The Clinton News Record, 1938-09-01, Page 4PAGE
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
THURS., SEPT. 1, 1938
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Miss A. E. Gibson
After a week's illness, Miss Ann
Gibson passed away in the hospital
at Goderich on Sunday night in her
74th year.
She was a native of Goderich
Township and a daughter of the late
John and Ann Ginn Gibson. Her
grandfather was one of the early
pioneer settlers of the county and
her father was the first whits child.
born 'on the Huron Tract. For this
reason, when Goderich 'celebrated its
centenary, Nliss Gibson was given a
place of honor at the unveiling of..
the cairn at Harbor Park in memory
of the pioneers of the Huron Tract.
Miss Gibson went to Goderich when
•she was 11 years of age and had
'lived there ever since. She, was an
-active member of St. George Ang-
lican church
and was
a staunch Con-
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' ,servative. "She was for many years
•presidentof the Goderich Women's
•Conservative Association, Miss Gib-"
son was the last surviving member
of her family,.,.,.
Mrs. George Patterson
(Passes Suddenly
Residents of Blyth and vicinity
were shocked on Tuesday morning
to learn that Mrs. George Patterson
had passed away during the night
following a heart attack.
Deceased sat outside chatting with
Mrs. Thompson, a neighbor until 10
p.m. Feeling the attack coming while,
retiring she was able to call a doctor
but despite all that could be done
she passed away at 11.45. Mrs. Pat-'
terson with her husband, was a resi-
dent
esident of Hullett for many years. Fol-
lowing. Mr. Patterson's ` death Mrs.
Patterson moved to Blyth where she
has since resided. She is survived
by three daughters, Mrs. Richard
Pratt,:. Lucknow, Mrs. Wm. Creight-
on, Blyth, a daughter, Hannah in the
States ands Sandy sons, Sa dy and Rob-
ert of Hullett.
Mrs. John Shortreed, Morris,., and
Mrs. Woods, Walton, are sisters. The
funeral will be held this, afternoon.
Disney Homestead Grows
Good Corn
Although corn may be flatteni:d in
some portions ,of Huron County, it
hasn't been bothered on the old Dis-
neyhomestead, on the first line of
Morris Township, The ferns, now
owned by Sandy Melee/en, has corn
towering .to a'. height of 10 and in
some cases 12 feet. It's rated as
among the best corn fields in "Huron
County this year.
The faun is 'bite' one eleared by,
Keppel Disney, grandfather of Walt
Disney, creator of Mickey Mouse and
animated cartoons. Keppel ,Disney,
horn at Hohnesville, was one of 16
children. When he was. 25 years old
he married Mary Richardson, an
aunt of Peter Gantelona who now
lives retired in Goderich. They were
married at Hohnesville and after the
marriage they journeyed up to Mor-
ris Township where they started
clearing a home- on the farm ' where
Sandy McEwen new lives. The first
house was a log one, following that
one, a frame house was built which
is still, used.
Father of Famous Son
It was in the log house that Elias
Disney was born, the manwho was
destined to have such a farrious son.
Following a foray into Lambton
County when oil was discovered at
Oil Springs in 1874, and later in 1879
a try at drilling for oil in Goderich,
Kepgel Disney went to Kansas. He
was unsuccessful in wheat farming
and Iater took up cattleraising,. and
he died in 1881. His son, Elias, went
on from Kansas to Dakota and from
there to Florida, returning at last
to Chicago where the famous Walt
was born.
The Di4ney farm attracts many
people, since, it was made public that
three generations of Disneys have
been residents of Huron county. A
strong agitation is on foot to have
an invitation sent to Walt Disney to
come back and see the place where
his fancily lived. It is hoped that Mr.
and Mrs. Elias Disney, Walt's father
and mother who are living in Holly-
wood, will accompany him if he hap-
pens to -take advantage of the invita-
tion. Another suggestion put forth,
is that he be invited during the Old
Boys' Reunion which Wingham hopes
to hold during 1939.
CARS MEET HEAD -,ON ON BROW
OF HILL
DUNGANNON,—A serious ac-
cident was narrowly averted on Tues-
day whentwo cars met in head-on
collision near the brow of the hill in
front of William Caesar's farm on
Concession 6, Ashfield. William Me-
Clure's car was going west up the
hill and was nearing the top when
suddenly a car driven by William
Mackie, contractor of Mildmay loom-
ed over the top of the hill coining
east. Botit cars swerved quickly to
their respective' right-hand side, but
were hot fast enough to avoid hit-
ting each other, the left front of
each car colliding. Both cars left the
road and were considerably damaged
in front, the left front wheels on
each being broken besides other dam-
age. • Traffic Officer Lever, -Jr., in-
vestigated the accident. No one was
injured.
