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The Clinton News Record, 1936-04-02, Page 1The News -Record Est. 1878 With Which _ is Incorporated The Clinton New Era The New Dr a'• Est. 1866 NO. 5473 -57TH YEAR CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND, 1936.. tur2cgt ern ort nt p a IIJ`ge ..Pair Work ` TBI 'MAKING MAKIN G WRONG WATCHES RIGHT, PARTICULARLY THE HIGHER GRADE WATCHES. • Watches thats 'n m n must he handl ed b so eo a who understands `thorn' Y and knows how they are made. We do not claim •to know all about everything, but you Can safely leave us and every sort of watch repair work with a cer- tainty of securing competent workmanship. We PayCash or Old Gold. -Erin yoursinand get oure. £ g nd price. Ye11qar 1 ANEW TOGS For the Smart. Women Stepping Out on Easter. A COAT, SUIT OR DRESS MAY BE EASILY CHOSEN FROM OUR WELL SEL- ECTED STOCK NE NUMBERS JUST ARRIYED And We have not Forgotten the Larger Women who Require e gq Garments in Sizes 40 to 44 LL". CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE " W. P. C. MEETS IN GERMANY The Sixth World's Poultry Con- gress will be held in Leipzig and Ber- lin July 24th to Aug. 2nd next, and we have to hand a program of the congress, which loess very attractive, The program, printed in Germany, is a very complete and handsomely gotten up little booklet, giving much information about the cities in which, the congress meets, with all out -lying points of' interest, as well as a .conn- piete program of the doings of the congress and the names of the com- mittees in charge. The German offi- cials are seemingly planning togive all visitors a good impression of the country and they will be received and treated with the greatest of courtesy. In a folder accompanyingthe pro. gram, giving information as to trans- portation, etc., for those wishing to take the trip, which, by the way, is not confined to poultrymen and their families, but is open to anyone who wishes to take it, in, appears the fol- lowing letter, addressed to. Mr. F. C. Elford, Poultry Husbandman, Ottawa, and a former president of the Con- gress; from the German Consul Gen- eral, Montreal; "Dear Mr. EIford:—I was very glad to hear that you will be leading the Canadian group •• of visitors • to the World's Poultry Congress, and T Hope that the group will be as largeand representative as the German group which carne to the Ottawa Congress in 1927..I need hardly assure you that you will find a cordial welcome in -my country and that everything will be done in. Germany to make your visit a pleasant one, and I am confi- dent that the members of your party, will return with none but the most favourable impressions and recollec- tions, both as regards the congress and your stay in my country." Mr. Elford says. they always have the pleasantest of tunes on these irips and he would be; glad to send anyone interested information in, re- gard to this one. Anyone hereabouts who is interested might, look over the program in this .office:. at any time. The Germans will 'need to behave themselves, though, if many peo- plc from other countries are ex- petted' to visit them this summer. 0. L. PAISLEY RETIRES Tinie passes and it is now between twenty-five .and twenty-six years since Mr. 0. L. Paisley became local representative of the Imperial Oil and the time comes when he retires on pension. The firm did not allow the occasion to pass without some nark and on Tuesday Mr. McCann,' superintendent for this district, and Mr. Munro, auditor, and represerta•• tives from Goderich, Wingham, Exe- ter and other surrounding. points fore -gathered at Mr. Paisley's home to wish him a happy holiday after a strenuous quarter century ofactivi- ties and also to present him with a little token of goodwill and esteem:' This took the form of a signet ring, set with a diamond, while Mrs. Pais- ley was presented with a silver relish dish. - When Mr. Paisley started there was no gasoline, it was all coal oil, which he delivered to the company's patrons, and for many years he used horses. And, because he was a Pais- ley and knew a good horse and liked a good horse, he always drove good- looking beasts and took extra care of them We rather missed those sleek, well-fed animals when they were dis- carded for a truck. And those horses on that oil truck travelled many a weary mile over good roads and bad, from Goderich to Dublin wasa wide district and it took a man humping. And