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The Clinton News Record, 1938-03-24, Page 1trhe News -Record Est. 1878 inton With Which is Incorporated NO. 5876 -59TH YEAR. The Clinton New Era The New Era Est, 1885 CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1938. TRAOE 1N;YOUR 010 tNATCFI FOR A RULOVA N in repair, liberal 'allowance Never mind, if fit is old and out of epai , a tb will be made for it, in exchange for a,Bulova" This applies to either a gentleman's or Lady's Watch" WHEN CONSIDERING lA G`1LAI TJATION ' GIFT. It would be to your advantage to see our stock of suitable articles, and the prices are reasonable. W. H. HILL,YAR Jeweler and Optician. Residence Phone 174e 11 11 Your New SPRING COAT WHICH SHALL IT BE? FITTED, STRAIGHTLINE or FLARE? IN TWEED, CORDED or BOUCLE? We Carry the Best Moderately Priced Lines that Money Can Buy. New Numbers Arriving for Friday & Saturday Showing. Procure Our Goodwill Coupons for Free Gifts on All Purchases. IRWIN'S 11 " CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE AIM 1 Potter—Swan A very -pretty March wedding was solemnized at 4 o'clock Wednesday, March 23rd, at the home of the bride's mother, when Helen Beatrice, eldest daughter of Mrs. Lucy, and the lase Jos. W, Swan, of Clinton (formerly of Lucknow) was united in marriage to Mr. George Et, only son of Mrs. Grace, and the late P. P. Potter, of Goderich Township.; Rev. G. G. Bur- ton officiated. The bride, given : in marriage by her. grandfather, Met Frederick Lockwood, wore a gown of Midblue English Silk Taffeta with silver trimmings fashioned on prin- cess lines. The bride and groom were attended by the bride's sister, Jean H., and elder brother, Harold F. Af- ter the wedding luncheon Mr. and Mrs. Potter left ona short honeymoon to points east. The bride's, travel- ling .costume, was a navy blue suit, darktailored coat with navy acme- series. On their return Mr. and Mrs. Potter will reside on the groom's farm on No. 8 Highway, west , of Clinton. Hyde—Malcolm A lovely spring wedding took place at the home of Mrs. N. Malcolm of Zion at twelve o'clock noon, Wednes- day, when Florence, only daughter of Mrs. Malcolm and the late N. Mal- colm, was united in marriage to Har- vey Hyde, son of William Hyde and the late Mrs. Hyde of Hensall. The bride entered the room on the arm of her uncle, James Malcolm, to the strains of the Lohengrin Wedding Marek played by Mrs. E. J. Hingst of Mitchell. The bride's costume was burgundy silk velvet with silver lame jacket and shoulder length veil of net trimmed with silver stars, a sil- ver coronet and silver slippers. She wore a cameo pendant, the bride groom's gift; and carried a bouquet of talisman roses with silver ribbon and pink tulle. . Miss Violet Hyde, sister of the bridegroom, acted as brides- maid, and was dressed in pale blue satin with matching slippers and wore a pink rose tiara. Her flowers were pink carnations. Jack Malcolm, broth- er of the bride, was best man. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Mr. Gilmore of Staffa, During .the sign- ing- of the register, Miss Ethel Hodge sang "I Love You Truly", accompan- ied by Mrs. E. J. Hingst, The house was effectively decorated in pink and white and the four -storey wedding cake centred the table. A sumptuous wedding breakfast was served to the immediate relatives by the Misses Auleeru Pepper, Ethel. Hodge, Lois Pepper and Gladys Hodge. The bride and bridegroom left on a motor trip through. Western Ontario and will re- side on the bridegroom's farm at Hen- sall. Kernohan—Minielly A quiet but pretty wedding was solemnized at the Baptist parsonage, Forest, when Amy Christina 'Mired; ly, daughter of Mrs. Richard Minielly, and the late Richard Minielly, of For- est, was united in marriage to James Ray Kernohan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Xernohan,; of Warwick, by Rev. 0. E. Broughton. Ernie Minielly, brother of the bride, and Miss Jean Mathany, of Wallaceburg, attended the young couple. Following a motor trip to. New York and other eastern points they will reside in Forest, Mrs. Kernohan was a farmermem- ber of the Clinton Hospital staff, A Good