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The Clinton News Record, 1930-11-27, Page 1The; News -Record Est, ,1878 WITH WHICH IS INCORPORAT Eli THE . CLINTON NEW. ERA NO. 2594 -52nd YEAR peautiful tClaristmad it8 for ill ;WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWE}LERY, SILVERWARE, CUT GLASS CHINA, DIAMOND AND SIGNE6T, RINGS -,IN,THE LATEST STYLES. THESE GOODS ARE PRIOED AS LOW AS POSSIBLE CON- SID'ERING THE QUALITY. QUALITY, IS P11E FIRST CON- SIDERATION, AND IN RTIYING HERE YOU HAVE THE AD- VANTAGE OI' OUR YEAR OP EXPERIENCE. SHOP •EARLY—GOODS SELECTED NOW WILL BE HELD UN- TIL WANTED BY PAYING A DEPOSIT. W. yL YEellyar Jeweler and Optometrist Phane.174w and 1741 mrtmmsmmmmn " A Si -WARE DEAL FOR EVERY MAN " • CLINTON The New Era Est. 1865 ONTARIO,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930 THE MARKETS.; Wheat, 65e , Barley, x Y, 30c, . . Oats, 25c. Eggs, 30e to 55c. tt Bu et,; 30c to 32c, Liye Ihogs, $9.50. CLINTON CAM•16 SECOND +Mitchell cameout ahead in the Collegiate Football League series, being one point ahead of Clinton, The standing . of the teams was as follows: Teams W .' T L P Mitchell 7 0 1 14 Chilton 6 1 1 13 Goderieh 3 2 3 8 Seeforth 2 .1 5 5 Exeter 0 0 8 0 Clinton Collegiate team is to ' be congratulated on 'taking such a high standing, next season no .doubt. they will head the list. HURON BOY MAYOR The :following. despatch from Ot- tawa, appeared in Saturday's paper's and refers to a man -well-known in- Clinton, nClinton, the husband of an old Clinton girl, Mrs, .Allen having been Miss Margaret Jackson. before her mar- riage. She is a sister of, Mr. W. Jackson of town: "J. J. Allen, member of the present Board of Control, 1,611 be Ottawa's Mayor for 1931. He was given an ae- clanraation for office when nomina- tion omination proceedings were held for the civic elections of Dee. 1. Mayor elect Allen is a native of Dungan- non. He was born there in 1871 and when thirty years of age cane to' the Capital and entered business as a druggist. The new Mayer has had but one active year of participation in civic affairs, but as a business man he has been a leader in the Capital for thir- ty years, In his first attempt to en-. ter city polities he waged a success- ful fight for a Board of Control seat last wear" ' ORATORICAL SEMI-FINALS If the generation just coining a. long are able to express themselves much more readily and impressiv- ely on their feet than their fathers and mothers ever could it can easily be explained. When the fathers and. mothers of the, young people -wlto took part in a public speaking con- tost"on Monday night were the age 'of the participants there were not the facilities for improvement along these lines. The semi. -final oratorical contest for south and west Huron Presby- tery of the United Church, took place in Wesley -Wallis church, Clin- ton on I4fonday evening, two young men and two young ladies taking part: Gerald Godbolt of Centralia andilli Wa am ran 3 < esborough; Bruce - field, and Mrs. Hugh Love of Grand Bend and Miss Eva Stackhouse of Brucefield. The first named in each case was adjudged to be the winner. The young people aquitted them- selves very well indeed, Mr. God-. bolt spoke on "Choosing a. Calling." He had his . "zaterial well in hand and delivered it in clear and pure language, making little attempt at flowery oratory but holding the at- tention by t-tentionby his earnestness and quiet, dignified manner. His opponent, Mr; Lanclesborough, who chose as his theme, 'Malting Money," spoke well and forcefully. He rather be Iitbled the mere making of money, pointing g out theadvantages of hav- ing a higher ambition in life than the hoarding of honey, with its consequent dwarfing of character. Mrs. Love spoke on " "Religious Education;" pointing out 'the advan- tages of obtaining a good edpcation based upon religion, I-Ier style was quiet and composed and she had her subject well in hand. Her opponent spoke on "".Che Value of Friends," and she instanced many of the lam - oils friendships of history in proof of the value of having a real friend. She was vivacious and forceful and her address was very pleasing. All four young people spoke well, being utterly unselfconscious and Very much at ease. It was no doubt somewhat difficult for the judges, Mrs, D.c II. M Innes Rena v- , Mrs. R n Ito. e and Mrs. R,. 11 john son, Johl son to "ar- rive M x rive at a decision as to the merits of the several speakers. But after an interval of consultation they hand- ed in their decision,' Dr. Mb - Innes, as being responsible for the contests, giving- the names of win- ners as Mr. Gald'hoIe and Mrs, Love. Rev. J. E. Hogg, minister of the church, acted as chairman and for the opening exercises a reale quar- tette. composed of Messrs. W. Mitch, Sr., W. Muteh Jr.; W. Wallis and P, Liverna re, and Miss V;io]a .Fraser led in the singing of a couple of well-known hymns and Rev. Mb. Robb of Centralia led in prayer. The ,.quartette `-contributed a selection al- so and while the judges were eoming to their. decision Miss Preset sang a pretty solo, :accompanied hy. M'rs. Mlorgan Agnew' on the organ, who presided for •the evening, • and -•also• •contributed several pleasing .organ selections, Rev. W. A. Bremner spoke very. briefly while the judges were put, expressing hiss appreciation •of and his faith in the earnestness and worth;ef the young people of the present day. A large number were present; many amine. from :Brucefielcl. Cen- tralia. and the south nsiet of the presbytery to hear their young peo- ple snpnk. •. • On i\fondav evening• next the fleets for the whole presbytery` wiil be. given in Ontario street United church'. ]."REST YTEr1Y MEETING The Presbytery of •IIui n United Church of Canada, -niet. ` an Wesley - Willis; Church, Clinton, on Thursday last at 9.30 ass., about two hun- dred ministers and lay en being present; The chairman of Presby tery, Rev, C .1. Mloorhouse of Exe- ter, presided. After'': the devotional. exercises minutes of last meeting were :read by the secretary, Rev. W.A. Bretnnei•, and adopted, after some slight corrections, and routine busi- ness -gone through. -. The principal speaker on this oc- casion was the Rev.: Dr. Peeves of Ingersoll, President of the London Conference, who' gave a host; inter- estipees and inspiring address. The speaker declared that he was not so very •enthusiastie