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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1932-06-09, Page 4PGE FOUR. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. TH'UR'SDAY; JUNE 9, 1932. THE SEAFORTH NEWS. Snowdon Bros., Publishers, WALTON ilVIrss Viola Carter, who _ has been visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs. J. Carter, has returned to her position in Hamilton. Mr, and Mrs. John Carter of Wa't •erdown visited friends in the village last week. Mr, and Mrs. .Peter Kerr of Torun. -to are visiting friends in the village. Ged. Underwood of Streetsville spent the week ;end with friends hi the village. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Humphries and 'Miss Peppier of Walk'erville spent Sunday with the former's brother and sister, W. J. Humphries and Mrs. H,' 'S'hannon. Mr. W. J. Humphries is very ill with blood .poisoning in his hand, 'Nurse Stewart of Brussels is nursing him. Mr.- and Mrs. Gordon Taylor and, •Jeal!, of Guelph who have been visit- ing ahe fonmer's aunt, .Mrs. R. I-Ioy, ;have returned: to their home. Miss L. Parrott spent the week end with friends in Guelph. Miss Mildred Sellers spent the week end with friends. in Kitchener, Sellers and Clay 'd 'Mrs.S ers Mr, an 1- C.3 -ton spent the week end with the lat- ter's mother, Mrs. Hurley of Heidel- ' burg. Miss Ruby Young, teacher of Vat, -na, spent the week end with her par- ,ents,'Mr, and Mrs. T. Young. Mrs. I'vy. Henderson of McKillop, Visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Love on Wednesday. (Lawrence and Viola Marks spent the week end with their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs..' :Wanks, 5th concession of Morris. . Our school teaoher, Miss L. Par- rott has resigned; she is contemplat- ing taking a better position. •Mr, and Mrs. Basil Wilson and 1, Donald of Landon, who have been visiting' the lady's parents, Mr. and :Irs. R. Hoy, have returned home, Mrs. Wes. Clark and baby have come home from Listowel hospital. 'We welcome them. Mrs. Margaret Dougherty and her mother, Mrs. John Fulton and .Mrs. Stanley Dougherty of Blyth visited !friends in Walton. Miss Viola Carter of Toronto spent .a couple of days last week with her parents. Lyddiatt-Ritchie.--On Wednesday, ,June 1st, at Duff's Church manse. "Walton, the wedding was solemnized .of Janet Gertrude, daughter of Mr. -and Mrs, John Ritchie, to Cecil A. Lydiatt, son of Mrs. Lydiatt and the late A, Lyddiatt. The ceremony was 'performed by Rev. Mr. Cumming. The bride was charmingly gowned in 'beige georgette and lace, With acces- sories to Match, and wore a fax fur scarf, the gift of the groom. She :vas .attended 'by her sister, Miss Isabel Ritchie. who wore a gown of printed chiffon with touches of b:a'&c. Mr. Will Stone, of Gue;ph, tIcizeii as groomsman, Followingthe seeemens- a wedding dinner waserved a. the 'home of the bride's parents - .:n:,-e- dtate relatives and friends, aftee which .Mfr. and Mrs. Lyddiatt left by motor for Meskska, the bride travelling in a brown crepe dress, with coat and 'hat. of dark green. On their return they will live in Hullett township, BLYTH. Pupils of Elizabeth Mills are ar- ranging a musicale to be given in Queen street Church on Thursday ev- ening, June 16th, at 8 p.m, Boys of Dr. Toll's Junior Band will contribute duets and quartettes. There will be an assisting tenor soloist. All inter- ested in the musical education of the child are invited to attend. The regular. . monthly meeting of the 'Women's Institute was held in Me- morial Hall on Thursday, June 2nd, with the new president, Mrs. 5. W. Scott, presiding. Meeting opened by singing our Institute Rally song after which the Lord's prayer was repeated in unison. The president then gave a brief talk by way of introduction to her office during the business period of the meeting. A vote of appreciation was tendered the retiring president, Lylrcs, R. Richmond for her many years of faithful service. Topic, "Vegetables their food value and preparation, was taken by Mrs. F. Oster; reading, "A Dark Cloud and Its Silver