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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-03-09, Page 1The News -Record Est. '1878 With Which is IncorporatedThe Clinton New Era C The New Era Est. 1801 NO. 5926. --59TH YEAR CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 i To •Customers and Friends:- I wish to sincerely thank all my customers and friends for their patronage during my thirty-six years of business in Clinton, and to taloa this means of pledging myself to serve you even better in the future. My experience of over fifty years in repairing Watches is at your disposal, and you can profit by still continuing to entrust your timepiece to me for repairing. ' I do my own watch and clock work, and have done it in the past, and .aril therefore able to give you it at the lowest cost, and best prompt service. Again Thanking You, W. H. HELLYAR Jeweler and Optometrist Residence Phone 174j FT OUR WOOL 5 DEPARTMENT The Most Active in the Store 2-3and 4Ply Wools ofall Descriptions Ranging in Price from l0c to 30c a Ball WOOLS. FOR, - Socks, Baby wear, Sweaters, Suits, Afghans, Needlepoint Special Clearing Of odd 'Balls of Wool formerly Priced at 15c to 30c for only 10c A BALL IIZWIN II" CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE " AGFA FILM WE NOW HAVE A NEW STOCK OF. AGFA CAMERA FILMS • AGFA • GUARANTEES PICTURES THAT SATISFY OR A NEW ROLL FREE Try One The Next Time You UseYourCamera ams ra "Counter's ,for' Finer Jewellery for over 'Half a Century in Huron County" Uniralakilselanemeatengh BEAVERS AND COLTS STILL DEADLOCKED DECIDING GAME` TONIGHT A lot of criticism is going the rounds at the present time regarding that Seaforth-Clinton battle played in Stratford on Tuesday night..Adver- tised as a sudden death game for groupleadership the teams quit by mutual arrangement after battlingto a tie in the regular time and failing tc declare a winner in the ten min- utes of overtime. Fans were expres- sing their disgust pretty freely as they left the rink, feeling that a ver diet should have been reached one way of the other. On the big ice the Colts had the edge of play and showed up to better advantage than one sports writer avowed they would. Certainly they started off nobly, scoring after three minutes of play while Archie Hubert was in the doghouse. The Gibbs - Pickett -Streets line accounted for the goal, Gibbs scoring. Harris,- the ace for the Seaforth Beavers carne back fast, and as the play was broken. up Pickett had a second chance, but ,failed to beat Stade. That worthy certainly had horseshoes although we are prepared to admit -that it was not all lack. He certainly is good and stopped some beau4des. The same can be said for our own goalie. Clinton's second counter was an awarded goal given to Clinton when Stade threw his stick when Pickett was sailing in on goal. Hubert counted for the Beavers on a - light- ning drive from the blue line that Elliott had. no chance to see. One minute later Rath netted the rubber on a play manufactured by Gibbs and Pickett. As the lines were changed it looked as if "Punch' McEwen would add still another when his shot whizzed by the open net. Porterfield and Kennedy did a grand job on de- fence and the game appeared fairly safe from a Clinton angle when the bell rang with Clinton leading 3-1. Flannery drew a penalty four minutes after the period opened for tripping Pickett and during his rest every Clinton player had a smack at the puck but failed to beat Stade. Rath and Foster particularly had some grand chances during that hectic two minutes but Mr, Stade was just too good. With the teams at full strength Harris and Hubert provided some anxious moments for Clinton fans and there were some long pans when Porterfield was sent off for high sticking, Then the fans really saw some nice work by the McEwens, Streets and Foster who by their defensive work held Seaforth out. The period was not without its thrilling moments, but neither team could find the net. Still with a 3-1 score in their favor the Colts came out to add another within two minutes of the opener, Poster • combining with the McEwens for the marker. For the next five minute itskate s was ka e an d check, then came disaster and a complete change of picture, Gibbs got the nod and as he left the ice Harris scored, One minute later he scored again on. a pass from Muir. Gibbs got back into the game again, but at, Al..29 and 11.45 Seaforth