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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-08-18, Page 4PAGE''4 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Noseml WEEK -END SPECIALS RAYON PYJAMAS or GOWNS PRICED TO CLEAR at 89c ,,CRETONNE - All New Colors Suitable for Cus hions etc. Special at 19c per yd._ LADIES SUMMER DRESSES All Reduced in Price Reg. $2.95 FOR $1.98 MEN'S WEAR SPORT !SHIRTS 49c FELT HATS 89c Peanut Straw Hats 12c FLANNEL PANTS :. —.. $1.95 and $2.95 --- A. T. COOPER. Phone: 36w Main Store, ' 36j `Second' Floor .6r°"Mr1 11 i COMFORTS HOT W CERTIFIED ENGLISH HEALTH S Keep Your System Cool with IALTS 39 cents with glass • v, PARKE DAVIS COMFORT POWDER ' Cools and Soothes the Skin For Baby and You Large Can 25 cents MARATHON LINIMENT—Is still the leading liniment for aches and pains and how it cools the feet 50c. t S. B. NBLMES PNM. B. cLINTUN, ONT. ftXre W M•o��a�.l�l,�l�.�.�.�O.t PHONE 51 E THURS., AUGUST 18, 1938--'--- Alexander 938 Alexander Welsh Alexander Welsh, ,a native of God- erich township, died on Monday at the home of his son, Olives Bayfield line, following an illness of two Months. He was in his eighty-fourth year, He' was born in Goderich township on May 29, 1855, and was married to Mary Ann Stephenson on, Feb- ruary 18th., 1880, by whom he was predeceased almost thirteen years ago. Twenty-one years ago they .re- tired from active work to make their home in Clinton. Mr, Welsh was a member of the Ontario Street. United Church and was Conservative in politics, Surviving are one brother; Robert, of Clinton, now the only surviving member of the fancily; three sons, Arthur and 'Oliver, Goderich town- ship, and Norman, of Lambeth, There are eight 'grandchildren. The funeral service was held from the residence of his son, Oliver, yest- erday afternoon, Rev. G. G. Burton officiating'. The pallbearers were David Stephenson, Ralph. Stephenson, Edward Boyes, Oliver Potter, Charles B. Middleton and Robert Cluff. Interment was made in Clinton Cemetery. Dies at Seaforth ' The death' occurred in Scott Mem- orial Hospital, Seaforth, on Wednes- day, August 10th,rof Glen Houston, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hous- ton of Tuckersmith, in his 19th year. A boil developed on Mr. Houston's Salvation Army Operates Bureau for .Missing Persons Nothing is impossible to the Mis- sing Perspns Bureau of the Salvation Army. When the China Clipper raced across the Pacific on a scheduled flight last month from Honolulu she carried instructions from Toronto headquarters of The Salvation Army to Far East officers of The Army. It was the start of a widespread search through the battle -scarred province of Anhuei for the family of W. Sitt, Chinese, Parry Sound restaurant keeper, who is fearful for thein' saf- ety. 'Sitt, wlio has been in Canada for some years, has repeatedly tried to locate his family by letter. But An- huei has beenheavily bombarded by the ' Japanese, villages are in ruins and whole families have'fled before the, onslaught of the invaders; One' by one his letters have come back with a notation from postal authorit- ies saying they could not be deliver- ed. Sitt despaired of ever reaching them through regular postal chan- nels. In the characters of the Chin- ese, he again wrote an appeal to his family to be of good cheer, tofollow instructions of the Salvation Army officer and to seek the safety and assistance of the British consul. have Sal- vation Army Officers in China v the letters. Now all that remains is to find one small family in a neck and when his condition became country where countless thousands critical he was rushed to the hosp- are homeless and on 'the move. ital. His death came as a great This search in China is but one of shock to the whole community where the 250 cases listed that are under he was well known and very popular. investigation through the Toronto of - He possessed a fine strong physique £ice of The Salvation Army, There and while attending the Seaforth Collegiate was a imember of the school football team. Besides his parents he is survived by two sisters,; Misses. Helen and Isabel Houstonand' one brother, Grant. The funeral was held from the parental home on Saturday afternoon, August 13th, the services being conducted by Rev. A. W. Gar- diner, of Egmondville 'United Church of which he was a member. The pallbearers were Roy Hodgert, Robert Gemmell, Stewart Lane, Rob- ert McLaughlin, Russell and William Hodgert, TUCKERSMITH Mr. and Mrs, F. Coleman and family visited with Mr, and Mrs. S. Whitmore on Sunday, Last Wednesday's storm played havoc with orchards,. fences and sheds in this locality. Much of the damaged property still awaits re- pairs. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lawrence, of Hamilton, are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. F. Townsend. Mrs. Amos Townsend is with Mr. and Mrs, Elmer Townsend. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Ball have re- turned fro)n their trip to Walla Walla, Washington State, where they yisited the lady's sister, Mrs. McDonald. Mr. and Mrs. L. Tebbutt, Mr. and Mrs. 0, Martin, Mrs. M. Hableirk and Miss Joanne Ball visited with Stratford friends on Thursday. Mr.• Anderson has been busy this week cutting flax on the Dale prop- erty with binder and tractor.. Quite a large acreage of this property was seeded toflax this year. is a Men's inquiry department and another department which looks after missing Women. The men's department handled 774 cases of missing persons last year. Of that number 407 were located. The bureau has an average of 55 inquiries monthly for missing men and about 15 for missamg women!. James Hoggarth James Hoggarth, . a resident of Goderich for the past forty years, died suddenly at the home of his son-in-law, Fred 'Wilson, Hincks st., in his 78th year. Mr, Hoggarth had Mat returned from a drive with Mr. Wilson when he was seized with a heart attack, and passed away shortly after medical aid had been, summoned. He was born in Hullett township, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hoggarth. He was em- ployed for many years with the Doty Engine Works, and later with the Goderich Manufacturing Company, and had lived retired for the past few years. He was a member of Victoria street United church, and of the Ancient Order of Forresters. Isis wife, formerly Mary Jane Strong, of Colborne passed away five years ago. For the past three years he had spent the, winter in Detroit. with his daughter, Mrs, .Luther Hayes and his son, Secord. Another daughter, Mrs. Thomas Graham, lives at Web- berville, Mich. Mrs. Fred Wilson was absent from home at the time has been visiting her sisters and of her father's death, John J. Hog- garth of Goderich is also a son. There are four grandchildren. Botanical Notes For September (Experimental -Parms:ltielvs) The arrival of, September suggests to many people the end of summer and consequently a season of dirge and lamentation; others would sing peens• to the relief of cooler nights pf sweet repose which the turn of the year brings yith that soft guazy wist fulness of the countryside, so redolent of the evanescent enchantment of spring. The fall of dewspangled gossamer is one of the many charms 01 sweet September. Numberless threads of the very finest silk, made by tiny spiders; supposed in simpler times to supply the looms with which fairies wove the material for their dainty lit- tle dresses. Then there is the mystic fascination of the huge, orange harvest moon by night, while by day the September sun touches the blushing' trees gently, as with a benison. Towards the end et the month many of these trees will turn into a blaze of glory. The sumacs are among the first to change; not only their beautiful fern- like leaves shade into perple, crim- son and orange, but the erect, tight, tight, velvety clusters of fruit become rtd, and persist after the leaves have fallen. The berries are clothed with a hairy stickiness that is pleasantly acid,. These trees and shrubs are of- ten found growing on hot, dry hill- sides, when their fruit—it is said—of- fors a grateful refreshment to the thir- sty traveller, whether sucked in the mouth until bared of their acid coating or steeped in water to serve as a woodland lemonade. Another contribution to September's splendour is the ideal colour combin- ation of gold and royal purple made by the goldenrods and Michaelmas daisies. At the tune the goldenrods flood the world with gold. In their over eighty different kinds of all shapes and sizes they may be seen growing everywhere from tate tops of mom), tains to the seaside. There are also inose yhich live in the woods and others which prefer to dwell in Use swamps. ,All the Canadian goldenrods have yellow flowers except one, and that is known as Silver -rod (Solidago bicol- or) ; because its flowers are cream - white. Only aur expert can name most of the species; there -sire, however, some outstanding kinds which are re- cognizable by the average botanist;, such as tete Blue- stemmed or Wreath Goldenrod (S. caesia), whose un - branched stent is studded, for nearly its entire length, with, pale yellow clusters of flowers in tate axils of its leather -veined leaves. It favours moist woods and thickets. Another <,voodlaud species is the Zig-zag (S. flexicaulis), so-called on account of its Prolonged angled stem adorned with smallclusters or Hewers, in much the sense manner as S. caesia, but its saw -edged leaves are oval, In the swamps end heat bogs the Bog Golden- rod (S. uliginosa) sends up two to four feet high a densely flowered .oblong terminal spire of flowers; its short brandies aro so appressed that it has a wandlike effect. The leaves are long and narrow; the lowest often measuring nine inches long.