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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1941-12-18, Page 3THURS., DEC. 18, 1941 i'ri tlA LININtxb IN CLINTON EARLY IrV Ikth UL NTURY Sone Notes 'o f The News in 191E FROM THE CLINTON NEWS - RECORD DECEMBER 14TH, '1916 , Mr, ';arid Mrs, ,Richard Walton in -1 tend leaving the end of 'the week. for Goderich, where. they,ynill ;make their borne in the future. Pte Walton lias recently returned ,from the front and one son is still fighting while the oth er some time ago trade the supreme uthore are few, of the old friends of his ;boyhood left. Mae Young is ga raneher in Montana ;and also travels through =several States, of the Union,. FROM THE CLINTON NEW ERA DECEMBER 14TH, 1916 Miss M„ A. Stone is spending her Christmas holidays at Essex. sacrifice,. •Mr. John Crooks. of Vancouver, B.C. is holidaying in town. Mr, and Mrs. H. Lyon of Londes- Wm. Holmes of Lucknow, was bora announce the engagement of their daughter, Elsie !Evelyn, to Mr. the guest of his sister, Miss Jennie Arthur E. Kerslake, only son of Mr. Holmes, last week. and Mrs. Robt. Kerslake of Exeter. Sergt. Wesley Caldwell, son of Mr, narrow escape last Thursday morning and Mrs. W. Caldwell of Hensel!, is owing' to a faulty stove in their house. officially reported as having received I Robert Morrison has sold his farm a military medal for distinguished ein Stanley to Mr. McLaughlin of service .on the battle field. Sergt. -Blake to get possession April 1st. Mr. Caldwell is very well -known in Olin -.I liforrison has resided on the farm for ton, having attended Collegiate here. ; over 20 years, coming here from Me - He enlisted as a private with the Knipp. 18th battalion in November of 1914 and was promoted on the field. He Huron Cbunty Council closed their has served in Belgium and France for session Friday morning; • but before over a year. He is a member of the doing so took occasion to present their machine gun section. Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Welsh had a warden, John Livingston, of Grey iTownship with a handsome cane in Austin Church, well-known farmer appreciation of his work during the of West Wawanosh, met a violent past year. death at his farm at noon on Sunday The engagement is announced of last. He went to the stable to hitch up his horse, and when he did not re- Frances Jane, youngest daughter of turn in good time, his wife went out the late Joseph Hampton and Mrs. to .see what was wrong, and found him Hampton of Mount Forest, to Mr. W. dead under the horse's feet. From J. Crooks of Vancouver, B.C., former - the appearances of the body it seems ay of Clinton, that the horse bad knocked him down and kept stamping upon him. There passed away in Clinton on Wednesday of last week an old resi- dent in the person of Mrs, David Barge. The deceased, whose maiden name was Mary Cooper, was born in England but came to this country with her parents, when a child% The family settled in Godericls township, After her marriage to Mr. Barge, she resided in Mitchell for a number of years but Iater returned to Clinton. Miss B. F. Ward leaves Saturday for her home at Rockville, Maryland, where she will spend the Christmas vacation. skewin, Sask., and is visiting relatives in town. Mrs. French will make her home here. Word was received on Sunday last of the death'whieh. occurred in Thes- salon of Richard VanEgmond, son of the late Edward VanEgmond of Mul- lett township. The deceased, who was sixty-three years of age, was a native of Mullett township and had resided in this vicinity almost all his life un- til about twelve years ago when he, went to Thessalon, Little Miss Florence French accoin- ! anied her grandmother from Weta- Miss Dolly Mennen is expected up from Toronto to spend the Christmas vacation, Pte. George Weber, who has been spending some time in hospital in London is in town this week. Mrs. W. J. S. Young ef Chester, Montana, has been a visitor in town for the past week, having been called home to attend the fuheral of his mother, Mrs. JamesYoung. It is over twenty years since Mr. Young ?eft Clinton and thought lie has been back ore several occasions since the S town has changed so much that When The Present Century Was Young FROM THE CLINTON NEWS - RECORD DECEMBER 12TH, 1901 Thi; old Granton tavern is West Tuckersmith,-whieh has been a land- mark for almost a couple of genera- tions, is being torn down and the timber used for other buldings. In the "good old days,' about which our seniors still continue to talk, the tav- car and drove us around the central ern was the scene of many festive part