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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 PAGE 3 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. ' 1 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,