The Clinton News Record, 1943-01-14, Page 3THURS., JAN. 14, 1943
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THE HAPPENINGS IN . CLINTON EARLY IN
THE CENTURY
Some Notes of The News in 1917
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD into town in the spring.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Armstrong
and two daughters, Anna May and
Myrtle, have moved in from the farm•
on the Goshen Line, Stanley, and
Jan. 10th, 1918.
The marriage took place at the
Methodist parsonage, Saskatoon,
Sask., on New Year's Day of Miss have taken up . residence on Huron
Mabel, daughter of Mrs. John Lens- street in the Green residence.'
on of Albert street, Clinton, to Mr. The •marriage took place pester -
Richard Nobel of Adanae, Sask. son day evening at the home of Mr. and
of Mrs. Nobel of Joseph street. The Mrs. George Cook, of the 12th, con-
ceremony was performed by the Rev. cession, of their daughter, Miss Sar -
Mr. Hobart and immediately after-
wards Mr. and Mrs. Nobel left for
their home :at Adanac. Both bride
and groom are well known in Clinton,
the latter leaving town a couple of
weeks ago, and the many friends here
wish them many years of happy mar-
ried life.
The Clinton council for 1918 con-
sists of the following: Mayor, C. W.
Thompson, M, D.; Reeve, James A.
Ford, both elected by acclamation:
Councillors, R. J. Miller, Bert Lang-
ford,
angford, A. T. 'Cooper, J. P. Shepherd,
H. Wiltse, and Murray Mo13wan; vias, being unable owing to a sligl
Public Utilities Commissioners, the indisposition to get home before th
Mayor, S. J. Andrews, B. J. Gibbings, festive holidays. He reports th
being elected' by acelatnation; New cold at. Winnipeg, where his tra•
School Trustees, all elected by ae was delayed for several hours, as be
clamation,Nelson Ball, T. J. McNeil,
ual good health; but we hope he will
'soon be quite himself again. Miss
MeBrien of Clinton, has been visiting
with Mrs, Harry Hibbs. .Mrs. J. Ree
1}ill returned home to Toronto, ac-
companied by her sister, Miss Annie
McGuire, ` One of the oldest residents
of Goderich passed away early Sat-
urday morning in the person of Nlrs.
Donald ,McKenzie, at the age of 94
years. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. McKenzie
of Kippen and Miss McKenzie of
Hyde Park, attended the funeral of
the late Mrs, McKenzie.
Miss Hattie Greig +returned, last
Saturday after spending the Christ-
mas holidays with the , Misses Har-
land of Guelph.
Mrs. J. Lesslie Kerrreturned last
Saturday evening after spending a
couple of weeks' at the parental home
in Toronto.
Little Bobby Doherty, two-year
old •son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. E.
Doherty, has been spending several
weeks with friends in Goderielk town-
ship.
One of the first recruits to loin the
161st. Battalion when. it was organ-
ized here, is now home again, in the
person of Private Percy Hitchen,
Clinton, and the other towns along
the Buffalo and Goderich line are
now appreciating more fully the
efforts of the Clinton Board of Trade
who secured last summer concessions:
from the Grand Trunk Railway,
whereby they sent the Toronto train
out of Stratford over two hours ear-
lier than formerlyand arriving in
Clinton at 11.10 a. •m.
District Deputy Grand Mas-
ter Baird and installing team from
Brucefield will pay an •official visit
to Clinton I. 0, 0. F. lodge on. Tues-
day evening to install the officers
elect.
The Huron County •Council will
meet on Tuesday, January 22nd. In
all probability Reeve Lobb of Goder
•eh township will be the Warden for
1918,
The Council has workmen out in
the bush cutting down wood which is
being hauled to town and will be saw-
ed up and sold out to citizens at cost
price. This ought to relieve the sit-
uation as` to fuel supply.
