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The Clinton News Record, 1926-07-15, Page 1ittp.. 3 6 48th Ye ° ,. EMBER PEABtlHf. WITll. •W IICH_ S -INCORPORATED CLINTON NEW < ERA CLINTON,, ONTARIO, •`'r1IURSDAY,.JULY 13, •I92t SE1A1)_? 'expert 'Optician it ine - , aux¶ undI Ex Your Eyes, FREE! 11 Glasses F>atted'.nd Repaired SgE `US"ABOUT TOUR SIGHT. ,. af. Ytelt4ar JEWELER and OPTOMETRIST.., Sale of all Dresses in S,tock - 1 percent. to 20 percent off regular prices. Including Fugis,Rayons , broadcloths, crepes and voiles. This sale is to substantially reduce our stvclr which we find heavier. than usual on account of the lack of warm weather. ' THE .HOME ` PAPER Advertising made it ,the biggest seller for years. They: stopped advertising, sales dropped, LOCAL MARKETS. Wheat,• $1.30. Oats; 45c to 5'0c. .Buekwheat, 70c. Barleiv' 6dc. Eggs, 18e to 26c. Butter, 20c to 32e. Live Slogs, $13.50. ENGAGEMENTS ANNO,Ir1NCED. Mr. and MTs 0. W. Potter an nounce the engagement ;of their youngest daughter, Lillian Mildred, to Louis W. Dippell,, B.A.,' of Renfrew, only son of err. and Mrs, G. Dippell of Walkerton, the marriage to take, place quietly in July. Mrs, Harriet Levis announces the engagement of Iter youngest daugh- ter, Edna, to Mr. Allan Grant Syl vester, son of Mrs. E. A. Sylvester and the late J. =E.' Sylvester of Tor- onto, the marriage to 'take place the latter part of July. DEATH': OF MRS. BLACKER. • er i BALLOTS HERE IN'S GET YOUR. PONY .CONTEST 1 %t iUTFITTING! Right ht now, when the thermometer is beginning',tb flirt with the. eighties is when our stock of. Thin Things will be :appreciated. - We've been getting ready -fbr:tltis �v • weather for some time.-- Step in and take a, look at our summer Suits and Toggery. Suits in'Titmice.). Worsted and Light Tweeds $15,00, $16.5i -to $25.00 Odd Trousersin White Ducks Paine Beach and Flannels : $3.00,-$3.50, $,5.00 to $8.50 lets and, Balbriggan Und rtvear Cool Ath c . �. $1.50 and $2.00 per Suit `i patterns and made' by: the best -takers Soft Shirts in choice $1.50, $2,00, $2.50 to $3.50 M• em,srBa thin (Suits its all wool,in aevarse ty of patterns te rns "SUecial at $2.50 am -Hats-New Shapes Straw and Pah a , 'F 50c, $1.00 $ 1.25, $1.50 to $6.50 t fiRISK. cLoTH1Ng Ci J Square Deal for Every Mali' Elizabeth Warrener, widow of T. Blacker; died at her hothe on Friday a£ternoo , 'in, her 83rd year. She: suf- fered a stroke of paralysis. -two years ago; and though she recovered suffic- iently to .be- able to go'about the house, the had been in poor health for some time past. The deceased was born in: Yorkshire, England, com- ing to this country aver 60 years ago, with her husband. Herlifesince then had been spent in Clinton andvicin- ity. She is survived by ,two sons, Charles, of Effie, Minnesota, and Ern- est, of Hullett township, and one 'daughter, Mrs. McGehee of London. The youngest on, Robert James, was a gunner to the 102nd.overseas 'bat- talion, and died of wounds received in France on August 11, 1915. TILE eW>•NNEPS TO DATE. '„The f ollowing. ale the leader- in the Pony Contest to date: Douglas4Kennedy ..... ;......290,525 Pete Cantelon .262,325 R. Crawford ... 54;075 R. Brown ,. , :-. 34,800 There, are still chances for some- one to bring ins, a bunch+,of new or re- newal enewal subscriptions, which would swell the number ofvotes surprising- ly. �.. BOWLING TOURNAMENT. The 'local, lady bowlers bad a little tqurnaincnt . .yesterday afternoon, playing for 'prizes givenby the presi- dent, Mrs.-Zapfe, The :winning_xinks were made up as follows: Mrs. Blacker was a member of the former Methodist, now "Tufted. church, being connected with Ontario street church, - " • , , :. 1.