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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-05-07, Page 3THURS., MAY 7, 1942 { THE CLINTON` NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 THE 11r Y.P.EN1NteiS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE JNTURY Some Notes of The News in 1917 FROM THE CLINTON NEWS- RECORD MAY 3RD, 1917 There are not many places the size of iolmesville that can boast of turn- ing out so large a number of young men who have grown into promin- ence and fill responsible positions, as can this small village and its immedi- ate vicinity.. Let us name some of them—First comes Dr. W. S. R. Hol- mes, the County Treasurer, whose advent int this sphere oeouared about 76 years ago. Next comes his'.brother Thomas, now a prominent American physician. James E. Ford, Reeve of Clinton, and James Laithwaite, Reeve •of Goderich, were both born near here. Fred Elford, Dominion Poultry Hus- bandman at Ottawa, is a well known Holmesvilie boy. Thomas Calbiek, a Vancouver Police Officer, was born here. W. 3. McRoberts, a former teacher, is head of the Public School system at Port Arthur ,with a salary about six times as large ae he got here. Nelson Trewartha, for some time teacher and Township Clerk, is the local representative of Guam's Limited. Two of Mr. Andrew Cour- W. J. Paisley was among the Cana- dian officers who visited Buckingham Palace; London, on Saturday, April 14th, and were presented with the Military Gross at the hands of the King. Lieut. Densmore was awarded the Distinguished Conduct medal last December. It is reported that Pte. Harry'.Iones who was signed up for the 241st "Kittle" Battalion, last December by Lieut. A, 3.Grigg, has ,been sentenced to two years for desertion b r a .Wood- stock magistrate. The 241st left for overseas last week. Jones worked at Stapleton while here. Dr. Edwin Keefer, who his conduc- ted ',a dental office on College St., Toronto, for the last 30 years, died on Sunday, after a brief illness. Mr. Keefer was a resident of Clinton for about 10 years prior toshis removing to Toronto. Word was received on Saturday of the death of the second son of Sergt. Thos. Britton, had died of wounds in the recent fighting in France. Pte. William George Britton enlistedin Paris before he was 18, and: joined the Mounted Rifles at Toronto. Ile was a baker by trade commencing at 1 April 23rd, to the wife of Mr. Robert Draper ,a daughter. Rumball- At Salmon, Arm, B.C., on. April' 15th, Mrs. Samuel Ruenball,' formerly of Goderich township and sister of Mrs. W. Dodsworth of the 16th con„ aged 54 -years. Miss Maude Andrews returned home on Tuesday from St. Clair; Mich;,, where she hadbeen for the past six months. Mrs. Frank Dayment of St. .Marys has returned home, Miss Eva Turnball of Hanover has been visiting her mother for the past few days. Miss Eva Cooper ,the popular prin- cipal of Dunlop school, spent Sunday at home. Rev. J. F. Parke of Ainherstburg• was the guest of Mrs. J. E. Hovey on Friday last. Ace's sons are in the ministery, and Barry Bartliff's and also drove the ethers 'are 'prominent in professional bread wagon in the afternoons. He life. C. S. Fisher, a feriner teacher, is survived by his father, who is now is handling oil propositions in Cali- on his way overseas with the Kent forma. Rev. A. K. Birks of Niagara Battalion and his eldest brother, Rus - Falls, and his -wife both belonged here. The late Robert Graig, who be- fore his death was head of the For- eign Mission Department of the Am- erican Presbyterian ehurch, -was a teacher here for years. This• lmst may not embrace all from- this locality who have gained prominence, with less than two dozen houses. Symington — Ori Monday, April 30th, at Orillia ,Ontario, to Rev. T. A. and Mrs. Symington, a son (Donald Ian). Mr. A. Wilken has purchased the shoe repairing business of Mr. Thos. Watts and has removed to the latter's shop. This week Mrs. John Torrance re- ceived; a letter from her son, Lieut. sel, who is now serving at the front, and his smaller brothers and sisters at home here. Miss Margaret Carter was a Visitor at herr home in Westfield on Sunday. Mr. Frank Libby left for Wingham on Monday where he will assume eharge of the new knitting factory in that town. A May day tea, and shower for the Clinton soldiers will be