HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1944-12-21, Page 3'P1 J S., DEC. 21st.. 1944
THE IIAPPENINGS`IN CLINTON EARLY IN
THE CENTURY
Some Notes of the News in 1919.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THE CLINTON NEW ERA,,
December 18th, 1919 Dseember 18th,, 1919
Mr. J,. J. Merrier, M. P. 'was in Mr. 0. Hamlett and family .have
town on Monday evening and met the removed to London where they have
members of the Board of Trade and secured employment. We are sorry
discussed the establishment of a flax to lose our citizens, butwish them
mill in Clinton. An option had been suceess in the Forest City. ,
previously obtained upon some land Mr. W. E. Rand, principal of the
suitable for the erection of a build- Listowel High_ School and a former
ing,and from reports of the meeting teacher in the C. C. I. here has resig-
the prospects seem bright for the ned his positiert at Listowel and has
sessiisris
guestof this j sister, Mrs. Albert
Townsend; From thence he visits
another sister, Mrs. Porter' of near
Goderich, and; then will go to the
homestead on the Brownson Line,
Stanley. He has a ,homestead at
Craik, north of Regina.
Messrs. Bert.Fitzsimons. and John
Taylor, assistants to Mine Host Dow -
son of HenseII, were' home on Sun-
day.
Mr. Harvey. Bsave is, ,who for the
past year has been living in Seaforth
has rented a house in Clinton and•
has, now taken up,his new abode here
Mr.,Beavene sinks artesian wells and
takes :many contracts :in this district
during the course of twelve months.,
He is now at work on a well for Squ-
ire, Biggins of the London ;Road.
Mr. Beatman of :'Whitechurch has
rented a cottage on Huron Street and
moved his family down this week.
Ile carried on a general store busi
ness at Whitechurch for fifteen years
but now locates in Clinton :because
of the educational advantages which
carrying out of the project. Mr. Mer- accepted a Government position in it possesses.
ner gave estimates of the probable the Technieal School at Ottawa; 1VIiss Helen Gunne and Misses Lily
expenditures in running a flax mill ! Miss Grimm, nurse of Ninette, and Berra Jackson have returned
with acreage of 250 acres and the Manitoba, is the .guest at the home
total expenses would reach about '01. Mr.' D. Cantelon.
• $28,000. for the season. I Mr, Win. Newcombe, of Victoria;
Mr. J. W. Elliott has sold Ms farm, B. C., spent the week end with his
the old homestead on the Bayfield sister, Mrs. (Dr.) Evans.
t ine, tb Robert Cole of Goderich Mr.Hrnest Hall, who is employed
Township. I at Windsor is home on enforced holi-
Mr. Erskine Evans,of the Toronto days owing to the coal situation.
University returns home ' today for Mr. Jacob Taylor was in town dur-
the Christmas holidays. - , ing the past week attending to his
Mr. Hoy East, who went to Siberia insurance business.
a little over a year ago to eotablish t On Sunday Mr. George Holland
a branch of the Royal Bank, return- had a stroke and is confined to his
ed to Canada: a couple of weeks ago. bed at the home of his son on the
It was decided unwise to establish a Bayfield Road. His many friends
banking institution there owing to will hope for a speedy recovery.
tie unsettled state of affairs.• Sometimes the various household
Mr. Alvin Leonard of the Toronto moves in town resemble a checker
University' is expected home today game and this week has seen many
and will spend his vacation at his such movs of residents here: The
home on the sixteenth. Hannett family moved to London,
Mr. W. C. Brown, who has been in Mrs. J. Scruton moved to the Han -
the employ of the G. T. 11. for thirty- nett home, King Street; W. Mutch
five years, for many years being in has moved to the house vacated by
charge of the section here has retired Mrs. Scruton on High Street; Mrs.
on pension, his successor .being Mr. Rath has moved to d\ir. Match's
C. Porter of Blyth. home and Mrs. Mcllveen takes her
The eight new lights authorized by
the council have been erected along
the East side of the business portion
of Albert Street and are now quite
an improvement.
Mr. Henry Baker is in Toronto this
week.
Mr. Wm. Muteh has purchased Mr. ;Shepherd and W. Walker. Mr. Hill
Jas. Scott's cottage on high Street. was a son of the late. Thos. Hill. of
The County Council decided at the the Gravel road, and besides his wife
recent sitting thatthe name of • the is survived by one brother James, of
House of Refuge was to be changed Londesbero, and four sisters, Mrs.
to "Huron County Home" and the John R. Noble of the Huron Road,
name' is to be put over the entrance IMrs. Rath o St. George and Mrs. 0.
hs the form of an arch. Baker and Miss Hill of town.
