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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., JULY 4,19
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Cleaning and Pressing
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TIME TABLE.
'Trains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as fellows:
Buffalo and Goderich' Div.
Going East, depart 7.08 a.m.
Going East, depart 3.00 p.m.
Going West, depart 11.50 a.m.
Going West, depart 9.58 p.m.
London, Huron & Bruce
Going North, ar. 11.34. lve. 11.54 a.m.
Going South _ 3.08 p.m.
DISCIPLINE
Ile was talkikng, vigorously against.
corporal punishment for boys, which
he declared never did any good:
"Take my own ease," he said, "I
was never caned but once in my life
and that was for speaking the truth."
"Wlell," came a voice from' the rear,
""it certainly cured You."
THE CALABASH IS FLOODING
BY A. C. LIVLN!GSTONE
,Recently, in the "Old Days" col-
umn under a sub -heading '15 Years
Ago!,' the Canadosa Weelely Chron-
icle reprinted four items, as follows:
Item No, 1—An enjoyable evening
was scent last Tuesday at the Arm-
ory, ;where guests numbering' more
than fifty sat down to a sumptuous
Old Timers' Re-Unien Dinner.
Item No. 2—The honorable Josieti
Tompkins, Member of. the Federal
House, whose visit here with his sis-
ter, Mrs. Fred Elainey, inspired the
recent Old Timers', Re -Union Dinner,
left for, Ottawa on Wednesday's, ' ear-
ly morning train... The distinguished
guest, wee had not visited Canadosa,
his boyhood home, in twenty-five
years, regretted that an urgent sum-
mons to the Capital interrupted what
was to have been an extended stay.
Item , No. 3—The usually irrespon-
sible Angus McCordle has not been
seen about town for a couple of days.
Enquiry reveals' that he is confined
to his bed with a child. •
Item No. 4 --%Che Calabash is ris-
ing, The Main .Street ditches are
filled almost to the level of the road
bed. , We are glad to report, how-
ever, that for several hours before
this issue went to press, no over-
flow had occurred, and it is believed
that the danger of flood is abating.
In the fifteen years since. these it-
ems were printed, during every one
of which the Calabash threatened
to flood, but never did so, change
has been occurring in Canadosa, par-
ticularly along Main Street. With
a year -by -year population of about
seventeen hundred, the town, for
half a century, has reflected in a re-
presentative way the community lire
of WesternCanada's urban centres.
The speed of change going on
there has accelerated in the •past ten
years, The community spirit is . dif-
ferent. As an examplen.
, Hallowe'e
in Canadosa, once a night in which
normal, peace -loving citizens sud-
denly were turned into mad men
bent on property destruction, is now
an occasion for house parties, and
very mild1mannered depostmenr,
comparatively speaking. Special po-
licemen, who used to run surprising
risks of embarrassment, not to men-
tion bodily injury, are no longer
sworn in for duty Hallowe'en. The
stores now close at six o'clock, ex-
cept Saturday, with a half holiday le
the summertime
Where Henry Gibson's long, one -
storey frame grocery and crockery -
ware store used to stand, with its
wide adjoining lot bestrewed with
straw and empty willow crates, a
chain grocery store, of brick now
operates. A. new cement bridge has
replaced the old wood and iron struc-
ture that used to span the Calabash
at Main Street. A beautiful Great -
War monolith fronts a grassy, treed
area facing the principal thorough-
fare near the new bridge. And many
strange faces are passed on the
street, by the native returned.
But Angus McCordle has changed
little. FIe doesn't look much older
than he did fifteen years ago, Im-
petuous still, a framed motto hangs
on his wall, which reads, "Easy Does
It" and is signed by M'eCordle's old
friend, Henry Gibson, ivtcCordle will
explain that he keeps his vigour by
ignoring Henry's advice.
