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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1933-03-16, Page 1The News -Record Est. 1878 WITH WHICH IS INCORPORAT ED THE CLINTON NEW ERA The New Era Est. 1864 NO. 5314 -54th YEAR CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1933 THE HOME PAPER locksle. d . tt'Itention. op An occasional visit to our repair department will help any poor running clock very much..• After the visit. your clock will tick truer and tell time to. the best of its ability, and lengthen its life by years. If you have a clock (any kind of clock) that seems too tired to work right—bring it to us (or let us send for it) before it stops runnings for good. �a. Ygei1qr Headquarters for Watch and Jewelery Repairs Jeweler and Optometrist Phone 174w and 174j Valif r DRESSES For the Women who take 38 or 40 The Assortment of Styles is quite worthy of your Inspection And the Prices should be quite an Inducement to Buy in Clinton. New All Wool Pullovers They are considerably lower in Price and are now shown at 98c to $2.39 ' S " CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE " DEATH OF MRS. J. NOTT At the ripe age of ninety-two years, after an illness of some little tune, Ruth Mason, widow of James Nott, passed into the Great Beyond on Monday last. Mrs. Nott was of English birth, hav- ing been born in Yorkshire in June 1841, but she came to Canada with her parents when a girl of eleven or twelve. For a couple of years they lived on the May farm, in Goderich township, near Holmesville, later moving to the Granton Corners. In 1863 she was united in marriage to her late husband, who passed away twenty-three years ago, and she lived all her married life on a farm on the London road, the farm now occupied by her son, which was taken, up by his grandfather over one hundred years ago. For some years Mrs. Nott resided with her daughter, the late Mrs. Hen- ry Peacock, but for the past year or so she had made her home with Mrs. M. O'Brien, Mary street, where she died. She was the last member of her family, a sister, Mrs. Dustow of Walkerton, having died about six weeks ago. For some years she had been in failing health bat, prior to that she laved to get about a bit and meet and chat with old friends. She could re- member many incidents in the early das s, when she w:.s young and living conditions were much simpler than at present. For many years she had been unable to walk without the aid of a cane, this being the result of an accident when she had her hip brok- en and received other injuries from being thrown from the London bridge into the riverbed below. Mrs. Nott 'had come up to Clinton with a neigh- bor, Mrs. Craig, and her small daugh- ter, and on the return journey the horse started to run down the hill and ion reaching the bridge it was believed that the animal took blind staggers and fell against the railing - of the bridge, which broke with him and horse, buggy and occupants were thrown from the bridge, the drop being twenty-five or thirty feet. The horse was killed and all the occupants +of the rig were more or less injured, Mrs. Nott the most seriously. This was in 1897. Mrs. Nott is survived by 'one son, Fred, ,en the homestead in Tucker - smith, and three daughters, Mrs. W. A. Grant of Clinton; Mrs. Hugh C. McConnell, KindersIcy, Sask., and Mrs. Richard Bailey, Galahad, Alber- ta. Another son, Albert E. Nott, who for years lived at Sault Ste. Marie, died a few years ago, and a daugh- ter, Sarah, Mrs. Henry Peacock, died a couple of years ago. There are eight grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.- The reat-grandchildren.The funeral took place yesterday afternoon from the home of her daughter, Mrs. W. A. Grant, Joseph street, the Rev. F. G. Farrill conduct- ing the service at house and' grave- side. The pallbearers were: Messrs. Robt. Hunter, J. T. 