HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-09-19, Page 3THURS., SEPT. 19, 1935
THE CLINTON .NEWS -RECORD
What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties
IMO YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED DURING TEM LAST DD
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
From The Huron News -Record,
Sept. 8th, 1895:
Mx. A. Lucas of Calgary is on a
• visit to his sister, Mrs. (Rev.) Parke.
Miss Clara %semen is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Herrlott of St. Marys.
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Plummer of
Blyth, were in .lora last Saturday.
Education in Art—In another col-
umn: it will be seen that (Miss Clara
H. Mounteastle has thrown her studio
open to the Public. In this she is in
advance of other artists, who are go-
ing to do likewise. Miss ' Mount-
castle is, the founder of Art in the
Northwestern part of Ontario,where
for over twenty years she :has been
doing a good work in cultivating a
taste for the beautiful. 'Moss Mount -
castle is a •member of the Women's
Art Association, which is the highest
honour she can attain to in Canada.
Our Cheese All Right --,The other
day Buyer Ballantyne of ,Stratford
bought 150 {boxes of the July make of
cheese from the Halmesville factory
at 71-2 cents a pound. He was snak-
ing a shipment to Britain and re-
quired the above amount to make up
the lot,
The Rifle Matches—Last Friday
the 24th annual matches of. the He-
ron Rifle Association were fired over
the Atholcott ranges. Locally there.
were a good many shots: First match
200 to 500 yds., Capt. Wilson, H.
Read, J. Johnston, B. Gibbings, . P.
Turnbull, N. Robson, J. Emerton. Se-
cond Match, 400 to 600 yds., B. Gib-
bings, H. Read, J. Spooner, Capt.
Wilson, J. Johnston, Col. Wilson, W.
Grigg, J. Miller, Third Match, 400
yds., B. Gibbings, H. H. Ross, J.
Miller, F. Tebibutt, A. Turnbull, Capt.
Combe, D. L. Macpherson; J. Enter -
ton. Fourth Mateh, aggregate --H.
Read, B. Gibbings, Capt. Wilson, J.
Johnston, J. Spooner, Harry Read as
a coach has few superiors.
From The New lira, Sept. 20, 1895:
Mr. Will Dowper has taken a situa-
tion in Detroit.
Mr. Thomas Cottle, florist, contem-
plates the erection of a greenhouse,
especially for a propagation of roses.
At a meeting of the Fruit Export-
ers in Toronto Last week, Mr. D.
Cantelon was elected a member of the
executive.
Last week, Messrs. J. W. Cbidely
and 3. C. Stevenson were in atten-
dance at the annual meeting of the
Undertaker's Associatton at Toronto.
Mr. Stevenson was honoured with the
Vice -Presidency.
Mr. Henry Disney of Oxbow, N.W.
T., is visiting his brother, Mr. Kepple'
Disney.
Mr. Allan Read of Montreal spent
the week -end in town.
Concert --.The best concert that has
been given in Clinton for some time
is announced for the second day oi•
the Huron Central Fair, Wednesday,
Sept. 25. Mrs. R. J. B. Stanbury -of
Toronto, known to many of our read-
ers aa ' Fairy Morgan will read and
recite. Mrs. ,Stanbury is now ene of
the star singers and will no doubt be
much appreciated by her old friends
in Clinton. Mrs, Julian Wali has al-
so been secured. Mrs. Hoover and
other local ladies will also assist.
Mr. Harry Rich of Toronto, Cantatas.,
most popular comedian, - vocalist,
earicaturist and refined entertainer,
will give several selections. R. A.
Dawns, R. B. Foster and W. Harland
also tako prominent parts.
WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG
From The Clinton News -Record,
Sept. 22nd, 1910:
Miss Mary Lanxton visited at the
home of Mr: John Smith of the 10th
concession on Sunday,
Mr, and Mrs, Percy Holmes and
babe of St, Catharines are guests
this week of the former's sister,
Mas. Il. B. Chant,
Mr: WI. H. Ford of Vancouver, B.
C., is on an extended visit to'his bro-
aher, Mr. J. AaFe-rd, and other rela-
tives and friends.
Mr. Clarence Rance leaves on Mon-
day for Toronto where he will attend
the Sehooi of Practical Science.
