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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-11-19, Page 3THURS., NOV .,19,1942 THE .CLINTON. NEWS -RECORD, spoken and warm hearted. He had no enemies but many friends who sincerely, regret his death. One of the slaugh±er house on the Base Line was destroyed by fide about one o'clock 'Sunday morning:, It had not been in use for two years so there is considerable mystery as to the cause of the fire. The building belonged to the Andrews brothers, and being uninsuredtheir loss will be one •hundred dollars. Latorne11, who has re- cently been transferred to the Ridge - town Branch of the Molsons Bank, returned to Clinton for a brief holi day and while -here his ,presence was taken advantage of by, the choir of St. Paul's church to present him with memento of his connection with them as choir leader. The gift was a handsome volume of the Book of Com- mon prayer with the .music for the services throughout and the fly -leaf contained an artistic piece of engros- sing. Mr. Gunne made' the 'presen- tation on behalf of the choir, followed by an address. Mr. Latornell fitting- ly, replied. 'Clear telephone lines for ALL-OUT PRODUCTION Your 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. 0TNER "WARTIME' TELEPHONE TACTICS BE SURE you have the right OBE . • . consult the directory. ANSWER promptly when the -^ Q bell rings. Clear your line for USE SE, Bna neaxt cuFil. ,, USOTT-PEAK hours for your• Long Dietance Calle. tri flbaton 0,500, ,° look 1 n ® Thar things 000 deny telepsons . _.. _ ea11q tbeY are very important. THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes of The News in 1917 hibiting the export of sugar to British possessions • without a, license. This will put an end to the sending of small parcels of sugar by Clinton to their telatives in the old land, a practice which has reached, considerable 'pro- portions. Mrs. Marshall and daughter of Goderich were visitors with Mrs,E. E. Hunnieford ' while enroute to. their home at Windsor. Mr- and Mrs. Ross -and children left for their hone in Powassan, after visiting; with Mi. and Mrs. Charles, Bartliff for a couple of weeks.' Mrs. John Schoenhals, who has been visiting at Port Albert, was taken suddenly ill there with pneu- monia and is seriously ill. Her many friends in town will hope for a speedy change. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bell and daughter, Madeline from Blyth visit- ed with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Holly - man. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Sutter were visitors at Stratford this week. Miss Kathleen McNaughton of Varna spent the week end with Miss Marion Gunn. Miss Eva Maines•, -visited at her home in Blyth • this week. Mr. and Mrs. W. N Manning of London announce the engagement of - their eldest daughter, Gladys, Taylor, to Captain E. B. Nelles, 1st. Depot Battalion W. 0. R. (formerly 14th Overseas' Battalion). son of J. A. Nelles. The marriage, will take place this month. Mr. Levi Wiltse of the London Road has purchased the property of Mr.- Herb. r.Herb. Alexander on Dunlop street and will get possession on the 1st. of December. Mr. and Mrs. Wiltse are retiring from the farm and are moving to. town. Last week -Mr. Charles Crawford of Londesboro received word from Ottawa stating that his on Clarence Crawford, No. 3201 was in General hospital at Bouloghe, sufferingfrom gunshot wounds in left leg PAGE3 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD London undergoing treatment for his Nov. 15th, 1917. ,London returned home last week and is much improved. The specialist who A serious accident happened on treated) the eye was successful in Monday to Jack Carrick, son of Mr.' savin'git from removal and there is a Henry Carrick. He was driving hope that in time a measure of sight when his horse became frightened at' may be restored. This is good news something and ran away. In front for all coneerned. of Mr. J. F. Wasman's shop,' Mr. Corporal T. F. Rance of Winnipeg, Carrick was thrown from the wagon - who is on. his.. Ry from We nipeg, and sustained a severe fracture of battle his ankle. At first it was feared that the foot would have to be re- moved but on consultation, all three doctors being present, the broken bones were set and the patient is doing as well as could be expected. A very pretty wedding took place f in M t E front is: spending a few days in town with his brother, Colonel Rance, and his sisters, Mrs, W. Jackson and Mrs. Shaw. Cpl. Rance as been at the front a couple of years and is- now to en- gage in home duty, being