The Clinton News Record, 1935-11-28, Page 3TIURS.,NNOV 28, 1935
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WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING
GAY NINTIES
IN THE
DO'YOU REMEMBER WHAT' HAPPENED DURING Ma LAWT DE-
CADE OF THE OLD CENTURY?
From The News --Record, Nov. 27th,
1895:
Davis and Rowland had the serious
charge brought against them' the
other day of selling half-and-half,
Mr. Davis finally pleaded guilty to
the' charge, when it was learned that
the goods comprised soldering iron
labelled "half-and-hhalf."
The official board of Rattenbury
streety at their last meeting mum!,
mously resolved to extend a, call to
the Rev. Andrew Henderson of
North Bay, Mtonreal Conference.
One of the most severe•wind-
storms, !bordering like unto an Am-
erican cyclone, visited this section
during' the early hours of yesterday
morning. About forty feet square
of the two brick side walls of Coop-
er's new planing factory came to
mother earth. Mr. Cooper had been
winding up the season's work and
delayed in putting- in all the joist.
Where they were the brick
walls stood firm ... . Five or
six of the large signs on the dry -
goods Palace building were blown off;
a 'brick chimney on the Hotel Clar-
endon was blown down and a good
portion of the tin roofing removed; a
rear chimney of . Davis & :Rowland's
hardware was blown over and some
damage was caused to a chimney on
the House of Refuge. In the coup.
try barns were unroofed and fences
laid low.
Mr. James Smith the other day
purchased in Woodstock a beautiful
snow, white Shetland( pony!, which
is being greatly admired.
Mr. W. J. Langford is now the
owner of a span of ponies. He pur-
chased them from Mr. J. Swarts of
Wingham.
Dr. Campbell of Seaforth who is
the official medical attendant at
the House of Refuge, paid his usual
weekly visit on Wednesday.
Next week three thousand copies
of The News -Record will be printed,
The extra copies have been sold. It
will be 'a "House of Refuge Num-
ber."
The .previous good condition ;of the
roads did not require much snow to
make fairly' good' "sleighing last
Saturday and in consequence a
large number of farmers ' were in
town and a good deal of business
transacted.
One of the largest and most appre-
ciative audiences that has ever gath-
ered in the town hall was present
Thursday evening for the baseball
concert. Mr. J. B. Hoover was
rhairman. The program opened with
a male quartette by Messrs. Harland,
Foster, Spalding and Holloway; Eup-
honium solo, B. J. Gibbings; club
swinging: Misses Shannon, Curtis,
Chidley ,Moffatt, Steep, Wbrthing-
ton, Taylor, Cooper, King; solo, Mrs.
Hoover; broom brigade drill, Misses
McMurray, Irwin, Howson, Murray,
Irvin, Pair, Gibbings, Biggart, Do.
herty, Gibbings, Couch, Wiseman;
comic solo, R. Downs; instrumental
trio, Messrs. A. S. Fisher on the
mandolin, J. S. Jackson on the guitar
and Ernmeton on the banjo; ladies'
quartette, Mrs. B. J. Gibbings,'Mrs,
Hoover, Miss Boles, Miss Hamilton;
baseball snatch by the junior club;
sole, George Smith of St. Marys;
club swinging, .high school cadets;
flute solo, A. Stoneman; solo, W. P.
Spaulding; solo, R. Drowns; almost
every' number received an encore.
Misses Asie Gibbings and L Irwin
were pianists and. performed their
duties to the satisfaction of all. The
proceeds amounted to about $60.
WHEN I'HE PRESENT CENTURY
WAS YOUNG
From The New Era, Nov. 26th, 1910:
The names of 166 citizens appear
in this issue as having had water-
works installed in their homes on
places of business.
This is a "waterworks" number, an
extra sheet being printed giving
stories •and cuts of the power house
and of the :men •having the most to
do with the matter of 'having the
waterworks scheme started. Mr.
