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Clinton News Record, 1944-08-03, Page 1rhe Clinton News -Record Est. 1878 No, (6108 - 67th YEAR With Which is Incorporated, The Clinton New ; Era CLINTON ONTARIO T.IHURSDAY. AUGUST*3rd 1944 A Fine Watch is a source of pleasure to the owner. He regulates his life by it, divides his time by it; and it become the 'intimate guide of his life,. Let us remind you however, that there are many processes ,in watch making applied to the higher grades, which cannot be cheapened, and if you want a reliable life time companion, buy one; of our good watches. No watch buyer can afford to purchase a watch until he has be- come informed as to' the egcellence of it. We have a large selection to choose from and will be pleased to show you at any time. W. H. HELLYAR JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST RESIDENDCE PHONE 174j i PSUMMER SPORT TOGS AT CLEAR1NG PRICES The Assortment is compris- ed of Shorts, Slacks, Farmerettes, Blouses and Peasant Skirts. A. Number of these items have been reduced to One .Half r1 of Original Prices for Quick Sell- ing. R. V. Fine for your table is still availablte Look over your supply are in need of. We will quirements at all .times. I at our store. and see what pieces yott do our hest•to fill your regi 26 piece service, for sixersons in LadyHamil- p ton pattern, complete with tarnish -proof chest aii $32.00. 44 pieee services for eight persons, in Adoration, 'pattern at $49.75 in Corvette tarnish -proof chest. 26 piece service for six, in the very popular Fort-( lune pattern, with tarnish proof chest at $15.95. 34 piece service for eight, in• lovely Exquisite pat, tern, complete in 'Splendor tarnish -proof chest •ati $26.00.. Silverware subject to Purchase Tax. Watches, Diamonds and Jewellery purchased here, and exported to customer's. address in U. S. A. by 11,1 are not subject to tax. • Counters for'Finer Jewellery for Over Half a Coy Century in Huron County RED CROSS NOTES The Summer meeting for Clinton Red ,Cross Society was held on Mon. July,31, with the presiden1/4Mrs. W. A. Oakei in the chair. The Daily Prayer and Lord's prayer were re- peated in unison. Reports from the various conveners were •read and adopted. There is an urgent need for 'more sewers. If you find it im- possible to go to the workroorne could you not do some sewing in your own home? We hope there will be a good response to this appeal. We can never do tea =eh nor even enough for those who are bearing the brunt of this near. Every article you make. means some added comfort to the one wh.o receives it and who needs it so very much. Work of the local Red Gross in D. Flynn and family. post-war planning was discussed. Our society will stand ready to help in whatever way it fs possible in caring for returned men and their families, and in any emergency that may arise. Visitors for August to the hospital at the Radio School will be Miss Holmes and Mrs. McKinnon. We wish to thank the Londesboro Red Cross for donations of money and jai for the Blood Donor Clinic and the Junior ,Red Cross Society of the Collegiate for a generous dona- tion for Clinic expenses. The following reports were re- ceived. Sewing June Holmesville; 36 diapers, 48 sani- tary pads, 1 pr. rompers. Summerhill; 8 pr. boys grey shorts, size 10; 3 pr. rompers. Porters Hill; 4 ladies blouses, size 40; 60 diapers, 72 sanitary pads. . South End Goderich Twp.; 5 pan- MILITARY NEWS tie dresses; 5 infants nighties; 30 sanitary pada Tuckersmith; 10 girls blouses size 10. S, S. No. 4.; 10 girls dresses size 10. Clinton; 17 pr. boys grey shorts, size 10; 15 girls blouses size 10; 9 pr. rompers. All together 338 artic- les, Sewing July Summerhill; 30 boys vests. Porters Hill; 12 diapers; 60 sani received word from their son Lloyd, tarp pads. who is serving with the R.C.A.M.C., South End. Goderich Twp,; 10 die overseas.. ere Flt. IA John • E. Cuninghame of ecor r The New Era Est.1867 THE HOME PAPER 1 Holiday Hours At The Post' Office The usual holiday hours will be held at the Post Office ,on Civic Holiday, August 7th. The wicket will' open from 11 to 11.30 a.nm.' and from 2 to 2.3.0 pan. for the distribution of mail. There will also be only one collection of mail boxes, at 8 in the evening. 