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THE CLINTON iSIC WS -RECORD
PAGE 3
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Vo You Remember What 11 appened During .The Last
Decade Of The 'Old Century?
FROM THE NEWS-RL'C,ORD, quite among the probabilities he may
study for
DECEMBER 13, 1900 Doctors Gtherahamholy calling. , Gunn and Shaw
The local hockeyists are looking were in Stratford on Tuesday attend-
ing a
ttending -a meeting of the provisional.' dir-
eotors of the Physicians' and Surg-
eons Supply Association. Dr. Gunn
presided and Dr. Shaw acted as secre-
tary.
Mr. James Howe returned on Fri-
day last from British Columbia after
an absence of nearly two years most
erich, Wingham and Clinton clubs. of which time he spent in the Coast
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The officers of the Clinton club were I province. He visited many of its most
elected at a meeting held at the Com_ important centres but does not return
mereial Hotel on Friday evening last wholly in love with the country.
and are as follows: Honorary Pres., Mr. W. W. Butt, who holds a lucre -
Dr. Shaw; Pres., J. J. Fisher; Hon. ( tive position in Omaha, Nebraska, re -
Vice, S. Jackson; Vice, W. J. Boss; turned home Monday to spend the
Captain, J. Forrester; Committee: VV. Christmas holidays with his parents
McRae, A. Pringle, H. Steep. on the Base Line. He does not intend
forward to a good season as the ranks
have been considerably strengthened
by the addition of A. Pringle, who
played with Beamsville last season
and H. Steep, the strong man of the
Indian Head, Assa. team. It is pro-
posed to form a Huron League, the
membership to include Seaforth, God -
Grace Darlings of Today
By Winifred Holmes
One rough, wind -whipped Septem- the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, a
ber morning, just over a hundred Cornish gird, who, hearing a plane'
years ago, the packet boat Forfar -1 making a forced landing on an aero -
shire, with sixty-three souls on board,' drama outside her quarters at night,
struck an outlying rock of the treach- dressed quickly, and rushed out in
emus Farne Islands off the North- I time to see the plane burst into
umberland coast. I flames on the ground. She helped
A crash, a •surge of waves over the two of the crew, who were not in
decks, and forty-three men and won -1 jured, to pull out the wounded pilot,.
en were 'washed ` overboard and and while they ran for an ambulance,
drowned. I freed him from Ms parachute straps.
Then a bomb blew up. Corporal Pear -
On another island of the group, a I son threw herself on top of the
young woman cleaning the lenses, of a wounded pilot to save him from the
Longstone Light, high up in a tallblast and splinters, and they were
white lighthouse perched precariouslyboth almost suffocated' with the
on a rocky promontory, looked out to I fumes of the bomb. But men were
sea and saw the wreck. She rushed' hacking down the fence to let the am-
down to tell her 'father, the light- I bulance in, and before the second
house keeper, and together they bomb and petrol tank blew up I oth
launched their small boat and rowed pilot and his rescuer were' taken clear
of the danger.
Mrs. Walter Coats died Tuesday
evening, aged. forty-three years.
The Sunday School of the Ontario,
street church is not a fair weather
school for be it sunshine or storm
there is always a large attendance.
It has for months been apparent
to all visitors to the House of Refuge
that the building was altogether too
small to comfortably accommodate
the instates on the roll, to say noth-
ing of the altogether probable "in-
crease." The committee of the county
council reported to this effect at last I Was Young
week's meeting when it was decided
FROM THE NEWS -RECORD,
to have plans and specifications sub-
mitted at the tannery session when
some action will likely be taken.
There are plans in the pigeon hole in
the county buildings which were pre-
pared three or four years ago so that
they will entail no extra expense.
going back until February when his
uncle, W. H. Thomas, will visit
friends ni Clinton in about a month.
Then they will go back together.
Jarvis-Bean—At the residence of
the bride's parents in Clinton on Wed-
esday, Dec. 12th, by Rev. W. G.
