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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1940-03-28, Page 3• THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940 THE SEAFORTH NEWS MADE IN CANADA IT'S ALWAYS DEPENDABLE! BRUCEFIELD'S IND'USTRDES PN THE ,BARKY DAYS By W. H. Johnston in The London Free Press. Slureoundecl by .one of ;the most fer- tile clistricee in Western 'Ontario .it was no wonder that tiled -tanks wed small ,m:anntacturcrs allotted flock to 13nncefielld at an Carly ferniad in 'her history. The first Ibilacksntith was Wil- liam McMillan. lOthers were Jantes ,Johns, P Kaiser, Dolman 'Me Donate and Slam Pollock fat the early days a ,hail; of ,wheat was often taken 'to London or (Gorier icb on delle •back of an lax, and the flour ibroutc;ht !back ,stats precious in .the fartne.r's ;home. 10 order to supply 'this staff of rife, Adam Smith opened a'flour mill, !and for many years'pros- pered, INA as roller milks began to :nueetiply, the old stone mills were forced eo close their doors, NN. T. :OuNei11 was .the first harness maker, and his 'vas a (busy shop for many decades when horses furnished the motive power on the 'faint and the highway. A' grain ,elevator that seas kept Open for about 'half a century Iby William Scott t& !Coe through 'whloh has .pass- ed nriillions of lbuo'hels axe grain, is now ,under the :control of Laird Mickle, of Hartsell, in ,carlier'days, a' pump factory'wnas 'eonduoted thy a 'Mr. Lori , A cheese and (butter factory pnosperecl •for sev- eral years .and was run 1hy Hugh Mc- Cartney. 1t was gradually eeons"ded out by larger concerns in ;other ,places, Lange creameries sent out their 'trucks over a. wide territory and: iga:thered the 'cream, staking no change to ,the farmer ,for tritckiog it +away. City firms ;made .tempting offers 'for cream delivered in cream cans at neanley rai'lw'ay stations. The first wagon shop 'teas opened by litsgh 0,ac1ntosh, and for many years menu!tactured a large number of wagons for •site farnners in :the dis- trict, but, like many other articles, Acton le iw o -t.4 A, tCccr JUST LIKE the slay came •when wagon, were turned out wholesale by range factor- ies, and the sinal] plants were closed. Other flourislnin'g inteinesses ,int the early days .were several eleoemakers' shape, tailor oho . tt ,starve Mill and cooper hoop, carriage shops, err, Mose of these early concerns etre note closed, and all ow,in!g to the same cause competition front 441e large fac torte •. BM win .urn: l Hol run away with the thought !hat I1ruceliekl is dead or dying lneteael, she is very tmtrh Alive, and ..till earriee an a large trade with the etrrcundin.g country, HURON HAS PRODUCED ROIPR PROVINCIAL PREMIERS In the .days immediately before mid immediately a'iter ,Confederation, .Can- aadian:s tarok their politics seriously; shut nowhere did they take their pol- itics more seriously than in Huron :county, says a writer in the London Free- Press, It was a county .where Conservatives were Tories and Lib- erals 'cern Grits, not merely during election campaigns, but all •the 'time, Political principles were deep-root- ed and 'political angumenrts ,were the esipression at settled convictions, Huron, as a result, seems I[ have Ihred ;public then who not merely ,fought hard for local political honors, but, transplanted so distant fields, in- 'ecitalbdy won distinction. It is alotnhtful, for example, if any other !Ontario 'county has tthc .distinc- tion of having prodncerl Ione pravin- ciel premiere. Harron has done just that, - The first of the quartette ,was a man what, SO years ago, played a fiig 'part ie the 'development of the Wes,L Thorns Greenway %vas a big figure in 1lntrot ,trolitiral life even 'before he emigrated to I\laniitaha. In the late 70 er early R11 s he served at least one term as an •NLP. for u-ue ,of the Timone. 