HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1940-10-31, Page 3T HURS., OCT. 31, 1940
W AT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Vo You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
FROM THE NEWS -RECORD,
NOVEMBER 1, 1900
The . hunting season opens on
Thursday, but in brd'er that no time
may be lost, parties of huntsmen
have already left for the, northern
woods. Two parties from. Clinton;
the first went on Monday and con-
sisted' of J. B. Hoover, Walter Cole,
and John Johnson, who will cam
near Pogamasing, which is about two
.miles from Chapleau oe the main line
of the C.P.R. in Algona. Two Chap-
lean sports will join them there. Mr.
Cale lived in that country once upon.
a time and knows it well. E. J. C'an-
telon, Prank Fair and E. Holmes, to-
gether with two from Dungannon and
three from Seaforth, left on Monday
for Callander, which is considerably
nearer civilization than the grounds
chosen by the Hoover party.
The -annual convention of the Ep-
worth Leagues of the Goderich dist-
rict will be held in the Rattenbury
Street Church today. Rev. Whiting
of Mitchfl will speak. There are 23
Leagues in the district and about 50
delegates are expected to be present.
A child in the household of Mr.
John McGregor of the 2nd concession.
of Stanley has been very ill this week
with diptheria, but we understand is
now somewhat improved.
The market square now looks one
hundred percent better than it did a
month ago. The committee which
planned the improvements did well.
Confirmation classes have been be-
gun in connection with St. Paul's.
The Rev. S. L. Smith will preach at
the morning service when the holy
communion will be administered.
Mr. Samuel A. Ferris, who was
formerly a resident of Clinton and
went west in March of last year, died
at Indian Head, Man., on October 20.
The deceased contracted pneumonia
last winter, which settled upon his
lungs, and rendered him an easy
victim to typhoid fever.
When The Present Century
Was Young
FROM THE NEWS -RECORD,
NOVEMBER 4, 1915
Mr. J. D. Atkinson. of Ball & At-
kinson was in Arthur on business
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Miss Bessie Porter, who sailed
•from Liverpool' on the, New York, has
arrived on this side of the Atlantic
and is expected home soon,
Mr. C. J. Wallis returned about
the middle of last week from a busi-
ness trip to New Brunswick and Nova
Scotia, where there has of Iate been
CHURCH DIRECTORY
THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor
2.80 p.m.—Sunday Scheel
7 p.m.—Evening Worship
The Young People meet each
Monday evening at 8 p,m.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Rev. A. H. O'Neil, fl,A., B.D.
10.00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11. a.m. Morning Prayer.
7 p.m.—Evening Prayer.
THE SALVATION ARMY
Lieut. Maclean
11 a.m. L- Holiness Service
,3 p.m. — Sunday School
7 p.m. — Salvation Meeting
ONTARIO STREET UNITED
Rev. G. G. Burton, ALA., B.D.
10.00 a.m.—Sunday School.
11 a.m.—Divine Worship
9.30 a.m. Turner's Church Ser.
vice and Sunday School
7 p.m. Evening Worship
WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED
i Rev. Andrew Lane, B.A., B.D.
11 a.m.—Divine Worship
7 p.m.—Evening Worship.
Sunday School at conclusion of
morning service,
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m.
1 Worship. Service 11 a.m.
3 p.m. Worship Service at Bayfield
2 p.m.—Sunday School, Bayfield.
CLINTON MISSION
W..7. Cowherd, Supt.
Services:
Tuesday 8 p.m.—Young People.
Wednesday 3 p.m.—Ladies Prayer
Meeting.
Thursday 8 p.m.—Prayer Meeting.
Sundays:
2 p.m. -Sunday School.'
3 p.m.—Fellowship Meeting.
8 p.m.—Evangelistic Service.
a considerable market 'for horses in
which Mr. Wallis specializes. The
amount of livestock which Mr. Wallis
has turned over in the past ten years
would amount to great big sum if,
totalled up.
Mr. W. H. Hellyar was one of the
speakers at the E. L. convention at
Blyth on Tuesday, his subject being
"Systematic' Giving."
BROWN—In Clinton on Oct. 17th,
to Mr. and Mrs. James Brown, a
daughter.
CANTELON In Toronto, on Oct.
31st, to Mr. and Mrs. D. F. L. Cant-
elon, a daughter.
Mr. Alfred > Austin of Missouri, is
visiting friends and relatives in Clin-
ton and " vicinity for a few weeks.
