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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1959-02-06, Page 2Since 1800 ;5er'S.ing _the Com,munity First Vublishect at PEAF'!()ATI-1, .ONT ART°, every l'hursday morning " IVIcLean Bros., 'Publishers AxiaRniv Y. 1V1cLEAX,,Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Canada, (in advance). $2.50 a Year United States (in advance). $3.50 a -Year , SINGLE COPIES -- 5 CENTS EACH. Authorized as Second CIaas Mail, post °Like Departnient, Ottawa - - by Member of Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association .rAiivit;t9 roRtEni ef-ccAvos • EARs. TONT.A.li,I9,.-FEiqRuARY, 6, 1959 No me Like Health Week For a Checkup , . Canadians on the whole enjoy a Mature death has won over our goad ' 'pretty high standard of living. They intentions: ' have the wherewithal to inddlge in - This week, February 1st - 7th, is -.most of their deSires. On this basis, National Health Week, We will see —then it must -13e assumed that many ma,nrreferencesto-healthpromatian of them just aren't interested in their sponsored by the Health League of -health; because certainlythey don't Canada in ca -operation With. govern- . bother to spend the money in order merit at various 4eve1s. --ta_have a regular medical checkup, ,This is one "week". that has a per - Perhaps it is because we are in somal meaning for evaiy Canadian. credibly casua-1---,----orwou1dcateless4e-- ---Ona-way of observing it is for -ed-ch a better word—aboutour health. of U.S,_.WhO has, not had a physical Each- of us realizes that .regular ,examination within the past -six physical cheekups are -desirable if months, to make' an appointment at ,LACTI.01.1.,i illness is to be prevented. But, once ''-and to arrange with our • doc- we never get around to it.Tirst thing tor for further examiiii,Eqini-a-fsii - we know it is too late; illness or pre- month intervals thereafter. • County. Public‘ty. ttrac We agree wholelieartedlY.With ,-,-Manii-faCtiring; and processing car - suggestion advanced by the Exeter ried On in 'Hiiran,--the county may be Times -Advocate that. the Huron -zone able,ta attract similar plants - which. of the Midwestern DeVelOPPlent balarice.the econOmy, We. sociation could -do mueh to indicate,. think ,-Huron people - should know the manufacturing capacity existing about their . awn industries; too,...anel. I , ' in this county. The fact that substan- be encouraged'to support them. tial industrial elements exist in. -.'wherever and whenever ' passible.". of the county townsand villages is additional editorial corninent4ha:' evidence to potential industry that Exeter paper congratulates Seafortli- El.117011 has something of value to on the» opening of the new 'plant of -ler it. ,' -Shoes-Shoes-Ltd. p.a,r_tictilar-' • . After listing a number of theelarg 'appreCiatathe, concluding .para- er firraS that carry on successful , -'graPhin Times -Advocate ' eratiOns in the county, the Time- editor was ,kind" enough to say; - Advocate has tlifiTta-Say!' - "We don't.1„ featilre:', ;of ;:the-apening , Was -a ineau:to belittle . the -major :edition,..Published by our Con- tainly most important industry, agti;-• temporary,.71.re....-KlireU_ 'Expositor, culture, but rwe,feel that by.publiciz;- .which -a, .tc, the 6orinija;nyi ing _the,.. successful ,operations 111 COITIIII1114-ty,7all 7 e. newspaper, _L.__ fl ustr Do Too Many' Organizations Diain Leadership? - -"Too-many-organizations is cry we have heard for Some years now and- the fact that-This`so is .going,..to • start to have its 'pay-off": befOre • many more years- pass by, the - St: Marys Journal -Argus predicts. , 'There are only so rnany. capable leaders among every group of people . and once these leaders have taken their turns in the officeS. of the 'var.:. - ious organizations tiler!are very few left Who are capable of -shouldering the responsibilities of •leadership. The result is that the organization starts to suffer, withers, and will ev- entually have to 'fold up' unless neW WA:a-61'81dr) can .be brought in, or ol leadera are willing to take- over for a -- `second round'. - "The pity of it all is that reallY worthwhile organizations suffer be— cause of this shortage ,of leadership, and, municipalboards and councils, suffer the most There is afgeneral paucity of people Willing to fake Office . _on the variouspublicboards and °ujcils be ause so many people have , their 1 spar: timd all tied up at executive jobs in organizations which are -unproductive as far as m comunity welfare and .roggressc_a concerned, -).'