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THE CLINTON. NEWS -RECORD
THURS.,, SEPT. 26, 1935
Love Rehearsal
By Aird Galloway
Well, everything in the garden and ried in the autumn. We'll beaewe'll
the rest 6,C the world was bright aim be awfully happy ---4"
beautiful and filled with hope — anal
they thought id nothing at all but "If we
this teem( ieleue, this wonderful thing "Have—i---"
that had happened, until five minute, ' "Oh yes--haae your permission—"
of enthraldom had passed . . . ana "That's it!"
Jim reenembeeed Mr. Pickton. •e"Hen!" He lit another cigarette.
"Oh!' he blinked, and a. tremor "Whenel I come? Thrusday?"
chased a chill spot up his spine, and Betty gasped and regarded him
he said with sudden awe: "Your sharply. "Thursday! And this is
father, Betty!"
Sunday! What's wrong with to -mor-
,
"Where " she demanded, breath- row evening?"
less a little. She looked along both
He gienned, 2 conciliatory grin.
banks of the river and sat upright in
"Well, I thought we'd go to the pic-
5i/TVS two-seater. tures to -morrow night," he hedged.
"No — net here," Jim laughed
"Then on Tuesday we've got the
shortly and fingered his chin with a pairs championship at the tennis
new nervousness. "At home. mean
club, Wednesday—,"
—I suppose I'll have to mention it to Moreey—you — you —don't
him. Only to be expected—I mean, love me—!"
he isn't modern like us. Or do you
"Don't be silly—I mean—oh, • hang
think not," and his eyes were desi it, all right. I'll be round to-ireer-
perate with appeal. row night at eight o'clock, • Gash, I
believe;" Betty explained with a wish it were next Sunday at this
flush, "that it's still diene. It's just a time . . . "
fermality, darling. But held expect it Mr. Pickton, in his shirt sleeves
of yeu—to—to ask him for his dart. and attired in his oldest flannels,
ghter's hand and his—ibis blessing.'green-stained fromthe last painting
She squeezed confidence into his fin- of the garden fence, perched, pre.
gees and laughed. softly. "But there's carieusly en the top of the kitchen
nothing to worry about asking, dace ladder and tied up a trailing tendril
is them, .Tint'?", And she leaned cone- of virginia creeper over the loggia.
fortingly towards him.• "Wi I liam !"
"No. that's so. Or, well, I'm not so "Yes, melaer. What is it?
mere Mrs. Pickton pursed her lips.
"He likes you, Jim." "Fancy, ten minutes to eight and I
"Yes—but—I mean, it's easier said told you Jim was coming round to
than done, asking a man if you can see you to -night."
marry his daughter. Never thought "Oh—that! Oh, all right, all right!"
of it liko this before . . You see, he complained, and threw down his
dearest, it's been sort of taken for hank of raffia. "What's all the cere-
granted." mony for?"
"Oh!" She drew herself up a trifle
haughtily. "So you just took every.
thing for granted—my saying 'yes'—
and that sort of thing."
GEORGE ELLIOTT
eLicensed Auctioneer or the County
of Huron
,-Correspondence -promptly answered
elmmediate arrangements can be made
-for Sales Date at The News -Record,
'sClinton, or by calling phone 203.
Changes Moderate and Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
"THE Mc1KILLOP.M1UTUAL
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Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
Officers
President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea-
orth; Vice -President, James Con -
molly, 0 oderich; secretary -treasurer,
:ivr. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors:
Alex, Broadfoot, Seaforth, R. R.
"No. 3; James Sholdice, Walton; Wen.
'Knox, Lonclesboro; Geo. Leonhardt,
Beenholm, It. R. No. 1; John Pepper,
'Brucefield; Janice Connolly, Gode-
ricli; Alexander McEwing, Blyth, R.
M. No. 1; Thomas Moylan, Seaforth,
•R. It No. 5; Wino. R. Archibald, Sea-
• forth. R. B. No, 4.
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Olin! on ; John Murray, Setif oriel ;
...lames Watt, Blyth; Finley McKee -
'cher. Seaforth.
Any money to be paid may be paid
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Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin
eCutt's Grocery, Wench.
