HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1931-12-31, Page 3HURS., DEC. 31, 1931
ounty News.
Happenings in the County
and District.
GODiEiICII: Santa Claus visited
the '^Children's Shelter where the
house was ; • gaily decorated with
Christmas ''colorsof red and 'green.,
Tlie gorgeous tree prettily festooned
was the centre of attraction and was
ladened with gifts for the children.
Mrs. Oliver received the seventy-five
people who came to enjoy the con-
cert provided by Victoria Street Uni-
ted Church and IKngx Presbyterial!;
Church in charge of -Rev. Mr. Craik
and Rev. Mr, Lane, respectively and
by St. -George's, church conducted by.
G. B. Davies. A ,very happy evening
I was delightfully enjoyed particularly
by the little ones who were generous,
ly remembered by many friends.
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SEAFORTH: •Mr. and Mrs. Sid
ney Jacobs, two of Seafortli's oldest
and most highly esteemed residents
celebrated their fifty-ninth anniver-
nary of their wedding on Christmas
Day when they were the recipients
of hearty congratulations from many
friends and w0.1 wishers, The cou-
ple are in fairly good health and are
two of the most beloved pioneers of
.the community,
GODE1 ICH: There will be no in-
quest held into the death of Peter
Cook, age 65, whose lifeless body
was' found hanging from a rope in
his barn last Saturday, Coroner Dr.
A. C. Hunter, of .Goderich, has eon-
ducted an investigation and gives.
-the cause of death as strangulation,
self-inflicted: Cook'' was a well-to-do
farmer on the 12th concession of
Ashfield, Township, in the Lucknow
section. Last Saturday morning he
told his wife and son that he was go-
ing to the barn to throw down some.
hay. When he did not return . as
soon as expected the son went to the
barn and made the gruesome discov-
ery. Before leaving for the barn.
the deceased gave his wife 3100 in
cash " W cat's .this for, a 'Christmas
box?"' she asked.- "You will prob-
ably need it," is the reply attributed
to the husband. He leaves a wife and
one son. It is said that the man had
been brooding over a drainage dis..
pate !of three years' standing.
SEA/FORTH: The annual reunion
dance of the 'Seaforth Collegiate In-
stitute Alumni ;A'ssociation, which
was held its" Cardno's Opera Hall on
Christmas night, was one of the
most enjoyable social events of the
season and was well attended. Ex-
cellent music was provided by Olin
Brown's Winter Garden Orchestra,
of Stratford. -
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GiA1NGTINEWS
^oCoI.Hu:hClar
And if you don't succeed in ma
ng a better mouse -trap it may b
he wolf that will make a beat
ath to your door.
1
k- • If you are not satisfied with the
e Lenz or Culbertson systems of play -
en ing bridge you can go back to work.
Die Finegan of the Eastman
eaehing Films declares that George
'ashington never cut down a cherry
'se in his life. Glad to hear it be-
im it dispels the suspicion that he
t down the tree and then went and
ed about it. •
Lions in captivity grow longer
raves than those living in a wild
tate. iolarried men, on the other
and -
Edison died without inventing
ome contrivance which would pre-
ent book agents going from door to
loor to sell his life dearly.
The result of the '.ate war can
hardly be advanced as an argument
n favor of swollen armaments, fa
he only country that had reached
he peak of preparedness was van-
uished by 'countries that ever lag -
'ed in war. Every nation requires
protective farce just as every city
Ind' town must have its police; but
he nation that goes madly into mili-
arism is certain to rush, or be rush-
ed, madly into war. The boxer or
eslter who spends time and money
braining into the pink of condition
toes not do it that he may defend
2itnself in the event of his being ,at -
:kicked. He and his backers would
re woefully disappointed if they dill
lot manage to stage a fight while
to was at his best.
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A. woman writes that her 1931
icense plate is just as good as new
ind demands that she be allowed to
!se it this year. We have a 1931 tax
eeeipt in almost perfect condition,
oo.
Gandhi is so set in his ways about
ress that he won't change, but he
xpected King George and the Pope
o waive their ries' in his case. He
of away with it at Buckingham
'glace but not at the Vatican, and
he little Indian lawyer has a haif-
otion to .join the K.K.K. If .the
lansnien will give up the hood and
hroud and adoptthe shawl and lout
loot.
