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The Clinton News Record, 1925-12-24, Page 4TIC SDAY', DItCI:Iv 192 It?. ClintoneW3-i esctrd' • dooPER's STORE NEW Our store has been extending the ti o the d Citizens Season's Greetings t�o �o h n ., and 'now w we 4 years, ol. Minton for 0 wish You the sane. �i e� rassarminossanniassa COOPER. CLINTON` BAN K OF MONTREAL _-. Established1Sj7 Stuninary of Assets -and Liabilities 31st Octoger,'19Z5 •ASSETS Gold, Dominion Notes, and Silver, coin Deposit with Central Gold Reserve Deposits made with and Balancer due from other Banks.in Canada - ' Balances due by Banks. and Bankinig Corres- pondents orreapondents elsewhergthan in Canada Call and Shorn loans on Bonds, Debentures atld and Provincial .... , , Doritinion ancl` Provincial Government Securi ties . Railway. and other Bonds, Debi=nntu:es and Canadian Municipal : Securities and +British,. Foreign and Colonial Public Securities other than Canadian .. Notes and, cheques. of other Banks United States and other foreign currencies., Loans and Discounts and other:Assets - . Bank Preniises> ... Liabilities to custa"niers under letters , of credit (as per contra) . , .. ... $ 86,8291406.10, 17,000,000.00.. 140,417.02 17,906,505,15 134,215,606.20 96,$42,710.96 3,666,616.12 39,937,691.72' 53,529,236.05 690,979.17 278,640,865.05 12,150,000.00 13,897,942146. $755,147,876.00 -• LIABILITIES -TO PUBLIC Notes in circulation' $ 46,761,184,50 Deposits... ,. 631,454,428.77 Letters of credit outstanding . 13,897,942.46 Other liabilities 1,065,769.89 $393,209;325.62 E;.cess of Assets over Liabilities to Public p 4. CANADA Warning *to' Users. of Radio All l�sdiig Receiving Sets • 11 LIST .be' LUicensed Penalty ,on surmnary conviction is a Ane not exceeding $50.00 License Pee $1.O.O per annum Licenses, valid to, 31st March, 1926, may be obtained from:.;/ ,Staff Post Offices, Radio Dealers, Radio Ihspectors,`or from • Radio Branch Department of Marine and Fisheries;Ottawa The proceeds from ,license fees are used to -control broadcasting and to, imvarove broadcast reception conditions A. JOHNSTON, Deputy Minister of Marine and Fisheries Herbalist ere Are. gon Suffering frem:nng Disease Mr. 1Vlurrfin, t , ro . /Garden's' prieto • t o8 the ° Canadian herb Gardens arid' expert in herbs, ;. will' be at the - s.wesn - , Rattenbury Hotel, 1 n ONE DAtj ONLY . Ali Dag and Evening 'Thursday, January 7th Coasnsasitation Free Nervous' Diseases, Rheumatism, Bladder. Trouble, Diabetes' Bright's Disease Stomach; Liver, Kidney, -Neuritis Neuralgia. Blood Pressure, Heart Troubles Constipation and all diseases THERE IS A HERB FOR EVERY DISEASE ..«.,M,.�.ti'+5zi<xs�weku'a�..5i:.i'sn..,�+• News'. of.1'lappe;>1" .ngs in the ''Cotyr t and' Llis$Iri�ct Gorri0: The application of the min- ority of the Gorrie.. Presbyterian church for relies: under the ,'United Church of Canada Act has been re fused .by the Ontario church and property commission. The decision handed down at Toronto last week points out that the -claim that Wrox- eter, Gorrie; and FordwicJi comprise 0 single community -has not been sub- stantiated. It. is also pointed out that at Gerrie the Combined United church. coneTeg<titioi arc using the former Methodist church and' the former. Presbyterian 'chuich_is vacant. ,The -'Presbyterians ` have offered to sell the Presbyterian church to .he applicants for .+1 00 r to' PP 9',-Ootln�t.itlro a term of years . • Goderich: It"is- expected that thir- teen steamers will winter in this har- bor. This will,mean something' to Goder-ie1i and te ,crews who man these vessels will, be 'made welcome in the county town. Exeter: • Fire, destroyed the home and contents of • Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harness early one morning recently while they were absent in Si. Thom- as."