of the city, particularly that gatherings. part of old London whiioh had been Mr. John Mitchell a retired farmer destroyed by the Great Fire in 1636 living in Hensall lost five hundred and, rebuilt better than it had been. dollars in an exasperating sort of a Now it has been destroyed again. way the other day. He had, receiv-st of St. Paul's Cathedral and north of Fleet Street, there is an area ed the amount on mortgage and giv- ing it to his wife as best custodian, of almost a square mile with hardly she placed it in a stove as the least a building standing. Perhaps. you likely place to be searched by burg- have seen that remarkable photo - tars. The good woman, however, ov graph which shows the great dome of erlooked the possibility of fire being St. Paul's standing up above a mass started in the stove evhieh is just of smolte and flames, while in the what happened and in a t.vinkle the (foreground the walls of ruined houses money had disappeared, • are silhouetted against the fire. I had iwondered sometimes if that photo - Mrs. Lane of Toronto was the guest !graph was not faked. In a room of the the past week of Mr. H. Hunt and Press Club in London, I saw the ori - MTS. Joseph Rattenbusy, ginal. Walking through the ruins. of Mr, Charles Baker leas= been suffer- the old City of London, it is still easy ering with blood poisoning in one of to picture that terrible night. his hands but it is getting quite wen Many of the walls which stood up again. 'in that blackened area since the big (Continued from page 2) LONDON IN Ai BLAOKOIUT AMAZINGLY BLACK AND QUIET dark, but quiet as well. This didn't• seem like a railway station. Outside,' not a light,aliowed, in the city. Somehow, our hosts form the Brit- ish Council found us, and they knew what to do. In a few moments, they had a porter hunting for a taxicab. Where he went, I'll never know, but he dame back with two, and in the dight of later experience, that was something of an achievement. Our taxi driver was old and his cab was ancient. 'Four persons and their luggage seemed like too much of a load, but we entrusted eiirseiives.to him, hoping he knew what to do. The only outdoor lights in London are the-traffic•signals and the shelter signs. Even thew traffic lights are covered, except a tiny cross in the centre. The shelter signs have only a dim "5" showing on them. An Uncanny Quietness The feeling persisted' that this could not possibly be the world's larg- est city Sometimes, the taxi +would stop and a bus or some more taxis would go aVrnosa the - intersection, Each had one dine headlight, fitted with .shutters so that it threw a cir- cle of semi -darkness on the pave- ment. The windows of the buses were covered. They were just dim •outlines as they passed. ' ' The tiny red cross at the corner would disappear' and be replaced by a green one and the driver would start up, again. Some of the editors, familiar with London in the past, asked him questions about the local- ities: Only •once, at the corner of Hyde Park, did one. of them guess correctly. 1 am told that London in normal times is noisy at night, though not so bad as New York. In the blackout it is quiet. There seem to• be no pri- vate oars. rivate.oars. Taxa and bus drivers must find their way largely by •instinct. The cab stopped under some kind of roof. A man with a tiny pocket flashlight helped us out and called for someone to take the bags. We passed one by one through a revol- ving door and emerged suddenly into the bright light of a hotel lobby. There was something familiar about the place. The feeling persis- ted even after I had been taken to my room and had Iooked into the, bath- room with its Roman bath and Royal Doulton fixtures, reminders of past splendors. Then I remembered. I had seen this famous, hotel in moving pictures long ago. Bomb Damage in London The next morning, I saw London for the first time. Our host from the British Council came around in an old Ea The liquidator of the J. E. Crealy Dairy Company has sold the comp- any's factory at Clinton to Mr. John IB. McGregor; butter manufacturer, who will shortly move to town to make his home. Monteith --In Clinton, on Monday, December 9th, Alexander Monteith, r., aged 76 years and 9 months, special Train Service AND IMPORTANT TRAIN SERVICE CHANGES FOR CHRISTMAS' APID NEW YEAR'S • CONSULT AGENTS FOR COMPLETE TRAIN INFORMATION AND HOLIDAY FARES. T,348A, CA , AD AN NATIONAL Z T 4' Address, Limiimmummr, The World's News Seen Through THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR .: An International Daily Newspaper is Truthful--Constructive—Unbiased—Free from