The Clinton News Record, 1931-12-03, Page 3THURSDAY, DECE l3E',R 3, 1931
County: News
Happenings in the Counlg
and District®
BLYTII: The residents -
canmunity were shoeked las
by the death of_Jatnes Tenney
teak place at his residence,,
East Wawanosh, at the age
years. The deceased .)sad' be
his usual goad health. Hew
ing chores at the barn in,' the
noon and when he did ant cols
dinner his wife went out 'only t
him dead in'the stable, death
due to heart attack: )lir. Dunne
been a life long resident of
Wawanosh. He was e. shard.
industrioust man and held in
esteem by all who knew him.
ourvived by his wife who was
merly Mary Ball, of Colborne,
three daughters, 'Mrs. Harr!
Blyth; Mrs.- Wesley Keclmie and
Mrs. Walter Cook, East Wawanosh,
He was a member of 'Westfield 'Un-
ited Church. •
of_ the barn and 3700 on contents with the
t week Ho -wick Mutual. .The fire, broke out
which , at about eight o'clock when horses
s
Oen. 4, i.turned out to water, bolted into the
of 70 (`cow stable and' upset the lantern..
en in The horses and cattle were safely
as. do-' eemoved and the.'poultr house' saved.
fore,Y
e in to
find
being
GODERICH: Judge .Costello and
Magstrate C. A, Red returned.Priday
morning from a two weeks' hunting
y had trip in 14fcNab township,: county 'of.
East Renfrew, This is famii'.ier• territory
working to ,Judge Costello, ' 'who has hunted
High over it for twenty years: For the
lie is Magistrate it was a new experience,
for- and he was 'en well pleased' with it
also that Ise says that he.will welcome
the opportunity of . going n'gton' gain Deer were plenty, and -ea h
brought one home as, a tro;hy of his
prowess with- the rifle.--Goderieh
Signal: '.
EXETER: M. R. Complin, who
for the past nine years has been
manager of the Exeter Branch of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce,
moved his household effects to Ham-
ilton on Thursday, whither he has
been moved to the Manager -in -
Chief's Department. His duties aro
to commence Dee. 1. Mr. Complin
suffered a breakdown in health six
months ago and has been off on
sick leave. He has fully recovered
and his many friends here will wish
him renewed vigor. Mr. Complin,
since coming to Exeter, has won the
appreciation and respect of the whole
community. His home has been one
of welcome to anyone who wished to
call. Mrs. 0ompiin, being one of a
cheerful disposition always made
the caller welcome. They will be
missed in the whole' community.
Mr. Consplin was secretary -treasur-
er. of the Exeter Chamber of Com-
merce and -during its life was one
of the principal figures in the So-
ciety.
BRUSSELS: A. meeting of the
Hockey Club took place last weep
with the following officers
present; President, Chas. Stubbert;
Vice-Presclient, Jack Ballantyne; sec-
retary -treasurer, D. A. Rann; mana-
ger, Wm. Bell; coaches, Walter Wil -
!meson and Walter Scott. Tho boys
anxious to get into the Snug -gen
League as they claim they have some
cry good material for the coming
•eason. The executive had fifteen
applications for the post of manager
f the ring and Walter Wiliiamsoes
•ecurc'i the position. et was arreng-
that Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
-
Hay would be skating nights; Mon-
ey and Wednesday for hockey and
Friday would be open night.
EXETER: On the =Chest cor-
er of the farm of Robert Beli, five
iles north east of here stands a
ement colunm erected by the owner
o the memory of his father and the
.arly pioneers, back as far as 1840.
he column stands about 6 feet high
he inscription is cut in brick, and
aid in the cement. 0n the top rests
log, with a wedge driven in the
ip, which is also of Cement and at
he end is an ()Id axe head, depicting
be manner in which trees were
plit into rails for fences, and the
arious utensils hewed out of wood
those days, for use about the
Wins: Mr. Bell's father, Robert
ell, died at the early age of 50,
'awing his wife and family of man
sildren to battle for themselves.