•Mr. Harness is a'returnedSoldier and is- drawing' 11 pension ori account of'partial disablement. IIe had 're- cently purchased the: house and while there was some insurance on both building and contents .the loss will be considerable. Seaforth: Seaforth mourns the loss .x 1! a !popular citizen by. the 'death of Lauder Delacey; after an illness of six months. He was 53 years of age an[l'cazne to .. Seaforth from Smith ville in 1893,being be ng engaged by A. G- VanEgmomli, Sons as accountant. He married Eliza, daughter of the late George E. Henderson, in 1i311, ,and, with his father-in-law, purchased the Commercial Hotel, - which• they con- ducted for 'a number of years.. His gen"iyal disposition and personality won him a hast of friends among the traveling public. Disposing of the hotel, he was engaged as accountant for the Seaforth 'Milling Company and later as manager for the Bob Roy Company, which took over the mills, and was accountant for the Huron Flour Mills, the present own- ers, since that time. He was a mem- ber of the First Presbyterian church and a member of the choir for many years.•I3a had been town auditor for a number ,of years and -was secretary treasurer of the Collegiate' Institute board. He . was, a P.M. of Britania Lodge, A. F. and A. M., Past Z. of Mellodh Chapter, R. A. M.. • Chan.: Coni. of the, Knights,'of Pythias and a:past grand of Fidelity Lddge, 1..0. 0. P..Ile.leaves a widow and father, D: Delaeey of •Smithville, and tieo sisters, Mrs. I. E. Francis and Mrs. David Young of TorontoThe fun- eral teak place from the First Pres- byterian church on Tdesday after noon:. Goderieh} The tender of the Avery- Shipp Construction Co:, for the :whole contract of building Abe hew el vin hall at a cost of $86,279, was accept- ed subject to the passing of the by. law by the -ratepayers. Mr. Avery is the builder who recently had two 1111 - portant contracts. •:in town -for the addition -and'' improvements to the Collegiate 'Institute and for the new Alexandria:.Flospital-both of which were very satisfactorily cortlpleted. The -Coon ,firm were the architects in: both these Cases and are engaged alio, in the sante .capacity -for the newt towns hall. Sfanieg To ivnship - The following is the report for S,. S. No. ;1, for the monythof December., Nantes are, in order of thersit: • -• 4th — Marjorie McEwen, Marion 'Shipley,. Bessie Corey; Omerine Le - Beau, Cecil_Shlpley 3rd—Vera Saundercock, Karl Stan. bury, Morena Shipley. 2nd—Joe-Corey,` Stuart McEwen,, /Clarence LeBeau. list—Nora Stewart, Isabel Sunder, cock, Gladys 'Saundercock. —W. E. Gamble,• Teaeher. On Friday. evening last Mr. and Mrs. •Edward Talbot entertained a large number of their friends toa bountiful supooer, it being the china anniversary of their "awed cling. , Their friends and neighbors soressented theta with a, beautiful and costly china set of dishes: ' '• Miss Freda Talbot,.: who 'has been teaching school near Grand Bend rias returned home to apend her Christ= oras holidays. o Miss Mary Howell of Clode'rich has been •the guest of her sister, who teaches the Front road' school,. No. 3. There was a. beautiful Christmas. concert anti Christmas tree -in S. S. No. 3, -Front road, of Thursday night of 'last week, the school being crowd -- ed to the deers. The program con- sisted of dialogues, violin music and solos. Th Th proceeds were, about $10, the admission fee' being only -10c. C.;;N.' R. EARNINGS, The, gross earnings of the Canad- ian . National'; Railways for the ,week ending December 14, '1925,• were .$8,\- 407,953, -as compared with $4,649,764 :for :the •same period of 1924, an in- crease 01'.