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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-05-23, Page 3THURS., MAY 23, 1935 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 What Clinton was Doing in , The Gay Nineties .60 YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING Teen LAST DE CARE OF THE OLD 'CENTURY? From The News -Record, May 22nd, .1895: Everybody is ;looking forward to May 24th for a big day's sport, Imported strawberries were on sale at Kilty Brost last week, the first of the season, Deputy -reeve Kennedy has resign- ed and will offer 'fol election to the position of reeve, made vacant by the death of Reeve 1VfcMiaichie. Mr, D. Cantelon offers for the deputy. A. union meeting of the teachers of East and Wrest Huron will be held in the Collegiate Institute,Clinton, on the 22nd and 23rd inst. The program embraces papers by Messrs. Houston, Cameron, Lough, Shearer, Strang, Musgrove, Wieatherhead and Inspec- tors Robb and Tom ;Bernard Bigsley MA., Detroit, will take part in the various discussions. On Wednesday evening an entertainment will be held in the town hall, when Me. Bigsley wiII .deliver a lecture on "The Old Schools of England and Thomas Ar- nold:" The funeralaof the late Isaac Fran- cis Totes, Senior Judge of the County of Huron, whose death occurred in Goderich last week, took place on Thursday and was attended by : a large concourse of people. District Secretary Forsythe writes from Berlin to Hon, Secretary Ern- est Cooper of tiie Clinton Collegiate foot ball Club: -,"I am informed that the Hough match, Clinton Seaforth C.I., was a very fine ex- hibition and that it was the blest Hough Cup match ever played in Seaforth, further, that the score does not indicate the play. I am glad to know this and trait your praise- worthy efforts will in due time be re- warded as well as appreciated:" Chilton C,I'. will again endeavour to capture the prize. Mail Clerk Cousins on the L. 11. & B. is an ardent poultry fancier and a couple of weeks ago lie had quite an experience. One night .he took home with him a couple of "Cluck- ing" hens for incubation purposes and not having the eggs ready to • place under the "biddies" he dropped into a grocery store be was passing and purchased five cents worth of eggs to put under' the hens for a day or two until the eggs he was waiting for were ready. What was b his surprise a• couple of days after • on going to est the hens to find that one of thesn bad two chickens hatch- ed from the grocery eggs. (No grad- ing"laws were in force forty years ago -Ed.) From The New Era, May 24th, 1.895: Mr. D. Cantelon shipped nearly two hundred hogs. The farmers from whom they were bought were more lucky than the shipper, as the price fell after they were bought and the shipper euffers the loss. The London Bicycle Club of twen- ty-five members, recently asked: for figures for suits for the members and Jackson Bros. of town were the successful tenderers. Mr. Thos. Walker has the founda. tion for the ;Blouse of Refuge al- most completed. If the figures published by the assessors are correct Clinton has stepped ahead of its sister town, Seaforth. Last year Seaforth was credited. with 15 more of a Mule- tion than Clinton. This year Clin- ton is credited with 49 more than its nieghbor, the respective figures be- ing, Clinton 2461, Seaforth 2412: Successive frosts night alter night are notcalculated to improve the grout% of fruit and vegetables and the experience of this section hes not been pleasant the past week. Thurs- day night ten degrees of frost were Replace Worn • Screen Doors and Windows A broken screen is like a bucket with a hole in it . , useless. You may think you are protected against flies, and mosquitoes, but you are not. .For health's sake, check over your screen doors and win. dows now. : Replace those that are damaged. SCREEN EVERY. DOOR&WIN©OW ONTARIO SAFETY reported. It is said that one benefit of the frosts has been to kill off the myriads of young, grasshoppers which were being hatched our, The' Canadian Underwriters Asso- dation are not satisfied with the ire protection for the, town and in order to retain it in its present class ask for the following: a night patrol from dusk till daylight; two standard chemical fire extinguishers on reels; chief of fire brigade to ible on full pay and on corratent duty; two fire- men to sleep every night in -tise: fire hall; alarm bell to ring automatical- ly; hook and ladder truck to respond to all alarms of fire. It is proposed to move the. bend stand to a more central place on the square and the • ,committee' desire that the move will take place at 6.30 tonight, Thursday, and all Who can: lend a hand are invited to do so. (Even at that early day there was some doubt as to the proper place for the band