Howson:, Bertha, youngest daughter
of Mr. John Bean, to Oliver Jarvis
of Goderich Township.
There is bound to be considerable
change in th Huron County Council
for 1901 and 1902 as these four .of
the present member's have decided to
drop out: Dr. Rollins, D. McInnes, G.
McEwan and B. S. Cook. The Dr. has
been a success as Warden and retires
with honors. Mr. McInnes has sold
his farm and is leaving the district
to live in Seaforth. Mr. McEwan is
now in the enjoyment of a much bet-
ter paid post than a seat in the C. C.,
while Mr. Cook has tired of it all and
after many years service will let the
work, and such honors as there may
be, fall on younger shoulders. Of the
four Molnnes is the only one who has
not been elected to the Wardenship.
out through the storm to the surviv-
ors' rescue. Only special strength and
skill and great courage could have
taken them through the heavy seas
safely, but they managed to reach the
foundering ship and pick up four men
and one woman who were clinging
desperately to the wreckage, and
bring them back in safety to the
lighthouse.
Another journey brought in more
survivors whom the girl nursed back
to strength.
And so Grace Darling won the gold
medal of the Humane Society and
because one of the most popular hero-
ines of our school -time history books.
DECEMBER 16th, 1915
Mr. and Mrs. John Brown of Steph-
en township received the appointment
of Keeper and Matron of the House
of Refuge at the December meeting
of the County Council last week. Mr.
and Mrs. Brown come highly recom-
mended and it is thought the appoint-
ment will prove a popular one. There
were several applicants and the com-
mittee handed in the names of four
couples, Mr. and Mrs. Brown being
the choice of the council. They will
take charge almost immediately,
The following are the names of
those having enlisted in the 161st
Huron Regiment at the Clinton Re-
cruiting Office to date: Fred Thomp-
son, Percy Hitchens, Wm. Appleby,
Alex McIntyre, James Grieh, George
Weber, E. B. Hill, Thos. Leppington,
S. H. Brown, George Cooper, 0. A.
Stickles, Thos. Herman, Murray
Draper, Lockhart Cree, Martin
And then there is the elderly Lan-
cashire woman, Mrs. Horton, trapped
with a hundred people for six hours
in an East London shelter, who calm-
ed the frightened women and put the
children to sleep again in their bunks,
and after attending' to the people's
injuries and giving them water to
drink from her own bottle drew them
round in a circle and made them all
talk of their childhood days so that
they would forget the terrible,situa-
tion they were in. A11 the time bombs
were dropping with heavy explosions
outside, but demolition parties work-
ed unceasingly and eventually dug
them out.
Now a hundred years later, those
who love the story of Grace and ber
father, are being called upon to show
the same qualities of courage, skill
and endurance every day and every
night. Each morning hundreds of
girls and women in Britain put on
their uniforms of Red Cross nurses,
Ambulance Drivers, Auxiliary Fire
Service, Air Raid Wardens and auxil-
iaries attached to the fighting ser-
vices, the W.A.A.F.'s attached to the
R.A.F., the W.R.E.N.'s to the Navy,
and the A.T.S. to the Army, sally
forth through bombs and gunfire to
their duties. They do it without
thinking consciously of the dangers;
nor are they in the least conscious of
being heroic; it is everyday life for
them now in England. But some-
times out of it all stands forth a deed
of special bravery, such as Grace
Darlings, which win special honours.
Shannon—In Clinton, on Nov. 30th, O'Donnell, Jr., W. Morgan, Onslow
Crieh, S. J. Watts, N. D. Sparks, W.
Walter Scott Shannon, aged 22 years. I E. Graham, E. J. Smith, R. L. Moore,
Mr. James Snell of eH Ilett Stock
Guelph attending
Show.
Mr. Peter MaeDdnald has returned
from the Medical School in London.
