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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1951-04-26, Page 2PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, APRIL t 26, , 1951 Clinton News -Record The Clinton New Era .established' 1865 The Clinton News:Record established 1881 Amalgamated 1924 An Independent, Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District Population, 2,600; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $1,500,000; Rate, .03 per line flat Sworn Circulation - 2,125 MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA; Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance -Canada and Great Britain: $2.50 a year;. United States and Foreign: $3; Single Copies Six cents Delivered by carrier to RCAF Station and Adastral Park -25 cents , a month; seven cents a copy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County R. S. ATKEY, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1951 Those Gaudy Circulars THE NEWS -RECORD was "favoured" in one clay this week with no less than four circulars advertising so-called ',"sales'.' by out- of-town business houses, two •of them of the axial] order variety and the• other two the effusions of • "chains". • Now, we are not going to argue with the right of these "foreign" outfits to peddle their wares in this manner. Canada is a free country, end the method's of advertising were within their rights. But what gets us down is the fact that . .people will "fall" for such high pressure safes methods Which are the epitome of flamboyancy. Apparently, if enough red ink and large type are used, then the deal is pretty well in the bag. We can't understand what prospective pur- chasers from these gaudy circulars hope to get 'out of buying away from home. They can't see the articles'or judge them in person, but must take what ., they get. If dissatisfied; they can't do much about, but if they were to buy Emla a local merchant whom they know, they would be guaranteed satisfaction or else the merchant would lose their future business. Buying at home assures the purchaser of getting what he pays for, and he is not always certain of that in buying from a,.circular, lit seems to us that purchasing merchandise from a reliable local merchant is vastly super- ior to taking a chance on outside organizations. The local merchant has,, his whole stake in the community and therefore is much more on- liable than the "fly-by-night" tactics of "for- eign" outfits. Join The Crusade Against Cancer! DURING 1950 many lives were saved be- cause cancer victims were treated' In tame. Every year lives are lost because of ignorance and delay. Even a sheet delay can 'be fatal. The Canadian Cancer Society is dedicated to the huge task of educating the public re- garding the facts about cancer. When every man and woman has been taught the danger signals of this dread disease, and has learned that early treatment cap arrest its course, the first step in cancer control will have been reached. This, coupled with service to cancer We Decided This Long Ago sufferers and financing of the ceaseless re- search aimed at a cancer cure, are the main activities, soot only of the Canadian Cancer Society, but also of the Huron -Perth Unit, of which the president is R. W. Hardwick, 23 Ontario St., Stratford. 'Cancer can strike .anyone --but you can strike back! Your 'help is needed to carry out the Society's program. Join the ranks of the fighters against cancer by sending your donation today! HON. HAROLD CONNOLLY, Nova Scotia Minister of Health, has recently predicted union of the United States and Canada "perhaps within a quarter of , a century,' comments The Financial Post. It is extremely doubtful whether any large bloc of Canadian sentiment could he found fro support that view. It may be true, as Mr. Con- nolly onnolly says', that Canadians have a greater affin- ity_for the United States than for Great Britain, that we speak the 'sa'me language and are akin in manner end tastes. But that does not mean that political absorption by the United States is either de- sirable or inevitable. For well over a hundred years we have demonstrated to the whole world that it is possible for two countries, one much bigger in population than the other, to live peaceably and 'comfortably side by side. Without any infringement on national sovereignty we are building up our mutual defence