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The Clinton News Record, 1938-08-11, Page 3'THURS., AUGUST 11, 1938' A"4 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE WHAT 'CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES 11'1 Do You Remember What Happened. During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? Will Koine, son of James Kaine of The Clinton New Era, 1 cmnmunity a few years ago. A.ugnst 12, 1898. A young boy named Dodsworth, met with a bad accident on Tuesday aft- ernoon; he was in the new barn of Will Robinson, and while chasing a swallow fell from the granary to the floor below. Putting out his hands to save himself, he broke one wrist and fractured the other. At a meeting of the -Public School Board on Monday, applications were considered for a teacher for the Model school term, and that of El- liott Richmond, of East Wawanosl accepted at $125. We are informed that Messrs. Holmes and, Skinner, of Lucknow, have arranged to put a buyer on the market here, and also contemplate the erection of a- new storehouse to be built on the north side of the Brack, possibly east, of 'Doherty 'Si Co' warehouse. Mr. Holmes is a son of Mrs. Samuel Holmes, of town, and has been successfully engaged in the grain business for 20 years. ` Miss Ivison, of Kippen, who is ztis- iting her sister, Mrs. Potter at Port ers Hill, sustained a peculiar and painful dislocation of her thumb on Friday last. She was milking a cow. in rather cramped quarters, when the cow kicked, striking her thumb and knocking it out of joint. It was considerable time before the medical men were able to get it back in place, the pain being intense. On Monday evening R. J. Cluff met 'with a severe accident, the result of his horse running away, He sus- tained a very severe sprain of his ankle,: which will confine Aim Ito his home for some time. • The following are delegates to the county W.C.T.U.: Mrs. Crich, Mrs. W. S. Harland, Mrs. Seaward, Mrs, D. Stevenson and Mrs. H. Elford. Gilbert B. Waddell, who at one time worked in the carriage making business, died on Tuesday at his home near Toronto. He was a broth- er of Rev. W. J. Waddell, of Kippen circuit. Rev. E. Medd, pastor of Queen Street Methodist, Sarnia, ,has receiv- ed an increase in salary of $100 as the result of a recent meeting of the official board. He is a brother, of J. C. _ Medd, Clinton. Mr. Butler, baker .{for Blake,' has rented the house on Orange st,1 recently occupied by A. McKown. A. E. Morrow, B.A. classical mast er, Belleville High School, has been1 appointed to the headmastership of Arnprior High School. Goderich Township—While at work at W. Weir's threshing the other day' George Elliott slipped through a scaffold and -broke his ribs, also sus- taining internal injuries. Capt. George Stirling, an esteemed gentleman, died at his residence,' "The Anchorage", late Friday even-, ing. In addition to attaining con- siderable prominence in the sailing profession, he was noted for his at -1 tainments in small fruit growing. He was a cousin of Wm. Stirling, 6th concession ' Goderich• township. Bayfield -One windy day last week while Mr. Dan McLeod, in company with some others, was sail- ing his boat out of the river, the beam swung suddenly about and knocked him into the water. Being an expert swimmer, he soon made shore in. safety. One of cur local fisherman hooked up a fish this week which is a quite, rare species for these waters. Itis known as the German Carp. It is very destructive to , other fish -4 very sparrow of the finny tribe. 'Going and Coming—Joe Clark and. family returned to Parkdale on Tues- day. Bert Potts of the Rattenbury House expects to take the 1Viaekinaw trip next week. A. Faust and J. Merner, of Zur- ich, both left here (this week for Vancouver, being ticketed through by W. Jackson. Rev. W. L. Newton, of Norwich, was a visitor to town on Tuesday. Lynn look's just as young as he did while a member of Clinton's business town, has been 'heard from at Porto Rico, where he is a member of the American Army.. When The Present Century Was Young The Clinton News -Record, August 14,-1913. Mr. John Burton of the 5th con. of Goderich township had his barn destroyed early Sunday morning, the loss being :a heavy one. Geo. Mann, Jr. of Hallett also lost his barn and contents during the same storm, and Adolphus Hooper, of Exeter, brother of Albert Hooper, of town, had two barns burned Friday ilrighlt Hav- ing threshed the day before, his loss is a heavy one. After an illness extending over some months, James Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Cooper, passed away on