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The Clinton New Era
No. 6074 -62ND YEAR
CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8,1942
The New Era Est. 1867,
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IN CANADA.
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'Jeweler and Optometrist' Residence Phone 174j
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COUNCIL 'MEETING
The final meeting of the 1941 eoun-
eil: was held in the council chamber
Tuesday evening with Mayor Mac-
Murray presiding, Councillor Chur-
chill being the only member absent.
Minutes of the last regular meeting
held Dec. 1St and those of the Statu-
tory meeting held Dec. 15th, were
read and approved.
Th annual report of the, Medical.
Officer of Health, Dr. J. W. Shaw,
was read. This was a very compre-
hensive and interesting record of •all
the phases of the local Board of Hea-
lth for 1941, and as it pertains to the
Provincial Board. Samples of:Clinten
water and milk have regularly been
sent forward for analysis, and the
return reports have been most fav-
orable.
• The following motions were car-
ried:
Nediger-Walker, "That the annual
report of Dr. J. W. Shaw, M.O.H., be
accepted with an expression of appre-
eiation of this Council for his work
and keen interest in the Department
of Health during the past year.»
Elliott-Nediger, "That 'council ap-
prove the
ti
payment Yin of $ '4: 5 1 to the De-
partment of Highways for renewal of
permits for Fire Truck, and Cemetery
Supt. Truck."
Agnew-Trewartha, "That council
approved the payment of $9.96 freight
charges on the Power -Snow -Plow."
Walker -Elliott, "That council ap-
prove the payment of $7.60 to'Judge
T. M. Costello, as court fees and ex-
penses at the Court of Revision, Dee.
5th,. 1941, hr the appeal of John Jos
ling."
Trewartha-Agnew, "That council
approve the payment of $4,557.80 to
the County of Huron, as County. Levy
for 1941." •
In reference to the retirement of
the $5,00.0 Water -works Debenture in
December, the f ll9win motion was
presented', Tr'ewartha, new, "That
council approve the sale of, the four
Water -works Debenturesr.,Nita 81, 82,
83, 84, to retire to $6,000, De'heuture
due December 1941.
Councillor 1 ediger reported that
neveral-rods -of-snow- fencing should_
be ,secured for the east side of the
park for better protection on that part
of William Street."
;Councillor Walker reported for the
:Street +eortnmittee, and in the absence
of (Councillor Churchill, also reported
for the reliefcommittee.
•Councillor Agnew repotted for the
property :committee and made refer-
,ence to the increased revenue derived
from the rental of the hall during
941..
Councillor 1Thdtger moved the ad-
journment.
Your .Finance Committee beg to
ateconwiend payment of the following
accounts for the month of December,
1941:
Street
Pay Sheet
36 hrs @ 30e ,... 10.65
hrs. ,@'43e 3.15 13 .80
Ernest Epps 1 man hole cover 2.761
ell Jarvis salt _, ..... 1.20
Street Lighting
P.U.G. lighting streets ......227.08
Property
P.U.C. lighting rest room .. 1.00
P.U.C. lighting town hall .... 18.38
F.U.C. lighting stock scales .. 1.00
P.U.C. water for rest room .. 1.35
P.U.C. water for town hall ..o. 249
P.U.C. water; drinking fountain 3.23
PU.C. M year rest room rental .15.00
Mrs. L. TidesweIl care of rest
room . 5.00
W. I). Fair Co., Towelling, Celle,
Tissue . 10.10
T. Hawkins' small hdye. 1.70
Sutter & Perdue small hwde, 1.46
Hydrant Rental
P.U.C. 14 year hydrant renta1.531.00
Board of Health
Dr. J. W. Shaw salary and
expenses 166.00
Cemetery
M. McEwan salary'
Park
A. Fulford 3 hrs. @ 45e • 1.35
A. Fletcher 3 hrs, @ 30e .. 90e
Dry Earth Closet
A. Fulford salary , 60,Q0
Salaries
A. E. Fremlin salary .., ., 73,33
D. Elliott salary 60.5e
M. T. Corless salary 64.17
N. Kennedy salary : 50.00
T. Livingston salary 26.00
Postage and Stationery'
A. T. Cooper postage, pads,
clips . . 3.30
W. D. Fair' Co. postage and
Stationery , 32.75
N. Kennedy postage ...... 1.50
General Municipal 1tcponses ,
H. T. Rance attendance at
court . .. 36.00
N. Kennedy attend=ance at
court ........... 36.00
Bell Telephone Co. general 9.56
Municipal World declaration,
nom. forms . 10.36'
R, B. Fitzsimmons: extra poi-
icing
oi- -
icin .
