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The Clinton News Record, 1932-05-19, Page 1The News -Record Est. 1878 WITH WHICH IS INCORPORAT ED THE CLINTON NEW ERA The New Era Est: 1861) NO. 2571 -54th YEAR. CLINTON ONTARIO, THIJRSDAY, MAY 19, 1932 THE HOME PAPER Soods f Qua1iti( WHETHER YOU WANT A PIEICE OF SILVERWARE, A CLOCK, A WATCH,. A DTAM,OND OR WEDDING RING WE HAVE GOODS OI' QUALITY 'TN THE. LINES NAMED ABOVE --CALL AND BUY. m el OF Headquarters for Watch and Jewelery Repairs Jeweler and Optometrist Phone 174w and 174j rik le &lot c nemaiedimeRIMatarall First Quality, Width 45 inch and 48 inch An Assortment of colors and pat- terns to Choose from at this Low Price. • AZ i...' Sale o o ts About fifteen only in Misses' and '17,k/omen's sizes. Now Clearing .at 1 -3rd off the Original Price. tb Congoieum ,Mats Size 18 inches by 36 inches First Quality, Regular Price 39c A Limited quantity on Sale 29c "'CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SIIOPPE " Make your Hens Pay your Sub- scription to The Clinton News -Record On page three you will find a Special offer Instead of Cash, Say it with Eggs Realize 4c per doz. extra for you eggs in paying your subscription THE MARKETS Wheat, 55c. Barley,' 40e. , • Oats, 32c. Eggs, 9e to Ile. Butter, 18a. Live Hogs, $4.00. ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Camp- bell of Stanley township announce the engagement of their only daughter, Jean. R.; eta Mr. Victor E. Taylor, son of Mrs. Taylor and the late John Taylor, also of Stanley. The marriage will take place in latter part of May. CANADIAN POET VISITS SCHOOL Wilson MacDonald, a Canadian poet who has had many books of verse pulbished, knows Canada from. Coast to Goast and who has also tra- velled extensively hi other countries, addressed the students and staff sof the Clinton Collegiate Institute and the Entrance Glass and a number of others who had been invited in, in the Collegiate auditorium between eleven and twelve o'clock yesterday forenoon. Mr. MacDonald, who is a pleasing speaker as well as a poet, read a number of his owl, poems: "The Song of the Ski", "Grandmas," "tip - ton Wood," "Whist Ye," some select tions from his "Caw, Caw Ballads," "Roses" and a Negro Spiritual. To judge from the applause given the young folk heartily enjoyed these readings, which were interspersed with racy comment and interesting• explanations of the ciremnnstances under which he had written. ' i Mr, MacDonald before beginning his readings told some stories about earlier days in Canada when it was the fashion to pretend that no Care, adian ever had or ever would write anything worth reading in the way of poetry. That time was past, he declared, and in evidence named many of the well-known poets of Canada, such as C. G. D. Roberts, Bliss Carman, T. McGinnis, Thomas Campbell Scott, etc., John Masefield, Poet Laureate of England, he de, dared said he would never have written a line of poetry but for the inspiration of Scott's writings. Thom- as McGinnis, in 'Mr. MaeDonald's op- inion, has a truer touch of poetry than Lengfellow. He told of hi,s at- tempts to have his first offerings published, which he found almost hepossible until he 'had had some of them published in England. Then the poems which hail been rejected here were accented and praised. He did not like this sort of snobbery, he said. We should judge things on their merits. "You people 'here are rich," he de- clared. "I just camp through Ben- miIIer a short time ago. It is beau- tiful, and no doubt there are others places just us lovely for you to visit often. You do not know how rich you are to live within reach sof such natural beauty. Do not yearn- for the large city. You are infinitely better off in such surroundings as you have here.' He urged the 'bays to read poetry. Boys he thought, needed to read poetry as much as girls and would enjoy it as mucin if they could get over the idea that "a poet was a inan who •stood by a window all day with a rose in his "hand looking up at the sky". This was a false idea as any- one who could see C. G. D. Roberts running rapids in his canoe and roughing it in the woods, would know. Most Canadian poets were outdoor men; men who laved nature, knew something of her moods and wrote about .them. Reading poetry helped the