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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1938-10-20, Page 1lite News -Record Est. 1878 With Which NO. 5906. -59TH YEAR. 1 BIG BEN Will Alarm an Time II Will Alarm on Time You can go to sleep; with the assurance that BIG BEN will do his part ht awakening you on the exact time you want to get up. Big Ben belongs to the Westelox Family, they are all reliable as time keepers. We have the alarm clocks NEW IN DESIGN and Finish, and all are guaranteed. See our Special Display this coming week in our North Window. W. H. HELLYAR .Jeweler and Optometrist Residence Phone 174j [TXTHER Probabilities ' es Colder Considering a Fur Coat? Remember the Best Skins are First to go, BUY EARLY And be assured of Quality BUY WISELY And With Confidence Buy Here And get the Utmost Value and Guarantee. Come In and Talk It Over IRWIN'S CLINTON Incorporated The Clinton New Era The New Era Est.' 186r ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1938. The Farmers' Market Wheat 57c. Barley42c. Oats 300. Buckwheat 40c. Cream 24e, 23c. Eggs 370, 32e, 25c, 18c. Live Hogs $7.78. Engagement Announced Mr. and Mrs. John Ashton of Clinton, wish to announce the en- gagement of their daughter, Hazel Alberta, to Mr. Leonard Walter Ad - mans, of Stratford, son of Mrs. Ad- man of Woodstock and the late Mr. S. Admans. The marriage to take place the latter part of the month. THE HOME PAPER Women's institute The Women's Institute' will meet on Thursday 'afternoon, October 27th. ri at 3 o'clock sharp. Miss L.Brig- ham g ham will give a report of the Area a in List- owel. was held Convention w owel. The ladies of the Auburn branch will be guests at this meet- ing_and will provide the program. 1.O.O.F. Officers Installed. At a meeting of Clinton Lodge No. 83, I.0.0.8'. on Monday evening D.D.G.M. McKellar, of Seaforth, as- sisted by Bros. Smith, Harburn, Westlake, Moffatt, Goudy and Doh- erty installed the following officers: I.P.M. Bro. Barrett Taylor N.G. Bro. George e Beattie g on V.G. Bro. G. Jeffers Rec. Sec. Bra. H. W. Gould Fin. -Sec. Bro. L. McKnight Treas. Bro. T. H. Hardy Warden Bro. G. Rnmball Con. Bro. L. Brown R.S.N.G. Bre. E. L. Mitten L.S.N.G. Bro. W. T. Hawkins R.S.V.G. Bro. W. M. Nediger L.S.V.G. Bro. W. Mutch Chaplain Bro. E. Rumball I.G. Bro. N. Kennedy O.G. Bro. J. E. Cook R.S,S. Bro. J. L. Heard L.S.S. Bro. J. Livermore A social- time followed the regular session and lunch was served: CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE " in London this year. The pool has an average daily attendance of 1500 during the two summer months. Mr. Bedhanan, Public Utilities Commissioner, London, enlightened London Service Club Men Address Lions Club Swimming pools, how to build them, run them and raise the money for them was the general the of the Club members and visitors on sothroughout, the regular meeting me of the facts which must be con - the Clinton Lions Club on Monday sidered in ered planning a pool. He open evening.. Several prominent Landon -I ed his remarks by" paying high trib- era, members of Service Clubs in ute to the extreme value of sillier - the Forest City, motored to Clinten1 vised playground activities to the in response to an invitation to sup-; average child. To quote him "There ply the local Lions with . information; is 'nothing better than a supervised on this subject. It has been felt playground and 'swimming pool " to by a number of local citizens and' teach a child "how to play". They very likely all of the children that &1e taught to win or lose gracefully Clinton is in drastic need of a swim -I which stands them in good stead ming pool. The success of the Sea - through later life. It was interesting forth and other similar pools, is well to note that the year London brought known among Lions of this district, the Swimnling pool idea before the and it is felt that a work of this taxpayers' eight other money by-laws nature would , be both worthy were turned down but the Thames along the lines of Lions Club aetiv Park Swimming. pool was 'over- ities. I whelmtugly voted far; That was Mr. J. B. Hay, a of t n of Lon- ' shortly after the ,war, now the. City don, was in charge of the visiting,. of London spends, $12000 per year on delegation. He told of the wonderful its activities pragiramane in public response and backing given his club playgrounds: When questioned by when the first pool was built in Lan - local lions on details, Mr, Buchanan don, he pointed out that eat would, outlined the different requirements not be necessary for a town+the size that must be met to meet wih gov- af Clinton to have a very large pool. eminent regulations. He stated that One could be built well within the a pool to meet the requirements of means of the community and would Clinton would no doubt cost between prove an asset of untold value in 82600 and $3500., which in his opin- improving the training of boys. and ion