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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-03-23, Page 3THURS., MAR. 23rd, 1944 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Before you blame your telephone... Engineers designed the mouth- piece of your telephone to give best results at one-quarter of au inch from the lips. When your lips are farther away than this, your voice is transmitted leas strongly less clearly. Failure to remember these simple facts accounts for the great majority of "trouble" reports. Help avoid needless service check-ups, and at the same time let those you talk to hear you without strain. Just remember: Talk dearly, normally, directly into the telephone, with your Ups just one•quarter of an inch from the mouthpiece. Smoking while you talk may cause distorted reception. It also prevents your holding the mouthpiece di- rattly in front of the lips, If you need- to reach across your desk as you talk, continue to hold the telephone in correct position, close to the lips. •sl A wall set can't come to you; stand or sit so that your lips are directly in front of and close to the mouth- piece. Don't "talk across" it. For clear, noise - free transmission, always keep your desk telephone upright—not at or near the hor- izontal position. THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes of the News in 1919. Mrs. Murray McEwan :rc:cived Holland, who passed away at the age !word the other, day of the death t•f of 69 years and 9 months. He is sur - her sister-in-law, which took place in vived by his six children, four sons England after a short illness, Her brother, David Ross, who enlisted at Brantford and went overseas with the first Canadian contingent, had married in England and was all ready to sail for home with his young wife. and babe when the wife was stricken with influenza, to which she succum- bed. On Friday afternoon last Mr. Jacob Marshall's house on the ,Bayfield line was totally destroyed by fire, with all its contents. Mr. Marshall was away at the time and his sister had lighted a fire in the front part of the house and then had gone out to the barn to attend to some chores.' Shortly afterwards she noticed fire and smoke issuing from the, house and she ran up to sea what could be done. Unfortunately the fire had got too much headway to allow much be. ing saved. Sturdy—Keys-In Goshen Metho- dist church, on March 4th, by the Rev. Wilson, Erma Reta, eldest 'daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. T. Keys, Stanley township, to Turuell Austin, only son of Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Sturdy Goderich Township. Mrs. R. J. -Chef and Miss Jule Bartliff left Tuesday afternoon for a couple of weeks as the guest of the former's daughter. Mr, C. J. Wallis left on Tuesday for the west and will probably be absent about a month or six weeks. Mr. Fred Grant took charge of the load of stock which Mr. Wallis ship- ped for the western markets. yesterday on account of the serious illness of his son, Mr. Charles Wiltse, a former citizen of Clinton, Mr. J. Ullman and 'family have gone to Kitchener, where Mr. Ullman has taken a position. When the Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, and two daughters. Mr, H. Wiltsie was in' Toronto last week attending the annualmeeting, of the Canadian Home Circle and while in the city had the pleasure of being present at the opening of the new organ in the Metropolitan chur- ch. *Mr. Andrew Stinson, a native of Stanley, but which left forty three years ago for Huron township was in town a couple of days this week. He was on his way home after a visit to his, son William in Seattle, Wash. V "Full" or "High" As a Political Slogan, the phrase, " Full Employment," has undoubted. merit. It.can be used as a plank in any political platform, and few heck- lers would be unkind enough to i'n sist that a speaker furnish and ex- act definition. At present, .statisticians ' seem to agree that we have nearly full em- ployment. In other words, a, job of some• kind is available for everyone who is able and willing to work, and fortunately for our war production, those w -ho are neither willing nor able are in the minority. Yet this degree of full employment has been attained by putting countless thou, sands of workers into positions that they would not have chosen, for them- selves. Few