it was an all-time job, there was little chance. for a holiday, you just had to keep, plugging away. , But now Mr. Paisley can have a bit of a holiday, while he' is still young enough to enjoy it, "^ and his friends hope he will do so. For thep resent in a re -distribution throughout the province, the district is being divided,.up amongst theeeev eral surrounding districts. SCHOOL CONCERT FINE? SUCCESS AS USUAL In Spite Of Handicaps, The Young Put Folk 1 t On Excellent Pro'-6ram ThursdayFriday and I'rid ay Evenings. The animal schoolconcerts, a s o :,held under er the auspices ofthe Home and or a d School Club and the direction of Mr. A. W. Anderton; musical instructor, were given in the town hall on Thursday and Friday evenings of last week, and,as usual, brought out good houses and were thoroughly en- joyed on both occasions. Over one hun dd re dnd fiftychildren a took part and their pretty and inter- esting costumes gave evidence of much work and care on the •part of, the costume committee of the Home and School Club, while their perfor- mances proved like care in their, train- ing by the school staff and the musi- cal instructor. The artistic stage scenery was drawn by Miss Fraser of the staff, the colors being filled in by members of the staff and pupils. Principal spa Jefferson, before the pro- gram started, came out and, on be- half of the H. and S. Club, thanked the audience . for . their interest and presence. He reminded them that the performers were all ehildren, none over thirteen, and many much young- er. He also spoke of the difficulty experienced in making preparations for the various numbers on account of the prevalence of measles, which kept the children home. On Thursday evening School Trus- tee Cudmore announced that Friday would be a school holiday. This was received with as great applause as any number on the program. The opening number was. a Rhythm Band of thirty members with tam- bourines, triangles, drums and: sym- bols with piano accompaniment by Mr. Anderton. A pretty fairy play by pupils of Miss Courtiee's room in costume` and a rooster parade by pue pils of the same room, were amusing. This latter skit was also done in eostume cleverly designed to imitate the lordly barnyard roos- ter. Then followed a play entitled "The Dyspeptic Ogre." The cast in- cluded: The Ogre, l3illy Counter; the Ogre's cook, Douglas McKenzie;' Frances, Florence Aiken; seven din- ners, girls of the entrance class; boy scouts, seven boys of the entrance class under command of Wesley Had-. dy; the Jester, Bob Campbell. The last number was a pretty op- eretta entitled "The Toymaker." The story • was one of a poortoymaker wbo lived alone with his old mother, who bullied him terribly. As he slept his toys carte .tolife, chief among them being the best doll, a rag doll and a wooden soldier. The toynral:er' was secretly in love with a princess whore he had seen riding past his window. Unknown to hint, the prin- cess returns his love. The Emperor sent forth, a proclamation that he will bestow his daughter's hand upon any toyniaker in the laird who suc- ceeds in malting a toy that will take the fancy of his capricious little son,, and he succeeded and won his prin- cess, ' The cast was as follows: Thursday evening; The' Best Doll, ,Helen Dix- on; The Rag Doll, Jean ,McDougall; The Clown, Tommy Leppington; The Wooden Soldier, Jackie Cook; The Toymalcer, John Levis; His Mother, Edna Ford; A Herald, Harold From - lin; The Princess, Audrey Butler; The Emperor, elm ,Lockwood; The Prince, Carl Bonihoff. The chorus consisted of fifty or more boys and girls of all grades in school., On Friday evening the cast in the operetta was changed to the following in the same order as named above. Phyllis Herman, Jo- Ann. Cuninghame, Toin Steep, Verne Huller, Billy Cook, Iona Leppington, Bob Coolce, Dawn Farrell, Bill Coun- ter, Frank Cook. The heavier parts, The Princess and the Toymalcer; were exceptionally, well done on both eyena ings. Mr. Anderton played all accompani- ments during the ,evening. THE MARKETS Wheat, 73c. Oats, 28c to 30c. Barley, 45c. Buckwheat, 39c. ` Butter 22c. Eggs, 11c to 15e, Live Hogs, $8.40. IP DOES PAY Mr. F. Whitmore, Holmesville, cal- led. Saturday to tell us what results he had hacl from a small advertise- ment inserted last Thursday. He ran a. little ad. offering a buggy for sale and he said he had had.three inquir- ies about it before the paper was de- livered