Clinton News Record, 1955-01-06, Page 4AGE FOUR
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, JANUARY 6, 1955..
Ur, and Mrs. John SniderCelebrate
their Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. John Snider, Al- Ile carried oncontinuqusly until
his retirement—adding shoes to,
his stock in trade.
Mr. Snider was the first person
in that, part .of Huron County to
have a bicycle, which he purchased
for the sum, of $85, ,. After that he
sold "wheels",- and in .1893 dis-
posed of 50 in Brucefield alone. It
was not unusual to ride to London
and back—a 'distance, of some 45
miles in a day" he recalls.
Mr. Snider's main hobbies, have
been fishing and hunting and
since his retirement he has excel-
led in lawn bowling—a sport which
he enjoyed up until one year ago
at the age of 86 years.
Conditions, Mr. Snider recalls,
were altogether different at the
turn of the century. Horses and
buggies were the only means of
transportation—so he sold harries
ses and buggies. Trade was busi
est about May 24 and July 1,
"when the 'young men wanted to
take their girls out riding."
sxfn Brucefield, which is now a
all village, Mr. Snider remem=
hers when there were two hotels,;
going 'full blast"—and at which
one could get a full -course; meal
for 25 cents. There were five
general stores and a pork packing
business carried on where dressed,
hogs sold at $5 per hundred: Coal
was $5.50 per ton and short green
wood sold for $1.25 per cord. Peo-
pleit could
an
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harrowed with oxen
keep up with the reaper when
binding sheaves.
Mr. Snider has always been
keen in community affairs—par-
ticularly' municipal councils. The
recent election in Clinton was the
first bine he has missed the priv-
ilege of voting.
He is the only surviving Mem-
ber of his family, while Mrs. Snid-
er er has' three sisters and one
'bro-
ther.
iert Street, Clinton, observed
heir golden wedding, anniversary
it home on December 29, with a
:amity dinner at noon andcloser
friends calling during the after -
Many messages of congratula-
tions were received by the well-
known couple including those from
Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent,
the local member of parliament,
Tom Pryde Exeter, and Senator
W. H. Golding, Seaforth,
The couple were married in 1904
by the late Rev. E. H. Savers, at
the home ° of the -bride's grand=
mother, Mrs. M. Wolfe, ' Bruce -
field.' The bride was the former
Lillian Taylor, Brucefield, a dau-
ghter of the late Mr. and Mrs. D.
L. Taylor, Stratford.
After operating ' a hardware
store and harness business in the
village of Brucefield for over 60
years, Mr. Snider and his wife re-
tired to Clinton_ to make thea
home. „They are members of - S
Andrew's . Presbyterian Church,
Clinton
Joining with. them at the ,cele-
bration were their three '. daugh-'
ters, Miss Irene Snider, . London;
who is 'well-known for her wood-
working and carving; Mrs. Murray
(Eleanor) Hetherington, Bramp-
ton, who . is a choir leader and
organist in Grace Street United
Church, and Miss Kay Snider,
Reg.N., at home; one son, Melvin
John Snider, .who is principal of
Meaford Public School, and four
granddaughters.
Born in Hessedrarnstad, Ger-
many, in 1867, Mr. Snider came to
Canada with his parents when.
about two years of age, arriving in
New York after a voyage of six
weeks. They went to Zurich;
where his mother's sister lived and
then to Lisbob near Wellesley.
After the death of his father,
when he was nine years old, the
family moved to Stanley Town-
ship where Mr. Snider attended
Baird's School on the second con-
cession of Stanley Township. They
later returned. to Zur ch, where he
learned the trade of harness -mak-
ing, working ten hours a day, in-
cluding two hours after supper.
After a short period spent in
Oakville he returned to Brucefield
Or; August 20, 1888, and started
business in the harness shop which
he purchased from Frank O'Neil:
Clinton Couple Have 50th Anniversary
MRS.JOHN SNIDER, Well-known residents of
43-.3.ANDof their marriage on
Clinton, celebrated 50th anniversary,.,
December, 29, with a family dinner at their home, Albert Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Snider operated a hardware store and harness
business in the village, of Brucefield for many years before re-
tiring to Clinton:
PICTURES OF A. SCHWEITZER
WILL BE SHOWN AT
GOOD WILL CLUB MEETING
The Good Will Club of Wesley-
Willis United Church will hold an
open meeting in the Sunday School
room on Tuesday, January 11, at
eight o'clock. -Pictures on the life
of Albert Schweitzer, will be
shown. Mrs. S. Riddick, Mrs. W.
Pinning and Mrs. Milton Steepe
will be in charge of the program.
