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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-10-31, Page 7TRIMS, OCT. 31, 1935 WHAT. CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINTIES BO' YOU REBIE?dBER WHAT ,HAPPENED DURING TAR 'LAST DE- CADB 'OF'THB OLD CENTURY? Front The .News --Record, Oct, 30th, 1895: .Vacant houses are scarce in. Clin- ton Mr. WI. J. Langford had the first cutter ride of the season yesterday. 'Huron's House of Refuge, count-- ing extras, will cost about $11,000. The extensive improvements in. Si. Paul's church are ,almost com- pleted and it is expected the electric light will be installed in time for Sunday. Five Stratford people were wed- ded on Wednesday. (Now who did the fifth one wed?) Today an interesting event will be celebrated in St. Paul's church when Mr. Robert Laurie, the popular a- gent at Hepworth, formerly of Clin- ton, will be united to Miss Lottie Twiss, a deservedly popular !young lady of town. Dr. .Shaw lost his Cocker spaniel dog, "Mac" and yesterday handed. The News -Record an ad, offering a reward. About an hour afterwards the doctor recovered his dog. (And we ,suppose he would be handed back the price -of the ad.—Ed.) Front The New Era, Nov, 1st, 1895: "Wanda" the Brussels mare which is winning so much money on the other side, was bred by Mr. W. J. Paisley of town, who regrets now that he ever sold her. ,11/fr. A. T. Cooper has been appoint- ed agent for North German Lloyd Steamship Company, and the Ames - /can and Red Stan lines of New York, also Beaver Line of Montreal. The weather has had a very win- try appearance the past few days with a few inches of snow. However, the latter is disappearing. Mr. John Fraser, merchant ,Bab' - field, took te Seaforth on Saturday a Ioad of butter weighing one ton, which he, had sold to Mr. Powell for shipment. The price paid was 121-2 cents per pound. WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG • From The New Era, Oct. 27th, 1910: Once again the Clinton Collegiate is represented' by a football team in the contest for the Hough cup, which for the past two :seasons has been and still is held by the brawny pig- skin chasers ,of Listowel. According to the- Provincial Ser retery's department there were in use in Ontario in 1909 no fewer than 4,479 automobiles. In June this year 808 new cars were sold in Ontario, and it is reasonably certain that there are now well over 5000 cars in use in this Province. From The Dungannon News: -- Messrs. Ed. Johnson, Murray Me- Ewan, Harry Holden and J. Hales of Clinton and C. Elliott and J, Johnson of this place formed a hunting party on Friday and hied themselves to Jake Reid's swamp. • After spending a very pleasant day in search of rab- bits they reached the village in the evening with a few of them. Ac- cording to reports circulated one of the Clinton party, who apparently has more experience in checker play- ing than in rabbit hunting, had a very adventurous day of it. Sonne- thne .during the afternoon, it seems, this man, after ;being initiated into all the, tricks of rabbit huntingtsep- erated himself. from the rest of the party and disappeared, probably on the trail of a rabbit ... trudging on- ward until fatigued from his exer- tions he tried to retrace his steps but couldn't, He was lost. He then yel- led at the top of his voice, which startled his hearers, as it resembled an Indian war whoop•. His friends, however, answered him and fallowing the sounds he soon rejoined them. In the evening, Mr. Ed. Johnson, who is a brother of our harnessmaker, tried conclusion with Dr. Bice, tite veteran checker player of the vil- lage. WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS ARE SAYING FATHER KNOWS They're exhibiting a goose with four wings in Medicine Hat, Alberta, but what is needed in a bird—parti- cularly in large families—is one with four legs.—Niagara Falls Review. NOT FAR OUT The Toronto Telegram wasn't far out when it termed last week's vote a defeat of a great statesman by a poor politician. The great statesman is Premier Bennett; the poor politic- ian is R. B. Bennett.