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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1938-07-08, Page 2• Ir; sti is tvi' t, !rr y7 'ran Ekpositor Established 1860 h McPhail McLean, Editor. ax'lished at Seaforth, Ontario, e' - Thursday afternoon by McLean OS. • Subscription rates, $1.50 a year in advance ; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single copies, 4 cents each. Advertising rates on application. BEAFORTH, Friday, July 8r 1938.. Dominion Dap On Friday last Canadians celebrat- ed the seventy-first anniversary of the birth of their nation. On that dace seventy-one years ago the four British North American Colonies, Upper and Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; joined forces to form the Dominion of Can- ada. The name "Dominion" is credited to Sir Leonard Tilley, • a member of th e Executive Council of New Brunswick who was a strong sup- porter of.Confederation. It was Sir Leonard's custom each morning to read a chapte�' from the Bible, and one day when the British North America Act was being pre- pared, his reading was from the seventy-second Psalm in which is the verse: "He shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth." The name "dominion" so appealed to him that'he suggested to the sit- ting conference that it be incorporat- ed in the title of the new nation, and the Fathers of Confederation having the vision of a nation extending from sea to sea, as it does to -day, agreed, and called their new nation the Do- minion of Canada. What changes have been wrought in those seventy-one years, although it is but the space of a life time. More changes, perhaps. than had oc- curred in the two or three preceding centuries. We send messages over the telegraph wires; we talk over the telephone ; we have the radio; we fly and cars have eliminated distances on land. But are the people of to -day any better satisfied with life than were the people of seventy-one years ago? Some times we doubt it. Doubt. it sadly. Why, on Friday last it rain- ed, and what a wail went up over the land. The picnics, the alit trips, the celebrations, the sports were all spoiled. Not a word about what the rain would mean to the country; the millions of dollars it would • add to the value of our crops. Not a single word. But we are like that, aren't we? tit • The American • Fourth On Friday last we celebrated our seventy-first birthday preceding by only three days the celebration of our neighbors to the south, although there are one hundred years and more between the two anniversaries_ Monday was the United States of America's Glorious Fourth. And no one on this side of the line mild plead ignorance of that fact. During the week -end American automobiles poured, over our Cana- dian highways in a steady stream, the greatest, it is believed, in the country's history. The through highways, of course, carried the bulk of the visitor's cars, but no part of Ontario was' too far inland to "escape the notice of our American guests. And they are our guests, and very welcome ones too. We hope they all had a good time. We hope you did your part cheerfully and;.willingly to welcome and .erect them. • o,l t Paid to Mr. Bennett the closing hours of the nary session at Ottawa on m arry fitting tributes tr Ron. 11.'. Bennett, C.d a4 c k '^ ,�. 'a:er of the •Con= wtthate�l with that e. {iN:ws r;r �4.I11., For eleven years Mr. Bennett has been the leader of his party and for five of those years- he was Prime Minister of Canada, a position he filled with great credit, in the face of the most difficult period that, per- haps, has ever confronted a Domin- ion Premier. To- accomplish that requires a man of exceptional ability. Arid -Mr. Bennett, is that. In fact, irrespective of politics, he is recognized as one of the greatest Parliamentarians in Canadian history. None have ever possessed a larger grasp of . depart- mental affairs, and few .have ever been able to express that knowledge more clearly and concisely. The retirement, therefore, of Mr. Bennett from the leadership of the Conservative party was not occasion- ed by either lack of ability or lack of appreciation on the part of his party followers. It was occasioned entire- ly by the state of Mr. Bennett's health. A man of intense industry and, action, during the whole of his Premiership, he shouldered responsi- bilities beyond the physical powers of any man and with the inevitable result. During the last year of his office he suffered a severe heart ailment, and although that has happily been relieved and his health largely re- stored, he has evidently been forced to the conclusion that the heavy re- sponsibilities of party leadership must now pass to younger shoulders. His decision ' is a hard blow to the Conservative party; but that party must fully realize its justness. At the same time not only the Conserva- tive party, but all loyal Canadians, will hope that Mr. Bennett will con- tinue to sit in Parliament and place his experience and ability at the ser- vices, of his country. • ' THE HON EXP.