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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-04-13, Page 1The Clinton. News -Record Est. 1S78 With Which is Incorporated The Clinton 6192 — 66th YEAR. CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY APRIL 13th, 1944 in-= WERE YOU BORN IN APRIL? Then the diamond is your birth stone. But diamonds are good any month in the year, and we have beautiful stonesmounted in various combinations.: The girl dearest to you will appreciate one 'of our beautiful rings, Also have a nice assortment of watches, jewellery of all kinds, silver. ware and china: It will do you good to come in and; be convinced. W. H. HELLYAR AR .-. JEWELERAND OPTOMETRIST RESIDENDCE PHONE 174j Ir COATS Spring and Summer Wear Sizes. for Women as well as Misses TWEEDS --in Diagonal and -. Fancy Weaves. NAVY and BLACK --in Swagger and Fitted Types. JUNIOR NUMBER—in the new Raspberry Red and Scarlet Shop Here Always for the latest in Wearing Apparel. v-ixwit� in its. brilliant sparkle, her Bluebird Diamond—certifiedperfect—will mirror forever your treasured love: Its lovely styling is matched to I the wedding ring's design. W. N. COUNTER RED CROSS NOTES The Red Cross Society`, wishes to acknowledge and thank the Lafalot Bridge Club for a donation of five dollars for Blood Donor Clinic ex- penses. Please look elsewhese in this issue for the report of the Annual Meeting of the Ontario Division of. the Cana- dian Red Cross as presented by our president, Mrs. W. A. Oakes. Clinton's next Clinic should be held on Tuesday April 25th. Has your blood gone to war? What you don't need they die without". We are hoping for many new donors. Give your name. to A. J. McMurray, Dr. Shaw, Dick Jacobs or Mrs. G. Miller. V LIONS CLUB MEETING The regular meeting of the Lions Club was held Monday night in St. Paul's parish hall with Lion Dick Jacob, the new president, presiding. Lion Bill Johnson was chairman for the program. Mr. Gordon Scribbins s was guest speaker and his subject was "Bee Culture": His address was illustrated by pictures, which made it all the more interesting. Lion Tack Sutter, on behalf of the club, moved a vote of thanks to Mr, Scribbins. Weal numbers were effectively ren- dered by Jack Cook and Lion. New- ton Davis. Miss Lois Draper was pianist. ,ion John Sutter was lucky man'on the draw. The next meeting will be held April 24th, in charge of Lions Eph. Snell and Stewart Middleton. v Report of the Annual Meet- ing of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Red Cross Once again it has been my pleasure and privilege to represent you at the Annual Meeting of the Ontario Divi- sion of the Canadian Red Cross Soci- ety. This was the 24th Annual meet- ing and had by far the greatest at- tendance of any previous meeting. The Work Convenors were called to a special conference on Tuesday, the day before the Business, meeting, and we thoroughly inspected the Toronto Branch, arid the Ware Houses, both of which were `humming with activity. We saw the same sewing articles that we are doing, being made. Materials and patterns were as ours, and while we did not see any of our own products, as our shipment of two weeks ago was well on its way overseas, we found on enquiry that there were not any black marks against us but rather, they remember- ed our shipment for its niceness. Once again Ladies, I want to pay tribute to the Women of Toronto, who are doing such a magnificent job of managing this organization. As you know, Mrs. Clara McEachren' is chair= man of the National Work Board, who plan the work, for all divisions. Mrs. John C. Fraser is chairman of the Ontario Womens Work Board, and Mrs. McKelvey is her very able Assistant, and from them come our orders. The Ware .Houses are staffed by women who inspect all' Incoming articles, and pack all outgoing ship- ments. Many of these women have the four year service stripes on their smocks and when you think they are all volunteer workers, just as you and I, but the time they give, the distance they travel back and forth, checking some one