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THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN
THE CENTURY
Some Notes of the News in 1919.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
MAY 29th, 1919
Soldiers are coming fast. A numb-
er have returned during the past
week. On Thursday last Signaller
Pearson and Sapper J. H. Sturdy or
Goderich township and Pies. M. J.
Sehoenhals, son of Mr. J. Schoenhals,
and Fred 0. Ford, son of Reeve Ford
of Clinton, came in. On Monday
Pte. W. Greig, son of Mr. T. A. Greig
J. and V. Crich, sons of Mr. 0. Crich
W. Gould, son of Mr. Harry Gould,
and Guy Jones arrived Tuesday Sergt
Laurie Greig second hon of Mr. T. A.
Greig, and Pte. Kennedy, arrived and
yesterday Pte. Holloway, Gr. Fred
Rumball, Pte. Nelson and Pte. Miller
of Holmesville were welcomed home.
On Monday .evening the members
of the Molsons Bank staff went up
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Veiteh 'and 'presented them with a
very handeome cut glass water set.
Mr. Veiteh not only won the respect
and liking of the patrons of the Bank
during his term as accountant but
was a .great favorite with the other
members of the staff, who were sorry
to see him leave.
A quiet wedding took place at the
Methodist parsonage, Niagara Falls,
Ontario, on Saturday last, Victoria
Day, when Nursing -Sister Marguer-
ite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Moorhouse of Ellesmere Port, Che-
shire, England, was united in marr-
iage with Ephriam Snell, sen of Mr.
and Mrs. James Snell of Hallett twp.
The bride was attended by Nurse
Mary Snell of Hamilton, sister of the
groom, and Mr. A. S. Kunkel was
best man. The wedding lurcheon
was •served. at the home of Mr. and
Mrs'. Kunkel, who are cousins of the•
groom. 'Mr. and Mrs. Snell visited
Hami1)ton and London before return-
ing to their home on the 7th. conces-
sion.
Mrs. Daniel Stong died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. A. Stark
of .Seaforth on Saturday last at the
age of eighty years. For the past
twelve years she has resided with her
eon, Reuben, of Brucefield until she
went to visit her daughter. She is
,survived by a family of five sons and
two daughters. Charles, California;
George, Norwich, Reuben of Bruce -
field, Frank, Sarnia; Levi, Clinton;
Mrs. S. Pollock, B. C. and Mrs. Stark
wf .Seaforth.
Mr. W. Clark of the Bayfield Line
sold to Mr. S. G. Castle the other
day, two .spring lambs weighing 96
pounds each. They were dropped
en March let and are, we understand,
the first lambs to be slaughtered in
Clinton this season. Mr. Clark has
been quite successful with his sheep
raising.
Clinton was the centre of attract-
ion for almost everybody within a
radius of twenty miles around on
Saturday last, Victoria Day, and the
attraction being the big program of
sports put on by the G. W. V. A.
Mr. Alex McEwan of Stanley Twp.
delivered a porker in town the other
day which tipped the scales at 600
pounds and brought him the sum of
$114.
Word was received in town yester-
day of the death of Mrs. Archibald
McKay of West Superior, Wis. The
late Mrs. McKay was a daughter of
the late James Cree and was born and
brought up in Clinton and will be re-
membered by many citizens. She
had been ill for over a year and her
death was not unexpected. Her
husband and three children survive.
She was a sister of Messrs L. and R.
Cree of town.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
MAY 29th, 1919
Mr. Harry Fitzsimons, who has
been quite ill during the past ten
days or so, is now improving, his
many friends will be glad to know.
Sir John Willison will give a public
address in the town hall on Tuesday
evening next on the subject: "New
Conditions and New Problems,"
Mr. Luke Lawson happened with an
accident at the Creamery yesterday
which resulted in a couple of fract-
ured ribs, not a serious accident, but
a painful one.
The Women's Institute held their
annual meeting at the home of Mrs.
James Flynn on Thursday last. The
meeting was well attended and con-
siderable interest was •taken in the
election of officers. The following
. were elected: Hon. pres., Mrs. T.
