HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1939-05-18, Page 3THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939
THE SEAFORTH. NEWS
PAGE THREE
Highlights of the Week
Sunday, May 21st ---11, ho d'.30 p.m.''
:Music from Manuscript, from Tor-
onto; 3 to 4 p.m. Colombia Broadcast-
ing Symp'ho'ny, 'N'ew York; 151.30 to .6
p. m. Grenadier. Guards -Band, from
Montreal; 7,30 to IS p.m. CBC Melodic
Strings, from Toronto; 9.30 to,10 p,tn.
Appointment with Agostini, from
'Montreal; 10 to 1110,310 p.tn, 'National
Forum,. 'Talk, 'from Ottawa'.
Monday, May 20n'd--11)1.30 to 1.1113
:ppm. Arrival of Their Majesties at
Toronto; 3,115 to 4 •p.nt. Running of
the King's Plate, Toronto;8.115 to 18.30
p.m., Toronto Welcomes the King,
from Toronto.
' Tuesday, May .3rd. --'6 to 7 pm.
Their Majesties at Ft. William -Fort
Arthur.
Wednesday, May 24t11-•11,30 to 2
pm. Their Majesties at Winnipeg;
2.15 to 3 .pan. •Empire Broadcast, from
Winnipeg; 3 to 3.'11 ,p.m., A Message
to the Empire from His .1'Paljesty '13ie
King, from Winnipeg; 8.115 to 8.30
p.ai, Presentation by Hudson's Bay
Co, Winnipeg; 410.30 to 110145 :pmr,
Manitoba :Celebrates, Talk, from
Winnipeg.
Thursday, May 23th-4.00 to '5 p.m.
Arrival of.Their Majesties at Regina;
8 ,to 8.30 p.m. Sevillana, from Mont-
real.
Friday, May Wet -7.115' to 7.45 p.m.
Their Majesties at Calgary; 18 p.m.
to 18.310 pari. From a Rose Garden,
'from Halifax.
Saturday, May 217th --2 to 4 p.m.
"In Town To-night"�e"BIB'O Music
Hall;" London; 7.30 'to 7.45 p.m.
Young Canada, Talk, from Winnipeg.
(All programmes listed in Eastern
daylight saving time.)
Toronto, happy in the Royal pseu-
donym of "Queen City," awaits the
visit of Their Majesties. Oe Monday,
May 22, the 'Kang and Queen arrive
at Toronto on the fourth important
stage of their journey across Canada.
In eight crowded hours, the Royal
visitors will drive ovef'a 28 -nide route
through (bedecked pity streets, throng-
ed with a million loyal ,objects. Thev
will receive addresses of welcome at
City Hall and Queen's Park, be en-
tertained at Hart House, University
of Toronto• and attend the Nth run-
ning of the King's Plate. When the
King congratulates, .the winner at
Woodbine Park, it will ibe the first
time in Canadian history that the
monarch has 'been present to 'bestow
the guineas to the owner of the vic-
torious racer, The CSC, continuing
its .planned 'broadcasting of the Royal.
visit; will schedule four ,presentations
which will be carried over a coast-to-
coast network during the day. These
will include a running commentary of
the his'to'ric race at ,Woodbine track
'before an estimated attendance of
11410,000 people, a ,description of the
scene on University campus when
the Queen, as Colonel -in -Chief of the
Regiment, presents Colours to the
Toronto Scottish, and accounts of the
provincial welconie to Their Majes-
ties within the Legislative Chamber
and the Royal party's arrival at the
Parliament Buildings shortly after
detraining at North Toronto station.
Parks ablaze with tulips, streets
decked with flags and draped stand-
ards, citizens smiling their welcome
and smart constabulary on duty, will
form the background Of the r'ay's
pageant.
For one 'brief hour during the his-
torical visit 'to Canada, Their Majes-
ties will doin fellow Canadians as
radio 'listeners. On 'Empire Day, May
24, in Winnipeg, 1,900 miles 'froth
Home, the King and .Queen will hear
felicitations from the far corners of
the earth as Canada calls her sister
nations in a globe -encircling tribute
to the Sovereigns. For three quarters
of an 'hour before His 'Majesty speaks
to British people everywhere, he and
the 'Queen will hear the voices of
great men and simple folk express
their loyalty and affection. Yout'h's
devotion will be pledged in the words
of a young lad serving on H.M.T.S.
