The Clinton News Record, 1917-03-29, Page 1No. 1982 -37th Year
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TON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 29th, 1917
on 'Thursday, April the 5th, the day of
Huron's Spring Show
THE HOME PAPER
SIS
dprin�; $hiv,
Visrs t inton on that da. will be welcomed
v Ito o Cll y
at our store whether for a friendly Or a business call,
Our stock, as usual, is tat ge and well aesortod.. We
carry
WATCHES, . CLOCKS; RINGS,
•JEWELER', CUT GLASS, AND CHINA
Also a complete line of Spectacles and Eyeglasses
your eyes accurate)
We can fit . y y
Do: not forget we are headquarters for 'watch, clock
and jewelery repairing,
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Oldest Established Iewelery Store.. in Clinton
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OF CANADA.
Ineorporated 1809,
Capital Authorized
Capital Paid-up
lieserve and Undivided Profits
Total Assets
anti
$20,000,000
12,000,000
14,:300,000
270,000,000
400 Branches, With world wide connection. Interest allowed
00 Savisrgs Deposits. General Banking business' transacted.
n, E. MANNING, Manager - Clinton 'Branch
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INCORPORATED 1005
Capital and Reserve $8,800,000
96 Branches in Canada.
A General Banking Business. Transacted..
Circular !Utters of Credit
Bank Money Orders,
Savings Bank Department.
Interest allowed at highest current rate.
C. E. Dowding, Manager, Clinton Branch.
READY-TO-WEAR
OIATHINe
2 he c6lorrish
Clothing Co.
ORDERED
CroTarxa
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2.50 Hat Fr..,:.
On. Stock Show ,
Day
We will give with every suit
_ from $15 up, purchased on
SpringShowDay,your choice
of any $ 2.50. hat in the store.
Our stock of suits is the lar-
- swe have ever shown and ,
gest
prices are from 2.00 to 5.00
$ $
below the present market
value.
This offer is for .
Spring Show Dag Onl
Store open on this date,A p ri'
pN 13th „
until 111 p m.
C�THE OTHING . CO.MORRISH
Agent C. P R.
/e 1 a for Sunday ofnight calls.
ONTARIO STREET CTIURCH.
Last'Suiidt), evening thirty young
ladies were,ereeeived ciao membership
at a sunnier" reception service.
Rev, J, i1, Robinson addressed. the
Sunday school on Sunday afternoon.
On ,Sunday morning next a reeep-
tion will be held foe seniors. ' The
pastor well preach at both services,
taking for his subject in the even-
ing ; "What a Young Man Needs,"
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A COUPLE Op' PRESENTATIONS,
The members of the Ladies' Guild
of St. Paul's church, on Monday ev-
ening, at the home of Mrs. Ferran,
presented Mrs, Il, E. Paull with a
prayer book, prier to her departure
from • town.
The choir of FIt. Paul's, of whfe:h,
Mr, Paull was a valued member,
made this popular couple the recipi
cs
enof a nice piece of cut glass, as
a 'reminder of happy associations.
Mr, and Mrs. Paull will l;e much
missed by the, congregati-n of St.
Paul's,
FELLED TILE CHANT.
• A large elm which grew upon the.
lawn of the property • on I-Tttrcn
street recently purchased by Mrs.
Peter Gantelon, was cut down one
day last week by Messrs. W. and 7I
Alexander anti R. Currie. The •trce
was a king of Its kind • mea using.
four feet, four inches fn diameter, It
seemed a pity, to doom it to the
axe and there are many of the opine
ion that such a stately specimen
should have been left standing but
the owners of the property willed
that it s':ottld be cut, Several
cords of stove wood has been nlaile
from the fallen giant.
I'UBLIP 'LIBRARY OPENED.
Tnc Clinton public Library, which
has 1 e n closed to the puLiic, with
..the excepti.:n of tee reading room,
for some time past, is again . open
for distribution of books.
