HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1924-12-18, Page 3ITE ;18, 19
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Toyland Abounds with Interesting Attractions
Cote with the Crowd and` Come Early
Presentation Books
Children's Picture Books, Juveniles
and Annuals, Poets, and all the
latest Fiction.
Bibles Prayer Books
and .Hymnals
For all Churches.. Various styles of
binding and reasonable; prices
Bather Purses and Bags
Special lines for Christmas, from
the'small pocket purses to the choice.
bags and companions.
Chinaware and Cat Glass
.*~'Selected from the best markets of
the world . Special prices on many
lines lor_Christmas trade.
Cut glass sherbert glasses
at 40c, 50c, 65c and 75c
• Bowls 50c to $6. a
.Tumblers 15c to $1
�omei
and see them
OR sheer beauty of
line, design—for
balance, for writing effii•
ciencythere is no other pencil
to equal the New Eversharp;.
We have a wide assortment
of sizes and designs in gold-
' filled or silver. Ail are guar -
mimed meed mechanically perfect.
We shall be glad to show
you the new improvements
in Eversharp. Buy one for
yourself --buy them for gifts
—for bridge parries. •
' The NEW PERFECTEDc f%+ YiRSj� 1
Art Needlework •
for Christmas
"Special pieces of made up Fancy
Work consisting of. Cushion Tops.
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Centre ` Pieces,Buffet •Sets and
Aprons.
Several models being cleared,
Stamped goods of all kinds, also
-Fancy Handkerchiefs at- attractive
prices.
ChristMas Stationer"y
Prices
$I up
er,
The largest and,, best selection` of •
stationery we have ever shown.
From the cheapest boxes at 25c to
3.50. ' These make' suitable presents
for any person.
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Klippen
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cantron are
re from Flint, Mich., to spend the
's tana''s••holidays . at Mrs. Canier-
i'a old home in the village.
Mrs. Morley Cooper :is under the
re of a doctor et present, suffering
ani air attack of la grippe. We
st•ho may have a speeder recovery.
11'frs -Thos.:Johhis an Tuesday vise•
id. her niece, Mrs. Elmer Webster co
e Front Road, Stanley:
Tenders nee being called for by the
octal Department at Ottawa to de-
ar the mail to the boxes on R. ZZ,
2, ffippen, making the trip oven
distance of about 22 antes: .The
Ater would like to say a few words
rrcgard.to our postal system. There
dents to be something not just eight
calling for fresh contracts every
it years. Let us see how it works.-
man senores a contract and in ord
r to carry. it tint he has to invest In
terse, buggy, cutter, harness, robes,
nkets, eta At the end of foot
cars he has to face a possibility of
nee hie, job. His outfit has gone
wr> d0 to 40' per rent, in valtie
he contact duringits life only give.
int and his family a living. If he
its in a tender at the.end of his con -
'act at the same figures as he had
eon receiving and ivhicli; • had only
riven hire. a fair living and somebody
Ise cuts in a few ;dollars below -him
living andlet him keep his job as
long as he gives satisfaction to the
public and the ,postal authorities,
•
(Crowded out last; week)
The funeral of the late Jus. Me.
Gregor, Whose death was reported
last week, took' place on Saturday
from St. Andrew's church, which wee
filled to its capacity. Mr. McGregor
was a son of the late. John andIsa
bens McGregor and was bora fifty.
three years"•ago. on the homestead,
whore he died. Ile leaves to mourn.
the loss of a kind and loving father,
four children; Grace, Robert, Mona
and Verna,' , Mrs, McGregor prede-
ceased het husband nearly `three
years ago. IIe leaves also two sis-
ters, Mrs. Shaw, of •Sinieoe and Mrs.'
Jas. Ross of Seaforth,, and four
brothers, Hugh. and Archie of Tuck-
ersmith, Thos. of Carberry, Man., and
John of Saskatchewan, all of whom
were able to attend the funeral er-
ten Mrs. Rose, whois ill in Seaforth
hospital, and Thomas of Carberry.
Mrs. Shaw, who was here attending
the -funeral of her brother, the,, late,.
James McG •egor, has returned to her
home in Si ncoe.
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Catherine Buller, wife of the late
Wm. Parsons died at the home of her
son, Robert, on Wednesday; Dee, the
3rd, aged 90 years and 6 months.
The late Catherine Parsons was born
n Yorkshire, England, and came to
this country with her parents at the
ge of 13 settling in Kent county
eat Ridgetown. In .the year T850
lee was married 'to War, Parsons and
loved' to Stanley township 59 years
go, To this union 12 child'r`en were
ori, o£ •these four snivive Rant 7T
e is out of his job and his outfit. i
las eften to be sold at a semi/Ice, a
ening trim a serious loss. Now, my a
dea of fairness would be for, the s
'ostal-Authorities to look into this a
tatter• and make an established price a
r mile, enough to give -him a good b
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eeereettei
ccos T
gmetiart
AGIN
affords a large variety of
routes, eitherboth ways
via Chicago, or one-way
' via tine.• majestic Cana-
dian Paczfic'Rockies
and those delightful re-
sorts on the Pacific
Coast, Vancouver'
and Victoria
TEAT I
For Ts SERVICES [May. I
with taxortioes EQUIPMENT
on the homestead, John and Thos. W.,
in Winnipeg and a daughter, Mrs.
