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The Clinton News Record, 1936-12-17, Page 3• THURS., DEC, 17, 1936 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE 3 WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN TIIE GAY NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? From The News -Record, Dec. 9th, 1896: Harland Bros. have the contract for a furnace for a twenty -room private residence near Enneskillen, Ireland. It is just possible that the sale was effected through advertising in The News -Record. Mr. John A. Reid of Goderich Was in town last Saturday buying horses for the British market. Very few were offered or bought. Who will move the band stand? (The band stand was a movable piece of equipment even then, it seems. -Ed.) Municipal platters seem to lack the interest expected at this time of the Year, , , i ; The other day Mr. Tohn Weir of the Telephone Road sold to Ford and Murphy a goose, this year's bird, which weighed 18 pounds. On Monday evening Councillor Searle declared the new County Coun- ell Act of Sir Oliver Mowat's Govern- ment "a hynbug , We quite agree. (This was the act allowing for the election of a body of commissioners in stead of a council elected as now. The new n system did not last m years.) Y many The tramp who-ruthtiessly entered the house of ye editor late Saturday night wished to make a hasty retreat when he was informed there were men in the house -four sons of - a newspaper man. Fr'oni The New Era, Dec. lith, 1896: On Friday evening when the aud- ience was coming out of the Baptist church someone threw a snowball which struck Rev. Mr. Millyard a stinging blow in the eye. Plumsteel-In •Clinton, on the 12th inst., William Plumsteel,. aged 79 years and 9 months. When The Present Century Was Young From The News -Record, Dee. 14th, 1911: Prof. F. C. Elford of Macdonald • areal James Whitney asked more he want - 1 ed too much. A very pretty weddingtook place at Alton Grange, the home of Mr, Wm. Stewart, on Wednesday of last week when his daughter. Mae became the bride of Thomas E. Adams i The ceremony \was performed by the Rev. Mr. Ousterhout, pastor- of the Londesboro Methodist church. Mr. Musgrove, Conservative, of Wingham was elected in North Hu- ron last Monday, his majority being 256, a gain of 85. Mr. W. Proud= foot, Liberal was elected in .Centre Huron by a majority of 56, while in South Huron Mr. Harry Eilber, Con- servative was elected by a majority of 287. • Dr. Woods of Bayfield, who had, been spending soine weeks in Eng- land and Ireland, reached home Mon- day afternoon. Murphy Lodge L.O.L. No. 710 met Tuesday evening and elected the fol- lowing officers: W.M., R..3. Cluff. Deputy: C. Langley. Y a g Y. Chaplain: A. McCreary, Rec.-Secretary: A. Clarkson. Fin. -Secretary: T. Managhan. Treasurer: W. S. R. Holmes. -Lecturers: J. W. Ford, D. S. Cook. D. of C.: D. N. Watson. Sergeant Welsh met with an acci- dent on Monday night which might have had very serious results. He was assisting Engineer East at the waterworks power house to start the engine when there was a gas explos- ion. The Sergeant was in the direct line of it.and had his eyebrows and mustache badly singed and the side of his face scorched somewhat. One hand was also burned but as the in- juries might have been much worse he is thankful he escaped so well The Local Market: Wheat, 90c. Peas, 90e. Oats, 43c. Eggs, 35c. Batter, 23e to 34e. Barley, 75c to 80e. Live Bogs, "$0.25. College, Quebec, who was one of the 'Froin The New Era, Dee. 141h, 1911: speakers at the big Winter Fair at The municipal pot is beginning :to •Guelph, is today visiting Clinton and get warm and many 'names are men- iolmesville friends. It is eight years 'boned: For Mayor: B. J. Gibbing's,'A. since he left Holsnesville and he has T. Cooper and the present mayor, A. gone from one advancement to an- Taylor; For Reeve, the present otherand is regarded as one of the reeve, W. G. Smyth, D. Cantelon and 'best men in his line of work. The W. Paisley, and for the council Bea- 'Cypress Incubator Company of Buf- 1 com, Ford, Jackson, . Dr. 'Thompson, falo, which is entering upon an edo- G. MacLennan, many others who are cational campaign, has been trying to; undecided.. For commissioners, H. secure his services and has made him B. Chant and J. 13. Hoover. such a handseme offer that he. may, Mr. Frank O'Neil returned from 'accept. Prof. Elford is more than ev- er convinced that there is no more profitable department of farming than poultry raising. Ball ---Sampson.