imagination and' was of assistance even in the Blaring of - games. The poem "Upton 'Wood" was rather a gruesome thing about threc men who had been hanged. Before reading it he told of having Visited Goderich years ago when a man was being hanged and of 'writing his first poem about it. Ile carded 91 "The Shame of Goderich." He read this at Goderich the previous even- ing Ile had always been opposed to capital punishment, he said, and this was what had inspired this poen, "Tho only time I am in favor of capital punishment," he declared, "is When a teacher tell's a pupil to : sit down and analyze a beautiful piece of poetry, He should be hanged, drawn and quartered." Mr. Stewart Beattie, .president of the C.I. Literary Society, was, in the chair and introduced the speaker. Associated with him was Mr. ,Roy Arun of the staff. At the conclusion. of •Mr. Mae- Donald's address he was given a very hearty .vote of thanks. "I'm certainly glad I went," a pub- Iicschool bey was heard to exclaim on coming out of the building. "It was well worth going for." And that seemed to 'be the opinion of those 'Who heard M. MacDonald, HURON BOY WINS FELLO'WISHIP Gordon Wright of Kippen, son of Mee and. Mks. James WirighNt lees been chosen to rep •resent the Cntar io Agricultural College in St. Louis, M'o,, at the Danforth Foundation Summer Fellowship. This is an annual fellowship which is awarded to one,menrber of a col- lege in,his third year. There will bo thirty-three colleges from al) parts of the continent represented. ATTEND II. AND S. COUNCIL A ;number of the: members of the local Hoene and School Club -attend- ed a meeting of the Furors Home and School Council, held in Vietoria school, Goderich,. on Thursday ev- ening last. A fine program was given, the feature being an addres:l on the League of Nations by Dr. W. W. Martin. It was decided to hold the Autumn meeting at Bay- field. AMONG THE CHURCHES Huron Presbytery. Debating Tour- nament was continued in the second round last night - at Dungannon, Turner's church and Dungannon, competing. The topic was: "Resolv- ed that Telephones, Telegraph and Radios be controlled by the Govern- ment." Ed. Johns and Harold Crich upheld the negative side and won, the debate This puts them in the semi- finals in June. Presbyterian Church Sunday morning sermon subject "The Law of Liberty." Ontario Street United Church Empire day service on Sunday ararning, when the pastor will take the sermon subject: "The Ordeal of Peace." Evening service will be with- drawn owing to the. anniversary ser- vices in Wesley -Willis church. The regular weekly meeting of Young People's Society took place on Monday evening The meeting was opened by the singing of a hymn. After which the minutes of previous meeting were read and ap- proved. A few business natters were then discussed and Rev. Mr. Terrill, assisted by Bill McGill took part in the devotional period, which consisted of the singing of a hymn reading of the lesson, prayer by Mr. Therein and the repeating of the Lord's Prayer in unison. This was .followed by a short program. A reading was given by Evelyn Heard after which Ellen Charlesworth ren- dered a pleasing piano solo. The topic, a missionary story of a Korean girl, was given by Isabel Holmes. A hymn was then sung and the meet- ing closed with the benediction. At the Wi.M.S. meeting on Tues- day afternoon Mrs. Shipley, the pre- sident, occupied the chair and after the routine business Mrs A. M. Knight and Mrs. W. J. Plmnsteel gave interesting reports of the Pres- byterial meeting held recently at Wingham. Arrangements were made for two special meetings to be held in June. Wesley -Willis United Church Sunday next will be anniversary day in this church, when the Rev. Dr. James Endicott, for many years in missionary work in China, and ex -moderator of the General Coun- cil of the United Church of Canada, will be the preacher of the day. This year narks the seventy- eighth anniversary of the estab- lishment of Wesley congregation and the seventy-fifth of Willis congre- gation, these two having united in one congregation in 1926, The board of the church has got- ten out a little historical booklet in honour of the occasion and the congregation is looking forward to an interesting and happy anniver- sary. 