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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-09-25, Page 1he The Newe-Record Est. 1878 Clinton No. 6059 -62ND YEAR With Which is Incorporated The Clinton New Era ecord The New Ere, Est. 1867 CLINTON . ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1941 - IWhen you want a Reliable watch. Como to us, and we will give you one that you Will in to be a real time keeper, and durable OUR BEST SATISFIED CUSTOMERS ARE THOSE WE HAVE SOLD WATCHES TO • Call and see our stock and make your selection MOIL W. H. HELLYAR Jeweler and Optometrist Residence Phone 174j WE PAY CASH FOR OLD GOLD •11 FNEW DRESSES 11 For Fall and Winter Wear Tailored Types by "HAMP- TON" in HEATHERSHEEN, sizes 32 to 40 and Half Sizes to 241/2, Priced at $4.75 and $6.95 Solve Your Hosiery Problems Here Strange as it may seem, we have an Exceptionally large stock of fine sheers in sizes 81/2 to 11. 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Shower for Bride -To -Be On Friday evening, September 19th; the neighbors gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Johnson, Mill street, for the purpose of showering Miss Valeria Elliott, one of the popu- lar young people of the neighborhood, A white parasol, with white stream- ers reaching down to the individual presents, made a very attractive pie- ture, which was, of course en- hanced when Valetta was placed upon a white cushion in the centre, there to untie and open her gifts.. After this interesting ceremony was comple- ted, games were played. Then a dainty hinch was served and thor- oughly enjoyed. With many good wishes to the bride-to-be, and thanks to the hostess, Mrs. Johnson, good nights were the order IA -the evening. v— Home Destroyed by Fire The frame dwelling of Mr. and Mrs, Harry Steep on the Bayfield river across from this town was completely destroyed by fire with all its contents at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Steet saved only the clothes they were wearing, so quickly did the Baines spread... The hire is be- lieved to have originated in a flar- ing coal. -oil stove burner. Mrs. Steep after lighting the stove to pre- pare the dinner, had left the kitchen to hear the radio news broadcast. Alarmed by the smell of smoke she ran to the kitchen to investigate bat found the room in Eames. The Clinton fire company rushed to the scene but owing to there being no water pressure their effort to sub- due the flames were unsuccessful. The Steep property is outside the town corporation and is not served by the town waterworks. The loss estimated at more than $2,000 is per. tidily covered by instuunce. Had the wind been in the east the Lloyd Batkin dwelling and mink building's would probably have been burned as they are only a short dis- tance from the scene of the fire. RED CROSS NOTES Below is a list of ladies from the Red Cross Society who are expected to be present on Thursdays and Sam - day evenings in the Recreation Room. Will these ladies please be responsible for their evening. If unable to be present kindly arrange for a substi- tute. Sunday, Sept. 28: Mrs. Garrett, Mrs. A. T. Cooper, Thursday, Oct. 2: Mrs. B. J. Gibleings, Mrs, W. J. Plumsteel. Sunday, Oct. 5: Mrs, Cuninghasee, Mrs, J. Shanahan Thursday, Oet. 9: Mrs. J. Stevenson, Mrs. H. Bartliff. Sunday, Oct. 12: Mrs. Bert Fremline Mrs, Carrie Jervis Ever -Wady Mission Circle. The Sept. ,study meeting of the Ever -Ready Mission Circle of Wes- ley -Willis church ,was held on Thurs- day evening last at the home of Mrs. Chas. Nelsen, with 14 present. The pres. Edith Paterson opened the meeting and plans were made to hold an afternoon tea, Sat. Sept. 27th, in the 'church hall, from ,four to six thirty. Also plans were made in re- gards our Autumn Thankofferinge In the absence Of the 3rd vice- pres. Isabel Ghowen took charge df the study period, which consisted of questions