unfit, owing to rheumatism, for further work in the trenches. "I am a war plant worker. I need some of that" electricity you're using. If we're i going to keep on making shells, tanks and guns .. in bigger and bigger quan- tities ... You'll have to switch over some of your power to us ... home power to war power! Because there isn't enough for both of us. So think before you turnon a switch or put in a plug. To Canada—electricity means fighting power." Unless you out your power consumption by at least twentij per cent you are t sav- ing au ,tEB to enough. The twelve year old son of Mr. James VanEgmond - of Hullett met with 'a sad accident on Thursday of last week. He was splitting some kindling wood when a splinter of hem- lock flew up and struck his left eye. When the splinter, dropped it took part of the eye with it and the sight is gone forever. The surgeon is hopeful that the sightof the remain- ing eye may be preserved. At an early hour•on Friday morn- ing last Mr. Phillip H. Murray, prop- rietor of the Commercial Hotel, Brucefield,- died from the effects of a Shooting accident. of the afternoon previous. • Mrs. John Beacom drove up from Ilderton on Sunday, word having been sent her that Mr. Beacom's illness had taken a serious' turn. He has since however, very much improved. Mrs. A Sperling of Toronto is the guest of her ,parents, Mr. and Mrs. Welsh of the London Road. She purposed remaining a few weeks when. she will join her husband at Battle Creek, Mich. • An old pioneer of Goderich town- ship passed away last Thursday in the person of John Marsball; aged 98 Years. The funeral took place from his late residence, Bayfield Line, on Saturday and was largely attended. Interment was made at Clinton cemetery. Mr. George Bedford,.who has spent a good deal of his time in and around Clinton passed away at Hilside, Col- orado. He was 57 years of age and was born in England. He never married. The body was brought, home to his sister, Mrs. George H. Ball, Mullett and the funeral was held on Sunday. The death of Miss Agnes Scott, daughter of the late James Scott, librarian for many years in Clinton, took place on Wednesday of this week after a year of illness. at the home o Mrs. argare, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Chant of Lake - Glen, Joseph street, on Saturday field paid a flying visit to the home morning, when her daughter, Miss of the former's brother, Mr. H. B. Elizabeth. • (Bessie) was united in Chant of town, this week. marriage to Mr. Francis Watkins Mr. Thos. Brown of Porti Huron, How of Edmonton, Alberta, ' son o1 'MI6., has been a visitor in town Mrs. How and, the late Rev. H How l during the past week with his brother, of Annapolis, N. S. The Rev..J. E. Mr. John Brown and his sister, Mrs. Hogg performed the ceremony. After w. East. Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Hall and Miss Evelyn spent from Friiday until Tues- day . with . Toronto and Clarkson friends. a honeymoon ' trip which will include Paris, Ont., Toronto and Niagara Falls they- will go on to Edmonton, where the groom is in business. Mr. G. D. McTaggart was notified on Monday that his 'son, Major W. Mrs. Sisman of Grose Point, Mich,, Broder McTaggart, who was reported • is expected ` this week on a visit to wognded last week, was seriously BO Mrs. W. J. Ross. Miss Beatrice Green was up from Toronto this week. Mr. Harry Fitzsimons returned from Goderich hospital on Saturday and is rapidly regaining his strength. Pte. George Harwood, who enlisted from Brantford and has spent some • time in England, arrived in Clinton on Tuesday evening and was welcomed by the town. Mrs. Harwood, who •was formerly Miss Oliver of town, made her, home' here during .her husband's absence. David McConnell passed away at his honte on Mary street, Sunday, morning after en illness of several THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY Houourel.lo 0. D. Horn, Minister Britain Stafford of Goderich, made her The Bomber. D. Press in Great' �'Yi#atn but last year moved to Sydney so that home for many years at Montreal, Another in the series of articles'strdcture immediately proceeded to I might be home more frequently. There are two children, written by W. R. Legge and C. V. I tear it down; The dismantling was a boy and a girl. He is also surviv- Charters, who represented the Can- done in the same orderly and effic- ed by one brother, Captain Angus adian Weekly Newspaper Association ient manner as the erection. When MacDonald, now athe Fort William, and in a recent tour overseas. this work was completed and the two sisters, one at Southampton and