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The Clinton News Record, 1915-07-08, Page 5I'+ July 8th, I9.I5 ,Clinton News -Record oldiier :'�Bi l" Bezzo's 'Phil- osophy• in the -Trenches .� "Keep a ,Smiting and. KeepGoing:" T'lie following is a letter from Wllliant Benzo, 'of the Canadian-, Ex- •lJeditionary Force, son' of Mr.. • and _ii4rs, Thos. Benzo of town, who has w;bCen•wounded and is in an hospital in France' t. - - ,,, France, June 21st. "Dear Father ,and .Mother -Just a '-few line to let you. know . how I'm getting along. _I am nr hospital. I ;heard the doctor say this morning ethat I was beg() and I guess he is right. It took a lot of boats to bring us over here but it won't take ninny 'he take us back again, i guess .a Couple of liners will be enough. Moth- er, you remember in My last letter where I vas talking of .not getting hit guild I saad•I had better not boast, I asigeod as knew then that I was go ing to get it, I couldn't help thinking ,of it for a dap or two but as the, old. saying is one must keep a• smile on and keep going. I guess I had better till you how I got` hurt. We were all ready to make an attack on the enemies' trenches. They had their trenchesmined with heavy explosives 'ready to blow us: to pieces when ' we would get in them but our engineers put in another oneso thatwe c'i :Wild 'blow them o ten u i firs 1' • i When n signal .n t}e signal came ire- all lay down behind the Parapet and suddenly' we heard the mines explode and ovet came Ger- - mans, sand bags and big" lumps of ,earth. I was just ready to get up ' when I was struck in •the centre of 'the back and across the left hip. They put me' under the x-rays and the d t.. oc oi s said there were no bonesr kP b o -n. 4 hips ,e vert sore -and I can't raise one leg over the' ,other but the doctor says Ell get. :all right again. Now I must close •'•for I cannot keep my mind on whit I am writing. Good-hyp. Your ,'son, BILL." REMINISCENCES By An Old -Time Printer. Clinton, fifty-one years ago, was a • Tillage of wooden buildings,, mud ,n'oacds and a weekly news -paper. The .paper was founded by Mr. James H. Kelly of Kenlpville, and was named tthe "Clinton True Briton." Mr, bert Tort was the political editor •,though Jing himself shoved the quill -occasionally. As the name .would in- •tdicate, it was .Conservative in polities. The mechanical. stall. embraced Ed. Grigg, foreman, brother - of Sam Grigg,the evangelist ; P. J. Moran, Son of Pat Moran, the Seaforth poet , James Wilkie and Joe 'Con- • way. Tourist printers in those. days watt few although occasionally one would drop in. George Pi had made :a circuit for himself which included ..all the offices from Stratford to f— - — Goderich and from the ' latter town ' "to Kincardine: He was supposed to have been born in Stratford. He knew the • publication day of every on the circuit, and generally made good when he "struck" the office. George was a man of about • six feel• in height but very, slender in stature, Be did not seek permanent work because that would interfere • with his, freedom, lie wore a long r,.,csercoat at all times with two hftge pockets in it, in which he stored a • hambone, a loaf of bread and a lot of apples before he started on his semi-annual tom'. He cdetspised a hotel or a regulation boarding house, After two years' experience, in • .building up a rural newspaper •Mr. • Kelly sold the paper amid Want: to M. Holmes, who, changed the ame 'to.. Clinton New Pira. Two of the True Britton staff—Grigg and Con- way—continued with the .New Era. "Bobby" Holmes, now a Pig man, n was..the " t "angel" 1the i c• g of1 c ofCi �, 11 People You Know. Messrs. Doig and Pexmrnt motored to Parkhill on Tuesday. Miss Ruby Cook of Toronto is upend- ing a vacation n tt act home i n town, Mr. Smallacombe anti little daughter of St. Catharines' are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wain, Tiplady. Mr, E. Linder: of Parkdale, Toronto, visited at the home of his sister, Mrs. Jas, Doig, on Dominion Day. KILLED 13Y A CYCLONE. Mr. and Mrs. Olas Olson and their daughter Florence,formerly of Clinton were killed by a cyclone at Grassy Lake, •Souther:n Alberta; a few days' ago. FORMERLY OF CLINTON KILLED. Dr. Harry Williams, who had been looking after the practice of Dr, .Vietot Ross of Hamilton, was' she and killed on Friday last by Hedge - wood Holmes, a resident of Graven- burst, who immediately turned the gun on himself with fatal results. Dr. Williams was a son of Dr, H. W. Williams, a one-time mayor of Clin- ton. AN IMPOR'TANT POSITION. Rev. W. A.. Clifford, son