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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1939-11-30, Page 6THURSDAY, NOVEMBER SO, 1039 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVOCATE w Iff Don’t Miss ‘SALADA’ STAMP CLUB "DRAMA ef STAMPS" WEDNESDAYS AT O Query and Reply By Page Turner (All Radio and Reprint Rights Reserved Query: What is a ‘demagog?’ Reply: Derisively the term means an insincere political leader. Query: When was the San Fran­ cisco Earthquake and Fire? Reply: It occurred on April 18-19, 1906. Property loss was estimated at 350 million dollars. Known dead 452. On April 16.of the same year, an earthquake occurred in Valpariso Chile with property loss of 100 mil­ lion dollars and 1,500 known dead. On April 17 of the same year, a dls- asterous earthquake occurred in Formosa — property loss and death list is not available. According to scientists these three earthquakes were related. Query: How important is rubber in the manufacturing of automo­ biles? Reply: Most important use of rubber is in the manufacture of tires and tubes but some present day cars have as many as 3 00 parts made of rubber.: insulation for electric wires cushions to reduce vibratons, etc. Query: medal of ■woman? >' Reply: physician, was awarded the Medal and a spec­ ial permit to wear masculine attire. Query: When was the Republican Party organized? Reply: The Republican Party was organized in 1854 and the Demo­ cratic Party in 1'828. Query: When was America dis­ covered? Reply: Christopher Columbus, on October 12, 1492, landed on the Is­ land of San Salvador and is credited with the discovery of the Western world. Amerigo Vespucius landed on the American continent in 1497 and explored both North and South America until 1503. According to 'Prof. Herbert J. Spinlen of the Brooklyn Museum and former president of the American Anthropoligal Association, there were evidences of a moss migration of people to North America about 2500 B. C. The ‘Folsom Man’ dis­ covered in 'Colorado has been classi­ fied by some scientists as dating from the Paleolithic age — or about 10,000 B. C. Was honor ever bestowed the Congressional on a Yes. In 1866 - a Civil Mary E. Walker War was EGG AND MORE EGG Huron County Council Meets Huron Champion is Selected at Goderich Contest Huron Council Session is Featured Dy Able Addresses by Six Youthful Contestants Huron County Council chambers took on a new atmosphere on Wed­ nesday of last week, when the first public speaking contest in the coun­ cil's history was held. Six youthful contestants, all cham­ pions of their respective school fairs, ably contended for the Huron Coun­ ty championship in public speaking under the direction of the Agricul­ tural Representative, J. G. Shearer. Besides the children, who ranged in age from eleven to thirteen years, parents and friends were interested spectators, and the clever addresses were listened to with marked atten­ tion. meat as none in the county is suit­ able. A new snow plow has been bought for use with the crawler tractor, and three plows have been bought for installation on the gravel trucks. It is expected that this additional equipment will permit far better ser­ vice to be given as a lower cost. he added. Warden Turner explained that the airport committee, under the author­ ity of the county council, had paid a small amount to put the field in shape but the expenditure was kept down. a Mr. Roberts emphasized that the Airport Club was not asking for money and that the county council is not being called upon for any obligations. The land had been leased in the county's name year by year with the latter rent. Reeves H. Scott and McNall spoke favorably of the airport as a valuable asset, Reeve G. McNall, Blyth, asked if the tender foi* the county printing included all the printing or only a portion of it, He felt that as the price was cut down to the lowest fi­ gure all the county printing should be given the tenderer. SANITARY OPERATIONS IN FIELDS ON FARMS CONTROL DISEASES Is Declared Champion Stanley Horsburgh, son of W. Horsburgh, S.S. No. 6, Howick, whose teacher is Miss Norma M. Mc­ Kee, of Gorrie, was declared the champion. His subject was "The Se­ cret of Leadership” courage, initiative, and a well-trained sary. Lorraine Durnin field, taught by Ivan Montgomery, and daughter of