HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1937-01-21, Page 3THURS., JAN. 21, 1937.
• THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
PAGE d'
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
From The News -Record, Jan, 20th,
1897:
Electric lights have been placed in
the Masonic Hall.
Mayor Holmes on Friday fined one
F.orden $5 and costs for improper
conduct at the Salvation Army hall.
The annual meeting of the Clinton
Horticultural Society was held in the
council chamber last Wednesday,
when the following officers were el-
ected:
President: Rev. W. J. Ford.
Vice: Ja O. Gilroy.
Second -Vice: Horace Foster.
Directors: Alex. McKenzie,' Alex.
Armstrong, Joseph Wheatley, L
Walker, H. Joyner, Sr., S. Davis, W.
Brydone, T. Cottle, Wm. Coats.
Honorary -Directors: Mayor Hol-
mes, ex -Mayors Forrester, Doherty,
Searle, McTaggart and Thos. Rollo -
way, Dr. Turnbull and the following
ladies: Mrs. W. Jackson, Mrs. James
Fair, Sr., Mrs. John Gibbings, Mrs.
W. Robertoson, Miss Doan, Miss Me-
Taggart, Miss Fowler.
Auditors: W. E. Rand, J. P. Doher-
ty.
Mr. Wm. Coats was re -appointed
secretary -treasurer and a vote of
thanks was tendered him for his ser-
vices as an officer and in organizing
the society. This year the Associa-
tion will hold an exhibition purely, at
which no prizes will be given. But ev-
ery member will be given one dollar's
worth of seeds, plants or bulbs.
From The New Era, Jan. 15th, 1897:
Before leaving Mitchell for Toron-
to last week Mr. Victor French, son
of Mr. and Mrs. D. French of the
House of Refuge, was presented with
a handsome fountain pen by the Ep-
worth League.
The following are announced as
license . commissioners ' f o r Huron
West and East.
West Huron: Samuel Sloan, Gode-
rich; James Stevens, Clinton; Hugh
McQuarrie, Blyth.
East Huron: Thos. Gibson, Ford-
wich; George Fortune, Wingham;
George Murdie, Seaforth.
South Huron will likely be the
same as last year but the names have
not yet been announced.
During the past few days T. Wig-
ginton put upthree windmills in
Seaforth and one for Chas. Stewart
of Goderich township. He left yester-
day for Stouffville where he will erect
Iothers.
I There will be a meeting for the
formation of a hockey club at the.
Waverly House on. Friday night,
When The Present 'Century
Was Young
From The News -Record, Jan. 18th,
1912:
Tlie hockey team is putting up a
great game this season, having had
four wins out .of five games played.
The board of water commissioners,
comprised of Dr. Shaw, J. B. Hoover
and Mayor Gibbings, held their or-
ganization meeting on Saturday. Dr.
Shaw was appointed secretary and
Mr. Hoover, chairman.
The annual meeting of the Hallett
District L.O.L. was held at Summer-
hill on Tuesday with a large atten-
dance. The election of officers re-
sulted as follows:
Master: Fred Scarlett, Leadbury.
Deputy: Joseph Ranson, Summer-
hill.
Ree, -Secretary: C. Longley, Clin-
ton.
Financial -Secretary: James Miller,
Clinton.
Chaplain: Jno. Scarlett, Leadbury.
D. of C.: Chas. Tyner, Summerhill.
From The New Era, Jan. 18th, 1912:
A. press report from Brantford
states that only two players in last
year's team have had contracts sent
to them, one of these being Dick
Tasker of Clinton.
A record for cold weather was made
last Friday night when the mercury
dropped to 21 below.
At the coming session gf the Legis-
lature Mr. W. Proudfoot of Goderich
will introduce a bill to tax business
done by departmental stores in towns
other than the one in which they are
situated.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
A. BUSY SPOT I It is the only one of its kind in the
The town hall was a very busy
building on Monday morning. Divi-
sion Court, with a lengthy list of cas-
es, was sitting in the council cham-
ber; Seaforth town council was hold-
ingtheir inaugural meeting in fire-
men's room, and Tuckersmith Town-
ship council was, meeting in the audi-
torium. This was all in addition to
the usual activities at the municipal
building.—Seaforth. News.
