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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1942-09-24, Page 5• TH>QRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 ' o -Lyceum °T.heatre WINGHAM Two Shows Saturday Night Thursday, Friday, Saturday Sept. 24, 25, 26 GEORGE FORMBY * •iii "SOUTH AMERICAN' .GEORGE' Fun and plenty of it as you watchthe antics of George Formby. Also "Cartoon" and "News" Matinee Sat. Afternoon 2.30 Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday Sept. 28,191 9,. .3O PAUL, ETTE .GODDARD RAY MILEAND•. ROLAND.YOUNG **m*r. "The, Lady Has -Plans' " `High intrigue, high adventure and high comedy in Lisbon. o "Cartoon" and "Canada Carries On" .EC�"I`Un�i -H Mr. and Mrs. Kruger of. Detroit.. visited ;last week with her mother, Mrs. D. Gillies. Mr: John Gilliespie; had the mis- fortune to lose .a valuable cow last week. It was choked by an apple. We are sorryto report. Mr, John Johnston' to be 'ill with pneumonia for the past week. We hope for a good recovery. OB. "'Tom Wilson of the West is spending a few holiday's, at his home here also Miss Agnes Wilson of Tor-' onto spent the, week -end at the same–home:.. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston Cbnn and Mrs. Murray Price Scott and dau- ghter Velma spent Sunday with relatives at Paisley. Eley. Mr. Fowler of Bluevale .takes the services in the Presbyterian; church here next Sunday. • THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, titch FOW, ONTARIO CANADA'S NUMBER ONE. INDUSTRY O Greatest ,Single Enterprise In Can- TALK ABOUT MIRACLES ada, Failure to Recognize ,the Fact is largely Responsible for Vncer- Word has reached Hensel of the tainty and Doubt. .Contentment and Stability come from Just Treatment. By W. E. HASKINS Secretary,Canadian Federation of Agriculture. The 'greatest single industry in Canada is agriculture; and --Canada's greatest single mistalie is that it does not recognize this fact., It is not the purpose of this• article too present . a factual and statistical picture of agriculture as an industry. A few statements will. suffice: The value°of farm capital in Can- ada at June 1, 1941, •totalled $4,689,- '656,01)0, The gross value. of agricul-' tural production in Canada in 81941 was ,$1,379;386;000. More than . half `of the people in Canada 'are either engagedin agriculture ordirectly dependent upon agriculture for their spending power. Need Clear Thinking `. If we are to consider what place agriculture should rightfully occupy in the economicstructure of Canada; we must brush away the 'cobwebs from. our and divorce our- selves.from traditional concepts. We must correct that subconscious pic- ture of the farmer as a serf or un- educated peasant, handed down thru generations from medival times. These ••conceptions of the farmer, r t eking to our minds, and distort ou inherited from earlier times, bink,; g in Canada is funds entally. an agri- cultural country andthe problem of determining agriculture's place in her economy is therefore a national problem. We still fail to think. nationally and- mistakenly divide ourselves in- to four basic groups — industry, commerce, labor and agriculture. Even accepting -these .group .class- ifications, ,we must • realize that the 'solution of the problem is not the responsibility of agriculture . alone but -affects -eachoi_the other.,grenps; and seen fromeven: the .point of view of selfish interest they must lend their support to agriculture in HS • effort's to maintain a proper liv- ing iving standard, if they are themselves to prosper., There are those who; believe that every thought and effort should be directed to the sole purpose of win- ning the war, and they would have no discussion of post-war conditions. They do not recognize ;.that it is essential ;to the morale, not only of the civilian population in our own and the devastedcourtriea,but to the spirit of the armed forces as well, to discuss. what we Are fighting for, and what we hope to do with the peace when it comes. The farmers of. Canada have bent their backs and make equal sacri- fices with others in a direct war effort, with a steadily , growing shortage of labor 'and farm .:mach- inery. Despite an over-all reduction' in the male, farm labor supply since the