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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1950-3-8, Page 4The Perfect Cookong Fuel instant Heat Less Kitchen Work Quick o Clean to Easy to Install Automatic Heat Control Economical Ifer Information see your nearest gas appliance dealer or write Essolone Gas Service, Imperial 011 Limited Carleton Place Maple Slratford Cornwall Belleville Peterborough • Ns .6 ileums. 11 BILISINF3S CARDS THF FIRL1'35ELS 14067. Obituary Mrs. Jahn T. Strachan ST. MARYS— Funeral services for lire. John T. Stein:arm were held trout tiro 1-.A, Ball, Funeral Chanel, hursday aft eenoon. Mrs. Strachan widow of the late Rev. John Taylor Stracham died in Galt General Hos - Vital, Tunesday, Feb. 28 after an illness or five Nveelts. Rev. and hlre. strachan, with their family, mime to Si. Marys from Owen Sound where Rev, Strachan had been min- ister Of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Rev. Strachan was min Ilet,' v of Firet Presbyterian Church • In St. Marye, where his death oe cured in 1944. Mrs, Strachan is survived by one sem Knox M. of Brantford. and a (laughter, Mrs Alan (Jean) Andrew of Galt, both \ present al the service. Also attend- ing from out of town were Mrs. Knox Strachan. Alan Andrews, and friends from Owen Sound. Interment wee In tat. Marys cemetery. * * * , W. Lawson Kearney death and he waged a gallaut fight leitinst the ailment. • hlr, Mager, who wae in his 49t1m year, was born in Brussels, Ont., the :eel of Harvey Hunter and the late Mrs. Hunar. He ohose banking as his ! profession and for the past 31 years I W a Si associated with the Canadian Bank of Commerce. Besides his father and one brother, Glen, of St, rThoma, he is survived by his wife, Marguerite Ann O'Neill and one daughter, Mary Catherine. 1 Funeral service was held Thursday, February 14th, at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Orangeville, where • requiem high Mese was celebrated. 'Phe remains were brought from the Turner Funeral Horne, Orangeville, to the HInnegan Funeral Home, Chat- ham. and interment was made in St. Anthony's Cemetery there. M.yers. M. D., L. Mi. C. C. A eineral service for W. Lawson iSeeteee,:e bospit'al, Lonclom was held at the home of his brother-in-law and sister " 1Mr. and Erle C. Dow, I4ibbert town - DR. R. W. STEM-IENS 14,11) on Wednesday afternoon Feb. Kearney late of Morris township who PHYSICIAN and SLIRGEOP. diel Sat., Feb, 13th, i n St, Joseph's Villaten ret. Phone 4. Graduate University of Toronto PHYSICIAN and SURGEON Tolcubone 45 Brussels, Out. Walker Funeral Home Day or NightCalls Phone 65 No extra charge tot Use of Funeral Home. B. G. Walker Licensed Funeral Director & Emaaliteet SELWYN BAKER Agent for — Hartford Wind Insurance McKillop Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Our Rates Are Reasonable For further particulars — Phone Brussels 43-r-10. ALBERT CARDIFF Agent for HOWICK MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. bWK Qur rates are lower. Phone 21-r-4 Brussels, Ont. 22. it was largely attended by friends and relatives from Balderson. Kee- ehener, Bluevale, Brussels. Walton, rem, Winthrop. Carlingford. Mit- hell, Munro, Cromarte and surround- ing district, Rev, Gorden Hazel- wood. Walton officiated. assisted by Pev. William Mair of Thames Road Church, rsborne township. The pall- bearers were Wm. Myers, Kitchener; John Bryaus, Harold Bolger, Ken- neth Yollursald. Brussels; Sohn Dow and Edward Hocking. Fullerton town- sbip. The many beautiful floral tie, hates were carried by Stewart Ilrytins, hlitehell; Clarence Martin, lerneeets; Stewart McCall. Walton; Alex Ramsay, Cromarty and Don. Heeking, Fullerton township. During the service Mrs. Roy McCullough and (Merles Page Roue as a duet "Beyond 'Phe Sunset" with Mrs. McCullough aeconmanying. Mr. Meer read "Cross - leg Tbe Bar." Burial was made in Roys Cemetery Fullerton township. * * Mrs. James E. Bird 'Masre passed pcaeetnly away at her home on Friday evening, Feb. 24th, 1110. Mary Edith Durniu beloved wife of the tete Samos E. Bird in her Slat year, She was born in 13rantford, July Istle 1969. Daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alei0ander Durnin, and in childhood moved to St. Helens. In April 1906, she was united in mar- riage to ,Tames E, Bird, who pre- deceased her five Years ago. She was a member of the Preebyterian Church. She is survived by one son Allister of Grey township, and one broiler Famnel Durnin of Lucknow. -hree brothere, and one sister pre- deceased her. elle funeral was held from her late home ou Con. 11 Grey Town- ship on Monday, Feb. 27th. 1950, at 2.30 p. m., with the Rev, Alex Simp- son of Clranbrook, officiating, assist- ed