Lining" was given by Mrs. H. M. Patterson duet, "Juanita," by -''frs. L. Scrim- geour, and Mrs. Wm. Gibson and was hutch appreciated. A pie con- gest, "Best Rhubarb Pie," by four -mewbers." Judges, Mrs. J. S, Chel- Je'w, Mrs, John McGee, Mrs, J. W. Wills. The first prize was awarded !Mrs. R. Richmond, who gave recipe }tor sane; 2nd prize to Mrs. J. W. !Scott. Roll call was answered by a :step -saver. The national anthem 'was 'sung in closing, Group No. 1 served a dainty lunch. Mrs. R.. Richmond, \frs. J. W. Scott, Mrs. P. J. Kelly, Mrs. Ed. J'o'hnston. Mr, and Mrs. William Patters:ort of -Chicago were visitors with the for- mer's mother, Mrs. H', M. Patterson, last week, Mr. Lyle Rohinson of Humberstone Miss Waicom of Niagara Falls and Miss -Lois Robinson of Stratford nor- - mal were week end visitors' with R; 'r H, and Mrs. Robinson, Brussels 1, Egtnondville 2. lEgmnnd!v'ille won` 'a close, hard *name at Brussels. Wednesday,' Don. Dale scored the 1st goal ` for Eg- mondvll'I_e 20 secoo'tjls aflter the game Come in and see our new and used cars Agent for ehrysler, De Soto, Plymouth JOHN GALLOP AGENT FOR FROST FENCE SUPERTEST GAS and OILS All Repairs and Labor Cash, started. In the second period Hoover scored Brussels single goal, and John Flannery shortly' afterwards got a second one for Egnaondvill.e. Eg Chas. Ferguson, lite u 'Mlle 1 g, monde P def. R. M•dGeoch,T Hdcknell; h backs Jock Doig, A. Nicholson, Patrick; fwd. Don, Dale; rw• W. Weight, J, Flannery; lw, D. Sills, J. \'Io\Mi-llan,, iFerg. Bullard of Winthrop; referee, CONSTANCE. The W.M.S. of the United Church are holding a social afternoon on Thursday, June 16th. The ladies of the Londesboro United Church have accepted an invitation to be present. Mrs, (iRev.) Lane of Seaforth, who was appointed a delegate to the Do- minion Conference will be present and give an address on the Confer- ence, Tea . will be served. Mr. and Mrs. Roy :Lawson and dau- ghter Marion, visited Staffa friends on Sunday last. Mr. and Mrs. E. Adams visited Staffa friends on Sunday last. The community was shocked on 'Tuesday morning on hearing of the sudden death of Mr. Thos. McMillan, M;P. Much sympathy is felt for his daughter, Miss' Margaret McMillan. Miss Elva Wheatley of Toronto, who was spending her holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Wheatley,' returned on Sunday. -lir. D. -lfillsonr and sister, Mrs. P. Lindsay, visited at the home of Mr. 11 aster Broadfoot on Sunday,.. The Golden Links Mission Band met on Saturday. the leader, Mrs. B. B. Stephenson. conducting the meet- ing. The worship theme was read. by DorisLawson. sang hymn 40. The tn,n..fea were read by. Edith Britton. Bm lues was discussed. , Roll was called by each naming a verse with "Faith" in it. 'Marion 'Lawson gave a e_°:^g on "Japan" and a reading on Korea' was given by Ella Dextsr. The story of Korea from the story i_ac was given by Mrs. Stephenson. Meeting closed with hymn. 429, `From a Little Child like Me." All united in the Mizpah benediction, 'Ir. and Mrs, Ernest Blacker of Goderich township spent Sunday With. 'Ir. and Mrs. Joseph Riley. 1Mr. Benj. Riley is spending a week with his daughter, Mrs, Stanley Munn of Chatham. Mr, and Mrs. John Mann and fam- ily visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Grlmoldby on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hoggarth and Mr. and Mrs, Tom Riley of Clinton spent Sunday with Mrs. George Riley of the village. Mr. Bert Barwick and his mother of Goderich townhsip spent the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. 