The Clinton News Record, 1939-04-27, Page 1lLhtt News-RecordEst. 3.878
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NO. 5933.. -59TH YEAR.
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CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAAIT, APRIL 27, 1939
SPECIALS
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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
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For Home
New Spring
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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.
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'CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE "
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SAUCE
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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.
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• 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.