- But per - Canada, Goldenrod (S..canadensis and haps the best known of all are the Canada Goldenrod (S. c:tuadensis) and tine Tall Goldenrod (S. aitissinta) which transform whole acres into: lakes of gold with their waving plumes of pyramid.shapeciclusters of flowers.. One much resembles the other, but the Tall Goldenrod is taller and has larg- er flowerheads, while Canada Golden- rod has nearly the smallest flower- heads of them all. The Asters or Michaelmas . Daisies (so-called 'because the feast of SI. 'Michael fare= September 291.11) form another large „and complicated group of plants, and are. in many cases hard to tell apart. But a few can be named at sight: such as the Large -leaved :4s- ter (Aster macrophylliis), so-called be - enema of its' three or . four conspicuous leaves on long stems in a clamp near the ground, , It grows in Shady places as does the heart -leaved, Aster (A. cordifolius) with ,its masses of pale - lavender flowerheads. But the best of them all is the New. England Aster (A. nocae-anglive) with its huge `branch- ing clusters et large violet or mag-. neta•pairple Elowerheads. And so dresses) in gold and royal Purple, September, as with a fanfare of trumpets, hails the harvest. it is all very wonderful this unarch, Little Demand for Western Horses A fairly large crowd attended the sale of some twenty Clyde, Perch - mon and Belgian horses, which ,Was held at the farm of Mr. Anderson, just east of Seaforth, on Monday. The carload, which was' consigned to McNeil and Nairn, auctioneers carte from Sitnpson, Sask. The horses were of good quality, perfectly quiet and had no brand. - The demand for horses at this time of year, however, held up th bidding and prices were not satis factory. Out of the twenty horses only 8 were sold, the top price bein $106.00 On all Straw Hats and Sport Shirts DAVIS & HERMAN CLEANING, PRESSING AND REPAIRING Reseeding Lawns in the Early Fall 'The weather in August and Sep- tember is favourable :for the growth have become established, but care should be taken to prevent: flooding, washing or puddling of the soil. If the young grass attains the height of two inches before winter it is advisable to cut it back 'with a • of turf from seed. The temperature good sharp lawn mower. This cutting during the day stimulates the ger- should only sever the tops of the snination of seed and the growth of leaves and 'the cuttings should be young gg • grass seedlings and yet is not caught in a grass catcher and re - moved from the lawn. so hot that these tender plants be- rule ,tonne scorched or dried out. The sell I As a general t e it is not wise to is also warm it this season so that cover the grass with brush, straw or ,young plants often appearing thro- tectton. These are apt to hold the :ugh the ground in four or five days see in, the spring by shading it from ;after seeding. the warm 'sunshine and in this way Generally speaking, the best re- to damage the turf. :sults are obtained by using .seed, which has been purchased as pure species and mixed by the` purchaser, as in this way it is possible to use only the seed of grasses suitable for lawn purposes. The most widely act- opted lawn grass mixture is compos- berries Saturday, but what he really ed of four pounds Kentucky :blue got was the 'raspberry". Saturday .morass and one pound colonial bent,morning he purchased several 11 ibis quantity being sufficient to sow!quart baskets of blueberries from a one thousand square feet of lawn -!trucker who Iliacs just brought a As it is impossible for the average load from Timmins. Later, upon person to tell the quality of grass examining the baskets more closely seed by general appearance, the aur -!he found large chunks of cordwood chaser should stipulate Grade No: s11placed carefully at the base of each eivality when buying the' ingredients 1 basket. He went back to demand litthis mixture to ensure their pur- justice from the trucker but that