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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1943-09-09, Page 3CliTURS., SEPT. 9:1943 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD If we all cut our telephone talks by just one Minute ...It 'would . _ gave 1i0,00 hours AR CA for WddY LLS evetY War calls must come first . . . which means that we should reduce our non- essential use of the telephone to the minimum. Present facilities cannot be increased; your co- operation is needed if war calls are to go through promptly. 1Please remember that the wasteful use of telephone time can hold up war business --and that every second you save counts. THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes of The News in 1918 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 1 SEPT. 5th 1918 Mrs. James Twitchell of -Windsor, formerly of Clinton, was informed the other day that her youngest son, Will had been woundeg in the neck on Aug. 15th. Young Twitchell went --overseas with an Edmonton battalion last year and had been in France since Janu- ary, and gaseed. Mr. C. Hoare was motiifed by wire that his son, Carman H., had received a gunshot wound on August 27th. These young men were originally members of the 161st. Huron Bat- talion with the exception of N. Fitz- simons, who enlisted with the Can- adian Buffs, Toronto. Clinton men seem to have been in the thick of the big drive during the past few weeks and there have been many casualties among them. 1I4rs. S. Booth of Winnipeg, who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Kerr of Vic- toria street received word on Monday that her on, Allen, had been killed in action in France. Mrs. Booth's two older sons are also in France ancla younger one is in training in the west. Allen spent some time with his grandmother a few years ago and attended school here. Miss Clete. Ford returned to Lon- don Saturday to resume her work in connection with the Coneervatory of • Music. Miss Ford intends to spend racist of her time in London this sea- son, not returning to teach in Clin tonpart of each week. THE CLINTON IIEW ERA SEPT. 5th, 1918 Mr. and Mrs. J. T. 1VIustard and ehil- dren of Toronto were guests of the lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Mac- Donald over the week end. They were op their way home after spending the summer at their cottage at Bayfield.' Mr. and Mrs. Rowe, Mrs. Snell and Mrs. and Miss Laporte motored up from Exeter on Labor Day and visit- ed Mr. and 1VIrs. J. D. Atkinson; On their return they were accompanied by Miss Mildred Rowe, who had been visiting Miss Eileen Atkinson. Mr. 0. H. Todd of Toronto, son of Mr. M. Todd, formerly editor and publisher of the News -Record made a pleasant call on us On Tuesday. He and his wife and some friends had motor- ed up from the city on Monday. Mr. Todd is now conducting a confection- ery 'business in Toornto but he still takes an interest in the printing trade in which he was schooled in ear- ly youth. ater she came to Clinton with her brother, the late Joseph Biddlecombe who for many years conducted, a jew- elry business here. In 1857 she was united in marriage with the late Wil- liam Grigg and. Clinton has :been her home ever since. For the past .couple of years Mrs. Grigg has been 'unable to get about as well as fornierly ow- ing to injuries sustained by a fall, but her mental 'faculties are unim. paired, and she can tell many an in- teresting. story of the early days of Clinton. Mr. C. Conner, who has been lafd up with a lame foot it having been run over by an auto, carrying the hose reel from the Doherty Piano Co, fire a week or so ago, is now able to ger about on crutches. Mr, E. E. Hanniford has purchased a new Chevrolet car. Word has been received in town of the death of Mrs. James Castle of Ontario, California, sister-in-law of Messrs. Amos and S. G. Castle of town. She was O. daughter of the late John Joy, formerly of Clinton, but Went to Ontario as a bride about twenty four years ago. Yesterday a long time citizen of Clinton passed her eighty-fifth birth- day in the person of Mrs. Wm, Grigg. Mrs. Grigg was born at Chard, Som- erset, England, Sept 4th, 1833 and came to Canada in 1854. One year Miss Nellie Medd of Constance spent the week end, visiting Mr. and 111rs. J, G. Medd and other friends in town :before returning to her school duties near Exeter. Miss Enuna Stephenson left on Fri- day fax London to spend a day or so before going on to Part Arthur to re- sume her teaching duties. Messrs. Earl Steep and Clifford Smith of Stratford spent Labor Day at the guests of the fornier's parents Mr. and Mrs. D. Steep. Miss Mae Smith left Monday after- noon for Elmira to resume her teach- ing duties. Mr. James K. Mair, received a mes- sage yesterday morning telling him that his only son, Lieut. James Knox Mair, previously reported inissing4 was •now officially reported killed. Lieut. Mair, who was teaching