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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-08-12, Page 3THURS., AUG. 12, 1943 THE 'CLINTON NEWS -RECORD A:damagedtelephone may be bard or impossible to replace—repair; parts are •scarce and material for new equipment has gone to war. So please guard your press eat telephone with extra care. Here, for instance, are six common cense! of damage: THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes of The News in 1918 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD AUGUST 8th, 1918 Mr. Dick Dangles, a Young drug- gist, who with his wife was drowned near Cochrane last week, was a neph- ew of the late Alfred Goodwin of Clin- ton and hadonmore than one occa- sion visited his relatives here. The marriage took place on Friday Iast at the -home of the bride's lath- er, Mr. James Carter, Albert strce-,, of .Miss Maudelean May Carter, and. Mr, Melville John Martin of Goderich. The ceremony was performed .by the Rev. E. 0. Porde, pastor of the Bap- tist church, and was witnessed only by immediate friends. Mr. and Mrs. Martin will make their home in Strat- ford. A wedding of more than ordinary interest in Ontario society circles was that solemnized Saturday evening at sax o'clock at the town house of the bride's brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs, John S. Armstrong, Los An- geles Gal., when Miss Olive S. Coop- er and Melbourne A. Gauer were un- ited in 'marriage, the Rev. 'Charles H, Scott, pastor of the First Meth- odist Episcopal church being the of ficlant, The bride is the attractive and ac- complished daughter of Mrs. William Cooper of Clinton, Ontario, Canada,. who spent last winter, in California. The bride and groom were both members of the faculty of Central grammar school during the past year, while for -*the coming term the bride- groom has been appointed to the po- sition oe physical- instructor in the grammer schools' of Ontario and Up- land, California, Later he may go into limited army service. Messrs. Axon, N. Ball, Morrish and J. W. Stevenson attended the annual bowling tournament at Kitchener Mon day and Tuesday. They didn't succeed in winning even a booby prize but they enjoyed the outing and that's the main thing. Miss Morgan has resigned her po- sition as a member of the C.C.I. staff and will take a similar position at Stratford. Corp. L. E. Greig, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Greig of town and better known to his Clinton friends as "Laurie" who is attached to the 3rd Canadian Depot, Seaford, England, has been winning distinction for himself in the athletic field. On Dominion Day, which was celebrated in England ley a fine -program of sports, he won a 100 -yard and a 220 - yard race and was a member of the winning team in a relay race. The Saturday following, he went up to Lon- don and took part in some sports Britain's Ack-Ack Cris In Action 'tee r - Girls of the British. A.T.S. serving ori Anti-Aircraftgunsites in mixed bat- teries. The girls operate the instru- ments, act nstru-ments,',act as telephonists etc. Troops actually' handle the guns. A.T.S. wo- men on a omen•on.a mixed gun site somewhere In Scotland go into action. Picture show's. Miss B. Warren of Redcar, Yorkshire, at work in the plotting room during operations against enemy raiders. there. Laurie was always a winner at athieticsports during his Collegiate days in Clinton- and we are glad to know that he is not losing his'prowess, The marriage `of ,Ethel Scott, dau- ghter of Mr. and Mrt.' Robert Armour Perth, with Mr: John Edward Shep- herd of Toronto, son. of Mrs. M. J. Shepherd, Clinton, was quietly solem- nized at the home of the bride's Parents on Wednesday morning last, The Rev. J. G. Greig officiating. "Eddie" ,Shepherd, is a well-known Clinton boy and has been for years connected' with the Gordon MacKay. Company of Toronto., THE .CLINTON NEW ERA .AteG•UST 8th, 1918 On Saturday evening a number of young people in the neighborhood. gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Holland of the Bayfield • Road to spend a few hours with Pike Nor- man Holland, who is enjoying a short leave from the London Camp. The evening was very pleasantly spent and during its progress Miss Hattie Trick, on behalf of the friends and neighbors, read an address to the young soldier and 'Mrs. Clifford Lobb presented him with a military wrist watch. Miss Edna. Wise, on behalf of the Young • Ladies'_ Patriotic Society. of Goderich township, also presented hem with a safety razor. Miss Beatrice Green returned "last week from a trip to New York and Princeton. Miss Tillie Penfound of Win:eham is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Scott of the Base Line. Me. and Mr's. J. Stephenson of Lon don were week end visitors with the former's father, Mr. J. Stephenson. Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rorke and fam- ily spent Civic Holiday at Grand Bend Miss Florence iemained and is spend- ing the week with Miss Mu?elines Jones. Mr. F. F..Gillies came up from To- ronto this week and has joined his wife and little daughter, who isas's been spending several weeks at the home of the lady's. parents, Magisrate and Mrs. Andrews, Dr. and Mrs. Kay and two daugh- ters, Mrs. Ralph White and Miss Eleane Kay of Lapeer, Mich., left Monday for their home after spend- ing a week or so with Mrs. Kay's re datives here. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbings accompanied thein and will visit across the border for a few weeks. They made the journey in their motor car. Miss Eva Carter has resigned her posiiton as teacher at Coe Hill school and intends taking a Normal course this year. My, and Mrs. Wellington Cook of Hamilton have been visiting the home of the formers, parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Cook. Miss Grace Walker, who has been picking fruit since the beginning of the holidays, left Monday to take charge of a school at Tisdale, Sask. Mr. Levan and Miss Minnie Levan, who have been visiting friends at Lon- desboro and vicinity for the past month, called on friends in the town last week. Misses Winnie and Jessie O'Neil, Maud and Edith Torrance, B. McIver and Winnie Thompson are in Goderich this week taking in the Chautauqua. Mr. and 'Mrs. Frank McCaughey re- turned to their home in Peterboro on Monday after a fortnight's visit bere Miss Margaret •Cudsnore is visiting her cousin, Miss Richards of Stratford Miss Lillian Fair£ull left Thursday for Leamington after spending a few weeks with Clinton friends. Col. Rance was in London during the past week. When the Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON ,NEWS -RECORD AUGUST 6th, 1903 Miss IJ'. Combo, who has been or- ganist of the Ontario street church for some time has resigned filling the posibion for the last time on Sundae. Miss Combe's services were much appreciated by both choir and congre- gation. She, is succeeded by Miss Cor- ol Newcombe, a graduate of the Con- servatory and'a verysuccessful teach- er of music. Her engagement by the officials of the church is a popular and commended one. Seaforth defeated Mitchell at la- crosse yesterday which finished the schedule and give the Junior cham- pionship to Clinton. Having le a week won both the bowling and lacrosse championships it must now be con- ceded that Clinton can do it and do it well. Mr. William Stewart of Hullett de- livered to 'Mr. D. Cantelon the other day eleven hogs seven months old which tipped the scales at 2610 pounces and for whieh he received the tidy MITA of $146.16. Mr. •Cantelon said it was one of the very best lots he leas ever received. Pat .Murray, horse trader, whoper- iodieally visits, these parts, pitched his tent on the roadside south of the London Road bridge last week. The encampment resembled that of the average gypsy, but it was a terror -to horses and there were many run- aways. Mrs. J. W. Irwin and Mrs. R. Irwin were 'about the first to meet, with the experience. Their horse be- came frantic and went off like a shot. They were thrown out of the vehicle 'which was utimately smashed and the - horse was considerably cut up. Later Mr. Findlay eilegkwan was driving• over the bridge when he saw a horse and buggy coming at 'a gallop. He drew his pony as close to the railing as possible when theother,horse ran into bis rig, causing some damage. The driver, Mr. Alex Gray of 'near Brucefield, and hie child which accom- panied him, were thrown out and the latter somewhat injured. The horse continued on the run until it was caught up town. Mr. McEwan's pony is a sedate one, but when it came to Murray's outfit, it too, must needs run away ant continued • at a hot pace until Mr. McEwan' succeeded in pull- ing it in. M're. James Fair and Mr, Wes 'Stevens and his sister had sim- ilar experiences at the same spot and the authorities thought it was time to move Mr, Murray to a Iese conspicu- ous spot. Mrs, John Ransford. and Master Ransford are spending a few weeks in Sarnia. Shear -Mitchell ---At the .residence of Mrs. Frintoef, Clinton, on August 1st, by Rev. Dr. Cook, Edith, youn- ger daughter of Mr. William Mitch. ell of Exeter to Gus. Shear of Brant- ford. Joyner --In 'Clinton, on July 29th, the wife of Fred Joyner, of a son, Britton:In Clinton on August 3rd, the wife of Thomas Britton, of a son. ANOTHER HURON BOY If Huron County were given to bragging one of its boasts undoubted. ly would be the number of Huron boys that have made good in life insurance business, Most recent of these in the news is George Wilson Geddes, gener- al manager Northern Life Assurance Co., newly elected president of the