'V , PERSONALS Miss Phyllis Shanahan is visiting her friend, Mrs. Jerry Fulton of Guelph: M Mr. O. M. 'Johnson, Doreen and Bette of Torontovisited- last week end 'at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Howes. Mr. and Mrs. John Flynn of Detroit were week end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. D. Shanahan and Mrs.' v Fatal Accident On Monday' evening, Mrs. A. J. McMurray was instantly killed when a brick wall collapsed' and in fall- ing buried Mrs. McMurray and Mr. and Mrs. Wan. Walker. Mr. Mc- Murray was nearby, but escaped in jury. Mr. Walker succumbed to in- juries during the night. tMrs. Wal- ker is seriously ill in Clinton•Public Hospital. The accident occurred on the Fletcher Townshend farm in Tucker - smith township. Mr. McMurray and Mr. Walker hard purchased the hriek house from Mr. Townshend about a month ago and have been dismant- ling it, The work was almost com- pleted when the accident occurred. Sgt. Edward Elliott left on Mon- day for Christie Street Hospital, Toronto, where he will . undergo treatment .311.his leg. AISrnn. M. J. Schoenhals and A,/Smn. Robert (Bud) Sehoenhals, R.C.N.V.R. are spending a leave with their relatives in Clinton and vicin- ity. M. and Mrs. G. Shoebottom, have pers; 20 sanitary pads; 5 infants nighties.•Ottawa was home for a short, visit Clinton Branch; 10 .girls pantie last week: dresses size 4. All together 147 Bruce Tasker,. of Brantford for- merly of Clinton is with the Royal' articles, Knitting Report. June, July Regiment of Canada, in Prancer Clinton Branch; 67 pr. Wept. D. Bartliff, of Brampton; grey vice socks, 10 khaki high seneck r- spent the week end with his parents sweaters, 5 grey T. N. sweaters, 6 navy:. T. N. sweaters; 8 airforce T. N. sweaters, 10 navy scarves, 20 pr. navy igloves, 10 A. F. gloves, 5 khaki .' gloves; 12 khaki ribbed hel- mets, 10 grey ribbed helmets, 13 grey toe caps, 4 boys sweaters, 23 pr. khaki socks, 1 pr. H. C. mitts, 1 afgan donated by S. S. S. No. 2 Hut- lett. Porters Hill; 5 khaki H. N. swea- ters, 5 pr. grey service socks, 5 pr. navy gloves. Evening Auxiliary; 2 khaki high neck ` sweater, 3 grey T. N. sweaters, 1 navy T. N. sweater, 9 pr. khaki gloves, 15 pr. grey service socks, 5 ribbed helmets, 1 grey hel- 'wnet, 1 pr. seamen's socks 18 in, Tnckersmith; 1 boys sweater, 2 pr. navy gloves, 2 pr. A. F. gloves, 2 pr. grey;service socks. Holmesville; 1 boys sweater, 4- khaki helmets,: 5 pr. grey service socks. London road; 3 pr. khaki gloves. Goderieh Twp. South End; 8 khaki helmets, 6 khaki high neck sweaters, 4 rimer T. N. sweaters,: 5 pr. A. F. gloves, 2 .pr. grey service socks. S. S. No. 4; 2 grey toe caps, 5 grey service socks, $ pr. A. F. gloves, 1 grey ribbed helmet, .1 boys sweater, 2 pr. khaki 'socks. • Summerhill; 7 pr. gloves, 7 pr. grey socks, 2 greVy . helmets. Will the advertisers and eorres- pondents please have their copy in early because of Civic Holiday. The Bowling Club The Clinton Bowling Club held their weekly Jitney on :Monday even- ing and, entertained the Blyth Bowl- ing Club. 'A jolly good time is re- ported,., The following.were tied for first place: Roy Sperling,: A. D. McCart- ney, J. A. Sutter and Frank Glew ,with a score of'2 wins and phis of 14. Mr. and Mrs. H'. BartIiff. V Blyth Edges Clinton 19 - 18 Blyth defeated the Clinton Juven- ile Ball Club 19-18 here last Mon- day night, The game was called at the end of the 8th inningon account of darkness. The score at the end of the seventh inning was 1943 in favour of Blyth but Clinton put on a 10 run rally in the eighth inning. Tunny went the distance on the hill for Blyth while Kennedy relieved C. Hanly in the fifth inning for Clin- ton. Tunney hit a home run with 2 men on ' base and Kyle hit a triple with. the bases loaded. Kennedy, Churchill and ,Johnson hit circuit smashes for the losers all with none on bases. Batteries:- Blyth—Tunney and A. Kyle