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The Clinton News Record, 1939-04-27, Page 1lLhtt News-RecordEst. 3.878 Baton With Which is Incorporated NO. 5933.. -59TH YEAR. The Clinton New Era The New Era Est. 186, CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAAIT, APRIL 27, 1939 SPECIALS 1 3 3 BIG at 11uuppVllair, s Store 59 -PIECE Silver Chest of Flatware: Service for Eight for $24.75 60 -PIECE Luncheon :'Stet consisting 28 .piece silver service and 32 pieces of china for $14.95 Silver Servers, regular $1.50 for .35c Souvenir full-size tea spoons to commemorate the visit of : the Ising and Queen to Canada fon ' only • .25c , W. H. HELLYAR Jeweler and Optometrist Residence Phone 174j 1V1ART}IA WASHINGTON Famous F For Home New Spring P - Fro Wear, Styles WashFrocks and Street g and Summer Sizes 32 to 48 Priced from $1.39 to $3.95 GIRLS' PRINT FROCKS For School Wear Priced at 79c, 85c and up to $2.95 All Sizes now in Stock. I R 1 'CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE " CUPSAND_____----I11 i SAUCE RS We are now showing a fine assortment of CUPS and SAUCERS. They are English China) And come in several shapes with a great many dif- ferent decorations. 1 Priced to Sell at 60c and $1.00 Each. . PIERCEID' (SERVERS IN NEW FORTUNE PATTERN We have been fortunate in securing another shipment of these lovely Servers to sell for 35e each; After advertising them two weeks ago We sold our entire supply in two days time and we were unable to supply several of our customers. Remember WATCH REPAIR is a job for experts. Our work assures your satisfaction. A � N'S ti a l , MA "Counter's:\ dor Finer 'Jewellery fork. bver Half a 'N Huron Count Centuryi County' jT j\ • THE HOME PAPER The Farmers' Market. Wheat 57c. Oats 30e. Barley 40c, 42c. Cream 224 21e Eggs 17e, 14c, 13c, 12c. Bogs 7.50. Interest Increasing in O'i1�Drilling Interest theg t i ail drilling. venture in this locality is not confined to shareholders in the Huron -Bruce Company, and should the search be successful there is every indication that other companies will be on hand quickly to secure options o, any To Subscribers yellow available property in the:nearby' Please turn to the yellow label on Gieitraty. Evidence of this was on hand this week when a number of •atrangeep . were sleep, combing the swamps north-east of here with their divining equipment. Work at the well has been progres- sing very satisfactorily of late and reports yesterday were that the drilled depth is around the 2550 foot level. Work was temporarily sus- pended on Tuesday due to a break in machinery, but it is expected that work will again be resumed this weekend. this paper as our mailing lists have beenrevised, covering subscriptions received up to and including Satin- y, April 22nd. If _you. have made a payment on or before this date your label should have been changed. Should there be an error either in date or address please let us know. Spring Movings Recent purchases and mavings in town include the following: Mr. Fred Watts has purchased the Cluff resi- dence newt to Wesley -Willis church; Mr, J. A. Miller, Huron Road, has sold his farrn to Mr. Harold Squire, having purchased the Adam Scott property and will move to •Clinton; Mr. R. Parker of the Creamery staff has Tented the house vacated by Mr. Lloyd Ferguson on Ontario street; :Mr. H. Henry has moved to the house on Princess street vacated by Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Ball; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allan and Mrs. McDowell and daughters, Elva and Hazel have mov- ed to Mr. Scott's duplex known as the Forrester property; Mr. W. Thompson and family of Londesboro have moved to Mr. George Jenkins house near the Collegiate; Mr. L. Denomme has rented Mr. A. F. Cud - mores house on William street. Middleton A.Y.P.A. in Dramatic Finals Competing in the first round o#' the Dramatic Contest among the A. Y. P. A.'s in the Deanery of Huron, the Middleton Young People were declared 'winners in the first ,round of the contest when they met God- erich A.Y.P.A. in St. Paul's Church last Wednesday evening. The titles of the plays presented were, "Hist, She's a Man" by the Middleton A. Y. P. A. arid "You Can't Stop Cupid" by the Goderich A. Y. P. A. The contest in the second mound was held in Belgrave the following evening, the Dramatic Club of St. Paul's Church presented their one -act drama comedy, "In Doubt About Daisy", in competition with the Wing-. bam A.Y.P.A. who presented "Friday Ear Luck." The cast of characters representing the local organization are as follows: Mother .Turner, Mrs. J. C. Shearer; Dad .Turner, W. Draper;; Honor, their