would be a wonderful asset for girls. Mr. Hay said: .Public play- this community. Mr. Buchanan stet - 'grounds under right supervision and ed there had never been a single especially swimming pools, improve ease of transmission of disease from the. younger generation mentally, Swimming Pools in London, and nev- y orally and physically and turn out er -a claim from accidents. He stated young men and women wonderfully that in London children visited the y g improved. In London in 1938, 530,, - pools free of charge and that the .000 people patronized the four dif- i revenue from adults would pay for • erent pools London has now. It is any costs arising out of wages for interesting to, note that a swimming life' guards and attendants and pooundeases the value of • a plat -(maintenance costs which are. very d fiftypercent, .Mr. Hay stat - groin low. ed that it was planned to build an- other ear. Lion President Evans of the Lon- '. � Lot•.don; no Y er pool an oth P •s 'n ' recti Mr. Clark Slater of the Louden don Lions Club brought. greetings Life provided a very interesting from his Club and extended an in Mg ovin Picture filet in colour show vitation for Clinton members, to at - big the official opening of the Mc- tend their Ladies .night to be held lialien . Playground Swin11ning Pool soon at:.which plans for next sum Productive Apple Tree I Roses Still in Bloom IMr. JaMesStirling, of Goderich The unusually warm weather of R. township, well known as an apple p roducex in Huron county, recently picked 70 bushels of Spy apples from one tree. This tree was thinned out in July. All the apples packed were of top quality. We think this is sothewhat of a record. . Ladies Fare Brigade A number of ladies acted as a volunteer fire brigade on Tuesday afternoon and prevented what might have been a serious fire. A. small bonfire had been lighted en Princess street in the ditch. The strong south wind which was blowing at the time carried the flames across the sidewalk to a lawn where other leaves had ac- cumulated. The fire spread rapidly and raced toward a nearby residence, Fortunately a lady noticed the dan- ger and quickly raised the alarm. Her neighbours were quickly on hand with rakes and buckets of water to pre- vent any damage. the- past two weeks has made one think of July and August and to add to the illusion roses are still in bloom here. Last week Miss Dorothy beautiful rose ' Bartliff showed us abeAn picked from the bushes growing alongside their btulding on the Rat- tenbury street side. Mr. Charles Young of Porters Hill- also gathered roses ons Sunday and sent in a sampleofhis tomato plants bearing blossoms equally as good as any seen earlier this year. So far frosts have not damaged plant life in his neigh- bourhood, Bathing was general at many of the lakeside resorts on. Sunday and the beaches were generously scatter- ed with people in bathing attire. A number of people packed the picnic hamper and staged a celebration in honor of the weatherman's kindness. Heifer Killed by Car Fred Slavin, who' resides on R. R. No. 2 Kippen, was fortunate to escape injury early last Thursday morning when his car struck a Heifer while he was driving about one mile west of here. The animal, one of several which had got out of a field, was/ killed. Slavin was unhurt as he managed to keep the car on the road. The car . was somewhat damaged, the fender and headlight bearing the brunt of the . impact. Erecting Derrick ny r The Huron and Bruce Oil Company Y Ltd., incorporated March 10th this year awarded a contract for drilling some weeks ago to Gregory & Son, and this week six men have. been as- sembling machinery and derrick pre- paratory to drilling. The site select- ed is on the Howard Trewartha farm south of highway no. 4. The derrick being used is of a dif- ferent construction, having one mast and mounted on wheels. It will prob- ably' be several days yet before driI- ling starts as we understand there is more machinery yet to come. Entertain At County Horne On Monday evening fifty-seven young people from Hensall United Church, with their pastor, Rev. Brooks, visited the County Home' where they peat on an excellent pro- gram for the benefit of the inmates. Miss Greta Laramie accompanied on the piano for the many musical num- bers which interspersed the program of readings, monologues and other numbers. The inmates were also given a treat of candy, apples and oranges. To quote Mrs. Jacobs "The program was exceptionally good and the treat most liberal." W.O.H.A. Meets at Harriston The annual meeting of the West- ern Ontario Hockey Association will be held in the Town Hall, Harriston,, at 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27th. Enquiries -received at league headquarters indicate a record entry in the W.O.H.A, this year in both the intermediate and junior aerie. If there is a sufficient demand for it the league will also sponsor a juv- enile series. W. 0. H. A. rules differ from the C.A•H.A. in three respects, namely, no penalty shot is allowed, no body -checking in the centre ice area, and juniors may play as many intermediate games as they wish wthout being disqualfied. The W. O. H.A. accepts entries only from towns and villages under 6000 population. Harvey Lucas of Hanover is the sec- retary. the organization of quiries should be directed to him. Rev. A. Lane Addresses Legion Members of the local branch of the Canadian Legion enjoyed an enlight- ening address on the presentEurop- ean situation at their regular meet- ing held on. Thursday evening of last week. The speaker, Rev. Andrew Lane, based his remarkson the book, "The Zero Hour," and demonstrated how Hitler's objectives as outlined in his bock "Mein Kareph" were rap- idly being attained. Legion members were pleased to welcome Mr. Lane to their midst. In Forest'he was an active Legion mem- ber and acted as branch chaplain. Rebecca Lodge Installation District Deputy Mrs. Violet Thorn - dyke and her Installing Teani from Milverton were present at the meet- of the Clinton Rebecca Lodge on ducted the on venin and c Monday evening ceremonies installing the following officers: N.G. Miss Bessie Watt V.G. Mrs. William, Stewart R.S.N.G.' Mrs. M. Nediger L.S.N.G. Miss Amy Andrews R.S.V.G. Mrs. Frank Glew L.S.V.G Mrs. Geo. Jenkins Warden Miss Bessie Smith Con. Mrs. Robt. Jervis Chap. Mrs, B. Nickerson I.G. Mrs. L. McKnight 0.0, Mrs. E. Mittell Rec.-Sec. Mrs. J. Sutter Fin. -Sec, Mrs. L. Heard Treas. Miss Aphra Steep The visitors were entertained in a social hour by members of the local lodge at the close of the ceremonies. Little Locals Mr. John Ashton and family have moved into the house lately occupied by Mrs. E. Johnston, Albert street. After today there will be just 55 more shopping clays before Christ- mas. Mumps are making a reduction of the staffs at the Knitting factories. A number of the workers are quar- antined at their homes. The thudding of the engine at the Feed Mill far into the night is caus- ing nearby residents loss of sleep . and becoming a nuisance they say. Mr. J. C. Shearer was in Dashwood .on Tuesday arranging for accomoda- tion for the Short Courses in Agri- culture and Home Economics to be held there. About fifty cattle breeders, with the agricultural representative par- ticipated in the Shorthorn Field Day and visited farms of prominent breed- ers in Perth County on Monday. The South Huron Plowmen's As- sociation are holding their plow- ingtoday match y William Clark and Emerson Gunning, one half mile east of Exeter. Huron County Junior Among the Churches Wesley -Willis Church Rev. A. Lane will conduct the ser- vices on Sunday. The morning sub- ject will be "Fruit Bearing". Even- ing: "The Peril of Nuetrality." tArmy Salvation The Sunday 11 a.m. "A Busybody" 7 p.m. "What is in thine Hand" 3 p.m- Sunday School. Thursday 8 p.m. "Lessons from the Life of Christ." Friday 7.30 p.m. Y. P. Meeting. Presbyterian Church Public Worship at 11.00 a.m. Sunday School at 10.00 a.m. Young People's Rally at Hensall, Monday, October 24th at 8 p.tn. Bible Class Wednesday at 8 p.m. at the manse. A£ Bayfield on Sunday, October 23rd the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be administered. Pre- paratory services Friday, October 21st at 8 p.m. Scouts are Good Salesmen The Boy Scouts and Cubs received some practical experience in sales- manship - on Saturday, when with Scouts all over Canada they took part in the annual Apple Day can- vass, The Clinton boys proved to be good talkers and received an atten- tive hearing, 'followed by a satis- factory response to their sales talk. Some of the boys had (to them) surprising experiences. For example they called . at one home, but the lady had lots of apples of her own. Instead of buying an apple the lady gave the boy a dune and much to his surprise told hint to sell the apple to someone else. At another house the lady took only one apple but dropped a quarter in the box. These are examples of the generous re+ sponse the boys met with almost everywhere they called. One customer had bought a couple of apples in the morning and when approached in the afternoon asked if he couldn't . be sold two for a nickel. The scout dubiouslyshook his head while pondering the question, then in a compromising voice he said, "No, , but I can sell you two for a dime." Ile sold them toe. This is just one of the amusing angles in the day's work. The boys were courteous and received good support. Proceeds for the day amounted to over $50.00 which will be used to carry on thework of the scouting movement in. Clinton during the 'coming season. • John Ransford A man well known and prominent - in public affairs contt,ected with the earlier days of Clinton". He was - owner 'of the Stapleton Salt Plant; which commenced operations in 1868:. Local interests are endeavoring to- • form a company to manufacture salt: under modern conditions. . New Salt Company