The Clinton News Record, 1927-02-24, Page 1'5�'E`C1C iy'
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JEWELER and ;OPTOMETRIST
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VVash Goods For gipping
We are glad to announce to
our customers substantial reduc-
tions in the P rices of all cotton
goods- for Spring. Dimities,
voiles, prints, gingham galatea,
shir'tings, etc. at prices lower than
prC'.-V1QeuS.. seasons.,
CURTAIN GOODS SPECIAL: 41• pieces only
of 36 inch cream madras, on sale Fri,-
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goodness.
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colorings
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Conservative shapes, and
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for the
young men.
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TIIE- MARKETS'
'Wheat, $1.20.
oats, 4O to 5Oc•
13arL y, 60c,
Buckwheat,' 75e.,
Eggs, 25c to 83c.
Butter, " 34e to 35c.
Live 'Hogs, $10:50,
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED.
Mr, and Mrs. John Itlalloy .of Sisal -
law Lake, announce the engagement
of their sdcond youngest daughter,
Jennie, to Mr. John D. McInnes,
youngest.son-'6f P\b'. and Mrs. Daniel
clines of Laiigside,. the wedding to
Make place the middle of. l arch. Miss
Malloy has been living it Clinton for
some ,years, and is well known here,
A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
A very enjoyable time was spent
on Saturday evening, Feb. 19th, when
a number oC friends gathered at the
home, of Mr. and Mrs:. Harvey Jen-
kins, the Huron Road, west, in honor
of the twenty-fifth anniversary of
their wedding. Mr. and :Mrs; Jen-
kins were taken entirely by surprise,
but •they threw open wide, their door
and gave to .all the glad.hand of wel-
come so; that every one soon felt
perfectly at hrnne.
Mr, and Mrs. Jenkins •,dere the
asked to come forward and Miss
.Edna Jamieson read an address and
Miss Florence Jamieson presented
them with a .solver casserole, pyrex
pie plate: set in silver and a --case of
silver knives ,and forks. . Mr. Jenkins
made a suitable reply, and afterwards
the evening was given up to music
and games. After luncheon was over
a hearty vote of thanks was tendered.
Mr. and.Mrs. Jenkins for theirigenial
hospitality, voiced by singing "For
They Are Jolly Good Fellows," and a
pleasant evening' was brought to a
close. •
A USEFUL INSTJt2TJTTON.
The. Clinton Public Library is
institution which is appreciated' by
many citizens in town and vicinity
but it could•serve more than it does,
if people • realized its worth more
fully. It is .open six clays a- week,
from two to five -thirty in the after-
noon and from seven to nine in the
evening, during the summer holidays
fromseven to eight. On'Satuiday it
is closed for an hour, from two to
three in the :afternoon, '`to adults,,
while the 'children enjoy their"Story
Hour," and they do enjoy it. The
story hour is discontinued during the
summer holiday period and last fall,
_before it wee restuued, a deputation:
of children waited upon the librarian
one day to ask that it :night be 1'e-
umed.
They, d evidently identl
y grown
tired waiting for the announcement
of its opening.
During 1926 there were 730 bor-
rowers, 163 :names having been reg-
istered during the year, and 18,521
books were circulated, There are
over 10,000 books in the library, '7,648
in the adult and 2,163 in the child-
ren's department, 273 new books
were purchased during the year.
•11.Cwtlre in , the reading room 40
:Wile"'li
s and papers.
The library
is
Y told and
becoming g .'91
nd
more an adjunct of the Collegiate,
the students making constant use of
it.
RETIRES FROM BUSINESS.
Mr, Harrison Wiltse has sold his
groeery. business to Mr, Clifford
Lobb, Who takes possession on March
lst.
Mr, Wiltse has been doing business
n :Clinton for about thirty-eight
Years, with an interval of about a
year, between May of 1912 and May
1918, when he spent several months
in the west. Mr. Wiltse came in from -
his fare,; on: the London road and
took a position as clerk with Plum-
steel & Gfbbings, which the held for
twuo years before going into tho ,gro-
cery business for himself. He start-
ed in a store which stood on the pre-
sent site of the postoffice and which
he' was obliged to, vadate when the
government bought the property and
made ready to build; and he moved
into his ...present stand, which S. S.
