HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1939-12-14, Page 7'THURS., DEC. 14, 1939
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
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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 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD,
DECEMBER 14, 1899
Mr. John Brickenden received a
telegram on Tuesday from his
neighbor, Mr. Win. Shier, formerly of
Hullett, now of Marlette, Mich., stat-
ing the latter's daughter, Maggie, had
died on Monday and that the funeral
would be 'held on Wednesday.
During the wind storm of Tuesday
the smoke stack at the elevator teas
blown down and smashed to smith-
ereens. One of the plate glass win
doves in Mr. John 'Soruton's butcher
shop was also shoved in.
We learn that Miss Mountcastle has
applied for the upper room in the
Stavely Hall, wherein to place her
beautiful collection of pictures. In
the event of compliance on the part
of the committee we are informed the
room will be free to the public.
A telegram was received from
Dallas, Texas, on Saturday announc-
ing the death of James Doherty who
went south last spring.
Edward Carter, son of Mr. Robert
Carter of Stapleton met with an ac-
cident on Monday which will handi-
cap him for life. He was employed
about a heading machine and got his
right hand caught. The accident cost
him three fingers, only the, thumb and
forefinger being left on the hand.
LONDESBORO—Mr. M .Mains has
had an unusually busy fall and has
just finished up for the season.
Among the contracts for next year
are barn for Peter Cole, Goderich
Twp.; barn for Thos. Leeman, • Mc-
Killop; barn for Alex Innes, Stanley;
barn for John Stewart of the Hayfield
concession, Goderich Twp.—Congrat-
ulations to Mr. H. Ruddell, who was
elected member foe Morden in Mani-
toba elections on Thursday last. —
32 -foot addition is being built to the
Methodist Church shed. When com-
pleted this will be one of the largest
in the county.
VARNA—Owing to the .very high
wind on Tuesday last the Principal
received word to dismiss the p,upils
as the plaster is not in the safest
condition. - Mr. Howson of Clinton
will occupy the pulpit next Sunday
while Rev. Sewer will take the fol-
lowing Sabbath's services.—Rev. Mc-
Donald received• many farewell gifts
from members and adherents of the!
church prior to his departure for the;
Island of St. Joseph, near the Soo.
HAYFIELD — 'Ale Queen's Hotel
flag pole, which has listed consider -i
ably, had become dangerous and Mr.I
Ferguson, town constable, and a num-1 of men took it down the other;
day. — Our streets are now.. in total
darlciess except on sue, nights as
Luna sees fit to pity the poor public,'
Jewett Bros. having stopped the lights1
pending a decision by council to take
more lights. —Preparations are being i
made to provide an open air skating
rink for the amusement of the young-
er people.
When The Present Century
• Was Young
THE CLINTON NEWS-REOORD,
DECEMBER 10, 1914
Onthe last day of November Mr.
James Walkinshaw celebrated his sev-
enty' -seventh birthday. A man who
has always endeavored to do his duty
saw it industrious and upright
is
citizens.
as he ,
to highest degree, he one of
the town's most popular
the
Buffalo and Detroit since leaving his
boat.
Dr. and Mrs.'' J. M. Sloan of Nome,
Alaska, are' guests at the home of
the former's sister, that of Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Walker, and will' remain
the winter.
Varna L. O. L. held .their annual.
meeting on Thursday last when the
following officers were elected: Mast-
er, A. Robertson; Deputy, B. 'Rath -
well; Chaplain, Geo. Beatty; Rec.-Sec.
C. Diehl; Fin. -Sec.,' N. Reid; Treas.,
F. Weekes; Lecturer, T. Stinson; D.
of 0,, Geo. Johnston; Committee, J.
W. Reid, Wm. Rathwell, Chas. Foster,
1, Rathwell, Geo. Clark.
At the Brucefield Fowl Supper on
Manday evening an interesting :part
of the program was the burning of
the mortgage, which ceremony' was
performed by Reel. Mr. Sowers, under
whose pastorate the edifice was built
six years ago, and Mr. McBeath, one
of the oldest official members of the
congregation.
