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The Clinton News Record, 1941-07-31, Page 1The. News -Record Est. 1878, Clinton News -Record With Which is Incorporated The Clinton New Era NO. 6051 ---62ND; YEAR CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1941 TIME By using one of Hellyaa's re- liable Alarm Clocks. The price is small as compared With the time saved. These clocks are absolutely de- pendable. Sleep at night with the assur- ance the Alarm will call you at the Sight time. . W. H. HELLYAR Jeweler and Optometrist Residence Phone 174j WE PAY CASH FOR OLD GOLD 11 ALL SUMMER DFIESSES AT PRICES REDUCED TD CLEAR $2.95 Values to Clear at 3.95 values to clear at 4.75 values to clear at 6.50 values to clear at 7.95 values to clear at PLAY SUITS $2.19 2.95 3.75 4.75 6.50 A number of our Play Suits, Slacks, Shorts, Broom Skirts will be cleared during this week -end selling at 1/2 of the original prices IRWIN'S FOR QUALITY MERCHANDISE FORMEN. WE HAVE A GOOD STOCK OF FINE WATCHES See our wrist watches in the latest designs from $12.50 up. Also all the new ROLEX and LORIE models from $29.75 up. BILLFOLDS of all kinds, --solve with seven wind- ows for the man who has to carry several licenses and cards. Combination Pipe and Tobacco Pouches With air -tight seal at $1.25, $1.75 and $2.50 Lighters and Cigarette Cases of many kinds. Ron- son Lighters from $4.50 up. REAL CLASSY MONEY BELTS AT $2.00 & $2.50 Razors and Blades of all kinds. We have the Gil- lette Londoner Sets, complete with 5 Blades and plastic case at 59c. Parker Pen and Pencil Sets from $4.25 up. Signet, or Initial or Einblem: Rings in many styles, all at reasonable prices. . MILITARY BRUSH ,SIFTS BY KEYSTONE Single Brushes from $1.00 up. Writing Sets, Pipes, Tie Clips Watch Straps; , Sun Glasses, Ronson Flints and Flp-suid and many other items always in stock, Remember Watch Repair is a Job for Experts. Our Work Assures Your Satisfaction. NORMAN'S 's for Finer Jewellery for Over Half a J MANY PAY. TRIBUTE TO DR. SHAW AT CELEBRATION Presentations Made by Town and County A gathering of over 500 friends and admin r 'e s assembled at the Clin- ton Collegiate grounds last Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock to honor Dr. J. W. Shaw on having attained' 50 years of practice in the community and also celebrating his 80th birth- day, which was last Wednesday. rt took the form of a community picnic and a huge birthday cake was cut in honor of the occasion. During the supper hour the Clinton Pipe Band played and as a mark o£ honor sir= cled the guest table three times. Wanda Elliott, Detroit, granddaugh- ter of Mrs. Jacobs, matron of the county home, was a charming Iittle drum majorette. Dr. and Mrs. Shaw were congratulated in speeches and received gifts to show the esteem with which Clinton and vicinity res- idents hold them. Mayor McMurray acted as chair- man of the after-dinner program, and called on N. W. Trewartha, W. S. R. Holmes, Fred Watson, Dr. Oakes, Is, E. Cardiff, J. 0 Shearer and Reeve Fred Livermore for speeches, Add- resses were then read by b'. Fingland, K,C., and Russell Dorranco to Dr. Shaw, and by Mrs. Ephriam Snell to Mrs. Shaw. Presentations were then made of a ,fine leather chair and foot rest by an old. friend, Col. 'Combe, fol- lowing Mr. Fingland's address: a gold -headed cane by Warden James Leiper on behalf of the County Home. committee, following Mr. Dorrance's address;and a silver tea service by hhIrs, 11 A, Smith, following Mrs. Snell's address to Mrs, Shaw, The doctor in his reply, not only spoke of past milestones in Clinton's history but put forth a plea for the town's betterment in the future. Side Lights On Picnic Incidentally Dr, Shaw taught the n prese t Huron County Warden in public school in Hullett township. Warden Leiper made the presentation from the county. Ninety-four doctors have passed away in Huron County since he start- ed practising as a physician in Clin- tong There have been twenty doc- tors pass away in Clinton, Dr. Shaw was a member of the Brussels