again netted the puck, Fannery scoring the 11.45 goal to put his team in the driver's seat for the first time in the game. Those. Seaforth fans nearly went wild while the Clinton fans held their breath and prayed. Their prayers were an- swered less than two minutes before the bell when R, McEwen, banged in a pass from Gibbs back of the Sea - forth net. Gibbs picked up the puck from Porterfield's shot, and fed the rubber to Punch for Clinton's most important goal. The overtime was scoreless, and Seaforth can thank their goaltender for that. R. McEwen' drove the puck into the cuff of Stade's mitt and a minute later chilled another hot one from a gond pass from Rath. Pickett was the outstanding man of the over- time . and how Stade held him out was nothing short, of marvellous. However, the ten minutes were tick- ed off with neither team finding the net sothey called the whole thing off until tonight. Maybe there will be more than 3,000 fans present to witness anotherendurance test and surely one team or the other will win after three starts. JUVENILES LOSE ON ROUND Playing in Elmira last Friday the local boys lost 5 -3 -and in the return game here last night again lost 6-5, Elmira winning the round 11-8. ,The locals need no alibi for their defeat as the Elmira teain play, grand hoc- key and should go far. At that the locals made them, earn every goal and put up •a grand fight. THE HOME PAPER The Farmers' Market Wheat 57e. Oats 30e. Barley 40; 42c., Cream 24; 23c.' Eggs 17c, .15c, 14; 18c, Hogs $9,00. Induction Service This evening (Thursday) at eight o'clock induction services will be held in St. Paul's, Church with Archdeac- on Doherty D.D,,; of London, in charge. Rev. R. P. Hurford, D. D., of Seaforth will address the congrega- tion. Several clergymen of the dist- rict will assist in the 'service of in= ducting the new rector, Rev. Harry O'Neil. ' An Interesting Souvenir Mrs. J. Kyle has an interesting souvenir in the form of a letter sent by her brother, J. J. Mitchell, Van- couver, on the first • coast-to-coast airmail service. The letter left Van- couver onMarch 1stan at 6.45 p and arrive in Toronto the next day at 1 p.m., from there it was f orwarded to Clinton,. arriving here on the evening train the same day. Both the envelopes and stamps in connection with this special delivery are in demand by collectors, many of whom their s nt e own Letters to Van- couver in order that they might re- ceive .the stamps issued for this oc- casion. . Colts and Seaforth Even On Round Thursday night was hockey night in Clinton and fans for miles remind were on hand to swell the local fol- lowing into a crowd that filled the rink to overflowing.It was one of the largest crowds in years, testify- ing to the drawing power of these two evenly matched teams. Ice conditions were not too favor- able, although fairly solid for the first frame, it had softened up con- siderably by the middle of the period and got worse as the teams battled away. Play broke fast as each team soufht the first counter. After five minutes of play Gibbs was respon- sible f or Clinton's first counter, tak- ing a well placed pass from Pickett at the left wing and drilling the puck to the left corner of the net. This came while Hubert was off for an illegal' check.. Streets led another pass to Gibbs eleven minutes later for Clinton's second goal. Two min- utes late;' the other forward line clicked for Clinton's third counter. Rath broke up a Seaforth 'rush, sail- ed down theleft le t wing, ere passed tha sed over to Ross McEwen in front of the goal. "Punch's" shot was a beauty and Stade had no chance whatever. Sills accounted for Seaforth's only counter of the period in a wild scramble around the Clinton net, Harris made several dangerous plays and was the outstanding player for the visitors throughout the period. Play roughened up considerably in the second period and five penalties were handed out. At one time the Colts were playing with three men, but held the Beavers out. As the period. opened Frank and;,.Ross Me - Ewen missed out on two nice chances and it was only the, good work of Stade which held them out. Harris broke "fast from a corner face off and had Elliott at his mercy when Timmer came to the rescue to break up what looked like a sure goal. Sea - forth filled the net with players a few minutes Iater and yelled for a goal, claiming that Elliott had drag - fed the puck out. Neilans behind the net