The Clinton News Record, 1930-12-11, Page 4THE; CLI' TON -NEWS• RECORD
DAYS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Tiiis St�re is
Sant.a Clans' Ileadquaters
,Every Department is Filled with Goods that will make
Suitable Gifts.
VARIETY GREATER PRICES LOWER
You'll Enjoy Doing
Your Christmas
.Shopping
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.'STORE AT THIS STORE
Toy•Department on 2nd floor
Santa Claus Mail Box Now Open -
COME WITH THE CROWD COME EARLY
Coopeir, CIiniofl. '.
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CHRISTMAS STOCK
NOW COMPLETE
You will be Delighted with our Practical
Gifts
Our Prices are within the reach of all
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THURSDAY, DEODMIBER 11, 1931
mosiermosarassommialimmul
last week of Posing one. of his fine
horses. •
Mr -and, Masi A J Calyi�elgr;Z cele
orated' the fifth annive�i¢ity thea
wedding • day lett week: , • ••r5ut; fif
teen 'guests were present tet i ehloy•
the feast prepared and the games ol''
the evening. Good, wishes' are exf;.
tended to the worthy couple' for
many afore years of happy wedded
life.
The . Men's "Chub of Grace 'United
church put on a.soeial evening. en -
Tuesday, When .a good program con',
sisting df readings, instrumental
music and song was put on by the
program committee. Atnong out-
siders taking ,part • were: Mi. Pater-
son and Mk'. G. H. Jefferson of Clin-
ton and Miss Pentland of the Un-
ion . school.
We are glad to see M. H. C. Cox
K i5 .able to be out again after his
operation, although he is pretty
shaky yet.
Miss Ethel' Stirling nhas been in
Clinton hospital the .past two 'weeks_
and is improving slawly.
The. Mien's Clab of Porter's Hill.
enjoyed a rare treat of venison. on
Thursday night last, Mr. Leslie CoX'
supplying a ler of.,the deer he shot,,
while up in Nippising.
Mr. Fred :Pickard was called- to.
Detroit, this brother„ Will; having
passed away suddenly in that , city.
Mrs W.. Weston, who has leen
sick for.., -the •;past few weeks, is able
to be out agaip.
Ma. E. _Townsend: has disposed of
the farm!. which he bought. recently
from Albert Bond • t� VA'. Elliott
Harrison.`
something would be done.
The hgspitals are becoming more
or less of a burden•in regard to ac-
counts for ,indigents. No indigent
patients should . go to a hospital
without the recoil mendaition of the
Reeve of • the municipality er county
He felt some better method of ad-
mission should be• provided to safe-
guard the counties.
School Grants
Under the heading of Communi-
cations, County Cleric read a letter
from the Deputy Minister of Edu-
cation of Ontario ebgwing the fol-
lowing grants for Collegiates and
High Sohools: Winghani, $1,497.50;
•Seaforth, $1,4'78.50; Clinton, $1,951.50
Exeter, $1,507.68; Goderich, $1,920.-
50.-
1,920:50, The grants for Continuation
Schools are as fololws: Huron East:
Blyth, $903,25; Brussels,, .$899.89;
Wroxeter, $898.61; No. 17, Hawick,
Fordwieh, $894 28; Huron West, Hen -
sal, $901.15; No. 7, Hay, Zurich,
$441.22.
A. Letter from Mrs. J. Elgin Toni
expressed her' appreciation of . the
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WE HAVE
MIXED CANDY,.Per lb. ..
OUR OWN IVIAIi `MiIXED CANDY, 2 lbs.
SPBCIAL CREAMS, per lb.
ASSORTED CHIOCOLATES, 2 lbs. for
GUM DROPS, per lb.
WALNUTS, per lb.
MIXED NUTS, per ib.
BRAZIL N'U'TS, 2 lbs.
10e
25c
19e
45e
19c
23c
25c
55c
SPECIAL PRICES ON ORANGES
(Come and See)
PLUM PUDDING, per lb . r :............. . ... .......... 40c
BEST FRUIT CAKE, Iced or Plain '50c
A SPECIAL FRUIT CAKE AT 35c
CREAM PUFFS, PASTR71, SHORT BREAD, n Full line of CAKES
(Made -to Quality, Not price!)
CHOCOLATE BOXES FROM 30e UP.
