HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-07-22, Page 3TPHTJRS., JULY 22; 1943 TEM CLINTON . NEWS -RECORD
THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN
THE CENTURY
Some Notes of, The News in 1918
THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD
JULY 18th, 1918
Miss Doris Hodgens, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, F. R.. Hodgens of To-
ronto formerly of Clinton, who is a
student at 13avergal College, Tor-
onto, was awarded a prize for gener-
al proficiency at the close of the laast
term.
The following C.C.I. studentshave
been successful in passing the Lower
School exams, A. Beryl Cooper, Wil-
lis C. Cooper, Sadie M. Draper, M. 8.
Uoggarth, M. E. Jones, Annie Law-
rence, W. E. Nelson, L. M. Potter, F.
M.H. Smallaeombe and C. L. Tyndall.
"Davy" Beacom accompanied the
Clinton lodge to Hensall on the 12th,
thin being his seventieth "Orange
Walk" and he was given the prize
awarded to the oldest Orangeman and
the oldest man in the parade.
The following despatch refers to
the only grandson of Mr. and Mrs.
H. B. Chant of town. Chatham, July
12.—"A feature of the 12th, of July
celebration here was the baptizing of
•Clarke Wallace, who for 14 years
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Floody,
with water from the River Boyne.
The father and an aunt have been
baptized with portions of the water.
The lad is named after the late Hon.
Clrke Wallace, who for fourteen years
Was Grand Master of the Order. Rev.
J. J. Hayloek, cousin of the late Mr.
Wallace, assisted Rev. Dr. Daniels in
the ceremony,"
on and Draper 13, Ball and Hall 11;
Brydone and Tomlin 10; Grant and
Stothers 24; J,E. Hovey and E. Poll-
ock 21; Morrish and Down 10; Sharp
and H. Shaw, 13; Miller and J. L.
Harland 20; Stephenson ,and Tucker
15; B. Hovey and Hunniford 17; Me-
Murchie and Reed 11; J. Harland and
F. Jackson 8; Lilby and Pennebaker
26: Dr, Shaw and R. Manning 13;
Johnson and Cooper 15; Wiseman and
Hardy 14; McPherson and Gilchrist
13; Wiltse and Flynn 16:.
Mrs. William Cooper announces the
engagement of her daughter, Olive,
to Mr. Melbourne Gauer of London
Beach, California, the marriage to
take place in Los Angeles at the home
of her sister, Mrs. 3. S. Armstrong,
on Saturday, July 27th.
Up at Cargill they have a rale
which was born with a white hide and
a red cross on its side. The owner
turned it over to the Red Cross So-
ciety and a snug sum of money was
gathered in by exhibiting the freak
calf in a tent.
Miss Isabel. Johnston, daughter of
Mrs, Sadie Johnston, formerly of Clin-
ton won the Robert Park Memorial
Silver Medal by obtaining t'ae high-
est marks of any pupil on the Eh,
trance Exams. in Victoria Public
School, Goderich.
G. E. Hall, D.D.G.M. and bis in-
stalling team were in Brimfield on
Thursday evening installing officers
in the I.0.0.?. They were in Goderieh
on Monday evening, Seaforth yest-
The following were the scores for erday evening and go to Hensall on
the Sceteh .Doubles competed for last Friday: ,
week by the Lawn Bowling Club. Ax- A pretty little wedding took place
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at the home of Mrs, Ellin MacDonald Norine and Verna, Mr. and Mrs. Jam-
East Street, on Thursday evening es ^ Finch and Mrs. MacDonald mot-
when her only daughter, Laura Arehi- ored to Stratford and spent the week
bland, was united: in marriage with end with friends,
M•r, Ehnore O. Harness of Ehteter Rev.Last ,Saturday Bob Cree went to
Dr, Stewart officiated. Brucefieid and hauled tip`a load of
coke fox. Harry Bartliff to be used
at
THE CLIINTON' NEW ERA . his bakery."
Pte. Jack
Weir of the Machine Gun.
July 18th, 1918 Section and a former employee of the
Royal Bank Clinton, was ship -wreck -
The following graduates of the ed when the boat was 70 miles fron7
Clinton Collegiate Institute were sue- England but he reached land safely.
eessful in passing their examinations Nurse Lindsay of Toronto is home
in connection with the Stratford Nor- fora visit with 'her mother and other
mal School! Misses Elizabeth Ford, relatives. •
Anna Shanahan and Winnie H. Dra- Miss Lillian Fairfuil of Kingston is
per; Clinton; Margaret mi, Lansing, the guest of the Misses Wallis and
Londesboro; and Rebecca McGowan other old friends.
of Blyth. " Mr. John Torrance, License Inspec-
tor, was in Toronto this week, inter-
viewing the License Board of Ontario,
We are glad to • see that Misses
Winnie Draper, Elizabeth Ford, Helen
Rodaway, A. _ V. Shanahan and Zer-
elda Churchill were successful in .the
Normal School examinations.
