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CLINTON ONTARIO,' THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1939
TIDE HOME PAPER
CLINTON TAKE THREE GAMES OTRAiGHT
Colts Go on Scoring and in all fifteen penalties were hand-
ed out, eight to Seaforth and seven to
iSjpree Clinton,Ione of them to Pickett, his
Trim Mitchell 18-3 fivst of the season.
Seatiorth — GoaI, Stade; defence,
The Colts piled up the biggest score
Hubert, E. Rennie; centre, Harris;'
of any in the league this season on wings, Schrader, Muir; alternates, A.
Monday night with the Mitchell Blue- Hildebrand; G. Hildebrand, Flannery,
shirts endeavoring to furnish the op-,
Slls, Bell.
position. The score
by periods was Clinton :— Goal, Elliott;,' defence,
5-1; 11-3 and 18-3, and with a score Rath, Porterfield; centre, Pickett;
like that it hardly seems necessary wings, Draper,, ;Streets; alternates,
to say it was a decidedly one-sided Youngblutt R. McEwen, F. McEwen,
game. J•ElliottFoster.
Timmer McEwen had a real night . ,
out with seven goals to his credit,
Brother Ross and Foster were manu-
facturing the balls and Frank was
in fine fettle. Streets scored three,
Pickett two, Draper two, .Rath two, The Colts handed Goderich Sailors
Wick Elliott one and Foster. one. The their fourth straight defeat last night
goalgetters for the visitor's were G. to the tune of '6-3 and received the
and A. Doak, the former getting one usual treatment! from Goderich fans,
in the first period and the other in It was reported to us this morning
the second. Although hopelessly out- that the boys received shower baths?
played the visitors took their beat- from gallery fans, and that playing
ing like gentlemen and played a clean cards, pop bottles, etc. were thrown
game. Only three penalties were hand- on the ice. The. latterisbad enough,
ed out by Referee George Hainsworth, but the former is the lowest and fil-
a former Toronto Maple Leaf Play- thiest thing we have. heard of for
er, who proved popular with the some time. We were not there, but
younger fans and was very obliging our information came from a reliable
with his autograph. source and it is time something was
. At 'tines there were some nice dis- done about such contemptible exhibi-
P1 Ys ofhockey despite te the soft iceteens, Goalgetters rs for ClintonC were
as the Colts used their passing plays. Streets, Pickett, J. Elliott, F. Me -
Draper's backhand shots were Bang- Ewen, Porterfield and Draper. For
erous around the net and he and Goderich Westbrook, Young and
Pickett were in. on all the goals seer- Grant.
ed by that line with the exception,
of the second goal of the game when. SEAFORTH HERE TOMORROW
Streets went down alone. "Wick" El
-I
goal in the last period was' NIGHT.
scored from the blue line. According to reports reaching us by
Two freak goals of the game came the grape -vine system the Seaforth
off Habkirk's stick in the final per- Beavers are putting their best foot
iod. Frank MeEwen fired in a back- forward to take the decision from the
hand shot and Draper did likewise Colts here tomorrow night. We have
as Habkirk tried to clear in scrambles been told this week that they have
around Mitchell's goal. Habkirk was been practising new tricks behind
one of the outstanding mer on the closed doors with professional coaches
Mitchell defence however and broke teaching them the finer points, and
up the play on various occasions. El- betting in Seaforth is that the Beav-
liott, Rath, Porterfield and Young- ers will beat the Colts on their own
blutt put up a stonewall defence at lee. Taking a close verdict over Tav-
all trees.' istoek on Tuesday night has bolstered
Clinton — Goal, G. Elliott; def„ up their confidence and we piediet a
Porterfield, Youngblutt; centre, R. game that will make true raisers'ring
McEwen; wings F. McEwen, Foster; as the two teams take the ice here
alternates, Pickett, Draper, Streets, tomorrow night.
Rath, Elliott.
