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The Clinton News Record, 1938-09-01, Page 1The News -Record Est. 1878 With Which is Incorporated The Clinton New NO. 5899. -59TH YEAR Era The New Era Eat. 1866 CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938. 1 WE CAN SOLVE YOUR WEDDING GIFT PROBLEM May we suggest that your gift be silverware. ,• Every piece conies to you with an unconditional replacement guarantee. A11 silver plated pieces are British Empire Products W. H. HELLYAR Jeweler and Optometrist Residence Phone 174j ® 5 FOR SEPTEMBER BRIDES Linens are Always a Most Acceptable Gift. New Novelty Linens in Towels, Luncheon Cloths and Sets. Flannelette Blankets Extra Large Size in the New Kandie Quality, Bound Singly. One of the Largest and Best Blankets on the Market. Cannot be Purchased Elsewhere in Clinton. Regular $2.65 for only $2.39 a pr, ASK FOR YOUR GOODWILL COUPONS FOR FREE GIFTS. IRWJN'S " CLINTONtS LEADING STYLE SHOPPE " Bicycle Riding on Town i Sidewalks Becoming Quite Popular The hill on Albert street seems to be fast becoming as popular as many playgrounds. Children seem to der-. eve a great thrill out of riding their bicycles down the hill at break -neck speed, payinglittle attention to the welfare of the lowly pedestrians who might be meandering along the side- walks. Within the last few days on the highway but apparently it is not equal to the surface of the side- walks. Within the last few days most of these speed artists have had'70 several close calls. On several oc- casions they have narrowly escaped being run down by motorists as they dart off the sidewalks and then on again, while, more often, pedestrians! and small children have been more or less at their mercy. On Monday evening, Shirley McNeill, two year old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. D. C. McNeill narrowly escaped serious in jury when she was knoeked down byiwould one of these would-be cyclists... For- tunately, she didn't receive any ser- ious injuries outside of a badly bruis- ed head, a shaking -up, and a deep gash on her left knee. 'It is about time that these children's parents took a hand in the matter and 'anis' a stop to this sidewalk riding before someone receives a really serious in- jury or before the law has to step in and take action. Tomato Plant Calls for Editorial Comment Two weeks ago in item appeared in the News -Record telling of an un - usul tomato plant growing in .Mrs, (Dr.) Shaw's garden. This particular plant. was six feet high and had '70 tomatoes. The item has been copied by a large number of weekly and daily newspapers and the Peterboro Examiner has referred' to it in its ed' editorial column, An extract reads: A Clinton woman has a tomato plant six feet tall with tomatoes on it. One canning company has already made arrangements to estab- lish a branch factory in the same yard. Can itbe that our learned friend is edging his remarks with sarcasm or is he merely offering a sugges- tion? We will givehim the benefit i of the doubt and call it the latter. -Certainly our good Clinton citizens welcome a new industry. We one o£ the finest locations in � Western Ontario for a canning fae- tory. and one or two buildings that `could be converted to that .purpose. The town is ideally situated in the centre of the finest farming district in Ontario so that there would be no 'scarcity of produce, and transporta- tion of the finished product could be taken care of by rail or truck. While our good friend, Dr. Shaw, might not care to convert his, prem- ises into a factory, he could certainly point outp robable sites for such a building, and although he is a very busy man, he would take timeto do a so cheerfully, We hope the editor will refer to the points we have mentioned when he confers further with the repre- sentative of the canning factory he had reference to. If our information is not complete we would -welcome Victim of Hit -Run Driver John Johnston, Goderichi, mail car- rier sustained two broken ribs ands a fractured hip when struck by hit-and-run driver on Monday night! Johnston had met the late train and was going back to the postoffice when a car collided with his wagon,1 upsetting it, The horse broke away and the driver was thrown heavily, A traveller f°Ilowod the car and was rho opportunity ol-shorvsng Ism able to obtain the license number, aroundsome fine afternoon, TWO BASEBALL GAMES HERE MONDAY The Lions Juveniles 4eni o n _., es have had rather a long rest and may be a little rusty for their clash with Owen Sound. The first game in this series gets under way y he re on Monday af- ternoon at 3.80. Some of the best players are away, but it is more than likely that the management will see to it that they are brought back for this game Which shouldbe good. The Colts hardly know where they stand yet and are waiting for a winner to be declared in the Wing - ham, Wiarton series. Wingham took the first. decision 10-5 and a game was scheduled for last night but was called due to rain-. Vire received word this morning after going to press that a