aboutconferences; he thought there should he more in- dividual effort and more individual responsibilility taken; that perhaps the Church was over -organized and the tendency was to pass every prob- lem over to some committee or or- ganization for. solution, "Everyone should learn ;to plow his own furrow," the speaker said. The Church, he Said, was "an ' organism, . not ` an organization, and religion a power, not a profession:" He felt that a consecrated. ministry 'backed by a consecrated membership would prove irresistible in the elevating and saving of the world. The ladies of the church prepar- ed and served lunehedn and at noon all, repaired paned to the church hall down- stairs, where it was served. The afternoon session was given over to the hearing of reports and to a round -table conference presided over by Rev. Dr. Peever, when sever- al' phases of chareb work were help- fully discussed. "AUNT LUCIA" The play, "Aunt Lucia," put on the town hall by the Universal Produc- ing Company, under the auspices of the Central Sports Cornrnittee, brought out two good houses, on Thursday and Friday evenings of last week. The play, which was written with the idea of creating merriment, cen- tred around the arrival of Miss Luc- ia Wakefield, a wealthy Florida lady, at the college where she had been a student and where a niece is now a student. It is expected that the lady will make the college a handsome gift and preparations etre made for a reception for her. In; the meantime one of the men students, who has a flair for impersonating women, dres- ses ep and is taken by one• of the professors for the expected visitor and is so introduced. "Jerry Wat- son,' the part taken by 1la•. _G, N. Davies, carries through as well as lie can and finds it difficult to get rid of the character which bus been thrust upon him. He takes some de- light in receiving the confidences ,of Aunt Lucia's niece, Betsy, and her friend, but his delight is not shaved by his two young fellow -students, ,who are very much interested in the girls end cio not like to see them confiding in the masquerader. - Those in the cast were: G. N. Davies, L. Pearson, Chas. Wilson, W., Wallis, A. Steep, D, Thorndyke, Rev. F. G. Fatrill, A. Groves, S. Castle, Stewart Taylor, Dr. Thompson, Chas. Cook, Jack Perdue, and M'z.•s, S. Tay- lor, Mrs. C. V. Cooke and Misses Viola Fraser and Hazel and Pearl Churchill, The parts were taken well when it is taken into consideration that , only about a week had been sent i getting n g ttmg up the play and sone of the parts had beenchanged itt that time. It created a few laughs anyway. The pageant, "Take me back to Babyland," featuring a number of little children, with Mrs. D. Ii. Mc- Innesas dramatic reader. was pret- ty; the girls' -chorus and glee club sang several choruses,' Mr. Charles Cook contributing it. solo or two; Miss Fraser sang a sola part in several choruses and for a pretty little farm- erette drill; Sam Castle and Arthur Groves as college freshmen, cracked some jokes, but the appearance of the college flappers, about a dozen well-known. men dressed in women's clothing, was what brought dawn the house. Each one was what a flaupea" would call a " scream and that is what theu ie a d ace did ,on their ap- pearance, when . introduced by Sani Castle. Mr. John Grant, as "Hard- hearted Hannah" sang a song or two a la Barry Lauder, Some of the costumes were fearful- ly. and weer/whiny made and worn. Mrs. W: E. Perdue acted tis pianist far. the two performances and also for the practices, no small expendi- ture of time and talent. The performances were put on muter the.. direction' o Miss sGlad Gladys Y Crowley. Dr. Shaw explained to the aud- ience that the proceeds would be used to finance the sports teams during the year, the idea of the committee being to, do away with the practice of soliciting funds for this purpose. The conunittee •' had no reason .i:o complain of the support given the ef+ forts to create a fund. HAD MOTOR ACCIDENT ON WAY TO WEDDING ' • Mr. and Mrs. 'Adam Nicholson pf Constance and Mee, J. McArthur of Goderich, who were on their way to -Windsor to attend the wedding 'ef the I rter s daughter, which was to take place yesterday,haan accidentant near London on Tuesday when their+ car skidiedrl into a ditch: All three ware injured somewhat,' although, it is hat thought seriously. The taavellees were taken : to St, Joseph's hospital,- London, and were still there at ;last report, THE HOME PAPER 1 POPULAR LADY DIES AMONG THE C•IIURCHES We W clip tha following ing from an Ot taws paper dated' Nov, •8th: "IVIrs, W. S. Lawernce, . a well known resident of the Ottawa dis triera fx sorno years, died, this morn ing alter a lingering illness. She was .in her seventieth year. Formerly Miss Elmira . Whitely she was the daughter of William and Rebecca Whitely of Huron County Ont, She. was married to the late William S. Lawrence at Seaforth and lived in Huron County until 1903 when she came to Ottawa where her husband was manager of the Behan tyne Dairy .Supply 'Company, He husband held this position until his death in 1918. • She was a former Methodist, late being a member of McLeod 'street United Church. She took very active part in the various. wo men's organizations and will be deep ly mourned by' members of the Lad ies' Aid and the Women's Mission ary Society, in both of- which' she lied been particularly active. Left to mourn her death are three daughters, Iters, Percy Daniels, West boyo; Mrs, R. B. Lee and •Mrs. J. C Humphreys, Ottawa; and one so Ray 5, Lawrence, Springfield, Maes. two grandchildren, Helen Daniels and Dorothy Lee, and two •sisters Mlts Frances 'Whitely, .Olintou, Ont. and Mrs. M. Charlesworth, Glendale Cal:" Mrs. Lawrence will be remembered bymanyin Clinton r Cand 'vicinity, she having been, brought up in Tucker - smith . and later married Mr. Law- rence, who taught school tor some time in Goderich .township before moving to Ottawa. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Lawrence spent some time with her sisters in Clin- ton, assisting in the 'nursing of one of them, the late Miss Elizabeth Whitely. W. I. HOLD MEETING The regular meeting of the Wo- men's Iestitute was held op Thurs- day, a week earlier than the usual date. The president, Ma's.' N. W. Tre- wartha, occupied the chair and the meeting opened with the ode, The Lord's Prayer repeated in unison followed. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. The trea- surer's report showed a balance on hand of $66.22, • The table committee reported the purchase of table oil- cloth sufficient to cover all the tables and- leaving a substantial rem- nant, which it was decided could be made into tray cloths and sold. The roll call was answered by each member giving an account of "When and Hmv I First Met My Husband or Most Interesting Friend," some very amusing episodes 'being recounted. Correspondence was read dealing with the question of bales of clothing to be sent to Northern localities. On motion these were tabled. The secretary was authorized to send a recommendation to the town council concerning the condi- tion of the women's rest room. It was moved by Mrs. C. H. Ven- ner and Mrs. J. L. Heard that flow- ers low ers be sent to the sick at Christmas time. This was carriecl,unanimousiy.- Mrs. P. G. Murdoch gave a report of the recent convention of insti- tutes in this district held in Harr'iston reeently, which was thorough and interesting At its. conclusion a hearty vote of appreciation was extended to M•s. Murdoch for her excellent report. This received an en- thusiastic and unanimous response. Mbs. Murdoch made a brief reply thanking the ladies for their kind ex pression, Miss Viola. Fraser contributed a couple of solos during the afternoon which were much enjoyed. LITTLE LOCALS - it •1 r e ]z *mem_ ix e a a number of the @ g n n cA ,bars oftheYoung People's societies - of Ontario street. and'' Wesley -Willie - churchese o - went to Seal Tuo Sa n s da even' i the y mg on `the invitation of Y.P.S. of Northside United church, The visitors provided the program, , Mee H, Mauch of Ontario street League hiking the eiair and conduct- , ing the service,, Dr. Hearn ,of Wes- • ley -Wallis gave a. very' interesting talk on "Iceland and its -People," and. , Ivfiss Myrtle Armstrong of Ontario street contributed a reading. The - Seaforth young' people put on a"cou- r Isle of contests and.aleo provided re- freshn1ents and the young folk had a very happy time together. of Ontario Street United. Church The minister's' morning sermon - subject will be: "John at Patmos." - Evening: "Loyalty." Baptist Church , , 'The Rea, Wm. Pugsley of Toron- to preached most acceptably on Sun- day evening last. - Service on Sunday evening and • Sunday school at 2,30. Week night n, services as, usual, Wesley -Wallis United Church Sacramental service ori Sunday morning in this church. The minis- , ter's :sermon subject in the evening will be:. "Essentials For "Christian Living." The W. A. will meet in the demob hall on Wednesday afternoon, Dec, 3rd, at two o'clock. St. Paul's Church Services.as usual on Sunday next. Rev. K. McGcuan, B.A.; Lucan, will be in ehaige of both services. • ,The Ladies' Guild will meet in the vestry on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3rd, at three o'clock. lAt the nmorning service an Sun- day last two prayer desks, given by Mrs, IL T. Rance in memory of her mother, Mb's, ,Farren,, -and her aunt, Miss Archibald, and a retable, given by the Chancel Guild in mem- ory of Mrs. Harrison, were dedicated 'yin it solemn and impressive service. Presbyterian Church The minister's morning sermon subject: "How to Read the Evening: "The Woman of Samaria." Sunday school will meet at ten am. The Ladies' Auxiliary meeting will be held in the basement .of the church on Monday evening, December 1st, at eight o'clock. A pienlo tea will be served, The bags and talent money —will be .handed nn at this meeting, The Woman's Association will meet on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. . 3rd, at 2.30. A birthday picnic tea willbe served ery and election ofoffice d ers -will take place. All ladici5 are requested .to he present. The last regular meeting of the town council will be held on Monday evening, Dec. 1st. Congratulations to Mr. D. Cante- lon on his •birthday. This is his 82nd and he's still going strong, The local shops are putting on their Christmas holiday attire and are showing some fine samples of goods. Mrs. W. H. 'Ball of High street has gone to spend the wintet• with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes. The •Collegiate Commencement has been postponed for one week.The dates, decided upon are Thursday and Friday, Dec. lith and 12th. The local veterans, officers and men, and the -Kiltig Band attended the funeral of the late Lieut. -Col, Wilson at Seaforth an Tuesday. The regular meeting oftreClinton Hospital board will be held on Tues- day evening, Dec. and, at half past seven in the board room of the town Ira'. Wheat is away down in price but eggs are going up. One man re- marked the other day that a dozen of eggs would almost pay for a bushel of wheat,. ' What about "that electric stop sign` for our main coiner?. It might tend to stop the often. reckless speeding down that 'mein- highway,: toward the west, Mies. I£nox of Cliiston was injured in a motor accident on .they highway near Mitchell the other day. She re- ceived e- c ive : m cut e d some sand bruises but it is boped no permanent injury, . The Ladies Aexiliary and Women's 'Association of the Presbyterians churchgave a tea at the home of Mos. M. D. IlleTagagrt on 'Thursday last in aid of, the flower fund.; BAYFIELD MMus, Agnes Currie returned hone on Saturday after having visited her daughters in Hamilton and Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. T. Mallett, Miss Marion Davison and Miss Annie Mc- Leod were hone over Sunday., Misses Margaret Ferguson and Jeanette Finnigan of Egmondville were the guests of the latter's cous- in, Miss Ella Melfay, over the week- end, Mrs. Wilson and Mass Rnth Hous- ton of London spent Sunday with . the later's parents, MM . and Mrs, Sant, Houston, Mr. Norman Toms of Detroit spent the week -end with his mother, Mrs, E, Tonis, The Hay,Stanley n 1 • 1 and Tuctersmit Y h Church School Convention was held in St. Andrew's United Church, Bayfield, on the afternoon and even- ing of November 21.,"• The minister, R. Ai', Gale, opened the Convention with devotional exercises. 