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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-10-29, Page 3!THURS., OCT. 29 1942 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 Clear ielephane lines for ALLDUT PRODUCTION Yonr telephone is part of a vast interlocking sys- tem now carrying an abnormal wartime load. Don't let needless delays hold up messages on which pro- duction efficiency may depend. OTHER "WART/ME .TELEPflalIE r#Ier c$" WIBR SURE you have the right number ... consult the directory. SPEAK distinctly, directly into the mouthpiece. bell riER gs. promptly when the belt ri BE BRIEF. Clear your line for the next call. There things may look trilling, but, on s,s00/000 daily telepboru ,...,... (-'. . eal1e, they are very important, THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY 1N THE CENTURY • Some Notes of The News in 1917 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, 'October 25th, 1917 Mrs. Axon is helping out at the ,Model school this week, taking the Work of Miss Thompson, who is ill. Mrs. Jas, Twitchell received word this week that her son, Pte. W. J. Twitchell of the 19th, Alberta Dra- goons, had landed safely in England. Court Clinton T. O. 0. F. are ar- ranging to send Christmas boxes to their members who are overseas. They appointed a committee to look after the material and will peek the boxes on Tuesday evening. Little Miss Clara Steep, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 11 Steep of Stapleton, celebrated her tenth birthday on Friday last by entertaining a number of her little friends. .A. very happy evening Was spent by the young people. Last week at Toronto Charles. Lusty was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary on a. charge of; stealing an auto and robibng private houses: He was the head of a gang of three youths who broke into the home of Mx. Alex. Arinatrong,' formerly of Clinton, and' ransacked it. from top to bottom, during' the temporary absence of members of the house- hold. In the' Red Cross campaign in Toronto last week, " whereby nearly one million dollars was raised, one of the collecting teams was. captained by Mr. W. FS.; Greig,'son of Mrs. L. Greig, and brother of Mr. T. A. Greig Clinton, who succeeded in raising nearly $36,000, Mr. Greig 'hat held a responsible position with the Mass- ey -Harris company for a number of years. Clinton this fall. That Mr. Gibbings should decide to come into Clinton is the most natural thing in the world. His grandfather wasp one, of the first settlers on the site where the town now stands and his father, the late William Gibbings, who was born here, was the first white male child born in Huron county. Mr. Gibbings has•been Looking at 'the house on Rattenbury street in which his father formerly lived and his grandmother before that and may decide to make his home. Mrs, William Glen of Clinton ann- ounces _the engagement of her daughter, Bessie, to Mr. Francis Watkins How , of Edmonton, Alta., son of the late Rev. Henry How, B. A. and "Mrs. How of Annapolis} N. S. The marriage will take place early in November, Mrs. R. Fitzsimons received *a wire on Tuesday informing her of the death of her brother, Mr. John Tew? sley of Norden, Man. The deceased will be remembered by many of the older citizens as lieresided here be- fore going west about twentyefive years ago, lie is survived by his wife, Mr. George Watts of the London Road, Tuckersenith, has disposed of his .farm to ilia•.. 3. H, Quigley of Hullett, who getspossession in the spring. Mrs, John Tippet of Bayfield re- ceived word this week of- the death of her .brother, Beniamin. Higgins at Vancouver; B. C. Mks, ,Arthur Clarke, ,. who, spent the past six weeks at St. Joseph's Hospital, London, taking treatment„ returned to Bayfield' this week. Danford, -In Goderich hospital on Oct. 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. James Dunford, of Clinton; a son. Bailiff --In Clinton on Oct. 18th, to Mr. and Mrs. harry Bartliff, a son. Lanslcail — In Regina, Sask., on Get. 23rd, to Mr. and Mrs. G. J. A. LanskaiI (formerly Mies Kate Ross of Clinton) a son. The. ` older Olintoniane will therein - leer to former resident who was known as "Chauncey" Fisher when a mere lad, He was a boy without the ad- vantages of position or wealth, but he had lots of plunk and energy. Moving to Toronto he found opening forhie talents, and he started in the manufacturing business under the title of A. D. Fisher "Co., and by. honest business management has suc- ceeded in working up a splendid, busines slocated on Britain St. It tis reported that he made considerable money on a nanition's contract, and he showed hits generosity end appreo- laden of a good 'cellae last week by 'contributing $500 to the Red Gross Fund, Mer"e's where your old friends take' off their hate to you "A„ fa". Mr: R. 3. Gibbings of the first