Tuesday. Besides his par- ents, his wife and babe, there are three brothers, George and Fred of town and Amos of St Thomas, and one sister, Miss Lucy. Much regret will be felt by the departure from town of Mr, Frank O'Neil and family: Their handsome house on High street will be put up for sale and Saturday -they will leave to take up, residence at Moose Jaw, where Mr. O'Neil has been conduct- ing business for some time. Mr. D. S. Cluff and family have taken Mr. S. S. Cooper's house until their own residence is ready, for oc- cupancy. Dr. Gunn and family have taken up their abode in their own house recently occupied by Mr. Cluff. The new postoffice at Seaforth is now ready for occupancy with the exception of the post office boxes, which have not arrived yet. . The work is a credit to the contractor, Mr. McKenzie, who has made a good job, of it. Principal Bouck, his wife and fain- ily, arrived in town yesterday from Mcrrisburg, where they spent most of the vacation time. " The Model ,term commences on Tuesday next. Miss Larine Langford visited her aunt, _Mrs. Chas. Redmond of Hen- son, last week. Mr. Joel McLeod left .for Guelph on Tuesday. Mrs, McLeod will re- main in town for a short time. Mr. John Emmerton and little son of Bervie, visited over the weekend at the home of the former's father, Mr. John Enimerton of town. Messrs. William, David, and John Steep attended the funeral of their uncle, the late George Steep, at God- erich on Sunday, where they acted as pallbearers. Messrs. J. E. Hovey and J. E. Cantelon left on Monday to attend the shooting tournament in Hamil- ton. Mr. Albert Mitchell is in Belleville this week representing the local lodge; of LO,O.F. at the Grand Lodge now in session, The Clinton New Era, August 15, 1913. Miss Evelyn Tiplady, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tiplady of town who has been in Toronto for several months taking a commercial course, has been engaged as assistant on the Ripley Publie School staff at a salary of eight hundred dollars: ' The Bell Telephone Company had a number' of telephones damaged after the big storm Sunday morning, but they were soon put in working ;order again. 'In addition to several barns being burned, Mr, Andrew Sheppard of the Base Line had sev- leral fine horses struck. 1 Mr. J. B. Hoover has a rink. of Guelph Bowlers at the tournament at Toronto and playing under the name Iof Clinton. , It will be remembered that Mr. Hoover along with Messrs J. Taylor,' E. Courtice and P. Towne won the Ontario Cup last year and as it was impossible for the local play - ROUND TRIP { ARGA1N FARES FROM CLINTON Jr" ��♦ f! SAT. s AUG.. 19 & ��pr 610.,■I�■ E TO Stations Oshawa and east to Cornwall inclusive, Uxbridge, Lindsay, Peterboro, Campbellford, Stations Newmarket to North Bay inclusive,- Penetang,- Collingwood, Meaford, Midland, Parry Sound, Sudbury, C'apreol and west to Beardmore. SAT.. AUG, 20th TO TORONTO Also to Brantford, Chatham, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, London, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, St. Catharines, St. Marys, Sarnia,,. Stratford, Strathroy, Woodstock. See handbills for complete list of destinations. • For Fares, Return Limits, Train Information, ` Tickets, Consult nearest Agent. :CANADIAN , NATIONAL VISITOR FRACTURES LEG The little 7 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elliott,Bell, of Toronto who was spending some holidays at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Bell; who resides'near Hensall, had the misfortune ;while Inlaying with' some children at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney McArthur, to fracture her leg near the ankle. It appears' that while helping Sandy McArthur,' young son of Mr. and Mrs. McArth- ur, to open the heavy. barn door, us- ing a crow 'bar, the' door slipped! from Sandy's grasp, causing him to l lose control of the crow bar- which' slipped, striking the little girl's ankle. She was taken to Clinton Gen- eral• Hospital" for treatment. Her; father came for her on Sunday and took her to her home in Toronto. I• —Huron Expositor. SOME PLANT This is worth repeating, especially for flower lovers. In the Blue Water Gardens; Port Huron, a 17 year old scarlet geranium has 2225 blossoms. Part of the glass was removed from the roof of the greenhouse to let the plant, now 12 feet tall, grow a bit more. Last year it had 1700 blos- soms. What a plant!. WORKING NEWS1?APER RACKET IN HURON TWP. Some Huron township farmers have -been victimized by ' a bogus. newspaper subscription canvasser during the past week. Claiming to represent a Wastern Ontario daily newspaper, he