A Farewell Dance—On Monday ea -
ening the Pastime Club gave a little
informal dance as a farewell to Lone
of their members, Mr. Harry 'Liues-
ton, who left on Tuesday morning for
Vancouyer. There was a ogod turn-
out of members, and a very pleasant
evening was spent.
gClinton to the Front — The Berlin
News -Record carried the fooliowing
reference to the visit of the British
Bowlers:
"The gentlemen, who were here In
the previous tour told the Record that
the bowlers in Canada had improved
100 per emit since their last visit. The
greens are much truer, and much
more satisfactory for the draw game.,
The finest green they played on thle
tine was St. 'Matthews, Tioronto, and
the second was the Clinton green; and
the finest bowling they had witnes-
sed in Canada was at Clinton; They
met the strongest players there. Of
course the Clinton Lawn Bowling
Club knew all this before, but coming
from such a source it is net the less
satisfactory to learn frm such strong
outside unprejudiced evidence than
the Clinton green is No. 1 and that
the Clinton Bowlers are second to
none in Canada.
From The Clinton New Era, Sept. 201
1910:
Mx. J. P. Tisdale of 'Buffalois re-
newing old friendships in Clinton.
Mrs. J. 1VfcGarva and Miss Wallace
arrived. home Friday evening from
their visit with friends in Southamp-
ton, Paisley and London.
Mr. Lorne Eedy of the St. Marys
Journal, Out who for a few weeks is
travelling in the interests of the Cen-
tral Press Agency, gave the New Era
e, call on Tuesday.
Bought the Farms -On Tuesday af-
ternoon at the Commercial Hotel,
Patriick Quigley bought the 50 acre
farm on the 7th" concession of Hut -
lett. Thos. Gundry was the auction-
eer,
Another Presentation — Tuesday
evening a representative body f: St.
Joseph's church congregation waited
upon Rev .Father Hanlon and pre-
sented him with a purse well filled
with money, accompanied by the fol.
lowing short nate, which expressed
their wishes to the point, Messrs.
Shanahan and McCaughey made the
presentation.,
Rev. and Dear Father—That. God
may shower his choicest blessings on
you in your new field of labour, is
the 'heartfelt wish of each and every
member of St. Joseph's church. Clin-
ton, Sept.' 20th, 1910,
Om Saturday night the choir of the
ealrch left a trayelling bag at t he
Rectory as a remembranceof his stay
in Clinton,
.WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS rtRE SAYING
The Ehnperor of Ethapia has issued
orders that all publications refer to`
11 Duce as "Mr, Mussolini". They
probably would rather refer to him
as "the deuce."
Winghani Advance -Times.
LET'S BE CAREFUL
Yes, our children are ourgreatest
asset. Yet parents prove their
greatest foes and that inadvertently
and with the best of intentions. We
have been reading of the wonderful
'work done for the youth of England
through the Borsal system of treat-
ing the youth of the Old Land who
may have stepped so far aside as to
become menaces to society. These
wonderful ,Boreal workers take the
hard cases of these youthful errors
and succeed wonderfully in getting
them back into the ranks of useful
citizenship. These people warn civil-
ization against coddling children. The
ideal is to have every youth hardy
and aggressive, but controlled by a
•sound mind and a high sense of hum-
our. At ,almost any cost the Boreal'
workers limn to have every child in
their institutions capable of working
hard at stiff work for at least eight
hours every working day. 'S'oftness
sof mind, or muscle or will or con
science 18 regarded as a real foe to
the youth.
We have just listened to: an emi-
nent specialist in' mental cases who
told hishighly critical audience that.
,
the coddling of children, is one of the
sources, a very prolific source, of
mental or emotional disturbance, re-
suiting in mental derangement. Par-
ents will do well' to look to their
childrenin this respect. This does
not mean maybe. A child from wak-
ing to sleeping should be busy, play-
ing hard or attending to such duties
as his parents assign him or at his
lessons. Work and play, plenty of
both, are a child's vital air.
-(Exeter Times -Advocate
THE NOXIOUS WEEDS
The time has arrived when all
noxious weeds, should be cut and de -
strayed before their seeds are scat-
tered over the Iandscape. There are
still a number of vacant lotsand oth-
er spots in and around the town
whereon a good crop of weeds is
flourishing. Linder the provisions of
the, Weed Control Aet all ' noxious
weeds must be destroyed as often as
it is necessary to prevent the seed
maturing. If the owners of the pro-
perty do not cut the weeds, the Muni-
cipalities have the right to have the
same cut and charge the cosh of same
against the respective properties.
