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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-02-04, Page 3THURS., FEB. 4, 1943 TSE 'C INION NEWS-RECOED POE 3 THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Soni Notes of The News in 1917 THE. 'CLINTON NEWS RECORD. JANUARY ;31st, 1918 Nothing serves to arouse so much interest in. Clinton as a girls' hockey. mach and the one on Tuesday even- ing, when Clinton girls trimmed the ladies from Mitchell to the tune of 6-0 was no exception and brought out a great crowd. The girls were in ex- cellent foam and the score was no surprise. A couple of rnembers of the home team and one of visitors' were ruled off during the evening. One of the wings of the visiting team was injured during the game and had to retire, Miss Dora Schoenhals, Clin- ton's spare took her place and played good hockey for her adopted team. A return match will be played in Mit- chell Friday evening of next week. It: is expected. that Stratford will come ups the second week in Febru- ary. ebruary. As Stratford is the only team that ever won from Clinton a good deal of interest will be manifested if a match can .be arranged: Following is, the line-up eof,Tnesday's „game: Clinton goal; • 111a Ba1r den; -`defence Jean Mc`i°aggart, Amy Hellyar; , cen- tre, Margaret Sdhoenhals; , • wings, Mary Brarnfield, Ruby' Stoddar t. Mit- chell, goal, C Cook; defence,: Olive -Buck, E..: 'horn centre, A. Cook; wings, Nettie and-E.'Balfour: Referee Carl Draper of Clinton ' Again Clinton has been at' the mer- cy of the Storen King, Monday's blow having the effect of blocking traf- fice on the Buffalo and Goderich line from Saturday until Tuesday after-. noon, , . John Irving, a well known resident of Clinton, passed away on Sunday morning after but a short illness. The deceased: had resided with his brother, William; ever since the death' of their Miss Florence Cuninghame i spend parents some few years ago but there ing a fortnight as the guest of Lon - are several other members of the fam- don friends. ily living elsewhere and one brother Miss 'Mabel Cantelon is visiting George Irving of Winnipeg is expect- friends in $ensall this week. ed to arrive today,•Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hill who have been here for the past six weeks or A sad death occurred, in London+ yesterday when Mrs:' Olin 0.' Hopper so, leave on Saturday for their home was called away. The deceased lady at Oxbow .S'ask. was the only daughter of Mr. N. Sun- dercockNext of near Brucefield and a dau- will have served 13 months in the ghter-in-law of Mr. A. Hopper of trenches in France. Murray went ov- erseas with the 161st. Battalion and Mr. W. Harnblyn was the only a n- was soon transferred over to the figh- ton exhibitorat the Huron Poultry ting guards. There are 'not many of show held. in Goderich last week and the drafts of the 161st left. he carried off four first prizes for Mr. P. J. McMurray, of Baron, 41- four Bantams which he had and three berth, is visiting his brother Mr. A. firsts for three Buff Leghorns, every '�' McMurray. The brothers have not one of the seven: taking a first. met for 18 years. The surplus" of soft coal purchased { Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cole of San - by the town is being stored in the dusky, Mich,, were visitors with Mr. Rattenbury barns for use as it is and Mrs. A. McCartney, and Mr. and needed. Mrs. W. B. Edwards of Souris, Man., are visiting with them also. William Casseis died in Flint, Mich.1 Lieut. Wes. Caldwell, M. C., who Iasi week at the age of fifty=four 'has just recently returned from the years. Deceased was a blacksmith by front on furlough, was a visitor in representative should have his of- fice in Clinton. .January has probably 'grown tired of keeping up a record for supplying a yearly thaw. Mr. W. IJ: Eellyar has been ap- pointed by Provincial Government issuer of marriage licenses for Clin- ton. lin-ton - Doherty --In Clinton on January 80, to Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Doherty, a daughter, Mary Agnes, ' . Armstrong--Sn Tuckersmith, on January 13th, to Mr. and Mrs. Rain- ey Armstrong, a son. THD CLQNTON NEW ERA JANUTAS8Y '31st, 1918 George and Stephen Cordell were Visitors in town during the past week. and were warmly welcomed by •old friends. The Cordell family resided in. Clinton for a time and for the past two'or three years have been up north at Gerson Mines, but they have,. now located in Stratford and intend to make their