beginning of January, .1940 of 18,2 per cent or 204,763 persons, the farmers of Canada have produced an astonishing increase of foodstuffs GARDEN GROWN TOMATOES GOOD BET FOR CHRISTMAS IF PROPERLY STORED NOW It . is possible to have . garden grown tomatoes for Christmas says the .Dominion Department of Agri- cultur e: The tomatoes must be pick- ed in a mature, green condition be- fore they . suffer injury ?from 'frost. Store only thoroughly dry, clean tomatoes that are free from cracks, skin ,punctures or insect injury. Wrap'each. tomatoe separately in paper, newspaper will do, and place in shallow closed boxes or in draw. ers. Keep in a cool pantryor store= room where the temperature can be maintained at about 50 degrees. The use of small containers .simplifies the sorting of the tomatoes during ripening. . Another method is to pull the vine before there is any sign of frost in- jury and hangthe entire .vine from the ceiling of the store room; the advantage of this method being that ripening can • be observed without thenecessity of handling the .tom- atoess. A' temperature of 50 degrees is best for this method too. THE BEEF SHORTAGE in Canada may lead to consumer' rationing ac- cording fo a statement by ,Donald . Ordon, chairman of. the W.T.P.B. He announced that two other meth- ods were under consideration -al- location of supplies and placing. of ceilings on livestock prices in addi- . tion to the existing ceilings on Meat price •• - TIE BREAKER narrow escape of Mrs. Frank Steven of Hong, Kong, the former - Miss Dorothy Gauld. Mr. and Mrs. Stev- en were residents of Hong Kong. where Mr. Steven was employed as an engineer in connection with air - lanes. - Mr, Steven had placed his wife on a•plane leaving Hong Kong with the intention of following at the earliest opportunity. During the trip the plane was attacked and damaged. The bottom fell outof the plane and into the ocean. Mrs. Steven was, hurled into the `water, but was able >to, swim a little until she came a- cross an inflated tire, which she held on to until she waa picked; up by a rescue ship and .taken to Karachi;. India, where her baby was born two days later, 51 • YEARS MARRIED Mr. and Mrs. William J. Thomp- son of Auburn on Wednesday last. marked their 51st wedding anniver- sary. ' - They are both remarkably well and .received many messages of congratulations' from' their many. friends. included in these was an air mail letter from their son, Sergeant W. H. Thompson who is sang. overseas. They were guests of h 'nor at the home of their son and dau- '. hter �law, ..Mr. , and :'Mrs. John Thompsn of Wes rioski.. . �t Wawan. prize. Drew To Decide Two Fair Day Winners Alt The Purina .Hog Guessing Contest. 2 PRIZES 5 ELIGIBLE ' Draw At 10 o'clock. Sat. Sept • at L t me MacLennan' and have met every commitment of .hogs, the 125 million pounds of the Government to Great Britain cheese, the 45 million --dozen eggs biems ' to . agriculture, many uf. thela shortage problems; chiefly labor, rubber- and farm machinery. These the farmers face as best theymay, and with the help of the older peo- ple and the younger children they are manfully striving to produce the required volume' of agricultural goods. THE • LUCKNQW SENTINEL Publisheduevery Thursday morning ' at` Lucknow, Ontario: L. CAMPBELL THOMPSON - Publisher and Proprietor THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 • PRESBYTERIAL MEETING HELD IN ,WINGHAM LAST WEEK Tt hasaisOor'br0.:ght .the -fixed price. policy as a method of curbing or :preventing inflation. The farmers of Canada support theprinciple of price. control --but .they- believe it must be flexible , and' permit of ad- justments where justice demands: Labor enters into the cost of farm production as • it does in any in- dustry, and farm • .labor costs have 'risen steadily.during the war period and are still, rising. The monthly wages of hired help for ' all Canada showed an increase of 22.5 per cent fromthe winter of 1941 tothe win- ter of 1942. A fixed return is not compatible witha rising cost of pro- duction. One remedy lies in, sub- sidies . paid to farmers. • - It should be more thoroughly un- derstood that a subsidy paid to .en-. able a farmer to continue: production is not a gift froma generous and benignant. Government, but a meth- od of maintaining • the fixed price policy so that . the consumer -may continue to purchase at a , lower price than the cost of production would justify. For the most part subsidies are for the benefit of the consumer rather than the farmer. The Maitland Presbyterial Society of the W,M.S. of the Presbyterian church in Canada, held a most suc- cessful rally in St. Andrew's •hurch, Wingham, on Wednesday;' .Septenr- ber 16th: Allthe auxiliaries were represented except Molesworth, Gerrie, Calvin and Lorne. ,. 'Mrs. F. G. Fourier, Bluevale, pre- sided. and opened the meeting with the "Call to, Worship". Members of the Brussels Auxiliary had charge of the worship period. The Scripture lesson' was read and • explained by Mrs. •'Walters Scott -and'. Mrs: John Meadows offered prayer. In a few well-chosen words Mrs. W. J. Hen- derson welcomed .the. auxiliaries to Wingham. A brief reportfrom each auxiliary was helpful. Ideas were exchanged on programs, different booksfor study and discussion and methods used for raising allocations. Miss Freida Matthews, Field Sec- retary for the W.M.S. of the Pres- byterian • church in Canada was. the guest speaker. She mentioned the many changes that have taken place in - W.M.S. work due to the war, and our - responsibility -• and outlined; a few of the things, that the Society is doing such as giving grants and supplying Christiana literature' . to fields,... left •. without support. She spoke of the untiring work Sof the deaeoness and the residential schools and of the •Splendid work that is be- ing carried on .with the foreigner in Canada. Sheclosed beer",,, address by asking "Are • we worthy of Vict- ory if ,we fail to keep on with Mis- "sions inCanada?" _ A question - drawer dealing with some of the difficult problemsof the different departments was con- ducted by Miss Matthewsand good discussions 'followed. The closing message was given by the Presby- terial. president,.. Mrs. R. Davidson, and was an appeal for more earnest prayer and a re -dedication of our- selves to God's work -and the carry- ing out of our motto, "The world for Christ". Mrs. William Kennedy of Wingham contributed a solo: Miss Barbara Fortune dedicated the of- fering with prayer and the closing prayer was offered by, Mrs. Leslie Fortune. Mrs. Kenneth MacLean presided at the organ. At the close of the meeting lunch was .served and a social time enjoyed. NET PROCEEDS of the Wingham Lions Club carnival amounted to $860. Post War Facts - The problems of post-war, farming in Canada will be tremendous. What markets will absorb the 6/ million and our* Allies. , War creates abnormal markets, so if we are to assess agriculture's pos- ition we must consider, not its pres- ent, but its pre=war, position. In- dustry is; o; should be, interested in the farmer and those dependent up- on him for their spending power as potential customers, Only if they are prdsperous can industry, commerce and labor hope to prosper. They shouldtherefgrebe concerned to 'learn that in the eleven years. 1930- 40 the average cash income per farm fainily, was $329:00 per year. Some customer! Because the price of some food- stuffs is much higher than it was in that period city:,.people,._ini5takenl-y believe that the' war has' brought prosperity to faimers. Even; iihder war conditions the average cash in- come of Canadian farmers is only about $1,200` per farm family, with all the •members of'the family per- forming some farm labor.. While most people are thinking in terms of a post-war new world or- der, based 1 upon a spirit of justice and co-operfatien, • there are still people in high places, and .those who influence Governments and public opinion, whose ideas of post- war effort are not ideas of recon- struction but of re -obstruction. They sum up their selfish and deadening outlook in the phrase '"A return to normalcy". Their line of thought leads directly" to the bread -line and -t'1fe hobo jungles. Fortunately though they ate powerful they' are a small minority. periodThe has pass- ed. Except asr an example of . how not to live We may ignore its prob- lems. Troubles Worry The war has brought its own pro - which the farmers of Canada are producing as a war effort? What .nbers of new settlers can be absorbed: into agriculture with- out ruin, to those now engaged in that occupation and to themselves? How can the increased production made.possible by mechanical inven- tion, and by scientific discovery, be utilized instead of • creating the nightmare of undistributed surplus- es? Will the blessings of abundance bring ruin to farmers? • Shall 'one-sixth of our population subsist on an inadequate nutritional diet while fruit rots on the .trees. and flocks and herds' are reduced? These are some of the many pro -blems-which -confront-Canada_in_the, settlement df • a post-war economy. There are, those who Ielieve that the post-war period should bring a relinquishing " of the present con- trols as rapidly. as possible, their ideal being a complete absence of governmental control over industry. The Canadian •Federation of Ag- riculture, representing • 450,000 or- ganized ' .fanners,.' believes that the tremendous problems of post-war settlement cannon be successfully solved without definite planning, with its corollary of control They recognize the dangers of bureau-' cracy, but believe that the mistakes of a planned economy` will be fewer and less painful than the jungle law Of the survival of the fittest, and the disastrous booms and depressions which result from the uncontrolled or unregulated law of supply and .demand: - In the solution of these problems industry, commerce, labor • and ag- riculture mint joie hands, recogniz- ing them as'matters of national and not of group; interest. PAGE mit DUNGANNON. Miss Mabel Kllough, daughter of Mr .and Mrs, J, S. Killough has been accepted into the Army and report- ed for training September 17th at London. Mr, and Mrs. B. F., Rice and Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Rice and baby Tim of Detroit were week -end visitors with Mrs._ Minnie Jones and ' son Melville. Mrs. G. C. Treleaven is having an auction sale of farm stock, im- plements and produce on Monday,.• September 28th at her farm on the 6th concession, of Ashfield whph she sold this summer. Guests with Mr. and Mrs.'' John Blake this week were Mn: and Mrs. John McWhinney, Echo Bay, also Miss Vivian Tiffin of Wingham. Miss Dorothy McGee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John McGee com- inenced .• High , Sehool studies. ; at Wingham on Tuesday and will make her home , with, her grandparents; Mr. and Mrs. Haney.. Harvest Home services will • be. held at St. Paul's Anglican church on Sunday, September 27th at '1:30. p.m. Rev. J. W. Donaldson, the rec- tor will preach. The Anglican choir. from Lucknow will assist with the music, also Miss Ferne Alton, sdlo- HOLYROOD Mi. ' and Mrs. Wilfred Quaid in- tend moving to the village around the first of October. , • Mrs., Robt. Durnin ' • returned Sat- lurday front Victoria Hospital, Lon- don where Mrs.. Durnin was having treatment on her 'eyes, seeming` somewhat- improved. -°> The Dungannon Women's. Associa- tion.. of the United church Septem- ber meetingwas held at the home of Mrs. C. W. Alien.: Mrs. J. Mc- Whinney; vice president led the votional period. After a hymn • a>id, he Lord's prayer the , scripture les.- ',son was read•by Mrs... Olive. Culbert. 'After the second hymn Mrs. A B,: Pentland led in prayer Mrs. Kitch=. ener Finnigan.: gave' a reading en itl'ed '`Things' That Abide": The roll call and minutes were read and ad- opted. The business discussion ' took place in regards to repairs of the parsonage.-- _-Miss_- Beth McConnell gave an interesting reading. Mrs. G. Harris and Mrs: Arthur Roach are in charge of the October meet- ing. After a. hymn - and the National Anthem -the mizpah benediction was repeated. - •CATTLE MEN ACT IN BEEF SITUATION A crowd of beef cattle producers crammed the Clinton Town Hall on September 16th at a meeting called by the Huron Federation of Agri- culture to discuss the betterment of the_beef situation. A. "'W - president of the Federation, presid,- .ed and outlined- the unsatisfactory conditions prevailing amongst :the farmers who normally purchase feeder cattle. He stated that . prices of feeder cattle were now equal or higher" than thosetprevailing for fin- ished- cattle. He also. outlined . the unsatisfactory methods employed so far by the Wartime Food Corpora- tion in the Toronto market, result- ing in many cattle being sent to .the packing houses for killing that should have.,. been sent to pasture farms, for proper finishing. Mr. R.. J. Scott, 13elgrave, a mem= ber ofthe executive of the. Oritar o Federation of Agriculture, discussed the negotiations.'.carriec on by the beef cattle Advisory committee and the Wartime Food Corporation. He emphasized the fact that the price Tiling ' on- beef should be reviewed and moved upward • if properr-supplies of beef were to be forthcoming on the markets. He maintained that thereshould' be parity between Can- adian and U.S.A. beef • prices. The failure ' of the Wartime. Food • Cor- poration -in not giving publicity ,to'. their policy was, mentioned by sev- eral speakerlIs as being detrimental to the confidence ih. the beef policy 'of the Gove '� rnment:, • Mr. and 'Mrs. Bill Graham attend- ed the - 50th wedding' anniversary of. the former's parents at Tara. Mr. and Mrs. Donald McDonald of ,Lu ow spent Sunday with Mr. and Via°' . James Baker. Messrs. Orville Elliott and James Parks spent a few days at Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Harris and Lorraine, Mrs.. Thos. Harris spent. Sunday with .the latter's father . and sister, Mr. Amos and Miss Margaret Palmer of •Kincardine. ' The next meeting of the H. W. L will be held at the home of Mrs. Charlie Hodgins on Thursday, Oct- ober lst. Convener—Mrs. Thomas Hodgins.; assistant—Mrs. Thomas Harris;' ° topic—Public health and child welfare, an address by a nurse; motto --Debate: Resolved that ..it is better for a child to be brought up_ in the city than in the country. Cap- tains—affirmative, Mrs, Thos. Had - gins; negative, Mrs. Perry Hodgrihs, roil,call--dainties for the sick; lunch com.—Mrs• Charlie Hodgins (2), Mrs' Almer Ackert_• _ HODGES—PARK An•interesting wedding was quiet- ly solemnized-• at , the Presbyterian manse, Lucknow at one o'clock Sat- urday afternoon when ' Rev. C. H. MacDonald united in marriage Eliz- tiabeth Isabel, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Park, . Dun- gannon, and .Leading Aircraftman Kennet! Lee -Hodges of Burtch -Au Training School, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hodges .also of :Dungannon. The bride wore a street length dress of soldier: blue . crepe with _military braid trimming with corsage of . Briarcliffe roses and adi- .antum fern. Heraccessories were navy blue. The bride was at- tended by Miss Lorna Roach,. Lis- towel, as bridesmaid, wearing a street length dress of gold rabbit- hair wool with corsage of Talisman roses and fern. The bridegroom's brother, Lloyd Hodges, Dungannon was'groomsman:After the ceremony the bridal party returned to 'the home of the bride's parents where a wedding luncheon was served; The table, centred with the three-storey wedding cake, was decorated in a color scheme of blue and white, with snapdragon • and pansies' as the floral decoration. The house was at- tractive with autumn flowers and - blue and white streamers, and a large wedding bell suspended above the table. The bride, was the recip- ient of many beautiful gifts, among them being a matched' set of travel- ing bags, the gift of the bridegroom. The gift to the bridesmaid was a crystal cream and sugar set and • to the groomsman a cigaret lighter. Mr. and;Mrs_ Hocl_g_es left later by motor Tor a short honeymoon trip, and on their return will reside at Burtch where the bridegroom is a member of No. 4 Wireless. ' Service Flying Squadron School The bride donned for travelling a smart tweed suit with blue blouse, black hat and Ac- cessories. THE PICTURE GALLERY Among those who entered into the discussion were Thos: Kerr, At- wood;' Russell Knight, Brussels; Wm., Stirling, Bayfield; - W. L. Whyte, Seaforth; ' Wm. Ellerington, Exeter; W. J. Dale, Clinton and Milo Snell, Exeter. . ,Announcement was made that a meeting of Western Ontario beef cattle men would be held at London' in the near future. At this meeting wouldbe- invited Hon. J. G. 