'Ad- ant Nicholson. ;Messrs. John and Jos. Mann and Miss Jennie Mann of near Clinton visited at the home of Mr. and Sirs. Chas. Riley on Sunday. • Mr, and Mrs. Verne Dale moved into Mrs. Edwin 'Britton's house last week. Mr, and Mrs, Austin Dexter -and family spent Sunday with Mn. and Mrs. Wm. Vodden, Goderich Twp. STANLEY. The 'Goshen -Blake ' young people will hold their anniversary services at the Blake Church on ;Sunday after- noon, June 19, When Rev, W. O. Ro- binson will he the special preacher. The regular meeting of the Blake and Goshen Young People's Society was.held on Friday evening at Goshen Church with a very gaol attendance. The meeting was opened with com- munity singing lead by the president, Mr. Will Robinson. Then followed the business session. dt was decided that the Young People hold' a picnic to Baytfield nest Saturday, June 11,T'he. devotional part of the meeting was lead by Harvey Keys, opening with Che hymn 'Lead on, 0 king eternal," Prayer was offered by Rev. Poulter. The less -on Eph. the •6th chapter, verses 5 to 9 were read by Elva Mt- Clinchey. Another hymn, "Faith of our Fathers living still" was sung., The topic "What Does it mean to be a Christian in work," was given by Rev. Poulter. The discussion was lead by Mr. Robinson. The hymn "A'Ll hail the rawer of Jesus' name" was sung' Followed by a half hour of recreation lead by Margaret Robinson. Mr. and Mrs.. W. H, S'togdill of Sutton visited with the She Ratter's mother, Mrs. Geo. Dowson and fain- ily this week. Rev. Jas. Foote of Carleton Place, s'pelrt the week end at the home of his brotther, Mr. Andrew .F+oote:' Rev. and Mrs.- Ben Wilson of Ber- kley, California, and Miss (Rose 'Ait- ken of Godericll, visited at the 'house of Mrs Robiteson Sr„ on Tuesday, 'Mr. and Mrs. Ruskin heys of East Windsor ePen t 'Sunday vi th the tot mer s parents, Mr. and Mrs, Nelsont Keys. We notice with pleasure that Mr. Henry lic'Gaviu of Tuckersmith has celebrated his 89th 'birthday and is still 'hale and hearty. His many 'Stan- ley friends extend congratulations. lir. and Mrs. Edwin Hobson and children of St. Thomas, spent the week end with friends on the Bron- son and Sauble lines. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Penhale and .children spent a -few days with friends at London and Yarmouth Centre. Mr. Fred Watson spent a couple of days at London and St. Thomas' last week, (School Report. --The following is the school report of S.S.'N'o. 14, 'Stan- ley, for May: Sr. IV.e Margaret Jones 64%, Wil- mer 'Jones 60%, Wesley ;Tones - 60, Alex. MCBeath 53%. gr. LV. -Aubrey Farquhar 56, Har- old Jones 54, Audrey Cochrane ab- sent. tSr. PPI. --!Mary Farquhar G1, Kath- leen Jones 59, Marian Kerslake 56, George Clifton absent, Sr. I;I.-Eric ;Switzer 48. Jr..I'I.-'Donald Switzer and 'Ernie "Talbot 62, Kenneth McKenzie 42. L -Lois Rathwell, .Jean Spier. Sr. ;Pr. --Mildred Jones (promoted to Jr. II.). Pr. Donny McKenzie, Alvin Kerslake, Betty Switzer. No. on roll, 21, average attendance 18.52. P. C. Penfold, Teacher. THOMAS McMILLAN. (Continued .from Page One.) was. learning a trade, not earning nig- ney, this broad shouldered young Scat who stood 6. ft. 2 in. 1n his stocking feet, ran away and •under- took .the laborious tasks allotted to a beginner in the Iron'svorks to earn his passage money to Upper Canada. In 1844 he purchased from the. Canada Company Lot 2 in the 5th. Concession of Hullett township, in the County of Huron, which has been the family hone to this day. Joint McMillan built his log -'shanty on this farm in 1645 and during the next seven years he chapped, cleared and fenced with his own hands sev- enty acres of as solid hardwood bush as ever faced any axe roan. The help he got in logging he paid back with his own labor, so the entire achieve- ment was his, The shoem'aker's ap- prentice very quickly became :an ex- pert axenian and the windrows of trees he .felled is still a topic of con- versation among the oldest' of the se- cond generation in the neighborhood, John McMillan is one of the ex- amples of a man determined to suc- ceed in his chosen calling, and bring- ing to his support not only great phy- sical strength but a rare intelligence that readily recognized the value of 'knowledge to wresting a livelihood from the soil. If there was a better way to handle soil and so improve. the crops, he was out to,learn and adopt it. The condition of his land, the quality of his crops, and 'his 'me- thods of farming trade him early recognized as -a leader in his -business, consequently he was selected, in 1880, as a member of the