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Clinton News-Record, 1947-08-07, Page 1,inton ews- Recor WITH WHICH' IS INCORPORATED THE CLINTON 1VEW ERA-.E,STABLISIIED 1865 No. 32 -69th Year; Whole No. 6265 CLINTON, ONTARIO; THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947 The Horne Paper With the News Temperature Hits 91 in Shade as .Heat (7/10 7.1141.1 eletROM FU.1 acMVr ro SHORTS" might be the tithe of a very approp- riate article on the weather during the past week- Spectators at the baseball match Thneeday even- ing last shivered and shook --- one lady :actually 'ways ,seen wearing a fur coat -and the mercury dropped to 40 degrees -• only eight above freezing --+ during the night Then the hot wave struck hard and the tentperaure rose to 91 on Wed- nesday, the highest 'of the year .. . Some weather! * s * CLINTON' CITIZEiNS' BAND IS A busy' group of people this weather! The Band played its regular Sunday evening oancert in Commun- ity Park 'Sunday evening last and- will ndwill play another one this Sunday evening (August 10) . In addition, it will be 'one of the 16 bands which will participate in a big tattoo at St, Thomas .Friday evening under. the auspices of the Canadian Legion Then, of course, the boys are working bard to prepare for the monster tattoo et RCAF Station, Canton, en Wednesday evening, August 20, alter 11 bands will take part, the featured band being the RCAF Central Air Command Band, Trenton . , .An announcement is made on Page Three af this issue. <_ 4 . SUNDAY EVENING'S PROGRAM in Community Park by the 'Band was much enjoyed ... Bandmaster A. C. Robinson, who has been on vacation to Quebec City, was in charge and there was a fair (•not large) crowd in attendance . One selection, ,the waltz, "Oldtimers," was so pop- ular that it will be played over again this ,5unday evening. ,I.W. VanEgrnond Heads Milk Producers' Group J. W. VanEgmond, Clinton, was elected president of Holmesville branch of the Ontario Concentrated (Milk Producers' Association et an organization meeting held in the Board ;Room. Ontario Agricultural Office, Clinton, Wednesday evening. About 50 were in attendance, Others named were; vice-presi- dent, icepresi-dent, G. M. Grant, Goderich; seere• tary. Ross Trewartha, Clinton;' die- eotors -- Lorne Bodges, Goderielr; Tames Feagan, Goderich; Colin Campbell, Bayfield; A. G. Whitely, reed -with. Addresses were given by T. Mer- ritt Moore, Aylmer, honorary presi- dent, Ontario 'Concentrated. MdUk Pro- ducers' ,raen:id:ation; J. Frank Way. president, Ingersoll; J. C. Jenkins, 2nd vice-president, Belmont; Charles %Litton, seeretary..'treasureh•, Prince ton. Two Cars in Collision South of Bayfield • Gars owned by J. A. Cleland, Tor- onto, and George Gadbolre Lakeside Motors-, t Goderich, collided on High- way 21,G d about one and a half miles south of Bayfield. Glaring lights were blamed. Mee. Virginia Q0.inic e an occu- pant of the Gadbois car„ received fractured ribs and chest injuries, Richard Lane, Ohatham, an occupant of the Cleland oar, rad his right wrist badly injured. Both ears were badly damaged, Traffic Officer Tames Culp, Goderich, investigated. LAKE HURON LEVEL HIGHER The level of Lake Huron, at_ Godo erich, aecerding to .the Hydrographic and Map 'Service o8 the Department of Natural Resources, in July was R% inches higher than in June 1947, two inches higher than July 1946; 30% inches higher than the highest July; 871/4 inches higher than ,the lowest July; and one-eighth inch higher than the average. COMPLETES MPLFSTES COARSE Russell Jervis of Jervis Hatchery, Clinton, was one of 76 hatcherymen, drruggists and feed dealers who corn- pleted a five-day dealer 'training school in poultry diseases and man- agement July. 28--iAv'gust 1 by Dr. •Ret��lisshury's Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio. 1VLr. Jervis received a cer- tificate at the conclusion of the oounse signifying his satisfactory completion of the training school Junior Farmers, .i.I,, Plan Church Service Clinton Junior.. Farmers and Junior Institute will held a 'church service on Clinton Colleg- iate Gnounuds on Sunday, -Aug- net 10, .at 2 p,an. Special music is being provided .bly tb,e Junior hoir. 