's. Bell, who was Miss Agnes
larke, of, the Hensall district, took
p the reins herself and by careful
anagement raised the family, who
se by one set up for themselves.
ey are Williams, Chicago; John,
xeter; Thomas, Elimville; George
aforth Mrs. Robert Elliott, Thed,
rd; and Robert, on the homestead:
WIINGHAM" A • bright little life
task' away in Wingham General
ospita3 on Saturday in 'William
hn Johnston, son of Er. and Mrs.
rshons Johnston of East Wee/m-
ash. Six weeks ago he was taken
wn with typhiod fever and fought
valliant, though a losing battle,
til death claimed him 'an his ales-
th birthday. He will be melt mss,
in his circle of. friends as he
s much beloved by his school
ades. Besides his ' parents,
'e are seven brothers and sisters
mourn hien.` Interment took place.
the Wingham cemetery on Monday
erscoon, the • services at the Brick
rch• and the grave being conduct
by Rev. Mn: Gaint of Belgrave
Brick 'United 'Churches. A wide
le of friends extend to M. and
s. /Johnston and family, sincere
pathy in this their time of sad
eavement.--Wingham - Advance
es.
'RREY: The Iarge ,barn on the
n of Harold Spiers .on the 12th
ession. of Grey Township, one
one-he;?f miles southeast of
seas, was +burned to the ground
ntly with ,the garage, season's
s, all the farm implements, two
es, a pig, and a . number of hese.
ions is estimated a -t over $5,000
ed in part ±g,r 4.2;000 on the
•G•ODERTCH: H. T. Edwards Sup-
erintendent of he Children's Aid
Society for the County of Huron.
has been appointed probation •officer
of the juvenilecourt and was duly
sworn in by Magistrate 0 A. Reid
who, as judge of the juvenile court,
also is empowered to make the ap,
pointment. 14Ir. Edwards has been
performing the duties of probation
officer since the removal? of Mr. G.
M. Elliott to London, but had never
been officially appointed to the of
fice.
BLYTH: Delegates from the con-
gregation of Auburn, Belgrave, Blyth
and Smith's Hill met the Presbytery
of Maitland and a committee from
Huron Presbytery, consisting of
Rev Jin. McLean, of WSngham, Rev.
Mr. McDonald of Lucknow, and Rev.
Mr. Pollock, of Whitechurch, in Au-
burn, on Tuesday , evening, of last
week, to consider the transfer of
Belgrave front Huron to Maitland
Presbytery. The moderator of Mait-
land presided. After the meeting
was apened in regalear fornt it was
decided to appoint one delegate from
each of these congregations to meet
in the class room of the church to
draft a resolution to present to the
meeting. The following were ap-
pointed on the committee: Messrs,
T. W. Riddle, Auburn; Alex. Porter-
field, Belgrave, Fred Somers, 'Blythe
and Wm. Watson, Smith's Hill. When
this resolution was presented by Mr.
Fred Somers, it caused considerable
discussion which at times was warns
and the opponents claimed the motion
was ultra vires. The matter was fin-
ati'.y settled and it remains for the
Belgrave congregation to confirm
their delegates' action when it is
expected they will have ministers
preach for a call after the new year.
The ordained minister will take Bel -
grave and Blyth and the student)
Auburn and Smith's Hill alternate
Sundays, and it is expected th'e ar-
rangement will work out for benefie
of all? concerned.
SEAFORTH: The death occurred
of John McGavin, aged 85 years, foe
inatly years a well-known and highly
esteemed resident of Seaforth. He
was born in Fermanagh County, Ire-
land his birthday being on March 17.
