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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1952-01-31, Page 7THUWA.T. AlitITART 9144 1962 WESTFIELD WIMPFLEILID, Jan. 30.—The an. mat congregational meeting of the WeStfield Milted Church wee held In the church school room on Fri. day, January 25., A.t noon a pot- luck dinner was eerved, by the ladies at which 28 sat down to a well laden table. Rev. C. C. Wash- ington was in charge of the meeting. . A service was conducted In memory o the members who had passed on. All-W—mrtitients or tire ure showed encouraging progress during the past year. Each report re- vealed a substantial, balanee. Rev. Waeliington.gave the report ef the. session and reported one removal by death, five by certificate, other- wise three, twelve persons were re- ceived- Into full membership, Mem- bership numbering 117 persons with spiritual oversight of 160 persons, • eoverini 40 families, with two bap - titans. "The Stewards' ireport was presented bXr.. John Bachman with, tOtal receipts 0‘.$1,630.73, with n balance of $248. Mr. William MeDowell,reported fer the Miselon- ary and MaintelMtkee and said $417.35 bad been given, $70 was donated from the Sunday School and $32 as a,speelal Christmas gift. The Wemen's Missionary Society sent $285 to the branch treasurer. Tbez were, 23 annual members and five 1fe members. A.bale of relief wor was sent daring the year, valued ,,at $088.75 for overseas re. lief, this amountA, includes $14 for express. A bale for home missions; valued. at $102.93 , was tsent. The 311sa1on Band -sent $36.63 to the band, treasurer the Baby Band, $20.39. The sum Of $106.61 - was raised by the W.A. and the Stanley School, $244.98. The amount' con- tributed by the congregation and its MININIONINW various organiaations was approx.,- Illiately $2,87342 with an additional $1,437.0 for a new furnace which was Installed during' the summer. The election;of officers resulted as follows:. member or 'Seegien re: .elected Mr. Walter cook; •Boar4jt Stewards, Douglas Csnapbell .`and' Lewis Cook; church treasurer,. John Buchanan; church secretary, Mr. Marvin McDowell; M. and M. treas- urer, WtUiam MeDowell; church officer, Edgar Hewett. A vote of thankwas tended to Rev. and Mrs. Washington for their unf r ng service in the church, _'_The meeting closed with -prayer. On Wednesday 18 ladies of‘the W.M.S. and community met .in -the churet basement and quilted four quilts for their bale.. A pot -luck dinner was served at noon. - Mr. Ronald Taylor returned home from Toronto on Thursday where he attended the. Marine School and 1111111111111111 .wtis Suceeesful int Ida examinations for 'Mate of tbe 1#111p, James Norris, a new ship launched In the St. Lawrence Tranaportation Co. in December at Midland. Mr. and Mrs. Norman MeDowell visited on Tuesday- with Mr. and Mm. Carl peens el Guelph. Air. John Gear or Kitchener spent the week -end" wth • Mr. •and Mrs. Charles Smith. an4:- Mrs, Alva AirDewell visited eu 'Monday with Air—and _Ta or of 'Brussels. Mr. William e owe in-Waln on Tuesday with Mr. and Mr I Stanley Sibtliorpe of Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan McNichol and-Phyllits of Walton spent Bewley with Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Rosman. ; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Vint and family vielted. op Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Dave Scott of Teeswater. Mr. and Pats. Roy 31oSween atid Garry of Winghant visited on Sat- urday with Mr. and Mrs. Harvey McDowell. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wightmen 'visited ou Sunday with Mrs., Henry Maths of Lucknow. Mr.and Mrs. Ray llemnali of Belgrave visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Bert Taylor. CANADIAN PLOWMEN' .ABROAD:' by J. A. CA* flit* Fovowircr�I"sew .ONTA RIO ' nowmtws ASSOCIATION When you must have a cleaner to remove siains of ink WilOWMat will find him— Quick as a wink OF YOUR TELEPHONE . DIRECTORY NILE NILE, Jan. and Mrs. John Harcourt of Londion spent the week -end with Mrs. Ilarcourt's par-, ents, Mr. and Mrs. Les. Pentland and family. ' • Ralph Matthews is helping his brother -4444w, Henry Drennan of to cut wood. 