Mitchell—Goal, Homuth; def., Flab- I District Hockey League
kirk, Stoneman; centre Wright, wings
Leppaid, Culiiton; alternates McAree, I Next Tuesday night the playoffs
A. Doak, G. Doak; sub. goal, Casey. in the District League will be played
Referee, George Hainsworth. Iat Londesboro. In the first game,
starting at 7 o'clock North Clinton
and Leeburn will play and in the
Colts Whip Seaforth Second second game Tuckersnnith and Ben-
Wallop
en
Wallop Goderich Sailors
6-3 in Goderich
I.O.O.F. Special Meeting
Thelocallodge of Odd Fellows are
having the "Imperial" Degree Team
of London come to Clinton. on Sat-
urday, February 11th to confer the
First Degree here. The town hall
has 'been secured for the evening and
a large number of Odd Fellows from
Clinton and district invited. Tries will
be one of the largest gatherings of
the Order held in Clinton. for a num-
ber of years,
Among the Churches
Baptist, Church
Rev. A. E. Silver will conduct the
service on Sunday evening at 7 0'
¢lock.. Sunday school will meet at
2.30.
The Salvation Army
Sunday 11 a.m. "Quickened by the
Holy Ghost."
Sunday 3 pan. "Reds and Blues"
Sunday School.
Sunday 7 p.m, "The Challenge of
Judas."
The meeting• tonight is another of a
series of cottage prayer meetings, and
will be held in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. Palmer on North street. The
subject will be "Christianity on Trial".
Presbyterian Church
The W.M.S. ill h the February
,S. old r y
meeting at the manse on Thursday,
February 16th at 3 p.m. Mrs. Mc-
Donald and Mrs. McKenzie will have
charge. All ladies of the congregation
are invited. .l
The monthly meeting of the Girls
Club of the Presbyterian church will
be held at the horse of. Mrs. J. Leiper,
Huron street west, on Monday, Feb-
ruary 13th. A full attendance is re-
quested.
Wesley -Willis Church
"Vitality italit in theChurch".
Morning: V y
Evening: Cain and Abel—The sixth
in a series from early Genesis.
The Women's Association held their
February meeting in the church with
an attendance of 29. The meeting
was opened by the president, Mrs:
Paterson, Arrangounents were made,
et) -servo lunch at the annual con-
gregational meeting.
On account of the Sunday School
sleigh -ride on the 17th, the Adult
Bible Class has postponed their social
till Thursday evening, the 23rd, and
to have a pot -luck supper in. the
church parlors at 7 p.m. to which all
the home readers and honorary mem-
bers are cordially invited.
Public School Board
The regular meeting of the publio
school board was held last Thuosday
evening. All members' except Messrs.
Hall and Jenk.ns were present. Tao
Minutes of the previous meeting were
read and adopted. The following ac-!
counts were presented: W. ' D. Fair,
$3.00; T. G. Seribbins 78c; W. T.
Hawkins, $10.30. •
Cook -Lobb moved that the accounts'
be paid.
The educational' committee brought
in a report of needed .supplies, A
motion by Mrs. McKinnon that the
principal be -authorized to purchase
the necessary supplies was seconded
by Dr. McIntyre and passed.
Cook -Mrs. McKinnon—That the in-
surance be placed with the Alliance
Insurance Company.—Carried.
The report of principal was read
and on motion of Lobb -McIntyre was
accepted.
The meeting• then adjourned to meet
again the first Thursday of each
month.
Olive Finch is Carnival
QueenQ
ee
The one -legged broom ball genie
which started off the carnival on Fri-
day night 'wits lots of -fun. The play-
ers were allowed but one skate and
were using brooms to carry the 'puck
(a rugby ball) as they tried to score.
The pigskin went everywhere except
where it was intended to go ,and the
same might' be said of the players
wha had much difficulty in exercis-
ing control and balance. Just what
the. final score was would give even
a chattered accountant a headache
to figure out. A darky was playing
for one team and also a "lady" goal-
tender.
oal
tender. "She" was not to blame for
the goals as the 'boys behind. the net
had a habit of moving it toward the
ball whenagoal seemed likely. . How -
s ed y
ever, it was all in fun and mighty
good entertainment for the spectators
Then there was "Pete" Zimmerman
of Goderich, the Scotch clown. H0
filled in anywhere and everywhere
throughout the evening. His gyra-
tions and lack of control would qual-
ify him for a movie contract any-
time. In between racing events he
was good entertainment for specta-
tors and skaters alike.
Entries for the racing events were
not heavy although in every class the
winners were hard pressed. Winners
were as follows. Ladies, Freda Schoe-
nhals; Gents, C. Neilans, R, Draper;'
Girls Jean McDougall, Jean Cameron.
