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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-04-25, Page 3THURS., APRIL 25, 1935 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties 00 YOU REMEMIIER WHAT HAPPENED-AURING Tag LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Apr. 24th, 1895: Mr. and M1ts. L. Kennedy were in Seaforth last evening. The night was so dark ,that on their return it was difficult to keep' to the road. King Gardener Joseph Aliens= favored' The Mews -Record. last Sat- urday with a bunch of well-develop- edrhubarb and some delicious spin- ach. The military ball in the town hall last Friday evening web one of the most fashionable events of. the sea- son. The affair twas under the aus- piees of Lieut. -Col. Wilson and offi- cers df the 33rd Battalion. There wereabout one hundred present from Goderich, Seaforth, Blyth, Rke- ter, Brussels, London, Stratford, Wingham, Hamilton and Clinton. . . The patronesses were: Mrs. 'Ferran, 1V/rs. G. D. McTaggart, Mrs. Rance, Mrs. McPherson, Mzs, Tisdall, Mrs. R. Ransford, Mrs. Wiseman, Mrs. Gilroy, Mrs. W. Jackson. Stewards: Surgeon Holmes, Capt. Wilson, •Ma- jor Wilson, Capt. Young, Major Var- coe, 'Capt. Williams,. .Major Jordan, Capt. Beck, Capt. Holmes, Capt. Ranee, Capt. Hays, ICapt. 'Combe, Lieut. Shaw. Hon -Sec., Lieut. M. D. 1Vi'cTaggart. A bodge of Instruction was held in Clinton by D.D,G.M. R. H. Collins in the local Masonic rooms on Tues- day evening. The D. D. G. M. was greeted by a very large and appre- ciative gathering of members of the Craft from Stratford, Eheter, Goder- ich, Blyth, Seaforth, and other places :besides the local members . Clin- ton Lodge No. 84 exemplified the Master Mason degree and D.IkG,1Vl. 'Collins pronounded the work "equal 'to any and second to none." 1114010 From The New Era, Apr. 26'tb 1B95, ]i'or the convenience of the military ball the electric light was run until four o'clock on 'Saturday morning. Miss May Irwin of town has pas- sed her third year exam. at the 'On- tario Medical College, taking first- class honours and the second prize; thus is pretty good for $o young person. After the fust of May 'the drug stores will :close at eight o'd1odk on every evening 'exo'ept "Saturday, Mr. G. D. MxiTaggarthas rented the Taylor farm, Heron road, Gorier- "ich 'township, to the 'present tenant, Mr. Tawle,Tor one year, and sold to W. 'Monk„ Hallett, suited to this lease, In the Olden days of Clinton High 'School three 'boys .who attendea it were 'drums: '!"Bill" Butt, "Jim" Parke and "Billy" Coats. They are 'now Rev. 'W. H. Butt, Centralia; Rev, J. F. Parke, St. 'P'at l s churdh, 'Clinton, and 'Town 'Clerk Coats; and they till 'had the pleasure .of greeting each other on 'Monday and talking over old times. 'if the third member of the trio hail only gone into the ministry also the coincidence would 'have 'been complete. Mr. Peter Cantelon, Jr„'has 'bought front Joseph Townsend, 'Tuokersmith, Hie 'lot on "Princess street just west of Mr. Menzies, paying therefor $225. We 'believe 'it Is 'his 'intention 'to 'er- ect a dwelling on it. On 'Tuesday afternoon Mr. Robert Mason of town went out to the farm on 'the +Base 'line 'to repair the roof of the barna He 'had 'just about fin- ished and while working at the ridge 'board 'turned around for a 'shingle .and losing 'his 'balance fell backward over the gable 'and thirty feet to the ground Mew His an- kle was broken, nearly all 'his teeth were loosened and 'he was hadly shaken up and liis "limbs •paralyzed. 'The doctors have hopes of his recov- ery but it Will' be along time before he 'is around again. 'Before .leaving town he was cautioned to be careful .or he would fall, abut 'he jokingly Te - plied that he "was not afraid 'as he had 'been there before?' Mr. 