O. Durnin, Dungan­ non, was awarded second prize. Her surbject was "The Visit of the King and Queen to Canada.” The third award went to Cleta Potter, of Holmesville, daughter of Fred Potter, winner of the Goderich Township 'School Fair, taught by Charles C. Pearce, her subject was "Our Musical Heritage.” The other contestants were: John Beer, son of Fred Beer, Hensail, and taught by Claude Blowes, who gave a fine oration on "Swimming and Life Saving.” Dorothy Webb, daughter of Mc­ Kenzie Webb, Lucknow, S.S. No. 4, West Wawanosh, taught by Thomas S. Wilson, spoke on "The Romance of Transportation in Canada.” With natural ease, Grace Coulter, daughter of George Coulter, S.S. No. 7. Morris, whose teacher is. Miss M. Tough, Wingham, fluently describ­ ed ‘Our Flag.” Harvey Pickering, son of Elmer Pickering, Stephen Tp. taught by Miss Alma Ratz, of Dash­ wood took his audience on a trip, "Trip to the World’s Fair, New York.” The judges were: Inspector J. M. Games, and J. t North ■for which resourcefulness mind are neces- S.'S. No. 16, Ash- I i i Something not a little -usual, but really unusual was brought into the Advocate office one day the end of the week by Mrs. Arthur Ball, R.R. No. 1, Canfield, in the shape of an egg. lOn first view it appeared to be just an extra large egg (it measured 10i inches around the long way and 7£ inches around the centre) but where the shell had been inadver- antly broken by Mrs. Bhll’s daughter you could see another egg inside it. The outer shell was opened enough in The Advocate office to let the in­ side egg out and it was found to be a perfectly normal egg in every way With a hard shell and it weighed a full two ounces and measured 5 3-8 by 6 3-8 inches. The monster egg, which was laid by a New Hampshire pullet had a white shell while the egg within the egg had a dark colored shell. Besides the inside egg the huge egg was com­ posed of yolk and white just like any ordinary egg.—Haldimand Advocate. The possesion of talent doesn’t imply the possession of judgment Children’s Coughs Quickly Relieved It is hard to keep the children from taking cold; they will run out of doors not properly clad; have on too much clothing and get overheated and cool Off too suddenly; they get their feet wet; kick off the bed clothes at night. The mother cannot watch them all the time, so what is she going to do? Mothers should never neglect th© child’s cough or cold, but on its in­ ception should procure a bottle of Dr* Wood’s Norway Pine Syrup. It is so pleasant to the taste the youngsters take it without any fuse* Th® T. Milburn Oov Ltd., Toronto* Ont. Defer Action on Franchise thanked council for co-op- in paving the driveway the option of buying but will not be liable for any Sanders, Hetherington, J, Walkerton; E. C. Beacom H. Kinkead, of South and Huron respectiveliy. winner of the contest receiv- second place, $3; third place of the others, $1 The ed $5; $2, and each Reeve L. E. Cardiff made the pres­ entations. Congratulations Are Extended At the conclusion, the room fairly rang with applause and many of the reeves and warden rose to voice their congratulations to the young people and their great pleasure in the entertainment. it was rose to express present set-up. that Provincial well pleasea wanted to know sufficiently re- no fault to find of the of the Police- i Police Salaries Unchanged Salaries and allowances for the county police will remain the same until the January- session, decided. Many reeves their approval of the Reeve MoNall stated I Constable McCoy is I with the situation. He asked Reeve j Mawhinney member of the Criminal ( Audit Board, what saving had been made in the reduction to three. Mr. Mawhinney replied that he estimat­ ed it would be over $4,000 before the end of the year. ■Reeve Trewartha if the police were munerated. He had with the set-up. Reeve Cardiff: "The police are satisfied with the salaries but not in the remuneration for running cars.” He favored a lump sum, $400 for the latter. He approved fine set-up and co-peration police. Chairman Shaddick of the Committee said that, with the co­ operation of town and county offic­ ers, the provincial constable claim-' ed he had one hundred per cent operation. There are five children in Shelter receiving excellent care, Children’s Shelter Committee ported. Roads Commission Reports The