+ s Rt• it+ tt 40 uAll.h:el it w J , JULY' 8, 1938: A Good Hap Crop The hay crop is about seventy-five per cent. harvested and it is a good one. In fact it is a bumper crop, par- ticularly clover, which is the best in many years. The rain over the week -end put a stop to haying operations, but on the whole the weather has been very favorable for both cutting and cur- ing and an immense amount of first class feed is going and has gone into the mows. Fall wheat is on the way too, and will likely crowd the hay a little, as it is estimated that the wheat har- vest will be from a week to two weeks earlier this year. There does not appear to be a weak spot in the crops in this dis- trict this year. It is true that the corn needs some heat,' but there is plenty of time for that yet. Every- thing else is abundant, including work. • All That Is Left Of It Ice is rather a pleasurable topic of conversation during the average -Month of July. That is our excuse for 'talking about ice that once. was, but now soon will be no more. You remember a few months ago —it seems like a few days—when you were leaning into the radio and scanning the daily papers to hear and see the latest news about the Niagara River ice jam? And it was a real jam, one -hun- dred feet high, and ten miles long. A jam that destroyed the Honey- moon Bridge; buried a power plant, and did many. other wonderful and destructive things. Well, that mighty ice jam, or all that is left of it, is still at Niagara. And all that is left of it is a block of ice estimated at about four hun- dred pounds, and it lies in a shady 'spot near the falls. Nature can do wonderful things and do them in a hurry too. It didn't take her long to build an ice jam, the size' of which circled the globe, as news. It didn't take her long to reduce that ice jam down to a block of ice that some householder will probably cart away. to put in his or her.re- frigerator.Perhaps next year she will do the salve again, but we hope she will do her Wilding on a much more modest Beale, S5 Years Agone interesting Items Picked From The Huron Expositor of Fifty. end Twentjrilve Years Ata From The Huron Expositor July 11, 1913 The following pupils were in the honor list at the Seaforth Collegiate Institute at the June examinations: Form 1—Helen Carswell, Annie Archi- bald, Erma. Freeman,, Clarissa Scott, Mallory Andrews, Ella Turnbull, Cal - lista Malone. Form II—Elgin Hess, Katie Cowan, N. Truemner, Patrick. Doyle. Mr. George Tthiel, who carries freight between Zurich and Heasall, was prostrated by heat on Saturday. W. H. Hoffman secured the first mall route contract for Zurich. His was the only tender. Mr. John B. Mustard met with a nasty accident on. Thursday afternoon when be -Was pulling down the hay fork rope in the barn which broke and came ,down and Chit him onthe ankle. Mr. R. H. Archibald, of Seaforth, has been engaged as mathematical master in the Dunnville Collegiate In- stitute. Miss Ada Goveniock has been ap- pointed English teacher in the Mit- chell High School. Mesers. Arthur Forbes, Chester, Crich, Neil McLeod, R. Powell and M. McLeod took in the K. P. conven- tion at Berlin on Tuesday. On Friday evening last a reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eberhart, Staffa, at which the guests. numbered one hundred, At the close of tthe meeting two very handsome chairs were presented, by the choir of Cromarty Church, of which Mrs. Eberhart was a member. The series of games in the men's singles competition held by the Sea,-, forth Tennis Club, was brought to a close on Monday afternoon, when A. A. Naylor beat A. R. Merten in the finals with a score 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Other players in. the games were Miller, Mc- Kenzie, Bell, Gillies, Jones, Stewart, Hays, Taylor, Hinchley, Hammett, Colemar and Israel. Mr. W. G. Wallace, of the fourth concession of