daughter, Eileen McGann; Mac, their son, Gordon Monteith; Katherine Golden Wedding Anniversary Residents of Clinton foe the pant thirty-one years, Mr. and Mrs. Rob- ert Draper on Monday observed the • 50th annivemsaty of their wedding. While the observance was quietly marked a surprise party staged by at once. MTs: R. Fairservice, Mrs, C. Deaner, Mrs. Theo. Fremlin and others added to the enjoyment of the occasion. Friends and neighbours called to of- fer congratulations and the honoured couple received a profusion of flowers and gifts, the latter including an easy chair and floor lamp from the mem- bers of their family. Mr. and Mrs. Draper Fere married at Summerhill in 1889 by Rev. Will- iam Craig and farmed in that locality for nineteen years before moving to Clinton. Of their family of six child- ren.;five are living: Caryl; Isobel; Mrs. Ashton Morrison (Gladys) of St, Catharines: Winnifred and Sadie, of St. Catharines. Robert Murray was killed in action during the Great War. • Half Holidays to Commence Next Wednesday, May' 3rd, the rna oait of business places an Clin- ton Y 1 ton will be closed. A petition was circulated among the Merchants this week and the majority signified their desire to commence the half -holidays Little Locals Mrs. Harold Crittenden yesterday purchased the residence of the late Mrs. Florence French, King •street. Miss Cora Streets Ieft on Monday to assume her duties as stenographer in the Bank of Montreal, Zurich. Mr. T. C. Shearer addressed a meeting of the Grand Bend Home and School Club at S. S. No, 8 Steph- en on Monday might. His subject— "Conserved= and Reforestation." E. Harold Wise, sten of Mr. H. L. Wise of Clinton returned home from Toronto after spending the past eight weeks there completing a course in Modern Refrigeration. The annual inspection of Cadets will be held here on May 8th. at 2 p.m, according to an announcement received this week. Lieut. M. P. Bogert; junior general staff officer of the district will be the inspecting officer. Among the Churches ' Presbyterian Church The Woman's Association will meet in the Sunday School on. Wednesday, May 3rd. at 2 p.m. A picnic lunch will be served. The Salvation Army Sunday, 11 a,m. "Fight the Good Fight"; 3 p.m. Sunday School; 7 p.m. "Seeing Jesus." A. Y. P. meeting every Monday ,at 7.30 p,m. Baptist Church, Clinton Evening worship service at '1 o'clock, the pastor will speak on the subject: "My Father's Business." St. Paul's Church Sunday, April 30 r 8 a.m. Holy Communion, A, Y. P. A. Corporate Communion, Scouting Body Hold Church 9 a.m., Breakfast in the Parish Hall, speaker, Mr. Geo. Jefferson. 11 a.m., A.Y.P.A. Service, members of the A.Y.P.A. will assist in the ser- vice and the rector will•preach on the motto of the Association "For Christ and the Church." 2.30, Sunday School. '7 p.m., Evening Prayer and Ser- mon. Monday, May 1-4.15, Church Boy's League. Tuesday, May 2 — 3 p.m., Ladies Guild in the Owen Memorial Hall. Saturday, May ' 6-10 am. Sunday School Examination'%. Parade On Sunday evening the Rover Scouts, Scouts, Cubs, Brownies and Girl Guides held their first church parade. While they have formed part of parades with other organizations. this marked the first time that they have had an individual parade. Form- ing up at the Scout Hall the various bodies formed in the following (seder, Brownies, Cubs, Guides, Scouts and Rovetvs. The parade was headed by Jack West bearing the Union Jack. In between the various units the colours representing each group were carried by Bill Carter, Jean Morgan and Don Roddy, wll hold a special meeting. next Wed - As the parade marched down street nesday afternoon, May 3rd., when to St, Paul's Church they made n1 they will have a display of work, con - colourful scene in the regulation ural-'sisting of sewing, knitting and scrap forms of each group. )teaching the books. A cordial invitation to cone Banquet Closes Successful :Season TJpward of forty young :men met together at a banquet staged in the,. McKenzie Hotel last night to mark. the close of a very .successful season. of • the Young Mens Interdenomina- : tional Bible Class,Addresses of a Iii Charge of Enrollment congratulatory nature were delivered: Major K. McQoun has been ap- by D. H. McInnes, Geo, H, Elliott, G. painted Adjutant for the ptupose o£ H, Jefferson and W. Draper. While enrollment of ex -service anon and some of the 'remarks addressed) to women in this district who are will -•Mr, Draper were barbed with good ing to place themselves at the dis- natured ;sarcasm those who had not. posal ;of the country should an em- been attending the meetings • of the ergeney requiring their services atase, class