-the rusetre cludeS. O -TO T. HE --EDITOR: • Ottawa, 28th Jamtary, 1959. Editor, The Huron Expositor. Dear Sir: it may be of interest to you M.:know that during the - month of•Decernber Canadian Post Offices hanclled more than 500 mil- lion -items of mail matter. Regular post office staffs were augmented by• more than 40,000 teinporarY helpers, but without the widespread , co-operation Of the public we would hardly have been able to cope with the airalanche of nail prior , to Christmas. • 00 0 I -find that reports received, from Postmasters throughout the, coun- try almOst invariably comniented •on the fact at 0 their local nem/sr, papers rendered a potable service ha stressing, through photo- graphs and special articles, the need for cooperation iximailing " • 1 am therefore 1Vriting Specially' -on-.behalf of the Postal Service of Canada, to7express' to newspapers. My 'appreciation of their efforts in the public interest in making Our; • citizens ,aware of the advantages nfailing early „ Yours aincerely, , . , • • • G. A. BOYLE;., .• . • • Deputy Postmaster General; ' • A town' polieernan, liStEThiday, explained. 'to ,lylayer Ernie Fishor,- hOW a ear Was itoproPerly,, Parked, pa• rking .tieket . should begivi this , particular .Case;:'siriCe-Jt'.pro, trtidedever the 'space allowed; and business property "if the car -is iinproperly parked; :by.. all means Mit a :ticket On it," ilYlayar -Fisher ' adViSed,the,polidennati.,..When.MaY, .or Fisher a; few minutes later . cane: to. get thecar he ..wasdriir- ing he found,. a parkbig jlieket on it, He.haS since paid. the Iiii.e.-4Gode-. Need More P0 *4' , ect!for,.1ii.ereased. spade in tbe 'hic• reaShigly ,pressing,, anct:the'l)e- Pattnietit ,of ' .Works taWa hasl• giv,en.theittaWn an:. "A", „rating list, Of -municipalities rieeding7bither--rieW �r 17eiaciVated. Putt, Offices, --ThpnreSent-peatzof....- Lee'. WaS,.I.Milt.i.a.the.early,..19.0(ra. and, has: not- the, Capacity ' to 'aprie; •ofCintou preperly:' : .Acceding: Ballirpoatinastet,"-there is tte,ed for, inekeroeirrin,Various,,clifiartnient At present there - are 00 lotk.broxes for the Use- of the public.. ,There :are over lOp Teeple :receivthg•. mail threngli 'general delivery:. A: total of 20Q. is eonSidercie,t-a large gen.- ,04.1 demj_er :hi' Most'Pnst Offices. are 'as. ::'inany TaS.:'three -families uSitig,the Same. .". 'POP .,around ;the house, things .are liable' to tiiin 'Op hi. the most unlikely places: 'In this .donnection,.".,Bert Worsen hAS story to, tell ;about his nine-year Son;Robertand the 'five-month , 'old pup which was- Acquired by: the. • • household '' a •'-whie' ago • Seems' 't WaS'..ear-iii.speetion- time and -Bob: ert'S,"rnother, Was checking .to make, 'stire- there ' no ..waX,H'•.Neither , JMYSteriouS,.white-Obj,ect..WIdeb.,-Sslie lourid7lii.dge-dIT-aWAY=,lifairte-Aheir aim's ear. Aiocaidoctorwas ed 'and he.' ieirieVed :the: Objeet.'It Was saya. ; of, the. -PuP's; baby teetii-7*Ilichniitat7haVe.cirop,' ped in the boy's ear during ift.th seliffle ,witlii'-the,:•family,; Pet, IRobert ,:.hadn't,0 Con-Li:dallied; he eVen hnOW. , it Was , there ,Dad 0'CoinMents'PhilosophiCally "Well, yoii couldn't say he didn't' have.A'..toothin his head."-LGode- ricli7Sitr4§pr::„. • Iiipies Fox With ShoVel:. ", Another -grini-iWarningebent rabies epidemic • .cane ,! Tuesday -4tfaZit-ed7 a Mart ."•On- a , Biddilph-township -read . as .ehildren. were • coining • home .,frem_ school., Wesley ,Callcott ' MberSevilie•'0 gen- eral stare owner,. Warded off the el, :finally_ subdued it after7,-a i!ight• lasting seVeral'. rithiuteS, • "It-, was the -m�st horrible experience I'Ve: ever...,hart'.E.'11.6 ;•,The hanirnak•- lept four And , five feet off .