` :• The funeral service was eandueted at her late residence, Xtattenbury street on Sunday afteihtoon, by Rev. A. A. Holmes, The bearers were Loren Tyndall, Wen. and Ralph Tip - lady, S. Wasman, Thos. and George Shipley. Interment was . made _e in Clinton cemetery. Mrs. G. D. Roberton,. Mrs. Combo, Mrs. Rutnball,' Miss Iiowsonskip. Mrs. P. Jackson Mrs. Atkinson, Miss Grainger, Mrs. 4McMurchie-/ ekle. The winners of the first prise re- ceived -bowlers' measgers, the eon.- eel -Aeon prizes were boevl nets.; The ladies, •„expect th.e,,,,Stratford bowlers nee for a Teti -tete match on Jply 27th.,. SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS. AMONG THE CHURCHES. ' Pesbyterian Church Service in the Baptist church on Sunday rat 11 o'oloek. Subject: "The Statute of a Man."' Sunday school at 1.0:'•o'olock: Picnic at Bayfield sea Wednesday, July 21st. Cars will leave the cbureh at 10 o'clock. Baptist •Church The following students of Clinton Collegiate have been successful in passing the recent examinations its connection with the several Normal' Schools and are now qualified' to, teach: Linnie I. Nediger, Mary R. Stew-' art, Olive Lawrence, Estella Marquis, Arnold Weiner, Ray Getter, Grace Geddes ;Catherine Beaton, Nina° E. Heard,' W. Kenneth. Rorke and Gor- don E. Ball, ;Some of these have already secured schools, Miss: Marquis 'had a school offered her before she left Normal and Mr. Ray Carter takes a position on the staff of the Toronto schools, ENTRANCE RESULTS' The results of the reeetrt Entrance Examinations will be found on page seven of this issue. • The .results for Clinton and vicinity have been posted up in The News-Record,.window sinee Monday. ee THEY of "S. -.B" LAVING CLINTON. As we go to press we learn that Mr. S, B. Stothers, who has,been- Ag- ricultural -'Representative- for Huron County for some years, has resigned and las accepted an 'appointment to the Essex ofTjiees, Ile will take over Isis 'new work as soon as arrange- -Smuts can be snide Mee Stothers will be missed in Clanton as well as to his work .in the county. LITTLE LOCALS The Ontario street United church choir held a;"picnic at Bayfield ;yes- terday afternoon. Rev. J. le. McCormack of Brace - bridge has accepted a unanimous call to the Clinton and Auburn Baptist churches. He' is expected to begin his ministryein September. Mr. McCormick will occupy the pulpit of the church t' next Sunday evening.' - Rev. ,Mx. Getter of Sault Ste, Marie preached in this church very accept- ably last Sunday; Ontario street United Church The subjects to be taken on Sunday by the Rev. A. A. Hell -nes: Morning: "The everlasting Kingdon and its Glory'" Evening: "A. Wise Man's Verdiet one Pleasere." Wesley -Willis United Church The Rev. J. E. I3ogg's subjects 00 Sunday will be: *Morning: "The Call of Moses." Evening: "The Thirst of the Sour." A congregational meeting will be field in the church this - evening- at eight o'clock St. Paul's Church Mn W. H. H:ellyar aid family at- tended the Jewellers' Association pic- nic ,at" •Stratford" yesterday. ;Mr. and Mrs. Teeter . thi's week moved . their household., effects- to Toronto, where they intend to reside. Mr. Kenneth Hunt has taken position in the office of the Toronto' Daily. Star and left .the other day.to assume ,his duties. Mrs. S. •Ra:thwell, who is at pre- sent at the home of her daughter, Mrs.- P. Plumsteel, had a gathering of her .family,,,' one Monday,all being present. 'Mrs. Ratheeel'1 is ' in her eighty-third•eyear.