Sensational- ism — Editorials Are Titnely and Instructive, and Its Daily Features, Together with the Weekly Magazine Section, Make the Monitor: an Ideal Newspaper for the Home. The Christian Science Publishing Society One, Norway Street, Boston, Massachusetts Price $12,00 Yearly, or $1,00 aMonth. Saturday Issue, including Magazine Section, $2,60 a Year. Iaraaductory Offer 6 Issues` 25 Cents. Name SAMPLE COPY ON REQUEST blitz last December have been torn down by demolition squads. Where there are basements, they have been cemented and turned into water re, servoire for fighting future fires. This was, an area of office build- ings and publishing houses, with a number of fine old churches and some of the most famous administrative buildings. It was burned in a con- centrated oncentrated blitz one weekend before the Londoners had learned how to fight the incendiary, bomb. I don't think it could ever happen again. An incendiary bomb is small and light. A large bombing plane might carry a thousand ef thein. They are showered down by hundreds and are just heavy enough to go through a slate roof. It is two minutes or so before they burst into flame. Every second counts. The incendiary bomb can be conquered in the first two or -three minutes, After that, it takes the fire brigade to do anything about it. Strangely enough, the things' that touch the heart of ,the observer in desolate areas like this are the 'malt things. In ruined houses, it is dolls or •other toys lying around: in former office buildings, it is battered type- writers piled up, a dozen or so to- gether, or some other evidence of the normal live that was once carried on. there. Yet even in the midst of this desol- ation, I had the feeling that the Ger- man bombers had failed. They had not even tried to hit military targets. It is thought that they tried to wipe out the whole ef London's fire fighting anparatus, They didn't succeed. The fire brigades were massed in that small area and more bombers came over, dropping high explosives bombs. Suddenly enly they stopped coming. It is mid that a mist arose back over the Channel and it was feared they could rot return safely. Whether that was the reason or not, London's fire fight- ers, escaped to fight another day. Seeing other parts of London later, I felt again and again that the Ger- man bombers had failed, They de- stroyed thousands of houses and THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 TO THE WOMEN OF CANADA Here is One Big War Job which You Alone Can Do «Ceiling Prices" Must Be Maintained This is an appeal to the women of Canada. There is one vital -part of our war effort which depends on You. Your government has placed a "ceiling:' on retail prices. You are the buyers •of four out of every five dollars. worth of all the goods sold in this country. Your whole -hearted help is needed in this price control plan. If every woman does her part, it cannot fail. Its success will' be a big step on the road to victory; Its failure would be a serious blow to our war effort. You can tip the balance towards success. Will you, then, undertake to make the successful control of commodity prices an established fact? We know you will. And we know that when you undertake this task it is as good as done This is the work you are asked to do 1. Make a list of commodities 3. Write down prices We want you to sit down today apd make a list of the After each item we want you to write down, if you can, the things you buy from week to week and from month to month. highest price charged at your store during the period September Write down food and clothing items in particular, because 15 to October 11, 1941. If you cannot remember the prices charged these account for the biggest share of your expenditures. But during that period, fill in your list with today s prices. Our we want you to list those articles you buy at the drug store, survey shows that retailers, with few exceptions, are keeping hardware store, and other stores, too, prices well within the "ceiling" levels. As exceptions are being discovered they are being quickly brought into line. 2. Make notes about quality Now go over your list again and mark down the necessary 4. Keep this list—use it when you buy! details about quality, type, gradeand size. Then when making 1 up this pricetlist neatly nce accurately. Youo yourr future purchases you will be able to compare values as well not be able dayto getd al. the Beni aty once. p permanent the to as prices. P list from to day. Make it your permanent check Itst— your personal safeguard against any further rise in prices. Prices May be Different in