' Kearns, Mm. E. Munroe; president,
Mrs. Roy Ball; lst. vice, Mrs. J. Pax -
man; 2nd, Mrs. H. B. Chant; secret-
ary, Mrs. H. Fowler; asst -.see., Mrs.
0. L. Paisley; treasurer, Mrs. James
Flynn; asst. treas., Mrs. Hamblyn;,
auditors, Mrs. R. Fitzsimons, Mrs. D.
McEwan; flower comm., Mrs. Chamb-
er s.
Mr. Thomas Elliott of the , Lake
Shore Road, Stanley township, while
driving a spirited span of horses the,
other day; they became unmanage-
able/and ran away. Mt. Elliott was
thrown, fracturing his leg. We hope
he will soon be able to he around
again.
THE CLINTQN4..NEWtS-RECORD,
A large number attended the mun
icipal' welcome to Corporal Hugh
Sturdy; and Lieut.. Yeo. held at the
home of ex -Reeve Sturdy on Tuesday;
eveninglast, in Goderich Township.
St, John's church, Helmesville, was
the scenb of a very quiet Wedding on
Monday. evening, May 26th, at' eight
o'clock, when Edna E., youngest dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. James Agar,
Dungannon, was united in the bonds
of holy matrimony to ' Corp. John
Hugh Sturdy, 486 Batt. C. E. F.,
youngest son of Mr. Samuel Sturdy,
ex-eeve of- Goderich Township. The
ceremony was performed. by Rev. W.
B. Moulton. They expect to take
up their residence in the west.
Mrs. J. S. Miller left this week for
the west. She will visit her daught-
er, Mrs. Cantelon, at Molise Jaw and
probably be absent most of the
summer,
Miss M. Chuff of Goderich town-
ship was the guest of Miss Mabel and
Eva Cluff of town over the holiday.
Miss Emma Lavis visited in Toron-
to and Oshawa for a few days last
week.
Mrs. Charles Floody of Blyth, an
old and respected resident of Hallett
township, passed) away on Monday at
the age of ninety-five years. The
late Mrs. Floody, whose maiden name
was Hannah Virtue, was born in En-
niskillen, Ireland, but came to this
country in 1850, settling in Durham
County, the post -office and village
growing up about them being called
for the county in Ireland from which
the family had come. In 1869 Mr.
and Mrs. Floody came to Hullett, set-
tling
ettling on the 13th concession, where
they continued to live for many years
About thirteen years ago Mr. Floody
passed away. Since that time Mrs.
Floody has' resided with her children,
She is survived by four sons, David
of Blyth; Wm. H. of Albany, N. Y.
Matthew of Haileybury and Edward
of Toronto. One daughter, Mrs.
(Rev.) Cooper of Milverton died sev-
eral years ago.
When the Present Century
Was Young •
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
MAY 26th, 1904
Mr. David Carter has sold his
house on Princess Street east to a
recent arrival from England.
Mr. George Bradford, who is in the
employ of •Mr. A. Seeley, has rented
Mr. McLay's house on Princess street
west and moved his family from Lon-
desboro last week.
At high noon on Wednesday last
the home of Mr. F. W. Tibbutt, was
the scene of a pretty wedding, when,
his daughter, Lizzie, became the
wife of Mr. E. E. Bracey of Waterloo
Rev. J. Husser performed the cerem-
ony in the presence of only the im-
mediate relatives of the contracting
parties. They left by the 3.15
train for eastern points.
The opening lacrosse match of the
season followed with the Strathconas
of Clinton and the Beavers of Sea -
forth as opponents. The game
ended 6-3 in favour of the Seaforth
players.
At Recreation park on •Saturday
last the second battle for the posess-
ion of the Hough Cup took place.The
opposing teams were representatives
of the Seaforth and Clinton C. las
The Seaforth boys came up on the
one o'clock train accompanied by a
number of .supporters with expectat-
ions of taking home the Hough cup,
which was' wrested from them a
couple of years ago, The game ended
1-0 in favour of Clinton. The play-
ers were; goal, Murch; backs, Me-
Ewan and McQueen; half -backs, C.
