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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-11-05, Page 1The Clinton News -Record Est. 1878" NO. 6117 -63rd YEAR With Which is Incorporated "The Clinton New Ea CLINTON The New Era Est. 1867 ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5,1942 SHOP NOW FOR CHRISTMAS WHY SHOP EARLY? Many Lines of Merchandise now on Display Have Been Withdrawn By the Manufacturer for the Duration. Scarcity of Skilled Workmen. Slow and uncertain delivery of merchandise Shortage of raw material. Imports drastically curtailed. Engraving Signet Rings, Cuff • Choose and mail now! Linke, etc., requiresmore time Forseeing the difficulty of obtaining merchandise, Hellyar's Jewellery completed their buying months ago.... NOW practically all of the many varieties of gifts are on display. We are proud to offer an as- sortment ofgift pieces unexcelled in this district, - A Small Deposit Will Reserve 'Your Selection For Later Delivery GIFTS for FIGHTING MEN IL HELLYAR Il II NEW "MARTHA ASHIN9TON" Cotton Print Dresses We were fortunate enough to secure a travel'ler's set of sam- ples, every one different. Stripes and Floral Designs in Sizes up to 44. Don't `delay- In making your Selection. There is no substitute for a "MARTHA WASHINGTON". Priced at $1.75 and $2.19 • e e v-IRWIN 1111111•NFIB AMMO.. Right Now is the best time to select those most important Christ- mas Gifts and have us put them away for you. Pay for them any way you wish between now and when you take deliveryof them for Christmas. We have a very large stock of beautiful new watches including all the latest styles in dozens of lovely mo= •dels for both Ladies and Gentlemen. R -meinhaven't seen the best 1 e eruntil you you b see our display; Come in and inspect them leisurely., ‘. Now is also a good time to consider Rings of all kinds= See our Onyx, birthstone and signet rings in smart new designs. A Complete newstock of Bluebird Diamond and Wedding 'Rings also available. Inspect our large stock of Lockets, Bracelets, Mili- tary Jewellery, Costume Jewellery, Pearls, Silver ware and Cornflower Crystal Many Fine Gifts for Men:in Uniform such as Shav- ers, Ronson lighters, Metal mirrors, Billfolds, Writ-, ing Cases, Utility and Fitted Cases, Brushes, Razor Blades, Cigarettes, Identity Neckchains and Brace lets, Photo Polders, Pouches, Pipes, Travel Clocks, Watch Straps and Bracelets, Parker Pen and Pencil' Sets, Etc. ' . Counters for' Finer: Jewellery for Over Half a Century in Huron County THE ROME PAPER Clinton Goes Over its Quota 8.5% At the close of business Wednesday quotas Brussels, Hullett, Goderich township, Seaforth, Exeter, Henson, Hay E„ and Wingham. After tabulating the sales of Vic- tory Bonds at the; Royal Air Force Station, No. 31, !Clinton,. Wednes- day, evening the 'total was $31,200. Clinton had subscribed $127,750 which is 8.5• per cent over its quota, and with, high hopes of still increasing this amount. The following districts in Huron County have also gone over their, Engagements Announced To Hold Poppy Day Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred' Colelough, The Clinton Branch of the Canadian Goderich Township, announce the en- Legion will hold their annual Poppy gagement of their only daughter, Day on Saturday this week, Nevem- Daphne Marjorie, to G. Harold John- ston, son of Mr. and Mrs. George. Johnston, of Bayfeld. The marriage will take place in St. James' church Middleton, early in November. • Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Lloyd, of Hid. - lett township, wish to announce the engagement of their youngest daugh- ter, Celia Jane to Clifford. Earl Ad- ams, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Thom- as Adams, df Hullett Township. The marriage will take place in Novem- ber. ' Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston, Bay- field announce the engagement of their second daughter, Effie Jean, to John W. Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Henderson, Clinton. The mar- riage will take place in St. James Church, Middleton this month. v Board of Education The Board of Education met on Tuesday evening last with all its mem- bers present. Mr. Scribbins presented his resigns- at the organ, a Bible quiz, and a tion as care -taker for the Public • variety of games provided the pro- ber 7th. Each -home will be canvassed and taggers willbe on the street throughout the day. The Poppy "Fund iskept separate from the regular Le- gion funds and is used only for cases of emergency or for assistance of a needy veteran. The Legion will hake many added duties and responsibil- ities with discharged members of the New Army so that funds are requir- ed more than ever. Be as =generous as you can. The cause is a most tworthy one and the steed is great and :growing greater each week. In memory of those who gave their lives. Buy, and Wear a Poppy= v BIBLE CLASS RALLY On Wednesday evening Oct. 21st the "Covenant Adult Bible Class" - held their fall rally, at the home of Mrs. G. E. Saville. At six thirty about two dozen sat down to a splendid supper arranged by the social eonimittee, with Mrs. J. McKinley as convenor. Sacred songs, with Mrs. M. Agnew To Observe Two • -Minutes 'Silence Remembrance Day, November '11, anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First Great War, is not being observed-' as a public hoilday on Canada while` the present conflict' lasts. In view of this' the annual service on Remembrance Day will not be held. His Worship Mayor A. J. McMurray however requests that all citizens oh - serve the customary two minutes' of silence at 11 a.m. on November 11, in memory of those who paid the su- preme sacrifice during. the conflict of 1914-18. School and the Board decided to ad- vertise in the News -Record for a suc- cessor. A grant of $15.00 from the Strath - cone Trust was turned over to the Cadets. Accounts were passed as fol- lows: C. C. L T. It. Thompson, $16.78; C. M. Shearing $5.43; Sherlock Man- vial manner the paster Rev. A. Lane, Hing $91.95; W. T. Hawldns, $8.80; took' occasion,' to emphasize, the ev- Sutter &Perdue, $18,30; W. D. Fair, ent. Hearty; congratulations were giv- Co. $5.50; Public School, Ball & en by the friends present. Zapfe $9,20; Beattie Furniture $6'7.50; Votes of thanks were voiced for Sutter & Perdue $L50 Gestetner favors to the hostess and the social $19.80. Mr. Fines was authorized to pur- chase two buzzers to be used in De- fence Training. Miss Jamieson was vo- ted oted a table for her work. V MILITARY NEWS Pilot Officer Reg. Cook who has completed his operational training in Eastern Canada will very shortly, be posted to a Bomber Squadron. In last week's issue we stated that Cameron Proctor; son of Mr. and Mrs. Aidn'ew Proctor of town, had been giv- en a leave until the end of May in the R.C.A.F., we understand this is incorrect as he was given iven.leave J until the first of May. Aircraftsman Geraid Fremlin of the Presbyterian Church A.F. of Brantford, spent the week' The W. M. S. will have their regu- end at his home in town. lar meeting at the honie of Mrs. M. D. McTaggart on Wednesday Novem- ber lith, at 2.30 p.m. Wesley Willis United Church 11 a.m. Sermon subject, "Remem- brance". 12 noon Sunday School. 7.30 p.m. Sermon subject "'Sam- son. gram. A pleasing event took place. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Diehl were there, and it was learned , that the date was marked by then, as being the 57th anniversary of their wedding. The fact was not overlooked, and in a jo- committee, and were heartily 'aceepted. Blest be the tie that binds and prayer by the pastor concluded, a very plea- sant leasant evening. AMONG TRE CHURCHES St. Paul's Chruch The regular meeting of the Friend- ship Club will be held on Wednes- day, Nov. 11th, at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. E. Ellwood, Princess street. Thursday, tonight at 7.30 service of Intercession. 11 a,m. Annual Armistice Day ser- vice. (Elsewhere in these columns) 2.30 p.m. Sunday School. '7 p.m. Evening Prayer L.A,C.- Albert Dinnin, of the R.C.A, F. stationed at Brandon, Man., for the past year has been transferred to Newfoundland.,L.A.0, Dinnin, is well ,mown in Clinton, having been on the staff of the Bank of Montreal here for several years before his enlist- ment. L.A.C. Ivan Jervis of the R.C.A.F. at Guelph spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, L. S. Jervis of Holmesvilie. L.A.C. Ted. Middleton of the R.C. A;F.,. at Brantford spent the week, end with his parents, Mr and Mrs. Fred Middleton of Goderich township. Pte Bob Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard. Cook of'town,'Who has been in the Military Hospital at Kingston for the few months 'following a car accident, is home on leave. Benjamin W. Churchill, son of Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Churchill, of Goderich township, was among the recent en- listments in the Canadian Army at' London.. L.A,C, Laurie Colquhoun of the R. C.A.F. at Exeter spent last week end at his home in town. ' V PERSONALS Mr. W. T. E. Leppington of Galt spent, the week end with' his par- ents; Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Lapping - ton.. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Lever of Si. Catharines were the weekend, guests of • his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nor- man Lever, Sr. C. C. I Hallowe'en Party The annual Hallowe'en' party at the Clinton Collegiate Institute last Fri day night was a gay and colourful event. Everybody seemed to be in a cheerful mood and the costumes Ient colour to the affair. The program was highly amusing, many in the audience was thought itthe best ever. The first form students were as usual in- itiated. After the program the stu- dents cleared the auditorium of the chairs and danced to the nickelodeon Cider and doughnuts could- be pro- cured at a counter at the entrance to the auditorium. Airplane Forced Down v St. Paul's Broadcasts St. Paul's church of England, Clin- ton broadcast from Wingham last Tuesday morning over the "church of the air". The pianist was Corporal A. M. Lawson, the sololist was L.A.C. Chesley Harper, who sang' "The Glory of .His Presence" and the Bible was read by Mrs. Wesson, the wife of Cpl. G. H. Wesson. The