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The Clinton News Record, 1943-09-23, Page 3THURS., SEPT. 23, 1943 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD' , fy PAGE 3 ori SIAL!" A MILLION We would make •way ter nearly R CALLS ADDITIONAL 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. Please 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 SEPTEMBER 19th, 1918 Mrs. Robert Watson of Brueefleld announces the engagement of Alice daughter of the late ,Robert Watson, to lett. George' H. Coleman of Tucker- smith. The marriage to take place quietly the latter part of September. Mr., D. W. Hamilton is leaving Clinton, he having decided to return to farming near Auburn. Mr. Ham- ilton and family have been residents of town for the past three or 'four years and during £hat time have made many friends. Mrs. J. Seeley received a message on Saturday informing her that her husband Pte. John Seeley, had been admitted to hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the chest, Pte. Seeley, who went overseas as a Ser- geant in the 161st battalion and was considered to be an exceptionally smart instructor, reverted in order to get to France. His wife and family of four children reside 'here. Plte Seeley- was through the South African war. On Thursday morning last Arthur Townsend suddenly dropped den while waiting for a car at the corner of King and Frederick streets, Kitch- ener. Some time ago lie suffered from too high blood pressure, but he re- marked to his wife before leaving for work that particular morning that he never felt better. Mr. Townsend went to Kitchener about 2 months ago and had worked at the Dominion Tire fac- tory. He was born in Bayfield but had been residing in Goderich until his removal to Kitchener. He was in his forty-fifth year. He is survived by his wife, two children and one brother, Albert, of the 16th conces- sion of Goderich township and three, sisters. Mrs. Andrew Surarus, New Hamburg, Mrs, Andrew Halliday, Goderich, and Mrs. John Eagleson of Sault Ste. Marie. The remains were taken to Goderich for interment. Mn and Mrs. C. Jervis, Huron street on Monday celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary by entertaining their children and grandchildren at a pleasant family reunion. Mr, and Mrs, Jervis were married in the old Rat- tenbury street church by the Rev. W. Hawke fifty years ago and with the exception of a few years spent in. Blyth, they have resided in the town Leaves British Horne Fleet British Horne Fleet Command changeover: The New Commander in Chief, Hone Fleet, Admiral Sir Bruce A Fraser, K.B.E., C. B,, takes over from Admiral ,Sir John C. Tovey, K. C•B., K.B.E., D.S.O , who is taking up his new appointment as. British C.- in-C. :in-C. The Nore. Picture shows:—Admiral Sir John Tovey making his farewell .speech on board H.M.S. King George V. or vicinity ever since. Mr, and Mrs, H. W. Watts, receiv- ed a cable stating that their son Sapper S, ,T. (Syd) Watts had return- ed to France after spending fourteen days leave at his old home town, Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England. "Syd" went overseas a year ago Iast February with a draft. attached to the. Canadian Engineers and has been ov- er fifteen months in France. V THE CLINTON NEW RRA SEPTEMBER 19th, 1918 From a letter received this morning from. Mr; ,Seth Fisher of Edgerton, Alta., The New 'Era was sorry to learn that he had received word that his son, Pte. A. Leslie Fisher, had died of wounds on Sept, 2zfd..A few weeks ago Mr, Fisher was notified that his son Pte. Robert P. Fisher had been admitted to hospital suffering from a gunshot wound, but he had since written to say that his wound was not considered serious. These young men both enlisted with the 161st. battalion here and will be remembered by prac- tically all ,our citizens, the family having resided here before leaving for Alberta. Mrs. Graelis received the sad intel- ligence on Saturday that her son, Pte. F. C. Graelis, had been killed in action on Sept. 21st. Pte. . Graelis enlisted with the 161st and went to France with the first draft from that battal- ion, having been in. France nearly two years. He was attached to the 58th. Canadian Battalion. , He had been wounded once before.' A young bro- ther is now in England. Clinton has been pretty hard hit during- the past few weeks. Pte. Chas, Doherty, London,. son of Mr. George Doherty, formerly of Clin- ton, is listed among the wounded this week. Reeve Ford received notice from the Militia Department on Thursday last hat his son, Gunner Fred 0. Forel, had been admitted to hospital suffer - ng from a gunshot wound in the nose. No particulars; have as yet been re- eived. Pte. Norman Holland returned to London onMonday after having spent his harvest leave at his home in Stanley township. It is expected that Norman will go overseas soon. Word has been received that Pte, Harold Whitmore, sou of Mr. and Mrs, F. Whitmore, Stanley, has been ad- ing flew the plane back to its base mitted to hospital suffering from a under its own power. A seventy five gunshot wound in the face. foot runway had been prepared for Mrs. Derry returned from London the take -off in the lumber yard while on Tuesday after a week's it with engine adjustments were being made Seaforth Flour Mill to Re -Open Soon The Seaforth flour mill is expected• to be in -operation in about one month's time after being idle for more than