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This and That
Several fine new chests of Silverware are now on
display in service of six and eight. Patterns now,
on hand include First Love, Coronation, Mayflower
Inspiration, Exquisite, and Fantasy. These are
all favourites and guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Call in and inspect them.
Sterling 'Silver compacts just arrived. A lovely
item at $9.00 including tax. Also some more smart
earrings in gold filled and sterling silver.
Silver bangle bracelets smart at any time or place
Wear one or_ a dozen as you wish $1.00 and $2.00
each. plus tax.
Lorie Watches just in, 17 jewel movements. Beau-
tiful styles for Ladies and Gentlemen from $24.75
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Counters for Finer Jewellery for Over Half a
Century' in Huron County
PTISMS ONT. ST UNITETI
loin Rey, son of Mr. and Mrs.
rge Potter; Carob Christine,
ghter ';of Mr, and Mrs. Harry
msteel; . Connie Elizabeth daugli
of Mr. and . Mrs. Donald John
nth, were ibaptised from, the New
ptismal Font Sunday September
at the .morning Service. These
ldren were the first to be baptised
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from this "Font" dedicated to the
Memory of William Walker Super-
intendent of Ontario Street :Sunday
School for 'Twenty-five years. Mrs.
William Walker donated this beatrti-
fel "Font" to the Church ,September
9a 1945. Mr. Oliver Jervis, Clerk of
the Session suitably expressed. his
thanks on behalf of the Congregation
Se sic an Trustee fort la appear, -
RED
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RED, CROSS NOTES
Clinton RedCross ,Society desires
to take this opportunity to thank
most sincerely all those who have
so nobly supported their work
throughout these trying war years.
To those,
who so faithfully gave
of then blood 1 d n our Clinic, that
our 'woVnded•, who risked all for us,
might have a greater chance of
grasping the thnn life line, we give
ori. sincere thanks:'
To our publicity man, to our
doctors, nurses, nurses' aides, Secre-
taries, our - equipment Convenors,
and to our wpnderful refreshment
convenor and committee mad donors
of food who never let us down, 19,
offer our ,humble thank you.
We offer a very special thank you.
to The News -Record 'which has
never been too busy to carry our ap-
peals.
And lastly, we offer our sincere
thanks to the Official Board of
Wesley -Willis United Church, who,
at the outset of our Clinic, put their
Building at our disposal, at no
cost to the Red Cross. This was
indeed a very practical missionary
act, and from our 18 clinics where
we received 1,984 blood donations,
it is very gratifying to know that
many boys dill be spared to return.
to carry on the work of the Church.
And now that the guns have ceass
ed firing and the drums have ceas-
ed to roll, what is the Red Cross
going to do? Is there 'anything for
us to do? ,Are we going to drop
our sewing and our knitting needles
and Test on our laurels? Is our job
really completed, our responsibility
ended? '
True, many of our boys are re-
turning and we are trying to resume
a normal way of living, but WHAT
ABOUT STARVING, WAR STRIC-
KEN ENGLAND AND EUROPE?
They are without food and clothes
and homes, and what are we going
to do about it? We cermet fail them
now, or all our boys have fought
for will be in vain. These people
have lost everything, we must help
them to the-Iimit of our strength.
With a long, cold winter ahead of
us, let us think of these people 'who
have worn their garments and their
shoes thinner and thinner, patched
and repatched until there is noth-
ing' left
oth-ing'1eft tos patch. Many have ,died
already from exposure to the biting
cold and ravaging diseases of war.
Theseare the people who are ;our
partners in peace, and health and
strength cannot come to them until
they have adequate food and cloth-
ing. Their children are dying in
alarming numbers and the situation
is tragic. Can we sit back and deny
them our help because we are tired
of war and its discomforts? No,
the Red Cross in peace or war will
carry on, and assist in the improves
ment of health, the prevention of
disease and the mitigation of suffer-
ing throughout the world.