was replaced, but the goal was not counted.. In the pressure which followed Streets pulled 'off some smart plays and he was in _ on the play which resulted in Clinton's fourth goal with Pickett placing the Pass , to Gibbs for the counter. Rath and Porterfield were both serving tune in the last minutes of the period and it was just after Rath stepped on the, ice that Hubert scared. Port- erfield was still in the box as the bell rang.., The last frame'seem_ed to last for hours 'and was pretty well confined to the Clinton area. A rush on the Clinton, goal accounted for Heaforth and A. Hildebrand was' credited with the goal although it would be hard to say who scored It was a period of defensive hockey and only once did it look like Clinton ;night break the tie when Gibbs was alone in front of the net. As he shot the puck seemed to strike a depression and sailed over the top of the net. Both teams were wearing the scars of battle following, the fracas. Rath was hurt, J. Elliott was cut over the left eye and Hubert was well adorned with plaster to match the rest of the players, all suffering more or less minor injuries. Young Men's Bible Class Mr, D. C. McNeill will be the guest speaker at the meeting of the Young Meri's Bible Class which meets at 4, o'clock in St. Paui'e Parish Hall on Sunday afternoon. Mr. Wm. Draper will conduct the lesson period. Little Locals' Members of the Women's Associa- tion of Wesley -Willis ;Church pre- sented Mrs. D. J. Robertson with .e beautifulgift prior to her departure for Goderich last week. Quite a number of citizens are ill with the 'prevailing 'flu. Miss Evelyn Hall and Mrs. Reg. Ball have been relieving at the public school due to illness of teachers. With a cold week, and temperature down to one below yesterday morn- ing, there is Still hope that the weather may warm up On March 3rd last year it was 12 below, but on the 21st and 22nd it was 70 above. Among the Churches Wesley -Willis Church The pastor's subjects on Sunday will be as follows: ' Morning: "Who Crucified Jesus" Evening: "The Great Secret". Presbyterian Church The Women's Missionary Auxiliary will hold the March meeting at the home of Mrs. E. Ward, Huron street, on Thursday, March 10th at 3 p.m. Mrs. Fox will give a talk on India and Mrs. Hall will be in 'charge of Current Events. Baptist Church The service on 5unclay evening last was conducted by Rev. J. Crip of Toronto. His ;sermon s'ubjedll "Does God Forget". The ,service on Sunday evening at 7 o'clock will be conducted by a minister from Tor- onto. Sunday School at 2.30. The Salvation Army Sunday 11 a.pm. "Promises", Sunday 3 p,tn. Sunday School. Sunday 7 p.m. "Regeneration." The cottage prayer meeting will be held in the home of Mrs, Edwards, South Clinton at 8 o'clock tonight. The subject will be"Prayer." Ontario Street United Church The W.M.S, meeting to be held in the Lecture Room on Tuesday, March 14th at 2.30 will feature a St. -.Pat- rick's programme. A social hour will follow. 10.16 amt. Catechism class Sunday school scholars, 11.00 a.nt. Topic: They Passed u TI •o uh Galilee. G ee. 2.00 p.m. Service at Turner's. 2.30 p.m. Sunday School at Clinton. 700 p.m. Theme: "The Sins of Omission". Class for adults at con. elusion of the service. Study for membership, Evangelistic hymns during service. Monday 8.00 p.m. Missionary De- partment in charge of Young Peo- ple's work. Lantern slides on the Doukhobors "Serving the sons of freedom", slides meautifull illustrat- ive. Wednesday 8.00 pan. Midweek ser- vice of fellowship and prayer. Friday, Ma.eh 10th, 8 p.m. Com- mittee of stewards meet at home of •Mrs. James Livermore.' St. Paul's A.Y.P.A. The regular meeting of the A.Y. P.A. of St. Paul's Church was held Tuesday evening, March 7th, et 8 parr. The president Mr. Pexey Gunn took charge of the meeting, The meeting was opened with the hymn "What a Friend we have in Jesus", followed by a prayer frons the Presi- dent and the Lord's Prayer in unison. The scripture lesson was read by Eileen Atkinson. A responsive wor- ship service The Friedly Road was conducted by Mrs. C'Neil. During the businessperiod it was decided that St. _Paul's branch should place an entry in the Drama Featiral to be held in April. Two sides were drawn up for a copper collecting competition. One side to collect 1937 coppers, the other 1935. The captains' are Jack. and. Ferris Sturdy. The proceeds will be used to buy new hymn books for the choir: An excellent topic on Friend- ship was given by Mrs. Geo. McLay. Mies Pat McGou n sang a solo, and a reading, "Entering into Lent" was given by Mrs- Percy Gunn. The meeting: was closed by singing ":Abide With Me," and prayerby the Rector. A true and false game conducted by Mrs.. O'Neil. followed. The next meeting will be March 20th when a Deanery Rally for the A,Y. P.A. will be held here. We hope everyone will keep this date free, On Wednesday, March' 15th at 8 p.m., Lenten Service at Sit. Paul's ciµurch. CLINTON'S EQUALIZATION NOT SATUFACTOR r Mogg's Report is 'Not Enlightening Time council chamber was again filled to capacity for the monthly meeting of co ncil held Monday night. At this meeting a member' of tl e auditing firm of Monteith & Monteith, Stratford, and Mr. Mogg one of the county equalizers were present. Tl eir reports were widely dif. ferent, both in subject'ma ter and method of presenta- tion. The one was very sa isfactory, the other just so many words and a waste of time: The report of the auditor was most satisfactory, and while the speaker did not deal with every detail of his report, he too ktime to deal with the most outstanding items covered in his investigation. In part he said "The financial condition of the town is excellent; arrears of taxes arevery low; 'the various departments are functioning well and the debenture investments are well secured" Touch- ing briefly on the year end surplus of the various departments he said that the waterworks department showed. a surplus of 83,306.38 but Applications for Trees Increase Orders Should be Placed by April lst Tree planting is due for a decided increase in Huron County this year as more and more farmers are send- ing in applications. Last year over 20,000 trees were ordered by Huron County farmers and to date this has already been increased, .Attending a meeting in Shipka lest week Mr. J. C. Shearer received applications for 10,000 trees which is an indication of the upward trend. Not only is this being confined to farmers. The public school inspectors are working with the Department and it is their aim to have every school child in Huron County plant five trees each, either for windbreak or woodlot purposes to celebrate the visit of Their Majesties The Ring and Queen. Those who have any intention of talcing part in this worthwhile pro- ject should got busy immediately as all applications for trees to be plant- ed this year should be in by April 1st, Booklets containing much val- uable information on the type of trees suited to certain soils, planting depths, and a host of other valuable knowledge are to be had for the ask- ing. 01 these we would suggest Bulletin No. 1 "Forest Tree Plant- ing" and circulars numbers ten and eleven. These can be had for the asking • and are obtainable either at the Agricultural Office or from the Department of Lands and Forests, Toronto. Application blanks are also obtainable at the department's office stere, a copy of which appears on t page two of this issue. This copy is acceptable to 'the Department and may be filled in and sett.to the Agricultural office here for forward- ing, or trailed direct to Toronto. The main point, to keep in mind is that these forms must be in by April 1st Still Want Entries for Swine Club Talking to Mr. J. C. Shearer yest- erday we .asked how the entries were coming in for the swine club and were informed that fifteen boys had sign- ed, but that five more members were required to fill out the membership list. , The Clinton Lions Olub, in coopera-' tion with the Provincial and Federal Departments of Agriculture, are jointly sponsoring the Club for farm- er's sons between the ages of 12 and 20 years and the Lions Club are will- ing to back the note of any young man who hat not the money to pur- chase the pigs this spring The loan can be secured through either of the Clinton banks with the Lions Club as backer Two weanling sows must be purchaseci, fed and cared for throughout the season and exhibited at the Achievement Day in the faII. At this Achievement Day piaze money totalling $90 (if there are 20 members) will be •provided and the work is both interesting and educa- tional. Boys entering the competition have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Mi. Shearer points out that boys intending to enter should do so immediately as the Club trust soon, close their entry list. The local corn mittee composed of W. L. Whyte; Fred