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CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1938.
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THE WESTCLOX FAMILY
has added some new members to
our stock. The styles are new and modern. These clocks are suit-
able for the k itchen or summer cottage. Other attractive Westclox
would look well in your bedroom or upon the radio.
These Clocks are Canadian -made.
W. H. HELLYAR
Jewler and .Optometrist Residence Phone 174j
11
Blouses at Halt Price
For the balance of this week
Only.
About three dozen blouses in
satin, Crepe, Sheer, Organdy and
linen.
A great variety of Shades and
Styles - sizes 14 to 42
SALE OF SUMMER DRESSES
CONTINUES
We have sold dozens of these
since our sale commenced.
You must see them to be con_
vinced of their value.
(No Coupons on Above Items)
IN'S
" CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE'"
LOOK AT YOUR LABEL
Our . mailing lists were corrected
on Monday of this week and ail pay-
ments on subscriptions made by Sat•
urda.y night or before should be shown
on the label of tits week's paper.
Look at your label and be sure that
it shows your payment correctly.
Ball Reunion
Gathering at Bayfield last Wed-
nesday afternoon the Ball family
held their annual family reunion
with some sixty members of the
Clan Present,'
The family descendants of the late
William Ball and Jane Garbett, of
Hullett township, are Mrs. Charles
Lovett, Clinton; Mrs. Edward Lear,
Blyth; Ephriam Ball, Mrs, George
Sturdy, Mrs. James Raithby, all of
Auburn; and Nelson Ball, of Clinton.
James Ball, a brother, passed away
at his home in Chatham last fall.
Following greetings and an address
of welcome by the president, Mr.
Nelson Ball, Clinton, the sports com-
menced which were in charge of Mrs.
Frank Lobb, of Clinton, William Loy:
ett, Clinton and Clarence Ball, of
Summerhill.
Supper was served to the guests
by the committee, Mrs. Howard
Williams, Mrs, William Lovett, Mrs.
Eddie Ball and Mrs. W, S. R. Holmes
all of Clinton. Mrs. William Lovett,
of Clinton had the distinction of .be-
ing the oldest member of the fam-
ily present, having passed her 82nd
birthday and Walter Mairs of Clin-
ton,, was the eldest gentleman pres-
•ent. The following officers for 1939
were elected: Harry Sturdy, of Aub-
urn, president; Mrs. W.S.R. Holmes,
of Clinton, vice-president; Mr. Clar-
ence Ball of Summerhill, secretary -
treasurer; sports committee, Lyn
Mairs, Stratford; lunch committee,
Mrs., Eddie Farquhar, Clinton.
;Winners of the various races were:
Childs race 8-5 John Mairs; girls
race 6-8 Mildred Farquar, Ruth Wil-
liams; boys race 6.8 Murray Lovett;
boys race 9-12 Douglas Farquhar,
Ross Lovett; girls race 9-12' Betty
McEwen, Betty Williams; boys race
12-14 Charlie Lovett, Harold Hib-
bert; young ladies race Phyllis Ball,
Ena McEwan; young mens race,
Harry Sturdy, Clarence Bali; paper
bag race, Clarence Ball; elastic race
Frank Lobb; spoon race Nelson Hill;
jelly bean contest Betty Williams;
peanut scramble for all. It was de-
cided to hold the 1939 reunion at
Bayfield.
The retiring president Mr. Nelson
Bali, Clinton, thanked all the com-
mittees for their faithful assistenee
in bringing about a most perfect re-
union.
Little Locals
Mr. Ian McLeod was in the Brus-
sels and Ethel district on Tuesday
judging the fifteen garden' pints of
the Brussels Girls Garden and Can-
ning Club.
Dr. Douglas has ranted Mrs. ;Hig-
gins' cottage on High street. Work-
men are still busy getting the office
in shape prior to his arrival,
The Department of Highways have
finally found it convenient to patch
up- the holes on the streets in town
of which they have control.
The Clinton Pipe Band has accept-
ed an invitation to attend the Ont-
ario /Firemen's Association conven-
tion at Barrie on July 31st.