game will be played here Monday morning at. 10 o'clock. Just which team will be the opposition is not known yet, it will be either Wingham or Wiarton, but in any case there will be two games here Monday. , One in the morning, one in the afternoon. Clinton Eliminated in Two Straight Games • Before the largest aggregation of baseball fans in Recreation Park for many a moon the Lucan Irish Nine came out on top in the second game of the series to clinch top position. By so doing they earned the right to meet the London Cream Tops in the next round of the O.B.A. playoffs. It was a mighty good game to watch, a hard game to lose, and a thriller from start to finish. The Irish fans cheered madly throughout, but almost went wild when the game was called at the end of the eighth. with Lucan on top 9-6. The game proved to be a surpris- ing affair from: a pitching standpoint. Hovey got away to 'a rather shaky start and then settled down until the seventh when Stock relieved him on the mound'.. Post-mortems are still being held as to what should have and should have not been clone, but the game is over. In any case the Irishmen collectedten hits and nine free bases front their united offer- ings.' When compared with Hudson's record it does not appear so bad at that. The Colts combed him for thirteen hits and tiuee free bases although he accounted for six strike- outs, Hovey four. The boys certainly bit heavily on his underarm ball, freely mixed in throughout the game., Draper was the worst offender with errors, getting two in the first inning and one in the seventh. Lucan had but one. Draper and White' were the heavy hitters for Clinton, each with three apiece, R. Paul and Hud- son led Lucan at bat with two each. Both teams got away to a flying start with three runs apiece. Wagg Ied off with a single then was thrown thirdout to second on a steal. White and Pickett singled and Hawkins' hard single drove them both home. Hovey and McEsven singled and Glew sacrificed scoring Hawkins. Draper went out on a drive short to first. Neither teams made a run in the second and then Lucan took the lead in the next only to have Clinton go two up in the fourth. Diaper start- ed things off here with his single, Colquhoun got a free base when hit by the pitcher, 'Wagg struck out, then White came through with a strong two bagger scoring Draper. Pickett's single drove Colguhoun and White home. Then Ken stole sec- ond and reached thirdor:a pass ball but was stranded when Hawkins fan- ned and Hovey flied out. The Irishmen came through again in the next and tied the game up. much to the delight of their support- ers. Clinton went down three in a row 'in the 'sixth. Wagg got a free base when the pitcher tried to clip off a toe, and Lucan pulled the only double play of the, game to cut Wagg off at second and catch White at first. Pickett lined out to thepitcher who made no mistake on his throw to first.' There it was at the end of the sixth with the game all tied up and the fans getting more excited every minute, Manager . Churchill sent Draper to right field, put Hovey on third, and Stock on the. mound with the bases loaded and only one man away. Gordie gave the first man to face him a free base and this gave the visitors the lead once more. Clin- ton were unable to break into the scoring in their half. Then in the final inning Lucan broke away again, with two more runs, and it began to look as if Clin- ton were away in their half when Draper singled, got to second on an error and then reached third on a pass ball. The next three men went dawn in order however and there the game ended. It was a great game and had Haw- kins not twisted his ankle in the fifth inning, had Draper not made three errors, had Hudson's underarm delivery not fooled: the lads,; had Hovey been relieved earlier, it might have been a different ending. With .out offering any alibi though it can be' said that Lucan won the game fairly and were congratulated -on the THE HOME PAPER The Farmers' Market Wheat 55e. Barley 45a. Oats 25e. Buckwheat, 50c. Eggs 27c, 28e, 17c, 16c: Cream 26c, 24c. Live Hogs $9.00. Hospital Aid Association To Meet The Hospital Aid Association will hold their regular meeting in the Board Room of the Town Hall on Tuesday Evening, September ' 6th at 7.30 sharp, Will all convenors of committees notify every member as a full at- tendance of the Association is urg- ently desired. Plans for the fall work will be discussed. Notice of sRegional Conference 'of Howie and School Chubs to be held in Stratford on Friday, September 30th has been received. Representa- tives from the counties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington will be present: . Friends Meet fon First Time in 18 Years Not having seen each other for eighteen years two old friends had a lot of things to talk over when they met last Monday night. Attending the Baine Sunday School class at old Cowan Avenue Presbyterian Church, Toronto, then enlisting for service overseas at about the same tirne in 1915, these two had met only twice in the early days following