Miss Mary Yesbee and her brothers
and sisters intend moving shortly to
Tillsonburg.
Miss Winnie McMath, youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Mc -
Math obtained the highest marks of
any pupil writing on the Entrance
Exams at Clinton.
Mrs. Melvin J. Clark of Goderich
has old to Mr. Lorne Murch her
house on Victoria street, now occu-
pied by Mr. 1'. Shipley. He gets pos-
session on September 1st.
Mrs. John A. Cooper .of Toronto
and her little son, Donald, are guests
at the home of Mrs. William Cooper.
Mrs. Fred F. Gillies and little dau-
ghter, Marian of Toronto are visit-
ing at the parental home of the lady,
that of Magistrate and Mrs. An-
drews,
Messrs H. E. Rorke, J. W. Trelea-
ven, A. J. Holloway. and William Me-
Ewan are in Windsor this • week at-
tending the Grand Lodge A.P. & A.
lc •
Miss Helen Forrester is spending
a week with friends in Hamilton.
Mr, and Mrs. Ken Chowen and Miss
Bettie of Hamilton, are at the home
of the former, that of Mr. 3. G. Chow -
en.
Miss Minlue'Pinning was with Hen -
sail friends from Thursday until Mon-
day.
Mrs. Watters" and little daughter of
Seattle, Wash., are the guests this
week df Miss Florence Cuningbame.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Finch, Misses
-tistlttl name
It's For .. Challge
prlulq ,
Elect
Dr. Hobbs
TAYLO
Official Progressive
Conservative Candidate
HURON .
to Ontario Legislature
Worthwhile Objectives
1, A SQUARE DEAL for the farmer, who in my
opinion, has never had, one.
2. MORE MONEY circulating for the farmer and
small business man.
3, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY for rural and urban
dwellers in matters of education and health.
Health measures established so that medical,
dental and other health protection is available
to all If necessary.
4. A BREAK FOR THE CHILDREN providing
5. BETTER HIGHWAYS and Bridges through-
out Huron County.
6. RURAL AND URBAN BOYS and girls afford-
ed equal opportunity of education as compared
with the cities.
7. JUST AND HONEST treatment for labor, the
institution of advanced labor laws set up by
representative of labor, employees and the gen-
eral public.
8. A BETTER PRICE for the products of the farm
free Dental services up to the age of 16, and to insure prosperity not only for the farmers
full opportunity for them to face life with a - but also for the small towns serving the farm-
healthy body and mind. ing community.
For. A Better Ontario
STOCK YARDS to be taken over by the Gov-
ernment and operated for the benefit of the farm-
er and the consumer.
HYDRO to he reorganized so the farmer's wife
can have at low cost all city conveniences of pow-
er and lights: ALSO A PROVINCIAL UNIFICA-
J'ION OF HYDRO RATES so that small towns
May be able' to attract industry units and thereby
building up local markets for our farmers.
THE GOVERMENT to assume 5O% at least of
the .school taxes now charged against your farm
or home.
PLAN AT. ONCE for a social security,program
that will insure security for all the people, in, the
post war:. period,
ASSIST THE WIDOW AND AGED by meansof increases in allowances and pensions with no
strings attached, -
I BELIEVE THAT THE FARMERS should be properly organized so that they can place their
problems collectively before the government. I also believe that the Canadian Federation of.Ag-
riculture is doing and will continue to do a great deal for the ,farmer, and it has my every support
and sympathy,
IF ELECTED I promise to the best of my; ability to carry out the above pledges.
IMt R. 1013BSTAYLOR.
TOUR
BALLOT
TAYLOR,Dr. Hobbs hbs X
When the Present • Century
- Was Young
THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD
JULY 16th, 1908.
Three rinks from the bowling club
will take part in a tournament in
London next week, Mr. W. Jackson's
rink will consist of D. A, Forrester,
3. Fair, W. Brydone and W. Jackson.
This is considered the strongest four
in the club but a supposedly weaker
aggregation does sometimes down it.
Laurier DSckenson,'the youngest
son of Mr. David Dickenson, tumbled
from a moving wagon yesterday and
but for the timely assistance of Mr,
Thos Beacom would . have been run
over and very likely had his leg bro.
ken. It was a narrow escape for
Laurier and should be a warning to
youngsters to keep off rigs.