Clinton C. Haply, Kennedy, (5) and 13. Hanly,' B. Miller (7). umpires Hugh Hawkins and Geo. Scribbins. Clinton will meet the Main Street Team of the Seaforth Industrial League in Seaforth on Friday Night. All-Star Game To -Night A •combination of Clinton' and Brucefield ball teams will meet an All-Star team froni Blyth; Londes- boro, Auburn and surrounding dis. trict at the Clinton Collegiate Grounds to -night. The. Blyth team is expected to have a few more exper- ienced players on their; team than those who play on the Blyth Juven- ile team. Felice! why not conte and see a good game of Softball andgive. the players some support. Probable Clinton Starting line-up- B.,Miller 3 .• T:hott M r b Johnson s 2b• 1 1b.• Kennedy r.f.; Dilling s.s.• Gor- don Mustard r.f.; Geo. Mustard, c.f.; B. Hanly cat. Collins, pit. Substitutes to come in at end of. the fourth inning :Caldwell. 2b.; Churchill r.f.; Don Miller c.f.; and "Chuck" Hanly pitcher. • To Attend Church • The, Black Knights and Orange- men of the • County will attend a church service in Ontario Street United Church, Clinton, on Sunday evening, August 6th.' All 'members please attend. Rev. Burton will, be the speaker. Civic Holiday, Monday, r• Monday being Civic Holiday all places of business will be closed. V Rifleman Ben Churchill Mod in Action Rifleman Benjamin Wellington Churchill,son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben. W, Churchill, 16 ;con. of Goderich Township was reported killed in ac- tion, July 5th, 1944, in his 30th year, brother of (Grace) Mrs. Walter For- bes, Goderich Township, (Mabel), Mrs. 'Mitch. McAdam, Hamilton and (Lillian) Mrs. John Woods, Port Arthur. He was born in Goderich Twp. on April 10th 1914, and attended S. S. NO. 4 school and engaged in farming until he enlisted in 1943. He was member: of the Anglican Church. He arrived overseas in April 1943 with the `Lorne Scots'. He was. trans- ferred to the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa and later to the Royal Winnipeg Rifles. He is believed to be one of the first casualties- in the Clinton area during the invasion. v -- LOCAL ITEMS Mr, and Mrs. George McLay are moving this week into the cottage on Rattenbuxy Street formerly oc- cupied by the late Mr: and Mrs. James Jaekson. There will be.a . special Scout Meeting on Tuesday evening, Aug. 8th, to decide on a week end camp, Will all the scouts please attend. Victory Gardeners in Clinton, are enioying the produce of their gar- dens. Some gardens are also produc- ing curiosities. Mrs. Harry Charles- worth was pulling white radishes on Saturday evening, and to her sur- prise she pulled and pulled.on one radish which measured 261,1 inches in length, having about 21 inches of a long thread-like root. Mr. Tom Carter showed the News Record the other day a carrot in the form of a perfect "V". The carrot was grown in the'garden of his sister, Mrs. Melvin Martin of eode-. rieh, AMONG THE CHURCHES St. Paul's The Friendship Club will meet at the home of Mrs. Jack Smith on Wednesday night, August 9th. 11.00 o'clock Service of Holy Com- munion. No evening - service dewing the month of August. Baptist The Bible School meets at 11.00 in the Baptist Church. The evening worship will be at 7,00- The pastor will speak on "Lessons from the Harvest' Field". Read Erodes 20:8; 1 Corin. 16:2 and Hebrews 10:25. Acts and receive a blessing. Many Reasons 'Why Clinton Should Have a e S were a DisposalSystem � p Tn addressing the citizens' meeting on Friday, • July 28th, Mayor M. J. Agnew, expressed his pleasure in. being' present at suet -a meeting and called upon Dr. 3. W. Shaw to intro- duce Dr, Berry. In his remarks, Dr, Shaw - recalled that Dr. Berry had been -chief engineer in the Depart- ment of Health for fifteen years and for about fifteen years before that had been assistant engineer. He was, consequently very well-acquainted with most problems arising from water works, sewage and drainage systems. His knowledge and exper- iences had been gleaned from ex- tensive travel in all the Canadian Provinces and in many parts of the United