The Clinton News Record, 1940-09-26, Page 4THURS., SEPT. 26, 1940
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WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Uo Yo
Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Ord. Century?
SEPTEMBER 27 1900 - on Mondaye Handing the freight
The Gov. Gen, has; prockfainizct oondeetor his orders es the ,train
Oct. lth, as Thanksgiving Day. This moved, his hand was caught, swing-
date is much more acceptable than ing him around, then against a car
one in November, which •'is a drearyote the opposite track and finally
month, allowing more out of doors under a truck of the moving train.
pleasure. I Bad head cuts and ,back injuries re -
M_. W. M. Lowery, assistant to suited, Dr. Gunn gave medical att.-
Dr. Fowler, was severely kicked by ention and injured man conveyed to
a colt yesterday, lately purchased , Waverly House.
by J. B. Hoover, Nasty cuts on. fore --j While. Robert Cochrane of Staple -
head aud, hose required medical care, ' ton was driving a milk wagon on
Grain is flowing into Clinton these Tuesday, he jumped as it was about
days, coming. from .long distances. to upset and the horse fell on him,
Buyers are paying 05 cents a bus. • inflicting severe injuries.
here, while outer pians, are only 63 While Eddie Sheppard was hitch -
cents. The market difference is ing up W. T. O'Neils delivery horse
bringing results.. on Monday,
thc aumi 1 ran
'away
on-
Fall wheat is making a very poor ly half hitched, E
ldle eli r(
aboard
showing owing to diy. weather, and hanging ou t., tir lines, :finally atop -
many farmers' are drawing water. ping the horse, much to the delight
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. • Elliott •are - of, Spectators.
leaving their farm in Goderich and ; Mr. C. Wilson has recited the
moving into Clinton : American Hotel at Brucefield atul'
The war is almost ended, and the • will take possession shortly. Notb-
Boers are destroying their ,^,runs and ins;'.i; more certain than Charlie will
fleeing into Portugise • territory, treat Inc patrons well.
while others surrender: 500 of the Yes the bicycle is O,IC. if it ie used
first Canadian contingent are return-, to take you to cburch, boys, ani:me-
ing borne to take their discharge. aided the riders do Lot pct beniglt
Mr. and A'Irs. Thos. McNeil return- ed.
eel from their honey moon on Satur- It is fast becoming the custom for
day young ladies when fatigued with
Among those" who left Clinton bieyrle titling, to dismount and wait
station to attend -the Canservative for the fast unmarried man to coin
Demonstration at Stratford on Sat- along, putting • the vetncipcdes in
urday, were, John Perkins. Have.' the •back and rifling with the driver.
Baker, A. Porter, D. Cantclon, P.
• Cantclon, and Dr. Blackall. The
gathering tvae a big success in point '`v hen The Present Ciro uk ,
of numbers and enthusiasm. The
Grand OM Man was in fine form, W€iS fc O1llt Y
winning the heart of all that he SEPTEMBER 30, 1915
came into" contact with. Mr. George Ladd who has been en
Miss Ba, her Of 1, recto ie the the employ of the G.T.R. for forty
Captain 1TeT logait and Mr. Jaen-
es
ane
es alc7Iurcliu of Myth are in New
TWENTY YEARS HOMESTEADING
`nl•
though I was getting to know my
neighbors.
When I had lived in Norbury 18
months my fdrst daughter was 'born.
The railway had not been put
though but, despite the difficulties
of travel, I insisted on medical care.
In the bitter cold of Decembei, we
made the 53 -mile journey to the
S-hellbrook nursing home. After two
weeks list the home, we returned as
we had come, by sleigh. The trip
left me sick and 'exhausted, For
several weeks I was tools weak to
even ,muse my 'child, who Iiad en-
dured the journey better than I had.
My husband took care of hoc, nursed
me and performed his usual •tasks
at the farm.