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6.60
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Grants
Ryerson Leather Goods letter'
ing bill folds 9,50
W. M. Aiken 40 hill .folds .. ; .' 60.00
RECEIPTS
Rentals .,125.00 -
95.83
RED -CROSS NOTES
Anneal Meeting
The Annual Meeting of the Olinton
Red Cross Society will beheld in the
Council Chamber on. Tuesday evening,
Jan. 13th, at 8 o'clock, :The public is
most cordially invited to attend this
meeting and hear the reports on the
work that "has( been accomplished dur-
ing• the past year. Kindly keep this
date clear.
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Indoor Sportsmans -
j Paradise Here
Mr. Elwood Emile has constructed a
remarkable indoor 'rifle range. It is
one of the -best in Canada. Those
shooting stand in a, booth and they
are able- to place their target on a
wire reel and turn it -out to the de-
sired range without ever leaving the
booth. The booth is fitted up with
ping-pong tables and when complet-
ed will be a veritable sportsmen's in-
door paradise for target shooting. It
is ,quite building q1 u ldi '
F. highb ng so
tnormal that n rn al activi
ty can proceed in
the building without any Interference
from those who may happen to be
taking part in the shooting.,
A remarkable wood carving based
on the famous picture, "The Storm,"
which was painted by Rosa Bonheur,
wan displayed. It depicts two horses
standing on a hillside, stormy, black
clouds showing up in the background.
The horses, a black one and a white
one are facing each other their necks
crossing in a very typical manner.
The carving which is a perfect piece
of workmanship was. completed by
Roy Jambe of the Milverton district.
Mr. Epps has other samples of Mr.
Jacobs' work. One of thein is a Wes-
tern holster belt with shiny, silver
cartridge clips. It is fashioned of
leather with exquisite tooling on the
belt. Buffalo Bill or any of those old
Western "gunmen" would have died
with envy had they glimpsed this
belt. Other work included a Toni
Thumb circus, consisting of replicas
zsf a circus craved -in -miniature. 'The
circus is displayed' in a glass ease. It
represents the work of Mr. Jacobs
while he was' ill. He carved it for a
pastime. Elwood Epps has many peo-
ple -come in to his store in Clinton to
admire the work of Mr. Jacobs, who is
a: farmer in the Milverton district and
does this work in Itis spare time.
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AMONG THE CHURCHES
Wesley -Willis' ,Cltnrcn
The sacretnent of the Lord's Sup-
per will be observed on Sunday, Jan.
11th, at morning worship.
Clinton Mission
Alex, Sparks, superintendent.
Sunday Services: 2 p.m., Sunday
School; 3 pm., Fellowship Ser --tee.
St. Paul's Church
Sunday, January filth, 1942, ser-
vices at 1 La. and 7 p.m S S at
2.30Fm.
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Monday; C.B.L. and A.Y.P.A. pro-
gram in charge of Phyllis Herman.
Tuesday, W.A. at 3 p.m.
Thursday, Prayer service at 7.30
Ontario Street Church.
11 a.m. topic "The Restless Christ-
ian; 12 (noon) Sunday School; 2 p.m.
Turner's Church Service; 7 p.m., topic
'Roosevelt's Challenge to Japan.' How
can we be a weapon of Punishment
and nothate intensely? Jesus said
"Love our Enemies," How can we
soundly trounce the Dictators and
still keep from being bitter.
Monday, 8 p.. Young People's. Union
will meet in School .(Tall.
Wednesday, 8 p.m. Service of Inter-
cession. -
Presbyterian Church. ' .
The Girl's Club will meet at the.
Manse Thursday evening Jan. 8th, at
8 o'clock. The annual meeting of the w MP.
Presbyterian will be held ,in the Sun-
day School Room of the Clinton chur-
eh on Wednesday, January 14th, at
10 a.m. ,
The annual meeting of the Congre-
gation of Clinton church will be held
Friday evening, Jan .16th, in the Sun-
day School Room at 8 •o'clock.
Baptist Clmrch -
The ancient psalmist said, "I am
glad when they said unto me, get us.
go into the house of the Lord," What
excuse are we going to offer for ab-
senting ourselves from the Nese of
worship? And then, is it 3tted
The minister's. . sermon subject for
Sunday evening service will be:
"Stewardship Born of Gods"
The annual church: business meet-
ing is to be held on Wednesday even-
ing, January 14th. All interested in
the work of the church are urged to
be <present.
