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The Clinton News Record, 1943-09-30, Page 3THURS., SEPT. 30, 1943 THE CL NTON NEWS -RECORD THE APPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes. of The News in 1918 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD , severe shrapnel wounds in the head neck. - ,Sept. 26th, 1918, land Mr. R. Down had hit household Mrs. Ellen Herman announces the effects, shipped to Windsor this week engagement of her youngest daugh-1 where he has taken a position. Mrs1 ter, Marguerite IS. (Beta), to Mr,Down will follow shortly. and Oxley Hannett. ,Sergt. Murray,i Om Friday morning last, after an take place early in O'etober. [illness extending over some months, The name of Lieut. R. A. Oluff ap-. Henry Beacom, a former resident of peered, in the list of wounded; yester- i Summerhill, passed away at the home day his place of residence given as of his sister, Mrs. Lowery of Ratten- Clinton. The effielai wire also came to Clinton but was forwarded to Stratford, it being supposed that it is Lieut. Rex. Cluff, son of Rev. T. W. Oluff of that city. Lieut. Chuff was wounded twice before. The home of Mr, William Vodden, Ontario street, was the scene of a quiet wedding at four o'clock yester- day afternoon when his third daugh- ter, Mary Elva, became the bride of Mr. William Daer, youngest son of Mrs, l;liza:beth Daer of East Wawan- osh. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. A. Agnew in the presence of only the immediate relatives. The, young couple will take up house. - keeping ousekeeping. for the present in East Wa- wanosh. • bury street. The deceased was the eldest son of the late Henry Beacom and was born in Fermanagh County Ireland. He was brought to this country by his parents when_ still a child and has spent practically his whole life in this locality. He had nearer been married. He is survived by two brothers and three sisters, THE OLPNTON NEW ERA Sept. 26th, 19-18 On Friday morning last word was received in town of the death in action of three well-known .Clinton boys: Murray Draper, Bert Furniss and Oxley Hannett. Segt. Murray Draper, M. M. son of Mr. and Mrs, R. Draper of town, was, killed in ac - :Mrs. Combe received a cable from tion on August '26th. He enlisted her husband on Friday stating that with the 161st. and went to France he• had undergone an operation and with a draft of ten sergeants on Jan. was in hospital. 114th, 1917, so had been there for a Mr. J. F. Wasman received word; year and eight months. He was from his son Leslie, that he had been , awarded the Military Medal for:eon- wounded some time ago and was now' spicuous bravary at Lens. He was in in a convalescent hospital. By some his twenty-fourth year. means Mr. Wasman had never receiv-' Bert Furniss was another 161st boy ed notification of his son's admission who was well-known and esteemed in to hospital. Clinton. He leaves a young wife and The marriage took place in St. two little children, who have the sin - Joseph's church morning of Miss cere sympathy of all in their bereave - Rose, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. stent, McCaughey, to Mr. Charles Shanahan H. Oxley Hannett, son of 0. H. son of Mr. and Mrs. John Shanahan Hannett, who is himself in France, of Hallett, Miss Edna McCaughey,' was about twenty years of age and sister of the bride was bridesmaid• before enlisting with the 161st. had and Mr. Leo. Flynn was best man 'worked with 141r, Fred Lindsay. The Mr. F. Quigley was usher. Later infamily had come out from England the day Mr. and Mrs. Shanahan left , about seven years ago and his mother on a motor trip to Hamilton, Toronto' resides in town. and Peterboro. On their return they, will take up housekeeping in Hullett.1 There passed away on Friday even - !Clinton citizens were awakened ing last at the home of his 'son, Dan - from their peaceful slumber shortly rel, Mr. James 1VIcDonald o£ Bayfiel#i, after three o'clock yesterday morn- in his eighty-second year. The deceas- ing by the harsh clang of the firo ed was born in Prince Edward Island alarm. The fire was in ,Moorish's in the year 1836, went to Goderieh clothing store but the brigade was when young, and in 1857 was married quickly on the scene and soon had it to Miss Elizabeth Murray, who now under control. Not a great deal of survives him. In the year 1866 