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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-07-22, Page 1Mbe itra Column— (By W. D. D.) 1 It 0 nj THE NEW ERA -89th YEAR HERE'S ANOTHER letter from He. 29—The Home Paper With the News the McMurray's .-. Says here . . . "Here we are among the snow- capped mountains, and they are dovered, . . On our way to Lake Louise yesterday we saw deer, moose, bear and mountain goats, all on the side of the road Going out to take pictures this morning . . . Indian Days' are on here in Banff this week . . . Mob of people at the Calgary Stam- pede . We were there every day but one and that day we at- tended a Rotary club dinner (Post -card jottings are just right for re -printing in the first column paragraphs . .) Mr. and Mrs. McMurray were at Banff on Sat- urday . . . EASY IT IS FOR THE CHAP who writes the headings for newspaper stories to use perfect - plain English ... and yet be as misleading as anything This week we were rather start- led to read "lodges combine to enjoy picnic" ... Our thoughts being rather firmly fixed along the line of harvest army - worm . , . wheat, oats and bar- ley • . and of course, combines we immediately got the idea that some gamier had put his combine in lodging somewhere or with somebody so that he could go off to a picnic ... Knowing Huron farmers, how- ever, and their quest for those hardearned dollars ... this mean- ing did not seein quite right... • But we were well into the first paragraph of the story before the correct idea sank in ... * 4, * AIR CADETS AT RCAF -Station Clinton are showing a little bit of a variety in dress The young boys come to get two weeks training on the Station and they come from a great variety of high schools all across Ont- ario ... Each of the schools seems to have a different idea of correct dress on the playing field ... the boys are wearing the uniforms or individual sets of shorts and tops that they wore at home ... and when the six o'clock parade comes across • Highway 4 to the playing field for a bit of nightly sport they form a rather' motley crew ... However their marching time is as good as .a Cadet parade gen- erally is ... and their informal attire will do no harni among the nattily attiredboys in blue ... 'Maybe give the RCAF an idea for multicolored uniforms, at that , EVERYBODY'S MAKING im- provements to property lately... Of course there is all the new house -building that has been go- ing on in Clinton, which every- one says is greater than at any- time they can remember . „ But the business folk are taking the trouble to paint and fix up, too Awnings, store fronts, paint . We'd like to mention the a•onea.,vae.,..can.arernetnbeiaitiet• if we did then the ones we are sure • to forget would feel left out .., so with prudence the better part of valour, we'll leave personal praibe unsaid ... How- ever, we do want to mention how much better Clinton is look- ing with all the new touches ... * WE HAVE just come through a period when the advice to young folk was to get as Much school- ing as they possibly could in the shortest time possible . . and to pick up any paying job they could as soon as they could and forget about school . . . for lots of the teenagers were mak- ing more money in part time and at jobs requiring little exper- ience than adults were able to make after years of gruelling study and patient perseverance hi practice . . . Now the Finan- cial Post advises:- "Stick to School, Yotmg Man. . For the first time in many years, high school students across Canada are having to face the realities of eeenoinie life. They have to go out and look for summer jobs, and often come back emntY handed.. . . Could be that this might mark the turning point in tlie wide pendulum awing, in education practices away from the drilling of the 8 r's . . • ecor THE NEWS -RECORD -73rd YEAR CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1954 6 cents a copy -- $2.50 a year Bill Andrews ,Hurt At Work; Ready To Welcome Old Boys' Corning Home • - High on the hill in the pretty village of Auburn, four young fellows are ready to welcome all visitors, and especially at the time of the Centennial this month. On July 30 and 31,, and on August 1, the "prettiest village in Canada" is making an all-out hospitality effort, and is inviting all residents of the village and district past and present to pay them a call. This is one of two novel cement lettered signs which announce the name of the village to visitors. Next week five arches at the entrance to the village, and at the Athletic Park, bedecked with sweet-smelling ever- green will repeat the welcome. The young lads above are, (left to right) X)ennis •Glasgow, John McKay, Ronald Arthur and John Arthur, (News.Record Photo) Canada's Beef Market Up 16 Percent Domestic Buyers Show Preference Preference for beef on the home market has raised the sale 16 per cent from last year, according to W. P. Watson, Ontario Livestock Commissioner, who spoke to some 350 persons at the annual twilight meeting of the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Associa- tion here Monday night. In the Huron County Home auditorium,. locale for this year's meeting, the group heard a