The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-15, Page 1The News -Record Est. 1878
With Which is Incorporated The Clinton Neu). Era
The New Era Est. 1885
NO. 58.40. -58TH YEAR.;
CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 15TH 1937
Sate the 9urehase of ZGur 'Watch
from 'Coronation Zjear.
We take great pride in bur Watches" They are scientifically con-
structed. The wearing parts are tempered to the proper hardness.
The Escapements are finely adjusted, and the greatest thing about
them is they are dependable. You can rely oil keeping your engage-
ments on time, not wasting time by being too early, and better still,
not keeping those you have an engagement with waiting for you.
Yon know your time is worth money, so is theirs. Then in addition
to being good timekeepers, they are of good appearance. You can-
not be fair to yourself unless yop see these timekeepers, before you
make a purchase.
Our Best Satisfied Customers are Those to Whom we have sold
Watches.
Ws H. .HELLYAR
Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optometrist. Residence Phone 174j,
IffirararrWrIr
THE COOLEST PLACE IN TOWS
OUR BASEMENT
DRESS DEPARTMENT
All Sum er resses
Clearing at 20 to
30% Off Original
Priees
Sizes up to 49
IRWIN'S
" CLINTON'S LEADING STYLE SHOPPE
The Farmers' Market
Wheat, $1.30.
Oats, 50c to 55c.
Barley, 80c.'
Buckwheat, 80c.
, Butterfat, Spec., 280; First, 26c.
Dairy Butter, 20e.
Eggs, 20c, 17e,, 15c,' 14e,
Hogs, $9.76.
Lights For Brucefield
At the regular meeting of Tucker -
smith Township Council a petition
was presented by, Ross Scott on be-
half of the, residents of Brucefield,
praying the council to take the nec-
essary action tosecure street lights
for the village, which was granted
and the clerk was instructed to make
application to the H.E"P.C.for a sur-
vey and estimates, of the area wish-
ing service.
'A Dead Shot,
Jack Cutt, son of Mr.' and Mrs. J.
C. Cutt, Goderich,demonstrated his
prowess' with a• light calibre rifle
while visiting a cousin, A. Radford,
at Londesboro recently, by killing.
six bats -with one shot The Rad
fords had been pestered by bats for
some time, swarms of them having
,.congregated about the eaves of the
house. Jack enjoyed a field day in.
his open : war on the pests, killing
twenty-five, in a brief fusilade.
BASEBALL MEETING
At the baseball meeting on Mon-
day night, Mr. Thos. Churchill, who
has been managing the team, gave
over the duties to Mr. Richard Tas-
ker, who was unable to assume the
duties 'earlier in the season. The
members of
f. the executive and team'
expressed appreciation to Mr; Chur-
chill for the work he has done with
the team'
The members of the team also ap-
preciate very much Mr. Churchill's
donation of sox to the team.
Institute Will Meet
The Women's Institute meeting will
be held on Thursday afternoon, July
22nd, at 3 p.m. As this is Grand-
mother's Day the meeting will be.
held on the spacious lawn of Mrs. W.
S. R. Holmes. Mrs. Fred Oster,
Blyth, District President, will be
present and will give an address, An
interesting program is also being
prepared.
All grandmothers of town and vi-
cinity are cordially invited to be pre-
sent. Those who have no means of -
conveyance will be called for if they
will notify either of the following:
Mrs. Wm. Rozell, Mrs. J. B. Levis
or Miss L. Brigham.'
JUVENILES WIN
The Clinton Juveniles tacked an-
other win up ,on Tuesday evening
against Seaforth in the latter town,
winning by a score of 10 to 2. Bob
Draper pitched for the locals, and was
in usual good form. The game' was
featured by the heavy hitting of the
locals.
Manager Remembered
-Last Thursday morning Mr. C.
Bomhoff was called into the machine
room at the, Richmond hosiery, where
the employees had gathered to pre-
sent him with a small token of their
appreciation to him for his kindly
help and est -operation with them.
MT. A Garen spoke of the re-
gret they all felt that Mr. Bonihof:f
was leaving Clinton, and wishing him
success in his new field of endeavour
at Auburn, Kentucky.. Mr. Bomhoff
was presented with a signet ring.
The new manager will be Mr. A.
Garon and Mr. John Nediger has
been appointed night supervisor. The
Richmond Hosiery 'Mill is a busy lit-
tle plant, employing about tW'enty-
five persons. ' , a ._. . I ,.