Clinton -needs a bigger hall. This
was demonstrated forcibly last week
when the Public School put on their
patriotic concert on Friday and Sat-
urday evenings, and on each evening
the hall was crowded to capacity and.
people were tuned away. The whole
program went off without a hitch.
The choruses were well sung and the
tableau and drills well executed.
Mr. $nd Mrs. W. T. O'Neil an-
nounce the engagement of their third
daughter, Hazel, to Donald E. Ross,
M.B., Swift Current, Sask., son of
Mrs. D. Ross, Toronto, the marriage
to take place quietly on November
tenth.
After a couple of years residence
in Toronto, Mr, and Mrs. Jos. Town-
send have returned to Clinton and
are again" Iocated in their cottage,
corner of Ontario and Kirk streets.
Mrs. H.'B. Kerr, who -expects to
leave this week to join her two
daughters in Brantford, has rented
her house to Mr. Harry Fitzsimons.
The place on Ontario street the lat-
ter has occupied for some time is
owned by Mrs. R. Kutch who will
herself reside there at the expiration
of her term as Matron of the House
of Refuge.
Clinton has seven more new Hydro
users.
WhiTe returning home from the
north Sunday evening, Mr. Otto Pink
ran into a big rail which had been
deliberately placed across the road-
way. The result was a serious break
in his car, Rowdyism such as that
cannot be tolerated and it is up to
the constables to locate the guilty
party.
Nearly two h'-vndred dollars was
made by four of the organizations
of Wesley -Willis church last week,
namely the W,A., W.M,S., the Girl's
Club and the Covenant Bible Class.
OPEN DEER SEASON IN PART OF
BRUCE COUNTY
An open deer season from Novem-
ber 11th to 16th, inclusive, has been
declared in five northerly townships
in Bruce County. These include Ama-
bel, Albemarle, Eastnor, Lindsay and
St. Edmonds. Use of dogs is pro-
hibited.
Supplementary legislation, follow-
ing the registration last month of all
shotguns and rifles, now makes it
an offense to borrow a shotgun or
rifle without first getting written
permission from authorities.
To borrow a gun, both the .man who
is loaning it and the man who bor-
rows it must apply for permits. The
same thing applies to the purchase
of a gun.
Certain officials mainly chiefs of
police in various municipalities have
been designated by the attorney -gen-
eral to grant those permits.
If an American comes into Can-
ada to hunt, he must have a hunting
license and a permit for possession
of his gun.
SOMEWHERE IN FRANCE AND
HERE IN CANADA
By 13. Leslie Emslie
The tallc had been of hardships
endured by Canadian farmers, when a
member of the group drew from his
pocket a letter and read it aloud. It
was written liy the relative of one
well-known to all present and unfold
ed a tale of suffering indeed, how
once peaceful homes in France were
menaced first by the descent of
frantic, famishing refugees and then
despoiled and defiled by the army of
invasion: It told of flight southward,
miles of trudging without respite
except when taking cover in ditches
to escape bombs and bullets from the
skies, then of the discovery that the
enemy barred the way ahead and of
having to retrace those weary steps
toward what had once been home.
But the enemy had been there. What
could not be carried away was smash-
' ed. Gone were all the trinkets and
treasurers' of generations. Sadder
still, gone was freedom. There re-
mained only the instinct and quest
for food. That, said the reader, fold-
ing the letter, might, cause Canadians
to consider the inestimable value of
liberty which is worth some sacrifice
to retain.
THE CLINTON NiWS-RECORD
PAGE 3
It's A Date
Some of the dates to keep with
'the CBC: Sunday night at 8.00 p.m.
EDST to hear William Morton, tenor,
with Roland Todd at the piano; Mon-
day at 8,30 p.m. EDST, "Musically
Speaking" with Harry Adaskin as
commentator and Albert Pratz's
music; Thursdays, at 8.00 p.m. EDST,
The CBC String Orchestra, with
Chuhaldin conducting and Thursdays
at 8.30 p.m. EDST„ "They Shall Not
Pass", a dramatic record of Britain's
great moments in the past, specially
written for CBC by William Strange;
Saturdays at 1.30 p.m. EDST The
Children's Scrapbook --good fun for
adults too.
Off the Cuff: "Today's Music" will
be heard fortnightly; next date is
Tuesday, November 5 at 8.30 p.m.
