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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1953-08-06, Page 2,iiitattat-entu. HURON COUNTY'S FOREMOST WEEKLY Published by Siknal-Star Publishing Limited • linitseription Rates—Canada and Great Britain, $2.50 a year: to United ' States, $350. Strictly in advance. -lirettiaing Rates on request. Telephone 71. Authorized as second-class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa. Out -of -Town Representative: C.W.N.A., �, s • • • 420 Temple Bldg., Bay and -Richmond s Sts., Toronto. Member of Canadian Weekly News- , papers Association. Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations Weekly Circulation Over 3,000. GEO. L. ELLIS. Editor and Publisher. • 0 u Lai THURSDAY, AUGUST 6th, 1953 THE 11fATIONAL POLL Arguments and pleas tossed back and forth for the last six weeks have worn rather thin, and little that is 'new is now being presented in the electoral battle that' will reach its conclusion on Monday next. Of the 000 -odd aspiring candidates 264 are to win seats in the new House of Commons, the WI count of 265 being made up by the unopposed election' of a Liberal in Quebec where the Con- servative nominee has withdrawn. Liberals nominated number 264, Conservatives 250, C.C.F. 172, Social Credit 71, Labor -Progressive (Communist) 100, and others 45— a total of 902. As the C.C.F. would Have to elect three out of four of their nominees to gain a majority in the House, it is evident that the decision rests between the Liberals and the Conservatives, and fore- casters give the total of all the "splinter" partii as very few more than they ,hat in the last House. For the Conservatives to elect a county has been consistently Lib- eral in Federal politics. How the balance will tilt on Monday next it will be interesting to see. • • • Discussing the problem of over- coming the sterling difficulty . in trade with Britain The London Free Press, recognizing that Can- adian farmers can get more for their products at home than by shipping them overseas, put for- ward -this solution: "This barrier could be overcome by letting our farm price level slip to a point where our products could regain their competitive place on the British market." . From the farmer's standpoint this would be a very unsatisfactory way of meet- ing the difficulty. With sonic reason farmers already complain that lower prices for some of their products are not met by lower prices for what they have to buy, and to adopt a, deliberate policy of depressing their selling prices would not be tolerated. The problem will have to be worked majority of the 265 members they out, or work itself out, in some will have to retain all their seats other way. The matter is con - in the last House and gain 85 more. stantly under scrutiny on both The Liberals could lose over-all control by a loss of 50 seats, counting all the "splinter" seats • in opposition. These are mathe-manipulation of prices. matical possibilities; whether they are probabilities is another matter. In Huron there is a straight twe- party fight between two members of the last House, Elston Cardiff, Conservative representative cf sides of the Atlantic and as long as other markets can be found there need be no artificial •.-"• • The death of Robert . A. " Tait. known in the United States as "Mr. Republican," and several times an ‘unsuccessful aspirant for nomination as Republican Candi= North Huron for thirteen years, date for president, will have a and A. Y. McLean, Liberal member profound effect in United. States for Huron -Perth since 1940. to politics. Mr. Taft was- the most win Mr. McLean will have to over -influential member of the Senate come a substantial Conservative and after his defeat by General majority polled in 1949 in the Eisenhower for ' the presidential municipalities now composing the nomination last year there was new riding of Huron. Here again -there is"a mathematical possibility; whether it is a probability is a matter of dispute which the electors will settle on August 10th. The contest in this. riding has been a quiet one, with an agZee- able absence of personalities. Both candidates have worked hard, and the electors will put their weight in the scales on Monday next. - TSF GODER1CR SIGNAL-ST,aii Presents Problem. . Ragweed To Farmers As Well As Persons With Hay Fever Down Memory's Lane 25 Years Ago Goderich Band was preparing to take part in competition at the annual Toronto fair. Keeping in practise, the band played three concerts in one week -end. At oue of the concerts a collection was taken, realizing $25, which was to be devoted to expenses of the trip to Toronto. Members of the committee of stewards and elders of North Street United Churchpresented G. M. Elliott with an engraved gold - headed cane in appreciation of his services to the congregation. The occasion was held to mark 38 years of service by Mr. Elliott as a mem- ber of the board and in other positions in connection with the church. D. D.' Major was appointed music instructor for Goderich public schools at a meeting of the public school board. His appointment was made as the result of a school management committee report re commending that music be taught in the local schools. 