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The Clinton News Record, 1938-08-25, Page 3" I IJRS., AUGUST 25, 1938 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGES WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES You Remember What Happened During. The Last Decade Of The Old Century? The Clinton: News Record August 28th, 1938 Mr. Thos Hawkins received word on Monday of the death of his eldest brother, James Hawkins, by drown- ing at St. Catharines. Deceased was Working' on board the steamer Ames, and was drowned outside Port Dalhousie, He leaves 'a wife and seven children, Mr. 'Gordon Manning has been appointed on the staff of the Faculty of Education. He is a son of Rev: H. M, ` Manning, formerly pastor of Wesley church. ' Miss Jennie Martin, who recently went West to teach painting, has been successful in winning several prizes on her pictures at Killarney Exhibition. Mr. Leslie Wasman, of Clinton, has been engaged to teach in Brod- hagen school for the fall term. - Miss Belle Shaer leaves nthet week for Stratford where she will teach in Downie township, near the city. )ilr, Courtice, Holmesville, had a narrow escape the other day when taking express to the station. He, was fortunate to escape with bruises.' The largest fire Goderich has had for years occurred on Friday morn -i ing, totally destroying the factory of the Kensington Manufacturing. Company. The company was noted' for its bedroom and office furniture. Principal Gundry, of Strathroy, formerly of the C.C.I: is applying for' the position of principal on London Collegiate Institute, There are ten' applying for the position. Since the town has secured the, Electric Light Works several houses have been wired including the houses' of W. Doherty, D. S. Cluff, Dr. Gunn,' S. Harland, J. Townsend, Thos. Cook, and others. 1 doctor carried $600 onthe contents. Cause of the fire is unknown.g on Tues- day the severe storm Tue - day the Methodist parsonage at Whitechurch was destroyed by fire when struck by lightning. Rev. W. L. Leech lost his , new buggy and cutter. _ Mrs. Graham, widow of Rev. Jas. Graham, formerly of Clinton, is now assistant editor of the Christian Guardian, while her son, now an or- dained minister, has charge of the Fred Victor Mission, in Toronto. The Clinton New Era, August 26, 1898 Among the successful students at the recent examination none is more deserving of hearty congratulations than Mr. A, Martin, who obtained the seeohd Edward Blake scholar. ship in Mathematics and Classics at the Toronto University Matriculation Examinations. Mr. Martin is a son of Rev. Mr. Martin, Exeter, but his whole high school career belongs to the Clinton Collegiate. This is the third year in succession that Col- legiate pupils have carried off the 1 scholarship. It was won in '96 by Mr. E. Cooper, and in '97 by Mr, C. Engler. D. Prior, who had the contract with the late R. Heywood for the brickwork of Londesboro Methodist Church has completed his portion of the contract. A 22 foot sign, painted by Bowers Bros,, andse distinct that he who runs may read, now surmounts the store of Jackson Bros. We understand that the Western Fair Art Department have requested of Mr. Tisdall the loan of a few of his choice paintings for exhibition purposes. The gentleman has gen- erously acceded to the request, The storm 'of Tuesday night was one of the most severe that has been experienced for a long time; no less than seven separate fires were visable from town. Mr. Griswold, of the firm of Town & Griswold, is here getting the evap- orator in shape, preparatory to the season's run. It intended to add an extra kiln this year with a cap- acity of over 100 bushels more than the present one. The Organ' Factory will .make its annual exhibition at Toronto Ex. this year. Mr. Wilbur Manning will be in charge. Robert Coats, youngest son of Robert Coats, merchant, left here yesterday for Toronto, where he ex- pects to enter the journalistic ranks. We expect to hear of him climbing the ladder of popularity and fame in 'the Queen City. ' He has a good ed- 'ucation and the ability to make good if given the opportunity. Mr. Gregory, brother of Mrs. Geo. Oakes, who has been one of the plebiscite organizers for West Hur- 'on, left this week for Regina, where he, enters a law office. I James Tremier, principal of Smith- ville High School, .was visiting old. friends here last weekend. John Derry, who has been a faith- ful employee of Taylor and Son has sold his house and lot to Mrs. Fisher and intends leaving for the Old Country, where he will in future re- side. Dr. Bruce's house was totally de-,� stroyed by fire at about three o'clock on Friday morning. The doctor was rescued from his perilous position in the upper portion