stand. Ed.) IIF*SII WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From, The News -Record, May 26th, 1910: Gunn ee Martin - In London, on May 25th, by the father of the bride, Anna, daughter of the Rev. W. M. and Mrs. Martin, to Dr. John Nis - bit Gunn of Calgary, Alta,, formerly of Clinton, Mrs Barry Routledge and family left Monday, for New Liskeard, where Mr. Routledge has been for several weeks and where the family. intend making their home, at least for the present. The 'many Clinton' friends of Mr. and Mrs. Routiedge 1 wish them prosperity in their 'new home, The comet was visible in the west- ern sky last night in all t'ha •glory of its long and 'luminous' tail. Friday (tire day of Ring 'Edward's funeral) was observed as a holiday in Clinton all places of business be- ing closed. A union memorial ser- vice ervice was held in St. Paul's church at eleven a.m. 'Mr. and Mee'. C. J. Wallis enter- tained a few friends at dinner on Monday evening to meet Mr. G. A. Warburton of Toronto, General,Sec- retary of the Y.M,.C.A„ who, after his strenuous efforts on behalf of. new buildings felt the need of a lit- tle holiday and same up with Mr. Ed. Jenkins for a few days rest at Woodlands Farm. A large crowdwitnessed a good game of baseball in the park on Tuesday afternoon, the contesting teams being Goderieh and Clinton, the latter winning easily, the score being' 7 to 1 in their favor with an inning to spare. Tasker was in the box for Clinton and pitched a steady winning game throughout. Tommy Hawkins was at the bat and put up the good game which is al- ways expected of him., "Riley" Johnson guarded the first bag, and well ata usual, to be sure. He. is one of the reliables of the local team. The locals have an infield that is hard to beat. Harry Twitchell is neat and nimble in the field and good at the bat. Frank leloCaugbey guard- ed the third bag like a veteran and McDonald at second was a peach, Perhaps no player received more hearty applause than. Murray Metier - an, whose piokups and throws were a feature of the game. At the bat, too, he excels. Carl Draper is a young player .but a promising one, especially at the bat and on the bases. Billy Johnson was centre fielder and put up an errorless game. The "'bleachers" never shout, "Ah there, Butter Fingers!" at Billy. Bert Potts of Goderich was umpire and gave entire satisfaction. 111 Fran The New Ere, May 26th, 1910: This 24th brought burnt fingers, etc Mr. Malcolm, McTaggart, who always has a celebration at his home for the Young children, had his, hand severe- ly :burnt by an explosion. Lack Kennedy and Karl Argent also suffer- ed in a like manner. • Mr. Ball of the firm of Hoover and Ball, was up north of Blyth on Tues- day making arrangements for the funeral of the late Fred Rath . The manner in which. Hoover and Ball do their work calls' them ail over this part of •the country when their ser- vices are needed. $3,600 PAID ON TAXES, $11,000 OUTSTANDING According to Councillor Isaac Mel - 'son, Chairman of the ' Finance Com- mittee of the town council, approxi- mately $3,600 was paid last month ;on tax arrears. There remains - about. $11,000, ;outstanding an taxes which is the lowest the arrears have been for some time. The payments last month included LEAGUE -'the $2,400 cheque front the C.F.N. --Goderich Star. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING BUT HE COULDN'T WALK 'FIVE igir, Dionne is in clover. N'et only does he draw. $100 a month from the quintuplets fund, but the government also walks` the floor with hies babies. -Hanover : Post. 1 * It's high time that "Mother's -Day" became "Parent's Day." The trans lotion would mean that Dad's are commencing to think and that moth- ers were getting to understand that they are parents as: well as mothers•. There's a difference, you know. ---Eeeter Times -Advocate. FOUND SILVER WATCH While digging for a basement un- der a building in the East Ward, re- cently, Dan Adams unearthed a hunt- ing ease :silver watch. While the key was rusted so badly that it crumbled to bits, the watch itself was in excellent state a of preservation and E. C. Daniels, local jeweller, ex- pressed the opinion that it would run after it was cleaned up: As the •build- ing was erected in 1876, it is thought that the watch must have lain in the earth since that date, if not longer. There is no inscription on the case to show wee owned the timepiece.