at his home. It was sold the following morning: He had arranged to have the ad, run'twice but we re funded him the fifteen 'cents. paid for the second insertion -,and discon-' einued it. "It pays to advertise," Mr, Whitmore remarked. THE HOME PAPER MEMBER'Ole OLD FAMILY DIES Thomas Farquhar, a native of Hal- lett ,township and for ;many years . a resident of Hensall, died in Hamilton, on Sunday at the hone of his daugh- trr He e had been mP oor health for some time. Mx. PaFquliar was in his 78th year. His wife died nine years 'ago: • Surviving are two sons; Frank, ofe s H n all Charles of nearB ruse field; two daughters Mrs., Lambert and Miss Sophia of Hamilton. The remains were brought. to Hensel' and the funeral held from his son, Frank's home, Tuesday afternoon, interment being made in Clinton' cemetery. • The pallbearers were his two : sons, , three grandsons, Morris,, Ja k, and Aubrey Farquhar, and a ne. h w Ed. Farqu- har. u- ti , P , q. har. Mr. Farquhar was a son, of the late Thomas Faq u r har and his , Jane McMullin, pioneer settlers He was 'a ;brother of, the late G. M. Farquhar of the Base Line and of Mrs. Henry McBrien of Clin- ton and Mrs. J. W. Moore of Gode- rich.' Mrs, Joseph Clegg of the Lon- don Road is a niece. AMONG THE •, CHURCHTIS Services will be held• during Holy Week under . the direction of the Ministerial Association as follows: Monday, April 6, in Baptist churcb, Mr. C. S. Hawke giving the ad dress. iTuesday, Wesley -Willis church, Rev. K. McGoun. Wednesday, Presbyterian Church, Rev. F. G. Farrill. Thursday, Ontario Street Church, Rev. C. W. D. Cosens. Friday, St. Paul's Church, Rev, Dr. Deegan. These meetings will commence at 8 p.m. each evening, with the excep- tion of Good Friday's; which will be at 10.30 a,sn. Offering taken at each service for Missionary Work of the Church in which the service is .held. All are welcome. Please keep this list for reference. Ontario Street United Church Community 'service in the morning on Sunday. . The paste's evening n g sermon subject will be: "Bernabas." • Presbyterian Church Mr. C. S. Hawke will preach Sun- day morning, April 6th, Bible CIass at 3 pee. The Glee's Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Denncs Roberton 'at eight o'clock on Tuesday ovening. Baptist Church It is expected that the pastor, ilhe Rev. W. G. Sherman, will conduct the evening service on 'Sunday next for the first time since his accident.. Mr. Johnston of 'Toronto has been supplying for the past' five Sundays, his services being appreciated and enjoyed. Last Sunday evening he talked on the 23rd Psalm. St. Paul's .Church The• second monthly meeting of the evening branch of the W. A. was held at the home of Mrs. E. Nickle, with fourteen present, The advisor, Mrs. MacKinnon, took charge of the meeting. Four members .were re- ceived into full membership of the Woman's Auxiliary. The members decided to adopt the duplex: envelope system for contributions to the mis- sionary work and for expenses. The introduction to the study book, "The Jew and the World Ferment," '•was read by Eileen Atkinson. At the close of the meeting, the hostess served delicious refreshments. Wesley -Willis ,United Church Palm Sunday Communion service and reception of new members, in- cluding church membership class from .tire. Sunday School at morning service. Sermon Subject: "The Three Loud Voices." Evening; Song ser- vice; the hymns of the Cross: A pic- ture sermon: "The Last Supper," by Leonardo da Dinic. Preparatory• service on Friday' ev- ening at eight, o'clock. The. Rev. T. A. Carmichael of Seaforth will preach The Covenant Adult Bible class held ,their annual: at Koine, in the church Iecture room on Thursday ev- ening the 26th. Counter attractions detained some, but the class,, with some home members, and honorary members, made the attendance about thirty,' After e fine sing-s'ong service, some interesting Contests were . in evidence, A bird hunt, progressive conversation, what our grand parents did not have, the sense of touch and smell, were .indulged in. Mrs, -Morgan Agnew, ably accom!