Parties desiring to effect insur-
ance or transact other business will
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ion to any of the above officers ad-
dressed to their respective poet offi-
aces. Losses inspected by the director
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:CANADIAN; k I AYS
TIME TABLE
'Trains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
• Buffalo and Goderich Div.
‘Going East, depart '7.08 a.m.
•Going East, depart 3.00 p.nt.
'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.
:FALL FAIR DATES
His head shook in violent deniae.
'Of course 3 didn't. Don't be silly.
Oh, he — help, we've. known each
other for two years, and I've been
seeing you regularly for over a year,
and I've been for tea and supper at
least a dozen times 'since Easter inn
—hong it all, Betty, it must've look-
ed pretty eerious to -.'to your father.
She forgave him with a wistful
mile. "Min, I suppcse so, darling.
But I'm afraid dad would be terribly
offended, hurt, oven angry and <life
fieult if you didn't sort of suggest
that he might say 'yes' as well aa
mee'
• He panicked at that. He felt for
his cigarettes, lit one -quickly, inhal-
ed deeply and imagined that his
nerves were better for it . • . "Funny,
but I'd never thought ,ef that part of
it at all."
"What part?"
"Going to your father and saying'
'Mr. oh, what the
dickens do I say, anyhow, Betty?" he
asked arretehedly. "Couldn't you
help me—couldn't we maybe sort of
reheaee it?"
Bummer is waning when the fall
lair dates begin to arouse interest,
,Here are dates for some of the fairs
in this disteict:
. Dungannon October 3, 4.
eGorne, October 3, 5.
Harrieton ,September 26, 27.
Kirkton, Oetober 1, 2.
-Lueenow, September 26, 27.
' Neustadt, September 28.
Parkhill, September 26; 27.
• Palmerston, October 1, 2.
St. Marys, Oetaber 9-10.
• e,Winghtem, October 9, 10.
-Under the auspices of the Domin-
' ion•Line Stock Branch and the Pro-
vincial Live Stock Branch, the
Charing Cross (Kent County, Ont.)
• Bacon Hog Pair will be,held en Mon-
eday,e'SePtember 23.
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She closed her lips on a titter and
became serious. "All you need to say
is: 'Mr. Pickben. I've been coming
here now for a long time and no
doubt you have you're own secret
suspicicne, that my intentions---'"
that my intentions--ee
"Geed heavens, no " His voice rose
agitatedly. "I could never do that.
Something like this—er—gGood ev-
ening, 'Mr, Pickton, I've Come to ask
permission elor the honour of—of—'"
"Good heavens, how pompuos!"
She laid a hand en his arm. "Listen,
Jin, old thing, simply go uP to dad;
leer. Pickton, Betty and I should lice
to be married. I don't. suppose it's
really a surprise—hut—'"
"'Have yea any -objections*"
Jim added brightly.
"Don't be soft. Putting notions in
his head!" .•
"Well, I maybe better say some,
thing about being in love with yen.
and you with me and . . ."
"You wouldn't be 'wanting to mar-
ry 'inc if. sve weren't."
Mrs. Pickton waited till he touched
ground level before she glared at
him. "Really, William Piekton, have
you forgotten that Jim's coming to
ask your consent? It's a big ,thing in
a young men's life. I remember when
you came to ask father, he put on hie
Sabbath marling coat and there was
such a to-do because he couldn't fine
his clean cuffs and—,"
Mr. Pickton flushed and frowned
and puffed his straggling moustache.
"Yes, but that's all bunkum. This is
1035—thank heavens!"
"Fancy! Just as I might've ex
pected! Your only daughter and you
haven't the—haven't the—"
"lien! True — bitter he epoke
through his teeth, "must I really go
through with this?"
"I'm afraid you must. But it's et
mere formality!"
'Oh, far heaven's sake, you and
Your formality.' It's easy for yout
I've got to do all the speaking—"
"Jim Ittorley—you—" her ayee
blazed.
"I'm serry," he murmured con-
tritely, and threw his cigarette away.
