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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-05-04, Page 3Thur s.,, May 4th, 1944 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 THE .HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes of the News in 1919. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, adian Institute, is the perfeetor of May 1st, 1919 helium, the ' wonderful new gas for air ships. Working in great secrecy The Local Market for this week is at the British Admiralty since 1915 as follows: Spring Wheat $2.00; Fall with a staff of thirty other young ;Wheat $2.14; Buckwheat .90; Barley Canadian scientists under him, Profes- .90; Oats .65; Butter .50; Eggs .43; to sor McLennan, has led the world's ,44; Live Hogs $21.00 scientists, all working under war 'Mr. R. A. Govier has sold his frame Pressure, in the development of he - house on Albert street to •Mr, W. D. lium for the purposes of aviation, and Connell, who is having it moved to has won a distinction among the his farm, where he will use it as 'a ,scientists of Britain second to no, driving house. `other. Professor McLennan is a Clin- Mr.. Ike 'Ratterbury of Peterboro ton boy. Miss Isabel Draper spent the.Eas-I was in town this week. More Clinton boys return home. Pte. Cole of the 161st Battalion, son ter friends.cation with St, Catharine+of Mr. Thornes Cole, Victoria street, Rev. G. E. Hogg has .been in arrived home on. Thursday night. He Woodstock this week in attendance was in France for two and,a, half at the meeting of the Synod. ;years and came through with being Mises Donna and Norma Stevens wounded, Army training has developed Pte, Cecil Cooper. nearly out of recog- nition of his friends. The young sol - Messrs. J. ol-Messrs..J.. L. Heard, Fred Match, dier enlisted with the 161st Battalion ' H. Gould, T. J. Managhan, and G. E. when a little over fifteen years of age Hall went down to Seaforth on Sun- and celebrated his eighteenth birth- day evening to attend an Odd Fellows' `ray only recently. He saw service in Service. +France with the 1st Battalion.. Mr. Charles Clifton of near I{igpen i Pte. Byard Hill went overseas with sold a hog to a. Fitzsimons and Son the 33rd Battalion and has seen ser - the other day which tipped the scales•vice in the army for three years now, at 660 pounds and brought the hand. going to France with the 1st Battalion EOM sum of ,$122.10. "Pigs is pigs" Bugle Band. nowadays. I Pte. Ross Forrester returned home A' quiet but pretty wedding was on Saturday evening after seeing solemnized on April 7th, in the Church service in France since 1916. Ross of England, Elstead England, when enlisted with. two different Battalions Emily Fox of Surrey, England, be- in France, but could not get overseas came the bride of Pte. James Albert on .account of his height, He joined Carter of Clinton. The ,bridesmaids the Huron Battalion and got overseas were a sister and a friend of the in the fall of 1916 and for three years bride, and a churn of the groom's was in France with the 58th Battalion acted as best man. Mr, and Mrs. He fought at Vimy Ridge in April Carter are expected home shortly. 11917 and also took part in the great Mr. Percy Hitchins formerly of drives at Amiens, Arras, Cambrai and. Clinton, who went overseas.with the finished the war at Mons. He was Hurons, was in town for a few days neither gassed nor wounded. When over the week end. I the Battalion retired to England, Ross Mr. John Gorbutt, who assists. Ms, contracted the "flu" which kept him Wilson Elliott in his repair wort:, hap- back from returning to Canada with pened with a very painful accident the his old Battalion. other day which will lay him up for Pte. Lloyd Wilkin arrived home some time., He was assisting to load Monday morning coming across on a an empty barrel which had contained hospital ship to St. John's. Lloyd en - roofing .pitch, on a wagon when gas, listed with the 161st Battalion and in which had formed in the barrel and 1917 he joined the 1st Battalion and exploded blowing the end out of the action in France. He was wounded barrel 'and a flying portion inflicted in the right arm last August, aftd a severe wound in his leg below the the arm is now progressing slowly. knee. ' Bandsman Morgan Agnew came Mr. J. H. Quigley of the London home on Wednesday evening. He went Road has disposed of his farm to 112r. overseas with the 33rd Battalion and Chas. Manning of Londesboro ;but after that Battalion and band was does not give possession until March broken up was transferred to the 22 of next year. • Ind Battalion Band in France. He es Lieutenant John. R. 'Rumball adju- caped from any wounds. tent of the 4th Battalion, which re.'