Judges for the costume entries
were Dr. McInnes, D. Maltby and A.
R. Mitchell. Their task was to choose
the best dressed lady and the award
went to Helen .Thompson. The cos-
tumes were all good and it inay be
the silver tinsel caught the eye of
the judges. Best dressed gent was
Charlie Brown, decked out in swal-
low-tailed coat and all the extra trim-
mings. Mrs. Bert Huller in Mexican
costume got the nod for the best
comic lady and the Scotch gentle-
man was the winnerin the men's
class. The award for best juvenile
o went to Terrye Quire real-
istically
e M G ,
istically macre up to represent a
Spaniard. Betty Cook nosed out the
other contestants for the best juven-
ile girl's award.
the iii 1 Queen was
Choosing Ca 1 ya
g
no easy task for the judges. The
award was based on costume, beauty
and graceful skating; Their decision
in selecting Olive Finch was popular
with the spectators who gave her a
great ovation as she circled •the, rink,
St. Paul's Church
- The February meeting of the!
Time 'miller; goals to count. In five starts,Laciies Guild was hard in the Mem-+
l Londesbor•o have won °very time and `c.rial Hall with an attendance of
Last Thurs a thirty
d y •night the Colts head the list. I
journeyed to Seaforth and for the members. Mrs. H. Bartliff presided
second time this season handed the ' and the following convenors for the
Beavers a licking on their own iced Engagementslents Announced annual bazaar were chosen as follows:
Although Seaforth started the third Tea Tables, Mrs. W. T. Herman, Mrs.+
period with a one goal lead the Colts' The engagement is announced of Shearer; Fancy work, Mrs. n, Mrs.
Miss Dorothy Chimney, eldest lough-
came ftbehind"to hand them an Mrs. Zepse; Candy, Mrs. Morrison,
8-5 defeat. Smarting under two de- ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Mrs: Moluneb; Kitchen work, Mrs,
Chaney of Listowel, to Mr: William
feats on home ice the Beavers will Theo. Fremlin, Mrs. M. Counter,
be putting on the pressure when they Rtteger, only son of Mr. Daniel Rueg- Monte baking, Mrs. R. Thompson, Nlrs,
made 'their appearance here Fridayer and the late M
rs. R
ueger
of Got-
nighteriCh township, themarriage to take
Sturdy'
Rummage' 141rs, McG
oun Mrs,
Clinton started the G., A. Walko, Fish pond, Mrs. G.
searing after place this month.
Taylor, Mrs, W. Johnston; Apron and
seven minutes of play when Punch Mr. and Mrs. henry Glew announce handkerchief, Mrs. C. V. Cooke, Mrs.
McEwen scored unassisted, Seaforth the engagement of then only (laugh- Monteith; Produce, Mrs. W. J. Elliott,
came back strongly and as the period ter, Jean Margaret, to Harold Munro Mrs. A. E. Fremlin. Refreshments
ended the score stood 3-1 in their Cummings, only son of Mr. and Mrs. were served by Mrs. Bert Murphy,
favor. ..The Colts were minus, theJohn Cummings, of Seaforth. tt. TheMrs rtoa
. Churchn1,
Mrs. C. Middle -
services
dl°-
services of Streets in this period and marriage will take place the middle ton and Mrs. Theo. Fremlin.
Porterfield was moved up on the of this month,
wing, Red Rath was back on defence'
again after .an enforced absence and' The Farmers' Market
played hi4 usual consistent hockey:
throughout. "Wick" Elliott was used Wheat 57c.
sparingly, but did a good job. ' Oats 300,
Going irate the, second period the Earley 40a, 42c.
Colts. made a better showing. Com -1 Buckwheat 39c.
bination plays clicked and the defen Cream 23c, 22e.
sive work of Youngblutt, Rath and Eggs 17e, 14e, 13c,
Porterfield was much better. The Bogs $8.50.
Beavers .defence was sound, and it was
while Harris was in the cooler that finest1Spealier
the McEwen and Foster combined, Guest
James C. Shearer, Agricultural.
for the second Clinton goal, 'Punch
being the Meeks—man. Then Pickett Representative, will be the guest
banged home another to even the speaker' at the meeting of the Young.