"Conway" in the River Mersey, and
the wisdom of the East will come half
round the earth 'from India's great
poet, Sin Revbindranath Tagore,
speaking on the memorable day from
Calcutta. •From the lands )between and
beyond, 'from Africa, Australia, New
Zeatand, Jamaica arcs Newfoundland,
as well as :from the people of the Do-
minion •and the Horse country, Their
Majesties will hear "Godspeed:" The
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Empire Day .tbroad,cast ,commences
21115 p.m..E'DST, and the voice .o.f His
Majesty the King, will Ibe heard it 3
p.m.
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THE (SMELT ARE 'R[I.N89ING
The smelt are running and so are
the fishermen who enjoy a 'good 'feed
of fids.
A mews item from Spragge, Ont.,
says: 'A11 the young people are en-
joying smelt fishing these days."
A Hanover report states that
number of anglers froth' that town
went to Co'lpoy's Bay and came home
with about 3160 of the (finny tribe.
They started fishing with line and
reel, 'but found others using washtubs
and boilers to scoop out the smelt, so,
having -a small net with 'them, they
used it and got a big haul with every
lift.
At Grand Bend a huge run of
smelt was observed for the first time
do the history of that Lake Huron
summer re -sort. Some •fisherman .claim
that the rapid multiplication of this
variety of fish may prove a serious
threat to the fishing industry because
the smelt are said to feed on the
spawn of other fish. •
The smelt, originally a salt water
fish and resembling -a small herring,
were put in the Great Lakes some
years ago. Ever since there has Ibsen
considerable argument as to the wis-
dom of such a step. Sone time ago
Dr, John Van Oosten of the United
States Federal 'Bureau of Fisiter`ies
opined that the introduction of the
smelt was all to the good.
According to Dr. Van Oosten, an
investigation showed that the smelt
live largely on a small crayfish of
which there is a sufficient supply in.
the lakes to 'provide food for the
smelt and for other 'fish. He added
;that only four per cent of the food
of the smelt is made up of fish
whereas the smelt themselves provide
sustenance for lake •trout, herring,
perch and so on.
Whether or not the introduction of
smelt into the Great Lakes was an
advantage may be settled before many
years have elapsed. In the meantime
the fishermen who are dipping them
out in 'bucketsful while the run is on
are too `busy to argue the point either
way.-L'Ritchener Record:
I lie in my,'bed and I 'look in your
face,
But there is no tenderness there-
-not a trace.
I hate you! I hate you! 'You trouble
my dreams,
Through you, life a feverish Itinacy
seems;
As heartless as Fate and as hard
as a rock—
Ye .,gods! There you go—strikng
seven o'clock!
Early Settlers Had
Hardships Aplenty
(13y •1. MacTavish in the London
Free ;Press.)
There were hardships aplenty when
settlers began, to 'locate along the
Spring Hill or Staffs line 'between the
eth and 9th concessions in the Town-
ship of Hibbert.
This township is oneofthe small-
est in the County of Perth and about
half its width projects westward into
mire Township of 'Tuekersmith.
It was slower in becoming settled
than was land in 'towns'h'ips 'lying ad-
jacent to the Huron roads and west-
ward from Carron'broolc, now Dublin,
to, which the earlier 'stream of immt-
.gration was attracted or directed in
the settlement of the Huron Tract at-
tached to the Canada Company,
In 111848 an influx of settlers began
to locate in the neigh'berhood of
Spring Hill, and not long afterwards
land was occupied about Cromarty
and southward to the ibotmdary sep-
arating Hibbert from IUsborne,
These early settlers had to '"under-
brush" a tradk for themselves, be-
cause at the time of their coming
there were no roads cut through the
township.
In 11850, however, what is , known
as the "Centre road" was opened,
leading from Dublin to Staffa, Cro-
marty and on to the boundary line.
Money was a scarce commodity.
The first appreciable amount possess-
ed
ossessed came• from the sale of potash
which was not difficult to manufac-
ture and for which about :$2.15 a barrel
was paid, when delivered in Mitchell;
by a merchant who :sent it by a week-
ly 'freight line to Hamilton, from
which place it was forwarded to Mon-
treal.
