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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1936-04-30, Page 3THURS., ; APRIL 30, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE WHAT 'CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES DO ?OU REMEMBER. WHAT IIAPPI;NED DURING 'TAR LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY! From The News -Record, May 1, 18961 The other day a gentleman who• had been out shooting a few weeks before, tilled his pipe with loose to- bacco from a pocket. The pocket from which he secured the weed hap- pened to be the one in which he had carried his gunpowder. In a'nioment there was a mild explosion and the pipe was emptied. Fortunately there was not enough powder to do much harm, but it -was a lesson the gentle- man will' reumember for some length of time. Mr. Lack Kennedy is quite a dog' fancier and,.as with horses, he likes a well-bred animal. For. some years he had poor luck with his thorough- bred collies but at last has been re- warded favorably. Finsbury Bell, sold last month in New York, for $1,000, dropped pups, seven of which are. living, three have been gold, one to, Mr. G. D. McTaggart of- town. The Flint, Mich•,• News of the 13th gives particulars of the death of Henry Cole, an old time resident of Clinton. Dr. (Miss) Irwin left Friday for New York, where she will take a post -graduate course in medicine. The daily papers announce that A. M. Todd has been appointed return- ing officer for West. Huron. At a meeting called by the mayor it was decided to celebrate Monday the 25th of May as the Queen's birth- day. The following officers were then elected: Chairman: J. B. Hoover. Secretary: J. J. Allen. Treasurer: M. D. McTaggart. Committee: W. Jackson, L. Ken- nedy, Dr. Shaw. From The New Era, May 1st, 1896: It is alleged' that the Grigg fam- ily are Lawful heirs to an English fortune amounting to $450,000,000; about 200 are said to be interested among them M. W. Grigg of town. Mr. Walter Blackhall has sold his fine chestnut caiziage horse to N2r. Oliver Johnston for the -sum of $210: It is a very fine driver. The nienibers of the I.0.0.F. lodge held their annual At -Horne in their cosy lodge rooms on Tuesday even- ing last.... The arrangement of the program was under the direction of Mr. T. Jackson, Jr. and to him much credit is clue for the success of the gathering. It was remarked very few high class concerts ever offered a better program, which••was as fol- lows: Chairman's address, Mayor Holmes; instrumental, .Miss Linnro Irwin; solos, Miss Herman, Mr. Fos- ter, Miss Freeborn, Mrs. Ransford, M. Spalding, Mr. Downs; recitation, Miss May Rance; duet, Mrs. Wall, Mr. T. Jackson, Jr.; reading, Miss White; quartette, Mrs. Wall, Miss Herman, Mr. Forster, Mr. Jackson An intermission of forty minutes during which refreshments • were served in an adjoining hall, followed by an instrumental selection by Mite Combo; reading Mr. D. Stevenson, Ii 0.0.F: Glee Club, 'Messrs. T. Jacek- son,' M. Dowzer, G. McRae,. Castles, Spalding, B. Kerr, H. Israel and R. Foster, solos and chorus, Polly O'Neil Mr. Bert Kerr, comic. solo, Mr. Downs. In addition to those on the pro- gram Miss Gibbins acted as accom- panist and Miss Ida Boles contribut- ed' an instrumental selection. At the close Mr. Houston proposed a vote of thanks to the Odd Fellows for ;the entertainment provided, which was cordially seconded by Rev. J. F. Parke. When The. Present Century Was Young From The News -Record, April 27th, 1911: While in Si.'Catharines at Easter Master Lloyd Rice was sworn in as A. "Boy Scout" and so far as known, has the honora.of being the first Boy Scout in Clinton. The following members of the local Masonic lodge attended a meeting of the Goderich lodge on Tuesday even- ing: Dr. Ball, W. J. Tozer, C. E. Dowding, E. McLean, Dr, Shaw, J. A. Ford, J. Biggins, H. E. Rorke, J Taylor, J. H. Krer, W. A. McConnell, A. J. Holloway,G. L. 