HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-02-23, Page 3THURS., FEB. 23, 1939
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WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES.
Do You Remember What :Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD,
MARCH 2, 1899
Inspector Paisley's 'six-year-old
son, Stewart, promises to be a chip
of the old block. Mention was made
recently in the Sunday school which
he attends of the parable of 'the
loaves and fishes and, judging by the
average appetite of the present day,
he 'could not understand how such a
multitude could be fed on so little.
Ile pondered over the question a
whole day and about daylight next
morning asked his father for an ex-
planation, adding "I can't believe it,
for Lionel and I — alluding to his
brother could eat two loaves un
selves.
Mr. John Thompson, assessor of
Goderich township, in the course of
conversation the other day happened
to remark that he was still using
a set of team harness made by J. C.
Miller of the Hotel Clarendon twenty-
five years ago and during all that
time there has not been a break in
either of the tugs. •
Messrs. Sheppard and Beacom, who
have been associated in business as
grocers, etc., for the past couple of
years, havedissolved partnership, Mr.
Sheppard retiring. The business will
be carried on by Mr. Beacom who will
be assisted by his soiv,_Mr. William
Beacom of Goderich township.
A quiet wedding was solemnized.
at the residence of C. C. H. Wright,
Toronto, on Wednesday afternoon,
when Miss Lillie Turnbull, niece' of
Mr. James Turnbull, formerly prin.-
cipal of the Collegiate Institute, and
Alex Gordon were married' by Rev.
Alexander Gilroy. The couple have
taken up residence in Toronto.
Mr. S. S. Cooper has been awarded
the contract of building a new brick
parsonage, also a frame house for
Mr. W. McKie, both in Varna.
Over sixty persons were received
into membership in the Ontario street
Methodist church last Sunday morn-
ing. Four were received by letter.
The others, largely the fruit of the.
Crossley & Hunter Revival, had sat-
• isfactorily completed the usual three
month's probation period.
Miss Orpha Miller leaves tomorrow
for Victoria, B.C., having accepted a
year's situation in a large millinery
establishment in that city at a much'
handsomer salary than prevails in
this part of the country.
Mr. Thom Grigg of Taunton, Som-
ersetshire, England, was the guest of
his nephew Mr. A. J. Grigg, last
week while on his way north to visit
his brother near Londeaboro. There.
are several members of the Grigg
family on this side of the Atlaniic
with whom he will spend a few
months before returning to England.
Miss Mackay, sister of Mrs. L.
Kennedy and Miss Mackay of the
public school staff, who has been
teaching In Windsor has been com-
pelled to resign her position due to
ill health.
Mr. Robert Mclliveen. of Stanley
who recently sold his 80 -acre, farm'
for $4,800 may net go west after all.
He is just now undecided, we have
been told, whether to buy another
farm in this country or embark in
wheat' and cattle raising in the Ed-
monton district.
Mr. J. J. Fisher is in Brantford
this week attending the O.O.F. High
r'. Court as a delegate from Court
Maple Leaf, which was represented
for thirteen consecutive years by Mr.
John Smith. The latter will be mis-
sed at headquarters by the older
members of the Society with whom
he sat in . conclave.
On Saturday two weeks ago Mr.
John Plewes of the Bayfield road
observed• the 42nd anniversary of his
settlement in Stanley township. This
entitles Mr. Plewes to a place among
the pioneers of Huron.
several' years, having entered the
Whitney Ministry, it is understood.
he will be succeeded by Mr. Harry
Eilber, M,L.A.,South Huron, who is
as popular in the Houseas he is in
his constituency.
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A. T. COOPER
At the sixth annual convention of
the Huron Branch of the Dominion
Alliance held in Ontario Street
Church on Friday the office of Presi-
dent was given to A. T. Cooper, Clin-
ton. His associates are Vice -Presi-
dent F. Buchanan, Wingham; J. E,
Tom, Goderich; John G. Scott, Ex-
eter; Treasurer, A. Cozens, Wing -
ham, Secretary, J. A. Irwin, Clinton.