Different Stores" There has always been a difference in prices in different stores—even stores in the same locality. This may depend on the kind 'of service the store gives, or the way it oper- ates. Some stores, for instance, have delivery service, give credit, or provide other extra services. Under the new Price Ceiling Order there will still be differences in prices at different stores.' The new price regulations will not do away with competition. The high- est prices in any particular store must not be higher than the highest prices in force in that store during the period September 15 to October 11. They may be a little lower or a little •higher than the prices in ocher stores. The prices you will mark down will' be the highest prices charged at the store where you shop. A Few Poiiots to Remember 1. The ceiling price is not necessarily the price you paid. It is the highest price at which the store sold the particular item between September 15 and Ocrober 11. 2. A merchant may reduce his prices for sales or other reasons -he may also raise them provided they do not go above the ceiling price. 3. Variations in seasonal prices on fresh fruits and vegetables are permitted. Rulings on seasonal markers will be announced from time to time by the Wartime Prices and Trade Board in newspapers and over the radio. 4. Fill our your price list without bothering your mer- chant. In many cases he is making a financial sacrifice to sell under the price ceiling. The war has left him short- staffed and the Christmas rush is on. • --- Items most frequently bought ---------- This is not intended as a complete list. Ic is simply offered as a guide. Add to it the other items you buy or expect to buy. Description Ilam (S(z Quality, etc.) Store Puce C1A'1'HINC (Men's, Women's, Children's) Coats Sweaters Suits Dresses Skirts, Blouses Shirts Underwear Boots and shoes OPERATING EXPENSES Rubbers, Goloshes Laundry and cleaning Stockings ► Soaps and other cleaning agents Socks Blankets, Sheets, Towels Hats, Gloves Item coon Milk Butter Eggs Sugar Tea, Coffee Flour Cereals Bread Meat Caned Goods Description (Flze, Quality, etc.) Store seas Price l 1 L ----1 Why you must do your part To ensure the success of this price control plan, every If a price seems higher than the ceiling, ask your merchant woman in Canada should make a list. Retailers are showing a about it. If further information is necessary, report the full splendid spirit of co-operation. The great majority of them are details in writing. Address your letter to the Prices and Supply determined to make this plan work, but if Jaw do not co- Representative, Wartime Prices and Trade Board at any of the operate the whole plan might fail --prices might start to• following: Vancouver, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg, North skyrocket. So keep your list handy. Check the prices you pay Bay, London, Toronto, rockville, Montreal, Quebec City, against it, Saint John, Halifax, Charlottetown, Published under the authority of THE WARTIME PRICES AND TRADE BOARD, Ottawa, Canada stores and offices and dozens of churches. They did get many fac- tories along the Thames. But they not only failed to frighten tine British people: they also missed many of the most tempting targets. For instance, every bridge over the Thames: is in operation. It is said not one has been hit though thousands of bombs have gone into the water in an attempt to cut traffic, There ase tem- porary bridges' which can be quickly finished if any bridge • is destroyed. They have never been needed. I wandered through the dock area near Tower Bridge one day. The little houses in the East End have taken a bad punishment. In two places, I saw vacant lots piled up high with, bricks that must have come from hundreds of houses. But the docks were still in operation as usual with convoys go- ing out the Thames'. It was obvious that Tower Bridge itself had never been hit. The Tower of London has lost only a corner of one small bas- tion. There hasn't been any bombing in London lately. It is now five months since the last bombs have fallen on the capital. Only once• while I was in London did an enemy plane ever come near the city. From the roof of a newspaper office, I watched the flashes sof the anti-aircraft guns away to the east, The Germans never got thorough. There Was bombing going on all that time, .but it was around the coasts of Britain. P Came through a bombing one night in Bournetiiouth, anti: will tell of it in a later story. But conditions have obviously changed. The Germans no longer. have super- iority in the air. Defences are stronger. 