As, members of the Red Cross,
we have a duty at home, to promote
better' standards of living. Unless
the problems of Public Health, and
unless work for the betterment of
our Communities and our children
is made a part of our work, such
work will be retarded in our Provin-
ce. There is danger to the life of all
people if we refuse to take respon-
sibility in these matters. No one
knows the need of a community as
well as those living in that Comm-
unity, and knowing those needs, we
should have the will to meet them.
There is a great demand just now
for quilts, and our Sewing and
Knitting Quotas are on hand, and
your 'Convenors will be very happy
to have you ask for work.
Again we say thanks for your
wonderful support and hope our
record will carry on.'
LOUISE R. OAKES
President, Clinton Red Cross
Lorne J. Brown Leases
Supertest Station
Lorne J. Brown has taken over as
lessee the Supertest Service Station
formerly leased isy+ Basil Thrower,
effective yesterday. He will also
act as' local agent for Chrysler and
Plymouth automobiles.
Mr. Brown, a Clinton'boy, formerly
operated Brownie's Shell Service sta-
tion on King's Highway 8, at the
town limits, for eight years, until he
sold out. and joined the Royal Canad-
ian Navy in 1942. He has been .a
signalman on a minesweeper 'over-
seas. During his absence, his wife
and young son have resided in town.
No'w home on leave, he expects to re-
cease
eceive his formal discharge within a
short time.
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To Enrol Candidates
A meeting will be held In the
Council Chamber, Town Hall, Olin -
ton, tomorrow (Friday) evening, at
eight o'clock for the purpose of
enrolling candidates for St. John's.
Ambulance Association First Aid
and Home Nursing courses. Accord-
ing to R, Earl Jenkins, who has
called the meeting, a
class should
consist of an enrolment of at least
'ten persons 16' years of ago and
upward, either sex.
The New Era Est. 18
THE HOME PAPER
School Board Makes
Bus Arrangement's•
Bus arrangements for t r,ansporat
ing pupils from Kipper, {ill,.green
Varna, and Brucefield, to Clinton
Collegiate institute, were made at the
September meeting
F the Bo
a
rd of*
Education which was held• in the
Public School
Reports of the principals also were
received. -
Chairman A. F. Cudmore• presided
at the meeting, and other members.
present were G. Scribbins,'F.O. Ford,
C. Ws Draper;;, Frank Fingland, Dr.-
W. A. Oakes, G. Rose,; and D.
McInnes.
C. C..I. Enrohnent l Up
17 Over Last Years;
Public Down love
Clinton Collegiate Institute has an
enrolment of 154 an increase of 17
over last year, and the Prjbl a School
has 216 pupils, :a decreases' of five
from 1944, according to itlie reports
respectively, of Principal ]sic; A. Fines
and Prinenpai George H. Jefferson;
The -Collegiate- enrolment:'. is made
up ,of 63 town and 91 rutal .pupils,
with 55 in, Grade IX, ,,88 in Grade X,
11 in Grade XT, 25 in Grade XII, and
25 in Grade XIII. Girls outnumber
Boys by 94 to 60.
Members of the staff from last
year are Principal E. A. Fines, Math-
ematics;; G. W. McGee, Science; W.
B. Olde, Science; ' Miss, Barbara
Brown, Classics; Miss' Helen Brown,
Moderns. New members of: the staff
are Miss M. L Ballaeheya Brantford,
Household Science,* 'trhee succeeds
Miss A. Corp, and 'Nils; Mary I.
Matheson, Chesley, English and Hist-
ory, who succeeds T. W. McGuffin.
The Public School enrolment is
evenly divided between boys and girls
there being 108 of each, with four
more in the Entrance Class' than a
year ago. The only new teacher is
Miss Wilma Watson, Blyth, who
succeeds •F. A. Freeman.;:
The grades, teacher, and enroi-
ments, are as follows: Grade VIII,
G. H. Jefferson, 35; Grade VII, Miss
Edna Jamieson, 38; Grade'S VI and V,
Miss Wilma Watson, 35;4 Grade IV,
Miss. M. Gilkinson, 27; i, Grade III,
Miss L. Johnston, 34'; Grade Ir, Miss
J. Webster, 25; Grade T, Miss D.
Adams; 27.,:,, _. I
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Bruce Roy, Londesboro
Wins . O. A. C. Scholarship
A prominent Huron County Junior
Farmer, Bruce Roy, Londesbora, has
been awarded the Massey Scholar-
ship, awarded each year to a stu-
dent from Huron County entering
Ontario Agricultural College Guelph
where the scholarship is tenable.