- in Clinton, *on, Dec. 13, by the Rev. W. W. Wylle, Ed- ith Sampson to Elias Ball, all - of Hallett. The result of Monday's election ought to have been satisfactory to the government 82 Conservatives, 22 Liberals and 1 Independent. If Sir Moose Jaw on Saturday and will probably spend the winter here. The many friends of Miss Helen Fah are glad to see her in their midst again after a year's teaching in the west. Mr. Harry Fitzsimons was in Guelph on Thursday taking in the Fat Stock Show, Mr. Harry 'Houlden of Medicine Hat is again renewing old friendships in town. WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS 'ARE SAYING HOW IT IS DONE When you wonder 1low,a woman in the back seat can direct the driver, 'just remember that a woman can al- ways see through her husband. Kincardine Review -Reporter.) A 'TILAGEDY Last week one of the big bread- making companies sent one of its de- livery wagons into a little town serv- ed by a local but efficient bakery. Of course the new bread was tried on the dot, with the result that the lo- cal baker came short on sales. Up to date be has made only a bare liv- ing. Should his old :time customers leave him altogether, he mustgive up his business, scrap his, equipment or sell at what would be a ruinous price. Should he be driven to this exp tremity the town will lose •a first class citizen, the church an active supporter and the community an in- spiring member. What is happening to the baker is happening to the but- cher and candlestick maker of that same town! And still the citizens of that burgh will not practice a heal- thy ,localism. Some people fail to see an inch beyond their noses. -Exeter Times -Advocates; Telling The Truckmen Many a time have most of us been crowded to the-ed5e of the ditch by big trucks that hogged the, centre of the road. Perhaps you havedriven for many miles behind a slow truck which was road -hogging a country road, not realizing that you were behind and perhaps not caring. Ile acted as if he owned the highway and the small car only something to be tolerated. Was he right? _ He was not. yolks, we have a, champion now in the person of Hon. T. B. McQuesten, Minister of Highways. By virtue of his position, the hon, gentleman is boss of our provincial roadways and here is what he told the truck -men right in their own convention the other day: -"The highways belong to the small car owner, the humble citizen who made possible this gloat highway system of ours. The use of these highways far truck transportation is a second- ary consideration." The Minister's ruling should result in better nian ners on the part' of some truck -dri- vers, -St. Marys Journal -Argus. No Time Like The ,Old Time There is no time like the old time When you and I were young When the buds of April blossomed And birds of springtime sung. The garden's brightest glories'. By the summer sun an nursed But oh! the sweet, sweet violets, The flowers that open'firs:t, There is no place like the old place Where you and I were born 1Where we lifted up our .eyelids On the splendour of the morn. From the ,milk -white 'breast that warmed us, From the clinging arms that bore Where the dear eyes glistened o'er = us That will look on us no; more. There is no friend Like the old friend Who has shared our morning days, No greeting like his welcome No homage like his praise. Fame are the scentless flowers With gaudy crowns of gold But friendship is the;, breathing rpse With sweets in every fold. � : -Mary E. Barton. BY ".ETH ER ITE" `CANADA BROADCASTS CHRIST MAS" IS SPECIAL HOUR-LONG PROGRAM TO BE PRESENTED DECEMBER 25 BY CBC -CITIES LINKED IN PICTURIZATION OF YULETIDE ACTIVITIES AND IN SYNCHRONIZATION OF SONG AND STORY. The joyous ringing of bells on Par- Iiament Hill, the tramping of feet as 1 Canadians perform an imaginary; march across the Dominion, .the roar of Niagara Falls, informal interviews' in the homes of private citizens, a coast to coast community sing -song and fairy tale, and the laughter and gaiety of children on snow -bound hill- j sides will be highlights of "Canada Broadcasts Chi'istnias", a special pro- gram to be presented over the nation -1. al network of the Canadian Broad casting Corporation from 4.00 to 5.001 p.m. EST, December 25. 1 ..More than 300 private citizens will participate in the hour-long broad- cast -that will link ten different cities in picturization of Christmas Day ac- tivities and in synchronized song and story.' .The program will be directed from the Ottawa studios and the Cor- poration's master controls at Mont- real'will act as the mixing point for the national network. ,.... National Community Singing The broadcast will open with the playing of, the carillon in the Peace Tower on Parliament, Hill. Groups of citizens at Halifax, Montreal, Tor- onto, Winnipeg and Vancouver, then will be heard in 'synchronized com- munity singing of "Marching along Together", special l y r i c s which have been written for the 9ccasion..It will be during this portion of the broadcast that the effect of Cana- dians marching across the Dominion will be attained and an innovation at- tempted when the choirs in these cit -1 les join in the telling of a fairy tale. Switching to Niagara Falls, the mighty roar 'of which will be clearly audible in the background, an an- nounce` 'will describe its thundering strength and the service it renders the country. The speaker will be stationed with a microphone in a re- cess behind the Falls, where the thir- ty-foot curtain of water thunders past to the river below. From whence will be heard the giant turbines hum- ming as they generate electrical en- ergy, National community singing, in which listeners will *be invited to join, will follow. This portion of the pro•, gram, it is anticipated will be parti- elderly entertaining, since the song will be "Three Blind Mice" and its