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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1939-05-26, Page 217,iCliZr'inta:SVA Lvf;;•tionla nt,a f.0 IBM HURON EXPOSITOR • on Expositor Wished 060 Mahan ItItlean. Editor. bed at Seaford, Ontario, ev- 4 t e ursday afternoon by AleLean we can see, the only result has been --more Dandelions. 1 It really is too bad. If onlf the Pandelion was a flower instead of a weed. If only they were delicate and ban/ to raise, how we would apprec- iate their presence every spring. There really is nothing Ole matter with their appearance and their col- or is really rich and beautiful. But they are still Dandelions. But for all that they do add color and beauty to the landscape: View- ed from a distance, there is nothing prettier than a field of yellow Dan- delions.. If they would'only stay at a distance. If they would only stay in some- one else's field or some One else's gar- den, we would still call them beauti- ful But they won't, and we don't. There is always something to be thankful for. And we should be thankful that roses and tulips and violets and orchids don't keep push- ing themselves up through the grass and the fields unaided, the same as the Dandelions do, because they would just be weeds then, and we have far too many weeds as it is. tta '41.0 ?PA Toiscription rates, $1.50 a year uee; foreign, $2.00 a year. Single "Ocpah. PA, es, 4 cents eac EAFORTH, Friday:May, 26, 1939. The King and Queen in Canada Canadians are loyal, loyal to the core. Many tiliTIPS in the past, and in many ways, they have proven that loyalty. And to -day they are again giving wholehearted expression to their loyalty of Empire and love of their Sovereigns, who are now, for the first time in history, upon our shores. The visit of King George VI and his Queen, Elizabeth, has been eag- erly anticipated by Canadians in ev- ery walk of life. Many anticipated the opportunity and i?rivilege of see- ing them in person. Still more antici- pated the opportunity of hearing their voices over the air and follow- ing their progress across Canada, through the newspapers: Itwouldhave been so even had the King and Queen been anything but what they are. But what we have heard of them in the Old Land, we new realize to be true. And that truth has brought home to us a reuewed cause for our belief in loyalty and a renewed cause for our love of our rulers. Since the King and Queen stepped on Canadian soil at Quebec over a week ago, popular acclaim of them has grown in depth and volume day by clay. As Sovereigns the people of Quebec were prepared to pay thembomage, homage, but no one was prepared for the spontaneou,s depth and warmth of the welcome that welled from the people after they had seen the King and Queen in actual life and had been in actual contact with them. Montreal and the Capital City of Ottawa witnessed scenes over the week -end that will never be effaced Fn from the emory of the thousands upon thousands who witnessed them. In Toronto, on Monday, the deep en- thusiasm of the welcome was indes- cribable. Enthusiasm was expected and is understandable. But for the ever in- creasing depth of feeling that has followed every appearance of the King and Queen in Canada, there must be some distinct reason. And there is. It is the King and Queen themselves. Their humanity and personality; the quiet dignity of their bearing; their interest and the human touch they give to every ex- pression and every action. No words, perhaps, can express it more surely, simply and concisely than those used by the Prime Minis- ter of Canada, 'when at the close of his welcome to the Sovereigns at Quebec, he said: "-May I, in conclusion, be permitted to say that the warmth of the wel- come Your Majesties will everywhere receive is bound up in a very special way with the admiration that all Canadians feel for the qualities of heart and character which you pos- sess—for what you are in yourselves. In your daily lives we see exemplified the things we value most—faith in God, concern for human well-being, consecration to the public service, de- light in the simple joys of home and family life. Greater than our sense of the splendor of your State is our affection for two young people Who bear, in so high a spirit, a responsi- bility unparalleled in the world." We had been told these things, and in a sense we believed them. Now Canadians know they are true. And the knowledge has inspired and lift- ed us as nothing else co-uld have dcme. We have seen the King and Queen, and we know them for what they are, and for what they stand. • Dandelion Time The annual Dandelion battle is on. Everywhere you see enthusiastic and particular horticulturalists hoeing, .digging, salting and assaulting the &Mellon. kut What is the use? This battle _•t,been fciukht annually for years, bapS for