'Walker and Dr. Axon. Mr. Chas. A. Mustard, son of Mr. Alex. Mustard of Brucefield, a third year student at Knox College, Toron- to, in .the examinations recently held, tied with another student for the post -graduate fellowship, which in- cludes the David Smith -Ross, the Jane Hunter and McWilliams Scholar- ships, worth in all four hundred dol- lars. Instead of dividing the prize the senate provided another four hundred dollars for another fellow- ship. Mr. Lorne March's Black Minorcas are record-breaking hens, such eggs as one of then laid on Sunday prov- ing it. This particular egg 'meas- ured 711:, by 8% inches and weighed 34 of a pound. From The New Era, Apr. 27th, 1911: The watering cart made its first appearance on the street on Thursday afternoon last. You may safely pack away your ear muffs in camphot• balls for the summer. The annual meeting of the Clinton Lawn -Bowling Club was, held - on Tuesday evening in the council cham- ber, The following officers were elected: Hon. -President: G. D. McTaggart. President: W. Jackson. Vice: J. B. Hoover. Secretary: J. Wiseman. Chaplain: Rev. C. E. Deakins. Hon. -members: A. J. Taylor, R. Holmes, Toronto, F. Porter, F. Hod- gens, Goderich. • WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING. HOW IT TURNEI) OUT Recent wedding , report was headed "McIntyre -Benedict". As the, Dun- dalk Herald points out, the groom is now a benedict and the bride is a McIntyre. -Hanover 'Post. A CLOSE SQUEAK We all had a narrow escape from death the other day' and yet it was several days before an account ap- peared in the newspapers, It seems that the smallest "world" in the 'uni- verse just missed striking Old Mother Earth by a mere 1,20Q,000 utiles. -Kincardine Review -Reporter. A WORTHY ACT The action of the F. W. Wool- worth Company in ordering all bran- ches to discontinue the sale of toy pistols is certainly, to be commended. This is an effort to prevent crime ' and many are of the opinion that the handling of toy pistols by little tots is not a good thing. Who . has not been accosted on the street by chil- dren pointing toy pistols and order- ing us "Hands up. Only in fun, of course, but the thought is lodged in the mind of the child and the real thing might come in later years. We cannot be' too .careful.- ' -Listowel Banner. WON AFTER FORTY YEARS After forty years of speculating in Irish and other sweepstake tickets, nmotor car lotteries, etc., without ever winning anything, Mr. Adam Seo- bach broke his losing streak on Tues- day. A• few months ago, Mr. See- bach purchased a ticket on behalf of the Gyro Club of Hamilton, just as a matter of habit more ,than anything else. The purchaser, while not fortun- ate in winning a car, did succeed in getting "in the money." On. Tuesday he discovered that his ticket had won for him a beautiful silver candy dish, artistically carved and mounted with an arched handle, Mt. Seebach is over eighty years of age, and for half of this period has been a devotee on` this sport. He.received the prize by mail. This is the first premimn he has ever won, -Mitchell Advocate. BY'ETHERITE' CANADIAN RADIO CELEBRITIES IIAVE BEEN BOOKED FOR CAN- ADIAN RADIO COIMISSION'S . NEW REGIONAL A N D NATIONAL NET WORK SHOWS Lovely Helene Morton, one of Canada's most outstanding sopranos, who is scheduled to be featured on certain new spring and summer programs to be broadcast over the Canadian Ra dio Commission networks. Miss Morton, who possesses•an internation al reputation, is said to receive the largest fait mail of any radio star in the Dominion. An almost. complete overhauling of the present broadcast schedule of Canadian Radio . Commission pro- grams and the creation of newer and lighter features for presentation on the regional and national networks during the spring and summer months was announced in detail this week by Commission officials. The new broad- cast season started April 26 when studios operated by the Commission throughout Canada introduced enter- tainment considered different from that provided in the past. The more serious, types of pro- grams, such as talks and educational features, have been replaced to some extent with drama, gayer music and novelties. Most of the national net- work offerings which were carried al- so in the United States on exchange, have been discarded, a few of undle- puted popularity being retained. New Canadian talent has been book- ed, the majority being among the most outstanding radio personalities in the country, The bulk of programs heard on the regional networks also have been withdrawn and substituted by quarter-hour broadcasts designed THE KING. TAKES A WALK It is related that as a bitter east win was blowing itt dusk some days ago, ' with workers hurrying along London streets toward their' homes, King Edward found that he had to. attend a meeting at Buckingham Gate about half a mile from the Palace. 