- In our report ofthe coiainunity Ser•-; vice. in the Chautauqua tent a weele ago we inadvertently omitted to men=' tion the saxophone and cornet' solos of Mr. Morgan' Agnew, -which were espeeiallyeenjoyed by those. present., Susie Livermore earns, off bhe. banner in the Clinton class; obtaining the highest' -marks, 597. She did not take the highest marks 'of those writ- ing in Clinton, howevef, that honour being won; by Marion Forbes of No. 12; Hallett, who had 607 to her credit. • The highest marks in €he=°EastIiuron Inspectorate was made by Alice Ser mon, ' No. •8; McKillop, .,who obtained 670. The highest rnarlcs obtained- in the West Huron . Inspectorate''wes' Sutherland of William Su t taken -b • 687, tat n y Wr Central,Sohool, Goderieh. Londesboro ter. and Mrs. Bert Brundson and family are visiting the foiuter's par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Will,Brundson. .Miss Mary Knox,-B.A., of Orono is visiting''Miss Blanche Snell. • Mr. and Ms. George Hicks and family of Centralia spent Sunday With Mr. and Mrs: Alex. 1y."r• - A SISTER DIES, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. ,Sampson- and Miss Susie spent the week -end with relatives here, -Mr. and:Mtg. Jack Moon and sou of Toronto spent tate week -end with re- latives here. • - ' ,Miss Ella Armstrong of - Constance spent the week -end with her broth- er, Mr. J. Armstrong: Messrs. A1ber:Shaddock and Cecil Griffiths epent theweek-end:.ai<,their hones. Mrs. F. Johnston and Miss Helen are visiting friends in ,Qederich. Nisei Marjorie Colson sgent 'the, `week end with Miss Elsie Manning. Mr: Wellingion McCo le of Toronto is speeding his vacatiein at his home here, : ' ' Miss Myrtle Grtainger of Toronto is The following from a recent issee visiting her mother, Mrs. J. Grainger. of the Wocdstoek Sentinel -Review re- Mrs, Ed. and 'Miss Jean Mogr,°idge Pers to the death of a sister of Mr. E. of Placentia, Calif., spent:. a few days G• Saville of Clinton: - of last week with Mrs. Chas. Man - The z:luirreh :'was packets •to its doors en Sunday evening for. the parade of members of Murphy Lodge, No. 710, also --embers of lodges in the surrounding district. Rev. S. E. Mcleegnty, of London, a. former rec- tor ofSt. Pawl's was the preacher. 'Twenty ladies of the L. O. B. A. and two hundred and twenty Orange=' Iken were present, which was the largest fraternal parade the church has had. The service was conducted by- Rev. L. C. Harrison, rector. Rev. S. E. McKegney took as his aubjeet, the fourth chapter of the book of .Joshua, which had been'read tee the first - lesson. He referred to „the growth, strength and dietinetive- + gess of the,Jewrsh oration, .'Though- they have been -scattered abroad over• "The 1e+netal'of the late Mrs. Eliza Jane Mercer, relict of the late S. H. Mercer, wee held yesterday afternoon from the residence of her son, James W. Mercer506 Mary s ee , the ser n1'ng. Mr. Will Longman of London- is visiting relatives in the community. here S. Ellis of London isr visiting r nr , Misses Flossie ' and brebel Bem- vice being' conducted by the. Rev. E. steed and little ttephew of McBum- -were visitors of Mrs. Chas. Manning: MTs. Wallace Allen, _is visiting aford Gilfillan Thompson, pastor of Knox, s a n Preebyterlan church, of which the de - teased had been a member for"a num- beie of .yemis. The . a i The Orange Celebration an Clinton - Mitchell Lodge No. 908. which won first prize as the largest and best dr'essed"lodge. , Stratfford Ladies' Lodge which won the prize as the largest ladies' lodge. Huron and Perth` Orangemen, Nearly" r3,00(P Strong, Marched in Clinton on today. • Twelve Thousand People were Present for the Celebration: and a Most Enjoyable Day Resulted. Monday was a gala day in Clinton, when the members of the Orange Order from the districts of North mai.. South Enron and . North and South Perth and lsornce lodges frons Bruce County. g te the Battle of the Boyne. The morning dawned rather gloomy and all forenoon' the'"clouds looked. threatening and a few light showers fell, hut abort noon the sky cleared and the remainder of' the