It was decided to appoint a field sec-
retary for the county one who will
give. his entire• time to the work of
temperance and moral reform
throughout the county.
Mr. J. Forbes, son of Mr. A.
Forbes of the Clinton Coal Yards,
who has been a resident of town for
the past year and a half, has accept-
eda position as manager of the Nor-.
folk County Telephone System with
headquarters at Waterford and ]eaves
on Monday morning for his new
position. Mrs. Forbes and • children
will not leave town until March.
Mr. A. E. Matheson, who has con-
ducted a flour and feed business in
,Clinton for:, the past coupleof years,
has bought the farm of Mr. J. G.
Crich of, the 2nd concession of Tuck-
ersmith, givinghis town property in
exchange. Mr. Matheson gets pos-
session of his farm immediately but
as he has leased back from the pur-
chaser the store and -dwelling which
he occupies for the period of oneyear
he has not decided whether he will
commence farming or continue deal-
ing in flour and feeds for anether
year.
The local Northern Leaguers went
down to defeat to those . shin -smash-
ers from our eastern suburb, Sea-
forth, on Friday evening last. The
score was 6 to 3. Clinton players
were Johnson, Rumball, McDonald,
Cluff, Kerr, Mitchell, Draper. For
Seaforth, McGeogh, Hays, Reid, Key,
T. Dick, Hoffman, Best.
Mr. John Brydone, aged sixty-five
Years, who went west a number' of
years ago, died at his home at Port-
age La Prairie on the 9th. He was
a nephew of Mrjst M. Fisher and
Mrs. Kennedy of.town.
Mr. Wm. Mutch, Auburn, has join-
ed the knitting mill staff, • and will
move his family here next week. He
is a brother of Mr, Fred Mutch of
Harland Bros. staff and the two have
been associated in band work since
as boys in knickers they played the
fife. Mr. Mutch is a clarionet pley-
er"and as such has joined the Clinton
Kilty Band.
Miss Edna Turner, who has been
teaching at Caledonia, came home
Friday evening for a visit with her
parents before their departure for
the west, her trustees kindly grant-
ing her a week's vacation. Mr. and
Mrs. Albert Turner and family leave
in about three weeks for their Sask-
atchewan homestead.
Mr. John Lasham the most widely
known citizen of Londesbore was in
Clinton on Thursday. He located in
Londesboro in 1863 and with the ex-
ception of a few months has ever
since resided there.
'When The' Present Century
Was Young
T11]8 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD!
.101.1BRIJARY 28, :1914
HARRY EILBER, M.L,A.
Dr. Preston, who has been Con-
servative Whip in the Degislature for
GOOD JOB FOR WOMAN,
OPENING AT OTTAWA
Must Bnow Feed Productions and Be
Able to Talk; Starts at $3,780
One of •the Highest -paying jobs for
women in the Dominion Government
service, that of chief of •the agricul-
ture department consumer, is to be
filled shortly. The successful appli-
cant will start work at salary of
$3,780 a year which may be increased
to '$4,140. She will advise in regard
to the best Canadian food products,
talk to women's clubs on Government
grading regulations and generally do
everything she can to increase con-
sumption of Canadian food products.
The job is a newly -created one.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
FREDERICK DELIUS SUBJECT, OF
MUSIC CHAT BY ADASKIN
Frederick Delius, the European
composer whose creative inspiration
was awakened in the New World,
will be the subject of Harry Adask-
in's informal chat about music to be
broadcast, over. CBC's nationwide net-
work Sunday, February 26, 1.00 to
1.30 p.m. EST from Toronto.
Delius' as born in Bradford, Eng-
land, in 1863, of German parents, but
at the age of 20 he went to Florida
to grow oranges. Tired of the ex-
periment, he journeyed to Leipzig to
study and subsequently settled in
Paris.
Tragedy took a hand in the life of
Delius, but his courageous spirit sur-
vived. So did:his genius, for although
hopelessly crippled, he continued to
compose. With his wife, Jelka Rosen,
the painter, taking dictation, Delius
finished the opera "Hassan" in 1923.