junior mem- bers of the choir were Lois Draper and Shirley Nickle. The program was in charge of the rector, Rev. G. W. Moore. The next broadcast from St, Pauls will be on Monday, November 23rd. in Farmer's Field A Harvard airplane piloted by a student of the Aylmer 'J. aining School, , was forced to land on the farm of Ed. Ball, of Goderich town- ship last Sunday, due to lack of gas. The student phoned his station and on Monday a second plane landed in the same field, with extra gas and together they took off for their home station, The plane was -guarded Sun- day evening by four guards from the R.AIF. station at Clinton. jr Ontario Street W.A. The W. A. of Ontario:' Street United Church held their regular meeting on Wednesday afternoon with a large at. tendance of members and . visitors. Mrs. Holmes presiding and Mrs. Hawke' in charge of the devotional Mrs Aiken offered prayer, The busi- ness consisted of reports • from the various committees: The program consisted of a reading by Mrs. Farn- ham and two solos by Mrs. Parker accompanied by Miss Wiltse at the piano. Mrs. Hawke closed the meet- ing with prayer. The ladies of the Base Line and 16th of Goderich trap. were hostesses. v . COUNCIL MEETING The regular sheeting of the town councilwas held in the council cham- ber last Monday evening at eight o'clock, with all members present with exception of Councillor Agnew, May- or McMurray presiding. The minutes of the last regular meeting were 'read and adopted. A communication from the Secre- tary of the Ontario Poppy Campaign Committee with reference to a con- tribution to the fund; the following motion was passed, that council grant to .the Canadian Legion, Branch 140 the usual amount of $11.00 for the purchase of a Vetcraft wreath. A deputation wailed on council Monday evening presenting a petition signed by over 75 per cent of the town merchants, who agree with the closingelev- en afternoonf0rev- e en months of the year. The by-law committee were asked to draft a By- law governing the closing of all stores for eleven months of they'•' omitting December, and this By-law will be presented to the council at a. special meeting as soon as possible. Communications from. Exeter, Wingham and Seaforth Councils were read. They were in response to en- quiries pertaining to the matter' of Water service rates, There was con- siderable discussion over the ques- tion and it was moved that the By law Committee meet jointly with the Public Utilities Commission at their next regular meeting to discuss the water service charge. A. letter from George F. Elliott, 'with reference to Snow Plowing was read and council moved that tenders be called for con- tracts for snow plowing.. of streets for the season Of 1942 and 1943. Clinton Baptist Chucrh Special Anniversary Services at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.' At the eleven o'clock service appro- priate music by the church choir. The subject for the morning sermon Ines- sage will be "Facing 'Puzzling Times" By kind permission of the Com- manding Officer of. the Clinton, R.A.F. Station, the Padre, Rev. Scott Morton will conduct the evening service; Mr. Morton will be assisted by the R.A.F. choir. Owing to the, anniversary services the regular Sunday School will be held at two -thirty on Sunday afternoon. Ontario Street United Church Remembrance Sunday 11 a.m. "If Ye Break Faith ... We Will not Sleep." - Near Noon—Sunday. School. 2.00 p.m. Turnergg Church Service and Sunday School. 7.00.p. m..;".What kind of World are we going to be have after this eon- fliet? Now is the. time to think about it. Monday 8.00 p.m. Young People's Union— Citizenship Dept. Tuesday, 3 p.m. —W.M.S. Meeting Wednesday, 8.00 p.m: Midweek Pray- er and Praise—Intercession Remembrance Day Service The annual service at the Memorial Tablet on Remembrance Day has been cancelled for this year, as , Remem- brance Day, at the request , of- the Government, will not be held ,as a holiday. The annual service will be held on Sunday morning next in St Paul's for those who died for King and Coun- try in the conflict of 1914-1918. "Lest We Forget" Squadron Leader,a,the Rev. W. Scott Morton, will preach. Headed by a band the members of the Canadian Legion will parade to the church; "C" Company of the 1 Huron and Middlesex Regiment is al- so expected to be itt the parade. During the service, after the flags are lowered and the two minutes sil. j ence is' observed, the bugler, Mr. Morgan Agnew will sound the Last' Post, followed by the raising of the flag and the sounding of Reveille. I v BAXF1ELD Mr. and Mrs. Jack Atkinson and family returned to Detroit on Monday; after having spent the week end here., Mrs. F. G. Neelin, who visited friends near Thamesville, returned to iter home in tiie village .on Friday i last. Mr. G. Churchword and two sons,,! Gerald and. Corporal Jack Churchword were at their cottage in the village on - Sunday. Mrs. John McLeod and two children have returned from Port Dover incl are with her mother -in -lar Mrs. W. ] v J. McLeod. Mrs. J. W. Jowett, has moved her household to her ironic on Main St, for the winter months. Mrs, H. A. Stott