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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1947-12-04, Page 8THE TIMES-ADVOCATE, EXETER, ONTARIO, THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 4th, 1947 Young woman (holding out hand); “Will you please tell me hQW to pronounce the name of the stone in this ring. Is it turquoise or turk-woise?” Jeweler (after inspecting it) “The correst pronounciation ‘glass’. Is Evening Service One garage will be open in Exeter on Sundays and dur­ ing the evenings throughout the week. Open this Sunday and During the Evenings throughout the Week. FORD Garage © WINCHEL5EA We are sorry to report that Frank Brock was taken to St. eph's Hospital on Thursday for treatment. We hope for speedy recovery. Quite a few from this community attended the shower at the home of Miss June Sinclair in honor of Miss Lois Coward, bride-elect of Saturday. Mrs. George Davis spent Tlnu'S- day evening with Mrs. R. E. Pooley of Exeter. Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood Brock left on Tuesday for a trip to gxna to visit with Mrs. Brock’s ter, Mrs. Norman Middleton. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bailey and and Mrs. George Bailey visited Sunday with Miss Grace Collier, of Kirkton, who just returned from Stratford Hospital after undergo­ ing an operation for appendicitis. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clarke and Kenneth visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Walters, The members of Woodham L.O.L. and the Band members held | a social evening in the Orange Hall on Friday night, November 2 Sth, entertaining the ladies. During the evening Mrs. H. A. Watson, of Lon­ don, addressed the meeting, especi­ ally the ladies in view of organiz­ ing a ladies lodge. Another high­ light of the evening was the pres­ entation of a purse of money to Miss June Walters in recognition of her services as Drum Majorette of the band. June was taken by surprise and thanked them all. Lunch was served at the close. Hibbert Council The regular meeting of Hibbert Township Council .was held day in the township hall, with all pondence servation sed, Court the Watson, drains. A large number of accounts or end of the year were passed, louncil meets again on Dec. 15, i The township has received deliv­ ery pf its new snow plow and men have .been busy plowing the roads? Mon- Stai’fa, members present. Corres- on Auxsable River Con- plan was read and discus-* of .Revision was held on Burns and Hocking Are There Profits in Eggs? Comparative Figures Relative To Egg Production The following figures have been arrived at by taking as example an average flock of 300 hens, producing 60 per cent or 15 dozen eggs daily. Monthly Production ........................................................450 doz, Daily Feed Requirement (50% mash—50% grain) . 90 lbs. Monthly Feed Requirement ........................ ..................2700 lbs. Feed Cost And Return From Flock On A 1932-34 Average $87.75 $42.93 Judging in the Ontario Section of the $25,000 National Barley Contest took place at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, last week. Five win­ ners were selected to go on to the Ontario-Quebec Inter-Provincial contest which is to be run off early in the new year. Shown above are the three Ontario judges: (L. to R.) Prof. Robert Keegan, O.A.C., Guelph; P. R. Cowan, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa; and Dr. L. H. Newman, Dominion Cerealist, Ottawa. First prize winner in the Ontario Section was Harold K. Nesbitt of Britannia Bay, near Ottawa, who was also first prize winner for Carleton County, Other winners in their order were William Lowe, Fort Frances; John Kluke, Renfrew; Robert S. Sparrow, Kinburn; Martin L. Dowdall, Perth. • u nh level of em ’ Auction that mean Keep unnecessary lights switched off. had two documents—one heading, ‘I11 my opinion rooms are beneficial to and anothei’ which said 0 © Do not use electric air heaters or grates. Cook complete meals in oven as often as pos­ sible. Switch top-stove elements to ’’off” as soon as pos­ sible, and use stored heat. Monkey Business Lured by Tavern At the recent Convention of the Huron County Temperance Federa­ tion Royal Moulton, .of Toronto, told of a visit to the town of Lis- towel by Rev. J. P Cooke, Drayton With his clerical garb removed Mr. Cooke interviewed