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Clinton News-Record, 1946-05-23, Page 3THURSDAY, MAT 23, 1948 CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE TI•EREE QUEEN VICTORIA By "PEG" There are many now living who can recall the day when Good Queen Victoria left the Earthly Throne, where she had reigned for sixty-four years to become a subject of the King of Kings, whom we believe she had faithfully served. At that time there were no radios and the news of this Great Event travelled ranch slower than it would do to -day. The world had waited an- ' xiousi1 realizing front news papers, and bulletin boards that the end of a remarkable life was approaching. It was indeed with true sorrow that the tolling bells made the announcement that such a great ruler had passed on. Queen Victoria came to the throne as a young Princess of eighteen. When her father the Duke of Kent died he left the Duchess and little Princess Victoria with small means on which to live. As a consequence of this the Princess was brought up to realize the importance of being thrifty. Princess Victoria was not told until she was twelve years of age that she was likely to be the future Queen of Great Britain. It was only when William IV, a man of sixty-five years alone stood between her and the throne that it was deemed wise to tell her. The news deeIo ed in the Prin- cess many qualities which helped to make such a success of her life. On the morning of June 20, 1837, Y the Aachbishop of Canterbury and the Lord Chamberlain arrived at Kensing- ton Palace with the word that William IV had died and that the young Prin- cess was Queen. She fell on her knees and asked the prayers of the two who had brought the message which made such a change in her life. Robert Browning has given a very vivid de- scription of this scene in his noted poem "Victoria Tears". During the sixty-four years of this marvellous reign there are ninny lessons which we can learn from the life of this noted and much beloved Queen. As we have mentioned the Princess was early taught the value of money. How many of us have this realizat- ion? Parents very often now try the allowance plan with their family. If it is strictly adhered to it is a splend- id idea, but so often even children live beyond their alotted means, other parents rather than have them disap- pointed increase their givings. Finally the child is going to suffer. A young girl who was living beyond the allow- ance with which a brother was supply ing her, was asked by him one day if she thought money flowed out of a pump. There is little use in starting to give an allowance to 'a child if he or she is not trained to use it in the proper way. The following story is told of Queen Victoria. One of her grandsons who was attending college had over spent his allowance and wrote to his grandmother that he owed a fellow student 7s 6d and requ- ested her to forward him some extra money., Her Majesty replied that he must make his allowance cover his needs. He immediately showed this to his friend who accepted the letter in full payment of the debt. How much we need such a lesson on thrift. People by the hundreds are buying things which they cannot at the time afford promising to pay off the debt by de- grees. it would be groes. How much better if they would just save up the requir- ed amount, buy what they want out- right. It might take a little longer to satisfy their desire but it would eliminate the dread of having a truck drive up to the door and remove some piece of furniture or an article 'of some kind which had not been fully paid for. Let us make as one of our mottos. "What I have is my own". Queen Victoria had a real true love for her Consort, her partner in life. It is true that the heir or heiress pre- sumptive to the throne of Great Brit- ain cannot marry whom he or she wills and still expect at seine future date to ascend the throne, but from the many biographies which have been written of Queen Victoria we know she chose a Prince whom she could and did love. The fact that she was always above him in rank made no difference to their happy home life. How different things are to -day. One only needs to look about them to find broken homes. As it was necessary for the Queen to have permission. from Parliament to marry, so before taking this all important step, each one should present the problem, as perhaps it oftimes is, to the Heavenly Father who will be our Guide. So often the marriage ceremony is gone through and the Lord has not been Mrs. Felder, although the mother of taken into it at all. Needless to say it lea a Iars. family, always d taken an His Comfort is needed before Very active interest in the affairs of her long. eommunit Greatly interested in Another characteristic of -the noble Queen, of whom we are writing, was punctuality. In this day of rush we forget to include that in our days plan. Not only did the Queen .consider this a bad habit in her own life, but she would not tolerate it in those who had anything to do with her days pro- gramme. The members of her parlia- ment and her attendants knew this only too well. For us there is a great lesson here. The instances are few when it is permissable to be late for an appointment even with ourselves. The tune of others is just as valuable sitions have 1 OBITUARY MRS. JOHN ELDER (By our Hensall Correspondent) Mary Ann Smillie, eldest daughter of the late Benjamin and Jane Buch- anan Smillie, and wife of John Elder, Hensall, died at her home Friday