—&tanover Post, GIVES UP HOPES Great Britain has given up the hopes of disarmament of a few years ago and is now taking steps to make Up the arrears occasioned by her standstill policy. It must be sadly admitted that it appears to be the only safe course—and a course in the interests of peace—under the con- ditions of nationalistic rivalry exist- ing in the world. --SCineardine Review-iReporter.I 1T PAYS Mr. H. 11. Stevens, in one of his election speeches, stated that over a Period of eleven years the Robert Simpson Company, Limited, had paid these papers the following sums: Toronto Telegram, $2,948,000; Toron- to Dally Star, $2,878,000; Mail and Empire, $361,000; Globe, 5389,000. Smaller payments to other papers, it was further alleged, brought the Simpson . Company's payments over that period ,to a total of $6,642,.000 and danother great department store had paid even more than that, This statement .proves one thing, and it proves it with a vengeance, that advertising pays. It means that this one - store spends over $600,000 a year, $2,000 a day, in newspaper advertising in its home -city newspa- pers, --+Renfrew Mercury. IN HUMBLE PLACES The Fergus News Record, an On-, tarioweekly newspaper, reports that a lady who Was judging "homemade" cakes at a fair in a town north of Fergis founda piece of cellophane sticking to the icing bearing part of the traoe-mark of a well-known cake. manufacturer, and "at the same show ogle exhibit of preserved fruit contained some which had been bought in cans and emptied into seal- ers to be exhibited." Dear met And here we had an idea. that quell things would only be done byc the ''fifty big, shots" and '' other such nasty' persons. Incidentally, the item illustrates the advance made in the canning industry. Canned fruit and vegetables now can stand right up to "the kind that mother us- ed to take."—Edmonton Journal. WHY HE CAN PAY HIS DEBTS Plain old Tam, Brown, during the nights when the frosts wore severe, stayed at home, kept his cows' in the stables, gave them a good feed of meal and this week received a fat cream cheque. Jack Stir-'em-tup attended all the political meetings, burned up a few dollars worth of gasoline, quarreled with a neighbor, lost a friend or two and this week finds his cream cheque so thin that he must fold it thrice be- fore it casts a shadow. Jack says thst there is nothing in farming. He hopes for a great deal from the change of government. He told his friends in the blacksmith :shop how- ever that he is disgusted with polit- ics as Mackenzie King had not offer- ed hint a good job. Meanwhile bills have come in. —Exeter Times; Advocate. THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORI3 �.Y■Ya'.Yi ■•�:S�r .'■'riL1'r■4'i'•:'r.'rr.Y',�'rr.'■`,Ya•.Y.Y■•..•rr.Y.'.'.,• by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD •, ■• NO, I DON'T WANT A TICKET ON A CAR Not just at present, anyhow. it every "ticket' on a car" I've bought in my time had fructified, I'd have had enough ears to set up a sales department—,and I shudder to think of the number of "turn -ins" I'd have on my hands now—for of course t couldn't ,sell them all for cash, But my luck has not run that way. How- ever, that has nothing to do with it. It's amazing the number of chan- ces a fellow gets these days to buy a ticket on a ear. He meets, a friend' or two who are delighted to sell him tickets on a car that's to be given away—no, excuse mel sold for a dot- ter to the lucky winner—somewhere. He meets some perfect stranger on the street who would be terribly grieved if he didn't get a chance on a car way up north or east. He ev- en has packages of tickets sent to him by mail from other strangers., sell four and keep two, thus getting two absolutely free changes. It's getting to be --It isalready—a nuis- ance. --,Chen Sound Sun -Times. ■ le& riser dteli r• i s INVAYr r r r ldWaYr: e iris r r r:.•r Weele'►'rr r s C. N. R. EARNINGS - SHOW GOOD INCREASE The gross revenues of the all-in- clusive Canadian National Railways System'fer the week ending October 21st ,1935, were $3,940,698.00, as compared with $3,617,952.00 for the correspodning period of 1934, en in- crease of $331,740,00. • : YOUR VVORLII & N I) MINE (Copyright) What keeps us in the straight and narrow path of conduct? Is it re- ligion? Is it fear of the hereafter? Is it cowardice? Is it sound moral, fibre? Is it love of kindred whose esteem we cherish And do not wens to forfeit? Is it fidelity to pledges? Is it that, we have no desire to sin or go astray? Is it perceptionthat rel;- titude is the best practice? Shortly before beginning this con- tribution to, The News -Record I had a