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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1917-08-30, Page 1No, -2004—•58th Year linton cord. CLINTON; ONTARIO; THURSDAY, AUGUST 30th, 1917 THE HOME PAPER TheinNA-Rrrd TheBusinessMen because they wiewssh to lAdvertisei • S egina W itehes deepgime Simplicity in construction combined with a skill in man- ufacture, which is the inheri- tance of generations, make REGINA WATCHES good time -keepers, and conse- quently comfortable watches to carry. Their efficiency is assured by a guarantee which enables the owner to have any constructional defect remedied free of charge by the nearest agent in any part of the world. They are not made in grades which cannot be fully guar- anteed. Sole Agent for Clinton X. Ye1tqar 1 The Royal Banki OF CANADA. Incorporated 1809. Capital Authorized $25,000,000 Capital Paid-up 12,900,000 Reserve and Undivided Profits 14.800,000 Total Assets 270,000,000 l� 400 Branches, With world wide connection. Interest allowed on Savings Deposits, General Banking business transacted. R, E. MANNING, Manager - Clinton Branch INCORPORATED 1855 THE MOLSONS BANK Capital and Reserve $8,800,000 98 Branches in Canada. A General Banking Business Transacted. - Circular Letters of Credit Bank Money Orders. Savings Bank Department. Interest allowed at highest current rate. H. R. Sharp,, Acting Manager, Clinton Branch READY-TO-WEAR CLOTHING 2 he Morrish Clothing Co. ORDERED CLOTHING Our $5.00 Boys School Suits If you desire to dress the boy in a good ,Suit for $5.00, come here with the money and get the best Suit the price ever bought. BOYS SCHOOL SWEATERS Boys Sweater Coats 1.00, 1.50 to 3.50 Boys pull -over Sweaters 1.00, 1.25 and 1.50 Boys School Hose 35, 50 and 75c BoysCaps School _ 25c, 35c 50c and 75e .CLOTHING1 GO. MOORISH .. Motto m "A Square, Deal for. Every Man." Agent C.P.R,. Phone 18 fen, Scst1da or night calls, BACK To THE LAND, ML Will Moffatt has bought 'from Mr. Wm: Hardy his fine farm• on the London Road and will take posses - sign in the near future. SCHOOL OF COfdi ER,C6i . The School of Commerce .re -opens on Tuesday, A large number of stu dents have been enrolled and Miss Ward expects this year's class to be the largest she has had, A SUMMER SHOWER, On Wednesday evening Miss CIete Ford entertained in honour of Miss Ruby Fifty, the bride of next week. An interesting feature of the enter- tainment was the showering of the bride-to-be by her girl, friends with many dainty gilts of linen and China. THE MASS MEETING. A mass meeting of the woolen of Clinton was held in the town hall last Friday afternoon, the. object be- ing to hear the reports of the del- egates to the convention held in Toronto last month by the resources committee of the province. After the singing of the national anthem: anti a short prayer by Mrs. Huge Mrs. Beacom' introduced Mrs. J. A. Cooper of Toronto who had kindly consented to act as chairman. Mrs. Cooper, in an interesting man- ner, explained the purpose of tate meeting. She spoke of the serious- ness of the situation now in the fourth year of the war. The govern- ment, realizing this seriousness, has appointed a food controller, a re- sources committee and a fuel con- troller, "Surely it is our duty to heed. the mandates of these men who are making a special study of ,, these questions—giving their services tree— when they tell us that food and all our resources must be conserved. We must obey orders just as out sol- diers do, without waiting to know the reason. She spoke of the world scarcity of food, showing how Canada must send more to the boys overseas. When Mr. Lloyd George announced some weeks ago that the food situa- tion was well in hand he was count- ing on our help. T-Iow can we yelp ? Every woman should enroll for ser- vice and obey the regulations of the food controller. Shopkeepers can help by displaying substitutes and urging people to buy them, "We must save by substituting. The wom- en of -England and France have made greater sacrifices than we ; our men overseas are