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The Clinton News Record, 1936-09-24, Page 4PAGE 4 THE 'CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURS., SEPT. 24, 1936 COOPER'S STORE NEWS ; • .A- n ° Thursday - Friday Sept. 24 - The Dates of Our r. Li g ESS -.Saturday 25 - 26 Monthly Sale See Large Circulars in your Mail Box A. ..COOPE: Y, Variety China Dept.—lst Floor—Phone 36w. - House and Men's Furnishing Dept. -2nd Hoer—Phone 361. M1®.101111•1., BACK AGAIN Through Popular Demand Euthyo1 Tooth Paste is.,again on the market.. The Antiseptic in this. Tooth Paste kills - tooth decay germs, in 3 minutes. The value is ht the Dentifrice—not hi expensive radio broadcasting. Price 25; per tube IN. S. B. HOLMES NMI ,t .. CLINTON, ONT. PHONE 51 BILTMORE HATS The wide variety of shapes, styles and colors which we are showing stakes it comparatively easy to find the right -one for you. Molded so skilfully you will hardly know that youare wearing a hat, and the craftsmanship is so fine that they keep their shape right to the day of discard. $1.95 to 5.00 DAVIS & HERMAN CLEANING, 'PRESSING AND REPAIRING OUR EARLY FALL SALE Offers You A Wide Choice Of New Fall Wearable, At Exce ltionall Low Prices For This Week -end. 1 Y Comae In Tomorrow And See Them! BETTER, D 9'' E E A WEEK -END SPECIAL! An outstanding valve group of the season's smar'teSt crepes and sheers including the new popular tunic ' .styles. All sizes in this group. Reg. selling prices up to $11.75, Thurs., Friday and Saturday only, See Our Stock Of Coats! SALE OF HATS Hundreds to choose from. Fur felts inclnded....Reg. selling prices up to 5 .00. Special for Thursday,Friday $Y L 2 00 anCSaturday, only. . • SPORTSWEAR—SPECIAL A Bigvariety of smart styles to choose from in plaids and knitted suits—the outstandingly soar r g y t dress PflICES for fall wean -all sizes in thegrou >~ b'' 1 Specially priced for Thursday, ni 1- day and Staturday. BEASONABLE Come In And. See The New Coat Styles! FA8HION SHOPPE Next Door To Theatre, Clinton—Phone No. 67. : EXETER:. The funeral of 'Thomas "J.+Kastle;'one of Exeter's oldest rre- sidents, who passed away Saturday aright, was• ;held' Tuesday. of ter•nooih with interment in Exeter cemetery, The services were conducted by. his pastor', Rev. A. E. Elliott. COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE- NEWS Interestingly Written By A Student We come before you this week, their hair in ringlets or grow mous- lean friends, feeling somewhat Mel- ancholy, for Fate, according to her beastly custom, has again "done us wrong." We supposed last week that. Sport's Day would be on a Friday, and that we should be able to write it up for the next Thursday with a clear conscience, serene in the know - taches? Indeed, this Tatter practice, we note with pain, has really started. One of the ornaments of. Fifth (name on -roquest only, send a., stamped and self-aeldi•essed envelope) has already a sinister looking growth adorning ( ?) his upper lip , Fashions among- the female ele- ledge that -it could not get to press ment:remaiir much the swine, except any earlier. However, the date was that one clay, a girl wears her light changed to Wednesday, and our news summer frocks, and the next she has to be in by Tuesday night; which Clothes herself as if for' January. This means that everything we wanted to is quite necessary, owing to the cap - say this week will be said a week too vicious temperament of the.weather- late. But enough of this. We'll tell man. A few of the girls have taken you about it next Thursday. to braiding their hair, which is a The count meet hes its elate fixed change from the unlimited numbers for Oct. 2nd, however, and weather with "permanents". Also we have permitting, that date will stand firm. Noticed a sort of "white -shirt move- ment • among the girls, as if to corm - The athletic societies are frantically tushing about, trying to raise Arena liortation money, and wringing .ath- letic fees out 'of the students, which teract the noisome blues and pinks and greens affected by the boys. This "knock -knock" • business • is Is very. difficult