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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-02-16, Page 5TE2 SEAFORTH 'NEWS -Thursday, February 16, 1956 SUPERIOR FOOD MARKET SPECIALS Dolt's Fancy. Fruit Cocktail .. 2 for' 63c 20 ozTin SH'ERRIFFS LUSHUS JELLY POWDERS - - 3 Pkgs, 26c ROBIN HOOD QUICK COOKING OATS 5 lb bag 49c MAPLE LEAF TEA BISK . , ...-. , , large Pkg. 49c TREE SWEET ORANGE JUICE, large 48 oz. tin 41c AYLMER RED PITTED C•HE"RRIES. ,15 oz. tin 20c PEPSODENT TOOTH PASTE 33c Tubes 2 for 49c LIPTONS ORANGE PEKOE TEA .. , , / ibpkg 550 CLUB HOUSE PEANUT BUTTER Large 4 lb jar $1.39 PURE BLACK PEPPER 1%toz. tins 19c BETTY CROCKER CAKE MIXES Chocolate Spice Marble White ' Yellow Peanut Delight Pkg, 310 WRIGHT'S SUPERIOR FOOD MKT SELF SERVE LOW PRICES SEAFORTH JUNIOR FARMERS Annual Banquet EGMONDVILLE UNITED CHURCH FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1956 AT 7 P.M. Tickets 1.25 And may be obtained from -Lavern Godkin, Betty Campbell, Larry Wheatley, Catherine Campbell, Bob Broadfoot and Marion Hemingway .lay, Huron Liberal Association ANNUAL MEETING COMMUNITY CENTRE, ZURICH FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 24, 1956 SPECIAL SPEAKER - HON. PAUL MARTIN Minister of National Health and Welfare An outstanding speaker, Mr. Martin has played major roles in the United Nations and in the establishing of a plan of health insurance for Canada. The meeting will. be preceded by a Dinner, commencing at 6.30 p.m. Tickets to the dinner are available from municipal chairmen The public is urged to attend, and a particular invitation is extended to ladies and young voters HURON LIBERAL ASSOCIATION HAROLD SHORE, Secretary - Goderich, Ont. WATERLOO CATTLE BREEDING ASSOCIATION "Where Better Bulls Are Used" Make more money for yourself by having your calf pens filled with offspring from the bulls we have inservice he they Dairy or Beef. Attention has been given to weight for age as well as quality in our Beef Bull selection. One of our Polled shorthorn _bulls, Lanedale Fascination, is a son of the famous International Grand Champion, Carona Fascination who is also the sire of the 1954 Inter- national Grand Champion as well as the sire of both the first prize Senior and Junior Get of Sire Classes at the 1955 International Chicago show. Lanedale Fascination was bred by I0llis Shafer in Indiana who used Carona Fascination for a few years before he went to Lynwood Farm in Indiana. Both herds have many out- standing brothers and sisters to Lanedale Fascination who was shown at the 1955 Royal to win 6tb, in ordinary con- ditions and horned company, For more beef or milk of high quality, use our artificial breeding service which is co-operative, farmer owned and controlled. For service or more information phone collect to: CLINTON 515 Between: 7.30 and 10 A.M. Week days 7.30 and 9.30 A.M. Sundays and holidays Cows noticed in heat later in the day, sbauld be bred the next day. • - Or send coupon to the above office. - Please call at my farm to give further -information on your .Artificial Insemination service NAME ADDRESS Location of Farm - Concession Lot Na. 1.1 SEAFORTH MONUMENT WORKS Open Daily Phone 573 T. PRYDE AND SON Enquiries Are Invited Telephone Numbers Exeter 41 Clinton. 1620 Seaforth 573 TOWN TOPICS The fire (brigade was 'called to the shame of James, Aitdheson, Goderich St. West, to'put out a chimney afire on Wednesday -morning ,about +10.30. Mrs. Hugh Berry of Brumfield +was a guest of Mrs. .Ada Reid and Miss Olaibra'ith last week. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Beavers o'f Queen.l0harlotte Island 'B.C., formerly of 'Hespeler, Ont„ visit- ed hast 'week with lir. and Mrs. Wni. Oldfield wand other relatives. and friends in the eommuniby. Mr. and !Mrs. Bance MacLean and Mary Ann are spending three weeks with' his !parents, Ma. and Mrs. David 'MacLean a't `21 viera IBeao'h, Florida, ' Petty ,Officer Jerry Meir of IH,M.'C.S. !Labrador; left on Sun- day to rejoin his ship. 'Mrs, •Meir and children are remaining here Tor the present. Si. G, Niels -was in Toronto and .Sltreetsvi'lle this week. Mr. and IMrs. Richard (Box and Baiibara, Edward Box and Miss Kathleen :Stapleton left Satur- day an 'a 'Ulnae week's trip to Florida, BORN Collins -At Scott Memorial Hos- pital, on Feb. 8th, to Mr. and Mrs. Eric Collins, Dublin, a son. Diecl Feb. 8th. Bowen -At Scott Memorial Hos- pital on .Feb, 15, to Mr. and Mrs, Archie Bowen, Seaforth, a daughter Ruston -At Scott Memorial Hos- pital on Feb. 14, to Mr. ancl, Mrs. Clarence Ruston, Seaforth, a. son BADMINTON NEWS On Wednesday, (Feb. 8, the aeaforbh Badminton !Club played host to the Badminton !Club from Clinton. The evening was a so- cial success, resulting in an invi- tation for Seaforth to visit !Clin- ton on Feb. 23. The Clinton Club proved to be slightly !better than ISeafoibh by winning seven Of the twelve 'games. Ladies' Doubles: B 'Cardne and arr. Box !(s) def. E. Hartley Wand E. 'MoEwan I(c) 14-11, 4.11, 11-5. M. ,Lee and 3. Watson (c) def. B. Edler and G. Barr '(s) 11-9, 4-11, 11-3, Mixed Doubles: D. Eaton, M. Box •(s) def. 'B. Craig. E. Hest - ley (e) 11-14, 14-11, 1118. M. Draper, E. aleKwlan (e) def B. Gehan, B. ICardno s(s) 11-7, 11-3. 'H. Hartley, 1. Watson'(c) def. A. Pegg, 'M. Kelby (s) 11-8, 5-11, 11-8. R. Beaman, M. Lee '(c) def. F. Huisser, M. Reeder (s) 11.8, 11-14, 14-11. Menzies and Lee (c) 'def. !Cald- well and Reeder (s) 11-5, 14-11. Hale and 'Watson' (c) def. J. McKenzie and M. Manning '(s) 11-8, 11-'8. Men's Doubles; Gehan and Ea- ton (s) def. Draper and Craig (e) 11-6, 11-7. }kisser and Pegg '(s) def. Hale and 'Rattly •(c) 11-1, 11-2. Beaman and Menzies .(e) def, Caldwell and Bassett (s) 11-7, 11.2. Mol{enzie and Box (s) def. Hale and Hartley (c) 11-8, 14-11, 11-7. ATTEND BONSPIELS Two rinks from Seaforth took part in a ladies bonspiel at Wing - ham on Tuesday. Mrs. Ilffie Ste- phenson's rink won second- prize in the 11 o'clock draw with 2 wins plus 10, and TMs, Jean Stap- leton's rink won third in the 9 o'clock draw with 2 wins plus 5. The rinks were; Mrs. Stephen- son (ship), Mrs, Lois Munn, Miss Alice Reid, Mrs, Mona CAA. Mrs. Stapleton (skip), Mrs, Anna Kling, Mrs. Corrie Snowdon, Mrs, Verna Campbell, A rink attended the men's bonspiel in Wiugham on Wednes- clay: Frank Kling (skip), Dr. Stapleton, Wm. Campbell, Nor- man MacLean. Results of last 'Wednesday's' bonspiel were: In the 9 o'clock draw first prize winners, Frank Kling, skip; Dr. M. W. !Stapleton, W. Campbell, W. 'Leyb'urn, 3 wins plus 20. and prize winners; C. A. Bar- ber, skip; W. J. 'Duncan, Dr. P. L. Brady, !Scott 'Habkirk. 2 wins plus 10. 'Consolation prize for losers of first 2 games and the fiighest win in the Ord game went to the Brussels rink of W. Todd, slip; J. (Bowman, D. A. Bann, S. Sweeney, 1 win !plus 6. At !the 11 o'clock dehw first prize went to Wingtham rink, J. •H. 'Crawford, skip; O. 'Hazel- grove, J. ;Murray, J. 'McKtbbon, 8 wins plus 20. 2nd prize went to !Centralia, S: Kempehorne, skip; N. Mc- Leod, K. Tyeaanan, J. Waiwork, 2 wins phis 5. 