and mutual economy. What advantage would there be in political union? None -and many disadvantages. • Tree Cutting Legislation (Ontario Department of Lands and Forests) SOME YEARS AGO, the Ontario Legislat- ure passed an act entitled the "Tree Conser- vatdon Act." This act permits a County to pass a by-law to regulate the cutting on privately -owned woodlots, with the government reserving the right to approve the regulations. Until this act was passed, woodlots were be- ing stripped of all trees, and in most cases •a barren wasteland was left, The result was that erosion became prevalent; soil was Wash- ed away; sterile galleys formed; water tables were lowered; and many other disastrous re- sults followed the stripping of the hush. No one likes government restrictions; but when faced with the facts, one of importance stands out-sthat most woodlots are being badly managed. Much is being done by the Depart- ment of Lands and Forests in educating the public tobetter woodl'ot management, but there is a certain type of person who thinks only of his personal financial gain. Most of the Counties in Western Ontario have passed by-laws to control cutting on privately owned woodlots. The.,Huron County by-law and the names of the Tree Commissioners may be obtained from County Clerk , A. H. Erskine, Goderich, Agricultural Representative R. G. Bennett, Clinton, or the Zone Forester, R.R. 1, Hespeler. 444.4+e e4...0--4-4-44-44-4-4-4-44-4-4-4-4-4-0-4-4-4-044, 4-4 4-4-4-44-4 Like Mother Never Used To Make Federation Of Agriculture News (By .Gordon M. Greig, secretary-fieldman, Huron County Federation of Agriculture) MP's Back .Floor The dairy groups within the County of Huron, along with the Federation of Agriculture, sent telegrams to our Federal Mem- bers of Parliament asking that they support the recommendarbion of the Dairy Farmers of Canada in asking for a 62 cent floor price for butter for the coming year. Are reply has been received from both our Federal Members,in which they state theirwiling- ness to support any recommenda- tion that is in the best interest of our great Canadian dairy in- dustry. * * a A copy of Hansard also was received from L. E. Cardiff that contained' a speech made in the House of Commons relevant to the floor price on butter and the position of the dairy industry in general. There are so many im- portant statements made regard- ing the dairy industry that should be made known to our farm and urban people alike, that I amgoing to attempt to sum- marize them in this article. The speaker was the represen- tative from Lanark County, East- ern Ontario, and his statements must hove been authentic for they were not challenged in the House. a' * a. Nutrition in Milk Dr. L. B. Pett of the nutrition- al division of the Department of National Health and Welfare has stated that "no type of food is more important to health, and good nutrition than milk products. Milk is regarded as rise perfect food. Dairy products supply 81 per cent of the calcium required for the human 'body, 57 per cent of the riboflavin, 17 per cent of vitamin A and other equally important vitamins. One pint of milk •per day will .provide en adult with 93 per cent of 'the minimumrequirements cal- cium of cium, 83 per cent of riboflavin, and other necessary vitamins. The housewife spends 20 cents of every dollar for milk and dairy pro- ducts, but in return she gets more _ _ than one-third of all the nutrients she feeds her family." Conservation Urged In linking the dairy industry with conservation the speaker had this to say; "The raising of livestock provides the best and cheapest method of putting back into the soil most of the good theraisingofcrops Which isin has Good dairy farms do not become worn out and use leas, There is no use talking con- servation if we allow farmers continually to crop off their land, to cut down their woodlots in en effort to eke a living for their families without restoring and re- vitalineing the soil. Such a pol- icy is little shout of national suicide," Continuing his link between the dairy industry and conservation the speaker stated: "You cannot expect a discouraged farmer to practise the new methods of farming. There must be a healthy dairy industry in order to pre- serve the land. This dairying in- dustry should not be made up of discouraged tanners. It should be an industry which will give an adequate return