of the late --4ga Rev, Dr. Gifford, . a loriner pastor of Ontario street church, has been ap- pointed professor of church history in the Wesleyan College, Montreal. He was vice-principal of the Columbian College, New WestBniihster,r' 13.0., but, resigned that position some few 'years ago to engage t in historical re- search work at Harvard University. FRUIT BULLETIN Bun', your cherries now White, Black, Red Soar all Niagara Penin- sula grown and are now most plen- tiful. The Red Sour is the par ex- cellence for preserving. Have your er''eer secure your needs et once. berries begin to arrive nest week, 'We Pride in Belonging. to An Outfit That Ras Never Lost a Trench.' —Corp. R. Jackson.• The foitlowing letter is Irout Corp, W. Jackson, son of Mr. and .Mrs, Isaac Jameson of 'tonin, who. Cs a member of the machine gutr section, 8th Battalion, which ,went froth the Western 'Provinces and is in the thick of the fighting : • France, Junelt5th 'Dear Mothef-=As'we nee stew' in billets after e,nu tlier turn in the trenches ant sending• a like to let you know that ,T saw still alive and well, As you knew we Caine' over to Prance as remforcentents, to the First Contingent. • After leaving ,Shornclitfe wet stayed at the Base for a couple of days and then were sent, en to the firing line. Our ,first experience inure ;trenches gave us . a baptism of fire in a way which tried the best of tis. For twee days the shells came over in a steady stream with scarcely a let-up; night or days: The Germans sure have •a line sample of goods to hand out and, send all kinds : 'Ja'nir Johnstons' weighing about eight hundred pounds • which make a hole big enough to bury a house in; smoke boxes nearly as big but not so des'dructiv+e in their effects high power Shrapnel eI w ch takes the, breath out of your lungs for some seconds if they happen to burst necar you and don't still 'you outright; the latter pea: can '•hear Coming and can have a pretty fair idea as to where they will light, but there are others which, give you no warning until they burst, and so on through the whole list of missies• of destruction. I' have had many dose calls, but have never received even a scratch yet, though have been showered with hole mud and pieces of steel. T'iteec arc, however, everyday occurrences when a bombardment is on. Quite a num- ber of my mates have been killed and wounded alongside of me but the Sec- tion has been filled up to .lull strength again and we are all ready for another spell in the trenches, which will he in another clay or so. The Battalion, however, will have to be considerably reinforced before it is full strength. I understand reinforce- ments are on the way. "The Little Black Devils" as we aro called, have made something of a reeorcd for themselves for hanging" on to a trench when bard pressed and we hope to keep it. 'A man takes a certain pride in belonging to an outfit that has never lost a trench, even when the gas was turned on, and we have, one of the best Col- onels in) the Division in command. Promotion Is quick in the machine gun section, You will understand that I cannot write very fully about our movements at present on account of the strict censorship, which is nec- essary, eo-estuary-, bnt hope before long to be able to send you a letter giving you, some idea of the actual condi- tions of this trench warfare. In one day I have seen more. shells fired and more men wounded than I did all the time I was in South Africa, so pan will hare some idea of the El erectnessof the. fighting. Even • at that it is nothing to what the troops hail to go through who were here in the winter time. We missed that and hope that before another winter. Comes' this war will he. over. Your son, WILL." I3olmesmille Many circumstances combined to melee the Methodist garden party on Mr. Geo. Holland's lawn on 'Tuesday evening a fine success. The weather was fine and there was a good at- tendance. The supper was abundant anti first clads in quality . and the Clinton KiltY Band added d much to the pleasure of the evening. Besides the gate receipts the ladies Cad a sale of wort.-, there was also a sale of homemade cooking and se booth where goodies were to he bought. The whole proceeds amounted to about one hundred and fifty dollars. Mr. S. 1 Wallet t has returned n from from a p1 ca sant visit of several weeps with his brother and two sisters at Redlands, California. t it was a thoroughly enjoyable trip anti '"Pont" looks as if it had agreed with him blit he has been somewhat. my=stifying his friends since, lire re urn lip the marked change in his appearance due to the fact that lie has sacrificed his rather heavy mustaalte. On second glance, however, most people would agree that the change' is ' for the better. Mrs. H. 