"Teach of nerves," he explained un-
happily. He kissed her hastily and
they forgot the menace on their hort-
wee foe five minutes. Then it began
all over again, experimenting and re-
hearsing, while Jim, tried to find com-
fort in the thiought that hundreds' of
thousands of young men had to go
through the same "formality" • ,
He stifled a groan when he • let Ids
imagination run riot for a moment
and he thought of faring Mr. Pickton,
and the more he thought of Mr. Pick
ton the bigger Mr. Pickton grew un-
til he was a menacing giant, until
his, calm brows beetled with 'wrath
and his inoffensive features clouded
with doubt . . He became aware
that Betty was speaking . . . "That's
that settled. Repeat it again, Jim
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AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR NEW SCHEDULE INDICATE .RAD10
COMMISSION TO OFFER.EN TERTAINMENT CF HIGHER
CALIBRE THAN EVER BEFORE
Finding the waiting a bit tedious,
your correspondent sent out queries
to the regional directors of the Radio
Commision asking for more definite
news about the new fall and winter
broadcasting. sehedule. And from
repents received it cap .be, reasonably
believed that Canadian listeners are
to be offered entertainment' far above
the level of that provided in resent
Yeeee-
The Commission's plans seers am-
bitious. Many of the peogratne list-
ed on the old sehedule will be shelved
and will be replaced with 'eeaturee
hitherto unattempted. Dramatic
peesentatione and mueical variety
shows educational talks, novelty, pro-
grams, and Other types of entertain-
ment leriginal and refreshing in char-
aeter, take national network spots.
In the matter of artists, the Com-
mission's officials have auditioned
peeple from all parte of the Domin-
ion and the United States, along
with several from England, and hove'
looked the best of them. for inelus-
ion on the new peegrams. The en-
tire ethedule, in fact. would seem to
have been put through some sort o:
radio separaber and everything med-
iocre or doubtful completely discarb
Mes.nwhile, work is proceeding a -
nem. In headquarters at Ottawa,
• es in stations througeaut Canada,
scripts are being considered. artists
, are being interviewed, and plans are
' being made. The zero hour is ap-
nreaching and when it comes the
Cenuression, ankeding 'to reports,
will be ready with a fall and wintee
schedule capable of disnellina any
drnbts that. Canadian radio and Can.
erlinn artiste cannot complete with
those of -ether countries.
A New Artist
Speaking of new artists. to have
been beaked by tho Radio Commie.
sum, we give yru miss Jean Dean,
.S.T. Siir Edward Beatty, Chancel-
lor (ol McGill, will head the list of
speakers; the new Principal of the
University will alro be heard.
Broadcart ef Farewell Proceedings
The farewell to His Excellency the
Governor General and Lady Bessbor-
ough, to take place at the Legisla-
tive Buildings, Quebec, en Saturday
morning, September 28, several hour:,
prior to their departure from Canada
Will be broadcast over the Ontariktand
Quebec networks. The hour of the
broadcast is as yet unsettled.
"Oh, all right, all right -11'm tel- Mee occupies this week's picture
ling you!" He turned and shambled gallery. Mies Doan, a 21 -year-old
in by way of the french winelews. Go cermet pianist from Comber, ()li-
the step he called back, defiantly. thrice is billed to appear cei the new
"But I'm not changing my trousers
again — not for you or a hundred
daughters' hands, so there!"
He denceded so much. as' to wash
his hands, slip on an alpaca jacket
he used on the bowling green, and
changed from his garden boots into
slippers. Lighting his --pipe, he trot-
ted back to the sitting room, sat
down in his favourite chair, and
drummed his fingers on the: tome.
He heard the front -door bell eine.
Ile puffed until the smoke was thick
about him. Ile leaned back stretched
his legs, and studied the ceiling
paper. He eat up, ease, shut the
french windows, and sat down again
and evtathed his slippers as he wage
gled leis toe.
"Ob, dam'!" he groaned, and his
fingers tatooed.
Outside the door to the hall there
was 0, quick whispering. He heard
Jim Morley lear,iiis throat. The deo',
rpened. A Vim -faced Jim steed on
the mat, his lies movina eonrullessly,
his fingers locked in suspense.
"Olt, evenin', Jim! Come in, Whore"t
the women -folk? 1 mean —
down, sit down, my heir!"
"Good evening, IVEr. Pickton"
renlie4, but he remained standing.
only three feet within the morn, and
the door was closed gently from the
ether side. "EY—Me. Pinktcen-a"
"Nice night -- bet there's thunder
abmit,"
"Th -thunder?"