and answers. The quest- ions on, racial .pnoblems given by Isabel — general discussion — then Mrs. Mason representing the Board of Referencegave the correct ans- wers. Miss Rudd then gave a pre- view of our new study book on China. Mrs. Counter gave. the bible reading. The roll call *0 answered with something of interest about China. Later the hostess served refresh- tnents. • • AMONG THE CHURCHES Thureday, Oct. 16: Mrs. hienteith, Mrs; Chowan. Sunday, Oct. 19: Miss A. Bartliff, Miss Eva Cluff. Thursday, Oct. 23: Mrs. Oakes, Mrs. Gordon Miller, Sunday, Oct. 26: Mrs. Paisley, Mrs. Cree Cook, Thursday, Oet. 30: Mrs. Jcferson, Mrs. Berman, Sunday, Nov. 2: Mrs. Goo, McDonald, Mrs, Wilson. Thuraday, Nov. 6: Mrs. Haddie, Mrs. A. Knight Sunday, Nov. 9: Mrs. H. Cameron, Mrs. Van Horne. Thursday, Nov. 13: Mrs. D, Thorndyke, Mrs. M. J. Elliott. Sunday, Nov, 16: Mrs. Wheatly, Mrs. C. Connell.' Thnrsday, Nov. 20; Mrs. Pateeson, Mrs. M. Agnew. Sunday Nov. 23: Miss L. Brigham, Mre, Will Pickard. Thursday, Nov. 27: ' Mrs. F. Vantgmond, Mr. ICen Waters, Senday, Nov. 81: Mrs. W. 3. Miller, Mrs. E. A. Rumball. ." Thursday, Dec. 4: Mrs. Geo. McLay, Mrs. McInnes, Sunday, Dee. 7: Mrs. Geo. Roberton, Miss Agnes Thursday, Dec. 11: Mrs. Bart Levis, MTS. Maltby. Sunday, Dee. 14: Miss M. Wiltse, Mrs. McKinnon. Thursday, Dee. 18: Mrs. H. Johnson, Mrs. Geo. German, Sunday, Dec; 21: Mrs, Geo. Jenkins, Mrs. Howard Cowan. Sunday, Dec. 28: .• Mrs. W. 3. Rozell,' Mrs, W, S. R. Holmes, Presbyterian Church Sunday, Sept. 28th, Rally Day Ser. vices at the usual hour; 2.30 p.m. Sunday School at Bayfield; 3 an. Worship at Hayfield.. 'rues. Sept. 36th, Communicant nellaseese. to begin ht 8 o'clock at the ans The Women's -Mtssionary Society and the Women's Association will hold their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Robertson, Rat- tenbury street, on Wednesday after- noon, October lst, at 2.30 o'clock, St. Paul's Church Sunday, September 28th, 1041; 10 a.m., Sunday School; Harvest Thank- sgiving services, 11 a.m., 7 p.m. All welcome. "Thou frowziest the year with Thy Goodness . , . The little bills dual rejoice on every side . . Praise the Lord, 0 my soul, and forget not all His benefits." Saturday, 27. Annual meeting of the Little. Helpers Parish H , 3.30 pan, in the HU. Monday; the nov,Ititty 'of' St: Mich- ael and All Angels. Holy Commun- ion at 9.30 natl. Ontario Street Church 11 a.m., "The Spirit of the Woman with the Lamp." (Crete and Crimea.) 2.30 Sunday School, Rally Day, Re.v, Norval Woods, M.D. of Main Street, Exeter will be guest speaker. Spec- ial program prepared. 7 p.m. Whine do we find Christ to Day? Is He with the marching men? Can such a per- sonality be conscripted? A. search - Mg question. Wednesday, Oct. 1st, Prayers for our nation. Remember Anniversary Oct. 6th, Rev. F. G. Perrin M.A. B,D. former Pastor, our speaker. The W.A. will meet on Wednesday, October lst, in the school room, The Gravel Road and the 2nd Concession will serve. Wesley -Willis Church Sunday will be observed as Rally Day. Let us all ray now to. the work and worship of the church for the coining year. A promotion Ser- vice foe the youngest member of the Sunday School will be among the special Rally Day features at mottl- ing worship. The week of September 28 to Octo- ber 4 'will be Rally week for many of our organizations. • • All Stmday School workers should plan to attend Huron. Presbytery Workers Institute in Blyth Visited church on September '30, ciftereoon and evenher. The W. A. will hold their October meeting next Thursday afternoon at the usual hour. Group No. 3 will be in charge with Mrs. R. Manning as convenor. Baptist Church Sermon :subject, "Every Man's Book, or the Book For Every Man." Good "Rally Day" program in the Sunday school nexteSunclay morning, commencing promptly at eleven o'clock. All members of the Sunday school are asked to be present. Visit- ors always