evening, 1VIay 17, following •a .two weeks' illness. as our own and many po been lost by our young people simply because they were not punctual. Another very strong point in the life of our Sovereign was her kindness. She was always dignified but made it a constant habit to go among the poorest of her subjects. The story is told of how one day a poor little girl ventured into the garden of Balmoral Castle. Seeing the beautiful roses she asked the gardener if he could sell her one for her sick Mother. The gardner told her he could not sell the Queen's flowers. Her majesty was not far away and hearing the little ones request she went over and said "The gardner cannot sell flowers nor do we grow flowers, to sell," but she took from her basket some lovely roses and gave them to the child telling her to take them with the love of the Queen to her Mother. Station in life made no difference if she could do a kindness to anyone. When she passed on there were many of the cettagers on her Highland Est- ate to whom her leaving them meant a great deal. One of the greatest characteristics of Queen Victoria was her regard for the Lord's Day. Neither she nor her household did anything on that day which could be avoided. On one mass - ion one of her ministers came on the Sabbath to present a problem which he persisted must he attended to at once, The Queen said "Lord —, I will be ready at seven o'clock Monday Morning to look into that matter". The minister knew that was final and the appointment was made some hours later on Monday. When Queen Victoria was at Bal- moral Castle she attended a Iittie Presbyterian Church at Crathie where she worshipped with her humble sub- jects. In one of her diary entries she speaks of "a minister preaching a sermon which lasted nearly an hour but which kept one's attention rivet- ed." What would we think to -day if a minister preached for an hour? Twenty minutes seems to be the limit of our patience along that line. Whatever the Queeu did was done to the best of her ability. She believed in no half way measure. "If anything was worth doing at all it was worth doing well and whatever was worth doing well was worth doing as per- fectly as possible." That is a charact- eristic we can all profit by. The world looked on the Queen as a Christian .Sovereign, one who gave Christ first place in her life and she did her utmost to bring her family up in like manner, Wherever she was on the Sabbath Day she joined others in worship to God and resented any reference being made to her presence. Although she was Queen of the Brit- ish Commonwealth of Nations she recognized Christ as the King of Kings. She made the prayer of King flowers she was for many years secre- tary of the Horticultural Society of Hensall. A life member of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Women's Missionary Society, she showed her continuous interest in human betterment. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and later of the United i Church and was a regular attendant at the Sunday School as pupil and teacher. She took an active part for' many years in the local Red Cross. The family consists of three sons and four daughters: William Benjan- in, London; John G., Oshawa; Lorne C., Hamilton; (Grace) Mrs. Bert Peck, Zurich; (Helen) ' Mrs. A. E. Howe, Halifax, N.S.: (Jean) Mrs. H. L. Statham, Kingsville; and (Pearl) Mrs. Delbert Geiger, Zurich. She was a sister of James Smillie, Hen- sall; Dr. A. B. Smillie, Niagara Falls; Rev. B. S. Smillie, Rasalnura, India; Dr. Jennie Smilie and Misses Marg- aret Toronto. •e an Emmaline, at t d e largely attend- ed, te - The funeral service, rgey t nd ed, was held from the United Church Monday afternoon, May 20, conducted by Rev. R. A. Brook. W. 0. Goodwin rendered an appropriate solo. Follow- ing the service the cortege proceeded to Hensall Union Cemetery where burial took place. Bearers were' her five grandsons: Harold and Kenneth Elder, Hensall; Robert K. Peck, John Peck and Harold Peck. Zurich; a nephew, Clarence Smillie, Hensall. Flower bearers were R. J. Paterson, Alfred Taylor, W. R. Dougall, Rob- ert and Douglas Gook, Walter Fa'r bairn, Thomas Welsh, John Tapp, Hensall; Frank Elliott, Toronto; Rol- and Geger, Zurich. . MRS. JAMES SNELL A largely attended funeral service was held in Beattie Funeral Home, Clinton Saturday afternoon for Jane Elleoat, beloved wife of the late James Snell, who died at the hone of her daughter, Miss Mary Snell, Hamilton, on Wednesday afternoon, May 16, in her 93rd year, after an illness of two weeks. A private service had taken place in Hamilton Friday evening. Rev. H. J. Snell, a cousin, Auburn, conducted the service and pallbearers were four grandsons: Reg. Knights, Robert Welsh, Alvin Betties and James Snell; and two cousins: Harry and Grant Snell. Interment was in the family plot in Clinton cemetery. Born in Tuckersmith Township, January 1, 1854, deceased was the daughter of the late Appleton Ellcoat and Jane Hetherington and was the last surviving member of her fain- ily. In 1876 she was married to James Snell who predeceased her in 1925. In religion she was Methodist and lated United Church and attend- ed Londesboro United Church. After her marriage she and her husband farmed in Hullett Township. Surviving are four sons and one daughter: Howard, Tuokersmith Township; William, London; Hum phrey and Ephraim, both of Hallett «( Tbwnship; and Miss Mary Snell, i THE WORLD'S S 4 Hamilton. There are also six grand- children and four great