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ASIS; FOR A CALENDAR
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The Clinton Lion's Club
in co-operation
with the. Provincial and Federal Depts. of Agriculture'
announce the formation of a
Swint h
.For Farmer's sons between 12 and 20 years of .age (inclusive) .
Membership definitely limited to 20 young inen.
Applications must be in by March 1st.
Information can be secured from.:
.W. L. Whyte, R.R. No, 2, Seaforth, Chairman,
Frank/ Fingland, Fred Ford, J. C. Shearer, Clinton.
FARM SETTLEMENT SCHEME
'TO BE TRIED IN ONTARIO
:Inauguration of anew farm settle-
ment scheme to rehabilitate families
on relief was announced by Hon,'
Erie Cross, Minister of Public Wel-
fare and; Municipal Affairs.
Present plans call only for an, ex -
ental scheme involving -expend -
tore than $60,000,e the
{ cost to be borne by the province, the
Dominion and the municipalities on
a 40-40-20 basis.
The Federal Government has ap-
proved the plan and it is expected
the first families will be settled early
in March. Kr. Cross expected the
initial approplriation, would provide.
for at least 100{ families and that the
scheme if :successful ` would be ex-
tended gradually.
Huron Old 'Boys'
Associa'don
The annual 'Euchre and Bridge of
the above association was held in the
Liberty Ballroom, Dundas st., west,
Toronto, on Wednesday evening last
and was an assured success its every
particular.
Liberty Ballroom is an ideal spat
for such entertainments, being well
equipped with all the newest furnish-
ings, and is easy of access.
Some of those present were the
following: Mr, H. M. Jackson, Dr.
and Mrs. G. F. Belden, Dr. and Mrs.
J. G. Ferguson, Mr. J. A. McLaren,
Mr. E. Flnody, Mr. R. S. Sheppard,
Mr. T. G. Soule, Mr. W. A. Buchan-
an, Rev. R. C. McDermid,, Mr. and
Mrs: Geo. Ferguson, Mr and Mrs.
A. C. MaeVicar, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
R. Dane, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Dane,
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Campbell, Dr.
and Mrs. H,J. Hodgins, Dr. and Mrs.
Byron Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Hanna, Mr. and Mrs. M. Scarlett, Mr.
and Mrs, J. Moon, Mr. and Mrs. B.
H. McCreath, Mr. and Mrs. L, M.
Pringle, Mr. and Mrs. H. Hamilton,
Mr, and Mrs. W. D. Brinks, Mr. and
Mrs. E. 3. B. Duncan, Mr. and Mrs:
Geo. Love, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brad -
win, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Morris, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Scott, ,Mr. Lack Kennedy,
Mr A J Grigg, Mrs. D. Thompson,
Mrs. I. IL Brown, Mrs. H. B. Stowe,
Mrs. S. M. Wickens, Mrs. DeLacey,
Mrs. Woods, Mrs, Loney, Mrs. Bauf-
man, Miss Ethel Glen, Miss Fannie
Paterson, Miss R. Cameron, Miss. E.
E. Hamilton, Miss R. Proctor, Miss.
L. Beck, Miss E. McLaughlin, Miss
L. Mclaughlin, Miss J. Rutherford,
Miss E. Taylor and many others
whose names could not be obtained.
Notes
President Jackeon has shown :him-
self to be a live wire presiding offie-
er, and the great turnout on this oc-
casion, can be dTttibuted to his Her-
culean efforts.
Lack Kennedy, Clinton Old Boy,
carried of the first prize in Euchre,
end E. J. B. Duncan obtained the 2nd
prize.
The Huron Old. Boys' Association,
is now 39 years old, being -organized
in January 1900, with the following
officers: Hon. President, General W.
D. Otter; President, John S. Willis-
on; Secretary, E. Flood,; Treasurer,
Henry Beattie.
Miss Edith Glen, assistant secret-
ary, brought a good delegation from
Colborne Township.
Mr. A. G. Smith, Winghant. Old
Boy, was in California on a business
trip, and could not be present.
Mr. S. M. Wickets, sports chair-
man was laid up with a severe cold,
and was obliged to stay at home for
the evening and he was much missed.
Mr. J. Bradwin, former editor of
the Blyth "Standard" told of the old
days in Blyth, when Charles Ham-
ilton was the live wire booster of
the place.