MOIRS, SMILES 'N CHUCKLES AND BETTY BROWN
BARTUFF & CAICH
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COLBORNE
The • . annual meeting of the
Smith's Hill ISanday School was held
at the home of Mi. Warner Walter
on Thursday evening: The ininutes
of the last meeting were read by
the secretary treasurer., Mir. Fordyce
Clark The following officers were
elected: Superintendent Mi.' War-
ner Whiter; assistant:. Mr. T. 11.
Wilson;. secretary#reasurer, Miss
Dorothy Robertson; assistant:. ,Mr.
Arthur "Wlilkins• •temperance -superin-
tendent: Mrs. Ernest Mitchell; or-
ganist: Miss Isabel Tyndall; assis-
tant: Mrs. Marsh..
The vote was taken by ballot ex;
cept for two last offices. The whole
school was very much disappointed to
learn of Mr. Olark's refusal of of-
fice, but in view of his intended ab-
sence the office was given to an-
-other. All are also sorry to learn
that IVir. Marsh would give over his
position.
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ARE SELLING 10 YEAR BONDS—DIVIDENDS PAID MONTHLY
• While They Last
NO BETTER INVESTMENTS
IN CANADA
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HURON COUNTY COUNCIL • • • '
The December .session of Huron ture. The Old . Ake Pension coni -
County. Council opened on Tuesday m!tttee have held nine meetings this
afternoon in the Council Chambers' in year 'arid 'one to . meet a representa-
the Court House. This is the first tive from the central •aukorities re-
meetingsince re-deedraticn , of Pope` garding the. granting -of some .pen -
.court roomy and the transformation. Bions, but the judgment of thefcom-
Sinorn the former .dinginess was bright ntittee had been upheld. Some hill
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. -and pleasing. Mb. MaKibbon wasthe provements :have been made at the
,soniyl absentee at the opening session. Children's' .Shelter. Every credit
Warden Alfred Backer,, Brussels, 'should be 'given. to the matron for
'hi addressing the'memnbers, of the the auidunt of work she accomp
council, expressed his pleasure in lishes, %he floors have been• fixed
being : present wiith his colleaguesi, and the house made more eanven
but 'felt, he Was apeeially privileged ienti;
• as he had been very ill and: fns +Tire Comity Property under Mr.
physician -had • only algwed'hhri to .Goldthorpe .and ,the Property. 'Com -
'go en .condition that ' hie would :ext. ' m'uttee had improved the ' eduncil
,,erctee care. 0ontmuing,• be said: ,that chamber. The Wlarden stated he
lit had been. th,d• i?x'i epsecl Wish' of ll .d visited many county .buildings,
'Warty councils, and ..people; of the lav ;Canada ;and the United State'ls
county', to;, keels davits:,eupenditures and he felt, that • Huron. County
as far as,. possible.,;,:Phis had been should improve its •buildings. = The
followed, ' but '' unforeseen, 'expenses Court house ishould, be gone over
bad called 'for imun',ediate attention every year, .The ,pffices and judge's
,ieeessitating ,considerable expends- room were ,a disgrace and he hoped
VARNA
L.C.L. No, 1035, Varna, held 'their
annual meeting Thursday evening,
Dec. 4th, and the treasurer's report
showed a balance on hand. There
was a good turn out of the members
and the officers were elected for
1931, and installed by Past Master
J. B. Rathwell. The election resulted
as follows: Wei. 111„, W. R. Stephen-
son; D.M., Chas. Stephenson; chap-
lain: Geo. Clark; red. -see.: Chas. C.
Pilgrim; fin. -sec.: W. Turner; treas-
urer: G. 11. Johnston; 1st lecturer:
Percy Johnston; 2nd lecturer: 'Wat-
son Webster; 1st committee man:
Isaac Rathweli - 2nd committee man:
H. Hayter; 3rd W. J. Johnston; 4th:
T. Monaghan; 5th: Carl Deihl;
sick committee: J. B. Rathwell, Geo.
Clark: and Chas. Stephenson; I. G.:
Arthur Payne; 0. G.: Qhas..F. Pil-
grim.
After the lodge closed the breth-
ren served lunch and spent a social
hour together.