grandchildren. Since the death .of her husband, Mrs. Snell had spent summers in this district and the winters in Hamilton; a year ago, however owing to her advanced age she was not able to Y come home. r * . { LESLIE GEORGE MUTTON Following a funeral service at his late residence, Huron Road, Goderich Township, Tuesday afternoon, May I 21, interment took place in Trinity Church Cemetery, Mitchell, for Leslie George Mutton, who died at his home Sunday .after a long illness in his 68th year. A. native of Fullerton Township, Perth County, he was a son of the late Robert and Martha Mutton. He was educated 'in the township public school and the High School et Mitchell. In 1908 he moved with his parents to a farm in Logan Township. After his marriage to Louisa Jane Quincy in 1914 he farmed in the same whenremoved i1194he o to she ant 3 wn p to Goderich Township where he had operated a fox and fruit farm. He was a member of St. George's Anglican Church, Goderich. Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Harold, Wood- stock, and two grandchildren. MRS..OSCAR WARRBNER After a lengthy illness, Mrs. Oscar Warrener,. Hamilton, passed away Tuesday, May 14, in Hamilton General Hospital in her 69th year. The fun- eral was held on Thursday afternoon, May 16 from Wray's Funeral Home, with Rev. Waite officiating. Inter- ment took place in Greenwood Ceme- tery. Pallbearers were six nephews, Harry Wright, Toronto; John and Merritt Nediger, Clinton; Norman Holland, Goderich Township; Clifford Holland and Harold Turner, Goderich. As a young woman, Mrs. Warrener, the former Agnes Nediger, married Oscar Warrener who predeceased her about 35- years ago. iSurviving are one sister, Miss Daisy Nediger, 28 Greenaway Ave., Hamilton, and one brother, W. J. Nediger, Clinton. Those from this district in at- tendance at the funeral were W. .1. Nediger; Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Nediger, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nediger, Miss Helen Nediger, all of Clinton; MA and Mrs. Noramn Holland, Goderich Township; Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Hol- land and Mr. anti Mrs. Harold S. Turner, Goderich.* * FREDERICK HOWARD HERBERT Worcs has been received in Clinton of the death in Victoria, 13.0., of Frederick Howard Herbert, who pas- sed away on Friday, May 10, 1940. The largely attended funeral was held from McCall's Funeral Parlours on Monday, May 13. Rec. A. E. White- house of Metropolitan United Chnreh, officiated, The floral tributes were many and beautiful. Mr. Herbert was a man of out- standing qualities and was very active in the life of the church. He had been ill for almost six months and was a very patient sufferer. A number of years ago he was married to Elsie M. Hibbert, formerly of Clinton, who sur- vives along with two sons: Fred H. and John ]). Solomon at the dedication of the Temple applicable to her life. "0, Lord God of Israel, there is no God like unto thee in the heaven nor in the Earth, which lseepest covenant inn shewest mercy unto thy servants that walk before thee with all their hearts." Will we not make those words part of our daily .prayer and with God's help strive so to live that others will know that we belong to the ranks of the King of all the Earth. Lord Tennyson speaks very sincere- ly of our beloved Qaeen Victoria in the words, "Her court was pure; her life serene; God gave her peace; her land repossed; A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife and Queen." 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There are now 120,000 more telephones and as a result Long Distance calling has steadily increased even though the war 0 higher than when theActually the ume of war began.'ng is now about 100% g observe the proper That's why it is so 'helpful when you sequence, as shown below, in making Long Distance calls. •We are building new lines and new switchboards but it will take some time to get them into use. In the mea ntime We'll appreciate your help and understanding, especially if your call is delayed. "The next place I live in is going to have..." Many an over•expanded household has endured the "bathroom prob- lem", but lack of ADEQUATE ELECTRIC WIRING is a more subtle irritation. Having to move the chesterfield to plug in the vacuum cleaner, for instance, just because the only wall outlet is back there ... with all the lamps and the radio' hooked up to it. And then there is the new range or water heater you would like to have if the main wiring would only stand the strain. That is where the real rub comes ... when you can't use some new electrical convenience until new wiring is installed for it. Many homes are not wired for modern demands, As more appli- ances become .available, the use of electricity keep's right on climbing, and makeshift wiring adjustments lead to trouble. That is why it is so necessary for you to insist on adequate wiring for your home, be it old or new. Hydro rates, have been reduced until they are now among the lowest in the world. Enjoy full benefit of low-cost electrical servants by having your home adequately wired. A good electrical contractor knows how to wire adequately, and your local Hydro will gladly give you information. if you are improving or building a home, ask your Hydro for the book- let, !'Adequate Wiring for the Postwar Electric Homes of Canada." Clean up -- Paint up Plant up— Beautify your community _. 11 r Pic PnWPR COMMISSION. 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