Clippers baseball team which defeated Guelph Maple Leafs in 1885. Since he carne to Clinton he has been active in Masonic circles, Legion circles, the public and Colleg- iate school boards and the Medical Association. He serves as Medical Officer of Health for both Clinton and Stanley township. He has also acted as medical officer for the Hur- on County Home during the ,past number of years and as Chief Caron er for Huron County. He has officiated at so many births that he has lost count but thinks its somewhere in the sixteen hundreds, There's a merry twinkle in his eyes as he picks out the boys' and girls he helped usher into this world. At 80 years of age, Dr, J. W. Shaw, is still an active physician in the com: runty, kindly, alert and possessed of a keen sense of humor. He was born in Hullett township and, his father' John Shaw, a native of tie is- land of Jura, Scotland, was a school teacher at S.S. No, 10 Hullett and, he taught his. son, Dr. Shaw attended high school and Model school in Clin- ton and taught sehool at Hullett„ Harl 1 ec s and Ethel, then attendee[ Normal Seh.00l in Stratford to obtain an advanced -teachings certificate, and he was .principal of Blyth School for two years, Thesnoney he 'obtain- ed from teaching went for his tutition at medical school. •In 1.891 he grad, • The New Era Est. 1861 THE HOME PAPER uated as a lull -fledged doctor. and came immediately to Clinton to set up practice. Col, IL T. Rance was a popular man at the picnic handing out nick- els to all the children who took part in the sports events: ;.July 26th, 1941 To The Mayor and Citizens of Clinton and Community:- Dear Mr. Mayor: • I want to thank you and through you the citizens who tendered to me the splendid reception ,on July 25th, to mark my half -century in the practice of medicine yin, this commun- ity, I can searceli put into words the gratitude for the idea and senti- ment behind what was for me an un- precedented acknowledgment of any services which I may have rendered the community. • My relations with the citizens in the official capacity-as-M.O.H. have been marked by the most willing and satisfactory cooperation in any re- quest I have made for the betterment of the health of the community; and without such cooperation it would have been impossible for us to ach- ieve a community of which we can be so proud. My more personal rolas tions with the citizens have been the source of the most enduring happi- ness in my long years of service here. Will you please express my deep- est and heartiest thanks to the people of this community for the chair and the address, so full of kind things said to me, signed on behalf of the citizens by yourself and the Warden of Hur- on. This and the eventful evening, the host of speeches with their over- generous tribute you may be sure will outlast in my memory even so splend- id a tangible token as the magnifie- lent leather chair and the excellent thought less durable birthday cake. Will you please, on Mrs, Shaw's be- half, convey to the ladies of the com- munity her most sincere thanks for the beautiful silver and the kind words they said of her. Please accept Mr. Mayor our deep- est appreciation. Very sincerely yotu's, (Signed) J. W. Shaw, Engagements 'Announced Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Walker, Brussels, announce the engagement of., their daughter, Catharine Halli- day, (Toddy), to Hugh John Middle- ton, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Middleton, Clinton, the marriage to take place the middle of August. V Only Canadian In Gradua- tion CIass Leading Aircraftsman. Ernest, E. Mittell was the only Canadian in the recent graduation class of the Win- nipeg Air Observers School. All the others in the class were RAF. men from Britain. LAC Mittell formerly had his own radio -repair shop in Clinton and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mittell of town. The graduating observers left Sun- day for training in bombing at a bombing and gunnery school, many of them going to the