he damage was done. The fire originat- came to Bayfield where he lived up ed from a defective chimney in Con- till about 'twenty-six years ago when ner's bakery next door to Moorish's, he again went back - to Goderich. For the chimney having its base upon the some .years pasthe has been unable partition separating the two. A to work and in 1917 he and Mrs. Mc - large hole was burned in the second Donald cane to Bayfield and made floor and the fire was making quite their hone with their son, Daniel, a headway when discovered by M. where his death occurred. He is sur - Conner, who fortunately happened eived by his widow, three daughters to be in the bakery at the time. and five sons. Mrs. R. Fitzsimons received a let -1 Rav McConnell was un from camp ter last Thursday front her son, Nor- spending the week end at his home man, who was reported as wounded in tow. Ray .has volunteered for ser - in France tt week or so earlier, bear- vice in Siberia and expects soon to ing the intelligence that he was now leave for overseas. in an hospital in Wales and was do -1 Mr. and Mrs. A. Case arrived from ing well, though he had received Rose, N. Y., on Saturday and Mr.. Case has been busy getting things in working order around the evaporator and work will be started there at once. Mr. John Torrance, business mana- ger of the Lethbridge Herald is spending a holiday at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Torrance. Miss Gladys Chowen of the Royal Bank staff has been holidaying in Hamilton and Toronto last week and this. Miss Stewart spent a few days dur- ing the past week with Blyth friends. Miss Gilchrist supplied in the tele- graph office during her absence: Miss ' Nattily M. Moore, who had spent the past six weeks visiting at the home of her uncle. Mr. George Davies, left Friday for New York. She -expects to leave later for China. Mr. Ed. Mole of Seaforth was in• town for a couple of hours on Friday. He was on his way from Auburn after having visited his mother, who is quite ill. Mrs. H. Bartliff has been visiting her mother, Mrs. Cardiff of Brus- sels. Mr, and Mrs. A. Seeley took a little jaunt to Toronto and Hamilton last, week. Miss Mary Snell returned to her professional duties at Hamilton on Monday after spending the past coup- le of weeks', with her parents, Mr, .and Mrs. James Snell and other relatives of Hallett. When the Present Century Was Young TH17 CLINTON' NEWS -RECORD Sept. 24th, 1903 Millbrook Farm, the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Bates, ,Stanley Township, was the scene of a pretty wedding at eight o'clock on the even- ing of Wednesday, September 16th, the contracting parties being Miss Minerva Bates, formerly of Stanley and Mr. William G. Paterson of Sea - forth. The ceremony was performed by Rev. I. B. Wallwin of ,Seaforth. A beautiful aster and fern wedding took place at "The Maples" the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott of Stanley, at high noon on Sept. 16, when their eldest daughter, Gertrude M., became the bride of Mr. Edgar F. Gibson of Wellesley, Rev. E, Jen- nings performed the cermony, Sick Sailer T ragsfe r cd MMid- ccaa While at sea the British Cruiser H. M.S. "Kenya" received an urgent sig- nal from; the Australian destroyer "Norman" requesting the transfer of a member of her crew. (Able Seaman Bruce Gillmore), for an immediate appendix operation. Both ships drew as near alongside as the seas would permit. H.M.S. "Kenya" then swung On Wednesday evening of last week there passed away into rest one of the pioneers of Hallett township in the person of Mrs. John Reynolds at the age of sixty-nine. She was a native of Ireland, and carne to this country with her father in 1842, set- tling on the 5th. concession of Hal- lett in the same year. She married John Reynolds and the union was blessed with a large family of sone and daughters. Five years ago Mr. Reynolds passed from life unto death. Interment was in the little cemetery where repose so many members of St, Joseph's church. A bowling match, Clinton vs. God- erich, five rinks on each side, was played on the local green on Monday and resulted in favour of the home bowlers. Mr. D. A. Forrester's rink scored eight points in one end, a feat that is very seldom accomplished and never before on the local green. Mr. W. Jackson's rink made seven in one end which was in