Clinton News Record, 1945-01-25, Page 2'HOURS., ; JAN. 25th, 1945
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Here"s the situation; Makers of telephone equipment have
been busy on -orders of all kinds for the armed services..
For them; the time to start reconverting still Iies ahead.
Even after war needs have been met, these manufacturers
must make a major changeover before they can resume
normal production of supplies for civilian use ... \lThiclt
means that we must . continue to defer many requests for
telephone service, awaiting the day (we hope it may no be
too long delayed!) when materials in adequate volume and,
skilled manpower again, become available. The applications
on our waiting list will he filled as promptly and fairly.
as possible, on a first•eome•firstserved basis.
• OON1c2
�'ehvcae
was sold by auction on Friday last
and knocked , clown to Mr. S. S.
Cooper for lil2tt&.- The •building' is of
brick was built four years ago and
cost' $1550 of which over $590, yet
remains to be paid.•
Miss S; lvlitoltell of Wyandotte,
Mich„ cane over Last week to 'visit
her -brother who is very ill at the
home of another daughter, Mrs.
Ben, Cole,
TFIE NEW .I DIJCATIO•NAL
GRANTS
The school 'grants payable in 1945.
by, the. Ontario Government will be
50% ofthe total cost of elementary,
and secondary education in the Pro-
vince. About 20% was paid in 1944:
1n the announeenent„ two main prin-
ciples were emphasized:. (1)a that
the' .increased ':grants are_to be the
Means: of lowering the burden of
taxation for school purposes on real
property. (2) that they are to enable
every community to provide for
every Ontario child as nearly equal
an educationalopportunity as . pos-
sible.`
The former system was eosnpli
eated'by assisted grants, grants for
special subjects and detailed calm
lations •on attendance, salaries, and
improvements. This scheme fs the
simplest , which has ` been used in
Ontario,
All rural school boards' will reed•
in 1945 an amount equal to 50%
more of the'school operation ,co
for the calendar year 1944.
assessment of rural sections
used as a basis for determining t
:� ° �p vcvcrrycvacys percentage of -grants payable.
some cases- where the assessment
very' low; the grant will -be-as in
as 90%. In Huron.County,' all rur
school boards will reeeive 50%a
their approved costs.
For urban centres the grants t
public and separate school board
vary according to the population
the urban centre, and are 'a percen
tage- of the 'preceding calend
year's .school operation colts. Thi
percentage begins at 30 for th
largest when centres and goes a
high as 60 for the smallest urba
centres. Fewer than 150 urban cen
tres will receive' lets than 50%
their 1944 operating costs. In eae
urban centre the percentage
school operation costs paid to th
public school board and to the separ
ate. school board is the same.. I
Huron County, the town of GoiiericIi
will receive 509 of the approve
cost of public and separate schools
all other. towns and villages wit
receive 60%.
'The grant scheme continues th
encouiagonient of the formation
larger units for rural school ad
ministration. The townships or posts
tions -of townships of this County
which have adopted the township
s
c
rang fire was discovered in the c
'Pewit Hali, coining up through' the
floor back where the cells are.. ,The b
firemen • made quick work, but the w
clarnage wi:i run up to $200.
-Hiss Campbell' of Hamilton is Rev. E; 0. Porde 'attended a Bap -
visiting Mrs. J. G. Chowen, tist church meeting at London last a
Miss Jessie Ford df Goderieh was. week. , g
3n town over the week end, being Mr, Bert Langford tool: . a joy t
the 'gueat-of Miss L. Stone. ride to London on the Bruce train ti
Mrs.
'Kennedy has returned from on 'Tuesday. b
Detroit, where she spent a couple of .Rev. and Mrs. Cluff, of Stratford in
months with her son, Mr. J. B., were the guests for a few days -with'
Kennedy. Mrs. R. J. Cluff,
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THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN
THE CENTURY
Some Notes of the News in 1919.
:Tar CLINTONNEWS-RECORD a month's vacation.