offered subscriptions for $4.50 per year. The' standard rate is $6. He collected from several farmers, who gave him: cash or cheques for the year's subscription. After waiting a week and receiving no paper they became suspicious and checked to find that the money had not been turned in and that the al- leged agent had not, been authorized to solicit subscriptions. ' In fact, it was pointed out that under no err cmnstances was the subscription rate less than' $6•. Cheques given the agent were cashed at Amberley stores where the farmers were known., T1!1MP,ORARY APPOINTMENT Mr. John Currie has been tempor-, arily appointed to carry out the du- ties of street superintendent and day constable, at Seaforth, following the death of Jas. V. Ryan. Mr. Currie has been sworn in as a town con- stable for some years. THIS SHOULD ESTABLISH A NEW, RECORD Messrs. C. E. Urquhart and F. A. Hewson, of Toronto, who have been' calling on the trade in Mitchell for over 50 years were guests at the! Hicks House yesterday. Mr. Hew- son bears the proud record of hav- ing travelled for the one firm for fifty years. During that period of 1 Sine they have always stopped at the Hicks House while in Mitchell and have been the guests of three generations of the Davidson family since they commenced calling here. This we believe sets a record for consistency—to stop for fifty years at the one hotel and to be catered to by three generations of one fancily. —,Mitchell Advocate. SEAFORTH HEADQUARTERS FOR EAST HURON MILITIA "D" Company' of the Middlesex and Huron Regiment, under Lieut. Basil J. Duncan, are preparing for winter activities. The recruiting area, with Seaforth headquarters, has been en- larged to take in all of the Eastern part of Huron County as far north as Wingham and the former G. W. V. A. Rooms in the Oddfellows building have been rented for a drill hall, posession being obtained on Monday. They will' use the basement for a rifle range as in former years. —Seaforth News. WATER AT DUBLIN DOES NOT TEMPT • Jlt1N KERS A pump at Dublin that has been serving 'lite public for many long years on the property of M. J. Klink - hammer is now bringing forth water decidedly contrary to its usual cus- tom. Various tests show the water to be from one-half to three-fourths greenish gasoline. It seems there is a gas tank operated .across the street but the manager there certi- fies that a test has been taken by means of a pressure guage showing there .is positively no leak there Where the gasoline in the well is coming from still remains a question. TRUCKLOAD LEFT FOR ALBERTA A trip to Western Canada by truck was commenced early Monday after- noon by a number of young men from the Lucknow distgicl , who formed ' the passenger list, for Jack Thomp- son, local trucker, who heads for Alberta, where he has prospects of a busy fall with his truck, as a re- sult of the best crop in years that the West is commencing to harvest. I Tack expects to make the mare than 2000 mile trip in about four' 'days. His passengers, who are heed- ing that long unused phrase, "Go West Young Man, Ga Werst,j' will try their fortune at points from Wi nipeg westward. With skull and crossbones em/blaz- oned on the rear splash guards, the big truck pulled out Monday, a week behind the original date of departure. ;Sleeping quarters were provided in the truck, and stops were expected to be few and short. —Lucknow Sentinel. ers to go, Jack Hoover took along his Guelph, friends, ' Last Friday the employees of the Jackson Mfg. Co., presented Mr. J. McLeod, their late superintendent, with a gold -headed• walking cane, /In the evening a special meeting of the I.0.0.F. lodge was held and after the meeting Mr. 11. B. Chanton behalf of the lodge presented Mr. McLeod with a cut glass silver lined fern dish. Last Saturday afternoon while Ross Me1wan was playing on the,, sidewalk with some other children, a boy on a bicycle came down the side- walk and ran into the young lad, the handlebars striking his forehead and knocking him to the ground. It is about time the bicycles were kept on the road where they belong. The poles for the Hydro Electric line between Seaforth and Clinton are, being taken from the Seaforth station,. where they were unloaded from the cars, and are being distrib- uted along the route. The line will run along 'the 2nd and 3rd concession of McKillop and Hullett. Last. Friday several old timers got out .with the .ball team and journeyed to Crediton and made them look like a bush team; Unfortunately citizens in that burg did not appreciate the. way of the local club and refnsed to give them their supper. The