rendition as a "round" by the choirs will be most difficult to perform. From Southern Saskatchewan At this juncture a farmer and his family in the drought area of south- ern Saskatchewan will be interviewed by a Corporation announcer who will describe conditions as he sees them. The farmer will be invited to extend greetings from a' section of the coun- try less fortunate than others, but which the nation will have not for- gotten in its Christmas joyousness. Montreal will play an active part in the broadcast when' the Corpora- tion witches to its master control rooin where announcers and engineers will be sitting' before dials, switches, and myriad dancing needles control- ling the program. Listeners will be afforded an understanding of the skill necessary for the technical sup- ervision of a radio broadcast,as well as the orderly excitement and ten- sion that usually prevails at such a time. • From the master control room in the Montreal studios the broadcast will switch to an "enquiring reporter" who will pay .informal visits to pri• 1 vete homes in the city's residential section, there to describe for the na-I tional audience how the clay is being celebrated in Canada's metropolis. The interviews will be' bilingual. A game of "musical chairs" will be played between children in the Ot- tawa and Windsor studois as a laugh provoking feature of the program. • Interview Captain. On A Cable Boat Riding at anchor at the harbour of Halifax will be the cable boat "Lord Kelvin," and it will be from the decks of this boat that listeners will hear her captain chatting informally with a Corporation announcer, The "Lord Kelvin" will dock at Halifax a few days before Christmas following many months at sea. It is hoped that the captain will outline the duties of the boat in laying and taking care of the cables that link the different countries of the world in telegraphic and telephonic communication. The singing of an old French carol will be shared by a French children's choir at Winnipeg. The carol will be "Les Anges de nos Campagnes," Visit To Orphanage From Edmonton, Alberta, then will come descriptions of children sleigh- ing, toboganning, and skiing down a hillside, At the conclusion of the broadcast, the audiences present in the Corpora- tion studios throughout Canada will unite in the singing of "Blest Be the Tie That Binds". Special lyrics have been prepared for the second verse of the hymn. Following is a list of the special programs to be broadcast: Christmas Eve '7.00 to '7.30 p.m. "Carols from Whitechapel". From the BBC to the eastern network. 9.00 to 8.30 p.m. "Gifts in Song and Melody". A musical variety pro- gram front Winnipeg to the national network. 10.00 p.m. to 12,00 midnight. "Bringing Christmas to the Frontier". Broadcasts of personal messages and greetings to people in the far north and Arctic regions. To the National network. Christmas Day 2.00 to 2.50 p.m. Excerpts from Gil- bert and Sullivan Light Operas. From the NBC to the national network. 2.50 to 3.45 p.m. "A radio Christ- mas Party". From the BBC to the national network. 4.00 to 6.00 p.m. "Canada Cele- brates Christmas". The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's feature presentation. Community singing throughout Canada; special inter- views; sleigh ride parties; the roar of Niagara Falls; a cross-sectional picture of. Canadian life on Christmas Day. To the national network. 5.00 to 5.30 p.m. "Christmas by the Sea". Program designed especially for the Christmas season. From Van- couver to national network. 5.30 to 6.00 p.m. "Mistletoe and Holly". Orchestra, vocal ensemble, and soloists. Vocal orchestrra of many voices. From Toronto to the national network. 6.00 to 6,30 p.m. "Good cheer". A program featuring G. R. Markowski and his Orchestra in special Christ- mas music. From Ottawa to the na- tional network. 5.30 to 7.00 p.m. "Harry Hopeful's Party." An Overseas program from London, in which old friends from the Yorkshire dales, the Lakes, •Cleveland, the Border, the Derbyshire Dales, and the Durham Dales will reunite round Wassail Bowl and Parson's Nose at Brough. To the national network. From 7.00 pan. until sign -off the Corporation's networks, with two ex- ceptions, will carry regularly sched- uled programs but in every case these will be re -vamped with Christmas mu- sic. The program "within the Em- pire" spotted for the 9.00 to, 9.30 p.m. period, will be designed especially for the season and will contain suitable dramatizations and music.. At 12.00 midnight listeners to the Corpora- tion's western network will hear an hour-long dramatization based on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Car- ol". Even at this late date, however, circumstances may make it necessary to re -adjust the schedule. Notice of any changes to be made in the listings. will be made public as soon ad pos- sible. - - f ' • r ' dsro 'lint'.',) rreehS edrea'.'�Y�IYV,'. i r`r' . i .YiYerd d. y :.vaUR W OR LD AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD { (Copyright) •'.Y'u'�'L'.1'Wd+ti`. Wry".'