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CLINTON NEWS-RECGRD
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1949
Clinton News -Record
THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Established 1878
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
R. S. 'ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plaint Manager
Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday -Wednesday, August 5 - 9, 1950
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 1, 4949
Four Things. to Do!
Four things a man must learn to do
If he would make his record true:
To think without confusion clearly;
To love his fellow men sincerely;
To act from honest motives purely;
To trust in God and heaven securely.
—HENRY VAN DYKE
Our' Liberties
WE ARE INCLINED to avoid serious
thought about freedom -as we do other funda-
mentals of life—until it is threatened. com-
ments the August Letter of The Royal Bank
of Canada. In view of what we see happen-
ing in the world today it is high time to
ask: what is Iiberty? can we keep it? what
shell we do to make sure we do• keep it?
Doctrines our grandfathers head to be
simple statements of fact are challenged in
many quarters. Institutions painfully built up
and guarded through centuries of struggle have
been overthrown. The problem of keeping
our liberties involves the whole of civilization.
The idea of freedom seems simple, the
kind of thing we take for granted, and yet
it bristles with difficulties. Most of us might
be inclined to define liberty as being allowed
to do what we want to do, to live without
persecution, to work and earn a decent stand-
ard of living.
When we go farther, however, and think
of the kinds of freedom, we run into compli-
cations, because civil, personal end political •
liberties are different in themselves and they
sometimes interfere with one another.
Here is a list of the essential human lib-
erties
prepared by a committee of the Ameri-
can Law Institute, on which Canada had a
representative: Freedom of religion, opinion,
speech, assembly, and association; Freedom
from wrongful interference, arbitrary deten-
tion, and retroactive laws; Rights to fair trial,
property, education, work, food, housing, social
security, equal protection and participation in
government.
The nature ,and the extent of these free-
doms in any nation are influenced by its
heritage of moral standards, its legal tradition,
and the social structure it has built up. Every
nation, and every generation, has to hammer
oat for itself the special pattern that will ful-
fil its ideals within the limitations of Uits
environment.
It may appear foolish to ask: "Who Wants
Freedom?" But when one looks around the
world it is not difficult to find whole nations
whose people seemingly do not want it enough
to stand up effectively for it; and even in
Canada there Is evidence that not everyone
is militantly free. So much is this true that
men ofthought and goodwill are worried
about the ease with which people in still free
countries swing toward the dictatorship of the
state.
There are some who, for another reason,
do not want liberty, They don't like the free-
dom it gives other to behave in a different
way from them, An ox may love his yoke,
and consider the deer in the forest a stray
and vagrant creature.
The .freedoms that are necessary in a
democracy seem to divide themselves into four
major kinds: Natural liberty, national liberty,
political liberty and civil liberty. These head-
ings cover the individual's right to do as he
chooses, the nation's right to stand as a sov-
ereign power, the right of popular or repre-
sentative government, and the rights and
privileges created and protected by the state
for its subjects.
The basic right, of course, is the right to
live fully. Our human personalities clamour
for expression and expansion, for recognition
of our dignity as men and women, for the
opportunity to realize alI we believe we are
capable of being and doing.
Editorial
THOUGHT FOR TODAY—About the time
you learn to make the most of life, the most
of lire is gone,
We're keeping ourfingers crossed until
that brand new fire truck arrives in town!
Goderich Township apparently is having
its own difficulties with dogs, and has ordered
that if dog tags are not obtained by Saturday,
August 20, the constable will go over the
whole township, make a close check, and lay
charges against the offending, owners or har-
bourers,
' It was very fitting that the memory of
the gallant Nurse Edith Cavell should be
honored at a special service at Jasper in the
Canadian Rockies, in sight of the great snow-
capped mountain which bears her name. She
was arrested just 24 years ago by the Germans
in Brussels, Belgium, for aiding the escape of
Allied soldiers,
Comment ► . .
