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The Clinton News Record, 1937-07-15, Page 3r uR$., JULY 15, 1937. WTAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE GAY NINETIES ilo You Remember What Happened During The Last Decade Of The Old Century? From The News -Record, July .,14, 1897: • THE 12TH.—Bayfield had a : big day on the gloriouis 12th. Clinton. Lodge and its stipliorters travelled by bicycle, horse and every other known means of ,conveyanee. TALL. No. 145 was awarded the prize for corning the farthest dis- tance. The Varna fife and -drum band se- cured the prize intheir class. Winners in' the two-mile bicycle race were W. Doherty, • A. McLeod, H. Mason. The concertin the Teem Hall at which Mr. Sharp, of the Clinton Mol- son's Bank presided, was well re- ceived. .Among those who took part were the Clinton Mandolin and Gui- tar Club, Mrs. Wall, Miss Couch, Miss Irwin, Miss McMurray, Bob Downs, Bert Kerr, and Miss Gib- bings. PICNIC.- The annual picnic of Willis Church Sunday School was held in Recreation Park on Thurs- day. In addition to the sports a grand banquet was held in the even- ing, abort six hundred. attending. Tho program for'ihe day included bi- cycle races, foot races, tugs of war, baseball, lacrosse, etc. HONORS.—Mr. Thos. Cottle, a gainst sixty-five competitors in the display of geraniums open to On- tario, at the Guelph: Provincial Farm, was awarded a certificate of merit. Miss McCrea is relieving Miss Kilty at Calumet, Mich. She will be back at the seat of custom in the C. P. R. office here its Cooper's Book store some time in August. T. Jackson will leave on Monday for a business trip to Manitoba and the North West. Han'y Reid and Jock ICilty celebra- ted Jubilee Day in 'good British style at Calumet, Mich. Mr, Ike Brownlee is here from West Harrisville Mich., and expects who live in a caboose which is taken. up the line as the work progresses, The G. T. R. will also spend con- siderable Looney in the local yarcl and have already started to lay a second track from the diamond to Isaac street. This will save time in the snake -up and• despatch of trains. Rev. S. J. Allen and family arrived in Clinton on: Friday evening and on Sunday Mr, A11iti preached the inaug- uralsermons of his pastorate in On- tario. Street and Turner's. • Master Frank Pennebaker is en- joying the holidays with his grand- mother, Mrs. • George Burrows of Sheppardton. Mr, Stewart Paisley, teller in the Royal Bank, is spending the holidays with his sisters is Ohio. Mr. Thos. Firth, late Science teach- er at the C.C.I..was in town the lat- ter part of the week, superintending the removal of his furniture to Lind- say. Mr. William Jones of Hamilton was up on Monday with the Huron Old Boys. Mr. R. B. (Dick) Poster was also here and assisted the choirs on Sunday. Miss Br'ickendon of Toronto was the guest this past week -end of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Taylor. Mz•. G. D. Roberton is in London today attending a convention of the London Life Insurance Company. Miss Kate Scott, nurse -in -training in the Presbyterian Hospital, New York .City, is spending the holidays at her home in town. Mr. George Hinchley, formerly of Clinton, but now of Regina, Sask., was one of those who lost property in the .recent disaster there, his house was' completely demolished. Mrs. M. T. Corless, accompanied In her song Mr. Alfred Corliss, superin- tendent of the Mend Nickle Mine, Sudbury, is the guest of her sisters, Mrs. Harry Fitzsimons and Mrs. A. J. McMurray. to remain for some time. Miss Rosa Cuninghame left on From The New Era, July 4, 1912: Thursday for a month's visit with friends in Toronto and Brampton. From The New Era, July 16, 1897: Mrs. James Wiseman, Chicago, is visiting here with relatives and friends. Mrs.J. Shaw, of Teeswater, is vis- iting her son, Dr, Shaw. Miss Susie .Malloy, of Milton, is visiting her sister, Mr.s Jas. Twit- ehell. Mrs. G. D. McTaggart and Mis§ Brodier have gone on a visit to Mor- risburg. Miss E. Doan is home for her holi- days; for four years she has been on the teaching staff of a Detroit School. Mrs. W. Alexander and Mrs. Gra- ham of Goderich Township, have gone on a visit to Melvin, Mich. Mrs. Waugh and children, of Kan- sas, and Horatio Reynolds, Minnea- polis, are visiting their father, R. Reynolds. Miss M. Cronyn, of Wingham, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Glazier, having