.YLYrYh'.'L'.'S�Y.!L'iSWr"�VLY. They who seek find. would like a fine garden, or a fine This adage looks obvious, yet when farm, or a. fine home, yet we are 1 came across it in a book, it arrest- not seekers after these desires -we ed ate. are just wishers, I siippose that all of us want some- Wishing and seeking are two dif- thing, yet only a small number of ferent things. Mere wishing gets us us are persistent seekers for what nowhere.. Seeking will give us what we want. Many of us want or we want. That adage, "They who. would like -a million dollars, but seek find," is positive. It tells us few of us seek to have a million dol= that we can and will get what we Ian. Many of us would like to have persistently seek. ' Seeking implies an old -age pension, yet many among both purpose and patience, and, as us do .nothing to, assure an old -age Benjamin Franklin said, "God, gives pension -we do not seek one. Many all things to industry." of us would like to be learned, yet I read a book recently by a,wo few of us seek learning. Many of us man, entitled "Wake up and live." This woman started out in life with a good equipment,, yet for years and she wa,, a failure, Then self- analysis showed her that her failures were explainable. She says that, she had the will to fail. Several chapters in herbook deal with this theme -the will to fail. She says that most of us have the will- to fail. Clearly, if we have the will to fail, we shall fail and be fail- ures. If we want to be successful in. any enterprise, we must have the will to succeed. There was an artist, aged 50. He lived in Spain, though he was Ameri- can born. At age GO he had not made a name for himself. In his home, with his wife, he sat moping and drinking. He wanted to get drunk in order that he might forget.) for a time his failure. His be- lieved wife in him, and her faith inspired him to try afresh. Under a new im- pulse, with a new courage, this art- ist set out to paint new .pictures. "They who seek find" were words us- ed by his wife. He repeated these words to himself. They whipped him. onward. His pictures were master- pieces, and when sent to New York made a sensation. Orders for pic- tures poured in on him. At age 50 he was reborn. He had lost his will to fail, replacing it with a will to succeed. Robert Bruce had the will to fail. He was discouraged - thoroughly. Then he watched the spider, which had no will to fail. The spider went on and on, even after many apparent defeats, and in the end won its small battle. The sight of that spider's persistency and faith inspired Robert Bruce, and he became a new man and Scotland's saviour. Robert Clive, conqueror of India for Britain, had the will to. fail. Twice or thrice he tried to kill him- self, but each time his pistol missed fire. Then Clive concluded that he was not destined to be a failure, and acquired a new resolution and a new goal, and attained to both fame and fortune. Read 'the stories of great inven- tors, great travellers, great iucluy,- trialists, great teachers and preach- ers and statesmen, and you will sure- ly find that there were in their ca- reers times when they had the will to fail. They were ready to abandon their quest, whatever that quest was. But something or some person put back into these despairing ones new strength, new vision, new pur- pose, and lot they went Forward to a great success. Quite recently a young man called on me. He was trying to sell first aid outfits and supplies to industrial firms and to others in business. He said that he was not doing very well. Ile had failed to find wage -paid work when he left school, and had -quite admirably -started up on his own ac- count. In our conversation he told me that lie knew of a chemical which will keep windows from frosting up -and windshields of motor cars. I asked him why he did not try to sell this chemical, seeing that almost ev- ery private home and every retail store and every motor -car owner was a prospect. And what do you think that this young man said to ane? It was that he feared that if he went out selling this chemical, • others would take up the business that he would' then have competition! You are, I hope, astonished -and disgust- ed -by such an attitude. Suppose that Henry Ford had said, "I'm not going to make motor cars, because if I do, others will set up in the same ldnd of business, and I'll have com- petition". If Henry Ford had re- mained the, only motor -car manufac- turer, he would not be as rich as he is today. Having a monopoly can be an industrial catastrphe. Many Years ago the Pope Bicycle Company merged all competitors with its own company, in order to get rid of com- petition. It felt that with no com- petition, it would grow to great size and make a colossal fortune. Before. many years went by this monopolis. tic company became bankrupt. It missed an important point, namely: -it is competition which is the Iife of trade. Also, it failed to see that a market for a new kind of product re- quires, if it is to be built up to great size, the combined efforts of many competitive firms, The huge market which exists today for refrigerators, radio sets, motor ears, and many oth- er things is a result of the merchan- dising and advertising activities of many competitive enterprisers. You may have thought of that