Tuckersrnith, had a close call during an electrical storm recently. He was, carrying some cul- tivator hose to the barn when a flash of lightning stopped him. He was dazed and could not drop the hose. He is still very sore from the effects of the shock. Phil Osifei Of Lazy Meadows (By Harry J. Boyle) • "GRUMBLING" We have the personification of slow motion down hart- at Lazy Mea- dows in the person of a new hired man. He's tall, thin, tobacco-enew- ing and of the "complaining" sort. It starts in the 'morning when bo gets up. He suddenly develops a bel- ow cough, that sounds like a sneez- ing spirit in a sepulchre. He slams the window down and complains "rn a loud voice that the heavy' dew has colle,,eted on his lungs. • The cough disappears during the breakfast hour, but as soon as it's ev- er he remembers to start complain- ing' about Jessy, our brindle cow who made him chase all Over the back fifty before she would come up to be milk- ed. He forgets to pick up one, foot and slithers over the bottom rail on the barnyard fence, and then starts hollering all get 'out that the top has been knocked over from his biggest corn, We get back to .the hay field and he sneezes once or twice and puts up a strong protest to high heaven about the rag weed. It's the cause of his slow decline into poor health because of the asthma or catarrh or some- thtng. After he has .pitched on about half a load of hay he develops a sore heel. That new pair of sthoes is rubbing on a tender spot, and he starts limp- ing. He keeps this up, all the Bine complaining about the fact that shoe aren't made as good now as they were in the old days. He's:got a twinge of rheumatism in his left arm before the load is all on. ,teen bothering him for months now, and the supposes that • some of these days he will have to stop work and take up a wheel -chair as a permanent address. He 'can just feel the pain in every mus,clle in his body as he climbs on the back of the wagon to ride up to the barn. He chews all • From The Huron Expositor July 13, 1888 Coal is being delivered in Goderich at$6.00aton. Mr. James Brintneil, of flensall, re- cently met with a severe accident. While engaged' in cutting off 'some, rivets of the salt pan, one of them flew from the hammer with great force, inflicting a deep and serious wound in his windpipe. At the closing entertainment of the Sea forth Collegiate Institute two weeks ago, the following students received their diplomas for art courses : Miss Jennie Goven- lock, Miss Lizzie H. Smith, Charles Aberhart, James Dickson and James McArter. Mr. John Kidd, brother of Mr. Thomas Kidd, of Seaforth, has pur- chased the salt works in Seaforth and Go -deride belonging tri the Jos. Kidd Estate. Mr. Davidson is having the Com- mercial Hotel renovated from top to bottom and the outside painted. Mr. Robert Jamieson, of the Golden Lion Store starts on this sena-annual trip to the Old Country next week. Mr. Edward Coleman has purchased a fine new Englisch dog dart, and Mr. John Ward is making him a chandsome set of gold mounted tandem harness. Mr. W. J. Dawson, late of the Lon- don police force, has leased one of Mr.' Carmichael's stores in the Royal Hotel block and intends starting a bakery and restaurant. Farr's Hotel in. Dublin was burned on Thursday morning. Mr. John Andrew, of Ashfield, has put a splendid foundation, under one of his barns. Mr. James Jarrett is going to start butchering in Hillsgreen. Mrs. Morrison, of McKillop, left for Ireland a week ago, it is said for a windfall of $5,000 or $10,000. Mr. John Vail, of Exeter, grew a strawberry in his garden which mea- sured 8% dashes. Mrs. Oswald Sturdy, of Goderich, bas a novelty in the sthape of a rose bush which bears two •kinds, of roses, one a beautiful red, the: other a pink: Miss Minnie McHardy, of Belmor , was awarded the gold medal for in- strumental nstrumental music, and harmony at the opening exercises of the Whitby Lad- ies' College. On Friday afternoon last people came from all directions to attend the lawn social given at the home of Mrs. R. Melba, Kippen. Among those Who made impromptu speeobes were J. S. Cooke, Hensall, and S. Acheson, Kip - pen.; readings by Rev. W. Cousens and A. McKibbon; J. S. Muldew, of Seaforth', and W. Doig, Tuckersmith. "The neighbors, tell me that you have a model husband, Mrs. Hicks." "Yus, sir; but 'e ain't a workin' mo- del." Suitor: "I've come to you, sir, to ask for your daughter's hand." Father: "Tell me, when were