'McKnight, J. W. Manning, A. D. McCartney, John H. Quigley and Wm. Stanbury. The re- mains were laid beside those of her husband , in Clinton cemetery. Amongst those' present from a dis- tance for the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dustow and Mr. and 'Mrs. Fred Dustow, Belmore, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Jackson and Harry, Blyth. Mrs. Wen. Smith, Seaforth and Mr. John Nott and son Raymond, Eg- mondville. A BROTHER DIES The death occurred in Detroit on Friday of Mr. Frank McIntyre, bro- ther of Dr. H. A. McIntyre of Clin- ton, at the age of forty-nine years. Mr. McIntyre had undergone an operation previously and failed to regain his strength after it. He leaves a wife and a family of three, pretty well grown up. The funeral took place in Detroit on Monday, Dr. and Mrs. McIntyre going over to be present. BENEFIT PLAY 'The play, "Jimmy, Be Careful," put on in the town hall a few weeks ago by the young people of Ontaric street church, was repeated on 'Tues- day evening for local relief benefit, the admission tp be: either cash or donations of clothing, groceries, etc., 'suitable foe relief purposes. The hall was well filled and as a result the relief committee had ' a quantity of second hand clothing, canned fruit, groceries, etc., added to their stock, besides a nice little sum of money, around $25.00. The play was well presented, the several actors taking their parts with ease and assurance, and greatly delighting the audience. Mrs. Walter A. Oakes sang between acts, an ad- dition to the program which was much' appreciated. After the play the caste was 'in- vited by the Home and School Club to Bartliff's dining room, where they had prepared refreshments, Mr. Bartliff kindly offering the use of the room and providing hot coffee. CLINTON GIRL'SEXPERIENCE D DR ENCD The following is from a letter re- ceived by. Mr. and Mrs. G. Van Horne from their daughter, Miss Madeline, who is visiting relatives at Huntington Park, California, where the earthquake shocks were pretty bad last Friday and Saturday. "Dear Mother, Dad and Cecil: I suppose you -will have received my telegram by now. That was the most terrifying ex- perience I have ever had or ever hope to have again. I will tell you all I can remember of it. We were expecting Maud over for dinner and Aunt Jennie and I were getting' it ready. I left her in the kitchen and went into the store to see if I could see Maud. Uncle Will just got to the archway in the storeroom. I was at the front of the store when every- thing began to shake and I turned and yelled "Uncle Will." He just stopped where he was and I made a dash for him and got in the store- room in time to pull him away from getting hit by a great big wooden shelf, boxes began tumbling all over but we made our way through and met Aunt Jennie coming toward us. We went right through to the kit- chen and 'opened the back door but couldn't see anything for mortar dust and bricks. We locked the door turned out the gas and held on to each other until we got outside. By this time everyone was yelling and women going into hysterics. I saw them carry one man out of the store across the street stiffened right out, and the girl in the hotel, 4 doors a- way was killed instantly. We hadn't taken time to get our coats and it had turned real cold so we all went back in and Uncle Will got all the money and I got my purse and coats and came out again. That happen- ed at six minutes to six and we walked the streets withno place tc go until eleven o'clock, when we went around the corner to a friend of Aunt Jennie's and stayed all night Uncle Will sat' up ill a chair and Aunt Jen and I lay on the Chester- field but did not sleep a wink as the tremors continued almost continu- ously all night long and at six thirty this morning there was another fair- ly bad one. There were nine people killed in Huntington Park and ev- eryone was because they rushed out- side and were struck by bricks fall- ing. One large plate glass window .was smashed, the radio knocked right ov- er, a table in the kitchen fell over and the back wall badly craeked. I knew you would be terribly wor- ried so that is why I wired. I was too excited to think of anything else to put in it. They set up a tempor- ary receiving telegram station and took the messages into L.A. 