1Coneolation'prize went to the 1310AF rink of !Clinton, G. Clark, skip; D 'Staun S. ISothei+by,, D. McDonald, 1 win plus 0. iBpeoial prize donated by John !Beattie to the rink with no wins and lowest more went to the Thedfoa+d rink of 3. Manldhause. ed $3 'an hour. Councillor Christie said the fire and water committee was still working on flhe extra grant requested,') g' tilie tare brigalde. Mayor • ',!Master introducedd a 'discussion on the repaving of Goderich street, He said the de- parbment would pay a Aare of the cost of paving over 22 feet wide, also a share for sewers, etc. Councillor Kellar thought 11 was tdo !bad 'Ibhe. _big light standards had been t placed on The north side. The roadway eoul'dn't be widened now. Councillors said the roadway was about 28 feet wide at Mho 'west end of 'Goderich street and narrowed down to about 24 feet a alo'ek from main street. The new .pavement 'would have a 26 -inch gutter, lb was said. 'Councillor 'Christie said we 'had a .petition not to widen God- erich street west. (Councillor Close said it we did not have parking -there was no neer' to widen it. 'Councillors said at could not be widened much on the south side 'as the water main ran under the 'aura and the roadway could not be +butib aver it. !Councillor !Christie said he would propose a motion to de- lay repaving for one more year, There was some disoussion about the mill rate and assessments in M.iltcheli. (Councillor 'Kellar thought *ere ehauid be no parking on either side of West 'Gaderioh street, 'Councillor (Christie said it would create a 'hardship far Ms. Whitney, iCourrcillor Close said he 'would .propose a motion, no parking 'on Goderich street. Reeve ISeoins said you could and an with a gravel road if the pavement on Gbdeax'dch street goes to pieces. The (Mayor said the hospital needed e sewer. A motion to !prepare 'a bylaw to prohibit parking on 'Goderich street was !passed. A motion to have the engin- eer Ma*. Reid of Toronto coarse here next Monday evening ran into -opposition, 'Councillors said !there was no need to 'bring the engineer here if :the town was not going ahead with the sewer and repaving, 1Coun'eillors agreed the sewer on east Goderich street would not need to go into operation immediately. It was pointed out that the pavement on east God- erieh street was in fair shape and possibly the 'department would defer repaving it at pre- sent. 'Opposition to the ,motion was carried on by !Councillors 'Christie and Kellar and before the vote they were joined 'by Reeve Scoins. The motion car- ried, ' Mayor Dr. McMaster was called 'frona the meeting and Reeve Sco!ns took the •ohein Several routine !matters were dealt with, including a !bylaw for borrowing !money at bbe bank, Requests by a fisherman from Zurioh to ,peddle fish, and from Mhe Canada Bread Co. to sell bread from door to 'door were turned down. The report of the•finance com- mittee is as 'follows: It Nicholson, $15.00; .Sea - forth -Separate !School, $750.00; Seaforth Public (School Board, $3,000.00; P.U.C., $77.13; I. Rigg $45.90; A. Miller, $22.00; 'H. Maloney, $5.00; A. 'Bushie, $5.00; A. Price, $5.00; :Mrs. 1. Rigg, $10.80; Receiver General of -Canada, $10.00; W. E. !Soudih- gate, $'169,10; 'Thos, W'hil'lier & Son, Ltd„ 434.84; Workman's -Comipensation Board, $31,86; Bell 'Telephone Co., :$55.05; Hur- en'Ergpositor, $04.64; The Muni- cipal World Ltd, $'27.00; Treas. of On'terio, $741.18; D. 21. Wil- son, $233.30; Ii, 'Maloney, $208.32; A. Price, $175.00; A. 'Bushie, $137.50; 3. 'Cummings, $20.00; County of Huron, -6218.- 50; 6218:50; Canadian National RailsvaYs, a5.00; Baldwin Hardware, $9.