making greater sac- rifices than we, They should not have to do the substituting. They need the beef, bacon and wheat we can do without," Mrs. Cooper also urged the saving of money by buying war saving cer- tificates, The three delegates to the conven. tion of the resources committee, Mrs. Munro, Mrs. Beacom and Mrs, ,Seeley then gave their reports. These re- ports were, each and all, clear, con- cise and' interesting, rendered more interesting by the intense enthusiasm of the speakers, Mrs. Munro reported the Monday night meeting in Convocation hall, at whicli Lady Hendrie acted as hon- orary chairman. In her report Mrs• Munro gave an account of the speech- es of Sir William Hearst, Food Con- troller W. J, Manna and that now famous Scotch -Canadian, Mrs. Buch- anan of Ravenna., Mrs, Munro said :that she brought back three messag- es to the people of Clinton : 1, Eat less white flour and sub- stitute cornmeal and oatmeal ; 2, Eat less bacon and beef and sub- stitute fish, eggs or beans ; 8. Soe that there is no waste. Mrs, Beacom gave a very clear ac- count of the Tuesday morning meet- ing in Foresters' hall, Mr, W. E, Rundle of the Resources Committee and Miss Davidson, a household science graduate, were the speakers, the latter's speech being full of prac- tical suggestions for fend' subetitu- tion, MIrs. Seeley dealt with the after- noon meeting at which Mr. N'. W. Rowell was the speaker. Mr. Rowell, back from the battlefields of France, fired with the vision of 'our men there, said that Canadians were be- giiming to take the war 'as a natter of course. We need a revival of the patriotic spirit that stirred wren at the beginning of the war. The peo- ple who should sacrifice now are the great mass who have been per- mitted to enjoy what they could have done without. A local committee was appointed to act Int conjmi0tion with the Re- sources Committee to carry out the suggestions of the Food Controller. The members of this committee are, Mrs. Hogg, conveners Miss Winnie Thompson, and the presidents of the local patriotic".and .•church assoeia- tions,. • , The Ilse of the lead serviceled e p g cardwas scal' atri tl P c and a large num. ber •of the audfcnee showed, their willingness to hang ilio ; cords in their Windows, Y number .01 ladies Were appointed to act with the local ]Resoutces Committee lot the house to house canvass he connection with the food servtee pledge cards. Miter a vote Of- thanks to the chairman and delegates, the meeting Was closed by the singing' of the tfational niethe4Yt„ 'l'IiE LOCAL MARKET, Wheat $2.00 Barley, $1.00, Oats 700 Butter 800 Eggs ale to 42c -- Live Bogs $148,00, • A SUCCESSFUL TEA, The Girls' Club of 'VMS church hent a very, successful tea oft Tuesday at the home of Mrs, L. 0, Paisley. The girls had planned to servo tea on the lawn but the weather was so uncertain that they decided, to have it indoors instead. A large number of ladies were present and a nice lit- tle sum was ,realized, GIRLS PLAY BASEBALL, An exciting game of baseball was played in the park last evening when the Clinton girls defeated the Mit- chell t- ciell girls 12 to 11. For the first two innings luck seemed to be against the home team but towards the end of the game the Clinton girls began to show their mettle and the odds were decidedly in their favor. Daisy Copp waa the pitcher for the Clinton team, the other players be- ing, Maryi Taylor, Eulala Flynn, Irene Cole, Edith ,Jones, Dora Schoenhale, Margaret Sohoenhals, Kathleen MacCormel and , Sbirley Hamden. GIVES LIFE FOR COUNTRY, On Sunday Mr. John Brown re- ceived word that his son, Pte, Sam- uel H. Brown had died of wouuis in France. Mr. Brown had Yearned only the day before that his son was wounded. A message received then stated that he was in a French hos- pital, seriously ill, with gun -shot wounds in the face. The sad hews of the death of this young soldier has caused much sor- row in Clinton where he had lived practically all his life. Among the many b ov s who to the 10Ist• battalion few were of a finer type physically