When, in 1928, rinarriecl and went As I lay in the cabin, I' began to
to live an a homestead in the dist- •
fool that this agony which I'. had
riet,lI still was a stranger in 'a newundergone was unnecessary and
cruel in a modern civilized land. In
BY MRS. DORISE W. NIELSEN,
CANADA'S ONLY WOMAN
MEMBER OF FEDERAL
PARLIAMENT
From the Toronto Star Weekly
August 31, 1940
When I first came to Canada, I
came as a school -teacher sent by the
Fellowship of the Maple, , an Angli-
can society which still sends English
girls out to Canadian settlements. I
knew little about Canada and felt lost
and inexperienced, until I settled
down to teach in the country district
of Norbury, 22 miles from the village
of Rabbit Lake in northern Saskat-
chewan.
land and not very well =ninetieth,
As a bachelor, my husband bad hrolc-
en up' some of the 230 -acre farma.
built a one -room log shack and be-.
sun to fnrnt in a modest way. Wo.
had . the future before us and we
felt that soon things would improve, 'I should have boon a healthier worn
u
alth h at the moment our actual
0
g an :for it. It was dnrin those first
were poor. We had our
g
conditions 1 few years of my mat'rieci life that
l^ucl and our., wheat -and a few bogs; I was made aware of t h e heart -
we had health and hope. breaking difficulties women had to
I should like to give a brief :thetelt face in far-flung communities like
of the locality I cane to as a bride ours, difficulties all the more tragic
from Saskatoon. It is a tiny settle- because they were needless. Mang
Mont, northwest of Prince Albert. woven suffered fax more than I had.
At Rabbit Lake, 22 utiles away, we I heard of eases where children were
could obtain a few commodities at I horn at home, without any nssistenee
the general store. For large orders or care, and mothers suffered die -
and a wider variety of gonds we had a.-t:•o' e ennsoefamees.
to send to• one of the mail oder It is tela=., of cnm•sa, th t the
houses. The nearest approach to a I pioneer had endured the same trial.: might almost say, rnconscionely--1
hospital was a Red Cross outpost 1 and seemed the stron ,er fee it. Eat he an to understand roiwthing of
hospital at Rabbit Lake or a news- 1 the pioneer ago in Cana:le, T thought, world trends and movement and
ing 110010 i11 S11011brook, 53 miles i had passed. In 1929 Canada was an saw that even in my c,:rn, Cie
away. For miles and miles There 1 expanding nation, economically, and world I was affected incvilehly by
wee nothire ir eiebt but the bleb I had finished the primitive stages tr these trends.
end 'z..ali ole t i c e of the farmer.;, 1 its history. There should have been
181 the &i:reech o: deist or mad we I no need for its inhabitant: to suffer
called a road. I aid. We mere not trying to through this paG;-ign rte lute est ;n
be ainwenrt pine,,,,,,,,. we w +ar-
My husband, like mem, others, had „ books. The more'I read, the mote I
mens, firhtrn , for n u exp -t. tee s.
forced the soil to give bpm a using., best we could, and farming, even felt that it was not right Tor an M -
r
t'
1"- , 1I 11 la; c• 011 corm, dividual to be only interested in his
cabin to which he brought'Ine. which ' with the best modern egnipntctit mei
scientific aids, is still a long, wcari-
own destiny; that it was not enough
1 emceedea in °dethrete woman-:• b, In orde1' to live full rive; for a woman to be so engrossed in
the twentieth century, -no woman
should have to face the senseless.
physical rigors which Iliad suffered.
In' Saskatchewan, not so many miles
away, my lying-in would have been
made a thourand times easierr and
year because there was no doctor
near enough to help, them and no
medical centre they could attend.
Those lives are gone which could
have enriched the life of the country
if a little money had been spent in
erecting some kind of accessible
hospital and providing some kind eta
health education.
That winter I returned to Enlar.d
with my little daughter to visit my
family' here, Away from the 'farm,
I recovered in physical health. At
the same time, I could not help com-
paring English life with life as I knew it in Canada. I saw that, for
all our hardships, life in Canada
offered more freedom. Strong winds
were blowinc• u;s toward an great
futene there, "while iri England that
era had passed; windowsbadbeen
closed, so to speak, against ttindc
-which world disturb the' country n: .
any way at all. T came back in talc
spring belie ung that life he eve=
essentially fine, if we were given the
opportunity we needed, We could
give much to the country if we were
allowed to and were noL simply made
to perish in the wilderness.
When I returned to Sasketch ,: l:1
in June, the depression had struck.
It settled over the prairie province;
like a never-ending dust -storm. My
second daughter was born.
Studied World Trends
Our financial hardships were in-
creasing, yet I was happier. T di:l
not feel so epirituallly isolated. I hail
heard of the wheat pool library and
began to make use of it. I had their
catalogue and received 'books regu-
Iargly. Little by little I became in-
terested in books on current pima -
1 ems a;1.1 lete,natint:ai affairs.