Higher prices for potatoes than
those now prevailing will not be per-
mitted. The Food Controller is send -
ng a letter to this effect to all whole-
sale handlers of potatoes.
ah A., to Mr. Joseph Henry Riley,
of Constance. The ceremony was.
performed by the Rev. W. B. Moulton
They will reside in Constance.
Mr. Alex .Sloman, who has been in
the west for a couple of years, arriv-
ed home last week for. a month's stay.
Mr. ;Sloman has been farming at
Haslsmore, some forty miles or so
from Swift Current. He likes the
west but•ie glad to get back to Ont-
ario and to the old town of Clinton
for a visit occasionally. Ile left
Saskatchewan the day after Christ-
Jabez Rands, S. J. Evans.
The Model class of 1917 was de -
dared by Principal Boucle to be one
of the best all-round classes ever
assembled in Clinton, The following
are teaching. Gifford Beaton,- Ethel
Butler, Isabel Cameron, Glena Camp-
bell, Eva R. Carter, Norma Coats -
worth, Grace Edwards, Ida Filsley,
Tena Marquis, Ada McQuarrie, Isab-
el Monroe, Stella Nelson, Isabel Paris
Jessie .Shreiber, Erra Wood. Wen
Morrison and. Mary Short had not
reported whether they had secured
schools and Nora Scald is not teach-
Mr. Roger Pepper, who is retiring
from . his farm in Tuckersmith, has
purchased the residence of Mr. T.
Blacker on Frederick street and will
move into town in the spring. Mr..
Blacker, having bought a farm, in-
tends going into the business of
greater production and moves out to
his farm, as soon, as the winter loos-
ens its hold a bit.
Mr. William Proud'foot of Goder-
ieh, member of the Provincial Legis-
lature for Centre Huron, has been
chosen temporarily. as • leader of the
Liberal Party, in Ontario. Mr. Proud -
foot has represented Centre Huron
in the Provincial Legislature since
1908.
Mr. George Watts, who recently
sold his farm near Minefield, has
purchased the residence of Miss Teb-
butt on Princess street and will move
ing severe.
When: the Present Century
Was Young
week,
Sergeant. R. A. Brown, son of Mr.
Robert Brown of the 2nd. concession
of Hullett, 'left on Monday to spend
the winter" at Stanley Barracks .in
Toronto:
Mr. Dawson, who a few., weeks ago
came from Carnduff, Asses,. to Clin-
ton on a matrimonial mission, has re-
turned to his,'Western home unac-
companied. The bride-to-be exer-
cised a woman's privilege by chang-
ing her mind.
Miss Florence Harwood has return-
ed to London.
Mr, Robert King left pn Tuesday
for Manitoulin Island to accept, : the
principalship, of a school' there.
THE CLINT,ON NEWS -RECORD
January 8, 1903.
Mr. P. B. Crews has bought the
business of Johnstone Bros., one of
the leading jewel'ery firms of King-
ston, of which he will take possession
about the first 'of April. He ex-
pects to wind up his business here the
first of March.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA,
Jan. 10th, 1918.
Mr. and Mrs. J. McClyntoni, return-
ed on Saturday from Toronto, where
they spent the holiday season, They.
intend removing to the Queen City
very soon, Mr. McClymont having
accepted a position there.
Miss Dorothy Rorke is visiting
friends in London.
Mr. W. B. Hale of Philadelphia is
visiting his brother, Mr. C. 13. Hale
of town.
Miss Beseie Porter returned home
on Monday after spending several
weeks with friends. in Hullett town-
ship.
Mr, F. Wilson, son of Mn. S. Wil-
son, Clinton, who has been with the
Guiane Shoe Company, Toronto, for
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NEW RENTALS OFFICER
IN WESTERN ONTARIO
Problems of. Western Ontario'•resi-
dents relating to rent control will
have the consideration of Mr. Flet-
cher Smith London, barrister who has
been appointed regional rentals of -
officer in the Wartirne Prices and
Trade Board: Mr. Smith succeeds Mr.
