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The Clinton News Record, 1943-12-30, Page 3THURS., DEC. 30, 1943 THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN THE. CENTURY Some Notes of The News in 1918 THE. CLINTON NEWS RECO DECEMBER 26th, 1918 Among the names of Huron effi ers and soldiers who have reeeiv service badges are the following: Cia .A.—Capt. C. E. Dowding, "Toront formerly of Clinton; W. J. Coates an E. Buller, Clinton; G. E. Robertso Wingham. Class B,—A. J. Chisholm Goderich; G. A. Manning, Brussels W. H. Mason, Blyth. A to meeting of the Black Knigh Preceptory held in Clinton on Pride evening last the following office were elected fo rth eeoming year:.W P. E. Mole; D. P.; T. Managhan; Cha •alin, Rev. W. B. Moultoic; Registrar B. Rathweli; treasurer, P. ('anteion 'secretaries, R. McMurray, W. Falcon er; censors, D. Cantelon. John Noble standard bearers, T. Stinson, M. Han ley; persuivants, T. H. Bell, B. Cox committee,' J, Danford, G. Vander burgh, H. H. Mew, W. Brown, W. J Kenny, L ,Clark, G. W. Sheppard. Clinton citizens were much shock ed on Friday to learn of the death which occurred in London, of Gladys Taylor Manning of London, formerly B. Nelles, and eldest daughter of of W, N. Mannig, of London, formerly of Clinton. Mrs. Nelies, who was but twenty-four years of age, was mar- ried to Major Nelles after his return from the front in November of last year. She is survived by her husband and a little daughter of a couple of months old, also her parents and three sisters, Harriet, Marion and Eleanor. She was the niece of Mr. 11. E. Mann- ing of town. Her illness was only of about a week's duration, pneumonia following' an attack of influenza. The funeral took place from the station on the arrival of the 10.30 train this forenoon of George H. Har- land, who died in Detroit on Tuesday. The late Mr. Harland was for many years a resident of Clinton and will be remembered lay many of our citi-i zens. He was seventy-six year of age and is survived by his wife and a family of three sons and four daught- ers; also Messrs. W. S. and J. T. Har- land of town are brothers of the de- ceased. On Wednesday evening last the death took place in London of Miss Margaret Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Walker of town. The deceased young lady, who was in her twentieth year, was attending Normal. in London when she contracted the influenza. Margaret was a very win- some and lovable girl and her passing is keenly regretted. She was prepar- ing herself for the teaching profes- sion and had already written off couple of her Christmas exams, be- fore she succumbed. To her parents 1 and sisters the blow was especially se- 1 vere and is all the harder to bear be- cause of the fact that but two years ago, on Dee. '9th, her brother, Pte. W. Walker, fell in France. Miss Jean Middleton, who has been P attending Faculty, is now in the Iso- lation hospital, Toronto, owing to a slight attack of scarlet fever. The death occurred "in Galt on s Thursday of John A. Croll, who for many years was a resident of Clinton. He was eighty-one years of age. Mr. Croll was born in Aberdeen, Scot- land, but came to Canada when an in- t font. o An accident occurred just about one o'clock on Tuesday which proved e D rather serious for Mr. George Jen- kins, who recently returned from the west. He was driving into town and as c- lie reaehed the corner something went ed wrong, the car became umnanageable s3' and ran up on the curb in trent. of Hunniford's store, smashing the front d and hand ° wheels on one side. Fortun- n, ately the car was not upset and no , damage was clone to the occupants ex- ; cep -t to give them a jar. t1 THE CLINTON NEW ERA, y I' • DECEMBER 26th, 1918 One day last week while Mrs. Car- ' ter of Orange street was being driven in from his home on the Seaforth ',road'by her son_ they met an auto at which the horse took fright, an,i Juin- ped across the ditch upsetting ..he buggy and throwing Mrs. Carter out oe the hard ground. Her head was pretty badly cut and her shoulder •dis- located. The soldier boys are coming home • on almost every train now. On Fri day evening Harold Biggins, son of Mrs. R. A. Gooier, who had been "over there" almost since the beginning and who was rather seriously wounded some time ago, returned. On Monday from 'London Pte. Carman Hoare, ar- rived. Roy Chowen came on the fore- noon train from Stratford and at six Theo Frennlin"and Robert Fisher an. rived. On the late train on Monday Gordon Howes came home. All these soldiers were welcomed by the