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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1935-06-13, Page 7
THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE II---------------------------------------—----- --------,---------------—-------------------------------J,County Council (Continued from previous page). Bryuns-Lovell: That this council request the Hon. Minister of High ways to take over county road No. of $50 to the Trustees' and Rate payers’ Association. Executive com mittee. Eckert-Hemingway: That the Go- derioh Collegiate Institute deputa tion’s application re advance of $4,- 000 in October and November be TT ■vxN»r,**sf'ht to the finance committee. Car-29 connecting Harriston with Wing-i, , ___ + Ulna "W'lttoi’ TTirrh- 4.,VV4.<ham and onto the Blue Water High way at Amberly. Good Roads Com mittee. Turner-Davidson: That tenders be called for the painting of the out side of the Court House, also to re pair all woodwork that is necessary and putty and caulking around all windows and doors and make all the necessary repairs to the eavestrough Property committee. The afternoon session opened with a» deputation from Clinton /being heard by he council. Col, Coombe representing the 161st Overseas Bat talion to be held in Clinton on Aug. 4, 5, and 6. The speaker, outlining the history of the battalion, stated that there were 775 men in the Bat talion upon their arrival in England Ninety-one 'were killed and 191 were wounded. Col. Coombe stated that they expected to 'have 400 men back for the reunion. There will be a great deal of expense in connection and a grant of $100 was asked of the council. Lt.-Col. (Dr.) Shaw informed the members that Arcdeacon Scott, chief chaplain of the Canadian corps over seas would be present at the Sunday drumhead service during the reunion and his expenses would have to be paid. A special band is also 'being brought for the reunion. The matter was left with the Executive commit tee. Pryde-Elliott: That the question of remuneration to municipal clerks or completing Old Age Pension claims be referred to the executive committee. Carried. Thursday Huron County Council fixed the 1935 tax rate at 5£ mills, a reduc tion of half a mill. This was ac complished by splitting in two a $60,000 highway paving bill owing the province $35,000 to be paid this year and $25,000 next. The county will pay the province 3 a per cent, interest on the outstanding amount. The 51 mill rate was unanimously supported on the ground that “it looked better” and that “people were expecting it,” It was decided to pay municipal clerks $il per application for old Age Pensions and ten cents per mile one way. .Since the change of gov ernment in Ontario clerks have been doing this work pratis. Returning to the attack on legislature for powers olution usurpation of council passed a strong of protest. the hiti res- Protest Legislation resolution arose from a discussion on two recent of re- Would Be Deported Reeve Hanley and Dr. Shaw, Clinton advised the Council in gad to a Hungarian in the County Home that he had an infirmity of a permanent nature, which would pre vent him from caring for his wife and family of six children. He ex pressed his desire to return to Hun gary. He is .forty-seven years 'of age. This matter was referred to the Finance Committee for consid eration. Ross Johnston, cornborer inspecto of the County reported on his work and inquired whether he is to con tinue as from June 1st or not. The clerk read a letter from the Agri cultural College to the cornborer in spector in relation to his duties. Mr. Johnston did not receive instructions from the council to do any further work this year. AV. Coulthurst, chairman of the Goderich Collegiate Institute Board, and E. D. Brown, finance committee chairman of the town council, ad dressed the council in respect to. an advancement to the Goderich Col legiate Institute of $2,000 on Oct. 1, and $2,000' on Nov. 1, pending payment of the yearly county grant which is received in December, such sums to he deducted from the grant. Mr. Coulthrust explained that a col legiate board has no power to borrow money. Reeve Archibald said he was afraid if the council granted this request it would create a precedent and all secondary schools of the county would look for the same favor. Mr. Coulthrust remarked that the Department of Educaton is now studying this matter very carefully and within another year he expects to see the whole structure changed. The question was referred to the fi nance committee. Bert Thompson, former reeve of East Wawanosh, and Mrs. R. David son of Dungannon requested a grant of $50 to the Huron County Trustees’ and Ratepayers’ Association, of which Mrs. Davidson is the secretary The request was referred to the exe cutive committee. EDITORIAL W—. ................................. -.... ,,,, ..........» .................. How fine the lilacs are looking!