itself remarkab- ly good. Mr. James Twitchell returned on Friday night last from his trip to the Pacific Coast. His first stop was at San Francisco and from thence he went south to below Los Angeles where his brother lives and then to Whittler, same state, where his sister has made her home. He remained somedayswith thein and then began the homeward journey coining over- land via ,C.P.R. The ram bve>; the Prairie was .made after the recent, storm and he says the snow-covored wheat stacks and stooks looked exceedingly dreary. He does not think, however, that the crop suffered as much as was at first supposed. Councillor Warren of Hallett, who has been in London Hospital for six weeks, returned home yesterday' afternoon. Mr. John Crgoks of the Palace staff returned home the other day from a holiday %rip down the St. Lawrence. While in Kifigston he met Mr. P.. B. Orewes, formerly of Clinton, who, we are pleased to learn, is doing very well. PAGE a Duron Presbyterial W.M.S. Meets at Bly lilitf j The fall rally of Huron Presbyter- ial W.M.S. of the Presbyterian Church in Canada was held in St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, Blyth, on Tues- day, September 14th; with the Pres- byterial president, Mrs. H. Jack of Seaforth, presiding. There was a good attendanee, with delegates present from Auburn, Blyth, Belgrave, Bay- field, Clinton,` Exeter, Goderieh, Hen- sail. and Seaforth. At the morning session the Scrip- ture lesson was read 1y Mrs. G. Bis- set of Goderich, and delegates from each auxiliary took part in a session of prayer. The delegates were welcomed by Miss A. M. Toll of Blyth and the re- mainder of the session was devoted :to the work of the department secre- taries. Am adjournment was made at 11.30 for lunch,' and the devotional period opening the afternoon session was in charge of the Belgrave auxiliary. A new departure was a "missionary forum," in which the work of the church in China, India and British. Guiana was ably presented by Mrs. Russell, Mrs. Thompson, and Mrs. M. A. Reid of Seaforth. Greetings from Presbytery were brought by Rev. R .Stewart of Gode- rieh, who spoke very highly of the work done by ..the Women's Mission- ary •Society, and wished the members every success in future undertakings. 'A very fine solo was sung by Miss Josephine Weir of Auburn, with Mrs. Louise Cummings as accompanist. The guest speaker was Miss T. Negoro of Toronto, who is the young womenrs travelling sie#etary. Her topic was "The Church in the World," and Miss Negoro went on to show how much wider our world is in these days. We hear of cities and countries today that were only names to us a few years ago, Now with so many of our boys all over the world, these places take on a new interest. It is quite natural that we should be in- terested in the welfare of our boys, but as Christians we must also be interested in those we do not know, but who need our help. The speaker told of women in Af- rica who gave out of their poverty to help Jewish refugees, of refugee students in China who gave to help British bomb victims, and of girls' Camps in Canada who gave to Mad- ame Chiang Kai-Shek for the care of Chinese orphans. her rano a le attached to c euro crd , a the sick man was -then laid in the cradle and swung aboard the cruiser, where the operation was successfully completed in the operating theatre. Photo. Shows= -members of the de- stroyer's Brew watching the patient's progress as he -is halfway across in the ,cradle, In referring to missionary meetings the speaker urged the practice of de- mocracy in its true sense. To some people, democracy means equal rights for all, but NOT equal responsibilit- ies, so most of the work has to be done by the faithful few. There will be many difficult problems facing us in the future; now is the time that we should plan for the better world we hope to see after the war, and if we put our trust in God we can rely on His guiding ,hand to bring us through. The report of the courtesy commit- tee was presented by Miss A. Mac- donald of Goderich, who expressed the thanks of the delegates to the Blyth ladies for their hospitality, to the speaker for her splendid address, and to all those who took part in the meeting. Mrs. Jack reminded all present of the "family night° to be held in each church in the Presbytery during the week beginning September 