call from a young man who has had recently his 21st, birthday. He began his earning career " as a printer. Then he went with a pub- lishing firm. Then to a mining broker. . He is still with this mining. broker, but he says that he wants Lo get out of this business, "You've gat to become hard," he said, "if you are to remain in this business of sel- ling mining stooks and other classes of shares." And be went on to say that if he made large promises — rosy 'promises -to those on whom he calls, he could make many more sales than he is doing. He says that many men just want to be as- sured that, they will make a good profit in 60 days; and that if you give them this assurance, they will buy from you. And this young man Is under the temptation—admittedly --of saying to men what they want him to say. So, since his conscience is still tender, this young man is thinking of getting out of the busi- ness of selling mining shares. You see, he wants to save his soul --- to keep his moral nature from becom- ing soiled and blemished. Take the case of another roan I know. He was — and even remains —a very atractive young man, and by "attractive" I mean lovable. He Is the son of a clergyman. A few years ago he was exceptionally suc. cossful in business—earned a lot of money. This suddenly-ewrned money loosened the rigidities of this young man's moral nature. He felt himself able to sin, and quickly he became a breaker of several of the Ten Commandments which aforetime he tried to keep. For several years he indulged his appeties. Then he lost leis well-paid job be- cause of his transgressions. Not since then has he had as good -a job as that he lost and he has for long periods been workless and in despair. For the moment he is in employment, and one hopes that he will return to the steadier ways which made him a suc- cess after ho left the university. I saw a very humble letter from this man, and it suggested that he had found the way of the fleshpots a bitter and an unprofitable one. know you well—who have known you all your life? There are many who place implicit faith in you. They may be richer than you — may be slack-ntloralled themselves yet they swear by your integrity: And there are scores of very humble folk who similarly hold you in highest esteem. They trust you, believe in your yeas and your nays; speak well of you. Todiem yea are a rock of strength, an inspiration, a moan to tie, to in times of trouble. You do not seek or desire :their praises; all you want from them is their trust in you — their belief in you if shadows of doubt should fall ower your good name, It takes an immense ,amount of grace and a' vast amount of strength to keep on resisting the endless temptations which beset you as you go along from day to day. And yet you seek no other reward for up- rightness of conduct, for the faith- ful practice of rectitude on all mat terns of conduct, than 'the continued confidence of thoee who know you and "of those who may lave you and honor you. Take the case of a man now in his 87th year. He is being support- ed --he and his wife and an invalid daughter—by a spinster daughter who herself is not earning $40 a week. This old man has in the last twelve months lost his stake in two residential properties --quite $20,000. Once he was close to betng a million- aire. At various times in his long life he has been both poor and rich. From what he has told me, I feel sure that he was an extraordinary "smart" man --a very dangerous man to do ,business with, I ant wondering if his present case is the logical out- come of all his smartness. Listen to the conversations of your. friends—about men they know. Sono of these men may be flourishing like the cedars of Lebanon but perhaps their rise in fortune has been at the price of a surrendered rectitude of conduct. ,You will hear, perhaps, a- bout the broken faiths, the deceits, the turning of sharp corners, the moral lapses, of these men who seem to have profited because they hit go the old protections of their moral life. They seem to have attracted to them a new lot of associates—hien like themselves --men who place suc- cess, purchased at any price, at the top of their programme of life. I know a man who broke the law dangerously when he was in his, 20's. He would have had to go to prison unless he made restitution and paid the fine imposed on him by the courts for his