THE HOME PAPER.
Orang ': en Celebrate the Glorious welch at Cli toy
No. 1. shows Thomas Stewart of Bluevale, now in his 83rd year, watching the proceedings from liis chair on the platform. He has been a member of BluevaIe Lodge for y$iaty-five
years. In No, 2 the members of the Clinton committee are shown" From left to right they are: Asa Deeves, E. W. Morrison, H. M. Healy, Henry Sloma n, N. E. Sly and A. D. Mc-
Cartney: No" 3 shows members of the Stratford Ladies' Lodge, and No" 4 gives a general view of the crowd watching the parade as it proceeded to the nark" Veterans shown in. NO:
o are David Cantelon of Clinton (left) and Andrew MVlillian of Colborne Township. The former is in his 90th year and has been active in Orange circles for 65 years, Mr. Kil-
lian has been an Orangeman for 60 years. Iia No. 6 some very interested spectators are seen seated on the curb watching the parade, Courtesy of Stratford Beacon -Herald.
' A MOST SUCCESSFUL
CELEBRATION
THE PROCESSION OVER A MILE
AND A HALF LONG
Seventy -Eight Lodges In
Parade. -
h as again
The Glorious Twelfth
passed into history, but the memory
of Clinton's most successful "walk
will live long in the memory of those
who witnessed the impressive parade
which was over a mile and a half,
long. About 80 lodges, representing
North and South Huron, North and
South Perth, Oxford and i7Test Bruce,
participated.
Contrary to usual custom, the
weatherman was kind, and no rain
tell to star the day's activities, the
weather being ideal for the occasion.
The huge crowd, estimated at ap-
proximately ten thousand, began to
arrive early in the day,, and by noon
the town was literally packed with a
carefree, good-natured crowd.
Every available parking space on
Main Street was taken by noon, and
the side streets were overflowing
with families who had brought Iun-
ches which were eaten under shade
trees by the roadside, or on res;-
dents' lawns.
Those who were catering to the
hungry crowd were taxed to capac-
ity, huge supplies of food disappear-
ing. as if by magic. Extra policemen
were brought in to take' care of the
heaviest traffic seen here in years,
which they handled with'pourtesy and
efficiency.
The parade, beaded by Peter W.
Scott, 71, of Belgrave, riding in the
sidecar of Traffic Officer N. Lever's
motorcycle, followed by two white
chargers, symbolic of. William of 'Or-
ange, ridden by Einer Webster
and Carl Diehl of• Varna
and the imposing parade of
lodges, got under way about 2.00
pan, After circling the main streets
of town, they paraded back to the
park where the open-air mass meet-
ing was held.
The chairman at the meeting was
Elmer Webster, Varna, County Mas-
ter for South •Huron. Brief addresses
were given by Mayor Holmes, David
Cantelon, Rev. G. G. Burton, Clinton;
Rev" W. A: Townshend, London. The
special speaker for the day was Rev.
W. L. L. Lawrence of Toronto, Past-
Grand Master of Ontario West.' His
address was of particular. interest to
the huge crowd, and an incentive to
loyal Orangemen.
Those who were selected as judges
had no easy task in choosing the win -
hers for the various prizes. Awards
were made as .follows.:
Best Fife and Drum Band, first,
Stratford Lodge, No,- 2668; Second,
Stratford L. T. B. No. 97,
Best Fifer, William Kutch, Clinton.
Best Drummer, Charles Stewart,
Blyth,
Largest Men's Lodge, Woodstock..
Best Dressed Men's Lodge, Wood-
ham.
Lodge coming farthest distance,
Tiilsonburg,
Largest Ladies' Lodge, Gerrie.
Best Dressed Ladies' Lodge, Gode-
rich.
First Prize Banner, Men's Lodge,
Wallace,
and Prize, Men's Lodge, Blyth.
1st Prize, Banner, Ladies' Lodge,
Stratford, No. 97.
2nd Prize Banner. Ladies' Lodge,
Goderich.
Oldest Orangeman, William P.
Humphreys, Atwood, 92 years of age,
a member for 74 years.
Best decorated bicycle, Frank Van-
E'gmond.
Best decorated store window: 1st,
J .E. Scott; 2ndC. Lobb; 3rd, T. J.