A BIG FARM
Considerable comment i s being
made about a Doctor from Preston,
who has purchased 700 acres of land
in the Klondyke area, southeast of
Grand Bend, about four miles. The
new owner as a large tractor work-
ing day and night in breaking up
land, much of which has not been
cultivated in years. The object of
the venture we understand, is to do
farming on a large scale. Much of
this land will be , sown to barley,
which was a lucreative price this fall
Just how this venture will prove itsef
remains to be seen.—Zurich Herald.
TOO BAD
It's a pity that school lunches were
allowed to become so cumbersome
and troublesome. For a while there
has been something like rivalry a-
mong school boards, each seeking to
outdo the other till the scheme prov-
ed impracticable and expensive.
School meetings did what might be
looked for—they abolished the lun-
ches altogether. Our good friends of
the Women's Institutes will do well to
look into the situation once more
They allowed a good thing to become
a fad, and a costly fad at that. A
few mistakes should not be allowed
to thwart a really; good enterprise.
--Exeter :Times -Advocate.
EXETER ARENA ALMOST
COMPLETE:
Exeter's new arena and gymnas-
cum now awaits only a few minor
touches before being ready for open-
ing. Early in November the engin-
eers staked out the site of the new
building and Saturday evening the
contractor, Mr. N. 0. Hipel, of Pres-
ton, turned over the keys of the new
'building with only a few minor de-
tails to he finished by local carpen-
ters. Exeter now has a municipal
building that has been admired by
hundreds of visitors and one of which
the citizens might well feel proud.,
province of Ontario and we are as-
sured that no municipality the size
of Exeter can boast of anything bet-
ter. -Exeter Times -Advocate.
30 YEARS SERVICE
John A. Wilson, who this week re-
tires as Town Clerk and Treasurer,
has served the town since 1906, Pre-
vious to this he had had many years'
experience on the council, and in 1900
and 1901 was Mayor, being elected
eachyear by acclamation. Mr. Wil-
son was a member of the council
during the period when the old town
hall was burnt and, the present build-
ing ,erected.—Seaforth Expositor.
The Greatest Things
The best day: Today.
The grestest mistake: Giving? up.
The most expensive indulgence:
Hate.
The cheapest, stupidest, and easiest
thing to do: finding fault.
The greatest trouble maker: Talk-
ing too 'much.
The worst bankrupt: The spub that
has lost its entusiasm.
The greatest teacher: 1 one who
makes you want to learn.
The best part of anyone's religion:
Gentleness and cheerfulness.
The meanest feeling: Jealousy.
The greatest need: Common sense.
Only Short Term Prisoners
1Sent To Guelph
The Ontario reformatory buildings
where a riot occurred on Sunday, is
situated a mile west of the city limits
of Guelph.
The main buildings, including the
huge gray prison itself, are 500 yards
off : the highway. I t s spacious
grounds, tended by ` prisoners, are
dotted with specially designed flow-
er beds, rock gardens and miniature
lakes.
Most of the 700 prisoners: take
some part in looking after the
grounds, the farm lands attached to
the institution and the buildings them
selves.
No prisoners sentenced to terms
longer than two years are sent to the
reformatory. And they have always
been accorded more liberties than is
usual in prisons. One of the unfor-
tunate results of Sunday's rioting
will probably be a tightening up of
rules.
"NIGHT SHIFT" IS NEW SERIES OF BROADCASTS BEING PLAN-
NED BY CBC FOR COMMENCEMENT IN FEBRUARY —ROBERT
T. BOWMAN, FORMERLY OF BBC, TO BE PRODUCER AND
COMMENTATOR — SERIES TO OPEN AT SYDNEY, NOVA SCO-
TIA --OTHER NOTES.
A coal mine at Sydney, Nova S
tia, extending three miles from sho
under the bed of the ocean .
famous lighthouse at Checucto Hea
Se
• in the Flying Corps during the war.
rel He is well known on, the BBC and will
the be asked' to appear on a CBC "inter -
d,, view" during his visit ... Merrill
off Halifax, that for years has guided
Atlantic shipping to safety . ; . a
South American freighter unloading a
cargo of fruit at Saint John, N.B. , .
a fox farm at Charlottetown, P.E.I.