'Harold Knight has partial paralysis, inasmuch as be has lost the power of his legs. ' Miss Elizabeth 'McMillan of Dun- gannon spent a few days with Mrs. Herb Morris. „ _ Visitors with Mr.. and- Mrs. Grattan' Johnston were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Clement, Goderich town- ship. • - -This is the fourth of a series of weekly stories which John A..Carroll,. assistant deputy minister of agriculture for Ow tarie and formerly secretary - Manager of the Ontario Plow- men's Association, will write about the visit.: uf Cataada's ehampion plowfueu to the Bri- tish Istes, Germany, Denmark and 'Sweden, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK Yesiterday we stood in a Danish cheese factory and watched the making of the first experimental batch of Cheddar cheese produced In this country. The • sight left us with mixed feelings. As agricultural observers _ and your reporters we knew this was - red -hot news. lint as three Cana- dians we also knew we, were wateli- ing something that may turn out to b a now !threat to the Canadian' Citeddar market In Great BtRain. We gathered from Our Danish friends that the experiment was being made to see if it were pos- sible for Danish cheesemakers to turn out a Cheddar aeeeptable to the British in an attempt "to take tq) the slack" of Canadian Cheddar. It doesn't take an exceptionally keen eye to , see that if such a sive yew a' OD ME MST YN1 Nineteen -fifty-two brings a new era in Truck Transporta- tion — made possible—blithevrolet engineers! Here, for '52, are more Chevrolet Truck models to ,choose from than ever before! They'll carry bigger payloads! They'll haul loads faster powered by the famous valve -in - head Chevrolet engines rated tip'to 120 horsepower. Its a fact! 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The Chevrolet truck line for '52 offers you a wider choice of wheel - bases, ranging right up to 212". Carrying capacities have'also been Increased to 17,500 lbs. with 1h 1700 Heavy Dirty series. And all this extra payload and carrying capacity is yours at amazingly loW cost. No other truck line -gives you so mucto for so little. AAP Capacities for every job The right axle for calif type hauling job — still another reason why the Chevrolet truck line fets you carry more payload without overloading. Chevitalet truck axles are deiigned to absorb the shocks and jolts caused by rough roads'and heavy' loads. What's more, they deliver_greater pulling power with less engine effort throughcout'the entire speed range. And there's now a heavier two - speed rear axle available for the Heavy Duty models. . 4 great power plants to choose from To the three already famous Chevrolet vaIve-ln-head truck "engines;cTlirrand• s new ,.fourth .power plant has bean- addedi, it's a massive, heavylcluty • . 120-h.p. engine designed, to deliver ' outstanding performance ander die toughest working .coriclitions. Whether you choose The 92 'h.p. Thriftmaster, the 105 h.p. Loadmaster, the 114 h.p Torquernaster or the husky new 12C h.p engine, you can be sure of greao dependability and reater power -per -gallon from a Chevrolet valve -in -head truck 1. 