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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Vo Yuu Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, the morning of Thursday nexe-May
or Jackson and councillor Ford will
MARCH 23, 1899• re resent the town asa resultof the
Mr. Charles Wilson took possession meeting.
of Ford `8a Mur hy's shop 'on Monday Obi Tuesday Phe 17th Mr. R. J,
p, A Y ,,
and is now catering ''te the meat Cluff `observed the twentieth 'anniver
wants of the new and old patrons of Bary in the shoe trade in Clinton. He
the establiAldnient. 'leas always enjoyed w'''ood s1iire of
Mr. Patrick Page, -an ''old resident the business. He i
s'a past memier
of Clinton and formerly of iullettt, of the s cetary
of the Work -
died Monday evening in his 176th man's Lodge, pa§t master of Murphy
year. The funeral took place to din- "Lodge and chairman of 'the -Centre
ton cemetery yesterday afternoon, Huron License Board.
Rev. J. F. Parke conducting the ser- Mr. W. A, McConnell, formerly in
vice: the drug business in Clinton, and
Mr. Geo. Bunsch willoreove next Miss Sadie Cowan, also a .former
week into John Avery's cottage on resident, were united in marriage re -
Joseph street, until lately occupied Gently and now reside at Alhanxbra;
by Mr. Kemp. Mr. E. Ashley, maker California.
of acetylene gas generators, has rent -'I,_ The death occurred at Filmore,
ed the dwelling on Rattenbury street Sask., on Wednesday of last week of
now occupied by Mr. Bunsch. Guy Cantelon, second youngest son
Mr. John Johnston won the medal of Mr. Harry Gantelon formerly of
donated by Mr. W. Johnston for the town but, lately of Toronto
Single§ contest in curling. He was Mr. Chas., Wiltse, who has for some
successful all the way through, de- time been associated with Mr. S. G.
feating Dr. Turnbull, B. J. Gibbings, Castle in the latter's meat mart, has
W. G. Doherty and T. Jackson, Jr., decided to take up Me ' same line of
the later in the final game. The business in Bayfield and will move
medal, together with the McTaggart over in a few weeks. Mr. Castle has
tankards, will be awarded the winners rented the house on Huron street now
et a supper to be held to mark the occupied by Mr. Wiltse and as soon
close of the season.I as the latter moves will take posses
The Clinton Orchestra, which, was sion.
only organized a short time ago play-; Mr. Bert Langford, the Ford local
el in public. for the first time at the agent, has sold a car to Mr. Jacob
At -Home held in Ontario st. church Taylor and expects to place a number
last Thursday. The members are: of others during the coming season.
Mrs. F. W. Watts, violin; Miss Mc -1 On Saturday last the Messrs. W.
Brien, violin; Miss Mabel Shannon,' H. Ball & Sons of the Base Line
violin; Miss L. Irwin, pianist; J T. sold and delivered to Mr. C. H. Reid
Emmerton, clarinet; Guy Russell, ten beef cattle for which they receiv-
cornet; H. B. Chant, French horn; ed within a few dollars of one thous-
. J. Ribbings, slide trombone,; Rob -'and. Six of the bunch realized over
ert Downs, bass. I one hundred dollars on the average.
The St.,Joseph Lumber Co. is plac-This week Mr. J. J. McCaughey
ing lumber on the docks at Bayfield of the Commercial bought a well -
to be in readiness for the opening known trotting horse "Red Franklin"
of navigation. We hear the company from Mr. Nate Warrener of Hensel'.
intends shipping to Chicago. 'The horse is American: bred and a
Bayfield's greatest need is a flour fine piece of horseflesh with a good
mill which ought to be a profitable speed record.
industry there. Several farmers: Rev. Dr, and Mrs. Rutledge Left
have signified their wilingineas ito Tuesday morning to visit their daugh-
take stock and if somebody would ter, Mr. Shillingfon of Winder. Mr.
but tape hold sufficient funds could Shillingta n, represents the Studebak
be raised. er, Mfg. Co., has been promoted to
John Brunsdon & Sen the agents a responsible position'in the head of
at Londesboro for the Massey -Harris fice and leaves almost immediately
Conaapny had a delivery day on Fri- for South Bend, Indiana.
day last There were in the neigh- Mr. Jack Crooks, who is in the
borhood of forty-five teams and about Coast Province on one of his long
one hundred men 'took dinner at the trips for the wholesale firm which
Thos Hill hotel. hb represents ,visited Mr. George
Rev. S. L. Smith, rector of St. Henchley formerly of Clinton, who is
Thomas' Church, Bayfield, has been ill in a Victoria, B.C. hospital.
i11 for several weeks and incapacitat-
ed from duty. His medical attendant
tells him he must withdraw from ae-
tive service, which will be generally
regretted. •
Mr. Thomas Cameron, the leading
harness -maker and one of the oldest
residents of Bayfield, was in the Hub
on Thursday last. Re has lived there
about thirty years and quite easily
recalls the )dime when the village
was as imoprtant, if not more so,
than Goderieh and 'had a better har-
bour being easier of access. The
fishermen more than made ends
meet, storehouses for grain lined the
wharf, buyers were numerous, and
as a consequence money moved free-
ly.