WIRECKING TRUCK NEEDED
WHEN HORSE TUMBLES
INTO CAR GREASING PIT
This horse's owner is wondering if
Dobbin was trying td go in for mod-
ernization or what. The geegee, be-
longing to Norman Hawthorne, a
fanner on the Grand River road,
near Caledonia, evidently felt it was
not getting the same attention as
the motor' car. In any event it in-
vestigated a greasing pit used for
greasing cars in the driveshed and
fell in. The owner, perplexed over
the problem of extricating Dobbin,
E,inally had recourse to a local gar-
age and a wrecking truck was used
to' haul the by this time sorry nag
from its. uncomfortable position.
Mrs. Edward East
Ellen Mande Nimmons, widow of
Edward East, died on Friday evening
at her home, No. 4 highway, Hullett.
township, in. her 75th year. In fail-
ing health for some years she suf-
fered a stroke a few days ago; which
hastened her end.
A daughter of the late George and
Mary A. Nimmons, she was born in
Clinton January 9, 1864, and had liv-
ed, all her life in Clinton and vicinity,
In December, 1883, she married Ed-
ward East, who died in June, 1937.
They operated a brickyard in con-
nection wih their farm fora number
of years.
There survive four brother: Chas.
in Minneapolis, George of Waubau-
shene, Robert of New York City and
William of Vancouver; . one sister;
Mfrs. Maria Stephenson, Arkola,
Sask.; three sons, Percy of Stratford,.
Charles at Auburn and Norman on
the home farm, Hullett. There also
survive seven grandchildren and eight
great-grandchildren. -
The, funeral was held from the
family residence, Noy 4 highway,
Hulett, on Sunday at 2.30. Rev. G.
G. "Burton, pastor of Ontario- street
United Church conducted the ser
vice. nterment tookplace ' an Clinton
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cemetery. The pallbearers were Bert
Irwin, Seaforth, George Pilgrim,
Forrest, Ont•, William Bell and Bert
Jesson, Stratford, G. W. Cuninghame
arid' Thomas Churchill, .Clinton.
Exeter Church Plans
Jubilee
Anniversary seivices on ' Sunday
will mark•the 50th year in which the
church known as Trivitt Memorial
has served Exeter Anglicans as a
place of worship. For' several weeks.
the building uldrng has been closed ,while
the entireinterior was redecorated.
Several panes of the stained glass
windows have been restored by Mrs..
N. J. Dore,a member of the congre-
gation, with remarkable skill.
The congregation was organized as
Christ Church in 1859 and used the
frame building now on the fair
grounds and known far and wide as
the crystal palace. It is a block
east of its original' position, . Canon
Hirsch was 'tire first incumbent.
At the time of its erection Trivitt
Memorial was claimed to be the first
Anglican church in Canada erected
entirely as the gift of one individual,
T'hoinas Trivitt gave also 22,000 to
be added to the saleof the old rec-
tory for the purpose of erecting a
new one, $2,000 to 'erect the parish
hall, $2,000 for eight bells (to which
others were added) and at his death
he .left $6,000 as an endowment.,
Turner Reunion—
Sunday\ G=athering it 1 ord Elgin
Honors Heads of Family
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Turner,
formerly of Stanley tanley township, were
the guests of honor at a family. re-
union held on Sunday, August 21st
at the home of their son-in-law and
daughter,. Mx. and Mrs. Gilbert
Mickleton, Port Elgin, with whom
they reside. Those attending were
Mr. and Mrs. William Turner and
nephew, Angus MacKenzie, of Wind-
sor; Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, Mr.
and Mrs, George Campbell and
daughter, Miss Mary Campbell, all
of Stanley township; kr. and Mrs.
Fred -Turner and son Grant, Mr. and
Mrs.' Robt. E. Turner and sons, Har-
old and Roy, Mr; and Mrs. John
Newcombe and son Billie, Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Newcombe and . Mrs.
Martha Newcombe, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Bissett all of Goderich.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner continue to
enjoy good health at their respective
ages of eighty-seven and eighty-five.
As yet there has been no break in
the family circle of four sons and,
two daughters. The day p -roved an
enjoyable event for the aged couple
and all present. Continuecl good
health and happiness was the wish
of everyone for the honored guests
of the day.