- 83; ICleave's B. A. !Service Sta- tion, 42.50; Wm. 36. Hart, 49.10; Seaforth Farmers' 'Co-operative, $4.25; 12owc1•iffe Motors, $32.- 75; 32:75; Ball -Macaulay, $75.60; Do- minion Road Machinery Sales Go„ $7.16; 'Canadian National Railways,' 641.60; Relief, $20.00; M. E. ICl'arke, $12.05; 'Sun'dries, $8.26; 1;. 'Boyce, '$30.00; H. Me- Ihva'in, $26.25; A. Miller, $13.; E. A. McMaster, 17.00; Associa- tion of (Mayors and Reeves, $10; !Scott Memorial Hospital, $25.; rSaivation Army 'Home, grant, 640.00; H. 'Mchlwain, $45,00. TOWN COUNCIL Continued from Page !1 lett to the property .committee. Mr. 'Habkirk said the town horse had a !big neck and.' re- quires a 26 -inch collar. ISibanld- ard sizes only go up to 23 in- lehes. A epecilal collar will be 'or- !dered in (Hermall. Agri'aultural experts on council aecoanmendod soaking the collar in water for half a day and then fitting it to the horse. (Coun'cil'lors said there were many 'old hone collars hanging In (barns around the 'c'cuntay !but they were maostly in. poor con'd'ition. Mr. 'Hlaibkdrk said he had sent the scavenger to Egmendville to clean resep'ools in response to a request and asked council about the charge. Council Feeoimnen4- Huron Seed Survey Results Survey in 1965. The samples were taken at random aver the Following are the results of various townships thraugth'out the .Huron County (Seed Drill the county. Grades No. 1 No. 2 All 'samples 41 55% 11 15% Grain 32 64% 6 12% Small seeds ` 9 36% 5 20% Grain Samples: Fanm 'C}eanedl7 58% 4 14% (Plant 'Glean 15 75% 2 10% Not !Cleaned Small Seeds: Farm Grown '3 19% 2 12% From Dealer 6 67% 3 83% Cereals: Weed Seeds: 6 sam- ples were free from weed seeds. Proh'i'bited Noxious: 1 field bindweed. Primary Noxious: 5 bladder camp'ion; 3 couch grass; 1 per- ennial sow thistle; 1 wild must- ard. !Secondary Noxious: 11 wild oats; 4 dock; 2 ribgrass. 'Other Weed 'Seedh: 23 false wild oats; 15 wild buckwheat; 3 lamb's quarters. 8 other species of weed seeds were present in samples. Varieties: 12 oats: 7 Beaver; 5 'Clinton; 3 Abegweit; 2 Ajax; 2 Rodney; 1 Lorain; 1 'E*(ban. 5 barley: 5 Montcalm 24 Mixed Grain: 4 'Beaver/ M'onncalm; '3 Ajax/Montcalm; 3 ;Olinton/Galore; 2 neither oat nor !barley variety known; 2 Beaver/Galore; 1 Allaejgweit/ Montcalm; 1 Ajax/Galore; '1 No 3 10 13% 0 12% 4 16% 4 14% 2 10% 4 25% Rejected Total 1.3 17% 75 6 12% 60 7 28* 25 4 14* 29 1 5% 20 1 100% 1 7 44% 16 9 Beaver/Byng; 1 Beaver/Bait- off; 1 'Cartier/Montcalm; 1 Clin- ton/two-rowed; 1 Eaban/.Mont- c'alm; 1 Elban/Nobarb; 1 Valor/ Galore. 50 samples, all 'grades un- known by farmer..3 samples de- scribed as oats by farmer were actually mixed grain - Small !Seeds: Weed Seeds: 1 sample was free from weed seeds, Primary Noxious: 4 bladder tampion; 1 couch grass; 1 ox -eye 'daisy. 'Secondary Noxious: 17 rib- grass; 14 wild carrot; 10 •night- flowering catehfly; 1 'Canada thistle; 1 chicory. Other Weed Seeds: 10 Russian pignveed; 8 American dragon - head; 8 lamb's quarters; 8 fox - tail; 3 ehiskweed. 