• ponied all the music, and contributed a pleasing instrumental; Mesdames Fowler and M. Johnson favored with a duet, and Mrs. J. Mcleinley contri- buted two recitations, : all of which were much appreciated. The social committee, • with Mrs. McKinley as convenor, ,provided dainty refresh- ments, • , Rev. Mr. Cosens expressed the thanks of. the company to all taking part. The .program committee 'con- sisted, of Mrs, H. Wise, and Miosis. W. J. Tough and J. B, .Lo Tough bb, ,the lat- ter,..acted as chairman. . FIRST REGULAR MEETING A regular' meeting • of the Lion's' Club of Clinton was: held Monday night at Bernier s . restaurant, at the supper hour. A grolargeup g up of the Goderich Club attended, and the home club felt honoured to, have such a well repre- sented. grouphere to start them off on theg ood wort good coil Fell ow - ship this organization will no doubt bring to our fair •community. The banquet was also graced with the, presence of his honor, Judge Costello from Goderich, who gave a delightful speech in which he refer- red: to community work and inte r fiected numerous tales of thelighter side of life and which were enjoyed to the fullest by, all those present. • Short remarks were also made by officers of tho Go er ich Club which were well ' received by • the local group, A voteof thanks wes ably deliver- ed by the local club's president, Lion Fingland, and by Lion Rev, McGoun for . the presence and speech by his Honor, Judge Costello, and the pleas- ing turnout of fellow -Lions from the neighboring town of .Goderich. NEWS FROM HOME Mr. 11, Walton showed us a paper the other. day, the Dunstable Borough Gazette, printed in his home town of Dunstable, in which were several it- ems of news of great interest to him. One was of the death of a lady of ninety-two, the eldest of five sisters, whose combined ages totalled 428: years. These ladies were well known to him when he lived there. Another item told about the retirement of a woman who had been caterer to school children who came into the town to school and who served dinners to a- bout forty of them each school day for etiventysix years, 'at only two- pence a dinner. A reorganization of schools resulted in many more chil- dren having to be served and the lady found the job too much for her. But it was said that during all that twen- ty-six years she had never missed one school day with her twopenny dinners and shesaid she had managed c r d it en that sum and had never been in debt. The school staff, and also the chil- dree, gave her a presentation on her last day. Steak and kidney pudding, potatoes and peas and rice pudding, was a typical dinner. ,Surely a good many people waste a lot of money en meals if they can be procured at that price. Mr. Walton came to Canada in1.912 but he keeps, up his interest in the old home land :and the locality from which he came. PASSING OFPETER COLE A well-known resident of Clinton for some years, member of a well- known family, and ,a native of Gode- rich township, passed away when Peter Cole breathed his Iast at the home of his son, J. .P Cole, of Tuc- kersmith oft Monday, in his eighty- eighth year. Until less than a,year ago, wllen his health failed, he was active and alert and did not begin to look his age. But since that time he has been failing and death came very quietly and painlessly. He had complained of a feeling of stress in his chest, al- though he had been going about as usual and had not even had a cold. A doctor was sent for, but in less than an hoar the end came. Mr. Cole was a member of a pio- neer family in Goderieh township, be- ing . the son of the late Peter Cole and his wife,': Jane Miller: He was born in Goderich township and heti' spent most ofhis life in that town- ship, retiring and moving into Clin- ton about eight years ago. For the Past : couple of years he had spent much tine with members of his fain - By. . The : old Cole church was built on.: the corner of the original farm, the site being given by the elder. Pet- er, and the family 'worshipped there for many. years, both father and son being officials in it. The latter was also for some years the leader of song. For some years before and since 'conning to Clinton he had been connected with Wesley, now Wesley- Willis, church. Jan. lst, 1876, the subject of this sketch, was united in marriage to Miss Mary Peck, who predeceased him by eight years. Surviving are four sons and one. ;daughter, J. P„ Tuckersmith, at whose home he died, Robert le. • of Goderich township, Warwick of Detroit, Randall of To- ronto, and Flossie, wife of Mr. John Mair of Hullett. A ,bother, John Cole of Chicago, and'the;eldest of the !tunny, also 'survives. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon fi+om the hone of Mr. J. P. Cole, interment being made in Bayfield cemetery. ' Rev. C. W. D. Cosens, pastor ' o f Wesley -Willis church, assisted by Rev. W. A, Bremner of Brucefield, conducted tele services. The pallbearers were the four sons and two grandsons,. Ran - dale Jr., andall,'Jr., and Burton,' Cole. A SUDDEN DEATH Howard R. Cluff, prominent Lon- don lawyer, died in 'a :Hamilton hos- pital yesterday morning., having been taken off the train as he was on his wayT-r t o o a31to Iris death wasd ue to'a heart attack. Mr, Cluff, was born at Brusse:s, was a 'on s of the late Canon Chaff o and ofM Chief rs, h ' ofI. Lmu on and a nephew of the late R. J. Cluff of Clinton. He was a prdininent mem- ber of the bar. of Western Ontario and had taken part' in several helper - tent cases within the past few weeks, With Chas. E. Bell of Hainilton he had defended Meisner at both his trials, anduc s seeded in Lavin hint g acquitted of the Labatt kidnapping. He it was who gave Meisner money to take him to Windsor after his ac- uitt He was �1 going to Torontoto confer with Mr. Bell when his fatal illness occurred.. 'Mr. Cluff was thirty-six years of age and is survived by his wife, two children, his mother and one brother, R. Cluff of Strathroy. Both brothers served in the Great War. THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE. The March meeting of the Wo- men's Institute was held in the Leg- ion Hall' on Thursday. last with a good attendance. Mrs. McKinley had charge of the -.meeting: The roll call Was responded to by the name of a favorite flower. • The president read greetings from Lady 'Tweedsmuir who is Honorary President of the Federated Institute of Ontario, and the secretary, Mrs. Rozell, read greetings from Hon. Duncan Marshall, minister of Agri- culture, The Institute was honoured by hav- ing the District President, Mrs. Oster of Blyth, with them, and she gave an interesting talk on Institute work in general, closing her remarks by a reading which was a parody on "The House by the Side of the Road." The speaker for the day, Mr. C. V. Cooke, gave a very instructive talk on the growth and care of Oheysanthe- Inums, telling how they could be grown boot indoor and outdoor. He said the plant originated in England in 1760 and `has been improving ever since. ' The musical part of the program consisted of saxaphona solos by Jack Perdue, accompanied by his mother, solo by Miss Wilhelrnine Trewartha, accompanied by Miss Ellen Charles- worth, •airs] a duet by Miss L. Brigham and Mrs. M. Johnson, • after sing- ing God Save the Icing, refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. M. Batkin, Miss L. Brigham, Mrs. H: Thompson, Miss Densmore, Mrs. 'Watkins and Mrs. J. Batkin. LITTLE LOCALS T'own council meets Monday even- ing. Yesterday was Ali Fools Day. Did you let anyone fool you? Mr. Doug Kennedy has taken the job of delivering for the Lobb groc- ery. Inspector Gavin visited the Colle- giate Institute' on Thursday, and Fri - clay last. A lovely winter morning for our Spring., Fair, An inch or so of snow, and rnoie promised. The many friends . of Mr. David pteep are very glad to see him able to be out and ,working again after a long and tedious illness. - Mrs. C. 5; Hawke, who has been ill for the past month oe six weeks is now, her friends are glad ' to know, improving a little. • The regular monthly meeting of the Clinton Hospital Board will be held on Tuesday evening at •seven - thirty in the board room of the town hall. Mr, Frank Lobb, who has been working with Mr. D. Cantelon for some years, has taken a position with the Clinton Creamery, starting this week, Mr. E. Brown, 'who now Iives just opposite, will take over the post with Mr.Cantelon. . Clinton Lodge No..84, A.F. & A.M. has, issued invitations 'for "Ladies' Night" which Will be observed 'on Friday evening, Apr. 17th, in the Legion hall.. This event was post - poised from Jan, elst, owing to the death of the King, • Mr. and,' Mrs. J. W. Nediger, who lave been occupying the Vanliorne house during the absence of Met and Mrs: VanlTorne, have been reno'vat- Ing tie- house recently purchased from Ms. Walter Manning and will move into it at dnce: Mr. A. .Seeledown was called down near Lucati last week to put . a 390 -foot well to rights which had.been giving trouble: He probed down' the well and got the 'thing efixed up :all right and this week he has been down . in the same eoeality, looking after another. no her. The expert is always in demand, NO BAD 