County Roads Commission reported that it is their objective to keep the expenditures on highways within the estimates and expects that the total at the end of the year will be less than the revenue by a few thousand dollars. During the year grading work has been carried out as follows, approxi­ mately: Mill ^Road, Tuckersmith, $4,500; No. 12 Howick and Turn­ berry, $5,300; No. 3'2, Tuckersmith $600; No. 36, Usborne, $1,200 4, Stephen, Concrete on No. 23. field and Stanley, No. 3, Tuckersmith, No. 6 Usborne, berry. It was building $2,500. bridges have been Ashfield; No. 27; W. Wawhnosh No. 12 decided for the co- the the re- No. built , Ash- ko. 3, Howick and Turn to erect a new housing of equib- Action was deferred regarding the application for renewal of fran­ chise to the Goderich Rural Tele­ phone Company. E. D. Brown deputy-reeve of Go­ derich, eration around the Court House, "a big im­ provement on the mud walks of the past seventy-five years." Reeve Haacke inquired who awns the roadway and was informed that the county has title for 66 feet right-of - way around the ’Court House. By-laws were passed authorizing grants to any school section of fif­ ty per cent, of the purchase price of lots for reforestation providing it does not exceed $5.0; appointing Miss Evelyn Cooper court reporter at a salary of $800 and reimburse­ ment for necessary expenses. John .Ferguson, A. E. Jennings William Gardiner, county constables were appointed to enforce the L, C. A. Endorsation was given a resolu­ tion petitioning the government to make a special color gas for use by farmers and others who get a re­ bate in order to avoid the payment of the 8c tax and to provide penal­ ties. R. Patterson, county engineer, at the morning session told council that the county now has fifty miles of hard surfaced county roads. He said that no mistake had been made this year in embarking on a grading program. About fifteen miles of heavy grading had been done, oper­ ating sixteen hours with two shifts producing improved results. Consid­ eration is being given, Mr. Paterson said, to operating the machines 24 hours which would result in cheaper operation. Power equipment was used almost exclusively. The township of borne’s grader was township for wider satisfactory result, moved back and the road now is safe. Mr. Patterson in answer to an inquiry from Reeve Wilson, said there were 380 miles of county roads in Huron. He also said that salt stablized roads were fairly sat­ isfactory holes to ther. A clay and is the remedy for pot-holes the gineers told Reeve Sanders. Speaks on Weed Control Questions County Policing Reeve N. W. Trewartha, of Clin­ ton inquired if the county were pro­ perly policed. Because of the num­ ber of break-ins business men farmers, he said, are becoming vous. Poultry flocks have been bed and police had left a list of posed thieves in the office of the produce business. Reeve Weir asked if that a woman assistant ed at the jail while a oner was there. He was assistant was necessary owing to the condition of the prisoner •who under mental observation. and ner- rob- sup- it were true was employ­ woman pris- told that the Jail Statistics Given was used in grading ditches Us- that with were but there is a tendency for be developed in wet wea- good quality of gravel and scarification with grading Dr. Stephens of the highways partment, adressed the council weed eradication. .He said the partment appreciated the work ing done in Huron county and town­ ship councils. Mr. Patterson had shown himself to be not only an en­ gineer but a spraying He was straight spraying tained too much acid and abrasive materials for the use of spraying machines. He pointed out that by using the iStephen Weed Killer in the province this year at least $75,- 000 has been saved over the chem­ icals previously used. Reeve Haacke: “If the province1 recommends it why is it not used on its highways?” "Members of the department felt that if the highways were sprayed it might make them brown, and less attractive to tourists,” he was ans­ wered. Reeve Muir inquired if in view the world situation it would not wise to curtail road expenditure much as possible. chemist and weed had been very satisfactory, opposed to the use of ammonia sulphate for of weeds because it con- of be as Considerable publicity is given each year to