than Pte. Sam Brown. He was a quiet .young urian of good hab- its and was a great favorite among bis many friends. His name is on the Honorof oll h R the Baptist church and he is the first boy of that church to make the supreme sacrifice in the cause of freedom. Pte. Brown is survived by one brother, Mr. Ernest Brown of I'et- rolea, and two sistete, M. ;s0sbale deston of Goderichi • township and Mrs, Jones of British C.oluntbia, 'ro them as well as to the bereaved father goes out the ssrepathy of the people of Clinton. A(KNOWLRDGEMENT, Some months ago the hundreds of socks collected for the "sock shower"1 for the 181st Battalion were shipped to the quartermaster. Mrs. Axon, secretary of the II,W.C.A, for this centre, has received the following acknowledgement from Capt, 'Allan : 1Vdtley Camp, Surrey, Eng., July 31, 1,417 Mrs. F. A. Axon, Clinton, Ont. Dear Friend,—We have received to- day 430 pairs of socks from your branch of the Huron Women's Society for which, on behalf of the men, please accept my sincerest thanks. We also had socks from other parts of the county. I wish you could have been in a position to have watched the faces of the different boys as. they received their pair of, socks and I think your society would have considered they had been paid for the many weary hours spent in the knitting of each pair of socks, You can't imagine how much the boys prize anything that comes from home. It brings back to them the feeling, that, they are not forgotten by the people in the dear olid land they are fighting for. We expect, if ail goes well, to be in France before long and don't be surprised if you heat from me reg- ularly from there, for nothing is nic- er or has a better effect on the men when they come out 0f the trenches after a Bard innings than to be able to hand out to thein something that has been sent from home ; believe ,me, it touches the spot and it would do your heart good to see them get it. We have in our battalion about four hundred men who were not of the original Huron, 010841y of the 14111:11 I.ainbton Battalion, who are all good fellows and we are trying our best to make them feel that they are not outsiders and that they are a part of the Battalion for they are going over to uphold the honour of the Huron Battalion. Any of these fellows who were in, need of a pair of socks were given a pair, this was done after: careful considetFtion by the officers of the: hattata:ma I amwriting to Lambton connty asking them not 10 forget the boys who 'are With us and if you happon to know anybody in Lambton who is engaged 1m this work You, would do me a favor to get in touch with theta and you might be able to Work jointly. Any future gifts which leaps be sent to this battalion will be gladly received nett distributed: to - the best possible advantage. Again 'banking you for your; :gan- erous donation, I ami Yours very truly, W, I3, Allan, Caldt, a et Qti'i, ] 6.tat"'aiiirott7litit. HURON CASUALTIES, The following Huron boys are re- ported in rho casualty lists this week Filled in action—Lieut. 9, J', Fos, - ter, Goderich ; Lieut. Richard 'How_ son, Wingham, Diad of wounds—Pte, S. H, Moira, Clinton, Wounded—lite, A. Stead, Goderich; Pte. W. C. Holmes, Wingham ; Lieut, W. Proudfoot, Croderich ; Pte. Harry Parsons, 1iixeter, ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED. • Mrs. Lucy Howard of Exeter an- nounees.the engagement of her daugh- ter] Florence Winona, to Mr. Victor Coleniatt French of Wetaskiwin, Alta„ son of Mrs, D. French, Clinton,, The marriage will take place early, in September, Rev, .J, E, and Mrs. Ford of God- erich announce the engagement of thein daughter,-IIelen, to Mr. W. D. Scott of Beaverton, 0nt,, the mar- riage to take place quietly the last of August. PEOPLE SAY That we should all fall in line for meatless days, Tuesdays and Fridays. That because the Kilty Band puts on such a good free entertainment on other Thursday nights, we should all patronize them to -night when they are holding their concert in the park, That the chairman of the