Minutes of Council of
Huron District 1847
A printed eopy of the minutes of
the municipal council of the Huron
District for October, 1847, was re-
cently unearthed in the material from
the attic of the Goderich courthouse
which is now being classified prepar=
atony to storage iti - the library of
the University of Western Ontario.
The old book, consisting. of 86
small :pages, was printed by Henry
Rowswehl, King street, Toronto, there
.being at this time no printing office
within the district of I3uron., which
included the present counties of Hur-
on, Bruce and Perth.
The council opened its sessions on
Tuesday, October 5, 1847, and closed
on Saturday; October 0. At the in-
itial meeting Warden William Chalk
andthe following councillors were
present: Constant L, VanEg'mond,
George: Hyde, James Rankin, Daniel
McPherson, Robert' Lamb, Richard
Baikweil, Robert Hays, James Bar-
bour, Robert Hankins, William Piper,
Charles Glavin, David H. Ritchie, Jno.
Holmes, James Niuuray, John Spar -
ling, James Simpson, John Hawkins,
John Longworth, John Hicks anti W.
F. IYIcCuilouch.
Much of the business dealt with
by the council had to do with the
establishment of section schools,
under the provisions. of an act pas-
sed by -the Canadian legislature the
previous year. •
The mattes' of road and bridge
building also held the attention of
the council at this time. On mo-
tion of John . Lonkworth, seconded
by Robert Donkin, 54 road scrap-
pers were ordered to• be purchased
for the various townships,, in the
district. Goderich, Downie, Elan -
shard, North. Easthope and Tuck
ersmith Townships were to receive
four scrapers each; South Eahthope
and Biddulph, three- each, and Ash-
field, Colborne, 'Hallett, McKillop,
Logan, Ellice Hibbert Fullerton, Me-
Giliivary, Stephen, Hay, Stanley and
Usborne Townships two each,
As a result of the deliberations
of the , committee on roads and
bridges, a number of by-laws govern-
ing/this phase of municipal achnin-
ietration were passed at this sitting
of the council.
This little book is the earliest print-
ed copy of the minutes and proceed
ings of the Huron district council.
In addition, the manuscript minute
books of the Court of Quartets. Ses-
'iaiie of the 'district have also been
found in the' material from Goderich.
This court preceded the district
councils, and was permitted to try
criminal cases as well as conduct the
business of the district. Altogether,
one of the most complete sets of
Canadian municipal records known
has been assembled from the in God-
erichlibrary material now, the 1br r
y of
the London University, H. Oslo Mil-
ler, secretary of the local Historical
Society, is in charge,of the task of
classifying the more than two and a
half tons of documents, and books, ,
Bishop -Murch
A quiet wedding was solemnized
at the Ontario Street United Church.
manse, Clinton, on. Saturday, Aug-
ust 27, at 9 o'clock, when Rev. Oar -
land G. Burton, M.A,, B.D., united in
marriage Madeline ` Ruth, only
daughter ttcr' of Mr.
g and.Mrs, Lorne
Murch, Clinton, to Russell F. Bishop
of Goderich. The young couple were
attended by Miss Mary 0: Andrews
and Mr. William Murch. The bride
wore yellow printed sheer with three-
quarter length yellow coat and yellow
hat with white accessories. The
bridesmaid wore 'a• rose sheer frock
with white accessories. After a short
Motor trip Mr. and Mrs. Bishop will
reside in Goderich.
On Friday evening Miss Murch
was guest of honor at a gathering
of ber girl friends at the home of
Miss Evelyn Heard, Ontario street,
when a happy evening was spent in
games. •At an appropriate time a
large basket was carried in, which
was found to' contain many articles
of kitchen ware, Miss Murch ex-
pressed her appreciation briefly and
sincerely. The company then made
merry in dispensing the dainty lunch
served by the hostess.
Teale -Armstrong
The marriage of Harriet Laurette
(Hattie), eldest daughter of Mr. and,
Mrs. Win. H. Armstrong, to Steward
Russell Dale, Son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Dale, Clinton, was solemniz-
ed in the Presbyterian Manse, Sea-
£oa:•th. Rev. Hugh Jack officiated,
The bride who was unattended, was
charming in a gown of Tea Rose
Sheer with bouffant skirt and tiny
matching Jacquet, and wore a halo of
Tea Rose buds.
After the ceremony the happy
couple left on a motor trip to Ottawa,
down the St. Lawrence River, and
around the Niagara District. The
bride travelling in'a navy satin -faced
crepe dress, beige coat and navy ae-
essories. '
On their return Mr. and Mrs. Dale
will reside on the groom's farm in
Hulett.
