Loading...
The Clinton News Record, 1941-09-04, Page 6HUBS., SEPT. 4, 1941 TEE CLINTON N iWS-RECO1 THE t1ArrENN11NletiS IN, 'CLINTON EARLY IN THE CENTURY Some Notes o f The News 1n 1916 ROM THE CLINTON NEWS- ler Adams of Constance was driving RECORD AUGUST 31ST, 1916 he citizens learned with keen re: t on Monday morning of the suds and wholly unexpected passing William George Wheatley, which k place on Sunday evening. .The wed was born on a farm on the ran Road, the one now occupied by Levi Wiltse, being the son of the George Wheatley, and he had ided in this locality all his life. For eral years he had been a resident Clinton, residing here and working farm just at the edge of town, erly the Old Fair Farm. He had n married twice, and is survived his second wife, who is a daughter Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong of , and by one daughter, Margaret; d one son, Percy. electric wiring throughout the will in the futurebe done under direction of the superintendent the Public Utilities Commission, H. Chant. t noon yesterday at the home of . and Mrs. A. .T. Holloway, White- d street, the marriage took place their only daughter, Hattie Alber- to Mr. Isaac Rance Rattenbury, of the late Mr, J. Rattenbury and . Rattenbury of town. The cere- ny was performed by Rev. J. A. inson and witnessed only by int- diate relatives. The young couple unattended. ililam Henry Steep died suddenly his home in Arenac, Mich., last day morning as a result of heart ase. He was born in Clinton, ron county, Ontario on July 30th, 5. In 1880 he married Annie M. ard; They moved to North kota in 1890 and soon after from re to Chicago, from which place 'y moved to Arenas in 1893 where resided until his death. He leaves 'fe, one daughter, three sons, ee brothers and four sisters. The there are James and John of Clin- , and Peter of Spokane, Wash. sisters are Mrs, Miller, Mrs. e, Mrs. Dodd and Mrs. Cantelon Clinton, onsiderable excitment was caused ut the town's centre yesterday rnoon when two ears ran foul of Scott at Varna on Tuesday. Deceased h other on Huron street, Mr. Mil- was a member of the.Masonie Lodge. his Ford and was meeting another larger, and faster ear driven by Mr. Hill, she well-known bridge oontract- or. Neithr car seemed to be on the proper side for passing and somehow in trying to get into position the machines collided. Neither of the oc- upants were injured but both care were more or less damaged. Mr, J. W. Treleaven, principal of the C.C.I who has been in Toronto taking a special summer course pass- ed his exam, in elementry physical culture, the reports being published Saturday. A committee of Exeter ladies go to Camp Borden today to present the colors to the 161st, Battalion. The Wallis, McMath, Cooper, Cun- inghame and Rorke families returned home Monday after spending several weeks by the lakeside at CampBurk. Miss Tillie Hanna of Toronto is spending a couple of weeks with her sister, Mrs. S. S. Cooper. Miss Crandall has returned to town and will have charge of Couch & Co's millinery department again this seas- on, Gunner W. D. Shipley of the 69th, Battery has returned this week to Petawawa after a month's' furlough at his home on the Huron Road. R'. Bailey, manager of the Sterling Bank at Sebringville, is spending his vacation at his home in Bayfield. It was with a genuine feeling of regret that the news was received of the death of Mr, George Render of Holmesville on Monday morning. Mr, Wm. Brigham of Londesbro ex- pects to leave shortly to visit his son, Dr. Brigham of Star City, Sask. Miss Edith and Susie Sampson are visiting friends at Canfield. Dunbar—In Sarnia, on August 28, to Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Dunbar form- erly of Clinton, a daughter. FROM THE CLINTON NEW ERA AUGUST 31ST, 1916 Miss Jessie O'Neil left last week for Olds, Alberta, where she will teach school near that town, Messrs. George McLennan, W. Paisley, Charles and Harry Twitchell attended the funeral of the late Mr. CikeSNAPSNOT GUILD WATCH YOUR BACKGROUND he sky Makes an excellent background for pictures of people. Posing se subject on a high rock, and using a color filter over the lens, increased the effectiveness and appeal of this picture. !I YOUR snapshots of people do you ever run into "background"' ruble? That is; do extraneous ab- ets behind the subject tend to at;. tot more attention than the real nter of interest? This, unfortunately, Is true of my amateur snapshots. Too often my camera -hobbyists concentrate their attention on the person ey are picturing and forget all out what lies beyond. The cam- s, however, with Its critical eye, BA all and records everything. There are, in general, tevo types backgrounds—those that are tin, and those that form a cosn- neat part of