'as it was not bad in here. They had to turn a lot away today they could not handle all the messages. The Administration building in the High School was burned and a couple of other buildings. Long Beach is far worse than H.P. People lying buried beneath bricks and all that kind of stuff. It's just horrible. You don't know how bad it is until you are in one. If the show "Frisco Jenny" ever comes near home go and see it and you will see what an earthquake is like. Maud and I saw it Monday p m., little realizing we would be in one before the week was over. It was terrible last night sitting there waiting, just waiting for the next tremor, wondering if it would be our last but it is all over now and no more ,are likely to come again and we are all very, very thankful we came out as lucky, as we did. We are here and that is the main thing Everybody was se kind, wondering about the little girl from Canada and they just couldn't do enough or say enough." FATHER AND SON BANQUET The Father • and, Son banquet, which is an interchurch annual affair: brought out a fair crowd of fathers and sons on Thursday evening last, when the feast was spread in the ing hall of Ontario street church. The banquet"itself, which was pre- pared and served by the Girls' Club of the church, was all that could be desired and was ninth enjoyed. The program was arranged under the di- rection of Dr. McInnis, the special speaker of the evening being Rev. Dr. DeMlile of Central United church Stratford. Reeve G. H. Elliott was toastmas- ter and after a brief address he called the pastor of the church, Rev. F. G. Farrill, who heartily welcomed the fathers and tons of the town, The toast to The King was proposed by Mr. 0. Jervis, and was honoured in the usual way, with Mr. Merrill at the piano. "Our Country" was proposed by Harold Tyndall and responded to by Mr. E. Paterson, each in a neat ad- dress. "Our 0ur Town was proposed by Ken- neth n- neth Ellett and responded to by May- or N. W. Trewartha. "The Church" was proposed by Brenton Hellyar and responded to by Dr. McIntyre. "Our Homes"' was alloted to Ken- neth Dougan and was responded tc by Mr. George Murdock. The toast list would have been a bit longer had it not been for the absence of some 'of the speakers. The principal sneaker,. Dr. DeMille, then gave a most interesting address on fathers and sons and their mutual relations to each other. He was lis- tened to with much pleasure. A quartette from Dr. DeMille's church, four young men. Messrs Vernier, Battersby, Robb and Bundy contributed much to the pleasure of the occasion by several vocal num- bers. At the conclusion of the program a vote of thanks was given for the program, moved by Mr. Hawke and seconded by Mr. Walker. AMONG THE CHURCHES Presbyterian Church 11 a.m., "God the Father's Share in the Cross of Christ the Son." Ontario Street United Church The Rev. Mr. Anthony of Thames Road will preach in this church on Sunday morning, the pastor, Rev. F. G. Farrill taking special service in a Spring Festival at Thames Road. In the evening Mr. Farrill will preach on "Fit For the Kingdom." The regular monthly meeting of W. M. S. took on a rather special feature on Tuesday afternoon, when it wound up with a St. Patrick sup- per. The Sunday school room was appropriately decorated for the oc- casion. Mrs. Shipley, president, was in the chair and the devotional exer- cises were conducted by Mrs. Mur- doch, Sr., and Mrs. Willis VanEg- mond. A short memorial service was conducted in honour of the late Mrs. W. A. Dale, a valued member, tributes being paid to her memory by the president and Mrs. Walker. Mrs. W!. M. Aiken sang "Good Night and Good Morning." Mrs. Howard Fowler gave an in- teresting resume of some chapters of the study book and after the pro- gram Mrs. Ball's group served a substantial supper, Irish stew being the main dish, which was much en- joyed. Mrs. Shipley and Mrs. Aiken poured tea. Wesley -Willis United Caurch Sunday morning sermon subject: "What is Religion?" Evening: "The Peacemakers." The W. M. S. met at the home of Mrs. A. Seeley, High street, on Thursday evening, Mrs. W. Pickard in the chair. ' After the, routine business Mrs. Scott took charge, her group supplying the program. The' scripture lesson was read by Miss Sheppard, current events were given by the several members of the group; Miss Rudd gave the study book topic and 'Mrs. Oakes sang a couple of solos. A novel form of feasting was. in- troduced on Tuesday when twenty- one members of the G.G.I,T. Group held a progressive diener. Hot meat and vegetables were served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McKinley and born there the merry group