Mr. A. T. Cooper went to Port Huy-
on by the 4.15 p.m. train Tuesday to
meet a New York commercial man
and reached home on the 10.15 train
next morning. It was a quick run and
in order to make connection at Sar-
nia he had to engage a boatman ,to
row him across the river from Port
Huron, the hour being too early for
the ferry.
Mr. Thomas Boyce of the London
Road is retiring from farming and
has decided to move to Goderieh
where, we understand, he has bought
a piece of property. His son will man-
age the farm which he is quite cap-
able of doing.
Master Ike Rattenbury is spending
a week with relatives in Toronto, '
Mr. G. J, Stewart returned an Sat-
urday from a trip to the North west
and says that onlya person on the
scene can understand- the great pro-
gress that country is making. Land
is at boom prices, and the crop pros-
pects are good. Mr. Stewart has
bought a half interest in a "man's"
store in the village of Hartney and
re-enters business 1st September, His
partner is Mr, Robert McCool, bro-
ther of Messrs MaCaol of Hullett,
Mrs. 11. J. Chuff and her . guests
Mrs. John Cox and the latter's son,
Thomas of Navan, below Ottawa,
drove to Kincardine the forepart of
the week. En route they visited a
number of relatives ,including Mrs.
Richard Young of the Nile. Mrs, Cox
and Mrs. Young are sisters and each
is over sixty years of age, but until
this meeting they never saw each oth-
er Mrs. Young coming out to Canada
before Mrs, Cox was born. They are
natives of Enniskillen, Ireland.
Mr. W. Cudmore, who has been eml-
ployed in the organ factory at Lon-
den was home last week but has gone
to Goderieh to accept employment in.
the organ factory there.
Messrs. Robert and James Fergu-
son of Dungannon were in Clinton, on
Monday and called at the : News -Re-
cord.
Mias Ida Stewart, sister of Mrs.
Harvey McBrien, returned to London
Yesterday.`
Miss Charlotte Everett returned
from Toronto last week and will be for
some time the guest of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Everett.
Baptist Church Holds
'Annual Picnic
The Clinton Baptist church and
Sunday school picnie was held on the
river flats south of town, with the
superintendent, J. R. Butler, and . a
sports committee composed of Gor-
don Pearson. and Mrs. Lloyd. Fergu-
son, in charge. Winners of sports
events were Shirley Pearson, Clinton
Dgpking, Kenneth Lee, Kenneth Me
Lean, Tommy Grealis, Jack
McKnight, M, Dale, Shirley Pearson
Ora Grealis, Beatrice Dopking, Ruby
Dale, Dennis Williams, Benny Ed-
wards, Bud McLean, B. McLean and
B. Edwards, Ora Grealis, Dennis
Williams, Jen McLean. Mrs. J. R.
Butler, Mrs. L. Ferguson, Ben Ed-
wards, Bud MoLeaii. The youngest
person at the picnic. was Donald
Craig, seven and a half weeks old.
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To facilitate thefair distribution of coal and coke supplies as
they become available, accurate information as to the country's
fuel requirements is necessary.
COMMENCING AT ONCE
EVERY USER OF
HIGH-GRADE
Land
.; ,....
(ALSO BRIQUETTES)
Mr ust comp/e
dealer he a
for his
purchase
NOTICE TO CONSUMERS:
If you agree to take 25% of your coal fuel requirements for the year
ending June 1, 1944, in high volatile bituminous coal, you can get delivery
of the remaining 75% in Class A fuel. If you do not agree to do this, you
can only get delivery of half your requirements of Class A fuel.
1. For the purposes of this form "Class A fuel" means anthracite (hard) coal (larger than buck-
wheat), (Ow volatile bituminous coal (excluding run end and screenings), briquettes and coke.
2. Describe the locution and kind of premises for which the Class A fuel is to be delivered.
3. Mork by the letter X the kind or kinds of equipment in which the Class A fuel is to be burned:
Hot Water or Steam Boiler Furnace —+ Hot Air Furnace — Cooking Stove — Heating
Stove -- Jacket Heater.
4. To the best of your knowledge how much Class A fuel was burned in those premises from
June 1, 1942 to June 1, 1943?
Quantity Burned Kind Burned
5. How much Class A fuel Is now on hand int use in the premises?.
Quantity on Hand Kind 4* Hand
6, Have you any uncancelled orders for Class A fuel for these premises with'any other coal
dealer? " (Answer YES or NO).
7. Do you agree to fake 25% of: your coat fuel requirements for the year ending June 1, 1944
in high volatile bituminous coal? (Answer YES or NO).