day was ideal, pleasanter than. it would have been without the rain, which settled the dust and cooled' the air. ¶Early the'pegple began to gather, coming in in 'cars, by train and by horse vehicles, the crowd being esti- mated .at •between, twelve and fifteen thousand. A' special train brought` last week. four or five hundred from Stratford, late/ MTS. Mercer in her -May came by train from the north three sons and five mother, Mrs. E. Bell. and west and all day long the side is survived by We are glad to report that Mr. Wil- streets and every available parking daughtere,lilalso one brother, Edwin lie Wells is improving greatly, place was filled with cats. Saville, of- Clinton, Ont. The large A good game of softball was played The town was fairly -well deedate of flotal.".offerings testified here las$:Wednesday night, when the ed,although 'Most of us could have the high esteem in 'which the de- Brucefieldegirls met Londesboro girls, doe a little better. Evergreen ceased was : held. Interment was.The-ondesboro girls- played -well brit arches were placed across the road the in the Presbyterian cemetery; +Brucefield was ton fast for them and the following acting . as pallbearers: at'the entrances - to the town and' ,most of the business places had scene - thing in the way of decoration. The Rattenbury House ¶tad -ars arch before its entrance and on top of it, in a cage; the Orange goat, gaily dec- orated with ribbons, passed a prom,' inent and happy day. His Goatship created nota little interest during the day to visitor's: The -window of the Hardware and Furniture Company won :the prize and also created much interest. In it were shown some old thee Orangemen playing the fife and drum, while the colors and a great display of flags added color to the scheme. But, of course, at an Orange cele- bration the Walk's the thing, and cer- tainly tis was a great Walk, , It reached over a mile and a half and tools an hour and five minutes eo pass 'the face of the earth, hate been im- posed auopti and 'robbed, yet they have remained ; distinct." "A tieople set apart." This, the -speaker pointed out, to be on account of their adherence to the laws of 'God., "All ; things come fror"s soul growth," said Mr. Ni'cKegney.' "We -hand, on what we have received:; from those who.have: 'gone before.". He -referred to the rightful liiierties of 'nations, which have been won only by. fi:erce'struggles, by warfare and 'revolutions. "For 700, years the lirit•- ish natiojn has -been :working: at;h e problem of national liberty. 'Ti a. large extent we are living in a dan- gerous age: No pian has a right to interfere with another man's thoughts. God uses nations to, teach .n the _Ii has ' been n5r world. s g thee 1 one 'the world n British Nation 'to teach w Brit t 1 great lesson, the lesson of liberty. National liberty is more than: life oe death. ,The people of Canada today should nter God's house to`Mar•the message of the:Gospel, not a ;'political discourse. The people should ''i t be told lrorn the pulpit on Sunday bow 11 r 'their VOlit at the o they hould cast p „ oda. on*Ln y In cortcludbtg Mr, rl'IeKegney re- ferred to the high ideals and aims of the Orange Order and of the great part they have played since 1683 in the fight 1 or national liberty., B. S. Rennie,' William Pascoe, Ed. Barr, James McIntosh, Arthur Bev - vett and William Rowe." People -You Knew they won with a good margin. Rev, 11. C. and Mrs. Baine of Att- wood visited friends here recently. •Mr. and Mrs. Dunn of Detroit were guests of friends: here a few days the past week. *Miss Griffiths of` Pittsburg, formerly Quite a number from .here took in of G'oderich, Is :visiting Mrs, 1'. J. the -1205 an Clinton. Watt. - � Mr..and lies. W. Mountain motored to