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Clinton News Record, 1945-03-22, Page 2THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 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 lies 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 . Which means that we must continue to defer many requests for telephone service, awaiting the day (we hope it may not be too long delayed!) when materials in adequate volume and skilled manpower again become available. The applications on our waiting list will be filled as promptly and fairly as possible, on a first.comedirstserved basis. honoured by being elected ^ to post- tions an the Executive of the TJni-; versity College .Literary Society Mr. r' Harry Sha' •was.elected curator and Mr. Louis 1iIcKaywas one elected' as'a second year represeptat]ve. • Rev. Capt. laKegiveY M, C is the delegate for Clom .'GW.V.A.'•;' Branch to the Ontario Convention: being held at Peterboro. Mr. Laurie Greig left on Wednes day` for'"' Woodstock,' being trans- ferred from the M'olsots Bank here to that city. • .Miss Gladys Ciowen, who has been on the Royal Bank staff for some •years has ,acceptecii a position in Toronto, and will leave shortly. Miss Irene Gould, nurse, who 'haa. been in Portage la Prairie since last Juste, is visitingat the parental home. Mrs. E. Armstrong of; town, who, has been visiting lier daughter, Mrs. Mary Wheatley. in Toronto, is back home again. Mr. G. M. Harris, Superintendent. of the Clinton' Knitting Comgany; is in New York this week on 'busi- ness. Mrs, Geo, Brows of Toronto,. and daughter, Mrs. R. W. Moore, of Saskatoon are the guests -of Mrs. J. L. Kerr, Mr. and, Mrs. Walter Mair spent the week end at the home of their son, Mr. W, A. Mair at. Ripley. Mrs. Jack Butler spent the week end at the parental home in Wing- ham. Miss Charlotte Sheeley of Bridge- port was hone for the week end. THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN .THE CENTURY SOME NOTES OF THE NEWS IN 1920 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD March 18th, 1920 Mr. G. W. Nott of Tuckersmith hos sold his farm to Mr. Garrett of Walton for a consideration of X10,000. Mr. Nott. has purchased the William Dale homestead on. the Huron Road East. Miss Jessie Maguire visited with friends in Seaforth last week. Miss Jarrett of Seaforth has - taken a position in the Bell Tele- phone central. Miss Rae Neilans of Stratford, visited at her home in town over the week end. have been spending the winter w the latter's brother, Mr. G. Perrin Mr, Albert Trainer has resigned When the Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD March 23rd, 1905 Several of our horsemen are talking up a speeding track and the proposal has been made to fix up the track on the Andrews Bros. farm. This track was made about twenty years ago, but is still in fairly good shape. Captain Combe, who has been in the' Drug Business since his school days, purposes retiring shortly to engage in manufacturing. He will be secretary -treasurer of the Clinton Knitting Company which purposes erecting a large building and engag- ing extensively in the manufacture ithof "Wearweli" brand of hosiery. of town, and with an aunt near Brantford, leave shortly for their home at Gooding, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. John McCool, who have been • visiting friends ' in town and vicinity for the winter, left last Week for their hone in the West. Mr. Clifford, Andrews, who has been at Kitchener for the winter, has returned hone to be ready for the opening of .Spring. Miss Florence Cuninghame return- ed yesterday after a fortnight's visit with.Miss'Hattie Baker at Fullartoai. M. Fred A. Alcock, of Hamilton is in town today, having cone up to attend the funeral of the late Mrs. Jas. Sheppard.. Rev. Hugh D. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, who sail from Canada. for China on April 8th, were in town several days over the week end and Mr. Taylor preached in both Metho- dist churches. on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brownlee, who Mr. David Steep, who has been in the employ of Mr. Ransford for the past eight years, has moved his family into town and' is taking a position with the Flax Company as foreman. the "guest of Mr/ W. Collyer for a his position,as engineer at the Lion brand factory to take up the bicycle business again. He is succeeded by Thos. Watts. Mr. G°i B. 'Ballard. of Listowel, who' has embarked in the grocery busi- ness in Clinton, has rented, Mr. R. Holmes house on Queen Street. 