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The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-08, Page 3THURS., JULY 8,1937. TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD PAGE,, WIIAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES Do You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? From The News -Record, July 7th, Mrs. James Campbell and son, Mr. Will Campbell, Dungannon, were guests of her daughter, Mrs. T. H. Hardy. Rev, T. Wesley Cosens, Mrs. Cos - ens and Dewitt Cosens left on Mon- day for London where Mr. Cosens has entered upon the pastorate of the, Empress Avenue Church. Miss Susie Cook or Bolton is vis- iting with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Watts. Miss Gertrude Chant spent the holiday in Cayuga with her sister who returned home with her on Tues- day for the vacation, Miss Winnie O'Neil is spending a few days' in Port Perry, the guest of Mrs. Macpherson, formerly Miss Peggie M,cEachern of town. Mr. R. B. (Dick) Foster, Toronto, will . be up on • Saturday for Huron Old Boys' Excursion and on Sunday will assist the choir of Ontario Street church. Rev. Clarence Johnson of Brook - dale, Man., arrived home last night and is visiting at the parental home, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Johnson's, Mr. T. B. Allingham of Barrie has been engaged " as principal of the Model School to succeed Mr. Hartley, Miss Leila Ford, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ford has been engaged as assistant for the Model term, and Mr. T. A. Sinclair has been appointed to fill the vacancy on the Collegiate Staff made by the resignation of Mr. Firth. Messrs, H. B. Chant, Harry Gould, 1897: Mrs, W. H. Cook has returned home from a trips to Ypsilanti, and Detroit, where she has been visiting her par- ents and arents,and other relatives. ' F. W. Terry, one of the most ex- pert cricketers in Canada, left for Chicago Friday evening where he will play with a city team against a re- presentative Canadian team from To- ronto. The hot' weather has elicited many remarks. On Saturday the thermom- eter registered 96 in the shade, and on Sunday 98. Mr. J. L. Doherty met with' a pain- ful accident when thrown from his rig on Dominion night. Although sus- taining many painful bruises, Mr, Doherty is thankful that no bones were broken. Rainey Armstrong, the veteran fif- er of Stanley, will on the 12th. at Bayfield accept a challenge from all comers; he is well up in years, over 80, but there are few can better him with the fife. It will be seven years next Monday since Clinton had a celebration, the last one was a huge success. The Clinton Bowlers had a big time last week. At Mitchell Dr. Woods make a skip. of 24 with one rink and D. A. Forrester a skip of 20 for Clinton. At Seaforth D. A. Forrester made a skip of 15, and G. D. McTag- gart 21. Many from Clinton excurted to Goderich on Dominion Day—by ve- Harvey Mcl3rien, John Craig,' W. J. hide, wheel and rail, some '700 souls. Tozer attended, divine service 'vith. the Masonic brethren at Goderieh last Sunday. The preacher was the Rev. The Council from here should have turned out as a body. Reeve Ken- nedy, Deputy -Reeve Cooper and C. E. Deakins, rector of St. Paul's Councillor Ford were all we noticed. church. The various Jubilee Committee and When the Model school opens in September instruction in Art to the teachers -in -training will be given by From The New Era, July Stir, 1897: Miss Lucille Grant; Miss May Rance, Misses Ida and Louie Holmes are our citizens were well represented. visiting relatives near Cleveland. Miss M. L. Walsh returned to Bos- ton on Wednesday, where she has a good position. Miss Keine, who has been attending Whitby Ladies' CoIIege is home on her holidays. Miss Sadie. McEachren, who has been in Detroit for some time, re- turned • to town on Tuesday. Miss Mabel Ker left on a trip to her sister in Assiniboia on Tuesday, and. was ticketed through by A. 0. Pattison. At Seaforth she was join- ed by Miss Turnbull, Hullett, who was also going west. On Monday Mr. Brewer, Manager Molsons Bank, left on a trip to the Old Country. During. his