<«■ ace The Hall Co . held a very pleasant basket social and concert n their new hall at Clinton on the 21. ult. Notwithstanding the iccommodation being large for a countryplace, the hall was crowded at an early hour and the evening passed away most pleasantly. Before the concert opened, Mr. William Ross of Clinton made a few very interesting remarks on behalf of the shareholders. Mr. WG. B. MacKay occupied the chair. This concert without doubt sur¬ passed anything of the kind ever held in Clinton. The choruses ■were rendered in a style which could scarcely be surpassed on the Island. Rev. Mr. Opie of Margate delivered a very able and inter¬ esting address, which was listened to with marked attention and heartily applauded. The solos by Messrs. Robert Lamont , John Sutherland and George Found , with Miss Minnie Found as accom¬ panist, were heartily applauded, and each of these gentlemen had ■to respond to an encore. Prof. Freeze , Lewis Beer and Miss Clark ■gave a few instrumental selections which pleased the whole aud¬ ience. The dialogues were well carried out, the different char¬ acters being well represented. Mr. William Mayne favored the ■audience with a scripture story which he ably and eloquently delivered. Before the closing chorus, Mr. Gordon Pickering gave a very neat little speech in which he lamented the wretched condition of •old bachelors and exhorted the ladies to do all in their power to ■relieve their unhappy lot. The 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 •the tempting samples of pies, and also the gentlemen who pur¬ chased the same. The receipts of the evening amounted to $66.60 which sum Igoes toward liquidating debt on the hall." I At a later date in the early 1900's, a correspondent wrote: Despite the snowstorm, quite a number attended the pie social jgiyen by the Clinton Hall Co . A fine program was most success- milly rendered by Peter Warren , Harold MacLeod , Miss Belle Fyfe , ' Major Whitehead , John Whitehead , Alonzo Woodside , William IMarks, , 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 Igoes toward repairing the hall." 1 ^ne following are some of the prices paid at that era: In 1897 ion? v!1 ^°' received 8 cents per night for prayer meetings; In i 1907 the amount was changed to 10 cents per night; in 1912-1917, hJJ cents per night and in 1926, 25 cents was received; In 1895, • jvirs. Mclsaac was paid 50 cents for cleaning the hall; In 1917, Wil- jf?™. Vomers was paid 50 cents for banking the hall; In 1950 a Kitchen was built on the north end of the hall by Edwin Coles . —25—