street committee, Mr. Jas. Miller,; is to blame for such good roads in town this summer. That tarvia on our streets has proved a great success. AUGUST REPORT OF H.W.C.A. On account of the secretary's ab- sence from hone the following re- port was delayed : The supplies shipped to London on August 10411 were—Bayfield Society, 20 pairs socks ; Stanley Maple Leaf, 11 flannel shirts and 14 pairs socks ; Unity Club, 25 slips, 1) trench towels and 3 pairs socks ; Bethany Society, 6 pairs socks ; Turner's church, 0 pairs socks ; Clinton Patriotic So- ciety, 13 flannel shirts, 10 sheets, 32 slips, 40 trench towels, 5 suits of pyjamas, 73 pairs socks. GRANTED 1 EAR'S LEAVE. At a special meeting of the public school board last Saturday, evening, „Miss Olive Cooper was granteitleave of absence for one year and Hiss Ruby Stoddart of: Goderich wad en- gaged as substitute. MIiss Stoddart graduated this year from Stratford Normal and comes well recommend- ed, Miss Cooper intends to spend the winter in Ontario, Cal., with her sister, Mfrs. Armstrong, She will be much missed 10 town, not only in the school where she is regarded as a most efficient teacher but also in church and patriotic circles. For the past year she has been president of the Young Ladies, Patriotic Aux- iliary and has contributed a great deal towards the success of that or- ganization, Miss Cooper intends to leave for California about tine middle of Sep- tember. tier mother, Mrs. Wm. Cooper, goes with her. AMONG TI -1I CHIURCHEES, St. Paul's The rector has returned from his holidays and, will preach both morn- ing and evening next Sunday. holy communion at IJ. a.m. The Sunday scliool will be held in the •afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. Willis Rev. J. L. Hogg occupied his own pulpit on Sunday last. Next Sunday evening the Canadian Order of Foresters will worship with the congregation, Sabbath school and Bible class will meet at 2.30 p,m. next Sunday. Ontario St. The pastor, Rev, J. A. Agilely, will occupy his own pulpit at both ser- vices on Sunday 'text. Anniversary services will be held on October 28111. Rev. Millyard of Listowel will preach morning and, everting. Turner's church anniversary will be celebrated on October 7th. Rev. Armstrong of Wingham, a former pastor, will conduct the services. Salvation Army The Aestival of Music held in the Salvation Army Hall last Wednesday evening was a great success, There were a number of excellent recita- tions and dialogues by the children Of the Sunday School. Capt. Fox of Goderich contributed cornet solos and mouth organ solos width . were much enjoyed. In i.lie choruses, the local officers were assisted by Capt, Froud and Licit: Saunders of Sea - forth and Capt. Fox and, Lieut. Leight of Goderich, • • Wesley On Monday. evening the league en- tertained the students of the Model Wheel. An interesting program had been arranged ed consisting g of a snot by Mrs. East and .Me. C. Andrews, a recitation by Daisy Nediger, a solo by .1, Is. Doherty,, a violin Selo by' Miss Gertrude Chant and two selec- tions by the orchestra. Rev, A, I. Jones gave an address of welcome to the etntlents anti to this Principal .Bolick nide a fitting reply. The rest of :the evening was spent in guess fog colitcste and social intereoutse. Light refrisliinents were: served, . . • `H.W,C.A, ANNUAL MIEETING, 1 Huron War Contingent Associatfo will hold their annual mooting. ' Wesley church on Labor Day', t'tepr sentativac will bb present from, ever patriotic society in the county. 7'h following program will be presented 11 .a,m,—Business meeting ; elec tion of officers ; annual'. report O bath society, 1.30' p.m.