The weeds listed as noxious within
the maning of the act are: Bladder
Campion, oxeye daisy, ow thistle,
White cockle, wild oats, Canada this-
tle, blue weed, Chieloory, docks, 'rag-
weed, ribgrass, stinkweed, ` tumbling
mustard, wild carrot, burdocks, wild
LUCIEN H. DENDRON. K.C.
One of the most brilliant legal
minds in Canada, with a record of
successful criminal cases that has
stamped him: for years as one of the
most able pleaders at the Quebec Bar,
Hon. Lucien H. Gendron, K.C., who
has been called to the cabinet by Rt.
Hon. R. B. Bennett to assume the
portfolio,, of marine is another of
those successful young men who have
made good. An able counsel, brilliant
pleader, noted authority on crimin-
ology, he is ene of the best "court
men" in the Province of Quebec which
has contributed many outstanding
men .to the legal profession. Just
over 44 year of age ,he has risen
rapidlg in his profession until today
he is recognized as the leading crim-
inal lawyer in his native province.
Of French-Canadian and Scotch des-
cent, Mr. .Gendron made his mark
early in life when after a brilliant
scholastic record he ventured into
the arduous legal field as his chosen
profession.
Born on August 28, 1890, in St.
Hyacinthe, Quebec, he is the on of
Lucien H. Gendron, advocate, from
whom he inherits his legal ability
and Blanche McDonald. His miateral
grandfather, Milton ltZoDonald, was a
member of the Quebec Legislative
Assembly. Mr, Gendron's early edu-
cation was at Mount St. Louis Col-
Iege, Montreal, where he completed
his classical course, later entering
Laval University, now the University
of Montreal where he graduated
will high honeurs in law. He first
practised law in St. Hyacinthe, his
home city, forming a partnership
with Louis Lussier, K. C., and at the
end of two years' moved to Montreal,
becoming associated with Joseph Co-
hen, MCI lf.L{A.l, the .pairtnership
lasting for seven years:
,Specializing in criminal law, he
was retained as defence counsel in
numerous criminal cases that won
wide attention throughout the Do-
minion. Among the notable cases in
which he was retained was the cele-
brated Abbe Delorme trial, the de-
defendant (being tried several times
for the murder of his brother, Mr.
Gendron successfully won his an-
quittal in the third trial.
He was also defence counsel for
the accused in the Hochelaga bank
holdup; for the Maguire brothers ace
cused of •murder; Austin Cassidy of
Ottawa, accused of murder in Hull;
Mr. Gendron winning him a new
trial before the Court of Appeals,
He has also appeared in numerous
important cases before the Quebec
Superior Court, notably the cases of
the King vs. Sylvestre and the King
vs. Gouin.
Me. Gendron's hobbies are reading
and travelling. In 1915 he was mar-
ried to Miss Marguerite Delormier,
daughter of Raoul' Lelermier,
He is a Roman. Catholic in religion.
At present he is associated with
Rene Gauthies, K.C., and Phillippe
Monette, K.C., in the legal firm of
Gendron, Monette and Gauthier.. He
resides at 59 Nelson Avenue, Outre-
mont, P.Q.
lettuce, hawk weed.
--The Forest Standard.
HURON WATERS ; MAY REVEAL
SECRET OF PETRIFIED FOREST
London, Ont., -Sept. 16 (Staff).
Dr. Solon Wioolverton of Grand
Avenue, owner of an important pri-
vate museum, announced today that
he has found petrified wood at (fettle
Point, on Lake Huron, which leads
bins to the conclusion that there is a
petrified forest in the 'shallow waters
there, that is actually older than
the Arizona petrified forests widely
famed in geology. Dr. Wioolverbon is
inclined to the belief that his finds
are Devonian, and that they indicate
that the growth of Kettle Point was
the oldest on the prehistoric Ameri-
can Continent. Two years ago finds
Were made' by the University of Wes-
tern Ontario that were identified as
specimens of the ancestor of the
Ginko tree, perhaps two .million years
old. --Toronto Globe.
EXPECTS CHANGE IN POLICY
An editor, who lives in a oomn)un-
ity where both the Roman Catholic
Churohand the Orange Order are far
stronger, numerically, than they are
in Fergus, expresses the opinion that
the greatest asset the Catholics have
are the Orangemen they keep each
other stirred up and working enthus-
iastically. Its, an adaptation of the
seussweemensameaseam
HON. 'WILLIAM EARL ROWE.