home there for a time at least. . , Corporal Emmerson Mitchell,:son of Mrs, Mitchell of Albert street, who for about two years has been connec- ted with King's Canadian Hospital Bushy Park, Middlesex England was recently transferred to Shorncliffe and is now in France. Corp Mitchell is now near the front lines and will probably for the future see stirring times. Clinton people have heard from different sources of the splendid work done by Corp. Mitchell since go- ing overseas and that he will con- tinue doing good work is not for a moment doubted by those who know him, , trade, a son •of the late Mark Cassels of Wingham, but a former resident of Clinton, where the son was born. A number of the frame houses in Clinton were erected by Mr. Cassels. The county council decided at, the meeting held last week to ask the Government to appoint an agricult- ural representative for th'e county of Huron. On motion Of a couple of mmn- bors who realize the advantage of hay - town over night last week: He is an old- C. C. I. boy and his home. is in Hensall, . Mr, A. T. Cooper, Field Secretary of the Huron Temperance Forces took the services in the Baptist church and the Victoria St. Methodist church at Goderich on Sunday. Mr. W. Farquhar and family have moved to the brick cottage lately occupied by Mr. Thos Watts, Ont- ing the representative in the centre ario street, of the county it was decided that the ,Former Bandmaster Sam Grant of BRITISH WARSHIPS "RESOLUTION" A1V13 "1'QKCML3ARLkl' SI L V- ING IN THE EAST The 2900 ton British battleship "Re- guns, eight 4 -inch A.A. guns plus solution and the, 23,000 ton aircraft smaller guns, and carries one aircraft carrier "Formidable", serving with with catapult. "Formidable" which Britain's Eastern Fleet. H.M.S. Me- has a speed of 31 knots, is armed solution" is armed with eight 15 -inch with sixteen 4.5 inch dual-purpose 42 cal. guns, twelve 6 -inch 50 cal, guns. the 161st Battl.'Band, is now Serg't- Major at the Military IH;ospital at Guelph, and ie filling his office like a veteran, Mrs. Jos. Townsend received word last week of the death of her moth er, who died from a paralytic stroke, Mrs. Townsend .made ;a trip. to .Eng- land to see her mother two years ago, owing- to the advanced age and ill health of the latter. Mr. A. J. IlolloWayhad a car of nut coal come in Sunday, but as'2:or; 3 tons had been removed while getting here and the orders so many, the car did not •go round: very far. The situa- tion here is acute at present, though Mee Holloway has several cars on the way between here and. Buffalo. The recent bolckade being a chief cause for the delay in getting here. Mr. A. Forrow, ex -customs collec- tor at Goderich and well-lcnowm in Clinton fell downstairs last week and bleeke his thigh. Was Young• ' .. When the Present Century Taut 'CLLNR 0 1'N1WS-1ZBCORi? JANUARY 29th, 1903 Clinton Camp of the Canadian Orrde er of the Woodmen of the World is enjoying a boom as the result of, the labors of the organizer, Mr. J. H. Me - Connell of Windsor, a past master in the art of promoting the interests of - woodcraft. The ground here had been thoroughly canvassed and the most sanguine Woodmen did not .look for anything " like the addition—nearly thirty—to the membership of - the camp which Mr. McConnell has suc- ceeded in making. Mr. W. H. Kerr of the Brussels Post has been elected warden of Hur- on. He is a successful newspaper man, and will, therefore, make an accept- able warden. - Mr. and Mr's, John Mulholland of Holmesville intend taking up their re- sidence in Clinton, Mr. Mulholland having accspted a. situation with MacPherson & Hovey. The grocery business which he has been carrying on will be continued by .his brother, Harvey. New Departments are being added to Newcombe's big store, the latest being carpets and clothing. Miss Isabel Gunn of Clinton spent Sunday with Miss Daisy Middleton of Goderich township. The remains of the late Mrs. Jane Cdeper of Blake were interred in Bayfield cemetery Iast Thursday. One daughter, Mrs. Thomas Sherritt of Blake is the •only survivor. The sad news spread over the com- munity on Sunday last when it be- came known that the much respected wife of Mr. Robert McDole of Hullett township had breathed her last. She was the daughter of Mr. Frank Little and was married about seven years ago. The funeral was largely attended on Tuesday last to Union cemetery.. Mr. James Mutoh of near Auburn and Mr. John McShannoek of the Por- tage la Prairie district, Manitoba were in town on blusine ss on Tuesda•- Mr. McShannoek formerly lived in West Huron,. but for these eighteen years past has been farming on the prairies where he has done well. Mr. P. B. Crews was in Kingston last week perfecting arrangements for entering the jewelry business on a large scale in that city. Miss Maggie McKay of Goderich was the guest of Miss Dot Baker over Sunday. Miss Porter, the very' obliging and- popular ndpopular assitant•at the postoffice ieft on Monday for Eimvale to help wait upon her mother who is in very poor health. 