Mr. Roy plans to commence his
duties at O. A. C. next Monday. He
will take the course in Aminal
Husbandry, leading to the degree of
B.S.A. (Bachelor of Science in Agri-
culture).
Melee attended public e'chool at
S. S. 4, Hullett Township, and
graduated in 1942 ' from Clinton
Collegiate Institute. He has taken
an active 'part in Boys' and Girls'
Club work, having been a member
of the Clinton Grain, Swine, and
Holstein Calf Clubs. He won first
prize in the latter two, and Last
year represented the Huron Holstein
Calf•Club in the Provincial Judging
Competitions held at Guelph.
Prior to his departure, Bruce has
been president of the newly -organ-
ized Clinton Junior Farmers' Club,
a club which has proven a great
asset to the young , people in the
Clinton district.
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Lions Club to Continue
School War Savings
Clinton Lions Club will continue
its campaign to sell War Savings
stamps to the children of the local
schools, it was decided by motion
adopted at the opening fall dinner
meeting of the Club in St. Paul's
Parish Hall, Monday, The Lions will
finance the purchase of the first
and last stamps to be affixed.
In this connection, Lion George H.
Jefferson, principal of the Public
School, stated that more than $1,200
had been raised in this manner last
year. Lion George McLay was o£ the
opinion the although the war was
over, the principles of thrift still
should be carried out.
A feature of the meeting was the
induction of three new members into
the Club: F. Bain Stewart, .Agricul-
tural representative for Huron Coun-
ty; Robert Irwin, Iswin's dry,goods;
Gladstone Grigg, , coal and wood
merchant. Past President Frank
Fingland conducted the initiation,
reading the "Lions Code of 'Ethics",
and Past President Harold- C. Law-
son placed th'e Lions emblem on the
new members' lapel. President Jack
Sutter, who presided atthe meeting
welcomed them in behalf of the
Club.
. Miss Eileen Sutter was the effi-
cient accompanist for the various
songs.
:A draw was won by Lion George
Maclay, the draw being made by
Lion, R. S. Atkey, a past president.
of the Barrie Chas. •
News -Record Changes Hands
With this issue, The Clinton News -
Record passes under new ' ownership.
G: E. Hall, who has published the
paper continuously since October
1916, has disposed - of
the plant,
,
building, equipment and; goodwill,
to R. S. Atkey and H. L. Tomlinson,
who took possession Monday, Sep-
tember 17, 1945.
ASI accounts for advertising,' job
printing` and subscriptions owing
prior to that date, ale payable to Mr.
Hall,' who may be reached as usual at
The News -Record Office.
Subscribers in arrears are request-
ed to forward payment at 'their
earliest convenience in order' to
facilitate the transfer.
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Mr. Hall will continue to reside in
Clinton.
' Mr Atkey, who becomes Editor
and Business .Manager, has been
Editor of the Daily Commercial
News, Toronto, for the past year.
Mr. Tomlinson, who will act as
Plant Manager, has served as a Staff
Sergeant with the Canadian Army
for the past two -and -a -half years.
Prior to that, both had had exten-
sive experience in the weekly news-
paper field, the former 'having been
News Editor and the latter,
Asgistant Superintendent, of The
Barrie Examiner, one of Canada's
best weekly newspapers.
The new publishers will issue a
statement of policy in next week's.
edition.
A Brief History
Clinton always has been served by
newspapers possessing a high
standard of excellence and probity,
and the newspaper history of the
town goes back more than 80 years.
