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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1935-11-21, Page 3!PHIALS., NOV 21, 1935 THE 'CLTN'TON NEWS -RECORD, PAGE $ WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINTIES NO YOU REMEMBER WHAT' HAP PENED DURING TOR LAST DE - w CADS •Ot+' THE OLD CENTURY? From The News -Record, Nov, 20th, 1895: There was a special meeting ' of the town couneil ` last Friday even- ing. ... the object was to decide as to tendering a 'banquet to the mem- bers of the council and to take some measures to improve the road on Albert street, north during the win- ter months. It was decided, after considerable' discussion, to tender a banquet, which will be held at Hotel Clarendon on Dec. 5th, after the concert in the hall. The best :node of rendering the Albert street hill passable in winter was discussed at length and it was decided to build forty rods of wire fence from the town over the hill. A ten cent admission fee will be charged at the House of ,Refuge con- cert on Dee. 5th. 'Forty inmates are reported at e House of Refuge at ,this date. Not one of these was from Clinton, Blyth, Usborne, Wiest Wawanosh, 1feKillop and 'Goderioh township • ere also without 'representation.' Grey township sent the largest num ber so far, eight coming from there. From The New Era, Nov. 22nd, 1895: Mrs. Harvey Callander • and two ' children of Hartney, Man., have ar- rived ink .town and will stay the win- ter: On Saturday the HolmesvilleCheese and Butter Co. made a shipment of cheese to Boston for export. .It amounted to. eleven .tons. WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY WAS YOUNG From The News -Record, Nov. 17th, 1910:' ' Mr. A. Cantelon had the misfor= tune to get a speck of lime in his eye the 'other day and as a consequence has hadto keep that member ,ban- d'aged ever since. Major ,McTaggart and Messrs; Thos. Cattle and Geo. David are this week attending the t;onvention • of the Ontario Horticultural Associa- tion in Toronto. Mrs. W. Brydone, who has been on. a seyen weeks' trip to the coast,' re- turned on Saturday. Wesley Sunday school held its an- niversary services last Sunday when the Rev. D. N. McCarr us of St. Marys was the special speaker. There were fifty-eight guests at Hotel Normandie last night. It was with genuine regret that the news was received on Monday that Rev. C. R. Gunne, rector of St. Paul's • church', had • resigned and was about to become rector of Chelsea church, London. New officers of the young men's bible class in St. Paul's Sunday school are as follows: , President: Mr. Fawcett. Vice F. Sloman, Secretary: Caryl Draper. Assistant: Fred Cutler. Treasurer: Clarence Kilty. Librarian, W. H. Webb. Comsnittee: F. W. Cutler, E. Fos- ter, J. Appleby, J. Sloman. From The New Era, Nov 17, 1910: King George has, issued a proclam- ation fixing the date of the corona- tion for June 22nd, 1911. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING TEACHERS APPRECIATED RECENT HOSPITALITY The East end. West Huron Teachers' Institute sent a wreath to Dr, Put- nam, Chief Inspector of ' Public Schools, Ottawa, to be Placed at the Cenotaph en Armistice Day. The wreath was sent in apprecia- tion by the teachers o£ Huron for the kindness and hospitality shown to them by the teachers of Ottawa at the recent School Teachers' Con- vention held in that city. --Goderich Star, BRITISH LEAD As a result of ea national suxcvey of the attitude .toward foreigners" in the united States, it is found that "Gerninay is the most unpopu= lar nation with Americans, with Ja- pan, Italy, Russia and France in close succession." 'Hritishpeople, according to this survey, are the most popular in the country to the south of Canada. And there is just another argument for the closest possible co-operation between the English-speaking peoples of the world in a movement for world peace and security.—Halifax Herald. SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE It may mean shorter hours and a shorter work -week; it may mean that workers roust be pensioned off at an earlier age; but unless something is done we are inevitably iaying up. e store of trouble for this country by not seeing to it that our youth are enabled to become placed in indus- try. 