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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-01-05, Page 3HURS., JAN. 5, 1939 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES IVO You Remember What Happened During Decade Of The Old Century? THE CLINTON NEW ERA, JANUARY 12, 1899 Registarr `Gibson died at his home in Goderich on Sunday. He had ,been ill for sometime and his departure was not unexpected. His death places in the market about the second best office in Huron at the disposal of the powers at Toronto and affords an op. partunity for skillful wire -pulling. Rumor is busy with the names of sev- oral,applicants, among them Lawyer Holt of Goderich, Editor McLean of Seaforth and Mr. Gibson, ex-M.L,A, Mr. William Coates is also an ap- licant. The congregation of the Ontario Street church was given a treat last Sunday evening when Madame Wall rendered the solo, "One Day Nearer Home." The annual meeting .of the teachers and officers of the Willis Presbyter- ian •church sunday school was held Tuesday evening. The officers elect- ed for the ensuing year are: Supt.,1 James Scott, Asst., George Swallow; Sec., A. Porter,; Treas., Dr. Agnew; Librarian, W. Brydane; Assistant, John Leslie. The great flood of Thursday last swept over the mill dam of W. The Last supplies. Miss Enna Turner left Saturday af- ternoon for Caledonia to again take charge of the school over which: she presided last term, Mr. J. Knox Mair came home from Walkerville for a brief visit during the holidays with his parents,. .Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Mair. Mr. John Scholes of Toronto, form- er amateur champion boxer of the world, and brother-in-law of Mr. W. J. Tozer of town, is progressing fav- orably after a dangerous attack of pneumonia. Rev. C. R. Gonne of London was a visitor in town on New Year's Eve, having cosine up to perform a mar- riage ceremony, that of Flora Baines to Mr. Charles W..Prowse •of Goderich township. 1 Miss W. Thompson left on :Friday for Sarnia where she has .accepted a position on the Priblic •school staff. Miss Thompson taught at Blyth for several years. Miss Hazel 'Ker deft .New 'Year's Day to,pay a sheet visit to relatives at Alma and Mount Forest before pro- ceeding to Holstein to again take up her school duties. Mr. Jdhn 'Torrance returned Sat- urday Last from Port .!hope, where he Weekes at Varna and cut through had been attending the funeral of about fifteen feet of hank thus Taus. his half brother, Mr. Thomas Long, ing :much labor and expense to re- who •died suddenly the Tuesday pre- vious. Mr. Long has visited Clinton A number from Clinton and vicin- on various occasions and will be re- ity took in a social event at the. home membered by many in town. Mrs. of Mr. Eph. Bali, Base line, and re- John Emmerton, who also attended pout a pleasant evening. [the funeral is •a Sister. Mr. H. M:cEwing of P.almerston is, Mr. Albert Turner returned last in town this week in .his capacity of week from his homestead in the high court organizer for the C.O.F.•south-west corner of Saskatchewan, Mn McEwing is one of Palmerston's Mr. Turner says the 'land is all taken most substantial men and is well post- up in his part of the province, either ed in the work in which he is at by settlers or investors. When he present :engaged. returns West in the spring, Mr. Turn- Mr. R. J. Anderson, his better half er will be accompanied by his family. and three of their family of McGreg- After the hottest fight of his whole or, Sask., arrived on Saturday and municipal career and by the largest will spend a few weeks visiting majority he ever obtained, Mr. Wm. friends in the town and townships. Glen was on 'Monday re-elected reeve Mr. E. H. McKenzie, junior mem- of Stanley. The reeve's chair has her of the law firm of Scott & Mc- never never been better filled than Kenzie, has withdrawn from the firm by its present affalile occupant. due to ill health and has gone home William H. Lobb easily defeated to Goderich to recuperate. Mr. Cox in the race for the reeveship The council elect of the township of Goderich township, His majority of Hullett, vizi John Brigham, reeve; was 146, no mean majority either. Alex Leitch, Rabt. Ferris, Win. Moon' and Wm. Patterson, councillors, met "YOUR HOME STATION' in Hill's hall on Monday, January 9th. Having made and subscibed the CKNX WINGHAM' usual statutory declarations they commenced business. 1200 Kcn.-Wingham-249.9 Metres In Tuekersmith, Mr. James Pater- WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS son has been elected reeve, defeating FRIDAY JAN. 6th:. Mr. Peter McKay by a majority of , 42. The vote for councillors resulted 11.30 "Peter MacGregor" in this order: John Aikenhead, Peter 12.45 p.m. Poultry Talk Clary, Wm. Chapman sr., John Mc- 6.45 CKNX Hill -Billies Cloy, George Turner. 