31r. Colin Campbell, the president, then took ,the chair, eir•. R. P, Watson of Bruoefield, Secretary -Treasurer, read the minutes and gave the financial report, and also explained a large chart with the standing• of all the schools in the district, Following this a very thoughtful pssryand im re ' Y e address on "Sowing Reaping an e i d R a n in the S.S. world" was given .by Rev. F. G. Farrill, M.A., B D., of Clinton, The Rev. Mr. Waghorne of- Iti;andam- in, the representative of the 0.R -E. C., conducted a most interesting "Rotmd Table Conference" After the appointing g o£ the necessary com- mittees those present repaired to the baeenrent where a very abundant and delightful supper was prepared by the ladies of the congregation, Af- ter the luncheon,various ou epi s m t bens wore called upon for short speeches which were very much enjoyed. The evening session was opened with a song service by the choir, Devotion exercises were conducted by Rev, E•, Poniter of Varna, Rev, R. R. Connor of Kippen followed with an address on Missionary education in the 5, S. and also a most interesting report of the International S. S. Convention held in Tor onto during the past sum- - mer, Rev. Mr; Wlaghorne gave the ing ad, d bis and- fenceclosin rapt dressattentiandonhela� lie dealt With the most. important problem confronting the ,Church to -day, "The value of boys and girlet Special mu Sic was furnished by the choir during to h session. • Mee, -Surd a he • -Snider, who celebrated 1 eighty-second birthday on November 2, had the misfortune to :break one ce her legs between, the knee. and Trip. On Thursday .afternoon, Mrs, Snider, who up to the present has been very active fox her years, open- ed the oven -door to look at some 41, baking, While she was—stooping oV- er, 'she lost her balance and fell '.ov- er 'on' the floor, 'Her son-in-law, Henry DieOlinchhy, immediately stilnmoned iuedical'caid titid" it waw.; found d .th at the bone,was fractured. Her many friends will be glad to - hear that she is doing nicely. 'Mr. and Mrs,' E. Sturgeon and babe spent .the week -end in Stratford and Toronto. ' Mr. Herbert McGregor was a visi- tor.in Stratford over the week -end, On Sunday, November 23, there passed to the Great Beyond, an old and highly erspectedresident of the village in the person of Mrs. Eliza McDool. The deceased, who was eighty-two years of age was born • in the' Coun- ty Tyrone, Ireland, and came to Can- ada when a small child with her fath- er. the late • Wiilliam. Reid, and her older sister and brother (both of whom have predeceased her) follow- ing the death of his :wife in Ireland. They settled in Stanley Township, but after living there a year they- moved heymoved to Bayfield, Before her mar- riage to - the late Richard McDool,. who predeecased his wife a number ' of years ago, she spent some years with the late Mr. and Mrs. George Beatty at Varna. A kind and loving - mother, she ever*thought, not of'her own comfort but that of her hus- band,and family, Site had very poor health for many years but despite• her suffering she always had a cheery smile, and was only ill in bed for a few days before the end of her earthly sojourn. Three sons, Ed- ward Reid of Owen Sound, W.ilIiani and Richard elcDool at home, mourn her loss. The funeral which was largely at- tended was held from Trinity church on Tuesday afternoon, the Rector, Rev, F. H. Paull having charge of the service and also at the graveside, interment being . made in Bayfield Cemetery. ' The pallbearers were; Win. Mb - Door, Thos. N., and Wm. R. Elliott, Fred Baker, Jas. II. Reid and Wm, Osmond, Mrs, Edward Reid of Owen Sound came on Tuesday to attend the fun- eral. There passed to rest in the Gen- eral and Marine Hospital, Goderich, on Friday, November 21st, one of Hayfield's oldest and most highly re- spected citizens in the person of Mary Cleave, widow of the late. 'Rich. and Bailey, in her eighty-third year_. The late Mrs. Bailey was the Wm, daughter of tate late Mr, and Mrs. Paul Cleave and came to this country from Cornwall, England, where she was born on December 27, 1847, with her parents and two brothers, Sam- uel and Silas William, when she was about three and a half years of age. Her parents made their home in Bayfield and another sister, Em- ily, and -a brother, Paul, were born.. Here she spent her carefree child- hood and grew to young womanhood, when she became the bride of the late Richard Bailey. To this happy union were born five sons, William, the eldest was drowned in Lake Hu- ron in 1905; John, who died in Red Deer, Alberta, 'following an opera- tion, Richard of Galahad, Alberta, Robert of Toronto and Thomas of the village. Her husband predeceas- ed her in September, 1912. The deceased possessed those ster- ling qualities which go to make a beautiful character. A faithful wife and devoted mother, kind and gentle in all her ways, she was beloved by all who knew her. She was a devot- ed member of Trinity Church all her life, and her regular attendance un- til she took ill over two years ago, and the Christian fortitude with which she bore her suffering wore an exempla for all, Besides her three sons, she is sur- vived by her sister, Mrs, Gecrge Er- win of Prince Albert, Sask,, and two brothers, pawl Cleave of Killarney, Man., and Samuel Cleave of the vil- lage. The funeral was held from the hone of her son, Thomas Bailey, on Monday afternoon, the service atthe house and graveside being in charge of Rev. R. M. Gale of St.Andrew's• United Church. Interment was made• in Hayfield Cemetery,ry . Amongst those from a distance who attended the funeral of the late Mrs.- Bailey on Monday were: Miss Thelma Ritz, Melbourne: Mrs. Grant, Miss J. Grant, Ma's. E. Ward, Mr. Newton Davis and Miss Davis, Clin- ton. The pallbearers arers were: George W. Elliott, Percy' Weston, George and John Castle, Malcolm Toms and John. Pease. 