ten years. It will be operated by Mr. E. Turgeon of Montreal, who purchas- ed the property form the Towr, of Sea - forth some years ago, The manager is Mr. L. Graves of Wiarton, formerly of Galt, assisted by Mr. Leslie Fleming, 'i \Wiarton: Both men have moved to Seaforth and are having the machinery put in shape to begin work as soon as possible. The mill will probably start with an out- put of 600 bbls, daily, increasing to. capacity of 700 bbls. About $600,Q00 worth of new belting will be required and new silk screens are also needed. Mr. Turgeon is in town this week, First intimation that the mill was likely to start again came. early in the summer when the roof and bank - en windows were repaired It is expect- ed that present contracts will keep this mill running for rive 'or six years at least, supplying flour for ex- port. Machinery may also be installed to make stock feeds for ineal use. The mill was last operated by the late Mr. Wolverton of St. Marys and had been formerly the Rob Roy mill and the Seaforth Milling Co. It was modernized by Mr, Wolverton, new machinery being installed at that time to inerease the capacity. Mr, Graves will reside in Mrs, Gibson's Souse on High street and Mr. Fleming in T. Beattic's house;' North main street.-Seaforth News. --V Forced Landing at Goderich in Moonlight A neat job of airmanship was per- formed in the moonlight over Gode- rich on Tuesday about midnight when a recent addition to Sky Harbor's staff of instruetore brought his Tiger Moth down among the depleted lum- ber piles of the Goderich Manufactur ing Co., off Cambria road, after the engine had failed at five hundred feet. The instructor -pilot and his student, a member of the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy, both were uninjured and the plane undamaged. "The 'pilot, aided by the moonlight, picked his spot after some quick think- ing and did a neat, job," said a super- ior R.C.A.F. officer who next morn - relatives. While there Mrs. Derry met a cousin, Mrs. C. Lean of Medicine Hat, Alta., and another cousin, Mrs. Hill, whom she had not seen since they were young girls in England. Miss Jean Ross has taken a posi- tion at. Markdale for the millinery season. V When the Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON NEWS RECORD SEPTEMBER 17th, 1903 Mr. William Glenn of Stanley has sold his house on Queen street to Mrs. John Wigginton, for many yeas* a resident of Goderich township, her son, Tom who, Old Dame Rumor says is about to enter the happily married state, but it is as yet rather pre- mature to extend congratulations. On Saturday afternoon last the re- sidence of Mr, John Turner of Sea - forth was the scene of a quiet but very pretty wedding when his daugh- ter, Miss Ida M. was united in the bonds of matrimony to Mr. Henry Beattie barrister of Clinton. The ceremony was performed by Rev. F. H. Larkin in the presence of only the immediate relatives of the •centred - The forced landing was witnessed from the control tower at the airport less than a mile away. An alarm im- mediately sounded and it was only a few minutes before a station wagon ambulance and crash truck were on the scene. They were not needed. When they arrived the instruc- tor and his student were standing be- side their plane, smiling, and there was an exchange of congratulations. Tuesday was a perfect night for flying and full advantage was taken of it, for the drone of airplanes was heard almost constantly over Gode- rich most of the night, Residents of the north end of the town and Salt, ford were aroused by she screech :of sirens and quite a number of citizens who had not retired visited the scene of the forced landing,-Goderich Sig- nal Sig nal Star. V Windshield Stickers to Replace New Plates George H. Doucet, Ontario Minister of highways, announced that no new licenses plates will be issued to motorists in this province next year because of the steel shortage. "Vehicles will carry a windshield sticker to be supplied when the license are purchased," he said, adding that 1943 plates would be used, "necessit- ing parties, Mr. and Mrs, Beattie ating a cjhange in the system of have taken up residence on Isaac issuing permits." --Blyth Standard street, Clinton. V Little Miss Flukey presented The News Record on Monday with a bas- ket of ripe red raspberries. We don't remember ever having a similar treat on the 14th of September before. Miss R. Landsboro of West Tucker - smith left on Wednesday to join her brother, Rev. J. F.'Landesboro, in Io- wa, where she expects to reside for the future. Mr, David Cook • Sr., returned home Saturday from a ten days' visit among a host of friends in Streetsville dis- trict, Mr, Israel .Taylor of Toronto and his mother, Mrs. W. Tayldr of town left Tuesday for Minncdosa, Man., where three sons •of Mrs. Taylor are. in business, one in drugs and the oth. er two in cattle. Mr. Taylor's trip is of business and pleasure combined, for if he seea a' suitable opening he'may\ locate in that country. During his ab day morning for the Pacific Coast to senee his wife will visit at the parent- push trade for the Jackson Mfg. al home, Mr. James Stevens. Company. His trip will' extend over Mr. Thomas Churchill of Goderich several weeks, Brilliant Young Doctor Missing Within a few hours of word that W.O. Alex MacKenzie, D.F.M., was Missing, this village was again pro. foundly shocked to learn that !Squad, eon Leader J. Grant MacKenzie