EDST . "Who Visits Uncle",
scheduled for Tuesday, November 5
at 5.45 p.m. EDST is Monica Mug-
an's story of th'e pawn shops in Tor-
onto "A first-rate institution," says
Monica, "I once parted with a neck-
lace and a ring to pay the rent and
I have•, had a warm spot in my heart
for pawn brokers ever since."
Radio In Canada
The fourth talk in the series ar-
ranged by the CBC in co-operation
with the Engineering Institute of
Canada id scheduled for Wednesday,
November 6 at '7.45 p,m. EDST, with
Dr. Augustin Frigon as speaker. His
subject will 'be "Radio in Canada" and
he will bring first-hand knowledge
to his address, having been assistant
General Manager of the CBC since
1936. In that office he has been
responsible for the technical effic-
iency of national broadcasting.
Dr. Frigon has enjoyed a distin-
guished career in his chosen profes-
sion and has served on numerous
important boards since completing a
brilliant music: academic career which
included honors from leading univer-
sities in Canada, the United States
and France. Dr. Frigon was a mem-
ber of the Royal Commission on
Radio Broadcasting (1928-29) and a
member of the National Research
Council from 1923 until 1939.
"Payload'
The CBC Drama Department an-
nounces the presentation from the
Montreal studios; under the super-
vision of Rupert Lucas, of "Payload."
a story in prose and blank verse of
the striking development of Canada's
North West. The script, an original
work for radio, deals with the ro-
mance of aviation in a rich, vital,
young country and a treasure from
its soil which is ,proving a boon to
mankind ... radium. The authors
are Margaret Kennedy and Sheila
Marryatt, of Winnipeg, and it will
be presented with a special orchest-
ral scbre by another Winnipeg art-
ist, Barbara "Pentland. "Payload" will
be presented to the NationalNetwork
Friday, November 8 at 9.00 to 10.00
p.m. EDST.
Berlin Correspondent
One of the .young American news-
paper writers to achieve outstanding
success as a war correspondent' ie to
be the next speaker on the series
"Let's Face the Facts." He is Rich-
ard 0, Boyer, one of "P.M.'s" shin-
ing lights. Mr. Boyer was bon in
Chicago 33 years ago and commen-
ced his newspaper career when he
was 18. This past summer he spent
several months in Germany and now,
home again, heis telling what : he
thinks of Hitlerland.
He has already completed a ,bril-
Iiant analysis of conditions as he saw
them, and his findings were carried
by "P.M." in a series of 11 articles.
He is accepting the invitation of the
Director of Public Information to
take part in the Department's im-
portant series of broadcasts which
has been given weekly since July. He
will be heard on Sunday, November
3 at 8.30 to 9,00 p.m. EDST.
When Boyer was 25 he won the
American Mercury award for the
best essay on American journalism
and his articles have appeared in
various year ever since.
News of the North
Once again the CBC announces its
Northern Messenger. For the seventh
successive winter, this friendly
broadcast to the men and women of
the Northland will carry a weekly
budget of news of the home folk,
family gossip and good cheer. The
1940-1941 series, with Sydney Brown
at the microphone as inyears gone
by, commences Friday November 8
at 12.00 midnight and on each suh-
sequent Friday night at the midnight
hour, until the land of the midnight
sun feels the warmth of a kindlier
Sol, six months hence. This year
more than ever before, the lads and
lasses of the outposts will want that
close touch with home and for this
reason CBC is advising all those with
friends and relatives up on the rim
of the Arctic to hurry along their
messages so that they may be in time
for the opening broadcasts. All mes-
sages are to be addressed to:
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp.
56 York Street, Toronto, Canada
Marked: "No;tthern Meshenger."
Alt Aboard For Canada
Many British boys and girls have
gone forth on a big adventure.
They have been taken: away sud-
denly from their homes and occupa-
tions and whisked across the sea to
find new homes and friends in other
lands. But although it is such a big
adventure, it is not the first time
that shiploads of boys and girls
have set off in the same independent
manner to face the unknown,
Back in 1870 there were child -
evacuees traveling across the At-
lantic. There was no war on then --
except the endless war with poverty
and neglect and unkindness, but those
particular children had no proper
homes in which to live and so were
being shipped across the sea to make
their way in a new country.
They were not nearly so lucky as
our evacuees today because nobody
in England' wanted them, and what
was ever worse the Canadians didn't
want them either. There were no
Red Cross workers waiting to wel-
come them on their arrival with milk
and biscuits; no motherly women
ready to help them with their bag-
gage—only grim, uniformed officials
frowning down on them and looking
as if, for two pins, they would send
them a11'back''across the sea again!