'Youth remains youth - it dreams its, dreams, has its hopes, am- bitions, aspirations -,and there can be nothing more tragic than to see all of these dashed 'to the ground. One cannot break the laws of the land and not epx eat to suffer the consequences. Neither can. one upset the law of nature and ot tradition with impunity, —Hanover Post. A DANGEROUS HABIT [Sooner or later 'some drastic ac- tion will have to be taken by town officials against boys riding bicycles on the sidewalks, for the portection both of. the !boys themselves and ot pedestrians. Last Saturday night, one thoughtless youngster raced out of Montreal street on to the sidewalk en the Square, struck, a well-known Goderioh woman and glanced off et/ to the roadway between two parked cars. He was travelling so fast he could not have avoided a collission with any moving car on the road, but, fortunately, the nearest one was half a block' away. lie did not ser- iously injure the lady he struck, but the incident illustrated what could"3rappen and what almost cer- tanly will happen if the practice of sidewalk -riding is not embed. ---1Goderich Signal. NEWSPAPER MEN WELCOME HIM' Ten~ years ago when .the editor of this paper was in England with a party of newspapermen, three ca foul of us called to see the author,, John Buchan at his -office in Old London, about a matter of !business relating to Canadian weekly newspapers. We found that he was the most units. ' sunning sort of individual that .you would ever meet. He was most cor- dial and we were soon ,immersed in topics of common interest. The oth- er day we were talking to one of the men who had been in our party that called on Mr. Buchan. He told as he had get quite a thrill" fromthe first news that John Buchan was to be Canada's next Governor-General. Our friend too was a bit disappointed that they had to plaater up the new Governor -General's name with a tit le. But whether at plain John Bu. than or as Lord Tweedsmuir, . our Viceroy should measure up to the best -traditions of his high office. -iSt. Marys Journal -Argus. A TREMENDOUS ADVANCE While the :threat of sanctions, has not been sufficient to cheek Musso- lini's attack on Ethiopia, and may. in the long run prove ineffective in saving that count? from conquest, yet undoubtedly the step to be tak- en 'next Monday by the fifty-two nations marks a tremendous advance in the direction of peace and of the recognition that there is such a thing' as international law and justice. It will create a precedent and !consti- tute a threat which powers with ag- gressive ambitions, no wetter how powerful, will• not lightly ignore. In the present instance, it appears to have been agreed that there shall be no •military sanctions, But it does not fallow that sueh a further logi- cal step might not be takenin the future. The action taken on Mon- day may prove to be one of the turn- ing points of history, and may go far to usher in the reign of peace. -+Orillia Packet -Times. PROPOSAL FOR TOWN MANA- G dR WELL WORTH CONBIO- ERATION Reeve Cramp's suggestion' that Oxillia, should engage a Town Mana- ger is' well worth; consideration. The system has proved advantageous in other' towns, and it may be recalled that perhaps the must outstanding success as a town manager' has been achieved by an Orillia boy, Mr. T. T. Stephenson, in Red beer, Alberta. Diver -a period of years he has work- ed that enterprising Western town into a mese enviable financial .posi-: tion. It not reasonable that busy men who serve on the Town Council should be expected to give attention to the details, of a business of the di- teen:eons of that of a town like Or- illia, where the turnover runs to. up- wards of a quarter of a million dol- lars. The demands made upon the time of the chairman of the roads and streets department, for instance, makes it so heavy a job that few mert. will undertake it and those who do' see: unwilling;' to keep the position for ntore' than a couple '•of years, By placing all administration in ' the hands of a competent executive head, who would co-ordinate the various departments, have supervision os er all employees and see that •purchases. were made to the best advantage it would probably be found that ,he would mare than save his salary, besides promoting smoother work- ing of the municipal machine. •.Orillia Packet -Timex STORY WITH A MORAL The following where a moral is shown is taken from an exchange: "Recently a church congregation in a Iittle Kansas town, ' built a new church. -Tay pay for it 'they were ob- liged to 'call on the merchants of the community for donations. The mer-, chants responded liberally and $300 was raised from that source. The last man- asked to ."subscribe was John Smith a merchant. 