the business men of Listowel in order to get their opinion regarding beverage rooms. “We with a beverage business’ they were not. We presented both to some 70 business mqjl, profes­ sional men and officials in Listow­ el. “There were 67 who, without any pressing signed the statement beverage rooms are not beneficial to business. One man signed the other one—then hesitated, scratch­ ed his head and said: “No I won’t either. What’s a few dirty dollars compared to a clean town?” men did not sign, prefering business reasons not though they agreed the better off dry. “Mayor J. McMichael to do town Six fob so, was What a Man Cantin Was! ELIMVILLE The Elimville Adult Bible Class will hold a social evening and elec­ tion of officers Friday evening of this week. A pot luck lunch will be served at the close. Mi*, and Mrs. Douglas Wootton and Bonnie visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Gillis and Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Wootton from West-) mount, Que. The Sunday School held their" an­ nual election of officers last Friday evening resulting as follows: Supt. Kenneth Johns; ass’t. Supt., Delmer Skinner; Secretary, Ronald Elford; Ass’t. Secy., Howard Pym, Gordon Ford; Organists, Mrs. Ken Johns Leona Pym; Treasurer, Horace Del- bridge; Song leaders, Alvin Pym, Mrs. Harold Bell, Mrs. Ross Skinner Home Dept. Secy., Mrs. Alvin Pym; Missionary Supt., Mrs. Wm. Johns, Ruth Skinner; Temperance Supt., Mrs. Horace Delbridge; Cradle Roll Supt., ~ Mr. Laurie Stephen, of Londonj spent i,‘ * ’’ ’ ■ • • - •Mr. Monthly income from flock at 191/2C per doz Feed cost during perio.d at $1.59 per cwt. .. Profit Feed Cost And Return From Flock During Monthly income from flock at 421/j:c per doz. Feed cost during period at $2.30 per cwt...... $128.02 Feed Cost And Return From Flock At Present Time Monthly income from flock at 44c per doz. Feed cost at present prices at $3.55 per cwt. Eunice Penhale. the week-end at his and Mrs. Alvin Pym Profit Profit $198.00 ...$95,85 $102.15 The above information has been made possible through the kindness of a number of Feed manufacturers and the Ontario Department of Agriculture. We believe this infor­ mation to be closely accurate although it is agreed that wages and overhead expenses have not been considered, are still confidnt there is profit in egg production.We SAVE ELECTRICITY IN EVERY WAY YOU CAN. Business Review said: ‘You couldn’t get this town to ,go back to beverage rooms on a vote in 100 years.’ The chief of police said the drinking places were the cause of most of his trouble,” Mr. Cooke stated. “A business man said the only business beverage rooms brought was monkey business. We had no difficulty getting signatures. The men wanted to talk about the dif­ ference after the town went dry.” Listowel is a town in Phrth County where the Canada Temper­ ance Act is in force. M.P. Cond emns These business firms invite your patronage. Dealing with them gives satisfaction and helps to make this a better community a r0 POP’S Taxi Service Phone: Crediton 18rll Exeter 357 | LOAD AFTER LOAD USE . Stewart’s Taxi SB I ! a- AU Passengers Insured. Out-of-town Trips a Specialty. Reasonable Rates. Stewart’s Taxi is owned and operated by C. J. Stewart. Phone 335 Exeter «wia« Highland Cedar FENCE POSTS ON HAND Recent Legislation “I don’t think anything has hap­ pened in the last five years,” said L. E. Cardiff, Brussels, M.P. for Huron North, “that has been so detrimental to farmers as the legis­ lation we have had in the past few' days.” The lifting of price ceilings and ending of subsidies on feed grains, Mr. Cardiff said, is result­ ing right now in the slaughter of livestock by farmers who can not afford to feed their animals. “We are an exporting nation,” Mr. Cardiff said, “and we are being forced out of production. I hope that the breeding stock of this country will not be sacrificed. Thousands of sows are going to the slaughter-houses now. “I blame it on the Cabinet of this country,” Mr. Cardiff said. I don’t blame it on the ordinary members.