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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1927-12-29, Page 3iUMlllut1011S �. A Column Prepared Especially`for Women- But Not Forbidden, to Men V°yas it Emerson who tsaid that 'noth- ing really great or worth while was ever accomplished without enthus- acm'F; It was he or some other wise chap, ;anyway. Nothing sounds truer to me and if . one needed proof what snore convincing proof ' can be Incl 'than the fine way in which the cele - hitt Simon of. Christmas is carried out Year. "Tut, tut!"' scoffs aoineen' 4t1 my ear, "nothing but ,a lotof silly non- sense, encouraged by tradesmen .wire wish to sell their goods to a guliable public. Well, it must' be admitted that, business has gotten behind the Christmas idea and is making the -most of it. But, after all, these -things cannot really spoil Christmas, Unless wo allow it .-to' be so. The great festival can be observed with reverent hearts amid gaiety, laughter and the exchange of gifts. The birth Of the Christ -child call be and is in countless instances, truly honoured in the • gathering together of families,. the entertainingof - lonely •ones, the caring \for and supplying ;with' good. things those less favored. And this is done with a fine enthusiasm and, a disregard of personal comfort or ease which is highly commendable. But, do '"what one will' things are apt to fall pretty flat after Christmas is 'over. It does seern,a pity that soine of this --fine enthusiasm, this thought for others, this Christ -like Spirit of un- 'selfishness oculd not beretained and go to season and make ,worthwhile sour acts throughout the year. Christmas is the holiday of the Year, the peak and high po o a our business and social life. When is over -merchants, who have been pi'c pai'ing for it for months,' begin to. take stock .for the -year to see how much business they hate done. 1 wonder how it would do if we all did something like this, `if we should take stock of ourselves to ascertain, not. what wehave received_ probably we havet-all received much mere than we deserve—but what we have given out. slow much of .ourselves have we gn cis with our gifts; how much of the real Chrir`t;mas Spirit/Was manifest- ed' &urine the Christmas festivities? Perhaps a good deal. I'am not one of those who believe that the world is going to the dogs and everybody is actuated by selfish motives—I've: formd too much of Teal kindness and goodwill for that. Most people are, like ourselves, endeavoring to do the best they can to make the world a - happier place in which to live for someone else. ,,But if it were not so, the only way to help matters is to begin on ourselves; we ran do very little with others, we must work on ourselves ' . the world is to be made ;better. > This might be a good thought for the beginning of the new year, that, not being ' just satisfied :_with our achievements in the, past in the'freat and important 'business -of living, we should resolve to carry with us throughout the year more of the self forgetting, Christmas Spirit. And I heartily ° wish all my readers a very Happy New Year, ' REIBEICA B A Slap at -Ontario. !Cons#altiP0 Among whose , from Toronto who, :bent Christmas with their parents; or friends abonf here were; Mildred. and Clif1oid Britton 1V1 rtle Lawson, :Thelma' Dale, Florence Knox, Jack McQueen,`, Miss ' Blanche Wheatley' and Miss -Josephine Livingston. iltastter.Ilarold (iolclough:,of Blen- heim • spent the ''.holidays:: with hid grandparents, .IVIr. and •; Mrs, , 'lien Riley. ,Mr. and MMlrs, 'Duncan, Tuclor, spent Christmas with. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.'Stanley of Clinton. Mr. 'anti Mrs. Fred Stephenson. and family of Brussels spent' Sunday', at the home of her parents, TvIr• and Mrs. Geo. Riley 11Ir•. Joe Riley,; sr., has purchasers the house and lot formerly -.occupied liv C. Riley, from Mr. Ben Riley. ibur. and Mr.'s, Clarence Clark of Listowel spept Christmas with his „parents, Mr, and Mrs. s. Robt, Clark.' The 'United ' States entomologists most $10,000,000 last year trying to who erected a corn borer exhibit at check the spread. iced States is the International Live $tock' Show in Canada as well' as Un Chicago.peobably felt it necessary to intensely interestecldn corn borer con- -make an example of , some state or trol; but if we in Ontariowt States our province, so they made Ontario the own dirty linen they in iUn itedgoat They set up a miniature field should do the seine. of • cern, badly devastated by corn: Canadian and tStates together borer and on a chart they proclaimed inologists have been working 'that: quite harmoniously in all insect con - "In Ontario, ntario field conditions as here trol work, and,ihis unkind gesture on 'represented, are typical in fields that their part is •altogether out of kacp- • are 1Q9 per told; - infested with the big with the happy relations that a 'European corp beret." have heretofore existed... `+ Canada: is spending eonsiderable money in the United States' in order to attract settlers, and the'.eilhtbit question,refiected very unfavorably on the eprn -:growing variabilities, of The''refereitee to On - unnecessary and, no not be repeated if o_b,. mildly to the attention of the exhibition management..