14 other species of weed seeds were present in samples. Dr. Cooper To Speak Here on Soil The Seaforth Farmers Co-op- erative will be holding a !Sails Management iMeeting for the farmers of the (Seaforth area on Wednesday. Feb. 22- The meet- ing is to be held in the 'Commun- ity'Centre at 2 p.m. Guest speak- ers will he Dr. George Cooper, Senior Agriculturalist with the North American 'CYa a ' •n mid Ltd., td. and Donald Moffatt of the Fer- tilizer Division of United Co- operatives of Ontario. Dr. !Capper was 'born in AI- berta and took most of his edu- cation in this province. He took his' B• Ed. degree in 1950 twin- ning several scholarships enabl- ing shim to 'continue his past graduate work in Illinois. .He obtained his Pr. D. _ in Plant Physiology and Field Crops at the University of Illinois, • with high honours. He joined the North American C,yanamid Ltd. in 1953 as 'Agri- culturist in Western Canada. In 1950 he was promoted to Senior Agriculturist in charge of all technical 'work for (Canada. Ile has gained a wide knowledge of various phases of farming in both 'Canada and the United States and is well qualified to discuss soil management. Films and slides will be used to illustrate these informal and informative talks.. Refreshments will be served at 'Che close of the meeting. CARDIFF SPEAKS Elston !Cardiff, 'Conservative M.P. for 'Hunan, said late Friday in the 'Commons that 'Canadian agriculture was the sole segment of the economy (that had failed to 'olbtain its Aare of an increas- ed national income. All 'other segments h'ad'pros- !pered. Panacea's alone had been left 'ou't. The harming cosnnlunbty always got the last rise in prices and when there was a 'downturn, the situation was reversed and they took the first Lall. For two or 'three years farm returns had been 'diminishing while the cost of alp the goads sand services that Harmers had ito purchase was on the increase. Mr. 'Cardiff said the Dominion Government was to !blame roc n large extent for 'the f'ac't that Canada had lost some of the British an'axket (far wheat. Bi+itain diald turned to 'Russia land other 'producing nations torr suptalies. The Huron IM.P. said Eastern Canada farmers would have 'bought'many 'thousands of bush- els of feed wheat fronn the west if that grain had been obtainable at !prices that farmers in the east ,could 'afford to pay. That would have made more spate. available tin the elevators for wheat now dyeing ion the •Prairies. This was one reason 'why there was suah a surplus of 'Wheat in• west -!the tact !that eastern farmers could not afford to buy Seed grain .at. reasonable-prie'ee.' VARNA Miss Shirley Johnston has re- turned home from +Clinton Pulblle Hospital after having an opera- tion for appendicitis. The crokinole party put on by the Goshen W. A. last Friday evening was well attended. The World's Day of Prayer is being held in Goshen United Church on Friday. Feb. 17. The ladies from Varna are invited to attend this service. Mt. W. T. tMcAsh is showing his coloured slides of Florida in -the township hall on Monday' evening, Feb. 20 under the auspices of 'the.' W. A. of the United 'Church. The annual meeting of the Varna Red Cross will be 'held in the 'Orange Half on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 8.15 pan. The pur- chase of a hospital bed for this community will be discussed at this meeting. Mr. and Mrs_ Russel Errant re- turned home last week after spending several weeks in 'Flori- cla. Mr:. and Mrs. !Sherlock Keyes, and lara and Mrs. 'Wilber Keyes, 'Seaforth, motored to Orillia last week to visit their mother, Mrs. Nelson Keyes, Egmondviile, who 'has not been enjoying the best of health at the home of her son Mr, and Mas. 