before the war, went as a lieutenant with the Huron battalion and had been in France since early spring. Efe was considered a good officer and was popular with both officers and men, Mr, R, Fitzsimons was notified yesterday that his son, Norman, had been admitted to hospital in Prance on Aug. 27tb, suffering from a gun- shot wound in the neck. Mrs. J. J. MacDonald received word some days ago saying that her. son, J. E. MacDonald, had been shell shocked R. A. F. Tank Busters In The Middle East One of the first official photo- graphs to be released in Britain of the 1R.A.F.s "Tank Busters"—(Hurricane lid fighters fitted with heavy calibre guns) --designed primarily for attack- ing armoured vehicles. The Hurricane 'ltd carries two 40 mm, guns, one gun being fitted under ewah wing. The guns are capable of automatic or sin- gle shot fire. They have been specially Miss Thelma Finch of Stratford has been visiting her grandmother, Mrs. James Finch. Mr, and Mrs, Warren Finch and Miss Dorothy were up from Startford for the holiday. Rev. and Mrs. W. T. Cluff of Strat- ford received definite word last Thurs- day morning about the wounding of their son, Lieut. Rex. Guff. An 4 - halal message from Ottawa stated that he had been admitted to the 2nd Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, France Walker, commission brother of Tor- of Summerhill. on August 23rd, after being severely onto, and sister of Mr, L. J. Walker Mrs. Eli McLaughlin is rpending wounded by gunshot in the chest on of London, where she has numerous a couple of weeks at her grandfath, August Bth, The family now runt- friends. The groom is the'well-known er's that of Mr. W. Milker a West iously awaits a letter with further young dentist, who has practised in Wawanoeh. information. London for some years, but recently Word was received last week that sold out and moved to New York. Ile —V is a brother of Dr. Holmes of Clin- ton. P-AIEGE 3 MEN 1 to 45 . . . Canadian soldiers are in action! They have shared the immortal honor of establishing the first bridgehead in Axis Europe: Be ready to reinforce the boys over there. Get going now — why wait to be drafted? Remember it takes a year to train a soldier. Volunteer now! LOW CATEGORY EIEN,18 to 45 ....at eligible for overseas service are urgently needed for duty in Canada to replace men going to the front, WOMEN 18 to 45. . , you can help, too! Join the CWAC so a man can be released to fight. It's a great experience for any woman . it's real full-time service. YOUNG MEN el 17 . . there's a dandy op- portunity for you to take a trade -training course in the Army, if you have completed grade VIII schooling. VETERANS UNDER 55 You can release younger men to light by taking on essential duties in the Veterans' Guard of Canada, Categories A, B, or C may enlist. cT 9 r ENLISTMENT CENTRES: - LONDON -379 Richmond St. WiNDSOR—Ouellette Ave. vt the Tunnel KITCHENER—City Han Square Or contact the Mobile Recruiting Unit which visits your localityeach week had be become to his canine friend, in advanced in years to undertake the fact he was a favourite of all. trip to Clinton. Mr, Arch Cousins received a tele- Mr. and Mrs. John Hellyar of Bow- manville, who have been guests of their son, Jeweler Hellyar, for the past ten days, left Tuesday to visit Hensel' friends. It is fifteen years since they last saw that village. Garnet McBrien and his fiend Will King spent Sunday with the formerar parents, Mr, and Mrs, W. J. IVIeBrien gram on Monday stating that his sister, Mrs. William McWhinney of Ashfield, had died that morning after an illness of over a month. Dr. J. Elliott Holmes and Miss Eth- el M. Walker, were married in New York on Wednesday of last week. The bride is a daughter of Mr. Lewis W. Pte. W. E, Morgan (England) had died of wounds. Pte. Morgan enlisted with the 161st Huron Battalion as a Bandsman, being ,first cornet player. He was formerly a member of the Clinton Kitties and an employee in the Piano Company, He had no relatives in this country. Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Macdonald and Miss Jean Macdonald, who spent July at Nonson Beach M Korea, on the Sea of Japan, are back to the mountains for August, and have been at IVIiyan- oshita. They will be in Gotemba at the foot of Fuji, for a week, and will then go to Rarnizawa. Cadet Alvin Townshend was home over the week end. He has his commis- sion now. Misses Eva and Mable Cluff visit- ed Hensall friends over Sunday. • Erskine 8. Evans, eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. J. S. Evans left for London to pass the final medical ex- am, arid, if successful he intends to sign up with the Tank Battalion as there are no vacancies in the artillery. L designed for aircraft use, and weigh only 320 lbs each. These aircraft have played a notable part in the defeat dk: Axis North African armies. They are Ilmown as "Tank Busters". but the air- men using them prefer