Regarded as the "white hope" of
the Conservative party in Ontario,
the inclusion of William Earl Rowe
in the Cabinet of Rt. Hon. R. B. Ben-
nett is expected to create a great
deal of satisfaction 'throughout the
country, as it does in his native pro-
vince where he is regarded as one of
the ablest of the younger political
leaders of the day. '
A scientifie 'farmer, Mr. Rowe is
regarded as the "voice of agriculture"
in the House of Commons and his
speeches in Parliament are consider-
ed models of lueidity and authority
on agricultural matters. The new
cabinet minister is ane of the leading
farmers and livestock breeders in
Western Ontario. Born in 1894 he
was educated in the public and high
schools of Simcoe County, later tak-
ing a business course in Toronto.
,Going in for farming he decided to
build up his farm on a scientific scale.
Public affairs beckoned him and he
became a member of the municipal
council of the township of Gwillin-
burg in 1918, becoming reeve a'year
later. At the Ontario election of
1923 the Conservative party, looking
for an able man to run as its candi-
date in the constituency, turned to
the youthful Mn. Rowe, then turned
29 years, and he was elected to the
Ontario Legislature, But he was de-
stined for higher honours and at the
Dominion election in 1925 he was re-
turned to the House of Commons for
Dufforin-Shncoe riding with a major-
ity of 3,006. In the general election
of 1926 he increased his majority to
3,073 and in 1930 to 4,981, an indicat-
ion of the strong hold he has on the
people of the riding.
The new minister is a member of
the United Church of Canada. He
Married Treva, daughter of James
Lennox, and has three children, Jean,
William and Lennox Rowe.
old adage that "Opposition is the life
of trade."
The Hespeter Haerld takes a sim-
ilar view of the controversy between
Premier Hepburn and the temperance
people of Ontario. It claims that if
Mr. Hepburn is continually stirring
up dry sentiment, it is a good thing
for the drys. It keeps them on the
alert and working enthusiastirally.
Possibly that's right and if he keeps
en antagonizing other people as he
has the majority in the counties un-
der the Canada Temperance ,Act, the
result will be a very dry Ontario once
more.
It is more likely that Mr. Hepburn
will make some change in the polity
to which he so doggedly adheres to-
day before the next Ontario election
comes around. A great many of his
followers know that he can't keep on
malting enemies in wholesale quart+
tities, if the Liberal Government is
to survive: Fergus News -Record.
LIFE IN ALBERTA
Cheer up, grandpa, don't you cry!
You'll wear diamonds' by and by.'
Aberhart has many schemes
Made to grind out brand new bills.
He will help you in your cause
With his unearned increment.
No 'miore worry over bilis,
Butcher's duns, or doctor's pi1Is.
No more panic aver rent,
Leave that all to government.
Dine on squab and cavair,
Sport a streamline motor car.
When the ;blizzards bile a bit,
Off to Palm Beach gaily flit
Lead a life, on pleasure bent,
But you must spend every cent!
Whoopee, grandpa! Stay alive!
Soon you'll get your dividend.
—Viking News.
BIRD CALLS MAN TO RESCUE
MATE IN SNAKE'S JAWS.
Victoria, ,Sept. a --Story of a robin
which called a man to rescue its mate
from the jawsof a snake was told
Saturday. t
George Swan, attracted by a bird
screaming and flapping against the
Beck door of, his home, went to inves-
tigate. The robin flew away as he
approaehed, appearing to call hint on,
and Swan followed,
It led him to the end of the garden
circling close to the fence and calling
loudly. There in the grass, Swan
saw a snake with another robin ie its
stealth.
led the three-foot reptile He killed r of por le with
a stack and the two birds flew 'away
together.
I--1Wetaskiwin (Alta.) Tame.
PAG(
ONESIME GAGNON, K.C., M.P.
One of the most prominent of the
oamparatively young lawyers of the
prch'ince of Quebec, Onesime Gagnon,
K.C., the .member for Dorchester,
who is a law partner of Hon. Maurice
Dupre, K,C., ,Solicitor General for
Canada, was elected to the House ' of
Commons for the grst time in 1930.
He became politically inclined in the
year 1927 when he was joint sore
tary of, the resolutions committee of
the Conservative convention at Win-
nipeg. Later, in 1929, he was gener-
al secretary of the Conservative con-
vention in Quebec.