---, -,Orangeville Banner. ill** STARTeNG THE CLOCK A totally unexpected chain of ev- ents was set in motion on Thursday night last by the mere cranking of a car. The ear which happened to be in a wide circle as the engine fired to crash heavily into the side •of the lo- cal hotel in front of which it had been parked. Where the car crashed just happened• to be the outer wall of the hotel beverage room. A patron just happened tobe sitting at a table under a large wall clock, the jar of the car against the wall dis- lodged the elock which fell on the head of the customer wee immediate- ly lost interest in his surroundings. -Blyth Standard. LET'S SHOW OUR APPRECIATION MORE Recently we completed ..a rather large printing order for a local in- dustry. Wltbin a very few ]aye we received a check for the account in full and written on the statement? were the words, "Well satisfied. That type of appreciation is so sel- dom handed out 'these days in the. ordinary course of business that the cannot help but comment on it. The manager • was apparently pleased with the work. Not only did 'he s'how. his apitreeiation in a •practical way the prompt payment of the account glut he added that sentimental -and human touch of "Wall satisfied" which incidentally meant about as much to us as the handsome check. One is forcefully reminded of the ten lepers whom Christ •made clean, and of the nine who failed to return and give thanks and the solitary one who returned to say "thank you.". That is the situation that exists to- day in the majority of businesses, Flaw many of us return to teII those with whom wedo business how pleased we are with their service, or the quality or value of their goads. We are all ready and willing enough to take them to task as soon as they make a bad break, but we just for- get the mote human side of ;business, that of saying. "Thank you." The :sooner we once more attain that attitude of life, where we real- ize our blessings,and discount some- what our troubles, the sooner the world will reach a more reasonable equilibrium of happiness. There is an old saying that it costs nothing to be courteous or to return thanks, but it means a whole lot to those who receive the courtesy. -Bowmanville Statesman. NOVEL ENGINEERING" FEAT AT HARBOR An unusual piece of engineering was necessary to repair the dock at the east end of- the property of the Goderich Transit and Elevator Com- pany, immediately adjoining their huge chimney. Frost and other forces of nature have been weakening the face of the dock wall for some time until it .be- came necessary to make repairs. Department of Public Works officials decided on the work necessary and a contract was eventually awarded to Wm. Forrest. Under supervision of Mr. Geoffrey Brown of the Deliartment b1 Public Works, the weakened., section was re- moved last week. A portion of the heavy concrete wall which tops old timber work, was taken out .for - a distance oe about 30 feet. This left a problem of how to fasten a new wall into place as the harbor bottom. at this point is solid rock. It was finally decided to fasten a large beam of steel to the harbor floor. This was done, the work be- ing finished on Monday. Six-inch; holes were bored into the rock ,bot- tom to a depth of five feet. Then matchholes drilled into the steel L beam.' Steel pins five inches in di- ameter at the smallest end and en- larging to six in ehes at the top were let into (these holes and cemented there, after passing through the L beam. The concrete mixture was let into the drill holes' ee means of a three inch pipe and the metal pins forced into the holes thus forcing out the surplus concrete. This latter mix- ture hardens especially well ` under water, se that the L beam is firmly fixed to the bottom in such a way as to be able to carry almost any weight. This particular manner ofeobtain- ing a solid footing under water is l believed to be quite new, the con- tractors net knowing of any other similar job anywhere in Canada. Resting up against the flange of the L beam is a wall of flat, meta] piling which in turn is, fastenedat the top with other metal joists. Be hind these will be heavy timbers, bout square and round, and filled in still further behind is cement bloats and earth. Metal tie rods., reaching back to "dead men" thirty feet from • the dock face, •further strengthen the wall. The whole will be topped. •off with cement and'•it is expected, an endur- ing job will have been completed Wm. Forrest's diver locatedthe, drill holes in the floor and oversaw the work in the •Water. J. E. Huckins is looking after the interests •of the Department of Public Wbrks. • Goderich Star. SOON' LEARNED TRICK Premier Hepburn, one-time pro- phet of lower taxes, is, showing quite a facility In chasing the nimble dime to its lair id the swelling cof- fers of the moving picture operators and the treasury of the Punkin Creek dramatic club. No more can you sneak into a show on payment of a quarter -no, not even a dime -and escape your just share of the 'great game of "tax, tax, who's got a nic- kel?" For lex: Hepburn has reform- ed, he has seen the light, he has found out already that the great object of a government's existence is to find things to tax.