. Last Friday Mr, Albert Neal, .of turned last week from overseas, is at the Base Line, sold one hog to D. his home in town this week. Cantelon that returned him a cheque Miss Marjorie McMath returned to of $111.50. There should be money in Stratford ' on Monday after' having hogs' when the p1esent price is $21.50 spent the Easter holidays at her home per cwt. in town. —V THE CLINTON NEW ERA, May 1st, 1919 were guests of Miss Lilian Wallace of Goderich • during the Easter 'vaca- tion.' v When the Present Century Was Young Professor J. C. McLennan, of the THE CLINTON NEWS -,RECORD staff of the University of Toronto,' April 28th, 1904 and past president of the Royal Can Mr. Adam Cantelon, after spend- ing a year and a half in Huron, prin- cipally at the .homestead and in God- erich Township, left Monday to return to. Indian Heady Asea., in which dis- triet .Ire is a property owner. } Mr. A. Jr Holloway left on Tuesday for North Bay to enter upon his new duties as Government Official on the Temiskaming Railway. 1 The Junior Lacrosse club has been reorganized with the following •of- fic:ers: Captain, E. Sheppard; see. E. Seale; Treas. H. Brewer; Com.. G. Miller, D. Downer, M. Chowan. The uniform of the club will be white and the .members being enthusiasts THE LOAN RANGER S'\6/0 HELP BRING TH' CRIMINALS. TO J U STICK AN' GIT A HAN'SOME REWARD � Buy • I • a Bona. a good season is expected. Messrs R. and J. Ransford have bought a locomatise to draw cars 'from the. G. T. R. track to their salt block at Stapleton: The Local Market for this week is I as follows: Wheat .90 to- .95; Oats, '..29 to 20; Barley .40; Butter .11 to 1.12; Hay $7.00; Live Hogs $4.65 to 1 Mr. Joseph Wheatley was born in the city of Nottingham, England, on St. Valentine's Day, 1848, so"is'now in his 56th year. He came to Clinton with his parents as a small boy and ,has lived 'here ever since. Fifteen years ago he was appointed Chief' of Police and is' a model chief, combin ing with good humour and courtesy, the requisite amount < of firmness. Four years ago when the work of cement walks began, he was selected by the town council to see, that the contractors lived up to their agree- ment. Mr. George Roberton has sold his barbering business to Mr. Elliott Day- ment, who takes possession on or about May 9th. Mr. Roberton applied himself `very closely to his shop and had a good trade, but yielded to the solicitation of his brother, who locat- ed at Wawanesa, now a growing town in Manitoba, fifteen years ago and has prospered. He leaves, accompan- ied by ccompan-ied'by Mrs. Roberton, in a couple of weeks, for Wawanesa, where be will have the only shop in the place. Mr. John Bell has sold his residence on Albert street to Barrister Beattie' who gets possession next fall. Mr. Bell does not intend leaving town this year. Mr. 3. W. Irwin is moving to his purchase on Huron Street and Mr. W. J. Tozer.' heto the residence he has vacated. Mr. :Russell Manning suc- ceeds to Mr. Tozer's tenancy. ' Mr. Joe Rattenbury has decided to retire from business and. is offering the Rattenbury House for rental, V Huron Presbyterial Annual Convention. The auditorium of Ontario St, church Clinton, was filled to capacity on April 27th, for the annual conven- tion of Huron Presbyterial of the •Women's Missionary Society of the United Church of Canada. The presi- dent, Mrs. R. G. Nay, conducted both sessions which were full . of inspira- tion and enthusiasm. The morning worship sexviee based on the theme "Dedication to Advance in the task of the church in Canada" was led by . Mrs. R. rBatten and Mrs. R. Toll. Two minutes silence in memory of our Fallen Heroes of this war was followed by the singing of the national anthem - Advance in all departments marked the "story of the year" as told by Mrs. F'. Penwarden and Mrs. H. Kirk- by. New ;organizations included an auxiliary at Newbridge, a C. G. I. T. group at Wesley -Willis in Clinton, and three Mission Bands at Union (Grey township), Ethel and Ben - miller, There was en outstanding in- crease of seventy-five per •cent in missionary reading, but there was al- so increases in membership, in giv- ings, in subscriptions to the Mission- ary Monthly and World Friends, and in the sale of literature at the section- al meetings. Bales of •clothing valued at $675.00 were sent to various mis- sion fields. The Mission Bands showed partieu- tarty fine work done, duo partially to better co-operation from the senior groups, Especially fine worship ser- vices were held and much hand, work such as sewing, knitting, making scrap booksand posters was done. Fifteen of the forty-six Bands quali- fied for the Standard of Recognition. These were Auburn, Bluevale, Bruce - field, Blyth, Elimville, Exeter, (James St.), Winthrop, Walton, Westfield, Monerief, Londesboro, °Buten (Wes- ley -Willis, Clinton (Ontario St.