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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-07-13, Page 3EIIITRS., JULY 13, 1939•, THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD WHAT CLLNTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES You Remember. What happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? TH]3 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD JULY 20, 1899 Mr.William Robson was in Ildertons near London, the tatter part of last week attending the funeral of his father who succumbed to injuries re- deved by falling while placing a hay fork in position. The deceased was one of the earlier+settlers of Middle - When The Present Century' Was Young THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD JULY 23,, 1914 Mr. Robert W. Fleming, who is just: now taking a special', course in, agriculture at the O. A. C. Guelph, has been engaged as science master, set' on the C. C. L staff in place of Miss Court Sherwood Forest, Ancient Bell who resigned. Mr. Fleming has Order of Foresters, Seaforth, held has lied several year$ teaching ex- its annual church parade on Sunday fence, for the most part • in British One hundred were in the procession Columbia, and the board believe the to the Methodist church where Rev. appointment will be a most satisfact- Mr. Russell preached. J. McClacherty ory one. On August( 3rd. next Ithe oldest native of this section now living, Miss Ellen Mountcastle of town, will cele- brate her eighty-first birthday, hav- ing in 1833 been born on the home- stead on the Huron Road, the farm now owned by Gilbert Mair. Miss Winnie Thompson, who taught at Sarnia last term, has been engaged to teach in the primary room of the Model school for the coming year. a brother of Mr. G. R. Keyes, the Mrs. Samuel Peebles of Harriston J. Derry, F. W. Watts, C. Hale, J. Mcorae, F. Clatworthy, J. Blackwell, G. Nimens, G. Cooper, F. Livermore, B. Castles, W. Carter, W. McIntyre. G. Foster, S. Beatty, E. Crich, W. C. Brown, G. Kemp, W. Kemp; C. Over- bury, A. B. Webb. F. Hayward, T. Howson, I. Weavers, G. Roberton, J. Dunford, D. Livemore, J. Simian, W. J. Cooper, J. Appleby attended from Clinton. There is a hot scramble among at least twenty applicants for the post of Collector of customs made vacant died on Sunday, the funeral taking by the death of Mr. Whitely. The of- place on Tuesday. The deceased fice.is worth six hundred a year with was a native of Stanley and a brother pickings. of Mr. G. R. Keyes, the C. 0. Fl or - Mx. Alex Welsh of Goderieh town- ganizer, a former citizen •of Clinton. ship laid upon, our tableyesterday the Mrs. J. Treleaven and Miss Norma largest potato we have seen this are in Toronto this week where Mr. season.. It was of the early Car- Treleaven has been correcting exam - men variety and weighed just one illation papers for the past fortnight pound. Mr. Albert .Seeley has been or so. On the completion of this work feasting on new corn several days they intend visiting the lady's sister, past and it is a very fine specimen. Mr. David Cantelori returned from his three weeks tour of Manitoba and the Territories last Saturday night, coming down from. Winnipeg in forty- a guest at the home of Mr. Robert eight hours. Among those from this Pearson 'of the 16th of Goderieh town - immediate district he met there were ship last week. J. S. Jackson and John Wiseman, both of whom are doing well. John Rothwell said two cows to visit between trains with Mr. and James Hearn of Clinton on Wednes-IMrs J B.Hoover of Guelph. day for $102.' They were in prime condition and just right for the butcher's use. Thos. Martin, aged about seventy! years, died in. Hullett'on Monday. Bel at one tune owned one hundred acres of land. Mrs Martin survives. Pallbearers at the funeral of the ; late W, T. Whitely which was held' yesterday were S. J. Andrews, W. Coats, W. Cantelon, James Scott, H. Plumsteel and A. McGarva. Rev, B. Clement conducted the services, blacksmith shop at Brueefield for diction of the Goderieh High School a number of years, has sold out to Entrance Board. First: and second Mr. Dan. Campbell of Varna, who class honors are announced.: First - takes possession Monday. Mr. Hart class honors Means that 74 per cent intends going to the West. or more of the total marks was se - On Sunday night burglars entered cured, second-class