Jacob Taylor, mayor during 1910,
when the waterworks was completed;
Wiltse, mayor in 1908-9, when the
first move was made toward such a
scheme; A. T. Cooper, chairman of
the waterworks committee, "to whom
ie due in no small degree credit for
the successful completion of the
watereeorks during the past summer,
He has been most asoidious and
painstaking in his duties as chairman
of this important committee during
the past: years, To Mr. Cooper the
Installation of waterworks became a
hobby, and his days and nights, out-
side of his regular business hours,
have been devoted exclusively to the
work in hand,",
"One of the moat important con-
tracts in connection with' the whole
scheme was let
to
)lir. Arthur Cante -
len, the building of the receiving
basin a£ the reservoir. :;The •work.was
done. quickly and Well ,and the ut-
most satisfaction is expressed at
the way in which the contract was
carried out,"
From The News -Record,' Nov. 24th;
1910:
Mr. George Roberton was M Zur-
ich on Insurance: business yester-
day and today.
Mr. Will Cantelon who has been
homesteadig in Alberta since April,
has returned home.
Mr. Louis Wessman, who has been
visiting his brothers, Mr. J. F. Was -
man of town and Mr. C. Wasman of
Brueefield, left last week:to return
to his ranch at Great Falls, Montana.
Prot ,Chant of Toronto• University
was the guest over the week -end of
his . brother, Mr. H. B. Giant of
town.. Prof. Chant gave a lecture in
Stratford• on Friday evening on the
planet Mars.
Mr. WI. E. Perdue . of Bay. City,
ilfich., was in town Monday., He Came
over to attend the wedding of hi;
`sister, Miss ,Florence Perdue, who
was married en Tuesday et the par-
ental home on, the Bayfield line' to
Mr. Adelbeet Gardinerer of Detroit.
Miss Nettie Wasman started on a
1700 mile journey last week. • She
first• went to Benton Harbor, Mich.,
where ,the visited relatives until
Monday of this week, whenshe re-
sumed her long 'journey to Nolan,
New St eatieo, Her :brother,' Mr. F. G.
Wesman, located there a (few
months ago and just recently bought
a mercantile business and 'gets pos-
session at the first of December. Miss
Wasman goes to Malan to assist him,
Welsh-.Holland'—At the residence
of the bride's parents, on Nov. 23rd,
by the Rev. T. W. Cosens of Ontario
street church, Clinton, Olive, second
daughter of Mr. and Mks. 'C. H. Hol-
land, to Arthur Welsh, son of Mr,
and Mrs. Alex .Welsh, all of Goderich
township,
A meeting of St. Paul's . congrega•.
tion was held on Tuesday evening at
which Rev. C. R. Gunn tendered his
resigation.. .,Messrs, W. Jackson,
J. Ransford, C. E. Dowding and J.
Hartley was appointed to confer
with the Bishop in the appointing of
a successor to,Rev. C. 11. Gunne.
Mr. D. ,Cantelon about wound up
the season's apple business last week
but took a couple of days to visit the
exhibition held in Toronto under the
auspices of the Ontario H'orticultural
Society.
WHAT OTHER NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING
SIDE-TRACKED
As we understand it, Premier Ab-
erhart was all ready to give Alber-
tans $25 a month. Then came the
earthquake and changed the whole
situation.—Toronto Telegram.
AN EXAMPLE
A large Amsterdam shoe company
refuses to fill an order for 500,000
pairs of artily boots for Italy. This
isa concrete example of the effect of
economic sanctions against Italy.
---Brantford Expositor.
WILL BE ON THE AIR
Some of Miss H, Isabel Graham's
Scottish poems have been accepted
by the Canadian Radio Commission
at 'Ottawa for use in the "Cotter's
Saturday Night" program. One of
them entitled "The Cameron Men,"
Was broadcast from Sydney, Nevem,
ber 16th, in a program containing a
historical sketch of the gallant Cam.
eron elan Huron EScpositor,
AND A TOBBRMORY FATHER
SHOT HIS SON
In New Brunswick a hunter
thought he saw a bear moving in the
brush, fired, killed his lifelong neigh-
bour. In Quebec a hunter shot and
killed a member of his party, think-
ing he was firing at a deer. Careless-
ness every year tabes a fearful toll of
life during the hunting season, just
as carelessness costs multitudes of
lives on the highways.