Through my reading and my own
experience, imperceptibly — one
The. berirrrs hotw,:e+n nee rel It
bore and myself were not keret-eel
,some�o a
foreman and for sixteen years at
r 41) ' 1' . i hod been incx- a5 individual; and in order to aid to her children and her hone as to
guest of Mies Foote. three years twenty five years as fashion Vest I could with curtain:,
as
1 the riche, of our e mntrv, eve need- have no time for larger interests.
I3
Yorl
olmesville, is now retiring en a Pectens(] as a tea^}ter hecanse, al- o Bettitr a good thou la an' 1 and n
,,i] t},e +'t t'ltar a; of the twon-
ensiou anti has purcUnsed a corn- though I had taught three years in ; . , t„ good mother WIT, eel:i :lent to being
p , tittle cenit.ly. Not haviee t ..•1 t.
The recent. 11 11 glues ]true e trip- fortable residence or .10 opin street. i the larri'e sdlools of. Landon int a ftc': d tvnn,an in •1 .y emnamm�ity. I
s1a£fered, and our cotnit.y surf, rc,i.
Ped the fruit frets, incl the woodland Mr, Ladd's successor on the •
railwt', 1:oa'. 5' 1 1,l•�,14 im on -on 1'tti eo11n{r'v .l,) diel not make nnlllel, cried asst fel otla. criteria,niel con- ,
leave tee turning, ) 1 ] been echonl of Norlamv were so different ' —
uncia( ntly, wee more than ever :spout.
We had, now, two rooms to our
shack, a bedroom having been added.
I was like all the other •fa' n, wmr, n,
is
Mr. Jahn Gnc more tv to las l'"'"' baittgs it was senseless.
A special nneeting: of the council in Caledonia fax the past five year: As the wife of a homeetealer in tbe' Some it' made rebellions; others
was held to consider a second petit and who is plcaeed to return to the weetcrn evilelerness, I I.a,1 r, ver rr;' nk into n;latthv.
8011 of property owners on Huron , old home station, where he will be knowledge. I Itac1 never kn t1 z r t c ll 1
street, a king that the new side welcomed by his old friend::. about the arts o£ hon ekrc lir .t. Loneliness Can Be Terrible busy keeping my hone clean, cltrr:n-
waik,be placed inside the trees. Ar- Mr. J. E. Sweets of Winpham and Now, to keep my' hushan,: en•1 real•- ing in the old-fashioned, l,0ho1 ions
ran:":nonts haul been made to put it Proprietor of the Rucen'e Hotel, self alive, I bad to 101111 to reek
Cie, c"f, 1 h:v^ seal, from all
my former contacts, and tied all the fashion, washing, sewing, etc. The
0085'ide eloor to the road, but wishes passed awayat his home after a on a wood -stove. We must have, haci fur walls no ]otter crustnrd ani; r,,r,;n•
of these 1 P1ng to pay the costs, on illness caused by heart trouble. constitutions of iron to have sut�-ir- more to the farm with my new ha1,y
g i I vank for while into a strange I peel a busy life. keimin c honer and
were. ;emptied with IIe was a son of Mr. George Swarts ed those early menthe of my conk- raising my chikb en and, at the same
Mate. Loneliness can be a terrible
Mr. John, Pinning, a reeidenee of of town. ing! I did learn, because I had to, ; ' " time, pulsuinJs my 'ntrre t<. 1 In01.
Clinton for marry years, died on 51111- and I leat•necl, too, something
nhnn[. = thing its the country, 1 had been
The Raihva Comntiesior;rr_ were r r 1coli• hr lana nl-! head to cities and le accustomed to to gardening, e'11111,1 "1edrgro'win2
day. He had been III for sone time, Y fa ming and r i, t flame:, red I let R
e to• mega' 1 1 v,7 111.Jr, here Tuesday to decide a ca• a of int- though I never 1helpect el to-is1, +?1.- 1 many' other pe0ple areutd me — en.nnitn - and presrtning,
and an nn .a{ t p
1 'n uses a woodworks:: t and crest to Myth telephone li.,es, Vice- hoose, I cr m cl m-tlllr; in th t xrt:=, hent: a t 181v gi•aadin" nntn • lly merle. mo
Mr. Pinning dose -parked. At lino end of twa hmv mach the 1 r 831 e1,:.,1„;,;,':,*;.:,;',!.,:.