Easter Egg William Glazier, who lives on No. 8 highway, east of •.Clinton, : has a flock of Leghorn hens which appar- ently have been watching the calendar and have notedthat this is the Len- ten season. One hen in particular has made sure that someone will get an egg which really is an egg. She has laid one which is 4% inches long, 8% inches around, and 11%.. inches in circumference the long way, weighing slightly over 14./2 ozs. There can't .be any spring fever in this flock, or can there? The Farmers' Market Wheat, 85c, Oats, 43c to 45c. Barley, 55c. Buckwheat, 50c. Live Hoge, $9.75. Butterfat, 41e, 39c. Eggs, 18c, 1Gc, 15c, 13e. Midget Hockey Players See Professional Game Interest in hockey was again re- vived over the week -end. The mem- bers of the Midget Hockey Teams are filled with enthusiasm this week fol- lowing a trip ' down to Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto, on Saturday when they were the guests of the Clinton Lions Club. In all there were twenty-nine in the party who attended the game between the New York Americans and the Toronto Maple Leafs. The boys especially were pleased with the ex- hibition, to say nothing of the experi- ence they gained from the trip. The game had everything a fan could hope for. It was filled with thrills from start to finish, having thirteen goals in all, a penalty shot; fights, and ell that goes with an °interesting hockey game: The boys brought back souvenirs ofthe game to show their envious friends. Before and after the game a number of them obtained the sig- natures of both Maple Leaf and Am- erican players, practically all of them getting, "Red" Horner's signature on their programmes which they are proudly displaying to all and. sundry. One ambitious lad has eight signat- ures in all. The boys had their capable coach, "Timmer" McEwan along with them, also their trainer, "Feather" Ful- ford. Tho services of both nien have been greatly appreciated by the Lions, McEwan especially has shown mark- ed ability in the handling of the team who were up against the stif. fest opposition in the tail end of the series and came through with flying colours. It is hoped his services will be available again next year. Transportation was furnished by Messrs. Haddy, Waters, Counter, Lawson, Maltby and Monteith. The boys who were guests of the Club were: Ken Colquhoun, Doug. Eart- liff, Doug. McKenzie, Wes. Haddy, Wm. Counter, Bud. Schoenhals, Har- ry MCEwan, Frank Clancy, "Izzie" Powell, Diek Carter, Bill Cook, Reg. gee Dixon, Rolfe Monteith, Phil, Sperling, Ross Pearce, Dave John- ston, Bill Chessell, Frank Lawson. June Examinations Testing Time front 14th to 29th of the Month There will be no hot weather trials for students taking departmental ex- aminations this coming summer, un- less the heat arrives in June. The examinations for middle and upper school begin on Tuesday, June 14th, and end on Wednesday, June 29. Entrance examinations begin June 23 and end June 29. A few years ago the examinations were carried on un- til July 14 and into the extreme heat period, but now the policy is not to hold any in July. Extra effort is to, be made this sum- mer to keep the students who are not writing on departmental examina- tions busy at work until the end of the term. Fruit Growers Re -Elect Officers James R. Stirling is President. The annual meeting of Huron Coun- by Fruit Growers' Association held Friday in the Agricultural, Board Room was the best in attendance and general interest in the association's history. The large audience includ- ed fruit men from as far away as Tara in Brice County, Guest speak- ers who addressed the gathering were Prof. Ferguson of the horticultural Dept. of Dominion Department of Ag-. riculture, Ottawa, Dr. W. H. UpshaIl from the horticultural Experimental Suction at Vineland, Ont. Representatives from the Niagara Spray Company were also present. Addresses dealt mainly with the con- trol and eradication of insect pests and were illustrated with moving pic- tures of spraying operation as used in the Niagara, Grey County and Huron County orchards. The election of officers resulted in all ,1987 officers being re-elected, They are