Deceased came to Canada at the age
of 17 years and settled in Stanley
Township, later moving to MbKiIlop,
where he was united in marriage til
Anne Smith, daughter of the late i
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Smith of
McKillop in 1875. He was predeceas,
ed by his wife in 1913, also two
daughters, Jeanette and Mary; also
one brother, William McGavin. Sur,
viving are one brother, Henry Me -
Gavin, of'ei'uekersmith, mei one halfi
'brother, Thomas McGavin, of New:
York; three sons, Fred,` George and
AIex. McGavin of Seaford:, and two
daughters, Mrs. Albert Peterson, of
Kincardine, and, Mrs,, Themes Legg,
EXETER: Upon urgent request
and on due consideration Exeter
Creamery Co., Ltd„ decided to issue :1
statement in regard to certain news-
paper publicity recently gives: the
company. The facts are these: in
September one churning only from
Winchelsea Creamery, and none from
the Exeter Creamery, was found :by
an inspector to contain. excess nsoisl
ture This churning, .according to
the test made at the creamery, was
within the legal standard and was
sent out in good faith. On request
of the company. the butter was re-
leased by the inspector, brought back
and reworked ' to comply with legal'
standards before again being offered
for sale, ...In checking up to find the
cause of the trouble it' was found
that the moisture test scaes at Win-
chesea were not weighiug accurately,
and were immediately replaced. Thie.
butter' was made as usual,, No water•
was :added.; There was .no fraud in
the treneaction and under the cir-
cumstances could scarcely have been
avoided., On November :14 tlse com—
pany was charged under' section 6A
of the Dairy Industry Act and on
November' 24 was fined,. The fine
was paid, and the officials' of the
company, sinicerely appreciate 'bhe
expressions of "'confidence received
from' crealnerymen, patrons, custom-
ers and many other friends. .
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
g HOW MY WORLD
WAGS'
By That Ancient Mariner
Dean D. Hu mdy. 0
),e 0IQO o=o
Edmonton citizens elected D. IS:
Knott as mayor. Their civic health
should decay not.
After listening admiringly to. the
Oshawa massed choir, the Oshawa,'
Ont., Daily Times thinks it should
retained as a permanent institution
The Tilney is nailing its colors to the
massed,
A Charlesburg, Quebec, farmer halt
24 hens stolen, but the thief dropped
his pocketbook doistate:lig 3125, which
the farmer new retains. Oh, what a
change! . And no mere. small change.
But a dolorous accident for the thief,
•
"After looking at some of our
stock certificates, acquired in a spit
it of optimism," remarks the .IKam-
loops Sentince, B.C., "we are com-
pelled to admit, sadly, ,that a good
deal of the financial advice we re-
ceived turned out to -be' mostly -
sound." It would be, - •if the advice
was from some Big Noise in the fin-
ancial world.
An Australian has invented a
match capable' of being lighted 600
times, "If the opposite end can be
used as a toothpick," says the Mea -
ford, Ont, Mirror, "it -is a good inven-
tion?' We'd prefer a combination
toothpick .and nailfile; then we'd - be
all' for it, .tooth and nail•
Diplomacy
I'd never try to vamp it,
If I met a vampire bat,
And,' gosh, I'c be most civil, •
If I met a civet cat.
Handsome Is as Handsome Dees
Newspaper cuts of some people
performing over the radio make us
realize that that is the best place
foe them to perforin over.
• The Poor Thing
Society lady with faultless complex-
ion,
Whose picture appears in the maga,
zine ads,,
Pray tell sue exactly just what's the
connection
'Twixt angels like you and the big
business lads)
You don't need the stoney; why puff
up their powder?
Why boost for ec(d cream when
you've got lots of dough?
You what? I beg pardons Please
speak a bit louder!
"Oh' just for a change, because life's
so dashed slow".
Mtlournful Melody
Among. the many supposed talents
of the former Kaiser was the art of
composing music. Probably his only
composition since escaping from Ger-
many, is "The Prussian Blues."
Interviewing Gandhi
Last week -end I slipped across the
pond and interviewed the little marl
with the tan complexion who holds
the fate of India's tuitions in his
vest pocket. Or night, if he had a
vest pocket. But that would pre-
supposea vest. Which is absurd, as
old Uke used to say when we were
kids.