HOLMESVILLE GIRL
WINS SECOND PRIZE
AT TURKEY FAIR
Under the auspices of the Goderich
Lions Club the members of the God-
erioh Turkey Club held a successful
fair and banquet last Friday. Early
in the fall the club was organized,
with thirteen members enrolling and:
with the exception of two, all had
birds in the exhibition. The Misses
Ursule and Therisa Lassaline had the
misfortune to lose their birds, but
were present at the fair and banquet
which followed.
Two hundred people attended the
Fair. in the afternoon and viewed with
interest the exhibits of live and dress-
ed birds. The local supervisory+ com-
mittee of J. D. Thomas Goderich, E.
V. Lawson, Holmesville and _J, C.
Shearer, Clinton, were in charge of
proceedings. Stanley McNeil, Auburn,
was the winner of the live bird sec-
tion and was awarded the twenty-
five pound bronze Tom donated by
T. H. Roadhouse, Toronto.
The prize money awarded on the
season's work was presented at the
banquet held at Hotel Bedford in the
following order:
W Pentland, Port Albert, 729 pts.
Ruth Lawson, Holmesvdlle, 712 pts.
Billie Hill, Benmiller, 710 pts.
Donald Allin, Benmiller, 689 pts.
,Stanley McNeil,. Auburn, 673 pts.
Maitie Hillian, Goderich, 660 pts.
Mary Feagan, Goderich, 634 pts.
Harold Jewell, Goderich, 630 pts.
Harry Feagan, Goderich, 625 pts.
John Robertson, Goderich,. 579 pts.
Bill Straughan, Beniniller, 407 pts.
One hundred attended the banquet
and special guests included Warden
Robert Turner; Ex -Warden Wihnot
Haacke; L. E. Cardiff, Chairman of
the Agricultural Committee; F. Ford,
Clinton; W. L. Whyte, Seaforth. Mr.
Nelson Hill presided. The guest
speaker, Mr. Kenneth Saris, secret-
ary of the Ontario Turkey Breeders'
Association, gave an interesting talk
suitable to the occasion. The presen-
tation of awards was made by J. C.
Shearer, J. D. Thomas and Harry
Edwards.
WILLIAM JACKSON
Above is the portrait of William
Jackson, third son of Mr. Isaac Jack-
son of town, who is one of those hav-
ing volunteered for overseas service
and is now in training at the camp
at Winnipeg.
The evaporator closed down" Tues-
day of last week after a busy and
comparatively successful season. .It
is twenty years this fall since Mr.
Case came to Clinton to do business.
The home of Mrs. Matthias Glew of
the Huron Road, East, was the scene
of a pretty wedding at high noon
yesterday when her daughter, Ade-
line, became the bride of Mr. Robert
McKenzie of Detroit, son of Mr. and
Mrs, 'Thos. McKenzie Sr., of Clinton.
The ceremony was performed by Rev.
Frank C. Harper and was witnessed
by immediate friends. Miss Eleanor
McKenzie, sister of the groom, played
the wedding march.
The following officers were duly
installed in Murphy Lodge on Tues-
day evening: Master, H. Pringle;
Deputy, Wm. Walker; Fin. -Sec., H.
Glazier; Rec.-Sec., A. Clarkson;
Treas., P. Cantelon; D. of C., D. N.
Watson; Lecturers, R. J. Cliff, J.
Ford; Committee, A. Cook, Fred
Mutch, G. Hanley, D. Steep.
Mr. Norman T, Sheppard, son of
Mr. and Mrs. 1. P. Sheppardreturned
home last week after spending the
summer sailing. He was on the City
of Hamilton, plying between Hamilton
l and Montreal. Mr. Sheppard visited
CLINTON
RIFLE
TEA. RETAIN ONTARIO CHAMPIONSHIP
Posting a perfect score of 1500 points, this team from the Clinton Rifle Club successfully defended its
Ontario rifle title against 46 other Ontario rifle teams in the first round of the third annual Dominion marks-
men .22 Sporting Rifle Championship Competition. The. Clinton shooters staged a closely fought and thrilling
last-minute battle for the Ontario crown; against the Ryerson Press Rifle Club of Toronto in the nation-wide
rifle tournament in which more than a thousand Canadian marksmen competed on some 150 rifle teams rep-
resenting over 100 villages, towns and cities in the Dominion. The new Ontario titleholders will compete about
the middle of December with the eight other provincial titlists for the Dominion Marksmen Challenge Shield
and national title. Each member of the Clinton team posted a perfect score of 300 points, thus outshooting
the leading rifle clubs in their province in record -beaking style. The marksmen are from left to right:
(Standing) Ellwood Epps, secretary; E. R. Doucette, Jas. Farrish; '(Seated) R. Smith, H. Kingswell, F. Van-
Egmond and Win. Farrish.
