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The Clinton News Record, 1939-02-09, Page 3'THURS., FEB. 9, 1939 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE °S WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, FEBRUARY 16, 1899 The funeral of'14Ir, James Fair took place on Frday last and was' very largely attended, notwithstanding the Revere weather, - so many citizens wishing to pay tribute of respect to one whom they so highly respected. The town council were present hi a body. The deceased was for some time a member of the council, though as a rule, he - did not manifest an active interest in municipal polities. On Friday Last Mr. Henry Watkins of Summerhill received a letter from the Rainy River district which brought him the sad news that his only brother, James, had been killed on January 28th by a falling limb while working in the woods for a large lumber company. The deceas- ed, who was about fifty years of age and unmarried, was a native of God- erich township and spent almost all his life in this county. He left here about two years ago for Rainy River. The nomination for the mayoralty rendered vacant by the resignation of Dr. Shaw, was a tame affair, though quite a number were out expecting that Mr. Searle would make another "Why don't I call them up?" Yes, why not? Haven't you often started a letter when your thoughts went a'wandering —made you want to toile rather than write .. . and, then, within a minute, you heard "Dear Mary"—her own familiar voice. And here's Johnny!" \arch a child's face when he hears Daddy's voice. You wish Daddy him. self could' see it— then he'd really know how much it means to his family, when he calls from a distant town. �718Prrl� "...now I call them every evening!" Somehow, you are attracted to a man who says this. In those few words he tells you much about himself and his family. Ile sets an example by "Going home" every evening— by LONG DISTANCE By using low Night. Rates (which apply every evening after 7 and all day Sunday), and placing "Anyone" 'calls -you can talk a long way for very little. move in the last Stour. He did not however, and Dr. Shaw, " being the only one nominated was declared el- ected. There is yet good money in raising horses, as farmers who have kept up their stock know full well. On Sat- urday Mr. William Rothwell of Stan- ley township delivered to buyer Mc- Dougall at the Conunercial" Hotel a five-year-old Clyde which tipped the scales at 1640 lbs. and netted him $175 which is about the top price realized in this district for some time. With the temperature away below zero Messrs. George Davis and T. R. Wiggington set up two aer-motors in Stanley township, one for Mr. R. Pearson and the other for Mr. Wil- liam Graham, On Sunday, Mr. George Grossman, one of the pioneers of Hullett passed into rest. He was of a ripe old age, having reached the four score mark, Mrs. Crossman died during Christ• mas week and was laid at rest on New Year's Day. Messrs. Box and Rose of Seaforth were in town on Saturday and purch- ased the stock of Mr. H. C. Barlett, who is retiring from business here. Mr. James Ross, who for many years has been caretaker of the Pres- byterian church has resigned. George White & Sons, London, have appointed Mr. A. Schrenk as the agent for their separators and „en- gines here. The cold spell which lasted from Sunday until Tuesday, when the wea- ther began to moderate was without precedent in this province. Even the oldest inhabitant can remember no- thing like it and it was severely- felt by all. The lowest point reached with the thermometer registering 33 be- low zero was on Friday, although night after night it went to 20 be- low and under. This has been pre- valent all over the continent, even Florida getting a touch. Mr. F. Shepherd, formerly of the Hub, but now of Shelburne, was in town on legal business on Tuesday. He formerly carried on a tailoring busiess here and is now at Shelburne. Architect Fowler of the Circular Town was in town the other day. He has completed the plans for the fine residence Mr. W. Doherty intends building next summer and will likely be shortly called upon to prepare plans for two additional residences Mr. Doherty has under contemplation. Dr. Turnbull leaves on Friday morning for the homestead at Milver- ton and next day leaves for Bremen, Germany where he will take a course in the hospitals there and at other famous seats of learning. He pur- poses to remain in Europe for at least six months. When