'Thomas Ward of ''Varna has just said lour two-year-old steers, the combined weight of Which figures alp '5;300 lbs, ' One of these steers weighed 1480 lbs. They were sold for 50 per lb. for May delivery, Londesboro:--Misses Elba Adams and Mabel Bell took part in the grand concert in the town hall, Wingham, on Tuesday evening Helmesvilie:—Mr. Hardy of Exeter was up on Monday furthering ar- rangements in connection' with the Colborne bridge, Mr. Hardy has the contract for erecting a new bridge across the Maitland north of Hol- mesviI.le, He states that it will be one' of the largest bridges he knows of anywhere, there being seven 07 -ft. thnbers in it clear of the wat- er. He will commence active work on it in a few days. - Additional local items:—'The Re - Union in connection with the Cana- dian Order of Home Circles washeld on Tuesday evening,- the leader, R. Irwin, ,in the chair. The program embraced an address from the Lead- er, readings byMessrs. Lough, Murch and Walker; recitation ,by Mr. Bruce solo, Mrs. Sibley; instrumental duet, Messrs. Ehnerton and Kerr; instru- mental solo, Mr. Yellowlegs; duet, Misses Lolo Miller and Josie McMur- ray; quartette, Masers. Sibley, Jack- son, Bruce and Yellowlees. A meeting of the Public School board was held- on Monday evening, chiefly to prepare the estimates for submission to the ' town council. They were $3,100 last year but will be 53,500 this year so as to allow for the ,contemplated imprpvements in the way of heating ... Owing to the Iarge attendance in Miss Taylor'is roam --over 100—at was decided to Place the pupils on half time. 111 111 * WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, April 2Stle 1910: Dr.'Carr has gone to Los Angeles where he Will take a position in a veterinary 'hospital Miss'Edna Copp came up from her school near Guelph for' the Chidley- Forrester wedding this week. Mr. James Flynn left yesterday afternoon for Saskatoon, 'W lkie, and other points in ,Sask., and as the trip is 'a prospecting ene he may locate if he sees •something that would tempt a capable smith such as Jim is. Success' to him wherever he may dedide to hang out hie shingle, 'From The New Etas, A{pr, 28th, 1910: Wlhen are the open air band con- certs to begin'? New plate glass windows were Placed ' in the stores of A. J. 'Morrish and George Barge this week. Also the windows in the stores of Tozer i$ 'Brown and Fred Jackson were, low- ered and refiitted. Last Thursday evening Wesley church choir was entertained at the home of the leader and organist, Prof. Brown. After an enjoyable evening the choir decided to organ- ize and the following officers, were appointed: ,Hon. -President, Rev. W. J. Jclliffe; President, H,Fe Rorke; Vice -Presidents, Miss L. Reid, Miss S. Turner, Secretary, F. H. Chant. Treasurer, Miss N. Hill; Convener of Social Committee, Miss H. Doherty. A vote of thanks wets tendered to Prof. and Mrs. Brown. The new Toronto Star Weekly looks good to the New Eta and will no doubt go ahead with Joe Clark at the hehn. The management made a 'wise move in placing Mr. Clark as editor, as his articles are always in- teresting to the readers. Chidley—alorrester—At bhe .hortne of the bride's parents, on Apr. 26111, 'by 'the Rev. Dr. : Stewart, George Ohidley of Owen Sound, to Annie Ag- nes, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mr's, D. A. Forrester of Clinton.` The many friends of Mr, N. Tyn-. dell Will 'be .pleased to know that he has been able to be taken home from the hospital. ,Agnew.--Weston—In Clinton, on Apr. 25th, by the Rev. W. J. Joiliffe, 'Minnie' 'Woetson to Archie Agnew, both of Clinton, WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING TItY SOME DAILY i Little drops of humor, Little rays 'of light, lCHoek our daily troubles Higher than a kite: e . —Aylmer' Express. 40 111 PONDER THIS In all the world during the past 'hundred years 713,000 lives were lost in disasters at sea. In three years in the United States alone ` 93,300 were killed in automobile accidents. Ponder over that for a while. Hanover Post. , , 11 E LEI GEORGE DO IT The ratepayers will heave a sigh of relief to learn that for this year the tax rate is to be only fifty mills. - To ble sure, throwing over $$28,400 of the school levies into next year is going to mess things up for ' the Council of 1936, and add to : the. Town's interest bill for all the fut- ure. uture. But who cares about the fut- tire? "Sufficient unto the day Is the evil thereof.” .Let the future take care of itself! 