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The Clinton News Record, 1943-08-26, Page 3TFHI5RS., AUG. 26, 1943 THE HAPPENINGS IN CLINTON EARLY IN ' THE CENTURY Some Notes of The News in 1918 THE OLuvrcN NEWS -RECORD AIJIGUST 22nd, 1918 • D. Shaw has received a letter from France telling him that Capt. .Isaac Hetherington of the 161st Bat- talion has been recommended for a decoration for conspicuous bravery and dash while leading a raid in the recent • offensive. Capt Hetherington comes from Dungannon and was the musketry officer of the 161st. while training in England. Word has been received this week that Pte. R. J. Blacker, son of Mrs. Blacker of town had died ef wounds. in France on August 11th. Pte. Blac- ker had been in the west for some time before enlisting. He was the youngest son of the late Thomas J. Blacker. Mrs. C. B. Middleton received word the other days of the death of her brother, Walter J. Coats, which oc- curred at Port. Arthur on August - 12th, after only a few days' illness. The deceased was a son of the late William Coats and was born in Clin- ton and spent the greater part of his life here but for some years he has been residing in Winnipeg. Ile was engaged in a railway construction camp out from Port Arthur when he contracted pneumonia and was re - Moved to the hospital. at Port Arthur on Saturday but succumbed to the disease the following Monday. He was in his sixty-first year. The remains Were taken to his home in Winnipeg from where the funeral took place. The following passenge,r were tie- keted' through to the west yesterday by W. Jackson, C.P,R., agent: MiI- ton Johnston, Albert Brown, F. W. Gray, Earl Cooper, L, F. Peacock and M. B. Clark. In the last week's issue of the Guelph Mercury appeared an account of the death, due to heart failure in- duced by extreme heat, of .Wm. H. Thornton, brother-in-law of Mrs. J. H. Thornton, ef Guelph, but formerly Mrs. McCartney of Clinton. The Brussels -Post last week com- pleted its thirty-eighth year under its present management, The Post was estdblished in 1873 by McGilli- cuddy Bros. but it was in 1880 that Mr. W. H, Kerr, took charge of the helm. Mr. J. G. Ohowen of town has re- ceived word of the serious illness of his son, Roy, who is now in a military hospital in England. Efforts are be- ing made to have the young man. brought to Canada so that he might be within reach of his friends while being treated. Word was received by Mr. J. Slo- man on Tuesday that his son, Will had been admitted to hospital in France suffering from a wound in the knee. Mr. Wilken has also re- ceived word that his son, H. C. (Lloyd) r baa been wounded in the arm. The.. casualty lists are long this week, Mrs. Margaret A. Shannon of Tor- onto, formerly of Clinton, announces. the engagement of her daughter, Jen- nie to M. Leonard Cecil Sabine, son of the late Rev, T. 3. Sabine, and Mrs, .Sabine of Hamilton. The mar- riage to take place 'August 29th. THE CLIN/rON NEW ERA, AUGUST 22nd, 1918 Mr. and Mrs. Harry West of the Bayfield Road, Goderieh township, announce the engagement of their youngest daughter, Elva Elizabeth, (Bessie) to Mr. Lorraine Vail of De- troit. The marriage to take place in Detroit on August 31st, Misses Lyla and Eleanor Thornton returned to Seafarth on Thursday after a visit with their aunt, Mrs. Charles Bartliff. Miss Isobel Draper has returned from a holiday ' visit at Windsor and Sandwich. Mr. Wilbur Ford returned to Peter - bore on Monday after a holiday spent at his home in town. Misses Lilian and Mabel Cantelon returned Wednesday evening after a week's stay at Grand Bend. Miss Jean Rutledge returned home Saturday after a month's visit with her brother at Newcastle, Ind. She was accompanied by her sister-in-law Mrs. Wm. Rutledge, who will make her home in Canada, her husband coming here to enlist with the Can- adian forces' for service overseas. Mrs. T. Higgins and two daughters of Toronto are guests of Mrs, William Graham. Mr, C. J. Wallis returned Sunday from a trip to New Brunswick, whither he went with a ear of hor- ses a week or so previously and he left again Tuesday for Rosetown Sask., to assist in taking off his har- vest. Miss Minnie E. Russ returned Thursday evening last after a trip to the west. She visited friends at Min. nedosa, Man., and Medicine Hat and Calgary, Alta., and, also visited Ed- monton and spent a week at Banff and Lake Louise. iPte, J. E. Young of Clinton has been