HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1934-06-28, Page 3THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1934
THE SEAFORTH NEWS
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HURON NEWS
Late Henry East, Hullett Twp.
In the passing of 1lenry East, which
occurred at his home in Mullett at the
age of 76 years, the township lost one
of its older residents. Mr, East was
born on the farm 2% utiles north of
Clinton, 'He was a son of the late
Thomas East, Who operated a brick
yard and with whom he worked at
brick -slaking for many years. About
25 years ago he moved to the 2nd con-
cession, on the Bailey farm, where he
had since resided. He is survived by
two brothers, John, Virginia and Ed-
ward, Hullett; three sisters, Mrs, Ar-
gent, Blyth; Mrs. Stanbury, Detroit,
and Mrs. Lavarack of Dowagiac,
Mich, Ilia widow, formerly Lillian
Hunter, three sons and three daugh-
'ere, also mourn their loss. The sons
ire James at Hume, Thomas at Por-
ter's Hill and Samuel in Detroit, and
the daughters, Mrs. Porter, Goderich;
Mrs, Sadie '\Vet, Clinton, and Miss
Jennie in Detroit. Twelve grandchild-
reni also survive. Interment was made
in Clinton cemetery, the pallbearers
being George and John Farquhar,
Tame_ Van Egmond, Patrick Reyn-
olds, Lortn Tyndall and George
Pepe.
S. H. Webb Buried at Staffa. --
The
The death Occurred at his late home
in Hibbert township on Sunday after-
noon of Samuel Henry Webb after
six- months' illness. .11r. Webb was
born -in Exeter in August of 1863, the
son of Robert Webb and Mary Grigg,
both of England. IIe was a farmer
and had resided at •Staffa for sixty-
one years. Mr. Webb was a man loi
kindly, unassuming disposition, very
quiet, and well liked by all- who knew
him,'I'fe was a member of the United
Church and had been a devout mem-
ber of the Methodist Church before
union. He leaves to mourn their loss,
his widow, formerly Miss Maria Neal,
three brothers John and Richard, IIa-
miltnn, and William, Toronto. Two
brothers and two sisters predeceased
him. The funeral was held an Wed-
nesday with service in Staffa United
Church. Interment in Staffa Cemetery
County 'Council Picnic at Goderich,
—The annual picnic ofIluron Coun-
ty Council held in IIarbor •Park, God-
erich -on Saturday afternoon proved
an interesting and enjoyable affair,
presided over by to genial warden,
George Elliott. The attendance of the
members and.their families was very
large. Perhaps the entertainment most
enjoyed by those coming from the in-
land townships was a sail out on the
blue waters of Lake Huron, in Tho.
Sandy's launch. A bounteous supper
was followed by speeches. The mem-
bers -elect for Huron and. Huron -
Bruce, .fame's Mallantyne and C. A,
Robertson, respectively, were present,
and were congratulated. During the
addresses, Isaac !Wright, Reeve of
Turnberry, declared that the greatest
:honor any County Connell ever had,
occurred during the election when
two members had 'been selected to
run against' one an'otehr, Warden El-
liott, who expressed his thanks to the
committed for - the arrangements
made, cougratnlated Mr, Ballantyne,
the member for Huron who was his
opponent,_ on_ his magnificent run and
assured hint that the County Council
wmtld he right behind him. • He
thought Reeve Murdock Matheson
shoukl he congratulated for -picking a
day of such ideal weather for the pic-
nic, Mr, Ballantyne thanked the war-
de'ti,. and said he hoped they would be
no worse friends than in the past,
Mr. Elliott --"Why should we bei'
He was neither dismayed, disgruntled
nor discredited, he said; Others who
gave brief addresses were: Ex -warden
Ingles of Howick; Peter Scott intro-
duced by the warden as "the great
Scott"; 'Owen Geiger of Hensel];
Dep; -Recce Turner and treeeve Mun-
nings of Goderich;. Reeve Archibald
of Tuckersmith; County Treasurer
Erskine, County Clerk Roberts,
Reeve 1Wright of Turnberry; II, Ed-
wards of the children's shelter, and
Messrs, D, Campbell and W, H. Rob-
ertson for the press; and Reeves
Bowman of Brussels and ex JReeve
William Baillie of Goderich. The, re-
sults of the races were: ,Boys !under S
—Ross Kennedy, Billy Hanley; girls
tinder Ya --(Helen Graham, Helen Rad-
ford, Lillian Stewart; boys, 112 and
under—Aldie Eckert, A. Archibald;
'teen age girls—Agnes Campbell, Bet-
ty Campbell, :Edyna Elliott; 'teen age
boys - George Elliott; horseshoe
throwing. amen—E, Kennedy, Heneall;
open race for county councilors (fat)
—Reeve Ravidson, \Vingham, Reeve
Eckert, :\ic•Killop, Reeve 'Wright,
Turnberry; open race for county
councillors (thin) — Deputy ,Reeve, few' have shown sufficient promise
Mawhinney, Stephen, former deputy-; to justify their further trial on an ex -
reeve Hubbard, Hotvick, Reeve Plan -1 ;ended scare.