warn- ing that to keep this position in the Canadian market, beef pro- ducers must work hard to pro- mote the sale of beef in Canada. "No one will pay more than Can- adians," said Mr, Watson. He re- quested full support for a coming program to help factld this position. Drought Mr. Watson predicted the pres- ent drought would force a lot of Cattle on the market withi» the next few weeks. It is possible, he said, there will be a heavy liquida- tion of cattle. The same condition eidsts in United States markets, he said, and mentioned tempera- tures up to 113 degrees in some areas, which together -With the lack of rain would force sales. , ,Kegs Relative to the hog situation, Mr. Watson said prices were satis- factory although rnarketings were lower. At present 90,000 to 100,000 hogs are being marketed weekly With 6,000 to 7,000 hogs a week going to the United States. He predicted a falling -off in prices during the next few months, since statisticians showed prob- ability of more hogs coming onto the market, Mr. Watson said, "A lot of peo- ple seem to think that a high price right now will peevail until they can get into hogs, raise them and get the high priCe." He went on to mention that some were in favour of charging the producers a percentage to sub- sidize export, but that •he dis- agreed heartily, "To me, that means subsTdizing the man with no business in production, and penalizing the steady producer," he said. Dairy "The dairy industry goes from crisis to crisis, but never seems to run tap against a catastrophe," mentioned Mr, Watson, The dairy- man has a certain amount of se- curity through a mailer income, though it may not be high, In connection with this he men- tioned the producing of soya beans, which are raised for two products; soya meal and soya bean Modern Treatment of ArmyWorm Shows Good Results In Tests Early this week treatment for might yield from 60 to 80 bushels M the acre. Results showed rnillions of dead worms where the day before mil- lions of the hungry little pests had been gobbling the grain as it stood. The count of worms on' Monday in some areas had shown 480,000' per acre, and in another test the number was 100 to the square foot. Tlie damage appeared to be greatest where the crop was thick- est; one theory was that the worms.* p'refer fine -stemmed and succulent plants, and will flourish where the crop i8 densest, and the sterns the finest, • Worms also were showing a fondness for the timothy, where - ever they found it beside a grain crop. 'In the fence -rows beside infested grain -fields . the timothy heads looked moth-eaten from the chewing by the Worms. Corn and bean crops on the in- fested barns were not •showing much sign of damage; for as long as they can find succulent grain' or iine-sternmed grasses, said Mr. Follwell, Toronto entomologist, that is what the worms are likely to choose. For.the same reason, the wheat appears to be escping damage, because it is now ripen- • ing and hardening, and beyond the stage of attracting the army worms. The hungry invaders—actually the larva of the cotton -moth— get their name from the way they travel in regular columns, like an army on the march, G W. Montgomery, agricultural representative for Huron County, states that when the army worms had accumulated at ten to a square foot farmers should be alarmed.' Arrnyworrn was begun on scientif- ic scale in Hullett Township, when for the first time in Canada the new chemical—Aldrin—was tried on the farm of Kenneth Thomp- son R.R. 2 Seaforth The poison which is applied by means of spray -booms mounted on -trucks or tractors is being ap- plied at the rate of two qusrts per acre where infection is sever?, to one quart where the worm is less numerous. Mr. Thompson re- ports quite a few dead army worms found in the field after the first test on Monday night, and that the treatment looked -quite effective to him. ' Faced with the threat to their erops, farmers in the Winthrop area launched power -spraying techniques with the new spray on Tuesday. A 'hurried trip to To- ronto. -for 700 gallons of aldrin (all their truck would carry) by Ro- bert Dalban and Leslie Dolmadge, brought enough of the material to -take care of 1,400 acres of crop. Farmers felt it was good busi- ness to apply the spray (which cost • about $5 per acre, even though it meant some trampling by the trucks which carried the treatment), This was preferred instead of the loss of oats that • The- Weather . 