1 1 1 1 VI0T01 ISTREZT GARDNER MOTOR SALES FHONE 234 s Cheddar is produce, in the years to come it may. not only be the slack Putt is taken. up. Even With' that thought lu mind the three of us (Norman of Richmond 11111,0W., the cham - pion tractor plowtuan, Eugene. Tim !hers, of ,Milliken, Out., the chitin - Pion horse plowman,' and- mysel,f) felt great admiration for these enterprisleg Dane, , -They need the British:guarket as ntuelt as we -do; perit'api more so. For despite the fact the people, look 'well-dressed, and are- well-fed, there is Austerity. here. No auto- illobiles have been imported since 193S; and for this with ears gaso- line costs 50 --cents_ a gallon. Bri- tain has been importing only limit- ed quantities of butter, bacon and eggs—and at low prices—so ster- llienrgertslit is as low as dollar credit ie. , _ We have heen,here just over MI hours and have another, day and a half to spend in this orderly and werfitinned little gauntry. Tomorrow we' shall he visiting two of the area show farms; one of 9‘) acres anti the other a eompletely mechanized farm of 1,500 aeres. It had been originalply planned that we would motor 4from West Germany to I)enmark, but our Ger- man hosts thought we would ap- preciate more time here so they made last-minute arrangements for us to fly hy Finnish Airlines from Ilainburg to Copenhagen. FIVIng is becoming almost ' rou- tine with as, for It was by air that we traveled from London to Ham- burg. That flight seemed all too short. It was a beautifal-morning- 'and we had a wonderful view Of the English countryside and were ahle_ .to . see _the shipping moving np and down the Kent coast. _.. Our -first good view of the Con- tinent --owing to a sudden lower- ing_of the_ elorals--'--was over Hol- land, .which was revealed. as a gorienits pateltWOi•k-iir green'. tures, canals and 'red -tiled _houses. Y'si saki "'green, pastures. W4, haven't seen snow since we left Toll'onto. A..short stop • at Amsterdam. and 'then within an lour we wheeted into Hamburg. Waiting for `US waS Ilansjurgen Zetzsche. of the German Esso eoinpany, 111111, sant. in his early thirties. this for- mer young- snitmarine. commander our -NINn.);tis:1,ott:i.x.guide tit onr , Ger- Even our brief glimpse 4)f Lon- don— vlih1i is now pretty vefl patched 111) --had 'oot prepared its for .the shock wts 1:eceived when we saw the bombed' sections 'of mini_ burg. sometimes just rubble and t her 1 lines open spaces where buildings; onCts St Mod. 1Ve Were AlOW11 t WO :I h. raid lo PrOtel-'t 50,000 issrsons. If this sounds funtastic, is it ..:(ity more fantastie than, the fact, that :10.00o were reported killed in one. raid 011 this city? P111 beat refugees pouring over the border f nun East Germany ha ve -flit-no:41 doubled, _the p) you la ion of litimbrirg. front one million 1,S00.000. Recovery. both Imild- 'irg and economic. is remarkable and we were told haat Hamburg was leading the wittily of Germany in this regard.. rWe were surprised at, the mildness of the ,climate add saw, tender shrubs and hush plants growing in nrany gardens. - The land is relatively light and poor, so we were interested to .set't who 1 progress was being made 1t the Esso exiw•rimetital_farm Deth-, Tingem CO miles --south- of Hamburg There is (tate a story to this farm. It was rented in .1947 by Esso to provide -food for its em- ployees for the innnediate posr war years. Tt had been in the possession- of "one family for 500 years. The owner lost his only Son during the fast war, and then -when the' RnSsiana -.broke through -they plundered the pronertY and fired many of the buildings. From the first him of providing o0f1 foe -employees' the farm has now gradtcated into a major ex- perimental station, which uses alt. the lateSt equipmenf. and farming methods to inerease erops from this rather poor. soil. "Nleehanization is tip against a strong foe tradition. 14111 the seientific methods and re, sults of the Esso farm a -re making headway. 