1t doesn't isee'tn Iikelythat the British will be "blitzed,' again as they were last winter: actual invase Bader's Little Friend Has Artificial Leg at 3'/2' A child of 31/ is learning to walk again on an artificial leg made for Ihim by the people who have been making a new pair for the legless air arse, Wing -Commander Bader. He is a small boy named Bonnie Osmond, who lost a leg ony a year or two after he first Iearned to walk, It was found difficult at first to get Ronnie to put his heart into learning to walk all over again. Then some- one in the works had the idea of giv- ing him a miniature walking -stick made of duralumin. Ronnie was fas- cinated with itis little tubular stick and at onee wanted to try it. Now his nurses notice that when walking by himself he will sometimes change the stick from one hand to the other, sure proof that he can walk without it. ' The makers of the tiny leg are as pleased as he is. They built and fit 5,000 artificial legs a year,and Bader their most famous patient, whose legs Neve been surnplied and repaired by them since 1934, visited their fitting room only a fortnight before he had to bale out of his malohine over Oc- cupied France. His new pair of legs have , now been handed over by the makers to the British Ministery of Pensions who have flown them to Liebon for delivery through the In- ternational Red Cross at Geneva, It will be recalled that when Bader landed in Fiance he broke one of his artificial legs and a spare one was flown over the Channel by R.A.F.. comrades. Since then he has escaped Christmas Story "The following story was written by the late W. Q. Phillips many years ago and apparently refers to the winter of 1901-02. While pure fiction, characters well known in Clinton at that time may be suggested." MISS SYDNEY'S ELM TREE by Wm. Philips, Sarnia, Ont. When November was ushered in, with a heavy fall of snow all the old timers in Creswick predicted an old- fashioned winter—a hard winter, they said—and before Christmas it was abundantly evident they were right. The weather was steadily cold, storm followed storm, and the work of clear-' ing paths and roads even within the village itself became strenuous. Nev- er" for years had there been so much !snow, and it seemed to be peculiarly hard and refractory, ,so that it piled up and packed solidi anti the general level of the village was raised a good two feet. And it was bitterly coil, -- the sort of cold that tests the best heating systems, and that freezes . water within a yard of the kitchen stove, For those who could afford 'plenty of fuel it was annoying, but for the poor—tragedy! Coal and wood dealers dict a rushing business mut] it was whispered that the coal supply ,was short, and that withthe bitter- . est weather knowri .for ybstre .a' feel famine was in sight. It was all very well to say get more frown the .mines: that was what everyone was trying to do. To' make matters "worse the railway had. pros - in a while; freights were simply can- celled. Then came the day when orders for coal were met but half- way. It was not a question of pay- ing for it at all; people whose credit was gilt-edged or who ordered with the money in their hands were told they must be content with their share. Too soon the last of the winter stock was cleared out and everything de- pended on the arrival of cars. A car- load is 20 to 25 tons: divided into qudirter-ton "jade" it would iservle eighty to a hundred families, and on this almost °he itable basis it was distributed, Miss Sydney, the undoubted mis- tress of Elm Tree Cottage, where she lived with an invalid sister, met the situation as best she could. Her heating system was elastic. There was the kitehen stove, •of course, and the large living -roam adjoining cone tained a self -feeder, not of the Iatest make, and a box stove wlsose square panelled sides and high crooked lege showed that it belonged to the Early Ontario period. In mild weather it was a handy stove to light for an hour or two. The lighting' of the .self -fender meant that the real Winter had begun. In extremely cold spells both .were in use. There was a stove in the .parlor and another up -stairs— .but what use were they when fuel was so scarce? After some . consideration Miss Sydney set up twio cots in the living - rem; the parlor and bedrooms' were shut up. The ancient self -feeder was put on short allowance ands closely, for four days from the prison hospital deafly ,surrendere O e elements, d t th 1 watched; 'In, the manning a few stake i011 seems impossible. , :.b ' in which he is held. Passenger trains were running onoe (continued on naps ll\