elses work, ripping their mistakes, and there are plenty, some- times X wonder if we aren't just play- ing at the game. Time; we have anany women in our Branch who are work- ing full steam ahead, but let us stop and think; am I, are You, doing all we possibly can. Have you been hurt in your efforts? Is this Your War? Tho day is past when Women work to win the war just because their hands are busy. 1f what you are making is needed less than something else that may be made of the same material, then you are hindering and not help. ing the war effort. The Government has restricted materials, not to cur- tail women's war work, but to try to make these materials go as far as 'possible, and this story is going to be worse, not better. The falling off in workers is believed to be the con- sequence of shortage of domestic help, keeping many volunteer workers at home, and'not war weariness. Our work will not end with firing of the (continued on page 6) New Era The New Era Est. 1867 THE HOME PAPER Lieutenant -Governor, Opens Spring Show Annual Event Scores Greatest Success in History,of 39 Years. In point of attendance, entries, weather and special features, the Huron Central Agricultural Society's 39th annual spring stock show ranks the best in history of the events. The presence of Lt -Gov, Albert Matthews, Mrs. Matthews' and party was an attraction as was also the military and air force parade. The lieutenant -governor: and party arrived at noon travelling in a special ear attached to the C. N. R. noon train from Toronto, and weremet at the station by stock show officials and leading citizens. The Lieutenant. Governor and Mrs. Matthews' suite was composed of Lt. -Col. Thompson, Lt -Col, Johnson, the lieutenant gover- nor's aides; Capt, Dawdy, aide to Mrs. Matthews, and Brig. McDonald, O. C. M. D. No. 1, London. Banquet at Hotel They were banqueted at the McKen- zie House, Seated at the table' with them were W. L. Whyte, prominent gullett farmer, and Mrs. Whyte, who was hostess to the party; 'Dr. J. W. Shaw, dean of the stock show 'direct. ors; A. J. McMurray, treas. and show manager,' and Mrs. McMurray; John Innes, president sof the' Agricultural Society, and Mrs. Innes; Mayor M. J. Agnew, who read the address of welcome, and Mrs. Agnew; 'Reeve V. D. Falconer, and Mrs. Falconer; Major and Mrs. Thomas Morgan; L. E. Card- iff, M. P. and Mrs. Cardiff; J. Hobbs Taylor, M. L. A., and Mrs. Taylor; John Hanna, M. L, A., and Mrs. Hanna A. W. Morgan, past president of the Agricultural Society, and Mrs. Morgan Ephraim Snell, past president and Mrs, Snell; Fred Watson, warden of Huron County, and Mrs. Watson; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton; E; J. Jacob, President Lions Club and Mrs. Jacob; Mrs. W. A. Oakes, president Clinton Red. Cross Society. The lieutenant-governcr'.•s guard of honor was composed of a com- pany of the Middlesex -Huron Regiment under command of Major Morgan and Lieut. Waters. A con- tingent of officers and ranks from Clinton R.C.A.F. station, 140 strong, under command of Squadron Leader Brandon and Flying Officer Weldon, and the U. S. Army contingent under Lieut, Michael Maskin and aides Lieuts. John ,Damske and John Jung- ermann. Following the luncheon hour, Hon. Mr. Matthews and party inspected the units forming the guard of honor, passing through the ranks in company with the commanding officer of each. At the speaker's' stand were the Union Jack on one side and on the other the Stars and Stripes. About 4,000 attended to hear. Mr. Matthews, W.' L. Whyte, past president of the Huron Federation of Agriculture and a director of the show, was master of ceremonies. He announced the presence of the lieutenant -governor and called on Dr.. J. W. Shaw, to in- troduce his honor. Brief introductory remarks were also made by Warden Watson. The lieutenant -governor's address was brief. He spoke of the prom- inence of Huron County in the pion- eering of Western Ontario and its development as a leading agricultural district and congratulated the offic- ers and management of the spring stock show which