Riley,
Following the judging some splen-
did exhibitions of fife playing and
drumming were given by the various
winters and contestants. Ml day
and far into the night the rumble of
drums and the shrill notes of the fife
resounded throughout the town.
At 6.30 pan. the football game be-
tween Bayfield and Clinton result-
ed in a win for the locals, giving
them a place 3n:the play-off games.
The evening concert in the park,
featuring the Br ntswielc Trio of
London, was a great attraction, and a
pleasing feature was the voluntary
contribution of Mr. Cameron Geddes,
Winghain who is well known in this
locality, .who gave two pleasing vocal
numbers in his usual fine style,
To the younger generation, ;she
dance held in the town hall during the
afternoon and evening offered a
special appeal, and the festivities
continued until the early hours of the
Morning.
All in all, it was a great and_glor-
ions twelfth. It may be some years
before a similar celebration is held
here due to the fact that each
municipality' in each county has
turn at acting=as. hosts for the, walk.
Look 'At Your Label
Our mailing lists were corrected
this week up to July 13th, and all
payments on subscriptions should be
shown on the label of this week's' pa-
per. Look at the label on your pa-
per and see that you have been pro-
perly credited. If your paper is in
arrears your payment will be appre-
ciated.
TUCKERSMITH
Mrs. Geo. Connell of Varna spent
several days with her son, Roy Con-
nell in Tuckersmith.
FOOTBALLERS MAKE
PLAY-OFFS
The football team secured them-
selves a play-off berth in theirr group
of the South Huron League on the
evening of the Glorious Twelfth, when
they entertained a large crowd, and
defeated' the Bayfield team by a
store of 2-1, on the local field.
With this loss went Bayfield's hopes
of play-offs, would Clinton's,
the la o s as
p y ,,
if they had lost, so the game was
more or less a sudden -death affair,
with the Bayfield lads dying.
With the exception of the first few
minutes of play the home team was
much the better team. Bayfield how-
ever, scored the first goal, when after
a luckless first half for Clinton, Wes-
ton kicked the ball past McInnes for
the only goal of the half from a
scramble .in front of the Clinton goal,
just as the whistle blew half time.
Two fast goals by "Homer" Dale
and Charlie Wilson put the Clinton
boys ahead in the second half. After
telt.ininutes from the starting whistle
Dale scored the tying goal, and with-
in two minutes Wilson put his team
in the lead, a lead which they well de-
served. Both goals came as the re-
sult of some neat passing and kick-
ing, just about the best we have seen
the boys do this year. For the re-
mainder of: the game Clinton carried
the play and missed out on several
Mee chances. The final score was
2-1.
Clinton - McInnes, Bateman, Ed,
Layton, Wilson, G. Layton, Mann,
Garritt, McKay, Dale, Ross, Pepper.
Bayfield—Keyes, Wilds, Thompson,
Hugh McLeod; Harold McLeod, Smith,
Cooper,. Allison," Jackson, Sturgeon,
Weston.
Gbal umpires—Nicholson, Bayfield;
Morgan, Clinton. Referee—John Arm-
strong, Blyth,
A -meeting to decide group play-
off dates will be held on Monday.
night, Clinton will have to meet Sea-
forth first in the semi-finals, the win-
ner to take on the St. Columba"' Ir-
ishmen who finished in first place.
Clinton has done splendidly' consid-
ering this is the first year they have
been together; although some of the
players have played in previous years.
At the start of the season theydidn't
look so hot,, but their passing . and
kicking has improved to such an ex-
tent that right now they appear to
have a splendid chance against the
other teams in the play-offs.
Here is the way the four teams
finished;
.WTPL
Si. Columban ...,.5 1 0 10
Seaforth , " , . ...8 2 1 7
Clinton'2 3 1 5
Bayfield ,1 5 0 2
The.winner of this group will play
off with the winner.' of the northern
group for the group championship.
Last` year's winner was Walton"
A. Y. P .A. Picnic
The Deanery A. Y. P"` A. annual
picnic teas held in Jowett's Grove,
Bayfield, on Wednesday afternoon.
The attendance_ was smaller than' in
former years. The following is the
list of winners:
76 yard dash, ladies, L. Elliott,
Bayfield; Mrs, L. Strong, Seaforth;
K. Middleton, Bayfield. '75 -yard clash,
men J. Ilatwlcins Clinton; Bob Archi-
bald, Seaforth; L. Riley, Goderich,
Kicking Shoe, ladies, Pat McGoun,
Clinton; Mrs. McGoon, Clinton; L.