1954 1953 High Low High Low July 15 71 • 56 80 66 16 76 46 87 60 17 83 47 88 61 18 84 61, 78 69 19 82-53 76 70 20 82 60 86 58 21 80 61 88 64 Rain: .34 ins. Rain: .78 ins, oil. He said that "If we're going to grow more soya beans, then we're going to have to make more oleo to sell the beans. I do not say that it is a good thing. But every time we raise the price of beans, then we're driving a few more nails in the coffin of the dairy industry. If you are in the dairy business and not in the bean business then you have every reason to be just a little alarmed when you view ..this oleo problem." Wheat Of the wheat crop, he said there were now 634,000,000 bushels of • W. P. WATSON wheat in storage at Canadianele- vators and on the farms — the amount grown in 1953. He said 140,000,000 buthels are required a year for livestock feed and products consumed by the public, He predicted that within two months Canada will have one billion bushels of wheat. Sales kat year were sligntly lower than other years owing to the fact that buyers of some countries purchased smaller quan- tities, hoping for lower prices. Connecting his main interests in livestock with that of his hearers, the soil and crop group, Mr. Wat- son stated his belief that most of his linteners were primarily live- stock raisers, and that the grain, pasture, hay, etc., were but a means to the end of producing the livestock which meant cash to the farm. He reminded them to bear in mind three things for the de- velopment of -better livestock; bet- ter breeding; effective food; • dis- ease control, Mr. Watson was thanked by Bill Turnbull, Brussels. Other speakers daring the even- ing were Roy 13. Cousins, Brussels, chairman of the County Home Committee; E, J. "Dick' Jacob, Who welcomed those present, to the Home, and described briefly the method of operating the fan; T. Prycle, MLA for Huron, com- mended the young people, "farm- ers of the future", who attended; Wilfred Schneller, Baden, presi- dent of the Ontario Association G. W. Montgomery introduced the guest speaker, and took the opportunity to brief the group on the latest developments concern- ing the armyworm and its control. • Coining Events 40 a word, ItalArahril 150 Wednesday, atily 28—Recept- ion in honour of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Flynn, Londesboro Cont- r.:I-unity Hall, 10 p.m. Everybody welcome. Ladies please bring Itmeh. Silver collection at the door. 29-p -Monday, August 2 -- IVIonster Carnival. Legion Ground% Kirk Street, Clinton; Big Parade at 7' pm. from Community Park; Bingo Games, Dancing, Car Draw; spon- sored by Clinton Legion Branch No. 140. Plan to 'attend en Monday Evering, August 2. Dancing every Friday flied, Bayfield Pavilion, Ken Wilbee's orchestra. Bayfield's favorite sim- mer dance pavilion. For private parties and receptions phone Sea - forth 658 r 6 or Hensall 684 r 31. 26-31-b Dance to the music of Clarence Petrie and the Night Hawks every Friday night from 10-1,'at the Crystal Palace, Mitchell. - 25-30-h Auburn Village Centennial's Final Plans Made A very interesting rneeting of the Auburn Centennial .Association was held early this week in the Forester's Hall. • The attendance broke all previous records. After the usual opening business rou- tine, the president announced that the meeting would review the complete program, item by item, from the xnonster calithumpian parade booked for 930 a.m. Fri- day, July 20, to the band concert to be held Sunday evening, Aug- ust 1. As each item was consid- ered, enthusiastic suggestions were made. discussed and accepted or rejected. It was moth:iced that floats and other entries for the parade were corning from as far distant as Detroit. The sports program has been attracting much Comment and it was pointed out that this program has "something for everyone." One merchant in the village reported having received merch- andise donations suitable for mil- es to the value of $150. The Soap Box Derby committee advised •that great interest is be- ing shown in thig vent. A large number of "Soap Boxes" are un- der construction in the community and one eager speedster from an- other town has been out to the hill to melte a trial run on the course on Shturday afternoon last A general interest is indicated by the cleaning, painting and freshening up which has been go- ing on throughout the village for the past several weeks. Within a SeW days hundreds of feet of gaily colored lights are to be strung over the route of the narade and throughout the grounds. Arches will be decorated, colored pen- nants will hang over the main street — Auburn is taking on a festive air -in anticipation of the arrival of its Old Boys who are known to be coming from coast to coast and of the thousands of visitors who will be welcomed "just for the fun of it." I. William Andrews, on of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Andrews, Clinton, received multiple cuts about the face and hands from flying glass, when an explosion last Friday rocked a chemistry laboratory at the University of Western Ontario. "Bill" had been doing some re- search experiment, when the glass tubing he was holding suddenly exploded. It is believed a chcmi- cal in the tubing was subject to high pressure, and when a lil was taken off, the explosion oc- curred. Staff members and stud- ents working in other rooms heard the tremendous explosion, followed by cries from Andrews. One of the university's most popular students and graduates, Andrews has won six scholarships since he entered there in 1950.. Last year he received the Huron County Scholarship for the highest standing marks attained by any student from the county. He grad- uated with a Bachelor of Science degree in physics and chemistry this spring. He is a graduate of Clinton Public School and Clinton District Collegiate Institute. "Bill" was admitted to St. Jo- seph's Hospital, London, and since has returned home, here. CONGRATULATIONS! To Dr. J. W. Shaw,. RattenburY