welcome. The young' people are asked to meet in front of the church next Mon- day evening at seven o'clock when we hope to have a, suffiCient number of cars to take the young people to Wingham. to .attend the Fall rally held in Wingliam Baptist church. Thanksgiving Sunday, October the 6th ia the day for our anniversary services. Rev, Alfred lVIiIligan, B.A. B.TH. of the Goderich Baptist church will be the annivesary speaker. The Ladies Aid will meet next Tuesday afternme September 30th, an the church" at 2:45 o'clock, The key word for the meeting, will be '"ccinse- oration," The ladies of the Auburn church will have charge of the pro- gram. •All the ladies of the church are cordially invited to be present. .• Bride -Elect Honoured Miss 'Cathleen Middletom was, host- ess at a delightfully arranged sur- prise shower last Wednesday evening for Miss Valeria Elliott, a bride -elect of next month. Autumn flowers were used in lovely profusion them- e the rooms, and hi a low bowl ad- orned the lace-oovered table from which dainty refreshments were eer- ved. Her mother, Mrs. Fred. Middle- ton, and sietere, Misses, Elizabeth and Barbara Middleton assisted, in serv- ing. Miss Elliott received many lovely and useful gifts for which she express sed her thanks and appreciation in a few well-chosen words. V Air Mail Air mail should be an active pad- ner in every modern business. The fact that your Post °Mee is not on a direct Air Mail route makes no difference in the potential time saving at your disposal. Rail con- nections are each as to.make austen- tial speeding up in delivery Possible. Air Mail makes it possible to speed up the completion of transactions and thus help put more deals on. the credit side of the ledger. I shall be glad to give you full in- formation with regard to train con- nectoins with the nearest point ser- ved by Air Mail and discuss the ad- vantages of this service witli you at your convenience. Remember, Air Mail is no longer looked upon as a "luxury" service. It has become an every day necessity. G. M. COUNTER, Postmaster. Huron County Council Makes Grant Huron County Council through its warden's committee last Monday made a giant of $300 to the Queen's Canadian Fund for Air Raid Victims. A grant up to $400 was made to the 99th, l3attery, R.C.A. (Wingham) to assist in recruiting the unit up to full strength. The accounts are to be supervised by the county clerk eud treasurer. Other grants approved were $400 for the airmen's recreation hall, at Gode- rich, and $500 for a similar institu- tion at Exeter, near which town a new service flying school is under construction. These funds are taken from an or- iginal vote of $27,500 one-half mill on the county nate set aside for patriotic Purposes at this years January ses- sion. Reeve 11. E. Turner of Gode- rich, is chairman of the committee. V Anniversary Services Held Anniversary services were held in Clinton Presbyterian church last Sun- day When the guest speaker was Rev. J. D. Wilkie of Teeswater, Special musical numbers by the choir under the leadership. of Mrs. Bert Boyce were the morning anthem, "Great and Marvellous," by Gounod, and for the evening service the selec- tion front Handers Messiah entitled, "And the Glory of the Lord," a male quartet, "I am Coming to the Cross," by Messrs. Bill and Frank IVItitch, George -Roberton and, A. R. Miteh- ell, and a solo selection, "Hymns .of the Old Church Choir," by Jean Mor- etti). .In• order to allow their congrega- thins to worship with their friends of the Prethyterian church the Ontario Street and Wesley -Willis United churches withdrew theii evening ser- vices. The Trees of Clinton 0 beautiful trees in a beautiful town, Like ladies who wear each a beautiful gown; I lived in your midst in the days of the past, But I treasured you not as my friends true and fast; But now as I think of your green leafy shade I count you with those, the