James R. Sterling,, Gode- rich Township, president; R.3'. Mc- Loughlin, Brussels, vice-president; Ian MacLeod, agricultural representa- tive, Clinton, secretary -treasurer; di- rectors, Mrs. Irene Smith, D. J. Las - saline, Geo' Sowerby, Goderich Town- s h i p; Kenneth Cameron,' Wesley Joynt, Lucknow; 0. topsoil,. Hallett Township. A resolution to hold a fruit grow= ars picnic some time during the com- ing summer was supported. Matters of general interest to fruit growers will be discussed: on that occasion. THE HOME PAPER ;Patz icks Tea Is Decided Success Even nature -smiled upon the ef- forts of the Women's Association of Wesley -Willis Church as they held their .aminal St" Patrick's Teaand sale of Home Baking and Candy on Saturday last. For years past this s even t has been held in the Council Chamber of the Town Hall, but this year it was decid- ed to hold it in the church, the lec- ture and class roams lending them- selves so favorably to. such an occas- ion. These decorated with St, Pat- rick's colors and spring flowers made a very attractive setting, and Miss Margaret Sperling, JoAnne Cueing- hame, and Eileen Sutter kindly assist- ed by rendering several musical numbers on the piano. The following convenors with their capable committeesmade possible the great success of the afternoon. Reception—Mrs, E. Paterson. Tea Room—Mrs. A. Haddy. Baking Booths.. -Mrs. M. Corless. Candy—Mrs. Cosens. Kitchen—Mrs. Creo, Mrs. Saville. Decorations—Mrs. A. T. Cooper. Monthly Study Meeting Of Ever Ready Mission Circle The study meeting of the Ever Ready Mission Circle was held at the home of' Miss Grace Addison, Thurs- day, March 17th. The President, Iso- bel Chowen, assisted by Mrs. R. Shipley; had charge of the opening exercises. A short business discus- sion followed. An item on Temper- ance was given by Dorothy Stelck. The 3rd vice-president, Grace Addl- son, took charge of the study period when the fifth chapter of the Study Book, "The Light of the Mind", was very ably presented by the following members: "The Christian Indian", given by Dorothy Match; "China", by Madeline VanHorne; "Japan", by Viola Holland; "Korea", by Mrs. Harvey Cooper; "Trinidad", by Dor- othy Stelck; "Africa", by Muriel Mulholland. A contest relating to this chapter was conducted by- Grace Addison. After singing the hymn, "Lord While for All Mankind We Pray", the meeting closed by repeat- ing the Mizn,ah Benediction in uni- son. A. social half hour was spent with the hostess. Officers Elected By Telephone Co. W. T. Riddell President of Goderich Rural Telephone Co. A large number of shareholders of the Goderich Rural Telephone Co. met in Dungannon for the annual meet ing of the company which was held at the home of Thomas. Strothers, with the president, W. T. Riddell, in charge. Among the questions dis cussed was the subject of upkeep and repair of the lines, and it was de- cided to spend $500 annually for this purpose. The company has had a good year free from sleet storms to break the lines and disrupt service. Thirty- seven new telephones have been in- stalled during the past four months. The yearly rental for "party" eines is $12, andfor private lines .$16. The following directors were elect- ed: Jarvis McBride, W. T. Riddell, J. C. Cutt, James Hackett, Joseph Mallough, John Chisholm, James Mc- Whinney, Burton Roach, Charles A. Whitely, G. C. Treleaven. The Board then met and elected the following of - Seers: President, W. T. Riddell; act ing manager, Thomas Stothers; sec.- treas., G. C. Treleaven; auditors, C. W. Alton and Mrs. J. Chisholm. Boy Scouts Will Plan For Monster Rally The Boy Scout troop are planning to have a paper day soon. It is hop- ed to be able to name the date next week, so save your newspapers and magazines for the Scouts. A meeting of the Huron District Boy Scout Committee will be held m Clinton Headquarters on Monday, April 4th, at 8 p.m. The main business of this meeting will be to make arrangements for a Scout rally to be held in; Goderich an May 24th. This is the first big rally attempted in: the Huron district and several hun- dred Scouts and Cubs will take part. The Huron District is composed of