jty and reabiti.ty. I worth had disposed of his load and The area to be sown should be y :conn osec of good Joann soil, free flown the coop. p 1 .from weeds,,and should be level. The :seed bed is prepared by cultivating the seed germinates rapidly, the any other covering for winter pro - Wood and Berries Mixed Leo. Matthews, London market dealer, thought he 'was buying blue- -to a depth of 5 or 6 inches and then 'breaking• down the top inch or so -of the soil into a fine state of tilth l by alternate rolling and raking., Hard f lumps or stones should be removed from the sm•£ace. The teed should :be divided into .equal portions the first half being used to sow the whole area and the remaining half to go over it all again, but this time proceeding at right angles to the direction taken -[when sowing the first time. Covering may be done by lightly, -xalting the seed into the earth, but "better still by covering it very light- ly with sereened,...weed-free soil. Ten pails of soil is sufficient to cover one thousand feet of seeded area: The area should then be rolled with a 'lig'ht roller and watered with a very fine spray. Toobtain the best re - ',,stilts the seeded location should be. gcept : moist until, the young seedlings Drinks Milk From Hole in Shoe Lack of a drinking vessel is no hindrance to a thirsty hobo when he has milk to slake his thirst. A rag- ged transient was seen near Peter - bore the other night, contentedly drinking milk from. a hole in the toe of a shoe, A bewildered cow stood by, watching. Snow Blankets England e g Have Trouble Deciding Bridge Ceremony Date The Blue Water International Brldge, a $1,750,000 structure Span- ning the St. Glair River, neared completion today but it still remain- ed undecided whether Prime Minist- er King would attend the formal opening sometime next month when President Roosevelt will officiate at dedication ceremonies. Mr. Roosevelt found' it impossible to attend Aug. 19 the date for which dedication ceremonies originally had been set an on which iMr. King had agreed to conte. Although' a new date has not been set officially, it is believed the opening will be. held Sept, 5. Mr. King, however. has notified officials he may not be able to attend because of prior en- gagements in September._ Rivetters and welders are adding finishing touches to the completed steel structural work on the bridge. Workmen recently completed the task of connecting the 'United .States approach at Port Huron, Mich., with the anchor tower. A -corresponding tie-up on the Canadian side at Point Edward, Ont., Sarnia suburb, was finished two weeks earlier, while the centre span was linked May 2C Begum Over Year Ago Construction of the plazas, govern- ment buildings to house customs and immigration officers and dement roadways are well underway. Slight- ly more than foul months were re- quired to link the United States and Canadian, sections of the bridge. First steel for the Canadian ap- proach was placed Dec. 14, . 198'7. Work on the centre span was started on the Ontario side Jan. 17, 1938 and on the Michigan end, Feb. 1, 193Th8. e overwater section of the bridge meastit'os 871 feet, while .the base of the stiruett>tt'e is 152 feet above water and the top 210 feet. The clearance is ample to permit passage of the largest boats on the Great Lakes. Entire cost of the superstructure is 31,668,334 but some minor con- tracts have yet to be awarded. Con- tract for the centre span was let at 3767,279. The Canadian approach cost $514,490 and the Port Huron approach 3386,575. Difference be- tween the costs of approaches re- sulted from necessity of building a more extensive structure on the Canadian side. , Costs of the approaches were borne by the Michigan Bridge Com- Mission ,and the Ontario department of highways respectively, while the centre span was': (financed: by 'gale of bonds. j ; Children in winter overcoat`s fought. with snowballs in Yorkshire on Sat- urday after terrifying, freak storms descended on the British Isles, tak- ing at least three lives and causing $7,500,000 property damage. Lightning, fires, floods, transpor- tation tie-ups, snow, hail and rain all were elements in the two clays of the storm's fury. East Yorkshire was one of the hardest hit areas, as the storm eut a crazy path across the country, striking London, Leicestershire and the `southern counties. A dap of thunder "exploded like a „bomb in Piccadilly near Bond street during the storm. and sent crowds scurrying for shelter. Hail- stones the size of hazelnuts struck Northern , London, smashing 'win- dotes, .knocking