concession. Hullett, who disposed; of his farm to Pls. W. Ross of McKillop, is lievi'ztg a scale of his farm stock on Nev. 4th; and intends' moving into THE CLINTON NEWS ERA, Opt. 25th, 1917. Miss Leona Nediger is assisting in the uptown G T. R.I. ticket office this week .curing i<ho'a',bsenee of Miss Bentley on. vocation. Miss Beatrice Green, returned to Toronto on 'Saturday` to resume her Studies in ,connection; with the Con- servatory of mimic after having spent several months; in town. Mrs. A. J. Henderson, who has been visiting her sister at Ottawa and also with friends -in Toront.o,. spent a few days this week with her mother, Mrs. James Shepherd, Townshendstreet, leaving for her home in Lansing this morning. Mrs W. E. Floody leaves on Mon.. for her home in Ingersoll after haw ing spent several weeks at the par ental home, that of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Chant. Misses Florence Cuninghame and Marion Irwin are in Chatham this this : week attending the Provincial' S. 5, convention as delegates from. Wesley Sunday school. Mr. G. A. Bradshaw is .in Chat.' ham this week as a delegate from the Ontario Sunday Sohooi at the Provincial Convention. Mrs. M. D. McTaggart and Mrs .H'. B. Combe are _in Toronto this week. Mas, McTaggart will go on to Morris burg before returning. Mr. Chas. Forbes and Miss L. Caldwell of Waterford were week end guests at the home of the for mer's sister, that of Mr. and Mrs, C. Twitchell. Mr, and Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes and family were in G'oderich on Sunday spending the day with friends. Mrs. C. Sutter of Stratford spent. a couple of days in town this week with Mr. and' Mrs. J. A. Sutter. Misses Kssie O'Brien and Verna Jervis have gone to Toronto' to take positions. • Mrs. H. Rossleft last week to visit her brother in Leamington, Mr. and Mrs. W, G. Wilson of Hensell annbunce the engagement of their youngest daughter, Cora Eliz abeth, to Mr. Herbert A. Chamber- lain, son of Mr. and Mrs. James Chamberlain of Niagara Falls. The marriage to take place the first part of November. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hartleib of Zurich, announce the engagement of their daughter, Eleanor, to Mr. John Henry Cantelon of the Molson& Bank. Toronto, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cantelon of Clinton. The marriage will take place quietly at Zurich the latter part of the month.. The total amount of subscriptions to the British Red Cross Fund from Clinton is $1;21417d.. Mr. Charles Forbes, son of Mrs. A. Forbes of town, has joined the Fly- ing Corps and is with the Mechanical department, which means that Char les will do all his "flying" on the ground. Cadet' Will Sienian, son of Cus tomsOffieer Wiseman and Mrs.' Wise than, who went overseas with a West ern battalion and saw sevice at the front, was wounded end after recav- ery took up the (tying game, left on the Oth, for Egypt with a flying corps. Mr. Wiseman got word Wed. and the letter was written on the Sth just before departure. Mr. Gifford Crich of London and eldest son of Mi, and rigs. Onslow Crich of town, got , into khaki a couple of weeks ago, joining up with a ocmpany attached to, the 7th. Regt. He is a bandsman. This makes three sons in the King's uniform now as the other two are with the 161st, Battalion in England. When the Present Century Was Young THI±I CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Oct. 23rd, '1902. The wedding of Miss Agnes Cro- nin and Mr. Alfred Ray took place in . St. Joseph's church under, the most auspicious circumstances on Tuesday. The altar had been prett ily and profusedly decorated with' flowers and light and the altar rail- ing banked with flowers if many hues. There was a large gathering of friends to witness the ceremony which was performed by Rev: Father McMenamin. Miss Minnie Reynolds played the wedding march and accompanied Miss Maggie Brawn, Miss Flossie Cronin, and Miss Mary Shanahan in rendering ,choice solos appropriate to the occasion. The bride, who, was very handsomeiy dres- sed in Iavender silk, was assisted by Miss Keegan of Seafarth, while her brother, Mr. Thomas . Cronin' was groomsman, in the afternoon after the wedding feast, Mr. ,and Mrs. Roy returned to Clinton; to take the train for Detroit' where they will make their home. Ohl Thanksgiving Day there passed into rest, at the residence of her son, Mr. William Bell of Blyth,an- other of the pioneers of this country, in the person of Mrs, Hugh, Bell, who. had reached the adiYaneed age of eigh- ty years Haying in October'. is something. unusual; in this county btht,we are in formed'that Mr, R. Tho3jpson of the 16th of Goderieh'Township, was busy at it on Monday. The crop was clover from spring seeding on fall wheat and was a good average crop. Verna' News ---Mr. A. Duncan dis- posed o£ three of his fine Shropshire l4114. last week, or rather we should. say that the gang of men filling his silo;;d4sposed of %heir. The boys say w. La- FZ. phi • t") "Now SIE hold a Mortgage on Canada Ma!' 41 "Sure we're working harder than ever—but that never hurt anybody. We're working longer hours and putting our money away in Victory Bonds. Now we'll be paid interest instead of paying it. - "When peace comes we'll have money saved to buy new equipment for our farm—might even put up a new barn —maybe take a holiday! "Meanwhile, we can't think of any safer or better place to invest our money than in bonds backed by our country. 