. , . a ,pulp and paper mill in Que-
bec .. a large northern Ontario gold
mine . , . a grain elevator at the head
of the Great Lakes ... a newspaper
office . the Welland Ship Canal
.... harvesting in western Canada
. fruit picking in the Okanagan
Valley, B.C.— these, and many other
phases of Canadian life, will form
the basis of a new series of broad-
casts being planned by the CBC for
commencement early in February.
The series, designed to generate in-
terest of Canadian listeners in their
own country, and to foster a bette
of the life and work
the people of the different province
will be sound pictures of places an
things throughout the Dominion tha
are essentially Canadian in appe
and representative .of the country
major activities. The series is to b
known as "Night Shift" and will b
presented weekly over the nationa
network.
The CBC has assigned as produ
and commenter of'the series Robert
T. Bowman, former staff commenta
tor of the BBC who won recognition
when he broadcast play-by-play de-
scriptions of the hockey games last
winter at the Olympia meet in Gar-
miscch-Partenkirchen, Germany, and
who joined the CBC program staff in
December. Mr. Bowman, who also' has
done considerable broadcasting for
the large American networks, is a
graduate of McGill University, Mon
treal, and an ex -newspaperman,
The "Night Shift" series will no
be studio performances but actually
will originate from points of interes
that typify the Canadian scene. Mr
Bowman will cross Canada fronr
coast to coast, equipped with specie
technical apparatus, and aeeompan
ied by CBC engineers experienced in
the matter of special event broadcast-
ing. One of the most interesting of
the series is expected to take place at
Montreal, when the last boat -train
leaves from Windsor station to take
passengers to Saint John to board a
special liner bound for London and
the Coronation proceedings.
Denison, who clicked so importantly
as a radio script writer,in Canada
three years ago that he got the major
assignment of "Great Moments in
History," from NBC, has • turned a-
gain to the magazine field' and the
critics are rating high his recently
published book on. transportation,
"Advancing America."
CORPORATION FEATURES
DAY BY DAY
(All Times Eastern Standard)
Thursday, January 21:
9.30 p.m. "Christie Street Capers."
—Variety show with orchestra. From
er Toronto.
of 10.00 p.m. "By the Sea"—Novelty
s, feature from Vancouver featuring or -
d chestra, soloist, quartet, and "The
t Smile Sleuth,"
al Friday, January 224
e 9.00 p.m. "Let's All Go to the Music
e Hall."—Musical variety old time Eng -
1 lish music hall show. From Toronto.
10.30 p.m. "I Cover the Water-
cer front." Presenting Pat Terry. From
Vancouver.
Saturday, January 23:
8.00 p.m. "Cotters' Saturday- Night."
The Aiken Family at home. A Scot-
tish program from Sydney.
Dance Orcestra. From Quebee.
Sunday, January 24:
3.00 p.m. New York Philharmonic
Orchestra. From, New York.
5.00 pan, "The Vesper Hour." From
- Winnipeg.
6,00 p.m. "And MCame to Pass,"
t Biblical drama. From Montreal.
6,30 p.m. "Dr. H. L. Stewart Review
t the News." From. Halifax.
• 7.00 p.m. "Professor Quizz and his
Brainbusters." From New York.
1 9.00 p.m. "Forgotten Footsteps."
- Dramatization. From Toronto.
Monday, January 25:
8.30 p.m. "The Hitmakers." Va-
riety. From Toronto.
10.00 p.m.: "Strike Up the Band,"
From Toronto.
Tuesday, January 25:
8.00 p.m. "The Story of the Last
Frontier." A radio play 'written by
Arthur Lowe. From Toronto.
10.00 p.m. "National • Sing -Song."
From Toronto.
Opening ,Of New Vancouver Studios
There will be a gala time on the
Canadian networks February 16 when
the CBC's new Vancouver studios and
transmitter are declared officially op-
en. Our west coast tipsters tell us
that plans are going forward for a
monster celebration, not only from
the new studios, but from other sta-
tions throughout the. Dominion. CRCV
once a one kilowatt station, has be-
come a powerful 6 kilowatt station
and one of the most modern in Am-
erica. Plans are rather vague at the
moment ... .