All interested ladies of the com-
munity are invited.
The Huron County Council will meet at
the Court House, Goderich, on TUESDAY,
JANI.TARY 18th, 1955, at 2.00 p.m.
Notices of deputations, , resolutions or
accounts should be in the hands of the
County Clerk not later than Saturday, Jan-
uary 15th, 1955.
A. H. ERSKINE, Clerk,
County of Huron
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The Top Sheli..
Personals
Stanley Bryan, Windsor, spent
the New Year's. weekend with Mrs.
A, McLeod. '
Miss Kathleen McGill; Bramp
ton, was a holiday visitor with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A.
McGill.
Mrs. Allan Maxwell and her
granddaughter, Miss Dianne Eliza-
beth Selker, spent New Year's' in
Preston.
Miss June McCartney has re-
turned to Toronto after spending
the' holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey McCartney.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Tapp' and
Lynn, Monkton, Ontario, spent
New Year's Day with Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Cooper, Frederick St.
Mr, and Mrs. John R. Cook and
daughter, Janice, Ingersoll, were
holiday visitors with the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Cook. -
Mr. and Mrs. William Seeley,
and two sons, John and Ricky,
Buffalo, N.Y.; spent the New
Year's holiday with ' friends : in
Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shivak ' Stock-
holm, Sask., parents of M'rs. Vic-
tor Sytnick, spent a few days- at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Victor
Sytnick.
Mr. and .Mrs. Kenneth Roberton
and daughter Sandra, ; Aylmer,
spent New 'Year's at the home of
his parents, Mr.• and.Mrs. George
Roberton.
Miss Shirley G. Sutter; Preston,
and Mr. George M. Harwood,. To-
ronto,
a
holiday
weekend
ont, spent the
at the:home of Mr. and Mrs., John
A. Sutter.
Mrs. Albert Leibold RR. 2, Clin-
ton, spent New Year's weekend
with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Johnston and
family, London.
Roy Bennett and Mr. and Mrs.
Bud Petrie, London, and' Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Radford, Clinton, were
New Year's guests at the Radford
home on Princess Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sytnick
and family spent New Year's week
end with her family (Mr. and Mrs.
L. O. Schmidt, Miss Evelyn Shiv-
ak, and their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Shivak, , Stockholm,
Sask.), at Dundas, Ont.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Snider and
daughter Janet, Meaford; Mr. and
Mrs. Murray Hetherington and
daughters, Margie, Mary and
Helen, Brampton;Miss Irene
Snider, London, visited their par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Snider,
on the occasion of their 50th wed-
ding anniversary.
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PRESBYTERIAN' GIRLS' CLUB
WILL MEET. TUESDAY
The Girls' Club of St. Andrew's
Presbyterian Church will meet on
Tuesday evening, January 11 at
8.15 in the church.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Crich Celebrate
Their 59th Wedding Anniversary
Mr. ' and Mrs. Joseph Crich,
(queen Street, Clinton;. on New WESLEY-WILLIS WAIS -
Year's, Day observed the 59th an-
niversary of their wedding with
their family of three sons and two
daughters present. They include:
Nelson, Goderich; Herman, Clin-
ton, and Harold, London; Mrs,
Ray Lee, Ruthven, Essex County,
and Mrs. Mabel Townsend, Lon
don.• The celebrants have 20
grandchildren and ten great-
grandchildren.
Married at the home of the,
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs;
James Rowcliffe, Usborne . Town-
ship, Mr. and Mrs. Crich farmed a
200 -acre farm on concession three;
Tuckersmith Township, a section
of which has since been bought
by the Department of National
Defence for the RCAF Station
Clinton,
Mr. and Mrs. Crich moved to
London in 1939, where the former
was contracting for house build-
ing, and five years ago they moved
to Clinton, where at the age' of
76 Mr. Crich built 'a new house.
Both 'ere members of Ontario
Street United Church, Clinton, al-
though Mrs. Crich has been un-
able to attend, as she has been
confined to her home for the past
five years,
Born on March 11, 1873; in
Tuckersmith Township, Mr. Crich
n
is the only son of thelate.;Mr.
and Mrs. - George Crich, wile Mrs.
Crich, the former Eliza Rowcliffe,
was born on May 26; 1873.
While in Tuckersmith Township,
Mr. Crich served on the board of
SS 4 for 1& years, and following
this term he steppedinto the
township council as councillor, a
position which he filled for 12.
years. He was superintendent of
the Sunday/ School of Turner's
United Church in Tuckersmith
Township, as well as a member of
the board of that church.