citiz- ens and the band. Miss Leila Ford is home from Otta- wa for the Christmas vacation. Mr. W. J. Crooks of Vancouver, B. C„ has been visiting in town and vicinity during the past week. Mr and Mrs, A. V. Quigley were Christmas visitors in Stratford. Mrs. Quigley went down last week and in- tends remaining for a few days after the holiday. THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD with the latter's parents Mr. and Mrs. Alex Morrie. Manalger Sharp of the Molsoils Bank and Mrs. Sharp and little daughter• are with Aylmer relatvies for the big, holiday. Mrs. (Dr.) Donald Ross of Swift Current, arrived on Friday to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O'Neil. When the Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD DECEMBER 24th, 1903 On Tuesday morning• the sad news flashed over the wire from Vancouver B.C. that Charles Cooper, third son of Mrs. W. Cooper and brother of Mr. A. T. Cooper, had died in the hospital of that city, that night previous, From the meagre information to hand it is learned that lie had been ill with appendicitis, that an operation had been performed and that he suc- cumbed shortly afterwards. The body is now .being brought east and is ex- pected to arrive in Clinton .on Mon- day or Tuesday. Ile was thirty-two years of age. The family did not know of his illness so that the news of his death, was, indeed a terrible shock to them. Mrs. ,Elizabeth Washington, who has been a resident of Clinton for over two decades, died on Friday last aged 86 years. Her husband long since predeceased her. Mrs. Washing- - ton was a thorough Christian woman. She had long been connected with the Rattenbury street Methodist church was a active member of the Ladies' Aid, The WCTU., and the WMS. She was the mother of eighteen children, the only ones at home being Ezra and Misses Lizzie and Maggie. The re- mains were taken on Sunday to Dar- lington, near Oshawa, the interment taking place in the old family plot in the cemetry there. Mr. A. J. Holloway has disposed of his tailoring and gent's furnishing business to Mr. J. W. Newcombe, who takes possession in February. On the 14th of February it will be twenty years since Mr. Holloway began to Learn tailoring and lie has continued in the businness ever since. As a cut- ter he is scarcely excelled, He is thinking of taking a trip to the West in the spring. Misses A. Stone and B. F. Ward left Monday for Essex to spend the holi- day season at -the former's home. The machine gun captured from the Germans by Corp. Harry Miner, bro- they of Pte W. J. Miner of town, for which gallant action Corp. Miner was awarded the Victoria Cross, and which was being sent to Clinton by Lt. Col, McFarlane, O.C., of the Battalion to which he belonged, will in all probab- ility go to Chatham instead, where the father lives. Nursing Sister Miss Maude Stirling of Bayfield, who was granted Ieave of absence, received word to report for duty and left on Wednesday of last week for overseas. Mr. H. Fair came up from Toronto Christmas night to join his wife and ittle daughter, who were visiting• the ady's sister, Mrs. W. H. Hellyar, Mr. Fred F. Gilles came up from Toronto on Tuesday to spend Christ- mas with his wife and little daughter, who had been visiting at the lady's arental home, that of" Magistrate and Mips. Andrews. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Phoenix and Maser R. J. were up from ffamilton pending Christmas with the lady's mother and sisters, Mrs. R. J. and the Misses Cluff. Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Cook of Hamilton were Christmas guests at he parental home of the former, that f Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cools, Mr. and Mrs. I. Ratteabury' of Pet= rboro were up spending Christmas Red Cross serum is saving the lives of hundreds of wounded sailors, soldiers and airmen. But thousands of additional blood donors are needed. Give a pint of blood to save a 'life. Call Red Cross Blood Donor, Service. The residence of Mr. Robert Pear- son of the 4th lite, Grey township, was the scene of a pretty event last evening when his daughter Mary E. was united in matrimonial bonds to Mr. A. W. Beacom, son of Mr. David Beacom of Hullett. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Wella of Ethel The groom is well known in Clinton and Goderich township and is very popular. They will take up house- keeping on the groom's farm near Harlock. A team of twenty or thirty lawn bowlers, selected from, the different clubs throughout Ontario wili make a tour of England, Ireland and Scot- land diming June and July next. The trip will last about eight weeks. The Clinton club met Monday evening and decided to submit to the executive the names of W. Jackson and J. Taylor, one of whom will very likely be chos- en a member of the team. Mr. Frank C. Powell left yester- day for Chelmsford, Algoma, where he will spend a few days with his moth- er. He owns property in the vicin- ity of Chelmsford. Mr. J. E. Cantelon attended a gun club shoot at Ailsa Craig last week and won two firsts in three events. A. wounded finger prevented him from winning in every event. Miss Stinson, who left Clinton near- ly two years ago and spent several months with her brothers and sisters in Colorado -and Oregon, was in town this week and left yesterday for Pais- ley, where she intends to make her home. THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS 'Twas the day after Christmas And strewed through the house Were tinsel paper, peanuts and string, Red ribbon and boxes galore; And baby so cross Her stomach was sore, Ma, in her dust cap,— Was sweeping the floor; i Pa in his slippers- Was trying to snore; Brother, with his new sled, Is out on the hill; And sister to her dolly, Is singing quite shrill; I have new skates, All shiny and bright, That Santa Claus brought me Just last night; To -day lie will be so tired, But, Oh, so happy, I know, To have brought as good cheer, And wished us a Prosperous and Happy New Year. Garage Man Injured' John Hoggarth suffered a•fractur- ed vertebra and other injuries while working in his Hamilton street gar- age on Saturday morning last. He had a car suspended and was working at. it while standing in the pit and the. front bumper, which was being held by a chain, broke, letting the car drop on Mr. Hoggarth. He was removed to Alexandra Hospital and returned on Wednesday to his home where he will be confined for some time. His case is being closely watched by the, physieian.—Golerich Signal Star. v PAGE 1 • children and four great grand ren. The funeral will be held F morning at 10 o'clock in St. Ja Roman Catholic Church, with Father Hussey officiating, It ment will be made in St. James' etery.--Seaforth News. V Mr. "Me, Too" King Adopts a Bracken PI • Six weeks after John Bracken nounced at Lethbridge that he f placing a permanent floor price unlet farm products to prevent thein fall- ing to uneconomic levels Prime Min- ister. King has conte thundering down the stretch with the announcement that he, too, favors a price floor for the stain farm commodities, and pro- mises action at the next session !Parliament.` ' In no boastful spirit, but as a s ple statment of fact, Mr. Bra can claim to have blazed the trail a policy which will be of the utm importance to Canadian agricult in future years. The government c trol policies have had the effect placing ceilings on farm products. any time in the last two years King night have said what he s on Saturday night: "If to help the war, the fanners are asked to eept a ceiling on prices, they are titled to a floor under prices to sere them against en agricultural Pression after this war," But no one in the administration said this. It was net until the Progressive Conserva- tive Leader proposed this protection after the war against abnormally depressed pries that Mr. King said "Ile, too."- The Evening Telegram. — V Reforms Under Way For • Ontario Civil Service forming her that he had heard the broadcast and that he was greatly greatly pleased to hear her voice. Mrs. H.S. Hetherington also had a cnbl'e from her husband quoting part of her broadcast message. (Others whom we know have heard from overseas stinting they listened to broadcasts are, Mrs. W.A. McKib- ben from her husband, Major (Dr.) McKibben; Mrs. 'Horace Aitcheson ,from her two sons Douglas and Ayl- mer; Mrs, Percy Harris from her son Bill. Wally Armstrong who announced the broadcast, had an airgraph from Bob Hetherington, stating that it was a great day for him as he heard his wife's: message listened with interest to the' announcing, read four copies of the Advance -Times, also, a letter from Wally. Award of Carter Scholarships Announcement of the award of C ter scholarships in Huron County made this week. The first scholarsh value $100: is awarded to Miss Win Fred Russell of Seaforth Collegi Institute, The second value $60, awarded:' to Robert M. Bisset, of God- erich Collegiate Institute, and the third value $40, to - Miss Wilma M. Hay, of Seaforth Collegiate Insti- tute. These awards made annually, a based on the aggregate standing the candidates on