The Canadians knew that these
children were street-arabs who had
been left free to roam about the cities
by themselves, to steal and beg and
fight, to wear dirty clothes, and to
sleep in any old hole or corner they
could find. The Canadians didn't want
a crowd of rowdy, ill-mannered little
savages let loose upon their clean,
beautiful country, and that was why
the officals were waiting on the quay
quite prepared to tell them to right-
about-turn!
A Different Story
But those officials had the surprise
of their lives. Instead of a rowdy
crowd, a set of bright, clean young
lads filed down the gangway in. an
orderly manner; did, exactly what
they were told to do, and replied
sensibly and politely to everything
that was asked them.
"Why," said the pleased Canadians,
"we can do with any number of lads
like this!"
What had happened! These boys
had been changed into helpful citizens
before they left England by a magic-
ian whose mune was Barnardo, and
all the magic that had been used had
been themagic of love,
One of the boys who had first come
under DE Barnardo's spell, and who
was one of the early evacuees, was
Jim Jarvis, Some years earlier Jim
was wandering about the streets of
London when he found his way into
a ramshackle building in which some
other boys as ragged as himself were
doing lessons. It was a cold wintry
day and the bright fire attracted Jim,
so worming his way in he crouched
in a dark corner until the school was
over and the teacher, Dr. Barnardo,
was locking the place up.
"Here, my lad, get off home to
your mother!" said the doctor. "You
were nearly locked in for the night"
"Well, that'd suit me fine," said
Jim.
"What, you young rascal? Away
home to your mother."
"Ain't got no mother."
"Well, then, off to your father."
"Got no father either."
"Away to your home, then, wher-
ever it is."
"Got no 'ome."
"Well, to your friends then."
"Ain't got no friends. Oi don't
live nowhere."
Boys Without Homes
Jim's chief covering was a thick
coat of dirt. He had no shoes, stock-
ings, nor underclothing, only a rag-
ged jacket and a lxair of trousers.
"Where, then, did you sleep last
night?" asked the Doctor.
"Down in Whiteehape, along o' the
'ay market, in one o' them carts fill-
ed with 'ay."
"How was it you came to the
school?"
"r met a chap as I know, and he
tell'd me to come up 'ere to get a.
warm. "E sed p'raps you'd let me
lie nigh the fire all night."
"But we don't keep, open all night."
"I won't do no 'arm," said Jim.
"And ,it's so cold outside."
"Are there other boys in London
without homes or'friends?" enquired
the doctor.
"Oh, yes, lots—'eaps oni em; more'n
I could count!"
"Now, Jim, if I give you something
hot to drink and a place to sleep in,
will you show me where some of
these boys are to be found?"
Jim said he would, and before long
he and his new friend were tramp-
ing dawn narrow lanes and dismal
alleys till they came to a brick wall.'
Climbing the wall they found eleven
boys asleep in a heap on the roof.
"There's lots more,' said Jim.
Soon those boys, and hundreds
more, found themselves ,exchanging
roof -tops for comfortable beds, and
streets and alleys for open play-
grounds, workshops and. classrooms.
Then, at last, came the proud day
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STATEMENT MADE BY
THE PRIME MINISITER
TO THE NATIONAL
WAR SERVICES
COMMITTEE
OCT. 28
On behalf of the Government, I
would like to express our apprecia-
tion of the important voluntary work
being carried. out by the National
War Savings Committee. No single
pease of the war effort on the home
front, is as many sided in its impli-
cations and possible effects. It is at
once a balance wheel in the national
economy, and an important source of
money to be converted into the weap-
ons of war,
War Savings in a democracy can
produce in voluntary fashion what
the totalitarian states can do only
under the most rigorous pressure and
controls. By regular investment in
War Savings Certificates, our people
can make an important contribution
to the war program; they can avoid
inflationary price movements; and
they can build a reserve of purchas-
ing power to tide them over the
possible rainy days of post-war ad-
justment.
Canadians are eager to share in a
vigorous prosecution of the cause of
winning the war. As the government
views your services, I would say that
the National Chairmen of the War
Savings Committee, and each of the
nine Provincial Chairmen, have un-
dertaken a high mission that can pro-
vide an avenue of participation for
every .man, woman and child, and
also save Canada from many of the
scars of
We all know that war involves
sacrifices that must be faced and
borne by all. Our men and women
have answered the call to the colours,
and no wdrds can adequately describe
the sacrifice they are prepared to
make. At home our sacrifices take
a material form.
