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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1948
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. COLQUHOUhl, Plant Manager
• Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday - Wednesday, August 5 -9, 1950
•
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1949
Clinton's New Asessment
THE TAXPAYERS OF CLINTON have.
received their ,assessment notices for 1949,
indicating the assessment on which the 1950
tax levy will be based.' Some of them have
not been very,heppy about the increases, which
have been general this year, to conform to a
county equalization.
For the purpose of discussing the new
assessments, the TownCouncil called a meet-
ing of taxpayers which was held in the Coun-
cil. Chamber 'Thursday evening last and was
quite largely attended. County Assessor Alex
Alexander' and Town Assessor J. W. Maiming
were on hand to answer any questions that
might arise, and they were kept quite busy,
especially the former.
The chief difficulty seemed to be that the
ratepayers were unfamiliar with the basis of
assessment increases which produced an aver-
age increase of nearly 53 per cent over the
whole picture. When it was explained that
their cards were available and that they would
be allowed every opportunity in the Assessor's
Office of investigating anything they wished,
those present seemed much better satisfied.
However, the fact that about 25 formal,
appeals have been entered against the new
assessments, is proof positive that there are
some who are not yet satisfied that they re-
ceived a fair deal. The appeals will be heard
at the Court of Revision which- sits in the
Town Council Chamber Monday evening next.
It is obvious that the Court of Revision
must bear in mind the general good, of all
the ratepayers when arriving at its decisions.
And we trust there will be no pandering to
appeals that may be based not entirely on the
general . good, but if granted, actually would
work a hardship on all the other taxpayers
of the municipality,
There is only one .exception that we would
be inclinedto make; it is the case of an
infant industry in the town that might desire
and need slight encouragement in the way
of fixed assessment or something along the
same line. For example, Par -Knit Hosiery
Limited is a new firm here although it oc-
cupies the building and uses some of the
machinery formerly the property of Richmond
Hosiery Limited, It is a young and growing
industry, with a good future, but in its infant
stages, undoubtedly it requires all the en-
couragement, in a tangible way, that it can
get. People who talk about securing new in-
dustries for the town probably would admit
that Par -Knit Hosiery Limited comes under
this ,category.
If a vote of the people is required to
make some concession, let's have a vote of
the people!
Thoughts To Remember
"SEVEN TIMELY THOUGHTS" which
have a vogue in Australian and New Zealand
newspapers, and which have reached Britain
with emphasis are worthy of reproduction` in
Canada. They have an application here as
elsewhere.
These injunctions are in pithy form:
1. You cannot bring about prosperity by
discouraging thrift.
2. You cannot strengthen the week by
weakening the strong.
3. You cannot help small men by tearing
down big men.
4. You cannot help the poor by destroy -
1
ing the rich.
5. You cannot lift the wage-earner by
pulling down the wage -payer.
6. You cannot build character and cour-
age by taking away a man's initiative and
independence.
7. You cannot help men permanently by
doing them what they could and should do
for themselves.
There is no need for any elaboration of
the seven points, comments The St. Catharines
Standard. They all embrace and denote the
progress of humans, individually and colIec-
tively.
Editorial Comment ..
Clinton has established itself more firmly
as the second largest town in Huron Coupty
by registering a gain in population of 66 dur-
ing the past year, the total now standing at
2,475. We suspect most people, when asked,
will just' say: "about 2,500" and they will be
pretty nearly correct.
In seeking new industries, Goderich enter-
tained a representative of the Ontario Depart-
ment of Planning and Development on a tour
of the town's industrial plants last week. He
slated that his Department had 500 to 600 ap-
plications for allocation for new industries.
Here's something Clinton should busy itself
with, too!
The NEWS -RECORD extends it sincerest
sympathy to Mr. and Mrs, W. B. McCool,
Wingham, in the loss by death of the former's
mother, Mrs. John McCool. Mr. McCool who
is publisher of The Wingham Advance -Times,
recently suffered a heart attack and is con-
fined to Wingham General Hospital for some
weeks, and was unable to attend his mother's
funeral. We trust he will he back to the
grind soon -but not too soon!
Historical Sketches of the County of Huron
(Continued from Page One)
for the first municipal year were:
William McBryan, Garrett Whit-
eley, John Miller, James Miller,
Robert Bingham, Thomas Fork -
well, Hugh Archer. John Ford.
John Patterson, Edward McLean,
George Thompson, James Harrell,
William Harrell, William Irvine,
John Fowler, Robert Dill, Gil-
bert McMichael, cMichael Thomas McMich-
ael and James Mulholland. Al-
though it appears from the min-
utes of this meeting that "William
Hodgson was called to the chair,"
they are signed "John Bingham,.
chairman,"
Early Finances
The financial statement for
that year shows the sum of
£59 5s. 3d, to have been received
at various times from the -Dist-
rict Treasurer; and the following
extract from the detailed state-
ment of expenditures shows how
the Town Clerks were paid; "Jan-
uary 1st, 1848, -To 2 per cent
of £50 5s. 3d., Clerk's fees.' The
"statement" is endorsed as fol-
lows: , "Goderich, 5th January,
1849.-Ex'd. and approved, Geo-
rge Frain, T. B. Woodruff, Dist -
:aid Auditors."
