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WIIAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
Rev. C. E. Jenkins, B.A., B.D.
The Harvest Festival Services in
connection with St, Paul's Church
were delightful and inspiring. The
Thankoffering asked for was $400.00
and the total contribution to date is
$469.25. The Rector officiated at
all the services,
The 'Clinton New Era,
October 14, 1898
Sidney C. Croll will leave for
Pittsburg, Pa., the latter part of this
month, where he has secured a sit-
uatiori In the wholesale house for
which his brother, J. A. Croll has
been a traveller for the past three
years.
Alfred Barge, of Princess street,
has sold his house and lot to Jas.
Walker, who will move into it as
soon as Mr. Barge secures a place
nearer the Organ Factory, where he
is employed.
cupied by W.A. McConnell, druggist.
Mr. Caruso states that he is a cousin
of the world famous tenor, Signor
Caruso.
Munro seems to have the hens
you read about but seldom. see. He
has nine that commenced laying last
December and have not taken their
summer vacation yet. He also has
pullets four and a 'half months old
that have been laying for a week.
We understand that Mr. James
Dunford is retiring from the firm of
Danford & May, but 'we have not
yet learned what he intends to do.
Little did the people of Canada
dream that they were on the verge of
war last week, It happened this
way. Mr. John Ransford, along with
other ticket agents for. the G. T. R.
were attending a convention at
Cleveland.,Entering the dining hall
the gentleen noticed that it was
adorned with Stars & Stripes only.
Registering a strong protest the
learned gentleman from Clinton was
able to convince the management
that such was not patriotic, that it
spoiled their digestion, etc. The re-
sult -two beautiful TJnion Jacks were
speedily secured and the convention
proceeded on its business in an order-
ly manner.
The officials of Bathurst Street
Methodist Church, Toronto, have
shown their appreciation of the Rev,
Mr. Neal, by increasing his salary
from $1500 to $2500. •
Mr. Bertram McQuaig' of the Wel-
land High School was calling on old
friends in town on Saturday. Re is
a former Clintonian, as his father
was pastor of Willis Church in the
early days.
The Clinton News -Record,
October 16, 1913
The frame house on Rattenbury st. During the course of the service
belonging to the estate of the late en Sunday evening last Rev. Mr.
Ben. Satunson,rday.
was sold by aur Grant, for the past couple of years
tion on Saturday. James Seale was;
the purchaser at $650. He has se- pastor of Willis Church intimated
cured a choice piece of property, that he would resign and. retire from
Mrs. J. > .Perko returned on Sat -
may pastorate .in March next or it
urday last from London where for may be sooner.
a month she has been pursuing herr 1VIr. and Mrs. Ed. Johnston and
studies in china painting. Mrs.! family are this week settling upon
Parka's talent as a decorative artistlthe farm on the 3rd con, of Hallett,
and painter in oils is well known. We�purchased from My. S.A,\Brorvn. Mr.
understand " that several enthusiasts and Mrs. ,Johnston are both natives
of th "
are seeking to induce Mrs, Parke to a Goshen line, Stanley, but have
open classes for study in the cere- been in Dakota for a great many
uratic art and it is possible that she) year, but' seem to think they will
may do so.
Ed. Carter has the contract for
levelling up the skating rink and
otherwise getting it ready forr the
coming season.
The house at present occupied by
Mrs. Beesely has been rented by Mr.
McHardy, of Teeswater, father of
Miss McHardy, who will take up his
residence here about the end of Nov-
ember.
The other day at Bayfield show,
while the band was taking a rest,
enjoy this part of the country much
better.
Mr. A. J. Tyndall Sias disposed of
his house on Mary Street to Mrs.
Elias . Ball of Hallett, who intends
moving into town.