was missing. This message lent less hope to loved ones, for it tersely,' added "presumably dead." Exact details of the air tragedy, which occurred , in Newfoundland, township left on Tuesday for a trip through Manitoba and the, Territories. Mrs. J. W. Chidleyand family re- turned Friday from Go Home Bay where they had been spending the summer months with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Clark of Toronto, Mr. Thomas Jackson, Jr. left Tues. not yet been revealed but it is known that Grant was engaged in a very special research mission at the time, Grant is a brilliant young medical doctor who after receiving his M.D., degree from the University of Toron- to in 1936, interned at -St. Michael's Hospital before doing extensive poet graduate and research work at New 1''ork and Philadelphia as 'a specialist of ear; rose and throat, Dr. Grant enlisted in the .,R.C.A.F. in •May of last year. At that time he was practising specialist in the De- partment of Otolaryngology_, of the Davis and Neff Clinic in Madison, Wisconsin.—Lucltnow Sentinel. .. v- `Aged Travellers Mr. and Mrs. H. Guy of Manitoulin island, aged ninety-four and eighty- eight respectively, stopped at Dad's Cabins, Dunlop, while on a motor trip through this district last week.— God erich Signal Star. v Henault Boy Ordained Rev, Robert A. G. Passmore, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Passmore, of Hensall, was ordained into the Huron Presbytery at ordination ceremonies 9n First St. Andrews United Church London, Friday evening of last week, The ordination sermon was preached by Rev. Duncan McTavish.—Exeter Times -Advocate. v 300 Tomatoes Grow on One Vine Toe Marsh has been spending bis spare time lately counting up the number of tomatoes on a vine at his home, and the other day he announced the final results: 300. Seaforth News. Special Efforts To Move Feed Grains Special measures have been taken by the Agricultural Supplies Board to encourage the movement of as large quantities of Western feed grains eastward as possible with the hope of building up reserves in public storage, dealers' warehouses, and farmers' granaries to supplement the current movement by rail during the feeding season. In addition to the -continuation of freight assistance on the move- ment of Western grains from°the Head of the Great Lakes to destination in the East, there are two other policies designed to encourage the movement into position in Eastern Canada dux. ing the summer -and fall months of re- serve stocks or grain for feeding. These can be effective only if every one, including farmers and feed deal- ers, realizes the vital importance of taking active measures without delay to secure as great a proportion as pos- sible of the feed grains they expect to need next winter and spring. In the early part of the season; when grains could have been moved more readily, orders for any aonsid- erable quantities were not placed eith- er by farmers :or feed dealers; and though recent reports would indicate that farmers in many sections are now taking advantage of the provisions that have been made, no assurance can be given that, even with the most that can be done, all the grain that can and should be fed: in the East can be moved down. A. long,' open fall will help get reserves into position, and a. mild winter will help with cur- rent movement, Help Urgently Required For the Fruit Harvest With large amounts of fruit and late vegetables still to be harvested, the call has gone out from the Ontario Farm Service Force for hundreds of men and women, boys and girls, to snake this last great effort to save these crops which will be completely wasted unless the necessary help is forthcoming.. All secondary school stu- dents who have been in farm camps went back to school Monday, and volunteer workers to take their places are wanted at once. For the camps in the. Niagara Pen- insula some 500 girls and young we- men are required immediately. They will be housed in splendid camps under the supervision of the Y.W.C,•A. and will be able to eaep good wages at fruit picking. • For fruit and vegetable camps in various parts of the province be- tween 300 and 400 men and boys are wanted at once. Their camps are un- der . Y.M.C.A. supervision and that number can be placed immediately if the necessary volunteers are forth- coming. One hundred boys ,are wanted for the vegetable camp at holland Marsh, and the, growers state that if 100 boys are available they can save $20,000 worth: of vegetables each day 1'ARSIGJlTED householders are seeing the urgent need of preparing their homes now against this wi'nter's coal shortage. They are acting now! HEAT 1 G SYSTEMS MUST BE EFI'ICIEI T d TMESHOULD BE ADEQUATELY INSULATED. kg Ie��. 6'iere are some IAs ywi should be doing NOW I 1 Have your entire heating system suspected. Order necessary repairs. 9 Have your fyirnace thoroughly " cleaned by a competent man. insu- late furnace and pipes where necessary. Be sure that you have sufficient storm IP windows and that all windows and doors fit tightly. Havecracks in walls repaired. Weatherstrip wherever it is necessary. Consider seriously the insula- tion of ceiling and walls. Many homes waste as much as 60% of their fuel through ineffi- cient heating equipment, inadequate insulation and other heat losses. Winter is just around the corner. Prepare NOW ! MS 12W -1THE •DEPAIITMENT OF AdUhlITI01 S.