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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1934-09-27, Page 3THIJRS., SEPT. 27,1934: amilso0.41 What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE LAST DEs- CA.DE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Sept. 26the here last week on a Visit to his bro- 1894: thet's Reeve MclVfurchie. Several Clintonians missed the Mr. J. Rensfortl was in London last train last Thursday and were compel- week attending a. meeting of the exe- led to remain in London all night. It cutive of the Synod. Was with great difficulty some of Mrs. Geo. Rumba], (nee Miss E. them procured a bed. Rudd) who has been visiting rela- Veterinary Surgeon J. E. Blacken tives in the vicinity, left for her is still in the land of the living, home at Marlette, Mich., on Monday. The cricket and baseball clubs pur- pose holding a grand concert in the hall on the second night of the Fall Fair, Oct. 3rd. lVfanning—lVforris — At the resi- dence of the bride's mother, Hullett township, on the 19th inst, by the Rev. H. J. Fair, Mr. Joseph Manning to Miss Maggie M'. IVforris, all of Hui - lett. Clark--Ross—At .St. Joseph's 15 - land, on the 24th inst., Mr. Hugh Clark, editor of the Kincardine Re- view, to Miss Kate Ross. * * * WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG FrOM The News -Record, Sept. 30th, 1909: and Mrs. Armstrong of the Bronson though he had a close. call the other [ day. Ile was eating. a piece of candy on Albert street, near the News -Record office. A friend at's tracted his attention across the . street and a good sized chunk went down the wrong way. In 'a strang- ling condition he made his way to a business place and several draughts of water brought him around. (In this paper appeared an article clipped from, The New Ysrlc Herald, telling about the wonder of cooking by eleetricity. It makes strange reading in these days when electric plaees, stoves, ranges, coffee pots, etc, are in contemn use.) STANLEY :—A very interesting event took place at the home of Mr. 'TATTVT17.1. -'71,27,,M774rrtfF4 E. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD. consented to take the organ the Criteria street church, MisS Sybil Courtice having gone to Toronto. Miss. Sybil Courtice Was presented by the. League- of Ontario etreet church with, a euitcase,' Rev, 1VIr., • Cosena giving a short address and Mr. Perry Plutirsteel malting the 'pre- sentation. Miss Courtice leaves to- I) day ,for sTorento, ,wliere she will en- ter the Deaconess -2,lionie in connec, tion with the Methodist Church. [ PAGE 3 • EXETER: ' Josiah James McDon- ald died at hie residence,,North Exe- WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING- ter, on Thursday in, his 89th year. Deceased was born near Belleville, • , He was twice married; his first HEE, LANDS JIJST IN TIME I gave up trying to learn 'the Esiglish Wife, Mary Carrick, predeceasing A good story is going I eation reported by Punch from a Frank Hamilton Concession [12, Ash- ' field, swallowed [ a safety pin. The' fact ,that the' pin was open made the danger greater. A:doctor from Rip- ley [ [eucceesled: in, securing. the pin Which had lodged in one side of' her 1 throat alinost out of sight, and she was soon none the worse al 1 " Thi recalls the conver_ him 48 years. Of their 12 children, [tlrounds • " seven s rvive • Josiah of Exeter in Exeter concerning a physician of whist drive, long ago. One player in, North and James of Wingliani, 1VIrs. perience. that vacillitY 'and 'a 'traffic cop:" R I a aet semaieced "we are two to two." Lee of ' Portland, Oregon, Mrs. Green I er called out "Are you two to two l' of Griswold, Man., Miss Minnie of have been 'hurrying or perhaps the appears that the medical man may Ata neighboring table another play- of •Manquette, Mich., Mrs. Pettisen W_ e are two to taro, too." What could Saskatchewan. His second wife was , Elizabeth Carrick, a niece of his minion of the law may have just gate, a Frenchman make of that? wished to be sociable—at any he drew up beside the doctor's car --Kincardine News. first wife, she predeceased him five •1 and drew off his gauntlet. Just then 1 years and of their four [children Nor., a bee alighted on the bared • arm and * * * I man of Exeter and 1V1rs. William line last Thursday in the -marriage of Mr. and Mrs. J. Ransford, Dr. and their daughter to Dr. McCash of Bel - grave. They have the best wishes and congratulations of a large circle of friends. The Rev. R. F. Irwin who has been supplying for over