—Addresses by speaker front. London and St. Thomas o subjects relative to our work. It is hoped: that ovary person i Clinton and surrounding district will take advantage of this tipper tunity to hear what Huron is doin to wit the war, LITTLE LOCALS, Band concert in the park to -night. The Collegiate Institute and Pub- lic school will open for the fall terns on Tuesday. The Canadian Order of Foresters will meet at their hall on Sunday evening at 0.30 and w111 attend, div- ine worship at Willis church. The regular meeting of' the Orange Lodge will be held on Friday night. The initiatory and blue degrees will be eouferrecl on several candidates, The Shamrocks of St. Thomas will play the Clinton baseball team on Monday afternoon at two o'clock at the Catholic picnic, A silver cup is to be the reward of the winning team. • WOMEN'S INSTITUTE • A particularly interesting meeting was held last Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs, Dodd. The presi- dent, Mrs, E. C. Munroe was in the chair and there was a good attend- ance. "Thrift" was the subject of die- cussion. An excellent paper was giv- en by Mrs. C. J. 1Ielyar, after which many practical suggestions were off- ered bp different members y t e mon b rs and there was -an exchange of war -time recipes. There was also a short Program consisting of; an instrumental solo by Gertrude Fowler, a duet by ?wars, Paisleys and Miss Gladys Cantelon, a soloDonna byD nn MTulhollanil andn a read- ing on Thrift by Mrs. W. S. Downs. At the conclusion of the program a dainty luncheon was served, FLIGHT LII?FT, FOSTER DEAD. Bagfield . n Mr. and Mrs, Bogue of Windsor are to guests at Miss Pergusoe's, o' , Mrs. Fidler,, of Kitchener is the Y guest of ber sister, Mrs. F. A. Ed- e: : 1 David Sturgeon left last week for - Port Stanley to engage in fishing, f i Mrs, `Linger and Miss Arnold of Kitaliener are guests at the Albion s this week. n Messrs. H. Dickinson, J, May, G•. MTuma and W. 11, May, jr„ of St. n Marys are camping on the river Fie bane, r' Mirs, Card of Toronto is the guest g of her son, Mr. William Osmond. On Sunday afternoon about four o'clock, Mr. John McICay of Mansell was drowned while' bathing off the beach at Deer Lodge • Park, one mile north of the village. Mr, McKay, n'as spending a few days with ..his 1 brother, Mr. William McKay, of the Hensall High school staff, who, with bis' family, is summering at Bay- Aeld, and went in for a swim with: Bay - . friends, 1 -le was an expert swimmer and, after enjoying himself in the water for a while, he returned to the sbore and atter resting went in again. He was only in a few min utes when he suddenly sank. and was not seen again. Mr. Mustard and i other villagers dragged for the body, ' without success, but it carie ashore this morning about two miles north of where the drowning took piece. Mr. McKay was fifty-one years of age and had travelled extensively. Ile was a druggist, but was com- pelled to give up business owing to the loss of his sight. It is believed that this handicap led to his going farther from shore than be intended, but the cause of his death in the water is thought to have been heart failure, he ]raving been a suite= from heart trouble for. some time. On Monday afternoon the body was !talon to Hensall for interment. The sad news was brought to ('lin- ton.. on •lyfonday 0f the death, of Flight Lieut. Frank Foster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Foster of Goderich, form- erly of town. Frank, who wits about twenty-sev- en pears of age, was barn in Clinton. and attended both public and high school here. ;After the family moved to Goderich be became a student at the Goderich Collegiate, He attended Toronto University for three years and then went to Regina to study law. He was a brilliant student and took a very high standing at his examinations there. He was in his last year in law when he felt his country's call and enlisted last August. I•1fs• elea'th is mourned by many old friends in Clinton and much sy mpathy is expressed for the bereaved parents: ' DEATH OF MRS,. ROBT. MILLER. Alter an illness of several months, a Mrs. Robert Miller passed away on Tuesday at the home of her daugh- tor, Mrs. Harvey of Huilett, 'rhe late Mrs. Miller, whose maiden name was Mary Ann Cluff, was born near Roxborough hi the year 1840. When only eighteen years of age she was married to Mr. Robert Miller, who was for many years a well known farmer on the Base Line, Hul-- lett, After her husband's death four- teen years ago Mrs.