Gandhi was dressed in a monocle,
a pair. 01 spats and a loin cloth, He
was busy spinning --'round and 'round,
and 'round.
I slapped .hint on the back. Yes,
the truly back; no foolin',
"Ouch!" he yelled, stopping his sil-
ly twirling. "LooKOUT for my sun -
bum!"
"Pardon, Mahatma)" .I said, eon
tritely, "Or, is the masculine form
of the word 'Pahatpa'?"-
"Ah, shut Your face!" he said, with
simple dignity. - .
"Where'sthe rest of your specs?"
I "demanded severely, pointing to his
monocle,
"Massa, 1 spec's you'd ast me dat,"
he chuckled: "Well, you see, I think
it's very wasteful to' use two • lenses
where one will do",
"Ah, yes, yes," I nodded' approv-
ingly, noting that hi's teeth and cloth-
ing had been cut down even more
than 50 per cent Then suddenly I
thought of •hie two spats. Why did,.
n't on0 suffice?
"Hey, bol" I probed.` "How about
them things?"
'Oh, well, you see," he simpered,
"I'm very, very fond of spats,"
"Yep," I retorted, "that's fust what
the British government thinks 'about
What De, You Want For Christmas?
A necktie do not :give tome,
I crave 'a moonlight -silvered sea;
A mermaid' on a dcs'phin s back;
A mystic isle,. all purple:black,
Canesssd by tropic wavelet's plash;
AND fifty thousand dollars cash.
A shaving set'I do not ask;
13ut
rather give sue spacq to bask
In silence deep, on sunny sand,
'Neath fronded palms on coral. strand
Where -pause some green and'golden
' ducks;
AND fifty thousand lovely "bucks.
A fountain pen I donot' Wish,
But aame;far garden, yeillowish
And' pink with roses dim `et night,
Where I may dream, my soul invite:
Oh, merely give nue such as these,
AND fifty thousand berries, please.
•-,Dean D. I iu m 1
d3.,
TRE DANGER OP ARBITRARY
SPEED LIMITS
(Thomas N. Phelan, K.C„ Chief Sol
ieltor of the Ontario Motor -League
in The Motorist).
.ing of a motor car recklessly or to
the danger of the public„ In some
-cases speed is an ini.portent factor
in reckless driving, but not by any
means in all cases. If we wanted
proof of the fact that there is a
distinction in these matters we would
find it in the successive acts of the leg
islature increasing the speed limit
even though the • possible dangers
to highway traffic,' and congestion
on the roads, were increasing rather
than diniinishig; If there was not a
distinction between the two problmee
we would find the speed limit eon-
staetly being decreased; but we find
to the contrary, on the rural high-
ways in any event, thatin the,past
fifteen or twentyyears it has been
almost doubled. So we start with
the uderstanding that speed' -and
reckless driving are two distinct
problems; and let nothing that I say
imply that 'restrictions on reckless
driving shoutd be relaxed in"'the
slightest degree.
If we consider speed control apart
from reckless driving, we may ask
what possible purpose is served by a
maximum speed limit. I have no
doubt that when speed limits were
first imopsed they were imposed al
a measure of safety, but after a per-
iod of time those administering' the
law realized that there was another
offence than exceeding the speed
limit, that of reckless driving, and
so there grew up. the practice of
charging people, where cireinnstan-
ccs warrainteil, with reckless driv-''
ani
Why, then was' the seed- limit
retained''?'' it was' retained,. probably
Tor two reasons, In t e e,first place,
the mind of the public was. slow to
realize the distinction between the
two offences; -but it was retained foes
.a. second and more important .rea-
son; those administering the,' law
found that the imposition. of a spear]
limit gave them a '•very _substantial
and. profitable source of public .re-
venue,
I donut whether any person has"
greater caiiso for ust' irritatibm with
the law than the man who le fined
for exceeding the speed lunit when
he was delving without danger to
others. We have two abuses. First:
of all, the motoring public has been
' subject in very ?navy cases to unjust
exploitation by way of fines, and,
gnawing out of this there -is a disre,
speot for law and authority •which,
in the present condition of society
t and world affairs, is very disturb-
, spa,
•
Now, what is the remedy for these
two abuses? I suggest : that the
remedy is the abolition of the. speed
limit. You ask vie, "What, is there
_ going 'to be no restraint upon those
driving upon the highway." My imply
is, "Most decidely, yes." But the
restiraint should take. the form of ,
a measure providing that the care
must always be operated within a
A distinction should be drawn be
tween a taw imposing a speed limi
and a law directed against the deiv
s
NEW WORLD LORE IN
OXFORD RIND
Bermuda May Have Inspired Shakes-
peere's The Tempest" ,An Admir-
•al's Name Twisted.. .Quaint Spel-
ling of -By—Done Scribes.