you first struck by her?" Suitor: "But, sir, we've not quar- reled so far," • An American spending a holiday in Paris, was endeavoring to work off some of his French, In a cafe. "Garstang," he said after a lengthhy study of the menti, "jee desir Con- sofrrtme ]royal' et un piece of ,pang et burs . . . not Un Piece of bang." The waiter said' + heilpfw]ly: "Fm sorry, sir, I don't .,peak Freneeli.'t "Very well," snapped, the ,diner ir- ritably. "Send me eorneone Who caul" tobacco the oomplaln4ng bitterly that tobacco is getting dearer .all the time. The plugs are swaller than they used to be and leaves used are awful bitter.. He keeps sprayingtobacco juice tail over the hay as he mows it away back in the big mow. I don't think 1'11 use ;any salt this year on the hay, because thatectly, ,tobacco. juice will cure it per - Soon he starts talking about .the Government, and- how they are et - ting worse • and worse all the tie. The country is going in debt all the time, and soon there won't be a country in the world that would take Canada as a gift. Some of theses days the Government will sell us all to some dictator as targets for army practise. On the way back the laneway he sees dire things in store for all the farmers. It probably will be a dry summer and the crops will all shrivel up. Then what didn't dry up would aft' be eaten up by the grasshoppers. The price of grain was going to be very poor. Then in the fall there would be such a burst of 'rain that all the potatoes would rot. By the time we got back to the hay field he was certain that it was go- ing to rain. Yes, it would rain over- night and that whole east hen -field that borders on the Higgins place would be ruined. A caterpillar tend called for the observation that all`the fruit was go- ing to be destroyed. Apples would be an awful price. -The newspaper said there was going to be another war. He pictured poison gas droppedfrom airplanes that would wipe out " the whole of the countryside. And so on and on.- He complains all day and punctuates, all his com- plaints with a good hearty quid of tobacco. He's about the most melan- choly person I ever• knew, and yet I enjoy shim: At first he •had me down complaining with him, but now 1 just time, let him ramble along. Immisaassemaimaximaisakinximumi JUST A SMILE TWO , A newspaper account of a disas- trous shipwreck states: "The vessel sank witdn all aboard except one lady passenger. She was insured for a large suer and loaded with pig neon." • s.: Teacher: "Now, can any of you girls tell me what a mandate is?" Bright Young Thing: "Yes, miss; an appointment with a boy friend." • The Irishman was relating his ad- venturese in the jungle. "Ammunition, food and whisky had run out," lie said, "and we were parched with thirst." "But wasn't there any water?" "Sure, but it was no time to be thinking of cleanliness." • • Joan, aged five, was speak gnricmf her father on the telephone for the first time. As it was a little above her reach, her mother tipped the mouthpiece down toward her. "Oh, don't do that, mummy," she exclaimed. "Daddy might fall out!" Hotel Clerk (to guest from the country) : "Of course, you'll want run- ning water in your room?" Guest: "Why? Do I look like a trout?" • "Come on, Bill, let's play baseball." "Can't—I have to help -Dad with the (lishes," ,- ..-_ ti • The King was in his counting house, Adding casb in stacks; Along came the Internal Revenuer And took, it all for tax. • First 'Businessman: have you?" Second Ditto (looking at watch) : "A quarter to," F. B. M.: "Quarter to what?" S. B. M,: "Dunes You see, times got so tough I had to lay off one of the hands." Sden in the Countyl'apers Bees Parade Main Street A swarm of bees caused some ex- citeweent on Main Street Wednesday morning when' they paraded up the street. The bees, were flyin,g quite Iow, practically on the pavement, ancy, several pedestrians moved quickly out of their way. -,Just after they got past the post office they settled on the nniddle of the pavement and for a while cars and trucks' drove right. through •theft. Finally Mr. Pierce came to their rescue, and they were invited into a carton where, when we ;last saw them, they appeared quite; contented. Blyth Standard. "What time • "As useless as a June Bride's bud- get without an eraser," In Racing game Since 1899 Still are Turf Club Officers Of the nine men who formed the executive of the Seaforth Turf Club when it was first organized thirty- nine years