26th, when Miss Margaret Webster, girls' work secretary, will be guest speaker. The meeting was brought to a close with the singing of a hymn and pray- er by the Presbyterial president. V " Mile of Silver on Oct. 2nd. The Seaforth Overseas Committee will sponsor a mile of silver on Main street next week, on Saturday, Oct- ober 2nd to raise money urgently needed to send . Christmas boxes to our boys who are overseas. Make our contributions as large as possible. The boxes must be sent away in a short time. It costs ap- proximately $5 for each box and there are over 100 boys on the list overseas. So contribute as much silver or as many bills as you can. In fact any donation, no matter .how: Iarge, will be gratefully received by the committee, 'Seaforth News. Mn and Mrs. •George Vickers of Essex Centre were last week the guests of the latter's •sister, Mts. Cree Sr. and all three visited another sister, Mrs. Gordon of iSheppardton. Mrs. O. S. Martin (nee Ch lli e Barge) who has been visiting her mother and brothers for a couple of months, left for her home in Chicago yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Latornell re- turned from their honeymoon trip on Monday and yesterdayleft for their future home in Ridgetown. NEW SCHEDULE PRESERVES RATIONING EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30, 1943 Preserves rationing gives the consumer a number of choices both of products and sizes of containers. Because of the wide range of container sizes and the variation inbuying habips across the country it was necessaryto put the system into opera- tion and then make adjustments on the basis of experience. ` Now that preserves rationing has been in effect for several weeks, it is possible tq made some increases in coupon values. • The new schedule Is announced below and is effective September 30th. The new doubled ration allowances for molasses, extracted and comb honey will enable consumers in areas where consumption of these products is heavy, to buy more and still leave enough for districts- where the total demand is light. The increased ration allowances for corn, cane and blended table syrups and maple syrup are adjusted to bring • coupon values more closely into line with the great variety of container sizes now in use. ONE "D" COUPON IS GOOD FOR Not More Than lams, 'elks, Marmalades, Maple Butter, Apple Butter or 'gamey Butter - - - 6 FLUID 01 ea Conib Bergey (in Squares) - - �r Cut Comb limey 1 LB. NET Gr Extracted Haney or Maple Synip - or - - One Standard Section Maple Sugar Molasses - 12 FLUID OZ. (1 18 NET) IA LB. EI ET 20 FLUID.OZ. (1 PINT) at' or Corn Synip, Cane Syrup, or any Blended Table Syrup Canned Fruit Saw er 01' 14 FLUID OZ. 10 FLUID OZ. LB. NET Coupon, 0-4 and D-5 NOW BOONE 'VALID SEPTEMBER 30th The validity elate at these coupons has been moved forward from the original October 14th to September 30th, This has been done to occontmodale purchasers of some items which at this season of the year are normally bought in large units. Coupons 0-6 and O-7 will become valid on November nth and the original schedule will be continued from then on, with two coupons becoming valid every four weeks. RATION ADININISTRATION ..,614,.9 ®.-.01.-102. 1414. _ __• varsities and libraries, its 200 -foot In 1904, when Mr. Robins left Kiev'sstreets and beautiful residences. sII , , wide business streets were paved with colored blocks and kept scrupulously clean, and even in those days electric street cars had replaced the horse car. Even the odd "horseless carr-, rage" was seen. Kiev was then and still is a great manufacturing centre, a eity of skilled mechanics, and dur-I ing the Czarist regime one could not. visit the city from another section of Russia without a permit specifying the time he might stay. To be able i to establish permanent residence was, considered a rare accomplishment,) the apiplican! 