Cooper rushed to completion for his
accommodation.
Mr. Wiltse has not only worked for
hiieself during his residence in Clin-
ton but has been active in municipal
life, having served as councillor dur-
ing the years 1898, 1904-5-6. In 1907
he was
elected mayor; arid served in
that capacity also during 1908 and'
1909: He dropped out for a few
year, but in 1914 he, was„persuaded
to 2eturn as councillor and was elect-
ed that yea1 and also in 1915-16-1.7-
18 and again in 1920. Whenever Mr.
Wiltse offered himself as a candidate
he' was sure of election, He was a
good representative gf the people, had
a good grasp of municipal affairs,
and worked for the benefit of all.
Mr. Wilts e'S retirement. front busi-
ness now is the result of 111 -health,
1 -le bad a .severe illness this winter,
from which 11e has not fully'recov-
ered and he feels, and his physician
advises, that: if he were free of busi-
ness responsibility his recovery will
be Snore rapid. Ins friends all hope
that this will be the case and that
when spring comes and the bowling
season epees he will regain a, good
measure of his oldetime vigor,
Mr. Lobb, who has bought the
Wiltse grocery is well-known, as he
carried on a'nilk business here for
-about four years, and for th'e wast
fifteen CCil 1 ] ,
Intl
is he has
been l] CI
ellcrn
e,
for the uVliller T aY•clwar
e Co, Tp. this
wev he 11'1,1 come in contact with the
public, banking many friends, ra very
necessary thing for asuccessful iut,sr�;.th
ness::e ti e ,- We hid him welcome to
the ranks of✓.Clinton's . business men' m
amid wish him success; I C
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11 LYNN—McCAUGIIEY.
A quiet marriage gook place o
Tuesday morning at the parry
chuech Calabogie /mar;'Ottawa,,whe
Mrs. Ruby McCaughey was united t
F. A. Flynn, M.D.,, C, I:, by the Rev
Father Jones:
The bride, whe as the daughter; -in
Iaw of Mr. and :dlrs 1 J. 111 Canghe
of Clinton, has' visited- here on v.t1
sous occasions and is known to many
who will' waft to her food wishes` fn
future happiness.
TELEPHONE RACES
ON Ivl y`s: Iilitrl
WARY .24, i1 7
C[IVIligG
ENDSIN A. TIE,
n 01) 5atnrday 1101: the Clifton Girls'
h Hoef ey team journeyed to Stratford.
n and played an interesting exhibition
o gaile, which resulted in a'tic,1-1,
IIST-
The Clinton girls put'e5 a' smart
team. The forwards kept the St -rat=:
foal goalie' busy ' While Clinton's
goalie tgrned 1n.,a brilliant game and
was well '- suported by the "Sturdy
' St t eett'. ” deJ•eit
r
Clinton's goal was scored by 111uv
Grealis oil a' perfect .pass from
"`Short" Schoenhals.
NOT THIP "OLDEST,"
e Mrs L U Okerstrom of Archive,
Seeks writes that'•:her. family has
taken The New s -Record or The No's
Era, which was amalgamated with
The News -Record some two years
ago; or both, smce-July, 1887, a little.
natt-er of forty gears, and she doesn't
In
seem to be tired of it yet, as she en -e -
closed a postal note for renewal nit
to October•; 1923.,
Mrs. Olcerstr om casks ]fl.this is sc
record, No: We hive a,gobd many
on our list which have been' on for
forty ,years; or amore. We should like
to know xvho': is the: acteal.;"oldest
subscriber," the one who ha. been the
longest -continual subscrf er• since
The News Record was ,established in'
X873:
Tlxe Bell Telephone tjlprany has
Been granted pernissioi., y, the Rail
way Board to raise their rates, the
change affecting busindss phones, and
in Group 8, in which -Clinton is, the
rate ,for a :business wall phone will
be $2.75 per month as; agajnst $2.05
in' the past. For a'desk phone we
shall , pay 92,96 as.',tcgainst. $2.25
-Residence phones are. the same, I
some of tlie•citiee the rates. for resi-
dence phones are reduced, but here
they remain the seine. ,:
AMONG THE, CHURCHES.