The largest leachery and .place
where potash was made, we have.
learned about, wes at the foot of the
mountain between Staffa and Crom-
arty, close to the Centre road, and op
the west side.•
To ,present a clear idea about some
of the hardships the early settlers had
oto endure, we single out experiences
in the life of Martin Feeney as a spe-
cific case. He located on land, in 1851,
east of Spring Hill, and •for three
years went without meat for food, for
the simple reason that he had not the
wherewithal to buy it, slid there was
none to obtain even if he had money.
Turnips month in and month out for
many a day were his principal diet.
In order to improve natters he de-
cided to go to 'Mitchell, about {110 miles
away, on foot through almost un-
broken 'bush to try to procure some
'flour. His endeavor in this respect
was successful inasmuch as he - was
able to get six pounds, rery little for
a person in such great need.
,At this time there was no gristmill
in the township. The nearest mills
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MAKE BREAKFAST FUN
#twe SNAP! CRACKLE! POP! on tete talk.
From five o fifty they all go for
Kellogg's Rice Krispies—the cereal
that positively sings its invitation as
you pour on the cream. And the taste
. man -alive, those honey -coloured
bubbles are just packed with de-
liciousnesslThey stay crisp, too, till
you've scraped the bowl.
Rice Krispies are bringing fun to
thousands of Canadian breakfast
tables. Serve them inyour home,
too. Order a package today 1 Made by
Kellogg's in London, Canada.
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were in such places as Egmondville,
Mitchell, Stratford and St. Marys.
Mr. Feeney used to often tell about
tle time he made a trip to St. Marys
in an ox cart with 113 'bushels of
wheat. It took him three days and
nights to complete the journey and all
he got in exchange 'for the grain was
a barrel of salt and 715 cents in cash.
It might furthermore be added that
when Mr. Feeney attended religious
services he traveled about eight miles
to the church that had been erected
in lrishtown, cm the Huron road, a
iew miles west from Dublin.
Another settler of the early fifties
was John Drake who located on 1(00
acres of land about one-half mile
west from the village,
We remember being told that he
was married in England and not long
afterwards left his 'bride there while
he carte to Canada in quest of a suit-
able place to make a home for the
future. The following year things
were in readiness for the- reunion.
Mr, Drake had no way of knowing
the day his wife would arrive in Dub-
lin, therefore when she got there,
there was no person to greet her,
Carrying her 'baby and taking what
else she .could manage, she walked to
her new home, six miles away.
On the way she encountered tett
places where she had to cross the
Carrontbrook stream on loge, because
at the time it was not spanned by
bridges.
When. about half the distance to
Spring Hill was made, she called at
M, (Kelly's to rest and get further dir-
ections. Mrs. Kelly gave her SOME,.
to eat and wanted her to stay
over night, 'bait Mrs. Drake said she
was eager to see her new hone and
be with 'her husband, so •proceeded on
her way.
Not long afterwards,she went back
to Mrs. Kelly's to offer thanks again
for the kindness shown,
K'nowing that experiences and
hardships on a par with the ones we
have cited were endured by many of
the pioneers, there is little wonder
that in later years they loved to rem-
inisce and when little groups were
formed of an evening, recalled and
related to one another incidents that
occurred in the settlement of the
districts.
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Two Royal Liners Carry 'King and Queen
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TWO shit's of the British Mer-
cantile Marine have been hon-,
ored by His Majesty the Bing,
who with the Queen and members
of their Royal retina, are travel-
ling to and from Canada in ocean
liners of the Canadian Pacific
fleet.
The 21,000 -ton Empress of Aus-
tralia,graceful and yacht -like as
seen above at the top, brings
Their Majesties to Quebec on
May 16, while the giant 42,500
flagship Empress of Britain will
soil from Halifax on June 15 with
:Their Majesties on Board. The
Empress of Britain, in the lower.
Picture, is seen steaming majes-
tically past the Chateau Fion
tenae as she approaches her berth
-at Wolfe's Cove, where the Em-
press of Australia will land her
Royal passengers.
Inset at the top is Captain A. R,
Meikle, R.D., R.N.R., who com-
mands the Empress of Australia
on her Royal voyage, and at bot-
tom Captain C. H. Sapsworth,
commander of the Empress of
Britain, which is how ending her
anneal Round the World Cruise.
The Royal Standard, White En-
sign and Canadian Pacific house-
flag, which the two liners fly on
their Royal voyages, are also seen
in the picture grouping. t