of our temporary soldiers Mr. Levi Wiltse went to Stratford even: though volunteers have any in- tention of making soldiering their lifetime profession. Many tempor- ary civil servants are looking forward to the day when they can return to their: pre-war businesses. Women munition -workers and bus -drivers will desert the lathe and the steering - wheel, giving up their right to an- individual nindividual pay -envelope in order to claim ninety per cent of a husband's weekly earnings. Marek 17th, 1904. James Renwick -died on Friday last, aged seventy three years. Some thirty years ago he carried on a blacksmith ng business in Clinton but since then was engaged at more than one occu- pation and lived principally at Kin- cardine. The funeral took place on THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD in the great war. 20th, 1919 Councillor J, E. Johnson has pur- March chased the house belonging to Mrs. A very happy event took place F. McEwan on Isaac street, the house Saturday evening last, March' 15th, now occupied by Mr. Harold' Fremlin when Mr. and Mrs. George Jackson and will occupy it as soon as Mr. celebrated the twentieth anniversary Fremlin can get settled in the new of their wedding. The guests, who home which he has bought for him- numbered about seventy were present self on Huron street, that known as from London, Ailsa Craig, Clande-{the, Hessian house. boye and other places. Corporal Elmer Johnston, son of Mr. Ed. Johnston,. Hullett township, Mr. Axon : has been able to come I arrived in Clinton Saturday evening down town this week and, while look -from Trenton, New Jersey, for a visit ing far from his old robust self, is' with his people before going to North nevertheless steadily regaining his 1 Dakota. He is with the 164th IT. 5. health. Supply Company and saw active Pte. Verne Mennell, son of Mr. and service in France. Mr. Johnston has Mrs. William Mennell of Toronto and another son an officer in the U. S. grandson of Mr. A. MeKown of town, Army. died unexpectedly in France just asI he was expecting to be sent home. He Mi. E W. Morrison has had the had not been well but the news of his Hydro installed in his house and barn. death came as a great shock to his Mr. Adam Scott moved into town parents. last week and is getting nicely set - tied in his new home on Mary street. Mr. and Mrs, J. T. Reid have mov- Mr. Thomas McCartney, who re- ed in from Varna this week and are cently sold his farm on the 16th in getting nicely settled in their new tends coming into Clinton. home. Mr. Reid is the new south - end grocer, having bought out D. N. Watson's grocery on Victoria street. A special meeting of the council THE CLINTON NEW ERA March 20th, 1919 , Saturday to Clinton cemetery, services, even of clerks and stenogra- The second of the series of debates phers in those sections of account - between the Clinton and Goderi-h ing departments that are fully en C. I's will take place tomorrow gaged in keeping track of taxes. evening. The C. C. I. will be rove - It may be admitted at once that no immediate threat of unemployment looms for the last-named class; but any politician who promises full em- ployment for the others is actually promising that his party, if returned to power, will underwrite the em- ployment of the masses of direct and indirect government employees who will be looking for new jobs on the proclamation of peace. Full employment, as we know it, cones about because the Government is the great employer. In addition to direct employees in the armed forces 'and civil service, the Government is really the employer of workers in war industries, of many workers its factories,partly engaged in war work, of extra workers in transportation sented by Thornton Mustard and C. Tebbutt. At the annual meeting of the Golf Club on Friday last the following officers were elected; patron, D. F. McPherson; patroness, Mrs. D. F. McPherson; president C. E. Dowding; vice, G. D. McTaggart; sec-treas. M. D. McTaggart;' assistant, Miss Kelly; executive committee, N. Fair, R. Agnew, E. M. McLean; entertain- ment committee, T. Jackson Jr., H. T. Rance, W. 13r7done, M. P. McTag- gart, D. F. McPherson and E. M. McLean. James Currie, who lived on Dinsley Terrace, over, the river in Stanley, died on Wednesday of last week after a short illness. He was born in God- erich township about forty years