At an entertainment in Goderieb
this evening, Graham and James
Ross, sons of Rev. George E. Ross,
of that town, will be presented with
medals for rescuing a fellow bather
from drowning last July. A similar
medal from the Royal Humane As-
sociation. has
s-sociation•has been5sent.to Miss Mar -
the members were surprised to •see garet (Peggy) McTaggart, daughter
J. C. Miller, of the Hotel Clarendon, of Mr. and Mrs. G.D. McTaggart, of
pick up an alto horn, and play it town, who played a prominent part
with the skill of a professional; in in the rescue. She will receive her
former days he was -one of the ablest award in due; course from Principal
members of Clinton Brass Band. • Treleaven of the C.C.I. in a fitting
It is reported that old man Taylor, ceremony,
the., well known scissor -grinder, died While attending the supper at St.
a few days since at St. Marys. !Paul's Church on Tuesday evening,
Sydney Jackson, druggist, will Mrs. Mcllveen stumbled on a:.step
move:: into thestore recently °ecus and in falling broke a bone in her
pied by Jackson & Jackson, a little Wrist. 'It being her right hand, the
further south than his present stgnd;,injury will prove awkward for some
it will be, fitted up expressly for thetime until the fracture has set,
business. I Mr.. Johnny Dodds of Seaforth, the
Alex Watt of Hallett has sold his I Widely known manufacturer of soft
farm, lot 7,_ con. 13, to W. Sheppard, drinks, was in town yesterday intro
of the base line. The price was' during his successor, a Mr. Arnold,
$8,000. Mr. Watt retains possession of Guelph. Mr. Dodds' selling out
until the first of March next, and came as a great surprise, but after
in the meantime will look around for twenty-six years close attention' to
.•a suitable place, whereon to retire.)busjness he feels he is now entitled
The new barn being erected on th'e to a rest. Hs has decided to go
farm of A. Innes, 2nd con. of Stan to Toronto and with his, good wife
ley to replace the one burned by 'will move thence at an early date.
lightning recently, was raised on Sat -I ,'Prof. C. H. C. Wright of the"Fae-
urday by MattMains and his staff ulty of Applied Seience, University
of workers. It will be a large and of Toronto, will be offered the posi-
commodius structure and the eon-•
1 tion of City Architect at a salary of
tractor has lost no time in having $6,000. He is a son-in-law of the
it put up. l late .James Turnbull, so long Prin-
Dr. Pallister, successor to Dr. cipal of Clinton Collegiate.'
Sheppard of Bayfield, is meeting! Miss Marion Gillies of Lucknow
with a fair share of success. He has has taken a position as C.N.R. opera -
already demonstrated . his skill in tor fry Cooper & Co's. store. Miss
surgery and seems adept in his pro- Quigley has taken, a position in the
fession. (store also for the purpose of learn -
Mr. Glenville, who started business ing the, operating.
in St, Joseph lately, arrived at Bay- Dr, Annabelle McEwen left on Fri-
field on Saturday, He has rented
r day last for Medicine Hat, Alberta,
the store recently occupied by Mr. where she has accepted the position
F. J. Marks. of medical inspector of schools. or.
McEwen has been for some time at-
tached to the hospital staff at Fer-
gus.
Mr. Charles Tisdall, a dative of
Clinton, and eldest son of Mr. J, P.
Tisdall, formerly of this town, who
passed his law examination in July
last, has entered the law firm of
Mr. Caruso, a native of Italy, has Patrick & Co. at Yorktown, Sask,
opened up a wholesale and retail With a salary of $3000 a year, a
fruit store in the store recently oc- good, figure for one just starting,
When The Present Century
Was Young
The Clinton New Era,
October 16, 1913
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3
THREE SECRETARIES IN SIXTY
YEARS
In the years' 18784038 many tory of Ontario Street United Church Anniversary with special services the various records have been care-
changes have been noted in the his- which celebrated its., Diamond 'Jubilee, and events. Throughout the Years fully kept :by three men:
Mr. John Gibbings
The first Recording Secretary of
the church. His record for faithful-
ness is unique as his term of office
extended over a period of forty
years.
Mr. Harrison Wiltse
Five years as Recording Secretary
He was the second man in the his-
tory of the church to hold this posi-
tion:
Mr. Oliver Jervis
Present Recording Secretary of
Ontario Street United Church, 'a
position he bas• held for the;' past
fifteen years.
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AT HENSALL SCHOOL FAIR
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A very successful school fair was above picture are, left to right, Mr, or for South Huron; Mr. James C. for Huron County; and his assistant
held recently at Hensel'. In the E. C. Beacom, Public School Inspect- Shearer, Agricultural Representative Mr. Robert McKereher, of McKillop
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WORLD RADIO AUDIENCE TO
HEAR EItNEsT SS1rZ
A Canadian -born and educated
'pianis4, who composed one of the
most popular songs ever written,
will be heard by upwards of a hund-
red million radia listeners through-
out the world when he is presented
during the Fifth World Concert to
be "broadcast by CBC Sunday, Oc-
tober 23, 2.80 to 3.00 p.m. EST.