business, grinch- getting beyond even the most harden - pally becaase the ` school has -. no ed of - the students. Wherever one course in Memory Training. It is goes, he is hounded by these ghastly' surprising, the number of short mem- and words "Hey, I've got a snewto punynock ep, ories there are. in the school ..Some and if the sufferer refuses to play up, people can't remember names. We and oblige with the desired "Who's can't understand that. Others can't them • the knocker -goes breezily on. "So you won't talk, eh? remember errands. You'd be amaz_ Well it goes ed at the timber of students who this whether you way you like it or not. The ": and you hear the knock converse on the way to school because they are occupied in-saying(t s this" situation is even more over and over again: "Bread; butteracute. What's this?"cries Olive sugar, matches, and please send it to'; !Finch, madly shaking her head from the house. Bread, butter, sugar , , ;, side to side. "No, no, a thousand Den - and so an. Theft there are the cases! times no?" ventures Geraldine Den - of wilfuli, or pre -meditated forget-Iomme. "Nope. Give up? A. yes - fulness, which go like this: "Camp- man on a holiday. It ought to be bell, where is your Algebra?" "Gosh, prevented. I'm sorry, but I forgot my books on We have often wondered how much he Friday, and couldn't get it done , ; some of members of the Physics Thus it is no wonder that fees are class weigh? Do they realize that slow to be paid. Many a student as they stamp along upstairs, we can sets fourth grimly with a string tied around his finger, only to forget of wheat it is supposed to remind him. Why aren't they sensible, and write their memorandum on their cuffs, like we do? • Incidentally, although this will be rather late in the day as a rebuke, the condition- of, the High Jump is di..s graceful. The runs are like most French verbs . irregular. How anyone can jump; theirbest when they have to run over a miniature mountain range is beyond us. Also the girls complain that their pit is hi bad shape. Please remember, oh ye masculine element, that it was the gals who roped in the majority of the points for Clinton last year, and henceforth distribute saw -dust with trace their progresss by chips of plaster tumbling down from the ceil- ing? Go out on the campus, oh ye heavy -weights, and reduce your weight. You are destroying- our school, chip by chip. By the way, during the past four years on Field Days we have visited the Collegiates of Seaforth, Mitchell, Goderich and Mensal', and none of them can touch 1 c modern school £ t '0.' looks and our own improvements. We should be grate- ful. This year we hope to inspect that of Exeter. Orchids to First -Form! They were the first forth to have their athletic fees in. 'We strongly suspect that Upper will be the last. Of course, they have so much more work to do in Fifth that you can't expect them to remember as well as the play -boys more generosity. The pits might be and, play -girls of First. fixed so that we can practice in coin-; Cowan of Upper" School would be fort for the county meet if not for grateful if anyone could give him a ourO`vdate for the plays staged bye good definition of the word "syn - The the Girls' Athletic Society is Oct. UM' "Yin"' it bothers him, we think. Ts Please try to turn out for them. Ad- i there a simple synonym for synonym? mission, .25c and 10c. We think our We have been having singing les- impasioned appeal of last week suffi- sons at the school from Professor cient advertisement, and so will not Anderton this year. A strange visi add to it for in the school might have thought If ever school -teachers get down - been he had the wrong place and ac - hearted, as we suppose they must; cidentally. been he chanced to into for in spite of their Calling, they are; East London, if chanced to enter human -beings, even as the rest of the school and hear the students lus- tily warbling Coo coo -coo -coo". He chase "The Complete Stalky and Co." aright think we -were cuckoo ... to by Kipling. There is in it a poem to use what we always 'considered a school-teachers(or