E. Fleetly told of the Centre Huron
election in 1878, when a bunch of
Tories from Tipperary, drove over to
Bemniller and ran the parttvright
meeting with the celebrated "Joe
Gibson" of Ingersoll as their speaker.
Mrs. D. Thompson had charge of
the refreshments, and the "Eats"
were excellent el tt a n
d that is saying
something.
Miss E.. O'Neil won the first prize
in Bridge over many competitors.'
The Daite Brothers Geo. and. D. W.
brought a good crowd from Gerrie
and Wroxeter.
ilirs, Wood ,Wroxeter Old Girl at-
tended our functions for the first
time and she was delighted.
Mr. W. E. Hanna, •Collegiate Prin-
cipal did good work on the refresh-
ment committee.
The members were- all pleased to
see Mrs, S. L. Scott, one of the old
pioneers, and she was given a wariit
welcome.
Our old friend, Alex MaeVicar. was
as lively as a kitten and he helped
to make everybody happy. For many
years he provided the association
with two sliced hauls for their func-
tions and these acts are not forgot-
ten.
Ed. Duncan told of the time when
the late W. R. Miller \vas appointed
Principal of Goderich Model school,
and the Scotch chairman of the
Board, came to him about ventilating.
the school, by raising the windows,
"ye dinna think, said he, that the
Booed is going to heat the hale
Toon".
PRAIRIE NO. 7 AWAITS TEST
Today, Feb. 20, Pfairie No. 7 stood
at the 3275 foot level, with a Gas
pressure of 300 lbs. to the square inch
in the top of the Well, and when
opened this afternoon, the roar of
the escaping Gas could' be heard a
utile away at the village of Prairie
Siding,—and a depth of 70 feat of 41
gravity high grade Oil in the bottom
of the Well,
The Well is now being prepared
for a charge of liquid nitro-glycerine,
being brought in by truck from Find-
lay, Ohio, after which a production
test will be made.
Prairie No. 6, Rowe-Bruette Nos.
3 and 4, will have put a total of,
FORTY MILLION Cu. feet of Gas
into the line, or $8,000 worth,for the
month Jan. 20 -Feb. 20th.
The derrick for the first of TWO
new Wells is being rapidly erected
and drilling, on it will start by ,Men -
day ; next.
EASY 'COME - EASY GO
"Gone with the wind—only quick-
er," said a disillusioned young lady
in `her third-class cabin aboard the
Canadian -Australian liner Niagara,
as she portrayed to newspapermen
hew $5,000 had been squandered in
little over a year. She is returning
to her home town in Australia.
Formerly a waitress in Sydney, the
young lady, who refused to divulge
her naive, occasionally bought sweep-
stake ticketys, and, two years ago won
85,000. She quit work at once, bought
passage Lor Canada and proceeded to
Mointreali to visit her sister She
found the latter on relief, and spent
money to help her. She loaned money
here and there, and. bought nice
fancy things. As long as there Were
checks in her check -book,: she fig-
ured there was money in the bank:
Within a year she was penniless, and
the borrowers • were in like' condition.
Sa she, too, ` went on relief, and
has been that way for a year. Now
she is returning hone, her trans-
portation provided' by a charity or-
ganization, a is.ltdder : but wiser
woman.
Hepburn Returns
Premier Mitchell 'Hepburn, of On-
tario, returned from the Antipodes
Monday with the assertion, Austral.
ian banking and economic. methods
"might he applied" in his home
Stanley Farmer Wins, ii
Competition
Results of the Junior Farmer's
Soil Fertility Demonstration conduct-
ed in 1938 by the local office of the
qntario Department of Agriculture l
and, the ; Department of Chemistry,
O.A,C.` Guelph, were announced at a
banquet held in Guelph on February
17th.
Entered in this competition were
representatives of twelve counties in
Western and Central Ontario, ten
competing from Huron County. Two
were successful. Robert Glenn, son
of Mr. Ed. Glenn, Stanley township,
carried off fourth prize in his dem-
onstration 011 Field Beans, and R. J.
MelMillan, McI{illop township, won
third for his demonstration on mixed
grain. The prize money: was donated
by the Eastern -Canada Fertilizer
Association.
In these tests the boys plant a given
acreage and assist in research work
by keeping careful notations of the
growth and prggress of the crop from
time to time which means a lot of
careful and painstaking work in ad-
dition to the mantLal labour' involved.