The Library is not by any means
the stone Library[ as lefore it was
closed but a much more useful, bet-
ter equipped and efficient cne. Very
fete of these who have been in the hab-
it of using the•library, However, have
any clear idea of the changes which
hate been wrought in it.
Of course it is well known that a
new wing has been 'added. This was
commenced in the fall of 1915 and is
now complete. The nevi wing has
been converted Otto a stack room
and. the seven tithusand odd volumes,
which were packed and jammed into
close quarters, filling every inch oft,
space from floor to ceiling fn • the
old stack room, are much more ccn-
vcmently disposed of in the new. Ev-
en then there is little enough space
for new books to be added from
time to time.
The old stack room has been util-
ized as .a reading room for the chil-
dren and theirboo::s hate been
placed there.
The whole i,rterior has bee;i re -
papered, painted and fitted. ' with a
new system of lighting ; a drinking
fountain has been put in and a lava-
tory has been installed fu the base-
ment. The whole building, new and
old i
sewzg sa resents Might, p b L, cheerf.il
and attractive , appearance.
But after all it is among the
books that the greatest im-
provement has. been made, an en-
tirely new system having been intro-
duced. They are now catalogued by
the Dewey Decimal • System. Every
book has been classified, its contents
noted and dards made out indicating
same. Each book has at lets( four
cards, many a dozen and sonic" more,
describing their contents and each
class of books ds- 50 numbered. and
marked that it can be told at a
glance where it belongs.
Patrons will be allowed to choose
their own books from the shelves
and no matter what subject a patron
may wish to study he can go to a
card index and find the number and,
name of the book dealing with that
subject. If he wishes to study the
works of a particular author he can
(find out easily how many the library
oohtates' and where to lay his: land
on then(. If onl;.t the name of a
book can lie reaped it is essily
found and if neither name nor auth-
or is known and only the sub;ect
natter is recalled a 01 nee throegh
the card index quickly brims it to
light.
The Newark., System of charging,
Which is considered the most up-to-
date, will be used,
As will be readily understood all
these :changes have necessitated a
vast amount of work, 'Phe new wing
was made •possible by a grant front
bir, Andrew Carnegie and the money,,,
has been expendaid with the greatest
care and to the very best•adveittagc,l
But the bulk of the work in mimic -
lien with the chance in the new sp•
Stem of distribution and handling of
books has been done by the librarian
and the chairman of the board, who
have worked early and late blit wino.
now have the satisfaction of knowing
that thele thoroughness has '.(snsured
for this itnpreved library system the
most complete trial. Iit the remacit-
ing of the hanks smile volunteer
a
.s-
aIst aae rysgaveIbut though that
was no light talk it was
g c olnirtg'
within sight Of the end and' follow-
ed on the heels of a long 1er at (1 meth
It
more oxactlie g task,
Clinton people have reason to be
proud Of thole Public 1:1braey, which
10 today the .most cdeiplete and up-
to-dato one this side et London,
RECEIVED NICE LEGACY.
Rev, Jerrold Potts of Toronto, for-
niorly rector el Ste Pal's clench,
Clinton, has been named executor
and trustee of the, estetejof tato late
Mrs, iv!oorhouse of 'Por,nlltO, who
left property valued at nearly)
000. Mr, Potts was' left' a legacy of
$500,
AN INTERL+:STING SOUVENIR.
(G:oderieh Star.)
"Manager Rumball 0) the Bell
Telephone Co, is' the possessar'of a
ring made from the aluminum nose
of a German shell; with British arms
in copper.' The ring was senij him
by, liis brother, Fred, now in .France
who enlisted with the 03rd battery,"
THE Y.M,C,A. 'FUND.
The campaign for the raising
of funds fon; the -Y M.C,A,. work a-
mong the soldier hoys is ,going on a-
pace. The :time for turning an the
lists had to be extended as the col-
lectors found it ,impossitle to got
over the ground in the time. From
the returns coming in it loo! -s as if
Clinton would ma"e a good showing'
finally. Anycue who happens to Lo
missed could hand a contra' utiou to
the treasurer, Mr, 0. 0. MeTag ag art,
or to any member of the committee.
