HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-02-16, Page 3THURS., FEB. 16, 1939
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE
WHAT CLINTON ; WAS DOING I.N TIIE'
GAY NINETIES
!o You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
,,THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,.:
FEBRUARY 23, 1899.
Robert Holmes, M.P.
The Toronto World dubbed Tues-
day's contest "The Battle of the
Bobs" with our good citizen winning
with a majority of 118. Clinton did
very well for the home man 'though
some expected a -still larger majority.
It is great enough though to entitle
it to good service in return. Undoubt-
edly a new post office will be built.
This was in effect promised by one
of the Cabinet Ministers while in town
last week. Robert Holmes, M.P., was
born in St. Catharines forty-five
years ago and has been a resident of
Clinton since 1865, in which year his
father entered the newspaper busi-
ness. The member -elect began to stick
type when in knickerbockers, was as-
sociated with the pater for a time
and in 1885 himself took charge of
the business here,
At an early hour last Friday morn-
ing the Misses Reid and Mains, who
occupied one of the rooms over Bar-
lett/a store, were awakened by smoke
which poured in from the adjoining
roony, which Mr. Barlett had used as
a workshop, and where he stored that
portion of his undertaking stock not
disposed of. They turned in the alarm
and with the flames apparently ex-
tinguished the steamer returned to the
fire hall. A. couple of hours later the
alarm was again sounded, the fire
breaking but the second time. Loss
bone. The little fellow is consequently
laid up and being confined is rather
hard upon him.
Mr. John. Cuninghame, secretary of
the Model School :Beard, on Monday
received from the Ontario Depart-
mens of Education nine fifty -dollar
elzequesfar distribution among the
teachers of the Model School, part of
the special, grant.
Hydro became -a reality in Clinton
at five thirty on Sunday evening last,
the current being turned on by Mr.
Castor, the Hydro Commission eng-
ineer, under whose direction the plant
has been installed. The News -Record
was the first to receive current over
the Hydro power line, the second,but
several hours later, being the Solo
Player Piano Company, the latest ad-
dition to Clinton's industries. The
Piano Company is also taking hydro
and the Jackson Company are aband-
oning their own power plant for the
Niagara energy. Other industries will
gradually fall in line.
Rev. Mr. Potts, the new rector of
St. Paul's Church, his father, Dr.
Potts, a venerable surgeon of eighty-
two . years who saw active service as
army surgeon in the Civil War and
Miss Potts have arrived from` Brant-
ford and are occupying the rectory.
The new rector will have charge of
the services in St. Paul's on Sunday.
At three o'clock yesterday after-
noon the marriage took place in St,
Paul's church of Anna Mae, only
daughter of Mrs. Colelough of the
Base Line, to Mr. Wm. H, Pickett,
also of Goderich township. The cere-
mony was performed by the new rect-
or, Rev. Mr. Potts. Miss Ortha Pic-
kett and Mr. Henry Pickett were the
attendants.
Mr. Joe Rattenbury of the. Ratten-
bury House yesterday celebrated a
birthday, it being his 54th. "Genial
Joe" still enjoys a joke and although
his hair is whitening his heart is
young.
Having received a unanimouscall
to Olds, a rising town in Alberta,
Rev. D. IC. Grant, pastor of .Willis
church, will formally resign on Sun-
day next and the following Sunday
will in all probability be his last
Lord's Day in Clinton.
A quiet wedding took place at
Trinity Church; Bayfield; on. Wednes-
day afternoon when Miss Clara Pearl,
eldest daughter of Mr. C. Parker,
amounted to about $500, fully covered was' united in marriage to Mr. Ernest
by insurance. The block is owned by, Atkinson Featherstone of Spalding,
Mr. John O. Elliott of Goderieh town-
ship.
Mr. John Wiseman has disposed of
his stock of merchandise and is re-
tiring from business. He has not yet
decided upon plans for the future,
but we hear lie thinks somewhat of
trying Manitoba.
Mt. Dan' E. Potter, a former resi-
dent of Clinton, died at his home in
Kincardine last week. He was a mar-
ried man and will be remembered by
many of our citizens. He was at one
time employed with John Tedford,
Mr. Oliver Johnston received. a. tele-
gram Monday stating that his broth
er-in-law, ' Mr. William Melburne of
Baden, had died suddenly the even.-
ing previous.
The following Clintonians, who were
employed by Apple King Cantelon re-
packing apples at Toronto, returned
in time to cast their franchise in
favor of Mr. Robert McLean: J. 13.