left on Tuesday to spend several months in St. Joseph's Hospital London, Mrs, David Dewar, left last week to visit her daughter, Mrs. E. Rehn, in Detroit. Pte. Keith Gemeinhardt of Camp Borden and Lance Corporal Borden Clark of Ipperwash were at their homes over the week end. `Members of the Library Board are making arrangements for a bean sup; per to be held in the town hall on Tuesday for the benefit of the Lib- • KILLED IN ACTION Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mutch received a cableearly this week informing them that their youngest son, Fit.. Sgt. Charles E. Mutch had been kill- ed in action in Malta. Fit. Sgt. Mutch, a fighter pilot attached to a squad- ron of the R.C.A.F. had been in Mal- ta since June and was a veteran of many fighting sweeps. Further particulars have not been received as yet. - Mrs. A. Goldthorpe has returned to Goderich after having been with Mrs. Stott for the past few months. On Thursday- evening Bayfield Com- munity gathered 'once again in the Town Hall to honour two of her sold- ier sons, Stuart Watson, R.C.A.F. son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Watson, and Mr, -Robert Cn'rnie, Canadian Army - son of -Mrs. Wm, Carne and the late Mr, Carnie, Gaines and music by Mrs. J. Parker and Mrs. Jim Ferguson, as- sisted by Anthony and Andrew Rau, and Mr. L. Smith made up an en- joyable evening, during which Mrs.' R. H. F. Gairdner read the follow- ing address, while Mrs. W. Westlake and Mrs. D. Prentice presented' gifts from the'cemmunity. "Once again the honour- has been bestowed upon me to represent your friends and neighbors of Bayfield community, and to•welcome two more of our brave Soldier lads who are with us tonight. You, who with the other boys from. Bayfield have taken your personal stand and responded to the call of the Empire. We are so interested in you and in this humble public way try to express our pride in you. I We indeed owe a debt of gratitude to all soldiers, but our own Bayfield boys have a special claim upon us— we 1 we like to single them out in a special public gathering such.as this tonight t hand we meet to extend the h td of friendship as a symbol:. of our pride 'and honour. LThere arc many things we might like to give you that would cost more than we could pay in dollars; bit there are also things we can never pay- for among them our .,pride and personal interest in you. Watch a group of soldiers march- ing together and you catch the tramp tramp—tramp of togetherness or of singing together hory all hearts slag This is the way we want you to always think of Bayfield and Com- munity; no matter where, life takes• you, as Home and where everyone Is interested in your varied experiences. These are days when we all ask our- selves "What can I do" and you Stu- art Watson, as you help to write a story in the skies,. and you Robert i Carnie as you march with so many gallant Canadians, have answered that stirring challenge. We know fullwell thateach of you will do your part in whatever niche it lies , I We present to you tonight small { tokens of our esteem and add your names to our Honored Roll of Ray- field's soldiers. ' A report from the Provincial De- partment of Health on the last analy- sis of Clinton water was presented. The test report was A. Councillor Walker• in reporting for the Street Committee referred to the grading by the County Grader. CIear- ing :of ditches- and preparation for sanding, Councillor Trewarthe reported for the County Committee and also spoke on the matter, of water service, where more than one family is resident and a by-law was drawn up regarding water service in houses with more than one apartment. Councillor Agnew in reporting for the property committee made refer- ence to the small amount of revenue derived from the market scales in comparison to the cost of repairs and Mrs. Jas. Ferguson % visiting her sister, Mrs. Geddes in Seaforth this week. Mrs. O. W. Rhynas returned from Toronto on Sunday. Miss Margaret I'erguson of the R. C.A.P._ Wireless station, Guelph spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. J. Ferguson. The many friends of MrsJohn Gra- ham who underwent a major opera- tion in Clinton Community Hospital on Friday, Will be glad to know that she is making good progress towards recovery. Miss Josephine Stirling in visiting her brother, Mr.' D. A. Stirling in Goderich Township. - Mrs. C. W. Brown was the , guest of Mrs' W', F. Metcalf for a few days. this weep.. inspection, and moved that the . use of the town scale be dispensed with for the remainder of the year. Paysheet unavoidably left out , till next week, Happy Landings, Good Luck and as. any old Grandmother .used 'to say "God be With you always." The regular meeting of the Red Cross will not be held on Friday M the Orange Hall, as: the Orangemen of Bayfield Lodge are using their Hall for a special 'Anniversary meeting. Will al] members who have knitting out for the Quota, please try to finish and return as soon as possible, Sea. men's, socks are most urgently need- ed and if there are any knitters who earl come to our rescue please get ire. touchwiththe officers.