HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-01-07, Page 3THURS. JAN. 7, 1943,
THE HAPPENINGS IN 'CLINTON EARLY IN
THE CENTURY
Some Notes of The News in 1917
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
JANUARY 3rd, "1918
A quiet weddhig took place in On-
tario street church on the afternoon
of New Year's Day when Miss Vine.
Stevens, daughter of Mr. William
Stevens of town, was united in mar-
riage with Mr. George Percy Head
of Whitby. The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev. J. A. Agnew, pastor
of the church, and was witnessed' by
immediate friends. At the conclusion
of the ceremony the bridal couple and
guests drove to the home of the bride's
brother-in-law, Mr. E'. H. McGill of
the Huron Road, where the reception
was held and the wedding feast spread
Mr: and Mrs. Head will go east nn a
honeymoon, trip before settling! at
Whitby, where Mr. Head holds an im-
portant position in connection with
the asylum.
Miss Maida Cooper of Toronto spent
New Years in town:
Misses Florence Maynard and Pear)
Rolph of Mitchell were guests of Mrs.
James Brown for a few days during
the past week.
Mr. Clarence •Copp of Toronto was
a holiday visitor at his home in town.
Mrs. Weatherwax and two children
of Orillia have been visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D.
Cantelon.
Mr. B.'R. Higgins has disposed of
his fine little farm of sixty some
acres on the edge of the village of
Bracefield to Mr. William Douglas of
Blake for the handsome price of
$8,000.' Mr. Higgins has .been looking
for a residence in Clinton and if he
finds something. to suit him will pro-
bably locate here.
Rev. J. A. Robinson, Rev. W. B.
Moulton and Messrs W. H. Hellyar,
W. J. Falconer, T. J. Managhan, and
others from Clinton attended the fun-
eral of a fellow member of the Black
Knight Preceptory at Seaforth on
New Year's Day.
The nomination meeting on Mon -
to.
Mr. Charles Cook, for years an
employee of the Doherty Organ Fac-
tory, but later living in Stratford, is
now' with, the Nordhenner Piano Com-
pany, Toronto.
Mr. W. N. Manning, of London, for-
merly of < Clinton, was a successful
candidate of the Board of Education
in that city.
The marriage of Rev. G. G. Gif-
ford, B. A. of Port Stanley and Muss
Ziegler of Kitchener, took place last
week Mr. Gifford is a son of the late
Rev. W. Gifford, formerly pastor of
Ontario Street Church.
Mrs. Martha Argent announced the
engagement of her eldest daughter,
Miss Violet R:, to - Mr. John B. • Wit..
tingham, of Hursel, Sask., the mar-
riage to take place this month.
Mr. Wm. B. Hale, is renewing, old
acquaintances in town. Since he left
here after his last visit, he has spent
19 months touring around South Tim -
erica and has many interesting stor-
ies to tell of the people, climate,
mines etc. Mr. Hale's old friends are
glad tosee him once again.
Miss Olive Brooks of Mitchell is
spending a few days with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. Cantelon.
Miss Dell O'Neil left for Toronto on,
Wednesday.
Miss Lyla Ford returned to Ottawa
on Wednesday after spending the
holiday at her home here.
Mrs. Nellie Herman and daughter,
Miss Nellie, were called to Toronto
last week to attend, the funeral of the
former's brother, Frank G. Freeman,
who died very suddenly from _ a
stroke. He was 65 years • of age. A
wife and six children survive, the old-
est being overseas.
Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, Raglan,
St., left this week for Toronto where
they will spend the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. T. Mustard.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Paxman were
New Year's visitors at Parkhill and
Seaforth.
Goderich Township News— Nearly
day evening brought out a larger all the farmer's sons who were refus-
number than usually.attend such meet- ed exemption by .the local tribunal
ings and when the clerk declared the board have secured at least temper -
time for the receiving of nornina- ary exemption by appealing to the
tions passed, the following list was County Judge at Goderich. Mr. and
read: Mayor, Dr. C. W. Thompson and Mrs, Harry Thompson were away
A. T. Cooper; Reeve, Jas. A. Ford, A. last week attending the funeral of the
T. Cooper; R. J. Miller; Councillors
W. J. Paisley, H. Wiltse, .C. J. Wallis,
R. J. Miller, A. T. Cooper, W. T. Haw-
kins, Murray McEwan and Bert Lang-
ford; Public Utilities Commission, H.
Wiltse and B. J. Gibbings; school true
tees; Nelson Bali,.T. J. McNeil, Jabez
Rands and J. S. Evans.
Vodden—.Hunking-At the home of
the bride on the 13th.'concession of
Hullett, on January 2nd, .by Rev. C. C.