stores all neatly and properly laid one at Calgary. Two other brothers ENGINEERS SHOW ALACRITY IN out, the officer in charge reported to BRIDGE BUILDING her husband ter• Mr. William Pinker, Jr. who has been in the West during the harvest- ing and part of the threshing, return- ed home Friday night. Mr. Thos. Tipling of Detroit, who came over to attend the funeral of his old friend, the late Issae Patten - bury, was the guest of Mr. James Flynn from Saturday until Monday afternoon. Mi. Tipling is one of the Old Boys of Clinton and still owns property here. Miss Bertha Newcombe, who has been the guest of Mrs. S. Kemp re- turned to her home at Blyth on Sat- urday. Mr. John T. Harland was in Buffalo this week. Miss Reekie of St. Thomas is spend- ing the week with her brother, Mr, R. P. Reekie. On Tuesday morning after being in i11 health for sometime suffering from dropsy Rachael Cook, relict of the late John O. Elliott, passed away in her 87th year. Deceased was born in Ireland in Tipperary and when quite young came to this country with her family who settled in Goderich town- ship. Of a family of four children only two survive, Mrs. F. H. Powell and Alex Elliott. of Goderich town- ship. The deceased is alto survived by a sister, Mrs: Webster of Lucknow: On Sunday night David McConnell, passed away at the age of '83 years. V— THE CLINTON NEW' ERA,' NoY. 15 1917. Wednesday at eleven o'clock at weeks. The deceased was in his the Ontario St. Parsonage, Rev. J. A. eighty-fourth year and had been a Agnew tied the matrimonial knot be - resident of Clinton her about seven- I tween Mr. William Snyder of Col - teen years, 'coming here from Blyth.' borne Township, and ,son of Mr. Levi Previous to that the family had re-, Sm. and Miss Ida May Truemner sided' at Battersea, near Kingston.' of Henson, daughter of Mr. William V When the Present Century Was Young by C: V. Charters : If I had a job of bridge building to be done any time, anywhere, efficien- tly and with record speeds I would call on a group of the Royal Canad- ian Engineers. It was my good fortune to see these fellows in action and doing a real construction job overseas. They work like demons. A finer body of keen, al strength. The Eastern group from physically fit Canadians would be; Montreal ,triumphed by the Harrow hard to find anywhere. f margin of ten points, so the judges ENGINEERS ROLE declared, although to us laymen it hooked like a draw, so evenly'did' the Besides preparing for their open- two crews finish. ational role when the Canadians go Lt Col. D. H. Storms, M. C. of into action, the Royal Canadian Eng -1 ineers have done extensive experi-Toronto, was in charge of the Bridge mental construction• and development building competition. Formerly with 'theStorms Construction Company, the judges. The total obtainable for this for this particular item on the programme was 115 points. A MARVELLOUS FEAT lost their lives on the water, one of them off Goderich in the great storm of November 9, 1913. Captain MacDonald's body was brought to Goderich for burial. The In other eventsy two gags' of 64 ft. funeral was held under Masonic aus- pices on Tuesday afternoon last, and 48 ft. were successively bridged V with S. B. G. Here also the two teams worked with clock -like pre- RUST RESISTING QfIALITIES cision and accuracy. IN GRAINS. CONSIDERED It was a great show—a marvellous feat of engineering brains and physic IMPORTANT WAR ECONOMY Missing Wingham Woman Found in River The search for Miss Eliza Marshall of Wingham who. was missing for to greater part of a week came to an end on Friday afternoon when her body was found in the Maitland River about forty feet from shore nekthwest' of the CI.P.E. station. Friday evening, October 30th, Miss Mat'shall, a returned missionary dis- appeared from the home.of her broth- er-in-law, Mr. 3. A. Johnston Wing - ham. The area around Wing - ham was covered by groups headed by County Constable William Gard- ner and Constable Gordon Deyell. The river was searched• on several occas- ions and clues received from Atwood, Parkhead proved fruitless ones. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, Nov. 13th. 1902. On Thursday evening last death removed one of the best known men in the district in the person of Mr. "Ike" Rattenbury. He had been in poor health for some time, but the immediate cause of his death was pneumonia contracted while out bow- ling on Monday. ' Mr. Rattenbury was a son of:the late William Ratten- bury, the pioneer's: friends, and was born in Clinton on Nov. 24, 1844. He was thus about the third oldest native born resident. Engaging in business at an early age, he continued prop- rietor of the Rattenbury' House until April 1895 when he retired and was succeeded• by his brother, Mr. 