At the public meeting in Holmes-
ville last Saturday for the letting of
the milk routes all the routes were
not disposed of. Only six routes were
let to the folowing persons: R. A.
Hearn, Sam. Merrils, J. W. Weston,
Nelson Steep, J. W. Hearn and Geo.
Hudie.
Inspector Ross of the Welington
Mutual Insuranc ' Company togeth-
er with the Inspector of 'the Royal
were in Clinton on Thursday on their
way to Zurich to investigate the ex-
plosion which almost wrecked Mer-
ner's store on Tuesday.
When The Present Century
Was Young
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,:
MARCH 19, 1914
Mr. Fred Lockwood has sold his
REV. JOHN ROSS HAD
REMARKABLE CAREER
WHILE CLER-;YMAN
AT BRUCEF'IELD
By W. IL Johnston
There are few of the people of
the present generation who know
anything of the pioneers' longing
for a religious service or a visit from
a minister in their homes. Some-
times a member of the family would
pass away and in the absence of a
clergyman, the father or a neighbor
would try to give .a burial service.
At other times an elder or class
leader would hold prayer meetings
in the homes. But great was the
joy when some minister would ar-
rive and announce that he would be
glad to hold a service in some hime
in the neighborhood. Even though!
his visits were but once a month,'
early settlers looked forward, to them
eagerly.
Such were the conditions in Bruce -
field and vicinity until 1851, when a
church had been built and a con-
gregation organized, a call was ex-
tended to Rev.' John Ross, a young
man, recently ordained. . Fresh from
the Highlands of Scotland, the seem-
ed to beimbued by a mysticism in
his religious life that was never fully
understood by many of his people.
He was a deep thinker, a man of
profound learning, with a faith in
the absolute sovereignty of God that
could not be shaken. He' might well.
place on the Gravel Road to Mr. have been likened to many -of the
Clifford Levy of town, who has also
bought the lot adjoining and intends prophets of the Old Testament.
going into chicken culture. Mr. Lock- , Possessed of an unfaltering faith
wood is looking for a suitable house
in the Scriptures as a perfect guide
in town.for right living for everybody he =r -
Mr. Morley Counter met with a
serious accident at the rink on Thurs-
day evening in a practice game of
hockey when he struck his knee on a
sharp edge of cement at the wall,
splitting his knee cap clean across.
He was taken to the hospital where
his injury was properly attended to.
A special meeting of the town
council was held on Monday evening
to consider the great question of
Hydro -Radial Railways, particularly
as it pertained to Huron County, and
the advisability of sending delegates well. ,She lived some miles from
with the deputation from Western Brucefield and did not know that Mr.
Ontario which will invade Ottawa on Ross knew anything about her.
ried a copy with him everywhere.
Almost unvariably he opened the
Book at random when making a call
or meeting a new acquaintance and
read to them the verse that first
caught his eye. Mr. Ross had full
confidence that the passage thus
found applied to each particular ease.
One day an elderly woman told the
writer that she had'met the minister
at 3 different times and each time
ire read the came passage and it was
ane that suited her case particularly
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YOUR WORLD k ND MINE'
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by JOHN C. KIRKWOOi) �{,•
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A few weeks ago I heard'a preach -i A young woman wanted a steno-
ev's talk 'td young men. He began ,by gi•apher-typist job at say $15 a week
saying that ns ny young men today She teld me that she had been doing
want security. Wetter "than security, a lot of talking on public platforms
the preacher said, was adventure— in connection with a political party
this for young men. I and you can 'guess that it was
My own contacts with both young neither the Liberal nor the Ganser
men and young women who are nn native party which had captured her
need of employment have informed ardour.