i i - •, 7.aus u:, ,t, et t r;tr ,'1 { :.,.,rcon.
his at,'p nlr1 r ?It kt•,0 i,,, paid Chairman announced the decision I want' to '''i''''1•!':rs nts with neigh- a
would be reserved, Hoping For The Railway ! ,rears of marriage T :till wag nott l,as Utou slit th .iu r.t r t ::t T arlrr . this t , c• u0ult nit ..i' rlrune
respect te. his memory by joining fors 0110 dropped n. Perhaps the used Perna
the hill n y h sbanres o,. 9'age !.7 "n ..n c :Leek l Ye:,' and Mother, cret a] txca by
the cortege. Although I was cut off from alt the form. �iltile b httsbaucl was Wren thought, it: 0atlter pia lii"g of a o£ xoinr, ::.:t '1' 1 ;.., t •:at:tt ., j this would say, "Milli.: will .;., huhu'
Mr, 11(1 Ror,ecI of the G.T.R. staff the civilization I had knntvtn, and the y ther0 woman to jean in their eon '
out in the fields, T used to sit in + '-i...::114'); '',*.v -
about the work there i� tontorrotv.'
met with an accident at the ..station acquaintances I had made, except for vensation. They may have tinought
that one bare room feeling that to be gene; and I find that quite easy "IIm'plr," cants lathera. reply, "1:
desultory correspondence, hoer fora that I was tryintg to attract them
those walls were crowding in upon to do, anti theft stepping into the: car never (•0111( .,tante that husband of
new and strong communication' with in a none inn subtle v:ay. I1' sus. I
ole, Tessin * down to Smother mo and zipu,n alar;; t: tvn!crr you let,,. her.
other parts of Canada was kept aliveam �orry I could nee indicate t1
vogiewszonter
Tf1BIi New
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aree r to .ere: tr:'i1 ...:?_....'.aTi'•^.�•c is no
lee ice,
Hera i. Priv ` t ',ray to rt' sl 0 sere el -ay to
stere. Ana -rear: , 14„ 1•, tae, 3 e -a not giving your
nioleey, but 1.'nt?in, t. and at a n1. 1 .. f+ to eTenteself:
a full 25Ili 7 , e ...'1! . s ,...,,It the. - _ i for this
neer e;:lcial War ` ; iii ,o P8 arrives, use
itKilt) e ti. 1 r. li.clt;,ti n.1 ?le;l ess are avail-
able at your bank cr fror:o y. (r isell War Savings Com-
mittee. Sign up /tow!
Xga .i ` wr`!•3 Kir �" t � •" . c T. F; .`z7 r, (�C
V-,1',rgr om, r S.,g ,. o Cn._ 9 {'.i c tly1 Lo ',n'i g �q1 5,, _ p •5
i`J7;J � R3 sx9 t37a 1."7' uta tti�, 1� � � `:_. J ..,. c:4 th x+.e c.. r.:, C.s 1.4.Ci ty C.i a,
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lay harry .1. i:1:;:.• with the eeend -t 11' e ,
.__._- over on the feast vel ide .,•1 i1
Uui:eel AWAY' clock changing gears r a 4'110- 10
-- the bony nee Th, 31 1I 13-3 ••1,1.
Modern folk 1,u 1 t a)1) . add, ill ., c.. -u.,1 :errs of wee, she
The dog ,poisoner has c r =. to wank
again; J. B. Rumball teeing his
e: tat Dane for which he recently
mfrs:.] forty dollars. Feeling is
honing quite high.
1lre. D. B. Kennedy returned last
week from `� ,nglam where she has
14,11 engaged as professional nurse.
Mr. Harty Twitchell returned
home Friday after a visit of a couple
of menthe with friends at Edmonton
and Calgary.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Gillies and
baby daughter of Waterloo, were
guests over the weekend with the
lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs, S..1,
Anth ows.
Mr, Joe Ratenbery has so fax re-
covered from his operation that he
is able to attend to business again.
Mr. and Mrs. John Schoenhals,
Eddie and an:tees Olive and Frieda,
mote -rod to Bcclin Friday, returning
Sunday.
Mr. Manly Shipley, son of Mr. end
Mee. George Shipley, went to Toron-
to on Monday to begin his University
Course to prepare for the metrical
1,10 fes ,ion.