the many spray mater­ ials, disenfectant and other chem­ icals used for the control of plant diseases. Spray calendars for var­ ious crops are regularly forwarded to farmers for their guidance in sea­ sonal spraying. Directions for the use of chemical seed treatments are also issued to provide information that will help eliminate losses from seed-borne troubles. These methods are essential to the control of diseas­ es which would otherwise reduce seriously our crop production. At the same time it is quite ne­ cessary that some attention should be given to other operations, which can be called sanitary operations, that help reduce or eliminate crop losses from diseases, advises J. F. Hockey, Laboratory of Plant Path­ ology, Science Service, Dominion Department of Agriculture, Kent- ville, N. S. The leaves, of many crop after harvest, red to as refuse are carriers of di­ sease. The plant refuse which is green and succulent may be plough­ ed under early in the fall so that it decomposes in the soil before the ground freezes. But the dried tops of potatoes and other will not rot so quickly burned quickly is dug. A bonfire duce the chances next year’s crop. cultural crop plants have foliage or stem disease which can be consid- erbly reduced by ploughing under or destroying the refuse in the fall. This operation prevents the overwin­ tering of the organism causing the disease. The farmer who finds It necessary to feed turnips affected .with club .root should watch where he puts the manure after such feedings. If he has no orchard in which it may be spread, the next best place is to put. it back on the field where the tur- steins and other parts plants left in a field and commonly refer- nips grew. The sooner-such grow­ ers get some of the club root resis­ tant varieties, the sooner will their troubles with this disease be mini­ mized. Club root is rapidly spread in the manure and may exist in the soil for several years. Black knot of plums and the can­ kers of various fruit trees are par­ tially controlled by spray practises but spraying to be effective must be preceded by a thorough pruning of diseased parts and the prompt burning of the refuse. .Black rot of apples is caused by a fungus wnicn lives over the winter in cankers and mummified fruits. The fungus caus­ ing brown rot of stone fruits has a similar method of spreading in the winter. These examples are suffic- eint reason for careful attention to the prompt burning up of pruned cankered wood from trees. Another farm sanitation job which applies in some areas is the destruction of trees and plants which are alternate hosts^for fungus diseases affecting the crop plants. The elimination of buckthorn hed­ ges and shrubs would cut down , amount of crown rust on oats in vicinity. The destruction of common barberry would help crease the stem rust ip the district. The burning of the low bush juni­ pers whithin half a mile of orchards would trol of The of all as soon as it becomes refuse and not six to ten months later. These prac­ tices require labour but no cash out­ lay for chemicals, thoroughness effective but help increase nancial cost disease control is, in common with fire prevention, a year round job to prevent serious losses. HowTo Relieve Misery of Your CHEST There were seventy-nine prisoners in the jail during the year thus far. At present there are two. The cost per prisoner per day is 11 & cents. Of the seventy-nine 18 were in fo>* theft; 14, vagrancy; L.C.A., 12; traffic act, 10; possessing stolen goods, 3; breaking and entering, 3; false pretences, 3; leaving scene of*" an accident, 2; one each for inde­ cent exposure, indecent assault, for­ gery, taking car without owner s consent, murder, attempted suicide, material witness, disorderly conduct damaging property, rape, defence of Canada act, obstructing an officer, non-payment of fine, carnal know­ ledge, unlawfully obtaining goods. The following motions were intro­ duced: Cardiff-J. H. Scott •— That the town of Goderich be asked to re­ turn R. E. Turner to the co'uncil for 1940 so that the county might have the benefit of his long experience in county affairs.” Carried. J. W. Gamble-D. L. Weir — That a letter of condolence be sent to Geo. Hubbard, a former member, in the death of his wife.” Carried. crops that should be the cropafter of potato tops re- of