The spring afternoon was warm,
the Calabash imperceptibly rising,
as Henry Gibson walked leisurely to
the station, enjoying a brief break-
away from his grocery and crockery -
Ware store. At the cry of a Zemin
ler voice he came to a slow stop.
Tho cry was repeated.
"Yoo, hoo, Henry."
"Don't eut across like that. An-
gus," the grocer scolded. "Keep to
the sidewalk; you'll bre mud up to
your ankles"
But Angus McCordle already was
half way across the Vacant lot: a
moment later he was at the barbed-
wire fence that measured its front -
"Now be careful of those barbs,"
Henry cautioned, but his words were
wasted. McCordle was astride the
top strand, almost over. A barb
hooked his trousers leg. Voicing a
minor swear word he •stopped to
scrutinize a three-inch right -angular
tear his hurry had occasioned.
"What did -you want to do that
for?" Henry admonished, fingering
his coat lapel and producing two
common pins. "Here, fasten it to-
gether with these for now. 'Willy in
the world didn't you take your time
and come round by the sidewalk like
I told you?"
McCordle drew the tear together
and inserted the pins. "The tailor
will fix it so it won't show," he de-
clared.
Henry Gibsori shook his head in
d,espak., "You're hopeless„ Angus.
You're not taking any notice of the
motto I sent you, or you wouldn't get
into the jams you do. I guest you
will always be getting yourself into
some kind of a fix."
"I had any mend on. something I
heard this morning. Did you hear
any talk about them goingto close
down the goal?"
"I heard that it was to be eiosed
as part of the new government's ec-
onomy program."
"Economy, fiddlesticks;" McCardie
snorted. "The party in power Is a -
gainst us here; that's the reason.
We've voted so long for the other
side that there's spite work brew'ing.t
'It was good old Doc Simpson got us
that gaol, but we can't expect him to
be able to keep it open now, with the
other side so strong."
"If they close it, it will hurt
business some," Henry commented.
"In a'year they buy quite a grocery
order from sue, and obis crockery..
Maybe, though, with Josh T.onrpkins
in the new cabinet it won't be clos-
ed." ,
They were turning off Main Street
on to the station platform. At Hen-
ry's observation, 14IcC'ord'fe explodere
"Tompkins.? That spineless nincom-
poop! Ile doesn't give a tinker's hoot,
about Canadosa any more Why, he.
hasn't been here in donkey's years,
not even• for a visit. No, Henry,"
Angus counselled, "don't look in that
direction for any 'help. He isn't a
bit interested in us, and anyway,' he
hasn't the spunk of a tame rabbit."
"You don't like Josh much," Hen-
ry observed, his eyes twinkling.
"Wlasn't there something about you
putting him in' one of ,my empty
Crockery crates one Hallowe'en a-
bout twenty-five years. ago, and
hauling the crate to the top of the
old Main Street Bridge?"
McCordle grinned. "Too bad the
ropes hadn't busted and landed hien
in ,the Calabash, he regretted. "Been
pretty lough on the fish, but better
forthe country."
Fifty-two was on *time and Hen
ry left McCordle for a minute, when
thetrain stopped; to post a letter in
the mail car. Thisdone he turned
to find his friend's attention drawn
to the station. A young lady,
smartly tailored, stepped down to
the platform daintily, and depositing
her hand baggage, a club hag and a
portable typewriter, put a question
to the brakeman. Uncertainly then
she picked upher things and came
towards Henry and McCordle.
"Careful now, Angus,' the grocer
cautioned, grinning slowly, `With
that type -writer I judge she's a re.
porter, and you might do something
to get yourname in the headlines.
Don't forget that you've escaped to
ago fifty without being taken for a
walk up any woman's garden."
"I'm not fifty; 'I'm forty-eight,"
McCordle corrected. "And I don't
feel a day older than twenty-two."
"Indeed," Henry countered, arch-
ing his brow in mock surprise. "Well,
don't forget your weakness for doing
things right off the bat, and getting
yourself all twisted up like a pret-
zel."