of the house with the lower part i» flames, The build- ing was owned by Thos, .Gibbings, who only had insurance of $400. The, When The Present Century Was Young The Clinton News -Record, August 28, 1013. Piper McDonald of .London has been the guest during the past week of Mrs. Campbell, Maple street. On Saturday evening a few intimate friends were invited to hear this master piper give a few tunes on the bagpipes. Chester. Marshall, who has been employed in a busks'ness office in Toronto, and who was spending a vacation at his home here, fell the other day and broke a bone in his wrist. This will prolong his •vaca- tion somewhat, Major Rance left on Monday with his -horse for London to act as um- pire in the sham fights taking place in the vicinity of Mount Brydges. Major Rance was the only umpire chosen from Western Ontario. The following from Clinton and vicinity were booked through to var- ious points in the west by Mr. W. Jackson this week: C. McKinnon, John Pickett, Elmer Ker, J. Agnew, J. Neilans, R. Jennison, -Mr, and Mrs. H, Livermore, A. W. Cooper, J. Lindsay, A. and Mrs, Colclough, M. Steepe, II. Jenkins, R, Thompson and Mrs. Levi Wiltse. Prof. Fred Q. Elford spent the weekend among old friends at Hol- mesville where his wife and family made a longer stay, but all left for their home at Ottawa the first of the week. The professor is another of the Huron boys who have made good. It is now several years since he entered the Dominion Governnient service as head of the Poultry Branch of the Department of Agri- culture. He has oversight of the poultry departments on the Experi- mental farms throughout the Domin- ion. Mr. A. F. Cudmore left for London Monday afternoon to attend the High Court of Canada of the Ancient Order of Foresters as representative i of Court Prosperity. I Mr. Roy Grigg, second son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Grigg, town, who has Ibeen for some time a member of the Montreal Bank Staff, Goderich, has been transfered to Hamilton. t Miss Evelyn Thplady, who has been taking a special course in Toronto, is spending \the remainder of her vacation at her home in town. She. will teach in Ripley during the cont ing term. Mr, John Rite, after spending a couple of week: or so in ,Clinton and other Huron towns, has return - 'ed to his home in Bowmanville. He is an expert piano tuner and has worked up a fine business around here. Miss Edna Cooper, sister of Mn A. T. Cooper, gave a most inspiring address in the Methodist Church at Holmesville on Sunday morning. We understand that Miss Cooper has of- fered herself as a missionary to China. Jasper .National Park Sets I Tourist Record Jasper Park, largest of Canada's national play grounds and fastest growing point of popularity is rap- idly approaching the greatest tourist year in its history. The count of visitors entering thepark since the first of June to the end of July was 6,653, an increase of 2,077 over the corresponding period of last year when the total was the greatest since 1929. - The figures are compiled from ac- curate records checked by govern- ment auditors at Park administra- tion headquarters and by auditors at Jasper Park Lodge. Travel in and out of the Paris by permanent resi- dents of Jaspervillage and by trucks or cars operating in and out on purely business missions, is not in- cluded. The figures represent purely bona-fida tourist traffic. Advance reservations for the re- mainder of August at Jasper Park Ledge, and at both the Athabaska and other hotels in. Jasper village are the heaviest in years and all three resorts unquestionably will en- joy a near -capacity business for the full month, • -t Florence Nightingale Wished Name on Hohnesville Woman By Alta Lind Rodges No doubt' it williurprise many to learn that there is a namesake of Florence Nightingale in (int - living ario today. Her friends know her as Mrs. William Mulholland, and her home is in Hohnesville, a little vil- lage situated on, No. 8 highway be- t ee w n Clinton and Goderich. "How come?" you are likely to say, "'Florence' Nightingale died in England years ago." It is indeed a far cry from the work of the famous nurse in the Crimea .to the little Ontario village where her namesake lives and has lived for many years as one of the most popular and best known resi- dents, but thereby hangs,a tale—al tale of love and war and adventure such as is seldom heard of today. I Years ago in Old London aprom -; ising young doctor by the name of, James Peters fell in love with ands married a Miss James, a young wo-1 man of wealth and social position who had known the Nightingale fam- ily all her life, and who was also a close friend of the famous Florence. The young couple set up housekeep- ing in London, and