'Stuart Keyes. McKILLOP No, 2 McKillop Farm Forum met Monday evening at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. R. •E. McMillan, There was a good 'attendance, and after listening to 'the radio broadcast there was a good dis- cussion on the topic, Government or Producer Marketing. The for- um felt that both 'had a place. The 'producer 'marketing !boards were the !best for all products consumed in the country 'bat 0. E. 5. EUCHRE FRIDAY, FEB. 17th 8.30 P.M. In the IO.O.F. Hall Everyone Welcome Postponed Annual Meeting TUES., FEB. 21 8 P.M. Seaforth Community Credit Union Limited TOWN HALL J. C. Stevens, President John Flannery, Secretary EVERYBODY WELCOME that the government farm mark- eting board could do a better job ,for exports and .the sale of larg- er produced commodities such as wheat. After the discussion eu- chre was enjoyed and a nice Valentine lunch served by the !hostess. 'Winners at euchre were Mrs, i5, MaJBrien and Mrs. S. Dalmage and Mrs. Sam Storey; Men, 'Sam (Storey, (Bert McClure -and Walter McClure. Next Mon- day's !farm forum will ibe held at the -home of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim (Clarke. McKILLOP BUSY BEAVERS The eighth and final meeting of the 'MoKillop Busy Beavers Was held at the home of Grace and 'Sandra Doig on !Feb. 8th with 18 trnembers present. We opened our meeting by singing Institute Ode and the 4-1 'Club !pledge. The secretary, Sandra Ooig read the minutes of the last meeting and ,the roll call 'was answered by the showing of our 'blouses, charts, and record book. `Mrs. Keys introduced our guest, Mrs. McKenzie, president of the Women's Institute, who gave us an interesting talk and June !Smith thanked' her for com- ing' and 'also 'for her .talk. On Feb. 20, at the home of Dorothy and Mrs. Keys, we are -to have our ;blouses, rvharts, and record books completed and ready to hand in. Also a hanger to exhibit the tblouse art Aohieve- ment Day The members judged 4 blouses and gave reasons. Mrs. Pryce gave the final placing. The meeting closed by sing- ing God save the Queen. A de- licious lunch was served by the hostess and enjoyed by all. VALENTINE SUPPER WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 5.30 until 7 Admission - Adults $1. Children under 12, 40c, Sponsored by the W.A. of North Side United Church and will be held in the Sunday School room Menu: Baked Ham SEAL yHAS DONE IT AGAIN 75th DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Magic Rest Mattress REGULAR 59.50 ANNIVERSARY SALE PRICE 39.50 1 BOX FURNITURE House Furnishings Floor Coverings Floor Sanding Westinghouse Appliances PHONE 43 SEAFORTH NORTI/ - AMER/CAT l ,. L /1b?/TED t, invite you to attend a meeting to disenss "SOIL MANAGEMENT" sponsored by SEAFORTH FARMERS CO-OPERATIVE Community Centre, Seaforth WED. FEB. 22 ® 2 p.m. Films and slides will be shown * DOOR PRIZE AND REFRESHMENTS BY SPONSOR Huron Seed Survey Results Survey in 1965. The samples were taken at random aver the Following are the results of various townships thraugth'out the .Huron County (Seed Drill the county. Grades No. 1 No. 2 All 'samples 41 55% 11 15% Grain 32 64% 6 12% Small seeds ` 9 36% 5 20% Grain Samples: Fanm 'C}eanedl7 58% 4 14% (Plant 'Glean 15 75% 2 10% Not !Cleaned Small Seeds: Farm Grown '3 19% 2 12% From Dealer 6 67% 3 83% Cereals: Weed Seeds: 6 sam- ples were free from weed seeds. Proh'i'bited Noxious: 1 field bindweed. Primary Noxious: 5 bladder camp'ion; 3 couch grass; 1 per- ennial sow thistle; 1 wild must- ard. !Secondary Noxious: 11 wild oats; 4 dock; 2 ribgrass. 'Other Weed 'Seedh: 23 false wild oats; 15 wild buckwheat; 3 lamb's quarters. 