'Later he moved to Manitoba where he embarked in provincial 'pol- it.ics, 'became provincial Liberal lead- er, .and, ultimately premier. in the latter 80's he fotaglet, successfully, in the Legislature and the covets, to 'break the railroad •monopoly in the prairie 'province Cnrioialy, Uteenway's Government was tike first of the munerous provin- CHISELHURST. The monthly missionary meeting of the Young People's union was held Tuesday everting last. The meeting was in eliarge a1 Jean Wright and Harold Cudmore. The ()petting hymn 179, When 1 survey the Wondrous ('toss, was sung and the Lord's pray- er rayer repeated in unison. The minutes of� the last meeting were read by Itns- sell l,eergusoe. Next week will be the social evening in charge of R. Dal- rymple, Percy Wright, Roger Venter,' Norma Chambers, Hynni 1$5, "Low in the Grave He Lay," was sung, follow- ed by Easter responsive reading. Questions given by Ruby Dalrymple end Jean Venter tools the place of a topic, The closing hymn 362, "Love Divine. all Love Excelling," was sung' and Mizpah be+uedictiou pronounced: tial Liberal Government, to go down 'to defeat after 1aatriers federal tte- •tory in 111390, lite provincial Coiteer- weaves cls we lion. Hugh John Mac- Donald, Hou of the old chieftain, as their leader; and •under this new .lead- ership won a decisive victory in 1900. t;reeew'ay eked many 'year.+ ego. Saskatclhewetn is .indebted to 1Luron rannty .for two provincial premiers. "Phe that Of these teas Ilan. '\\'lilliaut \lcltille \lantin, ilio souk r ova. 12er. W. \l, Martin, h. D., of Exeter, .and he received lu high .,thou! -education at Ctlin ton, :A radutue• of '! ()mete university and Oegoode Hall, 'Mar- tin went acct to aetieed itis proles - sent at Regina, was elected ret the fe- deral hentse in PAN, and later became provincial -premier in eocceesion to 11un 1\\'lalter Same. In 1910, '1st was seriou "ly urged as federal Liberal leader. Stbseq'uently he +became a Supreme Court jucllge. •1 -Ion. James G. 'Gardiner, 'the '"little giant" of later SaslcatcheScan •politics, .and today federal minister of agricul- ture and 'potewtial successor to Hon, \V, L. Mackenzie King in (rhe ,federal leadership, ,was Iluron s - second con- tribution to the Saskatchewan prem- iership. Gardiner 'has experienced his political u'ps and dawns—notably just ,prior to 119130, when, after abrief per- iod as 'provincial premier in .success- ion to Ron. Charles A. i)''unming, he went down to defeat before a conebin- ation led by l -Ion. J. T. M. Anderson. In the nexit election 'Gardiner scor- ed an emphatic corne-ihack, the Liber- als ,wiping out the entire Conservative membership and reducing the opposi- tion to a !handful of C.C.F. members. ,transition to a federal portfolio followed as a matter of course schen the Liberals ccitne intra power at tit' (AWN 10 1935, The fourth orf the quartette is the 1Iett. \i'i[liam Alh•erhart, who 'for the !toast tive stows has led, in Aibenta, the first and so far elle only Social Credit Gowen t netts in the British Empire. His :government was returned to ,pow- er in the 'provincial election last weak en t\larch Aberhart Isaiia from icafo£th. Ile is a powerful and per- suasive spealcer. "Are any of the colors discerning to the touch " asked the school teacher, "I have often felt blue," replies] the boy at the head of the class. unter 00 We Are Selling Quality Books Books are Well Made, Carbon is Clean and Copies Readily. All styles, Carbon Leaf and Black Back. Prices as Low as You Can Get Anywhere. Get our Quotation on Your Next Order.) The Seaforth News SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, Mary Gramme, Director of ('lii rl- ren's Programmes for the Clic, Will be heard over the National N 't - work. an -Tuesday, April 2 at 4.15 pen. Her talk, entitled "The Lit le Mermaid," will honour the atrniv- ersary. of the birth of Hans Chris. Andersen, famous author of children's stories, She is also heard on Sundayg al' 1.15 p.m. as Just Mary," with stories for the very young. FAREWELL ADDRESS BY THE LADY TWEEDSMUIR (A9 delivered over the National net- work of the CBC, Sunday, March 17) I feel that I cannot leave Canada without saying thank you to the people of this Dominion who - have shown me so much kindness, and given me so mucic help. First of all I'should like to thauk all these friends who have sent me books for my Prairie libraries. 