were led to believe that he had. been one of the outstandingleade The survey at present being conduct-;' risi ed iso nation-wide and Major McGouu of:the year. Rev. K. McGoon'aur) is willing to explain the matter per- I Rev A. H. O'Neil broughtmessages smelly to anyone desirous a£ en ,of congratulation and encouragement The members of the Junior W. A. Berry, Mrs, J. G, McLay; Herb "hunch the orderly pro esslanfiled anc see the work is extended to all. to their seats while the colours were Mrs. Monteith, who was present on carried to the vestry. Tuesday at the annual W. A. Con- G. Monteith and P. Gunn assisted vention, London, will describe the in the service by reading the scrip- work done among the Juniors. ture lessons. Rev. A. H. O'Neil% Wesley -Willis Church sermon subject was "A Challenge to Morning subject: "The Burning Youth for. Christian Service" and Bush"; Evening: "The Two Paths". while prepared primarily for the The Easter Thankoffering of the held represented, was equally ap- W.M.S. will be he d Tuesda y, May c plieable to the adults who attended. 2nd, at 8 p.m. in the Lecture Room Miss Eileen MaGoun rendered as an of the Church. Mrs. C'. V. Baxter of effeetive solo, number "My Task." Indere, Central India, will be the At the conclusion of the service guest speaker, Lantern slides will the units again formed ranks and be shown. All are cordially invited. vited. marched back to the Scout Hall for The regular meeting of the W. A. dismissal. Around ninety boys Arid will be held next Wednesday at the girls participated in the service mark- usual hour. ing the celebration of St. George's The Ever ,Ready Mission Circle of Day, Wesley -Willis United Church held the Easter Thankoffering meeting at the Business Places Robbed in home of Miss Rudd Thuteday, April District 20th, The devotional service was eon - Four robberies, apparently ,corn- ducted' by the pres,, Miss Ferrol matted by the same gang, were en, Higgins. The roll call was answered ported to police early this week. by a spring verse. The meeting was From the similarity of the crimes featured by an acidressi on the sub it would appear that it wan the work jest "Do Dreams Come True?" given of a gang who were responsible for by Mrs. A. Lane, in her address she a similar series of robberies in the gave many interesting facts on mis- district last year. sionary work in India. Her talk was 'Winter's Bowling Alley seemed to much enjoyed by the an.embers of be a marked spot for those `.crimin- the cieale and their guests. Other ally minded. On Monday night the features of the programme were :a thieves gained entrance by 'removing vocal solo by Miss Ellen Charles - a pane of glass at the rear of the worth, Easter stories given by Misses building.; Aiding them in' their crime Isobel Chowen, and Margaret Durst was the fact that the light at tee After closing a social half hour was rear of the store, usually left on to spent and lunch was, served by the aid the night watchman had burned hostess. out ,during the weekend and had not Ontario Street United Church be reported. Entering: the building 11.00 am. "Run with Patience the the thieves anade off with loot valued Race ., at around $75.00 ' e ' 2.00 pert., Turner's .Church. Recep- At Exeter the gang entered three tion of new members, places, securing $10 in cash at E1- 2.30 pm. Sunday School, Clinton, liott's garage, ,87c at another garage, • 7.00 p.m„ Independent Order of and filling, up, their gas tank at' an- Odd Fellows (I,O.O.F.) will atten other service station to make their divine d worship. Rev. G. G. Burton getaway, will be the speaker, • At Seaeorth there have been three Monday, 8.00 .p,m., Young People's break-ins and robberies in less than Union, 'Christian Fellowship depart - a week. Late Sunday night' or early went in charge by Miss Jean Setae. 'Monday J. F. Daly's: garage was Speaker of the evening will be Rev. . Baptist ch raroh, of the the .Silver • 0 and 't is thou •ht h A. D mulcted o£ 1 a , � g during the the' garage ut n thief. hitt ing ag g Kempton, Tom Cooke; Director, Mrs, A. H. O'Neil. Both plays were well presented and by a narrow margin the judge's award went to the Wing ham Club. The final contest will be held en a neutral stage next. Monday night when Middleton and Wingham will meet, in St. George's Church; Goder- ieh.The coveted award, a silver cup , donated by the clergy of the Deanery of Huron, is on display in W. N. Contorts window. Presentation to. Miss M. Sparling Miss Mildred Sparling left on Fri- day last fol' Toronto where her anar- riage will tape place on Saturday- of this week. Miss Sparling made many friends during her residence in town, where