17.00 The Master Singers The newly elected town fathers met 7.30 Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors Monday forenoon and having con -1 formed to the requirements of the SATURDAY, JAN. 7th: statutes appointed a conunittee to 10.30 a.m. Shut -Ins strike the standing committees, now 12,45 pan. CKNX Hill -Billies appointed. Divided as to politics the 7.00 Wes. McKnight council consists of 5 Conservatives 7;30 Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors and 2 Liberals. Pour are Methodists,7.45 Saturday Night Barn Dance 2 Presbyterian and 1 Angliean, SUNDAY, JAN. 8th: When The Present Century Was Young 11.00 a.m. Wingham United church; 12.30 p.m. Ken Soble's Amateurs 1.00 Three -Quarter Time 1.45 Triple -V Bible' Class 7.00 St. Andrew's Presbyterian THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, Church MONDAY, JAN. 9th: Lt may be easy enough to figure 10.30 a.m: Church of the. Air out an adverse vote for the jovial 7.00 p.m. The Funnybones apple icing prior to the polling, but 7.30 Cocoanut Grove Ambassadors somehow when the ballots are count- 8.00 Kenneth Rentoul. ed he always has a safe margin. TUESDAY, JAN. 10th: Such was the case with the past elec- tion. Reeve. Cantelon defeated Coop- 1.00 Royal Chefs to by a safe margin. The new coun- 1.30 Glad Tidings Hour cil will be Mayor Fred Jackson; Reeve 7.00 Peg LaCentra David Cantelon, Councillors H. Wiltse, WEDNESDAY, JAN, llth: H. Fitzsimons, Jas. Ford, W. J. Pais- ley, Sheppard and C. J. Wallis. The 11.00 a.m. Harry J. Boyle defeated candidates were Smyth, Mil- 11.30 "Peter MacGregor" ler and McLennan. 17.00 p.m. Milt Hirth Swing Trio Mr. W. J. Huddart of Goderich has THURSDAY, JAN. 12th: rented from Mr. Middleton his rooms • over the Mayor Jackson's store where 1.00 Royal Chefs he will carry a full stock of electrical 1.15 George Hall Orch. JANUARY 8, 1914 Round Trip Bargain Fares fro: i Clinton FRI. & SAT. JAN. 13 & 14 TO Stations Oshawa and east to Cornwall inclusive, Uxbridge, Lindsay, Peterboro, Campbellford, Stations Newmarket to North Bay inclusive, Penetang, Collingwood, Meaford, )Midland, Parry Sound, Sudbury, Capreol and west to Beardmore. •SA"I'.. JAN. 14th T' 'TORONTO Also to Brantford, Chatham, Goderich, Guelph, Hamilton, London, Niagara Falls, Owen Sound, St. Catharines, St. Marys, Sarnia, Stratford, Strathroy, Woodstock. See handbills for complete list of destinations For fares, return limits, • train information, tickets, etc. Consult nearest agent ATTRACTION-TORON TO SAT., JAN. 14th NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE CHICAGO "BLACK HAWKS" vs TORONTO "MAPLE LEAFS" a A r;Rx IAN A T' O N`A L r"n'enn''nesnno"e s neonee':' neaenno"e"""""'es„n"'n"en"'-eeee"onr and the denial as the shameful, nat. ural activity of the confessing man, have led us straight to„the final word of the Lord, the commandment, "Whosoever will come after me, let' him deny himself...." We have seen! also that, it, is the inner purpose of 'every means of grace to direct jos „�„„ to this focal point; "Denny thyself." Cuufession And Denial of the Lord An Exposition of Matthew 16:13'-25 REV. GORDON A. PEDDIR, B.A. L (spoken in om Scripture. A mighty If we have heard this threefold word „ commandment, like the:two-edged, aright we shall desire nothing more Thou art the Christ, the Son of than that we mag receive grace suf- sword of the Lord, hangs over mans , the living God." Thus Peter confes-fieient to heed the.warning,Whoso=. whole life, "Deny thyself!" 'There is sed his Lord at Philippi and in doing not a single aspect of our Christian ever will save his life shall lose it;", so gave utterance to the greatestlife where we are, not reminded of and grace sufficient also to lay hold word that human lips can ever frame. of the promise, "Whosoever will lose the necessity of obedience to this But we must be verycareful here! word. Indeed it is as though every his life for m sake shall find it." y When we speak of confession we are means of grace which the Church always dangerously close' to a grave received front her Lord aimed at misunderstanding. The `Church eon- one thing only -obedience even u tinually stands in need of being re- death. minded of a fact which she 'is evert Of what do the sacraments''spe ,prone to forget. The Church must if not of this obedience? In be reminded of the'fact`that the eon baptism we are "buried with Him i fession of her Lord is not something death.". At the Lord's table, as ri to be taken for granted, as though bets of His broken: body, we "do eh it were a perfectly natural possibil- the Lord's death" till He'comes." ity for sinful men. The truth is that our very need of the Word of G it is an absolute impossibility for a and by that Word itself we are sinful man to confess Jesus as the 'minded that we, in ourselves, are Christ. Futhermore, since man void of that Word and deaf to throughout his whole temporal life is that we have it not and hear it n a sinful man (and this is true even except we be quickened by the though he be a `converted' man, a Ghost. As with the sacramentsforgiven sinner'), therefore the the Word, so also with the third ..