'Tis for a good cause. Let -Clinton
show what can be done in s Bch a
ease.
Y.L.P.A. IIA9 ANNUAL. MEETING',
On Thursday evening last the
'Young Ladies' Patriotic Auxiliary]
held their fleet ahnui,l meet n
when reports were reed s ud the ofee
ers elected as f.11ows
President, Miss Olive Cooper.
1st Tice; • 'Hiss \\'uni: 0 Neil,
2nd •'\'Ire Miss Amy Howson.
3rd Vice, :Hiss Rent Pickett,
Secretary, Miss Belle Draper.
Treasurer, Miss , can. McTag:,art.
Publicity 'Committee Convener,
:Hiss W. Thompson,
Rays and Means ('onnmitteo- Con-
vener, Mrs, Fairfull.
Wool Committee, Misses Ailey How-
son and Jennie Robertson.
Tho following is a summary of the
financial report of the Auxiliary for
the past six months, since last elec-
tion of officers
Balance from previous six months,
$109,03.
Fees, $4.11 ; donations. 954.12 ;
musicales, $33,80 ; Lamar, $255.12 ;
advertising, 948.50 ; sale of Tapers,
$70 ; rink, 961.30 ; minstrels and
play, 9222.70 ; te:s, $53.48 ; sun-
dries, 915.15 ; interest 92;01, total
receipts, $929.32, ,
Expenditures,—For prisoners of war
$60 ; British Red Cross, 125 ; Cena•
than Red Cross, $100 ;
$25 ; Belgian Relief, $25 ; \Yemen's
Patriotic Society, 950 ; Weal, $103.-
90
103:90 ; Boxes to boys at front, (exclu-
sive of wo:.1 and ca''es) $181 ; ex-
penses for bazaar and minstrel.
show, 970.35; paper press, $8 ; sun-
dries, draying,.postage, etc. 123.81 ;
balance on hand, $167.26, total,
$929.32.
POPULAR CITIZEN BANQTJETTED
The Board of Trade and a number
of his business associates tendered a
banquet to .Mr. FI, 11. Paull, acting
manager of the local branch of the
Molsons Bank, who this week leaves
to assume the management, of the
Aivinston branch, at the Rattenbury
House on Monday evening,
About fifty of the business and
professional men' of Clinton sat down
to the teally excellent supper provid-
ed by, Mine Host -Rattenbury, •
Mr. le. Jackson acted as toast
toaster, filling the - position with
grace and .acceptance.
The toast "'The Icing" brought ev-
erybody ,to his feet and tine 'Nation-
al Anthem was heartily sung,
Then Mr G. D. McTaggart propos-
ed "Our Guest' and while upon his
feet, in a neat speech, presented to
Mr, Paull, on behalf of the assem-
bled company, a very handsome club
bag.
The presentation came as a com-
plete surprise to Mr. Paull but be
responded warmly to the toast and
also thanked his friends for the
handsome gift, •assuring tlienn, howev-
er, that he did not need 'a tangt,,ie
reminder to keep green the memory
of Clinton as he had thoroughly en-
joyed his sojourn here and would
say farewell to the .towe. with Been
regret,
Col. Mance proposed 'the toast to
Mr. Sharpe, •Mr. Paull's successor,
who replied in happy vein,. recalling
the time, some tuventy years ago,
when he served as junior on the
staff of the Bank to whish he 110W
returns as acting manager, He said
his recollections of Clinton were
very vivid and very pleasant.
• "Oar Educational Interests" was
responded to by Rev, J. A, Pebin-
son, Rev, W. 11. Moulton and Messrs.
J. W. Treleaven and C. 1). Bonds;
"The Board of Trade" brought to
their feet in turn -the president and
secretary, Messrs, D. Cantelon and
A. 1'. Cooper, who each spoke brlcf-
ly.
