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The Clinton News Record, 1935-07-18, Page 3THURS., JULY 18, 1935 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD; PAGE l What Clinton was Doing in The Gay Nineties DO YOU REMEM•BEIt WHAT HAPPENED DURING TIT>W LAST DE- CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY? Prom The News -Record July '37th, 1895 The -baseball match which was to have taken place .between the town eouncil and the echool trustees last Monday evening had to be postponed on account of rain. Owing to .sonic mishap. Mr. Ben. Churchill left a load oe straw in front of Gilroy & Wiseman's. store last Monday. The upset was not at- tended with any serious results. The label on your paper indicates the date to which your •subscription is paid. In compliance with the requisition of WieD. Fair and 52 others the may- or at s. proeletened Thursdays Aug. 2nd, civic holiday for 'Clinton. There was a very large turnout of Clinton people at Seaforth :on the 12th of July, something. like six hundred passengers going from here. The Peesbytery of Huron met in Clinton on the 9th inst., Rev. Dr. MacDonald was appointed moderator• for the ensuing six months. .Goderich ; Correspondent to The News=Record:—The Clinton excur- aionists last -Thursday "cleaned up Harbor Park before leaving for. home, a feature in picnicking never before witnessed in •Goderich. From The New Era, July 19th, 1896: Mr. Plumsteel commenced cutting fall wheat on Monday. Pupils who wrote on the Entrance will not know definitely the result until about the 1st of August. The weather has been decidedly cool during the past week, frost be- ing experienced one night. .G. A. •Deadman of Brussels, with 140 •colonies of bees, has not taken a pound of honey yet nor does he ext peat to this' year. The bees will prob- ably have ta1be fed to keep them over the winter. honey has advanced to 120 per pound, In the shortage of fruit honey will tie greatly missed, Stanleye-A few days age Mr. M. McEwan of the 3rd moved an old landmarlt, in the shape of a log house which was erected in 1842. Godertch Townshjp:—Last Friday as Mr. Guy Rieke was hauling In hay and unloading it by means of a hayfork into a shed that bad been but recently mist and set on posts about eight feet hi, the preps game way and dawn came the whole .building, breaking roof, thither, and in fact, Making a complete wreck of almost back and almost 'miraculously 'escap- ed injury but crawled out from under the broken timbers with little more than a shaking up. Prom The News -Record, July 21st, 1910: Miss •Helen Pair expecte to leave about the first week in August for Calgary, Alberta, tm take a course at the Normal school there with a view' of teaching in that province. At high noon and Thursday last the marsiege was solemnized at the home of the bride'' mother, Mss. ,T. Chidley, of her second daughter,' Ohara, to Mr. J. A. C'onetantine of Zurich. . The ceremony -was per, keened by the Rev. Dr. Stewart, only a few intimate friends of the bride and groom being present. Por the convenience of the farmer patrons of the postoffiee, during the months of July and August Postmas- ter Scott will keep the wicket -open for the delivery of mail until 8.30 Saturday evenings, At a meeting of the ,C, L board held the other evening 111r. J, W. Tre. leaven was appointed principal. The hospital 'was opened on Mon- day after being closed for a couple. of months.... There are already four patients in residence. • WHEN THE PRESENT CENTURY Y WAS" YOUNG From The New Era, July 21st, 1910: Rev. C. W. Charlesworth has re- signed the pastorate of the Clinton and Auburn Baptist churches and will close his ministry .en Sunday. The many friends in town will be sorry to learn of his decision, Last week Ed. Munro purchased the cottage -of Mrs, Ramer, Victoria street and 'will move in a month or se. Raspberries are now on the mar. ket. The citizens woke up Tuesday- morning uesdaymorning to find that 110 trains were running. The first train to arrive was the supposed morning train from Wingham at 10.30. A. strike on the G.T.R. All trains cone in later and are now running on tune. This week Mr. J. ' J. McCaughey is having the mink repainted. Mr. Mc- Caughey believes in having his pro- perty in first class style. Murray 1VfcEwan was in Wingham on Friday playing ball with the l3lyth