� Church can never regard confessionithe 'ordinary means of grace', that as a natural activity of her people. I is, prayer. In prayer the acknowledg' You may immediately exclaim, "But ,is, is made that before God we ar Peter did confess his Lord; and the as nothing; and it is of the very Church of the past has confessed her nature of true prayer that it lead Lord; and -we too have confessed ourldirectly to that place where the sol Lord. How, therefore, can you say remaining word is, "Nevertheless no that it is an absolute impossibility my will, but Thine, be done." that such a confession should be The confession as God's possibili made?" The answer which Scripture gives to your expected query, is clear has THE MOTOR HORN this nto (Ottawa Journal) The suggestion that+horns on motor ak vehicles should be abolished is not a our good one, we think. The thing wrong nto with the motor horn is not its use em- but its abuse. owlProper use of'the horn is a measure I By of safety. It is used appropriately, odd and necessarily, when a 'pedestrian re- crosses the street in front of a car, de- , without looking about for traffic, but it; : the briefest of toots will suffice. It of is properly used also when one vehicle H oly turns out to pass another because a and driver cannot be looking always into his ,rear -vision mirror. A horn can be polite or arrogant, in the way it is used. Those who sound e it unnecessarily, and to the annoy- ance of the community, should be s prosecuted, but it should not be ab - e olished. The good driver makes little t use of it, but he wants to know it Iis there at his finger tip, and in good , working order. and emphatic, "That which isim- possible with man is possible --with GOD!" Confession of Jesus as the Christ, Peter's confession, the Church's confession, your confession and mine, if it be a true confession, is itself the acknowledgement of a miracle. When the'Church truly con- fesses onfesses her faith she thereby gives testimony to the absolute"' miracle ty ��F�a ���\`(runty\1\\`;t1sk?ut1�111�t11Wuui�nat'iii`uP's'7//P/!///////b'%"u•7�/�//////1//Gvivaii�/,'.,, ✓_R;Y•��1T.'�'•, which arises, not out of the powers SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 of man, but out of the revelation 1.00-1.30 p.m- Musically Speaking and the power of the living God, When the Church forgets the mime- Chats on music by Harry Adask, uloue natare of her confession of from Toronto to CBC national n faith she has, in reality, already for- work. The CBC violinist and con gotten her very Lord! mentator will tell of odd experien In the Scripture of concert artists in their travels. p passage from correction with this programme, Mr which Peter's confession is taken, it.Adaskin asks the question: "If a ha is strikingly evident that every word with a seating capacity of seeks to drive home this one truth: that there is no power, no insight in the mind or heart or flesh of fallen man whereby such a confession can be uttered by his unclean. lips. If, nevertheless, such a confession is made -and so our Scripture declares; and so also do we believe -it is only College, Lennoxville,. P.Q. For some time he was secretary of St. John !Ambulance Corps. He does not place men in positions. His work is purely et -1 of an advisory capacity. 9.00-10.00 p.m. The Radia Theatre- s from Hollywood to CBC commercial In network. Janet Gaynor and . William r;;Powell will be the stars of "Mayer -i Il ling" when this drama is performed' in its entirety for the first time on the air. Cecil B. DcMille will direct. an audience of 10, should anVartist go through with the concert, or should it be cancelled?" The commentator will give his opinion. He will also claim that one does not need to be wealthy or influential in order to in- timately know the world's great art - because of the merciful action of the.fists and composers. Accompanied God Who brings something into being Frances Marr, the co lnentator w out of nothing, and who raises the play the following violin selection dead to life by the power of His