The Clinton News Record, 1937-09-30, Page 4f
br
THURS., SEPT. 30, 1937.
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What H
Decade Of The
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
appened During The Last
Old Century?
The Huron News -Record September,
29, '1897: -
Mr. W. A. Ross, formerly of'Clin-
ton, now of Godeich, showed at the
show there last week an incubator pf
about 125 egg capacity. The ma-
chine as manufactured by himself, is
being offered for sale.
Miss Laura Acheson of Goderich.
has arranged to spend Saturday of
each week in our town for the pur-
pose of giving instruction in violin.
Miss Acheson is a former pupil of
Signor' Dlnelli, Toronto- Conservatory
of Music.
The Clinton Cricketers finished" up
the season on Friday, September 24.
by playing a match between the mar-
ried and single members of the club.
The gameresulted in the favor of the
bachelors by 74 runs. Mulled: let
innings, L. Kennedy, G. Barge, R.
Agnew, J. Hoover, F. Hodgins, W.
Spalding, J. Chidley, Dr. Bruce, T.
Southcombe, W.. Coats, F. Gilroy, H.
Steep. Single, lst innings, J. McMur-
chie, A. MeGarva, F. W. Terry, M.
McTaggart, E. Cantelon, J. Miller,
G. Haxby, P. Couch, D. McPherson,
D. Ross, W. Armstrong.
Due to considerable advertising
this week the Record carries a half-
page supplement. Gilroy and Wise-
man have a half page advertisement
announcing the dissolution of part-
nership on February 1st, 1898.
The }Markets. Fall Wheat, 80c.
Barley 20c. Oats, 22c, Potatoes per
bushel, 40c. Butter, loose 12c. In
tub, 12c. Eggs 12c. Apples, per bbl.
$1.00. Chickens per pair, 25c; Ray
$6. Cordwood, $3. Wool, 18c.
Choral Society—It has been pro-
posed that some attempt be made to
get a good chorus together this win-
ter and give concerts in which chorus
work shall be the leading feature.
There is ;plenty of good material iu
the town and in order to make the
work as attractive as possible no ex-
pense for music or anything else
should be put on the active members,
but taken from the proceeds of con-
certs,
The Clinton New Era, Oct. 1, 1897:
The Stavely Committee net on
Tuesday night to open tenders for
the building. Mr, S. S. Cooper ac-
companied his tender with the pro-
viso that if the committee wished he
would not ask for any money until he
had completed the work, and that if
his work was not satisfactory, he
would not ask for one dollar. After
careful consideration his tender was
accepted at $3,500.
At a special meeting of the coun-
cil on Wednesday night, the resigna-
tion of Deputy Reeve Cooper was
tendered and accepted.
John Crooks, formerly with the
Palace, and son of W. Crooks, Gode-
rich Township, has taken a position
With Mara & Co., of London. The
firm will find him an A.1 salesman.
Mr. Will Cudmore, who has been in
Liverpool, England, for the past two
years, acting as seller for the stock
and grain sent over, by his father,
W. Cudmore, of Kippen, returned
home last week; a correspondent
says that while in England, Mr. Cud -
More was married to a charming
English belle, but this %as been de-
nied,
A Branch of the Union Bank has
been opened at Minnedosa, Man.,. and
the management goes to Mr. Stephen
Taylor, son of W. Taylor, Clinton.
W. J. Paisley has again the fa-
mous mare. Wanetta in his posses-
sion, having trade a trade with Beat-
tie Bros„ of Brussels, whereby he
becomes her owner.
Mr., Ben. Tomlinson is only now
able to leave the house; .in,some un-
accountable manner he happened to
poison one of his eyes, which became
much inflamed, and is yet very sore.
The many friends . of Mrs. Richard
Greensides, formerly Miss Lucy Shep-
herd, who has been living at Flem-
ing, N.W.T., .will be pleased to know
that she has come back to town!
again,, and will spend the winter with
her sisters.
Miss Nettie McCrea returned on
Wednesday from Houghton, Lake Su-
perior.
J. C. Stevenson was re-elected to
the Executive of the Ontario Under-
takers' Association, at its meeting in
Ottawa last week,
Mr. Thos. Bell gives. up possession)
of the :Commercial Inn this week; he
id has not yet decided what he will do;
but has a hotel property in Toronto
in view. Ie. the meantime he will be
visiting with his sister, Mrs. Lasham
at Londesboro.