'And we can't think of any better purpose than helping our fighting boys get the jump on the enemy. When we read about our Lads bombing Germany, we can think that maybe we raised one of those bombs on our' own farm. "So that's our plan from now until peace cordes. We will work to save and lend. We'llhave it to spend later. And we can look forward to getting that new tractor and that fine new automobile' we're .; saving for now.,' "We'll be laying up for ourselves the best of all invest- ments—VICTORY nvestments VICTORY VOIDS -backed by all the resources of the Dominion of Canada: they yield a fair rate of interest;' we can borrow against them; and they are readily saleable when we need cash! NOTHING MATTERS NOW BUT 'VICTORY... Butt THE NEW VICTORY BONDS CANADA NEED ► $750,000,000 NOW; i 41111.1116 the shorps make fine eating. Mr. Mannie Ward came home from Thorn - dale for Thanksgiving Day and re- mained over Sunday. Mr. Geo. Shore's mother and brother visited with her last week. Mr. and Mrs. John Ward spent Sunday with, Exeter friends. Mr. J. W. Elliott, of Clinton was, in the villlage the other day and took home with him a nobby rig for his big livery, made by Purdy and Mc- Naughton J. W. konws where to get a good article at a reasonable price. Dr. and Mrs. Shaw are visiting the city of Washington. Miss Plummer, after spending over a month in Toronto as the guest of her sister, Mrs. Lester Scott, came home last week. Mrs. Scott accompan- ied her, but returned to the city on Tuesday - Miss • Luey Stevens'. ie teaching in the Heneall oho', having accepted the position vacated ley Miss Steph- enson of town, Mrs: H. Andrews leaves on Satur- day to spent the winter with her son, Mr; Rufus Andrews of Cleveland Ohio. Mr, and Mrs. B. R. Higgins, of Brueefield were in. Clinton on Satur- day. Miss Briokendon is in. London where she yesterday acted as bridesmaid ROW TO BUY Give your order to the VictbryLoansalesman iy who rolls on you. Or r e place it in the hands of any branch of any bank, or give it to any trust company. Or send it to your local Victory Loan Headquarters. Or you can author he your employer to start a regular payroll savings pian for you. BBonds may be bought in denomi- nations of $54, $100, esoo, $i,000 and larger. Salesman, bank, trust company or your local Victory Loan Headquarters will be glad to giveyou everyassistanceinmaking out pont order form. WEAR YOUR COMMANDO DAGGER It is a symbol indicating that you have bought the new Victory floods, L-34 NATIONAL WAR FINANCE COMMITTEE for her friend, Miss Emma Greene; of that city: Mr. William Tier, mathematical master at the Collegiate spent Thank sgiving Day in Lucan. Dr. Crossman of Detroit woe the guest of Mr. Jas Fair from Thanks- giving day until Monday: Mr. A. Plummer of Blyth was call- ed home on Tuesday by the serious ill- ness, of his sister, Miss Plummer. Mr. C. C. Ranee returned home last week , after a tour In the Maritime. Provincess in the interests of the Jackson Mfg. Co., He visited all the, principal points, making known the. merits; of the Lion brand of Cloth- ing which is now being extensively sold all over Canada. Miss Alice Brigham,, after spending Thanksgiving with her parents in town has returned to Toronto }where she has accepted a position in Catto's dressmaking establishment, V Jan Christian, Smuts, Prime Minis- ter of South Africa, in his address to the joint assembly of the House of. Lords,. and House of Commons, said, "This is essentially, a war of the spirit, a war for min.'s' soul, and the deepest faith and the feelings of the free nations of the world ale on our Side," rill, RVnTtt1"\4ut;`nr+ t�i'����(s 6tf;!�Sl`,t rhe 1\ilii. it FIRST REAL .CANADIAN MONEY Canada's first :dollar bills were issued by the Bank of Montreal which began business in 1817. Up to that time, only foreign currencies were in circulation in Canada, and' as the country, had no money o£ its own, 'most domestic business was doneby barter. The illustration on the $2 hill is believed to represent one of the steam boats, belonging to the Honourable John Molson,, that plied ors the St. Lawrence at the time: Mr. Mellon, who was the most outstanding nierob. mat of Montreal in the early' part of the nineteenth century,,was president' of the Bank of Montreal front 182b to 1834.