Mrs. W. H. Pickett and family and Miss Nettie Glazier, of Port Huron
her brother, the Rev, J. H. Colcloeegh, is visiting at the parental home, telt-
of Dutton visited last week with their ing enforced holidays owing to a
mother, Mrs. Annie Colelough, who vaccinated arm. s, Allan Poe, but it isn't. It happens to
recently moved into town and is gett-- Messrs. E. Moody Sr. and Jr. of be the beginningof a real life story:
ing nicely settled_ Toronto, were here attending the
Mr. S. Eagleson of Milton, North funeral of the late Lieut. Ray. Gan -
Dakota, who has been visiting his telon.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Won. Eagleson
of Bayfield during the past few weeks When the Present Century
called on friends in Clinton on Sat. I
own home now vacated by Mrs. Rath.
The funeral, of the late W. T. Hill
was held on Tuesday afternoon and
the services were conducted by Rev:
•S. Anderson, pastor of the deceased.
The pallbearers were C. Lovett, C. J.
Wallis, J. Bailey, J. Farquhar, J.
from Toronto where they attended.
the Conservatory of Music.
We notice again in our midst Mr.
Ed. Jenkins of. Victoria College, Tor-
onto, who is enjoying the holidays
under' the parental roof on the Huron
Road.
Miss Blanche Shepherd, who has
been teaching at Arva, for the past
couple of years, returns home this
week. She will not engage in teach-
ing for a few- months, but may go
West at Easter.
Mr. John Kearns of Brampton was
the guest of his, brother, Mr. Thomas
Kearns of town for a few days. He
had not been here for twenty years
and noticed a vast change.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Mills of Hullett
visited at the home of Mr. A. Hooper
on Monday. While in town Mr.
Mills took in the county council nom-
inations. He is himself an aspir-
ant for municipal honors, a chair in
the Hullett Council.
Mr. Duncan McEwen has moved
into town from the second concession.
of etanley and taken up his abode in
the house on Rattenbury Street East
formerly occupied by the Late Mrs.
W. Taylor.
Mi. Frank McCaughey, until re-
cently landlord of the 'Commercial
Hotel 'in Hensall has rented the Cain
House in Lucknow'of which he takes
possession today.
Mystery Mian Tales Eaby To
Hospital Then Vanishes Into
The Night
That heading sounds like the title
page of a mystery novel by Edgar
Was Young
Mr. John Treamer, Jr, of Tucker
smith who has been in the west for : THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
the past year, returned` home Tuesday December. 22nd. 1904
morning to spsnd the holidays with
this. parents. He reports the weath- Mr. Fred Scotehmer returned on
er is extremely' cold there.. Monday from Abssinaboia`and is the
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The .A,A.S. Behind Coastal Command
That of Baby "X".
Our story opens in the E4nergency
Ward at the Hospital for Sick :Chil-
dren late one evening not so long
ago., .,
Suddenly, from the gatheringdusk
outside, there appeared a well-dress-
ed Dian. In his arms he held a baby,
carefully wrapped in a blanket.
At once the nurses and doctor on
duty .sprang into action, Brief , ex
amination . showed the child to be
suffering from a spinal injury.
The strange part of the story is,
that when the doctor turned to ques-
tion the supposed father of the child
he could not be found. Quietly he
had come, and as quietly had gone
away.
At the time there was no way of
knowing to whom the baby, belong-
ed, so pending investigations the lit-
tle patient went on, the Hospital
register as Baby "X".
NG CHILD KNOCKS IN VAIN
However, this incident was really
nothing new in the history* of the
Hospital for Sick Children, whose
doors have never been. closed Since
the day they first opened nearly 70
years ago. During all those years no
child has ever knocked there in vain.
All who are in need are eared for
and nursed back to 'health. No dis-
tinction is, ever made. ,Regardless of
race, creed or the ability of parents
to pay, •children are given medical
aid and nursing care. a
Accident cases, children with de-
formed hacks and limbs, defective
eyesight, rare diseases and physical
disabilities ` are nursed, back to
health.
AMONG THE BEST
No matter where you may search
on the North American Continent
you will .not find any hospital of
behind every story of 'Successful
,attacks by air -craft of Coastal Com-
mand there is another story of vast
`preparation and detailed planning. A
great deal of : this work is done. by
W.A.A.F. officers and airwomen in
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War came. The mangfactureof most civilian
goods had to be cut down or stopped to make
way ,for war production. That caused shortages
of civilian goods—that was the RED LIGHT
don't jump ¢f YELLOW light
+4i
Some . restrictions are now, being lifted, but it
does not nican lots of goods right away.. War's
demands are still huge and must come first.
We can't neglect them just so that some of us
here at home can get a little snore.
Don't confuse the signals—(This is the YELLOW
LIGHT ONLY).
It means a little more of some things and it helps
business men get ready for the time when there
will be more materials and workers available.
It does not mean the end of shortages!
Getting back to peacetime production will'neees-
t
sarily be piecemeal and gradual.
"Patience" is the word.