listed as wounded in this week's casualty lista Mr, Levi ,Stong is erecting a gar- age at h_ is home on Kirk street. Alvin 1{, Leonard returned hone after visiting with relatives at Ox- ford and, Brant. Rev. Dr. Medd of Exeter, spent a couple of days with his brother on his return home after a holiday for the past couple of weeks.' Mr. Arthur Mannis left this week for Brantford where he has secured a position. The family will follow later. Miss Kathleen Dowzer returned af- ter a month's visit with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Chowen at Hamilton. The Girls Patriotic Society ask the co-operation of the people of. Clinton in malting their Labor Day celebra- tion a success. Miss Olive Johnston, who has been visiting with Mrs, F. Leonard spent the past week with friends in Sea - forth, but returned on Sunday. THE CL'1NTON When the Present Century Was Young THE CLENTON MEWS -RECORD AUGUST 20th, 1903 A case whieh ccs:venues to puzzle the local doctors .s that of the thir- teen -year-old daughter of Mrs, Hen- ry Nichols of town. Six weeks ago she was atruek on the temple by a door latch, since which she has been subject' to periods of uneonseiousness. During some of these attacks she is in a state 'resembling catalepsy and in others, while unable to move or speak, she still retains consciousness, These attacks have of late become lets frequent. The death is recorded of IVIr. Char- les Milne for' some years• proprietor of the Queens hotel from which he retired last spring. He was for many years a resident of Clinton and was a much respected citizen and a model landlord. He retired owing to ill health and went to Colorado in hopes that a change of air would effect an im- provement, but it was in vain. • Mr. and Mrs. Winan, who .had been visiting at Mr. Eid, Carter's left Tuesday to return to Pilot Mound, Man. Mr. James Marks of Bayfield, who has been at Maple Creek Mines, Col- orado, for the past few years, was called home on Monday on account, of his mother's illness. About 2.30. Tuesday morning fire was discovered in the stables of, the American Hotel, Brucefield. The alarm was at once sounded and the vil- lagers flocked to' the scene and fought the fire fiend vigorously. The women, too assisted but there were not en- ough workers and no fire fighting appliances, so the flames soon de- stroyed the stables, hotel, Campbell's blacksmith shop and residence, Snid- er's harness, shop and Mrs. Baird's Store, the best of the business part of the village. Very little of the con- tents of any of the buildings were saved and though, with the exception of Mr. -Campbell, all carried insur- ance, it will not by any means cover the loss. Mrs. Murray, who had own- ed the hotel a few months is a heavy loser and there is a possibility that some of the business places will not be built. Mr. George Barge returned home on Saturday from his trip through Manitoba and the Territories in the interests of Hodgens Bros. He went as far northwest as Edmonton and everywhere there was a hustle and bustle that must needs impress the more steady going Easterner. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Smellie and two children of Chicago have been guests of Mr, and Mrs. A. J. Grigg the past week. Mr. and Mrs, Thomas Wiseman and two children of New York City, who were guests of the former's brother, Mr, John Wiseman, are now visiting at the old homestead at Rirkton but return to Clinton before leaving for their home. Mr, Ed. Robinson sold his house on Maple street on Monday to a Mr. Falconer of near Brucefield and left the next morning accompanied by his wife and children for MacGregor, Man. where he intends to reside. V' The Canadian Women's Army. Corps members have been given a substantial increases in pay. Everyone from lieutenant -colonel down to pri- vate shares in the raise and similar increases were grantd the women's services of the Navy and the Air Force, Basic pay will now be 80 per cent of that paid men in the armed forces instead of the former 06 2-$ per cent, Turkish Military Mission Watches Tank Demonstration 2 .M,...x Ott `. The Turkish military mission led by Egypt and the West Desert battle Lt. General SaIih Omertag and con- fields, continued its tour into Tunisia slating of 18 'senior Turkish Army --Members of the mission visited an gr- and Air Fierce Officers, which visited stration of Sherman tanks, heavy ar- tiller, and anti-tank guns. Picture shows: U. S. Sherman