Macdonald, Man., station, v - Model '.Airplane Winner Is Visitor Mrs. Mary Rathwell is at home to her friends this week at Breeze Hill over on the shore. With her are her daughter Elsie of Detroit and her son Curtis of Toronto, also her grand- son Robert, who is the proud possess- or of the First Honours Medal given in the Provincial Contest last week for Model Airplanes. Toronto Star reports Robert as having outstripped the field. Miss L. V. Shaman of the Children's Aid, Hespeler, is, holidaying in town. Mrs. R. W. Bristol of Washington, D.C. visited her cousin; Miss B. Ward one day this week. , V Band Concert Here Tonight The New Hambla g Band, under the able direction of their leader, Mr. Sheppard, will give a concert in Library Park tonight at 8.30 o'clock. We understand that there will be only two more band concerts by out- side bands in Clinton this season. The Stratforcl's Boy's Band, will be here on Tuesday, August 14th, with Mr. Mat'sh Brett conducting. The Milverton Band r an is h expected here eeon Friday evening, August 22nd, the same night that the Red Cross are planning to have their annual Carni- val, Mr. Scott • conducting. The Clinton Pipe Band will give a concert in Milverton on Frid'ay,.Aug- st. 15th, Security Guard at Radio School Drowned Leading Aircraftman Harry Beaty, age 31, Royal Air Force, of Kirkland Lake, former Queen's University football star was drowned in Lake Huron, 30 yards south of the Grand Bend dance hall Wednesday afternoon, Beaty, who had been overseas with the RAF., returned to Canada a month ago and was attached to the Clinton Radio Technician School, No. 81, which is now under construction. The airman had been swimming in water about 10 feet deep prior to the drowning. His body was found in a few feet of water by a girl bather who summoned other people on the beach. No one witnessed the drown- ing. The London fire department was called at 5.40 o'clock and arrived at Grand Bend at 6.30. Artificial res- piration was administered bu Harold White, Exeter, a member of a hydro gang. Lieut. Smith, Lieut. Beattie, Ralph Leonard and C. Foley, of the London fire department, also assisted. Work ceased at 7.80 o'clock when' it was found the efforts were useless, PERSONALS Mr. Stanley Smith and Miss Mary Moore of Toronto were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Fitzsimons on Tuesday of last week. Mrs• T. A. Davis of Galesburg, Illin- ois, who is in town due to the ill health of her father, Mr. Wm, Brownlee, is staying with Mrs. David Steepe. Miss Lizzie Carter has returned home after visiting her cousin Mrs. Ethel Clockey and son of Brussels, and Mr. and Mrs, Fred Carter of Wing - ham. Messrs. Mervyn Batkin and Jack Sturdy, accompanied' by Mrs. Bern Miller motored to Toronto last Sunday, bringing Bern Miller home from the Toronto General Hospital. Sgt. Pilot T. C, Cooke, Instructor at the nail?. School at Dauphin, Man, is spending his furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. V, Cooke. Miss Emma Lavis is spending a week in Toronto visiting her niece Miss Fannie Levis at the Private Pat- ients Pavilion, Toronto General Hospital, AMONG THE CHURCHES St. Paul's Church VIII Trinity, August 3rd: 10 a.m. Sunday School; 11 aan. Holy- Com- munion, no evening service, Wed., Aug. 6, Holy Communion at 9.30 a.m. Transfiguration of our Lord. Tues., Aug. 5, Ladies' Guild meet, 2 p.m quilting, 3 p,m business. Thur., Aug. 7th, Intercession Ser- vice 7.30 p.nc. Baptist Church Rev, A. E. Silver will be absent Isom his pulpit during the next three Sundays. Each Sunday evening wor- ship service will be conducted by Mr. Norman Rutterli 'You lshould hear this' consecrated layman. Evening service begins at seven o'clock. " 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness." Presbyterian Church 9.46 Worship Service at Bayfield; 11 Worship. Service at Clinton., 7 p.m. Evening Service at Clinton. Mission Band will meet Friday at the church at 2 p.m. Boy's Craft Club :will meet at the Manse. The Women's Missionary) Society will meet Wednesday, Aug. 