ago and was an industrious and honest man. His wife . and their family of six children, the oldest being eleven years of age, survive. Rev. T. R. Courtice, who thirty was called on Monday evening for Chief Bert 'Fitzsimons is on his the purposeof considering appliea- job this week and it looks as if he tions for the position of night con- would fill the bill quite all right. stable, applications were received. Miss Norma Bentley is supplying from F. Bawden, E. Grealis, W. Stan- at the Doherty Pianos during the ab- ley, J. Levy, •0 Crich and Constable sense of Miss Bartliff, who is holi- Welsh..The following motion was (laying. put, that the application of E. Grea- Mr. t. Britton has taken .the shop Hs for the position of night constable beside Wilken's Shoe shop and is fit - be accepted. This motion was suppor- ,ting it up and will do repairing, ted by half the councillors, the other plumbing, etc. half voting nay. There followed a Mr. W. J. Coats, who has been good deal of discussion but no other on Ontario street, has pur- motion being brought forward the! chased a house from Mr. Alex Cud - matter rests just where it was. In 'more on James street, the meantime Constable Welsh holds I Pte. MacDonald is expected home office until a successor: is appointed. I, on the 6.08 train from Toronto this Mr. M. B. Hare, brother of ` Mrs.,evening. James Brown of town, who is with As we go to press wetlearn of the the Imperial Forces in. Russia, has death which took 'place this morning been promoted to the lank of ser- of. Mrs. D. N. Watson.- She had not geant. This is the secondpromotion been well for some time but her Within a sew months. death was most unexpected. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Innes, The local OddfeIlows held a little Clinton, announce the engagement of informal reception on Tuesday even their daughter, Edna L., to Mr. W. R, ing, after the regular meeting, in Cantelon, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert honour of Mr. N. Davies, who return- Cantelon of Goderich Township. The ed from overseas last week. Reiz•esh- mariage to take • place - early next ments were served, speeches were month. t made, and a nice, social time general- Usborne township leads the county ly was enjoyed. Pte. Davies arrived in the erection of a memorial to its home on Saturday evening last. He fallen :soldiers, as a fine inonument enlisted with the Hurons and had of Italian marble, representing a been in France for a year or more. soldier in full equipment standing at He escaped without serious wounds attention, will be unveiled on the but was in hospital for, a time last 28th in honour of two soldiers from fall owing to a •sprained ankle and a that township who gave their lives slight wound in his hand. years ago was pastor of the Bible Christian congregation and during whose terns the since twice-enlarge.l Ontario street church was built, died at Frankford, near Trenton, on Fri- day last from blood poisoning. .The deceased was -a brother of Postmaster Courtice of Hohnesville and labored long and' successfully in the ministry. of the Methodist church. While employed at the salt block on Friday last Mr. Thomas Judd was struck on the eye by a piece of steel from a broken chisel which inflicted a painful wound. He has since had to keep the eye bandaged and it is thought it will be as well as ever be- fore very long. Grant, the thirteen -year-old son of Mr. Thomas Archer of Hullett, got his right hand caught in a root pulper last week. The flesh was torn ofi the thumb, but it is hoped he will have the free use of his hand in a few weeks. No citizen of Clinton is better or more favorably known than Mr. Fred Rumball, who became a resident in 1851 and has resided, here continuous- ly ever since. He was born in Gode- rich, township in May 1834--7,0 years ne*t May and was the first white child to see the light of day in that township. His hair and beard are white, but otherwise he bears no sign V _ that he is close upon his 70th birth- day. It's' a funny world—We electa lot On Sunday morning last Goderich of people to make our laws and hire Township lost another of its good a,good lawyer to find out how we can citizens in the person of Mr. Jeptha avoid them. The Socialists, whose- programme includes taking over all large in- dustries at once and the smaller enterprises as quickly