Bib- lical character who was given one talent to use for its increase. He had the will to fail. Read about him. Read about his fears, which enervat- ed him, which led him to be supine. They who seek find. If any young man wants to make progress in this world, let him become a purposeful seeker for what he wants. He will surely find it. His quest, before it is rewarded in full, may take years. It may consume his means. It may mar his health. But if the goal. be worthy, then it can surely be won. The purposeful and patient and in- vincible seeker will enjoy life far more than the• drifter enjoys his life. Every day becomes a contributor to his happiness, even though many days may seem to be profitlessly em- ployed. The purposeful and patient seeker is fortified With the knowledge that ultimately he will find what he is going after. The drifter - the butterfly man -may delude himself and others -for a time -into believ- ing that he is having a good time,: that he is enviable; but there comes NitiMeettC �o 4 evm ,etsa. 6'-16`t€;Remetcodi%tf7, atmo,mm4;cw€'iv-k; SCOTCHMBIER'S HARDWARE We Carry a Full Line of Shelf Hardware D,OHERTY Lei HARRISTON STOVES & RANGES All Repairs for Coleman and Alladin Appliances. Call in and see the New Coleman Radiant Heater. 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CONCENTRATES (Choice proteins, fully vltamized for® Health with your home-grown grain. ) This plan has made a hit with farmers everywhere. It sayes on freight and hand- ling charges, lowers feeding costs, main- tains health and vigour in the birds, and when it comes to egg -laying, you will be more than satisfied with the increased pro- duction of large eggs of better texture and flavour - - a moneymaking plan for the business -like farmer, Try a sack • • you'll be back. REPRESENTED LOCALLY BY- RUSSELL L. JERVIS a day when the drifter -the butter- The estimated yield of crested fly pian -the roan who has no goal- wheat grass seed in Saskatchewan in finds himself lost and a loser. He 1930 is 500,000 pounds. This is ap- perceives that he has wasted his proximately double the crop of 1935. years. Life becomes tasteless. Yet even for such a man there is hope: he can redeem his past -by becom- ing a seeker after something worth possessing, and he can be buoyed up by the knowledge that he who seeks will find. It is interesting to note that the acreage of soybeans in the Province. of Ontario increased from 10,000 ac- res in 1935 to 12,000 acres in 1936. cileSNAPSNOT GUIL • WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH TAKING YOUR OWN PICTURE ONCE IN A WHILE? How to prove, when there is no witness, that you were telling the truth:, You snapshoot yourself and the fish with a self timer right on the spot. mechanism of this gadget may be set to "go off" after a time interval„ whereupon it presses the button and releases the shutter. Meantime, you. have taken your place; in the picture, and are looking your prettiest await-• ing the snap. Some cameras have a self -timer in- corporated in the shutter: 01 course,. you must have the camera on a firm support. In the picture to the left. above, the camera is fastened with a clamp having a tripod socket. You prepare for the picture by focusing, in the usual way and using the same. stop opening and shutter speed you would use ordinarily. 1f you have, placed your subjects quite close'to, the camera, see that there is a par-. titular space in the group for you to, enter and don't fail to occupy pre- cisely that space, else you will blan- • . ket somebody or, if the space is at, the side, you may find la ' the print, that you have lost an arra or so, Nothing prevents you from taking a picture of yourself alone if yon feel that way -which suggests oho very important use for the self -timer. Jiver go fishing alone and wish there were somebody to take year picture hold ing up that whopper at the actual acme of the catch? Or, do you always: buy one at the fish store? 104 • JOHN VAN G,UILDIOR', HOW often have you opened your snapshot album to view, once more, treasured pictures you have taken of groups of friends or of the family, and closedit with a feeling of regret that you did not appear in these pictures yourself? Or, how often, when you are showing some- body snapshots you took on a mem- orable occasion, do you bear the re- mark, "Where were you all this time?" Modestly you reply, "Why, I was just the man behind the camera. Somebody had to take the pictures" But really wouldn't you like to have been in those pictures? Of course, you would.. Obbiously, one solution of this dif- ficulty is to let some one else use your camera on these occasions and take some pictures with you in them,. flood enough except that that some- body else -Dad or whoever it may be -is missing front them just as you were missing from the others. There is another answer to this problem and a perfect one. Get a self - timer, which is the name for an at- tachment which permits most cam- eras other than the box type to take pictures unattended. It is an inex- pensive accessory that fits on the metal button at the end of the cable release which operates the shutter. In the manner of au alarm clock, the