HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-01-01, Page 3THURS., JAN. 2, 1942
TILE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE a
1t�L 11Arr1J1v1N US IN CLINTON EARLY IN
THE UL NTURY
Some Notes o f The News
1916'
FROM THE CLINTON NEWS- Sask., arrived here last week and will
spends a month or so with their, daugh-
RECORD ter, Mas: Will PlumsteeI„ and other
DECEMBER28TH, 1916 relatives. '
Mrs. Beacom and Miss Celia were
Word; was received in town yester-1 visitors over .Christmas` 'with relati-
dray of, !fie death of Captain William veer at Cranbrook.
Sheppard, Governor of the `Reformer- 1 Mr, George M. MacKenzie was. a
tory atJPdrtage'1'a"Ptiaria;'Man'.,'°hie' visitor over Christmas, at Toronto
brother of Mr. Thomas: Sheppard of with Mrs. MacKenzie's parents.
town.. The remains were brought to Mr. Frank Grant of Toronto is visi
Clinton cemetery for interment. time in town.
The deaths occurred h Clinton 'on Mie Jean Ross returned from
Frietey `last of Mr. John Alrmstrong Kempville last week.
afte, a;somewhatlengthy illness, The Mies Ruby Irwin of Toronto spent
fleeaseid .vas a native of Ireland but her Christmas holid'aye at her -home
came to this country with his parents in town.
int3B60 when he Was but three • years
of,ea.ge. The family settled on the
;Goshen Line, Stanley township, where
he grew to manhood. In 1874 he was
united in ' marriage to Ttiiss'' Ellen
Clark of the same township. After
spending some time in Stanley they
moved to the third concession ' of RECORD
about t
.,Tuekea'smith wo where years •theyago w. remaihen�netheydt DECEMBER 26T11, 1901
until
When The Present Century
%Vas Young
FROM THE CLINTON NEWS -
came to Clinton, He is survived by Mr, James Danford has been adding
his wife and a faimlyof four dough- to his equipment for (fraying and is
ters, Mrs: W. Wheatley of town, Mrs. now in a position to give an even bet -
Fred Tucker of London, Mrs, Ernest ter than heretofore service to his
Willis of Toronto and Mrs. James numerous, customers.
Boyce of Brumfield; and two sons,
Edgar on the homestead and Wilson I Miss MacKay, who has. been a pop -
on the Mill Road. ular and efficient member of the Pub- flc which became manifest immediat- operating revenues will total $1!03,000,.
lie School Teaching staff for a few eiy upon the outbreak of war has 000. The net revenue for 1941, esti-
A quiet but pretty wedding took years, left on Saturday for her home continued and resulted in 1941 he a mated at $66,000,000, after meeting
place at the home of Mr. and Mrs, in Seaforth. After the holiday she physical volume of traffic higher than all expenses including equipment de-
James Miller, Orange street, on swill take a position on the staff of any previously transported by the preciation will be the largest in the
Christmas Day, when their second the pubile school in that town. system. Already in this war period system's history Taxes and fixed
daughter, Jennie May, was united it Mr. Donald Patterson, county cont- demands made upon railway transpor- charges including interest amount to
marriage with Mr. James Alva Bar- missioner is laid up with lagripPe at tation .in' Canada have exceeded $62,000,000 -for 1941, therefore, it is
nes of Toronto, those of the last war by sixty percent. expected that operating revenues will,
The Misses Southcombe and Mrs. J.
Southcombe were in St .Marys yester- ,present.
The residence of Mr. Henry Carter
day • attending the marriage of their was the scene of a pleasant event on
nephew, Me. W. J. R. Southcombe of Christmas Day when his eldest daugh-
the Collingwood Collegiate staff. ter, Miss Annie, became the bride of
Mrs. B. J. Gibbings received word Mr. John Pepper, a sturdy and pros-
on Tuesday of the death of her broth- perous young farmer, Rev. Dr. Clif-
er-in-law, Dr. J. R. Steve of Win- ford of Clinton tied the nuptial knot,
nipeg, which occurred on Christmas Miss Mary Pepper, sister of the
Day.' groom did the duties of bridesmaid
Herrera. Gtarence and Stewart Psis- and Mr..Fran"k Layton performed
ley of Montreal and Toronto "respects- similar duties as' groomsman, The
v'n. young couple -will take up, home on
vely spent the holiday season in tot
M. Wellington Cook of Hamilton far 2ndy concession on the groom's.
was home for the Christmas holidays. farm'
Sapper Wilmer Wallis of the Divis'-' Miss Mary Irwin of Taspent
Meal Signalling Corps, Ottawa, spent her Christina§ holidays att Toronto home
C1niatmas `at the parental:ltome. ie `sown:
Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Wallis left' yes -1 Miss Maude Cook of Goderich is
t]erday for California, where they will home for her Christmas holidays.