Ernest Seitz, who wrote "The
World is Waiting: for the Sunrise",
will join Percy Faith, brilliant or-
chestra leader and music arranger,
during the portion of the broadcast
to originate in Ontario. Mr. Seitz
will play one of his own composi-
tions.
The concert, which will be present-
ed by the 0130 'under the auspices of
the International Broadcasting Un-
ion, will be received and relayed by
more than forty countries through-
out the world, and will be a kaleido-
scopic picture in sound and music
illustrative of each section of the
Vast Dominion. Starting ,at Nava
Scotia with the ,Lunenburg Choir, it
will wend its way in easy stages
across Canada, stopping .at. Quebec
for ` folk -songs by the Alouette
Quartet, at Ontario for music by
Ernest Seitz, at Manitoba for music
by an old-time orchestra and 'a
yodelling cowboy, and at British Col-
umbia for a musical sound -picture
of a lumbering scene on the west
Wilf Carter was a popular star on
the national network just then, and
the Rosthern boy was inspired. He
had an audition, then another and
another. He went on the air.
Such were the experiences of Herb
Penis, cowboy yodeller heard weekly
over the CBC with Art McEwings
and his Farmer Fiddlers and who,
will represent western Canada be-
fore a hundred million or more list-
eners during the Fifth' World Con-
cert.
"YOUR HOME STATION'`
CKNX WINGHAM
1200 Kcs.-Wingham--249.9' Metres
WEEKLY, PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7th:
11.00 "Clippings"
11.30 "House of Peter MacGregor'
12.45 p.m. Poultry Talk
1.00 "Light Up & Listen Club
'7.30 Rhapsody In Rhythm
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81,11:
10.30 a.m. Shut -Ins
12.00 noon Canadian Farm and Home
Hour
12,45 p.m. CKNX Hi11-Billies
7.30- Pinto Pete
7.45 Barn. Dance',
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9th;,
11.00 a.m. Wingham United church;
12.30 p.m. Ken Soble's Arnateus
coast. 1.00 Love Tales
7.00 p.m. St. Andrew's Church.
MONDAY, OCTOBER 10th:
OLD-TIME ORCHESTRA 11.30 House of Peter MacGregor;
Away out on the prairies, in the 7.00 "Light Ups & Listen Club
heart of the yellow saucer of•ass 7.30 Rhapsody In Rhythm
that sweeps' nine hundred miles from 18.00 Kenneth Renton].
the edge of the pre -Cambrian, near' ]d. DAY OCTOBER 1th'
Winnipeg, to the • foothills of the S 0 1
Rocky Mountains, a youngster living 12.45 p.m, McCallum Sisters
near. Rostheln, Sask., decided about 11.30 Glad Tidings. Hour
five years ago that drought and, Sail 7.00 "Light Up & Listen Club"
and grasshoppers had hit him once '7.30
Pinto Pete
too often. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 12th,:
,
Bidding good-bye to his neighbors, i 7.00 "Li ht U & Listen -Club"
he headed west. Alberta ranchers' g P
glimpsed him here and there, and 7.30 Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors
they remembered him after he had I $'00 CKNX Hill -Billies.
passed on, because of his quaint way THURSDAY, OCTOBER '13th:
of singing' yodelling. songs, accomp- 12.45 p.m, Jack.
IWake
ford, Songs g
s
an ig himself on thg Ukelele. Soan 7.00 "Light Up & Listen Club"
afterwards he arrived at Calgary, 7.30 Rhapsody In Rhythm •
Thanksgiving Day an
Ancient Ceremony
"Three tines thou shalt keep a
feast unto Me in the year. Thou
shalt keep the feast of unleavened
bread: (seven days).,And the feast
of harvest, the first fruits of thy
labours, which thou hast sown in the
fields; and the feast of ingathering,
which is in the end of the year, when
thou hast gathered in thy labours
out of the field." Exodus Chapter
23, Verses 14-16.