ley, Stanley; ladies' race—Mrs, Iran- The variety Melba has passed the
ley, Stanley; Mrs, E, 3, Kennedy, experimental stage and is ream
Three cheers and a tiger were given mended t,: replace Duchos or New
for the warden and the afternoon ffnui.,vkk, nhicit it approximates in
closed with singing the National An- ,!assn. It is (tardy, a vigorous grow
them, er, :1 ga cal 3 ie:der art i the fruit is o
CHERRIES ARE IN thigh quality.
Cot ltd :s another v ztietr, which
Oily y Barbara Il, Brook.) has
at
In the matter of cherries 11'thcr ten -e 't attracting' the
past
few
ear To
, n daring the o tst tem years. To
Nature has been mast geoerru
;ate, the tree has proven hard)' and
Cherry uehard: are found in many
aigorous and the fruit is attractive
parts of the world, Furthermore,\I;'oou o its keeping quality has not
many a back or even front yard does •
been vhat was antiepatedi, there
its bit toward filling yawning
^gas some e metlee iliac its ae:;sint
the year around as we can now, The l MITCCHELL F. HEPBURN
new 'quick-freezing methods of pre 1St. Thomas, 13 one 1119.—Mitchell
serving keeps cherries red, juicy and Frederick Hepburn, to give him: his
fresh for winter use. Canning 'proc-1
full name, doesn't .like politics, He
esses, too, have been improved; has been living' and breathing in a
Even though we cart now enjoy political atmosphere since 10126, but
cherry tarts at Christmas or at any he confessed that politics as a pro -
other time, the following recipe is a fession left him cold,.
good one kr the !first ripe cehrries "ib be perfectly frank, 1 don't like
of the season. this game," he said, sitting in 'the
Cherry Tarts sunroom of his home at ,South Yar-
2 cups pitted sour cherries, 2 clip mouth from where a good view can
boiling water. 1 cup sugar, 1 tbsp, be obtained of some of his 600 acres
cornstarch, S small tart shells, ?/a cup of farm land, "I have an amiable dis-
whipping cream. position and I don't like living in a
Drain juice from cherries, 'Contbi•ne contentious, atmosphere. 'But we can't
the cherry juice, boiling water and always have the things we want,"
sugar,' Bring to a boil, cook 10 min- It was at the mature age of six
Utes and strain. Blend the cornstarch' years that Mitchell Hepburn embark -
to a pas:e with a little cold water ed on a political career, 1 -Ie attended
and stir into the hot liquid. Cook, the little country school at *Union, and
stirring, .over moderate heat until it one day the teacher, who was an ard-
thickene, Remove from heat and ent Liberal, decided to stake young
beat with rotary egg beater to re- 1,titch, who had already shown signs
move scum, While hot, pour over the of oratorical ability, give an address
cherries. \\'hen cool, fill freshly 'baked on Sir Wilfrid Laurier, and Sir •Geo,
:art shells. Garish with whipped Ross,. two premiers of the day.
cream and serve. "I was• given a day h, prepare it
This cherry mixture may also be and it was terrible," said Mr. Hep -
served, hot on waffles or French toast. burn, suriling at the memory of his
For dessert French toast dip the early days, "1 got my entrance ex
bread slices in corn flake crumbs. amination in that school, where we
The malt seasoning of the corn flakes used to sit two in a seat."