as they find it expedient to do so, canpromise full employment .with some consis- tency. If the state becomes the sole employer, the state must see that everyone is employed. But as yet neither Mr. Coldwell nor Mr. Winch has gone as far as to guarantee that everyone will have the kind of job he wants., Even in normally good times, it is not unusual for many of our bright- est university graduates to emigrate to the. United States because there is insufficient demand for their services in their native land., In the early nine- teen -thirties, men of excellent edu- cation were frequently forced to ac- cept lowly jobs, unsuited to their training and ability. A promise of full employment on the wartime scale is misleading. It cannot be fulfilled even if citizens are willing to surrender direction of their own lives to National Selective Service or some similar department in • perpetuity. Politicians 'who are not Socialists should be cautious, with their promises, �Governnments, by their economic policies, can influence conditions' so as to encourage or dis- courage business : activity and ex- pansion and with them the general increase or decrease of employment. The politician who promises more id throwing a boomerang, which he may not be able to dodge. "Full employment" is a snare and a delusion. It means merely that everyone must be on a pay roll, and that isn't true even today. But high employment is feasible. High employ- ment means that virtually, everyone able and willing to work can find a jab. PAGE 3 CLIP THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE RATION 4 --WHEN AND WHERE YOU GET IT Distributing. Centres will not be open on all days of next week. Make sure that" you know exactly what days and hours the Distributing Centre you intend to go to will be open. Help the volunteer workers by following instructions carefully. RijoN'' it7N1 .1> `bfi1�`�r�4ELIVf11EBt T Y NLi1S,T MLEIY°FAR HERE IS WHAT YOU DO TO GET YOU NEW BOOK I. 1 2 3 Fill in the application card—the first post -card in your Ration Book 3. Do this at home. The application card is printed in red and is numbered RB -p9. DO NOT USE ANY OTHER CARD. Follow the method shown. - Be sure to PRINT clearly, accurately and completely all information re- quired on the carrincluding the COUNTY in which you live. Sign at the bottom with your usual signature. Persons of 16 years or over must sign their own cards. Cards of persons under 16 years must be signed by parents or guardians. 4 . Applicants must bring their Ration Books with them to the Distributing Centre. Children under 16 may nor apply for Ration Books for themselves or for other members of the family. 5 Do not detach application card from your Ration Book. This must be done by an official at the Distributing Centre. If accidentally. detached, bring the application card along with your Ration Book: 6 ARMED FORCES: All members of the Armed Forces, whether on permanent subsistence or not, will obtain their Ration Cards from their own Units, RB -99 (sca,gc A L'ENCRE EN acroseS MOULEES) .BALL RAST NAME -Non! DE PAMILLS, .JQiiN WILL/M IPIRST N 1.4rfs,.-RRRNOMMI x•.3;1-5 REGAL: RD; A ORESS OR A.R.No-ADRESSE OU RR NCO"""— OTTAWA MITT, TOWN OR VALENCE -RILES Ob VILLAGE) . CAr LE'roN ONTARIO ICOUNTV--comrA) IPR RINSE-PRORINCSA E. sERlal. NVAIREA • TSAR E AS FRONT OF ROOM tL6M(tE'RODe S1/7 6ME DUE SUR GA FACF OUCARNST, AGE, IF UNDER ,S . s. SIGNATURE. 1 MOMS be 16 ANS. fit, C!/. iz APPLSING FOR BOOKS FOR. OTHERS: Any responsible member• of a household may apply for Ration Books on behalf of other members of the household, or for neighbours un- able to apply in person, providing Ration Book 3 with properly filled in application card is presented. On presentation at a Distributing Centre o£ your Ration Book 3, with properly completed application card, you will be issued your new Ration Book 4; and your Ration Book 3 will be returned to you. LyoARNING; Be sure you get your new book while ur Distributing Centre is open next week. Otherwise, u will not be able to obtain your new book until April 17. RATION d00iC_39C1)NTAI'NS: UNUSED •COUPONi Y•QII•' WILL NEED 0ON T •DESTROY IT. LOCAL DISTRIBUTING. CENTRES Addresses CLINTON Bayfield Varna Londesboro Auburn Dates Mach 30, 31st, April 1 March 30 and 31 March 30 and 31 March 30 and 31 March 30 and 31 Hours 10 a. m. to 5 p.m.. 1.30 to 5.30 1.30 