Mr. Smith Kilty left on Wednesday
last for Fairbanks, Ohio, where it is
CHURCH DIRECTORY
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor
2.30 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, E.A., B.D.
10.00 a.m. Sunday School.
11 a.m. Morning Prayer.
'1 p.m.—Evening Prayer.
THE SALVATION ARMY
Lieut. Maclean '
11 a.m. — Holiness Service
3 p.m, — Sunday School
7 p.m. -- Salvation Meeting
J. A. Carter, A. B. Young, James
Taylor, Sergt: Major J. A. Mann,
Stanley G. Fisher, Fred Fc.d, Lloyd
Wilken, Morley Counter, W. C. Wal-
lis, J. E. Cook, H. Websdale, Robt. N.
Coler A. A. Matheson, E. F. Routley,
F. S. Moore, D. H. Stewart, R. Willis.
Additional lieutenants who have en-
listed are as follows: J. K. Mair, H.
G. Scott, D. S. Scott, S. Scott, and
R. Y. McLean.
Mr. Robert Snowden of the Sauble
Line, Stanley, died Wednesday morn-
ing, after a few days illness, in his
53rd year.
Cartwright—In Hullett, on Dee, 3,
to Mr. and Mrs. Amos Cartwright,
a son.
These stories have happy
endings.s.
The heroines have lived. But others
die every day and night. Two am-
bulances manned by women started
for the East End a few nights ago
and completely disappeared in a vast
explosion. The only links found were
the two number plates of the ears
buried under a mountain of debris.
And there are three women of a mo-
bile canteen who answered an S.O.S.
to go and feed people in the dock -side
area while encrmous fires were blaz-
ing. They worked for six hours un-
ceasingly and then an ILE•. bomb fell
and killed all three.
There is Peggy Prince, for in-
stance, a girl of twenty-two, who
lives by the sea in Sussex. During
the war she drives an ambulance, but
all her life she rowed boats and pad-
dled
addled canoes by the sea. On August
14, a British bomber crashed into
the Channel and sank in three min-
utes. A motor boat cruising around
managed to pick up two of the crew,
but the others struggled helplessly in
the water. Peggy, seeing the acci-
dent, set off at once in her eanoo,
accompanied by a soldier, but arriv-
ing at the spot where the bomber
had sunk they could see no sign of
life and returned to shore.
ONTARIO STREET UNITED
Rev. G. G. Burton, ;VLA., 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
Rev. Andrew Lane, B,A., B.D.
11 a.m.-Divine Worship
7 p.m.—F.wening Worship.
Sunday School at conclusion
morning service.
Peggy, however, was not satisfied
and paddled out once again, this time
alone, to have. a last look. She was
rewarded by finding one man, the
sergeant wireles operator, clinging to
a buoy. She managed to pull him,
exhausted as he was, into the tiny
canoe and paddled him back to shore,
thus saving his life. For this she
has been decorated with the O.B.E.
The action of the County Council in
refusing to make grant to the Hullett
Overseas Battalion to aid reeruiting
came as a complete surprise to the
majority of people. To think that
the governing body of one of the
largest and wealthiest counties in the
-wealthy Province of Ontario could act
in such an unpatriotic manner was
beyond the belief of the ordinary man.
In attempting to place the responsib-
ility on the Dominion Government
only made their action, more than
comtemptible, it was cowardly. It is
not the duty of the Government to
aid recruiting, that duty belongs to
the citizens and on the manner in
which it is performed depends largely
the greater or less distance we are
from Conscription. Every member
of the Council voted against the grant
for recruiting should be defeated at
the polls as surely their action shows
they do not represent the feeling of
the people.
Mr. John Campbell of Vancouver,
B.C., brother' of Mrs. T. H. Hardy
of Clinton, is in Russia with a comp-
any of contractors who -with a staff
of experienced Canadians. and Ameri-
cans are building much-needed rail-
ways. Mr. Campbell is a native of
West Wawanosh.