—-they didn’t have a chance to say what they liked and what they didn’t like. I don’t think it was fair to the people who elect­ ed them.” Thomas Pryde, Exeter, welcomed representatives of the town of Mit­ chell and the township of Logan, which were added to the riding of at the last redistTihii- tion. “I am sure they will be a tow­ er of strength to the riding of Hurj on-Perth,” Mr. Pryde said. Dr. R. Hobbs Taylor, Dashwood, M. P.P. for Huron. J, Fred Edwards Palmerston, M.P.P. for Perth, and John W. Hanna, Wingham. M.P.P. for Huron-Bruce, spoke briefly. E. D. Bell, Exeter the meeting. The following editorial was clip­ ped from the Toronto Star Weekly. “In the Fifty Years Ago column of the Stratford Beacon-Herald ap­ peared recently the following item: ‘Narcisse M. Cantin, the young Frenchman who is building a mag­ ic city on the lake shore miles south of Bayfield, ported from Detroit 100 baths for the mammoth is erecting at St. Joseph, as the em­ bryo that will new ‘‘That item concerns a man who was, in his way, one of the most remarkable that Ontario has ever known. He could get money for the most fantastic schemes, and some not so fantastic, but far in advance of their times. He was a prince ot promoters. His city of St. Joseph was but one of his projects. Only a few years ago its houses and hotel were dismantled and sold and the site abandoned. “Cantin came of a well-known Quebec family —- there is still a Cantin dry dock in Montreal. Can­ tins built batteaux for the French- Canadian voyageurs in early times. The grandfather of Narcisse built boats at Goderich. Narcisse him­ self grew up in French Settlement, the hamlet in Hay township which was later to become St. Joseph. A farmer’s son, he became a cattle buyer and trader; at 17 was in the business for himself; married ano went to Buffalo; was a sparring partner of John L. Sullivan; pat­ ented a new design of gas burner; patented and marketed a furniture polish; but all the time he was more interested in waterways than anything else. And it is claimed for him that he was the first pro­ moter of the St. Lawrence deep waterway. “In 1896 he Settlement and form it into St. Joseph. A good Catholic, he named it after the patron saint of Canada. Besides the huge hotel he erected general stores, mills, a pipe organ factory, a lumber mill, and wheedled a dock out of the government for his “wonderful not wonderful ceeding years has vanished, which farmers well as ‘city slickers.’ about 10 has im porcelain hotel h« city is called. It is rumored the manufacture of aluminum be the chief industry of the city,’ returned to French proceeded to trans- harbor,” which was at all. In the suc- all that grandeur So has the money of the district, as put into it. Coke was chairman of Among those also on the platform were Mayor Merton A. Reid and Mrs. N, W. Trewartha, Seaforth; Clark Fisher, Exeter; and W. H, Blackstone, Goderich. ON HAND We Deliver Phone 12 Granton “Thank you so much,” said a woman to the man who had given her his seat in a street car. “Thather his seat in a street car. * was very kind of you.” "Not at all, ma'am, not at protested the man, “I know men don’t give up their seats to anyone except pretty girls, but looks don’t make any difference to me.” ; alt * some “He said himself that his St. Joseph project was 'only a drum to beat upon so that I might draw attention to my Great Lakes to the ocean waterway project.’ In con­ nection with that project, Cantin went further than those who have since supported it. He wanted to build a canal from near St. Joseph on Lake Huron right through southern Ontario to a point on Lake Erie near Port Stanley. In lS9s he applied for a charter; ap­ plied again “In 19'21 bought the from Lake Louis river Beauharnois, but the venture end­ ed in a lawsuit, and in 19 29 the Beauharnois Power Corporation was given federal endorsation. “Cantin was also interested in the .promotion of electric radial railways. His interurban line was to run from Stratford to St. Joseph via Avonton, Russeldale or Fullar- ton, Farquhar, Exeter and Zurich. It was never built. In 1904 he tried to secure a right-of-way in Strat­ ford, but another promoter was given preference because he prom­ ised the latter’s fruition, istically tracks down its main street. “Narcisse Cantin, ‘the Wizard of St. Joseph,' was a remarkable fig­ ure, and his persuasive powers were marvellous. It is said that Charles Schwab, of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, once offered him a salary of $100,000 per year. But Cantin’s schemes came to naught. In 1940 he died in his na­ tive village- of St. Joseph, and noth­ ing remains of the which he persuaded make.” The editor of The cate