the term "TM Openers." Picture shows: Hurricane "Tank Busters" in flight. When the Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD SEPT. 3rd 1903 "Ted" Routledge, son of Mn. E. Routledge of town, an employee in the big steel works at the Soo, was so • Reuben Graham has leased the Dowser residence on Princess . street and is having it thoroughly overhaul- ed. The grounds to, are being fixed up while cement walks are to be built by MY. Arch Cousins. A half dozen of our citizens drove over to Bayfield on Saturday last and engaged in a game of golf with an of Nova Scotian town's may subdue its once unique 'uniforms but the Salve - equal number of the campers. The lat- - - ter won quite easily and afterward en- tion Army band, like the great force tertained their visitors to supper at it symbolizes in the publics mind, still The Salvation Army Carries On Brass Bands marching men off' to war may cloak its music with harsher martial strains, shuffling feet on crowded pavements may muffle its trumpets, many -colored uniforms of half the world now on the sidewalks carries on. p one of the hotels. Thelayers were as follows' visitors C. E. Dowding, R. In war, as in peace, it summons to Agnew, E. M. McLean, R. Hewson, Thought; it is the outward evidence Allied land forces occupied the island N. Fair, and A. Porter; campers G. of a great work that silently and within 22 minutes of the time the D. McTaggart, W. K. Pearce, Cecil ceaselessly goes on in the world -- white flag was seen flying from a hill Brewer, Aubrey Brewer. among men broken by adversity and top. The residence of Mr. James Mair, their own weaknesses, among ehild- p,iettate shows: An artist's irnpres- was the scene of a 'wedding • yester- ren who are waifs, among mothers, Sion of the bombardment of Pantel- Pautellaria Falls After Air -Sea Bombardment aatraloomaara=scsasISIMMI Alter a taste, of what the combined action of Allied Sea and Air Forces could do in the way of concentrated bombardment, the Italian island of Pantellaria fell to the 'United Nations. day when Rev, Neil Shaw of Egniond- the aged, the sick or the despair- ville united in marriage Miss Vine. ing, Woodyard, Clinton, and Mr, William • The Salvation Armys an areaz- i Pearson, of Seaforth. The happy eon- ple have taken up their abode in Sea- lug organization, though today its achievements, no longer unexpected, foith. may often be overlooked. It is backed Mr. W. A. Elliott, a. former pvinci- by no church, but is possessed of pal of the Porter's Hill school, is now faith. It boasts no titans of finance cashier of the Bank of Clarkston, or industry among its leaders, but is Clarkston, Washington, and a mem- built, instead, upon the broad should- ber of the firm. ers of common Christian folk. Mrs. John Ransford has returned 'Started in a London slum's degra- from Sarnia. • dation, it reaches today to the top - Mr. W. J. Lougheed, the new teach- most levels of a thlusand commun- unfortunate as to get one of his arms er mathematics in the C.C. . broken below the elbow on Tuesday of. Forest, commenced his duties on Tues. day. "Uncle" David (book lefton Tues- day to attend the Toronto Fair ane, visit his many relatives in the Streets - last week. Chief Welsh's collie "Scotty" passed in his checks on Friday last, a victim of distemper. The Chief received many ities in a hundred countries. Survivor of One Great War, it finds in this second world conflict new trials yet greater opportunities to serve. With all it is doing for men and Tavistock Sept. 10, 11 Tara . ... ... . .. ........ Oct. 6, 7 offers to purchase him, but refused ville district. Among the latter are women in eche armed oervices of the Blyth ... .... Sept. 14, 15 „, • Oct. 5, 6 to consider them at all so attached two of his sisters who are too far 'United Nations—in enemy lands it is Exeter• Sept:'15, 16 "esvater banned because Cheistian and demo- tratic—it has not neglected the field to serve which it began; the meeting of human emergencies wherever and whenever found with an understand- ing and compassion born of exper- ience and with practical measurable help. ' laria; A large British naval squadron of heavy cruisers and destroyers born - herded the island for 76 minutes whilst the sky was filled with attack- ing aircraft dropping a 'blanket of bombs'. The Italians 1» the garrison were thrown into such confusion that they set off mines. guarding the bea- ches thinking Allied troops must have surely been upon them. 1943 Agricultural Fairs The following list of Agricultural Societies' Fairs and Exhibitions for 1943 have been announced, but they are subject to ehange. Of interest in this district are: Kincardine • Sept 16, 17 New Hamburg Sept 17,.18 Clifford Sept. 21, 22 Lucknow , ... • Sept. 22, 23 Seaford! Sept. 23, 24 Stratford ............Sept. 20 - 23 Bayfield Sept, 21. 22 Dungannon Sept. 30, Oct. 1 Gerrie • Oct. 1, 2 Mitchell Sept. 28, 29 Zurich Sept. 27, 28