everything: Mr. flicks was mowing t team. WHAT OTHER NEWS PAPERS :ARE SAYING WOULD WIPE HALF BILLION DOLLARS'OPP DEBT BY A STROKE OF THE PEN Hon. Ian McKenzie, Liberal mem- ber for. Vancouver, comes to hand with a plan for wiping out the net tional debt that issimplicity itself. Ile would have the government take over the Bank of Canada, and, as it holds $110,000,000 ingold; he would 25 per cent, metallie coverage agreed upon by the world monetary confer- ence, and in this way, the bank's holdings would be valued at $18.0,- 000,000. Instead of having $259,- 000,000 in paper money, we could have $720,000,000, on the 25 per cent. coverage, and we could take the oth- er half billion' dollars and pay off part of tor debt. Notonly that, but Mr. McKenzie would go .farther. He would refinance increase the note circulation tothe the remainder, of the debt by means ltfoCordie and the Cabinet Minister at the Old Timers': Re -Union Dinners Laughter -laden incidents to entertain you in this initalnient of A, C. Livingstone's hilarious story sof Canadian Town Life,. "THE CALABASJI IS FLOODING." SOUVENIR Requests are reaching us for copies of the complete manuscript, "The Calabash is Flooding." Reproductions, signed by, the author are available on application to the 'Canadian Story Teller's Club at one dohies' each. Address requests to the.Secretary. CLUB ' ACTIVITIES The Canadian Story Tellers' Club consists of Publishing Members (Editors of better -class town newspapers)' Amateur Writing. Mem:- bers and Associate Members, who combine their resources to give you a Canadian .story service,• wholesome, entertaining and original. AMATEUR WRITING MEMBERS Sincere Amateur Canadian writers are invited into klub membership, privi.l'eges of which include free reading and criticism of manuscript; INDIVID'UA1L COACHING by mail, and. either purchase by the club of acceptable original work, or its co-operation in finding another market. - .l .... ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Are those whu do not aspilre to write, yet are interested in, and wish to keep posted on the club's work of encouraging amateur creative writing. . Annual Fees For Both Memberships Are Low For particulars of Membership (state which type), give naive of your town newspaper and enclose addressed, stamped envelope to The Secretary CANADIAN pSTORY TELLERS' CLUB 95 Helena Avenue, Toronto, Canada. • YOUR WORLD AND MINE by JOHN C. KIRKWOOD'' (Copyright) • A letter came to me from an Eng- :eepted the post : of organist and she lish friend - a man from whom I is going to teach the wife. had had no word for five years. In this letter he gave me an intimate account of his life and activities, and I feel like passingen to my readers some of the contents of, this letter -- this !because they tell of a man who is obviously happy. Happy persons are rather rare. And my correspon- dent'h happiness' in some phases of his life is recent. He was not happy in his old place of employment—was not getting from his etrnployers all the help and service to which he felt he and his customers' were entitled. This man is a salesman of printing, electrotyping service, engravings and art work; and in these various ser- vices there are many opportunitie- for complaint -making, ",,w my correspondent has a new employer; and so far everething is going finely. But it is of his personal activities his own and his wife's that I wish to tell about. Thus writes my cor- respandent. "1 have been married six year.. come July, and nobody is happier than we are. Wb live in Leather- head, 18 miles south of London, ns the best county of England. The scenery nearby at Box 11611, Leith Hill, Newlands Corner, and heaps' es' other pieces is equal to any we tra- vel hundred's of miles to see. Our house is small—two storeys, 3 bed- rooms, 2 sitting rooms, kitchen and bath type. We have been buying through the local council, but have just seen an insurance company re taking ever the mortgage, and a life policy which will make the house my wife's should anything happen before it is paid for. I have a large gar- den all designed and attended to by my wife and myself. • "Three years ago last February my wife presented me with a daughter, but unfortunately she lived only ane month.. She had something wrong with her heart, and perhaps it was for the best. We are very happy in our home, there being plenty to in- terest us in the district. MY wife is exceedingly clever at the piano. Both of us are fond of music, and we belong to choral„ operatic and dramatic societies, On Friday me. ening we run a vocal octette, mainly for our own pleasure, but also to assist any good work by giving a conceit when needed. 