Alfred Furroy of Kindersley, suit,
The funeral was held on Sunday af-
ternoon, the service being conducted.
by the Rev. Mr. Durrant of Varna,
assisted by the Rev. 14 Ir. Lundy e•P
Ifippen. The following were the pall-
bearers: Wan. Jarrett, d'ohn 0. Coch-
rane, Jas. Love, John Craig, Andrew
McGregor° and John 'Scott. The re-
mains were laid to rest in Bayfield
cemetery. Those attending the fun -
el -al from a distance were John Par-
sons, Winnipeg, Mr.' and Mrs, David
Rycinuun,• Palmerston, Mr. and Mrs:
Archie Hodgins of Ilderton, Mr. Fred
Parsons of London,
Varna
.A union Christmas tree entertaaa.
went between the St. John's. church
and the Presbyterian- church Sunda
schools will be held on Friday even.;
ing. Good program being prepared:
The Methodist Sunday school vile
have its annual Christmas-• tree an
Tuesday evening, Dee..23rd.,
A GIFT THAT IS A COMPLIMENT
the gift jdn, receive you can
.sometimes see yourself as others see
you, and the'.view'ie. not always flat-
tering. It may bee jazz record, or'li
gaudy tie, or a bock that you would
hate to have found on you if an auto
bumped, you into dreamland." And
you can't really blame the giver.
Knowing you well he concludes that
you crave that sort of thing. On•the
other hand his • gift may convey a
subtle ` eomplineat—a gift of The
Companion for instance. It is a trl
,bute'to your good taste, to a certain
idealism he 11as per'coived in your
inalce-up, .to the impression you give
that life is real and earnest and not
merely a game of skittles. You may
be sure that •anybody who thinks
slightingly of The Companion as a
gift is himself striking life a game: of
skittles—aridvery little else,
The 62 issues of 1925 will be
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stories, editorials, facts and fin. Sub-
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CATTLE NOT PRMITTED
ON PROVINCIAL ,.IIIGIfWAYS
Officers in charge of the provincial
highways have, received instructions
from r,the Highways Doprtnient :that
they are to strictly enforce tiie
law regarding cattle or other' animals
allowed to wander on the highways.
Formerly the, fine for this offence
was $2.00 per head but .in the tuttire i
the :fine will be $5.00 'pen„ heed ;;nil
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INTERESTING STORY Or
A WELL.KNO4i"N PICTURE
"The Doctor" a Relative of Dr. W: F.
Clark of Goderich
The well-known picture, "The Doe -
tor," is the subject of the following
letter In 'Tuesday's Globe:
Dear Homemaker, --Here is the
story of the "'Doctor" as told me by
,an old Scotsman, an M I).
The picture show • a scene in a
forester's cottage on the Breanrer
estate, North 'Scotland, where I?ai-
meini Castle is situated. The time
is that of Victoria the Good. Trio
woman in the picture had been an
old and favorite servant of the
Q'heen. After a good many years of
married life this little "child dune to
them, 'She was .stricken by that
dread disease,, diptheria. The Queen
wired to London for Sir John Clark,
her own physician., lie . came by
special train,_and used on the child
antitoxin, then tried out for almost
the firtt time. The child lived, and
the Queen commanded Lukes to paint
ilia scene in conmon:oration ea the
wonderful discovery, The picture of
the "nester" is a. portrait of Sir
John Clarks,
This is of espe :n1;.interest to
those who know' that the Sir John
referred to is a great uncle of
our worthy citizen, Dr. W. F Clark.
Another brother, Sir Jaines Caaik,
was a, veterinary surgeon knig•htel
also"!by Queen Vietoira.. The late
James Clark, father Of our towns-
man, was a pioneer settler. in Col-
borne township, and his wife, famil
iarly called "Grannie Clark," teas
like her distinguished kinsman an
angel of mercy -in' many a neighbor's
'home when sickness and sorrow eih
tered.--Goderich Signal.
CANADIAN NATIONAL
RAILWAY EARNINGS
The gross. earnings of the Caned -
inn National Railways .for the week
ending November 14, 1024, were 54,-
927,568.00, being a decrease of 8911.-
688.49
91y,-
688.49 over ,the corroesponcling week
of1
923.
The gross earnings of the Canad-
ian National Railways from Jan. ],
to Nov. 24, 1924 have been $205,-
454,785.00; being a decrease of $12,-
167,593.00' as compared with the sot-
responding period of 1923.
Goderich: William Wakefield, an
old resident of this section, Having
farmed on rho 5th concession, during
all his manhood years until. 1906,
when he moved into Goderich, passed
away on"Sunday week at the age;of
eighty-two years, 'He is survived by
three sisters Mrs Thos. Sowerby,
anll Mrs, Walter F Irick, Goderich:
`township, and Miss Alice Wakefield,
who resided •with her brother,, lair. 1
Wakefield was an Anglican. in re-
ligion and a Conservative in politics:
Wingharn: Wingham's 1925 Coun:
cit, • commission and . school hoard
were elected.last week by acclama
tion, the only changes being In the;
personnel of the public school board.
