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CLINTON ONTARIO, • THURSDAY; APRIL 25TH, 1935
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DEATH OP HIRAIVI 3TcDOWsra,
The following from, a •Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich., paper, refers: to a for..
aver Hur•onite, a cousin of Mr. H. T.
Brunsdon, Londesboro, and a nep-
hew by marriage of Miss B. Garrett
•,of town:
eft/rain Mebowell, for 48 years a
'resident of ' OhippetWa County, died
at the home` of his eon, Robert Me -
Dowell, 916 Court street, at 2.30 pen.
Sunday,- April 7, 1935, of oampliea,
tions incident to old age; He was 80
years old,
Mr. McDowell was bone Angust
21, 1854, at`' Newstead, New York,
and went with his ;parents to West-
field, Ont, here he grew to man-
hood. He later, came to Michigan
and was maru.'ied at Pickford to
Martha Ann Brunsdon, July 13, 1892.
Surviving beside Ins wife, are
three sons, Norman and Harold of
Mackville and Robert .of the Sault;
two daughters, Mrs. Mildred Leach
of Pickford and dirs. Etta Anderson
of. Marquette; three brothers, Leon
and of Bayard, Dr. Charles McDow-
ell of Repid''Cite, S.D., and Dr. An
bent McDowell of Faulkton, S.D. ;' and
three sisters, Mrs. Sarah Hunter of
1-Iood River, Ore., Mrs. Elmira M•e-
1l ellar of Saginaw and Mrs. Rebecca'
Potter of the Sault. '
Ilo was :a 'member of the Baptist
church."
A meg S'1TPE11'INTENDENT
The following is from The Goderieh.
Star and refers to an old Clinton boy
who seems to be making a, place for
himself in the ,County Town, which_
has been his home since he was ap-
pointed a Public School Inspector
some years ago: '
"Mr. E. C. Beacom hasbeen ap-
pointed superintendent perintendent of Knox
Presbyterian Church Sunday school.
in succession: to Mr. Charles K. Saun-
ders, who resigned some days ago
The new officer -has been actively id -
presented. The Rev. Archdeat.,t.,r'entified with the work of the' church
for some years."
Jones -Bateman of Godei ich, who had
charge of the services in St. Pauls
during the illness •of the rector, con-
ducted the service. The Rev. W. G
S'herinan preached: . I
The annual meeting of the $'uron
Presbyterial will' be held in Main
Street United Church, Exeter, on
Tuesday, April Seth. There will ,be
morning and afternoon sessions, the
farmer beginning at 9; 30.
The speakers will be Mrs. Langley
of Toronto, who is a returned mis-
sionary fromChina, and Otitis. Kipp,
also of Toronto,: who is Secretary of
Medical Hospitals in the Canadian
West. •
Next Sunday' and during the week
following the United Churches '
at
Brucefield, Varna and Bayfield are
to be favoured with a visit from the
Emmanuel ` College Evangelistic
Band.
These s
are
five
n
men:
You g who
have just graduatedfrom 'college
and are to be ordained to the minis-
try at the beginning of June when
the Conferences meet. Four of the
young men form a quartette whose
singing will be an important feature
of the services.
The programme for the week is
as follows: Sunday, April ,28th, they
wille
b in the United Church at
Brucefield at 11. a.m.; 2.30 p.m. at
Varna and 7.39 p.m. at Bayfield,
Monday evening at 8 o'clock also
at Bayfield.
Tuesday and Wednesday evenings
at Varna.
Thursday and Friday evenings at
Bruce&eld.
A. cordial invitation is extended to
all to come and enjoy the spiritual
blessing which in this way is being
brought within our reach.
Baptist Church
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the
home of Mrs. L. Rath on ?ridgy ev-
ening at eight o'clock. After the
business of the society is concluded
a social evening will be spent and
all members of the congregation who
would like to attend will be welcome.