'I will give you $20.00 if you will allow me to add something to the list,' he said, The permission was granted and the wrote at the font of his list: John Smith . , • 420.00 Mail Order House 00.00 Peddler & Transient Trader 00.00 The church people saw the point when the minister read from the pul- pit a list .of. the .hones tithe build- ing fund, .and since the dedication of that church there have been no more mail orders sent on from that town."—Listowel Standard. NOT AGAINST "FREE SPEECH5' On 'several occasions, The Star has been asked what "Section 98" is. Here itis, or at least its first sec - eon. . -"Any association ,organization, so- ciety or corporation, whose profes- sed purpose or one of whose purposes is to bring about any. governmental, industrial or economic change within Canada by use of force, violence or physical injury to person or proper- ty, or by threats of such injury, or which teaches, advocate; advises or defends the use of force, violence, terrorism, er physical injury 'to per- son or property, or threats of such injury, in order to accomplish such change, or for any other; purpose or which shall by any means prosecute or pursue such purpose or professed purpose, or shall so teach, advocate, advise or defend, shall be an unlaw- ful assaeiation". Certain speakers and some newspa- pers refer to it as preventing `Tree speech". This is no so. According to the section only those persons who advocate the use of force, violence, or terrorism, are doing something unlawful. It is doubtful if one out of every 10,000 Canadians would ap prove the use of the revolver„ the bomb and the torch as a means of securing control of government. Section 98 of the Criminal Code says that it is an offence to incite people to violence in order to bring about a change in the government or in the economic or industrial system. Tt says any group organized for such purposes is unlawful. It says that people who belong to organiza- tions formed far such purposes are liable to imprisonment.' Tf. .all those who •argue about Sec- tion 98 would first of all read it care- fully, they would not talk about it so glibly.—Goderioh Star. COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE There is nothing that is more wee come to a newspaper office, than the friendly subscriber who sends in n bit of news, beithr by phoning, by letter, or by dropping in et- the of- fice, That is real goodwill and c,.- operation. Dozens of Incidents oc- cur in the district, that are notewor- thy and of general interest, but which may not reach the paper until long after occurrence. People come and go throughout the community," bringing a pleasant little ripple in - social life, bub too often no one troub- les to notify the local newspaper, Yet these little items are 'appreciated by the office, and read by everybody, They are not .of great impotrance, but they are part of the' fabric of our living. It is impossible for a small news paper staff to cover adequately any district without a.:little volunteer help. And The Times takes this op- portunity to ackhowledge apprecia•+ tively the many . volunteers scattered here and there who say ,to themsel- ves: "Perhaps The Times .would like to know about that," Whereupon they act. Many of the organizations of town and country have appointed a press correspondent, to pass on the news of club activities. In many in- stances the secretary assumes this. task. These are the organizations whose names appear frequently • in the paper giving a pleasant impres, cion .of briskness, social alertness and live community spirit. Other organ-, izations,, probably doing just as useful work, never reach the printed page, and so far aa the general pub- lic knows, their little community has'no-social gatherings, no progres- sive; groups, nor "up and coming" spirit. It is the aim, of the weekly paper. to knit together all the various in- cidents and activities of the neigh- borhood into tine pattern, and the more names and incidents, recorded, the more colorful the pattern, the more vivid the .picture, _Nothing so tones• up the morale ,of community, as the realization that ell social and business agencies are moving for- ward from week to : week, with ac. complishnrent and good cheer. And ` Resurrection" BY HORACE' BROWN Written Expressly for the Canadian. Radio Commission and First Presented Over Its National Network by Captain Leslie Chance, November 11, 1936 (Reprinted by kind permission- of the Canadian Radio Commission) 'Why am .I here? . This earthbound corpse, mid -thrust 'twixt heaven and hell, is not the answer t0 'Eternity. This moulder. ing remnant of a' vacant shell is not a housing for nobility. This greening husk, smelling of clay but falling- not asunder, is, not the ,ultireate desire. Then, why am I here? ' I . wander aimless, :but I go. unseen. No •friendlyhgnds reaeh out to quell the horror of my emptiness. I quicken not when eager voices near. 1 bend to play with laughing .children, and find their laughter stilled. I gaze at lovers, and a sadness grips their -entwin- ed .bands. I' cup a rose to grasp in hunger at its scent, end the rose withers and the petals fall away. I cry in (vain for understanding . . . for in all the world there is no one to understand. Once again men talk of Wier. The sky darkens, 'and a leaden hail of wantonness descends upon a screeching earth, Leaders who have felt the pain of useless combat have forgotten. Winged 'leg ions thunder through the twilight of a civilization. Hunger and fear and blood stalk silent through the streets of death. There is talk again of Armageddon. I cry aloud for peace, but no one heeds any cry. ; Then . why am • I here? . There is some distant message beating upon my . brain, forbidding me the balm of sleep eternal. Some words ate there that yet can save Man from himself,,, if I could but remember, But I am betrayed by all the mists of lust and greed and pain .that rise around me. I am a soul not lost, nor gained; I am, nothing, and I am everything. Why have they not let me slumber in peace? I remember that August afternoon, when I. first fell asleep. The world trembled with the shock of barrage, as we struggled over poisonous ground. A11 the earth seemed heaving to meet the un- clouded, untroubled blue of the heavens. Mle comrades were melt- ing away from around me. 'Suddenly I stood alone. There was no fear in my heart, only gladness, as I sensed the untimate moment, I was being called to rest. I felt pain, and yet there was no pain. I stood outside myself, and watched that insane, twsited thing that had been my home for three and thirty years leap and convulse in frightful torment. -I even pitied the hurtful agony of the contorted features. But in this detached part of min there was no pain . . and I slept ,, , Why was 1 not left alone? They wakened Me with clanging shovels, It was raining. The mud clung to my casket . . .good, ;clean, wet mud. I was a- wake again, and yet I knew I was dead. Sleep bad Ibeen so perfect, so seemingly everlasting. They spoke in coarse voices, as the placed my clay upon 'a cart, and carried •me away,. And then I could not sleep. Same inner voice kept urging me to wakefulness: My clay did not move, had no vitality, but my soul lived. I was resurrected. They took me on a boat. I, smelt the sea; the fog engulfed me; I almost slept again. But they name and spoke in hushed voieee, and asked each ehotr who I was, and no one knew. And I could not tell them for I did not know myself. And if 1 had known, I could not have told them. They would have thought it only the sighing of the wind. 'Twas then I first had the feeling that I had words to speak, if I could but remember. They gave me a name. They called me the Unknown Soldier kings and statesmen came and bowed before me; arch- bishops prayed; soldiers stook at stiff attention. But I knew it was only lip service. They were forgetting, but I could not forget. One day in all the year they thought of me; every day in the year I' thought of them. In my dead wakefulness I. lay, and heard and saw and felt all the horrors pulsing through the world. And I suffered. I longed to speak, but words would not come, Oh, they haunted me, those words. I knew that I had spoken them once a long, long time before. Men had listented to me, then, but each time now I went to speak those words they were drowned in the laughter of guns,; the chuiekle of pain, the grin of death, as I remembered best the futile things. I had long to think.' Each second tolled a knell in passing each minute seemed a dragging weight . . each hour begged for its finish. . . 