spend the next couple of months.1 Mr. and Mrs R. H. Murphy of Eec-
They will visit Los Angeles, Ontario, eter are spending the Christmastide
and Long Beach and expect to settle with friends in town and in Hullett
for several weeks at the latter place. and Goderich townships.
Mr. Jacob Taylor, who had been
spending a week or so in town look-: Mr. G. Hoare assisted in en enter-
ing, after various business interests tainment in the Methodist eh'rch,
he has here, returned to Toronto the Varna on Monday evening.
end of the week forit would. never 14 Miss Maggie'Dowaer left on Satur-
do to be absent from the head of the day for Detroit where she ;will visit
table at the Christmas feast her brother William of that city for
The Year on the Canadian
National System
in a number of districts. It has also
been necessary to obtain additional
equipment and this expansion has re-
quired special efforts on the ,part of
all employees throughout the system.
It has been the policy of the man-.
agement rn all cases to place the in-
terests of the war effort, first and to
maintain the capacity of the railway
to meet these essential demands. War
transportation need's consist not only
in the ineeementr'`of hundreds of
thousands o military pea. onnei and
of vast ' uantities 'of munitions and
supplies but also `iri the carriage of
mew niatenal and 'of ' ysenii-finished.
peeduets which are inoved in all parts
of the country. This war traffic had
of necessity to be aileed to the volume
of normal business traffic. . The
measures Which have been'taken to
enable the. Canadian National Rail-
ways to deal with this constantly in -
Ey et. C. Vaughan, President, creasing volume of traffic have been
Canadian National Railways effective, Traffic offered has been
moved to destination" eeped tiousiy
and the quality of 'service has been
constantly maintained:
During the year 1941 the manage-
ment of the Canadian National Rail 1 The effect of the increased volume
ways' Sias' had as its primary, objective of traffic is reflected in the financial
the continual improvement of railway results of the system. While the
services to meet the needs of the ever. audited revenue and operating ex -
increasing industrial output which has pense figures for the meth of Dee -
resulted from the turning over of ember are not yet 'available, estima-
Canada's wholeproductive economy ted result"§ for that month added to
from a peacetime to a wartime basis. known figures for the first eleven
The upward trend of railway traf- months of the year indicate that 1941
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Holloway and a fortnight.
Mr, and Mrs. I. Rattenbury attended Mrs. Adam Cook and Miss Elects
the funeral of the late Mrs, (Dr.) Coulte6' are visiting in Goderich.
Holloway at Exeter on Friday last. 1' Mr. Will Moffatt who has been em -
Mrs. Geo. Rumball of Flint, Mich., ployed in the Woodstock organ fae-
and Lieut. J. It. Rumbail of Toronto tory for some time has returned to
spent Yuletide with Miss Rudd of his position here in the piano factory.
town. Mr. Bert Meilveen, has returned for
the holidays from Teronto where he
FROM THE CLINTON NEW ERA +was studying. in Trinity Medial
School. •
DECEMBER 28TH, 1916 1
Me. and Mrs. James MacKenzie of
Dr. and Mrs. Axon spent Christmas Aberdeen, South Dakota, arrived in
at Chesley. town on Saturday on their honey -
Miss Cowing was at Mitchell for moon.
the Christmas tide. 1 Mrs. Joshua Cook and family left
Mre. Kearns' is visiting over the on Saturday for Toronto where they
holidays at Goderich. Evill spend the winter.
Mr. John Sutter was a Christmas Mr. and Mr's. R. A. Bell spent
visitor at his home in Stratford. Christmas with the former's mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Paxman spent Christ- in Goderich.
mos at the former',, home in Parkh811.I V
Mr. Norman Holtzhauer of Preston
was a Christmas visitor in town. !WHAT YOUR WAR SAVINGS
Miss Crandall, milliner at Couch &
Company left on Saturday for herr STAMPS CAN ACCOMPLISH
homein Clifford. $5 niay__ bring down a German
Miss Margaret Carter spent the Plane for it will buy one round • of
Christmas holidays at her home in 1 40 tn.m, anti-aircraft shells.