'Miss 'Evans of Gerrie was the guest of Mrs. (Dr.) Thompson last week. Mr. Charles Witts has taken a situation in Winghare. Mr. Ed. East left Tuesday for Woodstock to accept employment in a factory there. Mr. W. McCurry of Hamilton, was few days recently. TIIE CLINTON NEW ERA • Mr. Ed. Rowed of, London was' in town on Friday calling upon old March 18th, 1920 friends of whom he has many here. Alvin Leonard, who is attending He has left the Grand Trunk and has Varsity, was one of those who took pact in the big pageant, entitled the "Parade of the Nations" which was taken a position with a drug house in the Forest City. - - Mr. Alex Smith of Wingham was put. on at the emperance Conven- ism town recently. Many years ago he tion recently. ' clerked for the firm of Irwin and Two former -C. C I, students were Hoctens. isEliesimitemeeneneeepease Aerial view of Magog with Domieton Textile Plant heforegraund. COMPAtIY LIMITED MAKERS, OF CO`L7d N}ALa3H.EETS AND PILLOW SLIPS '•COLONIAL TOWELS f THLRS., March 'L2nd, 191 THE ,EUROPEAN WAR is nearing its cad."That is obvious. Many„ people, including members of the Canadian Red Cross, have asked us what our job will be if the war should suddenly end. We reply that we can only see ahead greater responsibilities than ever. Both in Europe and at home the 'work; of the. Red Cross must go on. The war willnot bring an end to suffering and want, to the care of our Prisoners of War, to our Wounded, and to the millions whose homes and way of life'have been dislocated by strife. We therefore feel ;that every Canadian has a right; to some knowledge of what our responsibilities will be in the. event ofpeace, and just how we propose to` discharge those responsibilities. We treat each of our main activities under its ,respective heading, PRISONERS OF WAR 1nU}'th the end of 'hostilities our BLOOD SERUM SERVICE -Red Cross B oo erum a Prisoners of War will automatically cease to be Pri• saved countless lives in battle. The end of the war will soners. Chaos and breakdown in Germany will prob- ably ensue. The German state will' cease to care for them. They will become wards of the Allied General in command of the Occupation Forces. Transportation. will be difficult, and it will probably take a minimum' of six months to repatriate, the 2,400,000 Canadian, British and Allied Prisoners in German Camps. The need of Prisoners' Parcels. and 'Medical Supplies . will be dopbled. They will be distributed by the Allied Command, and will play a vital part in feeding our amen pending repatriation. After the magnificent job we have done during the last five years we cannot letour boys in German prison camps down. Our .Prisoners in the Far East will also bea continuing responsibility. We must carry on until every man is back home. EUROPE'S STARVING MILLIONS -The job of feeding Europe's hungry millions is staggerng in its immen- sity. Over 17,000,000 humans have been torn from their homes. Many have nowhere to rest their weary heads. They are starving. Malnutrition is the rule rather than the exception. There will be an urgent need for food, clothing and medical supplies. The Red Cross in these stricken countries are utterly dependent on their sister societies for supplies to meet these dire needs. Can we let them down? The. Canadian.Red Cross must go on! RED CROSS WORK WITH OUR ARMED FORCES -Until - the last Canadian soldier has left Europe and has been discharged from hospital, there -will be important work for the Red Cross to do. How long this will be we do not know, but one thing we are certain of and that is that every Canadian at home will want to make sure that our boys will be as well looked after with the coming of peace as they were in war. The care of theWounded both in Europe and Canada is a permanent iesponsi- bility'which we cannot evade. No Canadian wants to `evade it. Here again the Red Cross must go out • see the tend df painful war wounds. The demand for serum on the fighting fronts, except,the Far East, will cease. But the Red Cross Blood Serum Service should be continued for civilian use. If. the Red Cross makes it freely available it can save thousands of the lives of our own civilian citizens when war has ended. OUTPOST HOSPITALS, CHILDREN'S CLINICS AND DISTRICT NURSING SERVICE -This is part of the Red Cross service to civiliatis in Canada. It is carried out in the sparsely settled parts of the Dominion, and it must go on. FIRST AID AND HOME NURSING SERVICE - One of the &nest peacetime activities of the Canadian Red Cross. It is 'truly" a worth -while work and must go on. -TEACHING CANADIANS HOW TO BE BETTER NOURISHED -There is important work yet to be done in the matter of Nutrition. Thousands of Canadians are not eating the proper food. Their health could be improved immeas- urably. The Canadian Red Cross has undertaken