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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-09-09, Page 1The Clinton News -Record Est. X,878 With Which is Incorporated ,The Clinton New NO. 6161 -64th YEAR Era The New Era Est. 1867 CLINTON ONTARIO. THURSDAY. SEPT. 9, 1943 THE HOME PAPER Ii Dad Doesn't Like The Way you Write: Ask him to buy you a 4, WATERN.IAN'S A pen that helps poor writers to write well and good writers to write better: A pen, you will be proud to own and glad to show. Come in and let us help you select your pen , School Days are Here • LW. H. HELLYAR JEWDLEi, AND OPTOMETRIST ' RESIDENDCE PHONE 174j 117ENOGRAPHERS,CLERKS DRIVER MECHANICS and COOKS. There is a place for You in the Canadian Women's Army Corps. 1 STRIPED SEERSUCKERS AT only 49c a Yard. We are fortunate in securing these for late summer selling. They run about 30" wide in white with red, green or blue stripes. If you Are Sewing, don't neglect seeing our new Fall Materials. .•• v-IRWIN LEX VICTORY WATCHES SHOCKPROOF DUSTPROOF ANTI -MAGNETIC For every branch of His Majesty's Service, there is no liner value than ROLEX Military Watches. These watches can be serviced in any country. ROLEX ACCURACY IS RULY REMARKABLE SUBJECT TO GOVT. PURCHASE TAX W. N. COUNTED Counters for Finer Jewellery for Over Half a Century in Huron County RED CROSS NOTES The September meeting of the Red Cross will be held on Monday, Sept. 13, at 3 p.m. will all the ladies plan to attend as we hope to enter our Fall work with renewed interest. v • LOCAL ITEMS The Ladies Auxiliary to the Cana- dian Legion will begin their regular meeting again on Monday evening, Sept. 13th, at 6.30 o'clock by a pot luck supper. Business will be conduc- ted after supper and a full attend- ance is requested. Mr. G. E> Hall and Miss Evelyn Hall were in Fergus on Friday atten- ding the Perth, Wellington and Duf- ferin District Press Association. Don Pickard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Pickard of town has left for the west where he will assist in the harvesting. Miss Helen Herman left for her school at Pefferlaw en Monday. Miss Virginia Harris left the first of the week for Kitchener where she has been engaged as teacher •on the Public School staff. The next meeting of the L.O.B.A. will be held in the lodge rooms on Tuesday, Sept 14th. A good attend- ance is requested. Mr. T. H. Leppington brought a flower into the office yesterday. He planted it for a sunflower but there are no seeds in its centre and it looks like a cross between a sunflower and dahlia. Whatever it is its very pretty. V COUNCIL MEETING The town council met Tuesday ev- ening in the council chamber with all members present and Mayor McMur- ray presiding. The minutes of the last regular meeting held Aug. 3rd, and those of a special meeting held Aug. 13 were read and approved.• A communication from the Clinton Lions Club was read and it was moved that Council share with the Lions Club the care of the flower bed at or near the town intersection, to the ex- tent of $5,00 LOCAL NMS HELD:OVER Owing to the late arrival of copy several columns of news had to be omitted this Week. • V Lions Elect Officers at First Fall Meeting. The Lions Club, held their first meeting of the fall at the. Anglican church with the past Presidents in :charge. Lion Frank Fingland took the chair with F. Pennebaker Fred Ford, Nick Whyte, and Ken Waters assist- ing, and Mise Eileen Sutter pinch hit- ting at the piano. They conducted the initiation ceremony in good Style with the following officers. President Jas. Shearer; let vice, D. Jacobs; 2nd vice, J. Sutter;; 3rd vice, C. Draper; Sec., D. Ball; Treasurer, F. Pennebaker; Lion Tanier, Geo. Jenkins, Tail Twister C. Lobb; Direc- tors, A. McCartney, W. Dale, M. Counter. After the installation, J. Shearer, President, took charge. The first item on the program was a report by Lion Jack Sutter, chairman of the Lion Red Cross Frolic, assuring the boys that everything was in readiness for Friday evening, and having secur- ed the services of the Centralia Pipe Band, adding .to- the evenings pro. gram of Bingo,. Easy Money and