Street East, who will celebrate his 93rd birthday to -morrow, July 23. Trained Collie. Shows Skill In Cattle Ring (By Mrs. G. M.) It is no news that -Joanne and Mary McCullough of God- erich Township of loco/ 4 -II Club and Royal Winter Fair fame, have a way with cattle and are adept at fitting and training them for shows. But their success with animals does not stop there. We and the visiting firemen (Angus men) with us, were amazed to see what their Collie, Lady, with the ultra long aristo- cratic nose, can do. While we all stood back,. including the McCullough girls, this re. • markable dog took its turn leading. first one steer, then another around the yard by their ropes, exactly as its mistresses had done, walking straight ahead with now and then an impatient glance over its shoulder to see how its calf was coming along and if it proved balky, a sharp insist- ent bark and tugging on the rope. This would have made a remarkable movie and was • a delight to see. In all crea- tion surely nothing responds to love and affection and in- telligent handling as does a thoroughbred Collie. ZURICH WOMAN SUFFERS FATAL mum IN ACCIDENT Mrs. Julia 'Mope, 73, Zurich, died on July 14 in Bruce County Hospital, Walkerton, as a result of severe skull and internal in- juries reeeived in a collivan Tues- day on the Culross -Carrick Town- ship line, near the 6th concession, Teeswater. Mrs, Klapp, paaseng- er in a car driven by her husband, Elmer Klopp, was thrown out of the car when it was in collision with a car driven by Calvin Brind- ley, Toronto. Mr. Klopp and Mr. Brindley were not hurt. Funeral service for Mrs. Klapp was held in Zurich on Saturday, July 17. Arrnyworm March in Huron Now Seems Controlled ilThe armyworm marched Into Huron County last week. Creating havoc through many farms, the insect has reduced yield on some farms by as much as 50 per cent, and the threat to the farmer's income has reached fairly serious pro•-• portions.I • Word of the armyworm's appearance in the County was • first brought to the attention of the agricultural ,representa- tive here in Clinton by a farmer in the Turner's Church area,, who reported the worm so numerous in his fields that he could hear them eating at night. Since then the appearance of the arznyworm has been reported in many other areas. ..Parmers are well-advised to inspect their fields for anysign of damage, and treat them as soon as possible, • G. W. IVIontgomery, agricultural representative for the County has prepared the following account of the appearance,. the habits and the treatment of the armyworm: Out -breaks of armyworms have from pastures and hay fields to been reported in Sinicoe, Grey, nearby fields of oats, barley, corn Bruce, Larnbton, Huron, Oxford, and other creps. Perth and Waterloo Counties. When mature the caterpillars are about 1% inches long and greenish brown in colour with longitudinal stripes. They feed at night or in the late evening. Dur- ing the day they usually lie in a partly curled position under lumps of earth or other cover. They Usually the insect is kept under climb the plants to feed on leaves control by parasites and other and frequently cut off the heads natural control factors. If present of grain. The adult insect is a in large numbers and the food brownish gray moth with a single supply becomes scarce as it has in white spot in the centre of each the recent dry spell they migrate front wing. • In Huron the outbreak seems to be fairly well under control, although where the biggest trouble was reported in the Concession 9, Hullett area, near Kinburn, there is still danger to crops. • CONTROL Poison bait seems to be the most reliable me hod of control. Bran Paris Green — OR -35 lbs. 50% Wettable DDT Powder ----------2 lbs. OR 20% emulsion Aldrin eoneentkate 1 pint OR 25% emulsion DDT concentrate 3 pints Molasses 1-2 quarts Water about 2% gallons The poisosm should be mixed thoroughly with the bran by shovelling ever on a smooth dry concrete floor until all is green. Avoid breathing the dust by ty- ing a moist handkerchief or other clotim over the nose and around the head. The molasses should be stirred into the water and this then mixed with the poisoned bran untli it resembles :Lamp sawdust, — crumbly but not sticky. Tf desired, the poison could be dissolved in the water along with the molasses. The arnomita given above will pre - Pore sufficient bait to treat one MOM NOTE: Where the armyworms are in spring grain or wheat, the bait should be broadcast in the evening by men, • moving across the field close enough to- gether so that bait ean be spread to give almost oomplete coverage of ground surface. If the armyworms are moving from one field to another, plough a furrow with the straight edge toward the crop to be protected. Sprinkle a row of the poisoned bait on the floor of the furrow. As the poisoned bran dies out, freshly prepared bait may have to be added. If adequate help is not available to spread bait and the necessary equipment can be obtained, spray- ing or dusting can be done. Either will result in considerable zrop damage. If weed sprayers are to be used, adjustments should be made to deliver a minimum of 30 gallons of spray per acre, It is not advisable to use wettable powders in weed sprayers equIP- ped with gear pumps. Sprays • Dieldrin (20 Emulsion concentrate) .. 