the picture, the .ter, commonly called "settings," ght be a flower garden, a wind- * road, or any scene that may d interest or appeal. There should a relationship between the sub - :t and the setting, and the picture ould be composed with this in nd. Usually, the simpler or more nese 1 the background, the better the. tore, and if you desire strict itrality-use the sky. Place your subject on the crest of a knoll, on top of a high rock, or even a fence to give enough elevation for a low angle shot. With no confusing ele- ments to distract the attention, all Interest is centered right where you want it. In making the illustra- tion above, a medium yellow fib ter, commonly called a "K-2," was slipped over the lens,'darkening iihe sky, and thereby ,separating the light tones of the figures from the background. If any extraneous objects are be- hind the subject, eliminate them by either having the subject move; or by changing the position of your camera. Shooting from a higher or lower angle or moving slightly to one side may often be all that is needed eto remove unwanted mate- rial from the field of view. Remember that the inclusion or the exclusion of background mate- rial is dist about as important at the person In the picture and should receive just as pinch attention. Pose Your subjects against the eky, lawn,.. or other plain area and notice the difference in your next snapshots. 335 John van Guilder Miss Delle O'Neil returned to town on Tuesday evening after spending her summer vaeation, at Swift Cur- rent and other. Western points. Mr. Roods Holloway of the Royal Bank staff,• Sault Ste Marie is spend- ing his vacation at the parental home. Miss Ruby Irwin, who holds a pos.. ition in Toronto, is spending her vac- ation at the parental home. Capt. Charles Kerr, son of Bev, W. E, Kerr of Vancouver, B.C.,: and for- merly of the Ontario Street parson- age, who was invalided home from the war, will marry an Oakville'. young lady on Wednesday of next week, and .they will leave for Eng- land. Mrs. R. Marshall has been very ill for the past week at the home of her daughter, Mrs. James Livermore. Mr. B. S. Kemp, principal of the Manual Arts Scheel, Ottawa, and family, who have been visiting Mrs. Kemp's mother, Mrs. Shepherd re turned to their home on Monday. Mrs. W. L. Rutledge, accompanied her daughter, Mrs. Shillington and children to their home in South Bend, Ind. Miss Lily Kingston, who has spent most of the summer with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Town- send, left for Toronto on Saturday. Mr. J. C. Greig, a former Ciintoni- on and brother of Mr. Thos. Greig and. Mrs. T. Jackson of town, has been appointed police magistrate of Sea- forth as successor to Mr. F. Helms - ted, who resigned. Mr. Langford, the local Ford agent has sold two "1917 ears this week, Mr. J. E. Hovey is a newowner and Dr. Fowler also took one. Rev. MacFarlane of Bayfield is now spending his vacation at Owen Sound with his sister, while the Rev. Powell will have charge of the ser- vices of St. Andrew's until his re- turn. Mr. Wm. Rath is now the new de- livery man at the Corner Grocery taking the place of Mr. Sandy Neil - ane, who is now working at the Piano factory. Pte. Robert Moore, who first join- ed the 161st, Battl. and was later transferred to the Pioneers, received his discharge at Halifax, owing to him contacting rheumatism. He re- turned home last week. Lance -Corp. T. W. Jeakins, son of Rev. T. B. Deakins, of St, Jude's church at Brantford, and brother of Capt. C. E, Jeakins, formerly of Clin- ton, who returned home from the front recently suffering from shell shock, is, also reported as being woun- ded. When he enlisted he was stud- ying in college for the minister/. H. Steepe, A. Cooper, of the 9th concession, Earl Hanley, Fred, Em- erson Thompson, of the Bayfield Line Goderich Township, loft for the West on 'the excursion. The following Clinton boys are now in France, Privates W. H. Walker, J. 0. Carter, R. D. Walton and J. E. McDonald. The Misses Louise and Emma Snell of Morris are spending a few days with their uncle, Humphrey Snell of the 10th con. of Hullett. The citizens of Clinton will be well aceomodated with train service to the Canadian National Exhibition this year. Last week Mr. Eph, Snell, repr'c- senting the form of James Snell & Sons took six sheep away to Ohio State Fair. The Snell firm have cleaned up prizes there for quite a few years and will no doubt do the same this year. -----•--rte When The Present' Cientury Was Young FROM THE CLINTON NEWS. RECORD AUGUST 29TH, 1901 While Mrs. Andrew Ginn was stan- ding upon a bench engaged in train- ing a running plant last evening, tine bench tipped and in failing M•rs. Ginn was so unfortunate as to sustain a fracture of the both