-eltidgetown Dominion. * 'k FORGET ALSO BREWERS AND DISTILLERS 'ilo the mind of the ordinary tax payer it seems that a great deal of time is being lost and a great .deaf of money explended In determining whether the Canada 'Temperance Act should or should not be reinstated in Huron and theathee counties con- cerned. There are probably any num- ber of men in the Department 'of Justice at Ottawa drawing salaries of 56,000 araver, and if any one of them :could not -decide the question (party politics being forgotten) in half -a -day he isn't worth what he is being paid.--+Goderich Signal, HOME TOWN LOYALTY If you were an editor spending your money in your home town and employing several folks who were do- ing the same thing, would, you, be expecting too much if you looked to '. the .business .men. whom . you patron- ize and whose problems you helped solve and whose community you boosted, to turn their job printing your way? It is true that ,you could both save a few cents occasionally by trading out of town, ,but in the long run home town loyalty pays. •lBowmanville Statesman, WRVS FOR WAR? Wiho's for war, you? Of course not. Your neighbour? 'Hardly; his son did not come • back from the last one, did he? Agreed, then, that we ordinary folk have everything to lose and nothing to gain by future armed strife. Likewise there is little reason to suppose that the man on the street in Germany, Italy, Russa, orwhere- -would-you is any mare anxious to rush off to kill or be killed than we are. In spite of this widely held feeling, however, there are constant alarms and rumors of war. What's to do a- bout it? That is Ia difficult question, But suppose that every Tom, Dick and Harry of us who holds these views were to declare on every pos- sible occasion, his, staunoh •opposi- tion to this form of racial suicide? These tactics, if repeated endlessly, might in time even came to the at- tention of those astute so-called statesmen who boast of having their ears to the ground end their fingers on the pulses of the nations. In his prolific writings,' Confu- cius had doubtless -penned a proverb to the effect that you cannot fool all of the people all of the time. -Ex. Along the Air Waves • (Continued ' from page 2) respondent while in Montreal re- cently, the methods by which sound effects are obtained to provide the necessary:backgrounds and :local col- our for certain types of programs. To represent, for •instance, the crack- ling of flames, pieces of cellophane are slowly crunched in the hand, and the fire siren that makes :such ;a violent noise is nothing but a vest pocket whistle similar teehose found in pop -corn The' next time •,you hear a man walking along a gravel roador over snow it will be but a handful of crisp ,cornflakes slowly mixed with pieces` of cellophane. Then to make the noise of an out- board motorboat a bowler hat is rap- idly punched in at the crown. If there has been any appreciable increase in the 'Canadian hat manufee L:ring business, it may perhaps be attribut- ed to the number of motorboats that have :been dashing around CRCIVI's studios during reoent weeks. The et - feet of rolling sea -waves ie obtained by placing a quantity of buckshot on the head of a snare drum and rolling. them back and forth, while the sound of a rifle shot is. caused by slapping a stick on cushion. • GORDON CAMERON SIfOWS 'EM JIOW "Intestinal fortitude" is. a diplo- mati'e way of describing.. what the average young man requires if he is to make his nark, ie. this highly com- petitive world. That and a large a- mount of 'determination and the "never -say -die" spirit. . Those characteristics are strongly apparent in Gordon Cameron, a young singer who recently evade his debut over the Radio Commission's nation- al network an the "Concert Caravan" program froze Toronto, This 24 -year- old youth went to Toronto via the open road and "hitch -hike'" route, e- quipped with a bitiilliant voice, high courage, but with a sling roll of dol- lars in his pocket. Encouraged by his parents, who live in Ottawa, he embarked on his radia career. Three days after his arrival he war on a program at CFRB and since then he has had several encouraging exper- iences: Altar obtaining a position as soloist at Yonge Street United Church he was given an audition at the Commission studios. Stanley Mexted, regional program director, immediately slated him for the "Concert Caravan" on which guest vocalists are ' being presented. Cameron made his network bow with Musical support ,by the well known conductor, Simeon Joyce, and in com- pany witIi William. Primrose, one of the leading viola soliosts of Great Britain, and Alice Strang, gifted young soprano of Toronto. COMMISSION FEATURES WEEK BY WEEK All Times Eastern Standard 8.05 P.M. "No Mournful Numbers" --Comedy team with orchestra direc- tion Isaac Mamott; ladies trio; male quartet and soloists. From Winni- peg. -9 00 P.M. "Melodic Strings'[_ Orchestra direction Alexander Cha- hauldin. A GRBC-N130 International Exchange program. From Toronto. Friday, May 24: 1.30 ,to 2,00 P.M. Empire Day Broadcast Canada this year contributes a spe- cial dramatic and musical program as part of the annual Empire Day broadcast throughout • the British Commonwealith The program will be transmitted to London for relay- ing over the Entpire short wave sys- tem and will be available in Caladn to all stations on the CBBBC National Network. 