Ford, F. Fingland and J. C, Shearer have made arrangements with prominent breeders for young sows of wee/ding age from Advanced nced Registry breeding to be supplied ; at $15.00 per pair, These young stock come from such:pQotrrinent farms as Wellwood Farrn London, Percy Swit- zer, St. Marys, Lanvin Bros., Mitch- ell, W. L. Whyte, Seaforth, and A1-1 fred Wainer, Bayfield. pointed out that no provision ha:x been made for depreciation. The $1,507.54 surplus shown by the hydra was not the- true balance as'. the, 13th bill had not' been_dedueted. In, ,conneetion with his report he made . a number of suggestions, one of which had reference to the sale of securities and said that any sale or purchase should be authorized in, writing with the amount and pries: stated, either by motion of council or written authority of Finance com- mittee. He also suggested that the town follow the practice adopted in other centres whereby two persons are present when the securities .box is opened. This opened up the way for a dis- cussionn o die use of accumulated surplus and the sale of bonds. In reply to questions regarding the use of accumulated sinking fund surplus Mr. Monteith said a proportion of this could be transferred to the treasury and used, if used advisedly. His remarks coincided with advice given te Reeve Trewaiitfha by the- Department heDepartment of Municipal Affairs some time ago. The matter of the sale of securities to meet debentures last year which has brought forth much criticism was finally disposed of. It was brought up by Councillor ' Waters and Reeve Trewartha first gave his explanation of the whole thing. He said he had a partial knowledge of what was going on, the price, etc. When the date of sale arrived he had received a callfrom the town clerk stating that the bank refused to handle the: securities without the authority of council. As this. was the last day and the sale had to be made he and councillor Aiken made an "illegal" motion to be put on the books to cover the transaction, this being the only thing that could be done under the circumstances. This was made legal at the next council meeting. Then it was the clerk's turn. "In December, 1937, we paid off $53,000' waterworks debentures for which we! had been preparing for some •tints- We had sufficient in the bank wham the debentures were due so that we didn't have to sell. When the other debentures became due we were not so fortunate and had to realize around $16,000 to make up }what was due. I worked for two weeks prior to due date on what was best to sell. I consulted the mayor and Mr. Tre rth wa a and showed them the bids I had received and gave them what in my opinion was best to sell, pro- vided we could get the price at the due date. I kept in touch with the various bond houses and when the day came called them up for the day's prices. Sonic would hold for fifteen minutes some a little longer, but there, was no time to call a council meeting and since we had al- ready decided what to sell I didn't feel this was necessary. The bonds sold through the local agent Lawson) were sold to the best ad- vantage. All bonds were sent at- tached to a draft made out at the rate quoted over the telephone. In nearly eight years as .treasurer I have been handling the finances of the town and have not bought or sold one dollar's worth of bonds without consulting' the Finance committee" he said in part as he outlined the sale of the securities through recognized bond houses. As he concluded his. remarks Cb:uncillor Agnew rose, to say that in handling criticism of this kind he believed in getting to the root of the thing which he' felt the clerk had done In opening up this question Mr. Waters was not ques- tioning the clerk's integrity, but wan giving him the opportunity to speaIk for himself. This disposed of the matter to everyone's satisfaction. Swinging into routine matters the members listened to communications.. W. G, Cook asked permission for a, cigarette license—granted on notion of . Waters -Agnew. A second com- munication in the form of an ap- plication by Weldon Hovey for, the position of town clerk was read.' This letter,a dated February WAS c a ed Fe b ua 13th anu y handed to the mayor on that date. In explanation why it was not pre- viously read the mayor said. it was not presented at the meeting of the 13th as council was holding an ad- journed meeting, had peeesed•the, cont. (continued on page 41