'Messrs. Robert P'enhale, Wm. 14I.c- Deoi Rober Orr t and Whiter - : '}iI r West lake returned on Saturday from their hunting trip on Manitoulin Island. They brought home two deer, the bag of Mr, Westlake and Robert Orr. Harold Stinson, who was one of the peety'remained for a few days more- hunting. orehunting. • BASE LINE :Miss Mabel Wright returned Mon- day after spending a week in Toron- to, Miss Hazei Watkins, who is at- tending Stratford Normal, was home over the week -end. Mr. Ephraim gull has been acting as judge of Leicester sat`theRoyal' Winter Fair, Toronto, 1 ph. knows a good sheep wheelie sees one, Messrs, W. Stevens, the Base Line,, Herb. Jenkins, lith concession God- erich township and T, R. Wallis of Goderich motored to Toronto this week to take :in the Royal Winter 0• Fair. �i: tr •IFTS est Liogele YOUR ,MOST INTIMATE FRIENDS Christmas Stock embodies feature appreciated by the lady of refinement. one and two piece Tailored and Lace Trimmed -Plain and Lace Trimmed SETS • Bloomers, Brassieres FOR Our every PAJAMAS. GOWNS SLIPS DANCE Panties, riizr > .,, coed Bloomers .,. . J. •a, , OM 69c Avery Attractive Gift and one that is worth Considerably more money oney Kimonas and Dressing ^Cow l s A DELIGHTFUL ASS( ' T- MIEN"I. ranging in price from 1J9 to $7.50, iRWiNS " CLINTON'S LEADING :STYLE :SROPPE " r r Big a ,.. St ck Re� t�ticln Sale SEE SPECIAL BILLS OR ADVERTISEMENT ON PAGE '4 HE M�RRISHCLOTHING C01 " A Si -WARE DEAL FOR EVERY MAN " • CLINTON The New Era Est. 1865 ONTARIO,, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1930 THE MARKETS.; Wheat, 65e , Barley, x Y, 30c, . . Oats, 25c. Eggs, 30e to 55c. tt Bu et,; 30c to 32c, Liye Ihogs, $9.50. CLINTON CAM•16 SECOND +Mitchell cameout ahead in the Collegiate Football League series, being one point ahead of Clinton, The standing . of the teams was as follows: Teams W .' T L P Mitchell 7 0 1 14 Chilton 6 1 1 13 Goderieh 3 2 3 8 Seeforth 2 .1 5 5 Exeter 0 0 8 0 Clinton Collegiate team is to ' be congratulated on 'taking such a high standing, next season no .doubt. they will head the list. HURON BOY MAYOR The :following. despatch from Ot- tawa, appeared in Saturday's paper's and refers to a man -well-known in- Clinton, nClinton, the husband of an old Clinton girl, Mrs, .Allen having been Miss Margaret Jackson. before her mar- riage. She is a sister of, Mr. W. Jackson of town: "J. J. Allen, member of the present Board of Control, 1,611 be Ottawa's Mayor for 1931. He was given an ae- clanraation for office when nomina- tion omination proceedings were held for the civic elections of Dee. 1. Mayor elect Allen is a native of Dungan- non. He was born there in 1871 and when thirty years of age cane to' the Capital and entered business as a druggist. The new Mayer has had but one active year of participation in civic affairs, but as a business man he has been a leader in the Capital for thir- ty years, In his first attempt to en-. ter city polities he waged a success- ful fight for a Board of Control seat last wear" ' ORATORICAL SEMI-FINALS If the generation just coining a. long are able to express themselves much more readily and impressiv- ely on their feet than their fathers and mothers ever could it can easily be explained. When the fathers and. mothers of the, young people -wlto took part in a public speaking con- tost"on Monday night were the age 'of the participants there were not the facilities for improvement along these lines. The semi. -final oratorical contest for south and west Huron Presby- tery of the United Church, took place in Wesley -Wallis church, Clin- ton on I4fonday evening, two young men and two young ladies taking part: Gerald Godbolt of Centralia andilli Wa am ran 3 < esborough; Bruce - field, and Mrs. Hugh Love of Grand Bend and Miss Eva Stackhouse of Brucefield. The first named in each case was adjudged to be the winner. The young people aquitted them- selves very well indeed, Mr. God-. bolt spoke on "Choosing a. Calling." He had his . "zaterial well in hand and delivered it in clear and pure language, making little attempt at flowery oratory but holding the at- tention by t-tentionby his earnestness and quiet, dignified manner. His opponent, Mr; Lanclesborough, who chose as his theme, 'Malting Money," spoke well and forcefully. He rather be Iitbled the mere making of money, pointing g out theadvantages of hav- ing a higher ambition in life than the hoarding of honey, with its consequent dwarfing of character. Mrs. Love spoke on " "Religious Education;" pointing out 'the advan- tages of obtaining a good edpcation based upon religion, I-Ier style was quiet and composed and she had her subject well in hand. Her opponent spoke on "".Che Value of Friends," and she instanced many of the lam - oils friendships of history in proof of the value of having a real friend. She was vivacious and forceful and her address was very pleasing. All four young people spoke well, being utterly unselfconscious and Very much at ease. It was no doubt somewhat difficult for the judges, Mrs, D.c II. M Innes Rena v- , Mrs. R n Ito. e and Mrs. R,. 11 john son, Johl son to "ar- rive M x rive at a decision as to the merits of the several speakers. But after an interval of consultation they hand- ed in their decision,' Dr. Mb - Innes, as being responsible for the contests, giving- the names of win- ners as Mr. Gald'hoIe and Mrs, Love. Rev. J. E. Hogg, minister of the church, acted as chairman and for the opening exercises a reale quar- tette. composed of Messrs. W. Mitch, Sr., W. Muteh Jr.; W. Wallis and P, Liverna re, and Miss V;io]a .Fraser led in the singing of a couple of well-known hymns and Rev. Mb. Robb of Centralia led in prayer. The ,.quartette `-contributed a selection al- so and while the judges were eoming to their. decision Miss Preset sang a pretty solo, :accompanied hy. M'rs. Mlorgan Agnew' on the organ, who presided for •the evening, • and -•also• •contributed several pleasing .organ selections, Rev. W. A. Bremner spoke very. briefly while the judges were put, expressing hiss appreciation •of and his faith in the earnestness and worth;ef the young people of the present day. A large number were present; many amine. from :Brucefielcl. Cen- tralia. and the south nsiet of the presbytery to hear their young peo- ple snpnk. •. • On i\fondav evening• next the fleets for the whole presbytery` wiil be. given in Ontario street United church'. ]."REST YTEr1Y MEETING The Presbytery of •IIui n United Church of Canada, -niet. ` an Wesley - Willis; Church, Clinton, on Thursday last at 9.30 ass., about two hun- dred ministers and lay en being present; The chairman of Presby tery, Rev, C .1. Mloorhouse of Exe- ter, presided. After'': the devotional. exercises minutes of last meeting were :read by the secretary, Rev. W.A. Bretnnei•, and adopted, after some slight corrections, and routine busi- ness -gone through. -. The principal speaker on this oc- casion was the Rev.: Dr. Peeves of Ingersoll, President of the London Conference, who' gave a host; inter- estipees and inspiring address. The speaker declared that he was not so very •enthusiastie aboutconferences; he