States. In- i a his opening remarks, Dr. Berry - spoke of his friendship with Dr. Shaw, a. friendship of many years. The problem is -one which must be faced bya i am municipalities liti a many pa es in the immediate future. This problem in- volves the installation- of a public sewerage system. In this connection two important factors are involved namely, Public Health Protection and physieial convenience and comfort in the homes. Statistics show that proper sani- tation in municipalities increases these communities' immunity from disease. In urban centres approx- mately 93% of the homes' are equip- ped with good sanitary facilities. In rural areas only 8% are ea equipped. Ontario's rural areas have a higher figure than the other provinces 11% In the small urban areas 30 to 35% of the homes have modern sanita- tion installed. This is discouraging in many re- spects, when compared to other modern facilities .used more freely, for example, ears, radios. Neglected sanitation is not, therefore, a lack of finances, but is the result of the fact, that not enough attention has been turned towards impressing people with the need for installing proper sanitary facilities. The question of Housing is very important, as housing facilities,, if not managed. - properly, will have a direct bearing on the health of the occupants: It.;can not be said that a municipality has good housing for its citizens, if the sanitary arrange- ments are not the best that can be provided. - United Church of Canada Wesley -Willis and Ontario Street Congregations will worship at the Ontario' Street United Church during. the month of August. Rev. G. G. Burton will be in charge August 6th Morning Service. 9.45 a.m Worship and Sunday School, Turner's 'Church (Tucker - smith) 11.00' am, Morning Worship, Clin- ton Ont. St. . - - 7.00 p:m. Huron County, L.O.L, and Black Chapter will assemble fox Divine Worship. v HOLMESVILLE Mrs. McCullough (Ada Finlay) arrived from the West last week to. visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. Finlay on the Cut Line. Mr. Stewart Miner was a visitor in the village over the wee)c end. Miss Betty Harris spent the week end• Sarnia in Sa ma and Detroit. Our deepest Sympathy is extend- ed to .Mrs. G. M. Elliott and family. who were so sadly bereaved in the death of a kind, and loving husband and father. He will be greatly missed as he was everybody's friend. talk to the effect that we are not going to return to pre-war standards when victory is assured. ,Rather we will advance•; the standards of lions-• ing and sanitation. A cabinet minis- ter has stated that in the future there will 'be no distinction between urban, semi -urban and rural homes, How this will be brought about is still 'en open question. At this point, Dr. Berry congratu- lated the citizens of -Clinton on the excellent manner in which they had initiated and proceeded with then - plans to install a. sewerage system., The people of Clinton are now in• such a position, that when the time is opportune, the business of installa- tion could proceed without delay. No definite statements could:be trade. about outside financial assistance - I The Dominion of Canada has ap- pointed a Committee to study post- war reconstruction problems. This will no doubt include measures to protect the Health and Welfare.of the people, and provide necessary. ' employment. Other public works, 'such as new roads and conservation: schemes will be considered, but waterworks and sanitation must be in the fore. .Much money - will be spent on improving roads ete. but money could not be spent to better advantage than by improving the waterworks and Sewerage system. The system of sewerage disposat now under consideration for the • town of -Clinton has been agreed upon in the Ontario Department of Health. Such a system may be con- structed as a whole or in part, with l additions being added when needed.. The system of construction is flexible with the main trunk sewers. and ' connecting sewers: The sewage is thus collected at one point, .and is so treated, that when discharged dorm