ago, only two remain in Seaforth, says the Stratford Beacon - Herald in a recent issue. The pair, stij,l cronies and still in business with- in a block of each other, are J. M. Cardno and J. F, Daly. Oddly enough both of them are still members of the Turf Club executive after all these years. • - In 1899 and for several years Eol- lowir, Mr. Cardno was the president and Mr. Daly was a director. Now, two score years later, Mr. Daly is the pieslident and Mr. Cardn) a direc- ter. Both gentlemen took time off to recall the events leading up to the formation of the club just before the turn of the century. The original minutes book of the organization 're• poses in Mr, Daly's office and to leaf over its pages In to unfold, step by step, the birth and growth of the or- ganization. t was on the night of May 17th, 1899, that a handful of Seaforth men gathered first to discuss formation -of a•turf club and the building of a race Creek. The meeting place was the Commercial Hotel and the late Robt. Wilson acted as chairman. W. D. McLean, new in Western Canada, was the secretary. Nothing much was ac- complished that evening, but two nights later a second meeting e as held and at this gath,erine the deci- Mon to go ahead with the organiza• teen of the turf club was definitely reached. A committee, composed of Robert Wilson. Alex McLennan, W. H. Baker and Mr. Daly was appojnted to "so- licit., subscribers for the purchase of shares„ ,the money for dame' to be paid when -called for by • the direc- tors." A second committee, comm is - Ing M. Broderick, G. E. Henderson, W. K..Pedroe, Mr. Cardno and Mr, Daly was named to arrange the pur- chase of a piece of property trona E. C. Coleman. The land, 17 acres of it just outside the town limits, was sub- sequently bought. The actual organization of the Turf Club took place on the night of June 12, 1899, when the following officers were elected: - President, J. M. Card - no; vice-president, Abe Davidson; sec- retary, earetary, M. Broderick; treasurer, W. K. Pearce; directors, E;: C. Coleman, W. H. Baker, W. D. McLean, Robert Wilson and J. F. Daly. The club was incorporated with a capital stock of On July 14th the late John Rogers of Mitchell was engaged to survey the property bought from Mr. Cole- man and lay out a ,half -mile track, with a width of 45 feet and a home stretch of 75 feet, and with sufficient land on the west side to erect a grandstand and stables. The contract for building the track was given to° George Murray, who now resides in the West. Meetings were held frequently dur- ing the following inter, and on Jan- uary 20, 1900, the dates for the first race meet were selected. The days chosen were July 17th and. 18th, At the club's first annual meeting on February 5th the club's officers and directors were all re-elected with Mr. Cardno again president. On 'February 20th a committee was appointed to secure plans for a grand- stand and to obtain estimates and plans for fencing the new track and building the stables. On March 30th the Agricultural Society entered 'into an agreement with the Turf Club to lease the grands rid, stables and booth for their fall fair for two days each year for a term of 15 yeers.•Tlle rent was to be $75 per year. W. G. Broadfoot was president of the Agri- cultural Society at the time and Thos. E. Hays was the secretary. At, a meeting on May 3rd the con- tract for building the grandstand, judging stand and the stables was given to Joseph Keating for $835 and these were all in readli,ness when the first two-day meet was held le July, "That flits meet in 1900 was quite a big success," Mr. Daly recalled. "Four races were held each day and $1,750 was offered do purses We had big crowds 011 both days and the 33rd Huron Regiment Band of Seaforth was on hand to suppry• the music. From then on we held meets every year until 1915 when the war inter- fered with things and it was not un- til 1924 bhat they were revived when W. C. Govenlock was president of the club. New standee, were erected. that year because the original grand- stand was destroyed by fire in 1916. "Thee racing game fell on evil days again from 1930 to 1934, and for the second time it was revived In 1935. Since then the meets have been held each year on Dominion Day and in- terest in the harness horses seem to be coming back strong." Officers of the 'Seaforth Turf Club this year, who are responsible for the big meet staged Wednesday af- ternoon are: J. F. Daly, president; Dr. H. H. Ross, vice presidettlt', and R. B. Holmes, secretary -treasurer. it '1 li Will Rove To New Office The office of the Standard will be moved this week -end into the build- ing previously occupied by Mr. Fid - des' 5c to $1.00 store on Main Street_ —Blyth Standard. • Avonton Cleric Comes to Brussels Rev. Samuel Kerr, minister of the- Avonton Presbyterian Church for the past six, years, has accepted 'a call to become pastor of Melville, . Presbyterian Church at Brussels, ef- fective late in August, it was an- nounced recently.