thought there should he more in- dividual effort and more individual responsibilility taken; that perhaps the Church was over -organized and the tendency was to pass every prob- lem over to some committee or or- ganization for. solution, "Everyone should learn ;to plow his own furrow," the speaker said. The Church, he Said, was "an ' organism, . not ` an organization, and religion a power, not a profession:" He felt that a consecrated. ministry 'backed by a consecrated membership would prove irresistible in the elevating and saving of the world. The ladies of the church prepar- ed and served lunehedn and at noon all, repaired paned to the church hall down- stairs, where it was served. The afternoon session was given over to the hearing of reports and to a round -table conference presided over by Rev. Dr. Peever, when sever- al' phases of chareb work were help- fully discussed. "AUNT LUCIA" The play, "Aunt Lucia," put on the town hall by the Universal Produc- ing Company, under the auspices of the Central Sports Cornrnittee, brought out two good houses, on Thursday and Friday evenings of last week. The play, which was written with the idea of creating merriment, cen- tred around the arrival of Miss Luc- ia Wakefield, a wealthy Florida lady, at the college where she had been a student and where a niece is now a student. It is expected that the lady will make the college a handsome gift and preparations etre made for a reception for her. In; the meantime one of the men students, who has a flair for impersonating women, dres- ses ep and is taken by one• of the professors for the expected visitor and is so introduced. "Jerry Wat- son,' the part taken by 1la•. _G, N. Davies, carries through as well as lie can and finds it difficult to get rid of the character which bus been thrust upon him. He takes some de- light in receiving the confidences ,of Aunt Lucia's niece, Betsy, and her friend, but his delight is not shaved by his two young fellow -students, ,who are very much interested in the girls end cio not like to see them confiding in the masquerader. - Those in the cast were: G. N. Davies, L. Pearson, Chas. Wilson, W., Wallis, A. Steep, D, Thorndyke, Rev. F. G. Fatrill, A. Groves, S. Castle, Stewart Taylor, Dr. Thompson, Chas. Cook, Jack Perdue, and M'z.•s, S. Tay- lor, Mrs. C. V. Cooke and Misses Viola Fraser and Hazel and Pearl Churchill, The parts were taken well when it is taken into consideration that , only about a week had been sent i getting n g ttmg up the play and sone of the parts had beenchanged itt that time. It created a few laughs anyway. The pageant, "Take me back to Babyland," featuring a number of little children, with Mrs. D. Ii. Mc- Innesas dramatic reader. was pret- ty; the girls' -chorus and glee club sang several choruses,' Mr. Charles Cook contributing it. solo or two; Miss Fraser sang a sola part in several choruses and for a pretty little farm- erette drill; Sam Castle and Arthur Groves as college freshmen, cracked some jokes, but the appearance of the college flappers, about a dozen well-known. men dressed in women's clothing, was what brought dawn the house. Each one was what a flaupea" would call a " scream and that is what theu ie a d ace did ,on their ap- pearance, when . introduced by Sani Castle. Mr. John Grant, as "Hard- hearted Hannah" sang a song or two a la Barry Lauder, Some of the costumes were fearful- ly. and weer/whiny made and worn. Mrs. W: E. Perdue acted tis pianist far. the two performances and also for the practices, no small expendi- ture of time and talent. The performances were put on muter the.. direction' o Miss sGlad Gladys Y Crowley. Dr. Shaw explained to the aud- ience that the proceeds would be used to finance the sports teams during the year, the idea of the committee being to, do away with the practice of soliciting funds for this purpose. The conunittee •' had no reason .i:o complain of the support given the ef+ forts to create a fund. HAD MOTOR ACCIDENT ON WAY TO WEDDING ' • Mr. and Mrs. 'Adam Nicholson pf Constance and Mee, J. McArthur of Goderich, who were on their way to -Windsor to attend the wedding 'ef the I rter s daughter, which was to take place yesterday,haan accidentant near London on Tuesday when their+ car skidiedrl into a ditch: All three ware injured somewhat,' although, it is hat thought seriously. The taavellees were taken : to St, Joseph's hospital,- London, and were still there at ;last report, THE HOME PAPER 1 POPULAR LADY DIES AMONG THE C•IIURCHES We W clip tha following ing from an Ot taws paper dated' Nov, •8th: "IVIrs, W. S. Lawernce, . a well known resident of the Ottawa dis triera fx sorno years, died, this morn ing alter a lingering illness. She was .in her seventieth year. Formerly Miss Elmira . Whitely she was the daughter of William and Rebecca Whitely of Huron County Ont, She. was married to the late William S. Lawrence at Seaforth and lived in Huron County until 1903 when she came to Ottawa where her husband was manager of the Behan tyne Dairy .Supply 'Company, He husband held this position until his death in 1918. • She was a former Methodist, late being a member of McLeod 'street United Church. She took very active part in the various. wo men's organizations and will be deep ly mourned by' members of the Lad ies' Aid and the Women's Mission ary Society, in both of- which' she lied been particularly active. Left to mourn her death are three daughters, Iters, Percy Daniels, West boyo; Mrs, R. B. Lee and •Mrs. J. C Humphreys, Ottawa; and one so Ray 5, Lawrence, Springfield, Maes. two grandchildren, Helen Daniels and Dorothy Lee, and two •sisters Mlts Frances 'Whitely, .Olintou, Ont. and Mrs. M. Charlesworth, Glendale Cal:" Mrs. Lawrence will be remembered bymanyin Clinton r Cand 'vicinity, she having been, brought up in Tucker - smith . and later married Mr. Law- rence, who taught school tor some time in Goderich .township before moving to Ottawa. Since the death of her husband Mrs. Lawrence spent some time with her sisters in Clin- ton, assisting in the 'nursing of one of them, the late Miss Elizabeth Whitely. W. I. HOLD MEETING The regular meeting of the Wo- men's Iestitute was held op Thurs- day, a week earlier than the usual date. The president, Ma's.' N. W. Tre- wartha, occupied the chair and the meeting opened with the ode, The Lord's Prayer repeated in unison followed. Minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. The trea- surer's report showed a balance on hand of $66.22, • The table committee reported the purchase of table oil- cloth sufficient to cover all the tables and- leaving a substantial rem- nant, which it was decided could be made into tray cloths and sold. The roll call was answered by each member giving an account of "When and Hmv I First Met My Husband or Most Interesting Friend," some very amusing episodes 'being recounted. Correspondence was read dealing with the question of bales of clothing to be sent to Northern localities. On motion these were tabled. The secretary was authorized to send a recommendation to the town council concerning the condi- tion of the women's rest room. It was moved by Mrs. C. H. Ven- ner and Mrs. J. L. Heard that flow- ers low ers be sent to the sick at Christmas time. This was carriecl,unanimousiy.