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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1958-10-23, Page 7TIIE SEAFORTSI NEWS Thurs., Oct. 23, 1958 FrakMon is r ther Late Sea t rth Wsman Tho following is from the Tor- onto Star and refers to a brother of the late Mrs• G. D. Ferguson. who has been honored by the City of Toronto naming the new Working Boys' Home, Clifton llouee. The brass of the Workingat Gould and C s there in 1907 y, Frank Clifton,is age at 15, ha n onas5.$3a p- prent1e by tCo. when he fine p his courage a e brass plate inthen, was a house For $L5O a - eluded a lune o the job, hew - self to the sterna hold over Vio bered only t. Smith, Boys h sugar in their r (very wasteftl the table. if e they went to No one smokedWorking- Boys' Home o inglhall, when ,t Smith talked whisper. Banishmente table again. T at 11 and you ex- cuse, and in after curfew. Prank Clifton, to take social fact he looked than he was, out past the h dozed on a 1 street, slip through the when the care garbage at 5.30 convincing der he was stirred few minutes 1 but unsuspecting, Super- intendent Smits ton, time to w5. Today, Franlc referred to as That, in itself, cess. He is an city of Toronto. week ho sat where sat before; In t to the right of t In the city coli Not a Yacht plate by the door Boys' Home Church Streets iva Just as it is iota a boy big for h d boon lately take week plumbing a he Jahn Ritchie C fly summoned u 111 walked past the to what, even tor laded elegance. week, which in t. to pack along 1 as committing him- self authority of torian now rolnem as Su,perintentlen rnho put too mus tea and didn't stn 1) were sent from it happened twig bed hungry. in the f 1907. In the din n Srsperintenden' no one else dared from tlr The door was locked needed a good advaiCe, to get in always willing advantage of the 10 years older once found himself our of look -up, H )oreh across the Ped in unnoticed boiler -room door taker put out the and put on a demonstration when from his bed a Ater by the firm hand of t; "Coma on, Clif- ton, ul>•" Clifton is uanally W. Frank Clifton, is a mark of suc- t1dorman et the Ansi one day this here he has never he red plush (:115.11' he mayor's throne roil chamber, The mayor was saying flatter- ing things, and flattering things about hie sister and brother. "You have intelligence and beau- ty." Nate Phillips does it se well. In the other red plush chair up on the dais (it's only two steps up, but it must have seemed in the Clouds) sat the girl he mar- ried ,the year he went into busi- ness for himself, His sister and brother sat down in the audience —at one time they didn't think it quite nice for Frank to talk about how he started at the working Boys' Home, but they looked quietly pleased this day. But no—this is not the story of rags to riches. W. Frank Clif- ton did not grow up to own yachts and race horses, to leave bis millions to the Working Boys Nome where be got his start. Ile Just grew up to be an holiest plumber. When heretired two years ago and sold his business, its assets and good -will were worth $40,000. The biggest con- tract his company ever landed was dor $100,000. Strike. Broken But Toronto is big enough that we can honor honest plumbers and when they clapped in the coined chamber even some of the men at the press table drop- ped their armor and they ap- plauded, too. When Frank Clifton was a kid plumber in 1907 he went on strike. The journeymen were get- ting 37/ cents an hour and they wanted 45. "The strike went on for a year," Clifton recalls, "and we went back to work finally for 25 cents. They ,broke the union, they exhausted half the union's funds and the union lost half its, members. It was .a catastrophe for the union." And when he was a boss plumb- er his men went on strike against bion. But when the Firefighters' union got into a squabble with the city council a few months ago, Alderman Clifton voted with the union. "Pm a working man, myself, you know," he said out in the hallway, and he said it like a boast. Waltzing Plumber e He was always considered the kind of boss a man could come s and talk to. When one of his plumbers wanted to borrow $10 so he and his wife could dance at. CI the Royal York hotel to a visit- ing orchestra famous for its P waltzes, .Clifton was appalled, li "My wife and T had thought of going," he recalls, but, we rig el we couldn't afford it." He loaned the plumber the $ anyway, And the next day told the foreman drat wheneve anybody had to be laid off t *waltzing plumber should go lir Clifton thought a man with family should. be saving mon for a house. He was once on the bargains committee of the Plumbers' ion in Edmonton. Ten years lat he was on the employers' ba gaining committee in Toronto, Noisy Minority lir- Our Missionary Study was on "Mexico" and was presented to 10 ue by Mrs. W, Scott, Mrs, L, Eyre he and ,Mrs, Goo, Henderson. They r told us that Mexico has been de - he scribed as being a land of con- st. tracts, From the extensive coast - a line to the mountain -encircled ey plateaus 10,000 feet and higher, from the scorched deserts in the ng North,' to the impassable jungles