Presbyterian Church
Sermon subject Sunday morning:
"The Promise of the Holy .Spirit."
The W. A. will meet at the home
of Mrs. W. D. Fair on the second
Wednesday in May. Members are
asked to kindly note the change in
date.
Ontario Street United Church
Sunday. School Annivresary on
Sunday.
Rev. C. J. Moarehouse, of Brussels
Wil], be the special speaker for the
day.
Morning sermon subject: "The New.
Commandment."'
2.30, an open session of •the Sun-
day School and in the evening the
,preacher will speak ecu "A Secret of
the Church's Power."
Special thankoffering far the, school
work is asked for.
Wesley -Willis . United Church
Sunday School anniversary willbe
held next Snnday, April 28th. The
officers are very fortunate in having
as the anniversary preacher, Rev.
Archer Wallace, associateeditor of
the Sunday School papers and lesson
helps, and ,author of the nether Wal-
lace series, of (books for and about
boys and girls.
-Mr. Wallace is an outstanding
speaker in his special veld. There
will be the . Sunday School choir
morning and afternoon, the Sunday
School orchestra in the afternoon
and the church choir in the evening
A cordial welcome will be extended.
to all who wish to enjoy these spe-
cie) services.
;The W. A. will meet in the church
hall on Wednesday afternoon; 'May
lst.
The W. M. S. Easter Thankoffer-
ing meeting will be held in the Sun-
day school room on Thursday even-
ing, May 2nd, An interesting pro-
gram is being arranged and Miss A.
M. Stone will give the address of the
evening. All ladies of the congrega-
tion and anyone interested cordially
invited to attend.'
tMrs. Ghowen's group in the W.M.S.
heId an exhibtion of quiltsin the
Sunday school room on Tuesday af-
ternoon, at which a number of very
handsome quilts were on exhibition,'
Afternoon tea was also served to all
who came in.
The Y.P.S. of 'Wesley -Wallis Unit-
ed
nited church held a sunrise prayer meet-
ing in the Sunday school .room on
Easter Sunday, to which a number
of the young people camer ..
HOCKEY BANQUET
Business Association honour
Cup Winners.
. Yesterday evening a complimentry
banquet was tendered by the Busin-
essmen's Association to the Clinton
Colts, the .hockey team which just
missed winning the 0•Ii•A, Intermed-
iate "B" championship and had been
the winners in the N. W. O. H. A.
the past season. The banquet was
served by the Women's. Institute, in
the basement of the Ontario street
church. ,
The room' was very nicely decorat-
ed in the team's colors, blue and
wh'
rtehe
t .tables bourn blue stream.
ream-
ers to represent crossed hockey sticks
the flowers being white lilies, eros -
sed sticks were placed in the win-
dows
indows and across the door, and the
pillars were wound with the colors.
Places were laid for between one -fifty
and two hundred and there were few
vacant chairs when all had gathered.
At the head table were ,seated tip
guests of honor, with their ladies,
the toast piaster, Col. Cembe, Dr.
Shaw, Mayor. Holmes, President Per-
due of the Businessmen's Assn.,
Mayor Sutherland of Seaforth and
Mr.
N. W. Trewartha,
The supper was all that could be
asked for and was nicely (served and
at its eonclusion Coh Combe propos--
ed the toast to the King, whieh was
responded to by the hearty singing'
of the National Anthem. The toast
to the tam was proposed by Dr.
Shaw, who gave a brief but •conmpre-
hensive history of the town, and was
responded to by Mayor Holmes. Mr.
Trewartha proposed "a toast to the
hockey boys, in which he said that
the team had this winter given the
town a great deal of very fine ad-
vertising and the citizens were proud
of them. Mr. Carl Draper, the pre-
sident of the hockey association, re.
sponged. Tie had attended all the
games and he and the citizens had
reason to be proud of the team.