"Order!" "Order!"
"Order" will be called for the coast-
to-coast audience attending "Let's
All Go to the Music Hall" for its 64th
performance on Friday, January 22,
at 9.00 p,m. EST. The Chairman ex-
pects all patrons to be seated at that
time for hepromises a show full of
high calibre entertainment land he
does not want one patron to miss a
song. The show, which will be a
broadcast feature over the CBC na-
tional net., will feature Red Newman,
George Young, Yvonne Miller, Larry
Burford, George Patton, and the "Two
Bobs."
To Talk on "The British Throne"
Brian Cook, . , brilliant young . Eng-
lish -artist and lecturer, who is pre-
sently engaged in a Canadian lecture
tour under the auspices of the Na-
tional Council of Education, will be
heard over the national network of
the CBC on February 1, from 10.30 to
10.45 p.m, EST, in a broadcasttalk
on "The British Throne." Mr. Cook
will give a brief history of the Mon-
archy throughout the centuries: the
King's place in the Constitution, to-
day and yesterday; the reigns of King
George V and King Edward VIII.; the
ceremony of the Coronation; the Roy-
al Palaces, their surroundings and as-
sociations.
Studio. Gossip
Violet Dunn, the young Canadian
legitimate actress who broke into ra-
dio via the Toronto studios of 'the
CBC two seasons; ago, is now a New
York headliner . , George Carr, Bri-
tish actor now among Broadway's
celebrities as "Quack," in "The .Coun-
try Wife," may run up to Toronto in
February to renew, friendships made
Wednesday, January 26:
9.00 p.m. "Canadian Concert Hall
of the Air." Music with soloist and
little symphony orchestra. From
Montreal.
10.30 p.m. Lloyd Huntley and his
Mount Royal Hotel Dance Orchestra.
From Montreal.
Woodsworth Would Have.
Canada Remain Neutral
In Any Dispute Abroad
War Profits Should Be Prohibited.
Three resolutions relating to war
and peace are included in the first is-
sue of the "votes and proceedings"
of the present session of Parliament,
Two are entered in the names of J,
S. Woodsworth, C. C. F. leader, and
one of his followers, A. A. Heaps
(Winnipeg North). The third will
be moved by T. C. Douglas (C.C.F.
Weyburn).
Mr. Woodsworth requests that
"under existing international relations
inthe event of war, Canada should
remain strictly neutral regardless of
who the belligerents may be." He de-
mands that at no time should Cana-
dian citizens be permitted to make
profits out of supplying war' muni-
tions or materials.
Also, according to the C. C. F. lea-
der,
eader, " t h e Canadian Government
should make every effort to discover
and remove the causes of internation-
al friction and social injustice."
Calling attention to world condi-
tions and characterizing these as "a
most alarming situation which may'
result in a disastrous war," Mr. Heaps
deplores that the League of Nations
up to the present has not succeeded
in establishing conditions conducive
to a permanent and lasting peace,
He urges that Canada suggest to
President Roosevelt "the desirability
of 'convening a world conference for
the securing and maintenance of.
peace."
Mr. Douglas asks introduction of
legislation to ensure, that in the event
of another war involving Canada's ac-
tive participation, "every agency, fin-.
aneial, industrial, transportation or
national resources, shall automatical-
ly be conscripted for the duration of
such a war, and that a penalty be im-
posed for the violation thereof."
.1.
X13
A MAN MUST EAT
BY DONOVAN BAYLEY
Frank Bond came home with new what the police are. They'll }sang
lights behind his horn -rimmed glas- somebody or knew why,"
ses, for he had been seeing visions, "What did you mean by saying you
and listening to a prophet. had been inefficient, Frank?" Mary
Frank was one of those tall, fairasked.
young men who make you think of "Oh, not at the office! 'In the gar-
Viking adventures. Being born, how- den. I'm getting four quid a week,
ever, all these years too late for that,
he plodded along, equally cheerfully,
in a large estate agent's office in the
semi -West End. a mg.