War Savings actually mean intelli-
gent manageemnt of one's own af-
fairs in relation to the war effort.
Saving alone is not enough—to have
its maximum effectiveness it must be
wisely directed savings. We must
save on products and services which
can be directly diverted to war pur-
poses. Many things which are not
luxuries in the usual sense of the
word are luxuries now if we are to
be honest and thorough in .our deter-
mination to put first the winning of
the war. For example, a dollar spent
oto imports, even of ordinary neces-
sities, from non -Empire countries,
may ba just one dollar less available
for imports of war necessities from
such countries. Dollars spent on
products other than those wholly es•
sentrnl which require a large amount
of skilled mechanical labour reduces
the amount of labour available for
the production of aeroplanes, tanks,
motor transport, and other war es-
sentials.
It is the stern responsiblilty of
every Canadian to consider whether
or not his spending hampers the ef-
when those who had justified the.
doctor's trust' and confidence - Jim
among them — were chosen to be
sent overseas on the biggest adven-
ture of their young lives, And that
is how the first child -evacuees march-
ed into Canada.—Christian Science
Monitor,
fort to equip our soldiers, sailors and
airmen with the best and most com-
plete equipment. In other words. our
private buying should not be compet-
ing with the Department of Munitions
and Supply for products that involve
foreign exchange or construction and
mechanical labour.
War Savings Certificates provide a
medium through which Canadians can
systematically invest a part of cur-
rent income in a storehouse of purch-
asing power to be used in later years.
Much of the agony of the adjustment
from wartime to peacetime pursuits
of the nation will be avoided if our
people have saved regularly while all
are busy producing the sinews of
war.
You, the members of the War Sav-
ings Committee, will do a fine service
if you carry this message back to the
people of your respective provinces.
Spend wisely, always with a thought
for the war effort; save regularly,
with a thought for the future; join
Canada's army of regular War Sav-
ers. This army of War Savers will
help effectively to protect the future
of this country when peace returns.
Death Separates Famous
Wendorf Twins
Hanover was saddened last Tues-
day, when word was passed around
that William F. Wender!, one of Han.-
over's famous twins, said to be the
oldest' in Canada, had died at his
home early that morning, at the ad-
vanced age of 93 years. In failing
health for some time, he had been
seriously ill for several weeks, and
his death was not unexpected. His
brother, Charles, survives, but he,
too, is in poor health.
Born in. Mecklenburg, Germany, on
April 8, 1847, the twins received their
early education in that country and
William fought in the Franco-Prus-
sian war in 1870. Soon after the close
of the war, he was married to Aug-
usta Hintz, who came from a small
place near Bostock, Germany, and
they canoe to Canada in 1873. Coming
directly to Hanover, they have made.
their home there ever since.
It was a little more than two years
later that his twin brother, Charles,
also came to Canada and the two
men have been inseparable compan-
ions ever since. They were employed
for a time in the making of furniture
in the old Nichol plant, but later both
went into the livery business, one at
each end of the town, and while there
was the greatest rivalry between the
pair, they wore good natured about
it and got along well together.
They have been living retired for
the past 20 years, and during more,
recent years they were almost con-
stantly in each other's company and!
took a great pride in the fact that
they were the oldest twins living in
Canada. They were always held in
the highest esteem by the people of
Hanover and their name was a house-
hold one throughout the town. It was
said of them that their relationship
was arways of the pleasantest kind,
and that no serious differences mare
red their lives.
In addition to his brother, William^
Wendorf is survived by his wife, who
is not enjoying good health at the
present time. Ile also leaves three
sons and two daughters, Samuel and
Henry of Hanover, William, of Dun-
das, Sara (Mrs. J. Walls) of Kitch-
ener, and Sophia (Mrs. S. Hughes).
of Vancouver.
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WIN MEDALS AND FREE TRIP
JOHN LISTER HAROLD PICKET
An outstanding feature at the International Plowing Match, held at Str.
Thomas this year, was the event sponsored by Salads Tea Company,
The big "Salads" Special class, open to all plowmen who had qualified at;
branch matches and to all winners of first prizes in the open Jointer classes..
at International Matches from and including 1927, brought together the top„
rank plowmen of the Province and attracted wide attention. The first and'
second; prizes are gold and silver medals and an extensive trip to include
areas of agricultural interest. Twelve cash prizes ranging from $25;00 ta'
$5,00 were also awarded for this event. Top honours went. to John Listett
and Harold Picket, both from Hornby, Ontario.