A ladies journal in the United
tates tells how to brew a good pot
1
tea. An excellent way is, to doit
ie way its not generally done in the
nited States.
In working out a cross -word pus -
e we discovered that the; word sig-
ifying a premium on foreign ex -
lenge is "agio." We had heard it'
o-iled other names, but never that.
An anonymous correspondent finds
fault with several references in this
column to the Mahatma, but it is
nothing to what he (or she) would
say if eve went about dressed as
Gandhi was in London.
On the other hand, no reasonable
man can expect salaries always to
go up when times are good and ve,
main stationary when times are bath
In that bridge game the contestants
called each other by the Christian
name, and several others.
An organization of farmers is ask-
ing' that the fees of specialists be
scaled down, In advocating it, one
speaker said that while many people
recoverfrom disease 'because of an
operation, very few farmers recover
from the
A friend suggests as a means of
saving money in fuel (and exchange)
during the whiter, that in towns and
villages with two or three churches,
they join together and use only one
church, allotting time by agreement
among the various denominations. It
is a very good suggestion but it.
won't save any money because it
won't be acted upon.
Kibitzers watching the Lenz -Cul-
bertson contest irritated some of the
players. There was once an Irishman
standing behind d euchre player and
not only watching the game closely
but a'so' making. frequent comments
of disapproval. "Whys 'playing\this
game anyway, you or I?" said the
player angrily. "Neither of us," re-
plied the Irish Kibitzer...,
'Since the census returns were pub-
lished, several places have expressed
disappointment because the figures
showed they bad not increased in
size. But what virtue has bulk? A
big man does not withstand the
rigors of struggle and the ravages
of disease as 'we1L as the man of
medium 5150 does, and a survey of
conditions during the past two years
discloses that there is .less unemploy-
ment and distress in small centres
proportionally than there is in the
larger places. Despite not the day of
'small things. There are little coun-
tries in this world far better off
than any 'of the great nations, and
there are small towns and villages in
Canada with no unemployment, no
distress, no •bonded indebtedness, a
low assessment and a low tax rate.
Let swollen;: cities vaunt their pro-
gress if they will: There 'is no noerit
in corpulence,
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD:
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4=ico co . tori
0 , HOW- MY WORLD
11 WAGS '
By That Ancient Mariner
Dean D. liurldy. p
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Holidays' are here again, -
Girls andboys at home convene.
Oh, the noisy times we Have!
Oh, the static in my beam
Yet we just adore the din,
And we're, glad they're back to town
Rather than one stay sway,
Let then tear the whole place „down:'
Next year being Leap Year, the
bachelors., of .C'anada should retain
Ethel Catherwood to give them the
low dawn onthe high leap. Safety
first, boys,
Christmas cards! Christmas cards!
Sentiments by unknown bards.
Bad as mine oft -times their verse;
(But I couldn't say it's worse)
Yet I love it when .my friends,
Each to yours sincerely sends,
With their very kind regards,
Even one -cent Chistmas cards.
PRIMITIVE FOODS
Perhaps you were ane of. the un-
fortunate or foolish ones who had
turkey and plum pudding and dysl
pepsia for Christmas, and therefore
your intelligence quotient probably.
rates at about 96 (or,maybo it is 69
I mean). This makes you a fit
subject for scientific investigation.
In this connection, Dr. Mischa
Snootzski, the great Russian scien=
• tist, and a very nice chap, whose fam-
ily I formerly knew ,quite intimately
—this mother used to wash and iron
for us—has recently published the
results.of his life-long studiesof the
free-swimming larvae of the Middle
Cambrian shales.
Peekin' Into the Larva Life
He finds (and his conclusions are
irrefutable to one as ignorant of the
subject as I) that only the larvae'
with will -power and self-restraint
survive the 'teen age. Those inclin-
ed to be dissipated ginks and high
livers often fold up in the alley and
pass out forever. And long before
they are old enough to vote;•think of
that, (heaven's sakel
In illustration of this contention.
Dr. Snootzski has written a masterly.
essay upon the career of a young lar-
va who was named Caesar by hip!
mother. Caesar belonged to the sea
cucumber fainly, and, after he pas-
sed from the vup:t stage, became an
earwig, and finally was able to re-
tire
etire -comfortably for life in the
Eustachian tubo of a Roman gladia-
tor.