absence Mr. Karn will act as manager, and Mr. Brock will perform Mr. Kern's duties. Summerhill—There was a fire al- arm in Summerhill on Monday. In some unaccountable way Mr. D. Barr's House caught fire, but soon a number of the neighbours had it un- der control and it was put out with- out much damage being done. The Twelfth—Our Orangemen in- tend celebrating the 12th. at Auburn. They are to be accompanied by the band and as the boys have in past years distinguished themselves, we expect the same from them again this year. While handling bananas on Mon- day, Richard Farmer, of Exeter, came. in contact with a deadly tar- antula spider. Fortunately it did not sting him,- and he quickly dispensed with it and has it on exhibition. Welsh's Planing Mill, Hensall caught fire on Monday forenoon. For- tunately the blaze, was discovered in time and the fire put out before any serious damage was done. Normal School Students --The fol- lowing candidates .have passed their recent examinations of the Normal College: A. Cosens, G. Durwin, W. J. McRoberts, Miss Nettie Combe and Chas. McKinnon. Bowls:., Clinton Bowlers were de- feated in their match with Mitchell on the lst" Messrs: W. Jackson, G. MeTaggart, J. P. Tisdall and D. A. Forrester, representing one rink, are, this week in Toronto and expect to play in some of the Western Associa- tion games. • Runaway Steer -The other day a steer that was being weighed on the Market Scales became unmanageable and running away, made a bolt for the stairway adjoining Mr. Steven - son's furniture store, going up sev- eral steps; one party tried to pull it down by its tail, but as this method was unsuccessful -a rope was brought and the animal finally removed. Large Strawberry: Mr. W..Duncan showed us a strawberry the other tlay measuring 81-2x71-2 inches, weighing over two ounces. When The Present Century Was Young From The News -Record, Jply 4th,. 1912: Mrs. McConnell and Miss Mabel Harland spent a couple of 'days in Goderich this week. ysical Culture; and Music by Miss Clete Ford. Serious Fire—Fire broke out at the Hotel Normandie about three o'clock last Friday morning and but for its early discovery by.Mr. Gabe Elliott the hbtel.wouid in all probability have been completely gutted. The brigade, under the direction of Chief Downs, were quickly on the scene and two lines of hose were laid and soon, the flames were under con- trol,- but not before the centre of the building had been badly burned. The flames burst through the par- tition next the pool room and Mr. Marshall's stock suffered considerably from smoke and water. From The New Era, June 27, 1912: Mr. Clarence Paisley is learning the operating- at the G.T.R. station. Mr. E. Archibald, of Toronto, an old Clinton boy, is 'spending the holi- days in town. Mrs. Mcliardy Smith went to Lon- don on Monday and in the evening assisted at the graduation exercises at the conservatory. 141r. and Mrs. Fred Cooper returned to their home front a very delightful seven weeks' tour in the Old Country. The -following spent last Saturday in Goderich: Mrs. Grant and her guest, Mrs. Tucker; Melville Rane- ford; Theodore Hale; The Misses Powell; Ray Rumball; Albert Mit- chell; Emerson Mitchell; Charlie Trowell and Hiram Hill. Broder McTaggart returned home last Saturday morning, but left on the. 1 o'clock train to join the volun- teers. olunteers. The report goes that he has been made an officer of the 33rd regi- ment. New Orange Organizer—Rev, H. A- Fish, who recently gave up pulpit work on account of 'ill -health has been appointed Organizer for the Provincial 'Orange Grand Lodge of Ontario West. He will have super- vision of the territory between Whit- by and Ignace, and will probably take charge some time early in the•Aut- umn. Mr. Fish was formerly pastor at Owen Sound. Officers of the 33rd.—Among 'offi- cers of the 33rd Huron are Lt. -Col. Wilson; Major H. B. Combe; Major H. T. Rance; Adj.