ten papers of t upper school examinations. Robert Bisset, who is the son of M and Mrs. Robert Bisset, St., David street, was also the winner of tl Hugh Innes Strang memorial schola ship ,entitling him to $125 cash an four years' tuition at the Universit of Toronto, where he enrolled at th beginning of the fall term. — God rich Signal Star. ar The recording and broadcast . was �s arranged through the Canadian Leg - 1:1" ion War Services in to -operation with to the Wingham Legion -Wingham Ad- vance -Times. is v Celebrate Golden Wedding On the occasion of their golden wedding, December 27th, Mr. and re Mrs. Henry Allen, North Street, of Wingham; will be at hoine to their hefriends during the evening, between the hours of seven and ten. r• Wingham Advance -Times 's 1e r v Valuable Tree Destroyed Mrs. Stanley Snider, Bayfield roa reports that a fine twenty -foot sprue tree on her property was choppe down one night recently by person who presumably intended to sell it. I was too heavy 'for them to take aw. readily and was left where it fell Last year on Christmas Eve fou trees were taken Mrs. Snider• is natur ally indignant at such acts, and i will not be well with the guilty per SODS if they are discovered. It take a good many years to grow a oven ty-foot spruce tree, but any nilscrean can cut it down in a few minutes. Goderich Signal Star. V— Captain Inkster Passes y Captain James Inkster, one of God- o erich's oldest citizens and a veteran of e- the Great Lakes, died at his home, Elgin ave., Wednesday morning at the age of eight -eight years. — God- erich Signal Star. •V e George A. Sills Passes in 89th Year s t Mr. George A. Sills, one of the ty town's oldest residents, passed away , in his 89th year on Wednesday Morn - ✓ ing after being ill for five and a half weeks, Mr. Sills had been in the hard- t ware business in Seaforth for many - years, was widely known and respect- s ed, and beloved by young and o1d alike - for his kindly manner and thoughtful - t ness, Oldest Citizen has Birthday During the last number of years M T. K. Powell who had his 97th birth- day on Tuesday, always enjoyed meet- ing the Large number who called on Itis birthdays, This year for the first time in his long life he was not able to greet his friends as he is sick in bed. Last Friday he was taken ill and since then has not been well. The hope of the people of this community is that he will regain his strength soon. Mr. Powell has the distinction of being the oldest citizen of Wingham. Each year for some years now it has been our pleasure to tall and have him tell of the days gone by, a touch of local history or a tale of the pioneer days when this part of the country was mainly bushland. We missed this chat this year, as many others did, but like the others we hope for his speedy recovery. It is not the lot of many to have a 97th birthday but Mr. Powell took his years in his stride until he went to bed on Friday. His main interest this summer was the Victory Garden which he looked after 'with great care. Anyone who saw the results of his efforts would marvel that a man of his years could do so well or be so interested, -- Wingham Advance Times. Joined Active Forces Mr, Sills was born in Brucefield in 1865 and came to Seaforth wheel 12 years old, entering the employ of Johnson Bros., as a clerk. His busi- ness capability soon became apparent r and in five years he was doing the buying for the firm. After 22 years Mr. Sills severed his connection with Johnson Bros., and started a hardware store of his own, in company with Mr. Murdie. For many years he conduct- ed a prosperous business under the name of George A. Sills & Sons, which has been continued by his son Frank since his retirement eight years ago. Mr, Sills joined the local fire bri- gade in 1875 when 20 years of age, and rose from horse man to chief. He was the last survivor of the original members of the Seaforth fire brigade. He took part in the firemen's rases and competitions, Mr. George Murray and he being considered the best coup- lers in the county, the fire team in which they contested holding the re- cord for Ontario. Ho' also held a per- sonal medal for breaking hose and. the putting on branch in 8 3-5 seconds, the time of which has never been ri beaten in Ontario. Mr. SiIIs helped to to fight the great fire of 1878, when the too principal part of Main street, on both sides was destroyed, In those days they had only the old hand pump and hose reel, which was ma drawn to the fires by a horse, the first horse arriving at the hall getting a ties