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WHAT 'CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
1)o You Remember What Happened . During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
LOUISBOURG FORTRESS
HISTORICAL. MUSEUM
Stirring event of bygone days were
recalled when the new historical -mus-
,eum at Louisbourg, Fortress, Nova
Scotia- Was. formally opened in the,
fall of 1937. Few places in the British.
Empire have had a more spectacular
history or have exerted a greater in-
fluence on the current British events
thathe old city of Louisbourg, sit-
uated on the eastern coast of Cape
Breton Island. Once the proudest
fortress and only walled city in North
America, Louisbourg in the brief span
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD brick wall to admit the hydro wires of less than fifty years experienced,
when the ladder slipped and lie fell all the drama and tragedy associated
FEBRUARY 9th, 1899 heavily, striking a bench in 'his fall.
Mr. Harvey. Davis has .sold one of "It was found that ne sustained a
his Dalmatian dogs to Mr. Kling of serious fracture of the left arm, the
Winghain and is now .on the look -out bone being so badly splintered that
for a mate for the spotted pup he Portions of it protruded through the
still ,awns. flesh and several pieces had to be
Mr. Albert Anderson made a ship - removed. It was feared that he also
ment of hogs to the Collingwood suffered internal injuries. At time
packing establishment on Tuesday, It of writing he 'is making favorable
is Three years since Mr. Anderson recovery.
was in this business and for the three The Torrance farm on the Huron
years previous to that he was associ- Road east, .adjoiningthe corporation
ated with •Mr. D. •Cantelon. Mr. 1{udie of Clinton has changed hands, Mr.
also shipped a load to the seine carat- Torrance having; disposed of it to Mr.
Finery Rozell of Grey township, near
1isT cis We hitely farm on the Hurn I Brussels, who takes possession in.a
road, Tuckersmith, is to' be offered few weeks, The new owner, who is
for sale by auction on the fourth of very' highly spokenof, is a young
March ma
It is a fine property and living and unmarried, his two sisters
lnwith him. ••
ly to bring a good figure. The Misses On Tuesday Mr. John Govett sus -
Whitely may become residents of mined a bad fall while
passing up
Clinton.z the sidewalk near the waterworks'
On Wednesday evening last the
Iiingston Business College of which power house. He was so severely
Prof. J. B. McKay, a former resident shaken that he has since been 'con -
of Clinton, was principal, was dest-fined to his .home and is receiving
ro d b f (medical attention.
The return
a fire.
match between the Ciin-
The annual meeting of South Huron
ton and Goderieh curling clubs, which L.O.L. was held in Exeter on Tues -
took place on Tuesday night at God- day. County Master W. J. Denny
erieh resulted in a victory for Abel °ceupied ,the chair and he was ably
Clinton boys by one Shot. W. Spalding,assisted by ex -Co. Maiters John Scar -
and W. Jackson's rink were both "up'lett and Walter Coursey. The follow -
but Mr.. Miller had a hard fight with mg is the list of officers for 1914:
the crack Goderieh rink, skipped 'by Master, W. J, Kenny; Deputy, W.
D. Holmes. The Clinton rinks were
were R. S. Doan, B. J. Gibbings, J.
Fair ,Jr., W. P. Spalding. W. R. Fish,
H. B. Combe, Dr. Shaw, W. Jackson.
W. G. Doherty, T. Jackson, Jr., J.
Johnson and .L G. killer.
Mr. F. T. Jackson, son of Mr. John
Jackson, who has been carrying on present at Monday's game Stratford
the business of photograher in Barrie, and the locals put up one of the best
had his place damaged by fire which; exhibitions of the season. When the
caused sonsiderable destruction of wreckage had been cleared away it
property last week. He is known far was found that Stratford had won 6-4.
and wide aa one of the best photq- The local line-up was: Goal, Johnson;
graphers in the province. def., Rumball and O'Dennell;^raver,
Mr. John McMurray has sold his centre, Kerr; wings, Draper
grocery stock to Mr. J. W. Hillwho is and Mitchell. Referee, J. Moxon, Tor -
well known to Clinton citizens and onto.
is already receiving his share of trade
Mr. McMurray has been a resident of Miss Lena Holmes, youngest daugh-
Clinton since 1869 and in the grocery ter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holmes,
business a good part of the time. He Toronto, formerly of Clinton, has just
thinks of locating on the prairies.' passed her intermediate examination
Mr. George Bunsch of the Claren- in Piano at the Toronto Conservatory
don Hotel staff has a badly bruised of Music, being the only one among
head. He was holding a lively span all the candidates to obtain honours.