Ethel and spent a day with friends Mr, and Mrs. Dodds and Miss .Irene called on friends here on their way to 'Owen Sound.' ' Mr. and Mrs. Win. Sheppard, Huron street, spent" the week -end with Blyth friends. Mrs. Eberhart of 'Mitchell visited her ,niece, Mrs. Frank' Layton, and he - brother, brother, 11Ir. "R. Pepper, this week Mr. and Mrs W., Hiles , and Mr. and Mrs. George "Neal of Battle Creek, Mich., spent a few days last week with Lucknow' friends. Mr. and Mrs. Neal returning to Battle Creek on Thursday last. `the Brunswick" Trio from 2 to '4 Mn, and Mas• James Elsley of Londes-; o'clock, sports from 4 to 5 o'clock. boyo, accompanied' by Mr. and Mrs. Tea will lee served at 5 o'clock. Ball - games after tea,, g Mee and ,,-Mrs. ,Jos. Yungblut'and Mr. "and Mrs. Wm-: Griffith spent Sun- day at,. -the home .of Mr, and Mrs. Wagner, the Maitland Block, near Auburn. Mr, and Mrs. J. Carter were in Listowel last week. Mr. Fingland, who underwent 'a critical operation= in the ;Londoix hos- pital, is improving slowly. ' The Women's hnstitete• ',vie hold: their nnual picnic at the home of Mr. th music am July28 by W .Brih on Brigham Jackson said that the Orangemen, or any organization which behaved it- self as well as „this one was doing,, was welcome to Clinton at any. time:. He reviewed briefly the history' of. the Order and 'declared that the victory at the Boyne brought roligiosus lib- erty alike to Protestant and Catholic. He said as lie understood at Orange- men had no. objection • at all to th Catholic religiomti it waseonly when it was used for politidal purposes that objection was made, Everyone was entitled, to hie own opinion, provided he didn't try to cram that opinion down another man's throat. He thought the Orange Order stood for national liberty and in speaking of the Orangeman's reverence for the open Bible he told of the answer of is Queen Victoria -to the native Prince when 'he asked her what was, the sec- I!' ret of England's greatness'and she r' Minded him aagl open bible saying: "'this is the secret of England's greatness." - Rev. Mr, Capper of Mitchell spokes, of .the effort recently; shade td have separate schools in Alberta. Ile•main- tained ain tained that no province had any righty 'to ,sepavate'schoels except those pro- vided for in the 'British North Amer- ican Act. He thought tliet'for .susity in' Canada we should have ane flag and one school: Mr. Gray4 before conmtencitig his speech, •introduced ,two venerable'' Orangemen' who were on the plat- form, 11%x. W. B. Webb of Stratford, ^. who is in his 93rd' year; Mr. J Ful- ton of Walton, who is in his 99th; year, and Mr. David Beacom, who is sit his 100th year, The former two Were seated; en the platform.; ."Davy was 'in the ;grandstand hurt the speak- er Teak er asked: him: to stand, so the audiefice could see him. Mr. Gray thought if Canada was to have en 'anthem, aside from the' ea- tional Anthem,- it should' be "The Maple Leaf," a. also thought that Bien Tyeriean of Seaforth, arrived.' in Clinton: after a trip to Blenheim, Leamington and Detroit and have been spending a fen days with Mr. and Mrs.. W. Hiles. -Me. Fred Austin of . Blyth' and. his brother, . Mt `Thomas Austin of Dawn, -Missouri, were in Clinton on Monday taking .in the Orange oelehratien, has lint Henson of•(Toronto. Mrs• C leen visiting her mother,„ -Mrs. Fel- land, ol,- land,:"fora week. Winnipeg.is Mrs. A. McLean of spending the summer with her sis-: ter, Mrs. 1Dram I1511, Clinton, and Mrs. le J. 'Watkins, , Summerhill, and other friends hereabouts, , of Brock- ville .R. Stevenson S and rs Mr an visited last week with the fermer's brother, Mr. W. J. Steven- son of town. hirton of Dunnville is .