Mustard, McKinnon and Walls; for-
wards, Whiddon, T. Mustard, A. Aik-
enhead, .Cameron and M. Aikenhead.
On Tuesday another of the pien-
eers• of .Summerhill passed away in
the person of Mr. Joseph Watkins,
who had ieaehed- the advanced age
of eighty years and some months.
He was a native of the north of Ire-
land and came to -this country when
a young man. There survive two
sons' and four daughters, Mrs. R. J.
Draper of Clinton is a daughter.
A very pretty wedding took place
on Tuesday at the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. A.. McKown when their
daughter, Blanche was united in
marriage to Mr. Lorne D. McIntyre:,
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Mr. Manning in the presence of a
number of friends of the contracting
parties. The bridesmaid was Mise
Birdie Hillier of Toronto, . Grooms-
man was Mr. Ross McIntyre of Cross-
ley, Mich, brother of the groom.
A quiet weeding took place at the
residence of the bride' parents at
110011 on Tuesday when Rev. Di.
Stewart pronounced the words which
made Phoebe, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Allen, and Mr.
Thomas R. Wiggington man and wife.
The bride was attended by Miss Alice
Burnett while the groomsman was
attended. by Mr. Will Townsend. They
PAGE Ii
I dreamed that I paid $5.00 for a
haircut and $50.00 for a pair of
cardboard shoes. I dreamed that
we had no wartime controls on •
prices, profits or wages, and that
we hadn't had the sense to
organize the distribution of supplies
all the way down the line :. .
I dreamed that because every-
one was making more money and
spending it, prices were skyroc-
keting.
all the stores looked like "fire"
sales . with people scrambling
to buy before prices went still
higher .. .
panicky people were buying
things they didn't need, and
hoarding everything they could get
their hands on .. .
I dreamed that everybody had
to fight to get more money ... and
that in this Woad race, wages and
salaries were falling behind.
I dreamed the hand of everyone
was against his neighbour, with
each of us blaming the other fel-
low for his troubles.
with everybody for himself .. .
no matter what it cost in the long
run ... and no matter how it hurt
the war effort.
7ry�ca���''s ( _ate •.Up ,
Aft TootTNEF
�'14•
ri,
to realize with relief that,
I live In a country where
things are sane and stable
where the cost of living
has been kept within
bounds.
to realize that with-
out the safeguards
that have headed off
inflation, my night-
mare might have be-
come a reality!
INFLATION -
DISASTER
i)' 1i:, I`. r..
- elitevet
to realize that prices and
wages—production costs
and sealing prices—are in-
separably linked together.
to remind myself that the dan-
ger Is still pressing and that we
must continue to hold firm .. .
and that means everybody must
play fair and do his part by not
trying to get some temporary,
fancied advantage at the ex-
pense of his fellow -Canadians.
TNs advertisement Is one of a series being Iswed by the Government of Canada to emphasise the Important,
of preeenting further Increases In the east of living now and dollen.. later.
will take up. housekeeping later on
the groom's farm on the Hayfield'
Road.
Miss McNaughton of Chicago, is
home on .a visit.
V
Brucefield Boy Graduates
as Doctor
At the ,graduation exercises Wed-
nesday, May 17th, in Convocation
Hall, University of Western Ontario,
London,- Brucefield was represented
in the class of 34 graduates, by
Harry Collins., son of the late Harry
and Mrs. Collins. Dr. Collins is a full-
fledged M. D. now, The graduating
class was given a very impressive
address by Dr. Wheable, L. L. D'., of
the college, laying great emphasis on
the fact that the responsibilities of
to morrow reit upon the shoulders of
those of today. If all the professional
men were counted up that Brucefield
has produced, the number would be
well into the teens. Harry will be re-
membered by many in Clinton as he
spent his Collegiate days here; and
was noted for his athletic prowess
as well as standing high in acade-
mics•. Beat of good luck, Dr. Collins.
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Returned Soldier Gets
Turnkey Position
Lance Corporal Robert Willis
("Peg"). Bell was ssvorn in Thursday
afternoon as a turnkey of Huron
County jail. Allan McLean, reported
as appointed to the position some
weeks ago, was never sworn in.