Hodgen; Chaplain, John, Sproule;
Rec.-Sec., Peter Cantelon; Fin. -Sec.,
Thos. Flynn; Treas., Adam Canteloh;
D. of C., Geo., Vanderburgh; Lectur-
ers, Robt. McMurray and J. B. Arm-
itage; Auditors, F. Ryan and Thos.
Hemphill.
In the opinion of the large crowd
with centuries.
Under the provisions of the Treaty
of Utrecht, -which brought peace be-
tween France and England in 1713.
the Island' of Gape Breton, together
with other'islands in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, was ceded to France. A
settlement was established on the
shores of what was known ne English
Harbour, and the new settlers, being
French, changed this name to Louis-
bourg, in•honour of Louis the Four-
teenth, King of France. The island
of Cape•Breton' was re -named Ile
Royale. Louisbourg was subsequent-
ly ` fantified as a naval and military
station, at an estimated .cost of about
siy' million dollars, and; • styled the
"Dunkirk'of America", was considered
impregnable.
During the period between 1720 and
1760, in avhich it existed as a fortified
naval. and military station, Louisbourg
held the key to Canada. Possessing
a .fine harbour, it served as the head-
quarters for the largest fishing in-
dustry on this side of the Atlantic
and as a haven for French privateers.
Captured by a force of New England
volunteers in 1745, Louisbourg was
ceded back to France by treaty three
years later. Its final capture in 1758
by British forces led to the fall of
Quebec the following year and the
ultimate transfer of Canada from
French to British rule.
of roadsters belonging to Mr. Peter
Cook of Goderieh township on Tues-
day when one of them reared and
struck him on. the top of the head
inflicting a severe scalp wound.
Mrs. Thos: Haggart and her daugh-
Friday, February 3,
L.a
Helen Hayes., will 'star in:Welles's
Playhouse Series—
I3'elen Hayes, star of screen and
stage, has chosen "Arrowsmith" as
the dramatic vehicle for her appear-
ance on the Orson Welles "Playhouse"
broadcast to be heard over GB C's
commercial network on Friday, Feb-
ruary 3, 9.00 to 10.00 p.m. EST.
This story by Sinclair Lewis, of a
doctor -scientist and his fight against
the dread bubonic piaague, was made
into a motion picture some time ago,
starring Miss Hayes and Ronald Col-
man.
Mies Hayes will portray the role
she created in the film, while Orson
Welles, in addition to directing the
programme, 'will be heard as her hut-
band, "Dr. Arrowsmith."
Votes for the C.T.A., 7410; against
4802; municipalities favorable 24, op-
posed 2; majority over three fifths
33. Without going into detail the
above figures tell the stay of the
contest which was brought to a close
ter, Miss Ethel Haggart, of the Lon- on Thursday evening last and result-
. desboro settlement in Southern Man- ed in so emphatic a victory for the
itoba, were guests at Mr. James Mc- Temperance Party.
Cool's last week. It is worthy of men-
tion that it was this lady's father-in-
law who christened the -village to the
north of Clinton. He had been in the
employ of an English lord of . that
name' before emigrating and sought
thus to transplant it. In the earlier
days of Hullet what is now Londes-
boro was known as Haggart's.Corners
From that vicinity a large immigrat-
Mr. W. H. Newcomne or Vancouver,
and Mr. J. W. Newcombe of Fort
William, sons of Rev. Mr. Newcombe,
arrived on Tuesday after a business
trip to Montreal and Toronto and will
spend a few days in town.