the war, but J. B. McMath, HolniesvilIe, read- ily recognized his friend, Leslie Har - tan of Buffalo. Mr. Hartan with a party of friends is on vacation in Ontario, and re- membering his old friend of Sunday school days, decided to look him up. The two had 'a very pleasant time talking over old times before. Mr. Hartan continued his journey, Mr. Ian McLeod Gets Promotion Goes to Brighton September 9th Ian McLeod, Agricultural repre- sentative for Huron County for the last nine years, was officially noti- fied last week of his transfer to Northumberland Comity. Mr. McLeod will leave for his new home in Brighton on the 9th while his suc- cessor, James Shearer, will arrive in town this weekend in order that Mr. McLeod may acquaint him with the territory and the people with whom he will work. Mr. Shearer has been principal of the Kemptville Agricultural College for the past four years. Prior to that he was agricultural representative for Peel County. He and Mr. McLeod graduated the same year from the 0.4.0. at Guelph. The new represent- ative is married and has one daught- er. They will reside in the cottage now occupied by Mr. McLeod and family on High Street. News of the change has been re- ceived with regret generally through- out the district as Mr. McLeod has been .a popular and hard working pian. Among young people especially he has done a mighty fine job and has been instrumental in the forma- tion of clubs of various kinds that have proved beneficial to the young .nen throughout the district. These clubs have meant a lot of hard work, and the taking up of his spare time which lies been, cheerfully given. On Tuesday night he attended a meeting of the Exeter Boys' Foal Club and last night attended a similar- meeting in Brussels. These are typical ex- amples of the way most of hie even- ings have been spent but in addition Mr. McLeod has found time to take an active part in the work of the Lions Olub' and in the Masonic lodge. While his departure is regretted his friends congratulate him on the move which comes in the nature of a promotion and best wishes go with him and his family to the new home. Although Mr. McLeod leaves to take over his duties on the 9th the family 'will remain here until the 26th.. At that time Mr. Shearer will move his effects to Clinton. While it would be impossible to enumerate the many changes in the agricultural field, Mr, McLeod remarked that he was glad to note the .narked improvement in the town, a change that has taken place mostly within the past ..two months,, the ap- plication of paint adding a great deal to the neater appearance of main street.. Ths is a step in the right direction. Mr. McLeod hopes the town and district will benefit by the change of representatives and be- spealcs a warm welcome for the new man. victory. They have the best wishes of the dolts as they go on to meet the London, boys who will find' that the Irishmen are no cream puffs, town hall some time soon. Engagement Announced .Mr, S. G. Castle announces the engagement of his daughter, Susan IsabelI to ilWx, Harold Frederick Swan, eldest son of Mrs. Lucy Swan, Clinton.The he nariiag a will to1c e place this month. Institute holds Picnic The annual Women's Institute picnic was held in Ilarbor Park, God erich, last Thursday afternoon with about fifty ladies attending, and a very enjoyable time was spent by all, A short time was set apart for dis- cussion of immediate business af- fairs, with the President Mrs. Holmes in charge. It was announced, that there would be an Officers Rally at Auburn on Sept. 6th, all officers requested to attend. A glove -making project will be held at Londesboro on September 13, 14 and 15. Mrs. Nay was appointed as a delegate to attend this project. Mrs. Holmes was chosen as a delegate to attend Area Convention of W. L to be . held in Listowel on September 27 and 28th. It was decided to hold a' tag day sometime this fall for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind. The remainder of the afternoon was very enjoyably spent in sports, prizes being awarded to the winners of each event. In the absence of Mrs, Adams, convenor of program com- mittee, Mrs. Holmes conducted the following sports: Clothes pin race, Mrs. W. Stewart, Mrs. A Orpen; carrying the beans contest, Mrs. W. Stewart; bag bursting contest, Mrs. Venner and Miss Harrison, captains, the former winning; winding and un- winding cord on spool, Mrs. Venner and Mrs. J. Mci{night, captains, the former winning; hammering nail in block of wood, Miss Harrison; gues- sing number of clothes pins in bag, Mrs. M. Batkin. After the games were over all par- took of a sumptuous picnic lunch. Regimental Sand Plays to Large Crowd Under the leadership of Mr. Frank Hendry the Huron -Middlesex Regi- mental band played an exceptionally fine concert to a large crowd on Sunday evening, and got under way with our local band leader, Mr. Mor- gan Agnew conducting the first number. Special mention should be trade of the euphonium solo, "The Bells of St. Marys" with cathedral chimes and band accompaniment. Then