'Instead of summoning his car, the King simply put, on his hat and 'coat and, accompanied by the Earl of Ran - nor, walked out of the King's en- trance to the Palace and strode brisk- ly across the forecourt: Startled sentries jumped and saluted.. The people who were loitering about the exterior fumbled with their hats, if men, or wondered, if women, avhether. or not they should curtsey. There was even an embarrassed attempt at a cheer. The Ring acknowledged' the hom- age of his' subjects by raising bis hat and then, the Earl beside him, walk- ed unconcerned and .unhurried into the crowd and thus made his way to Buckingham Gate. ti :, A small incident, perhaps, but typ- ical of the new Ring's dislike of hide- bound tradtion and his willingness to shatter precedent. And why should not, indeed, a Sovereign, particularly a British sov- eriegn, walk oat of Buckingham Pal- ace to join the crowd in the streets to satisfy the most conflicting tastes. Exchange of programs with American broadcasting companies, it is anti- cipated, will be continued and special overseas features from the British Broadcasting Corporation will be re- broadcast from time to time on the Commission networks. Among the new programs to be presented • over coast to, coast hook- ups from various Commission sta- tions will be the following: Sundays 5.00 p.m.• Candian Guards Band., From Montreal. • 6.00 p.m. "Crinolines"- A nixed quartet and orchestra un- der the direction of Ernest Dainty. From Toronto. 8.30 p.m. "Blue Pacific Moonlight"- Orehestra' under the direction of Percy' Harvey, featuring each week John Rimanoczy, the famous Hungar- ian violinist. From Vancouver. 9.00 p.nt. "The Mirror of Melody" - Musical programs based on the music Grenadier of different countries and pursuits Orchestra under the direction .01 Geoffrey IVaciclington with choral groups and soloists. From Toronto. :,)outlays 1.30 p.m. "Tribute to a Song"- Musical drama based on the history of a well known sdng. Front 'Toron- to, 9.00 p.m. "Tambour-Battant" ("With Banners Flying',)- A very snappy martial program un- der the direction of Dr. J. J. Gagner and featuring the Imperial Grena- diers Quartet. From 'Montreal. Tuesdays 8.00 p.m. "Mystery House".. A series of real old-fashioned mys- tery stories produced under the di- rection 'of Rupert Caplan. From Montreal. 8.30 p.m. "Twilight Echoes" This program featuring Helene' and Bill Morton, is similar to. "Twilight Echoes from the Fireside," which en- joyed such"a successful run over the Coinmission's western network from Regina. It will . be supportecl"by or- gan, violin, and piano. The program will originate in Toronto. (Starts• Tuesday, May 5.) '• Thursdays 8.00 p.m. A new and modern chor- al group- "Georgian Singers." The program will be under the direction of Stanley Maxted and will originate in Toronto. 8.30 p.m. "Serenade to Spring"- This will be a musical program of the lighter type, presenting an or- chestra under the direction of Jack Arthur and four soloists and a male trio. From Toronto. Fridays 9.30 p.m. "I Cover the Waterfront,' -A community feature by Pat Terry, faniuos marine reporter. A human interest program of people, places and things. From Vancouver. Saturdays if he feels like it? Brockyille Record -'limes. A SCHEME FOR HOSPITALIZA- TION WHILE IN HEALTH Down in Listowel the board of the. general hospital has started- some- thing that, if successful might well be adopted by other small town hos- pitals in the future. Listowel adapt- ed the plan three years ago and ac- cording to reports from that town, it was worked out vert satisfactorily, specially for the citizen who purchas- ed this hospital' care insurance plan as well as for the hospital'finances• The Bowmanville Statesman -com- ments: "Recently the Listowel Ban- ner carried an advertisement from the local hospital board, urging