Lullaby, Brahms; Contre Dance, Be word! "'Flesh and blood have not re- thoven; Romance ine G, Beethove vealed it unto thee, but my Father When Irish Eyes are Smiling, E, Ball. which is in heaven" -so says Jesus to Peter when the confession has '6.30-7.00 p.m. The World Today - been made. from Toronto to CBC national net - Blessed indeed is the Church when work. Formerly a 15 -minute pro - she rememhers that her confession, gramme, this series of round table "Thou .art the Christ...." is not a discussions on international affairs human, but is Divine possibility, a will in the future, commencing to - possibility .consequent upon the mir- night, be a half-hour feature. acle, the absolute miracle of God's 9.00-9.30 p.m. Reginald Stewart, mighty Grace. Upon this confession Pianist - From Toronto to IBC na- the Church of Jesus Christ is Built. tional network. Reginald Stewart, The very gates of hell shall not pre- conductor and pianist, who has been vail against this Eternal Rock. heard over CBC networks as conduc- IL tor of the Toronto Promenade Sym - We have seen that the Church phony Orchestra last summer, and who directed the incidental music to must regard the confession of her CBC's recently completed Shakespear- Lord as something to be taken for granted, as though it were a natural inn eries, will gr presented tonight possibility among the religious act- of the hour programmes. a series of half -hon) piano recitals. Born in THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 10.00-11.00 p.m. Bing Crosby Music Hall - by from Hollywood to CBC commercial nh network. Crosby seems to have sup- s: plied a novel example during 1938 by e- making old songs popular, "Mexicali 21; Rose", which he sang as a memory ivities of her people. But there is an activity which the Church must ack- nowledge as the natural and the pos- sible activity of sinful men. That which is possible for man, and for 1 ist and pupil of Liszt. the very man who has • confessed his faith, is the denial of his Lord! This is the strange and fearful truth of our life as it is set' before us in our 4.45-5.00 p.m. English Cathedrals - Scripture. Not only Jesus' words, series of talks from Montreal to "Flesh and blood have not revealed national network. "Salisbury Cathed - it..,..", but also the later action of ral" will be the subject of the first Peter make it quite evident that it is talk: in the series by Miss E. Wil - the denial, and not the confession, Hams -Moore. The speaker will de- which characterizes man as man. scribe her approach' to the Cathed - Peter, who at one moment confes- ral, its setting and the Cathedral it- ses Jesus as the Christ (and by his self. confession bears witness to God's power in accomplishing that which is 7.30-7.45 p.m, Sing -Swing - impossible with man), at the next from Toronto to CBC midwest and moment dares even to rebuke Him central networks. Artists to be heard wham he calls Lord. `Thou shalt not 1 are: The Smarties, composed of Doris' die; "Be it far from thee, Lord"' Ord and Vida Guthrie, vocalists and Thus does Peter tempt Jesus. to fleelDoris Scott, vocalist. Vocal solos by that very death open which hangs Dave Davies, baritone: It's the Duct - his own and the Salvation of all the 1 or's Orders (1938), The Smarties world! These taunting, tempting) What Do You Know About Love words (and not the confession) our (1938), Dave Davies; An Old 'Curios Lord declares to be the speech of icy Shop (1938), Mixed Trio; Umbrel- MAN! The truth is that man, as la Man (1938), Dave Davies; Heigh iron, "savours' not the things that Ho, the Merry -0 (1928), The Senar- be of God, but those that be of men."' ties' As this was true of Peter, so also is 7.45-8.00 p.m. My /Job -- it the truth of the Church of the past, interviews from Toronto to CBO ma and no doubt also of the Church of tion) network. .This is the first pro- gramme in a new series of interviews, the first four to come from Toronto. Subsequent broadcasts will originate in other cities of the Dominion, R. R. ities superior to those of Peter) that Buchanan, vocational consultant, will the fearful words of the Lord ,are open the series, spealdng on the sub- spoken, "Get thee behind me, Satan; jest, "Choosing a Job." Mr. Buchanan thou art All offence unto me, 111, a career or those who are anxious Just because ` man is what he is, to find a job more suitable to their and just because God deals with man talents. Mr. Buchanan attended the as he really is, there is a third word ,University of Alberta and Bishop's Edinburgh, Scotland, Mr. Stewart studied with Isi.dor Philipp in Paris, Mark Hambourg in London and Arthur Friedheim, the German pian - MONDAY, JANUARY 9 our own time. Indeed it is to none other than to the Church of our own day (unless we would vainly take to ourselves powers, insights and actin - the only vocational consultant in Can- ada, gives advice to those choosing Little Talks on Advertising (By JOHN C. KIRKWOOD/ (Copyright Reserved) The world is full of men -and women -who want to publish a newspaper or magazine -partly as a way of snaking a livelihood, partly because they want a medium of self-expression. They are kept back from starting their, dream publication because they fore- see the difficulty, if not the impossibility, of getting a• sufficient quantity of advertising, for each successive issue, to pay publish- ing costs. 