oth- er games and the Dance at the Town Hall, and now we are all set to go. Lion Vic Falconer reported on Tag Day for the Blind which date is set for the 25th of September. Lion Fred Ford, on the Lions Victory Gard- en, reported a good crop of sugar beets, turnips and beans. He has now handed it over to Lion G. Jenkins who is in charge of harvesting seine. Lion Jack Zapfe, was appointed to call •a meeting of Church Coal conservation of the different preachers and church members interested.' Lion A. Garen was appointed as a delegate to visit Howick Lions Club at Wroxeter on September 14, it being their charter night. The lucky draw was won by A. McCartney, and the guests were Mr. E. L. Hooey; representative of the Dominion Dept of Agriculture, Lon- don and icer. Foster, of Canada Pack- ers Clinton, and Mr. Ephriam Snell,' Hullett township. The bouquets of gladioli which were on the tables Notice of admission of an indigent and donated by Mrs. C. H. Epps, were patient to the Clinton Public Hospi- gold by Mel Elliott and Nick Whyte tal was presented and the matter was referred to Reeve Falconer. Application from Melvin Crich for rebate of hall rental was read. It was moved that the town grant coun- cillor Crich a rebate of $75 So he could reimburse ' the Red Shield to the ex- tent of $50 and the Canadian Legion, Branch 140, to the extent of $25. An application for a building per- mit to erect a Jewelling on East and Ontario streets from W. C. Phoenix of Hamilton at a cost of $2500,00 was granted. Councillor Crich reported for the parks' committee stating that the cost of having the grass cut in both parks was $8.60. Councillor Trewartha, for the street committee, reported the cleaning of the Cowper street drain according to the original argreement was almost completed and suggested that the Reeve contact the County Engineer on the proper course to follow with re- ference to further proposed changes affecting the water course, and its relation to the award. He also recom- mended an inspection by the street committee of the ditch near N. Davis property! the (road -way near the Clinton Knitting Company and the garden lots of Mr. L. Heard and Mr. J. T. McKnight which suffered from the spring flood. Communications from Mr. R, C. Hays and a copy of the agreement drawn up by W. D. Carter were read. Mr. Trewartha also in- formed the council that a gate was being made to put across the lane way at the side of the town hall and Mr. R. Johnston's apartment. It will be closed on the night of dances in the hall but at all other times will be as usual a public thoroughfare. In the report of the Property com- mittee Coun. Agnew again referred, to the congested quarters of the Board room used by the Red Cross and its many working committees. Councillor Butler reported' on the relief committee. In consideration of .fuel for the. town hall, it wasmoved that the court- dl oonoil refrain from purchasing anthracite for the hall this coming season ants bituminous egg be bought in its place ns recommended by the. Department of Munitions and Supply. Reeve Falconer read the 'financial next' year, peace shall once again report for the month, reign throughout the world, for the sum of $15.60, the proceeds going to the Ladies Guild. We wish to report one of the best meetings ever held. V 82nd Birthday Celebrated Mr. and Mrs. E. S. McBrien acted as host and hostess to a happy fam- ily gathering at "Evergreen Grove." their Hullett Township, Farm, on Sun- day afternoon, Sept. 5. The occasion of the get-together was to honour Mrs. E. J. McBrien on her 82nd birth- day. Mrs. McBrien is enjoying good health is very active and takes a keen interest in the current events of the day. Of her seven children, she was happy to have present her two sons—Second (at whose home the hon. our of celebrating was done) and Garnet of Detrot, and her three dau- ghters, Mrs. T. E. Mason and Mrs. M. Crich of Clinton and Mrs. Barry Ford of Goderich. Her younger broth- er W. E. Miller of Detroit was also present. Just as in the last war, Mrs. Mc - Brien contributed so greatly by hav- ing three sons serve their country, so in the present conflict are het grandsons doing likewise. They are Pte. G. R. Mason, who is presum- ably in England. 