covered the distance on her bicycle. Mr, and Mrs. John McGar'va,Rev. Mr. Diehl and Mr. and Miss Tena Cooper leave this week on the Mac- kinaw trip via North Shore Naviga- tion Co., and are ticketed through by A. O. Pattison. AUBURN. -The 12th was celebrat- ed here its grand style in . spite of the fact that the rainfell in torrents just as the procession was being formed. The procession marched to Symington's Grove, where Rev. Mes- srs. Stout of Clinton; . Hutton, of Dungannon, and Higley addressed the gathering. Mr. Kilty also spoke. CRICKET. :The Clinton Cricketers wona great victory in their ,match with Guelph on Tuesday. Only one Inning was played, the score being, Clinton' 153 runs, Guelph 110. cepted a position with G. N. W. at Cooper and Co's office. A SURPRISE.—When Mr, John Hartley got home Saturday noon he found on his desk, a brass 'desk set and a fountain pen with a carts from the pupils and teachers of the Model. School Mr. Hartley has been very popular during his five years here and all are sorry to see )rim go. PREPARING.—The fife and drum band of Clinton are practising in the old frame building opposite the Mol - son's Bank on Ontario Street, in pre- paration for the glorious twelfth. CYCLONE NEWS. — Forty-one dead, twenty-four of whom have been identified, and a property loss of a- bout eleven million dollars -is the lat- est news from the cyclone stricken area which visited Regina on Sunday. NEW . TEACHER:—Mr. T. A. Sin- clair, M.A., of Toronto University, a specialist in Science, who has been a successful teacher at Walkerton Col- legiate has accepted the position va- cated by Mr. Firth, who goes to Lindsay. Rev. Kenneth Beaton of Toronto is visiting his father, Mr. A. D. Beaton. Miss Minnie Ker leaves next week for Calgary, Castor and Provost, Al- ta, 1Vile Josh Cook and Miss Vera spent Sunday and. Monday at Stratford. Mis Sadie- East, ho has been teach- ing near Wallaceburg, has returned home. Mr. and Mrs; W. S. Downs and Master Everett visited in Clifford ov- er the holiday. Master Ernest Bradshaw left on Saturday to spend a. few weeks with friends in Sombre. and Bradshaw. Mrs. Kindree of St. Thomas, was a visitor with her daughter, Mrs. W. Kilbride, Ontario street. Miss Edith. Stewart, who has been telegraph operator at Blyth, has ac - Mr. Arthur Ford, son of Rev. J. When The Present .Century E. Ford, was in Regina during the re - Was Young e-Was-Young cent cyclone, but escaped uninjured. From The News -Record, July llth, 1912: WIN TROPHY.—A. Clinton rink consisting of J. B. Hoover, W. J. Ne - diger, W. J. Stevenson and- E. G. Courtice won the trophy at the Sea forth tournament last week, each re- ceiving a leather -covered oak rocker. OLD BOYS HERE. - The Huron !Old Boy's excursion was, held here on Saturday last. Many of the na- tives of the old county were here. Among those who came up for the week -end in the Hub were: Messrs. R. Holmes, E. Floody, Sr., E. Floody, Jr., Mrs. W. Moore and daughter, Miss Brickenden, Mrs, W. F. Cante- Ionand children, Mr. and Mrs: W. R. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Levy and Mr. Alex Armstrong. As last year, an auto trip was ar- ranged. Many taking the opportun- ity of enjoying this popular pastime.. Goodyear Earnings Exceed Dividends Upward Trend Continues, Reports A. G. Partridge, President. Toronto, July 2. — In a letter to sh'a.reholders of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. of Canada, Limited, accompanying dividend cheques for the second quarter of 1937, the Pre, sident, A. G. Partridge, says:- "The upward: trend in the volume of business apparent in the early part of the year has continuedto date, with the result that your Company's operations during the first half of the year have been quite satisfactory, earnings substantially exceeding di- vidends on both Preferred and Com- inon stooks. "The usual reserves have been set up. Inventories of raw materials and NEW ILAILS.—The London, Huron finished goods are on a very satis- & Bruce line is being retailed from factory basis as we enter the most Clinton to Wingham. The work is active buying season for tires, rub - being done by fifty or more Italians ber hose and rubber belting." THE CLINTON. NEWS -RECORD OUR FOREST HERITAGE,: A SERIES OF TALES BY JOHN C. IRWIN, L'.Sc.F.,P.E. 1. "BUT ONLY GOD CAN MAKE A. TREE." 2. "THE DES'ERTE'D VILLAGE." 