too the band played a number of hymns with the members following up the selec- tion in chorus. Other solo and chorus numbers met with the approval of. the large g audience and every num- ber was well played and the pro- gram well balanced. Our own band will give one more concert this season, the date having been set for September llth if weather is favorable. This will bring to a close the summer pro- gram of music which hasbeen. much enjoyed as evidenced by the large at- tendance at each concert. Interesting Display from Far East The display of unusual objects in the window of Beattie's Furniture Store, is attracting a tremendous amount of local interest. They re- present items gathered by Father Sullivan, local pastor of St. Joseph's Parish, on his recent pilgrimage through Europe and the Far East. Of chief interest are the amaz- ingly constructed pieces of oriental furniture consisting of perhaps mil- lions of .tiny bits of ebony, mother- of-pearl, ivory, and the various rich woods found in the countries of the East. Fancy work representing the industry of the peasantwomen of. Hungary are in evidence. A 'rase piece of Mosiae from the famous Venetian laboratories, which depicts the Pons Sospire (Bridge of Sighs) leading from the Ducal palace in Venice tc the sombre jail just across' one of the numerous canals for which. that: floating city is famous. The two plaques carved in Mother -of pearl represent the Last Supper af- ter the printing by Leonardo De Vinci, and wrought in Bethlehem not far from the birth place of Christ, The delicately chiselled crucifix with medallions of the four evangelists, surrounding the corpus, and a, re- presentation of the nativity at the base, comes from just outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The curiously constructed box, designed like an assortment of books, comes from the Isle of Capri and contains coins from every country (fourteen in all) where Father Sullivan has travelled. In addition, Father Sul- liven has brought back more than a thousand film slides which he per- sonlly filmed, and which he plans to project on the screen in, the local Friends Stage Doable ;Shower Honoring Miss Dorothy Watt and Merle Henri a double shower was held on Tuesdays evening, August 23rd. at the home of Mrs. Russell Jervis where friends of both these popular young ladies.. met for this surprise event. Both girls thought the shower was held for the other and naturally got quite a surprise when each received a shower of mis- cellaneous kitchen ware: Following the presentation of gifts the evening was completed by games and `contests and the serving of lunch by the hostess assisted by a number of the girls ;present. Returns Prom Trip Abroad Miss Eleanor Fisher left for Win- nipeg on Monday after a week's holi- day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Fisher, Miss' Fisher has recently returned from' England and also visited Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany Scotland and North Wales during' her stay which has extended over a year.. While in England she had the privilege of at- tending the Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace in July. The trip proved very enjoyable and many interesting mementos were brought back from the various countries visited. LIGHTNING DOES DAMAGE IN AUBURN DISTRICT The second severe electrical storm in two weeks swept the Auburn and Goderich district yesterday, injuring one roan and burning a farm barns one man and burning a farm home. Gordon Finnigan, of West Wawan- osh, was knocked to the ground while leading a horse into the barn. He re- ceived burns on the right hand re- quiring ng medical attention. The horse was stunned by the bolt. The home of Mr. and Mrs. D. Dalrymple was destroyed by fire, presumabiy start- ed by lightning.. The owners were away from hone at the time of the fire. At Goderich cellars were flooded, trees uprooted and many rural tele- phone lines put out of business. Gets Permission to Enter United States After about six weeks of waiting, J. P. Sheppard and Winn will resmne their interupted trip to Mobile, Ala- bama. The immigration authorities at Washington have granted permis- sion for their temporary residence in the United States when necessary bonding agreement for return within the specified period has been com- pleted. When talking with Mr. Shep- pard on Tuesday he stated that he expected the papers would arrive that day in which case he would leave on Wednesday or Thursday. The government officials, while up- holding the ruling of the Port Huron officer in refusing, entry also ruled that taking into consideration the fancily circumstances, and the finan- cial security, the objections could be set aside. Mr. Sheppard and Winn will make their home until spring with the 'for- mer's daughter-in-law, Mrs. Norman Sheppard who. was with them when they were refused permission to en- ter the United States in the first instance. Among The Churches Baptist Church On Sunday, September 4th, service will be held at 11 o'clock. Sunday School will meet at 