A. Rath, one of the Collegiate stu•
'dents, has been engaged as teacher
•of a school in the vicinity of Blyth
° for the coming year.
M.r W. Glenn, Stanley, who is
branching, out es a breeder of thorn,
bred stock, took home from town the
other day a good stock wagon built
expressly for him •by George Trow -
hill.
H. F, Sharp, a former Clintonian,,
and father of Mi. Shah) of the Mol
son's Bank, was elected Mayor of St.
Malys on 'Tuesday.
IHarland Bros., have - recently plac-
ed furnaces for Mr. Gairdner,. Bay-
field, and H. Foster, Clinton. The
same firm has contracts for: Mr. Hus-
ton ,of Bayfield, and ,Messrs. James
Smith, C. Carling and W. W. Farran
of town.
When The Present Century
Was Young
The Clinton News -Record, Sept. 26,
, 1912:
Miss Helen Bell, B.A., of London,
has been engaged as science teacher
at the Collegiate and Mr. D. A. Mac=
Donald of Toronto as junior 'nester,
the latter being an addition to the
regular staff necessitated by the
large attendance.
The Collegiate sports will be held
on Friday afternoon of this week.
A number of irls met at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Middleton one
evening last week, the occasionhie-
ing to spend a social evening with
Miss Bessie Ross before her depart -
are from Clinton. Miss Vera Lobb
read an address, and Miss Gladys
'Draper made the presentation of a
handsome camera. Mrs. Ross and her
family left on Friday for Toronto.
The C.P.R. telegraph office will be
transferred from McConnell's drug
store to the big clothing store of the
Morrish Company, the change to take
place next week.
Mr. W. Glen Campbell has rented
the house one door east of his pre-
sent residence from Mr. A. H. Good-
win and willmove thereto next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell will have their
music studio in their new home,
where they will bepleased to meet
all their old pupils, also new ones:
Mr. Chas. Wiltse bas leased the
house en Huron street belonging to
lbriss 'Porter and the electricians are
busy wiring it for electric lights.
A branch of the Anglican Young
Peoples' Association was organized
recently in connection with St. Paul's
church. The following officers were
elected: Hon. Pres., H. Tote: Ranee;
Pres., Rev, C. E. Deakins; lst Vice,
Mrs, 3.' McLeod; 2nd. Vice, Mr. C. D.
Bouck; Secretary, Miss M. Dillon;
Treasurer, Mr. Walton; Executive
Committee, Miss Clete Ford, Miss
Shirley Bawden, Mr, Clarenpe Kilty,
Mrs. Geo. Taylor, Mr. Ringwood,
Mr. Bert Fremlin, Mr. Will Johnson.
Mr. Rueben Graham has returned
from a,month's trip to Saskatchewan.
He was so impressed with the eossi-
bilities there that be purchased a
hotel at Rosthern, a well located
pace of about 160O inhabitanth. Af-
ter disposing of his interests. here,
Mr. Graham will take possession of
his new business.
The first football match of the
season was played yesterday be-
tween the C.I.'s and the Model
School, the former winning by' a score
cl 2-0: The line up was as follows:
C I, McDougall, Beacom, Torrance,
1 ��
Sparks, Kilt', Dewar; 1\Lo fa t, S,
Smillie, J. Smillie, Caldwell, .Blatch-
ford. ' Modelites. — J'ack:on, Reid,
Wasman, Macdonald, -Vickers, Sib -
man, Stevenson, Plunkit, Levy, Mc-
Clinchey, Newton. Referee - Eddie,
Brison.
`Me. Albert Jervis, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Jervis, of town, who has
been farining-,,j the State of Indiana,
recently returned home is experiment-
ing in the manufacturing of oil. of
mint, He has installed the necessary
equipment, and the test proved so
successful that Messrs. George and
Edward Elliott and Mr. Jervis have
decided to continue in the. work. They
shipped their first`, run to Toronto
the first of the week, and are eager-
ly awaiting the results.
Mr. C. S. Hawke has been appoint-
ed to 'a Methodist circuit at North-
wood, Kant County, and will leave to
take charge of it as soon as satis-
factory arrangements can be. made
with regard to affairs here. ,
Mr. F. C. D. Bristowe, the new or-
ganist of Willis church. arrived in
town last week and had charge of
the organ on Sunday last. Mr. Bris-
towe comes front Niagara Falls. Mas.