6th, at three p.m. in the basement of the chureh, On Sunday last Knox Church Bay- field held anniversary services. The speaker both morning and evening was Rev. Wm, Weir of Herisall. At the morning service Miss McKeller of London and Miss Laura Peters of Stratford sang solos; at this service Mr. Weir took his topic from 1 Sam. 4.18 from which it was shown that men have mote than once tried to conscript God into their plans and is. the greatest danger today. The choir was assisted in the evening by the Quartette from df ensall; a duet was also sung by Miss Workman, soprano. and Mr.. A. W MaaLasen s. The Tt e anniversary this year had special, significenee for the Knox church, members, in two respects; first, thin, is the tenth year since the church was built,' also 'the ',remaining mortgage indebtedness was completely covered l,a> n spacial effort at thia,tinie, Placing Pheasants Over eight -hundred pheasant eggs were successfuly hatched by the Huron County Fish and Game Assoc iation this elating and the birds, now two, months old, will shortly be placed. on specially selected locations in all parts of the county. The dry weather has helped materially in their rearing. V - Civic Holiday Monday, August 4th The Mayor of Clinton is as usual following the long time custom of observing the first Monday ,of August as a civic holiday. Therefore Mon- day the 4th, day of. August is hereby set apart as the Civic Holiday for the current year. All places of business will be closed, but as is the custont in a week when a public holiday is observed, the stores will remain open Wednesday afternoon, August 6th. Urge Motorists To Sign Pledge Cards Millions of Canadian motorists will be asked within the next fortnight to pledge themselves to a 50 per cent reduction in � gasoline consumption, The deputy oil controller J. L. Stewart, said Monday that pledge forms are being distributed to ser- vice stations in all provinces and that every purchaser of gasoline will be asked to sign one. The pledge on the card is "I pledge myself to go 50-50 -with our fighting forces by re- ducing any gasoline consumption by 60%." After a motorist bas signed the form he will be given a sticker with the inscription "50-50 ear pledge to save gasoline." Pleasant Picnic Held A pleasant event was held on Fri- day evening last when a company of friends numbering about fifty, con- sisting of IIalsteads, Hollands, Mr, Alfred Jervis and families and other relatives gathered together •on For- sters Flats near Holmesville to have a picnic; and to do honor to Mr. Al- bert Halstead and. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Halstead and fancily all of Winnipeg; Mr, and Mrs. Milton Halstead of Lochalsh, Northers: Ont., and Air- craftsman Graeme Langston, R.C.A. F, St, .Thomas formerly of Leth- bridge, Alberta and who is a grand- son of Mr. A. Halstead Sr, and cous- in of Mt's, Chas, Nelson of Clinton. After supper some of the group went In swimming, Later all enjoy- ed social chat and Community sing- ing. At the close of which was sung Auld Lang Syne and God be with you till we meet again. V• W. I. Picnic The Clinton Branch of Women's Institute held it's Annual Picnic at Harbor Parrs, Goderich last Thursday afternoon, July 24th, The president, Mrs. Adams, conducted a short busin- ess meeting before the sports be- gan, Final arrangements were made for Grandmother's Day to bo held at the home of Mrs, Saville in August. Weather was ideal for the picnic over forty were present including members and visitors, Sport events were as follows: candle race, Mrs. Jas. McGill; kicking slipper, Mrs. C. V. Cooke, drinking contests, 1st race, Mrs. Geo, Elliott Jr., Mrs. E. Epps Jr,; 2nd race, Mrs. A, Cusimore, Mrs, Shobrook; throw- ing ball in pail, Mrs. Rev. Silver, Mrs. G. 13. Hanley; singing contest, Mrs, A. Cudmore, Mrs. F. Clew; sports events conducted by Mrs E. Epps Sr. and Mrs. C. V Cooke. V LITTLE LOCALS Mr, Howard Lee has had the Elite Cafe remodelled and fixed up in mod ern style with polished table tops and stools. - Mr. and