- Mrs. P. G. Murdoch gave a report of the recent convention of insti- tutes in this district held in Harr'iston reeently, which was thorough and interesting At its. conclusion a hearty vote of appreciation was extended to M•s. Murdoch for her excellent report. This received an en- thusiastic and unanimous response. Mbs. Murdoch made a brief reply thanking the ladies for their kind ex pression, Miss Viola. Fraser contributed a couple of solos during the afternoon which were much enjoyed. LITTLE LOCALS - it •1 r e ]z *mem_ ix e a a number of the @ g n n cA ,bars oftheYoung People's societies - of Ontario street. and'' Wesley -Willie - churchese o - went to Seal Tuo Sa n s da even' i the y mg on `the invitation of Y.P.S. of Northside United church, The visitors provided the program, , Mee H, Mauch of Ontario street League hiking the eiair and conduct- , ing the service,, Dr. Hearn ,of Wes- • ley -Wallis gave a. very' interesting talk on "Iceland and its -People," and. , Ivfiss Myrtle Armstrong of Ontario street contributed a reading. The - Seaforth young' people put on a"cou- r Isle of contests and.aleo provided re- freshn1ents and the young folk had a very happy time together. of Ontario Street United. Church The minister's' morning sermon - subject will be: "John at Patmos." - Evening: "Loyalty." Baptist Church , , 'The Rea, Wm. Pugsley of Toron- to preached most acceptably on Sun- day evening last. - Service on Sunday evening and • Sunday school at 2,30. Week night n, services as, usual, Wesley -Wallis United Church Sacramental service ori Sunday morning in this church. The minis- , ter's :sermon subject in the evening will be:. "Essentials For "Christian Living." The W. A. will meet in the demob hall on Wednesday afternoon, Dec, 3rd, at two o'clock. St. Paul's Church Services.as usual on Sunday next. Rev. K. McGcuan, B.A.; Lucan, will be in ehaige of both services. • ,The Ladies' Guild will meet in the vestry on Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 3rd, at three o'clock. lAt the nmorning service an Sun- day last two prayer desks, given by Mrs, IL T. Rance in memory of her mother, Mb's, ,Farren,, -and her aunt, Miss Archibald, and a retable, given by the Chancel Guild in mem- ory of Mrs. Harrison, were dedicated 'yin it solemn and impressive service. Presbyterian Church The minister's morning sermon subject: "How to Read the Evening: "The Woman of Samaria." Sunday school will meet at ten am. The Ladies' Auxiliary meeting will be held in the basement .of the church on Monday evening, December 1st, at eight o'clock. A pienlo tea will be served, The bags and talent money —will be .handed nn at this meeting, The Woman's Association will meet on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. . 3rd, at 2.30. A birthday picnic tea willbe served ery and election ofoffice d ers -will take place. All ladici5 are requested .to he present. The last regular meeting of the town council will be held on Monday evening, Dec. 1st. Congratulations to Mr. D. Cante- lon on his •birthday. This is his 82nd and he's still going strong, The local shops are putting on their Christmas holiday attire and are showing some fine samples of goods. Mrs. W. H. 'Ball of High street has gone to spend the wintet• with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. R. Holmes. The •Collegiate Commencement has been postponed for one week.The dates, decided upon are Thursday and Friday, Dec. lith and 12th. The local veterans, officers and men, and the -Kiltig Band attended the funeral of the late Lieut. -Col, Wilson at Seaforth an Tuesday. The regular meeting oftreClinton Hospital board will be held on Tues- day evening, Dec. and, at half past seven in the board room of the town Ira'. Wheat is away down in price but eggs are going up. One man re- marked the other day that a dozen of eggs would almost pay for a bushel of wheat,. ' What about "that electric stop sign` for our main coiner?. It might tend to stop the often. reckless speeding down that 'mein- highway,: toward the west, Mies. I£nox of Cliiston was injured in a motor accident on .they highway near Mitchell the other day. She re- ceived e- c ive : m cut e d some sand bruises but it is boped no permanent injury, . The Ladies Aexiliary and Women's 'Association of the Presbyterians churchgave a tea at the home of Mos. M. D. IlleTagagrt on 'Thursday last in aid of, the flower fund.; BAYFIELD MMus, Agnes Currie returned hone on Saturday after having visited her daughters in Hamilton and Windsor. Mr. and Mrs. T. Mallett, Miss Marion Davison and Miss Annie Mc- Leod were hone over Sunday., Misses Margaret Ferguson and Jeanette Finnigan of Egmondville were the guests of the latter's cous- in, Miss Ella Melfay, over the week- end, Mrs. Wilson and Mass Rnth Hous- ton of London spent Sunday with . the later's parents, MM . and Mrs, Sant, Houston, Mr. Norman Toms of Detroit spent the week -end with his mother, Mrs, E, Tonis, The Hay,Stanley n 1 • 1 and Tuctersmit Y h Church School Convention was held in St. Andrew's United Church, Bayfield, on the afternoon and even- ing of November 21.,"• The minister, R. Ai', Gale, opened the Convention with devotional exercises. 