Koine, Janet, youngest daughter of
Mr. Thos. "Honking, to Charles Tod -
den, ,youngest son of Mr. William
Vodden, both of Hullett township,
Hoggarth-Brown-In Hullett town
ship, on New Year's, Day, by the
Bev. C. C. I{nine, Etta, daughter of
Mr. and'. Mrs. Ephraim Brown, to
James W. Hoggarth.
Miss Retta Cook was ` up Prom
'Toronto during the holiday season
visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. H. Cook of town. Miss Bette has
been taking vocal lessons since going
to Toronto and on Christmas Sunday
Tatter's father. Miss Fannie. Hibbs
spent a few days visiting her cousin
at Auburn. Mrs. George Crooks and
Miss Mary are spending the New
Year's holidays at the former's home
in Delhi, as well as visiting' with
friends in Brantford.
Mrs. James McGregor spent. New
Years at the home. of Jas. R. Stirling.
Although ninety-five,. she still is hale
and hearty.'•
Wednesday afternoon of last week
at Melville Church manse, Brussels,
Rev. A. J. Mann, B. A. performed the
interesting ceremony of tying the
matrimonial bow between Mr. H. W.
Glazier, a well known resident of
Clinton, -and Miss Elsie Ross, young-
est daughter of James and Mrs. Ire-
land, Church street, Bussels•. After a
short honeymoon in London 'Mr. and
Mrs. Glazier will reside in Clinton.
Wednesday morning papers bore
the good news, that Major Broder W.
McTaggart, eldest son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. D. McTaggart, of town, who
she assisted the Wesley church choir has been overseas since the outbreak
and at the evening service sang a of the war, has ,received his D.S.O.
solo very acceptably.
Mr. Roy East of Winnipeg, assis-
•tant inspector of the Royal Bank,
Mr. Carl East of the Royal Bank,
Ottawa, and Miss Kathleen East of
Toronto have been holiday guests
with their sister, Mrs. Gordon Gun
inghame,
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
JANUARY- 3rd, 1918
With Mr. George McLennan resign-
ing from the school board,: and Mr: T.
J. McNeil, `being nominated to fill his
place, the other wards having only
one name' also ,nominated for the Ilam J: Mills, William Moon, Thomas
Board, the School Trustees go in by McMilan, William Patterson and Hen-
acclamation fct 7018 The 'Board Ty Warrent
Miss Collie McDonald is home from
Boston.
Mr. Charles, Adair and his mother. of
Toronto are visiting Mrs. George
THE.
CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD
BRITISH SIGNALMAN` ON A RE-
SPONSIBLE JOB.. Picture shows:
A line man of the British Royal
Corps of Signals jointing wire on •a
permanent .hie. The Corps has the
important war job of keeping eom-
The young officer is presentat the.
hospital, owing to wounds received
some time ago. •
When the Present Century
Was Young
•
n,unications clear underall conditions
of war or weather, They handle. much
secret matter and messages vital to
the winning of a key battle niay de-
pend
epend on their efficiencyand courage.
Use Spare 'C,Sheet to
Purchase Butter
Coupons three and four on the
brown "Spare C" sheet enabling the
holder of the ration book ta;purchase
a pound of butter are good until
January 17. Unlike coupons for
sugar, tea and coffee, butter .coupons
are void after their expiry date.
Ration officials of the Wartime
Prices and Trade Board. point out
that sugar coupons and tea or coffee
coupons also come due in pairs but at
intervals offour weeks, as each is
good for two weeks' ration. allowance
which is one pound of sugar, two
ounces of tea or eight ounces of
coffee. •
Only the first two and. the fourth
sheet of ration books are now in use.
No coupon should be detached from
other sheets which are colored blue
and grey.
V
Native Wars in New Guine?
War is nothing fn New Guinea. The
natives there may consider" bombs
and cannon something of a novelty
but the general idea of subduing the
other fellow has long been put in
practice. If you stand in front of a
certain case in the • Royal Ontario
Museum, you can be introduced, pain-
lessly, to the brand of weapons used
by natives. Bows, arrows and spears
are their principal armaments.
Native wars, in the interior plateau
region, which, is outside white man's
government control, are fierce and
frequent, according to Dr. R. F. For-
tune, anthropologist. He states that,
"In effect, the native population is
divided into many small `countries'.
Seine occupy an area of less than a
square mile. Two or more `countries'
become ,allied against each other
when disputes arise leading to war,
so that armies up . to one thousand
Men may be involved."
"In peace tine," continued Dr. For-
tune, "people of these different
'countries' dance ` and feast together,
and intermarry. This leads to com-
plications when war comes, making
certain rules necessary. A man is
expected to fight against his broth.r-
in-law but first cousins are given
neutrality. In spite of rules for fight-
ing native wars," stated Dr. Fortune,
"records indicate that half the deaths
of both men and women are due to
war."
Certainly war is nothing new in
New Guinea!