Phewl The weather has been too depres-
singly hot this week, It's been more like
July than August and has got many people
"down," including the Editor, who was per-
spiring no end when he wrote these lines,
but actually felt as if he was catching a cold,
However, a thunderstorm broke the spell
yesterday afternoon,
Clinton Town Council has made a good
move in passing a bylaw governing the opera-
tion of hawkers and peddlers within the town
limits. Itmay seem a little strange that the
license fee for a resident is just $1 and that
for a non-resident is only $a, but the real
crux of the situation is that the peddler must
hold a license before he can peddle and this
license must be approved by the Town Coun-
cil. There is nothing in the bylaw to state
that Town Council is under any compulsion
to issue a license to anyone at any time.
Non-ieeue of a license, no matter how small
the cost, may effectively control the nuisance.
Historical Sketches of the County. of Huron
II Political 'History
(Continued from Page One)
by Napoleon, bolding a commis-
sion in the Dutch army; end
during the war referred to, he
many times distinguished him-
self by performing most diffi-
cult and arduous military ser-
vices,
After the subjugate= of Hol- forth, on Lot 4, north side of
land by the French, that country Huron Road in' Hallett and is
was obliged to furnish Napoleon
with a contingent of troops when !now owned end occupied by Mr.
he went to war with Russia; and IFiallais Fowler.
In the. contingent Col. VanEgmond • The Canada Company gave a
commanded a regiment, and i cash bonus of e40, 150, and 166
followed the Emperor through ! respectively for each of these
his disastrous campaign in Rue- houses, on condition that travel-
sia and memorable retreat from Ilers should be entertained there -
Moscow, being one of the few in at prices usual in the ' old,
who survived the enemies' but- settlements. After coming through
lets : and the severities of the
Russian winter. After the re-
treat el the French army from
Moscow in 1813, the Colonel
found a means of leaving the
French- army, and returning to
Holland, received the rank of
Le Colonel in the "Allied Arm
les," which were then operating
against the French, being in the,
commend which Blucher led at
Waterloo, where he was severely
founded- and carried from the
field, of which circumstance his
eldest son still retins the car-
tificete. • This ' military career
covered a space of 25 years of
perhaps the bloodiest period of
modern European history; and
during this career he was wound-
ed 14 times and -covered with
scars.;
Soon after the defeat of the
French he emigrated to America,.
and settled in Indiana County,.
Pennsylvania, • where he carried.
on farming and trading quite
'extensively, having brought with
him from Holland considerable
means: He resided eight years
in Pennsylvania, where several
of his sons were horn; but Con-
stein, :the eldest, who now lives
at ` Egmondville In this county
(,879) is a native of ,Holland,.
Settled in Canada
At the end of the time referred
to, the Colonel came to- Canada
end settled for a short time in
Waterloo Couny, where he lived
when. 'he contracted , to build
the Huron Road, which subject
History. He further' contracted
to, build three houses- for the
accommodation of parties moving
In to settle on Canada Company
land; one of the houses being
built just west of the Wilmot
line in South Easthope; the next
was a Sebach's, 20 miles further
on in Ellice; and the third was
three miles north-west of Seo -
the country Col. VanEgmond
liked it so well' that he left his
home in Waterloo and settled in.
the Huron tract, where he had
built the tavern last above men-
tioned, and here he continued to
reside until his death, which will
be referred to anon.
Col. VanEgmond was •a, man of
greet enterprise and energy. An-
ticipating a rush •of emigration,
he laid in a stock of about 500
barrels' of flour during 1831; in
the winter of 1831-32 his antici-
pations were realized, and this
proved a most profitablebust-
ness venture, and for some time
after this he kept 20 four horse
teams an the road between To-
ronto and Goderich, to bring
in immigrants 'and their goods.