Mayor, W. H. Willis;reeve. J. W.
Nlclfibbon; Council, E. J Mitchell, A.
G. Smith, C. E. 'Wilkinson; T. I elle,
W. H. Raney, S. Bennett; utilities
commissions, `W: 11. Gurney, with 4U.-
tIolmes and Mayor Willis; school
bbazd, F J, I,A,A. Walker, ui Ir'oc,
The above picture is that of George
d: IIusae, one of a crew of twenty-
eight men on the freighter Clifton,
which disappeared on Lake Huron,
September. 21, .1924.
At the time of the • disaster,
George's father, Joseph F. Husak,
1137 17th street, Milwaukee, Wiscon,
sin, offered a reward of $1,000 for in,
formation as to the ,whereabouts ot
his son. Tuesday, D'eceanber 9, the
father had ee'eleeam, in which his son
appeared to him, telling hint that he
is alive, but ,not able to communicate
with hint, and if that he will not
abandon his, Search he will find hint
alive. The father is renewing:: the re-
ward offer in the hope tha he nay
be able to get some trace of his son.
It was reported after the disaster
that a raft bearing five members of
the -Clifton's crew had, been picked up.
near the Canadian shore, and the
name of George Rusak was given as
one of those rescued, but this hasp
never been confirmed.'.•
'George is 21 years old, five -feet,
ten inches tall, weight P70 pounds,
dark brown hair, blue. eyes, 'has three
gold crown teeth and two upper' front
teeth porcelain crowned.
HURON OLD BOYS' ASSOCIATION
OF TORONTO
The annual meeting of the above
association was held in one of the
Y. M. CA. parlors -on Friday 'even-
ing, with an unusually large attend-
ance.- After some routine business,
Mayor II]Itz gave an interesting ad-
dress. on "The Country Bay in tite
City.,.
Refreshments were ,served, and the
following officers :elected' for the en-
suing year: •
Honorary Presidents, Sir John S.
Willison, Mr. 3. A. McLaren, Mr. W.
Proudfoot; President, Mr. R. S. Shep-
pard; Vice Presidents, Mts. T. A, Me-
Laren, Mrs. H. B. Stowe, Miss ]r.
Campbell; secretary, IMlr. E. Floody,
financial secretary, Me. J. A. Camer-
on; treasurer, Mr, John Robertson;
chaplains, Rev. C. A. Seager; Rev,
James Wilson; auditos, lir, R. S.
Bailey, Mr. A. B. Forbes; committee,
Messrs A, 1I, MCCreath, John Moan,
Robert Holmes, R. C. King, N. B.
Cobblediek, Mrs, IL Martin, Miss L.
Paterson, Mrs. A. H. -MeCreat:h, Mrs.
G. C.Young ;Mrs. W. H. Ferguson.
' To Merchants and Salesmen
The Or
eiyou lost
ho got it?
The Opportunity was there.
Did your competitor call up
your customer by Long
Distance, and sell him?
Opportunities used to come
a -Imo eking at the door,
Nowadays salesmen go out
to meet them half -way --
by Long'Distwnco.
They tell us that about 40%
of ,the stiles` opportunities
they go after by teleplione
prove profitable.; , Such.
salesmen. are. said Ito have"
"telephone initiative."
A. well-defined plan, of sales
by Long histanee, and
salcsinein with -"telephoto
initiative" handling it, may
be -itist what you need to
increase sales:;
aThr not give it a thorough trial?
m•.v r ,Ee-a'
k
You can't
feel, so good
but what
will snake you
feel better.
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AkJoitis Dn'r:'� ETS �� •' V
d.ii eggs purchased are paid fo
Come and see yours classified,
'Te make a special arrangement s
operate in marketing:, and W111 su-
POO'
All our poultry is bought alive on
basis. •If ,you want ,to make y
should, consult us, about the breed:
are here to. serve you.
One of the biggest drawbacks to tl,
producer. , Let us explain our in
GUNN LANGLOIS & 0O. LIMIT Ell
Write, phone or call at our
N. W. Tr'ewa tifid, Man
Day Phone 190
;a
The ghost' hnporta
Products is Quality. 'V
thing but jnst Quality
Bread, Pies;Cak
or anything pretaingn
Oysters, Ice Cream
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER
That daughter o1• son of yours
expeet•them to snake a success of n1
ing• will Darty them, through the w
cation; but it has to be given while
I offer for Christmas delivery 1
2 Bell Pianos
2 Dominion Pianos
1 Dominion Player 'Piano
Above Pianos are all.
Also followingeused. Pianos;
1 Belt Piano, upright, in fine Bondi
1 1 Bell, 6 uare octave pianos ens nld; organ i
Also a beautiful mahogany Phonegre
go at 580.00
DEAL WITH ME AND S
These goods are; right and can be
I guarantee to sell goods at the bis
money ever any eity firm. Phone
13-610, Clinton central or write
Jonathan
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