8 other species of weed seeds were present in samples. Varieties: 12 oats: 7 Beaver; 5 'Clinton; 3 Abegweit; 2 Ajax; 2 Rodney; 1 Lorain; 1 'E*(ban. 5 barley: 5 Montcalm 24 Mixed Grain: 4 'Beaver/ M'onncalm; '3 Ajax/Montcalm; 3 ;Olinton/Galore; 2 neither oat nor !barley variety known; 2 Beaver/Galore; 1 Allaejgweit/ Montcalm; 1 Ajax/Galore; '1 No 3 10 13% 0 12% 4 16% 4 14% 2 10% 4 25% Rejected Total 1.3 17% 75 6 12% 60 7 28* 25 4 14* 29 1 5% 20 1 100% 1 7 44% 16 9 Beaver/Byng; 1 Beaver/Bait- off; 1 'Cartier/Montcalm; 1 Clin- ton/two-rowed; 1 Eaban/.Mont- c'alm; 1 Elban/Nobarb; 1 Valor/ Galore. 50 samples, all 'grades un- known by farmer..3 samples de- scribed as oats by farmer were actually mixed grain - Small !Seeds: Weed Seeds: 1 sample was free from weed seeds, Primary Noxious: 4 bladder tampion; 1 couch grass; 1 ox -eye 'daisy. 'Secondary Noxious: 17 rib- grass; 14 wild carrot; 10 •night- flowering catehfly; 1 'Canada thistle; 1 chicory. Other Weed Seeds: 10 Russian pignveed; 8 American dragon - head; 8 lamb's quarters; 8 fox - tail; 3 ehiskweed. 14 other species of weed seeds were present in samples. Dr. Cooper To Speak Here on Soil The Seaforth Farmers Co-op- erative will be holding a !Sails Management iMeeting for the farmers of the (Seaforth area on Wednesday. Feb. 22- The meet- ing is to be held in the 'Commun- ity'Centre at 2 p.m. Guest speak- ers will he Dr. George Cooper, Senior Agriculturalist with the North American 'CYa a ' •n mid Ltd., td. and Donald Moffatt of the Fer- tilizer Division of United Co- operatives of Ontario. Dr. !Capper was 'born in AI- berta and took most of his edu- cation in this province. He took his' B• Ed. degree in 1950 twin- ning several scholarships enabl- ing shim to 'continue his past graduate work in Illinois. .He obtained his Pr. D. _ in Plant Physiology and Field Crops at the University of Illinois, • with high honours. He joined the North American C,yanamid Ltd. in 1953 as 'Agri- culturist in Western Canada. In 1950 he was promoted to Senior Agriculturist in charge of all technical 'work for (Canada. Ile has gained a wide knowledge of various phases of farming in both 'Canada and the United States and is well qualified to discuss soil management. Films and slides will be used to illustrate these informal and informative talks.. Refreshments will be served at 'Che close of the meeting. CARDIFF SPEAKS Elston !Cardiff, 'Conservative M.P. for 'Hunan, said late Friday in the 'Commons that 'Canadian agriculture was the sole segment of the economy (that had failed to 'olbtain its Aare of an increas- ed national income. All 'other segments h'ad'pros- !pered. Panacea's alone had been left 'ou't. The harming cosnnlunbty always got the last rise in prices and when there was a 'downturn, the situation was reversed and they took the first Lall. For two or 'three years farm returns had been 'diminishing while the cost of alp the goads sand services that Harmers had ito purchase was on the increase. Mr. 'Cardiff said the Dominion Government was to !blame roc n large extent for 'the f'ac't that Canada had lost some of the British an'axket (far wheat. Bi+itain diald turned to 'Russia land other 'producing nations torr suptalies. The Huron IM.P. said Eastern Canada farmers would have 'bought'many 'thousands of bush- els of feed wheat fronn the west if that grain had been obtainable at !prices that farmers in the east ,could 'afford to pay. That would have made more spate. available tin the elevators for wheat now dyeing ion the •Prairies. This was one reason 'why there was suah a surplus of 'Wheat in• west -!the tact !that eastern farmers could not afford to buy Seed grain .at. reasonable-prie'ee.' VARNA Miss Shirley Johnston has re- turned home from +Clinton Pulblle Hospital after having an opera- tion for appendicitis. The crokinole