DIPLOMAS & ATHLETIC
AWARDS PRESENTED
AT COMMENCEMENT
( Continued from page 1)
well received. The dancers adding
colour to the scenes were H. Dixon,
C. Denomme, H. Grealis, P. Hearn, C.
Jefferson, M. Savage, M. Taylor, S.
Turner, M. Rozell.
The Glee Club as their contribution
sang 4 numbers, "Short'nin Bread",
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow", "Me
and My Little Banjo", and "Wide
Ribber." To the writer the last selec-
tion sounded the best, although this is
not intended as criticism of the pre-
ceding
receding numbers. The singers: L.
Moffatt, J. Hearn, S. Sutter, L. Gar-
rett, M. Miller, H. Pickett, IA. Rozell,
L. Plumsteel, V. Hoggart, A. Reid, S.
Keys, B. Mc lwan, J. Cuninghame, J.
Murdock, P. Manning, F. Levis, K.
Ross, R. Reid, F. Aiken, M. Plumsteel,
I. McCallum, M. Heard, C. Buchanan,
H. Shaw, A. Phillips, W. Cook, G.
Monteith, L. Herbert, L. Bray, F.
Thompson, G. Clayton, D. Gibbs, F.
'tewartha, J. Clegg, J. Levis.
Ten students received a curtain call
for their interpretation of Dutch
dances which can best be described
as simple yet beautiful. One half
represented the sterner sex in coy
courtship. The native dress of the
dancers with the large clogs adciecl to
the effectiveness of their perform-
ance. Portraying the parts in pairs
in the order, named were D. McIntyre,
W. Radford; P. Manning, P. Middle-
ton; A. Cornish, H. Pickett; J. Fair -
service, V. Elliott; L. Hanley, H.
Miller.
Because of its structure as well as The ever -popular "Sailor's Horn -
its delicious flavour poultry meat and pipe" by 11. Herman, I. McCallum, M.
broth made from it are among. the Miller, K. Middleton, L. Plumsteel, H.
foods served to children and those
who require foods that are easy to
digest. 1-1V11
gramme was a humorous one - act Passmore, Marie Plumsteel, Helen
comedy, "Courage, Mr. Greener'. Here Shaw, Fraser Thompson, Ivan Turn-
again the audience enjoyed a good er, Jean Vodden. Intermediate Dip -
laugh and enjoyed the dramatic deliv- loinas, Gertrude Bond, Melvin Bruns-
ery of the players who were Florence don, Melbourne Carter, Gerald Clay -
Aiken, Valena Elliott, Philip Sperling, ton, Gerald Fremlin, Donald Gibbs,
Fraser Thompson and Gordon Mon- Lois Hanley, Fannie Levis, Bernice
teith. Taking care of the technicalit- Lobb, Harty McEwan, Dorothy .Me..
ies were J. Herbert and J. Clegg. Intyre, Edna Mair, Phyllis Manning,
Phyllis Middleton, Helen Miller, Pat -
On Thursday evening Rev. G. G. ricia Morrison, Wilma Radford, Lois
Burton was called upon to present Rathwell, Allen Shaddick, Shirley
trophies to the athletic champions in Sutter, Mary Torrance, Keith Tyndall,
the following order:
John Webster, Helen Bond,
Clinton Field Day — Senior Boy
Champion, J. Tudor; Senior Girl
Champion, Jean Fairservice; Int. Boy PIONEER SEAFORTH FARMER,
Champion., R. Shaddiek; Int. Girl GEORGE ARMSTRONG, DIES
Champion, Vera Hoggart;,.Junior-Boy
Champion, L. Fulford; Junior Girl The death occurred in Toronto on
Champion, Jean McDougal; Juvenile Friday of Robert Armstrong, 89,
Boy Champion, L. Butler. H.A.A.A. pioneer Huron County farmer. Mr.