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These then are the conditions under
which the Grace Darlings of to -day
are living and working. Several in-
stances of bravery stand out, but the
girl wardens in steel helmets and
brown dungarees who walk coolly
round the streets and visit the shel-
ters at night, the typists who go off
to work each morning through the
day -time raids as a matter of course,
and the school teachers and social
workers who feed and clothe the
homeless twenty-four hours on end
through the fiercest bombardment,
and thousands of others who cannot
possibly be singled out for special
mention, are equally as brave.
GIFTS FROM THE FARM
GOOD FOR CHRISTMAS
It's time to begin to get ready for
Christmas and those who live on
farms have probably been concerned
about just what kind of present they
can send to relatives and friends liv-
ing in distant or nearby cities and
towns.
Then there is twenty-one years old
Mary Cornish, a London music teach-
er, who volunteered to escort children
going to Canada. When the City of
Benares was torpedoed she rushed
down to the cabins of the children in
her charge and got them placed in
one lifeboat. For eight days and
nights she cared for these children
unceasingly in the icy and cramped
conditions of the life -boat, massaging
the boys' feet when their circulation
was stopping and keeping them inter-
ested in the fascinating and exciting
story of Bulldog Drummond, her own
version, she described it afterwards.
When they were taken on board the
rescue ship after having been spotted
at long last by a Sunderland flying
boat in mid -ocean, they were unable
to stand up after sitting so long in
their cramped positions, but the boys
were cheerful and unharmed..
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Sunday School 10 a.m.
I Worship Service 11 aim.
3 p.m. Worship Service at Bayfield.
1 2 p.m.—Sunday School, Bayfield.
CLINTON MISSION
W. J. 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,
J•.
Especially Christmas,
everybody will be happy
to receive Electrical Gifts.
They are always smart—
always appreciated—and at low Hydro cost for current, Elec-
trical. Gifts not only give pleasure ...but give better living,
at lower living costs .. 365 days every year, year after year!
FOR MOTHER l/
A beautiful Electric Range ... or
a modern Electric Refrigerator. A
work -saving Electric Washer or Cleaner. A
ha... FoodElectric Mixe ... rGrilleoffee
° Electric
Ironer
Maker.
Or a handy Portable Heater for her comfort.
FOR DAD V
An up-to-date Electric Shaver.
A convenient plug-in Electric
Heater for the car, to assure quick, easy start-
ing every morning. A small Radio for the
den. A modern Electric Tool for the base-
ment workshop, if he's a hobbyist.
FOR SIS d�
A smart Electric Clock for her
dressing table. An Electric
"Hospitality. Set" for late snacks when her
friends drop in. An Electric Curling Iron. Or
an Electric Sunlamp to help her keep that
"Florida" tan all winter.
FOR JUNIOR V
That Electric Train he's always
wanted. Or a real Electric Motor,
he can "hook up" to those models he builds,
An Electrical Set for his home workshop ...
or an Electric Tool that will help him turn
out woodwork with cabinet -maker's artistry.
-ELECTRIC POWER
COMMISSION
OF O IT RIO
HN•HX
The farm has possibilities for
Christmas presents which will be
much appreciated by their kinfolk
living under other conditions. There
isn't a doubt but that they often
think longingly of the good food they
had there and never more so than at
Christmas time. They recall the
home-made Christmas cakes and pies,
the turkey and chicken, the home-
cured meats, the apples and varied
fruits, the maple syrup, the honey
and other delicacies. If they could
only have some of these good things
again. Here, then are suggestions
for those in farm homes for Christ-
mas presents that do not involve
much outlay of cash. What could be
nicer than a box with a fat turkey, a
chicken or a goose, with a jar of the
family's famous jelly, jani or pres-
erves — even a loaf of home-made
bread, the very mention of `which
causes homesickness. With the jar
ort home-made jam, mincemeat,
pumpkin or pickles, enclose a copy
of the recipe from which it was made.