In a .si,bterranean passage con-
necting._ with St. 'john Baptist Collate,,
• Oxford, England, valueless documents
have been discovered which streng-
then the conjecture that Shakes-
peare may ,have redeived this inspire
ation for ;"The Tempest" from the
account of one Strachey, who related
the shipwrecking and sojourn of Sir
George Somers and his crew, on what
are new known as ` the sun,blessed
Bemmsuda Islands. Solvers was mare
ooned there in 1609.
The islands, which are today the
first Southland port of call ei Cana-
dian National ' Steamships liners,
ware at first called Somers islands,
By some mistake the name was as-
sociated with the word "summer-,'.'
probably because of the summer-like
winter climate of Bermuda, In an
early map by Norwood, Bermuda is
actualiy'called Aestivae Insulae, the
Latin for Sununer Islands..
A British 'Syndicatewas forint}
to exploit the possibilities of Ber,
muda, particularly the whale -fishing
opportunities. It bore the ponderous
name, "The. Adventurers in the
limit of speed that is safe under the ' Whalefishing in the Somer Islands,"
circumstances,
The advantage
of any such
ar-
rangement,. is obvious. There is at
the present time. upon the_ high-
ways a class of people who cause
probably the greatest amount of
trouble;, who feel that if they keep
their cars reasonably within th
speed limit Laid down by the is
they are editing all that is require
of them. As a result, when accident
bappen we frequently hear the etc,
Later
Bermuda was controlled by an-
other wondrously named company.
"The Governor and Company of the
City of London for the Plantation
of the Somers •Islands."
Then Bermuda fell into the hand;)
o£ a company- concerned with the
colonization f h
o w at is known tl
as i0
e State of Virginia. One entry in the
vt ancient documents refers to the nec-
d essity "for transporting a hundred
cuse, °'W"ell, I was driving within the
speed limit." It seems to me that if
that type of 'driver had placed up-
on him the direct and definite re-
sponsibility of at all times maintain-
ing a speed limit that was safe, hav-
ing regard to the circumstances,
-there would be a distinct improve-
ment in the conditions of driving up-
on the highways, In other words,
the responsibilty would be personal
and individual rather than general,
and I venture to suggest that there
would be a very prompt response
from the driving public
maids to Virginia to be made wives."
Quaint terminology characterises
thepapers found. They appear to
the actual minutes of meetings, min-
utes taken .down on a quire of fools-
cap by the secretary, or scribe, of the
company, one Samuel Smith.
Rennote control was frowned upon.
Witness: "Mr. Perient Trott pro-
pounded to the Board that wherea•i
the designs of advancing the whale
fishing was retarded and prejudiced
by being managed in such hands as
did not, neither could attend that af-
fair . • . to appoint a committee who
could' and would handle the whole
business, both here in England and
n the Sommer Islands.
Page
NICE TO LIVE IN, THE SMALL
TOWN
Bless the small towns of the world.:
Many' who have answered the call of
the .big cities have been glad to re-
turn to the : friendliness and rests
strenuous pace of "Slain Street," It
is heart-warming to he greeted by
your first name by those you meet,
rather than with an impersonal
glance. It is encouraging to count
for Somethingin the community en
1'erpises without being .a millionaire.