Agricultural Commission appointed to report on farming conditions' in Ontario. . As a Lecturer. Though he had no technical train., ing in agriculture he was asked to lecture to the students at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, and be- ing a gifted public speaker, and 'hav- ing a sound knowledge r,f successful farming, his work emocg the. stud- ents was greatly appreciated. He was a 'member of the Advisory Board of the Agricultural College, appointed to assist in its management. Mr. McMil- lan was also in great demand as a speaker at fanner,' institutes, and one of his addresses, "Weeds the poor farmer's friend," is still remembered. In his address he gave "weeds" the credit of compelling bad farmers to cultivate and till enough to kill them, and in this way to firm their soil, form a dust mulch to prevent evap- oration and so ensure better crops. Not long ago Dean Rutherford .of the Saskatchewan Agricultural' College, was speaking of this address .as one of the first that interested him' in scientific agriculture. • 4n 1682 John McMillan was elected to the House of Comnso!ls fol• 'S'oath 'Huron, but Sir Richard Cartwright having lost, his seat, Mr, McMillan re- signed in his favor and gage him the seat in 1883, In the three following elections of 11887, 1891:' and 1896, he was elected and represented the con- stituency in the House of Commons as a Liberal. In 1900 he was defeated by an independent Liberal candidate. On the hustings and ; in Parliament John M'dMil'lan was to be reckoned.. with in, any debate, and ;when 'matters affecting agriculture were under dis- cussion he was easily recognized ac x.Y an authority. 'Last stimnner Archie His�lo'p remarked to tine that Huron county had produced a great many !able public '.speakers among .the pol- iticians wham. he remembered, but he Said there were none for whom their'antag'onists had /a more wholeso'me respect than. John -McMillan. He had a •ready command of language, a great fund oif in'forhnation, and a wit and Force that anade the most:, doughty opponent quail. The Second Generation 'John McMillan 'was succeeded is .the `Holm Farm," as they .named it, by his son 'Thomas. As a young man Tom had not the best of health though he says he cannot quite rem- emiber when he was not welt enough' to milk cows, Formany ye'ars they were the largest patrons of the local cheese factory and milked from 20 to 25 cows. Ever ready to adopt up-to- date' methods of farmin!a MCMillarvs were'among the first in Ontario to use silo's, constructing them in a cor- ner of the barn, in an o'ctagon'al forst about the year 11889,' and later, about .1897, building huge cement struc- tures that are still standing and par- tially in use' though no longer com- pletely filled as they had capacity 'for 40 acres of fodder corn, which at one time formed an annual crop on the used and was s 1 n farms a to feed McMillan ltd beef steers. dairy cows a When a lad about fifteen Tont Mc - Milian attended a debating - satiety, organized in his neighborhood and `took part in a great manly .of the dis- cussions, 'Posse'ssed of a natural ap= titude for :public spe•alcing he soon became quite proficient as a debator, t5'onte half dozen years later, the l'a'te Thomas Gibson, then Member of the Ontario Legislature for Centre Huron attended one of these debates, and ,when the Ontario general elections came on in the following June he in- sisted that Tom McMillan • should take the "stomp" for him, and that the part this young -man should play was to attend the meetings of the op- position candidate. The practice then was to offer some time to your o'p- ponenrtat every meeting, and no bet- ter training could be given a young man in public apealcin'g than to go, up against an opposition meeting. That was* the real test. ofhis mettle. It was soon recogn'ize'd that Tom Mc- Millan, like his .father, was an oppon- ent worthy df anyone's steel. Later, in the Dominion electron, M'dMillan senior was not over keen to trust the battle to the boys 'but party friends insisted on Tom again taking the stump