stream, no, offence is caused to any one living in" that locality. - ' Dr. Berry spoke very highly of' the manner in which Clinton had taken the preliminary steps to- wards making the decision that a•. sewage system is the only solution to, many problems affecting the Health and welfare of tlie, eitizens. He also urged that a vote be taken as soon - as can beconvenientlyarranged. If' this is done, then Clinton will be better able to take advantage of go-• ing ahead with the construction as: soon as the war is over. Municipalities who have, like Clin- ton, made logical and detailed. studies of the natter will be able•to piece before the Government Departinent,. concrete plans, rather than visionary. hopes. Clinton is not the only muni. cipality of its size to consider a sewage system, but not all towns - are undertaking the -pr -eject in'the same manner. It is highly desirable that Clinton be ready to go forward! with the proposed plan. The Cost Naturally one of the important questions arising from the discussion is the cost of the proposed system. Many other towns of the same or smaller papalations have finance& siniitas' systems, with very little dif- ficulty. To consider the matter as a• whole, an estimated cost of $200,000.: seems. a great deal. But this is im- portant. What will it 'cost each householder each year? The scheme most generally in use today is called the "sewage rental", which spreade the payment over the water rates and taxes, which means that no financial burden is-plaeed on any householder. There has never been. any difficulty in citizens paying their water rates regularly. Even daring the worst days of the de-• pression, the water works section of public ;services, was not going 'near bankruptey, when other departments. were in financial difficulties. Recently, an extensive survey was made in the United States. Over 600, 000 hoines were included in the sur- rey. .It was clearly indicated that persons in homes with good sanitary facilities, were less liable to have intestinal illnesses, or ether disea- ses. traeed• to improper or out model sanitation methods. No such illnesses are prevalent in a municipality such as Clinton. "It has always been -assumed that rural areas are the . healthiest places in which, to live.. Records do not show this to be true. One question prevalent to -day is that of the relationn between sanita- tion and poliomyelitis. This disease is :most feared by citizens at large. Every effort is being made to see that no stone is left unturnedin trying to subdue this disease. In the research work; methods of con- tact was thoroughly studied with no real ultimate; results. At first it was thought to be spread in the air. and nasal passages were sprayed, but this method was unsuccessful. Increased research showed the pos- sibility of the •disease spreading through the sewage and water. It has been established that the virus causing the disease, is found in sew- age and wafer polluted by sewage. . Chlorination of water, which . pro- teets-it for •drinking purposes, usual- ly, will not `kill the polio virus.' Another fact not generally known is that polio is very often present without paralysis, especially with summer :diarrhea. No false fears are to be aroused concerning this pos- sibility. The advantages of a pro- per sewerage system are obvious, Theit sen ar convenience in the homes is always an improvement to that home. We are gradually passing lo that stage in the development of Canada, when those in authority will insist that all homes be equipp- ed with modern sanitary facilities. Already there is a great deal of Important also is the fact that the water rates, are paid quarterly, thus relieving any fear of financial strain. The Ontario Legislature recently' passed a bill covering sueh problems. The council e l of a r '. i mu rte all has res A Y the authority to decide what proper - tion will be •assigned to water rates and what proportion will bes assigned to the taxes, The propor- tions may be altered from time tem time as the council feels that ei-rcuni- (continued on page 41