Miss Carrie Walter, trained nurse,
for some time a member of the hos-
pital staff, leaves next week for Red -
ion took place to Southern Manitoba lands, Cala where she purposes' re -
ane party consisting of no less than maining for some dine with her sister
23 heads of families, among the party who is a resident of that city.
being Mr. Haggart and Mr. McCool. Mr. Ray Ford, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Ford, after a visit at the par-
ental home, and also in Toronto, left
yesterday to return to Fort William
where he has been engaged at his
trade of tailoring.
Reeve Elliott of Stephen township,
while an his way from attending
county council was the guest of his
cousin, Mr. George David.
Mr. Harvey Reid, who has been
teaching at Baden, is now hi a Berlin
hospital, having undergone an operat-
ion for appendicitis.
Following the capture of Louis-
bourg in 1758 came orders from Eng-
landfor its complete destruction, and
for almost six months soldiers toiled
with explosh es, spades and levers un-
til nothing remained of the town and
citadel but a shattered group of case-
ments or bomb -proof shelters.
Since 1928 the Government of Can-
ada has set aside more than three
hundred acres in the vicinity of Louis-
bourg, which is being preserved as a
historic site of national importance
under the direction of the •National
Parks Bureau, Lands, Parks and For-
ests Branch, Department of Mines and
Resources. Considerable excavation
work has been carried out, and walls
outlining a number of the more im-
portant buildings have been partially
restored. During 1935-36 a mm
useu
building was constructed of -native
stone, which houses a large and int-
eresting.exhibit of relics relating not
only to Louisbourg but to early
Acadian history.
When The Present CenturyWas Young
THE CLINTON, NEWS -RECORD,
FEBRUARY 5, 1914
Dreams." John Cairns will direct this
as his second dramatic feature, while
attached to the production department
of the CBC. Mr. Cairns, who is on
loan from the Australian Broadcast-
ing Commission, has .selected' this
radio comedy by . A. L. Phillips for
the dramatic bill to be heard over
the CBC's national network Wednes-
day, February 7, 10.30 to 11.00 p.m.
EST.
1 Bishop Downchester, speaking at
the annual meeting of the Society
for the Rescue of Infirm Cab Horses
'confesses that he has dreamed about
"Silk Shirt" and "Top flat", two
entries in the Epsom Downs Race.
His brother, Henry, whois devoted
: to the things that the. bishop eschews,
:to
horse racing, confesses that
he, too, has dreamed of the, race and,
,on purely psychological grounds, the
Saturday, February 4, •
English Choristers to be Presented
by CBC from Ottawa
The Ladybrooks Ladies' Choir, now
on its first North American tour, will
be presented by the Canadian Broad-
casting Corporation on Saturday,
February 4, 6.30 to 7.00 p.m. EST
in a special concert to be heard over
the coast -`to -coast network from Monday, February 6th
CBC's a Ott wa studios
b.45.5.00 p.m. es o Tal f Fashion,
The 26 -voice ensemble, under the
'bishop consents to a dream experi-
ment that ends on a note not gener-
ally sounded in his well -ordered
household.
The play has some highly exciting
moments and some very funny scenes
in which frequenters of the town pub,
fashionable club men in London, pol-
ice, feature writers an d household
staff are involved.
SERGEANT WELSH
Since the unfortunate accident En-
gineer East met with, Sergeant
Welsh, in addition to his duties as
night police, has taken •charge of the
pumping station. The Sergeant who
is always obliging and ready for an
emergency, is probably the only, man,
with the exception of the engineer,
woo can get good results 'from the
gas producer, and he doesn't seem to
mind very much putting in . long
hours. Engineer East Was up on a
ladder, probably eight feet from the
Ut,in hnlne - #hrnnt*h th,
THE KING'S PRIVY COUNCIL
When King George of Canada visits
his North America domain next sum-
mer, we are told that he will preside
over the first full meeting of the
Privy Council ever held in Ottawa.
