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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-06-29, Page 3THICIRK, JUNE 29th, 1944 THE CLINTON NEWT -RECORD, THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes of the News in 1919.' THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD' . being put to the barn. 1919 Last Friday evening Rev. J. A. and June 26th; Mrs. Agnew were invited to take tea: The local market is as 'follows: at the home' of Mr,tand Mrs. Tames wheat spring•'$2.09• Buckwheat $1.00. Livermore. After tea a number'of Oats .70; Barley 31.10; Butter .37 to ladies of Ontario Street Church .40; Eggs .35 to .36; Live Hogs $21.25 'surprised Mrs. Agnew by presenting A. nuanber of the members of the her with an address and set of Girls' Club and . choir of Wesley- China. Mrs. Livermore read the ad - Willis church met at .the home of Mr. dress • and Mrs. '' Levis made the and Mrs. John Torrance on Friday presentation. evening last and presented Miss A. new motor has arrived to pump Edythe, who• yesterday became the the `pipe organ at Wesley -Willis, bride of Mr. A. G. Virtue, M. C., with a shower of articles ,suitable for a beginner at hdyesekeeping. Sev • eral pieces of cut glass and other handsome articled were included. On Tuesday evening Miss Elsie Farquhar, another member of both organizations, whose marriage takes The new hose wagon, which was recently purchased at Paris was de- Iiveered in town Saturday moaning and with W. Steep's horses; attached to it and the gong going, came up the street on the jump. Many of the citizens gave it the "once over" at the fireball and pronounced it a place this week also, was visited at good buy. her home, Hullett township, and pre- The Ladies of Wesley -Willis sented with) a similar shower; Both Church gathered at the home of Mrs. young ladies were popular and will C. J. Wallis on Tuesday evening and be missed in church and social circles. presented Mrs. (Rev.) Joness with a The street •committee have men at ,beautiful pearl brooch as a token of work this week smoothing off •the appreciation for her services during rough edges in the cement walks. ,her stay in town. Mrs. Jas. Sheppard; There will be no excuse for the stub- president of the Ladies Aid, present- bing of toes in the future. The side, ed the brooch to her, after reading streets are also being graded up. the address on behalf of the Ladies Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Cornish are of the church. visiting relatives and friends in Miss Jessie Thompson is visiting Port Huron and Oarsonville, Mich. her sisters at Blyth. Mr. and Mrs. J. Haber and their niece, Miss Wood, of Detroit are visitinf at the home of Mao. Har- ber'a parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Mason, lar. J. B. Mustard of Brucefield has .bought out the coal business of Mr. A, J. Holloway and is now in possession. Mr. Holloway will not relinquish all interest in the business until •ail unfiled orders which he has already booked have been sent out, which: will probably be another month or so. Mr. Mustard is an ex- perienced coal merchant, having a business in Brucefield. Messrs. G. D. McTaggart, W. R. At the evening service on Sunday Counter, E, Graham, and M. Counter' last at Ontario Street United Church motored down to London for Satur- the pastor presented to Mrs. William day afternoon, Capt. McTaggart re - Walker a medal, donated by the turned with them for Sunday at his International Association of Mothers home here. in Sacrifice. This is, as far as we can Mrs. Couch, Mrs, Ross and Miss learn, the only medal of this sort,Helen, Mrs. Paxman and Miss Dora which has come to Clinton but there Schoenhals spent Sunday at Bayfield. are a larye number of mothers in Mr.. Will Cooper of Kippen, was also town and surrounding vicinity who a guest at'the Couoly cottage. are entitled to receive them. The name 'of Mrs. Walker was, we believe When the Present Century sent in by a friead in London. Mrs. (Rev.) Jones, Miss Madeline and. Mrs, Shaw left today for Grand Bend where they will spend their vacation, Mr. Morley Counter was a visitor in Winghlam with friends last week. Mr. and Mrs. Tamblyn, of Cobourg, are guests. of Mr. and Mrs. William Higgins, High Street. Mr. W. J. McCracken and the Miss- es McCracken, of Brussels, and Mr. Wilkinson, of Toronto, were