Elliott, Bayfield. Kicking shoe, men,
II. Blackstone, Goderich; Bob Archi-
bald, Seaforth; L. Riley, Goderich,
h,Potato race, ladies, C. Cuninghame,
Bayfield; Clin-
ton; Pat McGoon,, Clinton. Potato
race, men, L. Riley, Goderich; B.
Archibald, Seaforth; C. Brittle, Gode-
rich.
At the conclusion of the sports it
was decided that the Clinton branch
had won the banner for the second
consecutive year.
Public School Board '
A special meeting of 'Clinton Public
School Board .was held on Thursday
evening, July 8th, 1937. Members
present, Messrs. Hardy, Cook, I•Iall,
Jenkins, Cudmore, Lobb and Firth.
The minutes of the last regular
and . special meeting were read and
adopted,
The correspondence was then read.
Firth -Cook: That Mrs. Lawson's
resignation 'be accepted and that the
balance of the correspondence be fil-
ed. Carried.
The following accounts were pre-
sented:
Town of Clinton, $3.50
P.U,C., Clinton $10.26
W. D. Fair ' $2.00
C. H. Venner 4.00
19.76
Cook—Lobb: That the accounts be
paid. Carried.
Theprincipals report was read.
Lobb -Hail: That the report' beac-
cepted.
Hall—Jenkins: That the property
committee be empowered to have
school -plastered where necessary.
Carried.
Ma. Ray. Carter then addressed the
Board with reference to purchasing
the Brittania Encyclopaedia, but no
action was taken.
Cudtnore —Jenkins: That Messrs.
Hardy and „Firth be a committee to
interview Miss E. Hall with reference
to, teaching part time inthe school
and make the necessary arrange-
ments.' Carried,
Jenkins—Hall: That we adjourn.
Carried.
--II: C. Lawson,. Sec. -treasurer.
Little Locals
The Tebbutt Re -union will be held'
in Harbor Paris, Gocler%h, on Wed-
nesday afternoon, July '28th..
IMr. Leonard McKnight was it To--
ttonto last Friday and Saturday at-
tending the Underwriters' Convention,
of the Metropolitan Insurance• tmo'hz . •
pany.
I
The storm on Sunday morning help--
ed to clear the air of some of the.
heat, which was holding Ontario in
its grip for a week. However the •
thermometer is still rising and the
beach is a favourite resort.
Mr. R. H. Johnson recently Y tau lt
s c tI a
g
a large black bass, measuring 21Ve
inches itt length and weighiing 3;i,
pounds. He won't divulge the name.
of the spot where he goes fishing, be-
cause he fears he would have lots of
company.
Janet McMillan, pupil of Miss,
Margaret Tough, teachek at S. S. No_!
2, North Easthope, took the highest
standing of all pupils who wrote the
entrance examinations in the Strat-
ford division. She is twelve years'
of age. Janet wins the Stratford'.
Scholarship for highest•marks in the.
entrance examinations.
Scouts Go To Camp
It was a happy lot of boys who left'•
this morning for the summer Scout
camp. Every detail as to meals, first
aid supplies,daily routine and sports„
and each boys personal equipment ha&
been carefully planned in advance,.
The Troop is divided into four patrols„
each with a leader, and each patrol
has a camp site of its own, and pre-.
pares and serves its own meals. Ina
this way the Scout idea of; training is
followed, in which a boy is taught •to
look after himself and accept respon
aibilities, Rev. Mr. Sherman has
kindly consented to tonne out on Sun-
day afternoon and conduct a religious
service with the boys.
While parents will be welcome at
camp at any time, Sunday and Wed-
nesday
ednesday afternoon have been set aside•
as visiting days and the boys will be
kept close to camp, As the boys must
all receive like treatment, it has been
decided that eatables brought out, by-
parents
yparents or others will go into the
quartermaster's stores, to be divided
among all the boys through their
patrol. Plenty of good wholesome •
food will be supplied at all 'times hut'
naturally the limited cooking facilities
will not produce pies, cakes, etc: new -
ever should parents wish to picnic
while visiting, their • boys would be
allowed to have that meal with them-'
Signs' will be placed giving direc-.
Mons to the camp. The first of these.
will be at the North end of town at:
the corner of the Base' line t and ; ti.
Whighatn highway.