Conservatives, and Liberals, bearded
old men and active young Cabinet
ministers will sit down together to been renamed Aberdeen:\ Japan also
take counsel, but the issues discussed. has an island, and it has been renam-
will be iron -controversial. ed Sweden, Matches are maufactured
Privy Councillors are entitled to the on that island by the millions and on
prefix "Honour.•able". There are 90 the boxes is stamped the words "Made
at present and the senior member is in Sweden". The Japanese have even
the distinguished Sir William Mulock renamed companies, and have L.-
who recently retired from the Ontario
MADE IN U.S.A.
direction of Elsie Harrop, A.R.C.M., from Toronto to CBC national net -
conies from the village of Hazel work. --The second in this series of
Grove in Lancashire, England. Or- eight talks by Jessie Bethune, re-
ganized in 1927 by Miss Harrop, thb viewing 8,000 years, of costumes and
choir was originally formed front:a customs, will pertain to "The Middle
class of girls attending the local Colin- Ages and the first 'white' bride". Ann
cil school Since that date it has had of Brittany was the first bride
outstanding success at the leading wear white satin. Henry VIII or -
Festivals in the North of England, iginated a new custom by inviting
and has also appeared at the BBC, women to dine in banquet halls with
and the Manchester Tuesday Mid-day . men. In consequence, women's cos -
Society's concerts, for which it has tures became more elaborate, so
been re-engaged this year. much so that at the end of Elizabeth's
The choir, although not a large one. lifetime, she had 3,000 dresses in her
has been commended for its steadi- cupboard.
ness, true intonation and fine balance. I
In this, the direction of Elsie Harrop Alotday, February 6,
plays no littlepartinadjusting
On the desk beside our typewriter
lies an automatic pencil. On the clip
can be seen ° the' wording "Made in
Nothing unusual in that for
many other articles bear the same
stamp. But if we could be assured
that the articles were made in the
country to the south of us instead
of in Japan, we would feel much
better.
The general public has snown quite
emphatically that goods' made in Jap-
an are not popular, but to overcome
Exceedingly low wage rates allow
for the Japanese to manufacture ar-
ticles at' a price that does not allow
for competition, and despite the fact
a heavy duty is imposed, the price to
the consumer is 'less than that for
an article manufactured in either
Canada or the United States. In view
of this we feel that our government
should prohibit the import of any
article made in Japan. Canadian
workmen should come first — not
money derived through the importa-
tion of articles manufactured for a
ridiculously low price while Canad-
ian workmen who could be employed
in their manufacture, are unemployed.
this resentment, the Japanese,. have
devised ways and means of beating
public opinion. Quitesytematically
they have gone about` changing the
names of places. One place has been
renamed USA, and thus goods made.
there are stamped "Made In USA,".
"Scotch" whiskey is being manufact-
ured in Japan, and another placehas
l a.nr ' K �r>ni�v � V xee
lf,/f iso Helen Gay Kelly of Butte,
1r1 Montana, will reign as Queen
of the Banff Winter Carnival,
February 16th to 19th inclusive.
Hundreds of winter sports enthu-
siasts are enlisting under her
banner and the best in ski-ing,
skating and tobogganing will add
to the gaiety of this continent -
famous Rocky Mountain Carnival.
Clear, crisp, mountain air, tower-
ing peaks, and amazing hospital-
ity, contribute toward making the.
Banff Carnival one of the Con-
tinent's outstanding winter sport.
festa. Skiers find it the gateway
to the internationally known
areas at Skoki, Sunshine and Lake
Louise.
aid
MR. AND MRS. SWARTS WEDDED •Goderieh, is a daughter of the late.
FIFTY YEARS Mr. and Mrs. John MacDonald. Her•
�tnaiden name was Jennie MacDonald,.
and she married Mr. Swarts in God-•
' erieh on January 25th, 1889. Mr..on
Swarts, a sof Mr. and Mrs. George
Swarts, came to Goderieh fifty-four•
years ago, and for nearly the whole
of that time conducted a livery barn,
later a taxi service. He has com-
pletely recovered his health since an
unfortunate accident which resulted in
the loss of a leg, and although he is
not active he still retains an interest
in the business he operated for so.work.—This is the first programme long.
the in a series of 9, by C. A„ Krug, Dean 1 Four sons and a daughter pre -
youthful spontaneity of the voices to 7.45.8.00 p.m. My Job, of Men, Mount Allison University, deceased the couple, and living with;
the delicate interpretations of the series of interviews from Toronto Sackville, N.B. "The Art of Crooked them are their daughter -ht -law, Mrs.