visitors last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. H. Bartliff. Mrs, Stewart Macpherson and chil- dren and Miss Dean, who were visit- ing the former's sister, Mrs. Nelson Ball, last week, left Friday for Toronto. Misses Lois Holmes, Marjorie Mcldath and Cicely Kennedy are home from Stratford Normal. Mrs. Kilty, who was called' to Sandwich en account of the death of her little grandson, has returned home. THE. CLINTON NEW ERA June 26th, 1919 Despite the dry weather the bur- docks are going to be an excellent crop, despite the rumors :to the con- trary. The Horticultural Society is well known to the purchasing -pub- lic and will no doubt secure a good share of the trade. On Tuesday Mr. David Cook receiv- ed a telephone message from Streets- ville which stated that his sister,. Mrs. Eliza Rogers of that place, had passed away at the good old age of eighty-six years. She was a native of County Tipperary, Ireland, but has been in this country about sixty, years. Mr, Cook was unable to ^at- tend the funeral not having yet re- covered from the effect of the acci- dent he met with nearly a month ago. Mr. and Mrs. W. Jones and Mrs. John Derry visited Mr. and Mrs. Mackay of near. Kippen yesterday. Mr. James 'Stevens, who has been confined to his home' for three months with a fractured leg, has so far recovered as to be able to attend church, Messrs. J. E': Hovey and J. E. Cantelon left on Saturday to attend the great American Handicap which is in progress in Indianapolis this week. Of the 267 entries, they are the only two Canadians, but we fully ex- pect they will win a no small piece of the purse. After the big shoot is over they purpose visiting the World's Fair, St. Loris. Mrs. R. Watkins and Mrs. H. Woodyard returned last week from Collingwood, where they had been residing for a few months, and are at the homestead on the Base Line. Miss Flossie Reynolds and brother James and Mr. S. Flaiinaghan of Detroit were guests at Mr. Scanian'a this week. Was Young THE CLINTON NM'S-RECORD June 23rd, 1904 Mr D. B. Kennedy hassold his house on. Mary street, lately occur pied by Registrar Coats and at pre- sent by Customs Collector Wiseman, to Mr. Frank O'Neil of Moosejaw, Assa., who takes possession next fall. The purchaser is a brother of our well-known citizen; Mr. W. T. O'Neil. Mr,Joe Adlenson, the "Boss Gar- dener," presented The News -Record on Tuesday with a basket of early peas and .potatoes. They were good and so far as we know the first of the season. The "Boss Gardener is am- bitious to lead in placing garden truck, on the market and pretty v Huron Butter and Cheese In Huron County, creamery butte: production in May, 1944, was 486,867 pounds compared with 505,471 pounds in. May, 1943. The cumula- tive .production was 1,401,513 pounds compared with 1,698,027 for the same period in 1943. Cheese production for Huron in May totalled 144,221 in May, 1943. The cumulative cheese production to the end of May this year was 425,- 986, compared with 352,1'76 last year. —Seaforth Expositor. should' offer a prize to keep up the generally heads the list. ` interest in the •production of this early riser. The Local Market for the; week is as follows: Wheat .88 to .90; Oats L. Corp. Harold Turner returned .30 to .31; Barley .38 to .40; Butter. home on ,the late train on Tuesday13.21/2o. Eggs .12 to .13; Live Hogs evening. He joined up with an Ar -1$4.75: 5 tillery Battery and lives in Tucker-, '- smith Township. On account of the Messrs. Fox -3 & McNeil, who have band going to Brucefield a reception for about three years been engaged could not be given him. in the butchering •business, have de - Many from town attended the eided to retire firom that line, but barn raisjng. at the farm of Mr. will about the first of. July open out James VanEgmond in . Hullett Town- in the old stand with a stock of flour chip on Wednesday. An addition' is and feed cured meats, etc. The firm NICHOLSON-LANE In St. Janes' Catholic Church, Sea - forth, on Saturday, June 17th, Rev. T. P. Hussey united in marriage Elizabeth, Irene Lane, youngest dau- ghter of Mr. Thos. Lane and the late Mrs. Lane, Seaforth, and William John Nicholson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Art. Nicholson, Seaforth. The bride given in marriage by her father, look- ed eharining in a floor length gown of brocaded white satin