'We are at- tached to the Congregational Church and on May let we opened a new Church, and very fine it is. We have joined the choir and my wife will be deputy organist. The church is quite modern. There is a large hall at the rear for meetings and bedmhn- ton; also two hard °tennis' courts and a car park. A friend of ours' -- a lady doctor of music—has just ac - of , non interest'bearing secui ities, instead of the present interest-bear- ing bonds. This, he claims, would un- freeze vast reserves which would thea be diverted into commerce. and indust' try. The coast province, from which have coin such reformers as Hon. 11 H, Stevens, Gerry McGreee and Iaa Mclenzie, seems to be •out-progres- shig the Progressive prairies. Frankly the policies are aver out- head. urhead. If the Bank of Canada's gold stockmay be increased from $110 to $130 million by a stroke of the ,pen, and our paper money increased from X$259 to $720 million by the same simple process, why not shoot it tip another notch and pay a billion dol- lars .off our debt instead of a petty half -billion ? Or why bother with the gold at all if the government can simply issue bonds which do not bear interest? We would like to believe that we could take a ten -dollar bill, cut it in two, and thus have twenty dollars, It would be a great trick, and we'd like to see it "done.—Hanover Past. EC'ONOIt&OZING The teaching of music in the Public Schools here will not be continued When school opens in the fall, it was decided at a meeting of the Public School Board at Voitoria 'School on Monday evening. This action was taken as an .economy measure and also because the 'Board felt that ow- ing to the number of the pupils In each class and the shorttime allott- ed to the study each week there was not sufficient to be gained tejustify this expenditure,--,Goderich Star. VIEW QUINTUPLETS Mrs, Ira Campbell of Lucknow and' Mr. and Mrs, Glen Campbell of Ash- field, where recent visitors at Thessa• Ion, with the ::Center's sister., Mini George. Campbell, who returned with thein after visiting in Lucknow. A particularly enjoyable feature of the trip was e view of the Dionno Quin- tuplets at Callander,, which was not far off their route north, The party Was privileged et being shown the. babies, who, Mrs, Campbell says are even :sweeter . and more attractive than their pictures would indicate S,uCknow '•Sentinel. "Yesterday I spent at Matlock Bath, it being the occasion of our firm's annual outing, and the Liver- pool and Manchester ,branches join- ed in there for the day. It was glor- ious weather, and in the afternoon we had a niotor tour of the Peak Dis- trict. It was really wonderful. 1 understand that my' new firm are 100 years old and still growing younger. "You really must be tired of read- ing all this. If you are not, then nay two dogs are tired of waiting for me to take then for a walk." I think that most a£ us like get- ting letters whieh tell us how our friends live and work and play, and when the Ietters are so cheerful as that of my friend in England, they are very welcome. ; What pleases me is the simplicity of the life and of the pleasures of my correspondent. He and his wife are drinking from a full cup of con- tent and happiness. They live in a small house of the villa type, They are paying for it out of the husband's earnings. Their pleasures are of the sort open to all—without expense: gardening, music, participation in musical and dramatic entertainments. singing in a choir, providing enter. tainment for others, enjoying sim- ple outings. ` I .My friend does not talk about books, and it may be that he and his wife are not bookish people; but if they can and do find agreeable evenings in their own home, by their own fireside, with books as their companions, then this is another kind ' of joy ---a kind of joy open to every- { body. Apparently my fr1end does not have a motor car. I think there ought to be little children in the hone, not only for present joys but also for the happiness which