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The Clinton News Record, 1936-05-21, Page 3THURS., MAY 21, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY ,NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? From The News -Record, May 20th; 1896: Fred Leven, an employee of The News -Record, met with an accident when sunning off a five thousand impression job on Monday morning. By some means' the three first fin- gers of his right hand received most of the impression instead of the pa- per and the result is that he is tak- ing a rest.. Mishaps of the kind are rare but it is a well known fact that a printer's • press is not very-ner- ciful when a clear impression is de- sired. West Huron Conservatives will nominate a candidate at Smith's Hill on Friday. Several prominent out- side men have been mentioned as pos- sible candidates, while such worthy local men as Major Beck, James Con- nolly, Dr. Freeborn, W. Doherty, John Ransford, G. D. McTaggart, Dr. Holmes, John Butler, Robt. McLean, E. Heaton and others have been mentioned. Come yourself and bring your friends to Clinton on May 25th. Should Clinton have a grandstand on Recreation Park? Will any member of the council move to have one erected? When a town provides • a park, accommodation should be provided for all who visit it. At pre- sent it is like inviting a friend to tea and requesting the guest to pro- vide the necessaries. From The New Era, May 22nd, 1896: Mr. H. Rorke of Mount Forest has taken a position in the Doherty Or- gan factory. ' Mr. C. J. Wallis, who has been to the Old Country with a consignment of horses,has returned this week. Mr. Oliver Johnson's driver wears a pair of aluminum shoes that are. expensive, The other evening while coming up the London road the horse lost one of these shoes but it was not noticed for a time. Mr. Johnson then drove carefully back to Brucefield, but saw nothing of the shoe. On the way back to Clinton the horse sud- denly stopped, and Mr. Johnson get- ting out to see what was wrong, found the horse had stepped on the shoe, a nail of which penetrated the foot, and there the shoe hung to the hoof. Holrnesville: At the last meeting of the Holmesville Association of the Patrons of Industry the following officers were duly installed for the, years. present quarter: President, I3. El- toed; vice, S. Sturdy; sec. -treasurer, J. W. Yeo; Fin. -secretary, S. Ferris; treasurer, C. W. Williams; Minerva, J. 'Trewartiia; Demeter, G. Tebbutt; guard, J. Jervis; sentinel, H. Sweet. When The Present Century Was Young Frm The New Era, May 18th, 1911: Mr. Roy East, • who has been* in. the Tillsonburg branch of the Royal Bank for the past six months, is home on a visit before leaving for. Winnipeg, where he is being moved by the bank. Ottawa, May 11th - Sir Wilfred Laurier, Sir Frederick Bordon and Hon. L. P. Brodeau, Canada's Repre- sentatives at the Imperial Conference, left Ottawa this afternoon to- sail on the Verginian for Liverpool tomor- row. From The News -Record, May. 18th, 1911: A young lady drove in from Stan- ley last week and had some repairs made at Turner's emporium and when starting for home a hen flew from under the seat of the buggy. Mr. Turner looked in the buggy and found a new laid egg. But the young lady could not be persuaded that she had brought the bird in from the home- stead and as she would not take it home again Mr. Turner added it to his flock. In this issue appears a long write- up about the Harland Bros., who went into partnership in the hardware business in the year of Confederation, and which was dissolved at that time, after continuing forty-four W. S. IIARLAND J. T. HARLAND WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING BUT ISN'T IT TOO LATE "If that lady M.P. is correct in saying most of our statesmen have protruding ears, why," asks the Tele- gram, "is a demand raised for better acoustic properties in parliament?" The answer seems obvious. It must be supposed that it is . the bad acoustic properties which are caus- ing the ears of the members to pro- trude in that way. —Toronto Daily Star. WIDOW BELIEVED IN ADVERTISING A friend tells me of a strange epi- taph he encountered some years ago in France. A. small lamp was kept burning under an urn over a grave, and the inscription read: "Here lies Pierre Victor Fournier, inventor of the everlasting .lamp, which consumes only one centime's worth ofoil in one hour.' His incon- solable widow continues his business: in the Rue aux Trois. Goods sent to all parts of the city. Do