two months for the Rev. W. W. Leach, gave his pop- ular lecture, "Ireland and the Irish," at Brucefield, Varna and Goshen last week, very much to the satisfaction and delight of all who heard him. His services during the vacation of Mks Mr. Leach have been highly sat- isfactory to the people and very much appreciated. Last Sabbath he deliv- ered his farewell discourse before leaving for Victoria College, Toron- to, where he will spend the next term. He will always receive a hearty wel- come to Varna circuit whenever he may return. A large number of the friends and admirers of Rev. L. W. Diehl met at the residence of Miss Holmes on Mon- day evening and presented the gen- tleman with a very handsome hunt- ing case gold watch, prior to his re- moval to a new field of labor and al- so his marriage. Mr. George M. Kil- ty read an address which was signed by John Middleton and Francie Rich- ardson, Hohnesville; W. M. Lowery, Summerhill and Miss Jennie Holmes for Clinton friends. For many years Gardener Joseph Allenson of Clinton has been able to lead all rivals in Huron in the way of producing superior garden sass. . . He has some tomatoes that are mar- vels; ten of them make a peck and two of them three pounds. Mrs. Shaw and Mr. and Mrs. W. Jack- son will attend the annual convention of the Canadian Ticket Agents' As- sociation at Buffalo on Oct. 5th. Mr. John G. Medd has been off duty during the past week owing to illness. It takes more than a mere "indispos- ition" to keep John at home during business hours. There are fifty students in the C. I. Entrance form, thirty being from out of town, Mr. S. Kemp arrived from Toronto the latter part of the week of Sept. 12th with a Ford runabout which he purchased in that city. It is a hand- some car and being 15-18 h.p. can climb hills and develop a greater speed than the law calls for. A very pleasant event took place at the residence of Rev. T. W. and Mrs. Jelliffe last Thursday afternoon when the members of the Ladies' Aid and Wj. M. S. of Wesley church took possession of the parsonage property for the' double purpose of welcoming their pastor and his wife back after summering at Grimsby Park, and also to bid farewell to Mrs. J. Hod - gens who is removing to Goderich. (The lady was then presented with a couple of appreciative addresses and a life membership certificate and pin. Mrs. Boles read the first address from the LA., Mrs. W. S. Harland read the address from the W. M. S. Mrs. A. Taylor presented the certifi- cate and Mrs. J. Cuninghame fasten- ed the pin on her dress.) Councillor J. and 1V4rs. Taylor reached home on Monday last from a two -months' trip to England, during which they visited a host of friends in Yorkshire and Kent . . . They vis- ited many historic places in England, 'especially -London, and also crossed the channel for , a brief visit to France. Peer—Johns --[At the Methodist parsonage, Quill Lake, Sask., the residence of the bride's sister, on Sept. 22nd, by the Rev. A. E. Allin, Ella J., youngest daughter of Mrs. E. Johns, Tuckersmith township, to Norman Peer of Yorkton, .Sask. Mr. Jas. Snell, as an exhibitor of Liecester sheep has been repeating his successes of former years. At London he won all the firsts in the Liecester class, eleven, and two championships. He also made a num, ber of sales, including one to the Ex- perimental Farm, Ottawa, and one to the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. The former football club of the C. I. has been reorganized as the Clin- ton Collegiate Athletic Club, with the following officers: lion. • Presi- dent, Dr. Shaw; president, J. W. Treleaven; vice, A. P. Gundry; sec. - treasurer, E. E.. Ball; baseball cap- tain, J. S. Mitchell; football captain,, D. H. Stewart. A hockey captain will be appointed later and it is the intention to engage in all three sports, in season. , 1 * * * • GODER1CH: Attacked by a dizzy spell while fishing for minnows, with a dipnet at the harbor on Saturday, Mr. Henry Snyder, a middle aged than, fell into 24 feet of Water. The plunge revived him and he grasped a ledge of the pier, hanging on for dear life, and shouting as best he could for help. Three employees from the ele- vator close by, Albert Taylor, Sant McNaSl and William Rope, heard his screams and succeeded in rescuing him. Snyder was in the water half an hour before his cries were heard and he collapsed into unconsciousness on the pier after being brought up. First aid was administered to restore circulation. WI1GHAIvI: With St. Paul's Angs lican Church