un- of the South, the country enloys e1' and sut]fers, in its 760,373 square r- miles of territory, almost all the climates of the inhabited world. OS the 30 million population, 74 Per cent are mestizos—that is persons of mixed, blood. An interesting event of our meeting was the presentation of a Life Membership and Pin to Mrs, Lindsay Eyre, by her moth- er, Mrs. Y. Douglas. The meeting. closed by repeating the klizpah Benediction in unison. The experience taught him a rough-hewn kind of philosophy: "in the early days we used to call the radicals Bolsbevisks. To- day we call them Socialists." (Keen political analysis is not the forte of the alderman from Ward Six, but he 18 making a point). "I soon found out that all the Bolshevisks were not on the union side, radicals that is. It's the extremists oe both sides who make all the trouble. The av- erage working man wants to put in an honest daY's work .for an. honest day's pay, and the aver- age employer wants to pay him an honest day's wage. It's the windy, noisy minority on both sides that makes all the trouble," Frank Clifton (ticket have any millions to leave to the Working Boys' Home. But he is, probably, responsiblemore than any other man for the new $450,000 Work- ing Boys' Home that's just a week away Prom completion on the edge of the Rosedale ravine, Just off Broadview: A lawyer who was trying to squeeze past the zoning by-law to get a 14 -storey :apartment house on Monterest Blvd. went to Clif- ton .for help, "Ill vote for it," Clifton said cryptically, "but 1 hope you don't get It." The law- yer got the building permit, but then Clifton beard that hisclients couldn't raise their $700,- 000 at the bank, It was the time of tight' money. A Little (Glory He had the directors of the home whip in quickly with an offer to buy. The builders took it. Later they were to offer the Working Boys' home a fat profit to get the land back again—hut the home now had what it want- ed, a new location on the edge of the ravine, wonderfully close to Riverdale Park and away from the sooty congestion of Could anti Church. Ad so. whete week's work stilirr to be done ishcompleted, the handsome new building a t 2 Montcrest Blvd. will be called Clifton House. And in the main hallway will hang an oil port- rait of Frank Clifton, commis- sioned by the pity council of To- ronto and unveiled last Tues - d ay. And a little glory will come to the honest plumber of whom the mayor of Toronto said at the un- veiling: "Ile has never sought the limelight" But there is a footnote to Olestory. The 49 boys still at Gouldand Church cannot yet move into the new Working Boys' Home and the week's work of finishing up has remained undone for quite some time. Somebody's windy noisy minority is at work. There is a labor dispute in the building trades and Prank Clifton's dreams is strikebound. BRUCEFIELD The monthly meeting of the Brucefield VMS met in the Sun- day School room of the Church on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 14th. The meeting opened with quiet music by Mrs. Geo. Henderson. The worship service was con- ducted by Mrs. N. Walker. The president, Mrs, Davison was in charge of the business session, The aecretary read the minutes of the last meeting and the Roll Call was answered by 16 . mem- bers by a verse on "Thanksgiv- ing". Mrs, McQueen, Periodidal Secretary, informed the mem- bers that subscriptions were due for the "Missionary .Monthly" and should be renewed in Octo- ber. The WMS will again supply Mission Band with 23 World's Friends. Mfrs. L. Eyre reported on Christian Citizenship. "Thank- vou" cards were read and a re- ply from the Hensel' WAIS ac- cepting the invitation to be guests at our Thaoffering. Ar- rangements were made to attend the Thankofforing meeting of Northside United Church, on Oct. 28th at 8 p.m. (S.T,). Mrs. Da- vison spoke of Sectional meet- ing held in Varna, and all those who attended agreed that the speakers for that clay brought us a .message we will not forget for time. For our Thankoffering meet ng, to be held October 29th at 8 'clock, standard time in the au- ditortum. of the Church, we have eeurad Padre McLaren, of the Radar School, Clinton, as our speaker, and Ontario St, Church, Bolton, and Hensen United C'larch NMS membera and mends as our guests. We would ke to urge all ladies of our church to be present. DAWSON—SIENON St. Peter's Lutheran .Church, Brodiragen, was the setting for the wedding of Beatrice Lucy Siemon and James Murray Daw- son, on Saturday, October 11, at 2.30 p.m. The bride is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ole - mon, Walton, and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs, ;red Dawson, Ilensell. Rev. E. J. Fis- cher officiated and the church was decorated with white mums on the altar and terns in the chancel The bride, given in marriage by her Sather, wore a floor length gown of silk organza and net over duchess satin fashioned with a molded bodice beautifully appliqued with re -embroidered Aleneon lace, seed pearls and ir- idescent sequins. It had cap sleeves and she wore matching mitts. The bouffant skirt was en- hanced with appliqued