song presented. I to GBC national network.—In con- Thinking" (which Prof. Krdg insists Edgar Swarts, and her son Tommy,
nection with "Educational Week", 'many friends practice so well and so thirteen, and Mrs. Swarts' only sister,
CBC will this evening present an in- often that it is worth while seeing Miss Bella MacDonald.
terview with a rural school teacher, how they do it) will introduce the has two
T. E. Nixon, who will be heard from series with a `great deal of concrete I Clara Ru �b Swarts1 and M ElectasSpoon, illustration. "This should be enter-
CBC's Toronto studios. d f » a prof. Krug,er, both of Clinton.
'Mining an funny," says
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Swarts, of God-
erieh, on Wednesday, January 25th,
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their. wedding. The couple are en-
joying good health and looking for-
ward to further years of quiet con-
tentment together in their comfortable
home.
Mrs. Swarts, a lifelong resident of
Sunday, February 5,
5.30-6.00 p.m. Band Concert
•
from Hamilton, Ontario, to C B C
national network.—The Band of the Thursday, February 9,
91st Highlanders, directed by Captain
Harry A. Stares, V.D., will be heard 7.45,8.00 p.m. "The Art of
in a special broadcast from the studios, Crooked Thinking", Ifessor, and all laughed in the right
of CKOC, Hamilton. from Moncton to CBC national net- place."
"because I have tried it out on five)
people: a lawyer, a housewife, a
mechanic, a cook's helper, and a pro -
Sunday, February 5, ,
6.00-6,30 p•.nl, Silver Theatre,
•
dramatic episode from Hollywood
to CBC and C B S commercial net-
works.—Loretta Young will be cast
in a dramatic sketch especially writ-
ten for th e programme. Contract
Nagel will, as usual, be the narrator -
director and Felix Mill's Orchestra
will provide the musical interludes.
Sunday, February 5,
'7.00-7.30 p.ni. Jack Benny & Co,,...
variety programme from Hollywood
to CBC and NB C commercial net-
works.—The Benny -Allen fued, which
for more than two years has been
smoldering and flaming intermittent-
ly, will flare up again this evening.
The renewal of the grudge will find
Benny blasting away at the Yankee
comic with long neige guns loaded
with, verbal barbs. Mary Livingstone,
Don Wilson, Kenny Baker and Phil
Harris will assist as shock troops.
bench. He was a Cabinet minister
in the Laurier administration; he ba-
came
gcame Privy Councillor in 1896, forty-
tWo years ago. He was 96 years_of
age on January 19th, _
Following him in seniority is Sir
Charles Fitzpatrick, who was 85 on
December 19 last year. He also was
a member of the Laurier Cabinet, but
he was not appointed until 1902. Oth-
ers of the elder statesmen by senior-
ity are: Sir Allen Aylesworth, 1905:
Rt. • Hon• George P. Graham, 1907'
Senator Raoul Dandurand, 1909; Rt
Ib m W -ir: Mackenzie Kinr: 1909.
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companies the world over.
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Sunday, February 5,
8.00.9.00 p.m. Charlie McCarthy & Co.
variety programme from Hollywood
to CBC and NBC commercial net-
works.—Donald Dickson, baritone of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, will
join the Charlie McCarthy programme
as featured soloist, 'replacing Nelson
Eddy. Eddy will take a brief vaca-
tion
aca-tion'' and then begin a concert tour to
return to the programme in the fall.
On hand to welcome the new soloist
will be Dan Ameche, Edgar Bergen
(Charlie McCarthy), Dorothy Lamour
and Robert Armbruster's Orchestra.
Dickson was born in Pennsylvania. He
lived in Cleveland for a number of
years and built up an impressive fol-
lowing there in operatic, productions
before going to New York to study.
He has been featured an several -im-
portant network programmes and
was signed by the "Met" for the early
season of 1937.
Wednesday, February 8.
The Bishop Dreams' is Second
Playbill for Guest Producer
A bishop who warns his parishion-
ers against ' raising money for • their'
pet charities through "raffles, sweeps
and lucky dips", but who gets into
the British press when he dreams
about the Derby, is the central char-
acter in the corned a
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