«** **»«* "We'd better hustle. Midsummer day will soon be here! The lengthy pieces of legislation, 'one which takes from county councils, participation in the recommending of Old Age Pensions, but neglecting to provide a schedule of remuneration for mun icipal clerks for investigating and filing out the applications. Hereto fore, this was handled by a commit tee of county council. The second, was legislation that says that road superintendents must henceforth be either graduate engineers or survey ors. The resolution of protest, unani mously carried, was not greeted with the hilarity and handclapping that greeted a similiar one two days ago recommending the abolition 'of legislative assemblies. It is ‘“That this county council go on record as deploring the tendency of the pro vincial legislature during the past few years to assume powers and au thority which have 'from time im memorial rested with the bodies such as county councils and others close to the people, and that we feel that the change threatens the principle of individual freedom and that even if some greater efficiency in govern ment should be attained by central ization it would be at a price which we arenot willing to pay.” Council adopted the report of the finance committee refusing to ad vance $4,000 to the Goderich Col legiate Board pending receipt of the 19 3 5 county grant in December, A. T. Cooper, Clinton, a member of the Mother’s Allowance Board, addressed council, explaining that the Act called for two lady members on the Board and Council had erred in naming Merton Reid of Seaforth to fill vacancy. The appointee must be a lady. Mr. Cooper said. Mrs. Merton Reid was later named to fill the vacancy. In emphasizing the good influence and good work which Mothers’ Al lowances were accomplishing, Mr Cooper told of a widow who was put on the pension list 13 years ago. To day the lady has a teen age boy fin ishing high school a daughter teach ing, for 3 years now, while the old est boy and oldest girl were this year graduating from University—a won derful record for a widowed mother. And how the cattle are gaining owing to the good pasture. ******** The continued rains of la®t wet-k were a bit hard on the apple blossoms. ***** *** June has? given the crops and the pastures and the meadows the best of good starts. ** ****** The farmers report that the crops have got the start of the weeds this season! ******** Before Conference the pa of the parsonage was praying for guidance. Ma was packing up. ft ft ft ft ft ft <it ft How long the tulips have lasted and what a display the sum mer flower® are bound to make', ******** Jack Frost gave us enough of his works during May. Here’s hoping for good thing® in June. ftftft ftftftftft Schools are on the last lap before holidays. The cool days have made it pleasant for the youngsters going up for examination. ***#•«•« Exeter is preening itself for the big Reunion. Incidentally, our merchants are going to show the world what they can do in the way of window displays and in prices that cannot be resisted. ******** Service clubs are doing finely by the farmer youth by encourag ing the formation of calf and hog and poultry clubs. The boys are far more interested in this work than some of us think. ******** THE DIFFERENCE About one year ago this whole district suffered from drought. The sky was like brass and the earth like iron. But now the rain has come in abundance. That the ground is saturated is evidenced' by running ditches, a midisummex* sight not seen to any appreciable extent for about three years. Meadows and fall wheat and spring crops are growing finely. Folk with good memories teLl u® that we are passing out of one of the cycles of dry seasons. At any rate, farmers are in good 'heart.******** HITTING THE NAIL Big wigs ‘have been telling County Councils that they should go away back and get off the map. Huron County Council has told the Provincial governments that they should take their place along with the auk and he dodo, saying that these august bodies have out lived their usefulness. That sounds queer at first but on' second thought the suggestion is well worth pondering. Cud on it, my mas ters and you’ll find that the councillors are nearer right than you think. Britain gets .on very nicely without provincial governments. Getting rid of the provincial parliaments would effect a “saving” not to be dispised. Strange things take place these days.******** SOUTH HURON WOMEN’S INSTITUTE One hundred and fifty delegates, representing tho Institutes of Hur- <mdale, Exeter, Crediton, Kippen. and Seaforth, attended the annual dis trict meeting of the South Huron Women’s Institute held in the Carn egie Library Hall, Seaforth, Tuesday June 4th. The morning session opened at 10 o’clock with community singing, followed by the election of officers, which was in charge of Mrs. Cullo- ton. The officers for 1935 will be as follows: Honorary President, Mrs. J. Hey, Zurich; President, Miss N. Keddy, Hurondale; 1st vice-presi dent, Mrs. A, Rundle, Hurondale; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. W. Powell, Exeter; 3rd vice-president, Miss G. Webster, Seaforth; secretary-treas urer, Mr. Dan Mclsaac, Crediton; assistant secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Emmery Fahrner, Crediton; Federal Representative, Miiss N. Keddy, Hu- ondale; alternate representative, Mrs, F. Rathburn, Kippen; auditors, Mrs, C. Zwicker and Mrs. M. W. Tel ler, Crediton; education, Mis® Alice THUHSPAY, (TUNE XSili, Thompson, Seaforth; health, Mrs. (Dr.) O’Dwyer, Zurich; historical research, Mrs. B. W. F. Beavers, Ex eter; legislation, Mrs. E. Lawson, Crediton; agriculture and Canadian industries, Mrs. John