The Present Century Was Young THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, FEBRUARY 12, 191.4 MAYOR FRED.JACICS,ON Because he did not get spot cash for a leather order which he once took from the late Timothy Eaton. of Toronto, founder of the great depart- ment store, Fred Jackson, a, success- ful shoe retailer in Clinton, who was recently elected mayor of that town, nearly lost the first job he ever had says a writer in. the Shoe and Leath- er Journal. It all happened when, the enterprising young man went out on his own initiative and secured an order from T. Eaton. When he turned in his sales slip he was sev- erely reprimanded for not getting the cash with order. - Mr. Jackson has had •a successful career in the leather trade and is now a prominent busi- ness, man in his own town. The annual meeting of the officers of the 33rd regiment was held in the rpamloss of the Clinton Club on Thursday afternoon. The officers present were: Col. Wilton., Majors Ranee, Combe, McTaggart, Shaw; Captains, Henan, Barcoe, Dunlop, The C. N. R. Bluff About Co-operation Is there no power in heaven or an earth to curb the orgy of expenditure by .the Canadian National Railways of Canada asks The Chatham Gazette, Chatham, New Brunswick. Each year it is costing the taxpayers of Canada $50,000,000 to run .this railway the way the present authorities are con- ducting it and the present year's deficit is estimat-, ed at $60,000.00. Now the management has actually entered on a plan to spend $12,000,000 on terminal facilities in Montreal within a three -year -period and it is a safe prophecy to make that, within that time the, C.N.R. will have added another $200,000,000 to the people's taxes. Are we insane, to allow such colossal taxes to be heaped on our backs? Is the Ottawa government not going to put its foot down flat and hard? , What has become of the co-operation plan be- tween the two big railways to reduce expenses? When. the Special Committee of the Senate was sitting, last year, one of the choice parts of the plan to whitewash the Canadian National manage- ' ment was the elaborate drive to prove that it was really the wicked Canadian Pacific which would not co-operate. "The Canadian National was pictured as being eager to co-operate. Indeed, the first few days of the Senate Com- mittee's hearings were devoted to arguments by a Canadian National officer to show that the Can- adian Pacific would not co-operate. There was nothing surprising in all this, because the Winnipeg Free Press had been for weeks promising that the whole Senate Committee probe 'would turn into an expose of the Canadian Pacific unwillingness to co-operate. Now we can see what co-operation means, as the Canadian National proposes to practice it. One of the choice opportunities, according to the testimony of R. C. Vaughan, C. N. Vice President, and S. W. Fairweather, C. N. economist, to save money was a general passenger pool. It was realized by all who gave the subject any consideration that the biggest difficulty in obtaining this would be to get the joint terminals needed at Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouv- er and other points. Now the possibility of getting a joint terminal at Montreal is practically removed, for even the Montreal politicians will hesitate to argue that the terminal which they have just start- ed to build should be torn down again. That is, the announcement of the Montreal term- inal plan is final confirmation of the fact that the Canadian National and its deficits are not matters of concern to the Government. They offer too splen- did an opportunity for individual and sectional pat- ronage. Co-operation is a good story, but it cer- tainly must not be allowed to interfere with the fulfilment of election promises. It will be quite interesting to see if the Senate Committee when it resumes this Winter, realizes how deliberately it was mocked last year in all the elaborate arguments to show that the Canadian National was really longing for co-operation. Naftel, Sinclair and Rundle, and Lieutenants Sloan, Hodgens,Stanbury and Towne. Mr. Wm. Cantelon, the senior part- ner in the firm of Cantelon Bros. on Saturday of this week passes an- other milestone in the journey of life thus rounding out his 75th year. Mr. Cantelon is a native of Goderich township, being a son . of the late David Cantelon, and is descended from French -Irish stock. He was en- gaged in wagon -making for many years previous to going into the grocery