notmistake the opposite shop for this." —Answers. GENERALLY UP TO SOMETHING WHEN PRESS EXCLUDED Collingwood council ejected press representatives from a committee meeting, then turned it into a coun- cil meeting and decided to pay them- selves $5 a meeting. We have al- ways been mighty suspicious of these - meetings closed to the press. For- tunately in Hanover they have 'been very rare -we cannot recall the- last time such a procedure was adopted and, even then The. Post, was allow- ed to remain and hear the full discus- sion on a gentleman's agreement that the discussion, ;wasnot for publica- tion. As a matter of fact, we have seen very few instances where it was hot in the public interest to report all that transpired.—Hanover Post. NO MAN LIVETH TO HIMSELF With the coming of May the annual nuisance of daylight saving time has re -appeared. Everytime a person wants to turn on the radio, they find that their favorite •program is. just finishing instead of beginning. The person who can invent some means 'whereby : some; ,can have an "extra hour of daylight" without in- conveniencing the great majority, would render a great service to those of us who live in communities which have riot taken up the daylight sav- ing fad.—Haldimand Advocate. BRITAIN CAN'T DO IT ALL Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin is right when he says that sanctions in future will have to be.backedup by the use of force. If the- League of 'Nations is not to collapse there will have to be some means of enforcing its .de- crees. This can only be done by military action or a world police force. However, therewill have to be united action, Great Britain can- not be the world's policeman. --London Free' Press. WINE DIDN'T WORK ON TOWN BELL "Who put the wine in the 'caretak- er's oil can?" is a mystery; creating a furore around the Cobourg town hall. And .it had to do with oiling the bell on the town clock. At least the caretaker thought it was oil but when the bell worked with even more difficulty he looked into the ;natter and discovered to hisbewilderment that it wasn't oil but wine with which he had been dousing the bell. When he went down into the town hall cel- lar he discovered somebody had cach- ed a jug of wine alongside the jug which was the • customary container for the oil. So the mystery was solv- ed in part and the old bell swims free once more.—Port Hope Guide.. SUPPORT THE LITTLE FELLOW There is a good deal said about the desirability of the -store owner in the smaller communities, yet people go to the city and hunt out the larger stores when they want tobuy an ar- ticle, thus making the big fellow big- ger and the little fellow smaller. And the strange part of it is that the same person, after having helped the bigger, fellow with his patronage, will sit down and howl his head off about how big business in this coun- try is •strangling the little fellow. It isn't big business that strangled the little fellow it is the customer who gives his trade to the big fellow who is responsible. -Listowel Banner. TOWN BUYS SPRINGS Supply of Water for Domestic Pur- coses to be Piped to Reservoir At the Exeter council meeting on Monday evening a by-law was passed confirming the purchase by the Pub- lic Utilities 'Commission of five ac- res of land from Mr. Garnet Frayne, Thames Road, situate on the north bank of the Aux Sable, together with a right-of-way across the property. The property contains several springs of water and the proposal is to gath- er th6 water from these springs and have it pumped down through the pipes -to a reservoir with a capacity of one quarter million• gallons, the res- ervoir to be built on the town pro- perty near the present pump -house on the south side of the river bank. and from there it will be pumped to the large atorage tank at the rear of the Town Hall to be used as a domes- tic water supply for the town. After an exhaustive search for water by the sinking of some fifteen test holes in various parts of the community last year, in all of which water was found but not in sufficient quantity to met the needs for a domestic sup- ply for the municipality, it was deckl- ed to purchase the springs and have the water piped to a reservoir. —Exeter Times -Advocate. MIGHT DEMAND AN ACCOUNT- ING, Yesterday we walked through 'a cemetery where we read the inscrip- tions carved on the stones which mark the resting place of a few of our honored pioneers. • And from then we learned that these pioneers had been born in Eng- land, in ngland,-in Ireland, in