well - reared and affectionate children mesa When they grow up. There is house - ownership and a garden which will grow mare beautiful and mature with the passing of the years. These young people have fled the city •-- to —to Iive in •a rural region. So many young people feel that happiness omelets in gafng places in going to moles, to other peo. pie's hones to dance or play bridge;. to restaurants and hotels there to dine and dance, to pleasure resorts, to 'shops where articles of fashion and desire are to be seen --.' and bought„ Motoring becomes a pas - MM. To stay home is irksome. True happiness consists in our cultural growth and in performing' services for others' welfare, enjoy. ment and advantage. It consists, In the case of young married people, in; making a home, and if there are lit- tle ones, in shaping their natures and directing their lives so that When adolescence comes, there will. be only pride and content in , the. children. One does not need a.lot .of money to be happy or to enable one to grow culturally. This is the thought whieh I wish to leave with nay read- ers.—Copyright. PROIUIBITION IN THE HOME 1 had twelve bottles of whiskey Im. my cellar and my wife made me emp- ty the contents of each and every bottle down the sink, so I proposed to do as any wife desired and with- drew the cork from the first bottle poured the contents down the sink with the exception of one glass which T drank. I then drew the core from the sec - and bottle and did likewise, with the exception oe one glass, which I drank. I extracted the cork front the third bottle, 'emptied the •good old booze down the bottle, except a glass which I devoured. I pulled the cork from the fourth sink and Toured the bottle down the glans when I drank some. I pulled the sink out of the next cork and poured the bottle down my neck. I pulled the bottle froth the cork of the next and drankone sink out of it, then threw the rest of it down the sink, I pulled the next bottle out of niy throat. and poured the cork down the sink, all but the sink which I drank. I pulled the next Cert from my throat and poured the sink down the bottle and drank the cork. Well, I had them all emptied and I steadied the house with 'one hand, counted the bottles which were twen- ty-four. So •I counted them again when they came around again and I had seventy-four, and as ehe house carne around. I counted them and fie - ally I had all the houses and bottles counted and I proceeded to wash the bottles but I couldn't get the brush In the bottles, so I turned them inside out and washed and; swiped them all, and went upstairs and told my other ' half all about what I did, and OSI BOY! Ire got the•'wifest little nice in the world; --Tho Link: DOINGS IN THE ` SCOUT' WORLD The actual number of Bey Scout beacons to cerebrate the King's Sil- ver Jubilee' in Britain was .1,775. Oxford Hears' A "Grand Howl" Reminding that there are other folk in Oxford than university stu. dents, a march past of Scouts and a' "Grand llciwl" by 600 Wulf Cubs was reviewed by Dr. Cyril Norwood, Pre- sided' re-sident' of St. John's College, , during Whitsuntide A Scout and Cub pag- eant depicted • the "Landing of the Romans" and "Hiawatha,' Rovers Respond To a Hospital Call In response to • a loeal hospital's emergency radio Ball for a blood transfusuon, twelve Edmonton iBov ers presented themselves. The me- jority of the AIberta capitaI's Rover Scouts have placed their names on the rolls at the various hospitals for this service, for people who are um able to pay. A Wolf Cub Who Gave His Life 'Lard Baden-Powell has made a post -lemons award of the Bronze 'Cross; the highest award of the Scout Movement for gallantry at serious risk, to a ten year old Walt Cub, Jaclt R. Green of the 1st Black- wood (•Monmouthshire) Cub Pack. Cub Green attempted to save his three year old eider, who had fallen into a pond, and lost his life with her. A Boy Scout Junior Fire Depart - meat After a period of training by mem- bers of the Beamsville, Ont., volun- teer fire department, the local Boy Scouts' have been declared an effic- ient junior auxiliary fire brigade. "If a serious conflagration should break out," stated Fire Chief Gibson, "we would not lbe the least bit afraid to leave part of our duties to these boys." Little Brown Scouts "Scouting has done an immense amountof good all