Some of the speakers had mentioned
the fact that the boys had behaved so
well on all occasions, "They behav-
ed well both on and off the ice," .he
said. And he took occasion to ex-
press the appreciation. of the team
of the treatment they had received
from the Western League, whose
cup they had won. Mr. 2. M. Elliott,
manager of the team, also responded,
He said it was a pleasure to work
with the boys, they were good sports
and did their very best on all occas-
ions.' He called attention to the fact
that for the last five games they had
travelled nine hundred :miles, not
having a single practise between
games and he also called to mind that.
in the "W' series forty teams were
entered, so that their achievement
was no small one in winning to the
top against such odds.
Mayor Sutherland of Seaforth Vice
President of ''he N. W. Hockey Leag-
ue, was present and he it waewho
presented the cup to the team, Capt.
George Mott accepting it for the
team.
Mn . Sutherland in a witty speech
1 congratulated the team and said he
had attended a number of the games
in which they played, going to Osh-
awa with them. He thought they
were unfairly treated in these final
games as Whitby had played, and
were allowed by the O.1T.A, to play,
men who did not belong to the town
represented. But he said they would
got the Western League well organ-
ized and would; conduct it on different
lines,
Mayor Holmes explained that the
presents which the Association were
giving the ° hockey bisys heed not ar-
rived but would be presented later.
It was hoped that they would be ready
for this evening, but they were die-
appointed.
.IYlr. Draper moved a vote of thanks
to the B.usiness,nen's Association for
the honer done them, to the lomen'•s
Institute for providing the excellent
supper and to the church officials for
the use of the church lecture room
for the occasion, to whieh Mrs. Mc-
Kinley, president ef the Institute
and Rev. P. G. Farnil1 replied briefly.
Mrs. Perdue and Jack Perdue and
some members of the orchestra who
were here for the dance, contributed
some music while the banquet was
being served and one of the members
,sang a solo.
After the banquet a dance was held
in the town hall and a great many
wentiet u" pfora fand `"ewtripphoued rs,t,he light fan-
tas
A FAREWELL GATHERING
On Monday evening' e; pleasant
gathering of about twenty-five of
the neighbors on Mr. and Mrs: Robt.
Fitzsimons gathered at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. 1l H. Johnson, Victoria
street, the object being to spend •a
few hours with Me. and Mrs, acture fromFitz-
to
simons prior to .their de
n
wn.
Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsimons were ask-
ed over to the house on some pretext
'and the "party" was sprung upon
them. During the evening an ad-
dress was read to them and they
were .presented' with a handsome
floor lamp, Mrs. Mary Stewart read-
ing the address and Mrs, Harvey Me.
Brien making the presentation. Felt
lowing is the address:
"Dear Mae and Mrs. Fitzsineons:—
It is with keen regret that we, learnt
that the time has come that you must
leave us, and we trust that it will be
as much to your gain as to our loss:
Before you, leave us, it is our de-
sire, as your neighbours to hereby
express to you our appreciation of
your kindnesses and our unbounded
admiration for your character.
Most ` of us have known you, Mr.
'Fitzsimons, all our Iives, • and have
found you honourable and on every
occasion a real gentleman..
Mrs.Fr it
zsrmons, although not so
long a resident in our esmnunity, has
endeared herself to us through her
sunny disposition as well as her un-
failing courtesy.
e� ask you to accept this gift as
a slight token of the esteem and re-
gard we shall always hold for you.
—Signed—+Your Neighbors:'
Several other gifts of various kinds
were also presented to the couple
and many were the good wishes ex-
pressed "for their future. They were
taken very much by surprise but
suitably expressed their
appreciation
of th
e kindness of the neighbors.
Mr. and Mrs Fitzsimons leave to-
day for Thamsville, near which vil-
lage they will conduct a market gar-
den, Mrs. Fitzsimons' son being al-
ready on the premises.