'I prayed for sleep, but sleep never same, :rears were eternities. I wondered why God had ever created Time. And all I have is memories. , , Strange memories , . . There comes to me at times a vision of a flat -shored sea, and fishermen; stand around those shores mending. their nets and. gossiping, And I see. myself coming to- wards those men. But as I. go to speak, the air fills with the shriek of a passing shell, and I sink down at its passing. The vision fades, and I am -once more on war-torn fields: But 1 cannot remember. . Then why am I. here? . . . Why must 1 suffer for what other men have done, are doing, and will always do? Millions like me sleep under a coverlet of red poppies. They know no pain, no sorrow,. Then why am I resurrected, if those we left )behind are mulch too blind to see? , Can all these be •niere visions? Reason answers "Yes," but if Reason be true, then why are I here? Wby am I tormented with a thousand hells of Tantalus? Surely; there must be infinite compas- sion somewhere, a tenderness to heal my wounded soul and make me whole again. Surely the rain does not falls-, the grase turn green, and Man struggle for" a light, if there be not some purpose, That distant message bents•,again• upon my brain, words that yet can save Mian from himself,;._ . I see a hill a stsrk'and lonely hill. I see three crosses, like those T saw in Flanders, only crowned in enormity. I see a man a young man I see. . , • New I remember , Now .I recail those words I spoke a long, long time ago. -I said, ".Father, .forgive them. They know not what they do." • nothing makes a more favorable im- pression on outside readers whose picture of W(etasitiwin and district is gained from! the pages of the "Wetas- kiwin Times, We thank those many' good friends of the community who are kin enough to notify us "when things happen." They are net only assist- ing us but are helping to build up an attractive pijeture for our outside readers.' 'May their • numbers' in- crease.--,Wetaskiwin Times.'' - RIGHT UP' OUR ALLY "Now I want Albert to have a thoroughly !modern and up-to-date education," said 'his mother,' includ- ing Latin." '• "Yes, of course," said- the head- master, "though :Latin,' is, • as you know, a deed language:" "Well, all the better, .Albert's going to • be ;ori undertak:'' ' �SNAPSHOT CU1L "(MAKE A SILHOUETTE SUBJECT KODAK ~�~� 2 FT. 04)e. —4 s -- WHITE SHEET 5 FT. PHOTOFLASH OR {1 PHOTOFLOOD Silhouettes make excellent greeting cards, book plates, and place cards I1(TITH the arrival of cooler days V and nights that do not offer much encouragement for outdoor activities, there is a very noticeable increase in interest by amateurs in snapshots in the house at night. Once you start this fascinating hobby yon will undoubtedly agree that it is a real pleasure and an ideal way to occupy your time profitably during the long evenings of fall and winter, All of us are familiar with the ordinary type of snapshots but few have made silhouette pictures. With this type of picture, even morethan with ordinary snaps, it is important that the pictures tell their own story —unless, of course, you want amply a profile head and shoulders study— for you have only outlines to work with, unsupported by perspective or detail. The first essential of silhouette pictures is a perfectly fiat back- ground, devoid of detail. And the easiest way to obtain such a back- ground is to stretch a bed sheet across a broad doorway between two MOMS. It's important that the sheet be tacked up so that all creases and wrinkles are eliminated. To light up this background, a strong light must be put do back of it, about five feet away, either cen- tered or placed directly back of the major feature of the picture. You have a wide choice of lamps for your lighting. You can use a couple of ordinary 60 -watt bulbs such as you use in your home lamps, or a Photo- flood or Photoflash bulb. The latter are available at most electrical br photo supply shops at very low prices. The Photoflood bulb, which_ gives an exceptionally brilliant white light, is probably your best bet. Its, life is about two hours of constant burning, thus it can be used for many pictures. Pose your sub- ject about two feet In front of the sheet (on the side away from the light). See diagram. Place your camera on a tripod or table so that it is directly opposite your subject. When the picture is taken, the light that illuminates the sheet should be the only light in either of the rooms. Now about the exposures. If you use the two 60 -watt lamps, youwill need an exposure of about 10 sec- onds,with the lens well opened; with a Photoflood, a couple of seconds will suffice. Using the Photoflash (which gives an instantaneous, vivid flash of light) set the shutter at "time," turn out all room lights, open the shutter, Hash the bulb, close the shut- ter—and there you are—you've got Your picture. A. little practice with silhouettes is worth volumes of instruction, Good silhouettes make excellent ma- terial for greeting cards, book plates, place eards and so on. In malting them, you can call all your ingenuity and inventiveness into play. Try it tonight. JOHN VAN GUILDER DOINGS IN THE SCOYTI' High Lights of theTrade WORLD "I have no doubt about the future of Scouting so long as the standard is kept high, and so long as Scouts mean what they say, and do what they set out to do."-•43r,Cyril Nor- wood, former Headmaster. of Har- row. An Australian "Corroboree As a result of the success of the big Scout Jamboree near Melbourne over the last year, and South Aus- tralian Scouts are planning a big "Corroboree" for Decennper 26, 1936, to January 4, 1937. It will be held on a 200 acre site in the Mount Lof- ty ranges ten miles from Adelaide. Scouts from all other countries will be invited. Scouts To Gather at Ancient l' lynycuth Proving its citizens 'still forward looking, the ancient port of, Ply- mouth, from which sailed the ven- turing _Pilgrim leathers, will next August hold a big "West Country" Scout Jamboree. Lord Baden-Powell will attend, and Scouts from other lands will be invited, including Are- erican Bey Scoutdescendants bf the Pilgrim "scouts" who • first settled New England, A Great Edunationel Lessen "I crane that the Boy Scout Move- ment has taught OUT country a great. educational lesson , which will never be forgotten, which is far-reaching: namely, that the physical side, of our nature requires .carefuleducation as Much as our mental side." -aDr. •Cy - 011 Norwood,'. President of St. John's College, Oxford, and former Head- master at Harroay. Stout Lad! Indicating that .the 'tenacity dis- played by :Scout Jack Cornwell, V. C. (posthumous), at the :battle of Jueland, - is a family characteristic, Scout Tim Cornwell, lib, a younger cousin of. Jack, performed an unus- ual feat of, endurance in 'Scotland this sumrner during a "Train Cruise" of English Scouts, Returning in the evening with a party of 80 from a climb to the summit of Ben Nevis, he learned that his Scoutmaster's list and coat had been left behind in -the snow at the crest. Early next morning Tim Cornwell organized a party of Stovers, repeated, • the climb, and returned with the lost article'; Pact with the Unit- ed States :Highlights of the Canadian -United States trade agreement: The agreement is effective Jan, 1 1936, for a period of three years, and thereafter unless terminated by 'the Government of either country upon six months' notice. The right of eibher country is re- served to terminatethe agreement an thirty days' notice in the event of failure to adjust differences con earning quotes or prejudice to indus. try or commerce of either country resulting from exchange rate varia•, tion3'. Canadian dutiable imports of $500,000,000 ' annually in normal times are directly affented, and bene- fits to Canadian consumers art es- timated at $25,000,000 per annuli as result of reductions in duties. Canadian exports to value ,of $300,000,000 annually will benefit by lowering of American tariff 'bar- riers. . - '• Canadian cattle farmers will , get $9 per head more for beg cattle: and will be pernbitted to market up to 155,799 head annually in the Uni- ted States. Canadian producers of cream, seed potatoes, fish, ` clover and grass deeds; hay, turnips„ 'maple sugar, timber, cheese and fruits will be a• teong the principal beneficiaries, -, Market ' for . Canadian lumber esti. mated to be worth $88,000,000 an. dually in normal times is reopened. Canada lowers the tariffs on some 800 items of United' ,States produc- tion, reducing the barriers to appree- :mately the level of 1930,before the Bennett Government imposed the highest tariffs ever known in this country. The margin of British preference is retained. Certain dumping duties and ar- bitrary valuations for enstorns duty purposes are abolished.--IGiobe, CANADIAN FLOUR TO IRISH: FREE STATE !Canada supplies over half of the wheat flour imported into the Irish Feee State. These imports., however, have suffered a drastic decline with the efforts being trade by the Lith Free State to increase the use of Irish -grown wheat,' which, however, should bring about a 'proportional in. crease in the vise of Canadian or ether hard wheat' for blending pur- poses,