and from then until the present day any political contest in Huron is likely to hear the voice of Th'o'mas 14cMi'llan. One of the Ontario farm journals began offering prizes to farm boys for essays on 'practical-.agricul!tural topics such as "Wintering Stock Cattle." "Un'derdrainin'g Farm's," "Soiling Crops," and Tont entered the competition with the result that in the twelve or fifteen competitions lie won first prize in all but one, and in that he came second. He was writing of what he knew and did, and no better tribute could be paid the McMillan methods of farming than the winning of these prizes. !Shortly after this time F. W. Hod- son became. Superintendent of Far- mers' Institutes for the Province. He insisted on Tom McMillan becoming one of the lecturers and for soine twenty years, he spent a part of each winter .discussing farm topics through Ontario, and was regarded as one of the most practical as well as one- of the most effective lecturers on the Institute's staff. He talked from ex- perience only, This work, however, was never allowed to interfere with the farm operations.. 'Tire winter feeding of cattle has been the chief operation on the Mc- Millan farm. This entails of course the production of feed and other pre- paration for the winter's work. Be- ginning in 1680, for forty-eight con- secutive years, a group of ,steers has been fed on the McMillan farms, and it is doubtful, if beef table feeding has been carried on by any other On- tario farmer with more uniform suc- cess. iAs many as 11'8 • steers 'have Ibsen fed in a winter, but of'late years, 'because of difficulty i11 securing help, the number has. been reduced, and last Ifail sixty were put: in to feed.. 'Tile plan has a ways been to winter the gabble well on silage, nay and grain, !and finish them on the grass, selling in 'June or (July, '.Of late years sweet clover has been grown for, silage Mr. McMillan greatly prefers it over conn, 'Et leaves the land richer where :corn exhausts it, and -by growing the white .mammoth lee has cut 'from 12 to 15 toils of silage to the acre. 1t is cut quite green, before tet stapes begin. to darken at the roots and makes ex-. celient feed, aft is cut before harvest • and the ground is ready for the plough and that much work is over. He grows abottt.l8 -acres for ensilage. lOne half of Mr. McMillan's success in feeding cattle might be attributed t6 his judgment in buying his steers in the autumn. NO bad doers can find a place in leis .feed lot. He is not' looking for thin stuff to put" on a vl'.ot of meat. 11!f steeds are on any sort of good grass Tom says he likes to buffy these 'in the ibest flesh as that'is rather good proof that they will put on creat wtel fed. IIia is also o loalan g for 'shapely animal's wiwithsouls breedin g about them, no scalawag steer is wanted to spoil the ap'pearan'ce o'f the bunch. He is looking for type \and' uniformity and he always wants a few of what he calls "top notehers," they are good to fill a buyer's 'eye. IFor a number of years Thos. Mc- Millan in company with Isis brother iRlotbert, exported their owe cattle and sold them in Glasgow and for six years, from 11893 to 1592 the McMillan cattle realized a higher ,price. -on the Glasgow market than any other im- port cattle and as these were years 'when a great many beef cattle were marketed across the water, it was no eight achievement. Tans made nine trips over ,with the cattle himself and so had an opportunity bo study the market at first hand, Since '1900 Mr. McMillan has sold his cattle at home, 'with the ,exception of 11921, when cat- Itle could hardly he disposed' - of in !Ontario. Then with his usual' re- sourcefulness, he secured space on a steamship at high rates, but sold well in Glasgow and made a handsome ,profit on the transaction.. Sn 1913 some of Thos. McMillan's cattle went to the Buffalo market and the 'Buffalo Daily Live Stock Record, of June 25th, 191'3, had this to say of theist: "The two highest priced loads of Canadian steers that were ever Marketed here, were sold today, the price being Si1'3!50. Opinion