At .the. end of the season all results
are compiled •and the awards made.
Robert Glenn is vice-president of the
local Junior Fanners organization,
and shows promise of becoming one
of the outstanding young men of a
community noted for progressive
province. farming.
The premier said he found "very
interesting" the Australian Common-
wealth's policy of converting private
domestic loans to lower interest rates
as a means of stabilizing business
conditions.
Accompanying Mr. Hepburn who
sailed from, here last January for
the Antipodes,, were: R. H. Elmhurst
the premier's private secretary; Hon.
Colin A. Campbell, public worlt
minister in Ontario, and ' Chester
Walters, deputy provincial treasur-
er,
Appointed Trade
Commissioner
George R. Paterson, agricultural
representative in Clinton from Aug-
ust 1926 to March 1929, and of late
representative in Bruce County, hal
been named to the post of assistant
trade commissioner (amoral prod-
uciti) of the Canadian department
of trade ands commerce in the Brit-
ish Isles, with headquarters in Lon-
don;
ondoii 1 England. He will leave for his
new post early in. March.
Mr. Paterson graduated from the
O.A.C. in 1924 and received. Itis mast-
er's degree at Iowa State College in
1926. He then became associated
with the Crops and Markets Branch
of the Department and was sent to
England in connection with his
duties. He was successor here to
S. B. Stothers and 'received the
Walkerton appointment in 1934.
ROYAL{ DOLLAR TO HONOR
KING'S VISIT
There is to be a Royal Silver Dol-
lar minted in honor of the visit of
the 'icing and Queen, and it is sug-
gested that 10,000,000 will not be
too many as most Canadians will de-
sire one as a souvenir of the happy
occasion.
One way in which all will have
an opportunity to share in the 'dis-
tribution would be for employers to
purchase a sufficient number 'to en-
able them to place one in each 'em-
ployee's pay envelope. Not a bad
suggestion. "Fifty years hence there
Would be some of these souvenirs in
possession- of !those who• recieved
them in this way,
The Dominion government will' dis-
tribute to school shildron about 2-
250,000 bronze medallions commem-
orating the visit of the King and
Queen to Canada next su mner, it
was announced rat {Prime Minster
1VIaelcenzie King's office,
The medallions, about an inch in
diameter, will be distributee! free to
all school children through the ag-
ency of the provincial educational
authorities.
In. addition, souvenir silver {and
bronze medallions will be placed on,
sale at tite leading post offices of
Canada " at reasonable cost."
ROYALTY WILL i'ISIT QUINTS,
TORONTO HEARS
Arrangement are well udder way,
it was reliably reported at Queen'o
Park, Whereby Their Majesties—due
ing their forthcoming visit. to Can-
ada — are' now "almost 'certain" to.
visit the Dionne quintuplets at Cal-
lender.
Their Majesties, it is understood,
are likely to extend their ,short mo-
tor tour through the Muskoka dis-
trict to include a call on the Quints'
hospital and ntlrsei.'y. Plans for this.
so -far -unscheduled visitare reported
to be in the hands of the Ottawa
authorities, but with the 'complete
&donation of the {special Ontario
committee, headed by Lieutenant
Governor Albert Matthews.
They are said to have progressed
to the point where the .Provincial
Department of Highways will be
shortly requested, formally to snake
certain road preparations which the.
inspection of the quints and their
home would entail.
Uln;ti the . Lie tenan - over or
1 un; UG v T
ciills another ,conference it is quite•
unlikely there will, be any official
announcement regarding it,
Culliuuings-Glees
A quiet wedding was solemnized
at the Presbyterian church manse,
Clinton, on Friday morning, Feb-
ruary 171h, at 11 o'clock when Rev.
Gordon {Peddie gndted in marriage
Margaret Jean, only daughter of Mr.
and Mrs, Henry Glow ofi Hullett
township, to Harald Munro Cum-
mings, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cummings of Seaforth.
The bride was becomingly attired
in a dress of suez silk delaine with
lace ecru{ trimmings and matching
accessories. She was attended by her
cousin, Miss Helen L. McKenzie of
Clinton. The groomsman, also a
cousin of the bride, was Mr. Robert
Biggart of Clinton. ,
Following the ceremony a buffett
lunch was served at the home of
Mrs. R. W. McKenzie, aunt of the
bride, to immediate relatives. The
young couple later left for a trip to
Toronto and Niagara Falls, the bride
donning a wine tree bark coat and
navy accedsories On their return they
will reside 'at Seaforth.