remembers the time when Jack White, then editor of the Exeter Times, after attending a meeting of citizens at the Central Hotel Mr. Cantin, stated “That could make you believe black white.” in 19 02. No results. he considered he had right to deflect water St. Francis to the St. past the village of St. city a local service. The scheme never came to although Stratford optim- laid foundations for the investments people to Times-Advo- with man was In the matter of Greetings to be personalized it is always well to make your selection early because available de­ signs dwindle as the Holiday Seacon approches. According­ ly, how much more satisfying it is when you can select yours from wider selections —besides assurance reiuly in mailing. Select Times-Advocate carefully chosen cards from America’s leading Greeting Card publishers await yoiii having the added that time they will ho for leisurely them now at the — where Times-Advocate and their rela- and and home, and fam­ ily, visited on Sunday with Mr, and Mrs. Philip Murch. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Kirkland, of Thames Road, visited on Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Pym. A shower was given for Miss Lois Coward at the home of Mrs. Jack-* son Woods last Thursday evening Miss Leona Pym read the address and Mrs. Ross Skinner and Miss • G. Batten carried in a tub of kitchen­ ware. Lois thanked everyone in pleasing manner. The evening spent in singing and lunch served at the close. Sunday School next Sunday be at'two o’clock in the afternoon; and church will be at 7:30 in the evening. her was was will copies of the Times-Advo- on sale each week at the places: You that Go After More Eggs want your hens to lay more, eggs because you need extra money. AVe.ll, this can be done, simply and economically, by balancing youi’ own grains with Shur- Gain 32 per cent Eggmaker Concentrate. If you need a complete per cent Laying Mash. NEW BAGS $3.90 cwt. or feed you will want Shur-Gain 17 BULK (OWN BAGS) $3.60 cwt. can produce eggs only if the pro-Remember — your liens teins, minerals and vitamins are put in their feed. Put these in by using Shur-Gain. Shur-Gain Feeds are feeds of Superior* Quality available at your Feed Service Mill. Single cate are following Browning’s Drug Store Cole’s Ding Store Robertson’s Drug Store Times-Advocate Office WHALEN CORNERS Kirkton 35rl5 EXETER 35W FROM $15.00 TO $95.00 LAMP TABLESTABLESCOFFEEEND TABLES We Have a Good Selection of Occasional and KIPPEN Mr. and Mrs. Grant Love Nancy, of Caro, Mich., spent Thanksgiving week-end with tiver here. ■Mr, and Mrs. Ar-chie Parsons sons spent Sunday with Mr. Mrs. Jos. Linden, of Denfield. •Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Horney, Exeter, spent Monday with Mr. Mrs- Arnold Gackstetter. Mrs. Eddie McBride, .Miss, 1 trice Cooper, G. Love, of S. Baird, of : pie .of days Reception St. Andrews also in Hillsgreen United -church on Sunday next when several young people will join with the church on profession of faith. The teachers and pupils of the Sunday school have, commenced to, practice for the Christmas concert to be held in St. Andrews church on. Monday evening, Dec. 22nd. A very good program is being arranged of dialogues, pantomines, recitations, and carols. Santa will be present and present treats to the kiddies who will be admitted free, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jones visit-* ed recently with Mr, and Mrs. Gor­ don Westlake and. family near Bay- field. Old man winter has come on us very suddenly making it necessary for the snow plows tion. Mr. Robt. Cooper, several weeks in, the returned to his home last week j of and Bea- *, of Kippen and Mrs^ Oaro, Mich., and Mrs. Brucefield, spent a cou- in Toronto last week, services will be held in United -church here and to get into ac- who has spent Canadian West Doesn't the moth have a terrible time? He spends the summer in a* fur Coat and the winter in a bath­ ing Suit. Mirrors Make Rooms Light up and Grow A Very Useful and Attractive Gift Trifife and Table Lamps Goblin Electric Cleaner FOR KIDDIES: IN THREE MODELS 2" wide No. 35-H Tricycles — Kiddy Cars ■— Scooters — Wagons Wheel Barrows — Kar-Kits — Doll Prams — Doll Cribs — Doll Cradles — Blackboards — Desk Sets Table and Chairs — Piggybanks '— Rocking Horses Toddle Carts — Woollee Pets, etc. See Our Stock Buy Phone 20w -5 4