The Farmers' Market
Wheat, 70c,
Oats, 43c to 45c.
Barley; 55c.
• Buckwheat, 50c.
Eggs •s 23e, 20c, 16c, 15c.
Cream 28e, 26c.
Hogs 212.00
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Lions. Nine Drop Two
Games in a Row
Dungannon and Goderich Win Here
Major T. Morgan will have to em-
ploy some military tactics to pull the
Lions Juvenile ball team out of their
losing. slumhil, In the game with
Dungannon on Thursday night they
seemed to do everything wrong, with
the result that Dungannon collected
seventeen runs as against Clinton's
two.
In spite of the fact that Morgan
used three pitchers for this game,
Butler, Campbell, and Hawkins, the
visitors slammed balls all over the
field, and aided by countless errors
on the part of the locals, were never
in danger throughout the entire game
Craig went the route for the
visitors, allowing only a few
scattered hits. Haddie led Clinton at
bat, collecting two nice hits, one of
them a double on a long fly to cen-
tre field.
In spite the fact that it was
freely rumoured that the visiters
had several imported players along,
Clinton have no alibi to offer for
their defeat except that Dungannon
were the better team, and played a
faster' cleaner type of ball.
Goderich 12—Clinton 10
The game with Goderich, Monday
night looked as if it was going to
be a repetition of Thursday,s free-
for-all.
Errors came thick and fast for the
first four innings with Goderich
having a score of 9-3 in their favor
at the end of this frame. Fremlin
and Hawkins were the batteries for
Clinton,' Bloomfield and Bisset for
Goderich. Bloomfield pitched a nice
game and collected three hits in four
times at bat, ane of them a two -
bagger. Hawkins, usually to be de-
pended upon at bat was not so suc-
cessful,
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cessful, but played a nice steady
game throughout. 'Butler was the
heavy hitter for Clinton, • collecting
three singles and a two base hit.
Going into the fifth inning things
began to pick up. Turner, first man
up for Goderic1!sing/edi, Johnson
flied out, Bissett struck out, Holman
got on on an error, then McNail
popped out to retire the side. .This
Was the inning that realty counted
for Clinton. They collected six runs
from five hits, and . after Butler had
slammed out a beautiful two -bagger
and stele third it began to look as if
he might mark up another. Every
player got a whack at the ball, but
fly 'balls were Well fielded to end
the inning.
Cook made a beautiful catch in
the final inning to put Westbrook
out after McDonald had collected a
three base hit. Bloomfield's two -
bagger went by the boards when he
was pinched in a clever play, but
McDonald and Turner were both safe
for a couple more runs.
R. Monteith connected for a two
base hit to open the inning for Clin-
ton. Hawkins got on on an error and
Campbell's \single "scored Monteith.
Cook was caught out at first, and
Haddy and Counter struck out to
retire the side and end the ball
game.
The fine bouquet of gladiolus at
present on our desk is a gift of Mrs.
Writ, ,Tones. These were cut on the
18th. which is considered early for
gladioli. We understand that Mr,
George Vanhorn also has some fine
blooms.
PLAY-OFF GAMES ARRANGED
The Maitland League teams go
into the playoffs this week, Clinton
and Dungannon starting off here on
Saturday afternoon. We understand
that the regular line-up will be on
hand and the boys will be out to re-
deem themselves.
The team coming out on top in
the best two out of three games will
then meet the winner of the .Gode-
rich-Lucknow series for top position.
Presentation at Brucefield
At the regular meeting of Bruce -
field x.;Ol0.;F.. Lodge +,next Friday
night, July 22nd, a -presentation of
a travelling gavel will be presented
to Brucefield lodge from Blyth lodge,
Lodges in this district have received.
an invitation to be present,
HULLETT TOW- SfY
Mrs. Norman Ball has returned
home from the hospital and we are
glad she is recovering nicely.
Miss Madelon Mason, Elva Snell,
Willa Jarvis, Alma and Ivan Hog-
garth visited Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
Townsend, Tuckersmith, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Lawson of
Toronto, spent the weekend with
Mrs, Wm, Lawson.