Mr. Fitzsimons is one of . Clinton's
oldest citizens, he having spent his
entire life in the town or vicinity, and
he can remember many interesting.
happenings in the early days of the
town. The many friends of this
worthy couple wish them health and
prosperity and happiness in their
new home.
CELEBRATE GOLDEN WEDDING
An interesting event was celebrat-
ed on Saturday, when. Mr. and Mrs
Ezra Pickard marked the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage, with
a gathering of relatives at their
home in Mary street.
Over forty were present for this
event, including the son, Albert
Piekard, his wife and three children,
Holmesville, and their. daughter.
Mrs. Lashbrook, her husband and
daughter, 'Mitchell. This comprizes
their immediate family,
.Ii2r. Ezra Pickard and Miss EIiza-
beth Huller were married at the
home of the bride's parents at Hol-
mesville on Apr. 20th, 1885, the of-
ficiating clergyman (being the Rev.
William Birks,who was then the
minister in charge o£ the Holmes
vine Methodist circuit. At the cele-
bration on Saturday were five who
had been at the wedding fifty years
ago, one being the bridesmaid, the
bride's (sister,. Mrs. Fred Hopkins of
Goderich township. All the guests
present were relatives of Mrs. Pic-
kard, •112r. Picicard's relatives all liv-
ing at too great a distance to permit
their coming.
After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. th
Pickard farmed on the Cut Line a ( gi
distance from: liblmesville until.
:hn
about thirteen years ago, when they f se
left the farm to their son and moved an
into Clinton. Mrs. Pickard is still lib
active and smart but Mr. Pickard has to
never fully recovered from a seisure Ii
which he suffered a few years ago. ed
although during the summer he can as
come up town as far as the bowling wi
green. Before his illness he used to wa
enjoy. a game of bowls and still plays oh
the occasional game.•He also enjoys a or
game of checkers when friends drop es
in' to see him. a
On Saturday the china used at the
wedding feast was the same set used
the day .ef the original wedding,
whieh belonged to the bride's moth-
er, and not one •piece .of this set is
missing. ' A . large wedding ' cake
adorned the table and the deft wait-
ers were the granddaughter, Miss
Rita Lashbrook and Misses Jean,
Edna and . Kathleen Huller, nieces
of the •bride. Mis
During the afternoon an address Bet
was read . to Mr. and Mrs. Pickard 1VIa
by Mrs. Elmer Potter and they were (io
Presented with a licandsorte ..floor
lamp. Other gifts included a lovely sun
linen table tooth and a profusion of fI
lovely cut flowers and flowering CIs
plants. ens
During the'afternoosi a number, of S
neighbors and friends called to offer Sh
congratulations and it is the wish of men
their neighbors that they may be solo
spared to each other to celebrate se
more such happy anniversaries, taki
On Good Friday evening the Sac-
red Easter Cantata "From Olivet to
Calvary," by Maunder, was rendered
by the Wesley -Willis ,choir of forty
voices, conducted very ably by Mr.
Morgan Agnew. The church audi-
torivaudi-
toriumwas filled.
• The opening chorus was a triumph
of bold and brilliant melody, and, as
the last days of Christ were pictured
in the appealing strains of choruses,
solos and quartettes, the audience
was thrilled by the beauty of the mu-
sic and the spirit of the production.
One of the outstanding effects on
the listeners was that Christ's pas-
sion was so vividly portrayed that
ey traveled by His side, caught a
iimpse of His deep love, saw His
minty as He' washed the desciples'
t, felt for Hint as He was despised
d rejeeted, wept at His utter lone-
ess—it being brought home so
uchingly that it was all for us—
edvwith Him as the rabble shout -
`Crucify Him,' walked with Him
Iio carried the Cross, suffered
th Turn as the slcene at the cross
s sung:(all- the lights of the
urch being' turned off and the
oro lighted.) The different iehorue-
were sung with splendid effect
an
HIS DEPARTURE REGRETTED
Mr. •ll K, 'Culver, teller in the
cel branch of the Dank of Mont
for the past three or four years, has
been transferred to a Chatham
branch and has already gone to his
new post. I
Mr. Colver has made a host of
friends during n h
g la stay in town, be-
ing of a genial and friendly disposi-
tion and liked by everyone, and he
will be much missed. He will be e-
specially missed by the Ontario
street church, where he was a mem-
be .f the choir and was a general
favorite. He will also be missed in
musical circles throughout the town,
as he was always ready to assist any
good cause biy contributing of his
vocal talents. 'Before his departure
the choir of Ontario Street Church
presented him with a nice little gift,
as did also the church Dramatic
Club, His friends follow him with
their good wishes to his new abode.