Cemetery ..186.00
Scales .
t Scales •
VICTOR H. FALCONER
Elected 'Reeve of Clinton
Majority of 97 Votes
Victor 11 Falconer, . was elected
Reeve of Clinton on lyidonday by a
majority of 97 votes over Ken, G.
Waters. - The voting was not heavy
according to the various polls, as
649 voters went to the polls, out of a
possible 1,100. When only one slate
of municipal •officers is featured in an
election very little interest is gen-
erated. It takes a full election to
bring the voters out to the polls on
election day,
The candidates were Victor D•. Fal-
coner, fuel dealer, counciller in 1940
and 1941; and Ken. G. Waters,auto
parts dealer, mayor of Clinton in
1040.. The vote totalled 323 for Fal-
coner, to 226 for Waters. The con-
test looked very close at the begin-
ning but due to the fact that Mr.
Waters hasnot been in closer contact
with, municipal' matters this past
year, accounts for his slower score.
Thevote` ,,
o bywards wasf
as ad,ws.
St..AndnewsFalconer
85,K
'niters 86.
St. James, Falconer 90; Ws ,.ors 63.
St. Johns, la's:eoner, 75; waters 78.
St. George, Falconer 73; Waters 44.
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Annual Report of Medical
Officer
To The Mayor and members of Clin-
ton Town Council.
Gentlemen: -
I herewith submit the Annual re-
port of the Medical Officer of Health
for the year 1941.
• After the Christmas Holidays there
are usually a few cases of infectious
diseases due to visitors and visiting.
This year was no exception, in fact
more than has occurred in many
years, but most of them were of a
mild type, buil many might have been
avoided if quarantine and notification
had been observed more honestly: In
ail, 97 cases were reported; 35
of Whooping Cough; 72 cases. of Meas-
les and Uermen measles; 4 cases of
Rural Hydro To Have Lions Have Excellent,.
Modern Office -
The Rural Hydro Electric Power ; Program
Commission have been making a few Clinton Lions held their Tuesday
changes in the location of•their office, "evening meeting at the Owen Niemen -
Clinton
warehouse this past week:. The ;ial Hall, where an excellent dinner
warehouse is now in, the building on was prepared by the Ladies of St.
Albert street, formerly Wasinan's gaol's church. 'Lion President Nick
Blacksmith Shop, and recently occu- Whyte welcomed all the visitors and
pied by Freddie Miller, garageman. I wished everyone a Happy New Year,
The office equipment has been mov- then turned the meeting over to the '
ed, into. the McTaggart bank building l evening's entertainment committee
while their old office and warehouse headed by Lion Ken. Waters.
is undergoing repairs, I Mr. Water's committee did a real
Mr. Frank Fingland, KA has purl job of obtaining an exceptional pro-
chased this building and is having it gram, which was of the double feature
completely re -modelled a larger of- variety. First the Sherlock Manning
flee and will be rented as former- Piano Co., under the leadership of
ly by the H.E.P.C. Lion Caryl - Drayer demonstrated. the
V - New Minshall Eieetric Organ. _ Mr.
Mervyn Snider, our pianist ably play -
several seleetlons on the New Or-
1gan which had been brought purpos-
ely for the entertainment. Mr. A. A.
Pegg of the Piano Co, gave us an out-
line of his companies activities both
in the manufacturing• of pianos and
their' 'ssoeiation with the h'-;:-• Min -
Mr. Duncan Carmicheal of London
sheLierg
an en C o.
g
g
Avea very interesting
talk on
how
they had developed this new organ. •
The second feature of the program
was introduced by Lion Jimmy Shear -
1 er who very masterfully presented
1 the guest speaker of the evening, Mr.
Hugh Hill of Colborne township. Mr.
Hill outlined the activities of the Hur-
on Co. Plowmen's Associeation avitivi-
ties also their efforts being put for -
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ward to make a success of the Intern-
ational Plowing Match to be held in
Huron Co. this coming fall. He made
suggestions to the Club of Clinton on
how they could] best help this great
project,
I Lion Monty Monteith moved a vote
of thanks to our guest speakers. Lion
Russel Holmes had the pleasure of
being the luoky winner of the draw.
The teetin • was closed by singing
"0. Caneda" and giving the Lion's
Roar.