Life Insurance Institute of Canada. Coming up through the actuarial branch of the business Wilson Geddes has earned 'the degrees of Fellow of the American Institute of Acturaries and of the Actuarial Society of Amer- ica without first graduating from a university, The last war was respons- ible for that. Born in 1896 he graduated from Wingham High School. with a schol- arship that took him to the Univer- sity of Toronto in 1914. He •Started in the Mathematics and Physies course, with the idea of becoming high school teacher. But like other M&P students at Varsity he came under the influ- ence of Professor .Michael MacKenzie. He admired his teaching so much that along with ;several of his olassmates, he prepared to take the Actuarial Society examinations in the spring of 1916. Before trying his university exam- inations he enlisted, joining the Uni- versity Battery of the Canadian Field Artillery. J. H. Birkenshaw of the Confeder- ation Life and Percy McLean of the Canada Life, then junior actuaries were in the same battery for a time and they probably helped leis actuate iii aspirations along, On demobilization in 1919 and find- ing he had still two years to go be- for graduating' Mr. Geddes decided to take a job and began his insurance career with the Northern Life at Lon- don. In the next twelve and a half years he moved about a good deal, carrying on his actuarial studies; gain ing experience, moving up the scale with each change. At different times he was with the • sIutual Life of Can- ada, Continental American Life and Ontario Equitable Life. In 1932 he returned to the Northern •beeorning general manager. He is a past -presi- dent of the Canadian Lite Insurance Officers Association and of the'Aetu- aries-Club of Toronto. In 1927, 1936 and 1937 he attend- ed the International Congress of Ac- tuaries in Europe. He was the first Canadian actuary ever to deliver a paper before an International Con- gress of Actuaries the occasion being the Stockholm Conference in' 1930. He is a director of London Chamber of Commerce, and served for a num- ber .of years on the Advisory Council of the local branch of the Canadian National' Institute for' the Blind, and: the board of the Y.M.C.A. His wife is Mary Isabel Maxwell of Wilmington, Delaware. They have one son and two daughters. V Cull potatoes dumped: at the hack of warehouses, and other buildings may be a dangerous source of bate blight infection. The Dominion Department of Agricluture recommends ; that al] volunteer. plants now growing' in and around dump piles should be destroy- ed as 'soon as possible. Western Ontario Cheesemaker's Picnic The Cheesemakers' Association' of Western Ontario held a picnic at Queen's Park Stratford on Thursday afternoon with an attendance of about 825. The president 01 the association is L. E. Adair, , and secretary Wes: Krotz. Members of the picnic com- mittee were Et Baieleler, Frank Boyer Roy Johnson, and George Richmond, The sports emeniittee under the ,able direction of Mr. and Mee. L. E. Adair, Mr, • and Mrs. Roy Johnson, and Mr.' and Mrs. C. ,Smith, turned out a fine program. There were prizes for the oldest and the yonngest person on the grounds, and they were Mr. L. H. Schneider, and Jimmie Jeffries re- spectively. Results of the many _races and novelty games which were held. in the afternoon are as follows: John Bain, Deanne Quinn 'Jimmie Bain, Donnie Elliotte, Franois Boyer, Mary Schenk, Ralph Wells, Wilbur Schwan- zentruber, Lenora Wells, Mary Wells, Russell Fraser, Jack Pearson, Mrs. C. Carter, E. Prichard, Mrs. George Richmond. Mrs. F. Boyes, and Bill Jeffries. Supper was a box lunch, with each member bringing a basket and. all baskets being pooled. Dishes, iee cream, ohodolate milk and (cofttee were provided by the association. Af- ter supper there was a ball game played with teams chosen from the north districts and the south. South group were winners with a score of 18-8. Dancing was the feature of the evening, with Burns' orchestra in at- tendance. Innerkip, Gpderieh, Wood- stock, Atwood, Listowel, Ingersoll; Norwich, Zenda, and St. Marys dis- triets, were those represented at the picnic. V The "Key Men" in All- Of- fensives --Merchant Seamen Bravery on the part of scores of thousands of merchant seamen is an accepted fact. It is an accepted fact too, that ex- cept by word of moneh, details of the many acts of bravery out men of the merchant marine perform remain un- published. Canadian merchant seamen have been decorated in this war but, 85 in the three branches of the service, for every merchant seamen receiving recognition for his bravery from kis country there must b,: a hundred or more who are really herons and, who are quite content, even as those whose bravery has been recognized, to go quietly doing their joo. Here is a typical act of