to '5.30' 1.30 to 5.30 10 to 12 and 1to5 RATION ADMINISTRATION R84W1 Dried Beans and Peas Stooks of dry white beans, yellow eye beans, and dry whole and split peas, except those on the retailers shelves or in transit on March 10 are now frozen, according to an announce- ment by W. Harold McPhillips, prices and supply representative for West- ern Ontario. . This order means that all stocks of these dried vegetables that are in the hands of processors, wholesalers, growers' co-operative and other dealers and held in storage by chain. and department stores cannot be used for sale to the general public, This action has been taken, Mr. McPhillips points out, to ensure supplies of beans and peas for the department of Munitions and supply, to ships' stores and to other priority users. Beansthatare for seedpurposeor for the Munition and Supply can be released on application to' the Region- al office. V Fish and Game Club Organ - These Hens Went on Production Spree Mr. and Mrs. AlIen Ramsay, 1st line of Morris, have a flock of hybrid rock-leghorns that are doing their very best to produce to the limit and thus help the war situation. These hens go in for large eggs and we have eight of them in our office that weigh 26 ounces, and they aver- age 32/4. inches in length and six inches around the largest part. AR the eggs produced by this flock are not as large as this but many are. They are so big that they will not go into the seotions in a crate. They make wonderful eating also, we tried them out and they have a fine flavour. -Wingham Advance Times. ized in Seaforth At a well -attended meeting held in the council chamber on Friday last the first steps were taken in the or- ganizing of a Fish and Game .Club for the Seaforth district.' Similar organizations exist in other towns in Huron County, and it was the expressed opinion of all present that a special effort be made to ere -I ate a county association, embodying, as it would, a combined effort to place Huron in as top rank a 9.551 - tion as adjoining counties. Grey County was cited as a fine example,1 where the work of its fish and game association has made fish and .game available to tate ordinary man as well as to the tourist. The officers elected at this meeting were: Patrons, J. C. Hanna, M. L. A. Dr. Hobbs Taylor, M. L. A.; Presi- dent, William Ament; secretary treas- urer, C. P. Sills. —Huron Expositor ,Seaforth. THE LORD SHALL PRESERVE An Airman's Soliloquy "I will lift mine eyes unto the hills: • Froin whence doth some mine aid".. My heart to the ancient rapture, thrills And I am unafraid. "The Lord shall preserve thy goings out, Preserve thy coming in" . The upward .path I take without - doubt My battle spurs to win. I have set my course up to the stars,. Seeking the unknown skies, And, flouting the thunderbolts Of Mars, Through adversity rise. To heights the Psalmist never fore,- V saw, O'erby O'er paths man untrod, Back in England Till on the lintel of Heaven's door I read the Name of God. On Monday Mrs. William Venus received the following cable from her song Sgt. Robert Venus,. who only a few weeks ago was erroneously re- ported to have been killed while on active service in Italy: "March 18, 1944: Mrs. William Venus; Goderich: Arrived in Britain safe and well, Love. Bob.Venus."-Huron Expositor Seaforth. Announcements The marriage in announced of Miss Greta Bemister, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Wilfred Bemister, of St. John's Newfoundland, and Charles W. Hog- gart, V17807, Fleet Mail - Office, Harbor Craft, St. :John's Newfld., youngest son of Mr. aria Mrs. Charles Hoggart, of Hullett. The ceremony Was • performed in. Newfoundland at 8 o'clock on Tuesday, March 14th. ---Seaforth News. Here I commune with my soul awhile, Close under Heaven's dome, Till, armed with God's blessing and His smile, I shape my course for home. And God Himself' shall my keeper be - Where the airy billows roll Whose promise is mine eternally "I shall preserve thy soul." As I weave and turn and ' dive and I, soar i. I feel His hand en'mnine,— My band that has knocked ott: Heaven's door To gain that Pledge Divined -Grace Pollard.. V It is easy now to talk about the. - challenge of •the post-war years but think how smart it would have been'.• to see the challenge of the peace-, time years, back about 1981 when the- Japs went into Manchuria. •