among order buyers for shipping cattle was generally that they were- beyond doubt the best finished cattle that were ever offered for sale at Buffalo out of the Dominion.. The two load's 'were fed by Thos. McMillan, of Sea - forth, Ont., who is one of the most prominent farmers in the •Dominion. These two loads averaged 1,540 lbs." The i'I'cMiilans, father and sons, imported Clydesdale horses for sev- eral years, bringing over some thirty- five stead, .but abandoned it in 129'5' When horses became very oheap. iTh'om•as• McMillan breeds a fete 'Clydesdales yet, and both he and his son William like good work horses and keep such about them. Mr. Thos. McMillan has judged heavy horses and beef cattle at a great many Can- adian - exhibitions from Charlotte- town, PJEJI., to Vancouver,, B.C. In the year 1904 he spent five weeks judging at fairs in -Western Canada. ''Thomas McMillan married Miss Mary McLean, who lived in an, ad- joining township. She was a daughter of the land, with a full appreciation of the value of rural life,and until' her death in 1926 was an, admirable 'help- m'ate at the "Holm Farm." Their.'eld- est son John died while, in . residence on the adjoining .farm leaving one TRY Gillespies Dyers Cleaners (Stter- s Y WITH YOUR NEXT ORDER Phone I96w. We call and deliver V. J: Gillespie, Prop, EUGENE Permanent Waves .• (ALSO LOW PRICED' WAVES) Ina Gray, Seaforth PIIONE 125 son.. The other son William, who was -an ideal farmer that kept abreast of leis work with little•fuss and much ef- ficiency, died wwithin the past year. ,The ,daughter Margaret is still at ttohoo'1 and has a lively interest in all ant -of -doors, One of the most constructive things about Th'oma's MdMtllan's farming is that dining these operations, at one time or ano'ther, six young leen en- gaged to worik for him who at that time didn't possess a dollar, and now every one of the six owns his own farm free of encumbrance. They pro- bably learned 'farm man'agemeat in a good school 'an'd knew so'nrething of good Methods ' of cultivation before they left the blcMiilan employ, !There are few farm's with a more complete system o -f iunderdraining, 'Mr. MoMillan estimated that in their pre'sen't farm of 150 acres they have $7,000 worth tf tile drains. ;No tile less than 3" in diatndter were put in and the inai'n drains are much larger. For years 'they used to buy one and sometimes two car lo'ad's of tile. This, said Mr. MdMi11'an, Was the best spent money on the farm. "It was a job.," he added, "we always ' looked after ourselves. We hired one or two dit *hers to dig but we always saw, when the tile was laid, that the water would run, I -remember when a youth I dis- puted with a ditcher about _his levels," he remarked, "I well understood that this man. would not readily take the opinion of a boy, so I went off to the. barn, got a horse and stoneboat and hauled a barrel• of water tip to the ditch, dumped itin and provedtq the ditcher that the tile would not carry it off because his level's were wron'g, and so got the ditch correct- ed before it was too late," This was a case where thoroughness counted. lltt 1996 'Thos. McMillan was ap- pointed a member of the Special ,Committee on Horse Breeding in On- tario, and inspected and valued for the Department of Agriculture all the Draught Stallions its the Counties of 'Peet, Simcoe, York and -Ontario, In 1920 he was a member of the Ontario IRunaJ Credits Commission that rec- ommended the establishment of the Provincial Savings Banks and Farm` ILoans. Ytr., M'c'iiilan was an unsuccessful candidate for the House of Commons in 1917 and 1921, but was elected in 1925 and again in 1926 by a majority of 1;100, and again in 1930. Interested though he was in. politics and public business, having also serv- ed his township as Councillor a*eliese. +Reeve, Mr. McMillan was above all else a farmer, with pride in his land and his cattle. His clean fields, bear- ing excellent' crops, were a tribute to the industry and efficiency of himself and his son. 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