"She's pretty, Henry," McCordle
observed, and as he spoke the lady
exclaimed her annoyance.
The Canadosa station platform was
of two-inch planking, and needed re-
pairs. The young woman's heel hacl
caught behind a raised plank and she
stumbled, the club bag falling from
her grasp. McCordle was beside her
instantly,
"Hurt?" he enquired, beaming in a
manner intended to inspire confid-
ence.
"No, thank you very much. What
a treacherous platform!" She semi; -
ed her gratitude at Angus.
"Can I direct you somewhere?" he
asked.
The charming stranger hesitated.
"Perhaps yon can help me," she de-
cided. "My pet is in the baggage
room , "
"Have you the check?"
The young woman opened her bag
and produced the ticket.
"I'll take care of him," lifeCoedle
assured her, rushing off to the bag-
gage room, while Henry, standing
back, shook his head slowly. "Mark
my words, he's headed for another
mixup," the grocer prophesied, to
himself,.
As Angus• rushed off the girl at-
tempted to call hims hut he was in
a too great hurry to hear. "Oh. dear,"
she complained.
"Is something wrong? Henry ask-
ed, for the girl was looking at him
in her evident distress.
"Wiere you with that gentleman?"
"Yes."
"Can you •call him, back, please?
I didn't in.ean for him, to bring Mic
key, but he was gone before I could
tell him."
"He's like that, Miss," Henry told
her. "And he usually 'gets :himself
into souse kind of a tangle, too. I've
tried to get lsh» td take his time, but
it's no use."
The young woman 'laughed. "A
dear friend of ravine, who lives' in the
East, insisted that I. bring Mickey
Wiest -with me, as a pet. Mickey is a
dear little . . ,, •Here conies your
friend now."
But M'cC'ordle's progress had eons-
ed as she spoke, and he was •crawling
beneath the baggage truck, while
something bumped in and out of the
baggage and squealed.
"You see," the girl explained,
"Mickey is an unusual kind of a pet;
a little piggy."
Henry nodded solemnly.
Meanwhile McCordle's efforts to
capture the elusive Mickey were pro-
viding a good deal of entertainment
to the people who watched the incid-
ent from: the station.
"Serves him right," Henry declar-
ed. "He acts like a schoolboy.Don't
you -Worry about any fix lee's in Miss,
ALONG
E
BY "• ETHER ITE"
„
VES
THINGS IN GENERAL,, GLEANED FROIGI HERE, THERE,AND EV-
ERYW'HERE, FOR THE RADIO LISTENER .
'Radio listeners are apt to take
their entertainment very seriously
when listening to the "Younbbloods
of Beaver Bend," the popular Win-
nipeg series heard over the Comnus-
sionis, national network each Mon-
day during past months reports
our. Prairie studio snooper, This
feature ha's just terminated its thin:
series and is now off the air for the
summer. •
At the concIusion of the last
broadcast the cast was invited to
say a few words to the audience.
When it came to Ma Youngbloods'
turn to speak she, promptly invited
her radio fans to visit With her at
Beaver Bend. One listener took the
invitation literally and when the pro-
gram was over called the studio ask-
ing for information as to what high -
and don't you be any party to it. 11,6
thrives en trouble. You just let me
carry your baggage down the street
for you, and' he •can come on with
your wee piggy."
"W,ouldn't that seem ungrateful?"
the girl asked.
"Not at all. If he wants to get
himself mixed up in new shinnana-
gins he cant ' expect you to join shim,"
With a final glance in the direction
Of the harassed M'eCordle, henry
picked up the baggage and they start-
ed off.
"I'm Edwyna Armitage,' the young
woman stated. "I've come to take
over the modiste shop.1°
Henry laughed. "I thought may-
be you were a reporter, with that
typewriter."
Edwyna smiled her denial, "I al-
ways use a tyyewriter to drum up
besiness," she explained.