Thle composer's r'Senata No. 3",
also dictated note for note, will be
played as. a violin solo during the
broadcast. Frances Marr will be Mr.
Adaskin's piano accompanist.
OFFICIAL OPENING OF TAX:
MAIL SERVICE BROADCAST
BY CRC
The officialopening of the trans -
Canada air mail service by Trance
Canada Airlines will be covered by
the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora-
tion in a special actuality pregramme
to be produced by CBC's Special
Events Department Wednesday, Mar.
1, 9.30 to 10.15 p.m. EST under the
direction of Bob Bowman. The pro-
gramme, to originate in Ottawa, Tor-
onto, Vancouver and from a plane in
flight, will replace "Music by Faith"
and "Metropolitan Strings", usually
heard during this period.
An original play by Len Peterson,
entitled "Ah, Columbus", produced in
CBC's Toronto studios, will open the
broadcast, setting the stage for the
actuality descriptions to follow.
Tho first outside pick-up will oc-
cur at 9.45 p.m. from the Vancouver
airport where the first eastbound T.
C. A. plane will be taking off. From
Vancouver the programme will be
switched to Ottawa, at approximately
9.50 p.m., for a report of the landing
of the westbound plane which left
Montreal at 9.00 pen. As the plane
picks up the Ottawa mail, the pro-
gramme will be transferred to the
Toronto Post Office. Here listeners
will hear how the mail is sorted and
sped to the airport in time to make
connections with the westbound plane
During the programme, it is also
expected that descriptions of the
"flight plan", the "radio beans" and
"plane -to -ground communication" will
be obtained, giving radio audiences
an inside view of some of the many
technical arrangements required for
an air service of this magnitude.
YOUTH LOOKING OVER CANADA
ON CBC WITH IMPRESSIONS
SUNDAY
The CBC "National Forum", a pro-
gramme presenting social and econ-
omic questions of interest to Canad-
ians, discussed by representati,e`
speakers, will be turned over to two
youthful 'citizens of Montreal, on
Sunday, February 26, 10.00 to 10.30
p.m. EST, when a French-Canadian,'
Jean Lefort, will tell how English
Canada looks to him and Edward H.
Piper, English -Canadian, will de-
scribe his impressions of French Can -
1
ada.
Bothspeakers were born in 1915
and have lved almost continuously
in the province of Quebec. Mr., Lefort
attended the Catholic High School,
Loyola College, and was graduated in
engineering . from McGill University
in 1936. He is now in his last year
studying Law at that University. Mr.
Piper went to Lower Canada College,
took his B.A. at McGill in 1936, and
is also in his final year in Law at
the same University. For three years,
he played football for McGill, was:
a member of the executive conrmitteel.
of :the Debating Union Society, and
has taken part in several intercol-
legiate debates.
day of ,celebration wherever Welsh-
; man can gather together. OBC will
endeavor to add to the celebrations
in Canada by replaying over the nat-
ional network on March 1, from 6.30
to 7.00 p.m. EST, via CBC's short-
wave receiving station at Ottawa.
It is known that St. David was
born in A.D. 530 and died 59 years
later. Stories of his power -for good,:
of, his deeds and miracles, abound in
Welsh literature. The renowned cath-
edral in remote Pembrokeshire, a
superb monument to his name, to-
day stands in the place of the rough -
stone church that he built.
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1- KENSINGTON PALACE TIHIRD IN
I SERIES BY PELLETIER
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FROM CBC
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"Windsor Castle as a place tore-
ceive monarchs in. Buckingham Pal-
ace is a place to see fashion, and
Kensington Palace is a place to take
tea in:" So wrote Leigh Hunt, the
nineteenth-century essayist— and on
Sunday, February 26, from . 5.30 to
6.00 p.f. EST listeners to CBC's coast
to coast network will have an op
portunity of considering one part of
his verdict when the story of Ken -
sing -ton Palace is told in the third
of the "Royal Palaces" programmes,
produced by H. Rooney Pelletier of
the CBC, who is temporarily attach -
led to the BBG.