'requiring' speellal qualifications as to financial status. The countryside around Kiev, Mr. Robins recalls, is much like that of Western Ontario, the soil being very, rich and productive, with mud abound -ing in the spring and fall seasons. ' Mr. Robins expressed the wish that Kiev's beautiful architecture will not be destroyed by the Germans before they get out or in the fighting that is imminent. He has relatves there' but has not heard from them since the outbreak of war. Goderich Signal Star. M. Robins Knew City of Kiev in His Boyhood With the Red army bearing down on the beautiful city of Kiev, Ukraine capital and Russia's third city, no one in Goderich is watching developments �,' isMorris ("Mosel') more closely than ( s ) Robins, local merchant, whowas born in a town very close to Kiev and as a young man lived there while learning his trade at a jeweler. It was the first big eity he was ever in and he Comes 4,500 Miles To See Mother S. J. Brennan, who has been work -I ing on the Alaska highway, came all the -way from Fort Nelson, B.C., 900 miles north of Edmonton, Alta., by plane and rail, to visit his aged moth- er, who is ,in ill health at the home of her daughter, au hter Mrs. Frank McCar- thy, Kingsbridge. He spent yester- day and today with her, leaving on the afternoon train for the far North. The round journey covers about 9,000 miles. Mr. Brennan says he frequently sees Tom O'Neil, also of Kingsbridge, has vivid recollections of its stately who is working on the highway near public and business buildings, its uni- him.—Goderich Signal 'Star. Bank Manager Ill We regret to report the illness of Mr. V. M. Bray, manager of the local Branch of the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Mr Bray has been com- pelled to take a three months' rest at his home,' At the present time Mr.. McDou- gall, of Toronto is in charge of the Bank, --Blyth Standard. V Former Hockey Player With Invasion Barges Arnold Doak, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Doak, Keays street, for the past two years a first class stoker in the Royal Canadian Navy, already has had plenty of battle experience, having participated in the invasion of Pantelleria and Sicily and by this time, it may be reasonably presumed of Italy also, as a crew member of an invasion barge. However, the former hockey star has little to say about the "big shows" other than that he was among those Canadian sailors chosen for the job, and had previously train - and I believe old Jerry will be all. washed up in six months," Arnold says soap and cigarettes are beginning to get scarce, in answering a question as to what his needs are. He also would like to get the news- paper from home. He says he is in the best of health, adding the post- script: "On the back of your letters put the words 'Frons Mother,' as I am told they conte faster." In Sicily, the writer says, there are many horses and buggies. The driver sits in front on a high seat and it's fun to ride around. "Of course it's alow compared with ears, but after a while you don't seem to mind." ",Scatty" McDougall in North Africa Sgt. William "Scotty" McDougall, the professional wrestler, writes to his mother from North Africa, where he is serving with the Arany Service Corps, that all is going well. He has one of his sons, William, jr., with him and another., Gordon, is in Eng- land, Incidentally, "Scotty" will soon ed in England, Bermuda, Gibraltar , observe his fiftieth birthday in North and Malta. Several letters under ;Africa, where it is "hotter than Maz- August date lines have been received . es." A veteran of a thousand wrest - and in one to his father and mother, ling matches and of the Battle of after stating that he had not receiv-,Prance in 1940, "Scotty" retains his ed any mail from Canada for three sense of humor. He says he has months, Arnold writes: ,received parcels from two well-latown "Yon have been wondering for, the London sportsmen, Alex Parsons, the past six months where I ani and horseman, and John Labatt. Recently what T have been doing. Well, up to he ,met up with Don 'McMillan, son new I have been unable to write, as 'of 'Dave MoMillan, formerly cif we were not allowed to do so, but a 1 Auburn, --Goderieh Signal Star, few days ago we got word that we V can now tell where we have been, so The r production seeds of ve etab o c of i is:P d g here t "P have been to •Bermuda and les and field roots in Canada has in - Gibraltar, also I have been some time creased at least five times that of pre- in Malta, which is not too bad a place, war years, A program of scientific re - I have •taken part in the invasion of search essential to developing satin- Pantelleria and Sicily. J don't think factory control methods of many seed- the war is going to last much longer bonne diseases is now in progeass.