Ottawa Jorrnal.
THAT AMUSEMENT TAX
Perhaps in the rush of other
things we have overlooked it, but we
have seen nothing definite as to the
nature of the proposed change in
the amusement tax regulations an-
nounced from Toronto last week, It
is to be hoped that thenchanges will
be real and far-reaching, for of all
the nuisance taxes foisted on the
public in recent years, this seems to
be the most annoying and the most
insufferably unjust.
--Ridgetown Dominion.
AN ILL-ADVISED ACT.
The proclamation of an open'sea-
son for deer in Grey and Bruce coup.
ties appears to have been an ill-ad-
vised act on the, part of the depart-
ment in Toronto. The deer do very
little harm, if any, are considertd a
tourist attraction, and in many cases
are so tame that shooting them would
be simple cruelty. It is to be hoped
that the open season is not .extended
to Huron 'eounty.—Goderich Signal. '
GOLF SEASON CLOSED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
" The Iocal golf season was brought
to a close on Satruday afternoon
when Victor Elliott , defeated T. R.
Patterson in a match to decide the
winner of the Darrow Trophy. Mr.
Elliott also won the Lloyd Trophy
some weeks agog
The golf Course has undergone a
number of improvements lately
which will put it in fine condition fox
next season, a good deal of attention
having been paid to tees, greens and
bunkers,--lGoderich Signal.
READ, AND THINK IT OVER
From a statement issued by the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics w,
learn that 1,108 persons were killed
in automoliil s accidents in Canada
last year.'
And that is not the whole. story.
I9n:;addntnon; to, the killed,, 17,998, per ,
saes` were injured, and the property.
•
damages resulting from these fatali-
ties and near fatalities, amounted to
$1,266,413.
If you are either a motorists or a
pedestrian, and most of us are one or
the other, just read those figures a-
gain and•think overthem a bit.
Were you responsible for any of
those deaths, injuries, or money loss.
es? Of course not! It was the oth-
er fellow who did all the damage,
wasn't it? And it was the other fel-
low whose belief in personal liberty
was so great that he thought he
had a perfect right, night or day, to
walk anywhere on the highways he
pleased.
Well, may be it was. But you take
our word for it: Unless you do some
serious thinking about this matter,
it may not be the other fellow who
has the next . accident. It may be
you.—Huron Expositor.
TREATMENT OF THAN,SIENTS
NEITHER CHRISTIAN NOR
HUMANE
Is Orillia a Christian town? Is it
even a humane town? The question
seems pertinent in the light of the
treatment of the unfortunate tram.
sients who wander into our borders.
They are shown a bare gaol room,
and told they can rest their weary
limbs on a hard cement floor. And
they are refused even a Crust of
bread. If a farmer were discovered
treating one of his animals in this
fashion he would be haled into court
and fined.
The whole handling of the tran-
sient problem by the authorities has
been casual, ineffective and incon-
siderate. A couple of years ago
there was talk of bringing matters
to a head by making a registration
of the transients, and compelling
them to settle' down. But nothing
came of it. Both the problem and
the transients were allowed to drift.
For two or three seasons, under the
Welfare Board, ()riffle, had a com-
fortable and well managed hostel
where these unfortunate victims of
the depression could get a bath, a
bed and a meal, But this piece of
humanitarianism was abandoned by
the Council this year. Until recent-
ly, meals were proivded in the res.
taurants. But now this also has
been cut off.
Many of these young chaps appear
decent and likeable chaps, who have
lost their place in the industrial
world, and can't get a footing again.
All of them are human beings. They
wander from place to place because
they haven't anything else to do, and
because they won't be allowed to
stay, in one place for agny length of
time. It the municipal authorities
won't do anything toward providing
them with bed and breakfast, • the
churches should. To feed the hungr7
was a eomlmand laid upon the Church
by her Master, and fulfilled to a
greater or less extent all down Cie
Christian era. in this dayit should
not be that in a land like Canada men
are left without a shelter from the
stormy blast, other than a prison,
and are turned away hungry by a
prosperous town like Oril'lia.
Orihia Packet -Timer.