'Morning and evening services will be held. Special musical numbers by the choir will .be as follows: Morning Service Solo,. "Supplication," by Beethoven arr. by Logan—)Miss Mary R. Stew- art. Anthem, "holy Art Thou',' • by Ilandel, soloist, Miss Anne Stewart, :Evening Service Anthem,, "Let Mount Zion Re- joie)e," Dr. Herbert, soloists, Mrs• (Dv.) Hearn and Mr. Alin. Sola, selected, Dr. L G. ,Smillie. Anthem,"The 'Day is Past and over," Marks, soloists, Miss Anne Stewart and Mr. C. 'Cooper. At the preparatory service on Friday evening last twenty-eight united with the chunch, fourteen by letter and fourteen 'by profession al faith. A very large number com- municated ommunicated at the communion service, on Sunday morning. The W.MaS.• met at the ham'e oil. Mars. A:. Sedley,' Iligb street, •on • Thursday -evening Inst. •bIos. dos, ler'-group bad charge of the pro- gram MTs. French gave a very help Iful bible study, Mrs. Fowler gave the'•ehapter from the study 'book and Mrs. M. Nediger end Miss Ricker sang a duet, LACROSSE; NOTES THE CA DET DANCE The local Box Lacrosse Club ar trying to get into a group consistin of Harriston, P'ahnerston, Listow Drayton and Clinton. There is t be a meeting in. Harriston ion Pride evening to draw up a schedule. £ Clinton gets intor.this group' the 10 cal Lacrosse fans are going' to se some good Lacrosse, The local man agement expect°to bo represented the meeting on Friday evening. The boys have been practising two or three nights a week and ar slowly getting in shape. There i to be a practise tonight at the park at 7.00 'o'clock. Every wielder of a lacrosse stick should turn out, as Clinton should the represented with a good team. o The annual cadet dance was giv- o en in the Collegiate auclitorimn on c-1, Friday• evening last, when a large o number were 'present, amongst them y many of the former C.I. students -in I town and from other towns. - The auditorium was handsomely o decorated for the occasion with na- - tional colors and the school colors, at red and blue. Music for the dance was furnished by Tony Farr's afi- ehestra, Mrs. E. A. Fines and the c lady members of the staff were pat- s eon esses. The dance was voted a very pleasant affair, one of the nicest ever held. W. I. MEETING 1 The May meeting .of the Women's Institute will be held in the fire men's hall oe Thursday, May the 20th, at 3 o'clock. CADET INSPECTION MONDAY The CAI,. Cadets hsnderevent r- speetion on' the Collegiate grounds on Monday forenoon, Major Jeffrey of London being the inspection officer. At 10 a,m. the, company, 76 strong, mobilized on the sehool campus and under connnancl of Capt. Lloyd Stock were put through a strenuous drill. Music was furnished by the cadet bugle band under leadership" of Ross Carter, 'When the inspection officer appeared on the field he was given the salute by the corps, .the general salute being played by the bugle band, the maj r standing at the sa- lute during the playing. Following the drill and athletic exercises on the 'school campus the corps, under command of Capt. Stock, marched down town and went through several movements in the area fronting the post office and marched down Al- bert street. An interesting feature of the day was the presentation by Major Jeff- rey of the cup accorded to -the pupil obtaining the highest number of points in target practice. The recip- ient was John Sterling, who scored 95 out of a passible 100. Officers of the corps are: Captain, Lloyd Stock; C.S.1I1., Gerald Hol- mes; sergeant, H. Pluiesteel; section ocmenanderi, Elwood Campbell, How- ard Johnston, Thomas Ross and John Smith; land sergeant, Ross Car- ter. Following the inspection and par- ade the cadets enjoyed a treat of ice cream given by the principal, E. A. Fines, who was in charge of the cadet training. The boys did not wear their khaki uniforms, but a neat uniform of white shirt and navy blue trousers, in which they looked very smart, The day was like summer and the ,uniform was very appropriate. DEATH OF ALBERT LOVETT Clinton friends- were shocked to hear of the death, which occurred in St. Catharines on Sunday, of Albert Lovett, until less than a year ago a resident of Clinton. He was in the prime of life, being in his forty-eighth year and always looked robust, although for years he had had a heart condition, which was