs. Wesley's book
to -day.
In the early days of Galt Ont., a
Dr. Tassie from the Old Land estab-
lished a grammar school in that town
for boys. He was very stria on disc-
ipline, and never failed to use the
"birch ' when necessary. Boys were
sent to "hum from tiffany 'states in the
union, and from all parts of Canada;
andto be known as a" .Tassie boy,
meant success for all the rest of hie
years.
Our; school system leaders, must
surely see the fallacy of "self ex-
pression" and see the need for some-
thing ' more sane in the policy of
t youth training.
• With proper emphasis by the 'home,
the Church, and the day school we
trust that a marked change for itn
provemont may be accomplished,
3. B. Lobb,
Clinton, Ont.
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FREEDOM HYMN
Oh, Lord of Heaven and earth and
sea.
Who hath the power to set us free.
Help us, dear Lord, to turn to Thee,
That once again we may be"free.
Help us, oh Lord, each passing day
To walk within the narrow way
Oh may we give our lives to Thee,
That once again we may be free,
The planes may fly, the cannons roar,
And bring disaster from shore to
shore
Help us, dear `Lord, to trust in Thee
That once again we may be free.
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Oh, guard our boys, who have crossed
the sea,
Who have gone to fight for Liberty
Loud, give to them the victory
That once again we may be free.
Help us, Oh Lord, ; to break the ty-
rants chain
That sorrow and death shall not re -
And _help us, dear Lord, to live for
The
That once again we may be free,
Oh haste the day, oh gracious Lord,
When all 'thy people heed- thy word,
When war and bloodshed cease to be
And all the nations" shall be free.
W. H. Elliott
' Bayfield, Ont.
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"Out of the Flim tins we made
small stoves, and the jam tins were
placed inside these to boil water in.
The butter tins were used as mugs.
Frying pans were made from Ripped -
ed Herring tins, Don't •think the.
value of the boxes stopped with the
contents—not at ail! The plywood
eases' were made into desks. The
cartons" made exceIIent cupboards.
Time was judged by Red Cross food
parcel and lette d "