'Whatever it may be in 1986, this year the rate is fifty mills. Flurrahl --Orillia Packet -Times. NO MORE QUINTS WANTED 'With day and night police watch- ing that the quints are not kidnapped to the United 'States, three nurses and a hosptal paid out .of Provincial funds for the nursing :and comfort of the five, a special Act of the Leg- islature to give care, protection :and, education to the' girls till they are eighteen,• public moneys being voted to improve the living 'conditions of the parents and the otherfive mem- bers of their family. The Enterprise expresses the sincere wish that no more quintuplets be born in Ontario until the depression ie over. l—Chesley Enterprise. ell' bla' / VERY STUPID Ludendorf, the strategist • of the, Germanarmies in the .Great War has just announced his entire atheists. God, for him, is an utter nonentity, To him Christianity and. its Founder are worthless, beneath contempt, The Bible speaks ,of the man who says in his heart that there is no God. However, the Bible calls such a man a fool and the Bible has a fashion of continuing on its way while its despisers go the route of dusty death. Of all forms that folly takes, that of going without a relig- on is the most egregious, ,Luden- dorf has not the last word. dxeter Times -Advocate. A GOOD 'SHOW The Town of Clinton is to he con- gratulated on its excellent Spring Live Stock Show. Many animals were shown and keen interest was manifest throughout. Swoh gather- ings tend to ,maintain and improve the high grade of animals bled in the district and are worthy of the support of the whole county. . '—Goderich Star, iih*111 THE FIRST 'ARRIVAL At an informal, gathering at the town hall on Thursday evening ,last, Captain T. Russell Knight, of the Imperial Oil steamer Ioo'olilte, was presented by Mayor MacEwan with a handsome pearl grey soft felt hat in recognition of his having brought the first vessel into Goderich harbor this season. The Iocolite arrived front Sarnia at 7.20 pm'. Thursday with 13,500 bar- rels of gasoline for the Imperial On depot here. Captain Knight reported having seen no ice en the lake. Ie acknowledging the presentation Captain Knight recalled the fact that he had received the hat for the first arrival in Goderich in 1931... —Goderich Signal, WHY WE CHERISH THE ROYAL FAMILY Thousands of listeners -in all over the British Empire and in the United States heard His Royal ITghness, the Prihee of Wp1e's, ,broadcast 'an 'appeal for King George's Jubilee Fund on Friday afternoon. It is ten years since the writer of this column heard the Prince speak at a !banquet in Old London, Since that time he has im- proved as a public speaker and .his splendid voice sounds more mature. Isis' address was as usual character- ized , by a dignified modesty and thoughtfulness for others that re- minds .one so much of his revered father, It is by no mere accident that while the world has practically discarded kingships, the . British crown stands 'higher than ever in the respect and affection of all British people throughout the world. —St. Marys Journal -Argus. +11 ' ' '1!r' OUR WILD FLOWERS • It will be but a short time untie our woods will be blanketed with 'spring flowers. At the present time the Hepatica is making its yearly noble effort to bloom and herald to us all that Spring life is 'well• on the way. These early Spring wild flow- ers'are net only beautiful, they have characteristics that are worthy of note. They force their way through the fallen leavers with such courage and determination, overcoming every obstacle of nature until they blossom forth, ,a thing of beauty. Their home,- the woods, is a drab sort of place these days but with the coming of these flowers' and the songs of. the birds one cannot wander througn the Canadian woods at this time er year and not feel that they are the better of the effort. •Wingham Advance -Times. i11 * * THE LEGISLATURE The spot light of public interest is still focussed on the Legislature and its deliberations—er is it the lack of them? Bow could it be otherwise with ,a fight loving public? There are not enough words in the English lang- uage to permit of Mr. He�:eplburn ex- pressing his opinion of .Mr. Henry, the Leader of the Opposition, while law,order and good government will not permit Me. Henry to use such words as there are to express his opinion of Mr. Hepburn --at least not in the House. The session, it expected, .will close at Easter, but there will be a second session in the fall, following the Dominion elections: Will the .members be in luck- by reason of the fall session, er just out of luck by reason of it? Will, there be two sessional indemnities paid, or only .one? ' If the former, will the provincial remembers, who