CANADIAN BACON WELL
•
RECEIVED IN INDIA
The consumption of bacon and
ham in India is, confined almoat ens
tirely to European and anglo-Indians,
the native not entering into the .pic-
ture, 'principally on account' ofre-
ligious scruples. Trial shipments of
Canadian bacon were well received
in India but transportation costs and
shipping diffieulties operate against
any extension of the trade -being
looked for at this time. The great
bulk.
1 ofthesupplies s PP nes Bonne from
Great Britain, according to the Ag-
rieetleielr, Departnten,t; of the' Cana-
dian National Railways; ";
t..le'V. P.Y.'hN'ASS10.W.7.I'h' ASSI51'.'.':Wti•.Y .W.1".'r•.Y:Y,`: A"ria books and to talk: with others about I wishto leave with all those whom
I • 1 what: one has read and done, What I am addressing in this ;issue of Thos
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el one needs, increasingly, as one grows' News -Record,
old, is outlets for' activity. One must _
YO'WORLD, AND MINE
} by JOHN C.,XIRKWOOD•
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The man who retires from busi- the literature of a particular era,
tress—is he enviable? "I ask this biography, geography, eschiteeture,
question after having seen a man natural history. He :;can become a
whom' I know well leave a church good letter writer;. corresponding!
funeral service. He Was hurrying with old and new friends. He can
awayat the end of the service quite address bodies of men and women or,
alone, and -obviously he was a lonely subjects about which he may bet
man. { ter informed than most others. He
This man is 'a professional man, can write for, publications, which
having high academie .honours. In ' show a willingness to accept 'his
the days of hisvigour'he was emin- I writings. And it would be highly ad-
ent. He had worked hard and had vantageous to him if he had friends,
saved money, ,and doubtless- he,same both old and new, ,visiting him fres
to the conclusion that he had earned quentiy in his home, for the pleasure
the right to give up salaried work and stimulus of their, conversation,
and to enter upon a period of leis- l He could identify himself with Some
are, to end only with his death. worthy cause, which -would be . act
This man was in his 60's when he vantaged ,by his association with it,
quit his salaried work. Now he is it would be good for him: it would
in his middle 70's. He has gone to help to protect him against the
England at various times since he deterioration which surely follows
gave up work, and has done other inactivity and loss of interest in life
travelling. He is a widower, with and things.
one daughter, unmarried. Together
they have a comfortable home.
In his busy days—the days of his
occupation—this man had a host of
friends. He was, and still is, a fine
public speaker. His voice was heard
in many councils. He had, and prob-
ably retains, executive ability. But
a dozen or so years ago he cut him-
self off from all his old labours. Be-
cause he isall the time growing old-
er, and because younger men of am-
bition have taken up the work which
he relinquished, this man is now -out-
side the circle of his former life.
His retirement has meant an ever-
increasing detachment from his for-
mer associates and interests. Elven
those wile delighted to entertain
him in their homes rarely see him
now; they have accepted the situa-
tion as this man himself has made it,
and are no longer extending him din.
ing invitations.
So I could go on describing this
man's lot and life. Willfully he pul-
led himself away from his old lite
and occupations, and those attached
to him in the old days have pulled a-
way from him. I feel sure that this
man is now unhappy—.that he does
not greatly enjoy his own company.
Probably he reads much and reflects
much; but he has small contact with
the lives of others. He does not
write or teach or mingle with others
whose pulsing life might, if he were
much among them, keep his mind
and heart young and fresh.
Because of his - separation from
the bubbling wells of life, this man
is ageing rapidly. You see his de.
cline in his figure. Once erect, with
his head held high, and his counten-
ance radiating power, this man's
body is now bent. You see loneliness
M his face and eyes. Life for him
is becoming tedious: Loneliness has
become an indulged habit. He shrinks
from others who meet him and who
show him the warmth of their re-
gard. I fancy that he perceives that
he has deteriorated in many ways.
He shuns contacts with those who
knew him in his busy years, Thus
is explained his hurrying away from
a funeral service where were assem-
bled many who knew and loved him
in a past day.