the cause of death, Mr. Lovett was the son of the late Charles Lovett and his wife, formerly Miss Mary J. Bali, who still resides in •Clinton and was born on the homestead in Goderich town- ship in 1884, In 1413 .he was mar, bl ried to Miss Beatrice cBrien, wh 1 survives hien, with their four chil- dren, Nelson and Charlie, Thelma and Pearl. For a time he farmed on i the homestead' but eight or ten years ago he left the farm and came to Iive in Clinton, where for a time he I carried on a grocery business. For the past couple of years he had been employed with a St. Cathatines firm t and last summer moved his family to t that city. His mother, two- brothers and three sisters also survive: Wulliam C. Lo- vett, who lives in Hallett, Charlet/ James ee Clinton and Mrs. Gordon Johnston, St., Catharines, Mrs. s Howard Williams, Godc{rioh� town- i ship, and Mrs. Frank Lobb, Clinton, The remains were brought to Clin- ton :for interment, the funeral tak- ing place from the home of his moths er, Ratten'bury street, yesterday af- ternoon. S The services at house and grave- s side were read by the Rev. K. Mc• s Goun of Si Paul's church. The pall- c bearers were: T. E. Mason, Orville Rapson, Wesley Vodden, W. A. Mair and Edward and Norman Ball. )Mrs. Lovett and. family name •up. ',from St. Catharines, all but one little girl, who was taken with meas les the flay after het father died and was eared for at the home hof a neighbor. The- friends and neigh bore in St: Catharines were .ost kind and dill everything they could for the family. ,.Mr. and Mfrs. Gordon 'Johnston, sister and bzsother-in-taw of Mir. Lovett, `also came up from St. Cath- arines for the funeral, which was Mr. Geo. H. Jefferson will give his lecture on the "Origin of the Drama," and all ladies interested in this are cordially invited. Roll calI will be answered by paying of fees. On June the 20th, Clinton Branch of the Institute is invited to Blyth to hear the summer speaker The hostesses for Thursday are: Mrs. Watkins, Miss Walker, Mrs. W. G. Cook, Mrs. 0. L. Paisley, Mfrs. F .Cook and Mrs. H. Jen- kisn. AN UNUSUAL ACCIDENT "Mr. E. M. Thompson," says thrl Seaforth Expositor, "stepped into hie parked car in London on Tuesday afternoon, slammed the door, and has regretted it ever since The glass .broke and a large piece hit hien on the side of the face, snaking a nasty three -cornered rip that nec- essitated 5 stitches to repair. Mr. Thomson, wh . was accompanied at the time by Mr. W. A. Crich, hes determined in future to shut his car doors before getting into the car," But don't you think the moral is, "never slain a door?" H, AND S. OFFICERS The annual May meeting of the Heine and School Club was held on Tuesday evening, with the presi- dent, Mrs. G. T. Jenkins, in the chair. After the opening exercises Mrs. (Dr.) Gandier read a repor' � of the recent H. and S. Council Convention recently held in Toronto. Mrs, (Dr.) )learn then took the chair for the election of officers and the 'following slate of officers, sub- mitted by the nominating committee, Mrs. G. H. Jefferson, convener. Mrs. B. Levis, •Mrs. H. BerthaMrs. B. J. Gibbings and Mrs. T. Herman, were elected for this year: President: Mrs. G. T. Jenkins, 1st Vice: Mrs, T, Herman, Mr 2nd Vice: s. J. C. Gandier. 3rd Vice: Mfrs. E. Wendorf. Secretary: Mrs. Thos. Venner, Treasurer: Mrs, C. H. Venner. Cor, -Secretary: Mrs. W. J. Plum - steel, Press Secretary: Miss Margaret Cudmoro. Pianists: Mrs, A. T. Cooper and Mfrs. E. Wendorf. Conveners of Committee: Finance, Mrs. Gandier; Program: Mrs, E. Paterson; Outlook, Mrs, W. Pickard; Welfare: Mrs, J. Rapson; Concert: Mis. Cree Cook; Social: Mrs. T. Herman. COUNCIL VIEWS ROADS Reeve Elliott, Councillors Paisley. Crich, Livermore and Churchill and Chief Stong, street superintendent, oak little jaunt up to Auburn and o Ripley yesterday to inspect toad building. They were impressed with some streets laid at Ripley which are reas- onable in price and seem to be suit- able for a town such as Clinton, They net Ripley's reeve and got all the nformation they ,could with regard to cost, etc. and the council will no doubt have something definite to put forward at its next meeting. .The members seem to be in favor of making a .start toward permanent treet building this year and several hart