honors that be - S. ee. Gidley's tailor shop. at Blyth tween '70 and 74 per cent of the total and took nearly $100 worth of cloth- marks was :obtained. Marion Taylor, in the case of Central School, and Verna Miller, for Victoria School. Bayfield Centre First-class Honors -Audrey Brand- on, Oliver Ilopson, William Johnston, Marilyn Maxwell, _Elizabeth Middle- ton, Lloyd Pease, Ruby Reid, Anna Townshend. Second-elass Honors—Alvin Keys, Harold Mcllveen, Albert Martin„ Ruth Middleton, Dawna Thome, Ed- ward Wise, Muriel Wise. Pass—Eleta Ducharme, Opal Dyer, Malcom MacLeod, Lloyd Westlake, Reta Yoe. Mrs. Kay of Lapeer, Mich., where re- turning home for the opening of the Collegiate. Mr. A. Cole of Wayne, Mich., was Miss Margaret Wiseman arrived home from Ottawa on Saturday for a holiday visit. She stopped off for a High School Entrance Results The following are the results of the High School entrance examine- Mr. John I:fart, who has run a tions held at centres under the juris- Dungannon Centre' First-class' Honors—Jean . Bissett, Rita Boyle, Beatrice Johnstone, Lyal Lannan, Rose Marie Lannan, Helen McKenzie, Marion McKenzie, Isabel MacDonald, Mae MaeKendrick, Rose Marie Merray, Dorothy Pearson, Irene Robinson, Ruth Robinson, War- ren Zinn. Second-class Honors—Ada Brophy, Edna Brophy, William Farrish, Mary Kinahan, Evelyn Little, Joseph' Mc- Gee, Norma M'eWhenney, Christine MacLennan. Pass -Mildred Anderson, Howard Blake, Lorainne Herein, Norman Rivett, Gordon Ross, Helen Young. St. Helen's Centre , First-class Honors — Violet Brill, Helen McDonald, Eileen Snell, Marie Swan, ,Lois Webster, - Second-class Honors ,,Ethel Aitchi- son, Ada Dow, Dorothy Webb. - Pass—Alvin Alton, Allan Cranston, Eileen Foran, Greta Humphrey, Rus- sell Irwin, Agnes Martin, Lucille St. Marie, Harold Taylor. ing. Goderieh Centre Nearly two hundred tickets were sold at, the Londesboro station on the, First-class Honors—Lorraine Allen, occasion of.the glorious twelfth when Phyllis Allan, Eileen Astles, James a large crowd, from.. here went to Baker, Claire Bisset, Priscilla Betz, Winghant. Therewere several initia- Peggy Brophy, Gloria Chisholm, tions at the lodge before the mem- Evelyn Crich, Mart Gut,' Dick Done bees left. I nelly, Donna Drew, Harry Feagan, Mr. Thos Wiley, the little man in Mary Feagan, James Flenniken, Stanley township who takes charge Mary Gallow, Gwendolyn Juck, Walt - of J. T. Cairns' peddling wagon, ae- er Mere, Verna Miller; Norine Milts eompenied the Rev. Mr. Andrews to Elizabeth MacDonald, Margaret Ross Zurich last Tuesday .to purchase fur- Kathleen Rundle, Margaret Rundle, niture, etc, for the new parsonage at Vincent Smith, Bruce Sowerby, Max - Varna. • ,the Sturdy, Marion Taylor, Irma Thomas, Needle Vanstone, Ruth Mr. William Graham of the and. Webster, William Wilson, concession of " Stanley now has one of the finest barns in Huron. Mr. Second -Class Honours — Leonard Matt. Mains of Londesboro was the Baxter, Leonard Bloomfield, Jean framer and did a good job. Mr. Gra- Craig, Lewis Dempey, Evelyn Don - ham ho has been a resident of Edelson, Gordon Fisher, Stanley Free - Stanley : for twenty-six years, was man, Gordon Glotjsher, Elda Good, reeve eight years. Jack Hamilton, Harold Hibbert, Opal Some weeks ago the engine in the Hoy, Mary Jervis, Russel Kernighan, piano factory was shut down for Ernest Kneeshaw, Muriel Leitch, overhauling. Thie shaft which had' -re- Dorothy MacDonald, Shirley Marwick volved almost constantly for the pas' . Marilyn Moore, Jean . Mugford, Ray 16 years or more was found to be Nelson, William Sanderson, ismelda W01.1). and had tobe replaced. In the Shaw, Ahneta Steep, Elizabeth Stock, meantime Supt. Von Rohl's men were Gordon Satoh ffe, ` Dorothea Tich- busy cleaning up and painting the borne, June Williams,. Harry Worsell. buildings which now present a very Pass— Byram Ainslie, Bruce Beat - pleasing appearance. • tie, Betty Bell, Basil Bradley, Bruce Bradley, Donald ' Campbell, Frederick! Mrs. John Costello, has arrived Dowker, John Duckworth, Ambrose from Redlands, California, and will Hartman, Harry Ilortcm, Mildred for several weeks visit with her bro- Leitch, Phyllis McGreight, Norine ther, Reeve Lobb of Goderieh town- McCabe, Helen McMillan, Jean Mc - ship. She will be best remembered as• Millan, Elaine McNall,' Nora McPhee, Miss Hannah Lobb. It