bones in the right ankle. The injuries are of a painful ssature and will confine Mrs. Ginn to the house for several weeks. Her good man had a narrow escape down town but an hour previously when, in trying to stop a grocer's runaway horse, he was caught by one of the wheels and performed a gym - nestle feat which he could not ac- colnplish without such assistance nor could he be induced to try. Mr. George A. Rorke earne home from the West last Saturday feeling and looking greatly benefited by his trip. While away Mr. Rorke visited several points as far west as Calgary and north to Wetaskawin but spent most of his time in Maple Creek. After an illness of a year or snore Mrs. William Gibbings passed into et- ernal rest on Tuesday morning, aged only fifty -two years. The deceased was a daughter of Mrs. S. Holmes, who died but a few short weeks ago, and was held in high regard by her many associates who sympathise with the bereaved husband and family. Death entered the home of Mr, and Mrs, Wes. Moore yesterday and car- ried away their only son, a bright lit- tle fellow of some eight months. Mr, Wen. Ferguson of Auburn paid a flying visit 'around the hills a few days ago. Miss E. Nicholson of Buffalo is visiting under the parental roof at Auburn at present. Mr. Henry Taylor of Hullett got a severe kick frets a horse a few days ago. He had a few teeth knocked out, besides a few cuts. on the face. Lightning struek. a chimney on the home of Ms, John Harvey of Hullett last Thursday night. The chimney was demolished, also some stovepipes, this being the only damage done. St. Joseph's church is now lighted by electricity. Mrs. John Bogen of Le Mars, Iowa, is a guest at the home of her brother,' Mr. H. E Rorke. We have received a 'copy of the Petroitie number of The Canadian Boy, published at Guelph by the Turnbull -Wright Company of which Oran E, Turnbull, son of Mrs. Turn- bull of Clinton, is business manager. Mr. Andrew Taylor, who was run over by a Grand Trunk train a frw months ago, and had both feet taken off, now looks as cheerful as ever. He takes the accident philosophically, has ordered artificial limbs and in a few weeks may be able to move about town. Fair Brothers raised a quantity of Turkey Red wheat which, on being cleaned up, tested sixty-four pounds to the bushel. Mr. James Catling' is about to leave Clinton, her husband having taken up land on Coekhurn Island to which they will move. Mr. Rand of the Clinton Collegiate Institute staff is holidaying in Bay- field, and is a guest at- the Queens, Rev. J. W. Hussar and family., re- turned to Hohnesvil1e from 'E'ssex. Mr. Hussar came in time to take his services next Sunday. During the storm last Friday even-. ing, lightning struck a tree on Mr. John Middlexon's farm, and glancing to the fence close by set it .on fire. Mr. and Mrs. John McCartney of Holmesville returned home a few days ago from Manitoba after • an absence of two months. Mr. Frank Layton of West Tuck- eramith has taken an interest in W. Cole's threshing outfit. Prank is a popular young man and will increase the patronage given the firm. Mr. Thos. Carbert of Hullett is at Niagara Palls this week attending the C.M,B.A. Convention as the re- presentative of Clinton Branch No. 348. The Convention is held only ev- ery third year so that the expense of management is thus materially ligh- tened. The order is snaking satis- factory progress, Mr. Perry Plumsteel writes from Napinka, Man,, that he had no dif- ficulty in securing a place upon his arrival there. He had been driving a binder up to the date of writing and said that the wheat as a rule was an eyeopener to hien though, he ad- ded, it is not all equally good. Mr. Si. Murch, of the London Roach is em- ployed upon the same faxen. Mr. John Derry attended the A.O.F. High Court at Hamilton this week, PGE 6 gees • . it is doubtful if in any other line of business the man at the retail end renders as technically expert and helpful service to his customers at so low a cost as does the local Implement peeler. This, while it has always been so, has greater significance in these days of more highly mechanized farming, calling as it does for training and experience in the servicing of modern machines. His experience with machines enables him to give time and money -saving service in the speedy furnishing of the correct part when repairs and replacements are required—for delays in seed- ing, haying and harvesting may result in substantial loss to a farmer. in those critical seasons his warehouse is open practically at all times, and he is untiring in playing his part to prevent farmers suffering from delays. His accumulated knowledge of methods being used and of the experiences of the many farmers he calls on and associates with makes