3. "WHAT FOOLS THESE MORTALS BE." "What Fools These Mortals Be" (Continued from last week) I could add many, more figures, but perhaps this, would be confusing. They can be found in the Canada Year Book mad various other Government reports. What I wish to convey is that the products of our forest are today responsible for an immense a- mount of our national and individual well-being. In the past they have produced tremendous wealth; you yourself will doubtless know of many fortunes built up through this means. In addition, our governments have received vast revenues from timber dues, and various other charges, very little of which until lately had gone to maintain the resource. The goose that laid the golden eggs has had singularly little care. One would think that with this evidence of the wealth -producing po- tentialities of our forests, we would take every precaution to safeguard them, not only. from fire and various other natural forces that destroy, but would use our best brains to perpet- uate and improve them. With so much at stake one would expect that Cana- dians above all would be "forest -con- scious" -we ,have certainly been gold and nickel -conscious, but until lately we as a people have looked on with almost complete unconcern while the forest burned over and over, while large areas, because of repeated burn- ings became almost barren, and no effort whatever was made in logging to preserve the young growth or oth- erwise to ensure a new crop. We have stood by complacently as mil- lions of acres of land that once grew some of the best white pine in the worldwere. turned into barren waste —not. only were these lands tremen- dous producers but they were close to the markets, almost at our doors. Lumbermen are forced every year to go farther and farther for their sup- plies, and a very large part of the pricee we pay for lumber in the city is made up of the cost of transporta- tion. The railways do not haul lum- ber for nothing. in the period from 1926-30 an average of 600,000 cars of forest products were loaded every year by our Canadian railways. Theme are fortunately a number of bright spots on the horizon — they should serve to encourage us to ef- fort, rather than lull us with a sense of false security. The first is that m Canada almost the entire forest domain, apart from farmers' woodlots is under the con- trol of the various provincial govern- ments. Any legislative action, there- fore, in the direction of forest bet- terment, once undertaken cannot be blocked by the refusal to co-operate of private owners. In this we are much more fortunate than the United States, however, the Federal Govern- ment, being keenly aliveto the im- portance of the problem, is spending millions of dollars each year buying back forest land, the complete title to which should never havebeen given away or sold for a pittance. This land is being replanted by the Forest Service or otherwise handled for For- estry purposes. Odious as comparisons are, it is only fair to say that the three other important tree -growing provinces, New Brunswick, Quebec and British Columbia*' have not been so slow in realizing the importance of sane handling of this resource as Ontario has been. True, in apparently much greater degree proportionately, the industrial activity of theseprovinces depends our the forest; and they have taken and are taking steps to see that their main industry is not ham - pored br destroyed by failure of wood supplies. I do not wish to in- dicate that the carrying out of their policies cannot be improved upon, but they are moving in the right direction, and if supported by a Dominion -wide interest and enthusiasm, and a na- tional forest policy, are well on the wayto the :goal. In Ontario, during the last quarter-century, we have pas- sed a considerable amount of forward looking legislation, but very little has been done, to implement, it, and it is only recently that flagrant overlap- ping in certain services has been el- iminated. As a matter of fact, we have not yet in Ontario a complete and dependable inventory of our tim- ber resources. It is also cheerful to remember that at long last (perhaps one of the many beneficial effects of•.the de- pression) large wood -using concerns are indicating that they recognize their duty to manage their forest pro- perties to ensure a steady supply of wood; also that they have a respon- sibility in this regard to the sur- rounding community which