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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-06-13, Page 5'THURS., JUNE 13,E 1935 :THE CLINTON NEWS -.RECORD OF: INTEREST "TO YOU AND ME Beautiful June, if only your thirty tilovely days could be lengthened to • Aixtyl Ci 'Pinks Cinnes are looking up. A farmer told us the other day that "things were a hundred percent. better" than they were a year or•se ago. May they continue to improve. non Yesterday was Clinton's fit"t Wed- nesday half holiday of the season. :The holiday not'being -observed last week on account of Monday, June 3rd, having been kept as a holiday. O Q Q Let the pessimist and the disgrunt- led, take isgruntledtake a'trip through the; country any one of these fine days and surely the scales would fall' from their eyes. Never did the world look so lovely, Well not since last June, anyway. CI© 0 „We have as much faith in the. hon. esty of the press as anyone, but we, cannot •see why the owners of -Newspapers should not be known Ory" the public .. In many cases they are _-already published, Why not in all • cases? Q [T Ramsay M'acDonald has resigned :as' British prime minister and Stan - :tear Baldwinhas formed a, cabinet. •'-Well, anyway, one can feel, safe and .secure while Stanley is at the helm, :although they do say that he would . - rather stay home and raise pigs any, •:day thanirule -the eountty. O O Cj :Some folk, are always deploring the falling off at the •marriage rate, but with all the ' eases of women, ,poisoning their husbands and. of hus-. bands killing their wives, we think itweuld'be a lot better if folk would •; go_ advisedly into marriage, and only after being sure that they have found • the mate with whom they will be willing to spend 'the remainder of their natural lives. Boa It would be interesting • to know . just what his ife said to that Buf- falo man who allowed her to drive the car onto the ferry.and. stopped to buy a paper, thinking he could jump on -after it had, left the dock „ :and . who jumped u couple of feet 'abort. And, we greatly fear, he has placed himself in' a position where ...it . will be extremely .• difficult for him to maintain successfully his place as head of the family, and a • roan who never does anything' foolish. 01:1 The grass has been cut" on the 'boulevards but, as usual, it is being left lying where cut to dry up and blow away. It gives the •streets a • very untidy appearance. Surely . ,when at; much is done time could bo .taken to rake up this grass and take it away. It is hardly fair to tlie owners of property who keep their own grounds and the boulevards in front oftheir own property in good . shape to leave this drying hay strewn • along the next property which ntay be vacant, and it isn't fair to those of us who have to tramp over it two or three tines a day. o-d1IJ@ The United Church celebrated on Menday its tenth anniversary and '.few churches but had special services on Sunday in honour of the event. . On Monday a very special celebration was 'held in Toronto, when those high• in the counsels of the commun.- ion were present, Moderator Roberts presiding, and a great concourse .af people gathered for the special ser- vice,' It; is generally conceded that this union of thtee strong bodies in Can. •oda lies' been a marked •success arid the church is .looking forward .to continued and increasing expansion. At the tenth anniversary celebration • the Matter of a. larger union, taking in other bodies, was brought up and ocnfidently put forward as a goal at which to aim„ It may be that in the year to come some advancement In . this line may come about, perhaps sooner, too than most people expect. It certainly seems but • sensible that the spiritual, farces 'of, the country and .Of the wot9d should;; be united in their, work so that every effo9•t might • count toward the building up of succi. forces. •o.la) r In all countries, especially those ., of demoncratic governments, there is a growing'feelingthat the rewards of labor should be divided more • equitably amongst those who create wealth, as between the laborer and • the capitalist; that the good things of the. earth 'and' the fruits ef men's and women's labor should be more • equally shared by those who do the manuel labor. .It is an insistent and a h,' growing demand ' and.: it will not. =down: Those in high places of gov-, +ermment and in the industrial ,world - will do well to take note of it and act: .accordingly. It is a matter for deep -shame that, especially in this young, sparsely populated country','' so Tien in resources, that there should be amen and women and.. little .children in it who, through no fault of their awtn, lack bread. It is a shame that •-on this young and wealthy continent` there should be people starving -while• feed has beet.'destroyed'or' lend:left, lying £allow because of the super- abundance of food in stares. There ' is sot4ething wrong with our,rsysttsn and it should be changed and must be changed. The well-being of the Hinman fatnily is of moreiniee Lance than the 'maintenance of any systenaR The best minds in the country r shoulc•be. a busy now, may. be. bnsyr. but if not they should be, on working