The Interdenonlinatiettal Day of
Prayer will be observed in Clinton in
Wesley -Willis
church hmeh on Friday af-
ternoon, March 4that 2:30.Woolen
are asked to bring along their mis-
sionary magazines containing the
program.
Wesley -Willis .United Church
Next 'Sunday 'morning . the minis-
'ter's subject will be: "The Second
Elemental Need, A Full, Free Life."
In the evening: "God's Greatest
Gift."
Brotherhood at 10 o'clock in the
Bible Class room. Subject: "Is the
Flafernal Idea on the Ebb?" Leader:.
J. P. Sheppard.
Presbyterian Church
The W. A. will meet. at the home
of Mrs. T. Jackson, High street, on
Tuesday afternoon, Martis lst,
Communion service on Sunday at
11 ' o'clock. Sermon sul:ject: "The
Call of Christianity."
Sunday school at 10 o'elock,
Preparatory service -:on Thursday
evening at 8 o'clock, ;conducted by,
Rev. L. C. Harrison of St. Paul's
church.
Baptist Church •
Evening; service at 7 :'clock. Sub-
ject: "heaven, a•Place-.'Not for all
Pebplee, Who, then, Wiil'fbe. There"
Come and ;hear tbig address, it
may help you decide the card and
dance party question. All Lire wel-
come.
Sunday school at Sa80 p.m.
Prayer service Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Ontario Street United Church
The annual meeting of the Ladies'
Aid will be held on Wednesday after-
noon next, March 2nd, ale the usual
hour, All members are requested to
be present as election; of officers
will take place. The 'ladies of St.
James' Ward will serve ten.
Morning
classes h
at tet c
o'clock,
or
Morning i set Sri n
g o subject: u u•
� 01
n
"
Problem."h
Evening: nth "Which ns. Way?"
1; y
Junior League meets at seven
o'clock Friday evening.
The members of the Young Peo-
ple's League enjoyed a sleigheide out
to the home of Mr. end Mrs, Glen
Melenight of the London: Road on
Holiday evening, where.a -very plea-
sant time' was .spent in social enjoy-
ment, followed by refreshments, The
ride to and fro was very touch en-
joyed,. the
n-joyed,.the night was such a glorious
one. - - -
PRESBYTERY. MEETING.
The Iteroht Presbytery stet Wedgies-
day, Feb. 15th, in the Ontario street
United Church, with the president,
Rev: C. F. Clarke, of North Street
United church, Goderich, -presiding.
The secretary, Rev Dr. Barnby, of
Blyth, "reported an attendaitee of
seventy-five ministers, and twenty-
five laymen.
The first of the session was'given
aver to correspondence, following'
\which, Rev. W. D. McDonald, of Eg-
mondvilie, ,presented reports of fin_
aneial'returns for, naitenance and ex
torsion fund from each of the charges;
While the, returns up to the present
are net so large as could be expected,
the mind of the 'presbytery 'seeins to
be, that a r large .percentage of'the
charges would meet their obligations.
At the close of the morning session,_
dinner was served'in the lecture room.•
by the ladies of the church:
Iu the afternoon, Dr.Laird, of Tor-
onto, treasures of the maintenance
and extension fund of the 'United
Church, addressed the presbytery on
the general and financial condition of
the fund in each of the provinces.