gives a rich flavor and the toast At St. Thomas Collegiate Institute
browns nicely. the politician of the future quickly
Dessert Preach Toast established a reputation in debating
2 eggs, 1 cup milk, 2 tbsps, honey circles. 'IIe was prominent also in ath-
or syrup, ':i tsp. salt, ?i; cup fine corn letics, taking part in rugby, baseball
flake crumbs, 6 slices of bread. and basketball. As a inenvher of a
Beat c,xgs slightly, • Add milk, .honey junior debating team, he distinguish -
and salt, Dip bread in egg mixture ed hiuteslf against a senior team
and then in corn flake crutnhs. Saute whom they defeated in competition,
on both sides until delicately brown- Mitchell 'Hepburn has always been a
ed. keen student of history. Principal
Gray of the Collegiate !Institute told
SOME NEW VARIETIES the boy that he was the only student
OF APPLES to whom he had given '100 per cent in
ltiel"ry,
:\Ithongh many new varieties of _� break ie the scholastic career of
apples have been tested at the Ex- Mitch Hepburn came a few weeks
perinletnai. Station, 'Fredericton, N.-hefore he was Atte to write his uta
13„ aurins recent year, only a very triculation. ".1 difference of opinion,-
as he described it, with one of the
teachers launchers him on a busbies -
career,
"There's a story behind ft." said
)Jr. Hepburn, settling down hi his
chair. "rite clay before I had this dif-
ference of opinion with the teacher.
there was a Hydro celebration held
on one of the farms and Sir Adapt
Beck was there. I went out to see it
with some of the other boys. We
climbed tip on a silo and one of the
boys threw an apple at Sir Adair
and knocked off his bowler hat. Wel.
there was the mischief to paw I was
blamed for it and in school next day
I ,teat. told I !would have to apologize
or discontinue my studies at the
school. V. K. 'Greer was the tttathc-
Grnvers are warned not to attempt maties teacher at the time. Well, I
shells.
There are dozens of varieties f 1100 be a 'little later than McIntosh.
cherries. .\l1 of these can he classi-
fied for cooking purposes Otto two
main groups, sweet and sour cherries,
Sweet cherries are delicious to eat as
they conte from the tree and are good
for canning or spicing, :Sour cher-
ries are nearly always cooked and
require sweetcuin;g. These are the
cherries that make the tarts that are
honored in song, tsory anti verse.
It is possible that red cherry tars
became famous just because they are
pretty to look at and good to eat.
However we must not forget that
cherries were a seasonal treat in the
good old days. Even the Queen of
Hearts could not have cherry tarts
o par, off this variety for'McIntosh
to
1, lues not even approach. i
quality.
undo -t5 is a promising 'winter var-
iety and recommended for extensive
trial tltrottghont all districts where
the Northern Spy does not thrive. It
is hardy, vigovais, a good bearer, •and
in quality, is equal to Northern 'Spy.
Soft cornu and warts are ng'y,
nafttfni and irritating. Remove them
quickly ar-:1 surely: with Douglas'
Egyptian Liniment.
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SEAFORTH, ONTARIO,
hadn't thrown the apple and I wasn't
going to apologize for something I
hadn't done, So I walked out of the
school, marched up the street and
into the Bank of Commerce, and got
thyself a job,"
A few months after starting work.
Young Hepburn was promoted to the
position of teller and transferred to
Winnipeg where he remained until
August, 1914. 'When war broke out
he enlisted in the Fort Garry Horse.
though only 17 years of age. But his
parents decided that he was too
young tc. shoulder a gait and march
to the tear and due their objec-
tions, the was discharged. 1 His father
urged him to cone hack t., Elgin and
look atter his farms • which had a
total area of nearly 1,t100 acre:
Bach came the young than and start-
ed to live the life of a farmer. Later
on he qualified at the military train-
ing school in Landon and joined the
air force. Ant an automobile accident
which lent hien with a' broken hip and
internal injuries, made him unfit for
any kind of soldiering and he was
discharged.
.For many years 'lir, Hepburn took
an active interest in the United .Fann-
ers of Ontario, particularly in the co-
operative end of the organization. He
was secretary of .the East 'Elgin U.
F. 0. for some years. IHe also organ-'
ized a co-operatdve dairy company
and for years supplied the Windsor
City 'Dairy with hulk. Mitchell :Hep-
burn had no more idea of going into
politics in a big way than he had of
going on the stage. But 'his keen in-
terest in political affairs caused the
Liberal executive in the county to
prick up their ears and look in his
direction in. 1926..Finalily they asked
him to accept the Liberal nomination,
The young Elgin fariner didn't want
it, But the party executive insisted
and so he gave in, The rest of the
story is well known. Making his first
run as a political candidate, he turned
a previous Conservative majority of
1,887 into a Liberal ma'jority of 1178.
