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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-03-11, Page 3'ARC H, 1101943 TIIE .HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes 0 The News in 1918 THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD MARCH 7th, 1918 ` Miss Emile Ford of Holmesville and Miss Edna Wise of Olintoa: Were suc- cessful in passing grade two in the London Conservatory exams held re- cently. Mr. Ralph Tiplady, who recently sold his house on Rattenbury street to Mr. Peacock, has purchased, the residence now occupied by Mr. Libby and will get possession in the spring: The older residents of Clinton, who_ will remember her as a charming per- sonality, during her residence here years ago, will regret to learn that Mrs. Mallock is seriously ill 'at her home in Toronto, with slight chances of recovery. She is the widow of the late . D. M. Mallock, one time princi- pal of Clinton Model School, and later school inspeotoir for East Huron. Her only son, Dr. W. Mallock, one of the leading medical men of Toronto. has been overseas ahnost since the commencement of the war. Mrs. J. D. Atkinson received wore' on Thursday last of the sudden death of her brother-in-law, Mr. John Pur- vis, a well-known business man. of Parry Sound. Mrs. Render of Holmesville has pur- ohased the residence until 'recently oc • cupied by Professor Bristlow and will shortly take possession. Mr. R. B. Higgins and family are this week getting settled in their new home purchased from Mr. James Hamilton. Mr. Hamilton is moving to his farm to which he will give his full attention in the future. Stanley Hays, son of Major R. S. and Mrs. Hays of S'eaforth, was in- stantly killed in a flying accident at Fort Worth, Texas, on Sunday .after- noon. - Mr. E. L. Mittel' of town received word of his brother Pte. A. Mittell who is a member of the Imperial For- ces, that he was recently wounded, and taken prisoner by the Germans. Pte. 11Jittell last fall, for bravery on the field, was decorated with the Military .Cross. The jury rendered a verdict exon- erating from all blame the officials of the G.T.R: in regard to the death -of Samuel Barr. The death took place at the home of her niece, Mrs. Wm. Carter, Ont- ario street, on Wednesday of • last week of Miss Mary A; McRae, form- erly of Blyth. The deceased lady was a sister of the late Mrs. James Fer- guson., She had formerly resided at Blyth but last fall came down to. 'Spend the winter with her niece, Mrs. Carter. • Pte, Norman 'Junking ' arrived at his home in Londesboro on Saturday and was given a reception in the Meth- odist church. Speeches were made af- ter which lunch was 'served. Pte Hun- king was supposed to have come on Friday night but remained with his sister in Clinton. At nine o'clock last Friday morning at the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception, Winnipeg, the marriage was solemnized of Anne Gertrude, daugh- ter of Mrs. John Kavanagh, to Mr. Richard James Blake, son of the late Richard Blake of Hullett "township, Mr. John Whittingham,_ wire has been spending the winter in town and vicinity, leaves the end of the week for his home in Herschel, Sask. Mrs. (Dr.) Gordon Struthers and little daughter is on her way home from China. She will stop off at .San Francisco and will spend a few weeks with her sister at Ontario, C'al., and will be accompanied home by her ano- ther, Mrs. W. Cooper. They will ar- rive here about the end of April, Dr. Struthers is in France. THE CLINTON NEW ERA, MARCH 7th, 1918 Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cantelon and family who have been visiting the home of the former's parents, Mr and Mrs D. Cantelon of town, and with the parents of the lady at Walton, left the end of the week for their home near Maple Creek, Sask, Reeve McKinley of Stanley was the guest for a day or two this week of his daughter Mrs. J. B. Levis. He was here on county business as a member of the House of Refuge Committee. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Kempthorn, of ..e Grandora, Sask.,:;with their two child- When :the Present. Century 'ren are the guests of..'the lady's par- ents, 1V1r,• and.. Mrs. W. Doherty of Wag XOl1ng Mrs.: MacDougall 'of Exeter 'spent a few :days the latter dart of -the week as the guest of. her; "sister, Mrs. J. D. Atkinson. Misses Erma Whitely and E. Tighe of Goderich were week:_ end guests with Miss McLeod of the.0.t. staff. Mrs. L. O. Paisley and Master 'El- mer spent the week end with Mr.. and Mrs.