beautifully decorated with autumn flowers, a pretty wed- ding took place vvhen Violet Gladys, daughter of gr. and Mrs. Finlay Met- lor, became the bride of James Price Iiendefson, son of Mn', Thoertae Rene derson and the late Mrs. Henderson. Rev. L W. Roberts officiated. The wedding music was played by 1Vtr. Roy Mundy, &well organist, who was supported by a full choir. The bride, given in marriage by her father, was in a gown of white net, trimmed with velvet, wearing a vVhite mohair hat. She wore a neck pendant of white gold, the gift of the groom, and car- ried Ophelia roses. Little Madeline Mellor, sister of the bride, was flow- er girl, in pink organdy, carrying a basket of sweet peas. Mr. Clifford Beninger was groomsman, and the ushers, Mr. John Cruickshanks and Mr. Frederick lVfellor. A wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride's parents, Later, Mr. and Mrs. Henderson left on a motor trip for Niagara Falls and Detroit. Upon their return,'they will reside in Wing - ham. / ' [ * * * From The New Era, Sept. 28th, 1894: There was a slight frost on Nonday night. At Goderich Fair on Tuesday Mr. Wlesley Stevens of the Base line took first prize for agricultural team a- gainst six competitors. Mr. D. Cantelon has about ten thousand barrels of apples purchased in the vicinity of Chatham and is busy having thein put up. A carload of fine Shropshire sheep left here this week for Wisconsin; they were from the flocks of James Macfarlane, G. Baird, M. McEwen and others in Stanley township. The residence of Mrs. A. 11. Man- ning, Clinton, was the scone of- a pretty Wedding on Wlednesday even- ing, when her sister, Miss 'Helen Coats, second daughter of the late 'William Coats, was married to 1V1r. Chas. G. Middleton of Goderich town- ship, eldest son of Mr. Geo. Middle- ton. The contracting parties are well known, being held in the very highest esteem. The bride was assist- ed by her sister, Miss Carrie Coats, and Miss Lena Leslie, while Mr. E. Hovey and Mr. Chas. Middleton,' con• - son of the grooni, performed a sim- ilar office for him. Rev. A. Stewart performed the ceremony in the pre- sence of immediate relatives. Another interesting and happy e- vent of this nature took place at the residence of Mr. John McGarva yes- terday afternoon, the contracting par- ties being the Rev. L. W. Diehl and Miss MeGarva, both of whom are so well known and highly esteemed in church and social circles. The bro- ther of the groom, Rev. H. W. Diehl, assisted by the Rev. A. Stewart, per- formed the ceremony. Miss Clara Middleton of Goderich and Rev. W. L. Armitage performed the duties PT bridesmaid and groomsman respec- Mr. John 11. Coats. son of the late William Coats, was married last week to a young lady at Lackawack, N.Y. "Jaelt" is a resident of Albany and his old friends here wish him all the happiness possible. Mr. A 0. Pattison leaves next week house and lot to George Davis of ' en a holiday visit to 13effalo. town for a good price. Mr. Irwin and Mrs. (Dr.) Wright of Tottenham has been visiting at the residence of her father, Mr. Jowett of Bayfield. Miss Bessie Porter has gone an a vielt to friends at Essex and else - got busy. Whereupori the disciple of , Preszcator af Usborne survive, He Aesculapius responded to the prin- ANTI -BEER POLICY WOPLD WIN is also survived by two brothers, Wil- ciples of his profession and rendered . liam of Detroit and Charles in the No one can shut hs eyes to facts, Canadian West. A private funeral first aid and as far as can be learn - and the truth is that we have seen ed, that is the end of the story. was held at 2 000l Saturday, in- -[Zurich Herald. A SAD SIGHT A very sad sight was presented In the village one day last week, when a returned soldier, John Ross MacDon- ald, age BS pears, and his wife and three children, aged 2, 4 and 6 years respectively were hiking to Cornwall, where they have friends. Mr. Mac- Donald spent three years in France where he was severely wounded, and' on his return had a gold bar on the sleeve of his tunic. He is thoroughly familiar with farming, and is not a- fraid of hard work, but his efforts to secure work has proved unavailing. He and his family hiked to Elk Lake, near Cobalt, in Northern Ontario, but work was not to be had, and they started hiking southward and had gone 600 miles. He carried the youngest all the way, and the second child had to be carried at times. AS Mr. MacDonald still suffers from his war wounds, the hiking and carrying the child was no easy matter. During the long tramp all had to sleep out on the ground, with no shelter. He says the three years in France was a pic- nic compared with the last four months, through which they have passed. If he cannot secure work in Ontario he intends to hike to Saska- toon where he is quite sure of em- ployment. One striking feature of the family was the scrupulous clean- liness of all.