'Jos. Rkttenbury, who had been associated with him for over twenty years. If he bad a hobby, it was the love of. a good horse and some of his happiest hours were spentin• holding the reins over speedy pacers or trotters. He was' a superior judge of the noble animal. Messrs. Rattenbury, Gentles were anon .the first to Mooney g and M y ship horses from Ontario to the Dak- otas and • 14fauitoba and carrying on the ,business extensively they reaped, large profits. He had not enjoyed good health for some time and last winter was spent in Southern California. Mr. Rattenbury was impetuous, out - Mr. McConnell is survived by his wife and a family of eight, four daughters and four sons. Chicken thieves have been operat- ingin B u e s. All thievingis•wron ' r x ss 1 g of course, but somehow . a cineken William Jackson. Mr. Rance has front being in the at the g men service rfcl1 e thief ms tb kir 'a a r u ax low- see F Y c-. 1 ed ona down; sort of, a, cuss: of Ypres. He was returned count of suffering from rheumatism The Victory Loan was ushered In t • r3'' Id to see indeed a are ed ' nos g His old file Mondaythe cin 'n' a i Clinton b n nt Y g g of the towns'bell and the browing of `him back once more to the old town. whistles and the canvassers' are hod' Mr. John Wiseman, Collector of at work soliciting subscriptions. - (customs, has received'. a copy of an. Master Cyril Hale, who has been in corder in -council from Ottawa, pro- Truemner. After an absence of nearly twenty years Thomas ,Ranee, is visiting at Mr. brother-in-law, the home of his broth , work ince their arta or sr 1he seems right at home at this type Aerodrones, camps, roads and build- g yp wheat grown. in Manitoba and the Eas- ings have been constructed and will i of work. His son Lt. Peter, also tern part of Saskatchewan consists remain for the use of the Imperial kith the Engineers overseas, and his of new rust -resistant types, all of Army long after the war has been daughter, Mrs. Scandreth is in Eng- I which have been developed within the N T C d Ives. The work accomplished by plant breeders dusting the past fifteen years in developing varieties, of spring wheat capable of resisting the ravishes of that dread disease Ymown popular- ly as "rust" is generally well !mown. Twenty years ago, there was no bread. wheat of commercial importance known that was able to resist rust, today practically[ all of the bread won and the Canadians returned home land as a • . •r • Special development work on mineral{ During this very interesting after - resources in the United Kingdom has noon with the Engineers, we were been undertaken• by the Engineers 'treated to other demonstrations of and in special cases the Tunnelling technical skill and physical endurance. Company—recruited, from the hard- It was made abundantly clear to uj rock miners of Northern Ontario and that here is a group applying brain Manitoba, — have pierced granite I and brawn to the task in hand, de - mountains to bring additional water- termini not to be outdone by any - power to munitions plant. thing the enemy may devise, but on The R. C. E. have also been 'work - whenever contrary, to outdistance hhn whenever and wherever possible. The ing on new, secret methods of war- fare. Some of their projects include: new bridging equipment for river - crossing; camps constructed in record, time; development of. Cornish tin mints; construction of strategic roads and by-passes; aerodrone construct- ion; special water -diversion .tunn.511- ing Base Ordnance Work -shop con- structed,. largest project ever under - About 2.30 o'clock on Friday after- noon David Finlay with his' son Bob- bie was on the river when Bobbie call- ed his attention to the body which was in about two feet of water and' held fast as the clothing was caught on a branch. They called Constable Gardner, and'Deyell who were close by in a boat continuing their efforts. Coroner Dr. R. C. Redmond was notified and after.a postmortem by Drs. W. M. Connell and W. A. Craw- ford raw ford and further investigation it was decided that Miss • . Marshall came to her death by accidental drowning.,Noi inquest will be held. , past decade. Such varieties as That- cher, Regent, Renown and Apex have come to take the place of those oid stalwarts of former days such as Mar- quis, Ceres and Reward. Today it is possible to calculate, often in millions, what these new creations have saved the country Whereas less than ten years ago the losses