Mr„ J. D. Atkinson has some ex-
periences to tell of riding on the
.'Miss iAlice Hedge has taken a Bruce flyer to London.
position with the W. D. Fair Co., Mr. Asa Bolton Left on Monday
.Miss IMargaret..Sehoenhais haying for ' Stratford, where Ire takes a
• resigned. • position as a Linotype operator on the
Mr. Z. M. Doherty has moved to Daily Herald,
the house he recently purchased on Couch & Company sold 'their dry
.Wellington Street. goods business to Mr, 0 L, Moser,
Clinton Junior Hockey team went of Kitchener, who 18 now in charge.
to 'Winghain en Monday evening to Mr. P. Couch and Mrs. Ross will take
delay 'the return match with the a vacation for a few months.
-Juniors of that town, the game re -
Mrs' Harry Bartliff visited friends
sulting in a tie- score of 6-6. The iinSeaforth last week,
local line-up was es follows; Goal, Just before the -eine o'clock bell
Grealis; Defence, Manning and Mc-
Donald; Centre, Murphy; Wings,
• {Cooper' and Huller; Subs,' Mutelt and
Elliott.
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cheat area board will eontieue to re-
eive a grant of one mill on the
equalized assessment to a maximum
mnutal grant of $300 'per section in-'
luded in th Area.
The grants to secondary schools
ave been greatly increased. This as
ell as being a saving to the urban
entres, will lower the Best for coun-
ty pupils since high- school boards
re required to deduct all legislative
rants from their gross cost in de-
ermining the'net cost to be paid by
to county and township councils in
ehalf of their county pupiis atte.nd-
g high schools.
Assisted - grants will not be re-
uired after the new grant seheme
oes into operation and fewer special
rants toward the teaching of special
bjects will be necessary. Every
hool o i
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be expected` to pro-
de a full program of studies with
th obligatory and optical 'subjects
luded .and with ample equipment
r use by teacher and pupils,
The new scheme will matte un-
ecessal'y the grant on acceuimbda-
n and -'equipment shared equally
the government and the county.
e school boards will be- compensat-
through the new grant' which
overs 50% or more- of school opera-
s costs. This may. apply also to
ansportation costs and fifth classes.
The new, grants will be paid' by
eque directly from the Provincial
easuy to the local secyetary
ensurer of each school board.
Since all expenditures are subject
approval before grants, can be
sired, there should be the, closest
derstanding '.and co-operation be-
een the school board and the in -
actor.
The Department officials hope that
`first accomplishment in 1945 will
a major reduction in local school
Mr. H, Archibald ' of Winnipeg,g
'who has been visiting his sister, MrWhen the Present Century g
W. W Farrar, for several weeks Was Young
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-past, left yesterday for New York. se
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$ 8, Oats, .90; Mr. and Mrs. D. S. Cook and Miss Lo
Buckwheat, $1.35; Barley, $1.70; Mildred visited in
Butter,. ,50 and ,SS;. Eggs, .60; day.Nile friends on Sun-
Live Hogs, $77.00,f
Mr. Gordon Cuninghaine returned' Messrs. Frank Wilson, Ed. East n
'Tuesday from a trip to Montreal. and John Coope- visited Uncles- ria
Mrs. Hiram Hill left Wednesday boyo friends qii Monday, by
-on a two -months trip to the west. ,,Mr. and Mit. J. C. Henry and,Th
Mrs. James Brown of Hallett ac- tt err little son of Walkerburn were ed
companied Mrs. Hill. She will go Clinton on Saturday. o
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'Tefield Alb
• eta. Miss Minnie Thompson of :London t1O
Rev. D. N. McCanius was in Mit- was the guest of Mrs D.tit•
B. Kennedy
rich over Sunday taking the world from •Saturday till Tuesday.
•of the Rev. Mr. Uren, who preached Mr. Thos, Moore spent Sunday at
anniversary services in Wesley' Mitchell with Mr. Thos. Bennett, Tr
whuieh. formerly of the London ,Road.