-Capt. W. W. Mc- Vicar; @.MS,. M. 11 McTaggart; rt, M. D., Dr. J. W. Shaw; Paymaster, 11, S. Hays; Chaplain, Rev. J. W. Hodgins: Leafs 'At Home In July For Twenty -One Games Howley's youngsters confident of climbing back into first division. With 21 games at Maple Leaf Stadium, their home grounds, to play during the month of July, Dan How- ley's Toronto Maple Leafs are con- fident of improving their pennant chances and climbing back up into the first division. The Leafs have just returned ,from their longest road trip of the season, playing 16 games in five different cities. OP this number they won seven and lost nine. Several of their. defeats were close contests in which a hit at the right time would .have meant . victory. The brilliant pitching performance of Woodrow Wilson (Babe) Davis High School Entrance Examinations In the inspectorate of Huron East there are seven • centres at which candidates write, viz: Clinton, Sea - forth, , Wingham, Blyth, Brussels, Ethel and Manley. Candidate's secure certificates in different ways. (a) The High -School Entrance Board inay grant a certi- ficate on the character of the school and the recommendation of the tea- cher on the work of the candidate during the year. (b) The candidate, may 'write'on the 'examination. The number passed under (a) was 150. The number who wrote was 190. Of those whe wrote 144 suc- ceeded in securing certificates. 26 passed with honours. 13'/2% of all candidates failed. The following are the names of the successful candidates:— CLINTON Passed without writing:— Homer Andrews, Eleanor Cosens, Gerald Fremlin, Harold Fremlin, Lloyd Fulford, Eva Holland, Fanny Levis, James Lockwood, Harry Mc- Ewan, Dorothy McIntyre, Helen 7111 - ler, Austin. Nediger, Donald Perdue, Wilma Radford, Shirley Sutter, Don - and the home run hitting of first baseman Jim Walsh, were the high spots of the road trip. Walsh hit four homers, three of them in New- ark against the leading Bears. The Leafs are the first team this season to win a series from the Bears in Newark, taking two of the three games. Walsh's hitting was a big factor in this triumph. Davis won four games and brought his record of the season up to eight victories and three defeats. Three of his vic- tories were shut -outs. The two runs made by Newark were the only ones he allowed in his four triumphs. He blanked Jersey City, 5 to 0, Syra- ease 4 to 0, and wound up the road jaunt with a 1 to 0 verdict' over Ro- chester in which he permitted only one Iiit. This was on June 24. Al- most exactly a year previous, June 25,1936, he pitched a no -run, no -hit game for Cordele against Thomasville in the Georgia -Florida League. The Leafs started their big borne campaign with a double -head -I er on Dominion Day against the Buffet Bisons. •Tne Bisons remained in Toronto for games on July 2 and 3. The Leafs are away from home until Saturday, July the 10th, when they oppose Buffalo in a double-header. Montreal opens a four -game series of night games in` Toronto starting July 12. There will be a large crowd from Hamilton to celebrate "Hamilton Night" on July 14. On July 16 and 17, the Leafs are in Syracuse but they will be back home again on July 19 to re- main practically for the balance of the month. The league -leading Newark Bears open a four -game series on July 19, a double-header played on Wednes- day, July 21. Jersey City follows with another four -game series which opens on July 22 and ends with a double-header on Saturday, July 24. Baltimore comes for a five -game ser- ies starting Monday, July 26, and ending July 29. There will be a twi- light -floodlight double bill on July 27. These games will have a strong bearing on the Toronto team's play- off chances. Most of the games will be played under the floodlights, the daylight fixtures being confined to the Saturday dates. 