bravery which did reeeive recognition, quoted from an official government publica- tion —"John Christiansen is a ships carpenter of a large merchant resect which was torpedoed in the South At- lantic. Temporary repairs had to be affected at once, and these were ef- fected by Christiansen. He displayed great,courage and devotion to duty for 18 days and night maintaining close check on repairs to prevent the bulk. hed giving way under the must've." Christiansen was awarded the Brit- ish Empire Meda] (eivil). We wonder how many hundreds of PACE 3 Explosic3 At Belgian Factory Making Explosie s These Aerial Photographs were tak- en from an R.A.F. reconnaissance plane and show the factory buildings of the Soeiete Des Produits Chimiques at Tessenderloo in Belgium, before and after a vast explosion there, on April 29th, this terrific explosion wrecked almost the entire village of Tessender boo, in the province of Limburg 500 houses were destroyed, leaving 4,000 people homeless, Altogether there were 1,200 victims of which 200 were killed. The explosion occurred in the Chemical Factory and for two dal -- the Germans tried to prevent the news from leaking out of Belgium, After- wards they issued several statements saying that the explosion was not due to sabatage nor to an attack by the R.A.F. this attitude of the Germans awakened public suspicion, and even- tually the population blamed the Ger- mans for the explosion, the Germans said that only fertilizers for Belgian Agriculture' were made in factory,. Ru. mour contradicted this, It was said that the Germans were not only pro - ducting explosives in the Factory, but that the explosion was due to inade- quate protection, Picture Shows: Factory buildings of the Societe Des Produits Chimiques after the explosion, showing a wide area of devastation said to cover a radius of several hundred yards. The technical school was partially destroy- ed and a number of houses wiped out or seveliely damaged. Soldiers were called into help with the anany killed and injured. The crater at the point of the explosion measures 175 feet across, �•,., woes of quiet bravery were perform- ed in the North Africa -Sicily venture when, as President Roosevelt revealed the other day, more than three thous- and ships were participants? We wonder too, how many of us re- alized before those figures were pubo lisped regarding that one venture alone, that the key men, you might say, are merchant seamen who work the transports, the food ships, the am- munition ships and the tankers through, without which no offensive action of the Allies could be taken. The Navy League needs ' our help to look after these "key men." V Best Heat Absorber Best Milk Cooler The speed at which milk can be cool ed depends upon the rate at which the heat contained in the milk can be passed on to something else which will absorb heat, Some materials ab- sorb heat much more rapidly than oth- ers. Water, for example, will cool milk 20 times faster than air, Air absorbs heat very slowly. Consequently if can of warm milk is placed in a refriger- ated room where the air temperature is at freezing point, will be about 12 hours before the temperature of the milk has fallen to 50 degrees Fah- renheit. This explains why attempts to cool milk in winter by setting cans in a snow -bank or exposing them to outdoor temperature often leads to trouble. Because milk must give its heat to surrounding water, the larger the vohime of water the lower its temper- ature, the quicker the milk will be cooled, and the cooling will be still more rapid when the water is kept. in motion. Now..YOB can be a Fighting Airman in Double -Quick Time The R.C.A.F. wants MORE Able -Bodied Men for Aircrew (THERE'S a place actually waiting for you in the gallant band now flying and fighting in R.C.A.F. planes on many different fronts. More men are urgently needed to increase the attack— to bomb and blast the enemy into unconditional sur- render. So, whatever work you are now doing, don't let adventure and glory pass you buy. it's your great chance. A job, even in a war factory, is no longer as essential as fighting in the air. This is a call to every young Canadian who can make the grade. • Planes and Schools are Ready to ' Trciiill You Quickly You will be in Air Force uniform right away. No more delay getting into aircrew. Basic training begins at once. Skilled instructors are waiting. ' Fast planes are waiting. If you are physically fit, mentally alert, over 171/2 and not' yet 33, you are eligible: You do not acquire a High School education. Aircrew Needed Now kr Immediate Training as PILOTS - ! AVIGATORS BOMBERS AIR GUNNERS Ii4,''IRELESS OPERATORS (MR GUNNERS) mam Recruiting Centres are located in the principal cities of Canada. Mobile recruiting units visit smaller centres regularly. AG -9W