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Clinton News-Record, 1949-10-13, Page 2PAGE TWO. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, ,OCTOBER 13, 1949 Clinton News -Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Established 1878 Amalgamated 1924 ,An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding per District Population, 2,500; Trading Area, 10,000; Sworn Circulation, 1,908; Rate, MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, ` CWNA Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain: $2 a Year; United States and Foreign: $2.50 Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday - Wednesday, August S - 9, 1950 • • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 9949 Carelessness Costs Lives THE SLOGAN of Fire Prevention Week, October 9-15, is very trite and very true: "Carelessness costs lives." But the quicker most of us come to realize the importance of this statement, the fewer lives would be lost and the smaller property damage would he done through the fire demon, Indicating their interest in the campaign, which is in full swing this week throughout Canada and the United States, Mayor Robert Y. Hattie has issued a proclamation and Fire Chief Grant W. Rath has issued a statement, both published elsewhere in this issue, ure irg citizens to help to prevent fires. ire careful should be c ul about f owners d Home ow e hazards connected with the private home, The home still is the greatest fire hazard to the community, accounting for more than 70 per cent of fire loss. It is stated that eternal vigilance is the price of safety, but where fire is concerned, it is the price of life itself. Fire Prevention Week commemorates the great Chicago fire and provides the opportun- ity to reaffirm the habit of fire precaution end ,continue with even greater alertness through the remaining weeks of the year. Our Climate And Our Weather in about every 23 years on the average. Since the sun is the source of our heat and the basic cause of our weather changes, it is nat- ural enough to suppose that cycles of weather should correspond to such changes in the sun's condition, although this is not yet proven. One point about which there seems to be general agreement is that the earth's surface is getting warmer. Just a month ago Professor G. H. T. Nimble and. Professor F. K. Hare, both of McGill University's Department of Geog- raphy, totted up the score for this summer, added it to their charts, and decided that we are well on our way to a new type of climate in the countries bordering on the Atlantic Coast. Summers, they say, ere getting progressiv- ely hotter and longer; winters are milder. But, they hasten to add, our historical records go hack only a short distance—merely for sec- onds on the clock of the earth's progress. The present trend. detected in the 1880's, "may be just a shiver in the world's weather. but it might also he the road back to a much different climate." We are rising out of a cold period that had its greatest depth about 1.500,000 years ago. Glaciers all over the world are receding rapidlly: the permanently 'frozen subsoil in northern Canada is melting slowly; ships can now reach Spitsbergen, north of Norway, dur- ing nine months of the year instead of the three months of thirty years ago. When we ore entirely out of the Ice Age there will be forests in the interior of Greenland where the ice is now two miles thick. CLIMATE is one of the greatest upsetters of human plans and activities. It dictates our economy, what we wear, the kind of house we live in, the tort of food we eat, how hard we work, and even when and where we spend our vacations. Farmers and industrial magnates must •bow to it; all animal life, from insect to elephant, lives and dies under its rule. Mankind has never known a "normal" climate, points out the current Monthly Letter of The Royal Bank of Canada. We of 1949 are at the tail end of an ice age, living in a time following a period of climatic violence as great as any the earth has known. Several of these periods can be traced in the earth's crust, and between them there have been long ages of genial climatic uniformity, looked, upon by geologists as "normal" times. Climate runs in cycles. Our oldest rocks, around Rainy River in Western Ontario. re- veal gravel deposited under physical conditions not greatly different from those of today. We are all familiar with the daily cycle in the temperate zones: a maximum temperature in early to midafternoon and a minimum shortly before