Career of Caesar, the Earwig
Well, this here Caesar became very
very fond of mince pie. Like all the
echinoderms, he was able to break
off portions of hinself under the
stimulus of danger, or to get out of
a difficult situation. Indigestion of-
ten drove him to this frightful act.
And all these parts became complete
individuals, so that soon there were
many Caesars, and they ate up all
*the trainee pie. Which made the real
Caesar pretty mad.
Oh me, oh' my! What did this
cunning little fellow do but run a-
mok, and kill all the other Caesars.
Then he caught a bad cold, and serve
him right. But, thank goodness, he
saw the error of bis ways,so he re-
turned to this primitive foods (oyster
shell and pigs' feet), developed into
an honorable earwig, and retired as
described.
Shakespeare, that good old scout,
referred to him thus:
"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend
me your earwigs, •
I conte to bttry.Caesar, not to praise
him."
But Dr. Snooteski thinks it was
very noble of him .to lay off the
trainee pie.
ACHIEVING BEAUTY
I met 'a man ,
I hadn't seen
For sixteen years
Or seventeen.
Upon his neck
The rolls of fat'.
Stuck out beyond
His futile hat.
His tummy—oh,
'Twas oversize;
His bulging cheeks.
Squeezed abut his eyes.
His plural chins i
Hung very low,
And, when he talked,
Wagged to and fro.
What wrought this change?
, One well could guess;
It came front wealth,
Good cheer, success.
Then came that day
Millen all the stocks
Went, whoops my dear,
Upon, the rocks.
Our fattish friend
(Lost :ev'ry dollar,
And lacked the price
Of one clean collar.
ere got so thin
That from Depression,
He gained a grand,
Refined expression.
—Dean D. Huonndy.
A Contributed
Short Resume of Huron
Finances
G. W. Ilolman, County Clerk County expenditures, not ,only the.
The present debenture debt of
County of, Huron is partly the re
pant of the Patriotic Debenture
the cost ' of tuition of 'pupils, but. the
County has to pay each
111- High School and Continuation
of Sebool, in and put of. the County, a
proportion of the debenture debt' or:
cost of building such schools accord-
ing to the County's pupil attend-
ance.46
- The present year, 'the total cost
of High and Continuation 'Schools to
the County was, in the neighborhood
of: 365000, or one and one-half mills.
On. he whole the finances of the,
County are in splendid condition and
compared with other Counties, five
and one half mills on an equalized
assessment of 344,250,000 is very
low, and the several Reeves are to be.
eongratulted on the economic, earn-
est, and capable mannerr in whieij
they have discharged their duties,
and in their very laudible ambition
to not only keep our expenditures -as
low as possible consistent withef-
ficiency, but to realize their • ideal
of a County free from debt.
1015-16-17-18, during the dark days
of the Great War when a total of
9336,000 in debentures was issued.
In the last issue of 1918, one of the
series of that: -year was 320,000 for
15 years'•of which 31500.00 was paid
some years ago, leaving $18500 which
with interest at five and one-half
per cent will ' be 32053.5,00 due in
1933.
Then in 1930 to consilydate the
paving of the Ilighwa is debt from.
Goderich ' en , the Huron Road, and
from Clinton South on the London
Road, 'it was dedided to• issue
3100,000 in 10 -installment debentures.
of 312950.00 :eagle one of which is
paid and nine or $3116550.00 will fall
due during the next nine years,
reeking our. total deben
ture debt with
interest included, $2045.00 plus
3116550.00 or 3137085.00 in all.
The County has been trying to get •
along on th a pay -as -we -go system',
and it was expected we could do this
without increasing our levy which•
the past year was reduced from 7
mills to 6 and one-half, that is 3 and
ane-hay"f for geenral County rate in-
cluding Administration of Justice,
High and Continuation School levies,
Children's Shelter, Mothers' Allow-
ance, etc., one and ane -half mill for
County roads, one-half mill for Old
Age Pensions and 1 mill for Previte,
Bial Highways.
Two years ago the Old Age Pe
sions, a Dominion enactment, cam
into force, and since then we have
had 865 applications for pensions of
which 800. have been granted, The
County's payment on these is 20 per
cent, and in the two years we have
had paid out in the County to these
pensioners, a total of 3242724.32 of
which the County paid 348544.85, the
Province of Ontario $72817.29 and
the Dominion Government 312136,17.