jewelled scrolls circling the skirt. Her shoulder -length veil was held by a crown of seed pearls and irides- cent sequins. She carried a cas- cade of white roses and ivy. Matron of honor was Mrs. Jean Mastin, 137 Dunn Ave., Toronto, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Mrs, Elsie Beuermann, sist- er of the bride, and Miss Mayda Beuermann, both of R.R, 1. Dub- lin, They wore identical cocktail - length gowns of tangerine Cryst- al charm fashioned on princess lines with Empire waistlines, V - necklines and short cap sleeves. The full gored shirt featured separate side panels held at cen- tre back with a bow. They wore matching feathered .hats and short mitts, and carried cascades of matching roses and ivy. Groomsman was Cleve Bro. phey, London, brother-in-law of the groom. Ushers were Raymond Cann and Gordon Howse. Ring - bearer was Master Glenn Bro- phey, London, nephew of the groom. Airs. Toledo Beuermann, 11, R. 1, Dublin, was organist, and the soloists were Musses Jo- aone Beuermann and Arlene Die - gel, who sang, "This Is Our Day" and "0 Perfect Love". The reception was held in the Church parlors: which were dec- orated with pink and white streamers and white bells. The bride's mother wore a stem brown wool sheath with a match- ing jacket, burnt orange acces- sories and corsage of bronze :anions. The groom's mother wore a navy blue rayon crepe dress with royal blue accessories and a corsage of pink mums. Honor- ary waitresses were Misses Rose and Grace Siemon, Ina Steiss and Marilyn Rode. The bride donned a chocolate brown wool sheath, matching shortie borg, Rose de Paris ac- cessories and a corsage of white roses for a wedding trip to the west Coast. Guests were present from Lon- don, Palmerston, St. Marys, Bail- liehora, Mt. Albert, Niagara Falls, Toronto, Winnipeg, Fredericton, N,B., and from the surrounding district. The couple will reside on the groom's farm near Exeter. BETHEL W.M.S. The October nieoting of the Bethel W.M.S. and W. A. was held on Thursday afternoon at the home of 14Irs. Everett Boum, man. The president presided for the meeting which was opened by singing hymn 390 followe., by prayer. The scripture lesson and comments were read by Mrs. Ross Leeming. Tennie Dennis gave a short reacting on the Stewardship of Giving and also a poem. Mrs. John Bureh very ably presented the second chapter of the new study book, "Concerns of a Continent" which gave us facts and the needs of the people of Mexico, The W.M.S. members were reminded of the sectional meeting to be held at Varna on Oct. flth (EST). The speaker at this rally to be Miss Jean Stew- art of Ilamilton. The Missionary Monthly subscriptions are due this month. Tho WMLS have re- ceived an invitation to meet with the Duff ladies on Oct. 22nd and also to ,Seaforth on Oct. 28. The November meeting is to be held at the home of 1VIrs, Don Dennis. I DOORS OPEN AT 7.30 P. M. SEAFORTEI A ' ENA Children's Events of all Descriptions COSTUME JUDGING — PRIZES Outstanding Comic Skating Programme In Heated Auditorium Hundreds of Prizes FREE CANDY FOR CHILDREN Door Prize -- Valuable G. E. Electric Blanket PROCEEDS FOR LIONS WELFARE WORK IG USSISSASAI TSC ' 001 eaforth istrict h School EVERY THURSDAY NIGHT FOR 16 NIGHTS, FROM 8 TO 10 P.M., EXCEPT DEC. 25tH. AND ,IAN. lst COMMENCING NOVEMBER 6th THE SEAFORTII DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL BOARD WILL OFFER THE FOLLOWING PROPOSED COURSES: 1. SEWING—Elementary Course: Selection of material, pattern alteration, shortcut, making simple clothing. 2. COOKING—Advanced course. 3. WOODWORKING—Basic hand tools and how to use them. 4. TYPEWRITING—A beginner's course; drills, rhythmic exercises, touch system. 5. MOTOR MECHANICS—Fundamental studies of the internal combustion engine, ignition, transmission, differential, brakes, maintenance and minor repairs. 0, PUBLIC SPEAKING --Conduct of meetings, duties of chairman and officers, Parliamentary procedure, practice on speaking. 7. OIL PAINTING—An elementary course. 8, HOME NURSING AND FIRST AID ---Case of sick, use of antiseptics and bandages, 9. BASIC ENGLISH and GIT1ZENSHIP—.For New Canadians. There may be other courses in which thele is an interest. If so, please fill in coupon, indicating such courses, and if there is suf- ficient interest every effort will be made to provide instruction. FEES --$5.00 per person, payable on the opening night of the course, at which time everyone will :resemble in the Auditorium to meet class instructors, NOTE: Registration must be made on a registration form, The courses given will depend upon the number who register. In case of over -registration in any course, applications will be accepted In order of registration. So, fill out this form below and send it to L. P. PLUTIVIST7}EL, Principal, Seaforth I3istrict High School. ","""nett""n."u",munn"uuu"u""uunn"nin"un"mnnnmMtn" um,"n+"un„"n„yunu."nnn,nn„u""v""""tit n"u"n u, NIGHT SCH OL REGISTRATION FORM I am interested in registering in Night Classes with as first choice, or as second choice NAME ADDRESS Telephone Exchange and number notRammetaersamosunamtowtsw~aetwagowntovvvholownsanowinoven. i y 0 6