for the invest- ment; it should be an industry that will stop *oil exhaustion and thereby aid soil conservation. In the long term view, we can vis- ualize abandoned farms unless there is a'future frit, the dairying industry much brighter than ex- ists now." Cost of Production In referring to cast of produc- tion, the Lanark County member remarks: "The Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture survey mi- ned on by Dr. H. R. Patterson from May 1, 1949, to April 30, 1950, in Lanark County, showed that the average dairyman in Len - ark County dost $147 on his milk productoin. The average cost of producing 100 pounds:ad milk was $2.83." Farm labour costs were figur- ed at 50 cents per hour. We would all be employing farm help if .it could be secured ait 50 cents per hour. Feed costs From Our Early Files 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News,Record x Thursday, April 29, 1926 Huron Milk Products, Toronto, have purchased from S. S. Coop- er, the former Molsons Bank Building, Rattenbury St., the 'building occupied by the former Clinton ,Club and the Jackson Manufacturing Co., and are reno- vating the premises prior to opening a branch in Clinton. At a meeting of 'the congrega- tion of Wesley -Willis United Church, it vias decided that the congregation would continue wor- shiping in the former Wesley Church, would use the Presby- terian Book of Praise, and that Rev. J. E. Hogg remain as Pastor. The following were elected to of- fice: Board of Session: James Scott, D. McEwan, J. V. Diehl, B. R. Higgins, Glen Cook, 3.,Lind- say, Dr. J. C. Gandier, J. Cun- inghame, N. W. Trewartha, Cl J, Wallis, A. J. Tyndall, H. E. Rorke, A. F. Johns, G. W. Layton, A. T. Cooper, G. Van Home. M. T. Cor - have increased considerably since the survey was made and so has the price paid for milk. The loss ratio will be substantially the same in 1951 as at the time of this survey. Unfair Competition The speaker then spoke of the unfair competition confronting our dairy industry today. a "The d Y vegetable oils used in the main products which are replacing Canadian dairy products, are al- most entirely of foreign origin. The water — and I learned that water farms a substantial part of these products—and the salt, are Canadian" Our' Lanark County friend made a clear cut case out of the proposal that our Canadian farm- ers could open up a new source - of' income by producing vegetable ails for substitute products. This cannot be done because the price of imported oils is so low our farmers cannot hope to compete with it. mills and powder make up the rest. It is used in cream puffs, topping for pies, cakes, etc. It contains no cream. The cost is about half the price of natural cream, In the United States a product is sold that is skim milk fort- ified with vegetable oils and Is sold as a replacement for milk. By a similar process oils can be used to replace the cream in ice cream. 0 G' There is no duty on 'vegetable oil's produced, within the Empire. The duty was reduced from 13 per cent to nil about ane year ego." This places our farm pop- ulation in direct competition with people in countries where starva- tion wages are paid and the work- ing class are little better than slaves. Since this change in Empire tariffs took place, cocoa- nut oil is being used in place of cottonseed oil and soya bean oil that was imported from United States and subject to some re- strictions. This would indicate that the cost of production of margarine should be lower. How- ever, the cost of 'this product has followed the price of butter up as though it were a part of the dairy industry. In 1939 cocoanut oil could be purchased in Canada at 6.1 cents per pound. Substitutes More revealingstatements were made regarding substitute pro- ducts. Kreamy Whip is now used by sections of the baking trade in place of whipping cream. It has a vegetable oil base; skim The Clinton New Era Thursday, April 27, 1911 • The water cart made its first appearance of the season on Thursday last. Lloyd Rice, while visiting In St. Oath'arines during the Easter vacation load the honour of being sworn in us a Boy Scout, and thus has the honour of becoming Clinton's first Scout. • Mr, Lawson, the new .bar'ber, is moving his household effects above, his business to the rooms formerly occupied by the Masses Little. The following licenses have been granted to Clinton: Rotten - bury , Hotel, Joseph Rattenbury; Normandie Hotel, S. S. Cooper; Graham House, R. Graham; Com - anemia' Hotel, J. J. McCaughey Waverley Hotel, J. Reinhardt; shop license, C. H., Pugh. Mrs. H. B. Combe entertained this week. • R. A. Coats, Ottawa, native Clintonian, was presented with a purse of $150 in the Capital City last week in recognition of his valuable services in promoting the interests of the Civil Servants. W. R. Counter has shown us a copy of The Smcoe Reformer which, gives an 'account and photo of his father, George F. Counter, who has been in the jewellery business in that town for 55 Years, Mrs. James MdMurchie, Blyth, less and R. Pearson; Committee of Stewards: J. Torrance, Cree Cook, H. D. Cameron, Dr. P, Hearn, W. L. Mair, W. McEwen, G. Howes, W. Mutch, H. B, Chant, R. E. Manning, T. R. Jenkins, J. A. Sutter, E. Glen, J. P. Shep- pard, W. H. Hellyar, W. Higgins, J. Jervis, H. W. Gould. Clinton ladies who have been named to the first Presbyterial Executive of the WMS of the newly formed United Church are: Mrs. J. E. Hogg, Mrs. T. Venner, Mrs. H. Fowler, Mrs. William Gunn, Mrs. Hogg having been named the first president. The Junior League of Wesley Church and the Mission Band of Willis Church have amalgamated into one organization, the new officers being: president, Joe Gandier; first vice-president, Ruth Venner; second vice-president, Reggie Cook; third vice-president, Grace Hellyar; secretary, Annie Taylor; treasurer, "Wiihelmine Trewartha; pianist, Helen Man- ning; 'assistant, Dorothy Holmes. Charlotte Amelia Jervis, belov- ed wife of the late J. R. Tre- wartha, passed away in her 75th year. Surviving are four sons, N. W., Herbert J., Edgar J„ and Howard C.; two daughters, Mrs. A. B. Cox, and Miss Myrtle; two brothers, John and Alfred Jervis; and four sisters, Mrs. Thomas Potter, Mrs. S. Merrill, Mrs. Charles Holland and Mrs. Thom- as Holland. Rev. Mr. Kilpatrick assisted by Rev, A. A. Holmes, officiated at the funeral. Pall- bearers were 'her four sons. H. Crich has purchased from Mrs. L. E. Doherty the house on Victoria St., belonging to her mother; Mr. and Mrs. D. A. And- rew are occupying the cottage next to Ontario St. Church, re- cently vacated by Miss Jennie and John Ford. J. W. Moore, H. W. Gould, J. Wiseman, J. A. Sutter, W.L. John= son and G. L. Hall attended the funeral of the late A. T. Scott, Brumfield. ^_ Word has been received by St. Paul's Anglican Church that Rev. Lawrence C. Harrison, Windsor, has ,been appointed Rector of the Church, his appointment to be- come effective on May 10. Ernest Jackson, Hensall, has been renewing acquaintances in town. Mr, and Mrs. Fred Montan and babe, Latchford, are visiting in town. Loss $26,500,000 Farm cash income from dairy- ing in 1950 was $62,500,000 less than in 1948. This lass relates chiefly to eight Provinces in the Dominion, for Quebec and Prince Edward Island do not permit the sale of margarine and Newfound- land has never produced any siz- able quantity of dairy products. The speaker then touched on the reported high price of dairy products. "High prices do exist in other commodities, both food and manufactured oracles, and they cause hardship; dairy products are expected red by the public to be sold at levels lower than those of other commodities," * a An Importing Nation It is apparent that unsatisfact- ory prices in the dairy industry have driven Canada from a sur- plus -producing nation to an im- porting one. Butter, cheese end even powdered milk, have been imported into Canada during the last year. This places us in a vulnerable position if we become involved in another world war. Our supply of substitute and imported products will be cut off and our home production will not be adequate to feed our peo- ple. During the last war, we supplied large quantities of food to cur allies. What have we to offer today in the line of food supplies except wheat? We have imported 'butter at 561/4 cents per pound while our own produc- ers were asked to produce at 53 cents per pound. We have im- ported cheese at 34 cents per pound when our own producers had their cheese requisitioned at 28 cents per pound. Defence Needed We have Members of Parliam- ent who are willing to stand up and defend our dairy industry in the House of Parliament. What acre we doing to defend ourselves? Not only are we permitting our- selves to he pushed out of busi- nets; we are