THE HOME PAPE
Engagements Announced
Mrs. Andrew Price of Stanley an-
nounces her
the engagemento
pounces
1 Steidle, daughter, Viola Mary S , to Wil-
liam
ii-liam Arthur Golding, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Golding, of Seaforth. The
wedding to take place early in Aug-
ust,
'Deer -Billed ,Ron Highway
A two-year old ,: 150 -pound female
deer was instantly killedearly Sun-
day morning when' struck by a fast-
moving automobile on the Blue Wat-
er Highway, a few miles south of
Bayfield. '
"An animal suddenly jumped out
of the long grass on the side of
the road and seemed to charge our
right headlight," : Miss Marguerite
McLain, Huntington, W. Va., the
driver of the car, told Traffic Of-
ficer Webb.
The American car tossed the beast
high into the air, Theheadlight
was smashed and twisted and the
fender damaged.
Unable' to find what they had
struck, Miss McLain, with her broth-
er and sister-in-law, came on to God-
erich to report the accident. The
deer was found by the officer in the
ditch, stone dead, two legs andneck
broken. The tourists did not know
it was a deer until informed. The
carcass was given to a fox farm.
Grandmother's Day
The Womenis Institute will hold
their annual "Grandmother's Day"
on the afternoon of Thursday, July
28th. at the home of the president,
Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes. Spacious
lawns, with a picturesque setting,
have made this an ideal place for
this event on previous occasions.
The usual routine work of the
meeting will be carried out, after
which a delightful program, now in
preparation, will be given. A paper
on the early history of the Institute
by Mrs. French, the first president,
and an exhibition' a wedding photos
by the grandmothers will be features
of the afternoon.
Persons desiring the service of
cats may obtain same by getting in
touch with the following ladies: Mrs.
Holmes, Mrs. B. Lewis, Mn. W. Roz-
ell and Miss' A. Brigham. Every-
one, especially the grandmothers,
will be welcome.
Wins Closely Contested
Game
Fans got their money's worth
Tuesday night, witnessing one of the
best games of the season, with the
Goderich Sailors nosing out the local
nine by the close score of 6-5. Both
temps made plenty of errors, some
of them developing into runs.
Stock pitched the entire game for
Clinton and started out well by fan-
ning Duquette and Finlayson and
throwing Robinson out at first.
Wagg's hit to third was well field-
ed' and he was out at first, Hovey
flied out and Glew struck out,
The outstanding error of the game
was macre in the second inning. Irwin
first mean up hit a nice fly to second
with Hawkins and Johnston count-
ing on the other to take it. The result
was that neither cupped a band
After the next two men were out
three runners crossed the plate for
Goderich. Hawkins redeemed himself
somewhat by scoring a run for Clin-
ton.
Goderich went out three in a row
hs the third, Wagg and Glew field-
ing some nice fly balls. The same
thing happened to Clinton in their
half, followed by a repeat perform-
ance in the next inning.
Stock got a hit in the fifth and
was forced out at third. Wagg,
Hovey and Glew singled, Hawkins
got a two base hit to bring in Wagg
and Hovey, and Coln_uhoun's single
scored Glew. The side was retired
with Hawkins on third, GoIauhoun on
second. Goderich had only one mean
on and that on an error.
Neither team: scored in the sixth,
but Goderich acconnted for three in
their half of the seventh with Clin-
ton registering a goose egg. A nice
double play retired Goderich in the
final frame. Then after Wagg had
singled, Hovey whammed out what
looked like a three bagger but was
out when he stepped over the base,
Wagg had safely crossed the plate.
Hensall Mere Tomorrow
Fans will have the opportunity of
seeing Hensall's star pitcher, Kiefer,
in action tomorrow night when Hein
sail will be here for a return game.
This is the last scheduled game for
Clinton, and Hensail nosed them out
in the first game by the narrow mar-
gin of one run,
Successful Music Pupils
The following pupils of Mrs. Bert
Bo es have been successful l in P
a
-
sing Examinations of the Toronto
Conservatory of Music: Ernie Clarke
Grade III piano (honors);
Ruth Pot-
ter
Grade II theory (1st class hon-
ors); Olive Mairs Grade II theory,
(1st class honors).