centuries, and as far as • The Prince Edward Island Election The provincial elections in Prince Edward Island are over and the Lib- eral Government, h.as been sustained, although with a reduced majority of five. It would, indeed, have been a very odd thing if the government had been able to maintain its former ma- ' jority, as the government in the last Legislature controlled every seat in the HoUse. There is also a striking feature about the recent election. For the first time in twenty-four years a Lib- eral administration was gaieiven its second successive term by the elec- torate of the Island. Hitherto, since 1915, it had been traditional that Conservatives and Liberals alternat- ed at the head of the Government, after each general election. Politicians, no doubt, will see other things happening as the result of the Prince Edward Island elections, but to the every day man on the street, if he thought of it at all, the Island election was just another election. • We Are Glad We Live Here The strawberry season will soon be with us, so we are mighty glad we live in Canada instead of some other countries.' Take Germany, for instance. Ger- many will have its strawberries, of course, but Germany will have them without cream. The Agricultural Ministry in that country has ruled that all cream must continue to be used to manu- facture butter. And when the Ger- man government makes a ruling— well, that ruling stick :3 or else. Strawberries by themselves are very good, of course, but strawber- ries with cream are very much bet- ter. So we are very glad we are spending the strawberry season in Canada and not in Germany. And there is another reason we are glad too. Even when all the cream in that country is used for the manufacture of butter, that does not mean much from the consumer's standpoint. It just means that the Government allowance for butter for the people of Berlin is one-third of a pound per person per week. And here in Canada the Govern- ment is actually giving butter away because they can not sell it all. So all in all, we think we will stay at home this summer. WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY: From Canada's Good Earth (Ottawa Joarnal) Rough on peseta/let are facts brought out about Canada's mines by the Toront9 FinancialPot. Poet, Thus: 1. In 1938 production—gold, copper, lead, zinc, Make} and other metals, ---totalled $222 2. In the Past year 38 new mines went into production, bringing the total of Canadian pro- dueers to 165. 3. In wages Canadian mines are now paying out around, $72 millions per year, paying/ sick - n, accident and other forms of welfare/ coats to 55,000 workers in the induatry, aeh 4. For mines, supplies, freight, inSurance, power, ete., mines111 paid out $100 ,1 Ibri ea tve. year; paid $15 milliors to railways: alone; $1.). mallow to powet companies. Over $75 millions Were event with Canadian busineso 5. lit dividends, mines paid last year $98 mil - hone, he one, a return of about 15 pen cent. of testi mated capital in the industry,' It le a tremendous achievement; a Silencing repartee Upon tbie en)alters Who talk abort Can- ada "gang broke," From Th F Human Expositor allay 29 4914 Bar. Richard laenbett. of Gerrie, has Presented Rev. Vet IL Roberts, Rector of that parish, with a handsome new antoseated bugga- Mr. 3. R. Hunter, organist and choir leader n Knox Church., Goderich, has accepted a similar pas -Scion ba St John's Presbyterian Church, Rama- WEL Mr. R. a Ruznhall, of Clinton, LISS passed his final law examsnation at Oegoode Pell, Toronto. The laying of the cornerstone o the new Presbyterian Church in Brus- sels on Monday marks another per- iod in the successful history of tbst active and worthy cangregation_ Mr. and Mrs_ Thorne Elder, who for a loing $ire avere residents of Titekersisaith, have moved to Seaforta David Stewart, tripped while roller Miss Erie Stewart, daughter of Mr. skating last week.and broke her arm Miss Bessie McMichael has accept- ed the p,osition of stenographer at the Ogilvie Mina On Monday as dr. Lorne Weir was returning from Mitchell in his auto, he had a head-on calla's:ion with Mr. Hatioishrea, of Waiters No person was injured_ - There was an immense crowd of people in Mitchell on Monday, prob- ably the largest. in years. Hydro -Electric power was turned first time in Clinton on Wednesday of last week_ Three mo- -sideboard in the kitchen. Not trust - tors are insta.11eti, two of them tea horsepower each run the deep wells and one of 35 horsepower to 'ran the • Phil Osifer of Lazy Meadows : • (By Harry J. Beale) "SPECIAL FRUIT" There is nothing new in the state- ment,, 'My how the world changes. - from the cellar a give him a nappy I. did have the truth of that state-, hat On those occasioas we had to ment brought to nay fathd rather wait. for our meal until the others forcably today, ,lhowever, when 1 was' were flambe& From our antage going down to the villa,ge. Mrs. Phil Waal me on the way al) the way that looked in over the dining.