Lance Corporal. Bell is a veteran
of two wars. He served in the first
Great War with the Merchant Mar-
ine in 1915, and with the 161st Batt-
alion in 1916. When the present war
broke out, he enlisted with the Royal
Canadian Engineers, going overseas
in September, 1940. He returned to
Canada in March last and has since
been honorably discharged. He is
forty-five years of age, and weighs
221 pounds. He is married to the
former Marguerite Sproul, daughter
of Ex -Councillor David Sproul, and
has two young sons, Billie and Bobbie
He is a Presbyterian.
It is fitting that a man of such ex-
tended war service should be appoint-
ed. to a permanent position. — God-
erich Signal Star.
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Doctor Returns to
Bitrhplace
After an absence of more than 40
years, Dr. Alex Murdock, of. Vancou-
ver, returned to his birthplace at
Brucefield, May 17th, with his bro-,;
ther, John R. whose birthday, inci-
dentally, falls on the same date,1
while not the same year. The day I
was spent quietly and enjoyed on the'
old homestead, now occupied by John
R., on the 2nd concession of Stanley.'
Mrs. McNeil (Grace), of St.
Thomas was also present during the
day and evening, and many friends
ealled to wish the brothers much
happiness—a hundred years and
the a hundred more.
-.The doctor looks well and as if
Western life agreed with him in
Vancouver.
FISHERMAN, BEHOLD
Behold the Fisherman
He ariseth early in the morning
And disturbeth the whole household
Mighty are his preparation,
And he goeth forth full of pep.
When the day is far spent,
He returneth home;
Smelling of strong drink,
And the truth is not in him.
V
Arnold Doak Tells of a
Visit to Pompeii
Letters received lately by My. and
Mrs'. W. H. Doak from his son Arn-
old, in the Canadian naval service in
the Mediterranean' area, are mostly
about personal and family affairs,
but he tells enough to indicate that
be has been in Italy, and in one letter
he describes a visit to a well-known
resort of sightseers in that country,
without naming it. He writes:
"I went a few days ago to see a
city that was over 2000 years old.
The buildings are still there and in
those days they had about the same
idea of building' as there is today.
Nearly everything was built of brick.
They had lead pipes for water, a pla-
ce to grind wheat, and a big stone
oven for making bread. It had a
population of about 30,000 and nearly
all were killed when the mountain
near by covered the city with lava.
They also had two human bodies' in a
glass case; they were covered with
lava and 'have kept all this time. In
peacetime people come from all over
the world to tree the city and the
mountain."
Arnold—a former player on many
Goderich hockeateams—wanted to
know how town. teams fared in hockey
the past winter. He heard hockey
and other Canadian news' by radio re-
gularly, but ofcourse there was not-
hing about Goderich teams.
Like other Canadian boys in Italy,.
he had not much to say in praise of
Italian weather, To the contrary, he
described it as "horrible"—"cold and
rains nearly every day." However,
in a more recent letter, dated April 6
he said they had been having niee
weather, 'and the last two days before
he wrote were "just like summer?
Goderich Signal Star.
V
Mrs. G. R. Harris is
New Bank Employee
Mrs. Gerald R. Harris will shortly -
take up her new duties at the beat
branch of the Canadian Bank of Com-
merce, her duties to oommence there
Pa soon as she can procure her re-
lease from the Blyth Telephone ex
change where she has been employed
for the .past eight months. --Blyth.
Standard,
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New Dominion Store
Manager
Robert Sharpe, who for six yearsi
was manager of the Dominion stare
in Goderich, has joined the army and
is succeeded in the ananagement of
the store by Miss Gwendolyn Jack,
who has been on the staff for some
time. — Goderich Signal Star.
V
Missing Airman Is Safe at
Home
The community rejoiced with Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Beattie on the . safe
arrival home of their son, Leslie,
who was reported missing after,
flying operations over enemy tele-
tory,
elritory, He reached 'home on Saturday.
—Blyth Standard.,