1 certify that the above statements are true and undertake not to take delivery of more
Class A fuel than the quantity authorized try the Coal Controller's Order No. Coal 5,
Doted Signature of Consumer
If you did nor use coal during the year ending June 1, 1943, you must
give complete infortnation about your heating equipment and size of
premises to enable your coal dealer to estimate your needs,
Reacfthese details carefully ..
1, This Order applies to all persons planning to purchase Class A fuels, namely,
anthracite (hard) coal, low volatile bituminous coal, briquettes or coke,
for heating an'y premises in Ontario or Quebec.
2. Forms will be available from all dealers in the near future. After completion
the form must be left with the dealer from whom you are planning to purchase.
3. No delivery of coal will be made to any person who has not sent in a properly
completed form, even if the coal was ordered or paid for prior to this regu-
lation.
•
EXEMPTIONS —This Order does not apply to: ---
A. Consumers •who use only high volatile bituminous coal.
B. Consumers of anthracite coal in the sires known as buck-
wheat or smaller; or of low volatile bituminous screenings
or run -of -mine coal.
C. Consumers of coal and coke used in the business of baking
food products.
D. Consumers of foundry coke,
PENALTIES WILL BE INVOKED FOR INFRACTIONS OF THIS ORDER
M.S. 5
THE _ DEPARTNIENT . OF MUNITM,
PPLY
HON. C. D. H15—WE; iVltnas?er
GRACE, IN ; WARTIME
Father, again we bow our heads
.To thank Thee for our daily bread;
Give us strength to sacrifice
That those who Want may still be fed.
For all the bounty of Thy love
Sustaining us through anxious days,
We of this family, 0 Lord.
Lift grateful hearts in thanks and
praise.
Although without some luxury
This simple meal seems incomplete,
We gladly share aur portion, Lord,
That those in greater need may eat.
Amen
V
WARNING,
Here is wind today!
You who: love not, wind
had best stay
under your beds,
This is a'wlnd
to scattermore heads
than hollyhocks and phlox;
to topple the timid, and tipsy alike
and fling quite' away
the tall proud.
This is a wind
that only the brave and the grave
and the fey
should dare trust:
it will strike wild' through a crowd
of the rest
and nothing leave there
but downdrift of debris
On monster air.
If you are child
or ni onshee of Goderieh).
or stray A wire from the R.C.A.F, at Otte -
this is your day! wa disclosed no details of how his
All others—under yours beds release was effected, Mr. Calder said
with you, and s ve your heads! "It merely said, 'Pleased to inform
V you your son safe in Great Britain."'"
"Surprised? I could hardly believe
Jack Calder in England my eyes," said Mr, 'Calder, whose two
other sons are all serving in Canada's
A Iarge crowd was in attendance at armed tires.
the Goderieh Pavilion Tuesday even-. The case of his son Jack is consi-•
ing July 13, when the members of No, dered the classic internment story of
31, School of Navigation, R.A.F., the wax. It started when his bomber
Pont' Albert, sponsored a benefit crash landed in a marsh in Dire. He
dance and cabaret entertainment, and his crew were shaken upbut un
the proceeds of which were for the injured.
widow of the R.A.F. aircraftsman re- As belligerents in neutral Eire,
eently . drowned at Piper's Dam. they Were interned but granted Priv-
The cabaret provided a splendid ileges unknown to regular prisoners
variety of entertainment, the num- of waror alien civilian internees.
bers including tap dancing by Don They were eventually put on parole
Bailey of Sky Harbor; Miele solos which permitted them to go for long,
by Dave Davidson to piano aecomp- ! walks, . to attend movies, and even to
intent; Ian Hay, vocal solos and co- telegraph articles,
nue monologues; Fred. Harrison, Twice he tried to escape. Two of his
comedian, who appeared in Costume fellow -airmen internees, Flight -Lieut.
with tambourine. The R.A.F. orches- Grant Flemming and Bob Keefer,
tra provided music for the dancing. both Canadians, managed to get clear
V the first time. Calder didn't.
In many' articles written since. his,
Airmen OIousoi'. internment, Calder has given Cana-
dians an •insight into conditions in
Eire: Often his stories sparkled with
Flight Lieut. Jack Calder, former Irish wit, especially when telling how
Canadian Press staff writer, who has he: visited the Dire parliament ,and
been interned in Eire since October various "pubs."
1941, is back in England, according According to a further report, Cal
to word received.iby his father, Rev. der has been transferred to a hospital
A. C. Calder, Owen Sound, (formerly in England for medical attention,