has become known across the continent for the quantity and quality of stock annually exhibit- ed and said in closing, "I now declare this show officially opened and I wish you every success." A. J. McMurray as ahoy manag- er, and officers of the show had a busy afternoon and it . was after 8.00 p.m. when the judging was completed. Prize winners were: Heavy Horses—Clydesdale—Stal- lion foaled in 1940or previous, Chas. Lindsay, Clinton; T. J. McMichael, Seaforth, 2, 4; W. J. Dale, Clinton, 3. Charles Lindsay, 5,'6; Stallion foaled in 1941 or 1942, Fred Roney, Mitchell. Percheron and ' Belgian—Stallion foaled in 1940 or previous; T. J. Me - Michael; 1 2; Mertle A. Drake, St. Malys, 3. Heavy Draught—Brood mare, Fred Roney, Mitchell, 1; J. A. Darling, Dublin, 2; Harvey Turner and -Son,. Varna, 3; John Turner, Jr. Kippen, 4, Filly or gelding foaled in 1940 or previous, Nile Schantz, Plattsville, 1, 8; M. F. Hepburn, St, Thomas, 2; "(continued on page 4) Check Your Boys Subscription for Overseas Friends and relatives are constant- ly subscribing for The News -Record to be sent to the boys overseas. Other subscriptions are ` expiring and . in many cases the address of the sender is not known. We would ask those who are subscribing for these papers to check the date the paper expires. We will be obliged, according to goverment regulations, to remove the name from the mailing list if they are not paid in advance, V Boodle: Shoot of Revolver Club The Clinton Revolver Club held it's monthly Boodle Shoot Monday evening, April, 3. As usual the mem- bers all brought a prize, however this differed from < all usual Boodle shoots by as prizes had to be in the form of a lunch. As usual the shoot was on the handicap basis and the following scores were posted. Sandy, 100; Epps, 98; Morton, 97; Little, 97; Hunter, 97; McAllister, 96; Inkley, 94; Baxter, 85; Linfield, 84; Hart, '76. After the shoot the prizes, naively the lunch, were opened up and served and a real good social evening enjoy- ed. Fred Sandy, Goderich posted the highest scores of the night but Al. Linfield, also of Goderich, 'walked away with the top honors as regards to stowing away the lunch. The Revolver Club shoots every Monday night at their range and the first Monday of each month have their regular monthly Boodle Shoot. PERSONALS Miss Marian Pickett is visiting in Port Colborne and Toronto, Miss Wilma Radford of London spent the Easter week end at her home in town, V Navy League Nevvs' Friday, April 210. Be sure to keep this date open for that is the night of the Big Navy Show in the Town Hall. The local branch of the Navy League, support- ed by a strgng committee are put- ting on a big treat of music and fun to raise funds for the Navy League, who find thtat the tremendous ex- pansion in their activities this year, makes it necessary for this appeal. And this is the first' appeal that has been made in Clinton except the an- nual Tag Day. No one need be told of the work of this organization which has supplied clothing,, books, magazines, rest hos- tels, games and all comforts, not only to the boys of our fast growing Navy, but also to the members of the other branches of the Service. The navy alone has grown from about 1,700 all ranks at the start of the war, to over 80,000 at the present time. It has .been largely instrument- al in driving the U-boats from. the North Atlantic and keeping the life LOCAL ITEMS The regular quilting of the Women's Institute will be held this Friday after -noon, April 14th, in the Agriculture Board Rooms. Lunch committee, Mrs. Epps, Mrs. Saville, Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Sloman and, Mrs. Shobbrook, All members are asked to be present as there are two quilts to be minted. The Oddfellows and Rebekah , Lod- ges are sponsoring a card party in aid of the Blood Donors Clinic on. Tuesday, April 18th, in the I. 0. 