$848,189, 'or eighteen per cent, Kitty Danced--- ' L. And No* She Pays She is Mali and Slender, with • co- quettish blue eyes and hair., that is very definitely auburn bobbed, et course for i z Ditty to nothing,. e not lip -to -dater Y1i A,r up to lateness didn't anclane i ability ,toio ,guardcold tier. health,Dances and Ar, rte,., told and'..' weak' speIck p is brou0reght parties, and her }note stele spelie yofor t on had 1h0 mothor might nape foreseen hardhat Lived. " No, .you can't blame., Ritty. 1;Ier Youth,' her prettiness and her ilopm. lariiy Were false.friends to her. She Is only Another year in the kindly' care of ri ty-&Iuskotca: Hospital for ro , Consumpi where expert ,ncIl'el London Road On Friday a number of the rate payers 01 the section gathered at the schoolhouse before Lice school closed 'for the Christmas =vacation and• ' in view of the resignationoC Miss Grant' as tcacho , after a terns of years, an appreciative address' was read to her and she was presentedwith a. club bag. After the presentation several of the ratepayers ers :spoke in high terms of Miss Grant's ability as a teacher and of theinfluence' she had had over the 'coning 13003110 i}i the cont inumiy during• her terra as teacher, Miss Bessie Lindsay' has been en- gaged to ,. tench . in the school Miss Giant has just reargued: ' Miss. ,Mabel ;Johns; who • leaches - _schen on the ,2nd ;line, Hay, held a very successful entertainment in the school 'room -ori . Monday ;fight. The 1pxogramina was largely put, on by the,. pupils and • a bountiful lunch was served. After all' the' Christmas tree' presents were distributed. Miss Johiis is a very successful : teacher and is duly appreciated by' the section. • Mti, '3M. Sproat • of • the 2nd lino,' Tuck' •ami h n cz 1 ft o t esd . n 'r . t e Tt ay on ing• to' spend' th'e G`hri5timas holidays with friends and relatives in Toronto. ,Mr. John'Alexariler. who sold his farm recently to Mr. Frank .Upshall of the 5th line, Tuckerszn th, and has• piu'chasecl.,a-farm near Georgetown; removed' there last week., NIr. W. Eyre of Tuckersst h. who was helping his neighbor, Mi. J. Alexander, to "load his horses at Sea - forth last week, i ceived a ver ser- ious ]tick front one of the horses and Blas a very stiff leg at present, The blow came' on the inside of the knee' joint, a tendersnot;'o receive an in - Jury. Mrs. Janes Dag1; and two daugh-' -tors from , Manitoba. ar- rived tobi . t x rived on'Tuesday evening at Mts. W. Anderson's for the. Christntawtides: Mr. Alex. McKenzie left on Wed. nesday for Toronto to spend the Christivas\hoiIdays with his laugh. tars.' H(JLLETT GIRL IS BRIDE. OF YOUNG ALBERTA FARMER A very pretty wedding took "place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Win. Gray, 18th concession Hallett' town ship, on Thursday, December 17th, at eleven o'oloek, tiylien their eldest daughter,. Mildred Anne, became the bride of Mr. Leonard G. McNall of Provost, Alberta. .The ceremony= was performed by Rpr, B. Snell , of Londeslior'o United (formerly Metho- dist) Church, in the presence of about fifty guests, The bride, who was given away'by her father, entered the parlor to the strains of Lohengrin's bridal chorus, played by her sister, Miss Hattie 1•:. Gray, and took her"'place beneath an arch of evergreen and roses. She looped charming it it gown of sand satin -faced crepe, with gold -lace trimming' and carrying a bouquet of carnations, . narcissus and ferns, She -also were the ,g'room's gift; a bar pin set with pearls. The groom'sgift to thepianist was a handsome gem' sett bracelet., After the signing of. the register `the bride led the way to the dining roon,'v4s re a' sumptuous dinner was served by four of the bride'sgirl friends, • The happy Couple left, amid show- ers of confetti and good wishes, for a short . honeymoon