true friends that I made. —CAROLINE GRANT FARRILL. V .LITTLE LOCALS The encumber mill is one of the busy places of the town at this time. Philip and Lorne Jervis of Holmes- ville are in charge of the grading. They are grading from nine to fif- teen tons of cucumbers daily. The largest .one -day grading this far was twenty tons. Rev, A. E. Silver attended the Mid- cllesex and Lambton Association Meeting of the Baptist churches, in Arkona on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Boy Scouts Association will hold their first Fall meeting on Fri- day night, Sept. 26th. New boys of twelve or over will be welcomed. V Arranging Ploughing Classes Plowing demonstrations have been arranged for four additional Olen - ships in Huron County, leading up to the International to be held in this county in 1942. The townships, date and place are: -"laborite township, September 29th, at the farm of Rol- and Williams, east of Heetere teary township, September 30th, on. the farm of John Huether, adjoining the village of Cranbrook; Goderich -town- ship, October lst, on the farm of Jas. R. Stirling, concession eix; Starilsk township, October 2rid, on the farm. of Ebner Turner on the Parr Line. The demonetration and coach for those events ' will be Frank Bell of St. Paula a plowman of prominence.in Ontario matches. The Dungannon fall fair will be held on Oct. 3rd, the Howick township fall fair will be held' on October 4th, and the Blyth fall fair will be held on October 8th. The North Huron plowing match will be held on October 6th, but the site has not yet been arranged. , The South Huron plowing match is on October the 23rd, the site not arrang- ed yet. v MILITARY NEWS Ptee J. E. Garrett of Carling Heights, London, spent Saturday with Miss Elizabeth Carter, Pte. G. Harris of the Brockville Training Centre spent the weekend in Clinton and Blyth. Philip Sperling of the R.C.A.F. at St. Thomas spent the weekend rat his home in tdevn, Bruce Bartliff 01 rho It.C.A.F. at Aylmer spent the weekend with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bartliff. Cpl. Gordon Murray and Mrs. Murrayand family of Goderich spent the -weekend in town with friends. Capt. II. C. Lawson of the Kitchen- er Training Centre spent the weekend in town with Mrs. Lawson and small daughter. Pte. Stanley KennedY of Kitchener Training Centre spent the weekend in town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Kennedy. Wireless Operator Edward 111eGill, R.C.A.F. has graduated from Rude School No. 1 at Montreal and has been stationed at Hagersville as an in- structor. He spent last weekend isa town with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Timms McGill. R.A.F. Officials Visit Clinton High reeking Royal Air Force of- ficers, who are tothing Canada visit- ed Clinton Radio School last week as well as the Sky Harbour airport They also impeded Port Albert Navigation School and from there went on to St. Thomas and Fingal. The officers. were guests at a din- ner held at the Sky Harbour school last Wednesday evening. The party was headed by Air Marshall A„ G. Garrod, officer in charge of air training in England and included CoMmodere A. Cecil Csitch- ley, in claneed of all initial training wings. in Engiandi• Group Captains A. O. Paxton, G. G. tenting end Lord Dhvid Douglas -Henderson. Oldest Doctor in Canada Lives in Huron Having just read a recent stoey concerning Dr. J, W. Shaw of Clinton a friend from Exeter sends along seine information on another stalwart of the medical profession in Huron County—Dr. J. W. Browning of Ex- eter, now in his 98th, year and who still pays his annual physician's fee.. This makes him the oldest living practising doctor in. Canada. On July 3rd, 1867 tSa year of Confoder- ation, Dr. Browning hung out his shingle in Exeter, down in South Huron. Ile suffered badly in those days from tuberculosis, and friends and colleagues of the