` Will Tebbutt of Goderich. Miss Sara Turner Was in Termite recently attending the funeral of her aunt ;Mrs, Large. Mr. Karl Argent leaves on Satur- day .for, the west where he intends going on a farm for the season. Mr. A. T. Cooper took the services in Wingham on Sunday in the inter- ests'of the Huron County' Temperance Association. Mrs. J. W. Treleaven and Miss Nor- ma are visiting the lady's sister Mrs. Kay, of Leeper, Mich. Mr. Onslow Crich received a let- ter on Saturday night, written on the 13th of February, stating that his two boys, James 0. Crick and. Wil- frid V. Crich of the 161st. Battalion had joined a draft and was going to France to gat into the fight with the 18th Battalion. Mr. and Mrs. J: A. Sutter expect to leave this week for Toronto to visit with relatives and friends. Mr. Brown, keeper of the House of Refuge, is now able to be about once more after' a severe illness. Mr. James Snell, Hullett's well known sheep breeder,'.has been ap- pointed to the sheep committee of the Western Fair of London. Pte. Wilson McSherry, who left Clinton with the 161st. Huron's was calling on friends in town last week. Wilson saw six months service in France with a construction Battalion, and expects to get his discharge. He is attached to Toronto, at present, but expects to soon• be back in Clin- ton. Mr. William Coats, who has seen service in France, and who now has his discharge is going to go into the draying business in town. Mr. Coats, being so well known ought to get hold of a good trade. r Mr. Wooley of Brucefield received a cable last week announcing the death of his sister, Miss Wooley of England. Mr. Douglas has moved onto the farm at Brucefield he recently bought from Mr. B. R. Higgins. Among the soldiers that returned from. overseas at London on Tuesday night were the following Huron County boys, Pte. F. Berry, Pte. T. McGrath of Goderieh and Pte. A. Harness of Exeter. Do you realize that there is an important place for you in the When you enlist in the C.W.A.C. you release a man for mere active duties. Regardless of what your present vocation is, there's a job for you in the army. 2/au raze oteeded Pay and Allowance are equal to most civilian positions. omoms For information of, enlistment: - Apply to one of the following C.W.A.C. Recruiting Centres: LONDON -379 Richmond St. WINDSOR—Recruiting Station, Ouellette Ave. KITCHENER-City Hall Square GUELPH -103 Wyndham Street CHATHAM -Canadian Department Store or contact the Mobile Recruiting Unit in your localit+ THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,, MARCH 5th. 1.903 Mt, C. A, Andrews left on Tuesday to visit rea'ltives at Buritts R'apids north' of Brockville, This was the for- mer` home of the family which they left many years ago to locate. in Clin Mn,and Mrs. Robert Eagleson left yesterday to return to their home at Ilangdon, North Dakota, after a very pleasant two -months' visit among friends in this district Mr. Eagleson has become a thoro-going Westerner. Mr. H. G. Hopkirk postoffice in- spector, was in town yesterday and, formally handed over the office to Mr. James Scott who has entered up- on his duties. For -the present he re- tains the former staff but Miss, Mac- Donald retires at the end of the month to be succeeded by Miss Amy How- son, an amiable and capable young lady who will undoubtedly retain her popularity behind the wicket. Mr. A. T. Cooper one of the most progressive of our business men, is branching out, having bought a book and stationary business in Wingham. He will run both stores, Miss S. Cook being in charge of the Wingham store. The people of the northern town will find Miss Cook most attentive. and obliging. The cosy home of Mr. Charles Howson of the village of Auburn was the scene of gtiity and mirth on Feb. 25th, it being the occasion of the marriage of Miss Florence Arm- strong of Auburn to Mr. Melvin Jew- el of ,Benmiller. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dunlop of Clinton. Miss Kate Shea of Seaforth visited Clinton friends this week. Mrs. P. B. Crews and Miss Norma left last' night to visit for a few days in Goderich before proceeding to their future home at Kingston. Mr. Charles Donaldson of Thessa- lon, .Algoma,• was -in town an Friday and went across to spend a few days with Stanley and Bayfield friends. He is more than over pleased that he lo- cated at Thessalon which is, bound to become a place of eonisderable im- portance He is doing a large and in- creasing business. By the way, his brother James of Bruce Mines has become quite a speculator in real es- tate tat the Soo and will be a big winner if the town continues to grow at the rate it has been doing for the past few years. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Smith left yes- terday afternoon for St. Marys to at- tend the wedding of their niece, Miss E. Smtih, who today becomes the bride of a Mr. Watson, a Downie township farmer. This is the second wedding in that family this year. Mr. George Kemp left on Saturday for London, making the third of that family which has accepted a position in the new organ factory in that city. Mr. R. B. Jeffrey, the genial agent of the G.T.R. at Loand'esboro, was in town yesterday and received congrat- ulations becaaase of :his recent mar- riage which took place in the Ep- worth Memorial Church, Cleveland, on Feb. 18th. His bride was Mrs. 3. Henderson, formerly of Wingham. Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey returned to Londes- boro on ;Saturday after ,a ten days wedding tour. Mrs. Ben Colo left on Monday for Ypsilanti, Mich, where her mother is very seriously ill. Miss Mary Ryan returned yester- day to her home at the Nile after hav- ing been the guest of Mrs. D. Cook Sr., for a couple of weeks. v New York designers are planning "ladylike"' clothes for Madame this spring. Why? "Playing politics," is not our nation- al indoor pastime but most of ars would pass "cum laude." v The Bomber Press in Great Britain London, in Wartime We arrived in London late in the evening after an all -day train journey. There was no moon that night. Lond- on in the blackout isreally black. There were army automobiles to meet us and we had a sudden and complete introduetion to ,being driven through the blackness at what seemed to xi, to be about thirty miles an hour, and on the wrong side of the street. Our car narrowly missed a pedes- trian who was courting death by dodg- ing across the street in the middle of a block. If he had been hit it looked to us as if Tae would have been entirely at fault, but our guide said that in such a case the chauffeur would be "Joe" which in army parlance is the fel}ow who gets all the blame. CANADA FACES A WOOD -FUEL FA INE NEXT WINTER ARE YOU one of the Canadian householders who burned fences, doors, I -land even flooring to keep warm in this winter's sub -zero weather? Or perhaps you are one of the lucky ones who just managed to scrape through?: In either case, you will want to be prepared for next winter when greater Hardships loom unless you take immediate action. tp The shortage already has ,affected many communities , , , total stocks of dry wood are nearly exhausted .. , in some places the small supply of green wood cut for next winter is being used now to meet the present emergency. Throughout most of Canada, fuel -wood is obtained not far from where it is consumed. Its production and distribution are the business of local citizens. The Dominion Government recognizes that the wood -fuel shortage is so serious that even with the full co-operation of everyone in affected com- munities an adequate supply is not assured. Accordingly,' it has been decided to stimulate the output of wood -fuel by assisting those normally engaged in its production and distribution. To this end, the following measures will be adopted: 1 A subsidy of $1.00 per cord will be paid to dealers on all commercial fuel -wood contracted for and cut • on or before June 30, 1943, and held to dealers' account on that date. 2 The Coal. Controller has been authorized to arrange in his discretion for the payment of such portion of the transportation costs as he considers proper in respect of fuel -wood, particul- arly in cases where dealers, to procure supplies, find it necessary to contract for fuel -wood at locations outside the area from which'they normally derive their supplies. In order to obtain any such reimbursement, dealers must obtain a permit from the Coal Controller before contracting for such supplies. 3 The Coal Controller will repurchase from dealers at dealer's cost all commercial grades of fuel -wood on which a subsidy of $1 per cord has been paid and which are still in dealers' hands as at May 31, 1944. 4 Assistance will be given in providing priorities for necessary equipment. 5 Farmers now on the farm, and who leave the farm temporarily in response to this appeal to engage in fuel wood cutting, will be deemed by National Selective Service to be carrying out their regular occupation as farmers and will be given all the rights of deferment of military service which such an occupa- tion now carries. Such temporary absence should not, however, interfere with 'agricultural production. Municipal councils, farmers, fuel deniers, individual citizens, service clubs, and all other groups in communities where wood -fuel is burned, are urged to begin, at once a rapid survey of their local situation, and to take imme- diate action io relieve the shortage. THE DEPARTMENT OF MUNITIONS AND SUPPLY honourable C. 17a Howe, Ministe, W.F. 1 London in the daytime is just as strange to us. On the streets are men and women in uniform from all parts of the world, "S" signs on nearly every corner pointing the way to shelters, other signs showing where there are tanks of static water, shelt- ers built in the streets, closed stores, store -windows boarded over except for small lights.of glass, and if there were anything else needed to show that we are in the war zone, we could look up and see countless balloons in the .sky. The barrage balloons, which look something like huge fish, are a silver colder that blends with the sky, so that they are hard to see at any dis- tance, but.inspite of that one could often count forty or more. The static water is for use in fight- ing fires in case the water mains ,are destroyed or are inadequate, In many cases the basements of build- ings that have been demolished are Cleaned out, cemented, and filled with water. The muni'ber of stores is astonishing.