20 Years Ago Maple Leaf Chapter, I.O.D.E., held a successful gypsy carnival at the Goderich Pavilion. The floor was thronged with wearers of pic- turesque gypsy costumes who in- termingled with the crowd of 750 people. There was lots of excitement at the race track when a car belong- ing to Wesley McLean caught fire from having been driven a dis- tance with the emergency brake on. The fire alarm was sounded and the brigade responded making EDITORIAL NOTES Perhaps with an eye to recent tendencies, The London Free Press says: "If we recall aright the uni- verse was created in six days—not m five." • • • Those picnic tables scattered along the country roadsides seem to be popular with tourists, and it is pleasant to see a family party seated about one of them enjoying a meal in the open. • • • The wife of a Durham (Ont.) editor has had a story accepted for publication in a well-known magazine. Not an everyday occur- rence by any means, and a lot of stories will be • rejected by the *lectors next Monday. • • • A magistrate in Eastern Ontario !las sent a boy to jail for three days, with a $25 fine, for cruelly M. -treating a skunk. The skunk is not a favorite animal, "but it cannot help being a skunk, and the lad no doubt deserved what fie- got. For the future he will give the scented kittens a wide berth. much speculation -as to his future course. He could wreck the Eisen- hower administration or he could contribute mightily to its success. What The Boston Monitor says in its analysis of his career may be taken as a fair summation: its way through heavy traffic. A stallion owned by Bob Hog• garth broke loose from its tether and, galloping to the Square, raced in and out through the traffic, taking to the sidewalk and scatter- ing pedestrians. At every approach the horse reared up and struck out with its front feet. Finally, it was detoured into an alleyway and some amateur cowboys went to work. Ropes were flying through the air and finally one encircled the animal's neck. A large crowd witnessed the fun. 15 Years Ago Goderich experienced its heavi-, est rainfall of the year, accom- panied by a severe electrical storni- and high wind which felled trees and branches and cut off hydro connection several times in vari- ous araous parts of the town. Hydro wires were torn down on Kingston street and streets were in darkness on the south side of the town dur- ing . the greater part of the night. So widespread was publicity about the opening of the Sky Har- bor airport that officials received several telephone calls from out- of-town points with requests for reservations on the Goderich-De- tioit air line. The officials were forced to explain regretfully that the airline was not yet a reality. Police were on the lookout for two men who allegedly represented themselves as accredited solicitors of funds for China's war needy. The men, believed to have been "phonies," disappeared before police could catch up with them. It was not known how much money they obtained in Goderich. SCOTCH EXPORTS Exports of Scotch whisky in the first six months of 1953 at 6,118,615 -proof gallons, --were the highest ever recorded, earning 17.4 million pounds, says the Scotch Whisky Association. More than half the six months' exports, 3,304;930 gal- lons, at 9.5 million pounds went to the U.$. and Canada was the next largest importer with 388,482 gallons valued at 1,149,399 pounds. begun toharvest the trees scien- tifically. But we could grow twice as much wood as we are now grow- ing—if we farmed our tree lands properly, one paper company ex- ecutive clgims. Only 8% of Canada's forests is privately owned. The Crown owns the rest and industry gets the use of it under leases. There are two principal views as to how the forest lands should be treated. Some say the companies should be granted them in per- petuity, that they �� be as certain of holding �e lam as_�any farmer, that their large invest' went will keep thein on a program of conservation. The other view is that private industry can never be trusted with holding the lands forever, that provincial governments must al- ways keep close Iotrol, and that leases should not be for long term. One thing is certain. The forest lands must be treated on„a long- term basis both by industry and by governments, regardless of who controls them. And basic to whatever policy or combination of policies which evolve; there has to be deeper public concern with our forest wealth. Loss of Senator Taft's influence is a blow to the Eisenhower ad- ministration. But at the '.same time it is given to few other states= men to achieve what Senator Taft did—after years of unsuccessful striving for a presidential goal to come at last to a reconciliation of his ambition with the respons- ibilities at hand, to see his cherished party finally back in office again, within himself magnanimity. great enough to cooperate fully with his successful rival and also to know, even though briefly, that he is putting his own mold on that administration in Congress in its critical first six months. • • • TOO MUCH SECRECY (Wingham Advance -Times) One of the latest pronounce- ments of the Department of Educa- tion is that the time-honored prac- tice of publishing school children's reports is not a good idea. And the Departmeet has suggested that no reports be, published in future. We have ,no information as to how the evils of publishing school reports were discovered , so sud- denly. The practice