•Miss -Dorothy S the ,guest this week of Miss Dore-. thy 'Reek°, • n Mrs, I 'Mrs. I{.'F'erguson and Mr and Jeim Ferguson site¶ children 01 Tor. 1e week -end ' t the • the- a ens nto spent p Roger> ' `er Mrs 'r sister, g of her ]routet Pepper, - Pheobo Densmore of Croaked Miss River, Sask., is spending the sum- mer veation with her sister, Mas. le - A, Roberton. - Varna ' ' The Anglican„ church s1lrawb e6.ry festivals held on Dr. Moffatt's lavns oil Friday evening, proved a success, regardless of the rain, both socially and financially: Several ihundreds of people attended; and all had a. good time, enjoying thee beauty of the points of their several 1 to and . ands n grounds Wer s t d fie -Weep, as interest, the the good supper -and • music of. the Zurich Brass Band, `Dr. and 'Mrs. Moffatt willremsin here, at their. country home, for some- time, entertaining old friends in'the. neighborhood, and several house ,par- ties of young people from London MTS. 1t M S. r 'points.; At present 1 other 1 and p her, ,and C maC eros s the o , Moffatt, d A M Murray his •sister, Mrs. W. L. Mur y of Ottawa, her children, Master Walter nd ''Miss Betty, and Mies Gertrude o 'a given point. Then, it ewe only +hadfor unity we should, have one school.. quantity but quality, as well. There "The Public School," he declared, "is., were fifty-four dodges; in the parade, the great melting pot of the nation.". risin •-over 2,500' members, and ilecongratiatetl`the ladies on•their a'nig part in the good showing and ,told the men they a'numbei list not take parade. All looked foie, so me mak- would have to "look:to•;then laurels" ing a -very attractive appearance, ow- or: _they would be left beluncl.' kA ingto their natty uniforms. The Rev. 8. 'E• 1k/deem-ley, who spoke, twenty betide livened, things up eon- to many of his old f1ienkls, who were side5 rabl . The Clinton'Krittes, in full glad to again hear his voice and see' uniform, headed the parade .and thehis friendly smile, said the Orange othere were ,sprinkled throughout, Order stood, for loyalty to the Em_ The several ladies' and juvenile -'ire and to the old flag. He declared` lodges added interest and beauty to that all peoples, Protestant and Cath - the 'scene.the e- ...British. olic alike, enjoyed -tore liberty under On the arrival of the parade at Rflag than anywhere else erection Pails the speaking took place' in the world. He ' said Orangemen from. a Specially pre;,iared platform an had no quarrel with the Catholic re - front of theold grandstand, which. Heim it sass telly when the Catholic only accormnodated about, a . quarter Chtn'ch was used,' as apolitical or. p that:objection was made' of the pec" le who wished -to listen0anee:Aloe , B £oxe the s eakm g c'onmencei the 3eab 'objected l to the effort to give C t re platform was moved" beck two or ada a separate flag, declared hat the three lengths' of itself to allow the ;flegefor which eso many of our yotin eo le to come in in front Pf .it. Canadians died was good eiliough f ol P P • The eclvertised speakers were A. A. us to live. under,..' Be' thought tlis Gray, past Grand Mastery of Ontario' Church, 1'rotastant and Catltoli West, 1 Wand theeRev. S. E. h7'eTregneY,- 'should key out , of politics; neitbc Deputy-Gramid Gsaplaini of 'Ontario priest nor preacher' had any right t West. In addition the .Rev. R. C. tell his people how they were to yot( Capper er of Mitchell e11 s ole briefly. The Bible should not only be l af Mr.B.Rathwe11,Comity *Irstem open on thealter inthe lodge icor occupied the chair and atter a word but should be read in the -homes an of>congratulation ,on tho success of taught to the children. "Young Car leforel n are their house the day he callecd-on Mayor Jackson -- guests. of Lot„ o , 1 ddresS of welcome. Mayor . , (Continued on Page 4), guests. tor. an a