He hurried up the crazy -paved -path "No, but I have. It's not efficient
But the flowers?"Mary asked.
to his front door in the suburb of with an income like ours, to grow "They're coming out of it. You,
New Orpingstead, let himself in, and flowers: We ought to grow things to
uttered his usual ringing shout. eat. It was Devannion pointed' that
(Continued. on page 7)
"Mary, I'm back. Where are you?"
"I'm here, darling with uncle," she
answered from the kitchen. "When
you've washed, dinner'll be on the ta-
ble.'
"Fi$eI Great!" He was so hearty
Mary thought, that this time, he was
not so pleased uncle was here again.
She was not to know that Frank had
leen seeing visions.,
Neglecting to go into the kitchen to
hug Mary the presence of Mr. Geo.
Shann, her uncle, made him. shy —
Frank hurried up to the basin in the
bath -room, and the way the house
shook would have told a builder a lot.
He ran down again, now smelling of I
antiseptic soap, shook hands with Mr.
Shann, gave his pretty wife a com-
radely smack and sat down at the
head of his draw -leaf oak table.
"We want rain, my boy," Uncle
Shann said.
"You ought to know," Prank ad-
mitted. Mr. Shann was a market gar-
dener in a largish way, though get-
ting old and inelastic.
"Nice show of blooms you've got
here, all the same," the old man ad-
mitted.
"Blooms!" Frank said. "That's just
where I`ve gone wrong. That's just
where, with a small income like ours,
I've been inefficient,"
"Inefficient?" Mary echoed. This
was new to her. The polyanthuses,
especially, were remarkably fine this
year. Frank was good at them, as
well as being clever with roses. In-
deed, he had managed, by budding,
to have three separate sorts flowering
an one standard, a rather neat idea(
in a rather small garden.
"I said inefficient. And I know
just what I'm talking about. The firm
has called in an efficiency expert, and
I have been listening to him."
"That's bad," Mary said. She had
been in business before Frank took
her out of it. "Means the sack for
someone."
"Sure!" Frank was unworried. The
firm would certainly not want the bo- -
ther of training someone else to do
his careful work, which was pivotal.
"He's a man called Devannion, a
swarthy bloke, forceful, intent, a hu-
man dynamo."
"Shoot him," Mary said, "if you
can do it without being noticed."
"I don't like to hear that sort of
talk, even in joke," Mr. Shan reprov-
ed her uneasily. "If anything did
happen to him after that you'd be
bound to be blamed. Mary. You know is
out to me when we had a chat,"
"Did he?" Mary said, thoughtfully.
"Oipingstead's growing fast." Ux--
ale Shann said, "You can get quite a
d` good price for cut blooms. I wisle 1
was younger."
"We buy lettuces and radishes, ani
spring onions, .turnips, carrots, spin-
aeh, and all sorts of stuff, when we
could raise them ourselves," Frank:
said. "You can't say that's efficient,.
can you?"
"I can't say that I like it," Mary
answered, thinking of, the efficiency
expert.
"I bought seeds on the way hone,"•
and I'm behaving like a country gen- Frank said. "I'll have a bed cleared.
tleman with large grounds." for them before dark."
"Never noticed it darling." " "Lettuces are fetching a wonderful
price," Shann said.
:L. s m is that enough?
True, the radio gives you certain cold figures
but it's indirect and impersonal and at best only
a general indication, compared to actual tele-
phone talks to a number of buyers. In conver-
sations, you get the actual feel of the market;
you know what's going on; where and when to
sell; what grades are going best; what the pic-
ture promises; and all those other intimate
details, the knowledge of which puts dollars in
your pocket. The telephone, as a business agent,
is truly irreplacable.
s,y7
Nothing yields so much
For what it ousts as the
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Make Your Own Exposure Guide '
Revolution In Spain
Affects Price Mercury
The revolution in Spain has brought
about a rise in the price of quick -sil-
ver, or mercury, the world's richest
deposits being located at Almaden, in
the province of Ciudad Real, Spain.
Other deposits are located in Russia,
Czechoslovakia, Italy, the United
States, and small quantities are found
in Peru, China, Japan, Australia and
Algeria.