THE CLINTON ,NEW ERA ors. Albert Townshend has been
January 22nd, 1920 visiting for the.past two'weeks at to
the parental : home, . Mr, A. Scotch- as
112r. Milton Cook of Sarnia, was: a mere'$ of .Stanley:un
Ames Walker Sr.
week end visitor with relatives and Mr. and Mrs. a (tw
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friends' in town. left yesterday for Elmira to spend sp
Miss jewel Bartliff came home several weeks with their ,
;this week from St. Joseph's Hospital, Mrs. Thos. itumbali. the
London; - on sick leave 'and' will take The ' schoolhouse at Suniinerhill he
Attention! Canadian Women
, YOU CAN HELP TO BRiNG VICTORY IN 1945
' if you are a British Subject, between the ages of 18 and 45 ancl have no
dependent children, you are urgently needed in the
CANADIAN WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS
For information, write to:
DISTRICT RECRUITING OFFiCE
379 Richmond Street
LONDON
ONTARIO
':44010!'z ice"
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NEVER PACK ANY INFLAMMABLE
14MATE
MATERIALS IN PARCELS s s w
MATCHES AND LIGHTER FLUID in overseas
parcels have started serious fires. Think
what this means. Thousands of bags con-
taining letters and parcels' Iie deep down
in a ship's hold, lurching in a rough sea.
0 matches or lighter fluid take fire—AND
THEY DO -that means that brave seamen
must go 'into the smoke-filled hold and risk
their lives. Thousands of parcels may - be
destroyed—thousands of men disappointed.
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CANADA POST OFFICE
WON'T YOU HELP'?
We know that you would not knowingly endanger
lives and mail. So think—and then, don't put
matches or lighter fluid 'in Overseas 'Mail.
Lighting as it Was and is
4mvv+••••••wn►i. wwa,ra rw • By 'PEG" o.
r ght. ,
Special al unc
ec candles p les
wereria
de in tin
1 mooitds. Some of these may still. :be
found in the older homes -or in
antique shops. The wicks were
string in the middle of the moulds
and the wax was poured in, This re-
quired steadiness of the hand to do
it properly and Consequently it was
Left to the young people 'of the
home. Very often they required re-
moulding if they were not in good
shape. At times they were deeoratl
ed and looked very pretty. This
kind were used in brass or silver
candle stick, or in candlebra while
the dipped ones were for ordinary
or kitchen use. They were stored
atibay for future burning in paper
lined ,boxes;
By.
'degrees 'lie sheet lights are
being
turned n
don in ou • -towns and
cities and we wonder how we ever
got along when they were turned
off. The same is appliable to the
cities of the old land.,
During' the past months and years
we have thought of the olden times
when the lighting power was very
limited.
There are few people now living
who .have any recolleetiou of the
time when thole homes were light.
ed: by a tallow dip or even by can.
dies. The pioneers telt us that those
who were writing or doing needle
work, sat within the arc of the dip -
or candle and the rest of the fancily
sat back in the dark and talked. On
very special occasions. more than one
candle was used. The hour' of re-
tiring was very early unless there
was company, and this seldo7i hap-
peued in the evening. Otherwise
there was -very little lighting in the
homes.
It is -indeed interesting t0 follow
ort the method of candle ,mak'ng.
Beef or mutton tallow was used as
rule although beef tallow was pre-
ferred as the eandles made from At.
were whiter "and harder, The, wicks
were attached to a long stick and
when the tallow was melted in a
large cauldron the wicks were dipped
slowly into the hot fat. Then they
were placed" on a stand and allowed
to codl. They 'were re -dipped until
the size was attained. Their own
weight kept them straight, 'It took
a very practised hand to do them
There are quite a few people
who still remember the first lamps
used, while 'those in middle life can
recall quite distinctly the first
hanging lamps. It was a very 'ttto-
mentous occasion when this lamp
was ordered. Then there was the
time of waiting until. it arrived and
was 'unpacked. In 'the first place it
was usually -rung from the parlor`
ceiling. In many of our farm homes
today lamps are still being used. In
towns and' eities gas lighting then
calve in.: This was followed by
electricity.. '
One call hardly realise the dif-
ference between a room lighted with
a tallow clip: and, a brilliantly= elect,
tric lighted • room. Many hours of
night have in this way been turned
into day.