went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. H, Charlesworth, where- pie in abun- dance was seryed which further sat- isfied their appetites. From there they adjourned to the home of their leader that of Mayor and Mrs. Tre- wgrtha, where doughnuts and cocoa were served. At the different homes the pro- gramme as arranged for the regular weekly meeting was carried -out, the girls never omitting to extend to their hosts and hostesses a real C. G.I.T. vote of "thanks." A few games 'and singing brought an en- joyable evening to a happy conclus- ion. C.C.I. NOTES Yesterday afternoon at 2.30 the Literary Society held their meeting This meeting had, the most visitors (parents arid friends) of any meet- ing' in the new' year. James McCrea the president, . acted as chairman. The program was as follows: Chorus by let form girls. Debate:. Resolved: "That Japan is a greater nation than Russia." The affirmative was supported by Frank Moynes and Nora Fremlin from 3A. The negative was presented by Esther McMath and Dorothy Glazier of 3B. Judges were Miss Kitchen, Beatrice Sharp, and Mr. Cooper, who gave the decision in favour of the affir- mative. While the judges were determining the winner Violet Fremlin gave an amusing reading, and Brenton Hell- yar read the Broadcaster. A short play was presented by the First Form pupils called "Dys- peptic Ogre." Benson Sutter, Eve- lyn Lever, Norma Cook and Claire Kennedy had the principal parts. Play was very well given. Singing of the National Anthem brought program to a close. Easter examinations on the 21st and 22nd of next week. HOCKEY COMING ON Clinton is not likely to be without an up and coming hockey team. A hockey career is necessarily a some- what short one as young, light play- ers are apt to outskate older players, no matter how proficient, after a very few years, but Clinton is bringing on a bunch 'of young players who will no doubt give a good account of them- selves as time goes on. On Friday evening the S.S. classes Of Messrs. E. Paterson and W. "J. Stewart put on a match in the local rink which, while it did not bring out as large crowds as gathered to see the recent Clinton-Goderich, Clinton - Walkerton games, was none the less as enthusiastically contested. The teams were pretty evenly matched, the winning honours going to Mr. Stewart's Midgets, who scored two goals while holding their oppon- ents goalless. Scoring honours went to Neilans and Smith, the latter in combination Harry McEwan, who comes honestly by his hockey enthus- iasm, he.being a brother 'of "Punch" McEwan of the Stratford Indians and Frank or "Timmer" McEwan, the fast left winger of the Clinton Colts. Harry has been much inter- ested in sports ever since he could walk and no doubt feels that he has a fancily reputation to keep up. The line-up: Stewart's: Goal, Neilans; defence, Lobb, Smith; centre, McEwan; wings Scott, Neilans. Paterson's: goal, Corless; defence, Lobb, West;• centre, Jack West; wings, Leppington and Brown. Referee: Elwood Campbell. IN QUAKE CENTRE Mrs, A. T. Cooper was much re- lieved on hearing of the safety of her brother, Dr. A. C. Sellery, who is president of the Seaside Hospital, Long Beach. He was in the midst of the affected area but was unhurt. Monday's Toronto Star had the fol- lowing regarding Dr. Sellery and his subsequent activities: "Long Beach, March 13—Canada, particularly Toronto, was well repre- sented in medical relief work in the earthquake zone here to -day. Dr. A. C. Sellery, president of the ,Seaeside hospital in Long 'Beach, is a former resident 'of Toronto, -edu- cated at McGill Unifersity in 'Mont- real. Mrs. Sellery is a graduate of the University of Toronto. Dr, and Mrs. Sellery and their two children were not injured. He was attending a patient when the first quake occur- red. Dr. Sellery is responsible for the emergency hospital relief plan which undoubtedly saved the lives of many who were in need of immediate medi- cal attention. The Seaside hospital was the first and most important of the hospitals to send doctors out to. injured who could not move from their homes or offices. Along ,with Dr. =Sellery are several other Toronto' men on the Seaside staff. Dr. J. McDonald was an in- terne at the Toronto `General hospi- tal. Dr. V. C. Francis and - Dr. R. Hoover are also 'of Toronto. Nurse A. S. McGregor is from Tiverton, Ont. Dr. Sellery was taking the Califor- nia state medical examination in San Francisco when the earthquake occurred there nearly thirty years ago. `I am firmly convinced that the shocks here -were much more severe than those I experiencd in San Fran- cisco,' said Dr. Sellery. Dr, Albert Clifton Sellery was born at Kincardine, Ont., in 1875, and graduated from McGill University ir. 1904. 