He appealed to the charges of pr0-
perous Ontario not only to meet the
allotments assigned to them, but to
go beyond them and thus relieve the
provinces. where financial conditions
are. not so good,
Rev. J. E. Fore] of Goderich, a re-
tired miniier, asked a question as to
the aiffcrenbe between a call and an
invitation. ,He said he had noted
that whetjn a church called aminister
the mattbr was dealt with by the
lai•esbytery, while an invitation
seemed to be subject to later action,
on inaction, by the Settlement, to
board. He thought it looked like 111,'1- he
iality between congregations./ of
A request ' was received from rho
charges es
of. iVi 1
e sw'iilih Rad t.rlM
askulp to be united with P1rowb] clo, ere
This remaost was naanted, and
combined charge: will be located in Mr
'e Perth presbytery. Pia
An invitation : to hold the next lul
eating in North Street Uinited 50
hureh, Goderich, Was accepted,
DEATH OF R. D. RAMSAY':
The death oeeurred at hie hone iii
Ingersoll on Tuesday of R. D. Ram-
say, a well-known Ingersoll business
man. Mr. Ramsay was married -to a
sister of Miss Gilchrist of Clinton and
had often visited here, ' He was' the
senior -member of a .large dgygoods
business and had conducted business
in several Canadian towns. Tie was
a Presbyterian and :in aetive,prohibi
tionist, he had served -oh the town
council and was an esteemed. Citizen
of the town in which he lived, He is
survived by his wife, three sons., and
two ilaughterte-elle was in his sixty=
ninth . year. ,-.The funeral takes' place
in Ingersoll tomorrow, 'Friday. Miss
Gilchrist went down to be present at
the funeral.
BROTHER-IN-LAW DIES.,
The Seaforth Expositor of last
week had the following reference to
the death of the brother -in -lav of
Miss Sarah Crich and Messrs, Iddo
Crich of Clinton arid Gifford Web
of -7 ucicertnith«;
"bis'. Iseae•'Mecleiand, a, well known•
and very mueh respected resident of
this town, passed away at his home
an Market Street on Tuesday of this
week after ea long and paii-fui illness•
The deceased was a- son of the late
John Modelancl, and was born near
Brampton in,, July, 1358. He came
With his parents to the Township of
euckersnnth, when a boy, and the
grouter part of his life was spent in
that township. Besides his widow,
who before her, Marriage was Tttiss
Ane R.
lie is
survived byt
two
daughters,
i
iii C
s Richards, haxds
of
Stratford, and Miss lilary, at home.
Ile is also survived by. two sisters,
Mrs. J. Fowler, of Tuckersinith, and
Mrs.- A. Brown, of Edmonton. The
funeral Vas held from his late home
on 'Thursday afternoon, the large
number in attendai9ee and the beau-
tiful floral offerings testifying to the.
esteem in Which he was held through-
out the comnuaity, where he had
been so long known. Interment - 'MS
made in Maitlandbank centeteiy, the
pallbearers -being Messrs. 'John Me
Lean, 'Iddo and Gifford Crich, John
Bali, hip, and R. IT, Modeland,"'
LITTLE LOCALS.
The annual Hospital supper is on
in St. Path's Sunday school Boom this
evening:
The Junior Hockey Club had a jolly
carnival, in the rink on Friday even-
ing last.
Another sign of spring is the fact
that the milli{lei's have returned for
the spring season, •
The. frame part of Elliott's livery
bast is being torsi down and a filling
station will be installed.
Some of our correspondents are
getting atg t;ard Tuesday 's
Y y i site day
correspondence should reach us,
Mrs. George Jenkins will , be at
Home to her i'.riends 00 Friday aftei•-
noon, 11i'a]:olh 4th,. from 4 to 0 o'clock,
also in the .evening, 'from, 8 to 10.
Mr. W. Robinson and family have
moved down fron) Wroxeter and are
getting settled in the house taken
irons Mr. ,S. G. Castic•- in 'Victoria
street.