10.00 o'clock. Presbyterian Church The Women's Association will meet next Thursday, September 8th at the home of Mrs. E. Ward, Huron street. Wesley -Willis Church Rev. Andrew Lane will occupy the pulpit for the services on Sunday. His subjects will be: Morning: "Spiritual Power" Evening: "Centrality of Jesus". St. Paul's Church Rev. K. McGoon will conduct the services on Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.' Sunday School at 2.30 p.m. The Ladies' Guild will resume the regular monthly meeting in the Me- morial Hall on Tuesday afternoon, September 6th at three o'clock. Business of special interest will be discussed at this meeting. Ontario Street Church 11.00 a.m. "Brotherhood in Ac- tion." 7.00 pan. "The blaster , Carpenter." Monday Evening: Y. P. Union cancelled. Wednesday: Prayer and Praise Service. I.' A i. The Women's Association meet. on Tuesday afternoon, September 6th. at 2,30 .A social hour will follow the meeting with the ladies of $t. George's Ward in charge. Oil Drilling -Preparations Almost Completed Just as soon as two new casting3• arrive they will be installed; and the wheels will begin to turn. Since the oil drilling machineo'y arrived on - the Joe Mann farm the workmen.' have been busy as the proverbial bee: setting it up and await thenew' parts to complete the job. Should' the parts arrive this week there is every indication that drilling will be, started early next week. Then wirl: commence a period of expectancy and: speculation. When drilling starts a 12 -inch hole will be bored until rock is struck ata depth of probably 80 feet. From there down, until all fresh water is• passed at a depth of probably 1,600. feet, 10 -inch and 8 -inch pipe will be, used. After that 61casing goes in.. Mr. Mclfillop, the chiller in charge, . expects to average about 1,000' feet a month. and once they get below the salt formation the drilling will be - easier. In the meantime the business of getting started is the twain con- sideration and everyone is waiting: for the wheels to start turning. Little Locals Effective today car and commercial- vehicle ommercialvehicle licenses may be obtained at half price, Due to the holiday on Monday the regular council meeting will be held on Tuesday evening. Miss Evelyn Nott has accepted a position as teacher on the staff of the Dashwood Public School, Mr. Reg. Shipley will be associat- ed with Mr. Reg. Porterfield at the Supertest station, starting next week. The Cubs start off the fall activ itis s on Thursday evening, Septem- ber e te-ber 8th. The tweeting will commence' at 7 o'clock sharp. School reopens again next Tuesday and new teachers will face the pupils in both the Collegiate and Public school. 'Yesterday was the last day of the Wednesday half -holidays, although some of the merchants would like tos carry on through September. Rebecca Lodge will resume their' meetings on Wednesday, September 7th. Members are asked to note change from Monday to Wednesday.. Motorcyclists from Clinton enjoyed' a corn roast at the Blue Water• Beach, south of Goderich. last Wed— nesday night. They also attended the meet in Listowel on Sunday and a: member of prizes came to Clinton. Mr. Clarence Swan and Mr. James' Nickle of the creamery staff have received transfers. Clarence has gone to Wingham to the new plant there, and James has been sent to Exeter. G. N. Evans, another Clinton man, is• the manager of the latter plant. PERSONALS Mr, ICen Colquhoun is spending the- week in Toronto and attending the• Exhibition. Mrs. H. Gould left on Tuesday fore a visit with friends at North Bat- tleford, Sask. Mrs. Pock and family left on Monday for Toronto where they will in future reside. Mrs. Melvin Crich has returned hone after visiting in Goderich for the past week with her sister, Mrs. H. M. Ford. Mr. D. L. Cranston, Port Arthur, who has been visiting at the homq of Mrs. John Torrance leaves for home today. , Mr, , and Mrs. Russel Jervis are ex— pected home tomorrow having' spent the past week in Toronto' and 'at Gauanoque. Mrs: John Torrance, who has been' confined to her 'home for some' time due to illness, is now able' to be around again. Miss Ruby Potter, who has spent the month of August with her par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. 0, W. Potter, left Tuesday for Providence, R. I. Mr. S. Mitchell and,Miss M. E. Mit- chell of Pontiac, and Miss S. Kerr,.. of Detroit, visited their cousins,. Misses E. and Z. •Cornish, this week. Mr, and Mrs, M. E. McFadden of Cookstown, and Miss Beatrice Me - Fadden of Orillia, are guest's of Misses E. and Z. Cornish, this week. Mrs.: George Holland is visiting with her daughter and son-in-law, ,Mrs, end Mr. E. G. Zinn at Lanes, Ont.. for a few weeks. Mrs. Sara Cooper returned home last ` weekend from . Lake Simcoe where she had 'spent a week with Ver- son, Dr. A. F. Cooper, of Toronto's at his summer home. Mr, and Mrs. Louis Dippell and' daughters, Peggy and Marion, who have spent the months of July and August with Mr, and' Mrs, 0. W. Potter, left on Tuesday for their.^ home. in Bowmanville,