Westfield. I $5 will stop a Hun with five ma -
Mr and; Mrsa. Harry Houden of ; chine -gun bursts.
Medicine Hat, Alta., were welcome
$5 will let a soldier fight for you
with 100 rounds of rifle ammunition.
' $10 will stop a tank with one sound
of 18 or 25 -pounder shells. •
$20 Luys a cannonade of four 3.7-
'aeh anti-aircraft shells.
:75 will provide a 500 -lb. bomb to
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hill of Oxbow, drop over Berlin or Berchtesgaden.
visitors in town over the holiday.
Mr. Ross Forbes, who is,teaching at.
the Vietorial School at Mimic°, spent
the holiday at his home here.
Miss M. E. Clark spent her Christ-
Inas holidays : at Collingwood.
Miss Rudd, the obliging Librarian
at the Public Library spent Chirstmas
at Toronto.
The World's News Seen Through
THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
An' International Daily Newsira firer
is Truthful--Construftive-.Unbiased—Free from Sensational-
ism — Editorials Are Timely and Instructive, and Its• Daily
Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make
the Monitor an Ideal Newspaper for the Home.
�
The Christian Science Publishing Society
One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Price 512.00 Yearly, or 51.00 a Month.
Saturday Issue, including Magazine Section, $2.60 a Year.
, Introductory Offer, 6 Issues 25 Cents.
Name ...
Address -
SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST
6ti�5a
Thrills in R.C.A.F.
Operational Flight
Pilot Officer P. E. Milward .of
Regina and Toronto had enough ex-
perience packed into his first opera-
tional flight against the enemy to
make him a "veteran" after his"k in-
itial trip, according to reports reach-
ing E,C.A.F. headquarters, from over-
seas.
P.O. Milward recently made his
first bombing' trip , to Aachen as a
navigator in an R.C.A.P. squadron
commanded by Wing Commander N.
W. tirnmerman D.S,O., D.F,C. And
his initiation included not only • the
usual dose of "flak" but the addition-
al hazard o£ landing on his home field
with 'a huge bomb still clinging pre-
caeloiisly to a'damaged rack beneath
the aircraft
Hie story is the story of ;thousande
of young Canadians overseas and his
experiences were those to which thous-
ands now training under the British
Empire Air Training Plan look for-
ward.
He was, as he says, "on ray toes",
as he went alone to the briefing room
to chart his course.
"Then came the full crew briefing old hands A
Unemployment Insurance Commission
and 1 felt' like alt After
it was over we all went back to the
mess and, I must admit, there being
other 'freshmen' among the crews,,
talked only of the night's operations. From inquiries received by regional not the insured person shall be dis-
We had some coffee and saw:ad Iles, and district offices of the Unemploy- qualified.
then the trip in the` truck 'to the Intent Insurance Commission, it is ev- Artappeal
crewh ident that many workers think it will I from the decision of the
room at the field where we put Court to the Umpire may be taken at
on our flying kit. it was not long be necessary for them to contribute
;before we were clambering into our 'o the Unemployment Insurance Fund the instance of an insurance officer,,
machines and it seemed only a mat- for. two years before they can draw or of an hick the eln of employed per -
benefits. , sons of which the claimant is a mem-
ter of moments before we were cross- ber. The claimant himself may also
ing the Dutch 'coast. There several i
Mr. R. N Watt, Manager of the lo- make such an appeal if the decision
searchlights spotted.up but none held.I
cal Employment and Claims office, ; of the Court is not unanimous, or if
Then came the flak. My first flak.
explained today that this is an error. he obtains permission from the Ohaim--
But it was just spotty and we "stoog- The Unemployment Insurance Act re -'man of the court. Should an appeal
ed" along until we got to Brussels. quires that not ]ese than 180 daily or be taken ,by an Association, it is re --
And what an amazing sight it was -
30 weekly eontributions.be made. It,quired that the claimant shall have.
hunds rangingfveryin an powerfulerfst §search -Tis necessary, however, that these be :the
a member of the asssooiation on.
Somehow they caught us and made durixr the two years preceding:the date of his discharge and have re-
line.the date on which a claim for benefit tainee his membership until the date,
although our pilot took avoiding ere i 1
is made. ,the appeal shall have been made.