Bristowe will arrive shortly and as
soon as a suitable residence can, be
secured they will take up housekeep-
ing here.
Dr. Worthington left on Friday fox
Sudbury, where he will continue
medical practice in company with a
doctor of that town.
The Clinton New Era, Sept. 26, 1912:
The Stratford Normal School open-
ed this morning, and those attend-
ing were assigned to their various
rooms. Those attending from this
vicinity are, Myrtle Draper, Edna
Turner, Clinton; Kezlah Brown, Lon-
desboro; Edna Lyon, Londesboro;
Emmeline Holland, Holmesville; Ed-
na Hickingbottom, Auburn.
Mr. W. S. Paisley, who has been
the teller at the local branch of the
Royal bank for the past five months,
has been transferred to the branch
'at Schombery. .Stewart, who is a
son of M. J. Paisley of town, has been
very popular ,here. His place is be-
ing taken by Mr. Carl East.
Mr. C. W. Whitmore returned from
a trip to Saskatoon on Saturday ev-
ening. He was favorably impressed
with the country.
I' Miss Bessie Irwin, who has beer -
visiting her parents here expects to
leave for Toronto on Monday where
she will spend a brief visit before go-
ing on to Montreal to resume her
work as a Deaconess.
j Mr. David Cook and Sos have sold
out their Flour and Feed and dray-
ing business to Mr .A..E. Matheson,
of Goderieh, who will take possession
early in October. For twenty-five
!years Mr. Cook and Son have been
doing business here, and their many
friends will be glad to Iegen they are
not leaving town.
I Mr. W. A. McConnell, having dis-
!posed of his stock of drugs, etc., to
Messrs. Hovey & Holmes, will in the
near future leave for California where
his father has a large fruit farm.
1 Mrs, Thomas Hawkins has moved
his family into the house owned by
Mr. Ed. Carter. on Princess street,
formerly occupied by Mr. G. Collyer:
Mr. Wilbur Manning of , London,
motored to Clinton on Friday. He
was accompanied by Miss Jean Scott
PAGE 3
A MAN 119.NORED
IN HIS OWN COUNTRY
Fellow citizens of Gwillimbury Township, who know
Eas1 Rowe best, are enthusiastic admirers of his:
sterling character and gift for leadership
A Public Servant For 22 Years !
If you had a large scale map
of Ontario, you would find Gwil-
limbury Township marked in
the County of Simcoe. But you
would have to possess a very
large scale map indeed, to locate
the town of Newton Robinson.
This little dot of a town is
beginning to find itself in sprint,,
frequently these days. The :citi-
zens feel that this is only to be
expected because `one of their
• own boys, Earl Rowe, is going
to be, 'they are confident, Pre-
mier -Elect of Ontario the night
of October 6th.
Some of the old-time proverbs
are wearing a little thin these
modern days and that well-
- known oris "A' prophet is not
without honor save in his own
country" means nothing, simply
nothing, to these sturdy citizens
of Gwillimbury. They honor
Earl Rowe because they know
and admire him; the oldsters
have been watching him for
twenty-two years, ever since he
was elected a Township Coun-
cillor on his 21st birthday., 0
Reaches Cabinet Rank
They start them young in pub -
Tic service in these Ontario towns
but only one in ten thousand
forges ahead to the Provincial
Legislature --only one in a hun-
dred thousand keeps going until
he reaches Cabinet rank at Ot-
tawa. Such a man is Earl Rowe
— and Gwillimbury Township
has followed, with pride, every
step of his progress:
The most important events in
this young man's twenty-two
years of public service can be
briefly summarized:
1915—EIected to Council of
Gwillimbury Town-
ship.
1916—Elected Reeve — re-
elected each year for
five years.
1923—Elected to Ontario
Legislature.
1925—Elected to Federal
Parliament.
1930—Re-elected.
1935 -Promoted to the Cab-
inet by Honourable R.
B. Bennett, then Prime
Minister. Re-electedto
Federal Parliament.
1936—Unanimously selected
as leader 'ofthe On-
tario Liberal -Conser-
vative Party.
A HapPy Fondly
Earl Rowe, whenever his pub-
lic ,duties will permit, hurries
back to Newton Robinson. For
there he finds awaiting him his
sturdy red brick house --his wife
and three fine children—his 225
acres of farm land—his pure-
bred Yorkshire swine, Durham
cattle, registered Clydesdales—
his old Township friends.