Goderich, Wingham, Seaforth, Hensell and Clinton with prospects of several of the villages of the county organ- izing during the Summer. Clinton is possibly'the best organ, ized in the county withwell. over 100 boys and girls in the Brownies, Guides Cubs and Scouts and with three lead- ors for each. They have a fine large set of rooms in which to meet and all the necessary equipment to carry on their games and training. The Lions elub in acting as, sponsors feel that this is one of the most important. developments of their work since their club was formed, Presentation And, Trousseau Tea Proir to leaving Seaforth the Joint' Young People's S'oei(ety presented Miss Swan with a handsome end tab- le ds le and a pair of book -ends. The office officials, representatives of the Town of Seaforth, . and Public, Utilities .Commission, presented Miss ss Swan with a generous cheque. On Friday evening, March 18th, a Trousseau Tea was arranged at the home of the bride's mother, when a number of girl friends assisted in the different rooms and: in the dining room. Miss Margaret T. Lockwood, cousin of the bride -elect, attended the. door and the guests were received by Helen and her mothe. Tea was poured by a great-aunt, Mrs. L. Appleby, Clinton, Ontario. Thrift Being Encouraged In Schools Clinton' Children Have Deposit Increase. One of the great lessons that schools must teach is how to manage a limited income so as to make it supply present needs and also yield a modest amount of financial security for the individual. Children should be taught to survey their own needs and how to apportion their income so as to give each of these needs its just proportion of expenditure. This work is being carried out in a great num- ber of the public schools throughout the province as is revealed in a re- port just released by the Penny Bank Inspector for Ontario. Forty-four schools had 80% or ov- er of all their pupils making deposits each banking day in January and February out of a total of 512 schools making deposits. The amount on de- posit for the province at the end of February, 1938 was $1,425,230.67 as compared with $1,376,808.84 a year ago. A year ago Clinton pupils had $1,186.39 to their credit as compared with $1,195.68 at the end of February this year. Huron Old Boys' Associa- tion Of Toronto The Annual Euchre and Bridge Get-together of the Huron. Old Boy& Association of Toronto will be held in the Sovereign Hall, 805 Dover- court Road, on Tuesday evening, Ap- ril 5th, at 8 p.m. Good prizes will be awarded and a splendid programme has been arrang- ed. All Huronites are invited to be present at this function which will probably' be the biggest in the history of the Association. Little Locals Mr. Harry Steep has purchased the cottage on the corner of Ontario and Kirk streets from Mr. Hoxlard Clark, The back streets of town are caus- ing motorists considerable worry, A stretch between Orange and Shipley streets has been temporarily closed to' traffic, Prompted by the exceptionally fine spring weather of Monday and Tues. day, amateur gardeners were busily engaged in planting onions of which we will likely hear more in the fut. ure. V. C. French, editor of the Wetas- kiwin . Times, Saskatchewan, son .of Mrs. Florence French, King street, gave an address over radio station CERN Edmonton, on Friday evening. Addresses by editors of Central Al- berta are a weekly feature of this station., Among The Churches Wesley -Willis United Church Morning: "Is Death a Disaster." Evening: "A Friend in Need." Clinton Presbyterian Church Rev. Gordon A. Peddie, B.A., Minister. Public worship at 11.00 a.m. Sunday School at 10.00 am. Bible class, Wed, at 8.00 p.in. Knox Presbyterian Church, Bayfield Public worship at 3,00 p.m. Congregational supper, to -morrow, Friday, at 6.30 pen. Ontario Street United' Church Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B.D., Minister . 10,30 a.m. Membership Class. 11.00 a,m, Sacrament of the Lard's. Supper. 2.00 p.m. Turner's Church. 