'Campbell Hughes, Mid- dlesex County, is to be the guest eeloist and Rev. Harold 3. Snell, Exeter, the guest speaker. In ease of rainthe service will be held in 'the Tawn Hall. Every one is weleorne, The Week's S Weather 194.7 1946 Hi High High Low Low • JCuly 21 76 52 79 59 aAlug. 1 6.7 4g 78 55• 2 74 46 '78 57 3 84 56 82 53 4 $6 64 80 64 5 88 62 72 53 6 91. - 04 80 513 Rain :18 inchee .11 engine Clinton's Infant Industry H. J. WAKFER W. It CHRISTMAS --Photos by Fowler Bros. Studio Wakfer Electronics Co. ow. Producing Testers Clinton's newest industry is now in full operation. It • is the Walder Electronics Company, manufacturer of automo- tive test equipment, which is distribu- ting its product through Snap -,0n Tools of Canada Limited, Toronto, The latter Zinn hos received de'liuvery of its first 100sets of .the first model ignition tester turned out by the local factory. It is interesing to note that Snap- On, :a Continent -wide sales organiza- ,, trio 0 tui r n f h repute, ac • will t a � sole' agents for Wakfer �Eleetronies Cram- pony in 'Canada, and that negatiotions are under way for Lire manufacture by Wakfer Eleotronies 'Company of 111 eleotrical equipment sold by the Snap-On organization. A. Precision Instrument The Company's model AT -1 igni- tion tester is a preeision instrument, which, with intelligent use, will solve 95 per cent of all electrical troubles that might be 'encountered in automobiles. It is not cumber- some •and may be moved readily by a mechanic or •other operator, being enclosed in a ease, about the size of a porteb'le typeveriter, with handle, es indicated in the above reprodrue. tion. The instrument board is of red enamel; trimmed 'with white, and the. various.ternuinels and other controls are sharked quite distinctly. Two in Partnership Walder' Eleetronies .Company is o registered partnership under the larws of Ontario, the partners being H. J. Walder and W. H. 'Ohristmas, both men having had many years' experience in this and similar types of work. Mr, Walefer has been .engaged in radio and ' electronics work for the past 20 years, learning the hoar des the "hard way." "r guess it was just hard work," he stated to The NEWS -RECORD, when asked about his. training. Leading firms by whieh he has been employed in elect- rical capacities are Canadian West- inghouse Company Lianted, Hamil- ton, and Bollinger .Consoilidated Gold Mines Limited, Timmins. Mr. Walder enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Forge in February 1941, and ,served overseas as instruc- tor in radar of all types, being at- tached :to the Royal Mr Force. After returning fromoverseas, ho served 18 months in Newfoundland, and then was prated. to No. 5 Radio School,Clinton, ,for -ins tractional duties0l He was discharged from the TOAF at Clinton in October 1945, and the next month established Cain - tan Radio and Appliances here, in a pennon of IMurpliy Bras. Garage. This fii.:mwas dissolved chn'ing 1946, How Invention "Happened" lit .was . while Mr. Wakfer was operating Clinton Radio `said Ap- pliances that he conceived ;the idoa which led to his ,invention of the eg'itition tester now 011 the market. "Often, ore of the deturphy broth- ers, either Joe or. Tom, would come in to my shop and. discuss ,,their i'gniti'on and 'electrical problems as they arose in the garage," Mr. Wek- fea• recalled. "One day, ,the boys asked) nee if r would snake them a test set to help solve these problems, which I did. It was While I was working on this that the represen- tatives ei various flims became interested and :spade up my mind to go ahead, with "it, The result was that Mr, Christmas and I foruned the Walder Eleotrosias Company and, after a rigorous sales and effic- iency test,' Snap-On Tools of Can- ada Limited, decided to adopt The tester as a standard item in their (Continued on 'Page Five) RCMP Check on USA Curreney; Must be Turned intoank9 Order At .the request of the Foreign. Exchange Control. Hemel,' the RCMP.. have .commenced a ecnmuti+y-evide cheek orf the way in whish store- keepers, 'service stations, hostels and others arehandling U.S. currency received from tourists. The US. dollar expendihu'es of toumists in Canada are one of the main son ccs 'orf the i'oa'eign - ex- change needed to pay tfor Canadian amp axk s and other normal �i rdi - fumes in the United States. So that the US. dnli'ars spent by 'tourists will be available for those purposes, the Foreign Exchange Oontsol Reg- ulations eeq uiae that Canadian mer-. clients and othersteen eU S our reracy they receive into -then banks. Officials of the Board sand that reports 'they have received.- indicate that many mereh'ants aro not turn- ing in their T.T.R. tiella1' receipts but aro peeing them out freely in change and en' some cases are selling them tO etembein of . tide paatrIle be ex- change for Canadian' currency. This has led to the check-up now being made and •where breaches of the Regulations :are found, prosecutions under. the Foreign Exchange Control Ant will be commenced. Under the Regulations a merchant, botelkeep, x, or other person engag- ed in a busiaaess 'serving tourists may accept U,'S," eurrency at par and may make .change in U.'S. currency for a non-resident tourist who 'tend. ars U.'S. 001 arc� in a ne +� p 3'a nt for much' e 'ass For lrhosua r W 1 ase a nrer- ehenit may keep on hand a reasonable amount of 11.2. •currency but, with this one exception, required to turn in i,ogu' tbank all U.S.S cannier he ted ewes. In no o r eivc tm • stances is a merchant, hoteikeeper, etc., entified under the 1tcgesb tiaras' to may out U.S. currency an exchange for Canadian currency or in "change in a ,Canadian resident, even though the latter plan have tendered ILS. 'otrrrencene51_ 3r,aynient for a peurcheee. Council Seeks Information On Stop Light Following a diseussion on :the advisability of installing a warning light of some kind et the busy inter- section of Icing's Highways 4 aid 8, C1.iauton'a main business corner, the Town Coundil Tu.itsday Evening in. s'tructed Town Clerk M. T. Corless to secure what information he could front Goclesdeli and other sources re. yarding cost, etc. "It's not a dearth tragi)," declared Agri. O. 3. Livermore.' "1 think it's just a hare -brained idea. You can put step lights, 'there but still they won't obey them," Mayor McMurray said ' there al- ways was -"a first time for an ac. cident to make place, and he wouldn't want to see the Connell blamed if an accident took place. Aid. Livermore declared that 11 there was a stop light, just as many accidents would take place as with- out. - Ald. Mel Oeich complained that -tire present atop sign was not in the proper place. aid. M. J. Agnew said it would be a good idea .if the Clerk got in touch with tate concerns selling these systems. Ald. (rich favoueed the police giv- ing any motorist a ticket if he did not atop. Mayor McMurray pointed out that in the city, they didn't have a police- man to ,check the stoplights. Ald. Albert Shaddick said he pre- ferred a stop light to a caution light, Aldi. E. Brown .'thought a wan- ing light was needed more at the ON R crossing than at the inter • section. The Mayor explained that tiro railway had taken it up at the time and had made a check, but bed not found it feasible. He added that ire would hate to see nothing done ,11 an "accident took place. He thought at least information should be secured. Building Permits Council authorized the following permits for building and alterations: Len Theedom, to move house to .lot cn Maple .Ste Lloyd Barkin, garage, Gribbings 'St., $200; Bartliff Bros., addition to bakeshop, $1„200; Shell Oil Co„ to tweet sign at- Clark Stan- ley's service station, Huron St. TURNIP GROWERS OF COUNTY FORM NEW ASSOCIATION A number of the turnip growers of Huron .C'ountty met bi the ,Agri. minuted Office at Clinton, on Wed- nesday nght, to- discuss the problems and marketing difficulties that oecnr in the successful producion of ruta- bagas or table turnips. Dr. J. D. 