.Another point concerning which If the decision is unfavourable to
there le some misunderstanding, has the worker, he may be diseealified,
GERMANS LOSE GUNS IN DESERT FIGHTING
A British soldier appraises the value of a damaged German
anti-tank gun, captured in recent fighting in the Western Desert.
The gun has suffered from a hit, and may have to join countless
others on the rapidly -growing stack of destroyed German equipment.
The dominant role which railways yield a surplus over and above all tion, at least 60 lights seemed to hold
play in the essential transportation operating expenses, taxes and inter- us,
needs of this country has been thor- •est, We are, however, facing in 1942
oughly established. man millions of uncontrollable. in- Then, out of the black at our rear, 1
y to do with workers who may be dis- for a period not exceeding six weeks;
creased expenditure for wages . and came a Messemehmitt 110 and its urged bemuse of misconduct. Such I beginning on a date to be determined
mi -
To meet the increase of traffic materials, and there has been no tor= • blazed. Both our gunners saw eases are referred to a Court of Re- hbye the Court. This Court is a served
handled by the National Railways, responding increase in the price of hint and aligned their sights but their ferees composed of representatives of )judicial body.
guns could n'ot be heardabove a tor-
rifica )orlon. in our starboard win encployers and employees with a neut-
ral chairman. After hearing the eve- One clause in the Unemployment
just out from the motor and then dente'
the Court decides whether or ;insurance Act, specifically exempts
another, not so violent, in our port I from any charge of misconduct, a
wingDuring this shooting we lost I (worker who has been discharged as
5,000 feet in avertical dive with aa result of meber'ship in, or any law -
full bomb load. These Hampdens are with holes. And underneath we dis- ful activity connected. with, any asp
certainly good kites. covered that one huge bomb had not sedation, organization or union of
"When we eventually found •our rthele daeasedmapropertygedra°k and it hung from workers,
target the bomb doors wouldn't open. .
Gunfire from the Me. had made them i Still another misconception held, by
unserviceable. After 40 minutes of I "But we got our best news when many workers is that benefits are
frantic work, getting plenty of flak we were interrogated. We found that determined by "need" as in the case'
all the time, we got the doors open our gunners had bagged the Messer- of relief. Tide is quite incorrect. Un-
and let the load go on the target. schmitt. Reports fromfive other ships employment Insumanee benefits are
"How satisfying it was to turn for confirmed that it had gone down in paid solely because the .worker, while
home! The searchlights didn't seem flames." he was employed', paid the required
I
so bad and was humeP
ming to myself. 1 .O. Milward whose mother lives in contributions into the insurance fund
I seemed to have lost every care. We Hamilton, was trained at Regina, and conformed to the other statutory
which since the outbreak of war has our services for •transporting pm -
risen ninety-five percent, has called
engers and goods.
for careful planning to make the best
use of railway equipment and faeili- 1 The following tabulation shows the
ties. It has been necessary to int- 1941 estimated results and the actual
prove and expand railway facilities results for the years 1940 and 1939;
1941 Result 1940 Results 1939 Results
Operating Revenues $303,000,000'" $247,527,224 $203,820,136
202,619,812 182,965,763
Operating Expenses 237,000,000' *
Net Revenue $66,000,000 t' $46,007,412 $20,854,418
Operating Ratio 78.2% * 81.8% 89.8%
* Estimated , t " r !•; 1 I i. :le- ;«'et 1 i 1 o -
The capital improvements made trading in distant waters' as well as to
during the yearnearly all rose from ports closer to Canadian shores, so
the necessity of improving facilities that in addition to our employees who
on various lines of the railway which have enlisted in the fighting forces, a
have now become strategic routes for] arge number of men are actively en
the handling of actual and prosper- 'gaged in war work.
tive war traffic. • This work consisted' A feature of the company's labour
of improving yards, terminals, shopsrelations during the year was the
enginehouses, the construction of ad- stablizatioec of wages and salaries in
ditional passing tracks and sidings accordance with the Order -in -Council
and the installation of signals. issued by the Government, The mai-
Orders had been placed for various ority of the organized labour groups
types of equipment, including loco -. represented the Canadian Nation -
motives and freight cars, .but condi-
al Railways entered into agreements
tions imposed by war priorities pres- stablizing wages at the pre-war basis.