Hey, Zurich; ■home economics, Mrs. A. Moir, Hur ondale; community activities and re lief, Mis® L. jeekell, Exeter; inter national neace education, Mrs. R. Simpson, Kippen East; publicity. Miss B. Manson, Zurich. At twelve o’clock the meeting ad journed, when a group photograph of the delegate® was taken on the lawn at the Library, followed by a sumptuous banquet provided by the Seaforth Junior Women’s Institute and served in Northside United church. Rev. T. A. Cooper acted as toast master and gave a very interesting address. The toast to the King was responded to by all singing the Na tional Anthem; to the Women’s In stitute proposed by Mr. F. S. Sav- uage in a very interesting address, responded to by Mrs. A. Hey and Mrs. Colloton in very fine addresses. The District Officers was proposed by Mrs. Glen McLean and respond ed to by Miss N. Keddy. A solo by Miss Ethel Jackson was very much enpoyed by all, “Be the? Best of Whatever You Are/’ Miss Gerturda Webster accompanist, A fine demonstration on food's and salads by Mrs. Robert .Simpson, and Miss Maude McLean of Kippen, was very much appreciated. The program continued in the af ternoon at the library at 3 o’clock, when speakers were Mrs. Youngson, of Watford, member of the Federal Board and Mr®, Colloton of Lome Parke, Toronto, Provincial President A demonstration of spinning on an old-fashioned spinning wheel and reel by Mrs. Catherine Oesch, Blake, proved of interest. Mrs. Hey of Zu rich introduced Mrs. Oesch, who is 75 years of age and came to Canada from Germany at the age of 27. Her spinning wheel, a neat, portable one she brought out in a trunk from Hessen, Germany, with her. She had been raised on a farm where they had their own wool and flax and the young people assembled in the ev ening and had spinning bees; they made all their own clothing and al so linen bags and everything cloth. “One girl I knew had 3 6 shirt waists and another had 52,” Mrs. Oesch remarked. Motions Moser-Davidson: That 'Cambria Road in the town of Goderich, ibe taken over as part of the county roads system. Good roads committee. Hanley-Davidson: That we deport George Boulder, now an inmate of the county home, to Rumania. (Fin ance committee. Bryans-Lovell: That we recom mend the good roads commission to treat County Road No. 29 with cal cium chloride, for the purpose of preserving the said road. Good roads committee. Feagan-Matheson: That the boun dary road, between Ashfield, Wawa nosh and Colborne be taken over by the county from Aluburn to Shep- pardton to connect county road at Auburn with Bluewater Highway at Sheppardton. Good roads. Westcott-Melick: That the remain der of concession 8, Us>borne, from the point of contact with County Road 23 at Thames Road at Whalen, linking with the provincial highway there, be placed on the county sys tem. Good roads committee. Cardiff-Elliott: That this county council refer Mrs. Davidson’s appeal to the executive committee asking for a grant iof $50. Carried. Pryde-Elliott: That the ‘161st Bat talion Old Boys’ Association be granted the sum of $300 to help de fray the expenses in connection with their reunion to be held in August. Executive committee. Matheson-Bryans: That we recom mend that this council make a grant There are 5 8 mothers and 18 2 chil- den in Huron County benefitting at the present time and there were 25 applications from mothers with one child, now eligible for the first time. The council refused to endorse a clause in the report 'of the education committee stipulating that all sec ondary school pupils beyond lower school be required to pay a fee for their education. Reeves Eckert and Turner led the debate in opposition. Salary Raised $100 The salary of County 'Constable John Ferguson was raised $100 and $50 additional allowed for uniform as contained in the executive com mittee’s report. A grant of $300 wa® made to the l'Glst Battalion for its reunion at Clinton in August and ‘$50 was granted the Huron County Education Association of Trustees, and Rate payers. The annual county council picnic will be held at Goderich on July 24. APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED GODERICH—Reevfi Oliver Hem ingway of Grew Township has been appointed inspector for the Agricul tural Development Board of Ontario for North Huron and J. J. Robert son, secretary of the North Huron Liberal Association has been ap pointed superintendent for Huron County of the Blue Water Highway, recently taken over by the Ontario Government. SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED Word comes that constables in charge of two criminals spoken of as dangerous made their ecape from one of our county lockups while the constables were eating. This whole thing looks bad. Why was not that lock-up secure? Does that county provide resting places for tired criminals from which escape may be made at will? Why should not the county in question be made to pay the whole cost of recapturing the criminal's? Carelessness of this sort should be paid for by the careless parties. Then what of the con duct of the officers. Their behaviour at this distance does not look good. Officers have a difficult and dangerous work. It is any thing but a parlor job. Why, then, should duties so onerous be committed to men who would rather eat than deliver