over the world, among races of every colour. When I was Governor of Ceylon I saw tit- tle brown bays, too poor to buy any sort of uniform— they just had staves—, organizing themselves into Scout Troops and obeying the Scout Law. It had a wonderful effect on them„" -Sir Herbert Stanley, 'G.C.M. G., 'Governor and Chief Scout for Southern Rhodesian We Have Waited "Sontetinses I marvel st the patience of the • Canadian people,"—Hoar H. H. Stevens. It is well to recall what has hap- pened in Canada during the hie of the last two Federal parliaments. In, 1626. the Liberal government went into power. This was at a time when there was every prospect of growing and extensive welfare for every -class of citizen, It is now written history that during • the life of this, Liberal parliament there was shown a seeming indifference to the grow- ing control of finance over our indus- trial and ecotionnic life. This, at first, did not seem to be working a hard- ship upon our ageicteturaI, industrial and financial structure. Yet 'before the terns of office. of the MacKenzie King government was over; the ef- fects of their "laissez faire"epolicy was frilly manifest, It permitted a growing gap between capital and labor which has beoameharder and harder to bridge as years have gone on. Then in 1030 the Conservative par- ty was elected upon the promises of vigorous action to remove unemploy- ment and its causes. We accepted these promises and had every right to expect that they would be fulfilled. Again it gradually became apparent that, for some reason ,.theere was lit- tle activity along the lines indicated at election .time. For years, indi- viduals identified, with various par- ties in the 1 -louse urged action, but still the causes of the dissatisfaction among alt classes remained as firm- ly rooted as ever. Clearly, nothing was to be done unless some fearless peitson or party should be forthcom• ing to speak out strongly for action. In fact action was, and still is, the need of the day. ". History was made when, as a mem- ber of the Cabinet of the Conserva- tive party, the (don, 33. H. Stevens spoke out courageously against those things which, although recognized as malignant features of our business life, loth the Conservative and (sib• oral parties had taken no vigorous ac- tion' to correct. Then, we all know, the fat was in the ere. Either something would be clone • or, as before,, nothing. Some- thing was done, however. The Price Spreads and 1Vfass Buying Commis- sion sat for many months. Facts were l.,rought out and today the whole re- cord lies befome us. Even after the report of the Com- mission was' pasasented ite; the House, =SNkPSPOT CUIL 'Close-ups' and 'Back -lighting' i'' Proper lighting will add much to the quality of your pictures. .WITH the sun so much brighter v v and stronger now, it is time to exercise a little care in shooting directly into the sun when taking snapshots to avoid "lens -flare" in your pictures. I do not mean by this that you should make it a strict rule not to take pictures with thesun shining directly toward you and Your camera for in doing so you will pasta by many chances to incorpo- rate fascinating, artistic "back -light- ing" in your pictures. However, it's a caution worth remembering. Lighting is of equal importance with arrangement of the objects or subjects in your proposed picture. It is the -variation in the lights and shadows that gives a picture depth and roundness, making the subject stand out from its surroundings. Usually the shadows sbouid be transparent, to a degree, but full in detail. This is obtained by a rather full exposure. If the sun strikes di- rectly in a person's face they, are likely to squint and the picture -will not be a good likeness. Better have .them turnslightlyso that they are not bothered by the-sun—thea you will get a natural, life -like expres- sion. Another point Is to avoid mak• fug a close-up of a person out in glaring midday sun. At this time of day the strong overhead light casts heavy shadows under Lbe oyes and nose and the picture Is fax from pleasing. When making a picture of a person during the middle 02 the day be sure to have him turn his: face away from the sum or snap him, in bright shade, which can be donee very successfully with modern snap- shot elm. If the illumination, or sunlight, comes from directly