" Our Metchantile Interests
brought replies from Reese Ford
W.
slt�
' roti V. Jar
.lames S ,
and Messrs, ,
Chas, Libby.
and ha., F.
Jack -
soli aiY
The affair passed oft Very. 9Ceasat
t
-
ly; the onlyregrettable Cetitt 'cbeing
the fest that it was a fareweil to a
most woetlt3l and highly esteemed
citizen, foe Mr, Patill Maids tllintMI
bearing with bliss the greed Wishes of
ail r1asses of 4iti741m
TTII- I,OCA.L.AIARF1IT,
Wheat 91;70,
• Buckwheat $1.15',
Barley $1.00,
Oats 60e;
Butter 350 to 311e,
.Eggs 80c to 81e..'
Live I:Togs 915,00..
HOUSECLEANING ACCIDENT,
While engaged . bocseuleanicg on
Saturday morning hist Mrs J. W.
,Sliaw fell from a stepladder, receiv-
ing inure. or less serious iiilurle.
Though bruised and sha' en Mrs.
Shaw escaped without a broken isone
and it as Hoped she will soon to quite
recovered.
MOVING 1.'0 NEW IIOMTII.
Dr, Gaudier is nloeing this week
into his new property, tl:e White-
head place on Vieteria street, As
his office and residence will Le to-
gether this will be much more con-
venient for him. Mr. George Phalen
has purchased the Doctor's cotta;e
on Rattenbury street and will tale
possession almost at cum.
WRIST WATCH FOR NURSEC.
Before leavin;; for Montreal, where
,,.
• r 1
she re i,c on Feeley e a i ay last
and from where she leaves
for o v c r seas with a party
of other narking -sisters; BTf;s Kate
Scott was presented by the Women's
Patriotic So:•ieLy and the Young
Ladies' Aexiii;'ry with a h'ndsome
twist watch. Bliss ;Scott is the third
Clinton nuts, to coast for o:erseas
eervice, bliss Violet' i•ewt'll ..nd Mete
1. ergiteo n being -already:. rat. duty(, the
Conner for eyes a year,
TU)41L} VROel '1111'1 FRON'1.
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'Pte. 11'. Ilay • C antclan 'addressed
the members of Wesley church Leag-
ue on Monday evening, 'telling of con-
ditions In the leen hes in France,
where he spent several mouths.
One could hardly imagine anyone
more cheerful than Mr. ('anteloit was
as he answered questi n after c,u s-
ti0n, he didn't pretend to have a set
speech, about the life of etc ('unadi•
an soldier living underground in
France, I3ardships and dangers were
apparently taken as a matter of
course. Not the least of the bravery
shown) by our brave,soidicr 'lads is
the cheerful spirit with which the in-
evitable discomforts are borne. This
simple; intimate little talk ty the
first of the Clinton boys to return
from the war was exceedingly inter-
esting to all who heard it.
NEXT THURSDAY'S TITE: DAY.
The executive of the iluron County,
Spring Stock ,Show axe nta',ing ar-
rangements which will ensure that
the Show this year,' next Thursday,
April 5th; will be better than over
before, and that is saying a g:od
deal. More money is being paid in
prizes and altogether, given good
weather, the show next Thursday
will be a hummer, E.erycne will
take the day off and come to Clin-
ton on that day. It will be worth
while just to see the help driers'
contest, before the postoffice at four
o'clock.
oc .
On the afternoon and e.eniug of
Horse Show Day and the evening be-
fore that thrilling pictorial story,
"The Battle Cry of Peace", will be
shown in the town hall under the
auspices of the Horse Show and the
Young Ladies' Patriotic Aslxiiitry,
the proceeds to be di; Bled bebtveen
the two societies. This is said to
be the greatest film ever shown in
Western Ontario and 'everyone should
endeavor to see it.
