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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, DECEMBER . 7, 195e
Clinton .News -Record
The Clinton New Era established 1865 The Clinton News -Record established 1881
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An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at ,CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager
THURSDAY, DEfEM13ER 7, 9950
Light Up For Christmas!
IN ALL; BUT . A FEW industrial centres,
ample supplies of eleotrire power will be
available this year during the Christmas,sea•
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son. It is high time for us to resume those
pre-war practices which brightened up towns
and cities across Canada during Christmas-
tide. this holds true, in Clinton.
Lighted trees in our houses and on lawns
may be supplemented 'to make a noteworthy
community plan. Well -lighted shop windows
and individual or group lighted trees out -
dews can make a colorful display. Even the
smallest village can have a community Christ-
mas tree.
Many communities which strung colored
Bights across Main Street in preparation for
one Christmas have found them so attractive
that they have been retained as permanent
fixtures, arousing favouraloee comment from
many visitors. Of course, suitable safeguards
and proper installation methods should 'be
used.
In some of our smaller' cities, elaborate
lighting plans are worked out in conjunction
with the city' and public utilities. These in-
clude the decoration of public buildings and
special shades for street lights in the shopping
area; In one such city, the merokants leapt
store windows lighted but turned off all neon
signs on . certain nights to. give full effect to
the Christmas lighting and it was a most
pleasing sight.
With purpose and cooperation, any town
may become an attractive spot for Christmas
shopping, drawing people from miles around
to see the sights. Why not Clinton?
Christmas Card Problems!
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS of sending a
Christmas' card is how to sign it, comments
The. Printed Word.
Should you sign only yourfirst name,
or your last name too? • If your first name
is, say, Louis, and you sign that alone, the
recipient may not be sure which Louis you
ere. He may wonder if this is a card from
Louis S. St. L'aurent, or Joe Louis, or the
Louis who keeps a book at the pool room,
or whether it is a card from Louis . Quatorze
that has been delayed in the mails since Queen
Anne's war.
On the other hand, if you add your last
name which is, for purposes of this learned
study, Zilch, the recipient may feel that Louis
Zilch is too formal a signature, the addition
of the surname erecting a vague barrier be-
tween the two of you.. There is also the dif-
ficulty of handwriting. Yours is easy to de-
cipher, of course; but consider that fellow Bill
Williams along the street. Nobody can read
his handwriting. It doesn't matter whether he
signs Bill or Bill Williams, it all comes out
to Kryzgkq and Bill's card remains a mystery,
For some extra money and trouble, he can
have his name printed, as many do. This makes
everything clear and saves signing a lot of
cards, but it's impersonal. A solution is to
print the full name and then sign the first
name • under it. Many plansomething like
this, but few get around to it.
Then there is the problem of the recipient's
name. After all, this is for Christmas and
the other fellow should count for something.
A few industrious folk start away back in
July to figure out a card With a lot of material
about themselves on it, a family photograph
or cartoon of a poem about their doings, This
will get attention. But the recipient is likely •
to be as wrapped up in his own affairs as the
sender is in his. So the card' that will ring
n that concentrates
the emotional bell is one
o have the receiver. If you ha e i no xa than two
or three friends, such concentration will be
a job. It is getting late for it when you
read this. However, you can get by with just
the name, like Ethel, but don't mix her up
with Annette.
The list is the other major problem. A
good• 'many people don't get past the diffi-
culties of actually 'procuring cards and actually
getting them off, somehow, by around Christ-
mas time or the next year. These people
don't get so far as having time to ponder the
fine points of the salutation the signature or
the list. Ah, the list! Where is it? You had
a list last year, a list that started out neatly
and ended in scrawled names, without ad-
dresses, on odd -sized scraps of paper. If you
locate this list you are doing better than many
of your frantic card -sending competitors. The
list itself is a remarkable thing. It omits some
of your dearest friends, and includes some
people whom you wouldn't recognize on the
street, but with whom you have been ex-
changing cards for years. Celle name on your
list you think of as belonging to a child until
you recall a newspaper recently referred to
him as the veteran left defenceman. It is
bard under the Christmas pressure to keep up
with the lives of all the people on your list.