Field Day—McMillan Cup (School in Armstrong, who was born in Guelph,
first place), Clinton C. I.; Senior Boy moved to Seaforth while still a child,
Champion, J. Tudor; Senior Girl and spent the greater part of his life
Champion, Jean Fairservice. Target in Seaforth and Wallaceburg.
Practice—Cadet Cup (best shot in the For more than forty years he op -
school), R., Merrill.
Shaw, A. Phillips and K. Turner also
called for a repeat performance.
The concluding number on the pro -
Rev. Andrew Lane presented dip-
lomas on. Friday evening:
.-,:Academic Proficiency — Scholar-
ships—First-Ranking Scholarship at Society.
University of Western Ontario, Mary In 1902 he moved to Wallaceburg
Thompson; First Carter Scholarship, to accept a position as manager of
Mary Thompson; McKinnon Trophy, a large stock farm, where he re
Robt. Aldwinckle; Upper School Eng- mained for sevieral years. Later Mr.
lish and History, Mary Thompson; Armstrong opened a flour and grain.
Upper School Languages, Mary business, which he operated until act.
Thompson; Upper School Science, vancing years made it necessary for
Charles Cudmore; Upper School him to turn to a less strenuous oe-
Mathematics, Mary Thompson; Form cupation. In his later life he was an
IV, Fraser Thompson; Form III, Jean active landscape gardener until his
Hearn; Form II, Phyllis Manning; retirement five years ago. He was
Form I, Phyllis Herman. Public active in civic affairs, serving for
Speaking, Senior Girls, Willa Jervis; several years as an alderman in Wal -
Junior Girls, Phyllis Manning; Junior laceburg. He was also an ardent
Boys, Gerald Clayton. Graduation supporter of the Liberal party in pro -
Diplomas, Doris Alexander, Alfred vincial and federal politics.
Butler, Valena Elliott, Bert Elliott, Mr. Armstrong is survived by his
Charles Hay, Ruth Hillman, Helen only son, W. J. Armstrong, a Toronto
McKenzie, Charles Muteh, Kenneth business broker.
erated a farm in Seaforth and was
particularly proud of a bronze medal
he won in 1892 for having the best -
kept farm in. Ontario. The award was
made by the Ontario Agricultural.
CHURCH DIRECTORY
THE BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. A. E. Silver, Pastor
2.30 p.m,—Sunday School
7 p.m.—Evening Worship
The Young People meet each -
Monday evening at 8 p.m.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Rev. A. H. O'Neil, B.A., B.D-
2.30 p.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 irhri'TEI6'
Rev. G. G. Burton, ]VI.A.,.B;Dt.
2.30 p.m.—Sunday School..
11 a.m.—Divine Worship,
9.30 a.m. Turner's Church S
vice and Sunday School,
7 p.m. Evening Worship
WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED/
Rev. Andrew Lane, B.A., B.D.
11 a.m.—Divine Worship
7 p.m.—Evening Worship.
Sunday School at conclusion oiy
.morning service.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Gordon Peddle, B.A.
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Worship Service 11 a.m,
3 p.m. Worship Service at Bayfield2
2 p.m.—Sunday School, Hayfield...
CLINTON MISSION,
W. J. Cowherd, Supt.
Services:
Monday . 8 pan. Young People
Thursday 8 p.m. Prayer Meeting
Sundays
11 a.m. Sunday' School
3 p.m. Fellowship Meeting
8 p.m. Evangelistic Service.
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Who 1,vill lead a parade :froin the Public ;School to the London Road,
through main business section to Mill corner. Back to tree at 2.00 p.m.
FREE PICTURE SHOW -® For Children Public School age or under,
First Sho'' 2.30 Second at 3.45.
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