At the town meeting of 1849
C. L. VanEgmond was chairman,
and was alsoelected the second
time as District Councillor,
Hullett-McKillop Union
The first year of the :,peration
of the Municipal Act found Hul-
lett and McKillop united, and in
the records we find the follow-
ing minute: -"Received eceive
d from
Ed-
ward VanEgmond, late Town
Clerk of Hullett, the following
books and documents, viz.: The
Township Clerk, The District Law
Manuel, Statutes, 9 Vict, Minutes
of District Council, 1848 and
1849, and a bundle of old docu-
ments. R. Cana, Tp. Clerk of
McKillop and Hullett."
This union lasted two years,
and in 1852, on Hallett obtaining
a distinct organization, the first
Council were as follows: Reeve,
Elijah 'T. McFaul; Councillors,
Jonas Gibbings, James Miller,
Thomas McMichael, James Snell;
Clerk, James Allan.
County Representatives
Since that date the township's
:representatives in the County
Council have been;- 1853, Jonas
Gibbings; 1854-5-6-7, Sbmuel
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25 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, October 23, 1924
R. Marshall, William St., has
two Easter lilies in his garden.
One is now, in bloom and the
ether one is almost in bloom. The
mild weather is attributed for
this strange happening.
E A. Fines and ten members
of the CCI Cadet Corps are in
Loudon attending a shooting
"Navy Week"
Lauds Those
Who Served'
This is "Navy Week" through-
out Canada and is being observ-
ed in tribute to those who serv-
ed in the Navy during the wars
and in memory of those who did
not return. It is a time far
thought of the heroism and gal-
lantry of the Navy in the past
and of the continuing need for
maintaining Naval efficiency
now and in the future.
Coincident with Navy Week and
es a part of its educational pro-
gram, the Navy League of Can-
ada is conducting another Na-
tional Essay Contest similar to
the one that was held lest year.
The subject this time is "Our
Canadian Navy" and the Contest
is open to boys and girls who
are residents of Canada. It is
divided into two age groups, the
Junior section including those
who are 10 to,, 13 years of age
and the Senior Section including
those who are 14 to 18.
A total of more than 200 prizes
will be awarded, the top prize
in the Senior section in each
province being a free visit to the
Fleet either at Esquimalt, B.C.
or Halifax, N.S., as a guest of the
Navy, and should the winner be
attending school, the principal of
that school will be invited by
the Navy League to go along as
an escort, with all expenses paid.
The writer of the essay consid-
Iered to be the best from all Can -
ada in the Junior section will
Henry Ranee; 1858-9, Thomas also be awarded a free visit to
MVleMichael; 1860-1-2-3, Charles athe Fleet, and to the writer of
Morrow. During the latter year the best essay from all Canada,
the township sent its first Deputy (regardless of age, will be Navyaward-
Reeve in the person of John ed the League's Diamond
Morgan. The Reeves and Depu- Medal.
ties following were: 1864, John' Other prizes that will bring
R. H. Snell, 1865, R. H.
Snell, William Warner; 1866, honour and credit to the writers
Thomas McMichael, Humphrey as well as to their schools and
Snell; 1867-8-9-70, Charles Mor- ; communities include gold, silver
raw, Humphrey Snell; 1871-2, end bronze medals, wrist -watches
Thomas Moon, Humphrey Snell; and certificates of merit. It is
1873, Humphrey Snell, John War- significant that the majority of
wick; 1874-5, Humphrey Snell, these prizes were won by resi-
Alex' Monteith• 1876, Alexander dents of the smaller places and
Monteith, J. Warwick. communities last year and that
For the years 1877.8-9 the same the diamond medal grand prize
Council have been returned at was won by a '13 -year -Old school
each succeeding election, as fol- girl of Moose Jaw, Sask.
lows: Reeve, John McMillan; The contest is now open and
helpful information as well as
the complete list of prizes are
oontained in a handbook that is
now available at schools, Naval
Divisions and branches of The
Navy League. 'Copies may also
be obtained by sending a letter
or post -card to The Navy League
of Canada, 109 St. George Street,
Toronto 5.
Deputy Reeve, John Mason;
Councillors, John Britton, Jos-
eph Howson, John Lathan; and
the other municipal officers for
;1879 are, Clerk and Treasurer,
James Brethweite; Assessor, Ro-
bert Smith; .Collector, Thomas
. Neilans. The township has no
Town Hall, the meetings being
iprincipally held at the public
!house at Londesboro.
W allaceburg.
Clayton -Quigley - In Holy
Name Cathedral, Chicago, on
Saturday. October 4, 1924, by
Rev. Father Haspold, Kathleen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Quig-
ley, Hullett Township, to. Gerald
J. Clayton, son of Mr. and Mrs,
John Clayton, Barrie.