furnishes the labour, and to the country es a whole. They are now also taking the advice of their forest engineers and fortunately some companies have put logging operations in their charger This is as it should be. It is a source of some cold corn - felt that according to the best fig- ures available, the annual growth on what remains of our forests, once considered inexhaustible, 'seems suf- ficient to supply our present yearly requirements. But only our present requirements are provided for no provision is made for the further ra- vages of fire and disease. If our popplation grows materially, as many` hope it will, we may find ourselves obliged either to use more than the annual growth( and thus gradually exhaust our supply or to import wood at tremendous expense. from Europe. We are already importing each year many milliondollars' worth' of woods which used to flourish in this coun- try. Fortunately, too, it can be said that the forest fire situation is greatly im- proved, due to the persistent work of the various forestry services, and the. gradual education of the public. The amount burned annually no longer equals the amount cut, it is in fact only a fraction of it. It is still much too great, however, and the fire loss in Canada even yet is about fifty times'as serious as in European coun- tries with progressive forest policies. Safe, then, as we seem to be for some years from a timber famine, What should be done and what should our attitude on the subject be? True patriotism, I think, demands that the next generation be given not only the liberties we have inherited from our forebears, but also that conservable resources be not wasted, but kept for. those who come after, on whose be- half we are certainly piling up enough debt. As I have said before, if a part of the money now used aid which will continue to be used for relief, were expended for forestry purposes, the succeeding generations would have a resource with which to pay these debts—in other words, the re- lief expenditures could be self-liquid- ating.' Since the prodtietion of trees is a long-time proposition, if our forest 'domain is to be improved it is im- perative that a start be made. One greht need is practical research -un- fortunately the results of European experiments although helpful are not directly applicable under our condi- tions, and it would seem reasonable that a substantial sum of money should be set aside for this research. The forest have supplied millions in the past without any substantial re- investment •being made; is it not time that we showed our appreciation by embarking on a poliey that would give the forest ''engineers the information they, and their successors will need? Forest engineers in European coun- tries which have had forest policies for a century or more are still experi- menting, nor is that to be wondered at—we have agricultural experimental stations scattered with considerable. frequency throughout the entire Do- minica' of Canada, and agriculture has been practised professionally for nearly 6000 years of recorded history; and in this country the products of the forest are not far behind those of the field as sources of wealth. Why the disparity in amounts spent fur experimentation and research? Where proper methods have been worked out, the cutting of timber areas in such away as to insure re- production should be required. Ev- en then there may be some doubt as to the entire efficacy of the proposed method. It is surely worthwhile to sacrifice some immediate gain for the sake of the future. And last, and perhaps most impor- tant, for the others depend on it, is the control of fire. The repeated burning . of forest land ` is compar- able to spreading a poisonous sub- stance on agricultural land after the first crop has been harvested. The fire hazard can be, practically elim- inated—it is in Europe, and we should. be the last to admit defeat by it. If it is not, and if we continue to shut our eyes to the necessity of insisting on a policy of rational forest devel- opment, surely Puck's saying will be remarkably true of us, "Lord, what fools these mortals be!" *Some might exclude B.C. fu\\\11n\tl„„ nnn„,,,,m Tib//u {7/J///!