One cannot hope to under-
stand a public man solely by ob-
serving him in the midst of pub-
lic affairs in Toronto or Ottawa.'
Follow Earl Rowe back to New-
ton Robinson -have a meal with
him in his big kitchen—walk
with him over his fertile acres—
see hien feeding his swine and his
cattle — talk with his aged par-
ents, who live across the road.
Then you would realize even
more fully than ever before how
completely this man possesses
that something without which all
else is so much chaff -and that
something is CHARACTER.
Heredity must get some of the
credit. The Conservative leader
comes froin old British : stock
which settled in Simcoe County
many, many years ago. His
father, still active at 88 and his
rnother, eight years younger,
were farm folk, and Earl Rowe,
when little more than a young-
ster, bought his farm from his
father on credit and paid every
cent of his debt from bis profits
as a' dirt farmer.
Virtues of the. Soil
On his typical Ontario farm—
in his typical rural Ontario resi-
dence—Earl Rowe leads the
regular routine of a farmer when
his Parliamentary work does not
call him to the cities. His is a
friendly home—made happy by
the presence of his wife, and his
children, Jean aged 17, Bill aged
13 and Lennox aged 8. Here are
enshrined the homely virtues of
the soil — those virtues which
since earliest days have given
strength of character to so many
of Canada's greatest public ser-
vants.
esannimeevramestessneammio
HON. EARL ROWE
A Warm Personality
This has been written of Earl
Rowe bya long-time, associate:
"The warmth of his person-
•ality is contagious. One
cannot come into his pres-
ence without feeling his
force and sincerity, tem-
pered by a natural kindli-
ness and interest in his fel-
low -men and their prob-
lems. With his splendid
ideals, backed by long and
honourable Parliamentary
experience, he is uniquely
equipped to make a great
contribution to the public
life of Ontario."
Newton Robinson isn't seeing
much of Earl Rowe these days.
It is a blessing that he is still'
in the prime of life and health,,
for he has mapped out a speak–
ing program which will keep him
moving back and forth through
out Ontario until the eve of
October 6th. His friends are
glad of this because they know
that every man or woman who
sees and hears Earl Rowe, who
shakes ` his hand, who comes•
under the influence of his warm
personality, will say, "This is.
the type of leaderOntarioneeds.''
For that's the kind of man Earl
Rowe is—likeable, sincere, earn-
est — a statesman whose good
character and good judgment are
written indelibly in the record
of his twenty-two years of public
service.
You Can Trust ROWE
VOTE CONSERVATIVE
Issued by the Liberal -Conservative Party of Ontario.
*"r Vote ger Dr. R. H. Saylor for Huron.
who is the guest of Miss Gladys Man-
ning. -
Dr. J. W. Shaw and Mr. John Shaw
were at Brussels on Thursday attend-
ing the 'funeral of the late Angus
Shaw. !
Inquire of your fire chief, when
buying a fire extinguisher, to be sure
of getting the right kind. Don't hes-
itate to ask your firemen whenever
you have questions on fire preven-
tion.
Notify the electric company of el
ectrical trouble and the gas company
of gas leaks. Replace "blown" fus-
es with new ones—not pennies. Avoid
homemade wiring jobs. _ Don't look
for gas leaks with a snatch.
Escape the clanger of flammable •
liquid fires and explosions by keep-
ing no gasoline in the house. Do -
dry cleaning with safe liquids or send'
the work to the cleaner. Never start •
fires with kerosene.
WE WANT YOUR HELP!
When you see a motorist driving in a manner dangerous to the public,
take his number, make a careful note of the actual time and place, and
when you reach your destination write to the Motor Vehicles Branch,
Department of Highways, Toronto, giving full details. We do not invite
reports of minor infringements of the traffic laws; you are requested
to use sound judgment. We will deal adequately with offenders !
C
DID
As a motorist and a•citizen of Ontario, answer
this 'question: How would you like to face the
rest of your life knowing that you were,.respon-
sible—through carelessness—for an accident like
this ? Would you ever want to drive a car again ?
If you do drive, get this clearly in your mind!
Should you:. break an Ontario traffic law and
cause death or injury, you may not be allowed
to drive a car again ! < We are determined to end
the needless slaughter of our people. Cutting in,
passing on hills and curves, crowding, racing
and other breaches of the traffic laws, will get
you into trouble—make no mistake about that !
Reckless driving must stop --now!
ONTARIO
ONTARIO
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Motor Vehicles . Branch