But it is worthwhile, deeply worthwhile to
you. Toiling despairingly with the cards and
envelopes and the out-of-date addresses, trying
to remember the first name of the second
oldest Williams boy, one may for a little space
give over thinking en profoundly about one
self. And that is Christmas.
Organization For Civil. Defence!
A SMALL BOOKLET, pocket size, has just
been published by the Department of Na-
tional Defence, Ottawa, outlining the various
steps to be .taken in case of emergency. The
'purpose of this manual is to assist provincial
and municipal authorities in planning and
organizing for civil defence, but it may be
of great interest to all Canadian Citizens
as well.
Valuable lessons from the future, are
derived from recent disasters, such as: Fraser
Valley and Manitoba floods; Rimouski and
tCabano fires.
Various forms of attack are described,
followed by practical methods of civil defence;
warning, dispersion, construction black -out
precautions, shelters, hospitalization, etc., etc.,
all of which would be most helpful to know
in case of any emergency. ,
"Organization for civil defence" is obtain-
able from the King's Printer, Ottawa, at a
price of ten cents.
Letters to Editor PORTER'S HILL
LET THERE BE LIGHT!
Editor
Clinton News -Record
DEAR SIR;
Last Saturday night while see-
ing the sights on Clinton front,
I noticed how well the mer-
chants had made their places of
business bright and attractive.
Unfortunately, two of the main
corners were in utter darkness,
except from the street lights.
Not because these places could
not afford it, because either one
of them could buy outthe town
and still have money to loan. I
refer to the Royal Bank and Bank
of Montreal. ,
OBSERVER
(Intended for last week)
Community Club
Grace Church WA
The WA of Grace Church will
,hold its monthly meeting on
Thursday, Dec. 14, et the home
of Mrs. J: A. Torrance.
Card Party and Dance
A card party and dance was
held in the school, S.S. No. 5,
on Friday night. Progressive
euchre and ,'500" were played.
High prizes for euchre went to
Miss Clara Harrison and John
McCowan, in "500" to Mrs. Gor-
don Manning and Bill Harris,
After lunch was served dancing
to Irwin's orchestra was enjoy-
ed. The next party will be held
on Frday, December 29.
Newlyweds Honoured
An enjoyable social evening.
was held on Tuesday of, last
week when friends and neighbors
joined in honor of Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Cox, newlyweds. Progress-
ive euchre was played with high
prizes going to Mrs. Alvin Betties
and Bill Mcllwain. The young
couple were called forward when
an address was read by Mrs. Pet-
er Harrison, and Bob Harris pre-
sented them with a trilight floor
lamp. Bill thanked everyone
for the gift and lunch was served.
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1--"AaPANTEES YOU GET THE BEST!
Change gears &fore crossing
Avoid Stalling! Change Gears!
This motoring family was lucky enough to escape death or
serious injury, but the family sedan is headed for the scrap heap.
Stalling of motor vehicles directly in the path of oncoming trains
accounted, for more than a few of the 443 railway creqssing acci-
dents reported to the Board of Transport Commissioneis for Can-
ada for the 12 -mouth Period ended June 30th. These se accidents
:
took 140 lives and brought injuries to 549 others.. Common causes
of ' these accidents: Racing the train to the crossing—still too
popular and too expensive in lives and limbs -Running into the
sides of trains because of impaired vision or misjudgment of speed
and distance; failing to stop in time. When obliged to take rail-
way crossings slowly, such as after .a full stop, be sure to change
into first or second gear to avoid stalling on the tracks.
From Our Early Files
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, December 10, 1925
Officers of the hockey club
are: honorary president, J. J.
Zapfe; president, J. L. Heard;
vice-president, W. S. R. Holmes;
secretary -treasurer, W. Mutch;
committee, M. McEwan, W. Ful-
ford, R. W. Ward, E. Wendorf, C.
Draper: trainer, F. Elliott; man-
ager, C. Draper.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McMurray
are moving to Harriston where
the former has been named block
man for In.ternationai Harvester
Co.