'MaeLaohlan, Department of Botany, OukC., Guelph, spoke en the control methods found mast ef- fective in eombating water core of turnips, whieh is caused by a boron deficiency in the soil. 3. J. Johnson, London Supervising Inspector, Plant t Products Division, Department of Agsiotulture, spoke on local conditions and the loss ,to this trade caused last Year by water core which resulted in a large percentage :of some fields beirny condemned for shipping pur- poses. Edgar Oudmore, Exeter, who is representative for Huron County on the Turnip .Committee of the On- a'tiio Crop Improvement Association, spoke briefly on the 'arms of the turnip growers to expand their bu,si- :less. He mentioned that, in the last twelve years, this trade has been doubled, but even at its present state, the, quantity of Canadian turnips being shipped to the U:noted States is only sufficient ,to allow one turnip Tor each fancily, of four os that country per year. At the concltCsion of the meeting, the -growers organized as the Huron Turnip Growers Association with the following meal making up the committee: Edgar 'Qudnnore, lbseter,. chairman; Harry 'Strang, Hansall; Bruce Tuckey, Exeter, Harold Ilene ter, Exeter; Gus 13isback, Blyth; Russell Doherty, Blyth; and Bruce Roy, R.R. 1, 'Londbsboro, This committee plans to hold a meeting in the near duturo, to which all growers' will be 'invited, ,at the iisa`'in of Bruce Tuckey, Exeter, the location of the turnip exemienental and demonstration plots . for the Huron-liteiddeesex area. These plots have been treated wi,tb variolts types and quantities of fer:ti.lizeas and have undergone certain other variations, in management, vehicle, it is eloped, will demonstrate methods to be followed by our growers, COMING EVENTS Minimum Charge 50c 3e a word Porter's Iliill Oomlanunity Clue Bazaar in Bayfield, ;Saturday, Aug - net 9. Crowe ane!!!! Cone all!!11 31-b Band C'on'cert in Caint a n. Coni auiu itty Park on Sunday, August 10 at 8.30 p.nt. by Clintont•Obizene' Band. 22-b Unveiling and Dedication,. Plaque on Memoi•3a1 Cairn Bay -field, ' yfa Sun- day,, August 10, at a p.m. 32-x monster Band Tartboc, ' RCAF Station; : Clinton, auspices : Clinton Citizens' and, Wednesday evening, Aug, 20. Adnmiseioh 50 coats, -child - rex 25 cents. Demme in 1)ri11 Hall, RCAF leance Band, admission 50 aerate. 32-33-x APPROVAL GIVEN TO BUILD'IN'G LOTS FOR HOUSING PLAN 'Newer A. J bVLaMuaray reported. en the progress being trade in con neotion with the Wart ee Housing 50 -home project at -Tuesday even- ing's meeting of :Clinton Tnwn Connell. His Worship; stated that the in- speetor ,had -been here a ,second time and had approved all - 50 lots. There were stile a .few lots available it ethers vein sola 'before the Mown completed, the deal to purchase them. "As Tar as we are . concerned, they are doing all they can do," he said. "Weare ahead of 16 other muni- cipalities. Etceter is not very far ahead of us and they're building," The Mayor said that $2,500 or $300 would cover the crest of the lobs, es nine or ten were the prop- erty of the town and .did not cost. the 'town anything. -amnesia adopted a resolution that the Mayor, Reeve and Town Solicitor interview the Ontario Muuicipjal Board so that there will be no hold- up in completing the housing project. 4 Seven Quebeckers To Work . in Huron Intron County ftT&ntoscs received harvest help from the" Province o3I Quebec this week, with the arrival of :seven young French-speaking men Wednesday. They- will remain an farms in this county until the mil (By our Bayfield Correspondent) of August, and call have had farm experience. Recently a charter has poen gran'.