Why do I tell of this man? And
to 'whom am I addressing myself in
this contribution to The News -Re-
cord? Well, I have tried to show my
readers a state which ought to be
dreaded by all who are nearing ' an
age which • may repuire them to quit
which they thinkt or an age at
which they think that they may
honoralbly and justifiably retire.
' And I am addressing myself to
myself, as well as to others, for the
sight of this man, as I saw him has-
tening from an assembly of his fel-
law men, made me see how lonely
and empty eld age may be; and 1 do
not want my old age to be either
empty or lonely. t see that my Iifo
will be both empty and Ionely un-
less now—in my middle 60's-1 de-
liberately set about the business of
guarding myself against a life or
state where friends and friendships
waste rapidly, and where I may be
useless --a non-contributeor to the
happiness, the strength, the welfare
of others.
The ageing man, if he is wise, -will
carry on his • wonted labours . until
physical and mental decay shall com•
pen him to quit working. He will put
and keep himself in the company of
others'--TartIcular]y those yoltnger
than himself. He will think the
thoughts of younger men, and will.
be sympathetic with their aspire -
tions and interests. He need not try
to be young in the •matter of sports
—golf, tennis, lawn -bowling, for.
example, and he doesnot need to pre
tenets, be youthful in his social con-
tacts. Yet he can maintain a keen.
interest in the affairs' of his com-
munity, and the larger sphere of
world politics and doings. He can
read both old and new beaks, and
he will likely want to read in . hie
leisure, many: books which were nos
read by hint in his youth—"The
Cloister and the Hearth," Iby way of
example. He can talk - about ` the
books;hiehe
has read, w h
and ', so
make himself interesting' to others, (;
Ile, can, pursue' some course of read-
ing -e period in history, exploration,
What one who is growing old in
years has to fear is non -participa-
tion in the throbbing, burning lite
all about one. It is not adequate pro-
tection just to read newspapers and
be e keen contributor to others from
the well of ones thoughts and ex-
perience. What . one has to fight
against, if one is' to keep his -life
from becoming lonely andempty and
useless, is one's own inclination to
indulge the desires to be idle and `In-
dolent. `One should know -that the
Moment one eeases to keep oneself.
burnished by frictienai contacts with
others' lives and interests, one will
begin to rust and will be rejected of
men.
What I' have written is intended
for bankers, teachers, preachers,
farmers, lawyers, business execu-
tives .and all others nearing the dams
gerous age of 65 or 70. I want them
to see that if and when they "retire,"
either voluntarily or compulsorily,
they are face to face with many
perils. The later years of their life
should be years of fullness, of hap-
piness and enjoyments, not years of
ever-increasing loneliness and empti-
ness, One has to exercise will -pow-
er to retain the fresh mind and heart
in the years of one's "superannua-
tion". If one lets go, and settles
down to what one may call an earn-
ed ease, one will age rapidly in mind
and body and heart,
Life toward its close can be very,
very rich. This is the thought which
IGOIEIRIG i!: Hastily Px I1a
ni
n
g
to
ge to the home of her sister, 'Mrs.
D. Lindsay, on hearing of her death,:
Miss ',anise alter, Britannia road,
fell and fractured her left arm. Miss:
Walter, fell down a flight of stairs
as she was about to 'leave her home,.
—Signal, •
EXETER: W. H. Johnston is mak-
ing recovery, though slowly. His snany-
friends will be glad to learn of this.
EXETER: Dr. J. W. • Browning-
celebrated his 92nd birthday here on:
Thursday. The grand old man was
clown bright and early, aseis his cus-
tom, to his office. He intimated to -
some of the scores of callers that
he had intended reading up some ar---
tieles, but his office duties kept him,
so busy, he was tired out. The Doe.
tar has many patients who sun rely'
on him for treatment. On being con-
gratulated, he said to one caller at
least, that he 'didn't see why he,
could not live another hundred years,.
or at least a good portion of it. His
father' lived to be 100 years and 6
months. His intellect is as sharp as
ever it was, his timely wit is aston-
ishing, his memory not so good and'
he wears two pairs of spectacles to •
read.