has been go- apg.on for as long as we can re- member without, as far as we know, any particular outcry from pupils, parents or teachers. Pos- sibly there has been a smoldering resentment against 'tie thing all these years,- of which we have been unaware. But to the `untutored eye it sometimes seems that the authorities work on the principle that the less parents know about education, the. better. Maybe they're right. The idea nowadays seems to be to eliminate all trace of competi- tion in the 'child's education. We daren't say that Johnny Jones is smarter, or applies himself more, or earns higher grades. It might offend Johnny Smith, who isn't ai brght, or doesn't apply himself as successfully. While sympathizing _with the Johnny Smiths of this world, we doubt if all this secrecy is of much value. If the publishing of , como- petitive figures offends those at the lower end of the "class, you might say with equal justice that not publishing the figures will of- fend those at the top of the class. In its present state the •world ,is a pretty competitive place. And it would seem to us that the sooner children get used to the idea, the better. From all accounts the Shake= werean festival at Stratford has been a definite success. It is understood that with this en- couragement it will be made an annual event and Western Ontario people will have to -become fam- iliar with ,the works of the bard of Avon if they wish to be in the cultural swim. • • • The pestiferous wild carrot is again poisoning the countryside, 'lbiugh its aristocratic natne is Queen Anne's lace, farmers are mere inclined- to call it de'vil's plague, and when it gets into gestures it gives milk an unpleas- ant flavor. Pity it could not be b•tsished by a relentless campaign fat extermination. The northern part of Muton` eeteaty'' has not had a Liberal nitattIve at Ottawa' for nearly -beat's, With the ,exception of 1988.40 teno,.though the late King, UnitedFarmer member, rikltiPPort, to the Liberal Letter to the Editor Ragweed is a fighting word not only to the eight or 10 per cent of the population who suffer from hay fever, but also to the Southern Ontario farmers whose fields are being overrun by this pest. July and August are months that. are dreaded by a great number of people, for it is at this time of scattering pollenear thatefar andd isiwide,and causing a great chorus of sneezes to be heard throughout the land. Though very few of these peoplj may recognize the plant' itself,, they always know'when it is about. Ragweed is late in maturing, is found in abundance in pastures, meadows and cultivated crops, as. well as along roadsides and in waste areas, and causes ,consider- able damage Miring the growing and harvesting periods. When eat- en aten by cows, as it sometimes is, it doesn't give them hay fever but it does taint the milk they produce. The weed is an annual, growing about two feet tall and producing up to 5,000 seeds per plant during the late summer when its pale yellow flowers are its bloom. It has a quantity of branching stems covered with deeply ihdented, rag- ged looking leaves of two shades of green, the under side being lighter than the upper. Hard to Destroy The prolific seed production Editor, Signal -Star. Sir,=The Mayor might be inter- ested! . A man who had many years of 'experience in the human relation- ship, field confirmed my own opin- ion, in the .same field, when he made the . following statement: "There is no superiority between sexes, where we have social and economic equality or where equal training has been given." I would like to add that when the intelligent lay public are deal- ing with those, in positions of re- sponsibility, who do not know, situations might develop which would prove very costly to the taxpayers! JOSIE G, SAUNDERS, Goderich. • Mr Land Mrs. Russel Smiley, of Cochrane, were recent visitors with Mr. and Mrs. T. Edward Pritchard; '89 Britannia road, Coral islands are not solid coral, but rock -formed mountains coated with coral. Most corals cannot grow at great depths, which makes it practically impossible for a coral island to build up from excessive depths. FORESTS SHOULD LAST FOR- EVER * . ' (Financial Post) g Canadian pioneers looked upon the forest as their natural enemy. It either hid the ,Indian with -his tomahawk or tbiiered up n ' fine piece of growing land. SIash it. Pile it. Then slash some more. Pile it up. And burn it. - Thea same-- thinking carried over to ' our original use of forests for pulp and and for timber. Then almmost too late we began tp:ronsiderr, our trees, as a crop to be "farmed," net "mined." "4110411e be was at 0t• . Private companies, n►itn huge in, iuthern` part df the vestments in mills, have already V,e4 *wet 1.e4wtemece ?u? You can, depend oak us to match your insurance coverage with your' Individual needs. m- Phone .... MALCOLM MATHERS Insurance Office, 46 West St., Goderich, Phone 115W 1 makes the control of ragweed dif- ficult. Efforts should be made to destroy it before the seed is ripe and in fact before the ,pollen is set free. Ragweed is one weed that should becontrolled by com- munity effort and whole areas should be cleaned up at one time to make the program effective. The Crops, Seeds and Weeds Branch of the Ontario- Department of Agriculture says that mowing, to be effective, must be very close to