Tarlton, who, it is understood, is tak-
ing over the administration of a Gov-
ernment department in Toronto.
ismook
BATTLE OF EL ALAMEIN: REPAIRED U. S. TANKS IN ACTION.
Picture from the Si Alamein battle ed clash but salvaged ands repaired,
front shows:—U. S. General Grant, moving up to give fresh,blows to Ron- •
tanks, "wounded' in a former armour- moles forces,
Bela to believe that fifty acres could,
TheBomber Press in Great Britain .be found for such a purpose.
Another in a series of articles
written by W. R. Legge and C. V.
Charters, who represented the G'an-
adian Weekly Newspapers :Associa-
tion in, a recent tour overseas.
A DAY WITH THE NAVY
by Walter R, Legge
Naturally we could' not see all of
Canada's efforts without seeing some-
thing of the Navy, for Canada has an
important part in the naval services,
even in Great Britain.
Our original programme called for
Seeing . an important ceremony at a
naval station where Canadians form
a part. However, at the time this
was to ,take place, our party was far
from the location, and it meant a loss
of two days in travelling to go and
return, As this represented a lot out
of our remaining time, it was de-
cided :to take us instead to a naval
base nearer at hand.
While we did miss seeing any of
the Canadian naval forces, it gave us
an' opportunity to visit one of the
most famous of English bakes, With
Lieut. Downton as our guide, we set
off on September 14th, and travelling
over one of the old roads of England
finally arrived at our destination.
Mr. Samuel Lowery of Goderich
township died yesterday morning.
He was born in County Fermanagh,
Ireland, sixty years ago and came to
this country with bis parents when
he was eight 'years of age. They
located in Wentworth county near
Hamilton and when twenty years of
age Mr. Lowery settled upon the 16th
concession of Goderich township
which continued to be his hone for
the remainder of his life, Mrs Lowrey
survives with their family of three
sons and one daughter. •
Mrs. Jeptha Holland of Goderich
township died on Saturday evening,
aged 70 years. She was a native of
the county of Hastings but with her
husband lived for over thirty` years
on the llth. con. of Goderich town-
ship on the farm which is now owned
by her son George. Mr. Holland
survives his life partner together
with their family of four sons and
two daughters.
Miss. I..ucy Grant returned to Mit-
chell on Tuesday to resume her class-
es in ' painting which she conducts
there no Tuesday' and Wednesday of
each week.
Masters Eimer and Warren Finch
have returned home after a two
week's visit at the latter's .grand-
father's and his uncle's Mr.,„A. Brad-
shaw
radshaw of Morris.
some time, has taken a position in
the shoe department of the T. Eaton
Company.
Miss Mary Chidley, who hasbeen
spending the holiday season with
Toronto friends returned home this
week.
Goderich Township News-- ' Mr.
George A. Jenkins from the West
has returned home. He spent ,sever-
al days visiting his sister in, Toronto
on his way home. Miss. Marian Hibbs
left last week for Toronto, We are
sorry to report that Mr. T. Churchill,
one of the oldest residents. of Goder-
ich Township, is not enjoying his us -
A VISIT TO THE "VICTORY"
Af.e bein; given afternoon tea at
the Officers' Mess, we were taken
around the nearby city to see the
destroyer of "Hunt" class, a destroyer bomb damage. For this trip and the
which actually took part in the other little motoring we did while at
Dieppe raid, which gave us a vivid 'the base, WRENS were the chauf-
picture of the exacting requirements fears. There are a large number of
of modern warfare, and the contrast WRENS employed at various tasks
in ships, around the base.