"I-Imph! Sure of it. But sit down,
Jim . . . Just been tying up a climb-
er. Met work. Not, a breath—not
becath!" He mopped his sticky brow.
stood up and leaned against the man-
tleniece.
"Mr. Pickton, Bet—Betty---1—"
"Oh, by the way, Jim, heard this
afternoon Chivertons are looking
an accountant—starting at £350.
Not bad, eh? Eh?"
Jirres eyes started, He advanced
three feet.
"Ought to suit you, Jim, eh?" Mr.
Piekton wiped his flerehead again and
sat down.
"Oh, yes—yes, by gosh!" and a
grin lightened Jim's face.
Mr. Pickton settled back and cros-
sed his lieg,s. cloven—,the wo-
menfolk shouldn't be long . . . Er—
Yes, about Chfeertons. Saw old Ohio-
erton at the market this afternoon.
Mentioned your name. Said if you
send in an ,application he'd -a"
• "Gosh, Mr. Piekton!" Jim's face
flushed. That's great! Thanks—jolly
decent (of you! I'll write to -night.
Three -fifty?" he echoed.
Mr. Piekton slapped a thigh and
chuckled. "That's the stuff! Between
yroe an' me, Jim, think it's a cert.
But not a word—,leave it to me."
just to make sure." "You bet, • sir, thanker
With his eyes eleut, speaking as if There was a shuffling in the hall.
in a daze, he said: "'Mr. Pickton--e Thee handle of the door half turned.
or -'-Betty and 1 would lilce to be mar -1 squeaked, and became inert again.
Jean Dean
• Broadcast of Election Results
The rapid bulletin service' en the
results of the Federaleelection ar-
ranged for election •night, October
14, through the coeeperation of The
Canadian Frees and Canadian Radio
Commission will be available to all
broadcasting- stations in Canada.
Stations net regularly on the ,Com-
mission network will be hooked up
it for this service.
Results of the polling will be gath-
ered by the feeilities of The Canadian
Frees in all reins of the country as
soon as they are available after the
closing of the polls and bulletins
from thee, *implied in the head of-
fices of The Canadian Press in To.
ronto. They will then be broadcast
immediately from the Radio Commie -
sloes news broadcast room in the
same building. Charles jenaings,
Comeniseien news announcer, will do
the announcing.
The network will be sustained be-
tween building with a special pea -
gram which will be interrupted for
election results the moment they are
available.
DOINGS EN 'CITE SCOUT
WORLD
"Old Seoute form e, useful body,
and can be relied upon to be a good
ineluence in their cemmunities."
cord Baden-Powell.
schedule ,cf Commission programs
from Windsor, She has been enter-
taining CRCW local audiences for
several weeks and the response from
esteem has been so faveurable that
Miss Dean has been given a per-
manent spot.
"Doe" Guy Returns
R. E. "Doc" Guy, who last spring
concluded a series of weekly bine&
casts from Winnipeg, is back on the
'Ocuunieeion network and will be
herd each Wednesday at 10.30 p.m.
E.S.T. Known as "Ambassador Gen -
Oman Jim.," "Doe" Guy became one
of the favourite entertainers of rad-
io and his return is greeted with. en-
thusiasm.
Principal Morgan to Be Heard
The installation of the new. Princi-
pal and Vice.Ohancellor • or McGill
University, Me. Arthur Eustace Mor-
gan, will take plare on Saturday,
October 5, and in the evening of that
day the Graduates' Society of McGill
will give a dinner in Mr, Morgan's
honour. Speeches delivered at this
function will be broadcast on COM -
MiSSIOn networks frora 8.00 to 9.00
Rover Meet Rugby
A rugby imath between a team
representing the Swedish Rugby
Associetioe enc t s
Scouts was a sporting event of the,
recent World Rover Meet in Swedeu,
before a large, gathering oi spectat-
ore, The Rovers won, 12 to 8.
I iih Rover
Scouting A Substitute Discipline
"The boys of today in many instan-
ces lack the discipline which normal-
ly would have been theirs, under
elder brothers and fathers who were
lost hi the Great War. Here is
where Scouting can help a great
deal."—Lord Baden-Powell.