she was an employee of the Royal Bank. On severing her connec- tion with the Bank Mr. and Mrs. Paterson entertained the staff at their home where an enjoyable evening was spent, Miss Sparling was pre- sented with , a five -piece bridge set. Mr. Paterson making the presenta- tion speech in his usual genial man- ner, commending. the guest of honor far her efficient service, .bath in Clinton and London, where she was ten years with the Royal Bank,, Dun- dee St. Mrs. Paterson •served it dainty lunch. Mills Sparling thanked hoe host ,and hostess and she _staff for their kindness and the lovely gift. The Choir of Ontario St. Church presented Miss Sparling with as pair of pictures and the Girl's Club with a nice table cloth. • /Mrs. A. M. Knight entertained twelve ladies et a bridge party on Thursday evening last; where Miss Sparling was presented with a shower of dainty eups and saucers, and •a teapot -The verses which accompanied each gift were read and caused much merriment alter • '.ivlaich the ladies kindly helped pear the cups ready for shipment to Toronto. The hostesis served Iunch and Miss. Sparling thanked a11 for their gifts and many kindnesses shown her It s r while in Clinton, Mrs, Sparling entertained relatives and neighbours on Tuesday and Wed- nesday last, afternoon and' evening; at a trousseau tea, in honor of Miss Mildred, who received many gifts and good wishes for her future happiness. rollityg, Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary Mr: and Mrs. F. O. Mcl:iveen of Bowmanville, former residents of this district recently celebrated their 25th. wedding anniversary and were the recipients of a beautiful silver ser- viceorfs s vice and tray at a surprise party held at their home where some eighty friends called • to present the gift along with a congratulatory address. Mr. and Mrs.McIlveen were mar- ried on April 9, 1914, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. Asquith, Auburn, by Rev. Wm. Raithby, cousin of the bride, assisted by Rev. Laing, the farrier being from St. Thomas, while Rev. Laing was the Presbyterian minister in Auburn. After their marriage they Lived in Watford 6 years, Amnprior 4 years, Lansdowne 5 years, then moving to Bowmanvilie ten years ago, where Mr. McIlveen is manager of the Bank of Montreal. Mr. W. E. McIlveen and Mrs. George Patterson of, Toronto were the only ones present who were at the wedding. Out o8 town gud:ts included Miss Jean McIlveen, MTs. W. E. McIlveen 'and Miss Erma Symington, all of Toronto. Of their six sons, five were present, also his mother, Mrs. McIlveen, who returned to Clinton on Sunday after spending the winter there. and urged the young men to .snick: together for the things which would' improve and maintain the democratic: principles of the British Empire. Community singing between cours- es was led by l3ensan Sutter, ancT while he received a certain amount. of good natured haggling, he was. sincere in his efforts to lead the, boys in some of the more intricate verses sung to familiar tunes. Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Agnew also con- tributed splendid musical numbers. The guest speaker of the evening. was Mr. H. G. Meir of Seafoeth. His. talk on .The Courts of Canadian Law' was very enlightening. Opening his. address the speaker made the remark that in Canada `there are no less. N' than twenty distinct courts handling the various cases coming tinder their jurisdiction. He went on to explain the working of each and the type of cases) handled. Mel comparison of court procedure in Canada and the United States was also enlighten- ing as lie were on to outline the state- liness and decorum of Canadian courts when compared with the way cases are conducted in the United: • States. Mr. Meir balanced his talk by injecting humour when he thought his emceence was tiring, and his ad- dress was both interesting and edu- cational. A hearty- vote of thanks to all who took part was tendered by Ben- son Sutter and the gathering was dismissed with the National Anthem. Rover Scouts Visit LondonBaseball Club Organize Last Sunday morning several of the members of the local Raver Scout Gordon A. Miller was elected presi Grew motored to Landon to attend dent of the Clinton Baseball Club. on:, Divine worship with a group affil-, Tuesday night, Plans for the coming' iated with the Anglican Church of • season were discussed, It is expected St. John the Evangelist i that Clinton will be included with: The church service throughout was Goderich, Hetsall; Seaforth, Mitchell„ conducted by members of the Scout. Zurich and Luca". movement and a very inspiring ad-! The following officers were elect-• dress