'He. is a member of the Ameri- can Amencan College of Surgeons." THE MARKETS Wheat, 42e. Barley, 37e. Oats, 20c to 25c. Butter, 20c. Eggs, 9c to 13c. Live &Iogs, $4.50. BAND 'CONCERT The programme to be played by the Clinton Kilty Band on Sunday, March 19th, at 8.30 p.m. in the town ball, Clinton: 1. 0 Canada, 2. Through the Valley, G. 0. Walker. 3. Overture, Lustspiel, Kelor-Bela 4. Vocal Solo, Miss Ann Stewart. 5. Echoes from the Opera Arr, by Mackie -Beyer. 6. Second Air Varie, Clarinet Solo, Robt. Hale, Esq. 7. Irish Overture, Arr, by H Prendiville. 8. Saxophone Quartette, Messrs, Rozell, Perdue, Murch and Agnew. 9. Hungarian Dances No. 5 and 0 J. Brahms. 10. Love Eternal, Waltzes, Ellie Brooks. 11. Deep Harmony, and The King A silver collection will be received LEGION LADIES HOSTESSES The Ladies' Auxiliary to the Leg- ion put on a program and dance in the Firemen's hall on Monday even- ing, which, in spite of the extremely wet night, brought out a good crowd, although several seemed to be of the opinion that it was meant only for members and their families. However, those who attended had a good time and agree that they got a lot for their money. The first part of the evening was devoted to a program, put on entirely by local talent. This consisted of musical and vocal numbers, readings humourous skits and a minstrel show, all of which were enjoyed. Miss Myrtle Armstrong and Miss Lovett contributed readings; Mrs. H. C. Lawson and Miss Viola Fraser sang solos, Miss Fraser and Mr. J. Gran' sang a Scottish duet; Mr. J. Hal' contributed a whistling number; Mts. ses Ellen Charlesworth and Wilhel- mine Trewartha gave vocal duet with guitar accompaniment; Messrs. S Castle and A. W. Groves gave a fun ny Negro skit in costume; Mr. G. H. Jefferson gave an instructive read. ing on Indians in Huron county and a very amusing little minstrel show was put on by Mrs. Tasker, Mrs. Berl Huller, Mrs. J. Butler, Miss Fraser and Messrs. Bruce Tasker, . A. W. Groves, S. Castle and Lloyd Butler. Lt. -Col. H. B. Combe `occupied the chair for the program. At the conclusion of the program, the hostesses served dainty and abun. dant refreshments and afterwards the floor was cleared for dancing. which was indulged in for some hours, Mrs. W: E. Perdue and Mr Boyce supplying the music. Alto- gether the evening's entertainment was a big quarter's worth. ANXIOUS PEOPLE HERE Clinton people were not without 'personal interest in the earthquake in California last Friday and Satur- day, as many have relatives there. Miss' Madeline VanHorne, daugh- tre of Mr. and Mrs. George Van - Horne, went down to Huntington Park a fortnight before to visit a couple of aunts, sisters of Mr. Van- Horne. This is a short distance from Los Angeles and was right in the quake area. Before the news of the disaster came, however, Miss Van - Horne had wired home assuring her parents of her safety and that of her relatives. Dr. Sellery, brother of Mrs. A. T. Cooper, is head of a hospital at Long Beach, where the worst effects were felt. But he and his family escaped and he immediately organized em- ergency relief and was later appoint- ed organizer of all hospital relief in the city, Dr. Donald Ross and family, his wife being formerly Miss Hazel O'Neil, and both formerly of Clin- ton, are in Los Angeles and forsev- eral days no word was heard from them. A letter was received yes- terday evening, however, and though they felt the shocks the damage in, Los Angeles was slight. Mrs. Ross had wired but evidently the wire had not been sent. Wires too crowd- ed, no doubt. The McNeil boys are also reported' safe. • The name Elcoat,is reported among the dead, and may be a niece of Mrs. Annie Moffatt, who is this win- ter with, her son, Mr. W. G. Moffatt of the London road. Mrs. Moffatt has spent several years in California coming back for the summer the past few, and returning