--Vickering News. more drunkenness on the street' and terment in Exeter cemetery. more men staggering along than we I have for years. In fact, it was a . * * thing of the past until we had this amendment to the Liquor Control Act. DUNGANNON: Shirley, seven - This condition cannot continue inde- months -old baby of Mr. and Mrs. finitely for if not stopped there will soon crystalize a public opinion -that I will consign this amendment to the Liquor Control Act to the scrap heap. The hotels have had the sympathy of business men, at least. They had to put up with beer drinking in the bed - HE IS WELL OFF One man who was closing up his summer cottage a few days ago took occasion to do a little thinking out loud, and it was this: "There have been times when I figured out that I was abused and things were going hard with me. Business was bad and I was not mak- ing enough profit and so on. It is easy to make a martyr of yourself if you keep at it. But this house has been in use here all summer and I have been here myself for the best part of a month. My wife and chil- dren have been here since the end of JUne and the house in town has been closed except when I have used it. When I was a youngster the only holiday we had in the year was the day of the Sunday School picnic when we rode a good many miles behind a team of slow horses and spent the day at the lake. When I tnink of that I stop complaining. I have been well treated." --Brussels Post. A rooms, noise, etc., without any gom- pensating profit. Tourist camps, , rooming houses and restaurants took ' business away from them and they have been practically bankrupt, but the public will forget all this if drunken men are seen staggering on the streets. Neither Ben Spence nor the W.C.T.U. brought on prohibition in Ontario; it was the hotel keepers of that day, and the very same thing may happen again. Just now a poli- tical party with a plank in their plat- form to repeal this amendment could sweep Ontario. —Pembroke Standard -Observer. * * SHORT WEIGHTS • The fact that a lot of publicity has been given to the conviction and fin- ing of a number of chain store coins panies and individuals operating groupstore in the Ottawa territory is not going to help them in the eyes of the public or those who are back- ing the Price Spreads and Mass Buy- ing Enquiry. Everyone who operates a grocery store knows how difficult it is always to hand out 16 ounces to the pound. A lot depends on the carefulness with whioh the steff puts up merchandise and considerable also on the shrink- age. There are some who make sure of the correct weights by checking all parcels put up and weighed for more than a week. There may be a legi- timate excuse for short weights as long as there are corresponding over- weights given, although this may not always satisfy the magistrate trying I theeyes of some the law tile case. is the law and nothing can be done about it. But there can be no excuse for any • t chain or individual consistently passing out to the pub- lic parcels of goods that are under- weight—Canadian Grocer. * During DUNGANNON: the recent severe electrical storm, John Finn; gan, Concession 5, West Wawanosh, received an electrical shock. He was standing beside the stove with his hands resting upon it when he felt a distinct shock. It was not known that anything was struck and Mks Finnt- gan is now none the worse for his ex- perience. A peculiar freak of the lightning happened at the farm of David Hamilton, Concession 3, West Wawanosh. Lightning struck a green cedar tree beside the line, igniting the tree and the fence which was of dry cedar rails. Several rods of the fence was burned before the fire was seen by a neighbor who telephoned Mr. Hamilton. The latter, who had been in bed, dressed and went out and succeeded in pulling the fence apart and thus prevented it from spread- ing. He had just left the vicinity of the cedar tree when the latter toppled and fell over. CANADA PROMINENT IN: RUBBER INDU$TRY Canada occupies a prominent posis tion in the rubber industry. She is Great Britain's chief source of sup- ply for imported rubber footwear, boots, shoes, gaiters and goloshes, arid