given at the home of Miss Marion Gunn, on Tues- day afternoon, Soap and notepaper is asked for the soldier boys. Marquils—In Woodrow, Sask., on April 23rd, Hannah Monk, wife of John Marquis, formerly of this local- ity." Miss Clete Ford played, at the re- Edgar••Torranoe, who was 0..formet cltal"in London by the pupils- of the, officer of the 761st; but left with a Conservatory -of Music last Thursday special draft from• Camp Borden last evening. October and when he ataived in Eng- land. was transferred to the 20th Bat- Ma Stoddart, one of the Rural talion and went into the trenches Route carriers is now using an auto right after. for his work, Being Trailed by German Gestapo in . Lisbon' not Pleasant Experience This is the 16th in the series of articles describing a trip to Britain last September and October. The writer, Hugh Templin, editor of the Fergus News -Record, represented the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Assoc- iation and the stories are written ex- clusively for the weekly newspapers of Canada. I'll never forget the night we left Ireland behind and flew away toward Portugal ,in the largest seaplane I ever saw, the good ship `Berwick," which Iater became famous when it carried Winston Churchill back over the Atlantic from Bermuda to Brit- ain. We left the peaceful little village of Mare, in Southern Ireland, about ten o'clock on Friday night, driving by .bus along the winding, walled roads ,through a couple more tiny hamlets, and down one last hill to the seacoast. Once again, there was a hurried session in the little eustoms house, though no baggage was open- ed for 'inspection, One more entry was made in our passports ,and we filed out on the pier and down a shaky gangplank to the launch. It all seemed; strange to me that night. There I was in Ireland, where I had never expected to be. Behind us on the hills, lights shone in the few houses, not exactly what we had become aceustomed to during a month in England, where everything would have been black. On the pier a powerful searchlight swung around picking out at times the shape of the big winged boat out on the estuary, thkowing its black shadow on the cliff behind! until it looked like two Word was received on Tuesday by ships, one grey and one, black. Mrs. Rebecca McGowan, of Port Mr. George Cooper that. Pte. Percy Orme launch had gone tint with the land, Oregon, nurse ,and Miss Stack- Hitchen, who was formerly operator house, of Blyth, were visitors with at the Movie House was wounded in Mrs. W. Thompson this, week. the arm and taken to England. Mr. W. D. Fair was in Toronto this Percy was the second boy from Olin- -week on business. ton to enlist with the 161st when the Mrs. Robert Tunney visited -her Battalion was started. Also among daughter, Miss Mary Butler at Blyth the wounded were Pte. L. W. Embury last week. of Varna and Pte. J .C. Crawford of Mrs. Jos. Rattenbury and Miss Londesboro. Dorothy are visiting in Toronto, as the former's health is not of the very When The Present Century best. Mrs, 11 .B. Combe, wife of Colonel Combe, who is now in. Prance, was a recent visitor in Mitchell with Dr. and Mrs. Cull. • FROM THE CLINTON NEW ERA MAY 3RD, 1917 Lieut. R. L. Dunmore of St. Thom- as who is a grandson of Councillor . CHURCH JDIRECTORY THE SALVATION ARMY Mrs. Envoy Wright Was Young FROM THE CLINTON NEWS- -- RECORD MAY 1ST, 1902 Dr. Holmes of Goderich, who has been surgeon of the Huron Regiment since 1866, has retired, having reach- ed the age li%nit. He bore the honor- ary title of Surgeon Lieutenant-Col- onel and while a camp was addressed by his brother officers as Colonel. He was third in point of seniority in the Dominion. He has been succeeded, by Captain Shaw •of Clinton, who wilt be .gazetted this week. The Surgeon 11 a.ni. — Morning Worship • Captain is one of the most, popular 2.30 p.m. — Sunday School and capable officers of the regiment 7 p,m — Salvation Meeting and has worthily, won the' promotion. A pretty April wedding took place at the home of Mr. William Flukey yesterday forenoon when his eldest daughter ,Maud became the bride of Mr. E. McLaughlan of Goderich, THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor. 2.30 p.m.—Sunday School' 7 p.m. --Evening Worship The Young People meet each Monday evening at 8 p.m. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev, G. W. Moore, LTh. 11 a.m. Morning Prayer. 2.30 p.m, Sunday School, 7 p.m.—Evening Prayer. ONTARIO STREET UNITED Rev. G. G. Burton, SMA., p:D. 12.00 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m—Divine Worship, 2.00 p.m. Turner's • March Ser- vice and Sunday School 7 p.m.` Evening Worship WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED Rev. Andrew Lane, B.A., B:D, 11 am. --Divine Worship 7 p.m, Fvening Worship. Sunday 'School at conclusion of morning service. , PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sunday. School 10 a.m. Worship Service 1.1 a.m. 8 pan. , Worship Service at Bayfield 2 p.m.—Sunday School, hayfield. The old Rattenbumy street church, which_. was abandoned a couple of months ago for the more pretentious and commodious Wesley church, has been bought by Mr; Dan. McCorvie, who will make use of it as a fanning mill .works: Mrs. T. McNeil gave a party on Tuesday' evening in honor of her brother Mr. W. 0. Cooper, who leaves this mnorning,to:enter again his dut- ies as traveller for a large wholesale house w!th headquarters at Pt. Ar- thur. Mrs, James Eagleson and Mr. Peter Ker left yesterday for 'Langdon, North Dakota,where they will spend the summer, they expect, there being a brisk demand for carpenters in that part of the state. Mr, A. MCD. Allen expects to leave today for Ottawa, en route for. Old England. to represent the Dominion Government at time exhibitions to be held this coining .sumuner. Carbert—In Hallett son April 19th, to Mr. and Mrs. George Carbert, a daughter. Draper—In Goderieh township, on south. The wing -tip,' light and all the nail and I climbed into another with a 'dozen fellow passengers. One or two loads had already gone aboard. the bay was rough and our launch went out beyond the seaplane, drifting back past it. The crew missed the rope thrown from' the plane and tried again. The second time they had bet- ter luck and we climbed aboard the big float which is a part of the body of the plane and down through the narrow door. The interior Iooked familiar. This was another Boeing plane, similar to the Clippers by which 7 had crossed the Atlantic some weeks before. Even the pattern on the tapestry that tev- ered the walls was the same.' But this was a later model and larger. There were no berths for the pas- sengers that night. There wasn't room for them, We were packed in too closely, and we 'sat up all night an the comfortable seats. After we rose from the water, there were no lights either. Tlie plane was to fly down op- posite the unfriendly.00ast of France, always in danger from enemy raiders and the only safe way to go was in the dark. And even that wasn't too safe, as we all realized. So we sat sprawled around in all sorts of queer shapes, trying to .sleep—and having some success, at that, Aboard the Berwick* I don't think Pan American Air- ways would have tried to fly a Clip- per -on a night like that. The waves were high and the wind was off -shore. That made it necessary to go away out into the estuary andtaxi toward the land, with the ship gaining height fast enough: to clear the range of low )mills. Besides ,the plane had a heavy load. Three times, the Captain tried. before he: finally lifted off the waves and into the air. Each time, he went farther out into the open -ocean. I sat at the little window and looked out at the waves, thrilled,' beyond anything I had- known on the trip before, 1 -could. see two'of the four huge meters and the long; wing with a green light Ott near the tip. The waves splashed up ever'the window when the motors speeded up. Twice the waves were so high they came up over the wing -tip obscuring the green light. 