Early Tomatoes
Yesterday' Miss F. Cuuinghame
brought into the office a sample of
her hone grown tomatoes. This
was picked on . the 16th. and was a
fine sample of the Improved Bonny
Best variety. While this is early for
home grown tomatoes, Miss Cuning-
hame's record was beaten by Henry
Sloman who enjoyed tomatoes from
his own garden two days earlier.
Housewarming Party
On Friday evening a large circle
of friends and neighbors from Clin-
ton and district gathered at the home
of Mr. Cornelius Hoare. The purp-
ose of the gathering was to extend
congratulations to the genial host
and his bride on their return from
their honeymoon trip. A. pleasant
social time was spent and the guests
were served seasonable refreshments.
Driver Injured
Takes to Ditch Near Hoimesville,
Hits Pole
R. Dwor, Port Colborne, received
nasty cuts and bruises about the
face, arms and body on Sunday even,
ing and his ear was badly damaged
at the right rear side when he went
off the road and struck a Hydro pole
in attempting to miss hitting anoth-
er car.
Dwor, who was driving south on
No. 8 highway, and was just coming
up a slight grade in the road . near
the village of Holmesville when he
met a car driven by John Smith of
Seaforth, Smith apparently made a
left hand turn off the highway into
the Janeway at a home at Holmes-
ville and Dwor was forced to drive
around in front of hint and into the
ditch
where he crashed into the 16 -
inch pole, cracking it off near the
base, Dwor, who was alone at the
time of the crash, was driving a
1938 model car. Smith was aeeonrp-
anied by Mrs. Stark, also of Sea -
forth.
Dwor was taken to the office of
Dr. W. A. Oakes at Clinton to have
his injuries attended. The accident
was investigated by County Traffic
Officer Norman Lever.
Bowling Jitney
Playing two twelve inning games
on TriesdaY night the following were
winners: Dick Tasker, 2 wins and a
plus of 24; M. Schoenhals, 2 wins
and a plus of 20;W. S.Holmes,
n pW R.Hms,
2 wins and a plus of 20. The rewards
respectively were groceries, socks
and a tie.
Kills Large Owl
One of the largest species of Horn-
ed Owl seen in these parts for some
time was recentlyshot by Mr. M. G.
Ransford. This bird had a wing
spread of over four feet and weigh-
ed almost six pounds. These birds
are very destructive.
C.N.R. Band Proves
Popular Here
The Stratford C.N.R. band received,
a warm welcome here Sunday night,
a huge crowd from town and country
being on hand for what proved to be
an evening of musical enjoyment,
Before eight o'clock all . available
parking space in the vicinity of the
bandstand was taken, and Rattan -
bury street at one time was packed
Solid with cars from the corner to
well past the library, Constable
Groves had a busy time trying to
prevent a compete traffic tie-up on
this street throughout the entire
program , as latecomers sought a
parking site within hearing distance.
The band, under the baton of Mr.
A. W. Bird, provided a well balanced
programme of sacred. and secular
music, The current hits, "Rosalie"
and "Heigh -Ho" proved adaptable to
band music and received their share
of applause as popular favorites.
Several other well known numbers
were interspersed throughout the
programme.
Providing as they do such good
entertainment, the C.N.R. boys will
be assured of an attentive hearing
whenever they find it convenient to
return to Clinton.
Turned Back at Border
On Monday Mr. J. P. Sheppard and
Wynn boarded the train here with
the expectation' of spending some
time at the home of Mr, Norman
Sheppard in Mobile, Alabama. On
their arrival at Port Huron they
encountered trouble with the immi-
gration authorities andwere refus-
ed admittance to the United States
Iii spite of the fact that Mr. Shep-
pard appeared, before the officials
and offered to post a substantial
bond to be left in their hands until
he and Wynn returned, the .official
ruling could not be changed pending
a ruling- from Washington, It is ex-
pected that it will take dbout two
weeks to obtain the Consent of the
higher ups, and if their ruling is
favorablethe journey will be begun
all over again.