WILL MEET JANUARY 13
The Women's Missionary Society
of Wesley -Willis United Church
will hold the January meeting at
2.30 in the church parlours, on
Thursday afternoon, January 13.
Mrs. Charles Nelson's group will
be in charge. All ladies of the
congregation are invited.
r \ (By BENJAMIN BEVEBWGE) {'
H+HNA
will wagtheir tongues slump in patronage at a time
S
xt Bacot
e: ms when the Stratford' when the Festival is not quite
Shakespearean Festival presents ready to walls on Canadian legs,
"The Merchant of Venice that even if it should.
grand old comedy- which has so
many quotable passages. The play
is based on Medieval legends of
Italy, but since Shakespeare could
read no Italian—and there was no
translation in the bard's day ;that
group of scholars who persist in
attributing the Shakespearean
plays to Sir Francis Bacon points
to "The Merchant of Venice" as a
true vindication of their views.
The second play scheduled is the
tragedy, "Julius Caesar", another
of the best-known Avon scripts.
Dr, Tyrone Guthrie will be back
again to direct one of the produc-
tions, and Michael Langham, . of
London's famed West End, will
direct the ,other. Much of the
casting has already been done.
Frederick Valk will be Shylock
(and 1 hope this Jewish portrayal
will be received more broadmind-
edy than that of Fagin in the film,
"Oliver•Twist") and Frances Hy-
thedmost acclaime llofpfall wome
lawyers. _
In "Julius Caesar", the hero
Brutus •will find an able counter-
part in the Canadian, actor, Lorne
Greene. Douglas Campbell of old
London will be Casca. Eleanor
Stuart of Montreal will be Caes-
ar's wife, Calpurnia; and Donald
Toronto, w of ll be tCrhe ill -fat dst Theatrein
Ro-
man emperor. The other parts are
se but intention
to useCanadianactors
Guthrie and Langham should
get some good performances with
that cast. But I am just a wee
bil afraid that something is mis-
sing from, the line-up. There is
no really prominent drawing card.
True, Miss Hyland is on the way
up. Mr, Greene is of undoubted
talent. But Mr. Valk, though
prominent in Czechoslovakian ,and
British films, is not well known in
Canada. And the absence of a
big and popular name at Stratford
next summer could mean a serious
Wilson MacDonald once said: •
"If I,wefe English, Canada
Should love me like the deuce,
But I was born in Canada,
So what the Hell's the use."
I do nit think we should be
quite so pessimistic, but neither
should we be naive about the
status of the Canadian .theatre,
Let us not :fool ourselves into
thinldng that e vvho
went to Stratford lasl the teyear and
the year before went to see
Shakespeare. :A gi`eat many of
them went to see Alec Guinness
and James Mason. Those people
are, in a sense, more important
than those who can always be
depended on to support the ven-
ture. New adherents are needed
if the Canadian theatre is to de-
velop, especially when many peo-
ple were looking forward to seeing
someone like Sir Laurence Olivier
iel-
(or Lady
ofathe Ofamous Terrir y theatric-
al
he tr c
al family, or even Marlon Brando.
CLINTONTA.NS WILL
MEET ON WEDNESDAY
The Clintonian Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. Charles Nel-
son on Wednesday, January 12.
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HUSBANDS ENTERTAINED BY;:
TUCKERSMITH- LADIES CLUB
The ' Tuckersmith . Ladies' Club
entertained their husbands and
families to a turkey banquet on
the : evening of December 30 in
Londesboro Community Hall. The
Londesboro . Women's Institute
served a Christmas dinner to some',
60 persons. •A card game was en-
joyed, and was
n-joyed,andwas followed by a.pub-- :^r.
lic- dance which was well attended.
OUR COMPLETE STOCK OF
- Coats, Coat Sets, Snow-Suits,CIIILDREN'S
Station Wa on Coats, -
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Corvette Coats — • Ete.
LADIES' Dresses, Jumpers, Skirts Etc.
REDUCED TO CLEAR.
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CLINTON DEPT. STORE
ONTARIO
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An item from Britain, says that
the final volume in Hilary St.
George Saunders' history of the
RAF in World War II has been
published.
The late official war historian
wrote such documentary books as
"The Red Beret", and "The Green
Beret". The last of his works,
The Fight is Won", describes the
air force's achievements in the
year prior to the Normandy land-
ings and through all the opera-
tions leading to victory in 1945.
As the United States air force
played an integral part in this
magnificent era, Mr. Saunders sur-
veys the combined efforts of the
air -forces..