14Lr. Gagnon,' in addition to rapidly
clinmlbing the Iegal Iadder, has made
his mark in the H'ouee of Commons
during his four years as represents.
tive of the riding of D,orehester. His
readiness to enter any oral' tiff across
the floor of the House has marked
him as a rising politician. His debat-
ing ability is well-known and there
were times' when the Commoners lis-
tened in and to his intelligent and
eloquent discourses on the problems
of the day.
Mr. Gagnon's ameestors came to
Canada from France nesrly 300 years
ago. He was born at ,Standon, Dor-
chester County, Quebec, in 1888, the
son. of Onesime Gagnon and Julie
Morin, both Freneh-Canadians. He
was educated at the College of Ste,
Anne dela Pocatiere, and Laval and
Oxford universities. He read law
with' the late Hon. L. P. Pelletier in
the Court of King's Bench, and was
called to the Bar of Quebec in 1912.
In 1920 he was elected president of
the Quebec Junior Bar Association and
the Society of Arts and Sciences and
(continued on page 6)
=SNAPS610T CUIL
IT'S FAIR. TIME
Left --'The Country Fair or busty Right-- Even the side-show offers
snapahooting opportunities.
LET'S forget about the home, the
seashore, the woods and pic-
tures of the children and today
think about picture making oppor-
tunities at the county fair.
September is fair time and I'll
wager that mighty few of you have
ever given any thought to this
angle of snapshooting. Right? Hon-
estly the county fair offers more pos-
sibilities for snapshooting than space
will permit telling about. Can't you
see the barkers in front of the side-
show extolling in husky, loud voices
the merits of their shows? There's
the side-show band with its battered
instruments letting forth loud blasts
of discordant music; the not so clean
looking venders of dolls, trick gad-
gets, balloons and various other
things of questionable value; every
one of them a subject for good human
interest pictures,
But let's look toward the more
serious side of the fair—the exhibits,
for instance. By making intelligent
use of your camera you can take
home with you not only pictures of
general interest but if you are par-
ticularly interested in farm products
you tan soap record pictures that
may later prove invaluable. There
is the judging of cattle, sheep, horses
and hogs, for instance. If the judging
is done In an open-air ring you can
snap the picture of the winner of the
blue ribbon with any camera -box
type or folding.
Iu taking such pictures, or any
picture, as far as that is concerned,
don't just look in the finder and snap
the first thing you see. If the animal
being judged has any unusual mark-
ings manage to get to a place near
the ring where these markings show-
up
howup the best in your finder. Try too
to avoid unattractive backgrounds
such as telephone poles, wiresor
sheds.
Among the innumerable picture
Possibilities at the fair you will sure-
ly want to take some action pictures
and a fair isn't complete without the
thrill of horse racing whether they
feature the veteran driver proudly.
seated in Isis sulky or the young,
dare -devil jockey.
Snap a picture of the start of the
race as the drivers or jockeys maneu-
ver their horses to the barrier or
starting post and by all meanstake
your position at the turn of the track
as the horses dash perilously around
the curve and into the "home
stretch".
Remember this, however. If you.
do not have a camera with a very
fast shutter, say one that wil operate
at 1/500 of a second or faster, don't
try to snap a rapidly moving object
as it whizzes directly across the lens
of the camera or direct line of vision,
Yourchance of getting a good, sharp
picture are much greater if you
catch your subject at au angle of
about 45 degrees. It's always better
to play safe than to take a Chante
and perhaps get a blurred picture.
Load your camera with film today
and be ready for that eventful day
when you are "off to the fair".
JOHN VAN GUILDER.
More than 5,000 applications meet Committee, for assistance uns
from farmers in the Prairie Pro- der the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation
winces had been received up to Aug-' Act. The headquarters of the com-
nat 17, 1935, by the Water Develop- mittee are in Swift Current, Sask.
A CHEQUE FOR OUR
FIRST WINTER'S FUEL
• Whether you have it given to you --or whether,'
perforce, you must buy it yourself—there's no
pleasanter sight at this season of the year than a
bin, filled to the top with a winter's supply of fuel.
Particularly if the fuel is the modern, dustless
Hamco Coke. Then you can count on cozy warmth
in every room of the house, no matter how icy -cold
the winds whistle 'round your eaves. And you can
count too,- on less work because Hamco Coke is
lighter on the shovel and produces a minimum of
ash. It banks economically at night and is quick on
the "pick-up" when you adjust the drafts in the
morning.
• And if you're on a budget—mark down your
fuel costs and put the savings where you wish.,
64,2 will haat put
home at a lowat cost
than '*that hard kcal.
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