'RESULTS FEARED While carrying his, baby son down- stairs the other day Rev. .F. G. Far- rel stepped on something' which one. of the other children, had left on thee stairs andbemgthrownoff his bal- ance, the child was thrown from his• arm and id falling had his head in- jured. n 'u ed It rwas r lea ed that th ae might in- juries i J g be serious but he was, soon all night and it is hoped no ser- nous results will follow. . • BRUCEFIELD Miss -Mashie •Swan is visiting at;: the home of her brother, Dr, Wm.. Swan of Hamilton at present. • \The many 'friends of Mr. Duncan'. Aikenhead of Stanley were pleased to- see,hini able to be out again after hie tong illness. Mrs. Hohner has been spending the: past feel days at the home of Mrs... Alex. Ross. Mrs. Janet Ross has gone to wait on her sister, Miss Mary Gilmour, of Stanley, who isi11 with pleursy.. Her many friends hope soon to hear of her recovery. Mr. and Mrs, James McQueen re- ceived a call from their son, Will of Toronto, this week. Special services will be in the• United Church commencing on April' 6th and continuing all the week ex-• cepting Saturday night. Conimnunion• services will be held at the morning; service, April 12th. HOLIVIESVILLE Mrs. S. Cooper, Clinton, was a re- cent visitor at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Albert Bond. Mr. Kenneth MacDonald. of Tees - water inotored down to spend Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Elmer Potter, Miss Jean Webster spent Sunday at her home near Seaforth. ' The community extends its sym- pathy to Mr. Elwyn Moore and other relatives on the' death of the formers, father, Mr. Fred Moore, who, passed: away early Friday morning. . Mr. and Mrs. Ken. Whitmore and little son of it Clinton i visited ed relative - in this community on Sunday,. Mrs. Ebner Potter loft. on. Sunday for a week's visit with her parents,., elm and Mrs. P. MacDonald, Tees water. ' On Wednesday, April 8th, the W':. M.S. and W. A. of the United Church. are holding a concert and lunch tm which all are invited. Mr. George Sheppard, we are sorry to say, has not been enjoying the best of health during the winter months. Mr. Mel. Elliott is busy making ex- tensive repairs on his house at tee present time. The church choir is busy practis- ing special Easter music• for the ser- vice a week from Sunday; The necktie social which the young people had planned for last Friday has been indefinitely postponed. Miss J, Webster, president, took charge of. Friday night's impromptu Young People's meeting. Miss Alcoa Tre- wartha read the scripture passage, followed by Rev. Mr. Herbert's in- structive nstructive comments. Miss WiIhed- mine Trewartha, accompanied' by Miss Charlotte Trewartha, favoured' with a lovely solo. The topic was• taken by Miss Edna Huller, and be- fore closing, a businessdiscussion• was held, committees beingechosen to see after the social evening this Fri day, when the Bayfield Young Peo- ple are meeting with the local group. A very good attendance was recorded. Mr. and Mrs, Charles McPhail and Fred Potter attended the funeral of their cousin, John Workman in Kip - pen, Death claimed a well-known figure in the village when Fred. Moore died at the home of ,Alfred Jervis eater Friday morning. The deceased had conducted a store for a number of years in Munro, near Mitchell, but after the death of his 'wife a ' few• years ago he came to Stanley Town- ship near Clinton, where he lived with a niece, Mrs. Henderson; formerly Elsie Lobb. About two years ago• he came to the village to board at the home of Alfred Jervis, where • he - had since resided. He suffered a fall some trine ago and hadnot en- joyed the best of health .since.. Hie: son, .Elwyn, was, with him when thee end came: Ile is also survived by - two .daughters, near Mitchell. Mr. Moore was a brother of. ^ the. Iate Mrs.Williann Lobb of the Hay- field line, Goderich township. The funeral was held at 1.15 o'clock Stinday:fr•om the hone of Al -- feed Jervis. Rev.' Mr. Tlerbert, pas -- tor of the Holmesville United Church. conducted the service .at the house- after which theremains were taken • to the Munro Church. Interment was • made intthe Munro cemetery beside .• his wife, formerly Kate Johnson,.. daughter of the late William John- son of the 6th' concession of Gode rich Township and of Mrs. Johnson, now. of.0oderich. A large number of friends .and relatives in this districg; aecompanied the remains. to M0itro.