• Miller.. • moved to Clinton where she made for her- self many warm friends. About two months ago, owing to i11 health, she went to live with her daughter, Mrs, H arvey. Mrs, Miller leaves to mourn their loss a family of three sons and three daughters : ,James. and Robert J., or Clinton, William E. of Detroit, .Mrs. W. J. Mcl3rien and MIrs, ,John Har- vey of Huliett and Mrs. A. R. Mc - Brien of London, They have the sincere sympathy of a large circle of friends in their sad beteavament, 'lhc funeral Will take place from the home of the deceased, •t;tieen street, Clinton, on Thursday after- noon to Clinton cemetery, People You Know. Mrs, John A, Cooper with her sons, Jack and Donald, 'returned on 'rues- , day to Termite. Miss Jessie Suddick of London ami Miss 1.•Iazei Covey of Stratbroy are visiting Mrs..Batvdon, Mrs. William Agnew and son Donald of Valtcouvcr,.ate. guests at the Ontario St. Parsonage, - Mt H. G. Bays returned on Monday {,o Detroit after a 'fortnight's visit under the parental roof. Mt Allan lve to Tot;od to S' 4 W 3 • Y >r Q a } ns1i k n e over th' � c . h silo. g p+Ab1 ,a home ef, It� COnstance Mrs, Richardson. Of Termite, ace eompanied by her datigliter, Mrs, Phillips, was bete last, +week Mime - ing the luttetal OI the late Junes . People You Know Miss Edith Torrance is visiting in Goderich. • MIr, Jacob Taylor of Toronto is • in town this week, MIr. J. Taylor of Toronto was in town on Tuesday, Miss Dora Barr leaves oil. _onlay, for her school at London. Mix. 0. IL Coultes spent Sunday t. with hie motlier at Bluevale, • Miss Eleanor hemp is visiting liver Iaunt in Toronto for a few days,. Misses Z. and Ida Cornish are visit- ing friends in and around London. Mrs, II. P. Westgate of Sandwich is the guest of her mother, firs. ICfl- ty. Miss Jean Chidley, who• has been in Winnipeg, arrived hone on Tees - day. Miss Rena Pickett of the post -office staff is having a tivo weeks' race- . tion. Mr. and Mrs, T. Jennison returned today to their home in Swift Cur- rent. Mrs, 9', Quigley and Miss 'Kathleen are visiting in Toronto and Hamil- ton. Mfr. and Mrs. Will ` Pluntsteel and children motored to Brussels on Wednesday. . Miss D. Mennel of Toronto is the guest of her parents, Mr, and Mrs. R. Mieninel. Mr. and Mirs. 0. F. Libby are on a short visit to their old home in. Massachusetts. Principal' and MIrs. Boucle entertained the Model school students on Wed- nesday evening. Miss Christena Matheson of Goder- ich was in town this week, the guest of Mrs. A. Beacons, Miss Lucile Grant: is expected ]tome this week from Virden, Man., where she has been spending the summer. Miss Enema Stephenson left this week for Port 'Arthur where she is a member ef, the teaching staff of the public schools. Miss Edna Lavis returned to 'l'oron- to last week ' after spending her vacation with her parents, MTr. and. Mrs. Geo. Levis. 'Master Whitney Stone returned on Saturday to his home in Essex • after a month's visit with his sis- ter, MIiss A, Stone, of tide School of Commerce. Miss Helen Bell of London is the guest of Misses Ward and Stone. She will remain over for the opening of the School of Commerce of which she is a director. Miss Ila 'Bowden is at lnreseob in Toronto attending the millinery, openings. From there she will go to Watford where she has taken a position for next seaaen. Mir. and Mrs. A. T. Cooper and Mas- ter Jack motored to Grand Bead on Sunday .and were guests of Rev. A. 1d. •and Mrs, Jones, Mr. Cooper took charge of both services on the Clrattd .Bond circuit, . Miss Viola Hearn leaves on Satur- day for a shoot visitwith friends hi 'Pairts mild] f3 anttotd, From tlsere h0 g , , i Denville ' where' the' mill aide! bbd±' a of . a . school' for the corning year, Mise Mary J. Tiolntes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Root, Holmes of Toionto,'`forinerly of Clinton, has. one to Pert. Millet where site 1las been ,014040d to take abaIge Of tlto HIouseltold SoiOnce depart Cauls ,lit the Collegiate.