Two insect pest outbreaks have
been dealt with •by the staff of the
Dominion Entomelogical Laboratory
at Chatham, Ontario. Sod webworms
bmit throw hout
Jim sat down and palmed his knees
and his colour mounted slowly.
"0,h, Mr. Pickton, I—ff--the fact
"Sure, son, sure! :folly glad about
it all. Saw it a mile away. Ha! ha!"
• The door (opened slowly. Mr. Piekt
ton leaned forward urgently.
"It's the womenfolk," he whisper-
ed. Then he winked. "Aletays re.
member, young fellow, women —
they're the devil! Ha, ha, ha!"
—.Louden Tit -Bits.
were extremely uan
southwestere Ontario, injuring lawns
and golf courses and feeding rather
extensively en field crops. At the
same time the spotted cutworm was
in outbreak form, particularly affect-
ing white clover and sugar beets.
The Scioults, 'Bents ,Stoiad
As a little example of the practi-
cal effectiveness of Scout woodcraft
training, Lord Baden-Powell tells of
an incident at the Australian Jam-
boree. During the night a violent
wind storm blew down most of the
refreshment and other concee-
seen" buildings and marquees. Not a
Scout tent fell, and in the morning
the boys were cooking breakfast over
their fires as usual.
sometimes looking like a busy kine
dergarten with young ecout instrue-
tees entertaining somewhat teed ul
grtests.
Finders of Lost Children
The finding and care of lest chil-
dren at our annual fall fairs has be-
come a well established Boy Scout
responsibility. During the present
season a thousand or more such
strayed kiddies have been picked up
and looked after by uniformed
Scouts until claimed, at the variouo,
exhibitions. Children's Days are the
big deem, the Scout fair headquarters
Scout Fall Fair 'Ushers
Selected Ring's Scouts again this
fall did the grand stand ushering at
the Canadian National Exhibition at
Toronto. Since the first experiment
some years ago the C.N.E. manage-
ment annually has asked for Scouts,
because of *heir dependanble court.
eey and efficiency.
RAILWAY STILL SUPREME IN
REALMS TRANSPORTATIONi
From time to time, as announce-
ments are made of innovations in
the transportation worl4 the thought,.
probably, comes to mind as to
whether the cloys of the re'lway are
numbeeed. Inventions and advances.
made cleireoe the pest 10 veal's would
indicate this is far irom being • the
cease. A great argent of n'^‘-qarati
work is being carried on and it he
only now their immense possibffities
are coining, to be' realized. So far
there has been no agency developed
that can handle a number el people
with greater depatch or with a
greater degree of comfort and safety
than the railway. In Great Britain.'
last year, out of (*eery 96,000,000
passengers handled only one was'
killed and one in every 3,006,000 in-
jured. The same safety ratio ap-
plies to freight, where the railway
is the common carrier of all ciassee
of goods, irrespective of bulk, weight
or amount.
C. N. R. EARNINGS SHOW
INCREASE
The gross revenues of the all -in -
elusive Canadian National Railways
Systemfor the week ending Septem-
ber 14, 1935, were 33,722,356, as com-
pared, with e3,587,994, for the cone.
spending peeled of 1934, an increase
of e134,362.
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Look at the packages on your pantry and bathroom shelves, and
see what a multitude of brand names you recognize. Some of them
leave been familiar for years. You may have made the acquaintance
of others only a few weeks ago. But! even these are not suspected
strangers. You have bought them confidently because they were
advertised. And it is the same with your sheets, and towels, your
shoes and clothes, your electric appliances, the ear in your garage --
nearly everything you use.
Advertised products have a standing that commands respect.
They are not nameless, but vouched for by responsible firms. The
fact that! they are advertised is in itself an indication that their
standards of guality are strictly maintained, that they represent
honest value.
As science and discovery go on, newly developed products are
constantly being advertised—ready to help you ,save money and im-
prove your standard of living. Every advertisement of such a pro -
duet you read in your newspaper is a letter of introduction to a new
and possibly useful friend.
It will pay you to read the advertisements in this paper. By eo
doing you will meet many choice products—worthy to become friends
of the family.
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