by Rev. H. Kerr of Brussels. The pallbearers were six nepthewe rem I ”1 Campbell, George PhillIps, Joke Hunter, Herman Phillips, Rob- ert and Sylvester Fox. The flower bearers were four neighbours, Clem Steffler, Glenn Hnether. Stan Campbell, and Ken. Tyerman. interment in Brussels Cemetery. Relatives and friends were present from Lucknow, Ripley, Wingham, Wroxeter, Toronto, Brussels and eurrounding district. The many beautiful floral tributes were : pillow, family; spray, Mr. and Mrs. Alex McCracken: spray, Mr. and Mrs;Alfred Nichol, Mr. end Mrs. Sam Veer. ?Tr. and Mrs. Ernie Smith; spray Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hunter. Nth. and ' Mrs. Geerge Phillips; spray Hest Neighboure, feet flowers—Mr. and Mrst. Sylvest - r Free Mr. Russel Fox, Mr. and Mr0. Garry Bowler. Mr. and Mrs, David Haetines, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph 'Brewer, Mr. and Mrs,' Jack Lowe. (bit flowers, West Neighbours. se * * JOHN ROSS HUNTER Huron Old Boys Of Toronto Hold Party 1e10 aetivitiee at The Huron County Old Boys Association of Tor- nnto got off to a good start last Sat- urday when about seventy-five mem- beth and their friends assembled at the West End Y. M. C. A. for a social evening. While the crowd was gathering Miss Vera Gardiner led in communitY singing, This was followed by an hour of enchre, Hiigh score prizes were won by Mrs. Grace Harrison and Mrs. A. G. Smith, while con - gelatin prizes went to Miss E. Shaver and Mr. Ernest Blacker, Mrs. M. Scarlett and Mr. Wesley MeCutcheou each won a tin of Pork Chas. T. Davidson INSURANCE FOR ALL KINDS Automobile and Fire Insurance Accident and Sickness Agent for Great West Life Insurance Co. Phone Office 96 Brussels, Gm. Dennis Duquette Phone 51-r-18 R. R. 4 Brume/2 Licenced Auctioneer for Huron County No Sale too Big — None too Small Have employed an experienced assistant for the Big Ones. "). A. Ream & Co. FUNERAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICE Licensed Funeral Director and En:ale:Winn PHONE 36 or 85 — — BRUSSEL% ONT. R. S. Hetherington, K. C. WINGHAM and BRUSSELS AT BRUSSELS Tuesday and Saturday all day — Offict open every asIVY. Plume 20x Successor to E. DB' dl 5 Lewis Rowland (Licensed For Huron Cormty) SATISFACTION GUARANTEED — PRICES RNu EASOAll For Engagements. Phone 31 "The Brussels Poat" end inert will be looked] after immediately Por information etc.,write or phone Leve. RowNkoW Or wrie to R. R. 3 Walton emegenisesesewsweeseweeemeseesemeereweeeee.eseweeeeeitesweeweseweeleseeeseemeseeeeee Fee drals0.1113.111.., Costs FUNCTIONAL FEEDS HELP PRODUCE HEALTHY, FULLY NOURISHED BIRDS WHO, GIVE, MORE EGGS—BETTER ✓ EGGS. BY INCREASING QUALITY AND QUANTITY YOU LOWER COST AD INCREASE PROFITS. Biatchfo.rd (Fill -the -Basket) EGG MASH and EGG PELLETS (Birds Relish Pellets) For Sale by Ethel Produce Phone 22.r-10 WAGE COI let Wellnesdex, Marsh 151h, 1250 PARISON CANADA ANU UNITED STATES 44.,..6....1., u...A. cCAMPA 618 ..., 3U7 PCIPULAYRUN. per Plzile of nriftvay CAelilAcygrilA U.S.A. 4 CANADA .. .„, .....4......,..........o, EISIV: , - .,......../..e _.... MulutAAL INcome PER CAPiTA PER MILE OF RAILWAY a.,o2.0oa. in Canada ..'' '' ...6:066,66,6v,..6 66.,,,...• 773. itt C,.,rtild •ii I. I07. ir , .S.1. g119.1.000, In 1 ',S„i . • lil A ::. . .i .• . il $ 10o. ▪ will bay only 3.'s as nnieh coal in Canada' CAPULL'A 1 Yo OVeMit ante 1939 • r• srs6 LI 5 wAn F., average howl) ea.,n;ngs in ail manufacturing arerage hourly eacninas in raihvays $0.986 in Canada—SI.= in U.S.A.. 1 $1.099 in Canada—V..179 in U.S.A. The Canailean railways are now States. National income for each 1939 have averaged 21.5. per cent as (..S111.t.5111g before a Conciliation Board man, woman and child in Canada rompared with. a 57 per cent increase iu Montreal unien demands for a 40- is 62 per cent that of tile muted during the same period in the United 1.nur w?€•%• and pay increases which States., while the ustilonal income settee. Despite all these factors and Beans fur coming theel° sest would acid $94,147,000theilwa for each mile of railroad is only 29 which make the mei° net eavnings - In wage bill. One or the major railway per -vent At the same time, the and gross revenue lower for Canadian t ntions in the negotiations is railways of „Canacla have to pay more railwaye than any Class 1 road in the T St tes for Fnited States. the wages of Caned - :messing the numbers of beans in a jar, A vary entertaining feature of the evening was a "Twenty Questions" qaiz conduceed by Mr. Gordon Foevler as Master of Ceremonies, along lines similar to the famous radio program hearing the same name. Panels of experts were selected from the aud- ience and were allowed twenty