Reform Candidate
During the political excite-
ment attending the attempts of
the Reform party to rescue Can-
ada from the grasp of the olig-
archy, the Colonel fully endors-
ed the doctrines of the Reform-
ers, which led to his being sel-
ected
el-r,cted as their candidate at the.
first election in the district above-
alluded to. As time passed, and
the grievances of the Reformers
were multiplied instead of °'be-
ing removed by the duplicity and
general incapacity of Su Fran,
cis Tread, at that time Lieut, -
Governor of the Province; and
es evidence daily increased of
the teeessity of an ulthtiste re-
sort to arms in order to secure
respohsibee government — the
is referred to in our . ;Highway, boon for which the Reformers
enreeteneeeneenerietrizatiena
agitated — Colonel VanEgmond
remained firm in his adherence
to the party whose doctrines he
had originally espoused, end
when the crisis arrived, he flew
to the assistance of the oppres-
sed patriots. Owing, however,
to the confusion in fixing upon
a date for the proposed descent
upon York, the necessary con-
cert of action on the part of the
patriots was prevented, under
circumstances with which all
Canadians are familiar; and al-
though they were not attended
with military success, the object
of the insurrection, was gained
by the advent ofresponsible
government soon after.
Captured ha Toronto
CCI, VanEgmond, however, was
captured soon after the skirmish
at Montgomery's Tavern, and
thrown into Toronto goal, where
he died before his contemplated
trial for treason. It was report-
ed and believed by many that
his death was caused by poison,
which he took voluntarily to
escape the death which at that
time threatened every one who
could be convicetd ofentertain-
ing Liberal sentiments; but we
do not vouch for the correctness
of this supposition. But the bit-
ter hate of the so-called "Loyal-
ists" towards the Colonel clad not
end with his death, for while his
remains were being brought
home by his friends, the coffin
was twice broken open by armed
men, under the pretext of sear-
cling for arms".
Col. VenEginond was a gallant
soldier, an enterpriting pioneer,
a generous friend, and an educ-
ated gentleman. He was a per-
sonal friend and •companion of
Sir Jobe Colborne, when both
were officers in the Allied
Armies" at and preceding Wak-
erloo; and although he died in
prison with charge of treason
hanging over him, he gave his
life for what he firmly believed'
the sacred rights and liberties
of the people—those rights 'which
though long denied, were foarc:ed
by the universal agitation caugcd
by the death of.him an:cesuch as.
him, from those, petty, tyrants
and personifications On -Ad -time
Canadian C'orytsrn, the• ;"Family
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From Our Early Files
25 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, August 14, 1924
John Torrance„ son of Mr. and
Mrs,"John Torrance, Clinton, and
now with The Herald, Leth-
bridge, has been elected presi-
dent of the Western Canadian
Advertising Managers' Associat-
ion. .
Mks. Morgan Agnew is presid-
ing at the organ of Ontario St.
Church while Mrs. Wendorf and
the choir are on vacation,
Asa Deeves attended the Derry
Day celebration at Guelph.
The baggage room at the C.
N. R. station was broken into end
several parcels stolen. However
the parcels were not considered
to be too valuable as no moneyed
parcels come on the night train
on account of their being no
watchmen on guard. A company
detective is now investigating.
Earl Cooper, son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Cooper, Clinton,
who has been working in God-
erich has secured a position in
Toronto. He will be greatly miss-
ed in the County Town as he was
t�npitcher of the Purity Ball
Miss Ruth McMath has accept-
ed a position as principal of the
continuation school at Ayr,
Miss Elizabeth Ford has accep-
ted a position on the teaching
staff of Oshawa Public School.
E. C. R. Stoneman, J. H. Stone-
man, G. J, Thompson.
G, W. Barge, N. Ball, James
Fair and W. Jackson were de-
feated by a very narrow margin
in bowling on the local green
by four doctors from Stratford.
Misses Della Taylor and Elva
Wiltse are visiting in Kinburn.