team had to journey to Exeter for a "handout". Mighty poor sportsman- ship we think even. though Crediton did get beaten 12-3. Those whoPlay- ed on the Clinton team were Tasker,, Johnston, Draper, Wacker, Doherty, W. Johnston, Bryan, ,McGregor. Rev. W. Wade, who has been mak- ing his home with his daughter, Mrs. E. G. Courtice, left on Saturday fro visit his son, Mr. William Wade, at Fort William. INTERNA.TIONTAL BRIDGE OPENS SOON A new link in international travel and commerce, the vast Sarnia -Port Huron border bridge (ABOVE) is to be officially opened late in August. Inset is a picture of A. C. Trusler of Port Huron, the "Good -will Am -'result from the new span. Beside bassador" who has been touring him is ,the (pedal Oshawa -built . Southern Ontario acquainting :muni- Oldsmobile donated for his tour by cipalities with the benefits which will - General Motors Products of Canada.. KIND CAR LIKE' VAT It is quiet, except for a slow and pleasing purr. Its padded. tires are like padded feat. It has powerful eyes that shine at night. And when it is allowed to run wild, it gives an awful screech at the moment be- fore it does its victim to death. At 25 miles an hour, it is like a pussy -cat. It may scratch you up in an accident, but it isn't likely to kill you. Few fatal accidents occur at low speeds. At 50 miles an hour, it is not twice but; four times as powerful. Like a bobcat, it is quite able to in- flict great damage. Alt 75 miles an hour, it is nob three but NINE times as powerful as at 25. Nine times as hard to stop, -.-nine times as hard to turn— nine times as deadly. EMBARRASSING SITUATION This actually happened in a Tonge Street, Toronto, shoe shop, a week or so ago. A young woman and two de- lightful children visitedthe shoe store, and the salesman entertaining the children, asked the little boy where he came from. "St. Thomas," was the answer. The salesman hap- pened to come from S't. Thomas himself, so he' asked the woman, "How is Mitch's onion farm coming along?" "Oh, . pretty well," was the answer. "And what about the hos- pital he has been talking about build -I ing for years? Will he ever get around to that?" asked the sales-) man by way of making conversation "Oh, I think he will in good time," replied the customer, Then, just as the trio were leaving, he turned to the little boy again, "And what is your name?" "Peter Hepburn re-, plied the child stoutly. And was the 1 salesman's face red., TUSSOCK MOTH INVADES TREES AT GODERICHI Municipal workmen are busy scrap- ing with steel brushes the trunks and branches of trees in the square and parks in an effort to destroy the cocoons of the larvae of the tussock moth. The caterpillars have attack- ed particularly the foliage on chest- nut and elm trees and are now form- ing cocoons, many of which are found imbedded under the bark. The trees on the streets are also being closely inspected and the work will be continued in an effort to combat the plague. BRUSSELS MEN INJURED A big truck owned by George E. Pollard, R.I1. No. 2, Brussels, side- swiped another truck on Dundas street, Galt, blowing a tire and plunging down . an embankment in Soper Park to crash into a tree. Charles E. Pollard, R.R. 2, a pas- senger in the truck, suffered a brok- en roken nose, while. W. E. Hollinger, also of Brussels, the driver, has several lacerations about the face and severe bruises to the body and legs. Hollinger was pinned between the wheel and back of the cab which was squeezed up like a concertina. It was necessary to get another truck to pull back the cab -to free the driver. i The Open SUPPOSE you came suddenly upon two roads. One straight, well - trodden ... the other thin and twisting off into undergrowth. If you didn't want to arrive at any place in particular, you might choose the latter. But not otherwise. Before you, as buyer, run two roads. One is the road of know- ledge, of an advertised product. Thousands use it. There's no mystery about it, no doubting, nothing hidden. It leads the way definitely to a fountain pen, a floor wax, a tooth-pastethat will give you satisfaction, When you use an advertisement, you use an open road, When you don't use advertisements, you ge the doubtful road. You have only hazy knowledge of the product ahead. No trade- neark or name to depend upon guides you. The result may or may not be worth the effort. You don't know. Read the advertisements. Anything widely advertised—break- fast food,hammer, hair tonie--has proved itself good by advertising. Advertisements put you on the open road to satisfaction The Clinton News4ecord Gives the News of Clinton and Community—Read It