the people to buy hospital' contracts for 1036. Family contracts are $10 and single contracts half that amount. New contracts give two weeks' care, while those renewing are entitled to three weeks. "Contract holders," states the advertisement, "are assur- ed the very best rooms the hospital can provide at admittance time. Con- tract holders • are entitled to and do get private rooms when available, as well as best nursing that can be giv- en byhospital staff." To show how the plan works the following instance was'given, "Three contract holders for 1935 were attended by major operations, all had private rooms, weeks' care, cost to patient (above the contract) was nil, Had they not been contract holders it would have cost them at least $75.00 each.". In Alberta and. British Columbia some- what smiler systems 'for hospitaliza- tion have been in force for several years, but asfar as we have noticed, Listowel is the first in Ontario. -Port Elgin Times. the liver. -Doctors have told us this again and again. Now along conies a professor of the University et Maryland with a statement that this is all wrong. He declares that recent lexperinments show that alcohol stored up in the liver does not destroy the tissues, but is burned up in the sys- tem as rapidly as it enters "unless enormous quantities of it are con- sumed." As to cirrhosis of the liver being due to alcohol, he says, in ef- fect, that the idea is just superstition, Further, he asserts, where 'a person with a bad liver is a drinker, he starts drinking usually because of the dis- turbance in his liver. Just to complicate matters still` further,' another member of the pro- fession a Johns Hopkins physician, arises to challenge -or rather deny-. the truth of the latter assertion. He declares that a man with a bad liver can't drink "much.' If he has a good liver however it `doesn't make so much difference how much he drinks. At the same time the the Baltimore doctor observes flatly and incisively of alcohol: "Of course, it is a poison." All of which is both disconcerting and confusing. -Kincardine Review -Reporter. BUT IT DOESN'T HURT TO LEAVE IT ALONE It is a sad situation in which the Medical and scientific experts often• leave the poor layman. time a commonly accepted belief that For instance it has been for a long alcohol has a deleterious effect an 9.00 p.m: "The Musical Merry -Go- Round" - A. fifteen -piece orchestra under the direction of Carroll Lucas, featuring the hit tunes of the week as selected by Canadian listeners. The special arrangements will be written by Car- roll Lucas and the program will ori- ginate in Toronto. A' national network "Slumber Hour" program will be presented five nights a week (Mondays to Fridays) at 10,30 p.m. On Mondays, Wednes- days, and Fridays, the orchestra will be under the direction of Sanmuel Hersenhoren, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays the orchestra will be un- der the direction of a well known Montreal conductor. Outstanding among the new presen- tations to be broadcast over the re- gional ,networks will be the follow- ing:- On ollow-ing:On the eastern and rnidwest hook- up will be Mondays, .7.00 p•un., "Rhythm 'River, from Windsor. This will be a personality show featuring Irene Lander; Dell Adams, and Thos. Dunn, with an orchestra directed by Billy Regula; Tuesdays, '7.00 p•m.., "Rove de Vaise" ("Waltz Dream"), a special orchestral waltg program un- der the direction of Lucio Agostini, from Montreal; Wednesdays, 'MO p.m. "The Capitol Entertains," a variety program direction. Rene Marier, from Ottawa. On the Ontario network the new offerings will he; Friday, 6.30 para, "Your Garden," a series of talks sponsored by the Ontario Horticul- tural Society; Thursdays, 6.30 p.m., "Events in History," a news commen- tary on events in history by Jack Kanriawin. On' the eastern network will be Mondays and Fridays, 6.45 p.m., a nnusical novelty program featuring Jimmy Namara, from Toronto, and Edgar Herring, from Montreal; .Sat- urdays, 6;30 pan., "Captain Jack," a real old salt who tells tales of the sea to children. The program will come from Halifax. On the midwest and British Colum- bia network the following' are new programs: Mondays, 12.00 