Canada pioneered in the intro- duction of rubber soles and heels in that market, according to the Indus - 1 trial Department of the Canadian National Railwa.ys. Canada is the chief source of supply of rubber gloves to Australia. In Scotland there has been a falling off in the demand for ladies' "Wellingtons" ' due to the exceptionally dry weather of the last two seasons and they now appear to be going out of fashion hi. the larger towns although they are still almost universally worn in the rural districts. The export of India rubber tires and tubes to •China has been resumed. Canada suppled 20.4 per cent of the total imports for the first six months of 1934. * * * 'TREAT THE BOYS' five franc note sent to the late T. Stephens nineteen years ago by Charles and Ray Holmes while they were overseas turned up the other day when Miss Grace Stephens was looking through some old papers. Thinking of those • home, the Mess- rs. Holmes sent the money to Mr. Stephens with instructions to "treat the boys." They were very surpris- ed to see the note again after a period of nineteen year. • --Seaforth Expositor. * * * HELP THE EDITOR The editor cannot inquire at your hope to see if there is any news. If you know of any, hand it in. We want all the news there is, but no man can get it all. We are just as anxious to mention your company or visitors as we are those of your neighbors, but probably your neighs bors give us more assistance secur- ing the facts. We are always pleas- ed to receive local news. If any of our readers know of an accident, a personal item, a birth, a marriage, a death or anything that may be of general interest, if they would send it to us, either personally or by mail, we would always be pleased to pub- lish it. Write it in your own way. All we want is the particulars and facts, and if necessary we can easily put it in readable shape ourselVea. Hanover•—Post. * * From The New Era, Sept. 30th, 1909: lVfr. J. Torrance, manager of the Winghant branch of the Dominion Bank, son of Mr. John Torrance, Clinton, left Friday last for Moose Jaw, Sask., where a branch of the bank is being opened and 1VIr. Tor- rance was chosen to install same. There are merchants in town who incite the newspapers to- storm a- gainst those who send mail orders to the department stores ^and then turnir around themselves and give the minting to the city printer. Is it fair? Mr. R. Fitzsimons has Rhode Is- land pullets laying now. These birds were hatched in April. This week J. W. Irwin sold his family expect to move to London in the near future. Last Saturday, Dick Tasker, Clin- ton's famous bell pitcher, was pitch- hig for Goderich at Crediton and had J. * * * The Hamilton Herald relates of a Frenchman who studied English and testified: "When I first discovered that if I was quick I was fast; that if I was tied I was fast; if I spent freely I was fast; and that not to eat was to fast, l' was discouraged; where. ' ten strike -out to his credit. but when I came across the sentence, j 'Dr. IliclViurchie ef SMithville Was , 1VIrs, Z. W. Treleaven has kindly 'The first one won one -dollar prize' I A FURTHER sTE on the Road to Recovery A Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada THE Dominion of Canada vvill offer for public sub- scription within the next few days the 1934 Refunding Loan. It is an undertaking of such significance to every citizen that I think it fitting to present this brief explanation of its close relation to the welfare and continued progress of our country. The 1934 Loan is not an incidental effort. It is a part— and an essential part—of the great debt conversion pro- gramme in which Canada has been engaged since 1931, and by which we are refunding at maturity the large sums borrowed for wartime purposes. The national importance of this programme—and of the 1934 Loan as part of it— cannot be over emphasized. It is important from three aspects: 1 --National Credit; 2—National Economy; 3— National Recovery, I shall deal with each of these in turn. 1. National Credit National credit means to a nation what an honest reputa- tion means to a man. Its maintenance is a primary essential and necessitates that each obligation be met, fully and promptly, as it comes due. Our debt conversion programme is then, in the first instance, our method of meeting our obligations and thus maintaining our credit. By this programme Canada has already refunded $858,000,000 of maturing wartime debt, and completion of the 1934 Loan will bring the refunded total to over one billion