`ts NOT the green Ihhtg9t
Only after Victory over both enemies can
the Green Light be switched on, and the road
cleared for enough production to meet all our
civilian needs.
and surgeons on,the staff of the in the Hospital. But unfortunately
Hospital for Sick Children, all of
them leading specialists in child ail-
ments. These men give their services
free to all public ward patients.
NOT SELF-SUPPORTING
there are many patients who must
receive medical treatment and nurs-
ing care for weeks; sometimes for
months, and in some eases for years.
The Hospital is not self-supporting THEREISNO OTHER WAY
and the reason for this is not hard
to find. These are the reasons why, each
Only 5% of the Hospital's little year about this time the Hospital
patients are able to pay the full cost must appeal for funds to meet oper-
of their care. 414 of the 452 cots ating losses, and to carry on its vital
are: in Public Wards where the cost and important' work.
ger patient last year was approxi-
mately $1.50 per day snore than the
combined income . from patients (or
their municipalities) plus the` Gov -
eminent grant.
different branches of the Service. similar type with a better record
of low cost operation, or with a high
Picttune shows:—A W.A.A.F. Spe- er standard of efficiency. This fact
cial Duties Clerk plotting' the course is well known and fully recognized
of a flying boat returning from 'pas in the hospital world today.
trot,
Children of tender age must have
individual care. This, together with
special diets, medicines, orthopaedic
There is no other way. Were it
not for the generosity of sympathetic
and understanding people, business
organizations, societies, clubs, etc.,
the work of the Hospital could not
be maintained on its present scale.
this year $115,000 must be raised.
Pecause of the fact that patients are
appliances, physiotherapy, and many admitted from every part of the
other items essential : in medical y n ,
cases, are costly expenditures not share in the funds collected through
covered by Government or Munieipal.:Toronto's United Welfare Chest
grants. appeal. Therefore. it must make its
WHEN EMERGENCY THitEATENS own appeal, and it does so, confident
in the knowledge that generous' and
At all times the Hospital must he understanding, people will come to
kept fully staffed; equipped and the aid of little children who de-
ready to cope with any emergency, pend on tem --and them . only for
It is a serious matter if immediate a chance for health, a chance to take
attention cannot he given to acci- their place in the years to come, as
Pro i ce the Hos ital does not
•
dent eases. And prompt aid must members, of a prosperous and indus-
also be available for children with trious 'soeiety. I
deformed .backs and limbs, with Since' no canvassers are employed
fective eyesight, and with rare dis bye„hospital please send your
eases. If it is not forthcoming, per -
gift addressed to —The Hospital for
manent disfigurement, deformity or Sick Children, 67 College Street,
chronic disease all too often result. Toronto 2.
There are over eighty physicians t Fourteen days is the average stay
Enough Feed Grain Main-
tain Live Stock
The supply of feed grains in Can-
ada to relation to live -stock num-
bers is adequate to maintain a con-
tinued high levet of production of
meats, dairy products, and eggs in
the crop year 1944-45, states the
Canadian Coarse Grains Quarterly
Review. Hay supplies in Eastern
Canada are less satisfactory,
The out -turn of the 1943 grain
crops has not only proved exception-
ally favourable but the geographical
distribution of these crops has been
such as 'to ease the transportation
1
i problem created by the necessity of
moving feed to deficit are,. During
'the crop year 1948-44, about 29
million bushels of wheat, 52 million
'bushels of oats and 38 million bush-
els of •barley were moved to the
eastern provinces and to, British Col -
der the regulations of the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board designed to
conserve small stores of available
aminunition, hunters may hot Mese
ammunition unless it has been pur-
chased on a permit. Permits obtained
prior" to the deadline are good foie
the purchase of ammunition until
December 31, 1944. During the past
few weeks some who have a stock
have sold it to other individuals. Thin '
practice is illegal, it was pointed"
out. Ammunition is not available to
hunters, but farmers requiring it to
eliminate • predatory animals doing
damage to stocks or goods may ob-
tain it after obtaining the necessary:
permits from their local ration board..
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! GREETINGS
0 Words of Greeting,
And words of Cheer,
A. Merry Christmas!'
A Good New Year!
May Freedom triumph,.
May warfare cease,
All peoples prosper,
.And live at Peace!
Goodwill our Gospel
To all the earth,
Faith, Hope, Kindness,
And holy mirth.
O ;come God's Kingdon'
May Christ appear!
A Messy Christmas!
A Glad New Year.
unrbia under the Freight Assist- -
4nce Policy. The better 1944 , crops
harvested in Eastern Canada, partic-
ularly in Ontario, will permit a re-
duction in the volume of these ship--
ts in 1944-45. The record of
claims made under the Freight As-
sistance indicates that a substantial
reduction hasalready taken place.
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Small Aims ,Annnunftion
Despite the fact that the deadline
for applying for permits •to purchase
I.
small arms ammunition was Septem-
ber 30th, a large number of inquiries
are still being made by hunters. Un