THE. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
JANUARY: 1st, 1903
The Hulett nominations resulted in
election :of Mr. Robert Ferris by ac-
clamation with the following in the
field for the council; Robert Arm-
strong, John Barr, William Lee, Wil -
complete is Thos. Cottle,' W. H.• Watt,
R. B. Carter, C. Hellyar, J. Rands,
Dr. Evans,' N. .Bell and T. J. McNeil.
Mr. and Mrs, Nixon Welsh of Tor-
onto returned home Wednesday after Shipley, daughter of Mrs. Adair,
Miss Burnett, the popular assis-
tant in McClay's restaurant, resigns
this week and will be succeeded by
dealer of town, was . in Toronto on Miss Bartliff.
business this week. Mr. Hoare is re- The citizens of Clinton irrespective
cognized as a pushing , andener- of denomination, regret to learn that
getic businessman who has worked up Rev. Father McMenamin will shortly
an'egtensive trade, but we fancy it be transferredta the parish of Bid-
will be news to many to' know that he 1 dulph, near London, where there is "a
has .considerable business in 'Toren- big church of 1,40 families and a hand
spending the holiday season in these
parts.
Col. Hoare, the well 'known music
some residence. There are three sep-
arate schools in the parish which is
considered as among the best in the
diocese. The transfer is, therefore,
considered a promotion, but Father
McMenamin is reluctant to leave Clin-
ton where his work has been so pleas-
ant and where he is so universally es-
teemed.
A social event which has been look-
ed forward to with interest for some
time took place at the residence e'
Mrs. Gardner of. Mary street at high
noon on Wednesday when her daugh-
ters, Jessie and Lizzie were united
in marriage to Mr. Robert J. Miller
and Mr. W. W. Collyer, respectively.
The .ceremony was performed by Rev.
Dr. Stewart who tied the nuptial knot
with that neatness and celerity that is
the result of long experience. M. and
Mrs. Miller will-takeun their resi-
dene on 'the Miller homestead on the
Base Line and Mr. and Mrs. Collyer
with Mrs. Gardner on Mary street.
Mr. George Hinchley spent Christ-
mas Day at the •old homestead in Hul-
led. In all his fifty years he has, only
once failed to be present at the fain
ily gathering and that was abort
twenty years ago when he was in the
city of Quebec.
Captain Pollock of :Selkirk, Man,
was in town last week on his way to
visit his old Ihome in Bayfield.
Mr. John Mennel of the Fergu
News -Record staff came home for th
festive 25th.
Ontario Coal
"Interest is being renewed in the
only Ontario deposit of coal," stated
Dr. El S. Moore of the Royal Ontario
Museum, "now that our 'overburden-
ed transportation systems are experi-
encing difficulty in carrying more
distant fuel."
He. stated that coal might be min-
ed at Onakawana, a lonely station,
situated '70 miles south of James Bay.
Although the coal is of low rank—
lignite, to be exact, there are more
than 100 millions tons available. It
was formed through the accumulation
of vegetable matter in swamps of the
Cretaceous period, about '75 million
years ago. There is a weak, porous
covering of sand and clays which
must be first removed by powder
shovels. Then the lignite can be
mined from open pits as in western
Canada. One drawback to this po-
tential fuel is the content of nearly
50% moisture, which not only reduces
its heating qualities but also causes
slaking on exposure to air. The
methods that have been worked out
to eliminate much of the water con-
tent involve drying with steath or
beating to a char. An exhibt of raw
an( treated lignite is on view at the
Royal Ontario Museum.
V
-Value of Feed Wheat
For Bacon Hogs
(Experimental Farms News)
In 'recent experiments at the Do-
minion Experimental Farin, Nappan,.
N. S., comparisons were made of the
value of feed wheat in the bacon
hog ration.
In the first test, four uniform
groups of five hogs each were fed
varying levels of feed wheat in a
basal meal mixture of wheat, .oats
and barley. Each group was full fed
and received about the seine percen-
tage of whitefish meal and mineral
supplement to make up the complete'
ration.
Group one was fed a basal meal
mixture containing 20 parts feed
wheat; 30 parts oats, 50 parts bar -1
ley, 10 parts fish meal and 2 parts
mineral supplement during the first
feeding period or• until the hogs r
Cm'ut-a*
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TELEPHONE: 130
Personnel of Local Ration Board,
CHAIRMAN: Mayor A. J. McMurray.
SECRETARY: Norman Kennedy.
-IFMBERS:=Reeve V. Falconer, Reeve Fred Wat-
son, Geo. H. Beatty, Alfred Westlake, Mrs. N. W.
Trewartha, ill:,°s. Ernest Adams, John Ferguson.