'rebbett of Redlands has been somewhat of an invalid for some time and heir sister,. Miss Car- rie Waiter., has been down there wiping her, but she is,now iinprov- iag slightly, her old friends here will be .glad to learn. Since his return Mr. Walter met with • an accident, which though simple, has prayed to be somewhat painful. While descend- ing a ladder lie slipped and injured one Of his legs so severely that he • was obliged to limp considerably and on, Monday itis physician ordered him ' to stay in bed for some days. It is hoped. the complete rest . will have the effect of working a speedy cure. Goderich Township Mr. and Mrs. 1V. 1-I. Lobb and Miss Joy returned on Tuesday from visit- ing relatives at Croswell, Mich. Bethany Presbyterian church will celebrate its 50ti1 anniversary ;on Sundae+, July h8•tb. I Special cervices will he told at 11 a.m. and '1 p,in., and the preacher of the day will be Rev, D. L. McCrae Ph D•., of Ilain- ilton Road, London On. the. Monday evening a garden party will he held at Mr. Sterling Mel''hail's where a good time is certain. Be there and you will enjoy yourself. Duff Sandersoo, an employee of time. Thessalon Liunher, Company, was re- ported murdered in . a lumber: camp hack of Thessalon. Local News SERVICE IN TOWN HALL. The members of Clinton Orange lodge will attend divine servioe in a body on Sunday next at 2.30 p. m. The service will be held in the town. Ball, the preacher to be the Rey, S. J. Allen. The collection will go to the Patriotic Fund. THE NEW 'NCUMBENT. • Rev, Wm. 'Moulton, who . has been, appointed by the Bishop of Heron to the Middleton, Holfnesviilc and Sum- merhill parish, assumed charge of the work last Sunday, preaching' in Mid- dleton and Iloliuesville only. It is the. purpose to re -open' the Sunetnerhill church again in ,the very near' future. Mr. Moulton .will reside in Clinton, A ,SAD ENDING, Mr. and Mrs. George Fennell of Cobalt who with their little dangle - ter were spending the week as gtle'sts of the lailyt's sister, Firs, W. S. Downs of town, received the sad in- telligence on Saturday'evening that Weir t eleven -year-old son, who with Luis brother a couple of years' older had been left with friends near New Liskeard, had been acpidentally drowned. As it *as too late to gel' a train out of Clinton on Saturday 14Ir,M s. nd a u Fennell 1 motored 't0 Stratford rel i o nt,i•tt tone to catch :the early. train from there Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Downs accompanied them aster as Stratford, It was indeed a sad ending ' to a summer holiday visit. Later intelligence 'reveals the fact that it was the eldest boy who was drowned. \strange antis ad coincidence vca. the tact that on tile same day at Parry Sound the, fifteen -year-old son of Rev. Mr. Bunt, whose Wife was formerly Miss Stevenson, alrA Ater sister of Mrs. Downs, tdas drowned he the Boy, DOMINION DAY GAMES. Tlitougliout the flay on Dominion Day the bowling green was the scene of a busy throng when over thirty players putt tb the test, their skill with the howls, the North playing against the South. 'A fortnight ago A. J. Morrish's rink composed of J. Ti Cantolon, George Robprton, and Dr. Axon with A. J. as skip, challenged all corners and J. E. Hovey accepted, his rink comprising Bert Hovel•; W. Grant, W. Brydonc with himself as skip and at the end of lit> game was two up. On Dominion Day a return match was played when the "Vine- gar Hill" rink won in a score of 28 to 10. The following arc the plasters, and scores for limp day The South : Rev, F. C. Harper, S. Rans'ot:d, W. (leant, W. Jackson, skip, 20. J. Crooks, R. E. Manning, 1'. Jack- son, .1, ll.' Hovey, skip, 21. B. S. Chapman, J. Miller, A. H. Hovey, E. G. Courblee, skip, 19, E. L:, ITunniford, A. J. Grigg, C. .1, Wallis, W. Btydone, skip, 1.3, The North : 1), I,. Macpherson, • D. A. Forrester, G. D. Roberson, Or, Shaw, skip, S. C. F, Libby, J, Wiseman, J, W, Netliger, Percy Towne, ship, 10. H. Wilier, A. ,T. Ilollovay, ,I, • H, Cantelon A. J. -Morrish, skip, 21. IL E. tauli, J, Harland, J. treater, Dr. Axon, skip, 22. The South, President IV. Jackson's side, 'winning from the North, 'Vice - President Axon's side, by twelve shots. Marriages IIOLTZILAUER — BEACOM — Iu Clinton, on June 30th, by Rev. J. C. 1•'t o ts Myrtle, t4yrt , tl augliher of Mr. Christopher Beacom, to Wel- lington Plolt/haute: of Clinton. SC: