V, The first radios in Clinton were owned by Ernest Pickering, Elton Woodside and John Dunning. The first television set was owned by Elton Woodside, a Marconi in 1954.

I 7 g . LIME KILN

A lime kiln was located on land now owned by Louis O’Connor. When sailing vessels called at the wharf, at the end of the Wood- side Road, to load farm produce and lumber, they carried lime- stone as ballast. This was burned in the kiln and used by the local residents for plastering, mortar, etc. ‘

SELF SUFFICIENCY 0F SETTLERS

There was no unemployment insurance in the early days, and there was no need for such a social benefit. The people were happy and busy and, taking it altogether, the Island was almost self- sufficient in the middle years of the nineteenth century. The manufactured dress material lacked the fine texture and appear- ance of today’s crimplene and other materials, but they made good, warm dresses for children as well as adults; Families were usually large, and the girls would each have a dress made in the fall from “drugget”, which would last them the winter. This material was made from carded wool, which was finally spun and then woven, to be made intoclothing for all the family. Imagine a teenager today being satisfied with one everyday dress for the winter, ‘

In the same way, leather tanned in our community gave em- ployment to the shoemaker, the harness maker and the saddler. A tannery was in the Vicinity of the farm now owned by Hugh Frizzell . '

CLINTON BLACKSMITH SHOP

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