his advice helpful and valuable. Since the early pioneering days, through all the vicissitudes of farming, the implement Dealer has shared the hardships as well as the fortunes of farmers rendering a worth -while service and establishing a well-founded place for himself in our economic set-up. MASSEY-HARRIS COMPANY LIMITED VHE SERV:ICrE• ARM OF THE CAN'ADIAN ',FARM as the represenative of Court Pros- perity. This is the second time he has gone down in that capacity. Miss H. V. Rumball, B.A., left on Monday for New York where she has taken a position with the McMillan Publishing Company similar to .the one she has just resigned with the Publishers' Syndicate at Toronto, I Read - And Write = For You (Copyright) By John C. Kirkwood , ."1'tiMeli�itee*W �+frYo°°°""x'"" A Yr"o °YAPridL"dLYWY°"1'dIN W Avid. MAINLY PERSONAL Gluing and Roberts to whom Roberts A supreme pleasure for a booklover is found in a secondhand bookshop. There he tan remain for hours, pick- ing up this book and that. It is not that he wants to possess every book picked up by him; he gets his pleas- ure from just tasting books. Of course there are books which he does want to take home with hies, even though he may not read them! Their very presence on his shelves is com- forting,. and perhaps he does hope to read them someday. It is their com- panionships—not what is inside their covers—which he wants, yet, of cour- se, it is what is inside their covers that made the book desired. Last week I found seyself wander= ing from table to table in a second- hand bookshop which had announced that it had acquired a minister's lib- rary of 5000 volumes. One might think -that a minister's library would consist of very sober, very religious books, but this minister was apparen- tly's very 'worldly man, for Isis books were largely fiction books, witha number of biographies, books on the Bible, books about Canada, and so on, but you would not be very much im- pressed. by the collection, Yet among the books of fiction, I found a book I had been watching for for years—"The Private Life of Hen- ry Maitlandf' I once owned this book, but my copy diseppearedh and 1 had never previously .seen it among secondhand books. 'The book is the story of George Gissing, a disting- uished! English novelist, yet one un- known even by name to most persons of the present day. I had read a very short biography of Gissing—an amazing life story, and when Morley Roberts, Gissing's most intinsatc friend, wrote about him, masking his name with the made-up name of "Henry Maitland," I read his book with a hungry interest. Roberts used the concealing namo out of regard for Gissing's kin. He justifies his writing the story of his friend sot "On three separate occasions I spoke to Maitland about writing has biog- raphy, and it was. an, understood thing between us that if he died be- fore me I was to write his life and tell the whole and absolute -truth about him. I believe that he felt that it might in Some ways be of service to humanity for such a book to be written," end a *Meal friend el had written -concerning his intention, wrote: " I am not attempting to dis- suade you; Henry Maitland was sent into hell for the purpose of saving souls," So in this eontribntion to the News Record I propose telling, all too briefly, the strange and tragic story of George Gissing. As a lad of 11 or so Gissing was recognized as a creature of most brilliant promise. At school he took every prize open to him. His father, whom he loved and revered, was a poor man, yet Gissing's school prizes enables him to go to a university. He was a very gifted classics scholar. But his character had not been hard- ened and well directed. Of himself, when he was a student, he said, "It was a cruel and a most undesirable thing that I, at tlse age of 16, should have been turned loose in a big city, compelled to live alone in lodgings, witli nobody interested in me but those at the college." He was thinks ing of a disastrous association which be had with a prostitute, of his own age. rex her he became a thief, rob- bing his fellow students' lockers. For this offense Ise was sent to prison, and when he was released, he went to the UTnited States, on money contrib- uted by several student friends. This was in 1876. There he remained for two -three years, making a little mon- ey oney from writing for newspapers. Later he returned to England, and, from a sense of duty, he married the girl who had led him astray, and gave her an allowance, yet did not live with her, or if he did, it was an association without love on his part, but only disgust. In London he did tutoring, and wrote, and 'studied the classics, for his heart was in Italy and Rome; yet most of the time he was starving. He and Roberts had because