Mr. Wigg of Sault Ste Marie takes
Mr. Colver's place on the staff of
the Sank of Montreal
JUNIOR WOMEN'S INSTITUTE'
The first regular meeting of the
Clinton Branch of the Junior Wo-
men's Institute was held last Thurs-
day evening ing in the Board Room of
the Agricultural Office. The atten-
dance was not as large as was ex-
pected, on account of the holiday
week -end.
The meeting was opened by the
president, Miss Carol Evans and Miss
Elnora McInnes called the roll which
was answered by "A health habit I
have practiced since the Short
Course."
Then followed a few formalities of
business. A communication was read
from Mrs. W, Rozeli, which contain-
ed greetings ngs fra
nthe Senior i
or
Wo-
men's Institute. The Junisr Insti-
tute are pleased that the Senior So-
ciety are interested in their organ-
ization as they may be of great as-
sistance to the young ladies.
A communication was alg° read
which invited the Clinton Branch or
any of its members to compete in the
exhibition, which will be held in.
Clinton in the early fall. The pro-
gram consisted of a paper prepared
and read by Miss Donna Wlelsh, and
entitled, "The Well-groomed Wo-
man." Miss Evelyn Hall read a sel-
ected passage from "In the Steps of
the Master," by H. 0. Morton,' which
told of the way the Black Monlcs of
Abysinia celebrate "Holy Week in
Palestine. Miss Jean Neilans was in
charge of the demonstration whieh
included "Assembling a darning -bas-
ket, the proper method of darning a
stocking." Those who brought stock-
ings on which to practice, made use
of the information given,
The program concluded with a
light Iuneh and a social half hour.
THE GOOD FRIDAY CANTATA
THE MILITARY BALL
lo- What is considered an outstanding
real social event, the annual ball put on.
by the officers of the 33rd Huron
Regiment, was held in the town hall
on Monday evening; when over one:
hundred and fifty were present,
Besides those present from coder-
ich and Clinton-
there were • guests:
from Wingham, Fordwich, 'Owen
Sound, Exeter, .Seaforth, Hensale,
London and Petrolia.
The guests were received ley Lieut.
Cal. and .Mrs. 1'. Sturdy, Lieut, -Col„
and Mrs. H. B. Combe and Major
and Mrs. E A. Corbett of Fordwich_
The hall was very handsomely de -
coveted for the occasion, a profusion
of colored streamers, arranged in -
lacy effects overhead and on windows:
served to transform the oId hall into+
a bower of beauty. Flags were much:
in evidence, also, and the council'
chamber, where refreshments were,
served, was also handsomely decorat-
ed,
An eight -piece London orchestra
furnished music for the dancingg,
which was kept up until a Iate hour..
LITTLE' LOCALS
Mrs. J. G. Ohowen had the misfor-
tune to fall on leaving the Wesley -
Willis church r
h afte r the cantata antat last
Friday evening, breaking her wrist.
excellent interpretation, and
throughout it all the 'magnificent
tones of the organ lent He perfect
accompaniment and superb musician-
ship under the touch of Mrs. Morgan.
Agnew.