- Con- stance and Wingham. Following this summary of the years work Mrs. Tavener led a lively and helpful discussion period. Some of the outstanding points stressed were that we should study land use our Blue Books more extensively and that we should give careful and prayerful preparation to the worship service at our meetings. Where the suggested service is used it should be adopted to suit the individupl auxil- iary. Miss Wiltse, the treasurer, reported that $14,190 had been sent to the Conference Branch• treasurer,• which was an increase of $585 over the previous year. Bequests left in trust to three different auxiliaries amount- ed to $8,250.00. Further encouragement in the -fin- ancial aspectof our work was expres- sed by Mrs. J. C. Britton when she stated that the givings of our W.M.S. hi London Conference Branchhave praetically reached their pre -depres- sion peak. However, the most import- ant advance in Gel's work has: been the increase in the Prayer life of our members. We have discovered that we can't continue following our own with • then' asking God's 'blessings'' on our actions. Prayer must come first, Miss M. Stirling challenged the con- vention with the question; "Are we adyarrcing in Temperance? She point- ed out,that drink costs Ontario twen- ty dollars per' year per capita, also that there is more money spent on alcohol than on church givings. More young people are learning to drink than are joining the church. The offertory prayer was given by Mrs. Jenkins of Blyth,and closing prayer by Mrs. W. McVittie of West - I Ent ar with the Axis and at 1Deace with Myself Now 1 feel RIGHT I boiigdet a Bond A bigger Mond than I intended to buy And stretched ;,myself a bit To buy it. Instead of "double -trouble" dollars Burning a hole in my pocket Or lazing in a bank account Just asking to be spent I bought a "triple -action" Bond 31y contribution —to the fight overseas, for freedom —to the fight at home, against inflation —to my own post-war security. It seems to me That 0 a fellow cant put on a uniform Ile shouldn't put 00 buying a Victory Bond NOT If be wants to be at War with the Axis And at Peace with Himself. 4111,) er- 1 field. During the noon hour greetings were brought from the Woman's As- sooiation by Mrs. W. M. Aiken to, which Mrs. Menzies of Londesboro re- plied. Mrs. H. Currie and Mrs. C. Tavener led in the afternoon worship service, the theme of which was "Dedication to advance in co-operation with the world church". Tribute was paid to forty-ope members who have passed' on during the past year in an impress -1 ive "In Memoriam" Service conducted by Mrs. Hugh Wilson. land dedicated the offering. Greetings were extended from Pres- bytery .by Rev. H. V.. Workman, Sea- forth. Rev. G. G. Burton, Clinton, in stalled the officers for the ensuing year after which Mrs. G. Dunlop, Bel - grave, brought in the report of the Resolutions and Courtesy Committee. This very helpful and .enjoyable conversation was brought to a close with prayer by Rev. Workman. The following isthe list of officers elected for 1944: Hon. Pres., Mrs. A. W. Gardiner, Egmondville; Past Pres. Mrs. R. G. Nay, Fordwich; Pres., Mrs. This Presbyterial was very happy C. Tavener, Bluevale; 1st Vice Pres., • and very proud to welcome as guest' Mrs. H. Wilson, Brussels; 2nd Vice,, speakers two missionaries.reeently re- Pres„ Mrs. Roy Lawson, Seaforth; 3rd turned from the Orient and both of Vice pres., Mrs. H. CurrieBenmiller; whom are natives, of our county, nam:- 1 4th Vice Pres,, Mrs. G. W. Christie; ely, Miss Caroline-Wellwood R. N. and Exeter; Seeretary of Evening Auxil- Miss Sybil •Cotutice, iardes, Mrs. W. 3. Greer, Wingham; tt ood who has completed I Secretary of C. G. I. .T groups, Miss Miss We w p Gertrude Worthy, Goderich; Secretary thirty-six years of service in West'of Mission Circles, Mrs, Howard Rob - China spoke first. The theme of her I ertsoru, Goderich; Secretary of Mission address was based on haw splendidlyobBands, Mrs. H. KiWnr, Walton; -See- Christ's work is being carried out in rotary of Baby Band, Mrs. Pearl the midst of the tragedy in war-torn China. She spoke of the tremendous Prid,dle, Goderich; Recording secret- ary, Miss M. H. Milne; Blyth; Cortes - task of housing and of finding food ponding secretary, I'4rs. P. G. Pen - that faeed them when thirty millions migrated into West China, also of the warden, Centralia; Treasurer, Miss great hardship caused when her :hos- "Maude Wiltse, Clinton;' Christian pital at Chengtn was burned. But in Stewardship Secretary, Mrs. J. C. spite of all difficulties, great work has Britton, Clinton; Supply Secretary, been done, not only by the mission - Friendship J. Colelough, Blyth; Community aries but by the Chinese christians Friendship Secretaay, Miss M. Ellis; in public health courses, in caring for Hensall; Missionary Monthly Secre- beggar boys, in Baby Welfare clinics, mom' Mrs. W. ,Pickard, Clinton; Tem- etc