"Perhaps if •I bought a typewriter
for my store, you would teach me
your method," Henry suggested, "I
own the grocery and crockeryware
store a little further along the
street, beyond your place. lily 'name
is Gibson."
"Groceries! Then for your kind-
ness I shall give you my trade," Ed-
wyna declared.
They were not long in arriving at
the modiste shop. :'McCordle wee
following now at a trot, his face red
and wet with perspiration, He held,
the frightened Mickey under his arm,
and the little pig kept up a murder-
ous screamnig that was attracting
attention up and down the street, FIe
mustered a grin as he cane up.
"I do hope that you weren't erne
barrassed too much," Edwyna offer-
ed, sympathetically.
"I had quite a struggle," McC'ordte
confessed.
"If you'd waited a minute you'd
have found out that Miss Armitage
only wanted you to make arrange-
ments with the baggage man to have
the wee pig sent," Henry told him.
"She didn't think that you would do
it yourself."
"It was a pleasure," IlleCordle in-
sisted,"recovering his. breath a little.
But his angry glance in the grocer's
direction carried no expression of
joy.
Henry shrugged, and Miss Armi-
tage told Angus her name, and her
purpose in town. "Mr. Gibson has
already told me that you are Mr.
McCordle. I ani very grateful to
you both for your kindness"
They parted from Edevyna then,
and, out of earshot, McCordle blaz-
ed at Henry.; "Now what in thun-
der were you grinning about?"
"Hold on, now," Henry warned. "I
wasn't grinning. I was feeling sorry
for you. But I saw quite a number
of the natives getting a good laugh
out of your exhibition with the pig.`
McCordle was fast -tempered, and
over his temper quicicly. He laugh-
ed in a moment. "Nice girl, isn't
she," he commented.
"Very," Henry confirmed definite-
ly.
"It'll e nice having 'her as my
neighborb."
"Don't be too sure she'll be pleas-
ed about that," the grocer- advised.
. "Is the widower a little bit jeal-
ous?"
"Not a bit of it. She's ;promised to
deal with ane."
"And from now on you're going to
be extra thoughtful of you're deliv-
ery boy, and help bins deliver some
of the orders; is that it?"
"Maybe," Henry grinned,; "I hope
you don't mind."
"Why should I? Except ' that I
don't want to hear any complaints
that t you are bothering my neigh-
bours."
"You'll have all you can do look-
ing after the 'piggy," Henry: said.
"Pugs that age, Angus, are bottle
fed if they haven't any 'mamma.
Never boil the milk They suffer
terrible if they get colic. Well, so
long, Angus',"
Hie waved a jaunty salute, and en-
tered his store, while Angus contin-
ued en down letein Street. '
(Continued Next Wieek.)
way should
Youngblood
be taken to get to the
farces!
In Case You're Interested
NBC has become so enthused over
the weekly fifteen minute period of
Gene Fogerty and his Jasper Park
Lodge Orchestra music which it has
been tarrying as an exohange feat-
ure from the Commission each Wed-
nesday night, that it has asked far'
an additional, period of the same
length of time. In future Gene goes
half-hour to the U.S. system..
By Way of Introduction
A.mid trumpet blowing and the loud
applause, we present for the first
time in this column, the one and
only .Mart Kenny "Gentleman Mart
of the Wiest," whose "Rocky Moun-
tain Melody Time" programs are a
feature of the Canadian Radio Com-
mission presentations from the Re -
MART KENNY -
gine studios, each Tuesday from 8.00
to 8.30 pm. E'STi
Mart Kenny organized his orches-
tra in Vancouver with ta group of
seven musicians, all of whom have
been with him for the past three
years. The seven play a total of 40
different insti menta, and have 'been
known to rehearse 16 hours for a
half-hour program.