1st Lieut. Russell McBrien of the U, S. Army. Pte. Bill McBrien of the U. S. Army Overseas who for the past year has been seeing and knowing action against the Japs in the South Pacific and who at pre- sent is on Quadacanal. Cadet Ralph McBrien, in Washington, who is. training to be a pilot in the U. S. Naval Air Force, Three grand -dau- ghters' husbands rand-dau-ghters':husbands are also doing their. bit. Cadet Ken MacNicol in California is training to be a pilot in the U. S. Army Air Force, Pte. Ralph Totten is stationed at Petawawa and Flt. Sgt. Geo. Yeaats of the R.A.F. ste- Monad at Weyburn, Sask. Only 4 of Mrs. McBrien's .grand- children were present to celebrate her birthday but she expressed a sincere wish` that before another year is sent her bo boysin , boys and all n un! - form' will be happily reunited in their respective homes. Mrs. McBrien's many friends join •in wishing her continued good health, and also in the wish that within the: Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Farqu- har, of Hullett Township, announce the en gagemenrof their eldest dau- ghter Lois Margaret to John Jaynes Turner, second son of Mr. and Mrs, John T. Turner of :Clinton. The mar- riage will take place in September. V 'Centralia Pipe Band Feature Of the Red Cross Frolici At the annual Red Cross Frolic to- morrow,night on the main street, citizens and visitors will have the pri- vilege of hearing the R.C.A.F'. pipe Band from the Centralia Air School. It is of particular interest because Piper Bill Mutch, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Mutch of town, is one of its op• iginal members. Also a member is Rev. B. H. Andrew, former minis- ter of the Presbyterian Church here. This annual frolic is sponsored by the Clinton Lions Club and there will be games of bingo, easy money, etc. as well as a refreshment booth with dan- cing later in the town hall to a popu- lar orchestra. The draw for the prizes will be Made at eleven o'clock in front of the town hall. The Red Cross depends on your support to enable them to continue their work. Here is one way to do two things at once, have a good time and at the same time you are helping to keep our boys happy over- seas. V PERSONALS Mrs. L. Trouse of Woodstock is visit- ing Mrs. Fred Livermore for a few days. Miss N. Bentley and Miss E. Ciuff visited with Miss Gunne of London last week end. Mr. Fred ,Runiball of Montreal visit- ed last week with his mother, Mrs. J .B. Rumball. Mr. and ,Mrs. B. F. Thrower and daughter Eleanor spent Sunday in Niagara 'Falls. Mr. Ninian Heard of Stratford spent the week end with friends and rela- tives in Clinton. Miss Pearl Elliott of London spent the week end and holiday at her home in town. Miss Agnes Agnew of Toronto was a week end and holiday visitor at her home in town, Major J. T. Fry and Mrs. Fry of Stratford spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Flewitt. Mr. Noble Lovett has left for the west and will spend the winter with friends in Moosejaw, ,Sisk. Miss Marjorie Bayley was a week end guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N. Kargus of Guelph. Mr. William. Hoggart of town left Monday for the Western Province to assist with the harvest there. Mrs. J. W. Peck and daughter, i di+s Elaine Peck of Toronto visited with friends here and in Hensall during the week end. Mrs. Eagen, who has been visiting her mother, Mrs. C. McKinnon, return- ed on Friday to her home in Nap - anus. Mrs. Snider and Mrs. Jervis have re- turned from an extended visit with blr:. and Mrs. Gordon Dow of Cro- marty. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Ball from Grosse Isle, Mich., are hone visit- ing their parents in Clinton and Goderieh. Mr, and Mrs. Dean Courtice and Miss Betty Courtice of Hamilton were recent visitors with Miss Harriet Courtiee, Mr, Andrew Proctor of Jarvis and LAC Cameron Proctor of Belleville spent rthe week end with Mrs. Proc- tor and Doreen. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Heard spent the week end in Goderich with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Sandy. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. I;awlcins spent the week end in Hamilton with their son Staff -Sergeant Hugh Hawkins and family. Mrs. William Crittenden and her daughter Mrs. Clarence -Ball visited their aunt, Mrs. Aggie Taylor in Londesboro,on Thursday last. Miss Phyllis Ball accompanied by, Misses Phyllis Craig and • Eileen Booth of. Toronto spent the holiday with Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Ball of the Base Line. Mr. and Mrs. David Elliott and son Bobby accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Alec Whitfield and Miss Ivy Whit- field ofLondon n spent the weekk end in Niagara Falls. Mn Ernest Crich of Ferndale, Mich., and Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Brown, and family of Pontiac Mich., visit- ed, Mr, and Mrs. Wilmer Wallis and other relatives in the vicinity last week end. District Publishers Convene at Fergus. Visit "Grand Valley" Dam. Weekly newspaper publishers from the counties of Wellington, Perth and Dufferiri met in Fergus on Friday, September 3rd to discuss matters of interest to local publishers and edi- tors. Invitations were also sent' to publishers in nearby counties. The business meeting was well at- tended .and was held in the base- ment of. the Public Library. While this session was in progress Mrs. Hugh Templin of Fergus directed the ladies on a tour of Fergus, and one of the sites visited was the burial grounds of St. Andrews Presbyterian church, the tomstones telling the life and history of • earlier days in that community. At noon everyone assembled in Forester's Tea Room where a splend- id dinner plend-id-dinner had been prepared. At the conclusion of the dinner, Mr. Templin of the Fergus News -Record,` outline& the program of activities for the af- ternoon. The Grand River Conservation Commission had granted permission for the visiting newspaper people to be shown the Grand Valley Dam, sit- uated about three nines north of Fer- gus. Mr. Templin is a member of the commission and it is due to his un- tiring efforts that the "powers that be" were induced to construct the dam, on the site he had suggested. Arrangement had been made with Mr. E. F. Roberts, secretary of the Commission and Mr. Hugh Cameron, resident engineer, to take the visitors for a ride on the lake in the motor launch, owned by Mr. Roberts. This courtesy was thoroughly appreciated, by everyone. Mr. Cameron smilingly answered a barrage of questions con- cerning the dam, the lake and the sur- rounding country. Included in the tour was a visit inside the darn itself. This was an un- usual and thrilling. experience. One hundred and sixteen steps took one down to the bottem where the "inner works" were seen. This was about sixty feet below the surface of the` water. For those who have visited and for those who would like to see the dam and Canada's newest lake, Belwood Lake, formed by the dans, here are B some facts ands krigures given by Mr. Cameron and Mr. Templin. The o dam is 2100 feet long and about, 80 !feet high to the level of the bridge I floor, and, about 365 feet wide at its `thickest part, The lake is about 60 feet deep at the . dam. One of the gates was open, in order that it night Ibe seen in action, and 200 cubic feet ,of water per second were going down- stream: I Belwood Lake, formed by the dam is approximately six miles long and ' i two miles wide at its widest, and covers 2100 acres of land. The Grand River Conservation Commission con- trols the dam and the lake shore, about 1000 acres of land around the like. Sonne of this land, where suit - 'able, will be leased for cottage sites. 'It was noted that the 'action of the (water was- already forming sandy stretches on the shore, Already, a start has been made in reforesting 'the lands bordering the new lake, when 57,000 young trees were set out this year. All this, of course, adds up to money The total cost amounted to $2,100,- ;000, the .dam itself costing on half of that amount. 