• MILITARY NEWS -
Ward has been recerveaey his
mother in London, Ontario, that Pete
Johns, formerly of Hayfield, and a
former student at Clinton Collegiate
Institute, has been promoted to Troop
Sergeant Major in No: 4 Commandos
in England; and that his brother
Laurie,I o
a s a former student here
has beenro-
.,co d to
p e d sue rant of
Corporal in the Royal Air Foree, and
is stationed at Kano, Northern Niger-
ia, British. West Africa.
A.C. Laurie Colquhoun and AC.
Bob Clarke of the R.C.A.F. at St.
Thomas spent the weekend at the
formter•'s home in town.
LAC. Wesley Hadtlyof the R.C.A.F.
at Camp Borden spent his five days
leave at his home in town.
Stanley E. Yungblut, who for the
past four and a half months has been
stationed at St. John's, Que., spent
his Christmas leave with his parents, •
and left Sunday for the Fingal Bomb-
ing and Gunnery School, where he
will graduate as a Wireless Air Gin-
ner in the near future.
I LAC. Don Colquhoun of the R.G.A.
F. +at Moncton, N.B., is spending his.,
fourteen days Ieave in town with his
(parents, Mr, and Mrs. F W. Colqu-
houn.
Capt. R. P. Douglas, now stationed
at Sussex, New Brunswick is spending
a short leave in town with Mrs. Doug-
las and children.
Scarlet Fever; 64 Teees'of tPubclren----Sgt. Observer•-F3:nest_ Mittell of
Pox and 4 cases of Mumps. 'Montreal is also spending a short
There is a fine of $20.00 for not tleave in town with his parents, Mr,
notifying any of these eases. If this and Mrs. Edward Mittell,
is not observed in future the fine I Lieut. J. L. McKnight, now station -
may be enforced. i ed at Brockville, spent his leave with
All School children have been Tox- I Mrs. McKnight and daughter, San -
aided for Diptheria, and many for j dra.
Scarlet Fever which proved a success, Pte. Charles McMicheal' of the El -
as no oasts were reported after this gin regiment of Sussex, N.B. is
had been done. Inoculation against spending a short leave at his home
Whooping Cough was also successful. di town.
Our water has been tested by the -V--,, --
Provincial Board of Health every 3
months, andinall samples the report
was AA. Milk andCream is also
tested every 3 months besides sam-
ples taken by the Provincial Inspector
on his tour, and tested at Toronto.
The report was that the Pasteurizing
was up to standard. One nese Mach-
ine was installed, this year.
Number of Births registered, were 103
Number of Deaths' , 52
Pops ii at%tm I92€. -.
There were many complaints made
to the Board, mostly relative to
drains and cellars. For full reports
in detail I enclose the Ontario Dpt.
questions and answers.
All of which I respectfully submit,
, , .. J. W SHAW,
Medical Officer of Health
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Renewal Notes
In renewing his subscription for
1942 Mr. William Taylor of Science
Hill, who has taken the News -Record.
for the past forty years, tells of a
few incidents in his life that happen-
ed around here. Mr. Taylor is at
present laid up,.having been kicked
by a horse in October, and is not
quite over the effects yet. Mr. Tay
-
lox. also writes of the great 'changes
taken place in Clinton since he was; a
boy on the second of Stanley. I e
relates the time he teamed three i en-
dred• bushels of oats to the chopping
mill in Clinton in' February, when the
thermometer was '16 below; the dis-
tance being eleven miles and he was
not too ''well clad' in those days.
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HOCKEY NOTES
SEAFORTH PLAYS HERR' ON
' FRIDAY NIGHT
It wee: because of mild wc•'ather that
the first Intermediate Hockey game
ybf the season was cancelled between
Goderiva and Clinton scheduled for
last Friday evening: But it'was be-
cause of snow storms and blocked!
higbways that the second scheduled'
game between Seaforth and Clinton
Tues'd'ay ,evening was called off. The
Clinton players. reached Seaforth but
two f the Seaforth l r
o p aye s, who are
from Stratford, were;unable to get
through because of blocked highways.
The Colt's third game' will be'play
Stock . , 86.25' ed here Fri. night in the local arena
Macke . 6;80 when '% the Seaforth Beavers will be
$353.55 ;their rivals,
ONT. ST. WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION
The W. A. of Ontario Street United
Church held their regular meeting on
Wednesday afternoon, Mrs. Holmes
presiding and Mrs. Hawke conducting
the devotions. Annual reports were
given and new business was discus-
sed,
Readings were given by Mrs. Ken-
nedy and Mrs, Wheatley, Mrs. Haw-
k closed rn et 1
e the meeting with prayer fo
lowed by a soota7'hoii.