is twenty years Scan'lvlaeAdam, Lorne MacDonald, since she left. I Samuel Mahon, , Phyllis Million, Irene The trustees of S. S. No. 10 God- Milne, Elva Moran, Helen Mugford, erich township have again been fort_Donald Pfrintnex lean Pitblado, -nate to secure the services of Miss Norval Pitblado, Edgar Pridham, Mayine J. Keys, daughter of Mr. W., Mary Sohwanz, Mary Smith, Willial L. Keys of Stanley, to teach for ana Snazel, Gordon Watson, • Harry West - other term. brook, Donald Williams, William Dr. J. W. Shaw was taken ill with Wood; Jack Young'. an acute attack of appendicitis oni Sunday and wasoperated upon on1 .Passed under' the provisions of . p Monday. He is now doing as well as Regulation '10'(5) of the High School can be expected. This is the second Entrance Regulations ---Frank Young. •ofour town doctors to be stricken' The Robert Park memorial medals 'Within the past few weeks, Dr. awarded annually to the pupils from Thompson having been operated upon' the 'Goclerich Public Schools seeming a few weeks ago and Rot yet "having : the highest marks on the year's work ractico'. • and final examinations were won by NORTH HURON ENTRANCE RESULTS The following are results of the North Huron Entrance exams as an- nounced by J. H. Kincaid, Secretary of the Entrance Board: Seaforth Centre Honours—Margaret Dale, Gordon Dupuis, Neil Hopper, Janet Handley,. Jean Hurford, Joan McMaster, Frank Mills, D orothy Smith, Marguerite Westcatt. • Pass—Ken Barry, William Boyce, Rozella Burns, Francis Cronin, Kath- erine Ducharme, Violet Dupuis, Stew- art Finnegan, Patrick Hart, Janet Hodgert, Stephen Holland, Patricia Kale, Douglas Love, Helen Maloney, Marjorie O'Neill, John Powell, Gor- don Messenger, Arthur Murphy, John Rice, Doris Venus, Dorothy Forrest- er, Marjorie Golding, George Hilde- brandt, Alvin Hoff. Manley Centre Honours -Marjorie Hackwell, Lois Machan, Elmer McDonald, Rose Mc - Ivor, Angelo O'Reilly, Hazel Ward, Billy Zeigler, Cora Smith. Pass—Harvey Ahrens, Alice Baker, Rita Connolly, Helen Dennis, Harold Deitz, Doreen Engler, Bernadette Flannigan, Cecilia Givlin, Agnes Grigg, Kenneth Hinz, Wilfred Jacob, Charles Lake, Ruth Lucas, Lawson Meehan, Frank O'Connor, Wm. Whitfield. Ethel Centre Honours Edward Bennewies, Mar- garet Kleber, Mary Mackay, Mary Murray, Robert Rock. Pass -Stanley Bray, William Dob- son, Norman Eggert, Everett Felker, Anna Givlin, Doris Hackwell,, Jean Heibein, Daisy Mills, Roy Wilbee, Dosis Hinz. resumed his p . MOORE REUNION The twelfth Moore reunion picnic was held on Saturday, July the,8th at Southside Park, Woodstock, with about ninety in •attendance. Relatives visited while dining at 12 o'clock and again at five o'clock, and between meals a program of sports under the cottvenorship of Mr,.end Mrs. Harold, Lobb was heartily participated in. The bathing pool : proved a popular. point of interest, also the baseball diamond. During the afternoon a meeting was. held. In the absence of the Pres., Lloyd Murch of Strat- ford, the chair was taken by the vice Pres., Linford Moore, Niagara. Com- munity singing was conducted by Will Colquhoun, Munro. , Greetings from' absent relatives were read by Mrs. Lorne Jervis, Clinton. Business items were presented by the Sec:; Treas., Wilbert Millson, St, • Marys. A. new slate of officers, were appoint- ed for 1940 and the date of next year's' picnic was set for the second Wednesday of July. The presentation. of souvenirs followed. The oldest member present, William. Moore of Niagara 'Falls, aged eighty-three years; the youngest member. present, Helene Williamson of Gobles, aged twenty months; the person conning tete longest distance, Lloyd Snyder of Radisson, Sask.; .the most recently married couple, Mr. ' and Mrs. Ham- mond of Moorefield, the ,bride form- erly was Miss Irene Herberts..Thus does the personall of the reunion change from year to year. Since' the fist gathering many dear faces are seen no more, save in memory, and many more are being added, but this annual coming together keepe 'alive the spirit of kinship. Much. creclit' is due the managing committee for the sueeess of this picnic. PAGE ` ' eee e 4z Reports from test -motorists in six large cities proved that _Does, rietini,oteri KNOCK y 81, AME YOU�builfiIL because m ced gas to run smoothly on a good regular -priced if your oar did not knook when new—but knocks now on the same grade of gasoline --blame it on the 'motor oil. Many oils form hard carbon inside the motor alter only a few thousand miles. The result is knocking and lost power. In the long 'run, the best and most economical cute for knocking is to have the carbon a k Proof Motor —then use Sunoco, the Ir sleet protection Oil, exclusively. It's your against knocks and lost power, ri _ /Reno.MOTOR OIL keeepsps the head on your our motor longer IM gave better- performance than 13 premium. priced fuels as well as 17 other gasolines. Out into the highways and byways went independent investi- gators. 