Among the ships that happened to
be in port, so that we had an oppor- AN ANCIENT INN
tunity of seeing them, were the for -
It was a day packed with interesting
mer Royal Yacht, which is now a des- and instructive sights, and we were
troyer, and the Sultan, a 100 year 0I1 sorry to have to start away on our
ship now used as a training ship for long journey in our bus, to our head Feminine Viewpoint
engineers. • '• quarters. The trip was broken at Valuable on Boards
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Frank Vines. Honie
Pilot Officer Prank Vines, once
known as Canada's youngest aviator,
was a New Year's visitor with his
parents in Goderich. He flew solo
at 14 and had his private pilot's
license at 16. After the outbreak of
the war he was an instructor at Wind
sor Elementary School. Now he is
piloting a big Catalina flying boat
over, the Atlantic, hunting down 11 -
boats.
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bour in a launch, we met an interest- IAnchor Hotel, which was
While travelling around the has
ing sailor. This man, a Canadian, Liphook, where we visited the Royalbuilt,in 1416)
The rooms in this hotel are all
and his sen were brought back woun- named! after famous people who have
ded from, Dieppe, and the son died stayed in them, and bears such names
from his injuries. The fattier had as. Nelson; Samuel Peyps; William
adopted another sailor, an orphan, Duke of ,Clarence; and Duchess of
who had looked after his son when Kent etc. In front of the hotel is a
wounded, fine old chestnut tree which is re -
After a smlendid lunch in the Offie-I puted to be 300 years old.
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ers' Mess, we werefirst given areal- Altogether, our day with the Navy
istic A. R. P. demonstration in which brought home to us that Britain's
incendiaries, bombs, eras. and wound- greatness has come from her Navy,
ed were taken care of. Smoke bombs and that the spirit of Nelson is still
ddded.to the show, and the rescue of carrying on.
wounded from ,a high tower by ropes : V
was very' interesting.
A SAILORS' CHAPEL
Our next call was at the base chap-(
el, the Chapel of St. Ambrose. De-
dicated on December 18th, 1935, this
. The first thing we were shown was chapel hasmany unusual features in -
one of the mast famous ships' in eluding the emblems of many sub-
Ebglish history, which is now a marines around the walls, among
national shrine, Nelson's famous flag- others, that of the "Thetas" which'
ship the "Victory", was lost and afterward recovered.
This ship, completed in 1766, took :It is since given e very good account
six years .to build, and although; it
is 177 years old, and has probably
been visited by millions' of people, it
looks ahnost new.
It was from the deck of this that
Nelson sent out his famous message
of itself. All the furniture in the
Chapel was presented' by friends.
A trip through the submarine was
most enlightening, one specially in-
teresting demonstration was methods
of escape from a submarine under
which has echoed around the world, water. This we watched through the
and still inspires the hearts of Brit- glass walls of an enormous tank fi7-
ons everywhere, "England expects led with water,
that every man will do his duty,"
It inspired his men to win the great- Then a hurried visit was paid to nu -
est naval battle of history, a battle merous buildings in which naval
that changed the history of the world. training,'physicaI training, and aril -
It was British skill and. bravery that Is, were going on, and a mess where
1000 men are fed at one time.
The most impressive feature of the
afternoon was a review of four thou-
sand trainees with band and every-
thing.
While everyone connected with the
enormous• base is working most skren-
had been captured, and the rest sunk uousiy, they still have time . to look
or scattered. But Nelson himself after fifty acres of potatoes on the
' de th grounds although we found it-d':f
We felt that we were treading hal-
lowed ground as we gazed on the
plate on the deck which shows the
exact spot where. Nelson fell, and
the roped off space between deeks,
where he died with the word's "Thank
God, I ' have done my duty." The
plate on the deck reads "Here Nelson
Fell, 21st Oct. 1805" while a plate
amidships records that "Here Nelson
Died."
Itis interesting to compare the
size of the "Victory" with a modern
battleship:. The Victory is 186 feet
long with a beam of 52 feet, and has
three decks with 1.00 guns. She
could fire a broadside of 52 guns. A
modern ,battleship is more than four
times as long.