The first girl to win the George
Medal for civilians is only nineteen.
She is Sonia Straw, typist in a solic-
itors office in Croydon. When vol-
unteers for air raid wardens were
asked for, she offered her services
and took her training. Then one night
the bombers Dame. ' A high explosive
fell on a public shelter and women
and children in it were bady injured.
Sonia offered to attend to them until
other help arrived, and although
bombs were still falling all round she
gave them what first aid she could
and treated them for shock alone for
a long time until she was relieved.
For this act of gallantry she received
the medal. But even before this she
had shown herself outstandingly
brave and selfless, having one night
walked through a bombed street and
into a collapsing house to find a mis-
sing old lady who had taken refuge
under her bed.
Such tales of women's vravery in
this war are endless. There is the
Auxiliary Fire Service girl operator
in Whitechapel who stuck to her tele-
printer all through a terrible night
raid, when the fire stations had been
hit and several firemen and girls kill-'
ed
And there is Corporal Pearson of
Weddings
SM A LLDON—JA CK SON
The E'gmondville United March
Parsonage was the setting for a quiet
but pretty wedding at seven o'clock
Saturday evening when Ethel Irene,
daughter of Mrs. Jackson of Tucker -
smith and the late Mr. 3. C. Jackson,
became the bride of Harold Smalldon,
of Walton. Rev. A. W. Gardiner of-
ficiated. The bride wore a smart navy
suit with silver fox fur, navy felt hat
with accessories to match. They were
attended by Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Jackson, brother and sister-in-law of
the bride. Following the ceremony
dinner was served at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jackson in
Tuckersmith. The dining room was
beautifully decorated with evergreens
and flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Smalldon
left later on a short wedding trip.
Rev. C. 10. Jeakins, formerly rector
of St. Paul's church is now in Eng-
land doing service as an army chap-
lain with the rank of Captain
Mr. Robinson 1VIcLean, son of Mr.
M. Y. McLean, Seaforth, was in town
on Monday. He has just returned
from Columbus, Ohio, where he has
been in charge of the publiety depart-
ment of a large firm, and wwishing
to do his ."bit" for Canada and the
Empire he returned home to enlist.
His brother, Arthur has gone with
the 33rd Battalion.
Mr. S. Kemp -went to London yest-
erday to attend the funeral of his
cousin, Mr. John Kemp, who died on
I Moseley, and about thirty years.
Some dried herbs from the home
garden and packages or bunches or
dried seasonings --sage or thyme or
dill or mint. Gifts such as these ex-
press the thoughtfulness behind the
gift that touches the heart most and
best expresses the true Spirit of
Christmas.
000D CHRISTMAS GIFT
low glory mums and maiden hair fern
Following the ceremony a wedding
dinner was served at the home of
Mr. xnd Mrs. Jones. The dining room
was decorated in flowers and pink
and white streamers. Mr. and Mrs.
Keys left on a motor trip to Toronto
and other points, the bride wearing a
dress of desert gold pall mall crepe,
black coat with squirrel trim and
matching accessories. They will re-
side on the groom's faun near Bay-
field.
HURON COUNTY GRAND JURY
FOR DEC. 1940
Presentation of the Grand Jury at
the General Sessions of the Peace, held
before His Honour Judge T. M. Cos-
tello, at Goderich, on December 3rd,
1940.
George Leyton, Foreman.
Agnew, Morgan; Bowra, George;
Bright, R. E.; Consitt, Roy; Krueger,
I•Ierbert; Laidlaw, ,Tames; Link,
George; Marshall, Frank; McDonald,
Duncan; Webber, Wesley; Elliott,
Frank; Snell, H. J.
SIMS—MCELROY
A. pretty wedding was solemnized
Friday afternoon in, the Manse of
Dunn Avenue United Church,
Tor-
onto, when. Miss Vivian Irene Mc-
Elroy, daughter of Mrs. Edith E. Bell,
and the late John McElroy, Blyth,
became the bride of John James Gunn
Sims, only son of W. J. Sims and.
the late Mrs. Sims, Blyth. Rev. J.