bowlers from men's heads, striking children with such force that they c`•ied with pain. . Relays of laborers worked through the. night, tto ]clear tons of debris blocking the main London, Midland and Scottish rail rotate between Lan- cashire anti Yorkshire at Todmorden. GUN USED IN 1812 WAR WILL PROVIDE GIFTS FOR PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT The wood andteakwood which once comprised part of a gun and gun carriage used during the 1812- 14 war to repel American invaders, have been converted into small gifts for the. United States president. Kingston war veterans will make the presentation through Mayor' H. A. Stewart when ,President Roosevelt visits there August 18 to receive his D.C.L. degree at Queen's University.. Two small cannon, modeled on the style of the ancient guns used more than 100 years ago, have been fash- ioned with bronze barrel mounted on a teakwood base. The two small can- non will be placed within a teak- wood box fashioned from' a part of the old gun carriage. , 'Snow was reported two feet deep in some parts of Yorkshire and Norfolk. ' Bridgee in some districts were swept away andcrops were flatten- ed: Automobiles were marooned and many roads were flooded, *Blowouts can happen to anyone • . and sudden tire failure, even at normal driving speed, is dangerous • . to you, arid anybody near you on the highway. But you can be positively safe . . , on Goodyear LifeGuards ... beeause'LifeGuards remove the danger of blowout accident. Should a blowout occur ... with, LifeGuards on your car ... you keep easy control ... steering and• braking stay normal...:. there is no skid, no swerve, no danger! With LifeGuards, you not only protect those you love, but you can get many extra miles of service from your tires with absolute safety. Out of the hundreds of thousands of LifeGuards in service today none has ever failed, emergency, to prevent accident from blowout. Be wise ... drive iri today have us make your car safe from blowout accident... you cannot buy betterprotection to save your. life!, When lube blows out.... Lifeguard retains sufficient air for safe, sure stops HOW GOODYEAR LIFEGUARDS WORK: Study these diagrams ... the Life by the same valve. If tube and casing Guard replaces the conventional fail, the LifeGuard retains air long tube., It is a 2.pty fabric reserve tire enough to support the car until it imide a heavy tube ... both inflated can be brought to a safe, smooth stops Look for rite Blue and Yellow Valve Seem ' Brownie's Serviee Station, Clinton, Ontario. of Flora's year; which starts with the primitive catkin—bearing families and ends triumpnaatly with' the newest r — and most complex—the composite to which the goldenrods and asters be- long. Lightning Strikes Goderich Office ) Rain . carne down in torrents on Monday afternoon, the downpour lasting about half an hour. During the electrical storm accompanying the rain, a bolt of lightning struck the letter press in the office of the Surrogate Clerk in the Court House. Quite a loud report Was heard by Mrs. J. B. Reynolds who was stand- ing near and she saw a blue flame play around the heavy iron press for an instant. Mrs. Reynolds was unhurt,- though startled, and quickly made her way to another office. No damage was done. Lightning Rips Off jShoes hon an accident through iris own fault , it was always the car, the road, or the, Other Fellow. Mostly, the Other Fel- low. This Other Fellow is worth some , study. There seems to be no escap- ingim you u would him. To look at Y think he was harmless, but last year he killed a great many people, and in- jured many, many more. I have eeen the Other Fellow, and certainly he doesn't loop like a killer, Sometimes he is a young, nice -looking kid like you. Sometimes he is a mild -looking, middle-aged fellow like me. Some- times he is a gentle sweet little wo- man like your mother, but that only goes to show you can't judge by ap- pearances. He's a killer, and no mis- take, and something is going to be done about it = or Is it? Some time ago, the champion safe- ty driver of one cI the largest bus companies in the :world -ors given a banquet and a medal He had corn- pleted half a million miles without an accident. When they called on him for a speech, he rose and said: "I Mrs. Jacob Fisher, well-known ain't much of a baud at making spoe- resident of near Qranbrook is mak-I cites. I suppose you want to know ing satisfactory progress toward re- ]tow I got away so long 'without an ac- covery after the most harrowing ex- perience in her life when she was the