We are sorry to shear of Fla.'. Alvin
Elliott having the misfortune to have
his wrist broken. We wish him a
speedy recovery, i
AO, Wm, Rathwell of Southwolrl
spent a few, ,days_ in the neighpor-
hood.
The W. A. of St. Join's church
held their annual meeting and pack-
ing of the bale, which was very. sue-
cessful.
Miss Margaret Muter spent `a
few days in Goderieh.
The Young People of the United
ahm'ch $re busy practising for their
Christmas tree.
Mr. and Mfrs, Wilfred,Chtiter and
Mr. Orrin Dowsonspent' last Sat-
urday in London,
The Women's Missionary Society
of the United; church held a busi-
ness meeting in the ehureh last
Thursday afternoon. • , '
,M,ts. Fred Austin is spending a
few Lv,•eeks' holed iys at her home in
Flint. r i
On Saturday the W. Mi S. held a
debate and social evening to help
with the finance position of society
The subject of the debate was "That;
a farmer with $1,000 worth of stock
and implements is in a better finan-
cial position than a man with a sal-
ary of $201}0.00." The affirmative
was taken by James Conon and
Cenetta Jewell and the negative by
Arthur Willkins and Dorothy Robert-
son. The judges, who were Reg.
Glen, Win. Marsh and Miss Margaret
Pentland, decided tjhe debate in favor
of the affirmative by one or two
points. The debate was well handled
and eaeh speaker revealed that he
or she had depended upon their own
ability. Mi. Frank . IVfelllwain and
Miss Pentland gave an instrumental
saxophone and organ solo and Miss
Vesta Fisher gave a reading on
"Teaching Them to Drive." Com-
munity singing was used to fill in
the odd moments and a pronunciation
match wound up' the program. All
this was managed by Miss Nellie
Claris. Mt. Charles Robertson Was
chairman for the evening. Lunch was
served as usual at the ladies social
evenings.
,Miss Margaret Pentland, who is
teaching in Goderich Township and
has spent some of her teaching abil-
ity•at No. 1 school, visited with Miss
ilasel Young over the week -end.
We axe sorry to hear b 1VI1t • fl ii.
Taylor •ftctting his ankle fractut'dO:
The annual meeting of the WO -
men's MisisonarySociety was held
in Varna United church on Thursday
afternoon, Dec. 4th, .The ,following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year: President: IV$iss Bertha Diehl;
1st vice: Mrs. J. Meelymont; 2nd
vice: Mrs. 'W. Johnston; rec -sec.:
MLs. C. Stelk; eor: see.: Mrs. George
Johnston;; Treasur:'er: • Mrs. Win.
Reid; . Lit secretary. Mrs..' Lee Ilc-
Connel,." Misi. ,. Monthly. secretary:
Miss • 'rola goolymont; press sec
retary •11M(is. Sheulock 'Keyes; stran-
ger's secretary'. Miss. Ralph Steph-
enson.
'GODE.R,ICII ' TOWNSIT!P'
Mr. 1'. • W), Powell spent the week-
end with his sister -at Niagara. Falls,
N.Y. Another sister was down from
Vancouver and they. were having, as
little ,renui on. ',
1f Rabt. Cliff had the misfortune
KIPPEN
'The annual meeting of the W:NI..S.
of St. Andrew's United church was
held Wednesday, December Brd, in
S.S. room, Mth:s. Rev. Connor presiding
Reports front the various
committees were submitted and the
Society is -well up to its objeteive for
the year. 1930 has been most en-
eourvtging anti $Ueeessful flnaneiaily
and much nredit is slue the retiring
president. 10s. Alex. Miontieth, and
the 'executive. The following are' the
officers for 1931 Hon. president:
Mrs. Connor;. past president: Mrs.
A. Monteith;. president: Mrs. W. W.
Cooper; secretary: Mira. 11. Maim -
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tie; treasurer: Mrs. J. W. McLean;
1st vice: Mrs. Wm. Alexander; 2nd
vice Mrs J .McLean; 3rd vice: M'is
Alex Monteith; 4th vice: Mks, Fin-
layson; stranger's secretary: Mrs.
W, -French;. supply comhniteee: Mrs.
G. E. Thom!ps'on, Mrs. J. C. Bell, Mks.
A. Forsythe, Mrs. T. Forsythe.
Finance committee is divided into
four elides with jhe four following
convenors Mrs. 1. Isnot, IVtrs. Jas.