1I:. .Tames Southcombe has been
vele. 111 during the past week with
Typhoid.
Miss McTavish was a recent Sea -
forth visitor for a few clays.
10.00 a.nt.—Sunday School. Before PoliceMagistrate Andrews,
11 a.m.—Divine Worship
9.30 am. Tm•ner's Church Ser-
vice and Sunday School
'7 p.nt. Evening Worship
WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED
CHURCH DIRECTORY
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor
2,00 pen.—Sunday School
7 p.m.—Evening Worship
The Young People meet each
Monday evening eit 8 pen.
ST. PAUL'S'CHURCH
Rev. A. R. ,O'Neil, ILA., 13.D.
'10.00 a.m Sunday. School.
11 a.m. Morning Prayer.
7 p.m.—'Evening Prayer,
THE SALVATION ARMY
Lieut. Maclean
11 nem—Worship Service
8 p.m.—Sunday School
7 p.m.—Evening \i?orahip
ONTARIO S'.CREE'.r UNITED
Rev. G. G. Burton, al.A., B.D.
Rev. Andrew Lane, B.A.,.B.D.
11 a.m.-Divine Worship
'7 p.ni.-F•vening Worship.
Sunday School at conclusion of
morning service.
foul, different convictions were re-
colelo l for vitiations of th Canada
Temperance Act. Beer shipped by
Heather's Brewery, to a fictitious
name was rushed by car and hidden
in'various barns.
Mise Edith Irode:ens of Toronto,
fo',nerly of town has been seriously
ill with nervous trouble.
Mr, IlarveY Reid left of Monday
fax Toronto to resume his studies at
the College of Dentistry.
Mi. William Foote of hear Bruce -
PRESBYTERIAN 'CHURCH ield is seriously ill at his hone.
Mr. John Irwin, eldest son 0f the
late Richard Irwin, Clinton, and a
divisional superintendent of. • the
C.N.R. in Manitoba has been promot-
ed to the, superintendency of the
Rosedale Division,.headquarters in
Toronto.
Sunday afternoon De. Annabel
McEwen gave an address to' Pres-
byterian Sunday School of Rally
Day. Her subject of "Some qualities
of a good Soldier," was much enjoy-
ed by a.large.and interested audience
Tuesday '° evening. Mr. W. T. O'Neil
Sunday School 10 a.m.
1 Worship. Service 11 a.m,
3 pen. Worship Service at Bayfield
2 p.m.—Sunday School, Bayfield.
CLINTON MISSION"
W. J. Cowherd, Supt.
Services:
I Monday 8 p.m..Young People
jThursday 8. p.m.. Prayer•Meeting
Sundays
11 am. Prophetic Studies'
p t
bytlte persistent rumor that a rail -1.171v mind was suffocating. Tn that Putt t„ 1' ,.ire.
nightmare tem I knew I had to
• Mather. quick to e, i s t a� t t a
I washtm •er for knowledge. age tt0utd e11pilr t ,pen r .t fl t,.
way was going
to be put through. i t Although the railway hal been put But, ,:11.. hack in il.e ,t el ,1.-i0 I "dlr i." r t. lyse .. t',i:. time?. .:.1 :,, a
flue] some interest canekly or lose ,
We fed on thatr rumor. whenn kept rail- i 'beetl01 our hones hard not soared '1rs:: a Ur;y. 188t,tl:c p .,, o of rr1'
ing each other that the rail- I what sanity was left to mo. pr 141`17O sort 131' a 1y'. '11:-31:1131 t, "I
and our condition had not unproved , ••• r the t • ii, r,v(t• :.� (liau°;- haven't seen :11,11.0 r'''•..r._ 7•1•'"
way was put through. things would It was natural for me to turn to Wheat was falling steadily alt price !1•. 11. is .•. It :vaa• Duty ., matter
reading. It was the easiest thin u0tt.'
be Vetter. New camlmmitics tved,t � t 1
thine
n•
the et•tndarcd of living svgs stn i of c:•:ht surto, .. , lout. m t m:r days
•
spring up. There 'would be stores ' for one to do, except that books— dining. AIy 11n, Unml'•; h^alta 1'n'1
to go to, and things to buy and we good books—were scarce. I have become perm ami we u'ery un111 1 to
would have money to trey them with, ! menioneci before that I came to know berry on. erm to 1 our own 1111011
because the eailevav F'ould carry oue i me• ilritihhnre, although we had not We en the our farmland of nee,
reheat to great markets. Wo could touch time for festivities. Bat there , e l e. We told out' tnachlevey. And
make enough profit on our grain to I were barriers between myn neighbor. the managed to exist.