trip, the—bride donning, for travelling a ' smart French serge frock, fur -trimmed coat and hat to match. They Will Mater take up their residences out the ,groom's• farm at Provost, Alberta.. The congratulation And good wishes of the •eommunity.,go with thein to their new home: 111 II if Many' of the neighbors of Mr. Wm. Coay's family on the 13th of Hullett' assennbleid at the home of ,Mr. ;anti iMzs D 1VIeCallum on Monday night and tentlered' to Mise Mildred 'Gray, in anticipation ' of her doming mar4 riage, a kite/len shower. Master liar vey and little Jean MoCalium, dressed to represent a bride ena groom, entered the parlor drawing a hand- sonrely decorated wagton laden with the gifts, TIM scene was quite unigiie and plebsing.« That Miss' Gray's wedded life may be redolent with all gped things—health, happiness and prosperity'is the wish of all. WILLIAM LAWSON OF MULLETT DIES AFTER SHOAT XLLNESS Friends; hereabouts were shocked when it became generally known 1 s- terd'ay that' William: -Lawson lof the 7th col. of Hulletthad,,passed away Tuesday,';' Mr; Lawson had been ,in his, usual , health up to about two weelts ago. Mr. Lawson was born on"the God- erich. township side of the Base Line and be lived nearlyall his life, with the exception of ten years spent in Kansas, in the ,same locality.He is survived by hit wifo'and a family of. three sons and two daughters: An- thony and Fred, Toronto; Mrs James Medd -of Mullett and Andrew anc`t. Florence' at h'oine. Four brothers and one sister also survive: Luke. of Clinton, Robert and. Mrs. Alex. Leitch of Hullett;. Joseph of Auburn 'and Samuel of 'Piney, Man. • • The, .funeral takes place from tate familyirome this afternoon to Clinton cemetery. For FALL &WINTER Ninths • WHY NOT x'ake.out an a n for tax cy Nlm e . c ry Stack wire ammfirm. You tally make good moneyora add materially to your present income. ✓ rray Sales' Agents WeIk1,y of monthly, supply canvassing outfit and carry the largest stock of. Canadian -grown Inuit 'Trees, Shrubs, c'tc. Write for particulars. '. Varna Mr. C. Epps 'installed <t radio for lyIr. T, Dennison ,Saturday last. • The Anglicans; are having their social evening' and Christmas tree' .111 connection' with the Sunday school' on Thursday evening, Dec. 31st, in the towns hall. .Mrs. A. McConnell left on Thurs- day for Minneapolis, where she in- tends spending the Christmas season with herdaughter, Margaret, and sis- ters, the. Misses Easier. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Austin of Sint, Mlch•,'stie spending the holiday with Arr. and Mrs. A. Austin of th village" Mrs. Jas. 'Steep.,- accompanied by her brother,' .Mr, N: Campbell, left last week to yisit friends in, .Detroit, Mr. Lee McConnell had the lnis£oi tune to slip and fraetur'e ]tis' ankle and will be confined to the house for some :time,"i?•'°I Mrs; F, Weekes attended the fun- eral of the late John Stinson -of Rip- ley on Tuesday. Misses Annie and Emily Keys leave -this week` for Oshawa, where. they intend 'spending t;winter, (Crowded out last week) Miss A. Foote of Victoria hospital, London; visited her .brother, Andrew, •for', a. ;few ,days, M : M.Elliottwas T' n } inoho to over Sunday. Several carloads from -this vicinity -spent „a social evening at the hone ,of Mr. W. Elliott, Brucefield, is§t week. '0 i' stores are nicely 'decorated for the •Christmas trade. The Varna .school concert, which was held last e k wasoneof the bestever. put on here... Mr•. Stelck• Ably filled the chair in his usual jov- ial manner. The program consisted of drills, solos, duets, etc, Master. AllredRain sang two excellent songs, also Mr. Logan and Miss M. Welsh brought the house down with „their singing. The' May Pole drill' "was extra well done, . The,Sunflower