During the performance the V.L.P.
A, ladies will sell homemade candy
to the` audience,
HURON W. C. A.
The tea and. exhibit of work tv„ieh
was held, 111 the council chamber no
Wedsiesdey afternoon last was a de-
cided success. The supplies from the
various societies' were in excellent
condition' and on every hand was
hoard the expression ;,"Isn't it a
splendid shipment 7" A display of
suck; beautiful work must be such a
stimutlus and such a satisfaction to
all who ate doing their best work
for the soldier boys. The proceeds
of the tea amounted to $20 and in
addition to this 97,65 , was re:aized
from the sale of extra coolcing. The
shipment consisted of the following :
'Varna Patriotic Society ; 88 flannnel
shirts, 8e pair socks, 30 trench, tow-
els, 11 pyjamas.
Bayfield Pat. Society ; 8 flannel
shirts, 65 pai0 of socks, 3 quilts,
Stanley;,` Maple Loaf ; 9 flannel
shirts, 14 pair of socks,
Unity Club ; 11 flannel shirts, 30
pair of snobs.
Young Ladies, Ooderieh Tp ;' Sit
pair of seeks,
Bethany Society ; 30. pair socks,
Turner's Church Society'; 28 Palr
of socks.
Clinton W.1',S.; 37 flannel shirts,
80 hospital shirts, 10 sheets, 52
slips, 177 pairs of kooks, 1 scarf,
80 trench towels, - 12 pyjamas, 1
package of old cotton..
All the Societies are asked to re-
member t shower soclt shot r for the t61st
Battalion. 'Every woman in each el
the societies shipping from Clinton
c knit rain
is staked to 0110 pair so as to
1
make the Ship/Rent as large as Pos-
sible. Put name end name.,.cf Socie-
ty the
sool1,0 and bring or send
fate the cotUseil climber on 1t,ltlles-
day next, Huron ,spring Show Day.
JTNGACUP/MEN'l' ANNUL/NC/ED,.
Yf1^ anl Mrs, John Hoppe,
oroi-
to, annomlco the engagement of thein
dauglitor, Nora Tem, to. Mee Wil-
liam, Stewart Paisleys, son of Mr, and
Mrs, W.J._Paisley, Clinton, Ont,,
marriage to take plane early in Ap-
nil,
1\r, P. 5. NOTES.
The • Women's Patriotic Society
will meet as usual for work on Fri-
day: afternoon. Plenty, of work for
willing workers and the " need is
great. The ladies are asked to re
montber the sock' shower -for ' the
"Hurons." .0n Horse Show Day,
People You Know
Mrs: Slack of Gndericin is the guest
of "Mrs, W. .J'ackson,
1111, Harry ('.antelon of 'Toronto was
in town for a couple et clays last
week,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Twitchell return-
ed to Toronto Monday morning af-
ter spending a iortnieht in town.
Mr. John Watts 'of Holten .has been
visiting his brother, NIr. Thomas
Watts of tarn, during the past
r
w .
Rev,oe) J. A. Robinson end Rev. W. 13.
Moulton attended the Induction of
Rev. A. L. G. • Clarke het() the rec-
torship of St, `Cc r ,e's church,
• Goderi h ou 'I'hursd y evening lest,
.1n, illustrated arldriss,,"Front tine
Garden to the Tomb," will be giv-
en in St. obit's church on Tuesday
evening next Ly Re:. W. B. eluuliu u,
1t will Le ii'ee,y and interesting.
Everybody wi 0 eine.
The Clesncrse Uissi et Circle -in-
tend giving an eutsies lament the
second Fridays in Aria. The Glean-
ers usually manage . to put c n en en-
tertaining program and will no
doubt do so on 'this occasion,
At the last sleeting et the Patrio-
tic Society twenty-four • members be-
ing present, it was decided 'to take a
subscription from the.peaple of the
neighborhood to protide fends for
carrying on the work. The commit-
tee in charge report favora'ly aid
-it is expected that at the next meet
ing•Lhey will have a substantial sunt
to hand in. A bale of se =teen grey
flannel .shirts and ninety-six pairs of
socks 'vas packet, this being the
work .of the Society for the past
four weeks. On account of Thursday
being C3intan Slsow Day the meeting
next week will be held on Tuesday.