questions in which to discover the subject matters under consideration. The subjects posed were "The Huron County Home," 'rrfhe Brussels Post." Doris Parton, President of the Huron County Old Boys Associat- ion of Toronto," The Centralia Air- port" and "The Huron County Lib- rery Association Truck." In every case but one bhe experts were suc- cessful in ascertaining the subject matter before exhausting their twenty questions, Handsome light- ers (boxes of nuttches) were award- ed to Miss Lavine Knox, Miss Sadie Walker and Mrs. Peter Gardiner, and a giant size lighter (a large box of matcheel event to Mr. Kenneth Simsbury. .Following light refreshments an hour was enjoyably spent in modern reel old time dancing. Since earning to Orangeville two years ago to take over the position nf ecenentant with the local branch of the Canadian 'Rank of Commerce, ,Tebn Ross Hunter bad made many friends end it was with sincere re. eret that residents of the town learn. ea his death on Sunday, February 12th, 15539 The victim of a heart ontitlition, be was a Patient in Lord Thifferin roe, Pital for three months prior to his The Committee in charge of thils party was convened under the capable direction of Mr. Bob Leiper. The new Preeident Mrs. Doris Parton, spoke briefly outlining the Association's plans for the coining year and urg- ing everyone to be active for new members during the Association's Golden Jubilee Year. MEIVIORIALS vING.HAm MEMOKIAL famous for Artistic Memorials at very reasonable prices. ',I -ways a large stock in choicest granites to chose from ':...,?znetiry lettering a specialty All modern machineryR. R. A. SpOTTGINI 'serte.: 256 -- Wingham, On!' SH that th,-re is no justficetion for cone than those o ( 1110 uniteu paring wages and working °audit- Milk of the materials and supplies Ian railway workers come closer to lom as between Canada and the whiich railways have to buy to keep the American scale 'than the evages U nited States. The above charts operating. Coal 51.7 per Cent more isf those employed in all mem:fact- illustrate some of the factors used in Canada, diesel locomotives net lile: industries in Delation to the 9 9 • cont more while freight average scales in all American man- ufaeturing industries. The chart above shows that railway wages, averaging 91,099 au hour, are 74 per cent of the average American rail- way wage, while manufacturing wages, averaging $0.936 per hour, are SIMOSLFOL.161`agt1P)EVOZ2MEMIVAT Renfrew Cream Separators and Milkers. Disc, Plows, Manure Spreaders. Lime and Fertilizer Sowers, Spring -tooth Harrows Land Packers, Rubber -tired Wagons. Oliver Tractors, both wheel tractors and crawlers, Plows, Discs, Spreaders, Mowers, Hay Loaders, Smalley Forage Blowers and Hantmer IV101.. We also ave repairs for Oliver Cockshutt Tractors. IVIORRI17 & Imptemoat Dealers for Oliver traplamenta 'Telephone 4 and 93. !Myth, Ont. in the railway argument. Population- and national income, which in the 1 anal passenger oars. rail and all steel final analysis mean the number of ; products are more expensive here. People and amount of goods avail- ; Only forest products can be bought abl e for handling by railways, are more cheaply in Canada, among the essential factors in railway over- i the items most heavily purchased by atiou. un Canada,the number of 1 railways. While the costs of opm. people per mile of railway averages I Ming in Canada lane increased only 72 per cent cent of the Amer - only 50 per cent that of the United I. rapiely, freight rate increases sinecar: scale. measured by the level of the soil the Ladies' Aid of Melville Church Melville Ladies Aict lertility, You therefore must feed br:tohfci a ySevteerae isntotrhnesybNayseeamtheenrt, the soil to feed the plant. To understand this problem we must appreciate that nutrients are of the Library, where the yellow shades of spring daffodils mingled absorbed 'almost entirely in the tell vrith the brighter shades of crepe la to 20 inches of the soil with, max- raper Imam absorption taking place in the tulips and apple blossoms top 12 inches. It matters little that made an attractive room. plant roots tire found 20 feet helm Twelve tables were. arranged around the room each table dec. the surface of the ground. There is orated to represent a month of the relatively small amount of ionic ex - year. 