It is reported that Mr. John Turn- er has optioned his property, known as the former Copp farm, to local interests who are working on the formation of a new company to man- ufacture salt under modern condi— tions. St is some years since the cessa- tion of making salt at Stapleton, so that the possibility of a new indust- • rial plant being installed at Clinton,. together with employment for a large - number of hands, will be welcome. trews. The formations of salt in this part of the country, especially under Clinton, are amongst the purest in the world. The formations consist of' about fifty feet of salt in layers separated by limestone. This was proven when the first salt plant was started at Stapleton in 1868. At that time Mr. John Ransford started, what proved to be one of the largest• salt plants in Huron County and op-' erated continuously until 1915. A. saw mill was alsorun in connection... with the industry and some seventy, - five men were needed to carry out' the work. In those days Stapleton was a: thriving little place consisting of some thirty families, but today prat-• tically all these dwellings have been. torn down and moved away, although• some of the buildings still stand as a reminder of mere prosperous days. - The manufactured salt was Webs -- ported across the flats to the rail, road sidinging over a trestle brr dgg e.. Horses were used for this work, at: first and later a steam locomotive• was brought into service. The method of bringing the salt to the surface is done in a similar manner as drilling a well for oil or water. First of all a well has to be. drilled. In this section of the county veins of fresh water are struck 'at approximately 300 and 800 feet. This water falls to the bottom of the cav- ity where it dissolves the rock salt formation into a brine and the con- tinual flow of water forces the brine to the surface where it is pumped' out to be processed. The brine is then 'subjected to a- heating process to dissolve the moisture, leaving only the purest of salt. It is 'then handled` and packaged for shipment to the' various outlets. The name of Ransford has always been coupled with that of salt mak ing in Huron County. Mr. Melville' ' G. Ransford, who now lives on the. homestead, at one time - conducted , thriving business in Exeter. -Disast— rous - fires' on two occasions , took al heavy toll of his property there,' which he later disposed of. At the' present time the nearest salt block is at Goderich. Should the plans for. the ,formation of the new company culminate in success, there is every - possibility of salt making again be- ing classed as one of Clinton's lead-• ing industries. Huron Deanery Fall Conference The Fall Conference of the Huron Deanery was held in St. Paul's church on Wednesday, October 19th. The Conference was begun at 10 o'clock by a celebration of the Holy Com- munion with Rev, W. G. Bugler, Rur- al Dean, of Bayfield, in charge. Rev. IC. McGoon, recor of St. Paul's, Clin- ton, assisted at the service. At 11 o'clock Mrs. A. C. Calder of Goderich, President of the Deanery- W. eaneryW. A. called the members to order. The members participated in the Member's Prayer, and other prayers were given by Mrs. Calder. In her opening remarks, Mrs. Calder spoke of the recent crisis in world affairs, saying that it was her firm belief that prayer had averted or postponed war. Mrs. Calder also added that our earnest prayers were needed for the little nation which is suffering that the world night live in peace. Mrs. Graham of Brussels, sec.- treasurer ec:treasurer of the Deanery read the roll call, members being present front twelve of the fourteen branches In the Deanery. The attendance for the Fall Conference this year was larger that usual, which is an indication of increasing' enthusiasm in W. A. work. in Huron Deanery. Mrs. Graham also read the minutes of the annual meet- ing held in Seaforth in the Suring, and the treasurer's report, showing a favourable balance with which to carry on during the corning year• The nomination committee, who will, at the annual meeting, bring in a new slate of officers, was elected as follows: Mrs. Weekes of Blyth, Mrs. McGoun of Clinton .and Mrs. Hurford of Seaforth. After luncheon the conference re- sumed. Miss Shulte of London, Diocesan secretary of the Dorcas Work was the speaker. Miss Shulte spoke of the recent annual , W. A. meeting; held in. London. It was learned that membership in the W.A. throughout' the Dominion had .de- creased recently, although the pledges raised were equal to previous stand- ards. The remedy for the decreasing membership according to Miss Shulte, is to paint a vivid picture of the work done, to the younger women . of the church, because they would rather come to meetings that require work as well as study. We should be missionaries at home . be- fore we can think of being mission- aries abroad. We can do ,this by handing out -a friendly hand, a kind Word