The Victory was forty years old
when it led the fleet in the Battle of
Trafalgar. Today a battleship is ob-
slete in half of that time.
To raise the anchor, boys would
pull the chain a certain distance and
run forward to nip it again, and from
this came the expression "Nipper".
Mr. D. Cantelon has on the second
occasion headed the poll in the 2nd
Division, this time by a bigger plug
ality than two years ago. From this
we infer that "D. •C.'s"popularity is
not by any means on the wane. He
is an energetic and, plausible cane
vasser and his., brother Harry is a
good one, too. Thereby hangsa tale
at Harry's expense, told by •D. C."
himself.
won that battle of Trafalgar, for the
French ships were larger, faster,
more numerous and carried mere
guns.
Nelsen .had 27 British, ships: while
the French had 33. and when the bat-
tle was over 18 of the enemy ships
Mr. Henry Parker cf Osnabruck,
North Dakota, who after an absence
of ten years is home on a visit to his
brother, Mr, Charles Parker of Bay-
field
Mrs. A. T. Cooper accompanied by
her little son, are visiting relatives
in ,Kincardine.
Mr. W. A. Baer of Nanaimo, 13. C.
Former Huron Warden Dies
John Joseph Hayes, a former war-
den of Huron county and a life-long
resident of the district, died at his
home . in Goderich on Sunday at the
age of 73. He had been in failing
health for some time.
After a long and prominent career
in county politics, Mr. Hayes retired
to Goderich 14 years ago and had
been engaged in a farm implement
business there.
He was a widely known farmer in
Stephen township for many years and
held the reeve's chair several times.
Besides his widow he is survived by
two step -daughters, Mrs. Walter Mc
Donald, Montreal and Mrs. Albert
Harrington, Chapleau, a stepson, M. J
Stafford, chief officer Imperial Oil
tanker fleet, Sarnia, and two sisterh,
Mrs Delaney, Detroit, and Mrs. Hall
Mt. Carmel.
Requiem high mass was sung at
St Peter's Roman Catholic church by
a nephew, Father Delaney, of Detroit
on Monday. Interment was made in
Colborne cemetery.
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FRIENDSHIPS
Some friendships are tirade by na-
ture, some by contract, s,oine .by 'intcr-
ests, and some by souls.-1ayloz.
Giving voice to. the feminine point
of view 127 women will act on the
57 local ration boards established by
the Wartime Prices and Trade Board
in Western Ontario. In Chatham,
Guelph and Wiarton four women will
give the benefit of their buying and
culinary experience in solving ration
board problems. Amherstburg, Delhi,
Essex, Flesherton, Galt, Sarnia, Shel-
burne, Tilbury, Thamesville, Wing -
ham and Wallaceburg Boards will
.
have three members of the fair sex
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LIFE
If you think of life as a canvas,
your emotions are the colors which.
make it vivid. But remember, a good
artist used his colors. with 'care and
balance, and only';a second-rate dau-
ber willsplash them about all over the
place in a series of jarring disharm—
onies.
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THE BRITISH RECAPTURE OF BARDIA: RESCUED BRITISH AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS
Boddie was captured on January 2nd
after two nights of heavy bombard-.
rent by a South African division un-
der the comamnd of Major-General I.
P. de Villiers, M. 'C., supported by
British tanks and British and .Polish
artillery and by naval bombardment
of the town. Major-General Schmidt,
contamnding the Axis forces,, motored
into the British forward lines .and
surrendered, this being the first oc-
casion on which a German General has
surrendered during the present 'cam-
paign. Bardia yielded some 7,500 Ger-
man and Italian prisoners, while a
thousand. British' troops, mostly New
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Zealanders; were rescued.
A. long Iine of, Axis prisoners (nearlp
all German North Afrilta Korpw}'
streaming out of Hardie. to a prison-
ers -of -war concentration pointipa5s- •
ing one of the ninny fires which raged,
around the town as stores 'were de-
stroyed,