—Farr mer's Advocate.,' etiaxi.,,oi"" another chart they were good eti,ouuii" ivs "the record of one Ontario liethat carried a heavy infestation: ' There was nothing n etru ful aboutt the information ' contain chart, but why the United St; entomologists aee5e' obliged to com. to .Ontarid for an example to phi "before the ' public, we cannot under- stand; especially since they have plenty of ;corn hovers and spent al - lC gaideshbr5 The monthly meeting 'a'.f the Wo- men's Institute will beheld in the community hall on Ian: 12th. It Will be "Young Girls',Day" and the pro- gram and ro-gramand lunch will be provided by the girls. Miss Alberta • Snell, being convener., Miss Lizzie Mains had the misfor- tune to fall last Thursday evening and break her leg. What makes it more disappointing is that her two sisters, Misses Elinor and Jennie, carne home from Chicago Tor Christ- inas and Mrs. Mains and Miss"Lizzie intended returning and spending the winter with thein in Chicago. Mr. Fred Gibbs of. Briercrest, Sask., is on a visit to friends around here. Mr. and Mrs. Toboco are spending the holidays with the .latter's father, Mr. John Garrett. . The Hydro was turned .on in our village Friday evening in thehomes of those who had them wired. It will probably' not be long before itis in all the homes of 'those who have signed up for it. Miss Laura Snell, who is attending Normal at -Stratford, is home for the holidayseason. Last Sunday was "White Gift Sun- day" in" the United ehkirch. It -was a most beautiful service, enjoyed by everyone. There, was a large attend- ance. 'In the evening the, church was lit by hydro for the first time. Rev_ late. ,Snell preached a fine and appro- priate Christmas sermon., Mr, Marshall Braithwaite, -who has been'sit:k for Some time, does not.int prove as: -his friends would wish to see him. • Stapled. Township. -rico Walters, 80; Margaret Crich, 80. The following is the report; of No..1 for the Fall Term: jr. 4th -Total' 750--Nornlaiz Ship- ley', 501; Karl $tanbury, 4281 '"Flossie 'Stelck, 225. a Sr. 3rd.—Total 750—Nora: Stewart,• 519; 'lee Corey, 424; 'f Stuart Mc- Ewen, 379; *Dorothy Stelclf, 278. Jr. 3rd — Total 750 — Clarence Le - 'Beau, 302. Sr. 2nd -Total 550 — Ruth Rowell, '398. Jr. 2nd—Total 300—Jack Hender- •soh, 190. 1st --Total 800 :Bobby Glen.,. 185; 'Clifford Henderson, 119. Best rittendanco for 1927: Norma. 'Shipley, • 183 days; Stuart McEwen, 180 days, Those markets 'k missed, part of the examinations. —Margaret A. Pentland, teacher, Printer--i3>`ma • Garrett, 75; . Irepe Garrett; 70; Harry Crich, 68. News w in the t nhtj ,E. 'District` • HE Saturday afternoon was quite a lively one in the village, the occasion being—the fine Christmas treeprovided ;bb' the firemen for the distribution, of' ,presents to every boy and girl in the village and inunedirite. district; Some 500 bags of candy be - in , eing . given through Santa Claus., About three ,o'clock' iu Tl he afternoon Santa Claus entered the village from the: west, and escorted by the Fire Brigade, many hundreds of children. and grown-ups, marched • to the. =post office corner, from which they turned and marched back to the town hall; where the beautiful and /massivetree, laden with presents_ and Most beauti- fully lighted with many colored elee- No. on roll, 27; average attendance, 26.1. —Mrs. R. E. Scoteltmet, teacher. The following is the report for S. S,. No, 13 for the autumn term: Jr, 4th—}Tarvey Keys, 71; Glen Denison; -66. " Jr. 3rd -Allan Keys, 63; George Dawson, 53. • Sr, 2nd—Wellio) isentan, 72. Jr. 2nd—john Keys, 68 ° Sr. 1st -=Bobby Peck, 89. Primer— Dorothy heck, Gordon Keys. The highest nfarks obtained in each subject were as follows; -Arithmetic =Bobby Peck, 88%. Spelling—Bobby 'Peck, 90%. Literature—John Keys 68%. History --John Keys, 65% Geography—Nellie Wiseman, 93% Composition;,— Glen Dowsen, 61% Those marked with an asterisk were not present for all examination. Edna L. Thompson, teacher. , tric lights, stood in waiting -for; the happy event. ,Previous to the Giving oL