1'ot:Roe:4 are itnport ant in the liet of these people, and yields on the Esso fa rut ha ve 1 teen sule41111- 1 la I ly increased. Stoek on the farm includes about 250 hogs of all 'Ger- man breedS (rather fat types emu - pa red to Ca tradia n hogs), some '29 eows. ( it is -planne(1 to incren hts herd to 34) and_ about 400 sheep. vatted Ilfsidschnneken. These t r eTiijp to--rem—for-rthey -thrive in the forage from the local hest - her moors. We startled our host: Dr. Sven -on Niuller, when after noticing', •ye was tieing grown we suggested Ita4----11. -would be plowed under for oil improvemeu 1. When lits re - he said slush apt ion would st115 1 nivonit fon. llye is needed'. Ind used ns food for Minions and A press conference was held for is attended by reportersfrom five sity am' 20 agricultural tapers. As visual_ we aptslogized for iot Insing ahle to penk their 1a 11- stifts'ts. luit most Of those present. poke ours. and for -the one or two hat didn't there- was' an -oxinett lit tsrpreter. The attention n:' Id to mr remarks ri lid the ,;(*P111 incIT itsviseentling questions directed to is indicated a keen Interest in latch plowIttc'. • f7nnadittit at/Tient- nre 1) nil inuntgrii tion pioszueet 4. Vt'ith -the Ifitereset shown in lin- Iigrn 1 1011 lit 'MI item 11171 lustlerrre,n,r :tee 11, 1imii1t 11114 year of get ommoommesureierelliarimmorow , tiniilliglogritasutqs.itota of 2,500 German 'Time Is sho'it now, and I will . iinit3,11 -my story about Denmark and next4pot rwoenk; our tour. of Swedenf; NORTH STREET W. A. ELECTS NEW EXECUTIVE The annual meeting of the Wo- man's Associatiot of North Street United Church tdek the form of a pot -luck supper on January 24, in the church hall, with a large at- tendance. After the opening exer- cises and the seeretary's and treas- urer's reports from the, ,December meeting, annual reports Were,given and showed the year ending 1951 was a success both spiritually and financially. Rev. H. A. Dickinson spoke briefly and the following officers for 1952 were installed: Plist president, Mrs. W. F. 11. Price; president, Mrs. J. Pridham; lst vice-president, Mrs. F. Walkom; 2nd yiee-president; Mrs. J. McLeod; artyiee.oresident, Mrs. G. L. Ellis; corresponding secretary, Mrs. W. Kingswell; recording secretary, Mrs. G. Mathieson; assistant, Mrs. W. Bern; treasurer, Mrs. T. Don: Belly; assistant, Mrs. A. L. Coie;, press secretary, Mrs: W. F. H. Price; pianist, Mrs. J. Snider; as- sistant, Mrs. It. Johnston; parson - _age, Mrs.F. Walkout, Airs. F. he rt ; connii union, Mrs. P. Kershaw, Mrs. J. Thorpe, Mrs. 0: Mills; conneillors, Mrs. G. Pattersen, Mrs. R._ Scott, Mrs. IL liarker, Mrs. J. Moody, Mrs. J. MacVicar, Mrs. J. 1'. Warren, Miss Grace Robert - Son, Miss C. McClinton, Mirs F. Artitstrong, -Mrs- F,Currie. Mrs. C. Holland condacted a quiz :Ind Mrs. H.Turnergave 11 -reading.; Mrs. Pritlintin expressed her ap- preciation to one and all for their spitonljd ('o-peration during -1951., A vote of thanks was oxtended to the, president and otlieers. - After a shOrt business period the meet- ing' closed with the Mizpah bene - diet fon. ' More that1,704) blind -Canadians arts employed full time in industry -a nil (1 -quint -Tee: LOCAL NATIVI{ ATTE CARNIVAL Q17 , and Mrs,' Prink PdanellY„ R. .1%. "pick" Donnelly, !on otr. :M St, Vftt cthe pettiotnnsetreequtintisopleiktsecOloPlion 21441r to St. Paul, Minn., for the annual winter carnival there. Mr. Donnel- ly, who is solicitorfor the .the famous young ladies, left North Bay- last Thursday morning In one. of the .special railway cars which were chartered to take the party to- the event, which is one .of the outstanding . attractions of, - winter season in the north-west United States. A brief stop Wee made-in-BanIt Ste. Marie, Ont., where the quin- tuplets met the Hargreaves quad- ruplets and handshakes were ex- changed between Papa Menne and Papa Hargreaves and Manta Dionne and Mama Hargreaves. The Har- greaves girls are now ,two yettiN old and the Dionnes 17. Arriving in St. Paul, the quintup- lets rode .on one of the more than two score floats in the colorful parade which opened the ceremony last Saturday. , The -Canadian Pacific Isthe est privately owned railroad in world. Cemetery Manuals T. PRYDE &SON Clinton, Exeter, SeafOrth Write Box 150, or phone 41J, "Exeter and (tivp shall be pleased- to call. CANADIAN ()PANE G SUPPLIED By GRATTON HOTSON. 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