'The Fight is Won" may be ob-
tained for. $3.15 from the United
Kingdom information Office in
Ottawa,
ONTARIO STREET AVMS -
WILL MEET TUESDAY
The , monthly meeting of the •
Ontario Street United. Church
Women's Missionary Society will
be held in the church on January
11 at 2.30 p.m. Roll call will be
and '
fees
answered b
y paying
in-
stallation of officers will take.
place. •
LEGION AUXILIARY' WILL ,
MEET TO INSTALL OFFICERS ,
The Ladies' Auxiliary_ to the
Canadian Legion will meet: at 8.15 •
in the Legion Hall, on Monday,
January 10. Mrs. Harvey Hall,
zone commander„ will instal the
officers.
of that war, so we might:,just as
well know something about the
Korean, war, too. Squadron -Leader
Andy' MacKenzie, the Canadian
ace who spent two years as a
prisoner of the Reds, has • been
approached by several publishers
to write the story of his exper-
iences, He. should by all means
,accept. One doesn't have to be a
writer to write a book, and this
one should be■intere*sting.
In February, W. J. Gage Co.,
Toronto publishers, will come out
with a new anthology of Canadian
prose and poetry, written by R.
E. Watters of the University of
B.C. and Dr. Klink of the Uni-
versity of Western Ontario. It
may be a useful addition to Des-
mond Pacey's history of Canadian
Literature. i.
In New York, a "Who's Who in
World Jewry" has been published.
It lists 11,000 prominent Hebrews
from 65 countries.
A quiet atmosphere
in pleasant
surroundings.
And a trained
competent staff.
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Sunday, January 9, 1955
eniteb
CIJurcb
Rev. HUGH C. WILSON, Minister
MRS. M. R. RENNIE, Organist
M. R. RENNIE, Choir Director
11.00 a.m.—Morning Worship
"Is the Kingdom of God at
Hand?" — Beginning a series
of sermons on the Gospel of
Mark.
11,20 a.m.—Primary School
12.15 p.m Church School
Union Evening Service in the On-
tario Street United Church .
UOLMESVILLE -
1,30 p.ni.—Church Service and
Sunday School
Come To Tho House of Prayer
Huron Street
BAPTIST CHURCH
Minister—REV, J. E. OSTROM
11.00 a.m.—Morning Service -
12.15 p.m.—Sunday School.
7.00 p.m.—Evening Service '
EVERYONE WELCOME
BAYFIELD BAPTIST
CHURCH,
Invites you to services each
Sunday in the Orange Hall,
Bayfield, at 3.30 p.m., until the
new church is completed.
Speaker: I. Bodenham.
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN
CHURCH
REV. R. M. P. BULTEEL, Rector
Mrs. Theodore Fremlin, Organist
Mrs. J. M. Elliott,
Choir Leader
11.00 a.m.—Morning . Prayer and
Sunday School
7.00 p.m.—Evening Service
Monday, Jan. 10-8 p.m, --Board
of Management.
asiaemesietioner
ST. ANDREW'S
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
REir: D. J, LANE B.A., Minister
MRS. MORGAN AGNEW,
Choir Leader and Organist
10.00 a.m.—The Chtirch School
will meet for study.
11.00 a.m.—Public Worship,
KNOX CHURCH, BAYWUILD
2.00 p.m.—Studies In history.
2.30 p.m.—Public Worship
All Welcome
Joseph Street
GOSPEL HALL
CLINTON
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- An. Assortment of WOMEN'S
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Order of Meetings for the
Lord's Day:
11.00 a.m.—Breaking of Bread '
3.00 p.m.—Children's Meeting
7.00 p.m.—Gospel Meeting
PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
P.A.O.C.
Victoria Street
K. L. SWEIGARD, Pastor
Sunday, January 9, 1955
10.00 a.m.—Sunday School
11.00 a.m.—Morning Worship.
7.30 p.m.—Evening Service
Tuesday, Jan. 11—Prayer Service
and Bible Study `
Friday, Jan. 14 Young People's
Service
Everyone Is Welcome
Maple Street
GOSPEL HALL
CLINTON
Sunday School . 9.45 a.m.
Breaking of Bread 11.00 -a.m.
Gospel Service 8.00 p.m.
TUESDAY, 8 pm.„— Prayer and
Bible Study.
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11.00 a.m.—Guest speaker — Rev. Ian MacLeod;
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12.15 p.m.—Sunday School
720 p.m, --Guest speaker -Rev. I. MacLeod.
TURNER'S CHURCH
2,00 p.m.—Guest speaker—Rev. I. MacLeod.
3.00 p.m.—Sunday School
Wednesday, Jan. 19—Official Board Meeting.
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