a baby arrived and was named Louise. It was Fier-' epee Nightingale's request that they should name the next baby after her, but the name proved unsuitable when a son was born to the doctor and hi wife, so the infant was named Her bert. Tile young couple promised their friend that if another daughte was born to them it would certainly be named Florence. The young doctor's practice was steadily growing, and Florence Nightingale, never having been strong, retied from the nursing profession, intending to enjoy her well-earned leisure among her fam- ily and friends, but fate decreed oth- erwise. For some time war clouds hovering over Europe, and the Crim- ean War broke out. The British sol- diers were ill-prepared for the hard- ships of a long campaign and the rigors of a Russian winter: They were tired, homesick and discourag- ed. Fever broke out, and the out- look was very black indeed when the Britigth Government • appealed to Florence Nightingale for advice. The answer was to gather together a small band of faithful followers and sail for the Crimea. Under her sup- ervision, the sick and wounded were cared for as soldiers had never been cared for before. Among the many army surgeons caring for the wounded was the young Dr. James Peters. After the war Florence Nightin- gale sailed home to England, and Dr. Peters resumed his practice in London. Perhaps the trip to the Crimea had whetted the doctor's appetite for travel, or maybe the comparative peace and quiet of Old London irked him, or perhaps, having built up a lucrative practice in London, he sought new worlds to conquer, but the Peters family braved the perils of the sea in a sailing vessel, and six weeks later landed at Montreal. They made their way to Niagara, and there a second daughter was born. True to their promise to their friend across the sea, the baby was named Florence Mary Ann Adelaide Nightingale Peters, And now begins our story of the second Florence, the present Mrs. William Mulholland, of Holmesville, Later another daughter and twa more sons were added to the family, Margaret, Edward and George. Dr. Peters decided to practice in Brussels, and there the young Flor- ence Peters attended school, and while in her teens she married Wil- liam Mulholland, a blacksmith. They set up housekeeping in Walton, and it was at the home of his daughter Florence that Dr. Peters passed away. I Louise, the eldest daughter, had' also married and was now Mrs. Pohlman, of Chicago. While residing with her daughter in Chicago, Mrs. Peters found her health failing. In- tensely British, it was her wish to die under the Union Jack, and, ac -I cordingly, started the trip to Canada to the home of her daughter, Flor- ence,'who was then living in Holmes- ville, where her husband had pur- chased a blacksmith shop. Unfort- unately, the .trip proved too much for her in her weakened condition, and she died in Michigan on herway to Canada. And thus ended the life of a courageous English woman who had known not only the easy and gaiety of social life in the world's largest city, but also the perils and hardships of pioneering in a new country. Of the six • children born to Dr. Peters and his wife,all are alive to- day. oday. Besides Mrs. Pohlman, of Chic-' ago, and Mrs. Mulholland, of Hol- mesville, there is the third daughter,' Mrs. Tang, of Louisville, Kentucky, Herbert and Edward at Owosso, Mich., and George. at Claremont, West Virginia. Every year a family reunion) is held in August at the s r home of. the eldest brother, Herbert, in Owosso, Mich. Mrs. Mulholland, is herself the mother of six' children. William Mulholland carried on his s trade in the village fpr many years in the old red blacksmith shop on the corner across from the school, and the writer distinctly remembers hearing :the blows of his hammer during school hours. On wet after- noons the farmers were wont to gather there to discuss the weather, politics; and the news of the day while waiting to take the children home from school. The old red black- smith shop was torndown three years ago to make room for a ser- vice station. Like the other Florence' after whom she was named, Mrs. Mulholland is skilful in the sickroom. Before the days of rural telephones and com- munity hospitals,; the general pro- cedure in case of sickness was to get Mrs. Mulholland and then send for a doctor. The years have been kind to the namesake of Florence Nightingale, who has served her own sphere just as faithfully as the other Florence did in hers. —London Free Press. DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD British Scouts Invited to Brooklands A wide open invitation to British Boy Scouts to attend one day of the September motor races at Brook- lands has been extended by Earl Howe, the President of the British Racing Drivers' Club. Corrigan Formerly a Boy Scout Douglas Corrigan, who made air history by his flight from America to Ireland, was at one time a Boy Scout in a New York City Troop. He declared his hiking experiences had proved of value to him when he took up flying. Scouts at theCanadian National "Ex" The big annual parade. of Boy Scouts and Wolf Cubs will not be held at the Canadian National Ex- hibition at Toronto this year. In- stead there will be displays of Scout - craft work of various kinds. The usual large staff of public service Scouts will be maintained, including those who each year are assigned to the special task of finding and car- ing for lost children. U. S. Sea Scouts Cruise to Montreal Summer Scout visitors to Canada included 25 American Sea Scouts from New Jersey, aboard the two 36 foot cabin cruisers "Reliance" and "Gull", which reached Montreal by the inland water route front New York. The U. S. Sea Scouts were entertained by Canadian Scouts at St. Johns, Que., on the way, and at Montreal were guests of the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Chub Sea Scouts at Dorval. Indian Scouts Specialize in Rescues from Wells Rescues from drowning in . rivers, lakes and the sea have become al- most a lookedor service by Boy Scouts in all the Scouting countries of the world. In India the Scouts have added the frequent rescue of persons who fall into the many wells ,from which whole village communit- ies draw their water. A recent typical case has the rescue at Sha - dacha, Punjab, of a small boy who had toddled to the well,and fallen in. The rescuer, Scout Mubarak Ali, called by the child's excited mother, at once dived in, grasped the infant, and held it above the water until a rope was procured and lowered by villagers, when both were drawn up to safety. MEXICAN BILLS HAVE NO VALUE "Mexican bills of the face value of five pesos are in circulation in Can- ada. The bills may be identified by the wording "E1 Estadode Sonora" on the face of the bill. As those bills are similiar in appearance to some Canadian bank notes, Post Office officials are advised not to accept them. They are of no value". Reports have been received that there are also "10 pesos" notes in circulation. These are also of , no value and special care should be tak- en to see that they are not accepted at Post Offices or elsewhere, There are 31,305,000 sheep in New Zealand, and the annual wool clip in recent years has exceeded 300,000,- 000 ib. WHAT, OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING TELL THE PLAIN TRUTH We wonder whether it would have a salutary effect if the newspapers, instead of calling these deplorable affairs accidents, were . to state plainly that someone was the cause. of his ownde ath or that of someone else. It might. I ighnw< —Cornwall Standard -Freeholder. :THOSE WHO DON'T WORK I' There is an impression that there are too many men in the larger cities who are evading work because they have found an easier way to make a living without working at all. The various phases of panhand- ling; or begging are more attractive' to them than any legitimate job. 01 THREE . EXPLANATIONS Woman near Bellville has 'a hen which laid anegg with three yolks in it. Our poultry expert says any one of three things can explain that: (1) the hen does not know how to count, (2) she is a trifle ambitious, or (3) she is short of shells. —Peterboro E-xaminer. ISN'T IT THE TRUTH? • WARNING TO FARMERS. Beware of two menwho are going,• tbu'ough the rural district, claiming: Ito be govermnent employees of the, Post Office Department. They claim. the Department makes it compulsory that the farmer's name appear era i his rural mail box, and these'two men charge 75 cents for printing same. These men have ,tiro coanec-' i tion with the government or Post - Office Department and are falsely representing. themselves. —Listowel Banner.. course many of that type are virt- uallyt unfitted to work because of protracted indolence or dissipation. The cities have been lax to some ex- tent in failingto" deal firmly ml with theca se se of wasters ewhorefuse re u se to work. They are being imposed upon by hordes of menwho are actually criminals or on the borderline who persist in making nuisances of them- selves by begging on the ,streets, or from door to door, when they could readily perform some sort of work! that would earn money, no matter how little, and at the same time be The main difference between men making• a struggle to regain their and women is that to look nice a self respect: — Woodstock Sentinel man must scrape stuff- off his face Review. early in the morning and a woman • must daub stuff on her face, —Listowel Banner. WHY NOT A CLEAN SWEEP? evilly s ON DUTY AT BROCKVILLE Provincial Traffic Officer J. W. Callander of Mitchell was one of the scores of special officers named to do traffic duty at Brockville Thurs- day when the new international bridge was )officially opened. Of-. 'Beer Callander who arrived home 'from his vacation Tuesday was not- ified of the assignment upon arrival in Mitchell. He made the trip to Brockville by motorcycle. —Listowel Standard. Seizure of six tons of fake lottery tickets by the Department of Justice and postal authorities may be reas- suring ,td patrons of established lot- teries such as that supervised by the Irish Free State Government. The rapid spread of counterfeit tickets is reported to have increased the odds against, winning anything in the Irish lottery from a -million - to -one to three -million -to -one. There- fore, by distinguishing between fake and genuine tickets, the best effort Federal authorities can make to pro- tect the public can be not more than two-thirds efficient. Why not make a clean sweep; of these foreign sweepstakes? — Qhristian Science Monitor. HOLIDAYS ON MONDAY Only one argument has yet ap- peared in any press comment against The Financial Postfs proposal that all holidays (except Christmas and New Year's) be made to fall on a Monday. Is it that there is a sac- redness or 4a sentiment, associated even with national dates or secular origin, that must not be violated. But how true is this? There has been no hesitation on the part of the country to select an arbitrary date in June to celebrate the birthday of oursovereign, a birthday that actually falls in Dec- ember. Those who are appalled by the thought of moving a holiday off a date that has intense historical or sentimental significance might pon- der upon the fact that the second most important date in the Christian calendar has for ages been fixed ar- bitrarily without relation to our man-made calendar. This is Easter which used to be observed upon a fixed date, but now falls upon the Sunday following the full moon next after the vernal equinox. The Chris- tian churches were split for centuries upon the date of Easter but one never hears any hair-splitting on the question now. If it is possible to fix Easter in a certain part of the week, surely we can do the same for Empire Day, for our national birthday and for Remembrance Day,—Financial Post. MUIST REFOREST Canada must wake up pretty soon in the lumber and timber industry or there won't be very much here for the future generations. For a good many years now pine from the Southern States has worried Caned- ian newsprint executives, and while it, is not thought it will absolutely squelch the Canadian industry, it is abouttime a t hose who are felling our forests wake up and join in the re- forestation scheme. i In Canada once a lumber company gets into a stand of timber it takes everything that is of any use. What; is 'left, with its piles of brush left; lying around is real fire hazard, The lumbering company does not worry' about this, however. Down South theyregardtheir tin-, ber as a "crop" and adequate refor-t estatio#i measuresare taken, even during the logging operations, to in- sure that a future crop will come along in course of time. Canadians are wasters, so far as their natural resources are concern- ed and -apparently think not of 'to- morrow. It is not generally known, but it is a fact that Sweden, a lum- bering country, has today 40 per cent more merchantable timber than she had 100 years ago. Only one reason can be given for this.—Re forestration. It is about time the , Canadian Government wakened up to the fact that if our lumbering interests take no interest the Government should and make them replace every tree they cut down. There is no country in the world with the timber preserves nearly ap- proaching' Canada in quantity land quality. She is indeed foolish if she doesn't move soon to see that these natural resources are perpetual. -.Tavistock Gazette. NEW SOURCE FOR INSULIN IN INDIAN HERB REMEDY Possibility of a new source of insulin, obviating the necessity of hypodermic injections for diabetes; is seen in the experiments of Dr. It. G. Large and Dr, II. N. Block elby of Prince Albert, British Colum- bia, with an old Indian herb remedy. The experiments are reported in the Canadian Medical Association Jour- nal .and deal with the roots of "devil's club," a shrub that grows wild on the Pacific coast. Made by boiling bark from the plant roots, the extract, taken' through the mouth, has given re -t A SERIES OF MISHAPS' markable results in reducing sugar' inthe blood of diabetic rabbits, the ` Some excitement was caused oma: article said. The doctors' attention Main Street Wednesday morning' 1 was drawn to the remedy through when Mary Lou Sills, little daughter use of it byj a patient, with ap- of Postmaster and Mrs. C. P.. Sills. paresstl cod results ran out from between two parked cars in front of the Bank of Com- merce, and was thrown to the pave- ment by the rear fonder of a moving - car driven by Mr. Crawford, Dublin Evelyn Regan, of Mt. Carmel, has hotelheeper. She was fortunate to• issued a Supreme Court writ against escape with a few bruises and after the County of Huron. She is claim- being given medical ;attention was, ing unstated damages as the results able to be out again in a little while.. of injuries received in a motor east Two other minor accidents emir — accident on a county road last June red on Main street the same morn- - 4th, ing. A ear driven by the Misses Hu - Miss Regan was a passenger in a gill, Huron road, while backing out car driven by her brother, and while: of a parking place in front of Mr. T. endeavoring to pass another machine' Dickson's store, collided with a car the Regan car went into the ditch' driven by John Hey, of Zurich, da - and crashed into a tree. Miss Regan'maging his headlight, fender and a claims her injuries 'were suffered tire. During the noon hour another - through negligence of the defendants collision took place between two out - in that they did not keep the high-� of -town cars when one was backing• way on the boundary between the, out of a parking place.—Seafortk Counties of Huron and Middlesex in News, a proper state of repair. Huron County, incidentally, is completely protected by insurance in ail cases of this kind. —Huron Expositor. SPRAYING OF WEEDS County .Outfit Has Been Doing: Exte si n ve� Work on the Roads County Engineer T. R. Patterson!, reports, that weeds along 140 miles- of the principal roads of the County have been sprayed so far this pear;,; and he exects this mileage will be doubled by the end of the sessond Some little effect has been. noted, but the degree to which permanent results have been effected. will . not be known until next year:. Mr. Patterson pointed out. that..tlie• County during the last fifteen -years - spent $3,000 to $4,000. aslnually for* weed -cutting, - and each succeeding year saw no depletion in the ranks of the weeds. This year'sapplica- tion of weed -killer will cost. $7,000„ but in three seasons the growth' should be negligible. The spray used is called "atlacide,"" and is a combination of sodium chlorate and calcium chloride mixed) in water. .--Goderich Signal -Star.. BURN WEEDY I IELD CROP - Following. Following an inspection made two? or three weeks ago by officials or the Ontario Department of Agri-• culture when no less than 32 dif- ferent kinds of weeds were discover- ed, a field of red clover. covering: 41 acres was burned last Friday- night ridaynightand Saturday morning on a farm operated. by Mr. Dougald Mc- Kay, near. Jackson. The action of the Department was taken only after the field had been thoroughly inspected. It is alleged that in- structions were given to the owner of the crop to destroy it, but when. no action was taken instructions. weregiven and the officials of the- Township heTownship of Derby on Friday sent six teams with mowers into they field and cut the clover, after which:, it was burned. There is some con- troversy with regard to the actual ownership of the clover, and this% fact may Isave entered into the re- fusal of Ms. McKay to do the cut-. ting.—Port Elgin Times, 1 MOTORIST SUES HURON COUNTY A "FREAK!" LILY At the home of Mr. and Mrs. Har- vey Treleaven is an orange lily plant on which blooms double lilies, the like of which local horticulturists have never seen, nor heard of. Four years ago this plant bloomed, and was regarded as a freak. Mrs. Tre- leaven's mother, Mrs. Higgins, an ardent horticulturist moved the plant and has since given it considerable care. This year her efforts were rewarded when the plant flowered and already there have been about 6 lovely double orange lilies in bloom. The; flower has 4 tiers of petals and as well as a curiosity is quite. pretty. Probably Mrs. Higgins has develop- GOOD GOING SEPT. 10-i?' ed a new flower specie and the pub lisher suggested that she name it RETURN LIMIT SEPT. 26' the "Higgins Lily." I Canadian National. —Lucknow Sentinel. PI:COBAC PiPE ., - TOBACCp FOR• A MILD COOL $MOK11 BARGAIN FARES TO LONDON EXHIBITION In effect from many points bars Ontario. Single Fare l FOR THE ROUND TRIP' fKeep a day or two - Sept.12-17 The week of Western Ontario's own'big exhibition PRIZE LIST - $32,000 Speed Events Daily—Night Horse Show—photography Salon Dog Show—Superb Grandstand Spectacle -Hobby Fair • Carnival Midway—Hundreds of Exhibits „q W. D. JACSSON, SecretaryJ 238 i .. ` ; ( , fes' r Iy r�7Gn0 it n _ R