p.m., "Red River Ramblers," an old time dance program; Fridays, 11:00 pan., "By the Sea," an orchestral offering under the direction of Percy Harvey, with a male quartet; personality singer, and the "Smile Sleuth"; Saturdays, 12.00 p.m., "Swing Along," a. musical. program direction of Leo Smunton, with Fred Hill, tenor.; AYE,. LET'S BUY THEIR COAL One of the outstanding men of Stellarton in the rescue work that was done at Moose River mine was Joe Nearing. "We don't care a hoot," he. said, "about all this publicity. What we want to do is sell coal. We have the best coal in the world down here in Nova Scotia, but half the time we're not working because we can't sell the coal we produce." Joe Nearing seems to be a man as level-headed as he is brave.. He is not seeking cheers; what he wants is a market for the coal which he and men like him produce at whatever clanger the work entails. He is right in; suggesting thatthe present might be a good time to consider that phase of •-the matter. Medals are all right and cash re- wards are all right, but what about a market for the coal they dig? -Toronto Daily Star CALL HOME on those Sundays away from Rome! Jim Howard looks forward to the week -ends. He likes to spend them at home in'the bosom of his family. So, when a prolonged business trip 'found him at loose ends in a 'strange town that sunny Sunday morning, his cup of sorrow and di'seontent was overflowing - until he suddenly thought of Long Distance and the new Low Sunday Rates. "It will be almost as good as being with :- themn" thought Jim as he briskly stepped to the telephone. 00n both "Anyone" and "Person -to. Person", calls, Low Night Rates apply atter 7 p.m., and ALL DAY SUNDAY. The Winter of '36 I'll tell you a tale, il' you'll list to me Of the winter of '36, And a terrible tale it is going to be, Or the winter of X36. It's• been so bad since it began That even the very ,oldest man Knew, not it's like, since his life be- gan 'Way back in '56. There never was so much snow be- fore Till the winter of '36 It's depth was umpteen feet and more In the winter of '36. In places the drifts , were piled . so high May be, would send:in more news." And we say hear, hear, Stanley'. correspondent) Please list to the: lady: COUNTY NEWS GODERICH: At a meeting of the session of I{uox Pesbyterian church it was decided to present a reference Bible to Rev. William Weir on Fri- day night when he will be ordained into the ministry of the Presbyterian Church at Huntsville. Rev. Mr. Weir is the first young man from Knox church to enter the ministry for some years, and the session are presenting the gift in recognition of this on be- half of the congregation. Mr. Weir That even the wind could not get by is the son of F. G. Weir, J,P., and And the snow, it filled the earth and Mrs. Weir. sl.y, SEAFORTH: The sudden death or Iu the winter of '36. Peter Daley, a former esteemed rest - And the way it New, it was a fright, dent of Seaforth for over 65 years,. Iii the winter of '36. occurred at the home of his <laugh - It blew all day, and it blew all night ter, Mrs. Alice Cudmore, of Usborne In the winter of 36. Township, early Sunday, in his SGth: Ii; buried our wood piles out of sight, year. Since the death of his wife,. It chhngcd the landscape overnight, Sarah• Finch, eight years ago, he And many jack -rabbits died of fright made his home with Mrs. Cudmore. In the winter of '36. Surviving are two sons and four And the thermometers couldn't be daughters, Edward, of Walkerton; head John, of McKillop Township; Mrs- Imt the winter of '36. Wilber Webster, Seaforth; Mrs, Vin- son; Mrs. Nicholson, of Penticton, B. For the mercury wouldn't get outo f C•, and Mrs. Cudmore;' also 13 grand- children and 13 great-grandchildren.. Funeral services were held on Tues-• day at 1.30 at the home of Mrs. Cudmore, Usborne, and at 2.30 at Northside United Church; Seaforth.. Interment in Maitland Bank Ceme- tery. GODERICH: The fishermen had their first html of fish of the season Monday. The catch was disappoint- ingly light. MacKay .Bros. only net- ting 165 pounds and the Macdonalds less, than that. Older fishermen re- call the season starting with a haul of half a ton in time first nets set out. The