Now we go froin'the -indoors toil
the out of doors. The stat is • the
great lamp of the day and the- noon
gives us a reflected light for tlio �p
la;ht hours. The sun although so Is
f
al, 'away gives a brilliancy and i c
eating power. which has a great a
nfuence on mankind. The sun is ,b
always shining but oftinles its pow-
.issuod Sy jho authority of -
HON. W. P. MULOCK;;. K.C., M:PPOSTMASTER OENERAI
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er is obstructed by clouds. ' Thos
who have had' the privilege of an
air plane trip• tell us ofthe beauty
of the itpperside of the clouds a
they soar between the Sun and th
clouds. This explains the quotat'on.
"Every cloud has a silver .lining."
e learn from that. We niay have
some time taken Jesus Christ,"
Light of the World, into our 11
s and for a time we lived joyousl
e His Company, but by degrees
allowed the tempter to come in.
had a vision that .he could . turn
away from God. We ourselves ks
only too well what has tome betw
our Saviour and ourselves.
Man
YYear sagtin
England 1
at
g
were hung in the. Church steeples
in front of houses. Later in
evening a watchman" could be -h1
going. around calling "Hang
your lights." That is the call of
present • day and ,of the future.
are trying to plan for the return
civil life .of our men who are at
front. Are our lamps ready. to
lighted and hung out? It. may
1that some of us have taken
Salvation which Christ offers,
yet the light which we reflect
the world is darkened. Christ s
to us in Matthew 5:16 "Lot y
light so shine before men,. that tl
may 'see your good works,
glorify your Father which is
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Will we not immediately •tr
our lamps and show, to the 'tem
what Christ means to us, and w't
we would like Him to mean to the
If we would only say with a r
true meaning "Oh, Lord 1 want
come out of the darkness into i
light."
The day has gone; alone and weak
I groped y way within a bleak
And sunmless iantl.
The path that led' into the light
I could not find- In that dark nigl
God, took my hand.
He led me that I might not stray,
And brought me by a new safe w
I had not known.
By waters still, through - pasture
greenss
followed Him—the path was clear
Of brut' and stone.
The heavy darkness lost its s'trongtd
My waiting eyes beheld at length
The' streaking dawn.
On, safely on, through sunrise glow
1 walked, .my hand in His, and lo,
The "night had gone. •
As we ascend where the Iight is
better otir vision improves. If we
were to live within four' walls for
some years ourvision e vi i n would
be
come so unpaired that even when
We were -out in the bright light we
would :not :be able to see very clear-
ly. It is really surprising how short
a :person's vision 'becomes when their
scope for seeing' is 'limited.
At times we need aids for vision
Years ago it was thought a fad for
people tb wear glasses and the sight
of many "a child is still impaired on
account of that false idea.
We recall that at the time of the
visit to Canada of our beloved, King
and Queen, people who could not
get a position in the. front row
carried periscopes. This was some
kind of an arrangeriient with. a
mirror at the top of a stick. In this
way they could 'see the Royal Pro-
cession even though they were
some distance from the road way.
Thus though their direct vision was-
blocked,
as
blocked, yet by reflection .of light" on
the mirror they had "a comparatively
good view.' `
In God's word we, read of many
visions and spice then there have
been visions of different ' kinds.
Florence Nightingale had a vision
of helping• wounded soldiers; William
Carey had -a vision of India, Have
we ever had any visions in life? If
we have net had it, it is because we
have not walked close enough to
our Saviour, We have allowed the
World to come into our lives. The
story is told- of a lighthouse kee'so
who during the day always polished
the glasses. At night when he light- 1
eel the lamps he noticed there was no
reflection front one -of the sides..
Taking the glass out he found that
millions of little insects had gather -1'
ec1 on the outside of the glass.' Ap-
aretitlt they lead swarmed and had
tuck to the glass, with some ,diffi-
ulty he was able to polish the ,glass
nd the light shone' nit as cleanly as
02000,
We wonder• what .lesson, we can
• rates, and then a very 'moderate use n
of the increaser- grants toward more h
anti better; equipment and improved
school buildings .tins grounds,