Officers tf the newly formed
Ladies' Association of the Willis
and Wesley Churches are: presi-
dent, Mrs. A. T. Cooper; first
vice-president, Mrs. W. Mair;
second vice-presiclent, Mrs. H. B.
Chant; treasurer, Mrs. T. Mason;
secretary, Mrs. T. \Termer.
Those assisting with the pro-
gramme at the Art Exhibit held
in St. Paul's Parish Hall were
Miss A. Stewart, Miss Maude Tor-
rance, Mrs. E. Wendorf, Miss
Carol Evans, Miss E. Wise, Miss
!Helen Manning, Miss Eleanor
Plumsteel, Miss Mary Reynolds,
Mrs. N, W. Trewartha, Mrs. H.
T. Rance, Mrs. J. C. Candler.
Mrs. (Dr.) A. Stewart died in
Toronto on Sunday and was bur-
ied from Willis Church to Clin-
ton Cemetery on Wednesday. Dr.
Stewart was minister of Willis
Church here for almost 40 years,
and his wife was a wonderful
help mate to him through all
the years. Surviving as well as
her husband are two sons, Robert
and Douglas, and .one daughter.
MIss Mary. Services here were
conducted by Rev. J. E. Plogg,
Rev. A. A. Holmes, and Rev.
George Telford, Pallbearers were
Tames Scott, Duncan McEwan,
W. D. Fair, William. McEwan,
John Wiseman and George Mc-
Lennan.
Mrs. David Steep picked' pan-
sies in her garden the other day.
Miss Bessie Watt, Miss Donna
Cochrane and Edgar Maguire are
assisting in stores for the Christ-
mas rush.
Those assisting at the W. I.
meeting were: Mrs. Harvey Jen-
kins, Misses Plumsteel, Van
Horne and Snyder, Mrs. E. Weed,
Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Roger-
son.
Mrs. Agnew, Sr., Me, and Mrs,
Morgan Agnew, Mr. and Mrs.
George Phelan. and Mr. and Mrs.
William Sours, attended the fun-
eral of the former's granddaugh-
ter, the kite Mrs. W. E. Yorke,
on Saturday, in Toronto.
D.R.O.'s and Poll Clerks for
the coming municipal election
have been chosen as follows: G.
E. Saville, Guy Hicks, A. F. Cud -
more, W., 3. Cook, E. G. Courtice,
3. B. Levis, S. J. Andrews, If,
D. Cameron.
James Snell, one of the County's
best-known sheep breeders, died
this week. Surviving as well as
his wife, the former Jane Ell -
coat, are four sons; William,
Howard, Humphrey and Ephraim;
end one daughter, Miss Mary.
Misses Helen Ladd, Pearl and
Ruby Churchill and Jessie' Cress
attendeda dance in Hensel.
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40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton 'News -Record
Thursday, December 8, 1910•
Officers of the A.O.U.W'. Lodge
are: Master, John Torrance; .fore
man, James Dunford; guide, Frank e
Bawden; recorder, R, J. Cluff;
financier, Frank Fowler; I. watch- :i
man, R P. Fisher; O. watchman, sp.
S. Fisher; representative to Grand
Lodge, D. Stevenson; alternate, -F
R.:7. Clint; auditors, H. Plum- P,
steel, D. Stevenson.
Officers of the, Young 'Men's p
Bible Class of Ontario St. Church &e
are: president, F. Tyndall; first.
vice-president, R. Fisher; second
Vice-president, A. Tack; third
vice-president E. Welsh; ,secrs
tary, Bert Gibbings; treasurer, G.
Cornish; librarian, A. Livermore;
Mrs. Herb Alexander, and ' Don-
ald Smith.
It has been derided to form a
Literary Club under the direc-
tion of the Public Library Board.
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, December 8, 1910
Officers, of the W.O.W. are:.
C.C,, William Ladd; A.C., Charles
Wilts; banker, 0, Crich; . escort,
R. A. Ball; clerk, T. Cottle;
watchman, W. Sloman; sentry,
T. R, Watts; chairman, board of
managers, Dr. J. S. Evans.