or deed in our own parish. We, can increase our interest in the Sun- day School, in the sick and poorof the parish. There are real opportun- ities for the missionary efforts in the home fields. " Association of Toronto At an organization meeting held at 50 High Park Blvd. on October 13th, the Junior Association elected the following officers for 1939: President, Wesley McCutcheon; lst Vice Pres. Robert Leiper; 2nd Vice Pres, Miss Doris Hill Secretary Miss Grace Sterling; Asst. Secy. Mrs, J. Beattie Publicity, Mike Cook (Chairman) Robert Leiper, Doris Hill. The Junior Association is co-oper- ating with the Senior Association to make the annual dance to be held in Eaton Auditorium November 23rd a social success. Special It was decided to put on a p drive for new members, any "Hui- onite" interested in joining the Jun- ior Association should get in touch with the secretary Miss Grace Sterl- ing, phone LL. 2789. The :Junior Association are very much interested in immediately get- ting hi touch with natives of Huron who leave the homestead to take up residence in Toronto. Throughout the year the Junior Association sponsor dances, bowling parties, boat trips, etc., and in this way keep the Huron spirit very much alive' in. Toronto. OFFICERS ELECTED BY HURON OLD BOYS Ontario Street United Church 11.00 a.m. Subject: "A Yoke of Bondage." 2.00 pm. Service at Turner's Church. 2.30 p.m. Sunday School at Ontario Street. 7.00 p.m. Evening Service at On- tario Street. Evangelistic - Hymns, theme: "Show Us the Father". Vis- itors and friends invited. Monday, 8.00 pm. Young People's Union, Rev. Hugh Wilson of Auburn will be the guest speaker. Wednesday, 8.00 p.m. Midweek Fellowship, Prayer and Praise Ser- vice., Wesley -Willis Church Th''e W.M.S. held its Thankoffer- ing meeting' together with its reg- ular monthly meeting on Thursday evening, October 13th. A goodly number were present and a very in- teresting program was given. Miss Stone gave a most interesting re- view of the progress of missions dur- ing the last fifty years in North Honanr China. Mrs. Corless gave the report of the inspiring address given recently by Mrs. Gordon Struthers at the Sectional meeting at Walton. A very appropriate and pleasing duet, "Will that some one be you" was contributed by Mrs. Hearn and, Mrs. Paterson. Mrs. Chowen occupied the chair and each of the four groups took a ,part in the program. The members were pleased to welcome back the President, Mrs. Pickard, after an absence of two months spent in the •Western Provinces, ' G. F. Beldon was in the Chair, dian Reservations. and the Hospitals. mer's conventionwill be discussed. Gordon. Gauld, general secretary of the London YMCA, prominent in boys and girls service work, intro- duced Mr. Buchanan, and lauded the swimming peal as one of the best methods of improving the quality of boys and girlsentering'adulthood. Lion "Red" Garon's- enthusiastic leading of "Allouette" was a high- light of the meeting, as was the "boxing" match between Lions Lorne Brown and Orval Noble. The bout ended in the fifteenth round with the contestants 'both bloody but un- bowed" as it were,' and declared a draw by the referee Ken Waters, who was "nailed" down by the judges to make the decision. H. M. Jackson Is Named President Huron Old Boys' Association, the oldest and largest group a its kind hi Canada, elected H. M. Jackson president at the 38th annual meet - held in the West Elid Toronto. The association has 1,40 0 members. Hon- orary officers elected were: presidents, Han. J. A. Gardi- ner, a -ner•, T. A. ' Russell • and J. A. Mc- Laren; past president, Dr. G. F. Bel- den; 'vita -presidents,' Dr. J. G. Ferg- uson,R. W. Brool;c,Smith G. Sth and W. E. Hanna; anorary secretary, Eclwarcl .Flaody; secretary, R. S. Sheppard;, financial secretary, John Moon; treasurer, Dr. H. J. Ilodgins; Chaplain, Rev. R. C. McDermid. Dr.. Both these institutions need the con-- stant help and prayers of ' all the - members. In spite of the fact, that the crops in Western Canada are' better this year, there are many dist- ricts which were visited by disasters,., rust, hail and grasshoppers, so there is still the necessity to care for these unfortunate people. The next speaker w a a the Rev., Jeffrey Guiton, missionary -on -fur- lough from Kanyra, India. Before" telling of his work in Kanyra; Mr.. Guiton, gave a'brief historical'sketchn The Various branches of the R'• . of the district and the people. were exhorted to consider themselves The work of introducing Christian' as links in the chain from coast teaching in ,Kanyra is going. ahead, coast, not as individual units. Thebut there are not enough leaders to. links do not stop at coast. There are cope with the people desirous of the links in China and Japan, needs teaching. The responsibility for this Miss. Shulte also spoke of the ne is net on the people in the field but: of the missionary schools on the Ind- (Continued on, page 4);. ,.,