gifts, Reeve°Get er,'iii a few short and well-chosen words, expressed the, welcome of the village';tb all and ex- tended, as it were, the freedom of the "burgh" to one and all. Ile was foljbwed by short anis •appropriate'ad- dresses by the local ministers it the following order: Rev,. A. Sinclair of the United Church, Rev. 1.,MeIlroy of .Carmel Presbyterian' church and Rev. T. W. Jones of St. Paul's Angli- can church, ,all of whom expressed thepletsure it gave them to be pre- sent on the occasion, for which they were indebtedto the fire brigade of the village under Chief Ernest Bates, At the, close of the proceedings, A. W. E. Hemphill took •' pictures ' of the large gathering, also the decorated cart in which Santa Claus made his entrance. Views were also taken of thefiiemen and their fine equipment; in short, of the fine occasion through- out. ' A pleasing feature was the presentation of 'a number of fine gifts to the brigade, among which,were choice boxes of cigars from William A. McLaren and" Councillor William Consitt, the latter also remembering them with gifts of chocolates. Rev. Mr: Jones also remembered the fire- men by a gift of money, while Dr. A. lVSoir, remembering the splendid ser- vice the firemen . had given' him a couple of months or so ago, when his barn caught fire and they saved a couple of other adjoining buildings, presented each fireman with a fine thermos bottle, es well as giving them- a former recognition of their valued services. • GODERICH: A very sad berea-ite went took place here on Monday when . the death of .1Vtiss Annie Davidson THE ' PRESBYTERY OF HURON occurred. Miss Davidson had been ill The. Pree lytery of ' Huron held its regular, December meeting in the Presbyterian, Church, Clinton, on Tuesday, the 18th cost. ••,,2he Madera- -ter, Rev R. C. McDermid, • of . Goder- ich, presided. The Rev. T. W. Good- will, 13.A., formerly of Cobourgi who was recently inducted into the. pas- toral charge of Blyth and Auburn-, Was introduced to the court by the interim moderator, Rev. Alfred Iliac- farlane, of Clinton. Mr. Goodwill be- gius his ministry in his new charge ' titith a people who have won from Presbytery the finest expressions of praise for their courage, lo3alty and liberality. , The re•pert en Overtures was intro- duced by " Rev; - A. Macfarlane.. Au Overture to restore the status of • ministers on the General Assembly's Board of ". Administration to accord with the long constituted usage of the Church, of equal ' numbers of•' clergy and laity, was approved. An Overture that the General Assembly meet biennially instead of annually; and that the powers of. Synods be en- larged; was disapproved. An Over- ture that the word "sincerely" be in- cluded as qualifying the word "be- lieve" in the formula to be signed at the ordinatiop,_or. induction, or recep- tion of a minister, ;his approved. The report of the treasurer was presented by Mr. F. G. Weir, of'God- erich, and the auditors' report by Mr. Henry Strang, -o£ Exeter. The .books showed a balance over the exgendi- tures of the„year of $35.37. idwi Von -Beethoven, the great composer, the cep ., tenary of whose deaflr..is being o'bseryed, this year, t'as stone deaf 'cvl-en he wrote some or his greatest compositions. In the 'house at Bonn, Germany, in , which.; he was born, are displayed some ertraordinarj' expedients in the -shape of ear trumpets, which the great musical genius resorted to in 'theears in which �1 his precious hearing was approaching complete eclipse, _ Contrast these crude devices with the audiphone, lately perfected by Bell Telephone engineers, and which „nrploy a small microphone, vacuum tube amplifiers,' acrd' a tiny telephone receiver molded' to fit the ear. This product of Bell System research has proved a great boon in recent months to thousands afflicted with e deafness, and one cannot but -wonder what still greater triumphs Beethoven might have, achieved had such a ' revise been available'in his -day. !f , THE WISE FRIEND Once -upon a time -and not very long ago—there was a brother and 'sister who had a friend. A very special friend he was, whotold them stories •about men who flew through the skies over far-flung spaces of the earth; of boys and girls who had thrilling and mysterious adventures; of,others who had most unusual situa- tions confront them, yet managed to come through; their tests with stead- fast and courageous hearts; of wild animals in deep .jungles -how they lived; hunted, and: died. Such a host of things did their good friend tell them of and how interestingly he told them! - Caine the, time when their friend with the flu for over a week and was moved away= to another