//Rizzra i, Dan McCowan Is Outstanding Naturalist. Dan McCowan, featured over 'the CBC national network every Thurs- day at 9.30 pan. EST from Banff, in a series of tallcs entitled "Nature Has a, Story," is one of Canada's outstanding naturalists. Mr. Mc - McCowan has been studying the natural history of the west for more than thirty years and curing that time he has amassed 'an amazing wealth of material. It is first hand experience that forms the basis of his weekly talks. That he is recognized beyond the borders of our own Dominion is in- dicated by the reference to him by Bob Davis noted columnist of the Net, York Sun who, in his recent book, "Canadian Cavalcade," says: "His name is Dan McCowan. Thirty years ago he turned up in the Cana- dian Rockies and began to putter a- round among the wild animals, with whom he established such friendly relations that when the last trumpet blows and all noses are counted Dan will be found coming down a canyon in the company of grizzly bears, elk, mountain sheep, whistling marmots, moose and wildcats. And he will be heading the procession , ..." Mr. McCowan is no stranger to western listeners of the CBC and as a result of the marked success which his talks have achieved west of the Great Lakes, his radio billing is now national in scope. He will continue his series on July 22 when he talks about "Pigeon's Milk," a chat em- bracing birds and their food. On this broadcast Mr. McCowan will de- scribe the amazing' spectacle he wit- nessed when one million sea gulls landed in the wheat fields of a Sas-' katchewan farmer. CBC Plays Host. The CBC has played host to a number of charming American visi- tors, bound for the land of the Di- onne quints,, during the past two weeks. CBCT, the Toronto outlet,. has been the mecca for scores who have heard the babies over the air on CBC's birthday party broadcasts. One delightful lady from Rochester„ N.Y.,. making a tour of the Toronto studios, admitted that the first thing that made .der' a "Canadian" listener was the first Dionne broadcast from Cal- lender. "I have heard them: aII and now I am going to see them;" she said. "But that was only the begin- ning, of my interest in Canadian pro- grams, I listen to "Melodic Strings" every week and "Id Paris" and many other good programs from your ne+ works." And that, you'll agree, is something to swe131 the chests of pro- gram men, Do Yoi ;Want One? ,Perhaps it's the. weather, or per- haps it's because we arelooking for- ward happily to our fast -approaching holiday, or perhaps it's because of a number of jolly things, but we are in a give-away mood this morning. And it's all because the lady from Roches- ter reminds us of our two trips to see the Dionnes. Anyhow, on our last jaunt up north this spring when the babies celebrated their third birthday our candid photographer took an interesting snaps -shot of the nursery. If any readers of this col- umn would like one as a gift, let us lrnow and we shall send it to you. • Jennings Meets The President. Charles Jennings, CBC chief an- nouncer, back from his assignment at Hyde Park, N.Y., when he put Presi- dent Roosevelt on the air during the Dominion Day broadcast, was delight- ed with the homey atmosphere of the President's library where the address originated. Charles said it did his heart good to see the fishing tackle and all sorts of masculine treasures scattered about the comfortable, in- formal roorn. Charles had about ten minutes' conversation with the Pre- sident and, like all who have enjoyed the experience, came home a Roose- velt fan He also had the pleasure of being presented to the. President's mother. Willis Goes North. Aboard the "Nascopie," govern- ment patrol boat now headed north to the eastern Arctic, is J. Frank Wil- lis,),CBC program director at Halifax who will be remembered as the Moose River mine announcer and producer of "Atlantic Nocturne," the oldest program on the Canadian air. Mr. Willis, with Roy Cahoon, of the CBC engineering department, is in- vestigating the possibilities of broad- casting from the far north to civiliza- tion. If plans work out successfully, perhaps we shall be hearing all sorts of interesting thingsfrom' the Land of the Midnight Sun in time to come. On CBC Network. Molly Mooney, former Port Arthur, Ontario, soprano who for the last four years has been singing in a pro- fessional capacity in England, will be heard over the national network of the Canadian Broadcasting Corpora- tion on Sunday, July 18, at 5.45 p.m. EST from the Toronto studios. Miss Mooney, who has been a BBC' artist on many occasions, is at present vis- iting her parents at the lake -head city. CORPORATION FEATURES DAY BY DAY (Ail Times Eastern Standard) Thursday, July 15: 800. pan- "Robin Hood Dell .Con - PAGE. A record shattering tire value! You'll never know how good it is until you try it on your car : . put it to the test of hard, gruelling ser. vice! Itcosts you less than any other standard tire . yet it retains every Goodyear factor of safety and long wear. See the "11.1" today . We have it! 0 'Iro m m h ,.s berme Stab CLINTON. mseemmagemmoirammomitar cert.". Symphony orchestra with guest conductor. NBC; CBC interna- tional exchange. From Philadelphia. 