since their election; have been standing up on their 'hind legs and roaring about economy, a- bout high salaries and overpaid of- fieials, reach out and take the addi- tional $2,000 ,in spay, or will they just land it back to the Government? We wonder! But there is one thing we venture to believe, and that is, that there are many .members of the Legbslature, perhaps a majority of- `them; • who have learned, by their experience at Toronto, more about the high soot of living than they ever knew or ever dreamed of before` Oneslives and. learns,—Jluron Expositor. (It seems there will be just one in- demnity paid ) 111' 11. * NEED A SIXTH SENSE? The day before, yesterday a perfect- ly nice lady 'called us up and with tears in her voice reproved us for not mentioning the feet that she had a friend staying with her last week. We told: her she had not let us know a- bout it. Then she said: 'Web, you should know, I thought you were running a newspaper: Wouldn't that rattle • your slats Some people think that an editor ought to be a cross • between Argus and Walter W+inchell, They seem to think our five senses are augmented by a sixth that lets us know every- thing that happens, even if we see, feel,hear, taste or smell it or not. Dear lady, editors areonly human; if you have a friend' visiting you, if you are going away, or if your husband chops his toe instead of a stick sof wood, if anything happens that makes you glad or sad, happy or .mad: call us up. That's the way to get it in The Times..—The W'eteskiwan (Alta.) Times. tg4., rico..nrn.0.�m.,4M.,1..a..o�r4M1.�n.�.0.100 1=H,...na.n..o,0ry VE HEATR �I NGT, i E+ BY "ETHER T ®.on�n�.4 MIwe�1,�u�,w.,.�u�,0.„4.„�,N.n�w�,,.O„N•n�n...�uu.,y NEW "SET-UP" IN ORCHESTRA PLACINGS SUCCESSFUL VEN- TURE—MORE ABOUT ANNA MALENFANT- LATEST NEWS FROM: THE RADIO FRONT A QUESTION. OF DIRECTION When broadcasting, should an ,or- chestra point east -south or east- north? That was the qrestion which recently confronted the engineering staff of the Radio Conunission in Montreal. It was a weighty prob.. lent- Orchestras,' as a rule, were pointed east -south but Charles De Noncourt, who has engineered num- erous programs orig'inating from studio "D?', believed . after consider- able experimentation that reception would be improved by facing music- ians east -north. This was done and he and his colleagues sat back wait- ing for a landslide of comment. For- tunately when it came it was of a favourable nature amid •listeners said that the tone quality was better and that each instrument seemed to be heard more clearly. This. new "set- up," as orchestra placingsin a studio are known in radio parlance, was de- vised for the "Concert Hall of the Air," the second part of the Babil:- lage-Caprice' progrant beard. each Monday evening at 9.00 o'clock from CRCM. 11l' 111 1j1 MORE ABOUT ANNA MALENFANT The smiling countenance of the lady who occupies this week's place of honour belongs to none o't'her than Anna Malenfant of the famous "Lyr- ic Trio," heard every 'Saturday night at 8.30 o'clock over the national net- work of the Canadian Radio Commis- sion. Anna hails from Shediae,.' New Brunswick; whlch is considered quite an important community in more ways than one, and even when she was but a youngster she was the pride of the Acadians to whom iter voice gave promise of a new and out- standing . Albani. Anna, who has since become a leadng operatic and_ concert ,soprano, went to Boston"to find expression and to study music and when she gave every evidence Anna Malenfant of possessing the real} McCoy her fellow-Acadians got together and gave her a scholarship. This enae- led her to go to Paris and Napies where she continued her studies. Wlhen she returned to Canada she took a hop, wkly, and jump and land- ed right in the middle of a contract which later helped to sky -rocket her to false .and fortune. Anna: made a hit with the Commission program. as "'One Hour With You" and "Gems from the :Lyric Stage." ahakall YOUNG THESPIAN' IN.TURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Condolences and salaams are being received by TedSlade, the "Fred" of the Commission serial "Billy and Pierre." Ted suffered a broken shoulder -blade in an automobile acci- dent a few days ago and has since been unable to .manipulate his scripts. Cecil Nichol, the young Thespian'b