Truly. the Cantata is a masterpiece
•arid the choir caught its Easter Spit
it and gave a most helpful uplift to
all who heard it. „
The. two quartettes were taken by
s Fraser, Mrs. ' Chowen, Mr. Me-
an and Mr. •Match; Vbs. Hearn,
s. Paterson, Ur. Hobbs and Mr. O.
oper.
The solos were very acceptably
g by Mrs (Dr.) Oakes, Mrs. (br.)
He Miss Viola Fraser, Mrs.
Owen, Mies •Shsw, Rev. Mr. Cos -
and Mr. Craig Cooper.
pecial mention is made of Missasr, who very graciously, at a mo-
t's notice, sang Mrs. Heart's
the latter 'suffering from a
vere cold which; prevented her from
ng that part.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Epps, who,
have been occupying Mrs. W. H.
Ball's cottage in High street, have
moved to the late Mrs. E. Crich'a
house in Ontario street.
Mr. S. G. Castle has his fifty-
year lily old calla h y and her daughter
in his shop window again this
spring. Both havo been' blooming
well and have several lilies at pre-
sent.
The Young- Peoples' y Society of
Wleeley-Willis church had charge of
the devotional period at g rally of
Y. P. Societies held in the Egmond-
ville United church on Monday even-
ing. A number of the young folk
went dawn for the gathering.
Mrs. W. J. Miller has an odd plant,
which she thinks is a mixture on
two. It is a foliage, one branch of
which has red and white leaves, an-
other white and green. She thought
at first it was two slips which had
been planted together, •but both var-
ieties are growing front the same
root,
ST. JOSEPH'S SOCIAL
An after -Easter social was held in:
St. Joseph's Hall on Monday evening -
last, a large number being present
to enjoy the gathering. Euchre was
played the first part of the evening„
followed by dancing. Prizes for
euchre were awarded to Mrs. Le-
Beau for the ladies, and Mr. Win..
Garron for the gentlemen. Mr, W.
M. Kelly won the door prize
The prizes were something unique,
being Easter chicks, which were don-
ated by the Neuhausers Hatcheries,,
of Chatham.' Of course there is noth-
ing very strange about two or three'
dozen chicks, but these, instead of
being fluffy white or grey 'balls of
down, as chicks usually are, were all:
colors of the rainbow, pink and pur-
ple, green, (blue and red. They were
on exhibition in Mr. Charlesworth'a
window for 'some days and cause$
much interest. Wle asked Father
Sullivan what sort of eggs .these
chicks would lay when grown. "Ob,,
Raster eggs, of course," was the
ready answer.
These chicks do not come front
the shell in colors, they are, dipped
into a dye solution shortly after be-
ing hatched, sometimes given an en-
tire immersion, sometimes being dip-
ped up to the head then the head be-
ing brushed with dye. They theta
have to be put 'back into the incu-
bator until they are thoroughly dried:
and warm and lively again; The dye
stays on until the chicks grew feath-
ers. They Iook interesting, but we
believe we prefer them in the natural
shades:
SUMMERHILL
Mists Marion Mason of Essex is:
spending the Easter vacation at her'
home ` here.
,Miss Dorothy Wilson, teacher, is
spending the vacation at her home
near Brucefield.
Mrs. George. Tyner of Kippen is
visiting this week at the home or.
her son, Mr. C. Tyner.
.Mr. Herb. Govier has rented Mrs:.
Henry MaBrien'a farm. •
•Mte .Harold Morrell, who 'hoes been
working the M;eBrien farm, has mov-
ed to his own fifty acres, formerly
the William Brown farm.
iMr. and 'Mrs. Blalce of Colborne:
and Mr. and Mrs. K. Whitmore and
little on of Clinton visited at Ntz:
lilarl Blake's on Sunday.
The Summerhill Young Peoples'
Club is holding the last dance of the
season on 'Friday evening. All welt,.
come.
Miss Jeanette, Grant of Toronto,
visited over the Easter week -ends
with Miss Mabel' Wright;