Scotland, and one in Germany, between the years 1820 and 1840. All of them we know came to this country in childhood or early manhood, when a six weeks' journey across the Atlantic was a record, and the average time was from two to three months. Travelling two or three months, huddled together in a small boat, without any protection from the heat or cold; without any, comforts or accommodation, and often without even the bare .necessities, of life, ex- cept which they had provided for themselves before they embarked, or were given to them by their more fortunate companions. And we wondered what these pio- neers would have thought about the Hindenburg, and its passenger list and its tons of freight, and its sixty- two hour journey..from the old, land to the new. And we wondered what they would think if they could see the fields and farms they cleared - from the forest being ploughed by tratcors and tilled with' modern machinery, and of the cars that flew past. And we couldn't help but wonder a little too, what these old pioneers would think of our stewardship over the heritage they left us. Of our spending proclivities, and our public debts. What would they think? We don't know, but we have a feeling that there would be more than just a turn- ing in the grave. There would be a general ressurection. Former County Cro Vin, Attorney Celebrates .92nd Birthday Charles. Seager, K.C., former crowh attorney' for Huron County;,'and fath- er of ;Bishop Charles A. Seager, of the Diocese of Huron, celebrated his. 92nd birthday, He niarked the day quietly attending morning service in St. Paul's Cathedral and in the afternoon walked around the flower garden at the Bishop's residence in which on week -days he does consider- able work for he is an enthusiastic horticulturalist. He was the recipient of many birthday felicitations. Although the years have accumu- lated since he was born in 1844, they have proven friendly to. Mr. Seager, and today he enjoys excellent health, has good eyesight and possesses a keen intellect. Mr. Seeger's life has been a full one, and continues to be so. His work in the garden occupies considerable time, and he takes real pleasure in the cultivation of flowers. In his quiet hours he reads consistently. This love of books comes naturally to him, for his career has been concern- ed with the law, a profession requir- ing long hours of study. He has him- self been the author of several well- known legal treatises, most popular of which were his "Magistrate's Man- ual" and a work on the Division Court Act. The latter has been through several editions and has been widely used. Mr. Seager came 'to Canada from Wellington, Shropshire, England, where he was born. His parents, Dg. Charles and Mary Seager, came to London, Canada, in 1845. They then moved to Port Dover. Mr. Charles Seager entered his chosen profession of law in. Simcoe when he began to study under Mercer Wilson, eminent lawyer and first grand master of united Masonry in Canada. He then went to Toronto, where he studied in the office of Hon. Edward Blake. He set up practice in Sarnia. At Sarnia Mr. Seager organized the unit formed to resist the Fenian Raid. He is one •of the oldest living veterans of the raids, Following this. event in his life he moved to Gode- rich, where he practised law for a- bout G0' years, and entered municipal life, serving as mayor, of the town. Mr. "Seager's wife died a year ago in January at the age of 89. During ler life sh'e was his constant compan- ion and -helpmate. Bishop Seager was an only child. BREVITIES Curiosity leads to knowledge. To keep love you most return. it. The hardest work is dodging work. The politician has a Promising. career, Only one person can defeat you—. yourself, Love grows only as wins bend and minds reflect. No great achievement without great enthusiasm, Moses was the meekest man—yes, he • was married. The modern youth seeks diplomas rather than knowledge. A light heart makes light worst, a heavy heart, heavy work, Worrying is so bad that some folks let their creditors do all of it. From Confucius: "National pros perity is found in righteousness." First banquet feature, turkey stuf- fed with sage: last feature, sages stuffed 'with turkey. In practically all sickness, the blood contains an excess of acids, caused chiefly by bread, meat, eggs and con- diments. YOU MUST PERSEVERE "Success in advertising may be summarized according to my observa- tion, in two words: More advertising. "In other words, if it is done spas- modically it fails; if it is continuous and persistent, it will succeed. "Take some well known proprietory articles that are known all over the world; probably it will amaze honor- able members to realize that in many instances these advertising expendi- tures run not into hundreds of thous- ands of dollars, but to millions of dollars per annum."