and produce business with his brother. Mr. F. W. French, who has recent- ly been principal of a branch high school at Calgary,' has been promoted to the principalship, of the collegiate institute in thesame city, Mr. French was formerly connected with Clinton Collegiate, and married Miss M. Taylor, sister of Mr. Jacob Tay -1 for who died several years ago. A vacancy having arisen in the Lic- ense Board of South Huron through the resignation of John Sherritt, ex-M.P. William Glen, Reeve of Stan- ley has been appointed to the position l far which his ability and good com- monsense will qualify him, The board now consists of John Middle- ton, Goderich township, William Glen% Stanley township, and W. H. Del-' bridge, Usborne. Mr. Middleton is chairman. Rev. T. Wesley Cosens, pastor of Empress Ave. Church, London, form- erly pastor of Ontariostreet chureh;i was given a unanimous invitation at the last meeting of the quarterly board to remain far a third year. Several members of the board spoke highly of the work done by the pastor during the past two years and also of the assistance rendered by Mrs, Cosens. Over in Stanley township Mr. and Mrs. Robert' Webster of Lucknow with their little • son, Melvin; are vis- iting at the home of Mr. James Reid. I' "Mrs. (Dr.) Jackson and little son Worth, who have been at the parental home for the past couple of months, leave today for a short visit with Toronto and Peterbora friends before returning to their home in Chicago. They were accompanied by Mrs.' Jackson's mother, Mrs, E. W. Rod away, and while in, Peterbora will be the guests of Mrs. John Brickenden and Mrs. C. B. Blair, Mr, Elisha Townsend, who has been attending a training school in Ot- tawa after a visit with friends in Toronto and also with his brother, Mr. Walter Townsend of Brantford, is now visiting in Clinton vicinity. Mr. Alex Armstrong of - Toronto, fornrerlybf Clinton, had the misfor- tune to meet with an, accident the other day which will confine hint to his room for some days. While de- scending a circular stairway in the Otto Rigel factory he slipped and in falling struck the small of his back against the edge of the step, giving himself a severe'jar. w� v Ypvtt \1151vr m'us°s°auU';yPff///G!"A"'eril///lifimiii//% FRANCE WILL BE PICTURED `IN CBC SnRIES FEB 7th France with its Parisian 'night -life, its gay cafes and boulevards,. its art - schools, subways, police, firemen, suburbs, fairs and provinces—ail will be transported' to North America in a novel series of fortnightly inter- national exchange programmes ar- ranged by NBC and CBC in co-opera- tion with the Administration des Pastes, T'elegraphes et Telephones, official French broadcasting system. The series, which wiII start over CBC's national network Tuesday, February 7, 6.05 to 6.30 p.m. EST, will open with a "Preface" in which listeners will be given a bird's-eye view of Paris and France. A typical, middle-aged visitor from this side of the Atlantic will be met at the sta- tion, at the start of the programme, and escorted through the,"douane" to a taxi. ° Subsequent broadcaets will bring actual microphone pickups from such familiar Parisian spots as the "Bal Tabarin", the "Folies Bergeres", the Beaux Arts and the Sorbonne. Dur- ing the series, audiences will be tak- en into Paris subwayls, • follow the fire department as it answers a call, rush through the streets with a police car, visit the home of typical French families and listen: in on political arguments in the boulevard cafes. BRITISH ACTRESS OF HOLLY. WOOD IN DRAMA "THE GODDESS" Madeleine Carroll, British motion picture star of Hollywood, has been cast in the leading role of the "Play- house" programme to be broadcast over CBC's comtnercial network Fri- day, February 10, 9.00 to 10.00 p.m. Miss Carroll, who has spent some time on a vacation in England and France, will return to New York in tine to appear in a dramatization of William Archer'•'s melodrama, "The e Green Goddess." t Orson Welles, producer and lead- ing actor of the series, will play op- a posite Miss Carroll in the role of the t villainous Rajah of Rukh, who holds a her captive with other members of a f wrecked airplane. PEL LETIER PRODUCES DRAMA c ficials were searching for her, con- tract in hand. When they finally contacted her the following morning, M St. James's Palace—"our Court of e St. James," to which Ambassadors' T and Ministers are still accredited though it has long ceased to be the sovereign's residence — will be