Kensington Palacewas
or
i 'all
y
known as Nottingham House, but
!William III bought -the mansion from
Lard Chancellor Finch and employed
Sir Christopher Wren to extend and
adapt it as a royal residence. The
!Orangery, regarded by experts tie the
most beautiful specimen of garden
architecture in England, was added
' by Wren on the instructions of Queen
Anne.
In the Palace is one of the most
famous rooms in history — a room
that has been painted, written about,
presented oh the stage and on the
1screen: in it, early one June morning
in 1837, the Princess Victoria receiv-
ed the Prince Minister and the Arch -
'bishop of Canterbury, and they told
'her that she had become Queen:
Over the chim neypiece h the
!King's Gallery, the finest room in the
Palace; is a curious wind -dial, show-
ing part of the map of Eurepe, The
;dial -hand was connected to the vane
•above the roof so that asthmatic
'King William IV was able to judge
whether he might safely venture out
Iof doors.
CBC TO RELAY ST. DAVID'S DAY
CHOIR RECITAL FROM WALES
Once, in a French war of long ago,
ionghowmen of Wales won a spectac-
ular victory on a battlefield where
leeks thrived. ` That, it is said, is
why the leek is one—and the senior—
of the two national emblems of Brit -
sin's oldest nation. The other is the.
daffodil adapted only in recent times
and the claim of which to national
regard is still disputed.
So it is that, on March 1, the coats,
the frocks, the caps and hats of the,
Welslunan and his family are flower-'
decorated in honour ef the day of
their patron saint, David. (The leek,
though the more fervent patriots still
cling to it, has its 'inconvenience fes
a badge.)
Though it marks the anniversary
of :their hero's death, March 1 is a
CRASH CLAIMS FORCE
INSURANCE. RATES UP
Seven to Nine Per Cent. Increase
for Automobiles in Ontario
Effective March 1, 1939, increases
averaging between seven and nine
per cent. are to become effective on
the cast of automobile insurance
coverage in the Province of Ontario.
In the Province of Quebec there are
also car insurance rate increases. The
companies underwriting this insur-
ance in Ontario include with their an-
nouncement of this increase, operat-
ing figures showing that existing
rates are far below their proper
economic level and that the upward
adjustment must be followed by
more careful driving and reduced
losses to correct the situation.
The reason for this increasing
cost, the insurance companies point
out, is the rapidly climbing lass
ratio. Public liability and property
damage claims are tenting to increase
in size. Higher speeds tend to make
each accident most costly. So, too,
does the great vulnerability of recent
model cars to extensive damage. Re-
sults ill automobile fire insurance, on
the other hand, do not require
creases.
In cities such as Kingston, Lon-
don and Ottawa, a 10 p. c. increase
also applies in public liability and
property damage rates. Collision.
rates. remain unchanged except for
the $50 deductible classification,
which increases 10 p. c.. Theft and
passenger .hazard rates remain un-:
changed, while ,the 20 p. c. redue-1
tion is applied! to fire coverage. These
again are the tariff rate changes,
Changes in other rates` follow the
same trend.
AWARDS ARE PRESENTED TO
BUTTERMAKERS
The Stratford District Buttermak-
ers' Club held its third annual ban-
quet in the Masonic. Hall Mitchell,
last, week, with 60 in attendance. The
presentation of six awards was made.
The cream grading trophy was
awarded to W. 'Skelton, of Clinton.
The butter` scoring .trophy went to
Gordon Worden, Mitchell; John' Paris
of Mitchell, was high man in cream;
Harold Murray of Clinton, weir third
place in butter scoring. A. trophy for
proficiency in grading butter and
cream was awarded to Alf Woodnutt,
Mitchell, and :the prize fol' high man
in cream and butter went to George
Young, Stratford. The guest speaker
of the evening was James Baker of
Zorm.
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Twenty Tons of Voice
(Photograph from Northern Electric Co. Ltd.)
ENGINEERS of the Bell System supervise their streamlined creation as finishing touches are put on the twenty -
ton, multi -voiced sound reproducer which, with a moving poker system will serve as a corps of "private;
guides" to visitors touring the General Motors `Highways and Hoeizons" exhibit at the New York Worlds Fair..