Cook, Arthur Cook, Henry, Joshua,
T. H. and D. Cook, E. Robinson, John
Henry, L. Scott, H. Fremlin, W. Cart-
er and H. Cook.
Misses Annie Howe, Maude And-
rews and Maude Cantelon left yester-
day morning to spend some time in
the wholesale millinery workrooms in
Toronto.
John McGuire and Norman Kennedy
returned Thursday night from their
New York trip, during which they When greater perils men environ,
aaw many of theinteresting sights, Then women show a front of iron;
of the great metropolis. And, gentle in their manner, they
Mr, William... Jackson, Mr. John Do bold things in a quiet way.
Hansford and Dr. Bruce accompanied —T. D. English.
Sir Charles. Tupper to . Goderieh
Thursday last.
A sad accident happened at the
River Hotel, Bayfield, one day last
week when a cat viewed a fine piece
of meat in the oven and tempted as
eats are it entered the oven. The
cook not noticing the cat 'closed the
door, When John opened the door
again his first discovery was roast
cat.
Mr. James Thompson has started
his sawmill again art the old site on
the Ord concession of Goderich town-
ship. . .
"WEST FROM BRISTOL"
BBC PRODUCTION TO BE matters pertaining to college life at
the Canadian academy.
HEARD ON CRC SUNDAY TO KEEP Y.OUIL" LINOLEUM
Stories of sailing and shipping out Carmen Lombardo Was Very IN CONDITION
of the port of Bristol and reminis-
is expected that he will advise en
months' engagement and stayed 20 Mr. Dunning Sets an a businesslike way, their Ispolcosntem-
years, so you -see how much I liked Would not attempt to dodge respon-.
ia7'. she said, "VOhing (friends in '
Toronto coincided with the renewal
of an old friendship. Miss Fleming
watched John Cairns, of the AB 0,
direct his first play as a guest pro-
ducer with CBC. Mr. Cairns, on many
occasions, has directed plays for the
ABC in which Miss Fleming has talc -
all en part.
Sask. Rev. H. J. Condon performed
the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Feather-
stone left yesterday for Hamilton,
the groom's former home, where they
will visit relatives before leaving for
their home in tate West.
One of the old settlers of Huron
county passed into the Great Beyond
on Saturday last in the person of
Anthony Lawson at the great age
of ninety-four and seven months. A
family of seven sons and two daugh-
ters survive:. Tobi and Joseph in
Auburn; William and Robert` of Hal-
lett; Samuel, who is travelling for
the L B. Case Company in the west;
Thomas of Stratford;. Mrs. Alex
Leitch and Luke Lawson of Clinton
and Mrs. Frank Neagle of Colborne.
Mr. Leslie Fisher, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Seth Fisher of town, who bas
been homesteading in the Edgerton
distriet, Alberta, had the misfortune
to break his leg three weeks. ago and
is now in an Edmonton hospital. He
was engaged in railway construction
when the accident occurred'.
Miss Ruby Cook, who_ was staying
with her sister, Mrs. J. Ross of Tor-
onto has been removed to the Isola-
tion hospital suffering' from diph-
theria. The attack is said to be a
mild one.
tens of early days an the Devon and
Cornwall coast will boiheard in "West
of Blister,. a special BBC transcrip-
tion programme to be presented Sun-
day, February 19, 5.30 to 6.00 p.m.
EST from Toronto. The programme,
which was devised and produced by
Francis Dillon in the Bristol studios
or the British Broadcasting Corpora-
tion, will be heard over CBC'snation-
Wide network from Toronto.
"West from Bristol" will tell of
the adventures of the licensed priv-
ateers of 18th century England, when
sxtppers were neroes, not oecause
they were mild or kind but because
they were hard and grasping. Chews,
who signed on with such famous men Dr. Heiniich'Swoboda's appearance
as Captain John Patrick of the "Lion as guest conductor of the Toronto
Privateer", knew that they would, Symphony Orchestra Tuesday, Feb -
share .in the profits of .plunder on ruary 2f (to be broadcast by OBC),
the seas. tis the outcome of plans made some
The quaint humour of Devon and i months ago to visit this continent for
Cornwall folks occupied in the more ahe purpose of increasing the interest
peaceful pursuit of agriculture will lin music in his native Bohemia. It
be illustrated in narrative and song. is his conviction that such Czech tom -1 Frequent waxings will lengthen the
When The Present Century
Was Young
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,
FEB1IUAli.Y 19, 1914
Master Charlie, the eight-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs, J. E. Cook, on
Saturday slipped upon the icy side-.
walk and striking his shoulder on tlhe
edge of the cement broke his collar
WRITE
NOW
Seadxidgo
and rafter
meaoure-
ments or
area to be
roofed, patohedor re
paired. Council Stand-
ard .'Tite-Lap" metal
roofing la around, per-
manent investment.