Mrs, W. E. Floody of Tor- onto have just received a cable from their son, Pilot Officer Wallace Floody, R,C,A.F. has arrived safely in England. Pilot Officer Floody is a grandson of Mas.... 13. Chant of town and of Mr. and Mrs, Edward Floody of Close Ave., Toronto. Plans are being made for a Red Coosa Car uival to be held in Clinton on Friday evening, August 22nd, Excavation for the basement of Mas. Jane Kyle's new home on Albert street has been started by a gang of workmen from Grand Bend and the contract for the building of the house has been given'to a firm in Dashwood, as, Clinton workmen ' Z c men ave busypr es- at pr.es- w ent at the Radio school. Friday evening Miss Dorothy Peck S A. E. RUMBALL - Superintendent of the Clinton Pub- lie Utilities Commission is a very busy man these days, ' Drilling an Extra Wolf The drilling macicinery arrived in Clinton yesterday to drill an extra well for the P.U.C. This well will be drilled on the east side of the present wells on the lots purchased from Mr. Peter Douglas, being part of the Schoenhals property. The extra water is needed to fill a contract made with the new Radio School, south of Clinton, which expects to use two hundred thousand gallons per day. The new contract will necessitate twice the supply of water being pumped for town use. The E. F. Roberts and Company of Brantford have the contract. , V VIRDEN AND CLINT,ON I'll confess that Clinton's dead, As dead as dead can be, I'll confess, it was I who said, "I can't wait to- be free," Well, let me tell you nay fine Joe, You ain't seen Virden yet, I'nn one of the guys who should real- ly know, How dead it is, I bet. There are no pavements out this way, And Virden's streets are bare; The farmers are working all the day, But Virdenfoikathey just don't care. Some day while flying in the seat, For devilment I'lI just dare To sit my Moth down on the street. To muffle just one hair. Se now, my boy, I'll tell you straight, As straight, as straight, can be, Never more my town 1'11 hate, P, It will always look good to me. The above verses were composed by William (Blondy) Cook, who is now training as a pilot with the R,C.A,F. at Virden, Man. V----r- GODERICH TOWNSHIP Mr. John n P otvell and son John of Worthington, Algoma, and Mrs. Will - Min Orange of Biscotaseing wgle visitors over the weekend with their brother Frank Powell. All four motored to Mount Forest on Monday to attend the funeral of their brothel: - in -law, Mr. Moat, McKellar of Niag- ara Palls, N.Y., Mrs. Kellar returned to Clinton with them. They will motor to Niagara Falls and return home by way of Toronto and North Bay. Miss Berniece Grigg, nurse -in - training at Clinton hospital is spend- ing a holiday at the home of her Parents Mr, and Mrs. Rhouben Grigg. Mrs, Clarence Livermore and child- ren of Harriston are visiting at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Perdue, Mrs, W. R Ross and daughter Mrs. Donald Gardner of Edmonton, Alber- ta have been visiting with the for- mer's niece, Mrs. H. L. Wise on the sixteenth concession of Goderich Twp. . also Mrs, Wise's sister Miss Betty Elliott and little nephew Jimmie Townshend of London, Alfred Butler, son of M. J. Butler of the Bayfield Line, who for the past three months has been working at the Nickle Works, Copper Cliff, has recently signed up with the Royal Canadian Air Porte and is now at St. Hubert, Quebec. Mrs. Wilfred °engrain, formerly Miss Elsie BIackaIl, a former teach- .• er at S.S. No. 10 and young son John of Toronto were guests on Friday of . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Welsh. entertained at her parents home, Mapleclale Farms, Zurich, in honor of Miss Sybil Keys of Varna, The oc- casion was a miscellaneous shower for the bride of the coming month, Mr. Albert Steep spent Sunday ith hisi s sten Mrs. s. Arthur Hallam. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lobb spent nnday with Mr. and Mrs, John Os- from of Varna. • Mrs. A. B. • Stephenson and her family held a reunion picnic at Turns bulls. Grove on Sunday.