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Force Of Gale Felt Here
The full force of the gale which
swept across Western Ontario Tues-
day, whipping blinding snow across
roads and count's'
ty tde, was felt here
and all over Huron county: Roads in
many sections were reported blocked,
and although main highways were op-
en poor visibility forced numerous dri-
vers into the ditches.
Lowest temeprature of the year,
topping Tuesday's low of four below
Zero, was felt here early Wednesday -
morning, when thermometers drop-
ped to seven below at eight o'clock.
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New Well Soon To Be In
Operation
The new well, started some time
ago, is finished' as the Brantford Dril-
ling Company completed their con-
tract last week.
Mr. A. E. Rumball, superintendent,
bas ordered a pump which will be in-
stalled upon arrival. He is having a
test ptunp set up which will be used
until the arrival of the new pump. ,
This new well was necessatiated by
the contract to supply No, 31 Radio
School with water. -
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Game and Fish Club Annual'
New Years Dane. Succc:'s '
Nearly 800. attended - the dance
sponsored by the Game and Fish Club
in the Clinton town 'hall, New Years
Eve. The hall was decorated with red,
white and blue streamers and as it
neared the New Year the dancers
were provided - with balloons, hats,
horns and noise -makers, with which
to greet 1942.; Music was supplied
by Arthur's Orchestra of Wingham,
The .Officers; and executive of the
Club take this opportunity of thank-
ing all who helped in any way to
make their 2nd annual dance success-
ful', also
uccessfull„also those who attended, and the
y,upport given by the Mayor and
men Council.
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- Weddings
JOHNSTON BROWN
The ]ton=e of Mr. and Mrs. James
T. Brown, -Clinton, was -the scene of a
charming wedding, when their second
daughter, •Stella Winnifred, became
the bride of Mr. Stewart Macklin
Johnston, only son of Mr. and Mrs.
Eldridge Johnston of Blyth, on Satur-
day, January 3rd, 1942. Rev. A. E.
Silver of the Clinton Baptist church.
officiated.
'see bride was gowned in a street
• length dress of air force blue crepe,
halo hat of flowers and corsage of
I B.nriarcliff roses. Mrs. Charles Lee,
Clit t sister o s ster of the bride, was mat-
t ron of honor, and wore a street length
dress " black crepe stitche" with
gold and a corsage of Virginia came-
' Lions. The groomsman was Glen
Gibson of Blyth, and the organist was
Mrs, V, D. Falconer of Clinton ,cous-
in of the bride.
A reception followed the ceremony,
the home being decorated with pink
and white tette streamers from the tabIo
corners to. the electrolier, and pink
rosebuds on the table which 'wras con- -
fired with the wedding cake. Only
the immediate families were present
and sickness prevented= near relatives
at Trenton front attending The
young couple Ieft on a short -honey-
moon trip to
London, the bride trav-
elling in red crepe dress, with black
coat trimmed witit grey fur, and
black accessories. The young bride
will reside at home while the groom is
in training at Kitchener.
VROOMAN-STIRLING
A wedding of interest tools place in
Christ Church Cathedral Chapel, in
Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, the
270, day -of December, when the Rev. -
Cecil Swanson officiated at the mar -
r=age of Dorothy Gludstene Stirling,
daughter of Mrs. Mason Stirling of
Goderich township, and Mrs, William
Edward Vrooman of Vancouver,, B.C. -
LONDESBOR0
The boys have been busy the' past'
week flooding the local skating rink
and are now ready for skating.
Owing to the storm the Rede Cross
meeting for Tuesday, of this week
was posponed until a later date.
Mrs. Win. Lyon entertained' the ex..
ecutive of the. W.M.S. at her home on
Monday afternoon. -
Mr. - Fred Prest of Centralia was
home for the weekend.
Mrs. J. Taylor, was the guest. of
Mrs. Murdock Ross, on New Years
Day.
Mrs. H. Lyon spent New 'Year's
Day at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. H.:l?uriean of Constance.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood' spent
New Year's at the home of Mr. L.
McNeil 13th con. ' --
Mr, and .Mri. Albert Shaddiek of
Clinton spent Sunday at the home of
Mr. Thos. Pairservice.
Mr. Leslie' Knox, who had been
'home for some weeks rec$Vering from
an accident has returned' to Niagara
to aile.