According to John Mennell, an
oldtime printer residing in Clinton,
the first paper to be published in
Clinton was The Confederate, which
was founded by a man named
Matheson. It was purchased about
1865 by Edward Holmes. It is pre-
suined that it failed as in 1867 Mr.
Holmes' founded a paper called The
CAinton New Era. Sut(eeeding
publishers of The New Era 'were
Robert Holmes and J. L. Kerr, until
the paper was purchased in 1924 by
E. Hall, who incorporated it with
The Clinton News -Record. This fact
is still noted in The News -Record's
masthead.
In '1878, The Huron Record was.
founded by Edward Moody and
published in Clinton. The Goderich
News ceased publication in Goderich
and was printed in Clinton • about
1881-82.
The Record and The News were
,amalgamated in 1882 under the
name, "News -Record", the first
publishers of the combined paper
having been Blakely and $Iavill,
followed by Whitely and Todd. In
1898, A. M. Todd ewes owner and
publisher, and at the turn of the
century W. J. Mitchell was publish-
er. At his death in 1916, The News
Record was purchased by G. E. Hall,
this ownership continuing until the
present date.
50 Years in One Place
The original office of The Huron
Record was en Ontario St., 'ivhiie
The News -Record has been for the
past 50 years in the present two-
storey solid •brick building on the
east side of Albert St.
The plant of The New Era. until
its amalgamation with The News-
R'ecord in 1924, was located where
the egg grading station of C. J.
Livermore • on Isaac St. is now
G. E. HALL
56 -Years in Harness
Is G. E. Hall'siRecord
• By R. S. ATKEY
Fifty-six years in harness as a
working newspaperman -39 of them
in Clinton and 29 of them as pub-
lisher of The Clinton News -Record
—is the proud record of George Ed-
ward Hall, known to a host of
friends in Clinton and district as
"Teddy" Hall, who now retires
from active business life with the
sale of the paper.
Mr. Hall was a young man of 31
years when he came to Clinton nn
August 1906 to work as a journey-
man printer on The News -Record
with the late W. J. Mitchell. Pre-
viously, upon completing public
school at the age of 14 years, he had
entered The Sinicoe Reformer to
learn the printing trade, had worked
for .brief periods on The Simcoe
British Canadian and The Oakville
Star, and for a year on The Kitchen-
er Record, before arriving here.
In 1911, he joined the staff of
The Clinton New Era as a typo -
graph operator, remaining for five
years.
-,ln.October 1916, -on'. the death of
W. J. Mitchell, he purchased The
Clinton 'News -Record and has •con-
tinued its successful operation ever
since.
In October 1924, he purchased The
Clinton New Eta from J. Leslie Kerr,
and amalgamated the two papers.
Mr, Hall's fairness to all sections • f
the community, in political and other
ways, is - evidenced by the fact that
the position of The News -Record as
the only newspaper in the commun-
ity, has never been challenged in
all those 21 years.
Mr. Hall was born in Simeoe,
Ontario, on August 6, 1875, so that
he recently passed his 70th mile-
stone. His father was John Hall,
who came from Derbyshire, England,
and his mother was Eliza Cook, a
native of Rochester, N. Y. but of
English descent.
Church and Lodge
During his long residence in Clin-
ton, Mr. Hall has been active in
church and lodge circles. He is a
member of St. Paul's Anglican
Church of which he is a former
Rector's Warden and People's War-
den, and member of the Board of
Management.
His oldest lodge affiliation was
with the Sons of England wbile a
young man residing in Simcoe. A
member of L0.O.F. No, 83, Clinton,
of which he is a Past Grand, he is
also a Past Deputy Grand Master
for District No. 8, and has been
connected with Oddfellowship for
situated. (continued on page 8)
New Proprietors
5. ATKEY
Editor aria
Basins Manager.
11. L. TOMLINSON
Plant
Manager •
'l'he Clinton: News -Record has been. newspaper field with . The Barrie
purchased by R. S. Atkey and •Ii: L. Examiner, the, forrnex as News
Tomlinson,
both of whom have; had, IE
ditAr,and
the
latter
as Assistant
ant
extensiveexperience in the weekly Superintendent.