Absolutely weather-
tight.
.. Greatly reduces
re hazard.
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GUARANTEE °jen�ewmpj0
Prises now are lower because. of Sales 'Lax
oremptton. Save -money by writing today.
Manufacturers also of famous. Preston Steel
Truss Barns and Jamesway Poultry equip-
ment. Address 308 Guelph Si,Preston Ont.
4.ba/tr:Ad ,',Ne,aRE4L &T9,M1dNTp
Carmen Lombardo, w•.io asked
Percy Faith to give his new song,
"Don't Start Something" its air
premiere, heard a typical Percy
Faith arrangement when ?the song
'was first broadcast during the "Music
by Faith" over CBC and MES net-
works on January 25. Louise King,
OBC songstress, introduced the tune,
assisted by the modern chorus and
the orchestra Immediately after the
broadcast, the following telegram ar-
rived from Mr. Lombardo; "I want
to thank you for. your sensational
rendition . . . It is the last word!"
•
Czech Conductor Visits Cansa
All linoleuin floors should be
dusted daily and waxed frequently
depending on the amount of wear
they receive. If you are fortun-
ate enough to have one of these
bright new shiny linoleum .floors, it
prpbably already has a coat of wax
which was recommended by the manu-
facturer or contractor. To keep the
floor in good condition, it should be
dusted daily with a dry mop. All
spots and dirt which cannot be re-
moved with the mop should be wiped
away with a damp cloth.
'When a mote thorough 'cleaning
becomes necessary, great care should
be taken in the process.. Mild soap
suds and warm (never hot) water
should be used. Strong soaps are
litcel
to soften the linoleum and
Y
1 compounds
1cleaning cam o
gritty or harsh clean ng p
may scratch the` surface and mar the
pattern. The floor should never be
flooded with water and it is best\to
use . a tightly wrung rag or string
mop..•
"The Blandford Sailor", sung to the ; posers as Janacek and Suk soon will life hfe and preserve the beauty of your
tune of "The Rambling Sailor" from be widely appreciated by North Ant-. floor. Waxing should always be done
"Songs of the West", the "Arethusa"'eriean audiences and that Suk will immediately after a thorough wash -
and "Old Stormyt', arranged by Ceeil take the place as the legitimate suc- ing. Make sure floor is absolutely
Sharpe, will be presented by the BBC cessor 6f both Smetana and Drorak. dry and then apply the wax. A thin
West of England Singers. During his stay this side of the At- coat is best since too heavy an ap-
lantic, Dr. Swoboba is accompanied plication gives the floor a glossy ap-
IiIS MAJESTY THE RING Tp BE by his' wife, Liza Frank Swoboba, pearance and makes it slippery. Kit-
Czecho-Slovakia's leading radio so -
HEARD OVER CBC FEB. 21 ' chen and bathroom floors, octans
piano. - I they got more wear, require more
His Majesty King George VI w911 `—'— j cleaning and waxing than linoleum
be heard throughout the British Eni- Australian Actress Visits the CBC in other rooms.
pire on Tuesday, February 21, from You can also help protect your
10.25 to 10.55 a.m. EST on the,oc=1 Nell Fleming, for 25 years a lead- floor from beauty mars by using
caslon of the launching of Britain's ing legitimate theatre and variety gliders and cups under the furniture
newest battleship, the "King George actress, and a frequent performer for Sharp chair and tables legs and
V". The broadcast wiII originate in the Australian Broadcasting Commis- broken castors dig deep grooves into
Newcastle -on -Tyne the Northumb- sion at Sidney and Melbourne since linoleums and often leave scars and
erland coal -city, where some of Eng- 1`,30, WRS recent visitor at CBG's holds.
lands ]ingest shipbuilding htdustties Toronto are located, native of the United States, has made
The words of His Majesty the her home in Washington since re -
King will reach Canada and the coast turning from Australia a few months
to coast network of the Canadian ago. Asked about her career as al
Broadcasting Corporation via the stage and radio star "down under",'
direct beam, telephone circuit between Miss Fleming admitted homesick/less
for her adopted country across the
special
p
Montreal.B s cn
Londa andBG
London
p
e fill six -
to
T went out to 1 a
Pacific.
t
events commentators will lie "present
to describe the scene before and af- .,.e�as�
ter His Majesty's address and it is
expected that specially placed micro-
phones will pica. up the sounds as the
mighty ship -of -war for the first time
touches the waters of the river Tyne,
several miles inland from the North
Sea.