The United
the world's dStates at one time was
U
largest supplier of quick-
silver but has now declined to third
place, principal supplies coming from
Spain and Italy. Quick -silver has
many uses, among these being for ex-
plosives, gold mining, barometers,
thermometers, anti -corrosive and an-
ti -fouling paints, medicine.
Wingham Blast Injures
Firemen
Damage of About $1,000 Caused to
Property
Two members of the Wingham fire
department were injured—both ser-
iously it is believed — late Sunday
night by an explosion which shower-
ed them with shattered glass and
sheets of flame. The men, Walter
Lockridge and Howard Fuller, were
hurried to hospital, suffering exten-
sive burns,
The fire was at the beauty shop
owned by Helen Beattie, in down-
town Wingham. The blaze was first
noticed shortly after 10 o'clock
smouldering in the inside of the build -
The explosion occurred after fire-
men had turned a hose line on the
front window of the premises. Two
theories were advanced. One was that I
some chemicals used in beauty shop
work might have been responsible,d
the other that the pressure of heat-
ed glass formed by the flames was
to blame. Officials lean to this view.
Interior of the beauty shop was
gutted with a loss of $1,000, before
the flames were controlled. The ad-
jacent shoe store of J. A. Haugh suf-
fered through smoke and water. The
building is owned by , Mrs. Patrick
McGlyns.
Pictures like this usually need an exposure different from that required
for a landscape. It's better to know than to guess.,
frElll trouble with a good many
41. amateurs is that they never get
beyond the stage of happy-go-lucky
ehutter clicking. They keep on mak-
ing haphazard guesses at exposures
notwithstanding the indistinct pic-
tures that .too often result. They
would be surprised at what they
could accomplish as a regular thing
if they really knew just what stop
and shutter speed are needed with.
the type of camera they use for the
existing light conditions each time
they take a picture.
To be sure, exposure is a bit of a
bugaboo even to the most experi-
enced,
xperienced, which is why so many "ad-
vanced amateurs" use exposure
meters. But, if you are still a
guesser, nothing prevents you from
learning to he a good one. Here is a
suggestion to help you lick the
problem.,
Take the time some day soon to
make an experiment withdifferent
stops and., shutter speeds on the
same subject. Have a pad of paper
with you on which you have written
the date, time of day and light con-
ditions and the type of filen. Then
for every shot you make, pat down
the exposure data, Nos.1, 2, 3, 4, etc.
Maketwo series of experiments like
this, first with a group of persons,
then with a landscape.
For the 'first experiment, why not
get the cooperation of your family?
Get them out on the lawn sotne aft-
ernoon and start shooting. Suppose,
it is not less than an hour before
sunset and the, sky is bright. Yours
Is a folding camera, with anastigmat
lens, shutter speeds from 1/10 sem
and to 1/100, and stops iron: 1.6.3 to
1,32. Toe have the family in the
shade of a tree on a bright sunny
day, An exposure of 1/25 second at.
1.8 seems right. Make that exposure
No. 1 and carefully put down the
data. Then make three other snap-
shots at f.3, No. 2 at 1/10, No. 3
at 1/50 and No. 4 at 1/100, Then
make four more at 1,6.3 and four
more at 1.11 at the same shutter•
speeds. This assortment has pro-
vided you with overexposures and.
underexposures of the same sub-.
}eat but surely several correctly ex-
posed negatives at different stbp
openings under the same conditions..
Now get your photo, flnisher to,
make you, the best possible prints
of each negative. Then ask him to.
print all the negatives, In groups of
four, on one sheet of paper, using•
the grade that will, give the best..
print for the best negative of all.
Result: you have learned some-
thing! And you will have a record
to refer to of what different expo-
sures will do to 0picture and among
thein a correctone to emulate.
Do the same thing tor a landscape
picture, say at 1.18, 1.22 and 1:32.
Right! The records will not serve,
precisely for other light conditions„
but they will help you immensely to.
make the necessary adjustments..
You will see for one thing that un-
derexposure is a much more hope -
loss failing than overexposure;
hence, in the future, you will tend;
to be more liberal in your estimates..
111 JOTIN VAN GUILDER