1 qt. per acre .Aldrin (20 Emulsion concentrate) 2 :As. per acre DOT (50% wettable powder) 4 lbs. per acre DDT (25% Emulskin concentrate) 3 Os. per acre Chlordane (50% wettable powder) 3 lbs. per acre Dusts DDT (3%) Aldrin or chlordane dusts, if available, could be used at from 30-40 lbs. per acre. WARNING! The bait described above is very poisonous to Jive - stock, poultry, and man. Thus, the usual precautions should be observed. If bait is left over after the infested field has been treated, spread it thinly over the already baited area. New $185,000 Bridge Over Maitland River While Auburn villagers are hard at work preparing for the celebration marking 100 years since the founding of Manchester, as it was than lcnown, down below on the river bottom, crews are working on the construction of a new bridge. This $185,000 structure will span the Maitland River and replace the old one built more than 40 years ago. It will join the new road being built to by- pass the business section of the village. Workmen ' predict "lots of cold fingers" before it is • finished, but when done it may possibly cause some of the higgest changes ever' made in the century -old village,. Business people are not predicting what effect the re-routing will have, hut say, "We'll just wait and see.',(News-Record Photo) "Advance Sale (Of m useum, Curator Searches Out Old Penny Sale Tickets Meets With SucCess Models For Harvest Machine Exhibit Always on the look -oat for a The next model, Mr. Neill said, The advance sale of tickets r relic to add to his collection, J.1 was in use about 1885 and has a the Penny Sale which will prece e H. Neill, curator at the Huron horizontal boiler. The third type the IVIonster Bazaar on October County Museum in Goderich is,' is a steam -driven traetor. has exceeded the expectation o searching now for some really old! Mr. Neill said he had a few the selling committee. Canvassers threshers. • "leads" about Wbere threshe'rs of working for the Clinton Hospital His search, actually, is for the type he wantS may be located, Auxiliary report excellent co-oper- models of ,either the second or but noted that they were "ex- ation. third type of thresher used -,in the tremely hard to get." In fact, sales are so good, that province set up in the recently- In his search for relics, the cur - folk are advised to be wise, and completed edition to the museum ator has gathered material from secure tickets now so as to avoid and has room for the next two many areas. disappointment., The draw for the models. • He completed recently his chain many wonderful prizes will be held The first Machine, owned by of time pieces' at the museum, on Saturday, October 2, after the John Stevenson and operated in from an ancient sundial to a mod, week-long penny sale is over. Get the Ashfield area from 1871 to ern atmospheric clock, and includ. tickets now at the Clinton News- 1875, is an upright 12 -horse -power ing primitive forms o Greek, Record office, if a canvasser has boiler type, which was drawn by Chinese and Egyptian decks, most not called. •horses. It was made at Brantford. of which work 00 0 water system. Farmers Inspect Test Plots Of Oats and Barley LFarmers Monday night examin- ed a rod row of oat and barley variety test plots that were seeded on the Huron County farm last spring in co-operation with the field husbandry department of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guel- iis was prior to meeting in the new auditorium of the Haile addition. 1Vietnbers of the Huron County Soil and Crop Association with their wives were given the pd (IP iotri tounn tsywoet. touring the new Prof, James Laughland, OAC, Guelph, commented on the variet- ies seeded in these plots, He stated he was sorry to see OAC 21 barley, once in common use by most farmers in Ontario, was fading in popularity due to its tendency to mildew. It is still the best malting variety, however. , Prof, Laughland noted the drop 10 acreage of barley to 200,000 from the former 750,000 acres. C, D. Kingsbury, fieldman, crops branch, Ontario Department of Agriculture, discussed the relative merits of the different grasses and clovers. Long-term pasture plots seeded on the farm by the association Were also inspected. VARNA RESIDENT HEADS TIIONISObT CLAN Riverview Park, Exeter, proved an ideal location for the Thomson reunion with over 50 members of the clan attending from London, Parlchill, Auburn, Brueefield, Hen- sel], and Kippen, Sports proved a very interesting highlight of the affair, arranged by Mrs. Edna Manson, London. Prize for the oldest person present was won by Mrs. E. Moody, Bruce - field; youngest, Barbara Stan - lake, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Stanialte, Exeter, Following a delicious picnic supper the following officers wereelect- ed: ' President, Elmer Keys, Varna; vice-president; Mrs. Edna Manson, London; secretary -treasurer, Miss Marion Thomson, Kippen; hutch committee, Mrs, E. Keys, Varna, Mrs. Fred Parsons, London, Mrs. Albert Alexander Mrs. N. E, Cook, Hensel]; sports, Cecil Pep- per, Ruth Alexander, Hensall.