back of the cam- era, the shadows are more or less lost, giving a flat appearance. When you are a little more advanced, try - some early morning or late after- noon fternoon shots for splendid pictoria'I studies for at these hours you get long, fascinating shadows. Attractive, artistic pictures may be made from a position where Yon face the sun and shadows fall to- ward your camera rather than away from it. In "back -lighted' work of this kind, be sure that no sun rays directly strike the lens of your cam, era. This can often be avoided by standing so that the shadow of a tree trunk, a bush or the corner of a building protects the lens from these direct sun rays. Under such conditions you shoul& give a slightly longer exposure than would be necessary if the sun rays were directly on the front of the sub- ject, Perhaps the next larger dia- phragm opening will let in enough. light to record the detail desired in, the shaded parts, or, if using a small' aperture for increased depth of' focus, a slow exposure, 1/10 of a sec- ond, or a very short time exposure, will bring excellent results. Try IL JOHN VAN GUILDER. esslosonannxemsennatown the party in power held back from action which was clearly indicated as vitally necessary. Months have passed and to the disappointment ,of the great mass of Canadian people, the clevage haw grown between those who would act and those who, for reasons beat known to the leaders of parties for- merly in power, have taken no re- sponsive action to the will of the Majority. Finally, there was 710 other way than that those who have the wel- fare of Canada at heart should take decisive action to see that the desire of Cana.dlans be fulfilled. Quito apparently, the patience of our peo- ple has reached its elastic limit. The forming of the Reconstruction Party is not, in the popular sense, a, poli- tical movement. It is not actuated by a partisan motive it is governed by a clear vision of the necessity of the case, a thorough knowledge of haw it shall be improved and a sin - amity of purpose which none can conscientiously assail. A study of the Declaration of Pol- ley of the Reconstruction Party will immediately -show that action will surely ,be taken along constructive lines. From the moment when our leader, the Iron. H. H. Stevens, first sounded the note of warning, every evidence of desire to fulfill the wish- es of Canadians has been given. 'Contrary to the records of the past two Federal parliaments, the prob- lems of Canadians, domestically and internationally, will be faced from_ the human as well as the business • viewpoint. There is a great deal of business• reason for the establishment of the, Reconstruction party, brat there ie• more human reason; and this life is. such that we find that what is hu- manly desirable and morally right will presently prove itself to be ec- onomically sound. The time for individual action is here. Sentiment alone will achieve nothing. Personal influence, work and vote alone will give effect to this policy of reconstruction, devel- opment and fair play to all. —Froom the headquarters of the Re- construction Party. WORLD'S SWEET TOOTH IS GROWING BIGGER The world's sweet tooth is evident= ly growing bigger. The annual aver- age consumption of sugar Or the four years, 1931-34 inclusive, was 25,561,000 tons, an increase of 8.3(e per cent over the five year period, •1926,30. Cuba has dropped consider- ably in the world supply of sugar, her proportion at present standing. at 8 per cent, whereas in 1925 it was, 21 per cent, The:•British West Ira-. {"dies is an important source for sug- ar. To SPER WINNIPEG EDMONTON ROCKY MOUNTAINS PACIFIC COAST ALASKA max. a MITE Speed smoothly across Canada via. The Continental Limited, Canadian National's train de luxe. Front. Toronto to the Pacific,' the Conti- nental Limited unfolds unforgettable beauty before your eyes—Northern Ontatio—the expansive Prairies, the aweenspiring Rockies—then the great cities of Vancouver and Victoria. All -steel equipment—service de luxe. Convenient connections for Cali. fornix and Alaska. Toronto to Jasper National Park $70.$5 round trip. Reduced rates at Jasper Park Lodge for advance prepaid reservations. Ask any Canadian National Agent for details. Use Canadian National Express Mone Orders A nuata, [xi +—the Safe Convenient way to carry Funds. 4, ..... ?.'