- point oa the banister of the hall stair - lane. Vth Itrustructi°ns to brr-Lt; room we would watch carefully to see home a ease of piaeapples. Yes, a how the pineapples were coming whole case of them . . eighteen aloag. Mother would keep her eyes glued on the visitor, and when he tasted the first spoonful and said; "My, those are simply delicious," she would beam with pleasure. If he took a second helping, we would feel our hearts turning cold with apprehension. Will there beany left? Dad would eat. his up and time after time, I would see Seim turn as if to ask Mother for more and then seeing three round, anxious faces peering in at him, stop and di- rect someaenuark to the visitor. Those "WINPINNINflial• ,7,1170,0 , NAY 2%1939: such loc-al aoteable rating something special. Beanting with pride Mother would bring onedpf the pint sealers in all! As the car chugged along to the village, 1 kept. ;clanking about those pineapples. I remember as a what an event the purchase of three or fear of them would be. Mother would wait enviously, until such time as she believed the fruit to be at its best Then out of a small hoard of nickels and dimes saved f1-0111 the cream money, she would buy the pines. How aeligtiously she ,guarded them! They were cut up in small were the tights too, When they seern- dices and one slice was kept for the boys. It was cut up in the required ed to never leave the table to go in the front sitting roam. number of pieces and that was our share of. the spoil. How delictous Just as soon as thstarted to say e), grace we wouldduck back out to the they were, and we knew that they were just the proper kind because kitchen, and poise ready to dash in Mother had pulled at the leaves, and eat our meal. How we hurried with that meal! And then Mother, or feathers as we called them, in having eeen the visitor and Father the store, to pick the ones that were safely off on a discussion of polities ripe enough. or religion or the weather, would With a syrup, of sugar and water come back out to dole out the re• they were boiled and eooked enough_ mainder of the pineapples to us. Wbat Then in small pint jars, they were a grand feeling it was tohave pine - preserved and allowed to stand for apples for dessert? several days upside down on the Sometimes the loWly rhubarb was dressed up with pineapples, just to ing anyone but herself with such a make them last longer. But they new - precious load, she walla} wipe them er could compare with pineapples off socarefully. . . and then set alone. And how the scene changes! for a last admiring glance 'before Now it's a case of pineapples, and all they were taken off to the dim re- the old fascination seems to have cesses of the fruit cellar. Even in gone from them. But still, when Mrs. the cellar they were bid away be- Phil asks .me 'sometimes if I would hind caber empty sealers . . . or like pineapples for dessert, I forget peeked away in a special box by myself and says . . . "Oh, you bet - themselves. ter save them." I forget that we Pineapples wen' the prime delicacy canned a case of them, in place of of the Osifer home. About the time three or four that had been carefully when we had almost forgetten them, doled out on state occasions for a the clergyman would come or some whole winter. are pnmps. A disastrous fire occurred en Wed- nesday at noon when the residence on the farm of Mr. W. Wheatley, of Clinto,n, was burned to the ground. The dwelling was occupied by Fred Howard and it is supposed that the fire started from an overheated stove. While going from. Elensall to St Peter's Church, Sanble Line, Mrs. Wil limns met with an aceident as she was passing the residence of Mr. An- drew alittenhaltz, of Zurich. The horse stumbled and fell, breakiag the shafts of the buggy and throwia,g aeranfant baby from her lap. When the baby left the rig, the robe was carried with it and it formed a sort of net an which the °laid was sus tended between the wheel and the box of the buggy. Mr. H. &Asian. ef- aleasall, is pre- paring to build a very fine baria to take the place of the one that. was destroyed by fire last summer. The animal game on the , bowling green between the President and the Vice -President was the event of the day on May 240_ On this occasion Mr. John Shine vanquished the 107C- eal of Colt Alex. The death occurred of Mr. James McQuaid, of McKillop, and a -as learn ed with regret by a large number of friends. Miss Florence Fowler, only daugh ter of Mr. Joseph Ftevier, has return ed from a seven months' trip to the ceast. She sp-ent the winter months in Cali fonai a. From The Huron Expositor May 3 t; 1889 One day last week Messrs. McLean of Goderich shipped a number of fine cattle from Clinton station. The fol lowing are the names of those who fed some of the cattle: Thomas Mc Kay, Staii05: J. Murdock. Stanley; James Fair, Clinton; C. Peacock. Hul lett; Mr. Iiurphy, Hullett; J. White Tuckersmith; J. Caldwell. Mullett:, A Taylor, Hullett; R. Cole, Hullett; Izzard, Goderich, and R. Marshall Goderich Twp. A football match was played on the recreation grounds on the morning of the 24th of May, between Gak and Seaforta. There was a large crowd, many of whorci were ladies. The fol lowing composed the Seaforth team: Langford, goal; Willis and Me - Don a Id • bae ks; Henderson, Torrance and D. McDanald, half backs; Fairley, Stevens, Smith and Dallas forwards. 