'Gard- iner, Federal Minister of Agricul- ture; Hon. Gordon\ Taggart, Food Administrator and H: H: Graham, chairman of the Wartime Food; .Cor=•. poration. It was decided to appoint a committee from Huron County to prepare a brief to submit to the London meeting, on recommenda- tions ' for the improvement of the beef situation both from the, farmer and the consumer viewpoints. The committee will be headed by W. A. Morgan, Hensail, with the following members: Jarvis McBride, Colborne Twp.; W. . L. Whyte, . Hullet Twp.; Findlay McKercher, McKillop Twp; Sheldon Bricker, Howick. Twp.; Chas. Coultes, Morris *P.; Fred Middleton, Goderich Twp.; Russell Broderick; Tuckersmith ,Twp.; Milo Snell, Stephen, Twp.; Wm. Ellering- ton, Usborne Twp. ' A STATEMENT TO PHONE 7 , USERS FROM THE nosmrsiv From the outbreak of the War teelphone calls; both local ,and long . distance, have 'increased steadily. To meet the situation we have add-' ed greatly. to our telephone plant- .. Today more calls are being made than ever, before_ Inthe boom days of •1929-30 we handled a peak of ' 5,200,000 local calls a day. Now they average 6,600,004 , a day. Long Dis,. tance calls then reached 70,000 ,' a day; now they exceed 83,00.11 _... .. Telephone facilities cannotbe fur- ther expanded to take care of this ever-growing voluine .of calls. The materials that build telephone plant —copper, rubber, aluminum,' zine— are no . longer available. They are needed for war purposes. • .There 'is but one .answer:. Use of the telephone; both - local and Log Distance, should be confined, to, calls, that are ; absolutely necessary.,, and even • essential calls •• should be as brief as possible. That ." is the only. way in . which the 'mounting' volume of necessary calls can be handled by a telephone-. • system which . cannot grow. I . am confident that the . telephone - using public will co-operate fully in order ti. that our facilities may • be equal to the ever-growing require- ments of a nation at war, C. F. SISE, President. Montreal, September 1, 1942. WHO IS IT? . Last week picture has not been identified by any,of our readers and neither is the Publisher, aware of the identity. • 01 OlY See The Difference Purina Make$ `101),009,:WAYS„ TO WIN THE WAR' How Anierican inventors are thinking up new tricks to beat the, A_s_: Axis, is reported in The Aa-: _ -- =- Weekly with this Sunday's' (Sept, 27 'issue) of ' The Detroit Sunda: TinPes and while some of th ideas seem . crazy, remember Leon- ardo DaVinci's brainstorms . of 40 years ago, a lot of which have be- come: realities. ,Be sure to get Sun- day''s Detroit 'Mmes- ASHFIELD Miss Marion MacKenzie of Tor- onto spent the week -end here. Misses Frances and Betty . Hamil ton and: Patricia: Shaw have gone to :Lucknow to attend High School,' • Tuesday evening of last week the ladies of this community gathered at •Miss Marion Cowan's home_ to . shower her with good wishes and useful and beautiful gifts. On Saturday ' afternoon the mar- riage .of. Miss Marion Cowan and Pte. S. A. MacQuillin was solemn- ized at the Ashfield manse with Dr. Rhoad officiating. After the sere* mony a luncheon was served at the 'bride's home to immediate relatives- Ori -Monday evening a.reception waa. held in Lucknow Hall where Pte. and Mrs. MacQuillin were. guests of honor.. We extend congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Turner have return - Mrs: DeMuir an active menta led to Toronto after a pleasant vaca- ber of your sewing circle?" tion with friends here. "My goodness, no! She never has Miss Sadie Johnston, R. N., who a 'word to. say—just sits there and has been nursing in Lucknow spent sews all the time". a few days at her home here. , McGinty: rve a terrible corn on, the sole of my" foot, - . - • Pat: That's a foine - place to have it. Nobody can step on it but you. School Holidays, - Although pupils are just 'nicely back to school for the new term, here are the holidays they°have to look forward to, -as announced by the Ontario Department of Education: y/ . • Remembrance Thanksgiving Day; Da November 11; December 23 to January 3, the .Christmas vacation; Easter Holidays, April 23• to May 2; both 'days included; 'Victoria' Day, May 24; the King's birthday; sum- mer vacation, ,June 30 to September ;6, both days included. . BEY6'REYOU HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER... CONSULT THE DIRECTORY \. Clear telephone lines for .LL -OUT .PRDDUCTIGN Your telephone is part of a vastsrrterlo&hi/ system umti mg an abnormal Wartime load. 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