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, August 12, 1949
Clinton bowlers won two tro-
phies this week, one at Berlin
and the other at Goderich. Bowl-
ing at Berlin were: R. Graham
G. W. Barge, Dr. ' N. Ball, J'.
Fair, A. 3, Morrish, P. Town, C.
E. Dowding, W. Jackson, W. J,
Nediger, W. Harland, J. B. Hoov-
er, Dr. R. Agnew. The team com-
peting at Goderich was J. I
Courtice, .1. Watt, 3, Wiseman
end E. J. Courtiee.
Miss Myrtle Me1Viath, eldest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
McMath died after sevreal months
illness, Rev. W. J, Jolliffe, as-
sisted by Rev. W. H. Newcombe,
officiated and pallbearers were
Wilmer Wallis, Clifford Andrews,
Gordon Cuninghame, John Ship-
ley, John Cantelon and Bert Field.
D. Cantelon hiss deased the
newly -converted evaporator to
Town and Case,
Cantelon Bros. have made their
first shipment of plums which is
the earliest on record.
T, Cattle has a very fine glad-
ioliIVIr. and Mrs. G. L. Hanle and bed and among the blooms
Hanley are some exceptionally long
two sons, Murray and Donald, spikes, the longest measuring
and Mervyn Hanley are visiting 33ie inches of bloom alone.
in Detroit. 3, Ransford shipped three car-
The Baptist Church had their loads of 62 head of choice cattle
annual picnic at Bayfield on on Monday, almost a record ship-
Sathrday last and all report a meat from one farm.
good time.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, August 14, 1924
Fred Elliott has gone to Min-
neapolis where he will play
hockey with a team in that city
which is in the American Assoc-
iation,
Miss Vesta Snyder has been
appointed assistant principal of
the school at South Porcupine.
Miss Ethel Wasman is the prin-
cipal,
Clarence Shepherd, St. Thames,
son -of Mrs. James Shepherd, is
relieving manager in his home
bank while the manager, H. R.
Sharp is on vacation.
H. S. Miller is erecting a new
coal shed and scales at the siding
at the west end of town,
Miss Marjory McMath has
been engaged to teach in Clinton
Public School, replacing Miss B.
Ford, wbo has resigned.
Pepper-Carter—At Ontario St.
Church Personage on Tuesday,
August 12, 1924, Personage,
Rev, C. J,
Moorhouse, Mrs. Rose A Carter
to Roger Pepper, all of Clinton.
Those assisting with the mis-
sionary programme at the Young
People's meeting of Ontario St.
Church were Misses Retie Beat-
on and Eva Carter and C. S,
Hawke.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II• Venner'
were in Stratford at the Old
Boys' Reunion.
Mrs. H. B. Chant is visiting
her mother, Mrs. E. Holmes, St.
Catharines. Last Sunday, Mrs.
Holmes, who at 91 •'is enjoying
excellent health, attended church
accompanied by 21 `members of
her family,
40' Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEW BRA
Thursltay, August 12, 1909
Those"who have had new tele-
phones installed include George
Turner, Chief of Police,- A. J.
Morrish, R E. 'Manning, Nelson
,Balk -
Work has . commenced on the
laying of the pipes for the new
waterworks system. Workmen
began on iattebbtuy St,
Misses Grace Walker and Jean•
Morris end `Willie Walker are
visiting in London.
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Andrews,
Cleveland, • Ohio, .arc visiting- the
former's mother and •sister, Mrs.'
B. J. Gibhings. The couple drove
over in their astoniabile and
this is considered something of a
feat in. itself.
Students who have successsftilly'
passed the University niati icul'a-
tion include:' R. Ball, G. Brandt,
J.
andt,J. H. Cantelon, N, C. Cluff,'A. T.
Davidson, W. Doherty, M. J.'
Holmes,. B. May, A. M. Middle-
ton, II; O'Neil, C. C. Rance, J.
Scott, W. M. Smillie, Students
who passed' the senior teacher's
examinations were: J. C. Copp,
H. I. Elcoat, R. Kitty, I., F.
Lucas,' F. A, May,. D. H. Stewart,.