For those who are unable to bear
the original morning broadcast CBC's
blattnerphone equipment et Ottawa
will be used to record the broadcast
and repeat it the sante evening, from
10,45 to 11.00 p.m. EST.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER WILL
/ BE RECALLED
Fifty-two years ago, missionary
women of the United States conceived
and inaugurated the World Day of
Prayer. On Friday, February 24, the
voices of women of more than 50
countries, encompassing the entire
globe, will be raised in prayer, ask-
ing far preservation and furtherance
of Christian doctrines , and human
charity.
The World .Day of Prayer is the
prayer of Christian women, the world
over, for the need of Christian unity
in the world today. The day set aside
for this one concerted effort of pray-
er is always the same, the first Fri-
day in Lent, Lately, both Abyssinia
and Labrador have affiliated them-
selves with the Day' of Prayer.
The Inter -Board Committee of 'the
Women's Missionary Societies of
Canada calls upon all Canadian wom-
en to remember this Day, and to de-
vote themselves to prayer upon it,
a prayer which has been called the
"touch of'the Master's hand".
A quarter-hour tadio programme
will also be presented: Thursday,Feb-
ruary 23 over the national network
of the CBC, under the auspices of
the inter -Board Committee. This: pio
granune, to be heard from 2.45 to
3.00 p.ni. EST, will consist of vocal
and instrumental music. A' statement
outlining the purpose and significance
of the Day of Prayer will be made
by Miss Bessie MacMurchy, treasurer
of the 'Committee..
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CDC NEWS BRIEFS
CBC Employee an Leal!- to MGM
A. member of the Canadion Broad-
casting Corporation's Traffic Depart-
ment
epart
ment at Toronto, Hamilton Z. (Pete)
Palmer, left Wednesday, on a 2-
month trip to Hollywood, California,
to act as technical adviser for the
production of the MGM motion pic-
ture "Elands. Across the Border". The
film will be based: on campus life
at the Royal Military College at
Kingston and the United States Army
Acadeiny at West Point. Painter, .a
graduate of the R,M.O. class of '33,
was Captain. of last season's hockey
teams which journeyed to West Point
for the annual inter -collegiate hockey
Contest between the two schools.- It
Examplesibmty. Toney might, indeed, haver
In the first of his series of broad. something to brag about. As it Is,
casts the publisher. of the Clobe &'they are both culpable for creating
Marl referred to Hon. Charles A. a situation which costs the oeuntry
Dunning; Minister of Finance as "a some $100,000,000 annually, and they -
sincere public servant, trying to do knout it.
a good job for the people," but one I No one can say Mr. Dunning wel-
who sees the hopelessness; of doing comes the task of finding scores of
a. first-class job., ' under our present millions' of dollar's, each year because;
political system : the politioians lack the eom•age to -
Confirmation of this opinion "came stand up to one of the country's mill--
,
dramatically on Thursday in the or problems;. He sees little prospect
House of Commons. Mr. Dunning of balancing his budget and restos--
rose to make hi,s first speech since ing national confidence while this:
his physical break-dcwn during the unnatural and unnecessary dram on.
last session. A vote was about to be the public puree continues, It is a
taken which would test confidence in terrific price to ask of the people.
the Governmen.t,and ,the Minister for political eowarrdiee•
did not hesitate to unmask the pol-' Mx. King is eominitted by a party'
-tical duplicity in his own party as platform of long standing to retain -
well as the Opposition. 4 the Canadian National as a publicly-
Ile
ubliclyHe affirmed what has become the
' growing conviction of the country
that political pressure has interfered
with a logical solution of the railway
problem. "There is no subject on
which we all, including myself," hi
said "require more earnest heart-
searching than our own great pub-
licly owned utility. We all in Op-
position criticize the Government on
things which we ourselvea have fail -
owned and publicly operated system..
Dr. Manion has set his face firmly
against what is called unification..
Does this mean that both leaders,
are pledged to do nothing but bleed..
the public to serve politieal fear ands
ineptitude? Afraid to take steps ta
benefit all eeetions of the community
lest they offend some? The depths
of present-day partyism.