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The Berwick arrived over the mouth of the Tagus River just before the sun came up over the hills behind Lisbon: • (The interior of Portugal is quitemountainous in spots). Down below ,a large fleet of fishing boats' could, be seen on the Atlantic, mostly little sailing ships, but a few steam trawlers. Then there was Estoril, the he Ith resort at the mouth of the river, and then Lisbon set on several hills. A new airport was being built outside the city, with broad. modern roads leading to it, in contrast to- the narrow lanes of the city itself. An Oriental cemetery with little tombsinsidea high wall provided an odd touch. Twice the ship circled the city, losing height, and came down on the river beside a Pan American Clipper, preparing to leave in a few hours, "How nice it ,would be',' I thought, "to transfer .from one plane to the other, without even bothering to go ashore." But wartime travel isn't that easy in Europe. Lisbon is one of the most romantic cities in the world at present. It's a poor magazine that hasn't had some tory dealing with Lisbon and its re- fugees, its spies, the German Gestapo and such like. There has been a whole series of moving pictures about Lis- bon, such as "One Night in Lisbon," "The Lady IIas Plans," and "Affec- tionately Yours," The general idea seems to be that anything call hap- pen in Lisbon. I believe that is true: anything can happen there, and most of it does happen, Some of the thins that have happened are probably snore exciting than anything the fiction writers have produced. But alas! Some of the true stories must be kept secret until: after. the war. I didsl't see much of Lisbon the first time I was there, but on the re- turn trip, I saw far too mutt, and I do not care if I never See Portugal again. Even when peace comes again. I think I would decline an invitation. Lisbon After Dark On the eastward trip, the short stay in Lisbon and suburbs held some excitement, but it was pleasant. The. Clipper arrived after dark. My first impression 'of the Tagus River was that it consisted of acres of mud (lata. The tido must have Been low that night and the bright searchlights on the- plane ansi on the shore same on the need as the Clipper circled aroma! in search of its anchorage. The trip to shore was' over a long pier that. ended in the Customs ;office. There the British Embassy people picked us' up, supplied us with plenty of esen dos (the Portugese snoneer) anti, gave the taxi driver directions where to take us. There followed a wild taxi ride through the narrow streets of Lisbon and out to Estoril. It was far more exciting and undoubtedly more dan- gerous than the Clipper trip across the broad Atlantic, but we arrived breathless at the Estoril Palacia ,the finest hotel in Portugal. (It is this hotel you see in some of the movies). There was a midnight dinner in the magnificent dining room, along with the crew of the Clipper, then a few hours' sleep, and away again in' the early morning darkness to Cintra, the airport that is used by British, Dutch, German and Italiee planes. And. so to England. Seven Days in Portugal 1 On the return trip, I spent seven days in Lisbon, which was about five too many. It 'was mid-October when autumn storms were interfering with the Clipper schedules. At first, it seemed, I might have to Wait ten days for a place -on'e, Clipper: then it was more indefinite. It might be three i weeks. As it has ,since turned out, it ' might be never. A prominent Can- , adieu who returned' a few weeks later had to go by way of Africa, Brazil and Trinidad to get out ef Lis- bon. The city is full of -people .try- ing to get out, For some of them, it is a matter -of life and death. They must leave before the .Germans gel them. A place on the Clipper was not to be measured in mere dollars then (though it Cost over $500, westbound) Sc, I stayed in Lisbon with seven YOUR Estate is 'ifferent from every other. Many prob- lems are involved — family and ,financial conditions, requirements and oblectives are different. No one person could be expected to effectively deal with the many duties required of an executor.: The Sterling Trusts Corporation brings to these problems - the combined experience of a staff fully qualified to administer your estate promptly and efficiently. Name as your Executor WOE STERLING TRUSTS gotIPORATION 372 BAY 5T., TORONTO other Canadians, and as the days passed •siowly, our plight "became so desperate that we returned at last on a refugee ship, "part of a cargo -of eork," as Bishop Renison puts it. As I have said, Lisbon le beautiful from the air. So itthe rest of Portu- gal that I had seen 'from the plane. From the ground ,parts of the capital city are beautiful and everything is interesting. But under its pictaresgne exterior, there lurk dangers, even in 'peace time. Now the wh-ole city is, full of danger and intrigue: OW' (ecnttnuuu un page 6)