from wheat stein rust were sometimes, enormous. While the work with spring wheat has occupied the spot -light itt. past spirit and sparkle of these men was years, yet accomplishments in the dev- grand to behold. They fully realize elopntent of varieties of 'oats which the importance of their task. are able to resist rust are proving of almost equal importance especially in, MEAT EX -MINISTER certain regions where this disease has It was during this afternoon with been particularly destructive. Large the Engineers that our Ontario press Areas, especsally in Eastern. Canada, men privileged to meet and renew where oat .growing was a precarious acquaintance with Lt Colin Camp- occupation, are now capable of produo- q ' belt, R. G. E., former Ont . I Van - taken by Army Engineers; training rant cereal. Varieties such as Van - of Public Works. He had just come , in bomb disposal Work; tunnelling. and ,back from service in Gibraltar. While guard and Erban, the former resistant constriction work in Gibraltar. to stem rust and the latter to certain there, he was engaged in tunnelling , f •Min'ster.ing satisfactory crops of this impor- Bridge' Building Competition The afternoon that the press party were privileged to visit them, a com- petition in bridge building was put on between a Field Company from British Columbia, ,commanded by Major T. H. Jermyn; Vancouver, representing Western Canada, and a and providing a hospital in the under -i cans of leaf rust, have. proved en - ground rock, ormously valuable in large sections of Ohttario as well as in certain paras of V Quebec and the Maritimes.. I r t- rf i 1 if ever a As perfection is seldom r d F GOI)ERICH CAPTAIN tainable, the work still goes on of tON ATLANTIC trying to combine as many virtues as "i"'� possible within the one variety. This The name of Captain Walter J. Mac- I work, centralized as it is, in plant Field Company of Quebec Command -.Donald is now added to the list of breeding divisions of the Dominion De- ed by Major A. S. Rutherford, Mon- Goderich men whose lives have been nartment of Agriculture, Agricultural tical, representing Eastern Canada.' sacrificed, inwar duty. The tragic Colleges and Universities, may instil' The equipment demonstrated in the I news was received on Monday, Nov- be considered war work of major int- bridging operation was the F. B. E. ember 2nd. by Mrs. J'.'3. Hayes, from portance as it all has to do with t) S. B G. ( daughter, 'Ars. MacDonald,. at volume•and quality of output as well (Folding Boat Equipment) I her d ug M( I (Small ' box girder) pontoon equip- , Sydney, Cape Breton, to 'the effect as with cost of production. ment and another new type of bridge that the ship in command of the lat- V still an the secret list. ter's husband had been torpedoed in i l edit_ Each company fielded three teams. theAtlanticand had sunk item The equipment and sites were selected ely, with the loss of all the crew, -and by draw, and the race was-wn. that Captain. MacDonald's body was The Active Army now numbers more ' than 320,660 a largo priceuta ge of whom are overseas The army in Bri- lain is being reinforced by a steady stream of new contingents, to bring it up to projected strength of three in- fantry divisions and two armoured di- visions, in addition to two, ,army, tank brigades and thousands of ancillary troops and. reinforcements. . THE JOB O B1!�DONE :the '°4111Y d: one recovere OB T Capt. MacDonald was the son of the construct... late Captain Malcolm MacDonald of The F. B. E bridge tobeeonstru F ed was 120 ft. Stores had to be laid Goderich and Was born there on No - out with the boats onshore. The vsteter 4th, !arty -four Years •ago. He bridge was judged complete when one "spent most of his life on the water vehicle had crossed it. The tune was taken at this point. The judge now inspected the bridge. Then the group which had shownsuch shill and alacrity in 'creating tliiis sizeable DISAPPOINT THE ,DICTATORS Continuing its policy of stressing the vital importance to Canada's. war effort of preventing acbidents in plants and factories the Industrial A.e- cident Prevention A.ssociationa- have issued a bulletin which brings the It .reads: workers. r to all pointhone " " job visa,rn out a if you• stay on thea good day's work you disappoint the sailing first on the Great Laket and - Id orators. Accidents keep you u awa Y latter] for many yearson theoceanthe jab. Other thingssuch as in charge ofoil tankers. In this cap - achy he had been in theworld. His wife, formerlyMissmanY Parts'oIslow-downs or 'unexpected holidays help the-dictatorDon't gehurt stay onthe job.,.