. “The Hall Co. held a very pleasant basket social and concert .n their new hall at Clinton on the 21. ult. Notwithstanding the _ -ccommodation being large for a countryplace, the hall was crowded _.t an early hour and the evening passed away most pleasantly. ’I'efore the concert opened, Mr. William Ross of Clinton made a IleW very interesting remarks on behalf of the shareholders. Mr. : . B. MacKay occupied the chair. This concert without doubt sur- - assed anything of the kind ever held in Clinton. The choruses ‘ ere rendered in a style which could scarcely be surpassed on the island. Rev. Mr. Opie of Margate delivered a very able and inter- g-sting address, which was listened to with marked attention and eartily applauded. The solos by Messrs. Robert Lamont, John jutherland and George Found, with Miss Minnie Found as accom— anist, were heartily applauded, and each of these gentlemen had . 0 respond to an encore. Prof. Freeze, Lewis Beer and Miss Clark ‘1 rave a few instrumental selections which pleased the whole aud- 'ience. The dialogues were well carried out, the different char-

; Before the closing chorus, Mr. Gordon Pickering gave a very neat little speech in which he lamented the wretched condition of

gold bachelors and exhorted the ladies to do all in their power to relieve their unhappy lot.

-. T he committee hereby return hearty thanks to all those who , attended the social and especially to those who took part in the ~ entertainment, and the seventy ladies who were so kind as to bring

r_the tempting samples of pies, and also the gentlemen who pur- ; chased the same.

I The receipts of the evening amounted to $66.60 which sum 3 goes toward liquidating debt on the hall.”

At a later date in the early 1900’s, a correspondent wrote: ‘ “Despite the snowstorm, quite a number attended the pie social i glVen by the Clinton Hall Co. A fine program was most success- , fully rendered by Peter Warren, Harold MacLeod, Miss Belle Fyfe, Ci MaJor Whitehead, John Whitehead, Alonzo Woodside, William , Marks, George Green, Eliphalet Howatt, Miss Fannie Pickering, , Dan Buntain and master Louis O’Connor. Then came the sale of the pies which were auctioned off at good prices by Harold Mac-

, Leod and Frank Marks. The neat sum of $40 was realized WhiCh ~ goes toward repairing the hall.”

The following are some of the prices paid at that era: In 1897 the Hall Co. received 8 cents per night for prayer meetings; In ’ 1907 the amount was changed to 10 cents per night; in 1912-1917, , 15 cents per night and in 1926, 25 cents was received; In 1895, 3 Mrs. McIsaac was paid 50 cents for cleaning the hall; In 1917, Wil- . 11am Somers was paid 50 cents for banking the hall; In 1950 a ’ kltchen was built on the north end of the hall by Edwin Coles.

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