2"00 p.m. Saturday •--- Membership Class at Mr. John Turner's, home. 2.30 p.m..Sunday School (Clinton). '7.00 p.m.' "Parry Ye Here." Re- demptive hymns to be sung. Mem- bership class for Young People and adults after service. Monday, March 28th, 8 p.m. Young People's' Union.. Literary' and Re- creation department in charge. Meet for Prayer, 7,45 ; .m. Wednesday, March 30th. Service for Prayer, Praise and Fellowship. Presentation Made To Mrs. 'G. Miller The following clipping was taken from a recent issue of The London' Freeress P and refers tors M G. Miller, wife of Mr. G. , Miller, ac- countant in the Bank of Montreal, Clinton. "The choir of Trinity Church ar- ranged a social evening in farewell, to a valued member, Mrs. G. Miller, who is leaving to take up residence in Clinton. Games were in charge of Miss Jean Ogden and Fred Somer- ville. E. W. Herbert, choir president; Rev. J. H. Johnston and A. B. Stein expressed appreciation to Mrs. efiller for her valuable services and regret at her departure. D. H. Cooke real; an address and Fred Jarrett, in behalf of the choir, presented a gift which was gracefully acknowledged. Dainty refreshments were served by the. so- cial committee, Mrs. E. Bassett, Mrs. 3. H. Sutton and Miss Gertrude Part- ridge. BRUCEFIELD Rev. W. Nicol of Beaton will con- duct Divine services next Sunday, March .27th. The many friends of Mrs. John Grainger will be glad to hear that she is recovering from her recent illness. Mr. Wni. McQueen of Toronto vis- ited his mother in the village last Week. Mrs. Jas. Walker, Miss Mary Brown, Mr. J. Walker and Mr. J. H. O'Neil' of Clinton, were visitors at the home of Mrs; Jas. McQueen last week. Mrs. Wm. Edmunds of Seaforth is visiting her sister, Mrs. T. H. Wheel- er. Misses Margaret Watson of To- ronto, and Janet Watson of London, visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Watson last week -end. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Consitt and Ray spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. Zapfe. Mr. and Mrs. E. Schilbe of Zurich spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G. Swan. Mr. Seldon Ross of Goderich spent one day last week with his mother, Mrs. Janet Ross. Mr. and Mrs. B. Sholdiee of Credi- ton visited Mr" and Mrs. A. Patter- son one day last week. Miss Kate Dalrymple of Tucker - smith visited her cousin, Miss Grace Dalrymple. Messrs. Stanley and Lawrence Reid of Toronto spent the week -end here. Mr. Melvin Snyder of Wingham spent the week -end at his home here. All who wish to order through the Horticultural Society should do so at once as the ceder must be in as soon as possible to induce good stock. PORTER'S HILL The weather has been extremely spring-like. Early spring flowers are in bloom and pussy willows peeping out. The roads are not so good, frost coming out has caused soft spots that prove a trap to some cars" Sev- eral have had to be pulled out. Mr. G. G. Newton, who we report. ed last week in Goderich hospital, as the result of a fall, is home again, resting comfortably and able to get around with the aid of crutches. Thursday evening the St. Patrick's Social put on by Group No. 2 Ladies Aid at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Torrance proved to be a Very en- joyable time. Their large home was filled. The first part of the evert- ing, a good program was given. Mr. R. J. Stirling very' ably taking the chair. The Welsh orchestra gave sev- eral splendid numbers. Reading, Iso- bel Woods; chorus by the schoolchil- dren; solo, Lois Wright, Seaforth; du- et by Gay Whitmore and Edna Hul- ler, accompanied by Lloyd Stock on the guitar; instrumental Gladys Gale; song, R. J. Stirling; reading and some good Irish jokes, by Fred Elliott. Af- ter the program the drawing of the lucky ticket took place. A beautiful hooked rug, donated by, Mrs. J. A. Torrance, was secured by Miss K. Cameron, Clinton. Ticket No. 144 Was the one . held : by Miss Cameron, Estelle Cox drew the ticket. Two othertickets were also drawn, Estelle Cox getting the bath towels, Mrs. Weston, the cup and saucer. The bean guessing contest was won by Mrs. Will Cox, who received a 25 lb. bag of chick feed. This was donated by Mr. Mask Lowden. The remain- der of the evening was spent in pro- gressive games. Miss. Gay Whitmore won the ladies' prize for high, Argyle