to educate where education is necessary. This work must go on. PREPARATION TO MEET EPIDEMIC OR DISASTER -In case of these twin evils the Red Cross is always first on the job. For this reason alone the Red Cross must go on. C JUNIOR RED CROSS -A great crusade of 900,000 Cana. •dian school children for health and good citizZnship. A work that must go on. IC Chairman, National Executive Committee CANADIAN RED CROSS Red eae i•'o't4 Mat 90. Oa! F. P. Galbrath's Broadcasts President F. P. :Galbraith, of the Red Deer Advocate, Gives Interesting Talk Over C B C Network. It isn't often ' that a •man gets a arena company, one was president chance to talk about the people he of the Rotary Club,, one was master knows' best and to do it to most of of his lodge, • one did some lay the people of Canada at one time preaching, both of them served aR but that's the position •I'nt in here president and'both as secretary of tonight. I'm here to tell you some- the Alberta Weekly Association thing of the weekly newspapermen and both. of them served in, the and women of this country and the Canadian Weekly Newspaper As - reason I'm doing it is twofold. sedation T am representing here First, because I happen to be this tonight.While naturally I am warm - year's president of the Canadian ly attached to both of these splendid Weekly Newspapers Association people their works are quoted here which ineludes nearly 600 country merely as examples because I am weeklies from Alaska to Newfound- quite sure that they could' be dupii- land and second because I believe cated in many other towns from that this group of hard working coast to coast. But they do show you amen and women is making and will what kind of people run weekly continue to make a tremendously papers. helpful contribution to this country. There is another 'side to the news - Country newspaper people are a paper business that you will want to host in themselves. It is true that hear about. Who do you think knows they are newspaper people, in more about the doings of the people theory at least, .but that job seems of 'his town and district than the edi'- to • be the very least of their ae- tor? No one of course. He knows who tivities these days especially.. ,There_ married 'whom, where this one or is hardly a town in Canada where that one was born, when they came the country • editor is not in every_. to the district, where their sons or worthwhile effort up to his neck. daughters are now, whom they mar - There is hardly a single commun.. ried and what children they have, ity?'schenme in which he is not only who is the best man in the town to deeply interested but hard, at work head a subscription list and who can on and that goes for women as well preside at a meeting best. No, war as men and for all ages from teen activity of any kind could be carried agers- to nonogenarians because we on within the newspaperman and I have them all in our manes. ' Just used the word "man" in time broad to prove my "words let me tell you sense as embracing "woman" which aworbout two:on. mene Is1tne oW.neThey bothmy youed'llCeie eminently suitable. ked thamwspaper, Rrossagr, e Victory Loan, War Sav- owq,_ which I aro delighted to tell Rigs, Reconstruction, Reception of you' is the Red Deer Advocate and Returned Men, and all the other is published by my partner and groups working for war and post myself at Red Deer, . Alberta, pos- war are sparked , by the newspaper sibly the .best town in all Canada. man and eo they should be. Where al- so will you find such a wealth of in - One of these men was my father formation as in the newspaper office. who edited The Advoeate for 27 years before his death and the other You have to knew everything in a is any partner who has been with small town office. You have to an - the paper since 1907. Please reniemm swer questions an geography;, history her that both of them were busy literature, d 11' newspaper people- through good times' and bad when you listen to what I have to tell you of their other activities. Here are some of thein but the list. isn't ' complete. Both were M,anors' of the city, both served as aldermen, both were pre- sidents_of the board of trade, both were presidents of the •agricultural, society, both were chairmen of the hospital. hoard; and one , of then still' is, both were presidents of the horticultural society, one was head of the Boy Scout' organization, one was superintendent of the Sunday'' School; one was president of the mind'sthat these same mete and, IN THE • LETTER BOX women will be one of the most A4396 Cpl. W. Johnston potent forces int all Canada in shap- I, 12th G.A.R. No. 5 C. G. II. rag the postwar world? They