drilh and Abe Virginia Reel, the Hobo drill, Composed' of :boys, were all well done. The colored sextet made is good num- ber on the program with their sing- ing of Southern airs, Messrs. ' W. Dowson>, and Marshall furnished splendid violin music, accompanied by Miss Welsh on the piano, who was alsa the pianist for the rest of the !program. Just before the close of the program Miss 1VI. Welsh was pre- sented with a bouquet of beautiful roses -by the membersofthe male chorus. A hearty vote of thanks: was tendered to the teacher, Miss Welsh; and all who tools part in the program. ham. 'Miss 'Mabel Pilgrim has returned home after• visiting..frionds in Wing- • TELLS IIOW 0,,I, MAY. BPi combs of cement plaster, jointed; oil' it .RENOVATED Editor News -Record: Will you allow me sp lee, to say I was much alnused in reading Mi: Teeter's letter, in your paper last week, which is somewhat misleading and is mostly camouflage. Ile -'states from an extract that the blocks. ' Then to imike the walls frost and wind proof go -inside, take elf' the casings of all openings, furrow outthe jams, •iestrap the interiors' lafh and plaster all ';lnside,walls to• the floors, - then put in new floors crosswise Of •the-old`ones,shhnmed up. and with a new steam or hot water present Institute was buiieas a Grain_ system, venilators and new seats,' mar school, but in my `recollections storm windows and fire escapes, the 1, Clinton, never; had an institution by corporation swould e,have, ;h think, 015 that • name, as' the building was°built up -to -data structuite. With a remorl- ttt a Collegiaet .Institute about the ailed gymnasium. And if the rooms year 1886; twenty years later than he ale inadequate, it; would be easy Y states, about -''thirty-nine eai•s''ago -matter to..zliove out ono of the walls :find tho new asidition-wits bunt ahout-,say 10 or 12 feet and coves'.with`11 twoiity.years ag'o, cBgt what is: forty .Mansard 5001 As far as the light- years to the life pf a brick structure'? m f- system' goes .that is :in easy mat - There are some old frame buildings tet ao •remedy, as ,there is riot muclt!'I in the town' twice the age of the In- light required during school hours. stitute. I might say that I became 'a resident of Clinton in the spring of `1883 'and,$or a:couple of nominations a new Collegiate Institute was'dis cussed„ fathered by A. H. Manning}' who was -contesting for -deputy -reeve for the town. He and others gave the ratepayers to understandthat only -•one .Institute, would receive a County or Provincial . grant, and . that Clinton should be alert-and'get ahead of the neighboring towns. By such aiguunents the .bylaw; was ,•carried and tlip'Institute: building was erected in .'1886, not in 1866, as stated by ing men and women for twenty years' our well-informed. C. G. T. 114 -states or so for work done that won't stand the •building' is in a .dilapidated: state till paid ,for. , Yours, lad a veritable fire trap. . fie might —A. CANTELON. say the same: about. out town hall and Dec° 7t11, :1925..: ° our churches, or amf other municipal -(The plans for the proposed, build - building. It's marvelous to listens to ing` have been 011 eyhibition ,in the non-ta:cpayera talking through their Hydro Shop for weeks past, any'ratl- hats. I believe„ the ratefpayers are to payer may •'''ec =them, Thepresent be asked te.vote on; abylaw to raise.;' C. C. I, building was erected in 1876, $80,000 to erect a ,new Collegiate In- not 1886, the newer wing some years stitute. (-That won't' -stop short of one 'later. Last,week we•were obliged to hundred thousand .dollars, then an- correct a too early date, mentioned by other ten thousand to equip it. , .,a correspondent. This week the data A1 was to bolt at the. is -too late. Stick.to