misdeeds. ere be- sought his brothers to provide the needed money. They mortgaged their properties and used their savings to get the required money. These brothers never recovered from this blow. They remained impoverished until their . death. Their families suffered' deprivations for many many years. They had to give up all hope of higher education ' for . their_ chile dren. The erring brother despised them! for their lowly way of life, He never returned to them a cent of what he borrowed front them. He went on living expensively, sinfully and ruinously. And when in the end death came to him, it found him easy to take, for his heatih had fled him and also his fortune. He lived at the end on the charity of a son. • Examine your own case. Is it not true that the big reason why you keep on ;the path- of honor ane ree- tatudo is that you want to retain the confidence and' esteem` of those who That life has been a great and a true success that has continued through the years with an unswerv- ing fidelity to what is honorable and of good report. To have a good name, and to be worthy of one's good name, is infinitely better, when one's life has been completed, than great wealth, acquired by moral lapses or by a hardening of the heart, or by unbumanity. Shall the oshes of dis- appointment, of disillusionment, et bitter memories, of remorse, of starv- ed affections, of :broken promises, " of disloyalties, of lost friendships and lost' esteem, fill one's mouth at the end of life Or shall one have the sweet and pleasant fruit cf retained friendships, love, confidence, aro memories of a thousand benefits con- ferred, to give one comfort when the silver cord is being loosed - from the body which held it theiough a life- time? ite-time? I ani thinking of that vast multi- tude of simple, plain and honest folk who•inhabit this earth—folk who can never hope to be rich in this world's goods or exalted in the affairs of community or state, er of their own particular world of employment. They live nobly if they live lasting- ly in the confidence and affection and esteem of their fellowmen. Their riohes are of the imperlahable kind. Their legacy to those surviving them will be a blessed memory of kepis faith and kept -honor and kept -loyal- ties. My thought is toward young peo- ple—for eo=pie--for it is they who are facing great temptations. I want to say to them: hang an to that which is .good and true and clean and fine. Be wil- ling to suffer the scoffing' and .eon- temtpt of your tempters — of those seho have let go of ideals; of those who use sophistries whdeh you can- not attack with any power of reason- ing. The time will surely come when you will be justified and when they will be revealed' as fools. Life is not to be measuredby its possessions or by the heights which one -has reached; but by its loyalties, its fidelities its adherence to paths of honor and rectitude. I heard last winter aver Commission Along The Air Waves stations on several occasions, direct- ing his string quartet in the weekly series of chamber music programs. (Continued from page 2) gained such popularity with the bays in the trenches and the folks back home? Songs like "Mademois- elle from Armentieres," "I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a• Soldier" and so on? Well, many of these Eng• lish music hall numbers will be re- vived on November 2, when the Com- mission's Toronto studios presents the next in the• series of "Let's Go to the Music'" programs. The sparkling fare will include imperson- ations of Vesta Tilley, Albert Wlhel- an, Harry Lauder, Lottie Collins, and Charles Coburn. You will hear "The Army of Today's All Right," "The Preacher and the Bear," "'Wag- gle o' the Kilt," "He Was, Whistling This Tune All Day," and that famous old number, "The Man Who Broke the Bank of Monte Casio." Guest Artist Auguste Descaimies Op noted Montreal pianist and director of La Societe de Musique Euterpe, will be guest artist for the November 1 pre- sentation of the Canadian Radio Commission's' 'MCanadipn Condert Hall of the Air" program to he broadcast from the Montreal studios at 9.80 o'clock. Mr. Descarries was He Hates Jazz • To get back to more routine stuff, your correspondent would like to point out to you Eldon Rathburn. Just 19 years old Eldon Rathburn gifted young pianist who has often been heard piano soloing from Saint John, hates