- tan W. J. McGrath, National Employ- wedhosoe firanst orobgjenizatioctive is toin $tuBayfieldatara melee Service, Goderich, who wee 5n and develop as a park that parcel of Clinton to place the men, stated that land 'adjacent to the .Sunset Point on ave' Strikes -Area Hottest Weather of Year Follows Chilly Spell Bayfield Memorial Unveiling Sunday Bayfield war veterans are planning to hold the unveiling and dedication of the :plaque 'at the Memorial Oaten, Bayfield, on Sunday next, August 10, at three o'clock, e The Order of Service will in - elude: hymn, "0' God, our help in ages past"; prayer, Rev. L. Morgan; scripture ,lesson, Rev. F. G. CStotesbuay; address, Rev. F. I3. Paull; hymn, "Unto the Mete aground"; readin'g of the names of the fallen; dedication of the plaque, Rev. F. 13. Paull; unveiling of the tablet. Mrs. E. Weston and Mrs. Hopson; piac- ing of memorial wreaths, Miss Maud Stirling, Gordon Heard; Last Post; one -minute's silence; reveille; ational Anthem. Ask Donations For New"Park At Bayfield he did -not expect ferbher. arrivals Bayfield Terraee. As a tribute to our from Quebec. forefathers who cleared the land and Placements were as follows: established a settlement :here, it will •Germain, Dougal, 21, 'Montreal, with beknown as Pioneer Park. Mervin Lane, R. R. 4, Seaforbh; When the land at the mouth of George Trudel, 18, Montreal East. the Bayfield River was purchased with Douglas ,McDougall, R. R. 2, by Baron de Tuyll more than a cen- Goclerich; Edouard Huard. 21, Gaspe, tury ago, he macre a design for a with James .Scarbb, R.R. 2. •Seaforth, town which would be - spaciously Arthur. Leblanc, 19, Verdun, with W. planned with broad, shady averntms P. Roberts, 'R.R. 2. Seaforth, Roland as in some of the European cities Ouellette, 18, Valleyfield; with Wat- with which he was familiar. The son Red, Blyth; Wilfred Doris, 28. First log house in Bayfield was erect- Olea, Two Mountains, 'with H. Mont- ed to accommodate the men employ- gomeay, Rat. 4: Goderich; his broth- el by the Baron tolay tut his new er, IApfred Doris., 26, Oka, Two Mountains. with Lorncs Coleman. inaIrtna. ie planned to have visiting among the men during their stay here Legion Picnic Proves Very Successful. Event Clinton lboaneoh No. 140, Canadian Legion, staged a very successfal picnic at Jowett's Grove, Bayfield, Wednesday east, With -an attendance estimated art about 150, .Sports events, which were under the direction of F. NeeKay, J. 1e, Cornish, Hugh Hawkins and J. R. Butler, resulted as follows: Boys, four years, 13111 Seaward; girls, Mary •Colqu'honn; girls, six, K. Warnock; boys, six to eight, Gordon &ribbins, Ron Carter; girls, eight to ten, Mary S r hnas Joycece Hatv - kips; 'boys, eight to ten, Ken Hohner, Bill Carter; girls, 10-12, Norma Warnock, Anne Frsel; vet- erans race:(1,939-45),B ud Scl can - 1 Selman - bees, T'erg McKay; (914-19), Alex Middy, J. K. Cornish, Married women's race -Mrs. I{. Co1'muhoun, Mrs. William Bala. Mrs. Warnock; three-legged race --Norma Warnock and Ron Carter: Mary, Seriblbins and D. Scribbins; E. Snell an Mrs. Ser:ibbina; wheelbarrow race--,boys-D. Helmer and Zaphe; it. Carter and ll. - Carter; girls --N. Warnock and B. McDonald; J. Haw- kins and J. Warnock; kielcing-the- slapper, women -- 'Mos, Leppington, ,Mus. Carter; men -William Ball, Dr, H. McIntyre; :girls Anne F3•eel, Warnock. Mixed slipper race, girls---tB. Mc- Donald, V. -Carter; boys -J. McLeod, H. Zaphe; time race, -Jack Mehard, J. Grindon; most graceful walker -- Mrs. K. 'Colquho'un, :.Mr•s, Butler; throwing .ball, girls -A. Freer, Mrs. K. Colquho'ure boys -,T. Mehard, R. Carter. city in the new world. This first building was located at the northeast corner of the land to be preserved as a park. Many of the older citizens today reniennber the two-storey building -owned for so many years by the late John Ferguson. Orie may still see the depression which was the cellar of the "01d Riley boarding house" for de 'i'uyll's men. It as fitting that this historic site in Hayfield should be marked. In the autumn of 1944 a petition to Stanley Township was cirenlated urging the purchase of his. laud for a park. The village trustees were in favor of the project but it was not completed before the end of the year. Although the signatures of much more than a majority of those elig'ibl'e to sign the petition Were obtained, the trustees 4n office in 1945 did not favor it, so nothing further could be done by the Town- . Purchased in 1945 I n the summer rrner •of 1945 � 4 to prevent P the sale of this parcel of land for private use, a group of twelve per- sons