BANK OF MONTREAL
Established 1817
Lit presentation, in easily understandable form,
of the Bank's
ANNUAL STATEMENT
31st October, 1935 �•
LIABILITIES
LIABILITIES TO THE PUBLIC _,
Deposits . . a . $676,944,866.06
Payable en demand and after notice.
Notes of the Bank in Circulation . ■ ■ 29,959,128.50
Payable on demand. o'.
Bills Payable . . . . . . 353,011.79
Time drafts issued and outstanding.
Acceptances and Letters of Credit Outstanding . 7,066,426.26
Financial responsibilities undertaken on behalf of customers
(see off -setting amount Ex) its "Resources").
Other Liabilities to the Public . . . . . 1,784,347.07
Items which do not come under the foregoing headings.
Total Liabilities to the Public . . . . . $716,107,779.68
LIABILITIES.TO THE SHAREHOLDERS
Capital, Surplus and Undivided Profits
and Reserves for Dividends . . 76,665,093.08
This amount represents the shareholders' interest in the Bank,
over which liabilities to the public take precedence.
Total Liabilities . • . . . . . $792,772,872.76
RESOURCES
To meet the foregoing Liabilities the Bank has
Cash in its Vaults and Money on Deposit with
Bank of Canada . $ 82,711,635.13,
Notes of and Cheques on Other Banks . . ■ 27,614,596.16
Payable in cash on presentation, ss •a.-
Money on Deposit with Other Banks . . 37,764,631.60
Available on demand or at short notice.
Government and Other Bonds and Debentures . 361,769,848.49
Not exceeding market value. The greaterortion consists
of gih-edge securities which mature at early dates.p
Stocks 103,872.95
Railway and Industrial and other stocks. Not exceeding market
value.
Call Loans outside of Canada . . . 18,835,238.07
Secured by bonds, stocks and other negotiable securities of
greater value than the loans and representing moneys quickly
available with no disturbing effect on conditions in Canada.
• Call Loans in Canada 4,435,736.20
Payable on demand and secured by bonds and stocks of
greater value than the loans,
Bankers' Acceptances . •. 139,252,54
Prune drafts accepted by other banks.
TOTAL or QUICKLY AVAILABLE RESOURCES . $533,374,511.14
(equal to 74.48% of all Liabilities to the Public)
Other Loans . . . . . . 234,461,311.20
To manufacturers, farmers, merchants and others, on condi-
tions consistent with sound banking.
Bank Premises . . 14,500,000.00
Three properties only are carried in the names of holding
companies; the stock and bonds of these companies are en-
'tirely owned by the Bank and appear on the books at $1.00
in each case. All other of the Bank's premises, the value' of
which largely exceeds $14,500,000, appear under this heading.
Real Estate, and Mortgages on Real Estate Sold by the
Bank . . . . . . • . . 1,523,432.05
Acquired in the course of the Bank's business and in process
of being realized upon.
x Customers' Liability under Acceptances and
Letters of Credit . ' . . 7,066,426.26
Re,bresend liabilities of customers on account of Letters of
Credit issued and Drafts' accepted by the Bank for them
account.
Other Assets not included in the Foregoing 1,846,892.11
Making Total Assets of . • . $792,772,872.76
so meet' payment of Liabilities to the Public of 716,107,779.68 '
leaving an excess of Assets over Liabilities to the Public of 76,665,093.08
PROFIT and LOSS ACCOUNT
Profits' for the year 'ended 31st October, 1933, after making appropria-
tions to Contingent Reserve Fund, out of which Fund full provision
for Bad and Doubtful Debts has been made . . $4,007,302.06
Less Dominion and Provincial Government Taxes . . 2,002,089,49 $3,005,212.57
Dividends paid or payable to Shareholders . 2,880,000.00
$ 125,212,37
Balance of Profit and Loss Account, 31st October, 1934 . ., • 1,809,820.79
Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward . , $1,933,033.36
CHARLES B. GORDON, W A. BOG,
President JACKSON DODDS,
joint General Managers
*•. *
The strength of a bank is determined by, its history, its: policy, its management
and the extent ,of its resources. for 118ears the Bank o Montreal has
y f
been in the: ce
forefront of Canadian finance.