411,
Morgan -Waugh
• Calvary United' Church was the
scene of sl charming wedding on.
Sat-
urday when Mildred Gertrude, twin
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Waugh, Windsor Avenue, London,
became the bride of John Edward
Morgan, of Clinton, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Morgan, of Ailsa Craig.
Rev, Duncan McTavish performed the
ceremony • for which' the church was
decorated in pink and white gladioli
and palms. Mrs. 1; S. Pack was at
the organ, and the bride's sister,
Miss Beth Waugh, sang "I Love You
Truly" as the register was signed.
Tho soloist was gowned in white
lace with accessories in pastel green.
The bride, who was given in mar-
riage by her father, wore a brine taf-
eta frock embroidered in pink for-
get-me-nots, floor length, the bodice
designed with short puffed sleeves.
Her thatching turban was ornament-
ed with pink and :blue forget-me-
nots, with a shoulder -length veil and
site carried a shower of pink roses.
Miss Winnifred Waugh, as sister's
bridesmaid wore pink taffeta em-
broidered in blue forget-me-nots
with large pink picture hat, and cas-
cade bouquet of pink and blue
flowers, Wilbert Morgan was the
best titan and the ushers were. Ralph
Waugh, and Ewart Cornish of Ex-
eter. After the ceremony a reception'.
was held at the home of the bride's
parents. Mrs. Waugh wore a black
georgette gown with shoulderette of
roses. For the •buffet luncheon the
bride's table was done in pink and
white. The bride traveled in a deep
gray fine tweed tailleur with acces-
sories in British tan. On their re -
thin from a motor trip through the
United States they will live in Clin-
ton., •
Huron and Middlesex Have
Fine Apple ,Crop
A golden stream of apples, thou-
sands upon thousands of barrels of
them ,has commenced to flow out of
Middlesex and Huron County orals
Ards, and before the last barrel has
been tapped slut this autumn, more
than 100,000 bushels will have been
picked
Middlesex and Huron, counting ap-
ples their mann fruit crop, are Two
of 'the counties west of Toronto that
will not have a„sharp cut in crop, this
year. •
Ontario department of agriculture
officials estimate the apple produc-
tion in the west part of the province
will fall by 25 per cent. But in. these
two counties 'there will' be a. gain of
3,500 to 4,000 barrels, estimates J.
Johnson, federal fruit inspector.
Spies are the only variety west of
Toronto to show a gain. Spies are
responsible for the upturn of the
total Middlesex and Huron crops.
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"PINK EYE" INFECTION AMONG
ESSEX CATTLE
Keratitis, or `pink eye", a cattle
'refection, has been prevalent in Es -
'sex County the past few weeks, al-
though ithas not reached the pro-
portions of an epidermic, according to
J. H. Boyd, Essex veterinarian: Dr,
Boyd said the disease was caused by
a fungus growing on cattle feed,
Eyes of the cattle become_ infected,
becoming' blurred ;and emitting a,
heavy discharge causing temporary
blindness.
LDNI11Sb'f}'RO Department of St. Francis Xavier's
Mrs, Bell 'of Wingham, Mr, and University of Antigonish, N. S.
Mrs, John Fothergill of Vancouver In the first credt union, it is pro
B, C., and Mrs, Cltar^lie, McCuudy of nosed to have fifty people co-operat-
r ing, whq will Share in the plan. The
North Battleford, cask, visited rvith shares, valued at 55. each, will be
Mrs. A. Fothergill and family last paid for at the rate of 25 cents per
Tuesday. week : per share. The members will
Miss Alma Carter, nurse -in -train- pool their capital,. and money which
ing at ' Victoria .Hospital, London, is collected in this way will be used
spent the weekend at the home of for ,short!term Moans t;o members.
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. Carter. From the rneinbers a board:of diree-
Mrs. Archie Webster left for the tors, a security committee, and an
West on Tuesday, going as far as auditing committee will -be eleeted,
Alberta. She expects to be absent, ise employer ill
aboutw be able to control
a month. lit, because no
Mrand Mrs. J. P. Manning are roan above the rank of
spending foreman, can hold office.
s
p ng• a week at Br'uce Beach oir' The
Lake Huron, purpose of the credit union
in Bruce will be that if a ratan is
Mrs. Diels of Chicago, and Miss in debt it will offer him credit on
Matilda Mains of London, spent last terms he can afford to pay, If he
week' with Miss Elizabeth Mains, p Y
Taylor is visiting with est
thrifty, it will give him an inter -
Mrs. John Tay
Mrs. Crittenden, for iris, fora week est rate above what the banks can
or two. afford .to pay. Tac majority of ere
Mr. J. Knox and family moved fol dit unions pay from 5 to 6 per cent.