purchased' at from the 1 J. B. Reid Estate for the sum of two thousand dollars, on an understand- ing with the hairs of the estate that the land was to be held as a park open to the public. To Raise Park Fund The Bayfield' Pioneer Park •Asso- ciation has been formed by the original puchasers and is se consti- tuted that it may properly extend its membership and raise and administ- er funds for the project. Its first aim is to raise a trimming of $2,500 to reimburse the original contrieut- ors for their loans for the purchase price and subsequent taxes' and to 'coanneence improvement of the prop- estry. Te is entirely a non-profit venture and there is to be no cotn- merei:al use of any kited to be made of the property. 11 is not to be Used for trailers or for camping, roe many yearn through the gen- erosity of the members' of the Ferg- Early Industries .:f Clanton-ecalled.• Threshing Machines Manufactured Here (13y C. MORTIME'IR BEZEASJ, Kitchener, formerly of Clinton) Relative to the question: Who founded 'Clinton? noised in the issue of The- NEWS -RECORD, of July 84, it might bo well to keep the record straight at least as straight as can be drone from mean- lorry and tradition without recourse to records which aliened he en file im the office oe the Town Clerk, pro. vided theywere not burned , with the old Town Hall which, I believe, was destroyed' by fire about 70 yeses ago. 'Clinton: was founded in the early part of the last eenbuvy by the father of the late •Isaac. and Joseph Ratbtenbury; and for a number of years was known as "Rattenbury's Corners." When the bine came to lay out the town site and give it aeon -senile orate n `p a nb e M Rattenlaua eggested Clinton r in honor of Lord Clinton en whose estate the former legit worked prior to leaving England fore Canada. Many fthe o f ex resi- dentsdents i w 1l remember the two sons "Ike" and "Joe" Rattenbury, who for many yearns conducted the Rat- tenbury House which catered to commercial travelers, and was kn 1Wn ear •and wide as a.:high-tease hostelry E'srlieet Indust'y &Ty easetiest recollect:len of the oasaes lerfacePherson Wand ;Hovey is their connection, with the manufac- ture of .titreslting maohimes under the; firm name ne Ferran, Mac- Pherson and Hovey. Litter, the name Glasgow was added to the firei name. For many years this factory was Clarciton's principal industry. With the dealing of. the land in Heron and adjoining counties, and the opening of Western Canada, the firm did a 'thriving business. The same may be said of the' tamnimng- mill indnueby with which "Dan" Mac- Corvie was associated. In those early days Clinton heel a number of small industries. 'there were two os tthree tanneries; a woollen' mill; ewe carriage factories; two pump factories; a tlour mill: two planing mill's;;' a chopping hill; a salt Week and; coo e s rhn in co . - p p n nectaou; .sait refinery -nue several blacksmith. shops. Other Industries There were two •other industries that Thad their origin back well into the ea . st .c century, a nd which 'Cotutrr buted mueh to the growth and pros perity of the town Oiae was Ievir s elevakor," lomated at Ile ;eunetnion of the London Reed • and the CTA14, tracks (or the Grand Tr. tenet . Railevary as it was known in those days). That wee before the Lender, Huron .and Reece branch of the Geese Western (,Oaattinuad on Page rive) In the early_ hours of friday morning last, August 1, the temp- erature dropped to a low 'of 40 de» grecs only eight degrees above freezing -. and everyone was com- plaining that the 'weather was cool indeed and nasty for the vacation period. Then, rbhe mercury started to mount and keep on mounting, until it reached a high of'•91 degrees in the 'shade ,about two o'clock (stand- ard time) on Wednesday afternoon, August 0, which constituted a maxi- mum difference of Se degrees in five days! - According to George Baird, Sr., the official Dominion leleteorological reeorderin this district -from whom The NEWS-BECOIRrD receives its' daily weather reports --the maximum of 9.1 was bhe highest in two years and was matched only