placing our nation in danger by letting her supply of 'home -produced food decline, in an area ravaged by war the only thing that really matters, is that you have food, 'clothing and. oars find shelter from the weath- er. A lot of the things that ere essentials today will be useless in a time of national disaster. THE VOICE OF TEMPERANCE That a state of emergency is developing in this country, there can hardly be any doubt. There are building restrictions. nails are in short supply -'-so is cement. All our resources are being taxed in order that Canada may he ready if and when the crisis breaks. At such a time the people of Ontario cannot afford to spend $260,000,000 a year on strong drink. At such a time the 'On- , Carlo Government should not be opening new liquor outlets. At such a time the mato of this country should be "discipline" and not "indulgence." At such a time there is greater - need for restrictions in drinking than in building. A traitor is one Who helps 'the enemy. Who are the traitors?--'Adv't, 1743 has been visiting Mrs. W. Bey done. F. M. Southcott, Editor and Manager of. the Exeter Times, was a visitor at the New Era office on Saturday last. J. L. Courtice, caretaker of the local bowling rink, has been hard at work getting the grounidb ready 'foe the coming season's play John Watt tried out the green with the bowls on Mon- day afternoon. OFF MAI$ STREET AT JOE DENOTE AND HOW, RICK! WE USEDTO BE LIL' DEVILS, HUH? AND HOW! BUT WE HAD LOTSA FUN WITH OUR HARMLESS PRANKS/ 0 D. NO SIR! YOU'RE LR� TosTAY IN —WOVE GOT INTO ENOUGH ®TROUBLED„leEVIy E-'116 /11111111\ Mie KIDS BEING AINT IT PUNISHED 'CAUSE HE FUNNY HOW ITS PUTGLUEONALITTLE 'HARMLESS GIRL'S SEATIN SCHOOL! PRANKS WHEN I M TELLIN' VA JIM YOURS A KID, HES ALWAYS IN AND "TROUBLE" SOME KIND WHEN OuRE or TRoUBLE!,k FATHER? H'MMMM 2? 40 YEARS AGO • THE REXALL DRUG STORE • A Free Dispenser with Jergens Hand Lotion Reg. ,57c Size , Tintz Creme Shampoo Hair Coloring 13 Shades -- $1.49 WRITE -A -NOTE STATIONERY 20 notes — 89c ' Sun Glasses — 29c to $2.98 NEW SPRING SHADES IN REVLON Baby Tangerine and Lilac Champagne LIPSTICKS -85c NAIL POLISH -65c For BREATH and BODY ODORS Use VOIDS — 25c - $1.25 FARMERS Support Your Back While Riding Tractor Wear a Body Belt of Canvas with Elastic Sides All Sizes — $3.75 GREETING CARDS — MAGAZINES Smiles'n Chuckles Chocolates Cameras—Printing & Developing—Films W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. CHEMIST and DRUGGIST PHONE 51 reaMatellarlafa The Clinton News -Record Thursday, April 27, 1911 The lawn bowling club has re- organized for the following sea- son with this slate of officers: honorary president, G. D. Mc- Taggart; president, W. Jackson; vice-president, J. B. Hoover; sec- retary -treasurer, J. Wiseman; chaplains, Rev. C. E. Jeakins, Rev. Father Dean; honorary members, R. Holmes and A. J. Taylor, To- ronto; F. R. Hodgens and A. Por- ter, Goderidh; grounds committee, W. J. Stevenson, J. Hunter, J, Watt, W. Graham, J. L. Courtice; canvassing committee, W. Har- land, Jr., J. Hunter•; delegate to W.O.B.A,, W. Jackson; caretaker, 3. L. Courtice. Dr. N. Ball, W. J. Tozer, C. E. Dowding, E. McLean, Dr. J. W. Shaw, J. A. Ford, J. Higgins, H. E. Rorke, J. Taylor, J. H. Kerr, W. A. McConnell, A. J. Holloway, G. L. Walker and )ar. F. A. Axon attended a Masonic meeting in Goderich. Bert Langford has purchased e new Ford automobile. Mr. and Mrs. Langford went to Walker ° ville for the new ear, and drove it home, and report that tie roads in Essex County are worse than Vinegar - Hill everw as. Fisher-Ellison—In Mitchell, on Monday, April 24, 1911, by Rev. John Kenner, Mary Christine El- ilisan, to Richard tilsher. At- tendants were Miss Louise El- lison, sister; of the bride, and John Churchill. The young couple have taken up residence on the groom's farm here. Fred Hill is getting the ground ready for the erection of a cot- tage on Townsend St., and has let the contract for the cement work to S. J. Andrews. Those assisting at the League meeting in Ontario St. Church were W. S. R. Holmes, J. W. Treleaven, J. Scott, Miss L. Stevens, Mots. A. J. McMurray, Wilbur Ford, De Whit Cosens, Miss L. Grant, Miss Hattie Cour- lice. / Markets were: wheat, 77c; oats, 28e to, 30c; peas, 68e to 73c; bar- ley, 50e to 55c; butter, 18c to 1'9c; eggs, 14c to 15c; live hogs, '$6. 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