town. Broth - apparently feeling much better, and er and sister were saddened by his going, for they knew they would miss his cheery smile and the wonder- ful stories and amusing anecdotes he was so fond of telling' them. Then one -day the postman broughtthem a letter from their friend, in which he toldthem he was sending theme'The Youth's Companion so that . they would not forget him, and that in it they would find just the sort of stor- ies they had so much enjoyed hear- ing him tell. . And sure.. enough, ' a day or two later the magazine arrived, and broth- er and sister found that it truly did have just such wonderful stories of adventureand sport and mystery, and just such.jokes as they loved so well.. And every time that a neer number of The Youth's Companion arrived, they wrote a note to their friend and was brought downstairs to partake of the Christmas festivities when she took a weak spell from which she never recovered. She leaves to mourn her demise .her father and mother, five sisters, two of whom are trained nurses in Detroit;' and two brothers. Brucefield . - Recet34ly the Wiomen's Missionary Society, of Brucefield United church, celebrated the Golden Jubilee of. their organization. A large number of members and some former members were present to participate -in what proved to be a most interesting and profitable meeting. The members of the Kelly Auxiliary and the Marion Oliver Circle were also present -hi al- most full attendance, The meetings opened with prayer and . Scripture reading by Mrs. Dow and Mis. Brock. Mrs. W. A. Bremner, president of the W,M.S., occupied the" ' chair and with her on the platforne were Miss Mary Jane l\feCully and Mrs. James McQueen, the only.eerviving charter• members of the Society. Brief his- torical sketches; were given by these 'owo veteran workers, who were pre- sont.when the';$ooiety was organized in 1877. A' short history.of the Kelly Circle was outlined by Mrs. W' F.-Mc- Millait of Eginondville,' the first president, and by Nies Edith Bowey, the present Secretary, while. Mrs, Neil McGregor, the ist vice-president of the Little Disciples MissionBanda presented an interesting report :of the beginnings and growth of this Society among the juniors. The pro- gram included a duet by Mrs, Alton Johnston and Miss Jean Murdock, while Tylrs. L Addison reported that a new circle, the Marion.: Oliver, named for the late. Dr. Marion Oliver, one of the missionaries to India, had been organized during the percent`year, Readings were given by Mrs. Thomas Davman and Mrs R. P. Watson:. Re- --Ti nckersmith Township The following is a report of S.S, 'No. 4 for November and December: 3r. 5th—Margaret Far, (absent). Sr.. 4th Edla, Cook, 75; Verna T,ayton,,• 70 • :4 c11' 31Y, 4th Melbourne Ball, 70; Les lie' Pepper, 60; Walter Pepper, 65; `Eddie Layton, 60. Sr, 3rd — Marion Matheson, 85; Prank Garrett, 84; Wilma 'Rowcl.iffe, 75; Beatrice Snell, 65; Dorothy Wal- ters, -58 Jr. 3rd-13ert Garrett, 98; Alden Crich, + 94; Harold Pepper, 65. Sr. 2nd —Norman Pepper, 75; watido' Roweiiff.e, 65; Kathleen Fal- coner, 65. . Jr,, 2nd—Eldon ' O'Brien, 75; Clif- ford 17epper 74'` Glen Layton, 65, freshments were served at the close of the meeting. the i'entr?1 place be - ,inn• o'iven to a largo birthday coke, on which were fifty lighted candles, to mart- the Society's jubilee. The two charter members enured'tea. The pas- tor, Rev. W. N. Bremner, conveyed congratulations and good wishes to tithe, Society from the Session, the Bo:+rd of Managers •and the emigre. .,anion. The allocations for the Presbytery, Synod, and General Assembly ,Fund were adopted to'accord with those of the past year. Rev. R. C. McDermid laid the bud- get report• before' Presbytery; and showed the encouraging progress' and response upon the 'part of .a111 con- gregations' ,toward :reaching a rea- sortable budget amount of $7,000, and. complimented 'a aiuinber of the con- gregations upon their 'splendid re- cord in giving to the Schemes: In adopting the . repos t the members ' of Presbytery expressed their praise of Knox Church, Goderich, and its es- teemed -minister, for havirngattained an honorable position •among ,even the largest congregations of the Church in Budget contributions, Some ante was given to the dis- GODERICIi: Mr. Geo. E. John- cussion of tho Ministers', Widows' Ston of Yalta sent the following let- GODERICH: Stephen Andrews, who is 84 years of age, suffered a stroke while' attending the Sunday morning service at Knox. Presbyter- ian church. Mr. Andrews was engaged in business as a drover for the peat number of years and was following that occupation up to the time 05 his illness. told himhow much pleasure magazine gave them,' You, too, may have just that ea -pleasure,' or give that pleasure, means of a- subscription to Youth's Companion. Subscribers receive: 1. The Youthre Companion 12 monthly issues in 1928, and 2. Two extra numbers to new s scribers ordering within 30 days. All for only $2. 