by a similar reading on July 11, 1946, when there was 'a heart wave. The low of 40 degrees last Friday was the lowest ,since a 36 -count on June 4, 1947. Mr. Baird said there might have -leen dee early last Fri- day morning in some of the hollows. The, heart wave broke Thursday evening, however, and to weather forecast was that cooler air from the northwest was moving in to cover the entire province, bringing the heat wave to an end. "Clear and cooler" was' the official forecast. Subsidy Remains (By LeRoy- G. Brown, Clinton, Agricultural Representative • for Huron County) The announcement made Friday by the Federal Government that feed grain subsidies on coarse grains from the Western Peovinces will be continued, brought -a great feeling of relief to most farriers in Ontario. According to the announcement, the subsidy will be continued until such time as the ceilings on all ma{or animal products are removed. Had the subsidy been removed the pro- duction of vital food supplies such as eggs, cheese, butter, beef and pork• produots would have declined very rapidly. Speaking of production brings to mind a few interesting figures which appeared in the recent publication of the Annual 'Market Review. In 1946 Munn .County was a close sec- ond to .our neighbouring County IBruce in beef /meditation and held a similar standing in :the production of hogs, being second to Perth 'County. Another interesting fact is shown inthe report is that the production of grade A. eare£tsses in the Province of Ontario has increas• ,ed from about 36 per cent in 1942 to 41 per dent in 1946. However, the percentage of B grade carcasses has dropped considerably during this same period and the percentage of C and. D .grade carcasses has in- creased. In ,the production of bacon hogs there are three main essentials to obtain grade A carcasses. The hogs should be of bacon type, suitable feed mixtures are required, and good feeding and management practises must be' followed. The be stp .Ii a in Seeding for top grade hags is to feed them liberally during the grow- ing period, and then hold back some- what on the feed clueing finish- ing the finis - ing stage. This is easily done with hand feeding, but is more difficult if the pigs are self fed. With the latter, the use of balky feeds. such as alfalfa meal or oats to lighten the feed mixture, will help. The last main step is to market the hogs when they have attained Mite night weighs, about 200 to 205 pounds. uson ante Reid families this land has been open to the public. It is the intern!an of the Pioneer Park Asso- ciation that :this land shall be Innen tained permanently for the health and enjoyment of the people, It is planned that honey shall be rased .through memberships in the Association, through contributions end by functions to be given for the benefit of the project, Donations may also be made in memory of in- ilividhral pioneers or of pioneer fam- ilies. Dentitions will be published unless it; is the wish of the donor to remain anonymous. Donations may he sent by mail of paid in person to any of the present officers of the Association who are: Miss Lucy Woods, president; John Stewart, vice-president; Miss Jessie Metcalf, secretary -treasurer; or to F. F!ngland, ICO., Clinton, their lege' adviser. If you have ever enjoyed the sight of a sunnier sunset or an approach- ing storm front this height or have spent a quiet hour here beside the lake 'will yoet not help to maintain this open place with its fine view of lake and harbour for present and future generations. ,a- FALLS DOWN STAIRS (13y our Bayfield correspondent) Hugh R. McKay .net with b pain- fiul accident on 'Monday. When can- ing down ebairs, his heel caught: on the step and threw hian 'headlong dowel the greater part of 'the stairs, His leftshoulder and, side were badly bl•tnsed but fortunate. na banes were ',molten. I•ie was confined y to bed for a few days suffering from shock. 1 A Smile forToday A Shabby Trick Speakee' (desiro'us :of raising anon- ay) : "All 'swho will give $10 stand up." (Melee tui aatusiCcian): "Play the National Anthem!"