Miss Amy Howson has resign-
ed from the staff of the Molsons
Bank after . serving for a num-
ber of years. She plans to spend
the winter in California,
Miss Cuninghame is looking
after the bulbs for the Horticul-
tural Society which have arrived.
contest.
Steel safety lockers have been
installed at the CNR Station.
The Public Utilities workmen,
have disconnected all the drink-
ing fountains on the street. This
i a sure sign that winter is just
around the corner. On ,top of
that there were a few flurries
of snow on Tuesday.
Clinton orchestra is busily en-
gaged playing for dancing in
various centres. Tomorrow night
the orchestra plays for a dance
sponsored by the Pastime Club
and next week it will be in Bgus-
sels at a masquerade dance.
The Odd Fellows have planned
to hold a euchre contest in their
lodge rooms once a month during
the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ransfordre
and Melvin aattending a ticket
agents convention in Windsor.
A. E. Durnin has returned from
a trip through Western Canada
bringing back several carloads of
cattle.
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NEWLYWEDS FETED
DUNGANNON -- Mr. and Mrs,
Harry Wilkins (nee Grace Cook)
were honored by friends with a
reception dance in the Agricul-
tural Hall here Friday night. A
large crowd attended and Car-
ruthers orchestra supplied music.
An address of good wishes was made read by Warren Zinn; and Rus-
sell Alton the presentation
of a purse of money to the guests
of honor.
40 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, October 21, 1909
J. Fair and the employees of
the mill, along with M. McTag-
gart, N. Ball end J. Steep pre-
sented Richard' ` Govier with a
handsome suitcase in honour of
his recent marriage.
S. S. Cooper entertained a num-
ber of his friends to a birthday
dinner at the Normandie Hotel.
Funeral services were held on
Tuesday for George Doherty. He
is survived by his wife, one
daughter, and one son, as well
as several brothers and sisters,
one of the brothers being William
Doherty. Rev. Dr. Stewart as-
sisted by Rev. W. J. Jolliffe 'of-
ficiated at the funeral and the
pallbearers were H. B. Chant, W.
Gt. Smyth, Jdhn Gibbings, S.
Kemp, Thomas Beacom and A. D.
Beaton.
Downs -Stevenson -At Listowel,
on Thursday, October 21, 1909,
by Rev. R. B. Stevenson, brother
of the bride, Addle L. Stevenson,
to Walter S. Downs, Clinton.
Professor Brown, organist of
Wesley Church, has bought Miss
Graham's house on Mill. St. Miss
Graham intends to take rooms for
the present.
Mrs. James Webster, Londes-
boro, has returned to her home
after visiting her daughter, Mrs.
G. E. Saville.
Charlie Kerr has sufficiently re-
covered from his attack of Ty-
phoid Fever that he will be able
to return home in a few days.
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, October 23, 1924
Those assisting at the social
evening of the Ladies'Guild of
St. Paul's Anglican Church were
Mrs. Frank Hovey, Mrs. S. G.
Castle, Mrs. H. B. Combe, Mrs.
S. Churchill, Mrs. C. Draper and
Mrs. W. J. Elliott.
Cilia, on Knitting Co. staff en-
joyed a fowl supper and dance
yesterday evening.
Markets were: Wheat, $1,30;
peas, $1.50; buckwheat, 90c; bar-
ley, 85c; butter. 30e to 32c: live
hogs, $9.50; eggs, c
to 40c;
oats, 50e.
Rev. J. E. Hogg officiated at
the funeral of the late Robert
Tunney. Pallbearers were John
and Alex Butler, John Kisner,
Leonard and Thomas Leeming,
and Leonard Cook,
Mr. and Mrs. A, O. Pattison
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, October 21, 1909
Those who will play football
on Saturday are: North, G. Kilty,
R. Forrester, Roy Forrester, W.
Twitohell, W. Cook, R. Harland,
E. Beacom, E. Graham, F. Rum -
ball, F. Rice, H. Kilty, H. Har-
land, A. Steep; South: L. Greig,
L. Cook, N. Cluff, W. Pinning,
W. Webb, A. Rathwell, J. Levy,
M. Cook, C. Paisley, W. Grant,
F. Thompson, A. Cousins, W.
Managhan, W. Hall. ,
D. Cantelon is buying cider
apples for shipment.
Albert Turner has shown us a
potato weighing four pounds
which was grown on the farm of
John Bayley.
Markets were: Wheat, 95c to
97c; oats,. 34c to 35c; peas, 80c;
barley, 48c to 50e; butter, 20c to
21c; eggs, 23c to 24c; dried apples,
5e; live hogs, $7.50.
Albert Seeley has been in God-
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Clarence"Johnson has been as-
signed to a Mission in Edrans,
Man. He is already there and
has the good wishes of all the
citizens of town in thus choosing
the clerical profession.
Thomas Shipley lies been cal-
led to Moosomin, Sask., whore
his son, John, is critically ill with
typhoid fever.
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