It is stabilizing- to live in a nei,gh-
borhoodwhere.a_ ll the homes are oc-
cupied by their owners. It is a
social asset to be able to see your
friends easily and fn'equently. It is
good to establish your, children where
name •ineans something. It , is sweet
to be in your .home town when the
inevitable sorrow enters your life,
and when you reach the mountain-
top of happiness.
•—•Picton (N.S.) Advocate„
RECORD RUNS MADE
BY DINING CARS
•
The establishment of a dining car -
rim of 1,440 smiles, from St. Albans
to Winnipeg, Man., by the Canadian
National and Central Vermont RaiI-
ways, is believed to constitute a'
ing ear long-distance record not eq..
nailed by a similar service in the•
country.
The round trip of 2,884 miles is
made by one crew, seven cars and_
seven crews being in continuous ser -
viceet
b ween the two widely -separat-
ed points.
The through diners are operated on.
The Montrealer from St. Albans to
Montreal and on The Continental
Limited between the Canadian met-
ropolis and Winnipeg. Provisions,
are taken aboard at supply stations
conveniently located along the 1,442
mild stretch.
Sportsman Is Recovering
le
Philiplabad a pleaasant life at 0oI-
g r yang football, tennis .ansa
ell the harts that youth {ggVvpp��
Then his lather diet and 'PisuIp
ad to de tt lob. Y;1s work was
tme for s,lay�lingthehhhfreeshraairittl .
cold and a bad cough resulted In a
lona• spell or illness, which finally
sent him to the Muakohu Hospital
for Consumptives.
thet espoiiehced tmedtgaitattenfiont
kindly nursing rest and good tied
are remelting this young Canadian
Into a sturdy self-supporting mo,
once more. ' i have gained 2�R.
pounds," Phlllp says prnudty, .and
I am just about right again, I wilt -
be glad to gat back to work and
help mother and the Icicle at home,"
There Is high hope that his wishes
w1fl be fulflIed.
For this splendid work, muter• Is.
*urgent needed. Would you not
•
228 CnIlege St, Toronto will gat,.
receive it.
doubling a Detail
mousiness in 5 Years
AN
ADVERTISEMENT
ADDRESSED TO
To double a retail business
in five years, add 15 per
cent. to the Sales of the
preceding year. At the
end of five years, sales
will be double their pre- -
sent amount.
Increasing one's sales to the extent of 15 per
cent. per annum can be accomplished in
two main ways. Thus:
1. Increase the amount of eacli sales trans,
action 'by an average of 15 per cent.
(Note; This is not the same as raising
your prices 15 percent. To do that would
he fatal, even if possible).
2. Increase the number of customers served
daily to the extent of 15. per cent.
Good salesmanship will enable a retailer to
raise the leveliof his average sales transaction
with advantage toe. (both his . customer and Mans
self. Thus, a well-informed buyer will -readily
pay 20. Cents or. 25 cents more far a pair of
gloves or stockings or shoes, or for a piece of
OUR
LOCAL
RETAILERS
enamelware, if the better value of the higher -
priced article is well presented.
But the better way of raising sales to the ex-
tent of 15 percent is to increase the number of
your custosuers.
Customs increase comes from (1) satisfactory
service, (2)' satiefaotory goods and prices; (3)
geed window displays; and (4) good advertise-
ments its this newspaper.
Men and women buyers always ,rani; to be
informed, in their homes, 'by newspaper adver-
tisements, about things which they plan to buy;
and they are responsive to retailers' invitations.
Also, they . like to. see the advertisements of
those 'retailers whose customers they .are.
A SILENT RETAILER CAN HARDLY HOPE TO INCREASE' HIS
'BUSINESS AND IT'S PRETTY CERTAIN HE WON'T'
DOUBLE IT IN FIVE 'YEARS. -