Badfi eld.
Miss . Maggie McLeod of Detroit is
visiting her brother, W. J. McLeod,
Messrs. William and Al'eert Leetcll
left the past week for Swift Cur-
rent, Sas'';.
Mrs, George Copeland received
word on Thursday last of the death
of her brother, Mr. Shaw of Mt, Al-
bert, and on Friday Mr. and 1Mrs'.
Copeland left to attend the funeral,
returning on • Tuesday 1 e �y evening.
Aliss Hilda King,. who spent the
past two months at Stratford, re-
turned home last week.
Air, John Davison, who is working
in the monition factory at Seaforth,
spent Sunday and Monday. at his
home in the village;
Pte. Fred Weir, who was reported
the past week as wounded in 'France;
has since died of wounds. He was a
nephew of Mrs. Fraise Kee;;an of this
village.
Btanleg Township
Pte.. Franklin Boyce, who was
wounded in Entice aul.t who spent
some time in an English hospital,
has recovered and has reterne;l to
the trenches.
Mr, and Mrs, Win, Reid entertain-
ed a fcw of their poling friends at
their hound on Taurs1ay evening
hist.
We aro glair to report that Mr.
D. J, Stephenson, who has been so
seriously ill is now improving, tino.tgh
not yet out of danger. We trust,
however, that his recovery) will now
be speedy,
Refd Bros. have sold and delivered
a good driving mare to Mr. lio'.t.
Webster of Lec'.cnow end ha• a also
disposed of a One Shorthorn tonic)
Mr. Janus Smillie of Tcc!cersmith.
For both these animals they received
handsome figures,
Messrs, Samnel Hehner and Wm.
Sparks have leased Mr, Rol;ert Del-
gaty's farm for a term of years.
}Mr, Goo. Flewitt spent the week-
end at the home of Mr. William
Ratliwcll.
Airs, James Reid, who has. been
s\voelwhat ind'aposed, is not reco,-
Bring as fust as )ter Iricuds could
isam:
Miss Lucinda Re 0, who has beck
ill has now recovered. •
Somme h
rail
'Phe 1:Yemen's Patriotic. Society
will meet at the home of Mrs, A,
Morrell on Tuesday( aItetneen next
instead of Thursday. All filo tactics
wlto are working for the society are
asked to rotitrss finished. scales so they
can be packed for the boys at the
trent,
Varna
The play[ siuu10tled ,''Tlse S7toleA
Diamonds" was presented by the
Bayfield Dramatic Club on Tuesday,
evening 0i last weekunder the aus-
isices of the Varna Patriotic. Society,
and proved to' be quite a success,
The play; is in three acts and occu-
pied two hours and a half. Splen-
slfd music want furnisll'otl betweenncts
by the Varna orchestra, The play-
ers were ; `Misses Edith Spaokutau,
Lucy Woods, Jessio McKenzie, Mar-
garet Campbell, ,Dean Geddes end.
:Messrs. Victor Evans, O. W. Melee.,
Donald Mckenzie; Willard Sturgeon,
,James Reid and Lrank Cameron,
The enthusiastic manner in width
each '\ie presenter) their part was
much a'p preeta ted :.by the
audience, which was evidenced I:y the
marked attention given. The people
of Varna and vicinity, and especial-,
ly the members of the Patriotic So-
ciety, are very grateful to the Dra-
matis (lint kr tee selfndict even-
ing's entertaimnent, also to Mr. Wil-
liam Loran, who re'tdered ao accep-
tably 01101 1 o;s, lar and Louati(: 1
song, "0 Canada,"
Mr. Tl:oinas Dennison, who has
spent the winter 1n Los Angeles, Cal.
ifornla, visitmg friends, has reru)a
)
home
Mrs, T. eleAsli, who has beta vis-
iting her daughter in Michi;an and
friends in the west, has returned
home.