tanks moused division and ;saw a demon- deploying .during the demonstration. NEW S-RFaCORD PAGES Rehabitnlation of Canada's Fighting Men (By Canadian Legion) p -hasps of the meaning of these "four freedoms," They epitomize for many In preparing this brief on recon- just what we are fighting for, Men will undoubtedly return front this war with a high expectancy of a decent standard of living because the mere enunciation and contemplation of the "Four Freedoms" as a design for peace and wellbeing has a tendency toi raise hopeful speculation about the fixture. Plans Ready or in Operation Before Demobilization Many of us recall, during the dos- ing days of last wart the promises made that Canada was yo be a country "fit for heroes to live in." We must avoid this Mimethe disillusionment that followed the demobilization if our fighting' men in 1918-19, The country was not prepared to receive them, and notwithstanding the desire to do well by them, a great deal of hardship was suffered because of lack of adequate preparation. This time there should be well -co-ordinated plans ready, worked out in detail, with federal, provincial and municip- al governments co-operating, insofar as possible, through trial and test. This necessarily predicates financial assistance eu the part of federal au- thority sties, to, provinces and municipal- siiruction and re-establishmentthe Canadian Legion has endeavoured to consider the subjects from the point of view of the men and women now serving in the armed forces, and what is likely to happen to them both in the immediate post -discharge 'period and in regard to the future that will be in store for them 'as a result of the measures to be taken. We recog- nize that their rehabilitation must. proceed concurrently with the wider problem of re-establishment of all. who are today solely engaged in war- time industrial activity. The men and women know that their rehabilitation into ; civil life will have to occur during the period of reconstruction, ,Reconstruction therefore, embraces for thein any leg- itimiate activity for which they are or can be fitted that will provide a living and a reasonable •opportunity for advancement and permanency. Re establishment will mean to them con- tinuous employment with adequate re numeration, without regimentation or destruction of personal initiative, whether it be as an employee or as a proprietor of a business or as a pro- fessional man or as an executive. For the most part our fighting men will still be' young men after dis- charge. The sins of the past in per- mitting mass unemployment to oc- cur, and the sometimes almost inhu- man methods of dealing with it, will remain to 'them merely a bad dream if our efforts at reconstruction sue-, ceed. But if they fail, they will know that they have fought in vain, and so will we. Before we can have proper recon- struction measures working effectiv- ely we must first of all reconstruct our minds. The years of depression left us with a "relief mentality," when thinking in. terms of human welfare. But when dealing with the prosecution of the war, we are gen- erosity itself. In this year"s Victory Loan the Finance Minister asked for one billion one hundred million dol- lars. He got nearly two hundred and four million dollars more than he ask- ed for, and no one' was hurt in the giving.. But, if the relief mentality persists, let Mr. Ilsley or anybody else try to raise this amount of money for work which will be repaid in divid- Federal Provincial Relations This brings us to the consideration of an important aspect of reeonstruc- tion, namely, • the unity of Canada, particularly as it relates to the suc- cessful operation •of national recon- struction plans. In this connection it would be as well to present to this committee the following views ex- pressed by The Legion before the Royal Commission on Dominion -Pro- vincial Relations in May, 1938: - "It should be recognized that, since the passing of the British North Am- erica Act, the whole social system has undergone almost revolutionary changes for which our preseut rigid Constitution is ill adapted. Some elas- ticity must be provided and considera- tion given to the fact that the process of change is by no means complete and that a strong central Govern- ment, which we contemplate, must be in a position to deal with these pro- cesses. If we are a nation, then all our nationals are entitled to equal ends of human