—Brussels Post, Large Crowd At Centralia The largest crowd that has galh• ered in the village since the Old Boys' • Reunion, attended the annual straw- berry festival held at Centralia Unit- ed Church on the evening of June 24. The ladies of the congregation serv- ed a generous' appetizing supper. This; was followed by a musical drama, , "The Desert Song," presented by Kirkton and Woodham talent. The characters, had been carefully choseu. and they performed their respective 44 'arts with the skill of long experienc- ed players. The evening came to as fitting conclusion when the play cast. led in singing the National Anthem. The net proceeds for the evening amounted to a little better than $90 Exeter Times -Advocate. Honored Before Leaving Before leaving for his new charge , at Thamesville several members of the congregation of the Main Street. United, Church met at the parsonage Monday evening and presented Rev. Mr. Elliott .with a purse of money with best wishes for every.success itt his new field of labor. Mrs. Elliott has been remembered by .the various women's organizations. n Wednes- day of last week the pupils of room., six of the public school held a so- cial evening at the school and in the• course of the program Betty Elliott was presented with a Kodak. A very jolly eveping was spent. Betty and Barbara were both presented with. autograph albums from their Sunday school classes and Allan with a scrap book. Baby Margaret Rose was pre-. sented with a life membership in the Baby Band by Mrs. W. J. Beer. -Exe- ter TimesrAdvocate. Hockey Coach Dies Suddenly News of the sudden death on Fri- day of Frank Carroll, one of Canada's best known sports gures, comes as a distinct shock. Frank Carroll, a stellar athlete in his younger days. was a versatile coaoh. A year aero last whiter he coached the local team in the O.H.A. — Wingham Advance. Times. Tali Fall Wheat • Mr. James Peacock, of the first lice of Morris, brought to our office on Tuesday a stalk of fall wheat mea- suring 5 feet 10 inches, and is on. display in our window.—Wingham Advance -Times. Ankle Broken At Dance Miss Edna Elliott, of the Wingham: Junction, had the misfortune to break both bones in her ankle at a dance last week. It is expected that it will be about two months before she will have the full use of the foot again,—Wingham Advance -Times, Supervisor At Huron Springs Miss Grace Mason has been engag- ed by Dr. A. Moir as supervisor of :hie sanatorium near Hensall. Miss Mason is a graduate of Alexandra hos- pital training school of ieursos.—Godo• rich Signal -Star. Home To Recuperate Jaek Allem, Goderich sailor who was: seriously scalded, a couple of weeks ago while. -working on the tanker Sim polite at Montreal, returned to Gode- rich on Tuesday to complete his r e- cuperation. Allem was scalded when a steam hose broke near trim, He spent two weeks in a hospital at Montreal.—Goderich Signal -Star. Obtains Position Miss Eleanor McKenzie deft last week foe Sudbury, ,where she has ob- tained, a position in the office of the Evans Lumber Company. — Clinton News -Record. Takes Over Hlcks House The oldest busineess in the town of Mitchell entered into new manage- ment on July let. Dalton: Davidson on that date took over ''from his father,' Robert Davidson, the manage- ment of the Hiclos, House. Known from one end of the country to the other as one of the beat small town hotels, it has gained its present prominence through having been un- der the best of management, And playing a prominent part in that rr'aWagemeet has been Mrs. Robert Davidson, who through the guidance of affairs relating to the nerving of meals, hose gained for the Hicks ,.louse a reputation for setting a good table that brings travellers to its board for miles out of their regular route. But two fatmilies, lave owned this hotel since its inception i.n. June, 1837. It was founded by the tate Jno.• (Continued on Paige 3) ttt t floc • < • n