111 ald Crich, Mildred Ashton,°Ruth Car- mochan, Gerald' Clayton, Kenneth Scott, Melvyn Brunsdon, Clifford Saundexicock, Jack Webster, Phyllis Manning, Bruce W. Roy, Eunice II. Roy, Edward East, Norman Elliott, Passed on the written examina- tion: Frederick Anderson, Audrey But- ler, Clayton 'Campbell, Melbourne Carter •(Hon.); Phyllis • Corbett, Frank Falconer (Hon.); Edna Ford, Donald Gibbs, Lois Hanley, Gordon Berman, Helen Hoggart, Lawrence Jamieson, Anna Mae Johnston, David Johnston, Maurice Maguire, Erma Mair (Hon.); Doris Mann (Hon.); Patricia Morrison (Hon.); Donna Pie- kett, Roy Pickett, Mary Rozeli, Ray- mond Snell (Hon.); Kenneth Steepe, Kenneth Stewart, Keith Tyndall. BLYTH Passed without writing:— Phyllis Bray,. Percy Harrington, Jack Heal, Doris Moody, Maureen Morritt, Garth Morritt, Cannan Morritt, Rhea Shaw, Maxine Bail, Helen Marsh, Reid, H. Sheppard, Viv- ion E. Straughan, Danald McCool, Kathleen Patterson, Gerald Phelan, William J. Raithby, Eileen E., Taylor, Truth Leggett, Helen M. Howatt, Dor- othy I. Taman, Mary M. Taman. Pissed on written examination-- Lydia xamination—Lydia E. Bell, Elizabeth D..Craig, Bill Govier, Bob H. Govier, Janet H •a m n (Ron.) ; William Henry (Hon.); Marjorie McVittie (Hon.); Roy McVittie, Lloyd Taylor, Norma Taylor, Ronald Taylor. ETHEL Passed without writing: Leslie Desjardine, , Jim Dunbar, El- mer Sleightholm, Neil Campbell, Ir- vine Dunn, Murray Huether, Alice Huether, Elwin Hall. • Passed on written examination: Billy Bremner, Jack Mills, Helen Pearson, Ray Ward. • Passed without writing: Cyril Johnson, Thomas Murray, Dorothy Seherbarth, Doris Flanagan, Anna Krauskoff, Ordelia Mayer, Margaret Rock, Passed on written examination: Robert Beuermann, Frank Casson, Rita Coyne, Grace Dennis (Hon.); Norman Dodds, Evelyn Dundas, Hil- da. Fisher, Edith Hackwell (Hon.); Lois Hackwell (Hon.); Leo Hictmell, Elmer Richer, Rita McIver, George McNichol (Hon.); Jack E. McSpad den, Billy Morris (Hon.); Beatrice Osborn (Hon.); Della Osborn •(Hon.); Toleda Pushelberg, Arma Somerville. Passed under regulation 10 (5): Sylvia Bennewies, Annie Eckert, SEAFOETH Passed without writing: Jack Elliott, Audrey Foster, Dor- othy Gallop, Margaret Hudson, Lorne Ibbotson, Jean Milk, Isabel McKellar, Evelyn Rivers, Wylda Rosa, Winni- fred Russel, John Sproule, Mildred Swan, Lois Wright, Jim Jamieson, Kenneth Clarence, Hazel Anderson, Kenneth Forbes, Dorothy McClure, Rosamond Appleby, Roma Chandler, Billie Sproat, Preston J. Dallas, Haz- el I. Dilling, Hazel E. Wilson, Clair Haney; Mary McNaughton, Mary Stewart, Pearl Townsend, Margaret Wurm, Bruce 1'. Hodgert, Kenneth McLean, Gerald Barry, Mary Duncan, MANLEY Neville: McMilbian, James Roach, An- na M. Thompson, Kenneth Thompson, Audrey McGavin, Mildred Aitcheson, Anderson Bell. Passed on .written examination: Charles R. Case, Kenneth E. Cut- ting, Esther C, Hayman, Helen V. Devereaux, Mary. K. Devereaux, Reg- inald S. Dolmage, D. Thelma Doi mage, Elmo, M. Elliott, Scott A. Kerr, Keith MacLean, D. Ruth McNairn, Elizabeth G. Matthews (Hon.); Peter. M. Nigh (Hon.);. Mervin I. Nott, M. John O'Neil, John A. Patrick, James B. Southgate, J. Kenneth Southgate, Dorothy R. Tainan, Alice M. Town- send, W. Roger Veneer, Audrey Wal- ters, Robert M. Watson (Hon.); Clar- ence Westcott, Thomas Wilbee, Mary L, Wood, Morley B. Wright. Passed under regulation 10 (5): Alexander T. Braker, Patrick Mc- Grath, Earl Montgomery. WINGHAM .Passed without writing: • Jean Breen, Edythe Campbell, Har- old, Cantelon, Bertha Casemore, Bet- ty Gannett, Clarence Hamilton, Ed- na Hogg, Norman Mundy, Louise Reid, Frances Robinson, Reatha Sin namon, Charlie Procter, Mildred Hen- ning, • Lois M. Appleby, Jack Mow- bray, Alba Shiell, Norman Hastings, Jean Underwood, Lloyd Elliott, Helen Walker, Bernice Dennis, Margaret Glousher, Ralph McCrea, Lois Mc- Guire, Shirley Chamney, Isabel Scott, Ruth Thompson, Gibson Armstrong, Walter E. Dunkin. Passed on written examination Leslie Adair, Mabel 'Campbell, Elmer Deyell, Louise Dore, Dorothy Elliott (Hon.) ; Nora Finlay, Norman Fry, Margaret Haines, Helen Hammond, William Harris, William Hastings (Hon.); George Johnson, Kenneth Johnston, Fleming Johnston (Hon.) ;. Dougles Kerr, Luther Kern.