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H. Harriss Buys
Clinton Knitting
Company Limited
A business usnress deal of substantial im-
portance was completed yesterday
when the Clinton Knitting Company,
Limited, was sold to H. H. Harriss,',
Toronto, who is well experienced in
the knitting business in Canada and
the United States. The firm mann.
ufactures the well known "Wearwell"
and "Clinknit" lines of hosiery, with
a marketextending all over Canada.
"We are anxious to have the co-
operation of the citizens and munic-
ipal authorities of Clinton," Mr.
Harriss stated to The News -Record,
"The management will remain the
same, with Thomas W. Morgan, in
charge as superintendent of the plant
We haven't come here to fire and
hire."
Mr. Harriss• announced plans for
expansion of the business and enlar-
gement of the building. He said that
the firm would hire 25 additional .
girls at once.
One of the Clinton's largest
industries, with about 90 employees
end a payroll of approximately
8100,000 annually, Clinton Knitting
Company, Limited, was established
more than 40 years ago. During re-
cent years, the chief shareholders
have been Lt. -Col. H. B. Combe,
Angus A. Morrison, and the new
owner, who has been the largest
although a minority shareholder.
Col. Combe and Mr. Morrison have
now sold their interests to Mr.
Harriss.
Mr. Morrison, who has been asso-
ciated with the firm for the past 21
years, retires from the post of vice-
president and manager.
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Fine in Automobile
Threatens Residence
Waking up and finding her house
full of smoke about 6.45 a.m, yester-
day morning. Mrs, Larnbton, Dunlop
St., • notified Clinton Flee Brigade
immediately, the volunteer fire-
fighters were soon on the scene,
and found the rear of an automobile
owned by David Kay, which had
been parked in the garage attached
to the rear of the house, on fire.
Fire Chief L. Cree gave it as his
opinion that the fire had been
smouldering in the back cushions of
the car all night. Application of
chemicals soon extinguished it.
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NATIONAL FILM BOARD
National Film Board is having its
first showing of the season under the
auspices of Huron County Federa-
tion of .Agriculture in Community
Hall, Lendesboro, on Thursday,
September 27, at 2.30 p.m. for school
children and 8.30 p.m. fox adults.
Unless these showings are supported
by the public Huron County is apt
to lose the services of the projection
machine,'
LOCAL
PEV"G4
Automobiles driven by Miss
Coronna Wendorf, and Victor Ken-
nedy, came into collision on King's
Highway 4 at the schoolhouse cor-
ner, south of Londesboro, Tuesday
morning of last week. The former
was driving south to Clinton and the
latter was approaching• from the
sideroad when the accident occurred.
Clinton Fire Brigade was called
out about 4.10 pan. Sunday to a fire
which threatened a building in
Memorial Park. Chief L. Cree stated
that some boys were frying eggs at
the time.
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Mrs. W. L. Mair Honored
A large gathering of friends and
neighbors met at the home of Mrs.
Saville on Tuesday afternoon .in
honor of Mrs. William L. Mair, who
is leaving Clinton.
.During the afternoon, an address
was read by Mrs. (Dr.) Fawier ex-
pressing regret at Mrs. Mair's de-
parture and wishing her health and
happiness in the future, Mrs. Saville
then presented Mrs. Mair with a
beautifully bound Bible,
Mrs. A. T. • Cooper, in a happy
little speech, told of Mrs. Mair's
activities in the Woman's Aesoeia-
tion, ' and the President, Mrs. M.
Nedieser .on behalf of the Society,
handed Mrs. Mair a handsome
United Church Hymnary.
Mrs. Mair thanked the ladies :for
their gifts in a few heartfelt word.
A delicious Tea was served by'
several of the neighbors. "For She's
a Jolly, Good Fellow" was 'sung, and
a vote of thanks tendered. Mrs.
Saville- and those who assisted her.
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SUMMERHILL
Mr, and Mrs. Amos Osbaldestou
and Ronald attended the Ca d
e
ll-
Thomas wedding in Goderich on
gaturday.