• the: 'heard,' 'several Aniles, away: The general. ,store • Manager was making liiae'gg rroute When-he.0 eathe'opon the ani-, trial ' approximately • three- • • miles northeastof Mooresville.Eluid was runiiing from'•its ithat children °were -on ' their „way, :home from •schoolfhe 'tried to rain down. --the .fox with his truck, -but, failed. • Taking his shovel which he kept in the .front:seat .he • get • out.. of the car and the fox attacked: arb faimer,Earl Greenlee,. shot the fox .after • Callbott.had in- jured it to the extent_ tha. [couldn't get ili).--ExtOis 'vocaleo • ,• •• 1 . • .-IIERD---IWANAGEMENT=F--ACTOR:z its mAsrms CONTROL A...ecordirig to. the Ontario:Ye-ter- inarY: -College - fiiffire'PrOgresS in the control •mastitis in. dairy cattle' Will: ilependUPOn .the appli- cation of: known: disease ,Control Measures. Treatinent, only .-pat he ot-s-olL alitreITS.°111111T.Th- in educating the dairyinan and . , . - era ..interested in milk, production. The_veterinaria „muslie......coneern... ed about his 'responsibilities in the oallprigrarn ler7niilkati61. r O - arY,C011ege :recommend . good :herd., Cediire, NeterinaryAiagitosis' When the :disease appears ,and!'yeterin- arY, treatment of itifeetedfeasea to oontixi.F.•,!MaStitis dairy- °herds. When .these four Principle's areut-,, iliied with close co,opei•atiOn• be- tween 'the herd "Owner and his.'.vet; eririariAn the:huge annuat•expendi turd for, drugs . and the 'leases , due to mastitis will ,be. dra.stiCally rer FARM ACCIDENT SURVEY PLANS NOW BEING MADE - -Arrangements-are now being made in Ontario counties and dis- tricts for-the-carr3dng _out ,of the_ province -wide Farm Accident Sur- vey, reports R. Hilliard, direc- tor of the Extension Branch, On- tario 'Department of Agriculture. 7' The. surVey, under the stipervi- sion of the Extension...Branch, will formally get -under way on 1Vlarch 1, 1959. It will atteinpt 'te-cleter- mine the ciuses,, typeS, extent and cost of _farm accidents, in Ontario; and to disclose the -farm accident picture --for, each -coinity_anddin trict The survey wi.11 Conclud,e on • February 29, 1960. 'Just ag,improved farming one. flees are the result of scientific re- search applied to actual farining conditions, .so can a sound ,farin safety program result only' from research On actual farm acci- dents," states the Extension BranchDirector. "Once the re- search is completed, farm safety programs can then be devised whieh are based on actual fartn.;- ing conditions" 0 - IfiltelY-7;000-Ontari farm people It,' is estimated 41at approxi - have agreed to act -a farm acci- dent reporters in the survey, They ask the co-operation ••of their neigh- bors in order that they •ir1a3r re- cord all -accidents occurring on On- tario farms over the one-year per- • "ThiS spontaneous co-operation of Ontario farm people and farm organizations in' carrying out this survey is very ,encouraging," says Mr: Hilliard. 'It shows that the • farm people are just as earnest as the Ontario Department •of Agri- culture .that something • be . done about the farm -accident- problem. I know Ontario farm, people will 0 -operate in ,stipp.Iying the neces- sary aecident Mformatioxi to make this survey worthwhile." • -, Why grieve because allyour beautiful dreams didn't come true? Neither did your nightmares. You ve-the ePPertunitif to invest, your money ,safely so it will earn NO in -a -British -Mortgage Certifleatt% To inveet'— just mail your cheqUe, British Mortgage does the rest. Don't delay —, interest begins the day you invest, BRITISH MORTGAGE & TRUST Founded in 1877 Stratton • Fiona The Huron Expositor - -February 9, 1934 O Fire -destroyed the beautiful stone farm home of Mr, and Mrs: Joe Sanderson, Gorrie, on Wednesday due to the stove pipe i catching fire and falling on a bed. At the meeting of Carnegie Lib- rary Board on WednesdaY Wililam Ha.rtry was again elected presi- dent and John Finlaysons secre- tary-treasiner. Thomas Sole, one of the oldest members of the Toronto Chib Printing House Craftsmen, was made honorary, president of the club at a recent meeting, Mr. Soole was a graduate of The Ex- positor office a good many years Dr. W., D. Swan, medieal officer of the Medical Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve, Hamilton, has been promoted to Surgeon Lieuten- ant Commander-, the third- medical officer.in the Reserve iri Canada to receive this rank. Dr., wan is an only son of James Swan, ,Bruce - field. . ' • ' Miss ,JesSie-Grainge*.inatrin00 • t of the Ctuiton Hospital, ,was guest this week at the home of Mi. and Mrs W A. Wright. Miss .Margaret -Armstrong spent the weekend in London. , *Miss Mabel Turnbull, Miss Jean Sinith and- Miss Margaret Grieve Motored to Toronto and spent the weekend and alio attended the Huron Old Boys,' At -Home on Fri- day: evening, • • § § From..The Aaron EXpoSitor, - February Si i909. Mr. George Turner, BrUcefield, sailed for, -the 0Icl Country by the Steamer Corsican. He expects to be gone several months.. , On Friday last Mr. John Bands. drove into the village a Constance and tied „his horse in the church ahed. It broke loose and came in contact with. a ,poStand badly de- molished thebuggy. • Mr, 'Sohn. McKenzie had. the infsa forturte o lxip and fall, breaking a SMEd1 • bone in' hit . ankle,. whlle practising hoeitcy in the . rank re. eent/y. willianu,,Hays, son of Mr. T, ARS AGONE O Interesting items gleanedfrom The [Huron Expositor of 25, 50 and 75 years ago.' . . - E. Flays, left on. Wedneaday for New York, where he will tuidergo instruction -in voice culture, Mrs, John Devereaux, Sr., of the Huron] Road East, had the misfk-• time to sprain her aakle one day "recently. Mr. P. Scott, of Brussels; was visiting friends in town the fore part of the week, ?riot to leaving to take tfie man- agement of the Dominion tank at Guelph, Mr..,A. R. Sampson, form- erly of Seaforth, • was preseoted ,with a gold watch, Mayor McCallum, Seaforth, is. confined, to his home through' ill-, ness. • UGAR AND SPI( ry W. B. T. SMILEY • They're at it again. Every few years, after a happy, peaceful per- iod of damning the Yanks, berating the British, scoffing at theFreneh, and 'being leery of- the Russians, 'the people of Canada turn and rend themselves with the savage tender; ness of a dog- attacking his 'ovvn fleas. § § • O om The Huron Expositor • February 8, 1&34 _ , 'Mr. Wilhant Hall weighed two steers on Monday which -tipped the beam at 2,020 pounds,_and a 'heifer which7weighed-9-4-0-' pounds. The- steeri will not be two years old tiliMeaycla OnY 1Iast •weak- while Mr - John Stephensoli,of Clinton, was at work on his new house•On. Hur- on Street, he slippedfrom the seaf- folding to the ground, and was_ ser- 1°'uslYWe b injlierleocl Aeaging to 'John McLeod, of near Goderich, gave birth to a lamb on the 19th of January, and in spite of the old weather, it is -doing ' A very sad accident proved fatal to "Witham Brownette, eldest son of•Mr. George trcrwnette,.., of the Goshen Line, Stanley. The- yborig 11 man was, ill. the bush chopping down „trees, and while felling a tree it -lodged against -another -and -flew back and Struck 'hini in the fiee- and knocked, lain?. 'senaeless. A little girl was nearly strangled the other day in trying to get a sleigh ride. Her scarf caught on the sleigh and she fell off immatic- ed by the driver, and when dis- covered was .nearly chocked. , On Stinday a horse became frightened at the Salvation Min • and bolting, upset ,the Otte, throwing the occupants out No setiOns damage:,Was„ clone, Mlle Mrs. "'Arens, Stanley, Was going M her SOWS: hett.se the other • day, • she stepped into a hole and fracttired her ankle, • § § It's always the -same, Some edi- torial writer,. aware that the "let- ters -to -the -editor" column has been growing- dull of late, sends up a trial balloon about a distinctive Canadian flag,- Oh,ohe doesn't. have to Commit either himself or his' paper. He merely "demands that the government stop shilly-shally- ing with this vital matter, which has been-clillied--and dallied -with for years. That does it. The horse is no sooner out of the barn than good, soli&Canadians flock in their leg - inns, to lock the door or _yank` it off the- hinges: For the -next -six months, letters to the editor will be couched in the most belligerent terms; and signed, variously: "Throw off the Yoke", or "There'll Alvvays he an England", or "Lers Grow Up" br "ILE. Loyalist" or "Down with Popery" or "The Un- -ion- Jack Forever". In fact those letters will COP- taiit such a rich, heady -mixture of, the loyal, the heretical,the stand - fat, the railicalc the true-blue and the red revolutionary, that our edi- torial friend Will be kept in a continual state of chortling good § § Well, they're.