In these payments are intended
those made to inmates of 70 years
of age or over in the House of Re-
fuge. There are at present in the
County Home, as we prefer to call
it, 95 inmates, 16 of whom have been
returned front the Ontario Hospi-
tals, as sufficiently cured to he abl
to mingle with the inmates in the
Home. There have been as many as
50 of these receiving the full pen-
sion, each receiving 3240, and assign.
ing to the County for their keep
3216, retaining .$2 •'per month foe
spending money. In all these 50
pensiopers have handed over to the
County each year 310,800.00 or $21,-
600.00 -in two years, Of this the
County pays 20 per cent, the balance
317280,00 or '38640.00 a year, which
is paid by the Dominion and Pro-
vince together with, that received
from other. paying inmates, and the
produce of the fart i, make that In-
stitution self-sustaining.
COLIBQRNE
A happy and prosperous New Year
to all our readers.
Your correspondent heard crows
cawing on Sunday morning. Why
motor to Florida early? I also heard
others Tuesday preceding Christmas,
At Goderich Hospital en Dee. 1805,
was born to Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Bean a daughter. Congratulations.
Misses Dorothy and Christine Ro-
bertson are 'holidaying with relatives
n- + and friends at Toronto.
e i The United Church held their
Christmas Tree and entertainment
on Tuesday evening, Everybody pre-
sent reports a_good time.
The teacher and pupils of S. 'S. No.
3 held their entertainment on Mon:
day evening. All report a good tithe.
Miss Pau'ine McEwan, teacher of
No. 8, together with her pupils, de-
Iighted their audience on Friday ev-
ening with a Christmas program.
The Presbyterian congregation of
Smith's Hili held their remembrance
of the first Christmas together "'on
Wednesday evening. Recitations
'were given by Chat ie eVatson, Verne
Bean, Charlie Tyndall, Dorothy Watt.
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The Mother's Allowance Act, a
Provincial enactment, came into
force ten years ago, since then we
have had altogether 153 'Mothers or
Foster Mothers being paid from 315
to 350 -per month according to cir;
cumstances, the present number be-
ing 58, who reeeiye on an average
from the County 3865.00 per month,
and an equal amount from the Pro-
vincial Treasurer The expenditure
of the County on this is provided for
in the Countyby a three and one-ha'f
mill levy, and that of the 0'.A. Pen-
sions is provided for by a special
levy of one half a trail].
Our Highways are taken care of
by the Government of Ontario and
the County. All Provincial High-
ways and paved roads are taken
charge of by the Provincial High-
ways Department, and to the cost of
which the County contributes 20
per cent which during past years
has been taken care of by a one
mill levy or about $45000 annually.
Up to the preseht we have not been
billed for the work done last year
from. Exeter South to Centralia, but
it is expected our 0110 mill levy will
nearly take care of that. The High-.
ways Department or Good Readr]
Commission in our: own Council ex-
pend about 3180,000 ,yearly, of which
about 50 per cent is paid by the
Province. This year the Commis-
sion was limited to one and one hal(
mills, of a County levy or a total ex-
penditure of about 3140000, and we
understand this has been kept well
in hand.
The County Councilalso passed a
resolution asking the Province to d'
no • more County paving during the
present depression, and to spend
money necessary to keep up the
roads in our own •Countly, to give to
our own enemployed, employment.
The greatest advance in expend -
tures during the past decade has,
been for schools, the County pay-
ments to High Schools, and .Contin-
uation Sehools have advanced consid
erabiy owing very much to the feet;
that the fee system has bean abol-
ished, and this contribution to. .the
up -keep of our High and Continua-,
tion schools has been placed upory
the Countyboth for County !Schools,
and Adjacent Schools,, to which bac
in recent years been added as • a
large increase in this branch' Of
son, Donna Fisher, Arnold Young,
Helen Young, Ruth Tyndall, a solo by
Charlie:Tyndall; a duet .by Herbert
Green and' John Roes, accompanied
by Muss Jessie Green; a trio by John
Roes, Herbert Green and Ed. Fisher
A tiutt'ber that is always welcomed
was the Tynda! l orhcestra, composed
of four musical instruments. Mr,
Arthur Newton, .who was known
here by older residents, gave a cou-
ple of selections on the violin; -a
saxaphone solo, accompanied by Miss
Dorothy Robertson, was as well re-
celled as ever.