bonus, which created keen competi- 1'1111 tion. There were big tanks built, from l Olt which the hand pumps drew their sup stat ply of water. When the tanks gave out they went obliged to resort to buck- was ets. The fire of 1876 burned itself out to the supply of water being entirely in- the adequate. raga Mr. Sills had always taken a keen ; Que interest in sports and in everything Tail that concerned the welfare of the town !vine He was a member of the Council for an titre yeras and was in line for the ved. mayorship in 1900 but he declined, He Pr was a member of the Seaforth Colleg- mit iate Board for a number of years. He ered also continued to take an active in- terest in the fire brigade, which he was the esteemed efficient treasurer Pr for many years. Mr. Sills was married in 1880 to Mary Allen Armstrong, who passed away eight years ago. Four children servile: Frank of Seatforth, Mrs. Reynolds (Mona) of Toronto, Charles ostmaster of. Seaforth and Joseph f Baltimore; Md., One sister lives in leveland, the last survivor of a fem- ly of eleven. There are, fifteen rand- star Alvin. IC. Stacey, • son of Mr. and, Mrs. Jack Stacey of Town, recently enlisted in the Active Forces at Lon -1 don. Prior to his enlistment at Lon- don Alvin was a member of the 99th 1 (Res.) Battery here. —Wingham Advance Times. Wingham Voices Were Heard Over the BBC On October 20th a number of mothers and wives of soldiers and airmen, who are overseas from this community, •went to London, Ontario, and the Free Press Radio station' made a recording . of their mesages,! This reeord was sent to Ottawa and there a transcription was made and sent overseas. The list of those broadcasting was published at that p time. Last week Mrs. Tom Wilson o (Lauraine Miller) of St. Helens re- C ceived a cable from her husband in- i child. I teak's London offices which have >een closed since depression -ridden riday 198.3. This week he hoped to close nes the deal for quarters; he was look - Rev. ing into staffing them. and getting stere the staff started on their job: 1) to Cern. find post war British markets for Ontario. produce; 2) to persuade Bri.. tisk capital to open industries and branch offices in Ontario. Working more like' an ,astute vice- president than a high-pressure sales ank man, Premier Drew went right to' the top for his business.' He talked with; an- 'members of the powerful Federation avors 1l of .British Industries and- with Chum. chill's friend -and` aide, shock -haired Information Minister Brendan Brac- ken. He also found time to talk with groups of Canadian 'soldiers, especial: ly men from Ontario (one-third of Canada's forces in .Britain) of This week his schedule called for Italks with Lords Woolton and Bea- ,verbrook on Britain's postwar plans, 1117- a conference with Foreign Secretary eken, 'Anthony Eden, 'a visit to the bomber on ost ere on - of At Mr. aid win rte- m- ill- de -- Rational reforms in the Ontario Ci- vil Service to improve the status of Government employees and remove them from clanger of political influ- ence will be adopted by Order -in - council at Queen's Park shortly. Labor Minister Charles Daley ha drafted a plan of reform that is base on sound "business practice in th treatment of employees. It is four fold: first to create Civil Service ex amina.tions for junior appointments second to bring about automatic sat ary increases throughout the service third to remove political influence t a large degree and vest more author ity in the hands of the Civil Seevic Commissioner; and fourth to improv the position of civil servants on tit temporary payroll by advancing them to the permanent service after a stip- ulated period. The reforms will conform with pre election pledges made by the Ontario Progressive Conservative party and reiterated by Premier George Drew since taking office, V--• Proper Horne Life Cure For Juvenile Delinquency Pointing out that juvenile delin- ctn eey has increased over 100% in some Canadian cities during the past two years, Labor Minister Charles Daley of Ontario in an address in Toronto said that a proper home life must be afforded all children hi this province, "To many children are perritte,:i to run wild," he said, "In many cases both the fathers and mothers are away from home and there is no par- tial guidance. The youngsters roa streets to all hears of the night.' The Labor Minister was of the op- en that sten and women who drink much should have the Indian at put on them. "I don't know whether they do that nowadays but then and women who spend all their time long- ing