Territory y Under Administration
Town of Clinton ;• Twps. Stanley and Hullett;
Village of Bayfield
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\'his Boardhas been establiu•heti to facilitate the settlement or adjustment of
.he ration problems of people res'd:ng in the district defined above.
rhe object is to ensure that restrictlons made necessary by war are applied
wall m" n Hurn effectiveness, min:mum inconvenience and 'equal fairness
to al: consumers and suppliers. The basic reason for all rationing is to assure
a fa'r division o: available supplies to everyone
Forving voluntarily on the Board are local citizens representative of the people
of this district, and able to bring an intimate knowledge of local conditions
to this new wartime task.
Ent the local nation Board's offices you can get full information on all aspects
of consumer rationing, and prompt adjustment of special problems such as-
what to do in the event of loss- or damage of your ration book whether
extra rations are allowed fur special purposes ... and other matters announced
from time to time
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enL 2hilidlzed k1,2. epartin caaaanierzce
Co-operate with your fellow citizens who are giving their time
to your problems
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possibility of improving the carcass
quality by reducing the daily ration
after reaching 100 pounds live weight
was investigated by including an ad-
ditional group of five hogs on each
ration. This change in feeding prac-
tice resulted in some improvement
in carcass quality, but additional
trials will be necessary to test the
effect of this feed practice in improv-
ing carcass quality from hogs fed
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shed an average live weight of about heavy wheat rations. In the mean -
100 pounds. During the final period time it would appear that wheat can
that is from 100 to 210 pounds live;
weight the mixture was 30 parts
wheat, 10 parts oats, 60 parts bar -1
ley, 5 parts fish meal and 2 parts
mineral supplement. Wheat formed �
the entire basal mixture for Group
2 with' 10 parts of fish meal and 21
parts 'of mineral supplement in .the.
first period of growth of to 100
pounds, and from then to 200 to 2101
pounds 95 pounds of wheat was used
with 5 pounds of fish meal anci 2
pounds of mineral supplement. Group
3 was fed 65 parts of wheat, 15 of
oats, 20 of barley, 10 of fish meal
and 2 of mineral supplement in the
first 100 pound weight period. In
the second period the wheat was rais-
ed to 70 parts of wheat, the bar-
ley dropped to five parts oats raised
to 25 parts, fish heal dropped to 5
parts and the mineral supplement
kept at 2 parts. In Group 4 the
feeding ration in the first ,period
was 40 parts of. wheat 25 of oats,
35 of barley, 10 of fish meal and 2
of mineral supplement. For the se-
cond period wheat was 50 parts, oats
10 parts,. barley 40 parts, fish meal.
5 parts and mineral supplement 2
parts, The composition of the miner-
al supplement' was ground limestone
40 pounds, iodized bone meal, 40
pounds, salt 20 pounds and ferrous
sulphate 2 pounds.
This test showed faster --and more
- economical gains from the hogs fed
t the higher levels of wheat. However,
eighty per cent of the carcasses from.
groups two and three failed to qua-
, fy for the bonus, award ' for "A"
grade carcasses, due, to over -fatness,
compared. with 100per cent grade A
Electrical 'Fixture
Order is Amended
Glass and porcelain electrical fir -
tures for farm homes may now be
purchased without restriction. In
making this announcement, W. Har-
old Philips, regional prices and sup-
ply representative Wartime Prices
and Trade Board, said the new order
permitted manufacturers, wholesal-
ers and dealers to sell, without re-.
be safely fed moderate proportions striction, residential lighting' fixtures
to growing and finishing hogs, and
that where a high proportion of
wheat is fed there may ba some ad-
vantage from limited feeditng after
the pigs are 100 pounds in weight.
s carcasses from the hogs in group one.
e This experiment Was repeated, in a
second trial. in this latter, test the
"such as brackets and •close-up units
made entirely of glass or poocelain or
other non-metallic materials except
current -carrying parts, lock -nuts,
nipples, seating rings and strap"
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KEEPING BLUE `BOOKS
BLITZES PRICE BGO.ST
Housewives of Western Ontario can
ward off inflation's crushing blow
against the civilian population by
keeping track of prices in their valu-
able Blue Books. Officials of the War-
time Prices and Trade Board say these
complicit little "IshopOng iisclards"
are as .accurate as a Bren gun and just
as deadly when it comes to blitzing
a boost in prices.
About 450,000 of these little blue
books have been given out in Canada
Women not already keeping a record,
of their day to day purchases may
secure in blue book from any local
i regional office of the Prices Board.
H.M.S. "WARSPITE"—OF NARVIK miral Sir James .Sommerville, Com- successful attack on Narvik at the
FAME—FLAGSHIP OP BR'ITAIN'S Landing the .British .Eastern Fleet. head of British cestiogsus in April,
EASTERN I-LEIBT. Pictui e Shows-- The "Warspite" is famous " for her 1940.
H.MS. "Warspite", Flagship of Ad-