Lockhart, the gent's prize. A splen- did lunch was then served. Mr. Fred, Elliott moved a vote 81 thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Torrance for the use of their home, also for the kind hospitality. J. S. Lockhart seconded the motion. All joined in singing "For They are, Jolly Good Fellows." Margaret Torrance isnot recover- ing from the flu as well as we would like to see. Quite a number of the school children have been sick with colds and flu. Maintains Unbroken Record During Sixteen Years As Mail Carrier James Perry a familiar figure around town, who. has carried the mail from the post office to the station for sixteen years without missing a train. Sixteen years continuous service. and no trains missed, is the proud. record of James Perry, veteran mail carrier here, who since 1923. has car- ried the mails from the postoifice to the station through snow, rain and sunshine. Usually he uses a.horse, but there 'have been occasions when it has been necessary to walk in or- der to keep an unbroken record.. "Jimmie" is justly proud of the rc cord and intends to keep it up as long as health will permit. He was born in the year 186'7 in Ellice Township, County of Perth, in, a log building on the Robert Hannah . homestead. His father was English and his mother Irish, but Jimmie laughingly says he can lick the Irish, providing they are not too big. Coming to Clinton in 1923 his first. job was with the late S. S. Cooper. A. year ar so later he started to carry the mail. In the time that has elaps- ed he has, used four horses on the: route, but thinks the present animal is the best of the lot. Last spring the horse took sick and for about a week: the trip was made on foot. Jimmie is fond of animals and chil- dren, but says he hasn't much use for the latter when they get "sassy". he spite of the face that occasionally he, orders them off his rig in a gruff voice, there is a soft spot in his heart. for well behaved children. Living alone, he is a good ,house,.. keeper, and spends his leisure mom-. ents with his pipe and the daily pa- per. Politics don't bother him very' much, but he has his opinion just;. the same which he figures is best kept to himself. "After all," he says,. "there is nothing I can do to change things even if I wanted to, so there's no use in me bothering my head about 15." In spite of the fact that he will be 71 years of age next June, he is an active man and neither looks nor feels his age. Although he likes to put- ter around the garden in: the sunt mertime, his chief aim in Ole is to, always be on time with the mails, We - congratulate him on his record and hope he may be able to keep it clean: for many years to come. Deer Being Killed In McKillop Swamp It has been repiorted to the Game and Fisheries Department that a, three-year-old buck deer was found dead along the side of the road 'be-- tween the 14th and 15th concession. at the easterly end of McKillop Town- ship. This deer had apparently been, Willed by a hunter, late in December„ who was disturbed in loading his kill,, and left it there to rot. While everyone knows that there is. no open season for deer in this dis- trict, itt spite of this hunters defy the: law and enter these swamps for game: This latest offence is being investi- gated by the Department of Game and Fisheries and spotters have been, placed in this district. It has also, been brought to the attention of the department that doge have been. known to chase the deer in this dis- trict, The deer Tun until exhausted), and then drop to the ground where- they: fall prey to extreme cold and. die. The act :distinctly states that any- one may kill on, sight any dogs found' in game -protected areas and that the- owners of ,the dogs have no. recom- pense by law. The farmers in this, district have received instructions to carry out this portion of the act so. that wild- life will have a chance tar survive in this area. Everyone .bonnie -es the fact that: game is fast disappearing in Old. Ontario, and it is only by everyone - urging conservation that resr'l'.s can be brought about. Tt is a shame to think that deer' inour own • district, are being slaughtered,