sunrise. The annual range la also fanitler, through the variety of tempera- ture, era- ture, rain, snow and wind that makes up Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter.. Next in significance, probably, is the wid- ely -accepted 11 -year cycle corresponding to the cycle of sunspot frequency.. Records kept for more than two centuries show that sunspots wax end wane in number and extent twice Editorial Comment .. . THOUGHT FOR TODAY — You will find many success rules that will work if you do. Just '71 shopping days until Christmas! It pays to save, Don't forget that the Fourth Series of Canada Savings Bonds will go on sale on Monday next, October 171 Officers, members and instructors of Clin- ton District Collegiate Institute Cadet Corps are to be congratulated most heartily on the fine showing mode in the 1948-49 efficiency contest. Clinton's new flasher -and -bell system, now operating at the CNR level crossing on Vic- toria St., at the south end of town, is highly welcome. The saving of only one life would be well worth the money that has been ex- , pended on Its installation and will be spent on its operation. With the World Series over, and rugby and hockey started it is pretty hard to believe that Clinton, in the middle of October, still has two baseball teams In the running for Ontario championships in their classes. Up to date, the weatherman has been reasonably kind to the, boys, too When you drive where there 'are children on the road, think of them as human "caution signs," and anticipate the unexpected fs +ni any one of them. Slow down immediately and take extra care—especially during these coming sum- mer months when so many children will be away from school care, and out playing on the streets. IN ouR nu By How!" Hem !;a //41‘, _ I .11 a ,alis-"•••--_... _r Cops. 1547 Se, Sr. Bntarprtaaa +{crone ¢9 "I never thought marriage would make Jenkins so BITTER!" From Our Early Files HANDSOME SET OF GATES GRACE TRENTON RCAF A handsome set of stone and iron gates graces Trenton RCAF Station es a challenge to future air forces. Tendered by Canada's sister partners in the British Common- wealth Air . Training Plan, the 21 -foot high gates are a mentor- ial to the big mass -production scheme by which :more than 131,553 airmen from : Britain, Australia, Canada and New Zeal - end were trained in Canada. "Their shoulders held the skies suspended," reads the inscription on the stone. "They sesod, and earth's foundations stay," The memorial stands on King's highway 2, the mein thoroughfare along the Lake Ontario -St. Law- rence shore, which was blocked off for the imposing Common- wealth ceremonies Saturday. Prime Minister St. Laurent ac- cepted the gates after speeches by Rt. Hon. Arthur Henderson, United Kingdom Air Secretary, Rt. Hon. Francis Porde, Aust- ralian High Commissioner, Hon. James Thorn, High Commission- er for New Zealand, and Lord of coal, he said, had gone up less Tedder, Marshall of the RAF. 'than prices of other necessities. Former Minister Presented 25 Years Ago IMF CLINTOii NEWS -RECORD Thursday, October 16, .t924 James Dunford died in Toron- to following a short illness, Sur- viving are his 'wife, the former Nettie Beacom, three daughters, Mrs. Wilfred Pickett, Mrs. W. G. Moffatt and Mrs. Boxall, and two sons, Ernest and Ross. Rev. C. L. Bilkey condubted funeral ser- vices at Mrs. Pickett's home and interment followed in Brussels Cemetery. Pallbehrers were' C. G. Middleton, H. E. Rorke, J. J. Biggins, H. B. Chant, A. J. Hol- loway and W. J. Paisley. Rands -Sanderson --At the Willis Presbyterian Church manse. on Wednesday, October 15, 1924, by Rev. J. E. Hogg, Mary Myrtle Sanderson, daughter of Thomas Sanderson, to Jabez Edward Rends, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Rands. Deputy returning officers ap- pointed for the vote next Thurs- day A are: Hicks, lHarness, H. Sutter, Grigg, Porke, Fred Ford, M. Schoenhals, L. Canteen. Mrs. Mellveen his bought the builcling occupied by NI. Reeves on Albert St. Miss Eva Carter and Norman Geddes have been elected to ex- ecutive positions of East Huron Teachers' Institute. Rev. and Mrs. C. L. Bilkey, Mrs. Sheppard, Mrs. J. Johnston, Mrs. W. T. Hawkins, Mrs. Baker, and Misses Lovett and Foster at- tended a Deanery meeting in Wingham. Historical Sketches of the County of Huron (Continued from Page One) again in 1874, David Patton was honoured by his election to the Reeveship, and• Henry Ford to the Deputy's chair, In 1875 and 1876 Henry- Ford and Gabriel Elliott occupied the two