jazz and abhors mocn- ineJune-spooning tunes. He leaves towards Wagner and Beethoven for work on the ivories but won't touch Erebus or Bach, Three years ago he wrote his first original compost - tion, a charming intermezzo for his school's symphony. Since then a second number for full orchestra has come from his pen as have two selec- tions for string quartets, a piano selection, and a number for two -pie ano work, "Club Thirteen" A favorite programs of national network listeners will be heard on Wednesday, November 6, at 10.00 p.m. EST, when "Club 13" broadcast from the Calgary studios of the Canadian Radio Commission, returns to the air for the winter season. "Club 13" is a mythical swanky night club with a floor show and all the trimmings. COMMISSION FEATUR ES DAY BY DAY All Times Eastern Standard Thursday, October 31: 9.00 p.m. "For You, Madatae'— Orchestra direction Howard Fogg with ladies. forum direction Gene- vieve Barre. From Montreal. 9.30 p.m, "Strictly Formal"— Gentleman Jim, bon vivant, R. E. "Doc" Guy with orchestra and George Murray, tenor. From Winni- peg. Friday ,November 1: 9.30 p.m. Canadian Concert Hall of the Air— Featuring August Desearries, pian- ist, with orchestra direction Dr. J. J. Gagnier. From Miontreal. 10.00 pole "(Jp-Totnce-111etutwt'—. Featuring latest news, literary, mu- sic, and sports releases. From To- ronto.' Saturday, November 2: 8.30 p.m. "Let's Go to the Music Hall"- OId time music hall programdi, rection George Young. From Toren - to. 9.00 p.m. "The 39 Steps"— Dramatization of thenovel of the same naive by John Buchan, Frani Montreal. Sunday, November 3: 3.00 p.m. New York Philharmonts - Orehestra— Otto Klemperer, conductor. From New York, 10.00 pow:. "Atlantic Nocturne"— Readings by J. Frank Willis. From Halifax. Monday, November 4: 9.30 p.m. "Melodic Strings" Orchestra direction Alexander ` Chu. haldin. From Toronto, 10.00 p.m. "The Youngbloods of Beaver Bend"--, Rural dramatic sketch written by Peter D. Dales, Front Winnipeg. Tuesday, November. 5: r 8,00 'p.nL 'Show Time boy the `Atr International stars of stage and radio presented from the Green Room of Loew's Theatre. From Mon- treal. 9.00 p.m. "No Mournful Numbers" --ueomed)y team with orchestra direc- tion Isaac Manttot; ladies' trio, male quartet and soloists, From Winnipeg, Wednesday, November 6: . 9.00 p.m. ".Premier at Nine".-- Original' comedy and variety direc- tion Geoffrey Waddington. From Toronto. 10.00 p.m, "Club 13"— orchestra: direction Jaseha Gaiperin with the Three Belles and ''Bob and Jane. From Calgary. DOINGS IN THE SCOUT WORLD A "Boy Scout Week," to advance Scouting in New South Wales, was Officially opened by His Excellency the Governor, Sir Alexander Hore- Ruthven. 4, Ethiopian Rovers at World t atherin;r • Among those present at the recent world gathering of Rover Scouts In Sweden was a group of very smart and highly - - ,intelligent Ethiopian Rovers, according to one of the lead- ers of the Canadian contingent, There were no Italians,' Sp Why Not Spend The $6.00? According to Rabbi Louis Mann of Chicago, 'It costs that city' $0 a year to :maintain a Boy Scout, and $5,500 to apprehend and confine a juvenile delinquent." The figures do not greatly differ in Canada, An ; Historic Push -Button A sjlver-gilt puah,4button used by, PAGE 3 =SNAPSHOT CUIL HALLOWE'EN PICTURES 1 PHOTOFLOOD SUBJECTS 'N 5,01565 LAMP 3 FT.,- THERE is probably no folk holiday which has taken a stronger hold upon the imagination than Hal- lowe'en. Hallowe'en is really an autumn festival of the old wield but peasant. superstition robbed 'the holiday of its original meaning and surrounded it with the delightful mystery of ghosts, witches, spirits and hobgob- lins, Through alI its variations it stilt retains its place in Canadian life as a night for grotesque, gay costumes and parties; and when parties are in order your camera should play a prominent and important part in the festivities. A HalIowe'en party simply isn't a success without some of the tradi- tional games. It would be like cele- brating Christmas without some ref- erence to Santa Claus. One of the games extremely popular with the younger generation is "Bobbing the Apple." Isn't such a picture as the one above well worth taking? Jimmie - has succeeded in capturing the bob- bing fruit from the tub of water— and what a picture it makes. It's very simple to