party put on by the Goshen W. A. last Friday evening was well attended. The World's Day of Prayer is being held in Goshen United Church on Friday. Feb. 17. The ladies from Varna are invited to attend this service. Mt. W. T. tMcAsh is showing his coloured slides of Florida in -the township hall on Monday' evening, Feb. 20 under the auspices of 'the.' W. A. of the United 'Church. The annual meeting of the Varna Red Cross will be 'held in the 'Orange Half on Tuesday, Feb. 21 at 8.15 pan. The pur- chase of a hospital bed for this community will be discussed at this meeting. Mr. and Mrs_ Russel Errant re- turned home last week after spending several weeks in 'Flori- cla. Mr:. and Mrs. !Sherlock Keyes, and lara and Mrs. 'Wilber Keyes, 'Seaforth, motored to Orillia last week to visit their mother, Mrs. Nelson Keyes, Egmondviile, who 'has not been enjoying the best of health at the home of her son Mr, and Mas. 'Stuart Keyes. McKILLOP No, 2 McKillop Farm Forum met Monday evening at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. R. •E. McMillan, There was a good 'attendance, and after listening to 'the radio broadcast there was a good dis- cussion on the topic, Government or Producer Marketing. The for- um felt that both 'had a place. The 'producer 'marketing !boards were the !best for all products consumed in the country 'bat 0. E. 5. EUCHRE FRIDAY, FEB. 17th 8.30 P.M. In the IO.O.F. Hall Everyone Welcome Postponed Annual Meeting TUES., FEB. 21 8 P.M. Seaforth Community Credit Union Limited TOWN HALL J. C. Stevens, President John Flannery, Secretary EVERYBODY WELCOME that the government farm mark- eting board could do a better job ,for exports and .the sale of larg- er produced commodities such as wheat. After the discussion eu- chre was enjoyed and a nice Valentine lunch served by the !hostess. 'Winners at euchre were Mrs, i5, MaJBrien and Mrs. S. Dalmage and Mrs. Sam Storey; Men, 'Sam (Storey, (Bert McClure -and Walter McClure. Next Mon- day's !farm forum will ibe held at the -home of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim (Clarke. McKILLOP BUSY BEAVERS The eighth and final meeting of the 'MoKillop Busy Beavers Was held at the home of Grace and 'Sandra Doig on !Feb. 8th with 18 trnembers present. We opened our meeting by singing Institute Ode and the 4-1 'Club !pledge. The secretary, Sandra Ooig read the minutes of the last meeting and ,the roll call 'was answered by the showing of our 'blouses, charts, and record book. `Mrs. Keys introduced our guest, Mrs. McKenzie, president of the Women's Institute, who gave us an interesting talk and June !Smith thanked' her for com- ing' and 'also 'for her .talk. On Feb. 20, at the home of Dorothy and Mrs. Keys, we are -to have our ;blouses, rvharts, and record books completed and ready to hand in. Also a hanger to exhibit the tblouse art Aohieve- ment Day The members judged 4 blouses and gave reasons. Mrs. Pryce gave the final placing. The meeting closed by sing- ing God save the Queen. A de- licious lunch was served by the hostess and enjoyed by all. VALENTINE SUPPER WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22 5.30 until 7 Admission - Adults $1. Children under 12, 40c, Sponsored by the W.A. of North Side United Church and will be held in the Sunday School room Menu: Baked Ham SEAL yHAS DONE IT AGAIN 75th DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL Magic Rest Mattress REGULAR 59.50 ANNIVERSARY SALE PRICE 39.50 1 BOX FURNITURE House Furnishings Floor Coverings Floor Sanding Westinghouse Appliances PHONE 43 SEAFORTH