Thus was Moses commanded to ap-
point and proclaim the days of
thanksgiving among the ancient
Israelites. The custom of Thanks-
giving is as old as recorded history.
The aboriginal inhabitants of
North America, like the Israelites of
old,did not confine their public
thanksgivings for bounteous crops
within the limits of one day. While
the Israelites observed three obliga- :
tory festivals, the Indians of North,
America held many public ceremon-
iots in connection with the fruits of
the earth.
Besides the main thanksgiving in
the late fall or early winter, there
were ceremonies of gratitude for the
rising of the maple sap, the ripening)
of fruits and berries, and forthe
planting and reaping of Born, cul-
minating in the one general grate-
ful appeal to the Almighty. The
Huron and Iroquois nations had at
least six major thanksgiving?, cere-
monies throughout the year -seven
days when the corn was planted; 7
clays wht.n the corn turned green;
four days when the corn' was har-
vested; the great mid -winter festival
of; general thanksgiving, and the
earlier .Maple sap and the Straw-
berry festivals,
The great Autumn .thanksgiving
festival was conducted with much
ceremonial, particularly by the Ira-
quois. Certain elected officials were
placed in charge. 'They levied con-
tributions of foodfrom each wig-
wam, fixed the dates of the cere-1
monies, and approved gf`.the orators
to open the festival with an appeal,
to the Great Spirit and a prayer of
gratitude to the three sister hod-
desses--Corn, Rean, and Squash. The
Objibways celebrated their "pride-
wiwin" in the season of ripening
fruits and later for all benefits in
late fall, while the Indians in British
Columbia held their great feast of,
thanksgiving on the coming of the'
salmon. ,
With the arrof white ival theman
r�
to Canada,' the *broken : chain of
thanksgiving was continued by the1
early French colonists according to
Christian: observances and principles.!
In later years, with the increase afj
the population and the Confedera-
tion of the provinces, the Dominion
parliament set aside a certain day
in each year for the thanksgiving
festival of the people of Canada.
Perennial Asters or
Michaelmas Daisies
Many persons are familiar with
the wild asters that grow by the
roadside in many parts of Canada
and it is from these and other, wild
species that the garden varieties have
been obtained. In Iate summer the
Italian Aster, A.ameilus blooms. The
variety King George is one of the
best and has large purple flowers
on stems about eighteen inches tall
Later in the season the New York
asters (Novi-Belgii) commence to
bloom.
There are a large number of gar-
den varieties which vary in date of
bloom and in the .colour of the flow-
ers, states Isabella; Preston, Assist-
ant in Ornamental Plant Breeding
Division of Horticulture, Do ninioi
Department of Agriculture, Some of
the best are: -Blue, Beauty of Col -
wall, Blue "Gem and Feltham Blue;
Pink Alderman Voices, Heather Glow
and Pink Nymph; White, Mount
Everest.. These varieties should be
divided every second year to keep
them in good condition, The New
England Asters are the hardiest and
easiest to grow but the flowers are
not so refined as those of the New
York variety. The plants are four
and five feet tali and rapidly grow
into large clumps so should be div-
ided frequently. They are very use-
ful for the back of perennial borders
as they remain colourful until late
in 'the autunn. •Ryecroft Purple has
rich purple flowers and Lil Fardell
is deep rose.
The new Dwarf Asters are of re-
cent origin, and are proving very use-
ful for rock gardens as well as for
the front of the perennial border.
The plants cover themselves with
flowers and add spots of colour in
the garden just when needed. . Of
the ones grown at the Central,. Ex-
perimental Farm at Ottawa, the fol-
lowing were specially noted.
Bluebird is one of the darkest and
blooms late in September. . Lady
Henry Maddocks is pink and blooms
from August to November. Victor
is one of the best early varieties
being a mass of lavender .flowers
from the beginning of September to
early October. These plants do best
in good loam whieh does not dr out.
They flowerwell in sun_ or shade.
Spraying with a tobacco solution is
sometimes necessary in order to con -
trol aphis and a lace wing fly which
are sometimes troublesome,
Canada Temperance Act
Some Brief Notes on the
NO.4
TIIE• LIQUOR CONTROL ACT
PROTECTED, THE Sl'1`UATION
The. Liquor Control Act of 1929
specifically provided that "Nothing
in this Act shall be construed as.in-
terfering with the operation; of. the
Canada Temperance Act applicable
to any part of Ontario and no, gov-
ermnent store shall be !established
in a municipality in which the Can-
ada
Temperance Act has beers
brought into _force and is still in
farce."