dollars. As a result Canada's credit stands notably high, both at home and m the great money markets of the world. , Striking evidence of our high credit standing was given within the last few tnonths when Canada secured im- mediate over -subscription of a long-term loan in London at a price to yield the investor less than 3)4% and, in New York, obtained a one-year Loan. of $50,000,000 bearing interest at 2 per cent. And there is equally striking evidence at the preseet moment in the fact that every internal issue of Dominion of Canada Bonds now outstanding is selling today at substantially above its , issue price. The twelve-year 4% Bonds of the 1933 Refunding Loan, issued at 96,34, are now selling at 104 to yield approximately 334%. 2. Nationctl Economy • The debt, conversion programme, in the second place, is providing substautial savings in public interest charges. Phe debt which we are refunding was incurred with in- tere,st rates at artificially high wartime peaks. Refunding ,` is now being accomplished with interest rates throughout es the world moving steadily downward toward more normal ss .s.[ levels—an encouraging_world movement which is essential to business recovery. By refruiding under these conditions Canada has already obtained a reduction of the previous interest charges amounting to more than $9,000,000 per annum, aria coinpletion of the.1934 Loan will provide a further saving of over $5,000,000 per annum. The aenual saving of over $14,000,000 thus secured has a direct cash benefit to, every tax -payer. This saving has much more than offset the interest charges on the debt which has been incurxed to meet the extraordinary burden of unemployment relief. It has, to a considerable extent, offset the heavy burdens which the depression period has imposed with respect to railway and other current require- ments. It will also pave the way to tax reductions vvith the return to better times. 3. National Recovery The debt conversion which Canada has achieved since 1931, by thus maintaining national credit and securing national economy, has been a major factor in our progress toward business recovery. A year ago, preliminary to the 1933 Refunding Loan, I tock occasion to express the belief that Canada had passed the low point of depression and was definitely upon the road to recovery. Today, our progress toward recovery is a matter of established fact. Since the low point of February 1933, the trend of business has been moving steadily upward in an improvement so marked and so con- sistently sustained that we need no longer doubt its reality. The facts of business recovery are written beyond dispute in our statistical records. The most significant indices relate to physical volume of business, industrial production, carloadings, electric powerproduction, employment. and prices. Here is the record in each case: Physical volume of business.. Industrial Production Carloadings Electric Power Production... Employment Wholesale Prices Farm Products Prices PERCENTAGE INCREASE Since Low Point During of Deprtwion • Past Year* February 1915 13.13%• 42,8% 15.7% 569% 10.3% 29.4% 12 4% 327%. 14.7% 17.1% 40% 13.7% 7.7% 43.3% *11, tho wee of earloadiugs, employment and prices, the latest figures available aro those for August; in other omen, those for July. Our external trade figures are equally encouraging. During the first eight months of the present year, exports of Canadian products increased approximately $99,000,000, or 317% over the same period last year. The correspond- ing increase for imports has been slightly under $93,000,000, or 38.2%. A Further Step Anyone who reflects upon these three (tweets of credit, economy and recovery will at once appreciate that the debt conversion programme is vitally important to every Canadian and that, consequently, the success of the 1934 Loan is the personal concern of every man and woman in the Dominion., The 1934 Loan is a further step in a great national under- taking; its success means a further step on the road to recovery. I know that I need not stress the attractiveness of the Loan as the soundest possible investment, for that will be universally recognized. I do, however, earnestly call ripen my fellow Canadians to support this Loan to the limit of their abilities as an opportunity to promote our national welfare. I know of no waym which the individual citizen can render greater service to himself and to his country. PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA DOMINION OF CANADA 1934 REFUNDING LOAN