•, Hem Lee, John Lee, Louise Lloyd, Jean McCal- lum, Dorothy Mellor, Joseph Moir, Ross Orvis, Delight Reid, Evelyn Scott, Martha Smite, Rita Stapleton, Dorothy Stewart (Hon.); Arnold Stoaldey, Irene Taylor, Mary Tervit, Maxine Thompson, Ann VanWyck, Howard 3. Walker, Pearl Walker, Lenore Wellings. BRUSSELS Passed without writing: Frances A. Burchill, Allan J. Holies, Donald 0. Walker, George Blake, Vi- ola Cardiff, Irvine Dunn, Murray Huether, Alice Huether, Annie Mc- Cutcheon, Dorothy Nichol, Clare Van- Carnp, Norma VanCanip, Norman Young, Doris Armstrong, Jno. Pierce, W. W. Adams, Lloyd Armstrong, Passed on written examination: Leila Agar, Mary Alcock, Edward Cassidy, William Coleman, Versa Fischer, Mary Fox, Mildred Griffith, Mabel Harman (Hon.); George Bart, Marguerite Henderson (Hon,); Olive McIntosh, Doris Porter, Gilbert Riley, Evelyn Turvey, Wilfred Warwick, Gibson Willis (Hon.); Elma Young, Mary Yuill. METEOR DISPLAY Several residents of Lucknow wit- nessed a spectacular sight last Wed- nesday night, about nine o'clock, when a flaming meteor sped across the northern sky trailing a long plume of smoke which clung in the air for twenty minutes after the phenomenon disappeared. The met- eor appeared to the northwest and sped eastward, a ball of fire likened to a giant rocket, with sparks flying from the surface. —Lucknow Sentinel. OUR FOREST HERITAGE A SERIES OF TALKS BY JOHN C. IRWIN, .B.Sc.F.;F.E. 1. "BLIT ONLY GOD CAN MAKE A TREE." 2. "THE DESERTED' VILLAGE." 3. "WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE." "What Fools These Mortals Be" Inmy two earlier talks I discus- sed something 61 the nature of trees and their growth, of the ideal of the forest engineer to produce a crop of `trees continuously on land that is fit for nothing else, of the deterioration of many communities with the dis- appearance of the forest, and' -hinted at the many beneficial effects, econ- omic; social and cultural, of its pre- servation., I spoke also of the unbe- lievable manner in which we in Can- ada have . handled a tremendous re- source, a" manner which for prodigal- ity and profligacy seems without per -1 allel in recorded history' except in the 'United States. I mentioned also that it would seem i � to be entirely within the realm of possibility for usto develop -a ration- al forest policy in Canada, similar to that nowobtaining in many Euro- pean countries. - a policy by which our forests would be managed to yield a crop; of lumber every year, a policy by which they would be farmed and and not ruined. When I first begari the study of forestry in 1917, very little indeed was known about the subject by the general public. That the planting of trees and the fighting of forest fires were sometimes among the duties of the forest engineer were known to' some; but even the freshmen in other college courses (and those paragons of all wisdom, th e sophomores) thought a forest engineer a cross be- tween a member of the 1:0.F. and Robin Hood. Today a great deal more is known' about the subject, and thousands of Ontario people have visited the Pro-`` vineial Forest Nurseries at St. Wil -I Hams, Midhurst and Orono. There! and at not a few plantations scat- tered throughout the southern part of the Province, they have observed the uses that trees, grown in nur- series, may put to control drifting sand, to stop the erosion of banks, and, as windbreaks and shelter belts. They hr.'e seen them used to reforest fields and pastures in places from; which the original covering of trees should never have been removed. They have also seen signs read- ing "Demonstration Woodlot"'attached to trees on the side of the road — these signs indicating that a forest engineer in the Government service had consulted with the farmer on the best method of handling this impor- tant part of the farm, in order to obtain the best continuous supply of wood for heating and other purposes around the farm, as well as for sale. Thousands, too, have visited the fire -rangers' towers, and have been impressed with the many graphic signs nailed to trees and posts along roads and portages, warning them to be careful with fire, The Canadian Forestry Association and the various professional societies of forest engineers have also carried on a desultory and unmethodical pro- gramme of education, I think we should give credit to the late Mr. Frank Barnjum, some of whose let- ters to the press many of you have read. His activities were not consid- ered by some an unmixed blessing to the cause of forestry