Rueger-Chamney
A quiet wedding took place at the
home of thegroom's sister Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur ' Fulford, Clinton, on
Wednesday, February 15th when
Miss Dorothy Chamney, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William
Chanmey of Listowel was united in
marriage to William Rueger, son of
Mr. Daniel Rueger and the late Mrs.
Rueger of Goderich township, The
ceremony was performed in the pies=
ence of immediate relatives by Rev.
H. Wilding of Hohnesville.
The bride's costume was a navy
triple sheer with matching accessor-
.es and she was attended by Mrs.
Arthur Fulford. The groomsman was
Mr. Arthur Fulford. At the con-
clusion of the 'ceremony .a buffett
lunch was. served, Mrs. Dale and Mrs.
Habidant assisting in waiting on the
guests., The y-oung couple later left
for a trip to eastern points, the bride
travelling in a smart blue ensemble.
On their return they will reside on
the groom's, farm in Goderich town-
ship,
Rev. W. G. Bugler Inducted
Rev, William George Bugler, B.A.,
has been inducted as Rector of Holy
Trinity Church, Brantford, and St.
John Anglican Church, Brantford.
Vent, Archdeacon A. la. C. Clarke,
Rector of Grace Anglican Church,
Brantford, was in e'harge of the ser-
vice He was assisted by Rev. T. D.
Painting, Rector of Holy Trinity
Church, Brantford, and Rural Dean
of Brant; Rev. Canon Warner, Lon-
don; Rev. G. G. Stone, Norwich; Rev,
S. Simple, ITliamesford; Rev. M.
Eccleston, London, and W. Belt, lay
reader in charge of Onondaga and
Middleport ,
ON SAME FARM SEVENTY
YEARS
Mr. John Bocicly, ane of Brant
Township's well-known and 'success-
ful 'farmers, purposes retiring from
agricultural activities and has leas-
ed his farm to his only son, William,
with whom he has been jointly work-
ing the property, and who takesover
the operating of the farm on March
1st.
Mr. Boddy, whose holdings consist
of thirty acres on the east side of
the road, where his sen has been
residing, and one hundred acres on
the west side, will exchange places
of residence with hie offspring and.
will shortly move to the domicile ac-
ross the highway same sixty rods
south of his present place of abode.
As Mr. Roddy was born on this farm
in 1872 he will be shaking from his
feet the dust of acres which he has,
daily trod for almost seventy years.
TIHURS., FEB. 23, 1939
THE BANK ; OF MONTREAL
Toronto -=•- New Building
The site for the proposed new
building for the. Bank of Montreal
is on the northwest corner of King
and Bay Streets.
The building will be sixteen
storeys and' basement and sub-
basement, the lowest floor being
some twenty-six feet below the
sidewalk. The ground floor to be
occupied by. the Banking room and
also the second floor will cover the :
whole site while above this there
wil bea set -back at the north and'
south of about twenty feet. They
remaining fourteen storeys will
forth a massive tower with the upper
storeys enriched to form the crown-
ing motif. The material of the whole
exterior will be stone and granite.
The building throuphout has been
designed in a classical style and has
been kept simple and restrained in
character in conformity with the best
elements of the modern school of
thought in architecture.
There will be two entrances, the
one on Bay Street leading +to an
elevator lobby with four large, fast
elevators serving the superstructure
and through this lobby into; the
Banking room.
The entrance on King Street will
be purely the Bank entrance,- It will
lead to a vestibule with a stairway
on the left to the security vaults and
other. Bank departments andan el-
evator on the right serving that por-
tion of the building above and below
occupied by the Bank's own offices.
From this King street entrance one
will get a view of the main Banking
room running the whole length of
the building. The chief feature of
this room is the imposing colonnade
of dark marble columns stretching
the full length of the room and sep-
arating the public portion and those
{members of the Bank's staff in con-
tact with the public front the general
working space. In so far as snaking
a monumental feature of the dark
marble columns this interior will
have something of the same diessi-
cal character as the Banking room
of the Head Office in Montreal
which ranks as one of the most im-
pressive and outstanding Banking
rooms in the world.