ensure our secui ity. incl me. Nov and then tlt0 e w.
picnics or dances and at first I need About this time, the C.C.F. was a
that was e,:n4idered quit.( a • t`'`ta,ce. Nothing' n101•e was said about it.
c; 1114uu 4 411.1)) eneh but .eve heard voice, 1(11,.•1' we went
day, ,uta 71r_it, env sfte:nooit, shut• to bed and Ismeei ti'a7 de'u'ce v:as
idling up the Ianeway pe1,t::ing tile' per;tu111inag Father. against tris deep-
content;; of t.ho letter. ('01114) to (ha , rooted hatted cf h.tvi.rg to get dress-
houac, the let l,:' • WI,? 1. ,, • 1'1•.' I ed up. 'Vhea the came nip to tuck tis
apron melee, and n•t mama.)r iu r- ' m, she would say, "Better get a good
;ea:;ou wee vile to n..... '.1,•; ;eel sleep because yettr farther is taking
But no rail was lard that year' to go in groat excitement, with a r'otvin.g n011110al force in the land.
and that August the entire crap of what was in it, tie over to Grandmother's tontorrotv."
g p muse sliest sanicthiurs might happen I knew little about it, but ;..,on r ,t+c would hand We usually laid a','.si half the eight
sulcal froze. We were unconsciously to break clown my isolation, but I 1. emea, arc] I found its policies well. At' ,1111ll tin plates first, and urge thinking about it, but always maneg-
our troubles. We had no honey but alway, returned home resentful and
frustrated;
the scraped along, raising a few the more so since I diel
1 1' not know why, •
suited to the ]province 1 lived in. As
my interest in reading grew, I felt
hogs living. o hope and the
ecce 1t that there might be other women
We
ooerby who w0ulrl also b. interested, 'tVe got at the store. I still felt cut At these gatherings, the menrt, she would gently say . . �. Everything seemed to fro wrong.
This emphasis on books may 500111 "T hada letter from Mottles today." That was the morning the brindle
off, "at the back df beyotcl," al- farmed one group, the women an. exaggerated to man of you who
other. "Each spent the evening dis_ Y Y , ll'a: tcruLl r?1 In i; ur, filled with at- : rely kicked the Hulk ;tor,] away from
p g have always been able to read tvhcn.
teutirn but father twouldenty "Halm" the ]scall of the luru,,hold. The- rat
n l nr.::117 •
strain et -other career :,
of al rya eemed` to ewe that n{_ •ht for
tea through his mnu.,taedlc, upsetting a pan of milk in the mills
There would he a dead p.;uve house. Thu calves anti t :ammo(' to
break out and get its tit -ardent ...
and 11111' bell,gereat Ileikehite spent
him r (nice n little nom- of till+ :Holt ed to be up at tom'-tlni'•te. the nest
at lithe more of thai.aud, as he ladled.: morning as Father started out to
m,;:'leful- of his favorite , do •the theme,
cussing topics of interest to thein
c ejoyed by the Girl's Club. agriculture -and machines, o• recipe,
London Road, 19155 and babies. They were cordial, kind
The London Road Patriotic Society people; did, their best to make the
feel at hone, but they accepted the
has been re -organizer.] into a U. F. \J. customary outlook of their existence
you wish and Jiro to moving -pictures,
lectures end clubs to broaden your
ranine of thought. but remember that
I bad atone of -these.
Well, I started a reading comm.
O. with the followingofficers elected: Tt was small, _hut enthusiastic, Mem- haps 1 could be a sort of alarm eloelc. {;,;, right in t ', o.i t i,.0 chicken
and I could not. I felt that it was hers travelled four or fiv> miles to It was morally wrong for me note : plea]; in the oieharci :not chasing the
I7re iclettt Airs, Geo. Layton, vice- wrong that these men and women did a meeting although their menfolk
pros. Mos. Geo. Hanley, Secretary- not have a common meetingground £ g to sit back and do nothing. Any chickens halt to death.
laughed at them and some of their ability I had I had to make use of By the time it there around to
Treasurer Mrs. W. Stiviubank. Srol-j and that the women had nothing to feminine neighbors declared it was to help in the improvement of mn'1 y squteezFather into a stiff collar,
lowing is the years report: talk about but cooking arid children.