The Conservative administration
in power in Ontario from 1926 to
1934 observed this provision of their
own Act,
In the Legislature session of 19351,,
the first after his coining into power,
Mr, 'Hepburn introduced and had:
passed several amendments to the
Liquor Control Act. One of these
repealed the section as quoted above
and substituted the following: "No-
thing contained in this Act shall be
construed as interfering with the op-
eration of the Canada Temperance
Act applicable to any part of Ontar-
io, and no government stare shall be
established and ,beer and wine shall
shall not be sold under the previa-•
ions of this Act and the regulations•
hs any municipality in which the
Canada Temperance. Act has been,
brought into force and is still hr
force."
This legislation Mr. Hepburn had
placed on the statute books notwith-
standing the fact that he had at.
that time invaded the Counties of'
Huron and Perth, and in part Peel,
with beer authorities. It seems clear.
that Mr. Hepburn at this stage
sought to get by with his private,
interpretation of the technical words
"and is still in force." The question
of the decision or wish of the people•
seems not to have entered his mind.
In the following year, to straight-.
en his position and avoid the accusa-
tion of violating his own Act, he
repealed this Section (Section 68)
entirely. The new Section 68 is one
that requires brewers to use pron-
e -fly embossed corks in marketing
their products. The change is pos-
sibly suggestiveof the government's
idea • of social reform,
BIt u CEFIELD
(tot late for last week.)
Y. P. U. Notes -The first regular
meeting of the Brucefield Young
People's Unionj, held on Monday
evening opened with the singing of
the hynuy "The Great Physician now
is near." The scripture lesson was
read by Doreen Pepper, Kay Mustard
led in prayer and the hymn, "Take
time to be holy" was •sung. Doris
Dutot, the devotional convenor, gave
a very timely talk on Patriotism.
This was followed by a lively dis-
cussion on what true patriotism is.,
Following the business period, alt
joined in singing "Faith of our fath-
ers" and repeating the Mizpah Bene-
diction.. The meeting next week will
be in charge of Lloyd Thompson„
missionary convenor.
The Sacrament of the Lord's Sup-
per will be observed next Sunday
at the morning services. Prepara-
tory service, Friday evening at 8 p.
m.
Mrs. Jamieson is visiting friends
in Goderich this week.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Rourke and son
have returned to their home in the
village after spending the past week
with friends ds near Detroit.
Brucefield United Church will hold
their Anniversary op' Sunday, Octob-
er 23rd. Rev. Mr. Mair of Thames
Road will take the morning service
and Rev. Mr. Workman of Seaforth
the evening service.
Messrs Jack and Earl Kaiser of
Detroit spent Saturday in the Vil-
lage. Jack expects to leave on a
trip to Japan and Qhina in the int-
erests of the Company for which he
works. •
Mrs. C. Haugh spent a few days
with her sister, Mrs. Carnie of Stan-
ley whose husband died suddenly on.
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Schilbe of Zurich
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. G.
Swan,
Mr. M. Snider of Wingham spent
the, weekend at his home here.
THIS MODERNIZED AGE
The steady and amazing increase
in the number of automobiles in
Canada is revealed by the following-
comparative
ollowingcomparative figures, It is signifi-
cant that the ratio during the past
six years has not increased, largely
due, it is assumed, to untoward basis
ness conditions. Should production
and ownership again expand at the
rate they did from 1921 to 1931, it
would require only another ten years
to bring the, ownership ratio to one
motor vehicle per person.
In
1911 there were 21,519 motor
vehicles registered i n Canada, or
one to. every '335 persons. In 1921
there 'were 465,378, or one to every-
19
very19 persons. In 1931 there were.
1,200,907, or one to every 8,6 per-
sons. In' 1937 there were 1,319,702,
or one to every 8.4 persons.
These figuresinclude motorcyclesr
motor trucks, etc. The actual nmri-
ber of passenger cars alone (includ-
ing taxicabs) was 1,103,012 iii 1937s
or one to every 10 persons.