Mi- Chas. Smith, High, street, fell
lust outside the door. of his borne the
other day anti. smashed ;a Finger so
badly that it had to be 'amputated at
ilrc first ,joint, •
The lady bowlers had their- annual
euchre and dance in the roams Deer.
the Hank of 'Montreal tin Monday ev-
ening. ; t1' good attendance and a
very pleasant time is 'reported. fl
Six weeks from today will be Gibs-
I'sBig,Spring Show, There will
no deed to postpone it on account
the gninnityj4 of snow 0poe the
ors this year, unless we have
a heat/ Snow e
v .aIle in March.
Mr. W,ill•alu Boil act, brothel of
}
Gogo i -errand of Clinton� and
0, 1T, Ilailalid of'Seaforth, was
leer in a motor accident at jran-
Lt1ar- recently. Mi•. Holland had
been postal inspector'for some year and Mrs A' t
IT" AS -'t LANDMARK
This buildingn
stood where the pdstoffice now -stands, > The men;
reading. from left to right, in the picture are, W. Brydone, the late
Joseph Rattenbary, F. Tomlinson, Brucefield, and behind hint J.
Ryder is sitting, A. Porter ieinr•'behind'him,- Tho late Rey, W. 11.
Newcombe, Thos. Jackson, Sr., G. McLennan and Bert Wiltse ;lir..
1'1, Wiltse says he was peel:el:1y too -.busy inside to conte qui tr
have his p1011110 taken, • -
Bajfieid
There passed to rest lin February.
the seventeenth one of Bayfield',
esteemed residents, in the.person of -I
Eliza Campbell; widow -, of the late;
John Reid.
Mei. Reid, who had just passed her
eighty-second ' birthday, was the
daughter of John and Margaret,Campbell and was born 01 the town-
ship. of Clark, County Durham, on
February the twelfth, 1945.
,On January 27t1r, 1809, she became
.the bride of John Reid and resided.it
Stanley townshipuntilthey moved t,
the village about ten years ago. Het
husband trade ea' he o
Predeceased. and i n Nov.
28th, 1918...
Thefuneralwas held from her late
residence on Louisa' street on Settle.
dayat 2 p.m. Rev. J. Foote of the
Presbyterian church, Exeter, con-
cluded the services at the house and
'grave. -The pallbearers were Charles
Reid, J. W. Reid, 3. T. Reid, 'John
Johnson, Wm. Reid and Joint Beatty.
Mrs. Reid is survived by one sis-
ter. Mrs
• Robt. Tache •of Yale, Mich.
Tamer Y e 1I ch.
Those whom mourn n tlhe. loss o : , !dud
fatkit
d
mother
Winnipeg; o h t aro Win. E.
Reid 'GF 1 tae
,. nn i g,
George F. Reid, Tadniare, ; Sask.;
Mrs. W. J. Elliott, Brucefieid; J. W.
Reid and Robert S. Reid on. the home-
stead, Stanley township, and Jas. H.
and -Misses Mary and Ida Reid at
house: Those who attended the' fun-
eral front a distance were: Mrs,
Robt, Turner, Yale, Mich; Mrs. Jas.
Nelson, Seafolth; Mr, Nevin, Mrs.
Wm• Metcalf,- Mrs. S. McCoy, Mrs,
McNevin, J. T. Reid and J. Metcalfe,
all of London; Roble Pollock, La Riv-
lere,.:M in,
Mrs. Reid was of. a quiet dispose
tiatt but loving and kind and was -a
stamlch hnentber - of the Presbyterian
church• She has always had;splen-
did health'until early in the New
Year when she contracted grippe and
other „;trouble developed, but she was,
0013r coyn'.fined to. her bed for a little,
over three weeks.
Another of,_ Bayfield's highly re-
spected citizens passed to. the Great
Beyoed on February the seventeenth
in the person of Annie Elizabeth
.Tough, widow of the late James
Campbell•., Mrs, Campbell has been
for many years confined t6 the house
being. handicapped with rheumatism,
from which she suffered for 25 years;
but she bore her suffering . patiently:
and ever had a 5/leery smile, anti, kind
v
� cid -for those who camp in cohttitet
with her• .
Mrs. Campbeil,was the daughter of
the late Chas• Tough and Jane Clark..