Four years later he faced the electors
once more and this time ]lis majority
was 1,475. In .December, 110510, yield-
ing to the insistence of the Ontario
Liberal executive, he accepted the
provincial leadership:
Mr. Hepburn was married at an
earl age to Eva Burton, daughter of
a neighborini'g farmer who was the
son of a pioneer of 'Elgin, Joshia
Burton. Mrs. 21epbu'rn's mother, who
is still living, was the daughter of
Hannibal Harris, 'tknown as Elgin's
poet.
Mrs, Ilepburtt, an attractive-loolcui .
woman still youthful, likes politics,
even less than does her ,husbanr$
Reade and' +quietne'ss vanish wvthet:t'
polities enter the front door, she drag.
found out.
"But 1.1 Mitch wants it, then I must:
give him all the help in my power;
said Mrs. Hepburn. .
'Mrs. Hepburn is a native of Elgin
County and her father was known
far his allegiance to the Liberal party,
He died a year ago last April.
Eva Barton was married to Mitch-
ell Hepburn in 171118, and the couple-
went to live on the farm where he
was born, 38 years ago. They lraire
been there ever since. They have ria
children, Ott addition to her ifrc,us o-
hold duties, Mrs, Hepburn is tt cap-
able executive and she handles many
of the problems that crop up ,In con-
nection with the operation of a 600 -
acre farm, one of the largest its oafs-
part of the country, Despite her dis-
like of party pplitics, she cantpafgTred'
for her husband throughout every
part of the riding, delivering speeches,
and organizing saonreu .voters.
• PERTH VOTE
Dickson 'Richerds. , :
Stratford '.. , 5650 3497
St. \iarys ., 6715 11311Y
Lid'to%vel . „ 721 690
\IitrlielI 446 473
1'alnterstou „ . 41411 433
\lilvcrh,n 301 •239
Blansltard „ 479 5122:
Downie 833 4512
I?Mice „ .,,, „ 1529 412
E!uta . • I11015:G 692,
Ful larton-
2 ,....,,...
3 .......,.
4 .5,'..''.
Total .. •
Hibbert-
111.A.
ibbert111.A. .
1211
511'
603
66
86
59
73
037
6
4:
49
4{d
305
435 .J_
98
1152 raft:
3 i 174 858
4 1152 • 57
Total .. , 713 051.
Logan -
1..09 89
2 ,,,.,,,.,. 150
3 ,,...,,t166 551
4 , +115(1 ?iii
5 .,,..... 110'S 46
6 •0 Iii
7 85 7.1
Total 548
\Inrningtcn .. ra6'S a.13
N. Easthc. e a136 6
S. Ensthope 532 14
\Vallace ., 708 4.1'6
Grand totals .. 116,400 10,775
Majority for Dickson, 5,625.
HURON BRUCE VOTE .
Ashfield ,
Blyth
Brussels .,.,
Culross
Carrick
Colborne ..
E. •-"sVaw'anosh .
Hotvick „ ..
Huron ..
Kinloss ..
Lucknow ,
Grey Tw•p.--
1„
2 ....,
Moffat
:307
79
161
195
226
160
30
552
$sI,
3011
211.
44
40
211
4 . 2-2
5 70
6 , ...+. 44
7 24
Total . , 12853
Morris—
Ili
2
4 a
5 t ,,.,,
6
Total
Ripley
Tees:water ,,...
Tuinberry
W. 'Wawanosh
'517
65
711
738
616
154
('3013
69
98
2I{9
2170
\Vinghntm ........'5116
Grand totals 463111
'Majority ,for Robertson,
Robertso,.
511-3
111"=
756
467
60
31445.
481
1
325
105
00
g,?
144
1169
122
:D114
11'113
1100
90'
1(17
73 '
1101
59
'Ii7t2'
az
502
4006
16'41
6831,5
4,2011'.'
T -he number of thefts 'by truolcers,
reported to receivers of livestock. tri;
the Union Stock Yards and at the
plants, is definitely increasing ac-
cording to investigation by the ,Cirr-
tario Marlreting Boi,rd.
1Suc'h losses could be avoided II
shippers .would d'etnand that alt oS
their shipments by truck be melte.
under a bill of lading.
The Ontario Department of Agri-
culture provided the bill fladin -
with the express purpose of avoldung
such losses. Therefore it would seem•
that the shipper who ds not availing
himself of the protection afforded RI
this measure, or reporting his Ioss-
to the :proper authorities, is tut -wit-
tingly condoning these thefts- flux
other words, he is 'neither helping,
himself or those w'lto are• anxro'tts eu
lighten 'his burden,