McQuail, Mrs. J, B. ivlieLean and
Mrs. W Sinclair. Associate 1tip-
ers-Mgrs. C'onrior; M. NIH Secretary
Mrs. E. Sproat; press secretary: 1V9rs
J. Workman; baby band leader, Mrs
lenderson. 1 •
d tgdies',Aad also have had a
goodm9Gftr. ot1r,'finane all *wand ,soc-
ially and they also appointed ,offi-
cers for 1931 at the same meeting.
They are as' ' follows: President:.j
Mrs. J. C. Bell; vice-presidents: Mrs.
J. B. McLean, Mrs. J. Cochrane,
Mrs. Sinclair, 'Ms's. Thos. Workman'I
and Mrs. H. ;Chesney; sec. -treasurer: 'I
Mis. T.. N. Forsythe. After the
business meeting was over an hour'.
of pleasant ehat and of viewing the
antiques of our own home and our -
1 orefathers
urforefathers and the beautifu Japan-
ese work and curies was 'indulged in,
after;w_ high a `‘Japanese Tea", was
served•!by a few ladies. This seem=
ed all the more ;interesting as for the
past; year the, Society .have been
Btudyirig••the Book of Japan. There
was also another • very interesting
feature in •this closing aheeting of
1930,: the malting• of twc•new tufo
members Mrs.-, W, Sinclair : aecl : M4g.
J� C. Bell. We- }feel: sure the coming
year will be equally • as good as the':
one just, completed.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT and
an INVITATION
THE Bank of Mon-
treal, now in its Ii4tb:
.year; ; regards, it :as a
great privilege to have
co-operated over so
long •,a. period in the
development of Cana-
dian business..
• The Bank, has kept pace with the growth of Canada and in
each. of the hundreds of communitieswhere it is represented
it has been an important factor in local progress.
If we have had the privilege of serving you. in the past *e are glad, and,;
. if we have not had that opportunitywe cordially place our facilities at your • •
disposal --at whichever of our offices is most convenient to you.
BANKOF MONTREAL
1817
Established
TOTAL ASSETS IN EXCESS OF 0800,000,000
Clinton Branch: H. R. SHARP, Manager
Londesboro (Sub -Agent):
Open Monday and Thursday
THESE SMART
BATH ROBES
Make an Excellent Gift
Regular Price $7,00 $4.50.
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Giffs for Christmas
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TIES in fan- 3,5 c $1.50
ey Boxes . . •
SHIRT~ $1.00 to $4,7 5
FANCY SCARFS, up-to-date
$1.25 to $5.00-
SW!EATER:S FROM
$2.95 to $5.00
UNDERWSEAR FROM •
$1.25 t„ $3.00
GIFT PAJAMAS
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SPECIALLY PRICED
Regular Price $2,50 8
$1 .9
Now .. epi O
• WHAT IS BETTER THAN A
SPECIALLY PRICED FROM
NICE PAIR OF GLOVES
• 75c $3.75'
to
OVERCOATS
A nice lino to clear at Special
PrieeB : $8.00 to $25
From
BILTMORE HATS
$2.75 to $5.00
SLICKERS, with Zip $3.50
Front, uncraekable
SMOCKS and OVERALLS
$1.50. to $2.50
A FULL LINE OF
CAPS, SOX *and BELTS
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"The Gilt"
for Christmas
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Cut Flowers Flowering Plants
�1 Bulbs in Bloom and Ferns
Fancy Dishes of Flowers and Narcissus in Bloom
-: • White Roman Hycanths Etc.
Pans filled with Flowering Plants, Christmas Cherries and
Begonias, Cyclamens, Ferns Etc. from S0c to $2,00
Fancy i gaskets filled with Assorted Plants 75c to $3.00
Christmas week YOc
4 ' Pans of Bulbs in Broom 50e up. Lettuce Loa
Winter Wreaths fog' Cemetery and • Home Decoration all P>r': � 9
We, shall also have
s Narcissus,Daffodils etc
Carnation ,, .
Roses, Chrysanthemums
- •li mos Stock will be ready next week. , Make• your Selection
wrap -
Our �"Ytl,,.St,
gill deliver on time, and all Plants will be suitably wr'ap-
any time and we ,. :•4.�::�� �>l
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