0. F. hall. Everybody welcome. V Special Meeting of Council A Special Meeting of Council was held in the Council Chambers, April 12th,' it 7.30 o'clock in the evening;+at a call from the Mayor, to approve the Memorandum of Agreement between Armstrong, Wood and Company and the Corporation of the Town of Clin- ton., All members were present, Mayor Agnew presiding The Mayor y called on the. Gierl, to read the Contract Agreement which was read' and discussed, clause by clause, and. By -Law. No. 7 for 1944, AB- Law tthe appoint- ment of Engineers for the Town of Clinton was read the first, second and third time and passed. It was moved by Reeve Falconer, seconded by Councillor Epps, "That the Mayor and Clerk be empowered to sign the Memorandum of Agree- ment concerning the Survey and re- port of Armstrong, Wood & Company with the Town of Clinton, and also any similar- documents which may arise, and all of which shall be sub- mitted to Council when necessary or called for. Carried. Moved by Councillor Trewartha, seconded by Councillor Crich, «That Reeve Falconer, as chairman of the Street Committee, be the representa- tive from Council to contact the Sewerage Survey or any questions which may arise, and report to Couu. en when necessary: Carried. Councillor Butler moved the ad- 1otirnment. —_V MILITARY NEWS His Honor Judge T. M. Costello and Mrs. Costello of Goderich have had word that their son, Sgt. John .Terence "Terry" Costello, who lost his life in air action on October 22, 1943, was buried in West Uffeir cemetery, near Kassel, Germany. Tel. Tom Steep of H. M. C. S. Dig- by, who has seen quite a bit of for- eign countries since his enlistment in the Navy, is spending leave at his home in town. Pte. Clarence Swan R. C. 0. C. has arrived safely at his destination ac- cording to, word received by his mother, Mrs. Lucy Swan, Pilot Officer Frank Garrett, J29620 R. C. A. F. Overseas. E. F. Durst, R. R. 2 Clinton, is among recent recruits for naval service, having enlisted. at London hist week. Also a recent enlistinent in the R. C. N. V. R. at London is Vernon Huller, only son of Mr. and Mrs.. Bert Huller, Isaac street, Ver - line. to Britain open. Let us all help non spent last week end at his home in malting' the lives of these gallant 'here. Among the class of Bombardiers to receive their wings at No. 4 A. 0. S. Winnipeg, last Thursday was Kenneth W. Colquliotin, son of Mr. boys more comfortable. C K. N. X. will be on the job also and any donations phoned or sent in during the program will be acknow- ledged over the air, A big surprise and Mrs E, W. Colquhoun, Ken was will be' announced at the start of 'the also commissioned as Pilot Officer. and is now spending leave at his home in town. The Halifax Daily Mail of Saturday April 1st says; '.'Eastern Air Cournand Headquar- ters is saying good-bye to Squadron Leader Robert M. Aldwinckle, who has been posted to Air Force Head- quarters in Ottawa. He' is in the per- sonnel branch in charge of Commis- sioned aircrew, "His home is in Varna, Ont., where his family, • including two brothers, settled after coming from England in 1981: Enlisting August 13, 1940, his Air Force training took him to Toron- to, Portage la Prairie and Carberry, Manitoba, where he got his wings; then out to the West Coast of Canada for operational training, - "With a bomber reconnaissance squadron for about two years, he was on :the Dartmouth R. C. A, F. Station six months before taking over his present duties. "He was studying chemical engin- eering at the University of Toronto before' enlisting and expects to con- tinue his studies there after the war. He takes with him to his new' post the good wishes •of his many Halifax friends." broadcast. Following are twenty-two reasons why Clinton should be proud of the Navy and willing- to go full out to help it; Rolfe Monteith; 13111 Counter; Harry McEwan; Lorne Brown; 1sor- ge RembalI; Mel. Schoenhals; Bud Sehoenhals; Alvin Lobb; Ken Miller; Maurice ,Maguire; Terry Maguire Jack Shanahan; Tom Steep; -Frank Cook, Douglas Andrews, Keith ,Jenks; Clarence Neilans; Vernon Huller; Ronald Scott; Charles Thomp- son; Wilfred Denomme and Grant Bisback. The officers of the Local Branch of the Navy League are: Hon -chair- man, A. .1. McMurray; chairman, G. M. Counter; vice