9.05 P.M. "Friday Night" -- Soloists with orchestra direction of 0110111•111111.11•11111/.. "OW =SNAPS410T CUIL SPRINGTIME IN THE ZOO Get environment in your zoo pictures. It adds much to their interest. "WHAT is It we always look ter- ve ward to seeing in the spring?". a teacher asked her class of eight- year-olds. "The animals in the zoo," Piped up Mickey. Mickey might have added "and; snapshooters," for there are in this world a few people who park their cameras on the closet shelf at the. first sign of winter and, like the bear in the, zoo, it hibernates until the arrival of spring. If you own one of these hibernet- ing cameras you had better get It out, dust it off, carefully clean the lens, load it up with film and be on hand atyour nearest zoo when the keeper lets his animal family out of the indoor winter quarters to the outdoor cages. There's a real chance for some great pictures and a great chance for some real pictures. There's one great advantage in taking animal pictures at the zoo in early spring. The foliage on the trees isnot as heavy as it becomes later in the summer so your light Is much better. Background and foreground should he given careful consideration in taking pictures of animals and fowl at a zoo. In other words, try to get environment In your pictures -nat- ural settings. Don't just wall[ up to the cage or corral ansi shoot. If the lion's don, for instance, is at the back end of his dage, which it usual- ly is, don't snap your picture from the side and have an adjoining pen of ostriches for your background for in natural surroundings the lion and ostrich do not mix socially. Get as close to the bars of his cage as you can and shoot. "But," you may say, "if I snap him when he is right up against the bars I would get a larger image." That's true enough and at the same time you would be getting just an- other picture of a lion. Suppose the image of the lion is smaller at a greater distance from your camera. How about an enlargement of the lion and enough of the entrance to. his den to add environment. Many amateurs overlook the pos- sibilities in 'trimming and enlarge- ment and in doing sothey pass up the 'opportunity to change what would be an ordinary snapshot into an outstanding photograph. Keep these things in mind when taking all kinds of animal pictures -wild • and domestic. Get environ- ment in the picture and you will soon be convinced by results that it is well worth the little thought and effort it requires. • 3OHN VAN GUILDER. Jascha Galperin. From Calgary. Saturday, May 25: 9.35 P.M. "Fiesta"-, Orchestra and soloists direction lIlo- Kenzie Mawer. From Vancouver. 10.15 P.M. Chas. Dornberge'r and His Mount Royal Hotel Orchestra. -- Dance music from Montreal. Sunday, May 26: 9.35 P.M. "Fiesta" - Orchestra Grenadier Guards --Direc- tion Lieut. e. J. Gagnier. A CRBC- 1,BC International Exchange pro- gram from Montreal. 8.00 P.M. "Radio Theatre' Guild" - Dramatic presentation direction Rup- ert Caplin. From Montreal. Monday, May 27: 8.00 P.M. "Old Time Frolic"- The rolic'-The Farmer FiddIers, old time or- chestra. From Saskatoon. 9.05 P.M. "Babillage-Caprice"- Orchestra direction Dr. J. 3, Gagner with Jeanne Desjardine, soprano, and a quintet of mixed voices. Tuesday,. May 28: 9.00 P.M. Dionne Quintuplets' Bllcthday Party Broadcast- Over National Network, From Cal- lender. 10.30 P.M. Freshman Male Quartet -From Fegina. Wednesday, May 29: 8.00 P.M. "Melody Mart" -- Direction Howard Large with Jean Sinclair, vocalist, male quartet and Bert Peachell's orchestra. From Moose Jaw. 9.00 P.M. "Concert Caravan" - Soloists and orchestra. From Toron- to. For the 18 weeks of 1935 ended May 2, the total number of hogs graded in Canada was -graded alive at stock -yards, 383,664; alive at packing plants., 709,726, and by car- cass 21,652, a total of 1,115,042. For the corresponding weeks of 1934, the number was 1,160,223. , • It's a great performer -on any roads --yin any weather. Centre traction tread gives long, safe wear. Re -tire. with Pathfinders now at Pathfinder's economy prices. J. C. Ra° :: � rd Phone 149w. 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