the ground as many seeds are formed just above the soil surface. Chemical 2,4-D used in June at the rate of six to eight ounces of actual acid per acre, or one ounce per 6,000 square feet, will provide cheap, effective control. Several treatments may be necessary how- ever, due to the fermination, of further lots of seed. Care must be exercised to keep ' the spray from coming in contact with plants, shrubs and flowers susceptible to Northern Ontario is still relative- ly free of ragweed and is an ex- cellent haven for hay fever suffer- ers. However, residents of the north country should be on the alert and at the first sign of the weed a real clean-up campaign should be launched to prevent it from gaining a foothold in the dis- trict. Personal Mention A. Armour Love, of Lindsay, spent the holiday week -end with Mr. and Mrs. C. F: Chapman. Mrs. Maud Horton has moved from Exeter to her newly pur- Mrs. Martha Layport of Aber- deen, Wash., is visiting a few days with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. MacLaren. Holiday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Gardiner were Mrs. William Irving, and Miss D. M. Hill, of Toronto, and Mr. and Mrs. John Barber and family, of Gait. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Blacker and children, of Brantford, were week -end guests with Mrs. Black- er''s' parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Rundle and also called on her aunt, Mrs. Frank Rowed and Mr. Rowed. Mr. and Mrs. George Cardwell and children, of Sarnia, have re turned home after visiting with the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Thomas, Elgin avenue. Miss Joyce Wilkinson has return- ed to Orillia Soldier's Memorial Hospital where she is attending the School of Nursing, after spending three weeks' vacation at her home in Goderich. Misses Gloria Bloomfield, Marion Wilson, Mrs. Mabel Price{, and Mrs. Ellwood Clark, of Seaforth, returned home Sunday from - a week's vacation' at Wasaga Beach. chased home on Victoria street. Mrs. J. R. Wheeler left last Sat- urday on a motor trip to Nova Scotia. Mr. sand Mrs. R. F. Allen and son Raymond of Detroit are .guests cf Mrs. Allen's sister, Miss Jean Law- son. R' Mrs. W. White, of Southatpton, England, is visiting with her nephew, Dr. H. B. Such, and Mrs. Such. Mrs. E. Ruston, of Kitchener, and daughter, Miss Margaret, of Wallaceburg, are renewing ac- quaintanc s ire4he district. Mrs. C. H. Young and son John, of Toronto, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. James Green over the week -end. Mr. and Mrs. W. Bruce Pritchard and family, of London; are spend!' ing their holidays with the form- er's parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. Ed- ward Pritchard, 89 Britannia road. Sandy Wilkins and Miss Barbara Wilkins have returned to their home at Woodstock after visiting their grandparets, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wilkins, Gloucester Terrace. Mr. Clarence Rhynas has been vacationing with his sister, Miss Grace, Rhynas. Mr. and Mrs. Mur- ray Rhynas spent the week -end here and on their return to Tor- onto Miss Rhynas accompanied. them. THURSDAY, -AUGUST 9th, 1053 LAKEVIEW CASINO GRAND BEND 0' NEIL MCKAY and his ALL-STARS DANCING EVERY NIGHT THE BEST ORCHESTRA IN YEARS! Tunes you want to dance to, and vocals by June--Johnny--and the Quartette. Every Thursday ARTHUR MURRAY NIGHT Ballroom dancing by the country's most outstanding instructors! The intense interest in this show has trebled attendance! Don't miss it! 2% hours dancing -3i hour of exhibitions, and tuition at regular admission of 75c each. They also spent two days at Barrie and Ronnie, have returned' from a visiting brothers Russell and Al- fred during Barrie Old Home Week. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Roebuck and Jerry, Raglan • street, have moved to Kitchener, where Mr. Roebuck will be with the Com- stock Company. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Wightman of Welland, were recent- visitors of Mr. and Mrs. T. Edward Pritch- ard, 89 Britannia road. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Moore, Isabelle week's vacation spent at Loring with Mrs. Moore's uncle, °Mark Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins and Miss Joan Hutchins, of Port Loring re- turned with them for an extended visit. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Breckow returned home after spending holi- days at the homes of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Brocklebank, Ingersoll; Mr. and Mrs. Victor Campbell, Owen Sound; Mrand Mrs. Fraser M> Tavish, Windsor. Notice Re Weeds NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN .•to owners of subdivided portions of the Municipality 'of Huron that unless all noxious weeds thereon are destroyed before the 8th day of August; 1953, in accordance with the Weed Control Act, the Inspector under duthority given in Section 3, 7, 10 and 12 of the Act, will cause the noxious weeds or weed seeds to be destroyed, and the cost thereof will be - placed on. the collector's roll for collection in the same manner as taxes under the Assessment Act. . 32 W. R. DOUGALL, WEED INSPECTOR, Municipality of Huron County • We now have for sale new potatoes in 75 lb. bags. ANY QIJANTITY— EXCELLENT QUALITY. 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