'Mr. Fred Grahame left on Tuesday to visit friends in Seaforth before leaving for his home in ` .Marlette Mich. Miss Clain Robertson of Buffalo is the guest of Clinton friends, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith were in Seaforth this week attending the funeral of the former's mother. Miss Clara Steep is visting friends in Goderich. • Mrs. J. B. Brooks of Mitchel, ac- companied by her three chiidhren, was the guest of -her .parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Cantelon, over Sunday. ,'Mrs. (Dr.) Step of Winnipeg, who is accompanied by her two children is the geust of her: sister, Mrs. B. J. Gibbings. V A REFUGEE CHILD'S PRAYER AT SEA Dear God, • Thou seest' eacii sparrow fall, I pray do hear this pleading call: Stertch Thy hands of mercy please, To all our ships at sea. And take good care of mons and •dad, Please God do, this for me Bless those who greet.us on new land, Help them to know us and understand, Guard-and.wateh those on England's shore, •- Dear God, I pray, forever more,. "Did Johnnytake hi like - hie medicine a man?" "Yes, he made an awful fuss." lta ?OVER DILOPWiRR'lS iepRi 0100 of Ontario's NOT er needs sed the s N of • to meet r H power has increased a supply of i This °. providing tthe necessary ou�fi9hting forces• war effort, P for m Ontario 1 weapons ower urCes a hug great' quantities of new power Ontario natural ndustries Your, y ears Y the. electricity nos iii the last lour years contribution ar+pries h s made a tseme electrified produce our highly er to P with ons s con', o sources The --indevelopmenthilds of W it reverse hefother tdiversion low f ter, is, that completion. protects are divers. F program, tern i nearing' construction. . flow sthe Province stages of the :citizens of of the peal stages ° nearing o eration the recent splendid C i Pelectricity during. war effort Theconserving cont contributed greatly to l h r war ed For of and in acknowledged. cknow edg criticthe al months er ti however, . stilt hone power, n continues.to produce is s. cons is an be an rs yef� rs still er ell m needed e materials. l Still more power war weapons evisupplies or on, that som • power willin avail the victory is won, Peacetime progress - contribute our industrial, commercial and home life. MOST RECENT iNCREASE IN DEV DOWER ago b p nearing eomptetipn to provide 00 h.p. 1. Plant cant supptyin9 tine: q, Mid-Ords p of new Transmission s of miles diversion program. g„ Hapid p on new .nee. q. Rapid Piggies tan into production last sum Transformer Station to distribute p 5. SA,OOD h.p. P, 6. 430,000-volt"Transformer O.M.E.A. and A.M.E.U. Annual Meeting Toronto, Fobruory 91h and 70th THE HYDRO -ELECTRIC POWER COMMISSION OF ONTARIO From the. Diary of a Park Warden The winter patrols of a park war- der]. are often lonely and uneventful. But here is a story from the pages of the diary of a warden in Prince Alb- ert National Park, Saskatchewan, de- scribing an exciting few minutes dur- ing which he and his dog team mix- ed up with a pack of timber wolves. lit is unusual to see all gray ones; •they generally run about half black. I. have always heard that wolves never showed any affection. That wasn't so, in this case. When the others came out onto the lake and met the pair already there they muz- zled each other and wagged their Let him tell it in his own fashion, tails. "During the later part of last No- - "During this time my togs were vember I was making one of my us- taking me up that way pretty fast, ual patrols. I started- seen' after and they saw the wolves just about daylight, whioh conies rather late rip the time the wolves saw them. May - here at this time of the year around be we didn't go! And the wolves came 8 •a. m. My route was north of the just as fast toward us. They see cad 3rd Meridian for about two miles to out just before we met, two or. three Nantekus Lake, then straight across on each side, with the very large one Namekus a little northwest. and . on directly in front. elle pup that was up°to -the park highevey. I was deiv running loose ran right up to this big, ing five powerful, big dogs, and had a one. I believe their noses touched. I six -months -old pup runeing loose don't suppose my leader was 'over 30 Thesedogs were part husky and part yards away froni then at this time. german police. I raised them my- Then this big wolf made . a half cir- self—all except one. ' They were in cle and joined the ones that had pas - good condition and rearing to go. I sed on my left. lily dogs ;were fol - was using the Alaska—styleshitch— lowing him all the time. When we got two dogs abreast, then two and two, pretty close' again the bunch parted and the leader ahead. I had a very and we went right through them. light Alaska sleigh, without a' break The dogs seemed to single one out on it, that didn't appear afraid, but just "When we turned out on to. Nam- ekus Lake I saw two animals, which looked like coyotes, on the sand beach about . half . a mile ,north of -me. I turned up that. way and pretty soon more started coining out' until there were seven ofthem, all gray ones. They turned' out to be timber wolves. at first, I pulled my gun out of rte kept 50 or 60 yards ahead', of then. "We finally passed right through the bunch three times, There were wolves in front of us; on: ,both sides and sometimes oneor two running right .behind—just like dogs would db. When we were getting close to them AMC case, racked a shell into the breach, were meeting another band of wet - and was ready to fire a shot or two yes for the purpose of getting ae Ito frighten them away. But when f quainted. MI at once they decided to we got to the, wolves, everything get away from there, and- made for happened so fast --the doge were in the timber." a frenzy trying to get at them; we I Winter in Canada's national parks were up and down over snowbanks, brings to angst park wardens long swinging around going back the snow -shoe or s other way so quickly -that I had no ski . patrols. Some. c£ chance to get a shot away: them, like this warden, travel by sled. and dog team. Sleeping bags and. "Once, I got the dogs stopped for several days' grub _ must be packed, a moment,with wolves on every side. for the long • journey over snow - 8 jumped Off and started to :run -up to- covered -trails. These patrols take. wards , the leader of my team. If I wardens deep into the silent forest. could get up and stand across her and along .ice-coveredlakes and rivers: lead line the rest would stand 51111 where the only signs of life are wird But 1 dust got up to the right wheel creatures for which many of the dog when one of the wolves started i>Srks are noted, One of the warden's to trot away, and the dogs startedchief concerns in winter is the pro - off again . on the jump. I. grabbed tection and welfare of the denizens the trace of the wheeler and fell into of 'the forest; for all Canada's nation the sleigh getting some snow into the al parks are primarily wildlife sancta 'muzzle of the gun as I did so, and it paries where wild animals and birds took me some time to clean this out. may live and , multiply unmolested. While sitting on the sleigh 1, dug iny'The life of a park warden pray lack heels into the snow and tried to stop many ofthe amenities of city and the dogs after I get the snow grit of town, but, because his chief interest the gun. But I couldn't stop thein. lies in nature and: the great out -of - The snow was too hard and we just doors,he usually regards the artifie-. skidded along. jai attractions of city life as a very- "I have given the natter quite a small loss. little` thought since, and maybe 1 V should 'have jumped off the sleigh when the wolves were all around, and rm. eeEN SHOWERED started shooting to':frighten them off.' At 'the, tune the idea .never 'occurred WITH $10 BILLS AT FIRS to me.I just figured on staying with. my team. I am sure I wasn't at any When firemen'. ripped away a sec - ,time `afraid for myself. The wolves tion of ceiling. at Dr. A. Gott's den- never appeared as if they wanted to tal office Toronto, they were showered iettack either me or the dogs. In with $10 bills totalling. $3.300. Pr, fact they didn't loolt nearly, as dan- Gott bad placed the money in a;skkle genus to me -as a.' team of loose sleigh box and hidden it .in the attic. Fire- dogs would have been. They looked men made their rich find while fight --- as though they just had a big feed and ing- a fire in the office. .