The cahtata "Crowning of Ch ist"
was also Hutch appreciated. All
holidays were,; called by, two tiny
page boys, and given an opportunity
to,:express by .dress and voice theit`t
claim to be the most important holi-
day and 'loved by .the children, but
none is as good as Christmas. Those
taking part are, • pages, Arnold
Young, Chat*'.es Watson; seasons
Charlotte Crawford, Dorothy Watson,
Kathleen' Tyndall, • ;Ruth Tyndall;
New 'Y'ear's Day, Betty Young; Val-
entine Day, Eleanor Tyndall, Victoria
Day,Dorothy Robertson, Isabel Tyn-
dall, Mrs. Harvey Fisher, Ruby Er-
rington; Dominion Day, Harold Wai-
ter; Thanksgiving, Vesta Fisher;
Tiny Tots expressed their view bya
song together. They were Donna
Fisher, Charlie Tyndall, Gerald Fish-
er, a Phy?lis Bean, Verne Bean, This
helped the committee of Mrs. David
Beaen, Roy Errington, chairman of
committee,-M8rgaret Crawford and
Harvey Errington.
Crown Bearer, who was the tin-
iest tot, was Helen Young and crown-
ed Santa Claus, who was Franit
Clark, Others taking part in musi-
cal, numbers were: Mss. Jarvis Mc-
Bride, l'Ielvin Tyndall, Wm. Marsh!
Mrs. A. Errigton. Mr. Gordon Young
acted as chairman and the gathering
was not complete without a- word
from Charlie Robertson, Presents
were then distributed, all getting
something.
AUBURN
Messrs. Thomas Anderson and
Clayton Robertson, who are attend-
ing Queens' University, Kington,
are visiting their respective parents
for the holidays.
Mrs. W. D. Cameron of Guelph
spent Christmas and the week -end
with Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Washington.
A watch night service wila be held
in knox United church on Thursday
evening of this week.
On Wednesday evening last week
the friends of Me, and 'lfrs. Nelson
Hill met in the, Forrester's Hall and
preeaente.d to Me. Hill a smoking
cabinet, to 14Irs.,Hill a sewing cabinet
and to Billie a suns of money. Mr.
J. Robertson in a few fitting words
expressed the sentiments of their
friends and regretted their impend-:
ing departure from this community -
where they have been held in very,
high esteem for so long. Mr. Hill
made a suitable reply and wished
a1', present the eomp;iments ofthe
season, Mr. and -Mrs: Hill expect to
move to Goderich the ,first of the
New •Rear.
1YLiss Ethel Washington of Emsdale
is spending' the holidays with her
parents here.
STANLEY
The following is a report of the
Christmas examinations held at S. Si
No. 4, North Stanley:
,5th—John . Watson, 63; : Beatrice
Houston, 60.
Sr. 40h—Keith Westlake, 63.
Tee 4th—Jean Dunn, 73; Bert:
Greer, 71; Stuart Wlatson, 68; An-•
tionette Rau, 61.
Jr. 3rd -=Jennie Honking, 55; Char
lie Hunking, 51.
Se. 2nd—Billy Armstrong, 88;
Melvin Greer, 84; Gordon Westlake,.
82; Madge Houston, 69; Ethel Wat-
son, 64; Wilfred Rau, 44.
1st—Ilene Gi'eee, 95; Andrew
Rau, 83; George Hunking, 62.
Pr.—Anthony Rau.
Best attendance: Keith Westlake;
Best spellers: Gordon Westlake, Il-
ene Greer, Billy Armstrong, Stuart -
Watson, Bert Greer., Average atten-
dance, 17; number on roll, 19.
Vine E. Herbert, teacher.
ORIGIN OF TOBACCO
According to one explanation to-
bacco takes its name from "lobate"
the name given by Spaniards and
Caribs to the pipes in which they
smoked tobacco in the West Indies,
In turn, "tobaco" is said to take it's
name from Tobago-, the name of the
island where Robinson Crusoe is
supposed to have been marooned.
Tobago is near Trinidad, southerly
island terminal of the Canadian No-
tional Steamship diners, plying from
Halifax.and Boston,
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