ented difficulties for the builders who with provision for a cost of living
thus were unable to complete these bonus adjusted to the index of the
orders. However, during the year we cost of living. Subsequently the vol-
received 10 locomotives and 1,130 nntaay basis agreed to in the trans-
cars, There are on order undelivered potation industry became a compul-
70 locomotives and 3,339 cars, sory one applicable, generally speak -
In adidtion to furnishing traespor_ ing, to all Canadian industry. It is
talon service, the railway has orris- noteworthy that the railway industry
ted in Canada's: war effort ,by reeking
Pioneered this development, which is
available to the Government the ser -
'one of the essential elements in a
vieea of special . departments of the plan £or pxeventing the evil effects.
railway, and by furnishing trained °f inflation.
personnel to special Govaernment I' Of other services operated by the
branches. Company the group of hotels records'
The management is proud to re- a satisfactory year. These hotels well
port that nearly 4,000 employees have serve the, communities in which they.
been granted leave of absence to en- aro 'situated. r All of them have been
list for active service in the navy, the busy; indeed, at times,^'some of the
army and the air force. hotels have been hard pressed to fern-
,.
sh accommodation for the number of
It is also a matter of pride to state ! •
that the Canadian National Railways guets offering. This would indicateopy
has direotiy participated in the mob- that the hotelsor have beenvProperly
ilizatien of Canadian, industry for war establishedtoprovide service for the
purposes. We have constructed, un-
der
(travelling public.
a financial arrangement'with the 1 The Canadian National Telegraphs
Government, a building measuring breve had an exceptionally busy year,
511 feet by 516 feet with an area of handling an appreciable increase in
over 263,600 square feet for the Nat- the number of messages despatched,
ional Railways' Munitions Limited especially for industrial and commer-
and this plant has been in operation clal purposes, The Telegraphs pro-
for some time. At that plant and vide an essential service of communi-
elsewhere in car and locomotive shops cations within Canada and through
part of the company's working force, their connections provide important
numbering more than a thousand and extensive service in the United
men, has been actively engaged in, States and overseas.
the manufacture of several types of During 1941 the Canadian National
munitions, including gun carriages, ;Railways maintained 23,560 road
naval guns and gun mountings'. At miles, operating_ between the two ec-
ho : deeded( and shipbuilding yard''eans practically two • transeontinen-
the company has' been and is yet con- . tal lines. The company servee all
grueling mine sweepers and these provinces of the Dominion, some of
same facilities are 'also being used in the neighboring states, and, so far as
building large cargo vessels for War- milage is concerned, forms the larg-
tine Merchant Shipping Limited.* est railway on the North American
The steamship companies which continent and in the British Empire.
forma a part of the Caiiedian 'National Our ,staff of employees now approa-
organization have also played their rhes 100,000, in number, a loyal and
part in the Battle of the Atlantic and efficient organization, each group im-
elsewhere; ` An additional wartime portant in its own, community, and al -
responsibility gladly accepted) by the together forming ,a big factor in the
company was the management of the economic and social life of this coun
Canadian Government Merchant Mar- try, •
ire which had been're-establi$hed and It will, as always, be, our aim in.
is operating Danish, French, Finnish, 1942 and in succeeding years to pro.:
German and Italian' vessels seized by vide 'efficient transportation at th•
the Canadian Government. Canadian minimum of : wee having regard to
National Steamships, craft have been the character of the service needed.
had clone our job. It didn't seem any
time before we were back over our
'drone and I scrambled out feeling a
Mosabank and Rivers. Before enlist- conditions. He has paid for p'rotee-
ing. he worked for a contractor in tion against unemployment. Benefits.
Toronto. • are his as a matter of right
%VAT ADS
Bring Results
Week 'after week the News-Reeord heats very gratifying
reports of the results obtained from News -Record Want Ads from
people who have something they wish to sell and want to find a
buyer. For a very small sarin you aan tell hundreds of prospective
buyers you have something they are interested in. The same applies
to an articles you wish to buy. Idake your wishes known through
The News -Record and it will surprise you the number of enquiries
you will obtain.
Want Ads
Pave the way for easier living
They help. to quickly sell trade, rent or buy
whatever is the immediate concern or worry.
-.
a,
The large number of people they reach always
assures, the best possible deal on short notice.
ACQUAINT YOURSELF WITH. THE MANY ,SERVICRe
THEY RENDER REGULARLY
ReadTbe Want 110‘t
1