Editorial on Council Meet-
ings Brings Protest
Goderich has again been brought
into the . limelight through a letter
of protest registered against an edi-
torial appearing in the Goderich Sig-
nal -Star. A few weeks ago we print-
ed a small article urging our citizens
to take more interest in the doings
of council by attending the meetings.
The following week the Star came
out with these remarks:
"The Clinton News -Record, gently
chiding its townspeople for their
seeming lack of interest in the doings
of their Town Council, says that the
average public attendance at last
year's meetings was not more than
six. At the Council meetings in God-
erich it is only on rare occasions
there is anybody present except the
members of Council, civic officials
and the press representatives. Per-
haps the local newspapers, here and
at Clinton may take the circumstance
as a compliment to themselves. We
know that the reports of the meet-
ings in The Signal -Star are closely
read; evidently the readers have such
confidence in the fullness and the im-
partiality of the reports that they
consider it unnecessary to attend the
meetings. Of course, there is some
thing else that may account in past
for the small attendance, at the meet-
ings here. It is that most matters
are referred to a committee without
discussion, and committee reports
usually are adopted without discue-
sion; and. in consequence the meet-
ings are not what would :be termed
exciting. Once in a great while the
Council_gets into an interesting .dis-
cussion, as at the last meeting; but
there was no advance notice of the
discussion, and there was nobody
there to hear it except the regular
habitues:"
Then came the barrage in, the foam
of a letter to the Star in which the
writer expresses himself in these
words:
Editor The Signal -Star.
Dear Mr. Editor—Your last week's
editorial drawing attention to the.
chiding' of Clinton citizens for sparse
attendance at Municipal Council
meetings, to hear how. the Councillors
transact business, and your comment
that even ...six is a crowd compared
with the torn -out at Goderich C'ann-
oil meetings, is hardly explained by
the excuse that our ratepayers most
evidently be satisfied with the pro-
ceedings, as reported in your paper.
They are well reported, but this can-
not be the answer, for the news does
not reach the public) until a week
later, unless it "leaks" out through
the maze of doors. and secret pas-
sages that guard the chamber of
mystery. Have you ever noticed that
when, or if, a few were .ta drop in
to listen to the proceedings there was
a distinct "lull" and a quick survey
made of the "prowlers" and probably
a hushed enquiry of "What brings
thein here?"
What years age used to be an in-
teresting semi-monthly entertainment
has lately developed into the welcome
received by the proverbial skunk un-
der the school at the annual com-
mencement.
I know of at least fifty public-
spirited men that would relish being
.welcomed to sit out an open meeting
of Council, hard as the benches may
be, if they were assured of not being
dismissed by Council adjourning into
committee of the whole. Rightly so,
you say that most matters are re-
ferred to committee without discus-
sion, and similarly subsequent com-
mittee reports are usually adopted
without discussion. Why should this
be? Why not an open debate? and
why can't much of the business be
disposed of then and there instead of
having it manipulated in conunittee
and delayed for two weeks, or per-
haps bandied about for another two,
by referring it back and having the
"face lifted" to suit some political
schemer?
Even were it an innovation, what
would be the harm in introducing the
idea of giving the back benchers a
certain short period to advance their
ideas; a sort of forum as it were? A
serious debate or opportunity to pre-
sent opinions might bring out valued
natter which would otherwise never
be revealed. Nine councillors can,
not be expeeted to pick up all the
good ideae in their community of
4,500 people.
This taking the public into the con-
fidence of the Council would, I am
sure, bring out some excellent talent
and, no doubt, create a thirst fon pub-
lic office. which, in recent years, is
shunnedby many able hien who don't
want to fritter their time away in
needlessly passing the buck. Yon
hear on all sides, "What's wrong
with the world" (or town). Just
that parliaments. legislatures, mun-
icipal councils., stalling the machinery
of government by antiquated .modes
and hogging the higherayseaof prog-
ress.
If any Councillor should ask you,
"Who wrote that junk:" just tell him
(or her)—
"LEOPOLD"'
' (Tr.: Bold for the people.)
The civic body of Goderich have
registered a strong protest against
the remarks of the writer through
the daily newspapers, but tte dam-
age, has been done, Certainly the
writer was outspoken and blunt .in
some of his statements, but at least
the letter has served the.putpose of
arousing interest. The : regzetable
thing is that itseems to .be necessary
to throw dirt at municipal or political
officials before the public is aroused,,