'count, Harris managed to'beat Elliott Men's Bible Class to be held in St:
and then .Clinton really put on the Paul's Parish Hall Sunday afternoon
pressure to again even thing up, but at 4 e'clock. Dr. McInnes will con -
failed to beat Stade: duct the lesson period.
Seaforth fans went wild when Har -
f
tis scored after three minutes at the Little Locals
third period, but soon quieted down.
le : the last 12 minutes .of play the'. The Clinton Firemen are holding
Colts scored five goals, playing short- a Valentine Ice Carnival on. Tuesday
handed nearly all the time, The 'Mc- evenings A. game of softball on skates
Ew°ns accounted for foam of the goals will be one of the attractions and
and Streets garnered the other one. should provide lots of aniusenent,
Throdgheut,: most of the period the The 'Rebekah's celebrated their 8th
Clinton management had all forwards' .invert any on - Monday evening, a.
out and the strategy worked. The birthday party following; the regular
Draper, Pickett and Streets line was meeting. Euchre was played and
a constant source of worry and made lunch served. The birthday cake was
many dangerous rushes,but were decorated with the calors of the
ontlucked time after time. The Beav- Lodge
ers were skated off their feet and I
apparently spent themselves in the In the old time square dance con -
first peeled. It niay have been that tett held at Kippen last Friday night
the superior playing of the Colts the award went to a sat from Eg-
showedthenm up in that light, bat they monclville made up of Mr.. and Mrs,
have no alibis to offer as they were Frank Kenny, Mr. and Mrs, A. Dun -
beaten by .a better team on the night's lop, Mr. and Mss. Roy Consitt and
play. It was a closechecking game Mr. and Mrs. Harry Stewart,.
12e.
Ontario Street United Church
11.00 a.m. "A Day with the Master"
2.00 p.m. Turner's Church, 'reciter -
smith.
2.30 pan. Sunday School, Clinton.
7.00 p.in. Fourth and last in a
series on modern sins, IV Indiffer-
ence—Inertness. .Our world needs
saving: The church is handicapped
by Christians shirking their duty
What is the attitude toward the Pag-
an Institutes, namely, breaking down
of the Sabbath ideals?
Monday 8.00 p.m. Young People's
UJnion. Citizenship night. Invitation
to Wesley -Willis to join with us.
Wednesday, 8.00 pan Midweek ser-
vice—Prayer, Praise and Fellowship.
Ontario Street United Church
The regular meeting of the Y.P.U.
was held on Monday evening with the
Christian Fellowship convenor, Miss
L. Jervis in charge. The meeting' op-
ened with quiet music, Mr. Kenneth
Elliott at the piano. Those who took
part in the devotional : period were
Fred Snary, Doris Batkin, Lulia Tyn-
dall: Fred Seery gave, a reading,
"Along the Way" and Kenneth Reid
read a poem "Do You Belong". A
piano: solo; "In the Evening Shadows"
was played by Edna Elliott. The
meeting was closed with a' game of
Bible baseball.
The regular meeting of the Wom-
en's Missionary Society will beheld
in the Lecture Roomi of the church on
Tuesday afternoon, February 14th'at
2.30. The second chapter of the Study
Book will be given, At the close of
the meeting there will be a social
hour. Ali the ladies of the congrega-
tion are invited to attend.
Father . &. Son Banquet
One hundred and sixty fathers and
sons gathered at Ontario Street Unit
ed• Church ion Tuesday evening and
listened to representatives of the Old-
er Boy's
ld-er'Boy's Parliament as they gave an
outline of the wort their organization
is doing and what they hope.to ac-
complish;
At the close of the banquet -ses-
sion Rev. G. G. Burton spoke a few
words of appreciation to the large
gathering, representing all the
churches. of town, and then called
upon Mr. Alvin Corless, one :of the
town's representatives of Boy's Par-
liament, in his official capacity; as
Minister of Finance. Alvin expressed
his appreciation and: thanks to col-
leagues present from Windham and •
the guest speaker of the evening, Mr.
Joseph Willard, Toronto, who' this
year is Premier of the 18th Older
Boy's Parliament. Before 'concluding
his remarks he thanked the ladies of
the Women's Association for their
work in preparing the banquet.