highest township offices in the order named; in 1877 Mr. Elliott was elevated to the Reeve's chair, and Mr. Joseph Whitely to the Deputy's, both gentlemen be- ing re-elected in 1878; and for the current year (1879) the fol- lowing are the municipal offic- ews, viz.: Gabriel Elliott, Reeve; Joseph Whitely, Deputy Reeve; John Cox, Tames Peacock, James Laithwaite, Councillors; James Patton, Clerk;' Adam Cantelom, Treasurer. Village of Holmesville Hohnesville, the only village of this township, is situated on the Goderich and Clinton Road, nine miles from the former and three miles from the latter town. It contains a general store, post of- fice, telegraph office, hotel, school, blacksmith's shop, and two churches. It is also the "seat of government" for the township. Porter's Hill is a post office situated near the centre of the township, with a daily mail off Goderich. Theme is nothing in i•. s i, THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, October 16, 1924 Rey. A A Holmes and G W Cuninghame are on a hunting trip to Pike Bay, embed Iu•berton has won the $10 donated by the Massey -Harris Company ice finding She oldest working Massey -Harr s bsnder. This war found on the farm of John McGill, Goderich Township. Miss Caroline Archibald pas- sed a:vsy after a lengthy illness. Elm is survived by he: sister. Mrs. W. W. Ferran, with whom she made her home. Rev. Canon Gunne, London, and Rev. C. L. Bilkey officiated at the funeral. Pallbearers were H. Bartliff, Col. Prospects Not Bright For Fuel Season T. W, Rutherford, Toronto, chairman of the executive com- mittee of the National Solid Fuel Institute, reviewed Ontario's pros poets for the winter heating sea- son now almost at hand, "The picture," Mr. Rutherford said "is not an optimistic one. Supplies of imported coal during ' the summer were below normal. The miners now ere on strike and no coal at all is coming in, nor isany expected for another two weeks. On top of this we . have an eight per cent increase in Canadian freight rates and the devaluation of our dollar. As a result the price of coal for the householder has had to rise from $20.95 to$22.65 a ton. "It may advance still more, de- pending on the wage increases or benefits granted to John L. Lewis on behalf of the miners," The NSF( chairman explained that the community solid fuel merchanthas no control whatso- ever over mine prices or freight rates. However, the retail price 40 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, October 14, 1909 D. A. Forrester has purchased the B. Holmes house et the corner of Queen and John Sts. and lat- terly occupied by C. Kaufman. Miss May Rance was given an excellent write-up in one of the Toronto papers concerning her excellent portrayal of Wilson Barrett's "Sign of the Cross." David Cantelon has over 400 men employed in the harvesting of the apple crop. In memory of their parents, Bishop and. Mrs. Carmichael, the sons have placed a memorial brass plate in St. Paul's Church. Bishop Carmichael was the first minister of St. Paul's Church, serving here from 1859 to 1868. Mr. and Mrs. D. W. K. Watson and son, Frank, are moving into the house they have rented from Mrs. (Rev.) Hall. The first snow of the season fell on Tuesday. There were several squalls before the finer weather reigned supreme again. Clinton Busineee College has commenced evening classes as well as daytime. Graduates of this school have all been able to get excellent jobs, many of them with splendid pay. Mr. and Mrs. Will Plumsteel end family have arrived from Ox- bow, Sask., and plan to remain here permanently. C. G. Power, former air min- ister, was honored by the surprise presentation of a key to gates. There was a march -past, a dis- play of crack aerobatics by mem- bers of No, 410 Squadron, flying British Vampires: speeches by a few of the host of visiting dig- nitaries who had a hand in the Commonwealth plan. The sta- tion's hoard of Halyards was sent up in formation to spell out the letters: RCAF. But Prime Minister St. Laur- ent, richer after the ceremony by three silver keys to the Trenton gates, summed it up in these words: "We are commemorating today the graduates of the British Com- monwealth Air Training schools who poured overseas in such large numbers." H. B. Combe, J. Wiseman. W. TSrydonc, H. R. Sharp end C. G. Middleton. George Jenkins has gone west for is short visit and will lock after his business interests there. Misses Loretto Phelan and D. ' Flynn represented St. Joseph's Church at a convention in Strat- ford. the shape