stretches May be laid. The treets mentioned, although of curse nothing definite is yet agreed upon, are Mary from Isaac to Or- ange, Orange front Mary to Huron Shipley from Rattonbury to the hospital and Rattenlbury from Albert to William. All these stretches of street are much used and their permanent fin- ish would be a great convenience. Then each year more could be added until all our streets would he in good condition. Mary, Rattenbpry and Shipley are about the rnost used streets, ' with the exception of Albert, . Victoria, King and'" Huron,. and if the short ,stretch between Mary and Huron on ve>y largely attended. < Interment was-ni'ade in Clinton 'Cemetery, , 1 Orange were done it would relieve a of of traffic at the •main. corner; REV. JAMES END•ICOTT, D.D. ex -moderator of the 'General Coun- cil cf the United Church of Canada,. who will he the anniversary minis- ter in Wesley -Willis church, Clinton, on Sunday, May 22nd. ELLIOTT—CC•ORM A quiet marrige was solemnized at the parsonage of Ontario street United Church, Clinton, yesterday forenoon when the Rev. F. G, Far - rill joined in wedlock Miss Bessie Corey, ,daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Corey, to Melvin A. Elliott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Elliott, all of Goderich township. The young couple were unattended, They will commence housekeeping. in Mr. R. Jennison's house, Isaac - street, which they have rented. LITTLE LOCALS The St. Paul's Dramatic Associa- tion took their .play, "It Happened in June," to 'Goderich on Monday ev- ening, Next Tuesday is May 24th, Vie- toria Day, and a public holiday. )(fonder is Empire Day and will be observed in the schools. Huron Lodge No. 377, L.O,B.A. will hold its regular meeting en Wednesday, May 25th, Tuesday, the regular date of meeting, being a holiday. The new awnings have Ibeen plac- ed Dan the two windows of the town hall and will add to the comfort of the occupants of the offices during the hot summer lays. That was a regular heat wave we had over the week -end but Monday's thunder and windstorm did no more damage here than to cool us off: The wind did much damage in some plac- es. Provincial Seeretany Challies of Toronto visited the county of Huron yesterday and inspected the jail. Wie understand that he was very favorably impressed with the way things were run around that instite- tion. BULBS TAKEN Mrs. Herbert Castle complains that someone has lieon digging up, her tulip bulbs. It seems to be a pretty small trick for anyone to, steal either flowers or roots from someone else's garden. The citizen- who itizenwho takes the trouble to cultivate a garden, taking on the expenditure of time and trouble that entails, is conferring a benefit on the general public, enhancing the value of all surrounding property and making the town that much more attractive. The general public can- enjoy the beauty of the garden, at no expense, so is endebted to the gardener. One would suppose that no one would be mean enough to wish to despoil hint of any cf the fruits of his lab; ors. But evidently somebody not only admired these tulips but coveted then. Mr. and Mrs. Castle have greatly improvei this property in King street during their residence there and it is to be hoped that they will not have any further trouble as stat- ed above. SOME SPRING FLITTINGS The Misses Beattie have taken Me. R. WeIsh's house in Victoria street. '111.r. N. E. Siemens of Kitchener has moved into Miss Becker's house in Mary street. dji'r. and Mrs. H. B. Manning have • moved in with Mr. and Mors. A. J. Morrish, Albert street. .Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Atkinson, who have been occupying Mfrs. Me - Math's house in Mary street all winter, have taken the B. J. Gibbing's. cottage, Gibbings street. Mr, and Mn.sT. W(. Morgan have taken the house, in Isaac street re- cently vacated •by Mr, and Mirs. Chas. Dalmadge; while. Mr. and Mrs. Vincent will' .'occupy 'the house just vacated by Mr. Morgan, Fred-- eriek ,street. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Miller have moved to -• the A. Cantelon house, Isaac street, and Mr, and Mrs., Webster, Varna, have taken posses- sion of the house they ibought from 112x. S. G. Castle, 'Victoria street, which they have unproved and al- tered in many Sva•ys,