facts gentlemen. As a'builder if matter from a selfish standpoint -I Ed.) would be in'i'ave el a new Institute, but -when 1`'.think of -the struggle of the workmen, artisans and widows have to meet their taxes twice a year I Say'remodel the present building' at less than a quarter 'the cost of a new r Goderich Township 1VIr:'and Mrs, Frank .Whitmore and Master'Harolcl of Hamilton are spend- ing the Christmasvacation with re=' latives in Goderich township and Clin- ton. " - Mt'. R. George Thompson of Wy- cliffe College, Toronto is hone for the vacation Ir. Thompson assisted the rector in 'St. Paul's Church, Clinton, on 'Sunday last. ' Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pearson have gone to Wayne, Mich., to spend the: vacation with their son,, Mr. George W. Pearson, :and family. Number 10 school had their annual Christmas entertainment on Tuesday after'neon. • 1' 'St James' church, Middleton, held. a Christmas entertainment on-R'ixes-. day evening, when .5' very .pleasant time was spent,Number 4 school had a success- ful Christmas entertainment 00t Fri- day evening last, Holaxllesvile Mr. and -,Mrs. William Mytlltolland' are '}ponding Christmas with their: family in Detroit. NORTH HJJRQN ELECTION CASE NOW SETTLED • -Goderich, Dec, 28.—In compliance with the order of the Supreme Court of Ontario, Judge Lewis at Goderich this morning recounted the 342 ballots which had been previously rejected and issued a new certificate on the election result in the riding of North Httron," After the , voting in -North Hurons it';igas sl awn that J. W. King,' Progressive, was fading by a small majority over 0. W. Spotton'/Censer-- vative. It ;was ' discovered, however, that the`countetfoils had not been re- moved from 342 ballots and Judge Lewis held' that these ballots should net be .counted. This decision re- duced Ring's majoity ancl' gave Spot ton the riding. The case was ap- pealed and Justice Wright in Supreme Court. recreed that the ballots should be counted. A further .appeal was made;' by Spotton, but was dismissed: The original certificate issued by' Judge .Lewis gave King 5,0310 and Spotton 5,058. The decision of the re- counted'- ballots gives King 250 and Spotton 82. The certificate contain- ing th new figures has been melte out. 1925 Christmas Seals •Brite 51311 dhristmns Seale in airy of the mashofd and Toronto, Ilospllals for Cortsurnpliyes, have 31061 been is - slid. These handsprne seals are 01 10,, 'different designs, tri upin assorted, . l r0„ packets of 10,_f � and Y01r 111 Nttnec] ' ftado ii1i Associa- tion, Sa .Assn tern 1.> in need of funds to cdrry On the µ-erre of its Hospitals in td tide ok's and. al W.15tsin, lttvery dollar received. throaglithe sale of Christmas Seals. le used for nnainl.ettauce :i,f, patients this Why.,:itoL bOy bear seralsid lieu Others': .. Not truly lviil you get good :value .in return, but your 0(0111y' will to mode to ari'l's.r 'easter end,rOr it will r 'go to 1n+lA somoonri 10 dlstrGs.'- We- aro asked to , vote $80,000, not knowing where the building •• is to be erected, neither plan, design 'or' 03001- fications.. Vote in the dark and tax' ousselvea and • children for 20 or, 20 y., ars, p The et come . cue must be talc- err: -.from the Council, for that is the way _they have been, doing -business; without a plan or a specification ' or adequatevinspection, en roads, drains and sidewalks/ Seine of the latter,' which was ,.put down a few -months ago are . breaking down already, It -looks 1ike.a.crime taxing. poor: Work - "EXCUSE•ME" • Waiter,-, (at the elub)—There is a lady outside who says that her bus - band promised, to be home early to - structure and make it up-to-date. If night. 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