near -victim of a bolt of light- ning• which struck the farm home during the height of last Wednesday night's storm. Mrs. Fisher is suffering greatly from shock and will be confined to her bed for some clays yet. The at- tending physician, Dr. Richmond of Ethel said her condition was satis- factory and said she was not suf- fering from severer electrical burns as was first reported. side of the road. If you spend through bIrs: Fisher was sitting on the side a .main intersection, you will meet a of the beet upstairs when she was lot of people. who are crazy enough to rendered unconcious as the lightning think they have the right of ,way and struck the chimney. The shoes she you are coming In off a side street. was wearing she holds as evidence 71 you ince to pass on a hill, don't be of the freakness of lightning as both surprised if a car comes over tlaecrest - shoes were torn completely 'off her feet, and her stockings were ripped. The lightning dict extensive dam- age in the home, ripping holes see, he's crazy, - through walls and tearing pieces of Yes, he's crazy, but you are rude— stove piping tip as if it were so and that's whatsnakes him crazy. It much paper. The chimney was nearly completely wrecked.' Noted :Author Gives Driving Tip To Son Always Assume "Other Driver" is Crazy, J. P. McEvoy Says In Letter Toronto, August 6,—J. P, McEvoy, plot eel satirist, novelist and feature writ: el', recently wrote a book called 'Teth- er Meets Son", published by 1.:11• Lippincott ,Co., in which ,a modern fattier,' patterned after the fanned Lord Chesterfield, wrote a series of letters to his son who had Just entered. the business world after a rather •hec- tin 'college career. The letters dis- cussed every aspect of the young man's future life - questions of em- ployment, marriage, social responsib- ilities, and so on. On one occasion the lacl,'who was working at the time as a private chauffeur, tools his employer's Car out one night. without: permission and "wrapped it arouncl a lamp -host." Father McEvoy, when ho heard about, the aceicl.ent, sat downand wrote his sort a, letter containing a great deaul of food for thought which sheath be thoroughly digested by everyone who drives a car. Here is what /he wrote: Dear Son:,—YOu.riSed tap a lot of paper explaining how the accident 'was not your fault, anti ,I nett believe you. But you are going to continue to drive oars, and a few words on the subject won't do any harm. In -the 25 years that I have been driving auto ,mobiles, I have never met anyone who cadent? 15ust got one rule. 3 drive lute the other fellow was crazy." So that seems to explain it, The Other Fellow is crazy. If you cut out ' of line on two-lane road, don't expect him to let You push him into the ditch, so you, can cut in again. If you pasa a ear on a blind curve, don't expect the fellow coming the other waY to be sensible about •it and go oft the road and cut mto the field to let you • Ory, Tie's just crazy enough to run right into you because you are on,his and the driver doesn't leap over you or run under you. That would be the saltie thing to do, of course—but you doesn't matter 50 much if you are walking clown the street and ,you are. rade enough to push someone aside, but if you are rude enough to push him aside with a three -ton automobile going CO miles an °hour, you'll kill him, You can elbow your way through a crowd, if you are that impolite, and, clo no damage at all. But when you elbow your way through' traffic with your bad manners stepped nip to a hundred horsepower, you're bound to°: do a lot of damage to ad', lot of len cent people,' ' Por every accident caused by high Speeding,' there are a thousand taus; ed' by low breeding; Is it coincidence that the continent which leads in; fa- talities lags in formalities? 71r0 may not be the most uncivil people on•two I/ feet, but we certainly are the prize ter- rors on ram, wheels. My -boy. yon may think it is; sissy to be polite, but. a hiss on a warm cheek is worth two on 0 cold brow. Today we put a premium on agility ranter .than civility. Bach 'year our =liners become cruder as our gaso- line: becomes more refined.' Wide matte 'won't prevent accidents, so long as they continue 'to fill up with nar- row people.:: Good brakes on cars are no protection against bad breaks in behaviour. The growing problem oS automobile fatalities will not be soly- , ed around. the drafting board but a•. round the family table, Then .we can have a monster 'under the hood, be.,; cause there will be- a gentleman at the wheel. ,Affectionately, • DAD.,