In the machine, 150 equally spaced photoelectric cell devices scan a motion picture film at the same time through-.
out its length. Thus 150 different parts of the same story are being told separately, at once. Moving cars, in the
exhibit, carry spectators before a model panorama of tomorrow's highway system. Each car is equipped with
speakers which give a perfectly synchronized description of the exact scene before which the visitor is passing.
This is said to be the most intricate sound instrument of its kind ever developed.
irror of
The Nation
By "Commoner"
Political history of the Bren mach-
ine gun contract case undoubtedly
will lay particular emphasis on one
notable feature of it. That is that
the six day debate on. the case in the
House of Commons was marked by
the significant absence of any de-
fence by the Prime Minister of his
Cabinet colleague, Hon. Ian Macken-
zie, Minister of National Defence, or
of the contract itself. Mr. Macken-
zie King left it to the Minister him-
self and to their subordinates to put
up the best defence they could with-
out help from him.
Speaking very briefly at the com-
mencement of the discussion the
Prime Minister did not defend the
contract or the Minister responsible
for it. His purpose was to head off
an open discussion in the Commons
and have the matter sent away to
a committee. The care Mr, Ring took
to avoid committing himself as head
of the Government, to any endorse -
ton of the transaction or any ap-
proval of the conduct of his Minister
of Defence was so deliberate that it
has occasioned a great deal of com-
ment. The impression he gave of
washing his hands of the whole mat-
ter was strengthened by the fre-
quency with which he interrupted
other speakers for the purpose of
denying personal connection with
various phases of the deal they were
exposing, It was especially remarked
that he was particularly careful to
disown any connection with the faked
summary of the Royal Commission-
er's report which falsely represented
it as a vindication of the, contract
and an exoneration of the Minister
of Defence and which was handed
to the press from a source connected
with the .Government, along with the
report itself. Some of his followers
in the House, close friends of Mr.
Mackenzie especially, are openly dis-
appointed at! his failure to go to the
help of the Minister:
Mr. Mackenzie King's course in the
matter is easily understood. It is
due to the embarrassing circumstance
that Hon. Ian Mackenzie and his
Bren gun transaction have been as
strongly condemned in quarters to
which the Prime Minister must look
for support in the forthcoming elec-
tion asby the Opposition parties in
Parliamer:jt. Assaults on the Minist-
er and his machine gun contract by
Liberal' newspapers• especially the
powerful Winnipeg Free Press whose
support means so much to him and
the demand that after the revelations
in the Davis report the business at
arming the countryfor defence at
the cost of scores of millions should
hot longer be left in the hands of
Mr. Mackenzie could not be ignored
by the Prime Minister.
By refrainurg from associating
Mr. King has left himself unfettered
as to future action. He will be free
to do what may seem to hire to be
politically necessary later on. By
throwing Defence Minister Macken-
zie to the wolves while he was under
attack in parliament he would have.
provoked a storm of bitterness and
division among his followers. That
he could not afford to risk' so soon
after the quarrel in the party fam-
ily over his disagreement with Prem -
lee' Hepburn of Ontario.
In Ottawa there will be little
surprise, however, if when he reor-
ganizes his cabinetinadvance of the
election Mr. Ian Mackenzie is either
among the missing or is found in a
post of less importance than that of
Minister of National Defence. It is
thought possible, too, that Hugh
Plaxton, M.P., who originated the
Bren gun deal - and who brothers
share in the benefits of the contract,
may not be encouraged to again
stand for election in his Toronto con-
stituency.
* * d. * *
Of the debate itself the outstand-
ing feature undoubtedly was the per-
formance of the new Leader of the
Opposition. Hon. Dr. Manion's pre-
sentation of the case against' the
Bren gun contract was so able and
effective that it set old members of
With the Government ignoring Dr-.