fashioned with a sweetheart neckline. She wore a fingertip veil' and carried a bouquet of pink roses. Her only at- tendant was her sister-in-law,' Mrs. Louis Lane, who wore a floor -length gown of pink net over satin and car- ried pink carnations. The groom was attended by Fit. Sgt. Louis. Lane, brother of thebride, and the ushers were Elmer Cameron and Edward Hawkins. A wedding dinner was ser- ved in the dining room of the Queen's Hotel, Seaforth, with families end friends of the bridal couple attend- ing. Later the couple left on a trip to Belleville, Maynoothl•and points north the bride travelling in a flowered suit of silk jersey with matching access- ories. —Huron Expositor. JOIN THE CANADIAN ARMY OVERSEAS S SE R CE CA.MEEES BEWARE Ori' POISON In' the coanprehensive arrange- ments •of the Canadian authorities for the training and welfare of the fighting forees,' the evil effect of poison ivy was not ovenoolced. 'Of all skin -irritant plants 'in North Amer- ica, poison ivy is one of the worst. It grows under a variety of condi- tions, wet or dry, shaded or exposed, ahild in any soil' from pure sand Or rocky ground to rich. woods or fields., It is., often plentiful in stretches of unoccupied land. Bat because poison ivy is previa - 1 nt, on" shores and• rocky situations especially by wooded' rakes amd• high- land regions so attractive tocame pets and 'summer eotta'gers, the dan- ger `of poisoning should always: be borne it mind, for the simple rea- son that in these gout -of -the -way' places it is difficult to get rid of the plant. Full description of the plant and: its' several different habits of growth;,' together: with information e on ,treatment after contact are given in Circular 574 "Poison ivy", which may be obtainedby writing to Dominion Department of, , Agricul- ture, Ottawa.. PAGE 3 it,tV/rHY...atdORl1,iKq- WEkR IT ON YOUR ARM iTIONA/A• bitneea'Y(/URHFIP,I Yes, we need your help ... and need it badly. This is the biggest job we have ever tackled ! Everything depends upon Victory. Canada's Army needs volunteers NOW.. And, that means you and you and you! Wear Canada's Badge of Honour on your arm. You'll be proud of it, so will your friends. Every man who is able has got to do his bit! Maybe you don't think this means you :: a that it's a job for the other fellow. If you do, you're wrong. It's your war, too .. a war for every Wean who is a man :: for everyone who has a stake in Canada. Yes, this means you all right and we need you now for the months of intensive train- ing to make you fighting -fit. We did it before and we can do it again::. but we need your help, Dr. Vokes 'In Hospital Dr. H. A. S. Vokes is a patient in the Clinton Hospital, where he under- went an operation on Tuesday morn- ing. We are very pleased to report that his progress toward recovery is quite satisfactory. -Blyth Stan- dard. 4 Resuscitation .As an aid in -preventing drowning, gas asphyxiation and electric shook fatalities, the Industrial : Accident Prevention Associations have sent to O to i 'sod etion'plants. a' special bulletin dealing with artificial res- piration by, the 'parte - pressure method. • The timely' poster is designed for factory • bulletin board's and illustra- tes the , preliminary . and .gerkeral rules for resuscitation. Here are the preliminary rules: .Electric ,Shock -The victim must be freed from the contact as promptly. .as possible. Use a dry stick, dry 'rope, dry coat or other non-conductor. The ase of your own,. hands is dangerous and may add another victim rto, the accident. Gas, Asphyxiation—The first thing to do is 'to"` get the patient into fresh air quickly: Fresh air does 'not mean out of doors in 'cold weather: Do not breath gas yourself, 'even for a short tine. If 'it -does not overcome you, at' will. cut down your strength. Drowning -Quickly remove victim from water and place. on ground or ,other hard` surface. If possible, have head slightly lower, than rest of body, so that water and other liquids Huron -Perth Liberal Association Meets Col. Harry Hamilton, president of the Ontario Liberal Association, was the main speaker at ,the annual •meet- ing of the Huron -Perth Liberal As- sociation held at Hensall on Thuisi day night while addresees were also given by W. H. Golding, M. P., for Perth -Huron and 'Russell Darrow, President of the Western Ontario Liberal Association. Officers, appointed were as followsi: Honorary president, Dr. .1. W. Shaw, Clinton;' John Esstry, Centralia; Charles Fritz, Zurich; . Fred, Kalb- fleisoh, Zurich; John A. McEwen, Goderich; Jas:' Ballantine, Hensall, and I. N. Govenlock, Seaforth. President, Dr. A. R. Campbell, llensall; vice-president, Rosa Tay- lor, Science Hill; Frank Fingland, K. C., Clinton;' secretary. W L. Wailyte, Seaforbh; treasurer, : Albert Kalb- fleisab,- Zurich. District chairmen: Hensall,. 