3. :The Companion's new book unror - Minute h "1 001 One Mr u e Storrs also included FREE (send 10 -cents cover postage and handling. THE YOUTH'S COMPANION S. N. Dept., Boston, Massa Subscriptions received at this off —Ac HENSALL: J. W.. Ortwein and William Jones were present at the meeting of couneil and interviewed the members as to the Council taking over the former Methodist shed, and making it a conununity shed. Mr. Ortwein stated that the trustees of the, United church lead met and talked the matter over, and had appointed Mr. Ortwein and Mr. Jones•to inter view the Council, It4i. Ortwein stated that the :lied was getting out of re- pair, and also needed lighting, and police supervision, and offered to have the, shed properly transferred' to the town, to be used as a community shed. Councillor Higgins moved that the 'council accept the offer of the trus- tees of the United Church, and that Reeve Geiger, and -Councillors Cam-' eron and Consitt, be a committee to meet a committee of the United church trustees, to arrange the details of the. transfer, This motion was seconded by Councillor Priest and carried. :Nett Township The funeral of the late John Brig- ham was held from his late residence. on Friday and was largely attended. The service was conducted by Rev, Dr. Barnby,; of the United chutrch, Blyth, interment being Made in Tinier cemetery. His son, Foster Brigham', of Iamsack, Sask., arrived home in EXETER: Isar, and Mrs. Hillary Horton announce theengagementof their daughter, ` Alberta Frances to James Harvey .Messer,' of Toronto, son of.11'i'r. and Mrs. John Messer, Biuevale, Ont., the marriage' to take place quietly the end of December. and Orphans" Fund, which is being placed uponan actuary basis by' the, General Assembly by which a minis- ter who contributes-aceording to his rates will receive a - retiring allow- ance of 81,000 per annum at the end of 340 ;ears of service and a 'Minis- ter's Widow will receive $500 per an- num The Fund is being reorganized Jr. l.st—'Dorothy Holland, 83; Beat- time for the funeral.' and. endowed, and will be known as the>Pension 'mid of the Presbyterian of ground. We not expect to do. so Church in Canada. .The discussiorLot fe the curing, but, before. doing so, ter to the. Goderich town council re- cently, which was retched to the pub- lic works committee,: "About a year ago„we bought e. house on Gibbons: street, also a piece of land about,2% acres at the south end of this street, directly below the fiveacres of ground- owned by the town, intending at some time to move to Goderich and have a small fox ranch on this piece the plan in its details was left overte ,a later meeting. Authority, was given Rev, A., Mac- farlane, interim moderator, to or ; an- ize a Session in Brucefield congrega- tion, ' The Presbytery adjonbned' to meet in Clinton on She 3rd Tuesday of Feb. at 10:30 a.m. EXETER: Thomas Dinney received word Monday of the 'death of,hrs sif ter, fur's. George W. Wailer, who died at North Battleford, Sasic, Mrs. Walker was born in Exeter ----but had been a resident of the, west for a number of years. -T.he funeral will take place at that city. thought it would be'better for us to apply to' you for your approval of. keeping -Coxes • there: The enclosure in which we will keep there will be with a.•tight board fence about 7 feet high- and 200x1,60 feet on the sides. • and ends.” 'WALTON: The Christmas tree and entertainment held in the school- room choolroom of Duff's United there'll en_,Fri- day evening, Dec. 23, uti'der the 'au- spices of the Sunday school; was very well 'Attended. The proceeds amount- ed to 330,05. After an excelleet'pro gram was- given Santa Clans came and distributed the gifts from the tree, 0.4 "WELCOME" SIGN 1 "Nobody asked you, sir," said the coy maiden. And in matters of buy- ing, as well as in affairs of the heart, most people like to be "asked." Often, indeed, they insist on a proper invitation. ' He is a wise merchant who • keeps the 'welcome sign constantly before the community in the form of ,AD- VERTISEMENTS in the home paper. There everybody sees it—for. AD- VERTISING is "the light 'of directed attention." , • Speak up. Light up. Hundreds of, good customers are listening for your .. message and watching for your wel- 501115 sign in The Clint <'n. e -w s v "-An Advertisement' is an Invitation"