On Holiday
Stanley Maxted, exponent in song
of A. A. Milne, and regional pro-
gram director of the •Commission at
Toronto, is holidaying somewhere in
the Ontario wilderness, Where he
is, no one knows. lie left the first
oflthe week with a tent, fsshing:,pare.
phesmalia, and other outdoor necesst-
ties, and will be gone for severs'
days. Understand he has decided to
audition the birds, so when he re-
turns he should have a new vocal en-
semble for Commission broadcast-
ing.
Social and Personal
Horace Stovin has arrived safely
in Regina after attending the region-
al 'program directors' convention in
Ottawa... Harold Careen and Jim
Taylor, Calgary, of the Foothills
Network at Alberta, were recent vis.
iters at Comimssion headquarters. ,
.. Regi Brophy, manager of station
relations of NBC, was also in Ottawa
for a few days, . , . FI. Rooney Pelle-
tier
elletier is somewhere in New York on
holiday. Rooney is regional program
director for Quebec and station man-
ager of ORO14t. During his absence
Jacques Desbaillets will shoulder the
Commission's Quebec headaches, as
well as share the bouquets.
Waterloo Musical Festival
A broadcast of band music in con.
notion with the musical festival to
take place at Waterloo Ontario, on
July 6, is being planned by program
officials of the Canadian Radio C'om.
mission, The broadcast will be
heard over the eastern and midwest
network from 8.30 to 9.00 p.m. EST.
The festival, which is under the
auspicces of the Waterloo Musical
Society, will bring together more
than 1,500 bandsmen representing al-
most every city and large town en
Ontario. Five internationally known
artists, headed by Walter Smith,
world's premier cornet soloist. of
Boston, Mass., will be in attendance+.
Studio Odds and Ends
Jack Radford, station manager
ORCW, can imitate almost any kind
of animal or bird known , to man.
Jack did a series of broadcasts in
which he represented a variety of
wild life, but still maintains that he
cannot act the part of a dinosaur.
Out Vancouver way George A.
Wright, who looks after the affairs
of CRCV, spends his spare moments
mountain climbing. One of hist life's
ambitions is to take a. microphone to -
the top of British Columbia's highest
peak, jump off with it, and describe
the sensation of fulling to the val-
ley 'below.
Horace Stovin, Commission's re-
gional progarm direetor at Regina,
who has won, fame as the possessor 1.
of Canada's oldest hat, is said to
have purchased a set of•books entit-
led "Flow To Play Golf." lee in-
tend to challenge Ernie Bushmen,
program chief for Ontario and west-
ern Canada, who recently defeated
him by masking a "hole-in-one,":to a
show -down on Regina's best course.
Ethel Campbell, of the Campbell
Sisters Trio, devotes her Leisure
hours to gardening. She can also
cook and whenever Commission
people are invited to her home for.
dinner she serves dainty what -you•
may -call -its that'delight yet mys-
tify her guests.
Commission Features Day by Day
(All Times Eastern Standard)
Thursday, July 4:
8.00 A.M. "No Mournful Numbers"
--Comedy team with orchestra direc-
tion Isaac Mamott; ladies trio; male
quartet and soloist. From, Winni-
peg.
8.30 p.m. Independence Day Tri-
bute from Canada to the 11. S. A.—
From Montreal.
Friday, July 5:
8.00 p.m. "While Hearts Are Sing-
ing"—
Orchestra and Vocalists direction Al.
Saunders. From Ottawa.
9.30 p.m. "Sinfonietta"—
Orchestra direction Alexander Chau-
haldin. CRB'C-NBC international ex-
change program. From Toronto
Saturday, July 6:
8.30 p.m. Waterloo Musical Fes.
liver—
Direction C. F. Thiele. From Wat-
erloo.
10.30 p.m. Ray Noble and Hts
Rainbow Room Orchestra—
Dance music. ,NBC-CRBC interna -
(Continued an page 3)
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You get better merchandise at a fairer price than he could ever
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