1 should like to say that I could never have put through this scheme without your help, You would, I am stare, like to know that since the scheme was started in September, 1936, almost 40,000 books have been sent out. I have interpreted the term "Prairies" very widely, and have tried to supply literature to groups of people in all isolated places of Canada, whose winter evenings are long and lonely. A. grant from the Carnegie Trustees has helped me to supply bookstostudents and others who wished to study some special subject. Thousands of books have been sent to school children. Canad- ian children are hungry for books, and show excellent taste in reading, often preferring the great classics of childhood to newer books. I should like to thank His Excell- enoy's and my personal secretary, Mrs. Kil)ick, without whose co•opet'a- tion and hard work 1 could not have carried on the scheme. Also Miss Esther Thompson of Winnipeg, Mies Bertha Oxner of Saskatoon, and Mrs. Ferguson of 'Froe]nt, Alberta, who supervised the sending out of the travelling libraries in the Prairie Provinces. Their work has been be- yond praise, and I thank then; malty times for all they did, My Prairie library scheme has brought me into close touch with mane people, whose letters telling me of their lives, have been a con - saint interest to me. To the Women's Organizations in Canada I wuuid like to say a special word of thanks for the warmth of the welcome they always gave me when I went to their meetings. I shouid like also to send them m'y best wishes for their war work and their work when peace comes to us again. To the Children's Organizations I would like to give my best wishes. The children in Canada have always welcomed me wherever 1 have been. With there lies the met of the future, mut I ant sere they will wore to retake the Canada of their generation a line and happy place. To my friends and fellow members of the Women's Institutes I would like t0 say 'bow notch I hope they will press on with their work in educatiou and in all other lines, 1 have so much enjoyed my association with them here, and though 1 have not been able to answer their many kind letters sent to ate in the last month, 1 would like to say how grate- ful I ant to receive them. 1 hope that the Canadian and British Women's Institutes will always be linked to- gether in the warmest friendship and closest association, and that we shall continue to work as ardently in the future for the welfare of the country- side as we have done in the past. I leave Canada with a warmth at my heart, and gratitude for the love you have shown to my husband and myself. Two of my sons are with the Canadian Forces, and I shall be proud to count myself always part of Can- ada, wherever I atn. To my friends of French -Canada, I send my most profound thanks, Their warm welcome and their considera- tion for me touched me ..to . the depths of my heart. I need no reminding of you all, but when I wrap around me your splendid present of Canadian furs l shall feel enclosed in your love and kindness and generosity, To the people of the Far North, to the people of the East and tine West and the South, and the Central places of this great Domin- ion, I say "thank you and goodbye," Man—"You must remember, dear, you waived certain rights when we were married," Wife—"Yes, love, but it wasn't a permanent wave," Want and For Sale Ads, a ,weeks 'SOc PAGE THREE Thoughtful, scientific production methods pay early dividends and marry farmers are now in an excellent position to assist in meeting Empire requirements at home or abroad. If you need money to purchase live -stock or insure a profitable increase in the production and marketing of your farm commodities, such as meat, poultry and dairy products, so essential for local and overseas demands, plan your programme now—seize your opportunity before prices further advance. Consult the Manager of our nearest Branch. We welcome loan applications from responsible farmers for any worthwhile purpose. THE DOMINION BANK ESTABLISHED 1871 SEAFORTH BRANCH E. C. Boswell - - Manager ALONG THE AIR WAVES Canada's War Effort Dramatized "What can I do to help?" Men and women in every walk of life are ask ing this question with increasing fre- quency as the impact of the war in which Canada is engaged bores deep' en into the national consciousness. Each week, the CBC war effort tea -- tures, "Carry Our provides leadership In the search for helpful occupations, part -tine and