me that most want what they call; I suggested several classes of em-
"securityf. lIn other'('words, they ployment 'which would use her talk -
want a wage -paid jab, even though ing ability. O'ne was that she should
the wege be l smal'and the "
, y. would broadcast, -arid I suggested ' several
Lie happy for the'present-if they'subjects. Another 'idea`was that she
-could get , a position which gave the 'should talk all 'over, Ontario on the
pr'oinise 'of perdianeney. They want subject 'Of 'home ---linking; that she
an indoor position in an office, shddld conta.t makers of products
to 'd'o clerical work Or Stenography- used in the home and in the building
typing. The' " "bb — and' equipinent'of • ironies'— oil burn -
a
y a want sit-down J
a 'routine,; job a %job which will'ers, blowers washing'iriachines, van-
not make large 'demands• cis the mind Mian 'Blinds, vdeiid'm cleaners, flam-
er on the quality of initiative. ace -stoking mechanisms, plaint, floor
Many of the advertisements which polish, ironers, refrigerators, gas and
one sees under the heading, 'Eon- electric ranges, bathroom equipment,
ployment Wanted", contain the wor)t , wall papers, linoleum, studio couches,
"urgent", thus signifying that the radio sets, and so on and so on;
advertiser feels desperate. During that she should inform herself flier -
(the depression years I met manly, oughly about each thing; that . she
many young persons who were look- should go round the country address
ng for work. I advised them to do ing women's clubs and women's In-
some adventuring — to start out atitute members, and others groups
selling something :on commission on the subject of the `complete home'
basis, or, to offer to work speculat- that she shouldcollect a fee from
ively, without any guaranteed wage; each firm whose lantern slides were
but such advise was almost always used a fee for each exhibit on of
rejected. tone young man — a un- the slides.
iversity graduate did follow my coun- I made other suggestions 'to this
sel and got a job quite quickly—at young women, and she became quite
$5 a week. He offered to work for excited. She saw income possibilities
nothing in a publisher's office, with many times the $15 which she might
is ndeW .of proving to his employer get as a stenographer -typist. When
Ithat he was worth employing. The she left me, her eyes were shining
publisher was impressed, a nd offer- with the glow of her visions.
ed $5 'to help the young man pay I never saw this young. woman
car faresand his meal at midday. again, never heard of or from her. 1
It was not long before the young mention her and tell of what I said
man was paid a much better wage to her because I was proposing ad -
and was put on the permanent staff. • venture, not security,' to her.
At the beginning of the Franco. 1 During the same bad depression
Prussian war he was talking' to one years I saw rather frequently a
of his elders and said: "I am not young married man who was a writ
afraid of Louis Napoleon - I have er by profession. He was jobless. He
him under a text and he cannot stir was a faithful seeker after work, He
from it." The text was Isiah 40: wrote short stories which he tried
23-24. When the young Prince Im- to sell. Again and again I suggested
erial was killed by the Zulus, he said, to him other ways of making a liv
"My text has been fulfilled to the ing, but he stuck to his short -story
bitter end." Turn up the passage and writing,t notwitlistand•in;g the fact
read it: that his offerings to editors were re
Just one more instance. There was jetted invariably. Then 1 suggested
one man, named Archie, of large to him that he should take to editors
build, strong and brave, with a hind in Toronto a series of titles for art-
ar
het and'musieal ability, but Archie mics which he would write if en -
was a devettee of Bacchus• and when eouraged to do so. Thus this man
under tine influence, he was a rough, did, and straight off an editor bade
aarhim write one particular article, and
baldlsoine man, One day in Bruce- encouraged hint to hope for further
field, while on one of his sprees and assignments. It was when- this man
making the welkin ring, the minister became adventurous, when he -began
ran across him and rebuked him. Mr. to exercise the quality cf initiative,
Ross said, "It is the whisky in .you, that ho found a market for his
Home with you, but let us see what ability.
the Book sayeth." Opening the Bible, I could tell of other men and of
he read, "The Lord hath need of thee some women with ability to write,
to work in His vineyard," Both men and who had lost their wage -paid
were surprised with the words. 'jobs on newspapers, who found better
Soon after this, as related by Dr.
James Grassick, 'of Grand Forks, N.
D., in his brochure on bush folks,
Archie hired with Elder Geordie For-
rest, a quiet man. Under the in-
fluence of this 'worthy man and his
wife, Archie changed his habits and
later he became an elder of the kirk
and an advocate of temperance.
Known far and wide as a man of
exceptional ability and Iearning, he
had a number of calls to other places
and, in fact, he was offered a pro-
fessorship in Knox College, but he
refused, preferring to remain in his
rural community.
At the time of the union of two
paid work when they became daring
— when they ceased looking for a
wage -paid job, and began writing on
initiative.
There is a young man whom I see
frequently - not, yet 20 while at
school he and two others began pub-
lishing a newspaper — mimeograph -
They got advertising for their news-
paper. But their income just about
equalled outgo; and the time came
when they abandoned this enterprise.