Among other thirugs Chinese, perance Secretary, Mrs. Earl Mills, Christian .leaders have prayed for Walton;- Literature Secretary, Mrs.. greater mental strength and. for tour- R. Borten; Exeter; Associate Helpers' age to •correct their .mistakes..She Secretary, Mrs. L. Wightman Wing- challenged the W. ,M. S. to' pray for hams; Press Secretary, Miss Caroline 'netted the Red Cross some $300, it ;has provided many enjoyable hours for the people of this district. • In the spring of 1942 the first Hu- ron County Music Festival was held in Victoria street United Ch h was sponsored by the Goderich Music Club. There were twenty-eight con- testants. these blessings also. • Miss, Courtice whose field ;was in Japan, told how the church of Christ in Japan iscarrying on and how the warren of Japan ask the women .of Canada not to lose , hope in their Wellwood, Wingham. v Huron County Music Festival unison. The Minutes were read and approved. Reports of Treasurers Temperance and Supply Convenors were received. The subject pf Roll Call was "The Easter Hope". urc and i Helen Nediger, Vice -pros„ presided over the Devotional period. The Theme for the evening was "Christ. is Risen, The Church is Born". Last year the number of entries l Dorothy Mutch and Jean Livermore rose to 135, which was most encoura- ging and gratifying to the .members favoured us with a very appropriate of the Club and was in a large degree duet. Hymn 103 was sung, after which due to the great intere1t shown by Isabel Bruce read the Easter message the rural music teachers and the from Luke 23rd and Acts 2. After Hymn 105, the Responsive Reading of vent, Goderich. This festival was Hymn 748 was repeated. The Topic held in North street United Church, readings of interest based on the and `Mr. Harvey Robb, principal of Christian Church and . influences on the Western University Conservatory youths of Foreign Lands were taken of Music, was adjudicator. by Evelyn McGuffin, Dorothy Mutch, Ferrol Higgins, Mrs, Britton, Helen This year, on May 2nd,. 3rd and 4th, Nediger and Effie Beattie. Miss Rudd thethird annual Huron County I led in Prayer -The offering was re- Musie Festival will be held in North ceived. street United Church, Goderich; with' the adjudication under the direction Miss Stone, guest speaker presen- of Mr. Cyril Hampshire, of the Ham- ted a most interesting study of the Ilton Conservatory of Music. The Lords Prayer. Helen Nediger, moved entries have more than doubled this a vote of thanks to Miss Stone for year, numbering 292, and the pro-Ithis very fine inspirational and gram has been arranged to provide thought-provoking message. Hymn 78 and Benediction brought the meet- the utmost entertainment, with the i evening programs actually taking on ng to a close, more of the atmosphere of a recital. This endeavor, which is creating so much interest in the schools, among the younger people, and throughout the county wherever• music -lovers are found, merits the generous support of the people of Huron county. The dates, are 2nd, 3rd and 4th of TheAgricuItural Board Room, Clin of May for the Huron County Music ton, on Thursday evening, April 27th. Festival, beginning at. 9.30 a. m. I The meeting wasin charge of J. B. each day. I Matheson 'who spoke' on the pros - . v ; pective program for the members ;this, year. 'Evening y Auxiliar Uf W. W. The election•of officers followed which resulted ds follows: Members of Evening Auxiliary and I . Ed Clutton, Goderich, President; friends of W. M, S. of Wesley -Willis Bruce ,Roy, Londesboro, vice-president music department of St. 'Peter's Con - Huron Holstein Calf Club Organizes. • The organization meeting of the Huron Holstein Calf •Club was held: in Now in its fourth year, tike Gode- l United Church met together, Thurs.' Norman Learning, secretary. Christian work there, They ask .es- l Y. pecially for our prayers irr carrying, rich Music Club has endeavoured Eve. Apr.'20th,'"at. Miss Rudd's for There are twelve prospective mem- on during this' difficult period. since its organization to create and the Easter Thankoffering meeting. I bees, Anyone desiring. to •enter . the further public interest in music in I (,Quiet music ;and a call to worship ;Club should get in touch with Mr, During` this session two .beautifubl Huron County. Through' the monthly by President Florence Shipley opened. Hume Glutton, Club . Supervisor, or solos• were rendered, on.e. by Mrs.. meetings and yearly musical enter- the meeting. Following singing of 3. B. Matheson, Agricultural Repre- Hearn and the.other by Mrs. H. Law- tainments such as the minstrel show Hymn 112, Viola Nelson led in prayer. sentative, or anyone of the Holstein son, both of Clinton. Mrs. Colin Ping- � which was, presented last fall. awl, The Lord's Prayer was ` repeated in • Breeders in the County. •