the' subject of the second iprogramme in the series, "Logdon's Royal Palaces", to be produced Sunday, February 12, 5.30 to 6.00 p.m. DST by H. Rooney Pelletier of the CBC, at present on loan to the BBC in ' exchange for Lance Sieveking,',B-BC producer. The broadcast will originate in B B C's London studios and will be heard over the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion's nationwide network, relayed through CBC's short-wave receiving station at Ottawa. The building of the palace was be- gun in 1532, but it did not become the official home of En.gland's mon- archs until the reign of William III. Rich in historical associations, it was the home of Charles I in. his happier years, and, on the morning of his execution, he attended Divine Service in its Chapel. It was from this pal- ace that James II fled on his journey into exile. St. James's Palace was the official home of the first four Georges. During the reign of Queen Victoria it came to be used only for Courts, Levees and other ceremonies. 1t is, in the Friary Court, the near- est part of the Palace to Marlborough House, that the ceremony of Chang- ing the Guard takes place when the Ring and Queen are not in residence at Buckingham Palace. CBC NEWS BRIEFS Ann Jamieson in Toronto Ann Jamieson, who made her radio debut in Toronto and became the star of "Hollywood Hotel", came home to Toronto last week for a concert at Eaton Auditorium. On Monday, Jan uary 30, she was Monica Mugan's guest over CBL, where she had once appeared as a reguiar artist on the Neilson Hour, under the direction of Geoffrey Waddington. Questioned by Monica Mugan, Ann Jamieson reveal - d that breaking into "big time" in he United States was the surprise moment of her career. Her first udition was in competition. with nany radio celebrities. Immediately iter facing the microphone, and be - ore hearing the results, Miss Jam- eson slipped out of the studio and Ma a motion picture theatre, dis- outaged. In the meantime NBC of - SURROUNDING ST. JAMES'S PALACE iss Jamieson was he tmost astound - d young woman in New York. From oronto the young singer went to ROYAL COMMISSIONS A MERE. "FENCE" (Elora Express) J. A. Marsh, M,P., i for Harniltosr West, in speaking in the House of Commons last` week,- remarked that he agreed with a former speaker, Mr Blackmore, of Lethbridge, that com- missions were not the answer to the. queries, "Does the Government know what to do? Will it do it?" in con- nection with many of the serious, problems facing it. Mr, Marsh contin- ued as follows: "I agree thoroughly with my Hon. friend, and.I should like to place ore Hansard a ,slhort newspaper article= about commission government. It. says: "Actually, a royal commission, -rep- resents the confession of a govern - rent that it doesn't know what to do, about some given thing; or what. is just as bad—the confession of a, gov- ernment that it doesn't propose to doe, anything about a given thing. A. Pi. Herbert of Punch said that and, also , I may say that Mr. Herbert, who is: a member of parliament as well as a humorist, hit the thing off perfectly in his famou "I am the royal commission on Kiss- ing, !Appointed by Gladstone in "14; ' The rest of my colleagues are buried: or missing; Our minutes were lost in the last Great War. But still I'm a Royal Commission„ My task I intend to see through., Though I know, as an old politiciaxs. Not much will be done if I do." "In the quest for happiness, effect-.• iveness rather than pleasure must be the real object of pursuit. For ef- fectiveness in a high sense wil 'bring• happiness, while many of the apparent pleasures of life are only the masks. of misery."—David Starr Jordan. Guelph, Ontario, to visit her mother and sister. Singer Looks for Career Another career is in the making,;, and another young Canadian is treading the path that leads to either success or failure, hope or disillusion- ment. The adventurous young man Aja Charles Leonard Murray, Iyrie tenor who was born in Saskatchewan 20 years ago, and who has been sing- ing regularly on CBC's networks since October, 1938. Murray left January 24 for New York, with a de- termination to find music instruction: to fit hint for an operatic career. Isis home is in Winnipeg, and he visited his mother there before pro- ceeding to New York. How About Counter Check Books? Counter Check Books are a spec- ialty production which cannot be produced in the average local print - shop. 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