happiness and con- treatment. This can only .be ensured by nationalaction; and you cannot fort, and, thousands of persons will feel hurt, at least mentally, for fear have a uniteddand happy peopleacif f rich and prosperous areas are accord - that their bank accounts will suffer. ed privileges which are denied less Canada can never survive, nor in- deed will her people tolerate another' period of depression such as she experienced before the war. The causes of depression now commonly. believed to be due largely to the ig- norance, short-sighted selfishness and stupidity of human beings, must be ruthlessly destroyed, or the men and women who have served bath in our armed forces and in our war indust- ries, and their friends, will seek to change our economic system, and we believe the vast majority of their fellow -citizens will help them change it. Moral Issues fortunate areas because the local gov- ernment is incapable of meeting the need, At present the Canadian econ- omy is one, and all the important tools of economic policy are under federal jurisdiction, e.g., the tariff and external relations, trade agree- ments, internal peace, banking, rail- ways, etc., and yet all the social leg- islation made necesasry as a conse- quence of economic development is under provincial jurisdiction. In other words the central authority determines as far as possible, the ac- onomie trend of our national life, but the resulting domestic problems are the responsibility of another au- thority." The issues of this war have often Certainly, men returning from thie been presented as a struggle between war will have a right to expect that right and wrong, freedom and Slav- the problems of Federal Provincial ery, good living and bad living. These relations as they affect national can be translated during peacetime schemes for reconstruction, will have here in Canada into terra of plenty been solved. It should be possible to or want, employment or unemploy- secure that harmony of aim and prac- ment, a high standard of living or a Lice throughout Canada which will low standard of living etc. produce conditions for the acceptance There is a moral obligation to mem- and successful operation of national hers of 'our armed forces upon their rehabilitation measures, coupled, of return to civil life. Immediately fol- COMM with the assumption by the lowing the outbreak of war, respre- federal government of a part of the sentations were made by The Le- financial burden developing upon pro- gion to the Government, one of which vineial or municipal governments in having to do with this obligation, the carrying out of purely provincial laid down the following principle:- or municipal schemes of reeonstruc- "That adequate steps be taken to tions, as distinct from those ef a net - ensure that those who volunteer for ional character. service shall in no way be penalized (CONTINUED NEXT ISSUE) on their return to civil life and, sa far as possible, shall be assured of that place in civil life which they might reasonably -be assumed to have obtained had they not enlisted." We think this committee will agree that it is a •moral right that men and women' who' has served their country in the armed forces' should as far as possible, be re-established in society in the manner suggested, Four Freedoms Ever since the enunciation of the "Four Freedoms" by Mr, Churchill and President Roosevelt - namely, freedom of speech, freedom of relig- ion, freedom from want, and freedom from fear -=•-men have been conscious- ly or unconsciously endeavouring to realize just what these words mean in practical terms, as applied to the lives of individuals, to ,the community to the country, and to the world. Many discussions are going on today in military camps, both in Canada Tara . . . . ................ Oct. 6, 7 and overseas, on different aspects and Teeswater ...............Oct. 5, 6 1943 Agricultural Fairs The following list of Agricultural Societies' Fairs and Exhibitions for 1943 have been announced, but they are subject to change. Of interest in this district are: Tavistock Sept. 10, 11 Blyth ............... Sept. 14, 15 Exeter Soot. 15, 16 Kincardine Sept 16, 1'? New Hamburg Sept 17, 18 Clifford .... . Sept. 21, 22 Lucknow ........ Sept. 22, 28 SeaforthSept. 