early blight in Most of the agri- the the the de- \\ Massage throat, chest, and back ’ ♦’*•*"* 1 with plenty of Vicks VapoRub at bedtime. Then spread a thick layer on chest and cover with a warmed cloth. VapoRub’s double action brings double relief. It acts as a poultice to penetrate the surface skin; and its soothing medicinal vapors are breathed direct to the irritated air passages. Try it, to loosen phlegm—to clear air passages—check tendency to cough—and also to relieve the tightness and a soreness of IflGKS chestmuscles. W VapoRub ZURICH NETS $890 FOR RED GROSS help materially in the con- apple, pear and quince rust, destruction of plant refuse kinds should be -carried out Dr. Bryce, chairman of the finance­ committee of the Zurich and district branch of the Canadian Red Cross- -Society reported that the recent can­ vass for funds had petted $890.00- up to Saturday night. They require and promptness to be are operations which production without fi- to the grower, plant PACK UP YOUR------- Pack “I still feel that the automobile hasn’t completely taken the place of the horse.” "What makes you think so?” "Well, have you ever seen a statue of a man sitting un­ der a steering wheel?” up your Goebbels in your kit­ bag, And Heil, Heil, Heil While there’s a Ribbentrop to light your fag, Smile boys all the while. What’s the use of Goering. He never was worth while. So pack up your troubles in old Hit­ ler’s bag— And Heil, Heil, Heil. Christmas RENEW NOW Greeting Cards MR. W. T. A. MacFlADYEN who has been been promoted from District Superintendent of the Bank qf Montreal for Ontario to Assistant General Manager for the Ontario Division, resident in Toronto. ZION Hern had his Stratford on He returned tonsils re­ Friday of home on Bible Class spent a evening at Whalen Come in and see our Beautiful Display of New Cards Our 1939 stock contains an artistic range of hand painted Canadian Winter Scenes; English Flower Garden; Novel French Folders and dozens of other exclusive lines Prices Complete With Name and Address 20 cards for $1.00 Air Field Discussed “The field is the best in Canada and it depends on political exped­ iency whether it is taken over or not as a mililtary airport,” said County Clerk, J. M. Roberts, on Tuesday when an inquiry of Reeve Whitmore as to what responsibility the county has regarding airport ex­ penditure launched a discussion re­ garding Sky Harbour Airport. The military expenditure would run into millions Mr. Roberts stated and the ultimate return to the coun­ ty would be great in the purchase of supplies, food and in the wages paid to officers and men in training. Mr, Roberts read a letter dated November sixteenth from the depart­ ment of defense for empire air train­ ing purposes in which consideration of Sky Harbour Airport as a train­ ing camp was promised. It is among fifteen final fields being given con­ sideration. "If it becomes1 an airport it will be the best thing Huron ever had be­ cause of the benefits to be derived,” Mr.- Will moved at last week. Sunday. The Junior very enjoyable on Tuesday evening. Several carloads attended the Laymen’s banquet on Wednesday ev­ ening at Mitchell. The guest speak­ er was Rev. C. Hunter of Hamilton. The community meeting will be held in the Zion School on Friday evening. The Rev. L. C. Harvey, of Granton, will present his lantern slides of the Canadian West. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Brock and Marion also Mr. and Mrs. Melton Brock visited on Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Garfield Brock at Melbourne. Several from the community at­ tended the Patriotic concert held in Woodham hall on Friday evening. The canvass for the Red Cross in the neighborhood proved a success. The sum collected was nearly $>60.Mr. Melville Hern h^d the mis­ fortune to lose a valuable horse on Saturday. A passerby stopped to watch an old man in his garden weeding. "Which weeds do you consider the easiest to kill?" he asked. "Wid­ ow’s weeds,” answered the old man. "Yob only have to say 'wilt thou,’ and they wilt.” Steel Engraved, Hand Colored, Deckle Edge, French Fold Greeting Cards 12 for $1.00 Printed Cards may also be purchased without name and address as low as 25c a dozen Z to at 2 1 5c Be sure to see our Christmas Cards for Convalescents, Sympathy and an Assortment of Children’s Cards