college rather crude saying. g proles- Well since we can't write up field sors, to be really correct, but it ap- day till, next week we hope that none plies to both,) which should make up: hr'okc their neck, nor got dyspepsia for a good deal. Ili goes like this : (the "famous men" are the teachers.) from Ellen Charleswortit's hot-dogs; and that Mr. Draper; standing quietly anal inoffensively near the back door of the boy's locker -rooms was not hit by any random shot from the Junior gir'l's Target throw for accuracy • nor that any of the new students, such as the timid -looking McKinnon "Bless anti.praise we famous men, Men of little showing! For their work continueth, And their work continueth Broad and wide continueth, Great beyond their knowing:" There is also a verse.for,tlie woe- of Third, was alarmed at the sight of elle madly yelling participants of the be-gorie' victim who has come to inter=form relays, and went into hy- grief and met with corporal punish- ster^cs, having to be removed shriek- ment't I ing and foaming at the mouth, from "Thele (at school) we meet with the scene of action ... 'Souse us • famous men please, our imagination gets a -little Set' in 'office o'er us. And they beat on us with reds, Faithfully with many. rods, Daily beat on us with rods For the love they bore us." dances last.-;• Disgusting, we call it, The reader - should then continue Don't asic us if they have these 'af- and read the whole book, and if he fairs to make money or just for fun. is the kind of person we like, he will . . We wouldn't know. Ever hear that before? ' We have given up trying to talk in- telligently on the &abject of Current Events things happen, so: quickly over there where they have current events . we simply can't keep up with thein ... a little while ago one could ask intelligently what they thought of the Ethiopian situation? And first thing. it wasn't the Ethio- pian situation at all, it was the Ital- ian and the Ethiopian was distinctly out of date; just as we get on to the Italian it switches over to Germany . and then, (a low trick, we call it) the situation sneaks off and goes to Spain! But we have caught on. We just keep one step ahead of the actual events .. , we are now asking how they think the French situation is going to develop; our hearers think "Horrors! • I don't know anything a- bout the French situation . didn't know there was one I must read it up." And they steer the.conversa- tien off current events and we are out of hand at times, and .we say things like that. Also we hope that none of the weary athletes went to sleep on the dance -floor et night .. . you know how deadly late these school have a different attitude toward achool by the time he has finished it. Besides, it's one of the most enter- taining books we have ever read; it is our opinion that one is not properly educated unless he has read both "Stalky" and Alice in Wonderland". We have read them: both a dozen times and we should know. You need "Alice" for quotations, just as you need French and Latin to understand the occasional bits of the languages which you strike in books. We have propably bored you stiff by this time, and will therefore try our hand at something in "lighter vein". We should feel so iefresliecl if we saw .a a boy wearing a white shirt again ,••. all one sees now are black and brown ones tricked out (with an eye to con- trast, no doubt) with white andy el - low ties. We loathe yellow ties. But this is not the worst. The newest rage, among the -well-dressed young Collegiate student is for coloured shirts ... chequered hoerors in pinks and pale blues. Why, oh, why will saved. they? _ Unless they want to look aes-j Well, we must now turn our at- thetic er something. And why ,would tention to Trig-. (When you saythat, anyone want to look aesthetic? And smile). You see, no matter if we if .they, .must be aesthetic, why don't1 give Trig. all our attention, it simply; they do the job,,,propenly, and wear! refuses to. notice us, which .we find AUBURN The regular monthly meeting of the Baptist Y,P,U. was hold 'Sunday night in the church