•not getting me into _if _this lime. E,our or five years ago, during:the took a stand and declared myself _for • Canadian flag, In -fact, I went so fares to outline a dis- tinctive design_that. ;would s. have made our -flag- stand out "anywhere. • ,I've forgOten some of the de- tails, but the general-. outline,' was somethhig• like this. in the. mid- dle, a parole "pig, representing tile dignified prosperity- of7the Cana- dian people, rampant on a field ,of rye '"(Canadian. Club, of . course), Yi'lctothutha.a.',Okan.agan apple his "§ § The hag, the rye and, the apple, you. see, would cover Ontario, the PakieProyhices and B.C. To pacify - Citiebec, we'd put- in -one corner an .illustration of Rocket -Riehard--jugghng two..cansof_Hab - urn tent ,pea soup. In • the -opposite- corner, we'd have. to ,lurnp the-. Maritimes and Newfie by a 'figare- stowing a cod- crossed with Joey: SmallWood. • - There were- .a fe.w, other little" touches. • I think I. Suggested a' Miniattire ' Jolly ,Roger with a cou-: , pie of sections of PiPeline sulbstit - „tilted for the crossbones.. And, oh. :yes, the 'entire' flag would be •out- lined' with cutout figures; in scar- ••, let, of the Mounties oineir musical ride, . Now that, in my opinion; would. have' been a truly distinctive, thor- oughly Canadian flag not one of , `these morphodytic that tries to ease the ego of every immigrant • who ever stumbled, ashore, seasick, ,in the , true north' strong . and free. There, wouldn't, ben another like it in the world., • of_ courseLl. that my unique 'design, so „clean- caf'and vivid, ,so representational,. • Wonld ever " survive the stuffy sentimentality,. t e nationalistic' narrowneas, that prevails- taiva. rdid learn, •froin- a friend there, that it electrified the core,7„,_ rnittee-in eharge Of selecting - -,design_for:a_new_Lflagj_,At least .r - think that's the word he used. ;I- must adm# I was a :bit. hart that my design wasn't evert acknowledged., Unless, of course,. you want to count that letter from. ;the Minister, of Infernal Affa#s„ offering the job _of Canadian postmaster at Tierrn-Der -Fudge:: ,That was. So Obviously 'n ---case of a scared government- trying'to a brilliant- •inind that I treater:1'1f,', WithTthetemptitflieTitedtff have lived on thc,salary- _ "any_way, as I...learned, wheil I wrote,. § § • ---- No sir, they're not gettim,r-- me info any maudlin argument' about-- - a Canadian flag. I riiiisr -admit rin-- a bit faseinated, ,though., by _ the prospect of a-distinetiVe Cana- dian national anthern , An • organization called the Na- tive Sons (.ebvionslY, a terroristic group of Indian origin) fs, boosting for our ' natter -fa) anthem, that 'old: • , Iroquois . drinking song,. "0 'Ka •Nufidith": ,13ut I lean, myself, to-, ward- that • grand old, Canadian. song, "The May •I'ull Lee'". What, you don't know the words? Non-- sense,--every--=sehool--child knows- them, ":rhe IVIay 'Pull Lee, Fourern -own of Son o To facilitate snoW removal No Parking o , the Streets of this IVInnicipality will be allow- ed between the hours of 2Lm. and 8 am. This order Willbe strictly enforced in accord- ance with the Highway Traffic Act, Section 43, Subsection -9. NOTICE IS HEREBY- GIVEN that the • Municipality win not be responsiblelor any damages caused to 0 parked" vehicles as the -result of snow reinOval operations. D H. WILSON Clerk, Town of Seatorth morFAT:' Its Regal appearance initches its fine per- -formance --. • . 30 Inches wide. Bik lighted oven. with Cooking :chart., deluxe- bioiler drawer, flouresent top 'lighting con Any Electric Range 'MUM Phone SALES AND .SERVICE"'