out a system of equity, whereby all, the people, high, and low, cleverand dull, may have an equal chance to obtain a decent living, when willing to contribute a fair share towards the • sum of .work needed to keep the country running. ID CI The death occurred the other day of a roan who was responsible for the greatest change in the matter of dress on the part of women that the world has ever` seen, and also of :bringibg :about :a change in the whole ` industrial world. It was Charles Cross; . an English chemist, who discovered the secret of eche manufacture 'of 'artificial silk, which is now manufactured on an extensive scale and is worn by men, women and children the worker :over. It is not sa,long since silk stock- ingts, for instance, were luxuries, which 'few' ctild afford. The woman hanma enoug to possess a pair or two did ;not wear them commonly but only en 'special occasions, and the great majority did not pretend to •wear them at all. And as for silk underwear, . only the very wealthy even thought of possesing such wear. s every y .sohoar girl wears silk stockings, when she wears any, and the same may besaid for the yunderwear, we suppose. And even the men like to feel the coolness of silk underwear during the hat months and ,to` have'silk mixed with wool for. colder seasons. The invention' of artificial silk has resulted• in the establishmentof industries everywhere , for the man- ufacture of silken garments. It no doubt has done •a good deal to slow down the manufacture of woolen goads and has also, it is said, brought about a deciline in the cultivation of the mulberry trees, on which the silk Warm lived in eastern countries, and. the cultivation of the silkworm, as the artificial silk could 1le •so much more cheaply manufactured. The use of artificial silk during the'. past twenty years' has gnawn to such proportions ortions that were its manufac- ture now to be discontinued it would be a difficult thing to find a material Which would in any way take its place in the wearing apparel of men, wo- men and children, as well as in house furnishings., PORTER'S HILL On Sunday evening the young peo- ple of Grace church held a special service, the tenth anniversary of Church Union. The evening was beau- tiful and the church was well filled. Miss Marjory Prouse gave an inter- esting and thoughtful address through which many an elder mind could pro- fit. The church was• beautiful with flowers. The singing, under the lead- ership of Miss Jean W'ebater consist- ed of two quartettes from Ilolmes- viile, a double mixed quartette and a male quartette. Bothe did exception- ally well and much ctedit is due Miss Webster for the trouble she has gone to to train these young voices. On 11.ronday night a play "No Ac- count David," was given by the Grand Bend Young People and was well re- ceived. This play has been given sev- en titres. Each actor took his and her part exceptionally well. ,On Thursday afternoon the Ladies' Aid of Grace church spent a pleasant afternoon with the Bayfield •ladies, the program, being given by the visit. ing society. Lunch was served by the Bayfield Society and a hmppy 'after- noon spent. On Friday evening a ball game be- tween the Maple Leaf team and the Sluggers was played, resulting in a good count for the Leafs. On. Thursday evening Mr, and Mrs. Lockhart received the sad news of the death of little' Marie Stinson . of Damdalk, who was killed on her way to school when a trailor struck her. Mrs. Lockhart and sons, Glen' and Argyle, attended the funeral on Sat- urday. Mrs. Fred :Elliott- had the misfor- tune to step on a misty nail which penetrated her foot. , Poison set in, 'but is under control, we hope, to °see' her out again soon. Iier sister, Mrs. Graham of Goderich is with her Mr. and Mrs.' Albert Harrison of MelCill,op. spent Sunday ' with Elliott Harrison's: , Mrs. Dawson of London is visiting lar, her s er, .Mrs. Milton "Woods.' Master Alvin Betties, who`•has been quite ill with tonsilitis, is very little improved but we hope he will soon feel better. The Misses Oliveland Bessie Young were both' operated on in. Goderich Hospital last Tuesday for renioval_of their tonsils. They' are both making, satisfactory linpaovem:ent. Mr's,'. Thos. Battles, while -,oat 'ah .he yard in,somo manner, hurt or broke .a. bone . in her foot. She Is able to be up again. Miss. jean Albell, our teacher who has been confined to bed 'since Eas- ter, we are glad to report' is some better. STANLEY Mr. and Mr's. Larne Pepper:1/f Ni- agara Palls spent the week -end at the home of 1, , John U. Pepper:. Mr. and' Mrs Alfred Westlake, Mrs, T, `M. &kha i) and, arra: Frank Hblr- son..motored to. M'anitaulin Ielaitd! last week. Mrs. William Scotchnter. is at, pre- 'sent"iearing'fot ' her- •..other, • `Mr -'s. brooks ,a1z Chiron• 1 t t; Miss Irene Scotchmer went to To- ranto=last-xveek-te,•take.a.position. •..,-. MARRIAGES B.ELL-+MIA;RSIL—At Knox Church, . Goderich, on June' 8th, by the Rev. D. J. Lane, Edythe Eithelwyn, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wile. Marsh of Colborne Township, to. Melvin James Bell, son of M9. and Mrs. Thos. Bell of Goderich. BIRTHS GAUNT --At St. Helens, on June4th, to Mr, and=