'Mr. an•1 tiers. lugs spent the weer -
end with friends in Land.ts.
'Wedding bells were ringing in c 11
vi^in ity last wee!: when Mr. Italie:
0 tenhees`nn w, s gerstly nsarretd to
;\Tiss Fell of oc1r Mitchell.
techool se .tier No. b will 1:140 a,
concert in the town hell, Verna, on
Friday next, A emel program is l:e-
ing prepared.
Wood cutting has been the nreee
of the dap in our village during the
past week,
Mr. Tom Reel spent the took-rnd
at his home near here,
Mr. W. Peacock et Toronto spent
a few clays as the grest of Mr. J.
T, Reid last week,
Gocterich Township
A lantern service and illustrated
address will be given in St. James'
church, )Middleton, un the evening of
Good Friday. "From the Cradle to
the 'Tomb, or The Story of the Cross
in Word and Picture," Address and
hymns will be illustrated by slides.
All axe welcome to this service. '
The Young Ladies' Patriotic Socie-
ty met on Thursday afternoon last
at the home of Miss A. Steep and
re -organized for the year, appoint-
ing the. following officers :
President, Miss Mita Middleton.
Vice, Miss A. Steep:
Secretary, 'Miss Flossie Cole. 0
Treasurer, Hiss Alma Elliott. .
Since October last the following
funds have been collected and ex-
pended by the Society : Collected is
fees and donations, 9118.80 ; balance
on hand in October, $47.15 ; total,
9215.95. Expended for wool and oth-
er material, etc. 9168.13 ; balance on
n
hotel 67 82 • total, �l 9
$$ 5, a.
,
Miss A. Steep a s
t ep w s appointed pp to to
look after the giving out of wool
and getting in the socks, so anyone
wishing to assist by knitting may
procure wool from her, Since Octo-
ber last the Society has knitted 160
pairs of socks, the greater number
being knitted since Christmas. 'Phe
meeting next week will be at the
hone of Miss Daisy Middleton. All
members are reglrested to tee present
as boxes are to be peciced for the
Goderich township boys who are Rt
the front,
Lots of Clinton ,,, oats
There. -
The following letter from an, old.
Clinton boy, now with the "Hurons"
at Willey Camp, was received by,
Mrs, A. J, McMurray :
"Witley Campy 1, arch 11th,
Dear Mrs. McMurray,—As this Is
Sunday morning and I have nothing
else 'to do except write fetterseee
thought' I would start out by writ-
ing you a few' lines. I wish to
Cross Society for the parcel sent
thank you and the girls of the Red
and which I received two wcet s a-
go. We were certainly glad to get
it, yt0t1 may imagine the caro and
other good things s0011 disappeared;
as anything that cones front Cana-
da always does. I found your note
111 the pair of socks, I was very,
glad to get the soc::s. I have sit few
pair but most oe them have some
very fancy mending 1n them 80 you
see it is a change to put on a pelt
that is not mended. We have moved
about a good de .1 since we came
to England. We hate been in three
or four military mines but tl1 s is far
the largest and best. There are both
infantry and artillery here. I have
seen two or tfitee Clinton boys,
Clarence lerty also Jack Lely are
ht Witley camp, At present there
must be nearly isalf of the 161st
quarantined for Mumps, my lint le
andCr quarantine araht nY a1i I w
ill certainly
Y
begb wet. There le
lad
when got ou , lie
no fun staying in the but every eve
ening. I' suppose Clinton is the same
old place, how I would li''o to spend
ail evening on the rink there, Uhl
my thanks to the R. 0. Society and
to Bliss Lucy Slovens for the );cod
things scitt us, hoose sincerely
Robert fisher,"