of a village at this W. M. Erwin was chairman of point. a well -attended meeting in the A Good Township interests of the Temperance The surface of this township cause. Rev. Dr. J. A. Cormie, undulates gently in. the interoir•, but near the lake it 'is very level, except where broken by occasional ravines, In point of. wealth its people rank at least third in the list of Huron County townships, while- from an intel- lectual point of view they are unsurpassed ,'by those of any other township. • In short, the township contains in an eminent degree all the elements of intelligence, respec- tability, and prosperity. * THE CLINTON .NEWS-R>CORD Thursday. October 14, 1909 Reuben Graham, Gus Collyer, J. E. Cantelon, J. E. Hovey and John Dodds, representing Clinton Gun Club, were the winners at a tournament in Zurich. Govier-Bigein—At the Ontario St. Church Personage, on Wed- nesday, October 13, 1909. by Rev. T. Wesley Cosens, Mrs. Alice Biggin to Richard A. Govier. Those taking cart at the Guild I T social in Willis Church were Misses 1VIcRae, Cullins, Hoover, Maclvor, Chidley, Morris, Irwin and Mrs. Chowen. D. L. Gibb has purchased the McEwen Grocery business. T. T. Murphy is busily engag- ed buying poultry again this fell. W. J. Tozer, R. Fitzsimons and Harry Beacom -attended the Fair in Rayfield yesterday. Mrs. H. T. Ranee. Mrs. W. W. Ferran and Mrs, W. Biydone are visiting in Toronto. 'C. S. Andrews, sin of Megist- rate and Mrs. S. 3. Andrews, who learned the printing trade in the News -Record Office. has gone in- to business for himself, having bought the Wetaskawin (Alta.) Post. Winnipeg, was guest speaker and was introduced by Rev. J. E. Hogg. Mrs. (Dr.) P. Hearn sang a very pleasing solo. Levi Trick, London, is renew- ing old acquaintances in this locality. 0 Galileo invented the pendulum. Bungalow houses originated in India, Noah was 600 years old when the ark was completed. die,Adventuhes of Ca ►taiu organ EPISODE FIVE i NRAGED AT HIS',- IELPLL SSNE55 BEFORE OVERPOWERING NUM. BERS, MORGAN SWEARS VEN- GPANCH FOR THE MURDER -OF HIS COMPANIONS BY TME SPANMR05... THEY (GILLED SHE SHALL SE THE GIILL,TO0, AVENGED: OUI2 ANORG.AN FRIENDS, THE BUCCANEERS, SHALL SE AVENGED; THE Vr 5PANl51.1 TORTUt2ER5 SHALL PAy; a, 1 SWEAR IT/ T+'• o ee nee-- NOW LET'S GET AWAY YOU'LL 4'IAVE TO WORK FROM T14(5 TOMB: THE. eoAT, WAKE I. LUCKY THE 51:ANWARDS 514ALL ONE YOU DIDN'T Glen COh4 PBT YOU'RE WOUNDED-- i S M l NOW WHERE; TO? ._ WHY DON'T WE SEEK' OUT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE BUC.CANE. EE, THE SRETHREN OF T -HE COAST. ,- THE! . ISLAND 15 GALLED TOi''TUGA METHINKS IT LIES SOUTHEAST--- YET -WE'LL HAVE TO STEEIL Ale eA,STWARp COURSE ?O CATCH T'HE TRADE WINS -.A PERILOUS JoURNE' WITHOUT CHART OR COMPASS--- TeleSETTEE I KNOW MO TeINK 4'45 44A1 Ti -la MAILINGS OF A€I1SAT MAN.- I'll STICK WITH H1M1-_, vo,,/,AAr41 FEAT ppF S.EA`44/35HIP._- -SOO N/LE.,f IN;fitCOCIGLESHELt BUFFgrr¢,ByTHE'CHOPPY' CURRENTS 045,0 Gastw, ,WINOS OF THC 61121..8 AN. ,• .. "Young men from Britain, Aus- tralia, and, New Zealand, who were trained here will long be remembered," said the prime minister. "By their presence in Canada they strengthened Com- monwealth ties through the last - Practically all coal in dealers' yards throughout the province already has been ordered, Mr. Rutherford said, and most of it at the old price. There are no stock -plies and — despite t h e charge of the Toronto Labor Council last week—there hes been no profiteernig. Possibility of this, he said, was non-existent. Most solid fuel merchants are established right in the centre of the communities they serve end their business depends on the good will of customers and neigh- bours. Mg bonds of friendship they established with our people. "To many a family throughout the Commonwealth this air con- tribution to victory brought trag- edy. These gates will remind us of the sacrifice of those who gave their lives so that we may live in freedom. They will also stand as an enduring symbol of united spirit among the peoples 41 +lie British Commonwealth. 1 Not Postcard Variety "Would you like to take away sonic views of the boarding house?" asked the seaside land- lady. "No thanks," replied the de- parting guest. "I have my own." 0 is r e ane D o n y The lady of the house was do- ing some profound bookkeeping at her pretty llttle desk. "At last," she declared, "the bank balance and the figures on my cheque-book stub are the same." "Congratulations!" cried her husband. 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