chairman. E. A. Fines; secretary, Mrs. F. O. Ford; treasurer, A. Douglas; ditty bags, Mrs. F. Fingland, reading, games, Mrs. Scribbins; publicity, E. Patti- son; finance,' and tag day, J. Sut- The committee ,in charge of the Big Night, Remember Friday, April 21st are chairman, A. J. McMurray; program, Dick Jacob, E. A. Fines; Mrs.: M. Counter, Mrs, F. Fingland; hall, J. A. Sutter; telephone, Caryl Draper; and publicity, E. Pattison. WEDDINGS BLAKE -PARR On Easter Monday, April .10th,,. Rev, G. G. Burton at. Ontario street. United "Church parsonage united in. marriage Geraldine Madeline, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford_ Parr of Hespier, and Private Elwyne Earl Blalce, R. C. A, M. C., only son of Mr. and Mrs. .Earl Blake, Base Line, Clinton. The bride looked lovely in her;. street length dress ;of, heaven blue• silk crepe. Her corsage was of Talis- man roses. She was attended by Miss Dorothy Blake, sister of the groom, wearing a street length dress of sheer silk and a corsage of pink can - nations, Ross Hoggarth acted as best man. For travelling the bride donned a - grey tweed coat and blue accessories, . After a short honeymoon the groom. returned to Stratford where he is stationed. Friends„were present frons: He ler sp ,Dungannon and Clinton. V ONTARIO STREET W. A... Members of the Women's Associa- tion met in the school room of the church with the president, Mrs. Townsend presiding. Meeting opened. with a hymn and prayer by Mrs Hawke, followed by the Lord's prayer in unison. Psalms, commencing with "Blessed” were quoted, lesson from. John 18, was read by Mrs. W. S. B. Holmes. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The treasurer gave her report which. showed a good .balance and was adopt- ed. The motion carried that a. donation of $3. be sent to the Fred. Victor Home in Toronto. The social. committee will be in charge of a. special tea at the May meeting. Sev- eral suggestions were made in re- gards'to making money. The corres- ponding secretary, Mrs. Kennedy read several letters of appreciation for flowers and sympathy letters. A splendid reading was given by Mrs., P. Glew. The visiting committee, reported 29 calls made. Meeting:. closed with a hymn and Vespers 51 in unison. There were 38 present: and St. John's ward served a delicious. lunch.' V AMONG THE CHURCHES Salvation Army - Monday, April 17th, Evangelistic• service in the Salvation Army Hall at 8 p. m. Speakers will be Lieutenants. Durkee and McArthur. Wesley -Willis United Church Sacrament of the Lord's . supper • will be dispensed at morning - worship, on Sunday, April 16th. 7 p, in. Sermon subject. "The Kingdom Within" Baptist Church "Whosoever will may come" to' worship with us in the Baptist church.. The evening service begins at seven o'clock. The minister's sermon subject will. be, "What Does God think of me?" And the text will be taken from the 1891h psalm, and the, verses 23 and 24 "Search me, 0 God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts. And see if there be any wicked way her, ;rte, ancl load me in the way everlast,- - ing." Presbyterian Church Sunday School 10.00 A. M. Divine Worship 11.00 A. M. Subject "Ye shall be my Witnesses"' First Sunday meditation after Easter. All worshippers welcome. ' The W. M. S. will hold their reg- ular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Axon on Wednesday, April 19th, at 3 p. m. Mrs. D, J. Lane wilt bring an Easter message. All the. ladies are invited to attend. Ontario Street United Church - 11.00 A. M. "Dost thou not care?' Near noon Clinton Sunday School - 2.00 p. in. Worship and Sunday' - School Turner's Church: 7.00 p. en Special Service for Allied Forces in Clinton and Vicinity, FI/rat. A. C. French, Chaplain of R. C. A. F. Guest speaker„ Ali re- turned men and Veterans of the last World War invited. Honor Roll Call,„ Social Hour will follow in school. room, The People are cordially invit. - ed, Monday April 17th 8.00 p. m. Young People will meet in School'. Room, Wednesday April 19th 8,00 p, nt, Midweek Service will be resumed,,