Receipts ' outrageous. They thought it a crime own life and that of those around he was lad -faced in a noisy sort of
Stanley Council ....3230.00
Tuckersimth Council 200.00
Rag and Paper .. , . 16.40
Picture Sale 10.50
L. R. League 25.00 Therefore; my only solace was in
Fees . 167.00 books and I read everything I could
Total Receipts 3648,90 find,
. Expenses When my second baby was born,
Yarn , 3350.00 the rail haci at last been paid and
Quilt, Pillow Material 5.'50 my journey was easier. When he
Hospital Supplies. 59.02 1 was six Ill 0nt115 old, an epidemic of
Freech Relief .. • 15.00 I dysentery set in. It swept through
Clinton Hospital 25.00 each faint and finally cause to ours.
Total Expenses ...... ..... 11454.52 My little boy fell sick one evening•.
I watched ever him all night and
Balance $194.38 roused my Husband early. I -'told
Shipments -made clueing the year:. hint to hurry to• the nearest doctor,
Overseas -289 pair socks; Siberian 22 miles away, but even as I toles
Relief -59 nightgowns, 50 petticoats, him holy ill the baby was the child
12 pair underwear, 1 quilt for Hos- diet] in my arms,
pital supplies, 26 Hospital towels, 20 It tools me some time' to recover
trench. towels, 22 sheets, 23 1101 water from his (teeth. Even after the per-
m. SundaySchool. acted as auctioneer :for the sale of bags, 59 pillow, cases; Goderich she]- sot al grief had abated, I was still
2 p' ter -1 uilt 4 t blankets, 4
3 p.m. Fellowship Meeting boxes which contained many good H p pillows,]sarin with anger that such things
8 p.m. Evangelistic Service. things, and the evening was mach and 2( lb. yarn for. Units. C.D. and F. could happen. Children died that
.Even in talking about babies, I dif-
fered froth the rest, because I want -
I ed to discs 8s scientific child welfare
and they felt that babies just natur-
ally grew. -
to waste, time which could bo better
utilized in the house. This group
was a' now idea being put into real-
ity. But we tested it and it grew.
In 1935, I was mature enough for later, I was elected to the local
nee. way. We generally managed to keep
Enters Political Life out of his way. His parting shot, as
he went to 1111011 the team of drivers
In 1935, I had a son. A little up, was, "Why don't your people
come over here sone tinge?" But
Mother calmly went on packing a
few jars of special .preserves, and
Father kicked the lane fence -post
just for emphasis.
When it seemed that nothing else
could happen, as we travelled down,
the road about a mile from our front
gate, and Father eves beginning to
relax and notice the condition of the
fields ... ono of us would look back.
Sure enough, there was the brown.
mare's colt , . . loping along in a
happy-go-lucky sort of way..
What happened then is better not
told . . , suffice j1i to say that after
.the colt was Put in the'stable, it tools
five miles of Mother's art of malting
conversation L'o make Father relax
'his face and quit complaining about
the trip.
political activity.
I went out on speaking tours for
the C.C.F. Here again I was re-
garded as a fantastic specimen by
many of my neighbors, who consid-
ered that I was completely un-
womanly and had betrayed my sex
executive 01 the C.C.F.
In 1936, our family was forced on
to relief and we remained, intermit-
tency, on relief for three years. We
now were five and received a month-
ly allowance of 31125 to cover our
groceries and miscellaneous items.
by refusing to stick to my : own Our clothing was provided for by
house. While ostracized by some, I another small amount. This cheque.
began meeting people motivated by
similar interests. Conditions were
becoming worse for the farriers.
What 1 had to say to them 011 my
tours, drawn from my 01711 exper-
ience, appealed to thein, I knew that
I had no great oratorical genius, hut
my material spoke itself and receiv-
ed response, Then, too, I' saw the
need fee some kind of awakening in
Saskatchewan and thought that per -
for food might possibly have been
adequate if we hael had rich farm
)produce to fall back on. But we had
little. We had no large herd of cattle.
Some of the time we existed with-
out meat. Often there was no but-
ter and, as the drotiglht continued,
wild fruit of any ltiild was difficult
to find. Thoso were days when some
W011011, were asham.eclof their houses
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