with Lloyd John- ton presiding..The following pro- gramme was presented : Community c,n _•mg; Prayer, M. Small; Scripture reading, Donald Ross; Solo, Mrs. W. Haggett. The topic; "The Eiid of the Vacation," was ably taken by Mrs. E. Robertson. At the conclusion of the ..meeting the election of .officers look place as follows President, Earl Raithby; Vice, Helen Ferguson; Seca treasurer, Harold Reid. A plan was drawn up whereby two members will, be responsible for each meeting for the coning year. It was decided to hold six meetings in the basement and six in the auditorium. The meet- ing was closed with a hymn and the Mispah benediction. The ladies of the Anglican church are having a bazaar, tea and sale of home-made balling in the basement of the Presbyterian church on Sat- urday. Rev. J. H. Geoghan occupied the pulpit of the Anglican church Sun- day morning and preaohed a splen- did sermon on "The Handwriting' on the Wall." The :funeral of Mrs. James Jack- son took place Monday afternoon from the home of Mrs. John Arthur, Rev. H. C. Wilson of Knox United church officiated and the pallbearers were, R.. J. Phillips, John Jackson, John Wilson, Keith Arthur, Harold Jackson and Frank Raithby. Elizabeth Wallace Jackson, daugh- ter of Andrew and Sarah Arthur, was born in East Wawanosh seventy- five years ago. She moved with her parents to Auburn where she engag- ed in dressmaking. In 1906 she was marriod,to, James Jackson. In 1908 they moved to Orion, Alta., and in 1931 they returned to Ontario and have since made their home in Elm- Sale. She was of a kindly disposi- tion and . was much respected by all who knew her. She was identified with the United church, being for- merly a Presbyterian. Surviving are her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Harvey Giffen, Elmvale; two sons, Dr. John Jackson, Embro, and Wil- liam of Waseca; Sask. One son, 'Ern- est, died overseas; two sisters, Mrs. George Cowell and Mrs. Fuller Cow- ell of Pickford, Mich., and one bro- ther, Robert, Edmonton, Alta., also Margaret Arthur is a e. Mrs. - Mat surviva g sister-in-law. Mrs. Chas. Asquith, Mrs. George Hamilton and Mrs. E. Phillips were in Blyth convening with the members of the Anglican Churches of Blyth and Belgrave, to make arrangements for the annual deanery meeting to be held in Belgrave. Several from this district attend- ed the Carlow Sehool Fair on Thurs- day. Mrs. Bradnock from Goderich spent a couple of days with her son, Wes- ley. The September meeting of the Au- burn Branch of the Women's Insti- tute was held on Tuesday in Fores- ter's, Hall with Mrs, E. Lawson, pre- eident, in charge. It was the day set apart for the grandmothers. There were s o iii a thirty grandmothers five of whom, Mrs. Donald Patter- son, Mrs, E. Yungblut, Mrs. J, Hun - king, Mrs. E. Lear and Mrs. H. Gov- ler were great-grandmothers. The business consisted of making arrangements for having fruit, etc., for the Children's Shelter in Gode rich brought in at the next meeting. The •lirogramnre included commun- ity singing, readings by Mrs. J. Tay- lor, Mrs. G. Ilantilton, airs. J. J. Washington, Mrs. Donald Patterson, Mrs. Peter Walper, , Mrs. J. McLeod and Mrs. G. Milian; solo, Mrs. Wagner; duet, Mrs. J. McKnight and Mrs. Wm. Roberton. Mrs, H. Mog- ricige gave a splendid tall: on, her trip to Callander. Lunch was served by the hostesses. Mrs. Edgar Lawson, Miss Sadie Carter and Mrs. R. J. Phillips. The Y.P.S. of Knox UnitedChurch held tiaeir regular meeting on Tues- day; evening with Marjorie Toll, the president, in charge . After the op-, ening prayer by Alden Hasty, Ruth Artini' read the scripture and Vivian Straughanl sang a solo. 'Miss Norma Coutts gave the topic on "Whither Bound," which was much enjoyed. 'Mr. and Mrs. A. Kirkeonnel and children, Messrs. John and Alex. Tub- erville visited with relatives at Park-, hill and Thedford. Wilbert Lawlor, Mrs. Geo. Lawlor, Fern and Jean Lawlor, Mr., and Mrs. Holtzhauer and Mrs. 3. Irwin spent Sunday in Clifford with the latter's sister. Mrs. Irwin remained for a visit. • Mr. and Mrs. Sam Daerr and Mr.. Bert Daerr spent Sunday with Zurich friends.. Mrs. T. Ding and Miss. Legg' of Woodstock and Mr. and Mrs, F. Dan- iels and children of Ingersoll speirt some time at the home of Wallace King. Rev. and Mrs. H. C. Wilson and children spent a day in London. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sturdy ,have returned fr'oin their wedding trip. Misses Eleanor Wilson and Ruth Straughan were in London putting on their demonstration in connection with Institute work.They were ere both successful in winning prizes. Mrs. F. Ross visited in Dungannon on Friday. Several people in the village have been suffering with summer 'flu, depressing. Ergot (they are taking up the Merchant of Venice again a t school; . . note the Gobbo touch). We are signing off at this juncture. Un- til next week„•Chgerioi,; . . 1 Qv, ,60-19 fna4ha and canceatiateA ate 4iihony on When Results Count Roe Fed birds will be away out in front for greater production and maximum health. Roe Laying Mash and Laying Concentrates dre appetizing with rich nourishing good= ness provided by a correct balance of High Quality Corn, Wheat, Oats and Barley minerals in perfect balance—assuring hard•textured egg.. Even the size of eggs is improved by such quality protein as Powdered Buttermilk, White Fish Meal, vacuum•dried Meat Meal'-, rich green Alfalfa, high in Carotene; Cane Molasses, that promotes better health; Super Potent Fortified Cod Liver Oil—'But best of all, Roe Feeds are fairly priced—Satisfactory feed for the Birds—Extra profit for the Feeder. Ask your dealer io•day. •• REPRESENTED LOCALLY BY-- RUSSELL-L. Y—RUSSELLL. JERVIS ST. HELENS Mrs. Wm. Jansen spent a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Con. Decker in Lucknow last week. Mr. Goldie Purvis of Fergus was home for the week -end: Miss Irene Woods of Waterloo and Mr. Neely Todd of Stratford spent the week -end at their respective homes here. Mr. H. Slyncher of Waterloo visit- ed at the home of Mr. Robinson Woods recently. Mr. Chas. H. Reid and Mrs. Jam-; ieson of Brucefieki and Mr. Stanley Reid of London spent a clay recently visiting Mrs. R. 3. Woods. Mr. Cecil Hyde, Rincardine, was a visitor with his father, Mr. James Hyde, for a few days. eel the man was badly 'injured. His daughters, hearing his cries, rushed from the house and fought off the animal with pitchforks until able to rescue their father. Fred S. Sauvage of Seaforth, was called, and shot the enraged animal. HENSALL: The funeral of Mis. Harry Harmon was held from her late residence on Richmond street south. The funeral service 'was .con- ducted by her pastor, Rev. Arthur Sinclair, interment being made in Exeter cemetery. The pallbearers were Harry Howard, Jim Simpson, i 7 Thomas Boyce, William Baker, Wil- liam Oke and William Bowden, all of Centralia. HENSALL: The funeral of Mrs. Edward Sheffer was held on Tues- day afternoon from St. Boniface Mr, Geo. McQuillian Baine home Church, Zurich, the service being from Kapuskasing, where he had conducted by Father Powers. The spent the summer months, and in-` pallbearers were Messrs. Dr. A. R. tends to go to Guelph to 0.A.C. to -Campbell, C. Cook, Joe Hagan and resume his studies there. Charlie Hagan, William Consitt and Messrs. Kenny Purvis, W. I .Mir- Fred Manns. She is survived by her ler, W. J. Foran, Geo. A. Webb, Fred daughter, (Minnie), Mrs. (Dr.) W. Webb and Eldon Miller attended the H. Reid of Port Rowan; one son, Wil - London Fair last week: liam, of Toronto. Her hsuband pre - Mr. and Mrs. Scott of Langside, I deceased her in January last, one son, and Mr. and Mrs. Deyell of Wing-; Norman, and one daughter, Jennie, ham visited with Mr. and Mrs. John having passed away some years ago. Swan recently. HENSALL: The Young People The ladies of the United Church, of the United Church held a success - held a bee last week and cleaned and'ful meeting Monday evening. Clare decorated the basement of th church. I encs Smillie presided and the pro - Mr. Wilson Woodsreturned Mon - 'gram was arranged by Norman Sin - clay evening from a few weeks' visit Blair and Robert Passmore. The de - to Fort William and New Ontario. votionals were taken by