spate -time jobs, that can he undertaken by those who have a sincere desire to assist 'over here.' "Carry On!" is produced from the CBO Toronto studios, Sundays at 9.00.9.30 p.m. How Does Your Garden Grow? A riot of colour does not always spell success in a Rower garden. There are experts to guide the en- thusiastic gardener to beautiful de- signs, livability and harmony of colour in that space outside the house which should be known to every family as the outdoor living roost. One well known Canadian who has devoted her talents and energies to "Garden Planning" is Frances Stein- bora teinKoff, Toronto landscape architect and writer on garden topics, who will give e series of talks on garden planning during the next t'ew weeks, over tate CBC national network. These will he scheduled on Wednesdays, at 4.10 pouts• Seed Improvement Studied by CBC in an interview dealing with root end coarse grain craps, Kenneth Cox, provincial agronomist for Nova Sem tia, will be heard on the Ontario Farm Broadcast. Thursday, April 4, 12,30- 1.00 p.m Mr. Cox will be interviewer) by Rttlplt Marven, Maritimes farm broadcast commentator. Betty Davie, 14 -year-old Toronto Swing singer. made her network debut in distinguished company earlier this month. Betty was invited to sing at Exhibition Camp daring the "CBC House of Variety" programme, whit•h is presented once it. month with the troops in training as invited mull ence. No young artist has ever been more delighted with bet andienve. but to add to her pleasure Betty's costars included some of Broadway's brightest shining lights, notably ('ab Calloway, Sister Thorpe. sensational swing singer, and the Cotton Club Cmtlp:ley, may out tout' in Canada and the United Suites. When"The Navy Entertains" for the CBC national network on Friday. April 5 a 800' to 8.90 p.m.. one (0 the highlights on the programme will lee a sort of a "baby Snooks" imperson- ation by one of the giants of the East Coast Patrol. It is rumored that e certain red-headed stoker has been Prevailed upon to clo his hilarious baby -talk. sketch out the sing song Yea lure. a now being arranged tnged bt George Young. The programme will be stag- ed in His Majesty's Dockyet•cls at Halifax, Jettison had asked for the hand of the "best little girl in the world," and had been successful, "Jenson, said her father, "I have given you the greatest possession I have ever had --it will be a great blow to me to lose her. 1 shall miss her greatly. Jonson thanked hint immensely and after a dt'ink said be must be going, "As it's raining torrents," said Samson, "I wonder if you would be so kind as to lend me your umbrella?" The old man looked at the umbrella stand: "Look here, Jemson," Ile said, "I wouldn't trust anyone on earth with that umbrella.' It cost rete ten dollars." Want and Foe Sale Ads., 1 week 25c BLYTH 'Death of Mrs, George Bowes— Tite death ,soak place on Sa'tur'day of Mrs. George Bowles at ithe home of .her daughter and ,on -in-law, Mr, and Mrs. 'Menno Jtackson, Mrs, Bowes was a atative of Htallett ,nor many year:. tater retiring in Blyth. Site is survived. ,by two (daughters: Mrs. 'Men - no Jackson: ,and Mrs, Thomas (Colson; also two sons, John and WIiLi, One son, David died a few ,years ago. The (departed woman was a .member of ;United 'C'hurch, from )ahica 'Church the funeral :took place Monday. "The sun," cried the lecturer grand- iloquently, "shines 'ten :million. times as ihritghtly as any lamp .made Ihy man." "Say • mister," inquired a voice front the rear, "did you ever dun any night driving " Your Chance For A Happy Marriage A remarkable four-sided discussion of JUST what it is that makes mar- riage successful and of some of the causes that drive it off the tracks into the divorce courts or worse, will be found in The American Weekly, the great 'weekly magazine with the March 31 issue of The Detroit Sunday Times. Want and For Sale Ads, 11 week 2Sc Jobs For Freight Clerks The movement of freight is the biggest business in Can- ada, and RIGHT NOW the war is creating a demand for clerks. We have the only Canadian books on this work, and by. buying the books, you receive instruction flee, if you act quickly. Free folder describes. 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