delivered by Chas, V. Nunn, ed: Honorary presidents, J. W. Shaw„ Field Secretary in charge of training H. B. Combe, George D. McTaggart; for Westetnu Ontario, president,- Gordon A. Miller; vice-• Following the church service an in- president, Roy Sparling; manager,. . vestiture was held in the Chapel for Thomas Churchill; secretary, Norman. Alex. }Teddy, Skipper of the let. Miller; treasurer, John Livermore;; Clinton Rover Crew. This truly inn executive, B. Taylor, L. Matthews, E. pressive ceremony was in charge of Ellwood, F. Miller. Chas. V. Nunn, who, was assisted by Rover Scouts Percy Gunn and Herb Lions Meet in Blyth Norman of the local crew who acted as sponsors, Sir George McLaren Reeve G. McNeil extended a card - Brown, Provincial Preeident, Frank dal welcome to the members of the C. Irwin, Peovincial Secretary and Clinton Lions Club on behalf of the evening prior to the theft, rifled the till and made his escape through a back door, Places previously enter- ed were, Smith's pool room and Weight's service station where cash amounting to about $8. in each place was stolen, Asst. Commissioner, and Beat Mit- chell, Field Secretary for Western Ontario, Lady McLaren Brown was the first to extend congratulations to Alex., onbehalfof. the Girl Guide movement. The Clinton Rovers all speak high- ly of their visit, and were especially pleased that their Skipper , should have the isivilege of being ushered into the movement by such an array of those high in the councils of Provincial Scouting. Will Discuss Bacon Hog. Industry citizens and council in Blyth when they met in the Memorial Hall on a Monday evening in a g od wtill meet- ing. The ladies of Trinity Church ably catered to the needs of the mem- bees and visitors, totalling, sixty be all. The highlight of the evening was an address by J. H. Kincaid, inspect.. or of schools in North Huron who. handed out much information on a subject in which he is vitally inter- ested ' "The New Curriculum in Schools of Ontario". Solos by Toni. Sherritt and : Harvey Hudson also added to the enjoyment of the even The Clinton Lions Club will again sing. sponsor on event which was very Transportation :arrangements for successful last year. This is known the public school children to Stant as:. Farmers Night and the date set ford on the occasion of the visit of is Tuesday, May 9th, A special pro- Their Majesties are progressing far - gramme is being arranged and the oerably, and while a definite report meeting is designed primarily to de- velop'a better feeling and understand- ing between the business and profes- composed of Dr, Thompson, 0. Noble, signal men of Clinton and farmers and E. Waldorf who are wanking of the, Clinton trading district, with W. L. Whyte reported that the Last years turnout' was exception- railway will in all probability co-op- ally good and those who attended had crate and expect to be able to present, the privilege of listening to Hon, P, : a very definite report at the next: W. Dewan, Minister of Agrieuiture..imeeting to be held an May 9th; This For the May 9th, meeting Mr. R, } will be Paa'mer f Night acid it is, M. Morrison, president of Dumaat's'; expected there will be a large ,turnout: Packing Company, Kitchener, and to hear a special sneaker. president of the' Canadian Council of Meat Packers has promised to be present as guest speaker, Mr. Mor- rison has just retprned from a visit to Great Britain and Denmark ,and has a first hand kno vleclge of the Canadian bacon hog industry ''ea it affects exports. His subject will be The to f• roars, Th interest • special n of d p Wednesday, 8-.00 pane Midweek Fel- twenty members of the Clinton. Lions lowslaip• meeting of Prayer and Praise Swine Club will be guests of honour at this, meeting and a hearty invita- tion is extended' to all farmers in the Clinton trading area to be pres- ent. Tickets maw be seemed from W. L. Whyte, F. Pingland, J, C. Shearer or F. 0. Ford. on arrangements is not at present available the committee in charge in the Medi Hall. The regular meeting of the Wom- an's Association, twill be held on Wed- nesday afternoon, May 3rd., at 2.30 pen. Theme will be a picnic tea this month, TELEPHONE BRIDGE Last night the Rebekah Lodge held a very successful telephone bridge,. thirteen. tables being played at the. homes of Mrs. George ,Jenkins, Mrs. Gordon Miller and Miss Aphrew Steeps, The grand prime awarded to, a highest. at the ore hit in• • the score ry g the, thirteen tables went to Wiliam McEwen, Stanley township.' Individual' prizes to the ladies hav- ing the highest score . at the respec- tive homes were as follows: Miss D. Mutah, Mrs. Q. L. Paisley, Mrs, J. C. Shearer.