PEOPLE YOU KNOW
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kemp and Miss
Eleanor Kemp attended the Rath
reunion near Belgrave yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Q. Counter and
Bill have returned from their va-
cation in Northern Ontario.
Niles Dell O'Neil, who• has been visit-
ing here left this week to visit her
sister in California.
Mrs. and Mrs. E. O'Neil and child-
ren left last week for their home
in Halifax, N.S.
Mrs. W. Robertson has returned home
after visiting for the past few
weeks at Severn Bridge.'
Messrs. A. M. Knight, G. H. Jeffer-
son, Dr. Shaw, F. B. Pennebaker,
E. A. Fines and F. Fingland left
for Toronto on Tuesday to attend
Grand Lodge, A.F. & A.M.
Mrs. Walkey of Toronto, was visit-
ing Mrxs. (Dr.) Fowler this week
and attended the Crich picnic yest-
erday. She is the only person liv-
ing who attended the funeral of
the pioneer Crich in 1869.
Among The Churches
Presbyterian Church
On Sunday, July 24th the minister
will conduct public worship at Cline
ton at 9.45 a.m, and at Bayfield at
11.15 a.m. and 7.30 p.m.
St. Paula Church
Rev. Mr. Lowe of Hamilton, who
has conducted the morning service
for the past two Sundays will again
have charge of the morning service
on Sunday.
Baptist Church
Sunday School at 11 a.m.
The service on Sunday morning
will be conducted by Mr. F. Bryant
of Stratford. The Stratfosjct Male
Quartette will assist in the service.
All are welcome.
Wesley -Willis Church
The Covenant Adult Bible Class and
the home -class readers and the Jun-
ior Bible Class of Wesley -Willis
Church will picnic at Harbor Park,
Goderich, on Wednepday afternoon,
July 27th. Cars leave the Church at
3 p.m. All members and friends are
cordially invited.
Service on Sunday at the usual
hours. The pastor Rev. A. Lane will
speak on the following subjects:
Morning: "The Salvation of Jesus".
Evening: "The Waiting Christ".
The Women's Association held
their annual picnic at Harbor Park,
Goderich, last Wednesday. Over
sixty ladies attended and the picnic
was a decided success in every way.
The weather being ideal for such an
event everyone spent a pleasant
time. Much credit is due to those
in charge.
Bruce Beavers Annoy
Farmers
Reeve Patterson of Egremont
township, in Bruce County, has the
permission to trap the annoying
beavers in his township, but he just
does not feel that he is capable of
looking after .that end of the deal.
The result is, that both Glenig and
E'greniont townships arc going to ap-
peal to the Department of Game and
Fisheries for trappers to catch the
beavers that are working such havoc.
The `beavers have been i n the
township for the past two or three
years. At one place on the town
road they ;persistedin plugging up
a tile, until a span bridge was con-
structed and this in turn has been
plugged up. There is sympathy for
the beavers, but the farmers want
them to stay in their place.)
In Huron County, the show place
off the beaver ,Family continues to
be on the Rod Macdougall farm,
north of Luclenow Here, in a
natural sanctuary, the animals are
protected from marauders and tour-
ists patronize the farm to tryand
gee the beavers at work. A natural
dam has been constructed in two
places across' the streamand small
trees up to three inches in diameter
have been gnawed and hauled to the
dam,
Surprise Birthday Party
The family of Mrs, Robert
A
rm
-
strong, Huron street, planned ade-
lightful
d -
lightful surprise birthday party in
honor
of their mother's 70th birth-
day last Thursday,meeting at Bay-
field
a -field
for the occasion in an enjoy-
able family picnic. All members of
the family, Mr. Jack Armstrong,. ,
Zurich, Mrs D. Kay and Miss Myr-
tle Armstrong, Clinton, and the nine
grandchildren were present.