Manion's eppeal that it cancel thio-,
contract and thereby give assurance•
that patronage and profiteering-
would be divorced from the business.
of arming the country, there was no-.
thing further the Opposition could'.
do but allow th-e•contract
e to be sent.,
on to the Public Accounts Commit-
tee. The House of Commons, there-
fore, presented the unusual spectacle
of a unanimous vote when the CCF'
motion for reference to the Com-
mittee was submitted for a division,.
JAMES ARCHIBALD
Jameh Archibald, former Seaforth
resident, died Saturday morning in
Tuckersmith, from blood poisoning,
after a fall a week ago.
Mr. Archibald, who was in his
86th year, was born in Tuckersmith,
ton, who died eight years ago. They
He was married over 50 years ago
to Miss Mary Ann McGaw, of Clin-
ton, who died eight rears ago. They
settled on a farm in McKillop, and
later proved to Tuckersmith, after-
wards to Seaforth, where he was a
prominent horse buyer. For the last
four years he lived with his brother,
William, in Tuckersmith.
Parliament and long time observers Two sons survive, Andrew of Pe -
to comparing it with historic efforts I terboro, and Robert IL, principal of
of other parliamentary leaders. Dr. Oakville Collegiate Institute; • three
Manion suffered nothing by the coin- brothers, Andrew, of Seaforth; SVil-.
parison, So complete and impressive liam, of Tuckersmith, and John W.,
was his statement of the case that of Kitchener.
members of the Government who had A private funeral was held at 2.80'
not intended to takeart in the de -,o'clock on Mondayafternoon from S.
P
bate felt it lrecessary to attempt hur- T. Holmes undertaking parlors, Sea-•
ried speeche in an effort to undo the forth. Interment in Maitlandbank:
effect. Among his followers his per- Cemetery. Rev. Hugh Jack, of First
forinance has brought enthusiasm for Presbyterian Church, of which be.
his leadership to a higher level than was a former member, conducted that
ever. ;services.
eSNAPSNOT CUL
TABLE -TOP PICTURES
Toy soldiers, some cotton batting—and you have a war picture in winter„
Making table -top pictures is easy, and fun,
TF YOU want to give your imagine. -
.l tion free rein on something—just
try taking table -top pictures during
a few of the long winter evenings.
With a few simple materials' that
can be picked up around almost any
house, you can create all sorts of.
picture situations—in either comic
or serious vein. Spread out a piece
of plain, dark carpet, and you have
an attractive. grassy lawn. Put a
doll house on it, add a few toy trees
and a driveway made out of sand or
palt — and you have a handsome
country estate. Slip a few wads of
crumpled ,paper under the carpet,
smoothing it down neatly—and you
havo hills and valleys. A toy auto-
mobile on the drive, a few toy cows
or horses scattered about—and you
have a complete sural scene.
It's as simple as that.
For table -top pictures, any kind of
camera can be used. If yours is a
fixed-focut camera, or ono that fo-
onses only to five or six feet, slip a
portrait attachment on the lens—
this enables you to take close-ups.
The camera should be placed on a
firm support, and the lens .closed
down to a small opening. Tide makes
both near and far objects, sharper:
Time exposures 'should . be made,
using either ordinary electric bulbs
or, preferably, regular amateur.
photo ,bulbs.
Table -top pictures offer a wide,
choice of subject matter. You can.
takea couple of model airplanes„
hang them on dark threads, andl
picture an aerial combat. Or, you,
can use toy soldiers and caution
from the dime store, and stage a.
war on the living -room floor. A,
woolly white blanket, orcotton bat-
ting, provides snow fora winter -
scene. A sheet of black cardboard,.
is a fine background for a night.
scene. A mirror, laid out flat, makes.
a sheet of ice. Brown sugar or salt:
can be used for a sandy beach. Tiny
twigs' suggest bare. trees. Trans-
parent wrapping material, properly'
crumpled, resembles stormy water.
Place a Ship model on a sheet of:
this—and you have a storm at sea..
Clearly, in "table=tops" there are'
marvelous chances for pictru'es. The
sky is the limit—and there's•no end
to the fun you can Ihave. Try a few•
now, and you'll see.
221 John