Alex. Filshie. A delightful piano duet was given by COUNTY NEWS Misses Verda Watson and Gladys Passmore, Keith Buchanan rendered GODERICH: During the absence a saxophone solo. An interesting•and of D. E. Holmes on vacation, D. R. graphic address on the city of Lon - Nairn, town solicitor, is .acting crown don, England, was presented by Dr. Attorney. ;James Tapp, sketches on the black- GODERICH: Farmers of Huron board aiding the audience to follow County, anticipating a wheat short- r his description. Dr. Tapp was well age with consequent boost in price,' qualified to give this address, as he have about doubled their. fall wheat has made his home in that city for Acreage. There was Hutch more sum - some time past. mer :fallowing' than usual, and some 1 farmers have sown as much as 40; acres. The wheat is well out of the I Used Imagination Re ground and never looked better at Initiations this time of the year. An article in the London Free GODERICH: .In a tournament at Maitland Golf course on Saturday„ Press the other clay gave a rather John Brough made a hole -in -one at:lurid story of initiations, as put on the fifth hole; a distance of 75 yards,' at Wingham High School. The cur- the shortest in. the course. Four rent issue of The Advance -Times has holes -in -one have been tirade on this the following: course since it was established. An article which in the London Free Press on Tuesday morning was WINGHAM: The marriage of Al- headed "School Initation at Wingham Berta Mildred, daughter of Mr. auicl brings protest to Board" was written Mrs. Albert M. Perdue, of Wingham, by someone with an enlarged imagin- to Lawrence Vnrinan, of Windsor, ation or one who had.little regard for was solemnized by Canon E. Apple- what is authentic. The writer of the .yard ,M.A., L.Th.; at St. Thomas' article evidently tried to make a Anglican Church, Seaforth. The mountain out of a stole hill but when bride, who was given in .marriage by he was confronted by Principal Hall her father, wore e. gown of brown retracted the damaging statements brocaded taffeta,' with a quaint lace and apologized. collar and brown accessories, and Initiations have been going on for carried a colonial bouquet of talisman some years by the local students and and Johanna hill roses. Miss Laura hi the main they have created a' lot Perdue, of Detroit, was her sister's 'of fun and school spirit and the first only attendant, and was attired 'in ; form pupils after the initiation was wine-leaf1 aca with matching ac- held this year all agreed that they a p. cessories and wore a corsage of were in favor of the continuance of ophelia roses. Philip Levey, of De- sante. troit, was gronisinan. Imtitediately I The Free Press article charged that following the ceremony the couple protests had been made to the board left for an extended trip to Muskoka, which is not true. It also stated that Montreal and --Quebec, and on their pupils were .made t0. .eat common 'return will reside in Windsor. earth worms washed down with a lib- SEAFORTH: Little progress has' eral dose of salts. Nothing could be been made in solving - the break-in further from the true facts. Since which occurred at the Seaforth Colla -:;when did spaghetti become eartk giate Institute last', week. Thieves, worms? believed to beboys,roke in a cellar b' evade of the in theirht- window Nop pupils x window and stole a quantity. of sup- that -ion garb was held down -town and plies valued at about $50. • A muddy tate sheep dip has not been part of fun track Ted from room to room as the .for three years.., • Anybody who has experienced tate initiations at the local high school, we have talked to many students a- bout this; knows that it is all done in the spirit of fun and when we take the huinour of the world away in erly farmer, as he went into the pen these days and generations we have Itt•.the barn. By the time help arrivy, not.inueh left,: ,, , thieves ransacked the echool. SEAFORTId: Frank Storey, Me- Killop Township farmer, living two and one-half miles north of here, was injured by being gored by a bull. The animal attacked Storey, . an eltl-