'k. 'A'A * rk Advertisers in these present times are wise: they put their advertising into only well-established publications -those of adult stature, having a large body of steady readers, They have no money to give newly -born publications, lacking a fixed and vol- untary circulation, built up over a period of many years. µ Advertisers want a particular kind of audience - an audience of persons and families likely to be interested in their communica- tions and able to buy what they advertise. And so they survey most carefully the whole field of publications - .both -newspaper and magazines - in a purpose to find those faithfully read by classes of men and women who can be considered to be logical buyers and consumers of what they advertise. & 5 * M 8 Advertisers give their advertising to publishers who assemble for them an attentive audience. They themselves do not help the publisher to find an audience ;the business of finding an audience of a particular kind is the obligation of the publisher, and not until he secures - and holds - the right quality and quantity of audience can the ppblisher hope to get advertisers to use hist publication. 'A :k 8 k .M The presence of a goodly quantity of advertising in a newspaper or magazine is a recognition by advertisers that the publisher has assembled for thein a staunch audience of persons and families likely to be interested in their advertisements and be able to buy what is advertised. • song some time ago, has moved into the list of North America's 15 most popular songs. During the ensuing weekend, music publishers were dig- ging in stock rooms, where old songs were stored, for copies of the number. Crosby recorded the song just before he went on his vacation, and since then it has become one of hi best- selling records. Few band -leaders, according to letters received by Crosby, know that "Mexicali Rose" is an old song. Introducing the tune, one orchestra leader said "and now; ladies and gentlemen. a new song from a forthcoming Bing Crosby film," FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 9.00-10.00 p.rn. Orson) Weliles's "Playhouse"- ft•ont New York to CBC commercial network. The problem of selecting the plays for the series, according to Welles, "has been a problem of elim- ination. In order to set up, a yard- stick by which to judge the many- good anygood stories available, we decided that each presentation must meet with these requirements: First, it must be a story of proven entertainment value. Second, it must unfold itself in terms of modern people in mod- ern tines. Third, whether a tale of romance or of adventure, whether tragedy or comedy, it must treat with fundamental emotions." 10.00-10.15 p.m. Commentary by Graham Spry - from London, England to CBC. na- tional network, This will be ,the sec- ond broadcast in a new series by CBC's London commentator. Mr. Spry, who was .born in St. Thomas, Ont., won a Rhodes Scholarship to University College, Oxford, where he studied until 1925. Ott leaving. Ox- ford he joined the staff of the Lea- gue of Nations, working in the Inter- national Labour Office at Geneva from 1925 to 1926. The series, en- titled "A Canadian in London", will review the weekly news in the Home country, Gone Uitli The UTiiid Are you a "Gone with the Wind" advertiser? Does your advertising get as far as the front porch only to be caught by a gust of wind and gone to clutter up your yard or your neighbor's. This "Gone with the Wind" advertising fails in its purpose to get into the home, to be interesting enough to be read, to be convincing enough to sell the mechandise you offer. "Gone with the Wind" advertising fails to serve you properly, and costs you too much. In modern merchandising, time is money, and rapid turnover is good business. "Into the Home News- paper Advertising fulfills its pur- pose, works quickly, costs less be- cause it sells more. Place Your AAdverlizing In The Clinton News Record GOES " INTO THE. HOE " NEWSPAPER.