But the young man of whom I speak
learned how to sell — and how to
sell advertising. With this experience
and with confident courage, this
young man started out to sell. offices
Presbyterian denominations; Mr. Ross supplies — a vary hard line of goods
objected to the wording of part of to sell. He has made good, and will
the basis of 'Pinion and would not go assuredly, in the years to come, earn
into the new body. A large percent- far more 'money than he: could earn
age o bid people held with him and had he sought a "secure" job. Every
ft the this young man has to find. buy-
thwh did rd not 1 e church
ars: buyers do not go to him, as they
building and property to him and his de to salesmen. in retail stores.
falllowers. The others built a new
church and called a minister. But
time is the great healer and today I have full sympathy with men and
the Brucefield congregation is a women who have heavy and pressing
prosperous one in the United Churchresponsibilities to others—to parents,
with the Rev. Harold Wright as or to wife or to. children. I can under-
stand how 'they tremble at the
pastor.
After the opening of the Huron &very thought of adventuring.
Bruce Railroad in the spring` of 1876, weeldytan ge, ethey want a regular
one 'Sunday afternoons the whistle of weekly wage, even though it be -a
small one. Yet I know — and all of
a locomotive disturbed the good pec us know— men and women who,
ple along the line, The next Sunday have been seeking ''security" in vain
it was heard once more, and Mr. Ross — have been workless for months
thought it Was time to take action. and months, 'even for years; while all
He aroused the community, appealed the time Adventure was beckoning
to the railroad company and was them, with in her hands plenty of
given the promise that it would not money than Security would offer.
occur again. 1 I am thinking of a woman ---mother
His accomplished wife, Mrs. Anna of three children—left a widow, with -
Duncan Ross, pays a beautiful tributeout money; with a mother to provide
to his memory in her story of The forinaddition to providing for her -
Man with the Book. self and children. She chose ,to ad-
venture: she became a saleman for
HISTORICAL FERN a life insurance company. She has
been distinctly succesful. She is earn -
Mrs. Jas, . Bowey, Of Exeter has a ingfar more money than she would
fern that has reached a historical have had she sought and found a
age. Following the South African "secure" job.
war about 38 years ago, her cousin1 I. have written this contribtution
brought hone with hien a small fern. to The News -Record because we are
and gave it to the late Mrs. Alex reading and hearing so much about
Thompson. About fifteen years ago young • people who, cannot (?) get
Mrs. 7.'houitpson gave it to her daugh-, work. Tk`,ere is a vast amount of
ter .Mrs. Bow'ey. The plant has wont wafting to be done in the world
grown considerable from. that time — by venturers, but very little work
and is still a thriving decorative of the "secure!' kind is available. 1
plant urge youth to be adventurous.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, - 6.30-7.00 p.m.
REBROADCAST OF ST. PAT-
RICK'S DAY PROGRAMME
from CBS, New York, to CBC na-
tional network. Prime Minister Eam-
on de .Valera of Eire (Irish Free
State), will speak from Rome, Italy,
over OBC's .nationwide' network. De
Valera's talk from -Rome, where he
is participating in ceremonies "at-
tendant upon )the crowning of ` the
new Pope, Pius XII, will be followed
by two-way 'conversations between
Irish people in Dublin and New York.
This special programme will be
broadcast by CBC through the court-
esy of the Columbia Broadcasting
System. The programme, to be heard
earlier in the day aver the American
network, will be recorded by CB C
and given national network coverage
CONCLUDING PRODUCTION IN
BBC PALACE SERIES
ROYAL COMMAND PERFORM=
ANCE TO BE HEARD
OVER CBC
All the traditional pomp and 'col-
our attendant upon a visit to Brit-
ish royalty by foreign dignitaries
will be described over OBC networks
on Wednesday, March 22, when
President Albert Lebrun and Mad-
ame Lebrun of France attend a
command performance of Tschaik
owsky's ballet, "The. Sleeping
Beauty", as guests of Their Majest-
ies King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth.
This colorful event will take place
at Convent Garden in London where
Sadler' Wells ballet under the direc-
tion of Owen Mase, will perform for
the first time the complete ballet,
at the request of Her Majesty. At
14.45 p.m: EST, CBG audiences will
:be taken to London where BBC com-
mentators will describe the arrival at
(Convent Garden of the Royal party,
accompanied by uniformed yeomen,
Royal guards, and linksmen bearing
flaming torches. The broadcast will
continue until Their Majesties have
entered Convent Garden. At 6.05
p.m. EST listeners will be returned
to London to hear a portion of the
command performance.