„ Most store windows have been broken by concussion.even when the bailditw have not !been! hit, and there would not be enough glass to replace them even' if it • were safe to do so. Therefore the windows have been closed up, leaving' only small ,panes of glass three or four feet square in the cen- tre. The acute shortage of labour is •ap-1 parent in many things, as for in- stance; in the elevator serivices, or "lifts" as they are known there, Pee- . ple are expected always to walk dawn stairs, no matter how anany stories and to walk up if, not more than three stories. ` No one is supposed to have more than one bath. a ' week, and then to have only five inches or lees of water in the tub. The hotels no longer give a fast service for laundry, and one must allow several days • before expecting its return,' Debris from bomb damage has been well cleaned up, but little or no at- tempt has been made to rebuilt. Plans for a finer and more beautiful London still exist only on paper. Transportation is much better than we expected. Taxicabs are under sev- ere restrictions as to gas and speed, but it is possible to get one when required with a little delay. The prin- cipal method of travel in London is to take the underground or .a bus. and there are plenty of the latter. They are of the double deck type. People queue up for thein in a very orderly manner which is a tremendous im- provement over the crowded confu- sion found around the entrance to e street car In Canada, The London subway system is said to be the finest in the world, and it probably is. Most of the subways are much deeper in the ground than those in America. For that reason they.: have suffered little or no dam- age, and the station makes excellent shelters. At' nearly all these stations there are now double deck iron cots, similar to those used in soldiers' bar- racks. We were told that there arc still a few people who regularly sleep in the ,subway, but it was along time before we actually saw some of them There are many things in London that are the same as ever.,, The pig- eons haven't. left Trafalgar Square, although there may not be quite so many. It is a mystery what they live on, as people are not supposed to give them any good food. ,And the orators still hold forth in Hyde Park. Our hotel was just across the street from that part of the park where Free Speech is enjoyed or abus- ed, acordiug to your viewpoint. Here the soap box speakers can say any- thing'they wish without fear of. pros- ecution. There are not so many listen- ers now, but on the Sunday that we went to hear the orators there.. was a fair sized crowd. It is excellent free entertainment, as there always are a number holding forth on all ,kinds of subjects. One of the most '- °---RY -ter popular just now is "Honolulu" who, waves a number of flags in the air,.. and talks about what the negroea have done to help the world. He wears a colorful costume to add to the show. Later, when we queried a cabinet main-. ister about these orators, some of whom appear to preaeh almost area -- son, he declared that "Every build- ings needs a good ventilating system." Theatres are still providing good shows, but on account of the black -- out the curtains go 119 at about half-• past five or six o'clock for the evening performance. Prices for orchestra seats, or "stalls" as they are called over there are very high, but about half the price is for taxes. A large proportion of the audience is in uni- form—probably men on leave. Although only automobiles for mil- itary or authorized purposes are used,. there are many on the streets. Some of thein are driven by gas which is carried in huge fabric bags which cover the roof of the car, and are about four feet high when inflated.. We were told that one filling of gas • twill drive the car about a hundred miles and costs about six dollars. Many of the signs in London wee of great interest to us. On one restaur- ant, there was a sign "Kidney -Bacon - Toad", which caused us to wonder if the people of London were eating - toads, However, it was explained that "Toad" is the name for a sort of. sausage roll. Another restaurant had e sigh,.. This restaurant will stay open during' • raids as longus the walls are stand- ing." Another sign on a badly wrecked . building read "You may think this is bad, but you should see our Berlin Branch." On, the whole, we .found the people - of London to be cheerful and optimist- ic, so busy at the task of winning ,the war that. they have little time' for anything else. Everyone is anxious to help strangers, (and the city is full•of them), so we found it-surprlsingly:- easy to make our Way around: .