slim, tmheal- thy looking limn who weighed less than 100 pounds were of the °melon that he couldn't fast very long. Ho - ever, Dr, Brownng fooled everyone, shook off the dread disease, and. now at 165 pounds and only two years to go until he reaches the century mark is active enough to doctor a few of hie old friends. You Play remember Dr. Browning , also as the oldest living telegrapher in Canada who joined ia a nation- wide celebration a few years ago and tapped out a message that went from Halifax to Vancouver.. Evidently Huron County is one section of the country which fosters longevity in its medical men, Reeve of Clinton N. W. TREWARTHA Mr. Nelson W. Trewartha, promin- ent local produce merchant and forme or mayor of Clinton, has been elected reeve of Clinton for the remainder of this year by acclamation. He is e. former M.L.A. for South Huron and warden of the county. Mr. Trewar- tha will fill the vacancy created by thedeath of Reeve Fred Livermore. Two men were nominated fox, the office of reeve here last Friday even- ing. They were N. W. Trewarthas a former councillor, reeve, county war- den, mayor of Clinton, and M.L.A. for South Huron; and Ken. G. Waters, mayor of Clinton in 1940, the young. est man to occupy that 'office in the history of the town. Mr. Waters however, said he, was unwilling to, cause the cost nn election and would not run if Mr. Trewartha quale if ied. There was a good attendance of ratepayers and Mayor A. 3. McMur- ray was appointed chairman. He spoke of the regrettable • passiug on. of Reeve Fred Livermore, and paid. a warm tribute to his sterling quali- ties. He then called on Mr. Trewar- tha, Mr. Trewartha expressed his • ap- preciation for having been asked to fill in the remainder of the year as reeve. He made mention of the fact that he was nominated by .the same two mon who nominated him. for •his. first public office in Clinton. He pledged that if chosen to represent Clinton on the county council for the remainder of the year, this welfare of the town would be his first consid- eration, Mr. Waters spoke briefly. He gist' paid a tribute to the late retIVO, thanked his mover and seconder and intimated that he (lid not think it would be fair to the ratepayers to cause an election at this time of the year and that if Mr. Trewartha quali- fied, he would not. However if nom- inated for reeve for 19.12, he would: then be a candidate for office. Legion Auxiliary Below is a list of ladies from the Legion Aueiliary who are expected to be piiaserit on each Monday evening in the Recreation Room Will these ladies please be responsible for their evening. If unable to be. present, kindly ararnge for e &Oath tute. • Monday, Sept. 29: Mrs. G. M. Counter, Mrs. Ed. Wended. Monday, Oct, 3: Mrs. MaTaggint, Miss D. Shaw. Monday, Oet. 10: Mrs. Thompson, Mrs, J. W. Shaw. Monday, Oet. 17; . Mrs. Combe, Mrs. T, Freanlin, Monday, Oct. 24; Mrs. Scribbins, Mrs. Jordan. Monday, Oct, 31: Mr. McIntyre, Mrs. Snell, Monday, Nov. 3: Mrs. Shaddock, Mrs. Cooper, Monday, Nov. 10: Mrs, Cornish, Firs. Wilson. Monday, Nov. 17: Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Cole. V Corn Borex Pest Encouraging evidence that the corn borer pest is being overcome in Hur- on County is contained in a letter re- ceived by agricultural representative J'. C. Shearer for the Department of Entomology and Zoology at Guelph. R. W. Thompson, writer of the letter states that from the stock infection counts made by Mr. Globe, inspector in Huron Comity, the average for the county is 19.0 per cent. as Nen- pared with an average of 46.0 per cent in 1940. Two main causes are. given in Mr. Thompson's report for the reduction in borer population. They are: The less favorable weath- ccr for borer development during the 1941 season, and the cleanup of the of the corn stubble yields. The reduction, it is stated has been. fairly general in the enforced clean, up territory,