8.30 .p.m. "Midnight in Mayfair;' English night-club setting with or- chestra direction Howard Fogg and soloist. From Montreal. Friday, July 16: • 8.00 pan. "Shadows on the Grass." Soloists with string and woodwind ensemble, From Halifax. 9.00 p.m. "Baolcstage." Variety presentation with Woodhouse and Hawkins, orchestra and vocal ensem- ble. From Winnipeg. . Saturday, July 17: 8.00 p.m.. "Louisiana Hayride." MBS -CBC exchange program, From Los Angeles. 9.30 p.m. , "Our Heritage of Free- dom." Summary and conclusions by B. K. Sandwell. From Toronto. Sunday, July 18: 5.00 p.m. His Majesty's Canadian Grenadier Guards. Band concert di- rection Capt. J. J. Gagner, CBC - NBC international exchange, From Montreal 6.45 p.m. Molly Mooney, soprano. With Gwen Williams at the piano„ From Toronto. Monday, July 19: 8.00 p.tn. "Mirror of Music." Solo- ists and orchestra direction Bruce-, Holder. From Saint John. 9.80 pan. "Fighting Through." A. series of talks by those who have• been unemployed. Front Vancouver, Tuesday, July 20: 9.00 an. "Streamline.' Orchestra. direction Percy Faith with the Pasha ionaires, novelty vocal trio. From. Toronto. rom- Toronto. 9.30 p.nt. "These Times." News commentary by D'Arcy Marsh. Front: Hamilton. Wednesday, only 21: 8.00 pan. NBC String Symphonyz Frank Black conductor. NBC=CBC international exchange. From. New' York. 9.00 pan. "Automobile Vagabonds." R. H. Percy and Graham McInnes.. Series of broadcasts of a coast tc" coast motor tour. From Ottawa. =SNAPSNOT CUIL Snapshooter! Spring Has Camel*)-�, The family news photographer records the, start of the spring baseball practice of a great team. The speed (7) ball was "caught" at 1/260 second: at f,6.3, tl TOW comes, the time of year when 11 according to the poets, "Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil," when "The joyous book of Spring lies open, writ in blossoms," when 'Spring is in the world and all things are made new." In the Spring, according to the meteorologists, the sky grows bright- er, the sun stronger. According to the psychologists, the human' urge for action also waxes stronger, and, according to the astrologers, Spring is an auspicious season. Add these all up and tite answer is that it is a grand time for picture taking. Beauty, light, action and omens of good luck—all fresh and new—.what more promising condi- tions can an amateurphotographer ask for? So, if that camera has been hiber- nating in the closet all winter, get It out, dust it off, clean the lens, load up and start shooting. With even half en eye at what you, aro shoot- ing at, you are bound to get pictures,. that will bring you lasting satis- faction. Pretty backgrounds of flowers and foliage are waiting. Children are out playing, always good subjects fore story -telling snapshots, including: the young Babe 1tuths who are whacking 'em out once more on the sandlots. The season for hikes and auto excursionshas.begun with op- portunities for lbeautiful .scenic plc -- tures of nature in her new dress„ also for picnics which simply compel: the presence of a camera; also for parades-ta-ra-ra! Have you a good picture of a drum major in your album yet? And once more along comes the circus where, "under the big top," with extra fast •film aid an ultra fast lens, you may capture thrilling snap- • shots :of that young man on the flying: trapeze, not to mention revealing • close-ups of the bearded lady and, as the circus press -agent would say, perfectly paralyzing portraits of the ponderous pachyderms. Soon, too, school and college com- mencement celebrations will be with, us, and June weddings—outstanding • occasions for taking memory pic- • tures, always to be cherished., It's truo. Snapshot time is, here + again. It's Spring! New platted; ; everywhere! Arise and shoot!: lac John vanGuilder••