Sho was 'born Jan, 15, 1,845, in Bin-
brook Tp., near 'Hamilton, where her
pltrents, • who, had emigrated. from
Scotland the preceding year,; had
settled, For some years the family
lived in Dundas, Ont,, but removed to
the Bronson line, Stanley to*nship,'
in 1855 to the . farm now owned by
Wm. Cathie. 'Prom there they ,m6ved .
in a'fcw years 16 the farm owned by
'Valentine. Gerber, where her parents
ended their days and from where she
-
married in Nov, 1876• On her mar-
riage the removed to the faiim 91ow
owned by John Scotchmer, where
they remained y 1 e 11:'
d u t r ]
site spring of
1905, `whorl they removed to Hayfield
to the place of; their late residence,::'
James Campbell predeceased his wife
in Oct., 1918, .
The fr,neral was held it rant Pt.
Andrews United church 01 Sa-ueday
afte mon at 8.80 pm. .Rev, H. P.
1,enredy had change of the services
at the
church Cl1 ai f
1 tflve:
It:s. Campbell am alien is
1 survived by one
brother, James Tough, of Vancouver,
and her daughter, " 1111s, Robert
,Scotchuner of this village: Those
who attended the funeral from a dis-
'tance were - Andrew Dunn of Inger-.
so11; Angus Campbell or Sarnia. Dr.
Mrs, A. Reuatt returned on Satur-
-lay after spending' a• couple of days.
at the Hardware Dealer's' Convention
in Toronto.
Sneak thieves gained ehtraile to
Ilairy Drelnnann s shop when he
was away at church on S4t_nday eve9e-
iug and ' -stole about fourteen dollars.
It it thought that the culprits are
local persons who knew his habits.
They evidently 'used a skeleton key
to open the front door and were care-
t -ell to mill the blind down and leek
the doer again' when leaving. Mr.
Drelniann did not Anse., the mercer
until Monday - 'milting but when he
returned on Sunday evening he founE
a burnt snatch end on the eloar.and
wondered how it ;had gob there. bet
did not think of anyone having been
in
the building,
Patty thieving has been going ora '
in the village for some time but these
despicable char'aeters are growing •
bolder. Several of . the sutit1ner cot-
tages have been broken into and :Asa
Mustard's garage. It is time that an
investigation was made a.nc1' a slop
pix' to it.
M,
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spent a eoi 1
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�Sti t trsi-
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sis-
ter, Mrs. W.West-fa1"ce, wlto`7ias- been
quite 111• with tmisilttis, Mr. West-
lake was also laid up at the same
time with the flu but is able to he.
out again and we are glad to report
that his wife is ales: improvieg,
bb. E. A. Featherston has pur-
chased :.the bu's]ness and dwelling of
Robt. Orr on Louisa St. He take%
Possession early,in-March, We wish
him success ]n his new venture.
The Young •people, who age giving
the play, . "A ,.Likely • Story" in the
town hall on Friday evening went out
to Varna and played, it at'the con-
cert finder the'tiuspiees of the Angle -
can church on Tuesday evening. As -
cording to all reports the play wet
very amusing and very much enjoyed
by time, audience at Varna.
The concert. to be held .here on Fri- '
day night promises to be a very good
one and it is hoped that all who pos., •
sib1y can win turn out and support
the Y• P. S. 'orchestra,
The ioultg Peopl'es' Society niet os
Friday- night ,and the papers givers,
on Canadian anthoi's by Donald Mc-
Kenzie, Helen Seeds and Fred beard
were both interetting,and,instruetise,
The. 7, P. . S. orchestra gave''severat
,selections' iiid the addition of the
new 'traps is quite an iniprovemette
The next meeting " will be held- -on,
Marclh the fourth and is to be "Pion
eer Night.,,
MRS. ' CLARA SLOMAN
One - of Clinton's mast vette
enable citizens, celebrated be
ninety-third birthday on Monday„
She Sias many recollections of early
days in 0liittoil, having come herr.
from England fifty-eight years age.