their prisoners to the proper authority? Slackness its no part of an officer’s duty. ******** WELL DONE Friday last marked the retirement of Ramsay MacDonald from the premiership of Great Britain. Like the true Britisher that he is, he served hie generation with genuine unselfishness and high distinction. Not he the one to think of himself. His it was to' think of hi's country first and foremost and all the time. Most com- ■mendably might he have resigned long ago to take the rest he had greatly earned. However, the higher call of service came to him and right nobly did ,he discharge his mighty office. Ignoring pri vate aims and private conceptions as to duty, lie placed Britain and humanity second only to his God and served up to the measure of his extraordinary abilities during a period that for possibilities and perils is the gravest that has faced his Empire since the passing of the Feudal .System and the close of the Middle Ages. During his fiery trial he never once put himself forward. The ship that he guided has weathered every gale. Friend and foe alike join in a chorus that is world-wide saying of him as he lays aside his task, “Well done!”******** A VISIT Last week we drove a number of ladies to a W.M.S. meeting. These folk were visiting a neighboring branch. The visitors were putting on the program. Being a mere man there was nothing for us after we had done ou.r part as driver but to go about our business with instructions to return at a suitable hour. We Were early on our return and found that about 60 ladies were in attendance. The program had consiiste of a missionary pageant, every word of which had been memorized by the participants and put on with 'a spirit and appreciation that left nothing to be desired. One could not but think of what such an afternoon means to those ladies, everyone of them a hard worker. Here they were studying and working for the good of humanity, .but laughing and singing as they worked. In the whole meeting there was sociability to the limit, but there was also outlook upon world-conditions and a sharing in service of the most delightful and helpful kind. As a social builder we’ll put the church against any other or ganization in_ existence. As a mental quickener it takes a back seat to' no social club of any sort whatsoever. Sneering at churches is cheap and easy. Meanwhile the church goes on in her quiet way doing more for the race than all other organizations put together. ******** you like to do LET Kellogg’s do your cooking, and take the bother out of break fast! Crisp Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, with milk or cream, will delight every member of your family. Nourishing. Easy to digest. And such a saving of time and toil! Serve Kellogg’s for a refreshing lunch, or a wholesome supper for the children. Ready in a jiffy. There’s no fussing over a hot stove with Kellogg’s. No scour ing of pots and pans. You’ll have more hours of freedom to do things you enjoy. IlBSisft ©It ! Kellogg’s Corn Flakes have become the world’s largest-selling ready-to-eat cereal because women recognize superior quality and big value. No substitute can match the flavor of Kellogg’s, or their oven-fresh crispness, sealed-in by the patented WAXTITE inner wrapper. The red-and-green package holds many generous servings and costs but a few cents. Quality guaranteed. Made by Kellogg in London, Ontario. (t Diarrhoea Is Weakening Dysentery, Is Dangerous Diarrhoea and Dysentery do not need to Tun for any length of time until the system is weakened and debilitated. Few other diseases so quickly under mine the ’ strength and bring about a condition of prostration and often collapso. Never bo without a bottle of Dr. Fowler’s Extract of Wild Strawberry. It is not only prompt and effective in chocking tho looseness of the bowels, but at tho same time it strengthens, stimulates and braces up tho system. You do not experiment when you get “Dr. Fowler’s”. It has boon on tho market for tho past 90 years.. Do not accept a substitute. try Tins We hear a lot of talk about improving .our jails and peniten- taries. We hear far top' little about impressing upon adventurous youth that jails and penitentiaries yawn for the idle and the bad and for this class only. Many a youth has been helped to rational living by being reminded that society can and will take care of him if he doesn’t alk chalk. We had far too much Polly Anna blah about the dear boys who- have flouted the ways of common honour and honesty and decency. It would do. some folk a deal of good to read such lines as these: “He who takes what isn’t hiein, Shall when he’s caught, be sent to prison.” Further, these darling® should get it into their silly heads that whatever else a prison is that it isn’t a nice place. Folk whose in terest is genuine Will find it far more profitable to spend their ener gies in keeping youngsters out of mischief than in trying to- reform them after they have become offenders so serious that a forebearing society must put them where their moral infection lias its minimum opportunity of spreading. Feeding lambs i® a considerable sight better job than whitewashing goats. Helping the worker is a con siderable sight bettor job than coddling the youth with his nose iset for crime.OVEN-FRESH FLAVOR-PERFECT CORN FLAKES