'Ira Geiger; Zurich, Dennis Bedard; Hay, Ivan Kalbflei'seh, JacobHab'erer and Max Turnbull; Centralia, Leslie Rich- ards; Dashwood, Addison Teiman; Crediton, Gerald Zavicker; Stephen, Roy Ratz, Pat Sullivan; Grand Bend,. Wel. Holt; Hibbert, Lloyd Cclquhoun,- John S. Murphy, Robert Burchill; Fullerton, Harold MoKay„ Science Hill, and, Reeve ' Wm. Tuer, Mitchell, Stanley township, Roy Lamont, Mrs. W. McEwen; Bayfield, Charles Gem- einhardt, Max Rhynan; Goderich township, J. W..Craigiei Clinton,' L. Paisley;. Exeter, . McIvin Southcott, Miss Laura Jeckell; Reeve B. W. Tuckey; Osborne, Percy Passmore, W. J. Routley; utle �-'fur kersa n ith Ohas. McKay; Molly Grichy Clinton, Wire, L. Fortune, ,Seaforth, Geo, Ferguson, Huron Presbytery Arrang- sent at Bluevale. eS For Camps I A motion of appreciation spoke of the admirable and capable manner At the regular session of the Pres- in which Rev. H. V. Workman had bytesy of Huron, held in• Ontario performed his duties during the year. Street United Church, Clinton, it was M. Workman installed Rev. G. G. announced that the junior, inter- Burton into the office of chairman. mediate and senior boys' camp would —,Seaforth News. be held July 3-10, and the junior, V_ intermediate and senior girls' camrp,I July 24-31, at Goderich summer school. It was explained that there Receive Navy. Appointment. would be room for only the first 80 Glenn Hays, ox zne ea who registered at each of these firm of 1VIcConmell & Hays, has been camps. Rev. H. V. Workman presided . appointed as Navy Representative, et the ,meeting and Rev. A. W. Gar- diner was secretary. It was decided that Huron county be permitted to send forty delegates to each of those camps. Rev. R. G. Hazlewood is in charge. Rev. H. J. visions, Rosedale, Toronto. Sub- Snell announced that the Perth and Lieut. Hays enlisted in the RCNVR. Huron ministers' ,spiritual . retreat in' April, 1942, and has been doing and work camp would be held at the legalwork at H.M.C.S. "York", To- Goderich summer school from June route for the last year. Seaforth 19-21 with Rev. H. G. Forster of Wel- News. land as the special speaker. •Mr. Snell reported that 3,000 forest trees were planted in the summer school grounds this spring. Have Regular Menagerie Rev. G. F. N. Atkinson, announceci. the inter -church conference on mis- 'Aft' the W. A. Kennedy mill sionary education at McMaster Uni- yard near the C. N. ;R. depot is a versify, June 19-23. i► snap menagerie consisting, ,of a The secretary reported that, the young fawn and a couple of young following ministers had been ap- foxes, one of them little biggerthan pointed to take part in the inductions a /dither'. These 'specimen of wild life on June 30th at 8 p.m.: I.nduction of were rounded up near Chepstow Rev. A. S. Trueblood .into Crediton where .Kennedy .workmen' pare cutt- charge, Rev. R. A. Brook to preside, ing timber, and the young animals• Rev. N. J. Woods address the minis- have ,been receiving the best of care ter; Rev. L. H. Turner into Victoria ',even to bottle feeding in the case of Street, Goderich charge, Rev. G. G. the fawn.;.--.Lucknow Sentinel. Burton to ,preside, Rev. G. P. N. Atkinson address the minister. At V the induction of Rev. Campbell Tav- o sille charge, Rev. char a H. ener into H ]me v , V. Wooritmanto preside, Rev. A. W Gardiner address the minister. will drain,away,from the victim... Hullett township, Ross • :'MeOt'egor. I Rev. J. W. Johnson. has been ap- McKill t wnshi Gordon McGavin pointed as stated supply for the pre - •S forth law Dependents Allowance Board, with the rank ofeProbationary Sub-Lieat- onant, Special Branch and after ,d period of leave will be on duty with the Commanding Officer, Reserve Di - Isn't it funny how some of those painted -on stockings•.. -the girl's are wearing finish just below the ankle and the line shows where the Inn - aches, begin?