23, 24 Stratford Sept. 20 - 23 Bayfield Sept. 29, 30 Dungannon: Sept. 30, Oct. 1 Gorrie .. , , . Get. 1 2 Mitchell Sept. 28, 29 Zurich . Sept. 27, 28 R.A.F. Bombs On Japanese Bair a Airfield Action picture showing how RAF bombers are hammering : the Japan- ese and their military installations in 'occupied Burma. A camera record made as 18 bombs burst across run minortarrmerow ways on a Japanese occupied airfield at Pokokku, Most of the bursts are on runway intersectionand two are en aircraft shelters. The black patch- es are cloud. shadows Wilful Damage to , .! Former Exeter Boy Killed Street Lights; on Active Service Overseas The Hydro Power Commission with the council of the Township of Tuck- ersmith, are preparing to take steps in regard to recent wilful damage to electric light bulbs and sockets in. Egmendviile. Owing to urgent needs of these ma- terials for war purposes ,the replace- ment of glass bulbs and sockets is becoming increasingly difficult, and it is said immediate steps will be tak- en to insure that no further damage to the street lighting system ensues. --Huron Expositor. V He Knew All the Cops A local profesisonal man tells this one on himself. He was driving home from Stratford the other day, and at Mitchell picked tip a hitchhiker, a well set-up chap in civies about 38 years old. As the car slid out into the open country it kept increasing speed until his young daughter pro- tested: "Dad, you'd •better slow up or the cops will be after you." To which Dad confidently replied, "It's all right. I know all the cops." The stranger laughed and flipped over his lapel, displaying et police- man's badge: "It's easy to see you don't know me," he said. He was a member of a nearby city police force, on a holiday to his home in Huron County-Seaforth News. Flying Officer Donald Duncan Gra- ham has been killed en active ser- vice according to a cable received by his parents, Dr. and Mrs. M, G. Gra- hame of Dutton. F0. Gryham was born in Exeter on May 22, 1922, and attended Exeter Public School, He moved with his parents later to Kobe, Japan, where he attended the Canadian Academy in that city. He was a former pupil of the Dutton High School. He enlisted with the Elgin Regi- ment in June 1940, and transferred to the R.C.A.F, in August of that year training at No, 2 Manning De- pot, Brandon, No. 2 Wireless School Calgary, No.2 LT,S, Regina, No. 8 E,F.T,S,, Sea Island Vancouver B. C. and No 4. S,F.T•S. Saskatoon, -where he receivedhis wings and commis- sion on July 3, 1941 FO. Graham took a special course at No, 31 General Reconnaissance School, R.A,F., Charlottetown, and posted overseas from there Novem- ber 1941, with the Coastal Command, A:S.R.S., until February, 1943, when he was transferred to the Welling- ton Bomber command and left for Africa early in June. His brother PO. Grant Graham re- ceived his wings and commission Fri day August 6, at No. 14 Service Flying Training School, Aylmer. - Exeter Tinges Advocate. allIalentaaltalellnelanniataMaCISSOMI Amendments ents to the Unem 1 >yntent Insurance Act Notice to Interested Employers and Employees T ITS 1943 Session, the Parliament of Canada amended the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1940. The effect of these amendments is to require that additional workers be covered under unemployment insurance. On and after September 1st, 1943, employers must snake contributions in respect of the following employees: * (1) ALL PERSONS engaged in employment hitherto insurable, regardless of the amount of earnings, who may be paid on an hourly rate, on a daily rate, on a weekly rate, or a piece rate (including a mile- age rate). * (2) ALL EMPLOYEES paid on a monthly or annual- salary nnualsalary basis, whose salary, including any cost of living bonus which may be received, does not exceed $2,400 a year. AR employees, as above described, must pay their , contributions as required by law. The combined contribution for each employee earn- lug $26 or more a week will be in Class 7-63c a week. To Employers: Obtain unemployment insurance books from the nearest local office of the Unemployment Insuranee Commission as soon as possible, for employees above described who will become insurable on September 1st, 1943. To Employees: It is in your interest to see -that your employer makes contributions on your behalf from Sep- tember list, 1943, if you become insurable through this Amendment. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE • COMMISS.J I N HUMPHREY MITCHELL L. J. TROTTIER, Cliairinan Minister of Labour R. J. TALLOIV, Commissioner ALLAN M. MITCHELL, W -r'0 Commissioner