Officers •of the L.O.L are: WM,
John Hartley; DM, Robert Cluff;
chaplain, Rev. W. It. Dunbar; re-
cording secretary, P. Cantelon;
financial secretary, T. Maiiaghan;
treasurer, y; S. R. Holmes; D. of.
Among those entertaining this
week included: Mrs. W. J. Tozer,
Miss Clara WIseman, Miss Marg-
aret Wiseman, Misses Ida and
Laura Wilken, Miss Ruby Irwin.
Markets were; wheat, 83c to
85c; oats, 30c to 33c; peas, 72c
to 75e; barley, 40c to 43c; but-
ter, 19c to 20c; eggs, 23c to 30c;
live hogs, $6,25,
D,R.O.'s and Poll Clerks ap-
pointed for the coming municipal
elections include: T. D. John-
ston, A. Fisher, J: McMath, H.
Alexander, S. J. Andrews, J. Con-
inghame, W. Manning, G. E.
Saville,
Pioneer fanciers of the local
poultry association include Frank
Hell, A. J. Grigg, John Iiarland,.
Harry Hunt, James Howson, John
Rumball, Lack 'Kennedy, and
Walter Coots.
Among those who are ill in-
clude John Powell, Miss Ida
Walkinshaw, Wesley Walker,
C., F. Cutler; lecturer:; G• lick=
erty; tyler, A. " CSntelon; coin-
mittee, 3, Noble, A. Clarkson, A.
McCreary, D. Watson and 3. Ford,
Mrs, William Grigg had the
misfortpne to fall and disicoate
her shoulder, a serious injpg to
a person of her years. She is at
present at the home of her son,
A. J. Grigg,
R. Fitzsimons and Son won a
number/ of awards at the Fat
Stock Show in Guelph. Harry
Fitzsimons was in the Royal City
looking after things for the firm.
S. Davis entertained a. number
of his friends at a' very gala
party. In spite of his advancing
years Mr. Davis is one of the
most congenial hosts in this
neighbourhood.
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Powder or Jewel Box. Pen and Pencil Set. Chest of
Silverware. Crystal goblets, fruit juice, or plates. Silver
or ersytal bowls, plates, cream and sugars, salt and peppers,
etc. Fancy clock, Brooch or scatter pins.. Stone -set glove
holders, Serving Tray, Teapot, Chest of Silverware.
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• A smart new Watch. Signet, Lodge, or Birth-
stone Ring, Electric Shaver, Collar and Tie Set by Swank,
Pen and Pencil Set. Ronson, Presto or Evans Lighter.
Cuff Links, Billfold, Key Chain, Hair brush set. Pen, Desk
Set. Rolls Razor. Watch expansion bracelet or strap.
Utility Case. Carving Set. Identity Bracelet. Sterling
Cigarette Case. Desk Clock. Ice Tub and Tongs.
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negative — 1.25 and 1.49 per doz.
Single and Personal Cards — 5c to 50c
BOXED CARDS from 50c
SPECIAL — 50 Cards 98c 'boxed
Toilet Sets
by Yardley — Tiffany — Ardienne
$1.00 to $ /0.00
TABU PERFUMES - SOAP and COLOGNES 2.25 up
COMB, BRUSH and MIRROR SETS --newest in style 7.50 up
BUBBLE BATH SETS 1.00 REVLON SETS 1,10 up
PERFUME ATOMIZERS 1.25
GIFT OOXES Soap and Dusting Powders by Adrienne, Yardley & Tabu -1.00 to 2.00
STATIONERY—boxed for Adults and Children 29c up
ELECTRIC RAZORS — Sunbeam 29.95
Schick.. 19.95 & 25.75
Rolls Razors 9.95 Gillette Razors ..., 1:25 to 5.00
SHAVING SETS by Bachelor and Yardley 85c up
Cribbage Boards 1.50 Poker Chips 1.50
PLASTIC PLAYING CARDS Single 1.39; Double 2.75
WALLETS
Military Brush Sets .... 3.98 up ` Pen and Pencil Sets 5.25
TOBACCO POUCHES BILLFOLDS
Smiles 'n Chuckles Chocolates
95c to $2.60
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