around beverage rooms should be de subject to stricter control," fr. Daly warned Ottawa authort- that if the Federal Government s to bring in a national labor code, tufo will have to deal with the sit- lon itself, Only one Province out of the nine opposed to a national labor code include all industry," lm said. "At Ottawa conference Quebec spoke inst it. , I can understand why bes does not want a code to cover industry. Quebec is a low cost Pro.. e, and they feel that• they have advantage which should be preset - But Ontario is a big industrial Pre and we are not going to per- eur standard of living to be low - if we can help it." • V emier Drew in London command and to RCAF squadrons. When -he finds_ time to g!et there, the travelling Premier's headquarters are at Room 556 in London's swank Savoy. There he makes a•point of.t et talking on the record about Canada's internal politics ea external policies. But he makes no secret of his belief tiiitt the Dominions should get togeth- er with the Mother Country and de- cide basic Empire policies, particular- ly on postwar. aviation. Said he last week: `I feel sure that it will net only be to the advantage of the Brit- isit Empire but also to U. S. if these basic agreements are settled in ad- vance , . ," This week he is scheduled to put these views before Britain's Parlia- ment. Both Houses plan to pay visit. ing Premier Drew a supreme compli- ment: They will convene in joint ses- sion to hear hint out on 'Empire Rela- tions.' " V Care Sheep Flock When Winter Comes With the first fall of snow, the shepherd should have in mind the e gradual changing of the flock from e open or field grazing to that of fold and house feeding. Such a change _ should be made gradually as extreme changes in feeding are most upsett- ing to the general condition of the flock, says J. A. Telfer in charge of • Sheep Production, Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture. In the overnight e' sheltering of the flock during late e fail and early winter while the flock e is still en pasture in daytime a light feed of legume roughage and an equally light feed of eoncentrate "should he provided, As the flock grad- ually leaves the outdoor feeding for that of winter the amount of indoor ration may be increased. Keeping in mind the production of strong, healthy lambs every effort !should be made not only to keep up :the body weight of the flock but it possible gradually to increase such weight. The ewes at lambing time should be in prime condition of flesh. Feed for ewe flock in winter may consist of good quality legume hay,, clean pea straw, bean straw, a light 'Wien of sweet corn ensilage. "Cau- tion should be exercised in feeding ensilage." Sour or frozen ensilage. may produce serious results. The iainount of roughage necessary woulf. ,vary from 2 to 3 lbs per head. ,Roots may be added to the ration at about six weeks previous to parturition,. Root feeding should be gradual begin- ning with one-half pound and increa— nr sing' to not more than one and one. half or two pounds or in accordance. with the weight or body size of the. !sheep. Concentrates may be fed light- ly at the beginning of the winter season increasing the amount up to one and one-half pounds daily per ihead, In winter time exercise of the flock becomes an important factor in heal- thy lamb production. Exercise may be provided by several methods. The roots may be fed whole in clean well - bedded pens and the roughage in the forst of legumes may be laid out on clean snow some distance from the sheep shelter. Such methods in feed- ing will provide exercise for the flock and should contribute to the birth of strong virile lambs. The ewe flock in winter should not be pampered. It should live as nearly as possible to natural habits or under outdoor con- ditions. V As Reported by "Time" "Time" magazine in its new Cana. dian News Section features Premier George Drew of Ontario, in London, to drum up postwar business for the Dominion's most industrialized prov- ince. "Handsome George Drew got well g ted on his first job; to reopen On - FERTILIZER STORAGE' With reference to the appeal to bar - mors to order and accept delivery of fertilizers now, the ideal place for the storage of fertilizer;, should be dry and not have any vegetables or live stock under the same roof. The fertil- izer should be placed in a neat pile 011 planks clear of the floor and away from the walls. The reason for the neat pile is that it may be easily covered with straw chaff, .or other dry material that will also exclude, Air.