are Central Med. Forces bound to• be because they will doh Canadian Army Overseas their'shaping be the most effective place, right on their own doorsteps. That is where our new Canada must be fashioned and that is where its. first foundation must be Maid.. Right at home. And the men and women who know most about rural Canada,. the Heart of this nation, are the men and women of the country weeklies. They didn't get that way by ac- cident either. Many of them like the Barbers of Chilliwaek where father, mother .and son all worked on the paper; the Clarks of High River; the Moores of - Swift Current; the Marshes of Amlmerstburg, Hugh Temp/in of Fergus who shares this broadcast with nie and his father; the •'Giles's of Lachute and the Burns's of Kentville, have the second generation in active partner- ship or complete control_ Some like the James's of Bowmanville and the Charters's of Brampton have the third generation hard at work or did have before the war and, please Gpd, will have again soon. Dear Mrs. Prentice:— Well, here' goes for a few lines let you know that I am feeling mu better now. As you will likely Irn I was wounded on Dee. 2 in the I band.. I should have written to sooner :hut for a long time P did n feel Pike doing much writing but feel much better now that 1 a going around again. I had two fi gers broken and the ligament cut another but they are coming alo fine now. I can move them a Ii and I don't think it will be lopg til will be back with the Reg't an sure hope not as I don't think t war is going to last much longer n and I don't want to be in hospi when it is' over. Well, I got t Christmas card you sent yesterd and thanks a lot. I also got t Christmas box just after Christi and it was sure nice• I also have b getting the eigs every month a they came in handy as when • I 1 the Reg't I had nothing with t But the Red Cross here is very gc to the bays that are wounded. Well, I hacl a letter from hos These are not mushroom, fly by They were saying a lot of the be night businesses. They•are businesses from Bayfield are in hospitals be with roots firmly :fastened in the soil have nevelt seen "any of them y of their own districts. They are a but I will keep on the look out ,part, a very real ani, vital part, of them. those communities and without them you, worn saying abort'havin it is hard to see how those communi- ties lot of snow back there. Well, I h. ties could, function anything like so never seen any yet and I don't c effectively as they do now. They if I never do. How are the dances give leadership, they 'give guidance Bayfield this winter? Are they b and they give enthusiasm. They ing many of them or is there no cheer up the gloomy, they comfort to go to them. I ani just about the sorrowful, they caution true reek- for news so I will close. So Che Tess. In fact there is no side of coin- for now. munity life, social or business, that As ever yours, Wal they do not help and it is difficult kc P.S. Write Soon, imagine how any healthy,'happy Soon after this letter was win lilacs could possibly exist without Walter was transferred to the kind officer;;. of a weekly news,, Hosp. No. 15 where he was in paper man. same ward with Jim Sturgeon. That is why I am quite sure that week his parents received a 'c they will be so valuable in helping stating that he had arrived safe', our boys when they come back. Their Eimgland. In the last letter, 'Vim. 1 wide knowledge of local conditions Sturgeon received frau Jim, he petted to be confined to hospital another• month or six weeks. i. era ur:e, grammar, and spelling, and their warm human sympathies settle bets, write resolutions,for' make them splendid people for this public and private organizations, job and you can be sure that they write speeches. for the local dignit- aries and do hundreds of ether odds 1' That's th kiwi of and ends which are infinite in var- iety but which all add up t ® a better town. And after all that is why yeti are in the newspaper business, That is your job as a neevspaper• man and is it any wonder that I am proud to l c the head of ,an organization made: .up of Wien and women who' are doing 'all- those 'things and doing theta superbly well under grave diffi-nl- tics, Have. you any 'dortbt in your will, keep at it until it is done an, d done proper y. • tat' s� the i people they are. I'sx proud to be able to speak for them tonight ano tell you even. a little of the story they're too busy to_ tell you themselves. Thank you and. good night. v L have.never"yet snot any one who dict not think it was an agree- able sensation to cut tinfoil with scissors,—G. C. Lichtenberg. a THE PICK OF TOBAC it DOES taste good incl pip