comrades, sharing the same living quarters and, the same enthoe- lames and ambitions. Then one day MAO to Isim a telegram—"Your wife is dead," and thus he was given a precious freedom. Tet it was not long afterwards that Gissing married again. Here is how Roberts tells of this second misad- venture: "One Sunday he told me that he had made the acquaintance of a girl in Marylebone Road I thought at filet that he had picked up some prostitute of the neighborhood, bu it turned out that the girl was "res- pectable." He said, '1 could stand it no longer, so I rushed out and spoke to the very first woman I came a- cross.' Ile proposed to marry the girl if she would marry him. He married her on March 20th, 1891, and went to live near Exeter. Of her Roberts says that she developed the temper of a devil, and began to make Giesing's life wretched. She behaved like a maniao; she shrieked; she struck him; she abused hint in the vilest terms. Gissing left her, and established a relationship with a French woman, and well educated, and altogether suitable, Gissing's life with her was, to the end, a very happy one. Of Gissing's wife, Rob- erts says, "All this time the wife was I know not where, nor did I trouble much to inquire." It would seem to be tlse ease that she lost her reason. t indulged in dithyrambs about the fine abundance of feeding in England -- eggs and bacon and beer. There was no doubt he was not living as he should have lived;" Roberts made an effort to resell the plate, in the Pyrenees, where Gissing was dying, before his death, for Gissing had sent for him. But he arrived too late, Thera have few men, says Roberts, so persecuted by Fortune as to lead lives of unhappiness, but this was un- doubtedly the case with, Gissing. Out of his first great calamity grew all the rest. His 111 luck began early, It lasted even beyond the grave. His greatest book is: "Born in Exile"— greatest among his novels. But there is another book of Gissing's which has been much more widely and contin- uously read, "The Private Papers of Henry Ryeeroft." It is an English classic, get it, road it, and ever keen - it near you, Before his second marriage Mait- Iand had made a name for himself as an author, yet his income was but round about $500 a year! He and Rob- erts were very intimate friends. Rob- erts said that it was Gissing who en- couraged him to write his first book. Roberts says of his own ,circumstanc- es about this time, "One. week nsy ex- penditure on food actually totalled no more than one -and -eleven pence, but I have no doubt that I went out to eat with somebody else. Yet we made fun of our squalor and rejoiced in our poverty. Gissing, loved all things which were redolent of oil and grease and fatness. In that days our poverty and our ambition made great subjects for our talks." Despite the furious temper of his second wife„ and the hell she made of Gissing's days, he yet managed to turn out a number of books eaeh of which he sold for 150. Subsequently he obtained much more from his pub- lishers, and his improved fortunes en- abled him to visit Italy, the land of desire for hips, Gissing died ise his mid 40's, from tuberculois. In his last years he lived in France, with occasional visits to England, French food and French ways of living were not to his liking. Roberts writes, "I find occasional melancholy letters of his in which he Once, in England, I picked up a secondhand book. On one of its pages was Gissing's autograph. The sight of that autograph made me feel rath- er close to a man whose life I had read in some of his Autobiographical novels, one of which is "New Grub Street"—a story of Fleet street—of a highly educated man, editor, of a famous literary magazine, whose wife was far below him in the social scale and utterly unable to share hit intellectual life. I hope that many of my readers will read the Gissing books. If they do they will be grate- ful to me for snaking Gissing knewn to them. V WHAT YOUR WAR SAVINGS STAMPS CAN ACCOMPLISH $5 may bring down a German plane for it will buy one round of 40 m.m. anti-aircraft shells. $5 will stop a Hun with five ma- chine-gun burets. CUT COARSE FOR THE PIPE CUT FINE FOR CIGARETTES Western Canada Special Bargain Excursions nvom ALL STATIONS 114 EASTEifN CANADA GOING DAILY -Sept. 12-26,1941 Inclusive, RETURN LIMIT: 46 DAYS. 'PICKETS GOOD IN COACHES, in Tourist Sleeping Cars or in Standard Sleeping Cars at Special Redueed Rates for each class. Coat of accommodation in sleeping cars additional. BAGGAGE checked, Stopovers at All Pointe enroute. "NOTE: GOVT. REVENUE TAX EXTRA. II Irk EXZRSIONS frena WESTERN to EASTERN CANZIA. Di]RING SAME PERIOD. Tickets, Sleeping Car Reservations and All lnlorneatarts from any Agent. ABIK FOR Y ANDBILL CANADIAN NATIONAL