—R. B. Bennett in the House of Commons. DOINGS IN TIIE SCOUT WORLD Numbers 01 Scouts in all parts of Canada are exchanging letters with Scouts in other countries, as quali- fication for the Scout World Friend- ship Badge. Baden-Powell A. Great Educationist "Lord Baden-Powell, the originator of Scouting, will go down in history as a great educationist, not in so far as the scientific or mathematical field is concerned, perhaps, but in so far as practicability and usefulness are concerned."—Rt. Rev. Phi-lip.Car- rington, Lord Bishop of Quebec. Unique Airplane Landing Guides Unique landscape features of.the 550 acre camp site of the West Ches- hire Boy Scouts Association, "Bryn- bach," in the Welsh hills, are hedge and tree airplane landing guides—a great arrow of golden yew, represent- ing the Golden Arrow of Scout inter- national good will, and a fleur-de-lis in greenlarch. a-- They Still ',Stop Runaway Horses Gallantry awards for stopping run- away horses still are occasionally made to cool-headed and quick Boy Scouts.' At Cheddington, Bucking- hamshire, when a baker's horse frigh- tened by a sanding machine ran mad- ly.down High Road, Scout A. Wesley, 13, ran and stopped him, while grown men hung back, and a Certificate of Gallantry was awarded. Earl Of Dartmouth Passes At 84 A deeply regretted loss to Scouting in Staffordshire was the death of the Earl of Dartmouth, President of the Canadian wool exported to Germany - county Scout organization since 1912. in 1935 amounted to 883,000 pounds, Although 84, the Earl had maintain- as compared with 3,300 pounds in ed his active interest in the move- 1934. Considerable quantities of ment, and one of his last acts was to Canadian horsehair also have found a shull Park, at the disposal of the, market in Germany in recent years. ,Rover Scouts of the Midland Coun- ties for: a great senior Scout "meet"` in May. Scouts Salute Many Different Flags• In the meeting place of theinter- national Scout troop at the Canadian. Academy, at Kobe, Japan, the Scout.' Law is displayed in English, German,: Dutch, Spanish, Danish and Russian. - When the boys "salute the flag, no less thantwelve ,different flags are hoisted, so that each 'Scout can pay respect to his own country's colours. UNITED CHURCH YOUNG FOLK HOLD CONVENTION AT GODERICf•' More than 200 young people of the; boys' and girls' work board of the ' United church attended the spring;' convention at North Street United? Church on Saturday. After an ad- dress4by Rev. 1'. W. Craik, of -Victoria.. Street United Church, Goderich, and.. a short • service by the Wingham: ' group, the boys and girls held separ- ate group meetings in the morning..:• Harbor Park was their recreationa ground in the afternoon and a pienia supper was enjoyed, followed by ` an evening service conducted by Rev. C.- W. D. Cosens, of 'Clinton. IN MOURNING , Diner—"Say, waiter, this steak is: burnt black. What's the idea?" Waiter—"Jes' a ma'k o' respect,. sah. Didn't you all heah 'bout ouali: head waitah dyin' yistiddy?" Exports of Canadian cattle to the. United States in 1936, up to April 30, totalled 75,826 head compared with 56,312 in the corresponding per- iod of 1935. e ,474 .i ✓•,;.4,i,Vt•1''('avNtS'#/WW" HAND SIGNALS FOR DRIVERS (Signals generally understood by Canadian motorists) Most accidents are preventable. Do your part by dearly signalling your intentionbefore making a right or WE RIGHT TURN Hund and arm extended upward or moved with a sweeping motion from the rear to the front. LEFT TURN • Hand and arm extended horizontally. Many drivers oho point with their index' anger. SLOW DOWN OR STOP Hand and arm extended 'downward. Watkins' Service ;Station CLINTON. with - z . areful handling of your car is only one of the things which makes driving safer. Your car must also be ready to do what you want it to do -.when you want it. That's where Blue Sunoco comes in. It never lets you down. Blue Sunoco takes you smoothly upand over the steepest hills .. lets you slow down on curves .. then leap ahead again without shifting gears or taking your hands from the wheel. Drive cautiously! Use good judgment! •Use Blue Sunoco! Blyth Service Station BLYTH. A'. BUCHANAN VARNA. C. ;H. SCOTCHMEIu BAYFIELD.