understudy, is 'portray- ing the role. THE "SPOT" ADVERTISING BAN The Canadian Radio C'ommission's announcement that, commencing May 5, "spot" advertising would not be allowed on Sunday an any Canadian broadcasting station, has been disin- terpreted by a number of people. "Spot" advertising, it might pie well to explain, is a spoken advertise- ment for a .commercial product, or firm, sandwiched in between gram . - phone recordings. The new regula- tion does not mean that all commer- cial programs will be banned on Sun- days, but simply that these spas- modic ."spots" shall be .prohibited so that listenees may enjoy their 'fav- ourite programs without fear of in- terruption.. Commercial programs are allowed five per -cent. of the broadcast time for advertising and insofar as these do not exceed that period they will not be affected. In making this ruling the Radio Com- mission is endeavouring to improve radio entertainment and cause both sponsored and unsponsored programs to become more acceptable to the average radio listener. 111 * * A NEW MARITIME WEEKLY PROGRAM To the thence melody of Alfred Bachelet's "Dearest Night," a new Maritime weekly program for Com- mission networks takes the air at 9.30 o'clock on April 28. It will be "Front a Rose Garden" and will re- place the "Acadian_Serenadev pro- gram Featured in this series will be Larne Grayston, known as the "Silver Voice of the Maritimes," and acknowledged as one of the most versatile of Canadian sopranos. With Allan Reid at the console of the or- gan, Miss Grayston will sing ,Haydn - Wood's "Love's Garden : of Roses" and "Rose in Bud" The harp, strings and organ will present Hadley's "Red Rose," and also Debussy's "Reverie" and a special arrangement of Saint-Svens "The Swan," 11i'*111 CHURCH SERVICE TO 13E BROADCAST Replacing the "Vesper Hour" on Sunday, April 28 at 5.00 P.M., EST., a service of dedication and thanks- giving under the auspices of the Anglican Rsstoraiton Fund of the Church of England in Canada, will be broadcast over the national net- work of the Canadian Radio Com- mission. The service, which should be of special interest to -members of the Angican faith, will . originate from the Winnipeg Auditorium in Winnipeg. There will be heard music of the combined ehcirs of the Winni- peg churches under the direction of H.. Hugh Bancroft, F.R.C.O., and the Band of the P.P,C.L I. Regiment, under the direction .of Captain T. W. James. "IMMORTAL"--ll'RE LIFE OF. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE One of the nfost ambitious drama- tizations ever produced by the Cana- dian Radio lOommission thus far will be presented on Wjednesday, May 1, at 9.00 o'clock EST, when an -origin- al one hour play embracing the life of William .Shakespeare and his car- eer as a dramatist and actor will be heard over the national network... Ea - titled "Immortal," and written by Jack Biigh, of South Africa, the play occupies that period ordinnarily dee voted to the "Concert Cagayan" pro- gram and is considered in every as- pect the Commission's "big show" of the season. With'a large east of as,- tors and an elaborate background and sound effects, the play virtually brings to -life the Great Eeigiish man of letters who was destined to be. come the best known figure in. the literature of all time. The play deals in a most intimate and fascinating manner with the life of Shakespeare and many beautiful scenes are per= trayed. • 1jc 11r" X31• , COMMISSION FEATURES WEEK BY WEEK Thursday, April 35: 8.05 P.M. London Philharmonic—. Oechestra under direction of Cesar PAGE =SRAPSNJT CUIL SPRING LiGHTNING Lightning and moonlight pictures are unusual and fascinating, and yom can take them with any kind of a camera, A PRIL showers not only bring May flowers but night-time. electrical storms as well. And there's your chance for sensational light- ning pictures. With the dark, clouded skies the sharp ribbons of lightning spread in fantastic, fascinating flashes and when caught by the camera, the re- sulting picture is really something to talk about and adds variety and interest to your snapshot album. There is no trick involved in tak- ing Iightning pictures. In fact, it's quite simple. If it is raining during the time the lightning is weaving its. webs of flashes across the sky, and you don't want to get wet, tape your