°AND- SUPPLY 1 =. HON for six weeks. If they are not forth- To Pay Subsidies to corning, these vegetables will have to rot in the ground, which would be dis- astrous from the standpoint of food supplies, In addition, from 200 to 800 day Milk Producers Hon. James G. Gardiner, Minister of Agriculture, announced September 10 workers are needed on fruit and vege- that the Government has decided to table farms in the area just west of revise the subsidies, on dairy products Toronto. They will be transported to because of increased costs brought the farms daily and brought back about largely through the feed grain when the day's work is finished. failures in whole milk and cheese pro - If the required number of workers ducing areas, can be secured, the fruit and vegetab- Beginning October 1st, 1943, and le camps will be kept in operation un- continuing until April 30th, 1944 sub - til the middle of October, by which sidles will be paid to dairy producers time it is hoped that all of the crops as follows: will have been harvested, 1. Fifty -cents per hundred pounds Any men re any time women, boys or girls to producer -distributors of fluid milk who can spare any time for this im- • portant national service are asked to and of such milk bought by distribu- apply at once, either, in persons or by , tors for fluid milk consumption as the letter or telephone call to the Ontario ,Agricultural Food Boatel may direct: Farm Service Force, Parliament { 2. Thirty cents per hundred pounds Buildings, Toronto, The Neal is Ur -,of milk used for concentration pur- poses as the Agricultural Food Board gent. V 'may direct. The salvage of fire -hilted tilubei 3. Thirty cents per hundred pounds 1 before it becomes riddled by wood of milk used in the manufacture of borers has been greatly .aided by in- cheddar cheese. formation supplied by the Dominion 4. Eight cents per pound of butter !Department of Agriculture whose of- fat until December 31, 1948 and 10+ 'fivers have inspected burned out area's cents a pound butter fat from Jenu- ,in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, ary 1, 1944 to April 30, 1944. recent.: is expected that these •subsidies and Quebec, and made valuable reco mendations. together with the price at which mitis • V i sells, will make it possible for farmers 'to produce sufficient milk to provide Should Arrange now for the fluid milk, canned milk, cheese and 1944 Seed Potatoes butter necessary to feed the civilian i Miuq farmers in Ontario will re- and armed population as well as sup- ply our allies with cheese and canned quire a change of seed potatoes for milk in considerable quantities, planting in the spring of 1941 if besIt is thought that if western grain ,results are. to be obtained from nextis moved east at present ceiling prices year's potato crop, says R. E. Good- in sufficient quantities farmers in in, of the Crops, Seeds and Weeds whole milk and cheese producing 'Branch of the Ontario Department of areas, with the assistance of subsid- Agriculture. Last spring, many pots- ies, will be able to maintain produc- to growers fully intended to obtain I tion at a reasonable level. dew stocks but, due to high costs of seed at that time coupled' with shot- The Government is making a special tages of seed, labour and transpor- effort to encourage the movement of Cation, they either decided not t„ go !every possible bushel of feed grain to the extra expense orjust neglected frons west to east without increased to do so. price to the eastern:farmer. It is ex - Therefore, many potato fields this ipected that the Ontario and Quebec year are found to be infected with farmers who have light crops will be such diseases as fusarian wilt, batter- (supplied with sufficient grain at pre. ial ring rot, black leg, leaf roll and !Rent costs to maintain their planned mosiac. In such cases, the yields and production of meat and daisy pro.. quality are greatly reduced and the ducts. It is Hoped that the increased continued use of such seed stock would,costs of purchased feed for dairy be most unprofitable potato practice. production over hoine grown feed will On the other hand, certain grow- be financed by the subsidies provided. ers, particularly in areas adapted to The Minister states that farriers potato growing, have been giving see- across Canada deserve credit for mak cial attention to production of seedling as great a patriotic effort in !potatoes this year, and, as a result,,sena of labour and price difficulties a limited quantity of high quality seed as any part of the producing popula- i is available, Almost every year much tion of Canada. !good quality seed is sold during the fall months as ordinary table stock, !This °practice is mostly due to lack of Storage space by seed growers. Then, later on, during the spring months, there are scarcities of seed, such as the experience during last spring. For these reasons, in order to make sure of supplies prospective purch- asere would be well advised to con- tact growers and arrange for their seed requirements duringi the next few weeks. "There is no part of the population of Canada which has made greater sacrifices and exercised less pressure and I trust producers will find it pos- sible to keep up. their production with this assistance," said Mr. Gardiner. v Reed Canary grass which is fairly common in Canada is a native of al- most all European countries ,and of the temperate parts of Asia, Siberia„„ and North 'America.