Earlier in the day, BBC conunent-
atorss will describe the scene as
Monsieur and Madame Lebrun are
entertained at luncheon by Sir Frank
Bowater, Lord Mayor of London, at
Guildhall. This broadcast will reach
Canadian listeners from 2.00 to 2.20
p.m. EST. A British interpreter will
briefly summarize the French Presi-
dent's remarks during the 20 -minute
'speech.
Wherever the eye falls at Buck-
ingham Palace, there is inspiration
for the pen and the brush and the
broadcaster. There could be ne more
fitting climax to L. du Garde Peach's
series of programmes picturing Brit-
ain's Royal Palaces that H. Rooney
Pelletier of, the OBG has been pro-
ducing from Daventry. The fourth
and concluding broadcast will be
heard over CBC's coast-to-coast net-
work Sunday, March 19, 5.30 to 6.00
p.m. EST by short-wave re-b2ioadcast
from London.
"I have bought Buckingham Palace
las a dower house for Queen Char-
lotte, and 'as a real home for us
both." With those words, King Geo-
rge III of England in 1762 began a
fresh chapter in the remarkable
story of a building 'that all the world
knows and five hundred million of
its inhabitants venerate—the story
of ,Buckingham Palace.
Though no part of Buckingham
Palace is open to 'the public, its vis-
itors number thousands each year
and represent every , walk of life.
Many of then—those who attend the
evening Courts, the State Balls and
Banquets, for example — see at its
best the magnificence that the Pal-
acehas to show.
Their Majesties' Private Apart-
ments are on the North Side of the
Palace, with a view across the de-
lightful grounds—scene of the unique
garden parties to Green Park and
its background, Picadilly, where King
George and Queen Elizabeth mice'
LISTENERS TO HEAR THE
GRAND NATIONAL
COnimittee, formed as the governing
body of steeplechasing in 1866. The
record time for the race is 9 min,
20 2-5 sec., set up by Golden Miller
in 1934. Last year's winner, Battle-
ship, eompleted
attleship,`eompleted the course in 9 min.
29 4-5 sec.
At the time of writing, 53 candid-
ates are entered for this year's' event
—though the .final field, of course,
will be considerably fewer—and the
likely favourite is ,Royal Danieli.
Once again those who cannot be
there to see the x'ace for themselves
Will be able to use the eyes of BBC
commeentatos-eI — those of Thomas
Woodrooffe, Victor Smythe and
Richard North.
AEROPLANE ACCI•DENT TAKES
LIFE OF CBC MONTREAL
' EXECUTIVE
In the untimely death of John C.
Stadelr, Jr., killed in an aeroplane
accident in the Lae a la Croix area
this past weekend, Canadian radio
has suffered. the loss of one of its
most promising and popular figures.
Mr. Stadler was born on October
6, 1906, in Shawinigan, Quebec, and
graduated as electrical engineer in
1831 from McGill University. The
'following year he took a post-grad-
uate
ost-e ad-
uate course and upon its completion
joined the National Department of
Research expedition to Newfound -
,land. On his return to Canada, he
, became associated with his father as
consulting engineer until 1936.
Previously associated with Dr.
Augustin Frigon, Assistant General
'Manager of , CBG, in the Quebec
Electrical Commission, Mr. Stadler
joined the staff of the Canadian
Broadcasting 'Corporation in 1937.
For some time he was manager of
Stations CBF and CBM in Montreal.
In May, 1937, Mr. Stadler repre-
sented the American Relay League
at the International Congress for
Radio Amateurs in Bucharest, and
was appointed one of the official
interpreters far this Congress.
1 In July, 1938, he was appointed
Executive Assistant to the Assistant
General Manager, Dr. Frigon, 'the
position held until his recent demise.
The running of the world's most'
famous steeplechase, the Grand
National, which this year" celebrates
the centenary of its official institu-
tion will be .broadcast over CRC's
nationwide network on Friday, March
24, 10.00 to 10.25 a.m. EST by short-
wave relay direct from the race-
track at Aintree, near Liverpool.
I The winner of this race—horse and
rider—earn their triumph: British
horseracing has no greater test of,
endurance.) Those that flinish the
triangular-shaped course will have
covered a distance of 4 miles, 856
cards and jumped 30 obstacles
First organized as a handicap in
1343, the Grand National is run un -
lived. der the rules of the National Hunt
Higher prices for potatoes in
Canada in 1938 have resulted in a
value of $691,000 greater than in '
1937 in spite of 1938's reduced yield
of 69 ewts. per acre compared with
80 cuts in 1937. The value of the
1938 potato crop is estimated at
$27;341,000 from 5210900 acres, aci
against $26,650,000 from 531,200
acres in 1937.
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