snap such a picture if You have a camera with an f .6.3 lens or faster. It is advisable too to use` super sensitive panchromatic film when making snapshots at night. Here is what you do. First of all you will need two or three Photo- flood bulbs. These lights are similar in appearance to the ordinary elec- tric light bulb used in lighting your home. Thea are inexpensive and can be purchased from almost any store selling photographic supplies. Place an ordinary floor lamp about three feet to the left of your subjects and slightly forward. Tilt the shade upwards so the light fully illumi- nates your scene. In the same posi- tion place another lamp to the right of your "apple boners." See dia- gram. 1 CAMERA Snapshooting will add to the fun at your Hallowe'en party. By the light from the ordinary - bulbs In your lamps you can locate your subject in the finder. After set- ting the distance or footage scale at the proper distance set the dia- phragm at /,6.3 and the shutter• speed at 1/25 of'a second—the cam- era loaded with a super sensitive film. Now you can replace the ordi- nary light bulbs with the brilliant Photoflood lamps, turn them on and you are ready for your picture. Be sure that the -lamps do not show. A shutter speed of 1/25 of a sec- ond will not stop much action so• have the one who gets the apple hold a position for just an instant, such, as that of the boy in the above pic- ture, and zip—you have made a snap- shot at night. Isn't that simple' enough? If you have a box camera you will. need a Photoflash bulb. Set your 'camera for a time exposure. For a time exposure you should place your camera on a table or a firm support of some kind for any movement of the camera may cause a blurred pic- ture, even though the flash of these lamps lasts but 1/50 of a second. After locating your subjects in the. finder place a Photoflash bulb in a floor lamp at your side and slightly forward but within arm's reach,. Tilt the shade the same as described above. Now—open the shutter of your camera, and switch on the cur- rent. After the flash close the shut- ter immediately. It is not necessary to have all the lights out in the room when taking a Photoflash picture, but do not have bright lights near the subject or any lights shining into the lens of the camera. This is just one example of the many pictures you can take in the house on Hallowe'en night. Demon- strate your ingenuity by working out other picture taking stunts. Your friends, and you, will get a real. "Irick" out of it, JOHN VAN GUILDER. King George to light the Jubilee Scout Beacon in Hyde Park has been presented by His Majesty to Im- perial Scout. Headquarters. The stand bears the inscription: "Pre- sented by King George V to the Boy Scouts to commemorate tho light- ing of the bonfire in Hyde Park on May 6th, 1935." Agdin The Loch Nest Monster Scotland's "Loch Ness monster," is to have no rest. Scientists, zo- ologists, fishermeen and sailors hav- ing failed, Boy Scouts are going to have a go at it. Under their Scout- master the boys of the 1st Glasgow Troop plan, with a fleet of row heats, to maintain a patrol of the lake un- til the mystery is solved. • The Pony Express Rides Again The rare make-believe adventure emlielsinisommorimeMOD of "Hiding pony express" in swift re- lays over mountain and desert trails, 1900 miles from Sacramento, Califor- nia, to St. Joseph, Missouri, fell to the lot of 190 American Boy Scouts this summer. The revival of the his- toric mail route of '49 was a com- memoration feature arranged by the Oregon Trail Memorial Association.. With his bag of dispatches, each Scout rode, all out, for ten miles, keeping a sharp eye for Indians• and stage -+coach robbers. Unfortun- ately none were encosntered and the trusty six-shooter was not drawn. Average farm values per head of sheep, swine and poultry in 1934 in- creased over: those of 1933, cattle a- lone showing slightly lower values. Milch cows decreased in value from $31 to $29 per head, and other cat- tle remained unchanged at $17, Sheep increased from $4 to $4.18; swine from $8.89 to $9.86; and poultry. from 56 cents to 59 cents per head. When it's their anniversary ... and you've been away a long time ... and you can't be there in person to congratulate them Send your voice instead, by Long Distance. ® Night rates on "Anyone". '(station -to -station) call NOW BEGIN AT 7 P.