Wingham where Mr. Knox has work, This plan: was discussed in some
r detail by John C. Kirkwood in our
Mrs. John Armstrong underwent
an operation at Clinton Hospital on, issue of August 25th. He spoke very
favarabhy fof the opportunities of
Monday.' Her frienda, wish her aI
speedy recovery, such movements.
Rev. Wm. Fingland with Mrs.
Fingland and Peggy, Niagara Falls,
visited with the formers 'parents last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Hunking and
family visited friends at Goderich on
Sunday.
Miss Pby liis McCool treated her
little friends to 'a party on Satur-
day last to celebrate her tenth birth-
day. Quite an enjoyable time was
spent.
Mr, and Mrs, Wm. Brunsdon were
callers at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
Ben Mason, Blyth, . on Sunday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thompson are
having a few holidays and are spend -
it at Bruce Beck near Kincardine.
Master Willis Glover of Detroit is
Bruce Farmers` Junk Pool'
Is Proving Profitable
WING -HAM, Aug. 31.—The strong,
est story of co-operatives of the year
was /related here yesterday by a
Bruce County farmerr,
who is s the :o ,.
ganizer of a "junk" pool. Along with
several of his fanner neighbors they:
began to collect junk and scrap iron
that naturally aceumulates and,
waited until they had a load. A.
truck was hired and the load of junk
was taken to Toronto. Down there
they sold the entire load, and after:
expenses were paid they had $10.00,
clear apiece.
"After all," explains the organ-
izer, "if these fellows who are so
holidaying at the home of his uncle, anxious to gather up junk can make
Willis Mountain, and with his aunt, money at it, we couldn't see any
Mrs. Robt. Youngblutt, reason for our not making it our -
Rev. A. Menzies v4th the family selves. It didn't take long to ac -
who have been having their holidays cumulate and ,we had everything
will be home this week, sten feathers
will be held in the churchand as usualservice and part of an old threshing machine.,
from old batteries to
on Sunday, Sept. 4th. We have almost half another load
The Mission Circle were entertain- ready now for the next trip. We're
ed at the home of Miss Beth Govier not going to make any fortune at it,
last week o -time
was spent.
EBENEZER
Mrs, Chas. Williams has returned
home, after visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Jim Keene of Hamilton.
Mrs. Wm. Jennings and daughter,
Emma, of Clare, Mich. visited their
cousin, Mrs. Ira Merrill, this week.
The Sunday School will hold a
picnic on Mr, Irvine Tebbutt's river
flats Friday .afternoon, September
2nd. .A. special invitation is extend-
ed to the residents of the surround-
ing communities and former resi-
dents.
Bruce Farmers Consider
Credit Union Scheme
Bruce County farmers are hoping
to establish a credit union co-operat-
ive this fall and to follow it up with
others if the initial effort works out
successfully.
The farmers, who are contemplat-
ing the step, are not rushing into
it without premeditation and thought,
however. Every Tuesday evening of
last winter, a group of from thirty
to forty young farmers, with their
wives, gathered at Port Elgin for a
discussion club to thresh out prob-
lems of the proposed plan. In. other
parts of Bruce, and up in the tip
of Bruce Peninsula ,similar groups
were meeting with literature and in-
formation suplied by the Extension
but every dollar counts on a farm
these days."
Farmers of the district state that
there are more sten on the road
gathering scrap iron this year than
ever' before. They seem to want
everything with the least bit of met-
al in -it, and they are paying slightly
higher prices this year than ever. be-
fore. Car batteries are selling at
from 35 to 50 cents.
1 All farmers queried to -clay on the
subject of the "junk -pool" were of
-the opinion that it was on excel-
lent idea.
1 "It would be one -way of getting
value. The majority of these fellows
)gathering junk just come along and
say "I'll give you 50 cents for that
pile of iron and scrap." A .person
is glad to get rid of it and tells
them to go ahead. I believe that's
where they make their money."
Blue Water Bridge Opening
1 With Date Not Set
the Blue Water Bridge rap-
idly nearing completion and expected
to be ready for traffic in two weoks,
no date has been set for the official
opening. Delay is believed due to the
difficulty in choice of a date that is
convenient to both President Roose-
velt and Premier King.
Painting of the bridge is almost
completed and finish of the Govern-
ment buildings on the Canadian plaza
lis likely to be the last stage of
operations,
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