late spring anti cold wea- ther have added a share of the disap- pointment. GODERICH:: Town Councillors Brown, Cr•aigie, Bingham, Baker., Huckins•and Humber were present at a meeting of 'the Public Utilities Com- mission with omemissionwith G. C. Parker, district H. E.P.C. engineer to discussthe matter of, joint pole line !construction by the local commission and the Belt Telephone Co., which was explained. at length. The streets under consid- eration were North, Victoria, Cam- bria and East. The deputation was. informed that the commission' would' be pleased to go into the matter fur- ther with the Bell Telephone Com- pany. bed In the winter of '36. Where a lighted lantern hung on a stick The flame was frozen right on the wick, And even our watches ceased to tick, In the winter of '36. A school boy trudging with dinner pail In the winter of '3(3 Got his tongue stack tight to a rail- road rail, In the winter of '36. Trucks didn't truck, and cars didn't .go And traffic was amazingly slow, But the wind, it never ceased to blow In the winter of '89. And this is a tale, I have told to you Of thewinter. of '36, And ,every word I have told, is time In this winter of '86. ' But though we've. suffered. .quite a bit, Still it's good to be living yet •Anti I'm very sure we wont forget The winter of '36. And fifty years from now, they'll tell Of the winter' of '36. The number of feet of snow that feII In the winter of '36. And if it shonld come a terrible blow They'll say if there had been twice the snow It would have been almost as .bad you know, Asthe winteu' of ,'36.' But give it time and it will pass The' winter of '36. We'll see again the fresh green grass In the slicing of '36. The birds will sing among` the trees, We'll hear again the hum of bees We surely should feel glad for these I)1 the spring of '36.' Science Hill, -5, Ross Taylor. The above, as you will see, was written by a former Stanley town- ship boy, son of William Taylor, to read at a•club of which he sis a mem- ber, but a .friend told us about it and we asked for a copy, which his sis- ter kindly sends tis. She says: "It is fifteen years, this spring, since' we left the 2ncl ,c'oncession of Stanley but The News -Record is al- ways very welcome even though Many navies are new especially lit town news• I often wish that . the Stanley, correspondent, whoever that GODERICII: In commemoration' of the 117th anniversary of the found- ing of the Order, the members of Hu- ron Lodge, No. 62, 1.0.0,E„• attended divine service in Knox Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning. The eighty or more brethren occupied the centre pews of the church, entering the edifice headed ,by N.G. George Mathieson arid' D.thG,M. Dr. Thomimp- eon of Ciintori• Special music: was rendered by the choir under the dir- ection of N. H. Livens. Sirs. C., Kerr' Stewart and Mr. Frank Riley sang - "Love Divine." Herbert Greene was the soloist in the anthem, "My Soni Doth Magnify the• Lord.'' Rev. D. J, Line, minister of the -church, preached an appropriate sermon based on the. text, "And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he lov- ed him; for he loved him as he loved his own soul." GODERICH: The tragic death in a motor accident in Toronto of Horace Horton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Philip H.' Morton, was received here • with. deep regret. His parents are natives of Goderich, his mother being for- merly Miss Eva Achesan, He is a ne- phew of Mrs. George C. Hill, Mrs. Montague Baker, Miss Gamble - and. Mr. R. J. Acheson, all of Goderich. Mrs. J. C. Greig of Seaforth is am aunt. DAVID M.EISNER JOINS CONKLIN CARNIVAL SHOW' David Meisner; absolved after he had served 18 months of a 15 -year term for the Labatt kidnapping, has been signed with the . "Crime Does; Not Pay" . exhibit .' of Conklin Bros" Carnival. He will open next week wlmen the show plays Kitchener. Meisner will taut of time ciroure-• stances surrounding his mistaken Identification in the kidnapping. o>' 3`ohn S. Labatt, Loudon, Ontario,. brewer. ,In the traveling exhibiti are• wax figures of John. Dillinger,"Pretty Boy Floyd, Capone, Clyde Barrow; and others. A previous arrangement for the- atrical appearances fell through;.