1069 motorists were asked to test a colorless "mystery" oet gasoline against the gasolines they had been using—a total of 30 competing fuels. That mystery gasoline was Blue Sunoco tit with color omitted. Regular priced and premium priced went up against Blue Sunoco and more than 8 out of 10 motorists said Blue Sunoco gave them better performance! Testa conducted by Might Directories, Ltd., Sumner, 193$. Gasoline used In tests certified to be regular Blue. Sunoco (color omitted) by Donaldliunt Co., Ltd. Watkins' Service Station Blyth Service Station CLINTON BLYTH. A. BUCHANAN VARNA. C. H. SCOTCDMER. BAYFIELD. aSeees « «+,eeeea safeseesite eee;», , , , , , eee , ... , ....... eeateee 'runs once they get on base. +F ' i 1 Lazzeri himelf, an expert at the' hit-and-run after his many years est - with the New York Yankees, is part-1 ly responsible for the success the: if, Leafs are having with it by appear -1 ing regularly in the lineup.. And w so www ;eaaaraeeeseeaa saaaeam Toronto Baseball News Heinle Manush, Mel Mazzera and kt44«:+,1• '«+w'r «:»;.+444+"+' :':w'"•4:4 °i1 Jack Burns, former major league The two hottest teams in the Inter -Howe averages and see if we can't stars, are a trio of ball bashers who national League at the moment, in find out exactly what Push -'em -Up are backing him up to the hilt. Then the opinion of sports scribes all has done to his charges. there is Bob Elliott, .a' sure shot for around the loop, are the Buffalo The first rather curious fact that the Pittsburg outfield next year, int Bisons and the Toronto Maple Leafs, jumps right out at you is that the the clean up spot. Bob is one clean - with. the Bisons having a small edge Leafs as a team have slumped rev- er-upper who really cleans up, as Thr on the Canadian Club. The Bisons eral points in batting while winning terminational League pitchers are be- started a drive about a month ago more ball games. And other inter- ginning to find out. They're start - which has carried them from seventh esting facts are that they are not ing to pass this boy now with men place to the first division. The Leafs hitting into as many double plays, on, rather than take a chance on are still in the cellar, but, you can . nor have they nearly so many nien having him break up the game for bet whatever yon like that they left on bases, as was the case before thein. won't be there at the end of their ; Lazzeri took over. These facts are' The present home stand lasts until present home stand, ;related and we will try to show you the 22nd of the month. The Leafs Just how little separates the two how. entertain Newark on July the 10th, teams in current ability was apprar-! Early in the season the Leafs got llth and 12th; Jersey City on the ent when they hooked 'up recently a lot ofhits with nobody on base or 13th, 14th and 15th; Syracuse on in a six -game series, three of them with two men out, which meant that the 17th, 18th and 19th; and Mont - in Maple Leaf •Stadium and the other the pitchers were letting up on them real on the 20th, 21st and 22nd. three in, Offerman Park, at tines. Then along dame Lazzeri Week day game are all floodlight Buffalo on Your and the Leafs stressing the fundamental idea that affairs, commencing ' at 8.30 p.m. two of these fixtures, but the result you have to score runs to win games, Saturday .afternoons are devoted to of every game was in doubt until and the way to score runs is to push double-headers, beginning at 1.45 p. th,e last man was out as they were runners around, the bases. 