in Canada, but one must admire the way in. which he to bring •Canadians to realize the wealth of their forests and the crim- inal abandon with which they were allowing them to be destroyed. Since the death of Mr. Barnjuln we have not had any outstanding cru- sader for a nation-wide forest policy.. During the recent federal campaign. one party. leader • in hispublic ad- dresses did show an appreciation of some of our national' forest problems and it is regrettable that in the heat, of the election campaign wide publi- city was given to statements which, ridiculed his proposals. It a severe, indictment of the electioneering me- thods of some, that misleading and, untrue statements, which may nullify' the educational efforts of years, Willi be made by highly -placed men, gm-. ply to discredit an opponent. For- tunately the assertions made were So, ludricrons that they were deplored by° spent unstintingly of time and money- all oneyall well-informed people. The products of our forests in Can-•• ada are second only to those of ag- riculture in the annual production of wealth and the number of workers, employed. The average annual value of forest products during the period. from 1926-30 was just under five• hundred million dollars. Of this huge amount 60 percent was exported, and during the worst years of the de- pression the export of forest products- was roductswas responsible for a greater favour- able balance of trade than that due to the export of all agricultural pro- ducts including animals and animal derivatives. During the period 1926-30 the ave- rage annual wages paid in all wood - using industries was two hundred and fifty thousand. A few more figures—tee pulp anct paper industry is the most iinpor tant manufacturing industry in Can- ada; with 109 plants, employing thir- ty-three thousand people, and Paying' wages of fifty million dollars annual- ly. The invested capital is six hun- dred and twenty-five million dollars.. The amount of Canadian timber be- ing cut, burned or destroyed by in -- sects and other diseases is estimated at over four billion cubic feet, or approximately thirty-two billion board feet. Strangely enough, this, happens to be almost exactly the a- mount given as the annani growthof our forests. It is safe to conclude, then, that: one-tenth of our population is direct-• ly dependent on the products- of the. forest for a livelihood. If we consid- er those engaged in building and al- lied trades which make use of wood' as almost the most important part of their structures, this figure would be - greatly increased. In addition, you, must not overlook the millions of dol- lars brought into this country every year by the tourist trade, of which r think it would be safe to say fully fif- ty per cent. is attraoted by our for- ested regions. (Continued next week) VENCE THAT'S FLTHEEETOF 1. RECORD957-OF THIS [HEVROLET "Recently, as you know, we purchased from you ten 1937 Chevrolet tracks. t thought you would be interested to know that ut a little over two months this fleet has totalled 46,350 miles. The average operating cost, including gasoline, oil, depreciation, repairs and insurance was 2,98c per mile! This driving, of course, was done in Winter weather, • Naturally, we are delighted with this record, particularlgasthe average running cost before replacing our truck fleet with Chevrolets was 5c per mile. Yours very truly J Ames CirsDLAND & SONS, LTD.. TORONTO YOU HAVE to be personally "sold" on a purchase before you recommend it to your friends. In the Chevrolet Truck files are unsolicited testimonials that read like "believe it or not" items, yet they are honest, owner -histories of these famous commercial vehicles! ' If ; you use trucks, take a tip from big Canadian business firms. They keep an accurate expense account of every unit in their fleets ... and as a result .. specify Chevrolet . . for long life and economy! Why not check specifications .... compare values .. , inquire about the convenient financing arrangements of the General Motors Instalment Plan. If you do, your logical choice from every angle, will be ... Chevrolet! CT -87B=,