P. McFarlane officiated. The bride
looked lovely in a street length dress
of beige crepe trimmed with brown
velvet, small brown velvet hat with
mink trimming, and wore a corsage
of roses and mums. She was attend-
ed by her twin sister, Mrs. A. E.
Bender, of Toronto, in dusky pink
with black accessories. Emerson Free-
stone, also of Toronto, was grooms-
man. The reception was held at Crof-
ton Villa, Cooksville. After the honey -
/moon the young couple will reside in
Blyth.
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Canadian apples are now at the
peak of perfection. By serving apples
every day, Canadians are serving
their country too. War is restricting
the full export of apples.
Apples contain high nutritional
value for the cash expended. They
are now being offered for sale to
consumers at much better than aver-
age. size and quality, owing to the.
higher minimum government grade
which was instituted a year ago and
• is still in effect. Only the better
quality apples are available as fresh
fruit. An acceptable Canadian Christ-
mas present, is a barrel, half -barrel,
hamper or box of Canadian apples.
THUMB TORN OFF
When his glove caught in machin-
ery operating his electric plant, Gor-
don McGavin., widely known McKillop
farmer and president of the North
Huron Plowing Association, had the
thumb of his right hand torn off.
With him at the time was his young
son and accompanied by him. Mr. Me -
Gavin made his way to his home, a
short distance away, where he tele-
phoned a neighbor. He was rushed
to Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth
for treatment, and has returned to.
his home.
The Huron County
The Grand Jurors visited the
County Home on December 3rd, and
were conventionally received by the
Matron, Mrs. Jacobs, assisted by Mr.
R. Jacob.
The Jurors were very much impres-
sed by the cleanliness of the Home,
and the good feeling that prevailed
among the inmates in their attitude
toward the treatment and comforts
they receive. Too much credit can-
not be given to Mrs. Jacob and the
management.
The Jurors present would like to
draw to The attention of the author-
ities the inadequate protection which.
we believe might arise in an emerg-
ency in their fire protection, such
as the failure of power at any time
and would recommend that an auxil-
iary plant be installed.
All of which is humbly presented.
G. W. Layton, Foreman.
Grand Jury Room, December 4, 1940.
KEYS—JONES
The United Church Ivvlanse, Kip -
pen, was the scene of a pretty wed-
ding
edding on Saturday, Nov. 30th„at 10.30
a.m. when Margaret Kathleen, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jones,
Kippen, was united in marriage to
Mr. Jamas Bernard Keys, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Art Keys, of. Stanley
township. Rev. E. F. Chandler per-
formed the ceremony. They were at-
tended by Miss Dorothy Munn, of
Hensel,, cousin of the bride, and Mr.
John Keys, brother of the groom. The
bride chose a floor -length gown of
skv blue silk sheer, drape model, with
bishop sleeve and white accessories,
and carried a bouquet of Briarcliffie
irises with maiden hair fern. She also
wore a coronet of orange blossoms
and a gold brooch which had been
worn by her grandmother: The brides
maid wore a floor -length gown of
coral jersey silk and white acces-
sories and carried a bouquet of yel-
PUPILS TO GET LONGER
CHRISTMAS VACATION
If at first you
don't succeed
Try, try to pay us a little on
your subscription, if it is in
arrears.
The longest Christmas vacation pos-
sible under regulations of the Depart-
ment of Education will be given
school children this season. School
will close on December 20, and open
January 6.
The official date for the Christmas
holiday period in the school of Ontario
is from December 22 to January 3.
But if January 3 is on a Friday, open-
ing is postponed until the following
Monday. This year December 22 is
Sunday. The shortest vacation pos-
sible is five days less than this year's
holiday period.
The Clinton News -Record
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