1 In constructing the dam, thirty (farms were bought and portions of others, and nearly half of the village of Belwood was moved or torn down. ;Six miles of new railway line were .built and about six miles of new high- way. The railway goes over the top of the dam, as it was not practicable to build a railway bridge. The Commission which controls the dam, consists of twelve members, three from Brantford, 2 each front Galt, and Kitchener and 1 each from Paris, Preston, Waterloo, Elora and Fergus. The Grand River Dani was con- structed to prevent the flood waters rushing down river in the early spring. At intervals the gates areopened and 'fresh water allowed down- stream to keep the water flowing pre- venting stagnation. To round out a memorable ,day, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Templin enter- tained at supper . at their home tel Fergus. A pleasant social hour brought the convention to a close .and Mr. Frank Ianvin of the Durham Chronicle and Mr. Lorne Eedy of the t. Mary's Journal -Argus voiced the thanks and appreciation of the visit rs, AMONG THE CHURCHES Baptist Church G,:spel service at seven o'cloolc. All are welcome to attend, Come and wor- ship. Presbyterian Church 1030 a.m. Sunday School. 11.15 a.m. Wel ship service, subject, "Goal All in All." The W. M. S. will meet at 3 o'clock on Wednesday, Sept, 15th at the home of Mrs. G. Roberton. St. Paul's Church 1f1th Sunday After Trinity 10 00 a.m. Sunday School 11.00 a,m. Morning Prayer, Sermon: "The •Churcih's need of Prayer ('text Acts 10.2) 7.00 p.m. Evening Prayer•, Sermon: A rock of Refuge in Sternly' Days (text 1 Peter 2.71) Tuesday, 3 pan. The W. A. meets at the hone of Mrs Fred Ford, Wesley Willis Church Sunday September 12. Public Worship 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.' Sermon subjects: "The Third Mile" ITo Preach at St. Pauls. St. Paul's Church of England will ' observe its annual Harvest Thanks- giving service morning and evening Sunday September 10th. The board of management has arranged with the Rev. Kenneth McGoun of London, to deliver the messages. Not only the people of the parish but those of the community will welcome this op- portunity to meet Rev. McGoun again and listen to his stirring messages. The Rector of the church, following en old and valued custom, has issued ,a short letter to his people on this oc- casion. 'The unexpected blow." Church school immediately after Wingham was appointed and although morning worship. The Wesley Willis W.M.S. will meet oh Thursday September 16th at p.m. at the hoine' of Miss Brigham. Miss Brigham'sl group in charge. The Girls Club will hold their regu- lar meeting at eight o'clock on Tues- day evening of Sept. 14th, at the hone of Mrs. Fred Hanley. Mrs. R. Jenkins' group will be in charge. Ontario Street United Church 11 a.m. Divine Worship. Come, worship at His Throne Come, bow before the Lord ' (Isaac Watts)' Near Noon: 12.10 a.m. Sunday (Please 1 P note ( e no a change of time —after morning worship) 2.00 p.m. Tuckersnnith Township, Turner's •Church Worship and Sum day ,School. (note also change of time of service to the afternoon.) ' 7.00 p.m. Evangelistic Singing. Tcipic "The Excellencies of :Religion" Mayor McMurray Resigns as Chairman of W. Fe C. .A meeting of the National War Fi- nance Committee for Huron County was called last Friday night to ap- point a new chairman, caused by the resignation of Mayor A. J. McMur- ray, of Clinton. Representatives were present at the meeting from Gerrie, Goderich, Mikton, Exeter, Hensall, and Wroxeter. ;Rev. D. Beecroft of not at tine meeting he was contacted and accepted the chairmanship. Mr. Beecroft will attend a convention in Toronto on Friday to make plans for the 5th Victory Loatt, which is ex- pected, will be late in October, Mr. McMurray has acted as chair- man of the :committee for the 3rd, and 4th. Victory loans. ' v-__ About five hundred soldiers are ex-. peeted to be assigned to farm duties to help the harvest in Alberta. (—One, thing in which there is no need of a ceiling). —,Though I speak with the tongues of men and have not .. . • .Saturday night Sept 18th 8.15 p.m. Rev. A. C. Moorheuse, showing the Famous ,Colour. and Sound Film "John Stirling."