Col. H. B. Combe was elected chair-
man and rose to propose the toast
to the
Kinginmilitary n nary style, the
gathering responding by heartily
singing the National Anthem. "Our
Country" was ably proposed by Jack
West, also a member of Parliament
andresponded
t
ob Cat
McDowell
Y
Capt.
of the local Salvation Arniy Corps.
To Gordon Monteith went the honour
of proposing a toast to "Our Fathers",
Mr. H. E. Rorke replying. "Our Sons",
the final toast was proposed by Mayor
George H. Elliott, Kenneth Reid re-
sponding. In prcposing and respond-
ing to the toasts speakers outlined
the opportunities and problems facing
the young men of today, and of the
part co-operation among fathers and
sons played in meeting the difficulties
of everyday life. Loyalty to the
church, the educational institutions
and the British flag and principles,
were ably
by other speak -
ers. Short addressee were given by
Rev. Andrew Lane and Father Sul-
livan. The latter injected a note of
hutnotu into his address as he spoke
of the time he had spent in, preparing
his talk and then gave a brief sum-
mary of talks with prominent men in.
other countries last year.
'Before calling upon the guest speak-
er of the evening the chairman called
epee Mr. Morgan Agnew for a cornet
solo, bars. Agnew accompanied at the
plana and the hearty applause made
it evident that a encore would be
necessary before the audience would
be satisfied. The musicians graciously
responded. A short sing -song period
was lead by Mr. Ren haters..
In his address the guest speaker
first gave a brief outline of the work
of the Older Boys' Parliament and
what it is doing to train the young
men to take their place as future ,
citizens and rulers, He reviewed the
work of organization of the movement
and growth since its inauguration with
a steady increase both in interest and
membership. Then he spoke of one
of the problems facieg the nations
at the present time with all eyes
turned toward Hitler. His address
along
h
lot •this line showed that
he had
made a study of the problem and lila
remarks were intended to provoke
thought and arouse interest in the
affairs facing leaders of today:
aft judging
Immediately e
the the
skaters swarmed onto the ice to take
advantage of the remaining tune left
for skating, The crowd this year
was very orderly and everyone seem-
ed to have a good time.
••• Ammmlinttaarmio
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CALL APPLICATIONS FOR POLICE DUTIES
Air Question of Hydro Rebate
Councilmembers had an interesting
hour and a belt of lively discussion
on Monday night:
The meeting started off on an even
keel as . the minutes and carrespon-
dence were read. A request frons
Samuel Lobb 1ski ig that pool room
license be transferred to him was
passed. Oeville Noble asked that the
question of refund of Transient Trad-
ers' License be re -opened and that
was taken care of when Waters -Ag-
new moved an amendment to the by-
law. Other communications included
a request for 'aid from the Hospital
for Sick Children, Toronto, and from
the Salvation Army, London. In the
latter case financial assistance to the
amount of $25 was approved on Mo-
tion . of Aiken -McKnight.
The passing- of bylaws was intro-
duced. Bylaw No. 3 appointing mem-
bees of Fire Brigade was introduced
and read, and all members reappoint-
ed at set salary. Monteith ra Ilion-
teith, chartered accountants, Stratford
were appointed at a salary of $200
toaudit the town's books. As the
motion was put Councilloe Agnew rose
to ask if this would be the maximum
charge and was assured by the mayor
that it would. A motion by Agnew-
Waters that the Special - Committee
confer with the Lions. Club re cona
struction of a swimming• pool v/s
passed.
Councillor Cook started the fire-
works when he introduced a motion
,that the ,positions of chief of polite
and day constable be advertised in the
local press. The discussion waxed fast
and furious as the various members
gave their opinions. The gist of
Waters remarks were that he felt
that all the public offices should be.
thrown open. This would give every
ratepayer who desired a chance to
apply, and especially the young peo-
ple, many of whom needed positions.
Agnew remarked it is nota question
of being clisatisfied with the nnen at
present' holding the positions, but oth-
er ratepayers' are entitled to apply
and under the present system they
haven''t much chance of doing so: If
the present office holders have given
satisfaction, their applications would
be considered along with the rest
and there is no reason why they
would bo turned down,
Then Reeve Trewartha introduced a
motion that the council invite Oen-
stable McCoy to address the next
I meeting•. He. enlarged on valuable
.information received at previous meet-
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