If the party leaders had business
ed to do:" donate to their responsibilities., acumen and public loyalty proper--
nsi iliti
The railway situation seldom gets es, they
into debate without charges. and would get, busy on semething eon -
counter -charges. The fuse has been :stt•uctive instead of flaunting inipot-.
lit again by Mr. Ralph Maybank of ent negatives before the electorate..
:Winnipeg who criticized the record If they are afraid to suggest eny--
of' the Opposition Leader when Min- 'thing separately, lest Ana Tarty
inter of Railways. Dr. Manion, de- snake a misstep and the other ether -
fending himself, aroused the Minister over it, let them consolidate their -
of Finance .by, declaring the debt toad best judgement in the common inter.
of the railway .system had increased ests and see how quickly public ap--
disproportionately under Liberal rule. proval comes. The most desirable -
Mr. Dunning agreed that there had plan for a railway :solution may not
been great expansion in the Cana- have been found, but we submit it.
dian National mileage when he was is the duty of Parliament of both.
Minister of Railways, but said that'parties, to find it, and to do so.
Conservatives had joined many times speedily.
e in making demands for certain lines.' Mr. Dunning has set an example in
He added that in 1930 the present frank public honesty. Let the lead -
Opposition leader had promised to ors and panties follow, We believe
build the Mafeking cat -off in Mani- there is a way to solve the railway
toba if his party was elected. Dr. Problem without sacrificing the em -
Manion jumped up to deny the IiloYees• This old bugbear might as
charge. Hon, T. A. Crerar rose to well be forgotten. On the other hand
affirm it. The. member for Dauphin if the railways are not whipped into•
got on his feet to say he heard the shape to stand on their own feet, all
promise made. may find themselves out of jobs. The•
There the dispute on this point end- financial security of the country de—
ed so far as Parliament was concern- mends action. The truth must be:
ed. It was enough, It was' typical, admitted.
If the Canadian National were not
used as a political football by both Itis a good .and safe rule to sojourn
parties these constant charges and in every place as if you meant to
denials would never be heard. If the spend your life there, never omitting
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respective governments' had kept the an opportunity of doing a kindness, r
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railway strictly out of politics, if they speaking a true word, or making a
had tried to help it honestly and in friend.—John Ruskin.
Toronto studios Miss Fleming a
"The purist form in which
tobacco can be smoked"
pilak
the t He's Y t!:• SJR BOY!
A NI?, while we're still in a fanciful mood, let's
4-1. suppose he has suddenly become seriously ill—
Then, imagine yourself to be in financial difficulties
—your income, never more than $900.00 a year, has.
ceased altogether because the factory has shut down
temporarily.
You think your little boy may be dying—the doctor.
orders you to rush with him to the Hospital for Sick
Children -- you learn it's pneumonia of the most
serious type — that serums alone will cost over $400.00,
to say nothing of the special graduate nursing and
expert rnedical attention required, nor of the cost of
hospitalization itself.
Could you be turned away because of this? There
is only one answer to this question. It has been the
answer of the •Hospital for Sick Children for 63 years—
a youngster's real need for hospital care and medical
attention is the only ticket of admission - required.
Race, creed or financial circumstances are not consid;
ered. We know the people of Ontario want it that
way.
This Hospital has met every emergency which has
developed during the 63 years of its existence. It is
famous throughout the civilized world for the success
and efficiency of its medical and nursing staffs and
for the low cost at which it is operated.
And who pays for this humanitarian work? The
doctors give their time absolutely free. The Ontario
Government pays 60c per patient per day and the
patient or the patient's municipality pays $1.75 on the
same basis. That leaves over $1.00 per patient per day
ofbare cost for whichwe must appeal annually to
humane and generous citizens. This Hospital does
NOT share in the funds collected by the Federation
for Community Service because patients are admitted,
from all over Ontario.
This, year, over $83,000.00is needed. That means:
over ten thousand donations if they were to average -
$8.00 each—or over twenty thousand. averaging $4.00..
Certainly, a staggering total! So, please make your
gift as large as you possibly can. If you cannot afford
more—remember that even a dollar bill helps pay
for the care of somebody's baby.
I' indly trail your donation to the Appeal Secretary,.
67 College Street, Toronto, We cannot afford to use
any of our much-needed revenue for canvassers or other
organized effort tocollect money.
67 COLLEGE STREET,