south for the winter. Last fall she did not go sbuth but when down there • she made her home part of 'the time 'with Mrs. El - coat of Watt, A NEAR TRAGEDY A near tragedy happened in town on Tuesday morning when Mrs, E. Ellwood, Victoria street, and two children were almost overcome by coal gas, the result of a blocked chimney. One of the children took ill early in the morning but the cause was not suspected until later. Mrs. Elwood, feeling ill herself, then cal- led her sister, Mrs. T. Riley, who lives down the same street, and a doctor was summoned. The little boy could not be roused until about eleven the same day but all are now rapidly improving, although it was a narrow escape. MRS. OAKES' RECEPTION Mrs. Walter A. Oakes was at-home on .Saterday aft.rnor..n last, for the first time since coming to Clinton and the occasion brought out a large number of callers. :SIre. Oakes was as':isted in receiv- ing by her rrecther, Mr.. Rogers of Tcront.o, and Mrs. James Scott and Mrs. J. W. Shaw of Clinton. Mrs. Oakes wore a becoming gown of blue fragrant her morns were with en abandanee of surge' flowers. Mrs. F Paters ,n and Mri. R. E. Manning poured tea anel other as- sistants were Mre. A. T. C roper, Mrs. P. Hearn. Mri. G. H. Jefferson, Mrs. F. Fingiacd and Mr-. H. B. Manning. Li:t:e 3lise Retie Hearn attended the deer. Mrs. Robinson and Mee. Edwards cf Toronto, who were week -end guests with Dr. and Mrs. Oakes, also as - slated in entertaining the constant stream rf callers who came and went during the afternoon. MUST FIND MONEY Judge Costello, in a surrogate court finding made public last Fri- day, directed that the executors of the will of the late Mayor S. S. Cooper, pay Mrs. Beryl C. Ladd, on- ly child of Mr. Coeper. 83,000 cash and the suns of $100 per month, such payments to date back to the death of her father, which occurred in Ap- ril last. According to Mr. Cooper's will his sister-in-law, Miss Hanna, was to re- ceive a free house and $50 per month during her life time, the in- come from the balance of the estate to be paid to Mrs. Ladd, during her lifetime, in the event 'of her death the estate to be divided amongst a number of brothers and sisters. It has developed that the estate has only been able to pay Mrs. Ladd $65 per month and the judge ruled that Mr. Cooper had intended his daughter to have a much larger in- come and the executors will have to find $3,000 cash and an extra $35 per month. Mr. Cooper was the Iargest pro- perty -owner in Clinton, the greatest part of his wealth, which was esti- mated to be at least $50,000, being in real estate ni Clnton. No doubt economic conditions have caused some falling off in values and the income from the property represented in rents, has no doubt decreased to sone ertent, but A. J. Cooper and. the Trust Company, who are in charge of the estate, will have to do some planning and find that extra cash. LITTLE LOCALS Thursday, Apr. 6th, is Spring Show day in Clinton. • Did Monday night's thunderstorm mean six weeks' cold weather? Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Lawson have taken the Kay house, King street, and will shortly move into it. Rev. Father 'Sullivan gave an ad- dress on St. Patrick before the Sea - forth Lion's Club 'on Monday evening. Mrs. Annie Colclough of Clinton is at present ill at the home of her son, Mr. Albert Colclough of Goderich township. The Wesley -Willis choir had a lit- tle social time at the conclusion of the regular practise 'on Friday even- ing when games were played and re- freshments were served. The Ontario Street young people who repeated their play for relief benefit on Tuesday evening, will also give it in Goderich on Mar. 2,1st,-in Exeter on Mar. 31st, and in ,Seaforth on Fair night, Apr. 4th. At the Fireside Hour in the On- tario street church on Sunday even- ing 'some very interesting slides on Trinidad were shown. These were also taken to Brucefield on Monday evening by the young people and shown there, . Sunday evening sing -songs are be- ing held after the evening service by Wesley -Willis people, being held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Oakes last Sunday evening. Mrs. Oakes contri- buted a vocal solo and Me, Morgan Agnew a e meet selection, in addition to the choruses., More Local on page 4 .i:;