'm. ' It will surprise us very much won. and lost by one and two ran' Tony had an idea about how to if .they aren't battling for a first. margins. If the, Leafs could have stop those runners from' perishing division by the time they take to' taken one more genie they would onthe paths. It was the old bit- the road again. have earned an even ,break with and -run play, which he declares to t • Steve O'Neill's red-hot crew. But be the greatest offensive tactic of , • theLeaf's prospects are extremely baseball. A HITCH HIKER'S FRIEND •1 bright when You ,consider that theyl "It stops an infield from making To give a couple of Lucknow lads THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor: 11 a.m.—Sunday School 7 p.m.—Evening Worship: ST. PAUL'S CHURCH Rev. A. H. ,O'Neil, B.A., B.D. 10 a.m.—Sunday School 11 a.m. Morning Prayer. 7 p.m.—Evening Prayer. THE SALVATION ARMY Capt. McDowell 11 a.m.—Worship Service 3 p.m.—Sunday School 7 p.m.—Evening Worship ONTARIO STREET 'UNITED Rev. G. G. Burton, M.A., B.D. 10 a.m.—Sunday School 11• a.m. Divine Worship 9,30 a.m. Tuener's Church Ser- vice and Sunday School 7 p.m. Evening Worship WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED Rev. Andrew Lane, B.A., B.D. 10 a.m.-Sunday School: Worship service at Ontario Se Church during. July. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Gordon Peddie, B.A. 9.45 a.m. Divine Worship 11.15 a.m. Worship Service at . . Bayfield. 7.30 pan. Evening Worship at. Bayfield. have been operating for the last double plays on you on ground a lift was a friendly act, but to go fortnight with several of their best balls," > he says, "and. it upsets :an to the trouble of trying to return a players 'en the sick list. • infield faster than anything I know pair of swim ,trunks to one of the Lazzeri for the reason: When the runner onlads,should star hint as Its the magic of Tony:unknown s p that has brought a change' to the ' first starts for second with the pit- a real gentleman. Leafs, along with it reawakening of 1 alleles motion, either: the• shortstop Postmaster I•I. J. Lindsay, received interest in the fans,. Since taking or second ` baseman must ,cover . the a .parcel in the mail Tuesday, postage charge ,as manager, old Push -'Em -Up bag. The batter waits to see.' which prepaid, accompanied by a letter has transformed the team from ,an 1 ane of theta makes the (Hove and, from Toronto signed D. L Davidson, indifferent ,aggregaaion of athletes 'then raps the : ball theoegh the spot which explained that the.panel can- ' oit par.:vacated. It's ,a tactic that an - •boy'sh... • trunks which who weren't going anywhere r pay getsrained bathing , titular into an ambitious brand of infield so confused it's apt to blow one of two boys left in his, ear an ballplayers who seem sure enough sky-highitt an inning, and don't for- Sunday. headed for a spot in the Shaughnessy get that all ,the time the runners ' The writer explained that he had play-offs. :are advancing on ;those bases." picked the boys up near Bervie and "I cion't know what he's done tot This is the reason the Leafs are driven thein to Walkerton. "One of thene" said Bill Southworth, manag- scoring more runs and winning more them was a freckled faced kid" and er of the Rochester Red Wings, af- ball games,: andit also explains the,they were around 15 or 16 years of ter dosing the past series to the slight slump in the team's aggregate age. They said they lived in. Luck - Leafs in Rochester, "but 1 do know batting mark. The pitchers are bear- now. The 'letter stated he would ap- they're going to make it' tough for ing down all the time on the -Leaf predate if the `postmaster Could everybody from here in." • !hitters now, because they know it's, locate them and give then to whom Let's take a quick look at the , harder to keep them from scoring they belonged.—Lucknow . Sentinel. 1 CUT"TING D,OWN HILL- ON THE MILL ROAD' Huron County highway, commis- sion machinery has been at work the past two weeks on the Mill Road in Tuckersmitl between Seaforth and Brucefield. A. power shovel has made a deep cut in the first hill west of Egmondville and material used to widen the grade and improve the road out to Charter's hill. No de - ,tour has been necessary. ' Paving me the road between Bruce, field and Bayfield will be completed' this " year, and it is expected the read from. Egtnendville to Blame - field will bo done next year. Comity officials, have been looking over the bridges on the mill road, especially the Egnnondville bridge, and it has been' decided to rebuildl them, perhaps next year:. •