31r. Colin Campbell, the president, then took ,the chair, eir•. R. P, Watson of Bruoefield, Secretary -Treasurer, read the minutes and gave the financial report, and also explained a large chart with the standing• of all the schools in the district, Following this a very thoughtful pssryand im re ' Y e address on "Sowing Reaping an e i d R a n in the S.S. world" was given .by Rev. F. G. Farrill, M.A., B D., of Clinton, The Rev. Mr. Waghorne of- Iti;andam- in, the representative of the 0.R -E. C., conducted a most interesting "Rotmd Table Conference" After the appointing g o£ the necessary com- mittees those present repaired to the baeenrent where a very abundant and delightful supper was prepared by the ladies of the congregation, Af- ter the luncheon,various ou epi s m t bens wore called upon for short speeches which were very much enjoyed. The evening session was opened with a song service by the choir, Devotion exercises were conducted by Rev, E•, Poniter of Varna, Rev, R. R. Connor of Kippen followed with an address on Missionary education in the 5, S. and also a most interesting report of the International S. S. Convention held in Tor onto during the past sum- - mer, Rev. Mr; Wlaghorne gave the ing ad, d bis and- fenceclosin rapt dressattentiandonhela� lie dealt With the most. important problem confronting the ,Church to -day, "The value of boys and girlet Special mu Sic was furnished by the choir during to h session. • Mee, -Surd a he • -Snider, who celebrated 1 eighty-second birthday on November 2, had the misfortune to :break one ce her legs between, the knee. and Trip. On Thursday .afternoon, Mrs, Snider, who up to the present has been very active fox her years, open- ed the oven -door to look at some 41, baking, While she was—stooping oV- er, 'she lost her balance and fell '.ov- er 'on' the floor, 'Her son-in-law, Henry DieOlinchhy, immediately stilnmoned iuedical'caid titid" it waw.; found d .th at the bone,was fractured. Her many friends will be glad to - hear that she is doing nicely. 'Mr. and Mrs,' E. Sturgeon and babe spent .the week -end in Stratford and Toronto. ' Mr. Herbert McGregor was a visi- tor.in Stratford over the week -end, On Sunday, November 23, there passed to the Great Beyond, an old and highly erspectedresident of the village in the person of Mrs. Eliza McDool. The deceased, who was eighty-two years of age was born • in the' Coun- ty Tyrone, Ireland, and came to Can- ada when a small child with her fath- er. the late • Wiilliam. Reid, and her older sister and brother (both of whom have predeceased her) follow- ing the death of his :wife in Ireland. They settled in Stanley Township, but after living there a year they- moved heymoved to Bayfield, Before her mar- riage to - the late Richard McDool,. who predeecased his wife a number ' of years ago, she spent some years with the late Mr. and Mrs. George Beatty at Varna. A kind and loving - mother, she ever*thought, not of'her own comfort but that of her hus- band,and family, Site had very poor health for many years but despite• her suffering she always had a cheery smile, and was only ill in bed for a few days before the end of her earthly sojourn. Three sons, Ed- ward Reid of Owen Sound, W.ilIiani and Richard elcDool at home, mourn her loss. The funeral which was largely at- tended was held from Trinity church on Tuesday afternoon, the Rector, Rev, F. H. Paull having charge of the service and also at the graveside, interment being . made in Bayfield Cemetery. ' The pallbearers were; Win. Mb - Door, Thos. N., and Wm. R. Elliott, Fred Baker, Jas. II. Reid and Wm, Osmond, Mrs, Edward Reid of Owen Sound came on Tuesday to attend the fun- eral. There passed to rest in the Gen- eral and Marine Hospital, Goderich, on Friday, November 21st, one of Hayfield's oldest and most highly re- spected citizens in the person of Mary Cleave, widow of the late. 'Rich. and Bailey, in her eighty-third year_. The late Mrs. Bailey was the Wm, daughter of tate late Mr, and Mrs. Paul Cleave and came to this country from Cornwall, England, where she was born on December 27, 1847, with her parents and two brothers, Sam- uel and Silas William, when she was about three and a half years of age. Her parents made their home in Bayfield and another sister, Em- ily, and -a brother, Paul, were born.. Here she spent her carefree child- hood and grew to young womanhood, when she became the bride of the late Richard Bailey. To this happy union were born five sons, William, the eldest was drowned in Lake Hu- ron in 1905; John, who died in Red Deer, Alberta, 'following an opera- tion, Richard of Galahad, Alberta, Robert of Toronto and Thomas of the village. Her husband predeceas- ed her in September, 1912. The deceased possessed those ster- ling qualities which go to make a beautiful character. A faithful wife and devoted mother, kind and gentle in all her ways, she was beloved by all who knew her. She was a devot- ed member of Trinity Church all her life, and her regular attendance un- til she took ill over two years ago, and the Christian fortitude with which she bore her suffering wore an exempla for all, Besides her three sons, she is sur- vived by her sister, Mrs, Gecrge Er- win of Prince Albert, Sask,, and two brothers, pawl Cleave of Killarney, Man., and Samuel Cleave of the vil- lage. The funeral was held from the hone of her son, Thomas Bailey, on Monday afternoon, the service atthe house and graveside being in charge of Rev. R. M. Gale of St.Andrew's• United Church. Interment was made• in Hayfield Cemetery,ry . Amongst those from a distance who attended the funeral of the late Mrs.- Bailey on Monday were: Miss Thelma Ritz, Melbourne: Mrs. Grant, Miss J. Grant, Ma's. E. Ward, Mr. Newton Davis and Miss Davis, Clin- ton. The pallbearers arers were: George W. Elliott, Percy' Weston, George and John Castle, Malcolm Toms and John. Pease. 'Messrs. Robert P'enhale, Wm. 14I.c- Deoi Rober Orr t and Whiter - : '}iI r West lake returned on Saturday from their hunting trip on Manitoulin Island. They brought home two deer, the bag of Mr, Westlake and Robert Orr. Harold Stinson, who was one of the peety'remained for a few days more- hunting. orehunting. • BASE LINE :Miss Mabel Wright returned Mon- day after spending a week in Toron- to, Miss Hazei Watkins, who is at- tending Stratford Normal, was home over the week -end. Mr. Ephraim gull has been acting as judge of Leicester sat`theRoyal' Winter Fair, Toronto, 1 ph. knows a good sheep wheelie sees one, Messrs, W. Stevens, the Base Line,, Herb. Jenkins, lith concession God- erich township and T, R. Wallis of Goderich motored to Toronto this week to take :in the Royal Winter 0• Fair.