pictures from the inside through an open window. Place the camera on a tripod or something solid at, the open window and point it in the di- rection of the last few flashes. Set your shutter at "time", using the • largest diaphragm opening or "stop." You play close the shutter after the first flash or leave it open for the registeringof several flashes. Of course, if you leave the sbutter open for many flashes, you will get a fan- tastic conglomeration of ribbons of light but not a true picture of a sin- gle flash. however, it will be un- usual, to say the least, and well worth adding to your collection of "freaks." If it is an honest -to -goodness storm, it will pee' you ln•self satis- faction to take several pictures, for the more brilliant the flashes and the more ribbons of light zigzagging through the dark skies, the greater the chances for a really spectacular picture, The only form of lightning that does not register satisfactorily Is sheet lightning. It merely uni— formly illuminates a broad expanse, of sey. With this kind of liglitriing,. however,intei'estiag silhouettes of" trees and buildings can be secured. And while discussing Dame Na— ture's "lighting plant", pictures br moonlight should not be overlooked.. Moonlight will serve to make pie— tures tures just as sunlight does, but as it is a great many times weaker than. sunlight, exposures must be in- creased considerably. Perhaps the simplest way to calculate a moon— light exposure is to give 25 minutes", for each 1/100 second exposure that would be given the same scene by' sunlight. For 'example,: the exposure In - bright sunlight for a landscape with a dark -toned object in the immediate foreground, would be 1/25 of a sec— ond with stop 1.11 or U.S.8. Them. the exposure by the light of a full. moon would be 100 minutes with the: same stop. This could be cut down. to 50 minutes with stop 1.8 or U.S.4. For a landscape without a dark- toned objeet in the immediate fore- ground about 25 minutes with 1.8 or U$,4 would be ample, and for diet tent landscapes the exposure can be from 10 to 15 minutes. If a daylight effect ie desired, the. exposure must be multiplied by four, and this applies only to nights when. the sky is clear and the moon is full. With a single lens and all fixed` focus cameras, use the largest stop and double the exposures given. above, So :let the sky light your way to. out-ofthe-ordinary pictures. JOHN VAN GUILDER. Barre. From London to National Network. 9.15 P.M. The Diploinats— W'XYZ-CRIBC international Ex- change Program boon Detroit, Friday, April 26: - 9.00 P.M. "Fraley Night" -e Soloists with orchestra direction of Sascha Gaiperin. Calgary to Na- tional Network. Saturday, April 27: 8.30 P.M. "Lyric Trio"— Anna, Malenfant, soprano, Ludovlc Huot, tenor, and Lionel D'aunas, bare tone. Montreal to National Network. 11.30 P.M. "The Northern Messer Radio Radio messages to outposts in. the far north. Ottawa to National Net- work. Sunday, April 28: 5.00 P.M. Anglican Church. Re- storation Fund Service-- From ervice—Front Winnipeg to National Net- work. 9.30 P.M. "From a Rose Garden" Lorna Grayston; soprano, Allan Reid, organist. Front Halifax to National. Network. Monday, April 29. 9.00 Palle "Baltillage-Caprice"— Orrhestra under direction of Dr. J. ,Ta. Gagner, Montreal to National Net— work. 10.00 P.M. "The Youngbloods of Beaver Bend"— ;ural dramatic sketch from Winne.- peg inni-peg to National Network. . Tuesday, April 30, 9.00 P.M. "Summer Frolics"— Humorous skits. Orchestra under direction of Howard Fogg. .From Montreal to National Network_ 9.30 P.M. "Lyr'i'c Trio"— From Montreal to National Network. Wednesday, May 1: 9.00 P.M. "Immortal"— The life of William Shakespeare. The Commission's ,big show of the season, Toronto to ifationat Net- work, 910.00 P.M. Billy Bissett and Itis. Royal York Hotel Orchestra.— Front Toronto to National Network. When you've. just had word Ted has won that scholarship ... and you're pleased as punch .. and so is his mother . . Don't just take it out in smiling. Tell him he's a chipoff the old block via LongDistance., • Long Distance is ready under any circumstances. It's easy to use, and the cost is small For as little as 30 cents you caul talk 100 miles or so. See the rates in the front pages of your directory .ffarraeoraremaredimmgamma.mmors.wrteii4".0).