'Phe guests were received by change taking place below the 2 -foot level. Water absorption le, of course the president, Mrs. Walter Porter, a going on at these lower levels and nd Mrs. 4. Ballantyne, and were directed to find the table which this is aii important consideration, represented their birthday month. however, the actual absorptive stir - Mrs. John Galbraith presided over face of roots at the lower levels is the tea table attractive with a lace relatively verys mall and the effect cloth and flowers and eandles for a portance. consequently of Ittle relative im- , centre -piece. Delicious refreshments It is perhaps important at this were served. During the afternoon, Mrs. Walter rime to mention something of alfalfa Kerr played several piano selections GRASS When. 11 mention the Dad that grass provides food, one is immediately confronted with the problem of the replacement of the actual minerals removed as food when grass is used for grazing. This problem is, of course, a perplexing one but Is not as serious as most people would have us believe. 1, for oith, object very strenuously to the term now in com- mon use that our soils have been mined. T do not believe that our seals have been mined. I do believe, however, that the soil pit props bare been removed and destroyed and we have no longer any passage ways in our soils through which to continue the so-called Mining pro- cess. The supply of raw nutrients in our soils is still (tremendous. The available supply in many cases, be- cause of the destruction a the pit Props has, however, become alarm - and sweet clover, two well-knOwn ingly low. ; soil builders. The tremendous depths This. brings Inc to one of the moat 1 of the root system of .these crone are important problems confusing the I designed primarily for water ale reronomIst and which has, in, part ; sorption, The alfalfa plant alter all been caused by himself and taken up ; is not a native of this country but very vigorously by the fertilizer in- ; was. imported from the eubtropical ars-. I ,refer in the principle gm- ; area of the Mediterranean basin, In c.epted by many that fertilizers are such native state its very existence used to feed the plant. I appreciate, rdeorpertw. tilae:"nabsitosrpcitieoenT)root systemhentlie Plant was imported to this country, the root system did not change, These deep penetrating; roots were just nature of the beast, This can in no way be considered as proof that plants penetrate the sub -soil for nutrient absorption. Root hairs absorb nutrients only when the root hairs come in (inted with the de- sired notrlient. it might also be borne in mind that the transpiration of the alfalfa. plant is the highest of any of our common agronomic plants, 911 fact, there Is evidence to show that alfalfa can actually desiccate soil to the point where 90531c/00y all vegetation reuses to develop further. to this Me- rinos where Weare blessed with Moderate ratisfali, we never run into this extreme. sitration. However, this point does demonstrate the im. portance of alfalfa as 4 draught resist. tint vent, but more important to emphasize the baste function of the deep root sytent. (To he continued next week) of course, that the intent is honest and without malice. I cannot help but feel, however., that if the fer- tilizer industry had begun on the basis that plant food nutrients sup - .in the fertilizer were used for feeding the soil and. not She plant that we would all have a litUdh sound- er conception of the problems. of soil fertility. Many of us have had the mistaken idea that plant nutrients are simply absorbed as water soluble /Intricate by the plant roots, Nutrients areinet so absorbed, Individual mitrieMt- inns eillier into the soil colloidal corn- n1cx, then through a very complex ionic exchange they find their way into the fine root hairs. These rout leaks are capable of carrying on this exsange for a litnited period; in most plants about twenty-four to forty-eig•ht hours, New root ' hairs are immediately formed but not in the game location, as the pre-vious root hairs. The ability plant obtain nutrients from the soil is a function not of the plant but of the inherent supply of -available nutrients in the whieb Min be veering repelled by the reoccuring root hairs. 'Vibe ab. anrotiot or miohatge ability of the Plant 1e fixed bY its genstica, The eepteseion ef the genetletil complex Is of (MY to roFt SALE— lJa�trie motors rewound anti -v Ifocnort work-ma/101m Moil. - wee prices. WV. motors 1,, *time .. ilettaa- Induerrlak 040 Ontario, lorpot. strattoril. Ont. ETHEI. Winners at the Women's Institute euchre party held in the township hall were George H. Dunbar, Jowitt Hall, Bert Golden and Joe Martin. Billie Balmier held the leaky chair and Archie Lounsbury bhe lucky cup. The bridge club at the home of Mrs. Goddess and the whineee, held a meeting Clifford Dunbar, H, Swift were COWS $2.50 each HORSES- $2.50 each HOGS. .50 per cwt. according to Ali Ind caealbe Phone dollimit: BRUSSELS — 72 INGERSOLL — 21 William Stone 'Sons, Ltd. INGERSOLL, 014,1R10