During the lunch hour Mrs. Arm-
strong was presented with an occas-
ional chair to mark the event, and
in addition received many cards•frona
her associates in the church and
other friends, wishing her -many -more
years of health and happiness.
Hudson -Cooper
The marriage of Miss Mary Olive,
Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.,
Cecil H, Cooper, Clinton, to Mr..
Maxwell 4Huclso s, son of Mr. and;
Mrs. Isaac Hudson, Seaforth, was,
solemnized in Wesley -Willis United.
Church, Clinton, on Monday, July'
18th at 11 `a.m., Rev. Andrew Lane,
officiated. o
Given in marriage by her father„
the bride was becomingly gowned in.
white net over taffetta with bolero,
jacket of net and braid. She wore a.
white turban with shoulder veil and
carried a bouquet of sweet peas.
Miss Jeanette Taylor, a friend of the
bride, was bridesmaid, and chose s.
pale blue net over taffeta gown with.
bolero jacket of plain net, she wore
a white felt hat and, carried a bou-•
quet of Mink roses. Mr. Edwin Coop-
er, brother of the bride, was best
man.
Following the ceremony a recep-
tion was held at the home of the
bride's parents. The bride's mother
received in a gown of rose crepe
with accessories to match. Luncheon
was served to the attendants by Mrs.
Jack Fraser, sister of the bride. The•
table which was centred with the.
wedding cake was decorated with
streamers of pink and white crepe
paper, pink candles in silver holders
completed the effect. A. toast was.
proposed by Rev. A. Lane and resp- •
ended to by the groom,
The bridegroom's gift to the bride•
was a handsome pearl necklace, to,
the bridesmaid a compact, and to the
best man a brown leather bill fold.
The bride's travelling costume was,
Beige crushable linen with brown ac-
cessories. After a motor trip to
Niagara Falls, Port Colborne and
Buffalo, Mr. and Mrs. Hudson wit/.
reside in Windsor, Ontario_
Andrew Porter Dies lir
Goderich
One of the best-known citizens of
Goderich, Andrew Porter, passed
away on Sunday night. He was in
his late sixties.
An exceptionally well informed
man, Andrew Porter liad an advent-
urous and colorful career. Born in
Blanshard township, Perth County,
he was in turn a printer's "devil",
journeyman compositor and news
writer, assistant and acting post-
master at Clinton, bank manager at
Goderich and Dungannon, candidate
for the Legislature in Centre Huron:
in 1908 and for the last 20 -odd years
of his life; customs collector at the
port of Goderich, retiring three years.
ago.
Mr. Porter was a son of Robert
Porter, who represented West Huron,
in the Dominion Parliament, 1887-
91, The elder Porter fought three
memorable see -saws political battles
with the late. M. C. Cameron when,
"politics were politics" hi these parts
and the son, Andrew, always an able
lieutenant to his father, crossed
swords politically in 1908 with the
late Hon. William Proudfoot. The
Porters were Conservatives.
Deceased was a Presbyterian,
member of Knox Church session and
its treasurer- for many years. He is.
survived by his wife, formerly Minnie:
RumbalI, Cinton and an only daught-
er, Harriet, of Cleveland.
A private funeral service was con-
ducted on Tuesday afternoon by Rev.
D. J, ` Lane, of Knox Presbyterian.
church at the Brcphey Funeral Chap-
el. The !pallbearers were Messrs,
Hector Hays, F. G. ;Weir, G, L. Par-
sons, J. W. Fraser, H. E. M. Tich-
borne and Dr. L. M. Mabee.'
Among the beautiful floral trib-
utes sent by friends and organiza
tions were those from Knox Church,.
Maitland Lodge, No. 33, A.F. & A.M.,.
Goderich Bowling Club, the officials
and staff of the Customs House_
Out-of-town' relatives present for
the funeral were, Mr. and Mrs. R.
Paleit, the latter a daughter, of
Cleveland; Ray Rumball of Montreal;
Dr. and Mrs. Ferguson, of Kincard-
ine, the latter a sister; A. J. Tyndall`,.
Dr. Shaw and Col. Rance of Clintorra