Tom Wigginton and Jack Al-
leson are in charge of the power
cement mixer while Archie Cous-
ins is in Dungannon laying
granolithic walks.
Thomas Kearns brought corn
into this office the other day,
the first of the season end also
this year he is ahead of the
market gardeners.
FRACTURES ARM
BLUEVALE--While little Shire
ley Johnston, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Sperling Johnston, is believ-
ed to have suffered no ill effects
from a fall from the hay mow
of her father's barn, she ended
up with a broken arm.. Shirley
apparently landed unhurt on the
barn floor, but before she could
get up, her small cousin, Maria,
toppled from the same mow and
landed on top of her. The sec-
ond youngster is believed to have
been looking down to see what
happened and l,ost her balance.
She struck Shirley and broke the
arm.
Letters to Editor
CLINTON WELL-KNOWN
Editor,
News -Record,
Clinton, Ontario
DEAR SIR:.
Renewal for my subscription
enclosed.
I was pleased to notice that
Clinton folks plan, to have en
Old Home Week meat summer,
When I came to Sarnia a few
months ago, I was surprised by
the number of folks here who
give Clinton as their home town,
As I got acquainted in my new
place and gave my town as Clin-
ton, several business acquaint-
ance remarked that that was the
town that Teddy Phillips claimed
as his towns Evidently, Mr. Phil-
lips was an old-timer who 'made
a creditable mark down this '• part
of Ontario. Your readers prob-
ably remember him.
(Signed)
(MISS) ALICE SLOMAN
General Hospital Staff
Sarnia, Ontario,
August 8, 1949 •
"RISE, CLINTONIANSI"
The Editor,
News -Record,
Clinton, Ontario
DEAR SIR:
In your paper of July 28,
you had an account of a Clinton
Poetess, Miss Mountcastle.
I would like to get a poem
she wrote for The News -Record
or New Era back in 1900 and '
days of Baer War in Africa. If
memory serves me, she used the .
pen name "Carissime."
The poem had a stirring in-
troductory line "Rise. .Clinton -
lane, rise to battle . .
That is 50 years ago but I
believe a youth by the 'name of
Webb rose to battle and went to
Africa, and I have 'a hazy re-
collection of two kids trying to
go, one by name of Moore and
one called `Curly" (last name
forgotten) but both were sent
back home because of their
tender. years.
Have you old-timers in the
town yet who could send a copy
of the poem and any information
about those who rose to battle.
(Signed)
(MRS.) J. MILLARD
N.B.—Please forward any in-
formation to The NEWS -RECORD
Office—Editor.
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LICENCE SUSPENDED
EXETER Convicted on a
dangerous driving charge, Flt. -Lt.
Alan A. Harris, Centralia, was
fined $100 and costs totalling
$49.90 by Magistrate D. B. Hol-
mes. His right to drive was sus-
pended for one year. The charge
arose from the two -car collision
near Crediton on July 17, in
which Herbert Murray Lindsay,
26, R.R. 3, Thorndale, was fatally
injured.
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policies, and articles of value
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George Baird, Jr., is visiting
friends in Detroit this week.
Misses Kate and Margaret Mc-
Gregor left on a trip by airplane
to Bermuda.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McGillivary,
and Mrs. Alex McGirlivary, Port
Elgin, visited Mr. and Mrs. John.
McGregor.
Mrs. Alma Baird and grand-
daughter, Caro) Jean Klinkham-
er, Detroit, are visiting at the
home of George Baird and other
friends.
Mrs. Will Brown, and daughter,
Mrs. Todd, Tiverton, end Merg-
aret Brown, home on furlough
from China, visited Mr. and Mrs.
John McGregor.
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EXETER — George Garfield
Sparks, RCAF, Centralia, was
fined $10 and costs by Magistrate
D. E. Holmes on conviction of
fighting at Grand Bend,
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