'The Seaforth Band has engaged Mr. J. Jones, late of Brussels, as leader and inStructic•r. Messrs. Scott Bros., of the Seaforth Musical I n &tot; men t Ent -pert -tam, sold and delivered three handsome organs in one day this week. Mr. Joseph Ryan. son of Mr. Tim- othy Ryan, of McKillop, has complet- ed a very Ftlef'essfu) course at the Guelph Commercial College. Miss Anne Pella Graham, daughter of Rev. Mr. Graham, has, passed a very successful examination at, the Termite Conservatory of Music, where she was a student for the past year. Mr. James Lemma left here on Wednesday for Toronto. We under- stand he enters one orahe leading law firms to further fit himself ,for the profession. Mr. Alex, McIteath, of Stanley Tan., moved a barn for Mr. William Day- rnan recently a distance of 90 rods in the short spaee of five hours. IVIa. William Robert, Of the and con- cession of Tuekeremith, possesses quite a curiosity in) the shape of a table from the legs, of which several sprouts are isming, some to the length of two Mabee. The Queen's, Birtaday dawned bright and fair and the morning gave premise of gensine Queen's wea- ther. At an early hour flags °anted be seen flying frona several private residences and business place. Mr. Robert Elliott, Jr, on Of Mr. Robert Fulton., late of Seaforth, and Mr. D. Bueliarta,n, son or Mr. William Buchanan, of Hay, have passed their first year'e eiamination at the On- tario Agricultural College with mark- ed success,. The following are the names of those from, this county Who passed their primary examinationa at the College of Physicians and Surgeons., Toronto: M. A. Airmstrong, Bruce - field; Danby and C MackaY, Sea, forth; it, Rneehtel, BrustWis; G, MC - Kenzie, Wingbam, ,and VI, A. Vint - Rams, Clinton, . , • • . ssa URBAN GROWTH IN OTHER GOUNTRIES—I The growth of urban communities • is necessarily limited by the continu- ous secure food supply available for consumption on a limited,' area of ground. This in *urn is dependent upon three factone—the degree of ski/1 which has beemattained in a,gra cultural production, the stage of de- Ye/apnea of transportation facilities, and then maintenance of law and or- der requisite for the cafe transport of food supplies from the country to • the city as well as of the goods pro- duced in the city and exchanged for food. Thus a certain degree of civil- ization and coatroi over the powers of nature, and a settled government, are prerequisites of the growth of cit- ies. Where these cease to exist, cit- ies decline and are eveatually lost and forgotten, as in India, Persia and Yucatan Without delving too deeply into past history, we may note that in ancient and mediaeval times men gen- erally lived close tagetber for pur- poses of protection and defence. The ancient city was usually a walled town, whose indialatants in time of peace cutivated the land outside the city wane, or drove their flocks and herds to pasture in the valleys of the neighboring streams. As a further means of defence, the ancient city was usually "set upon an hill" or at least had ite central citadel upon a hill, like the Aeiepulis of Athens or the Capitelite Hill at Rome. The growth of aut.% cities was -con- d4tioned by their facilities for import- ing food or producing it nearby. Far the great Athens of the fifth century before Christ, the primary necessi- ties of existence were the Athenian navy, wthich protected the supply of sea -borne grain, and the Long Walls. which connected the city with its port (the Peiraus) and which were impreg- nable to he Greek artillery of those days; therefore, when the Athenian ruav-y was defeated in the Peloponne- sian War, Athens surrendered as a matter of discretion, because she. could to longer import food. aintilarly, in the first century be- fore Christ, the very existence cf Rome as a powerful city was threat- ened by the pirates who infested. the Mediterranean and obstructed the shipment of food supplies from Afri- ca, so that in order to overcome, the pirates Rome was obliged to hand ov- er enormous powers of an unprece- • dented character to Pompey the Great; the result was that soon after the pirates were ex-tirpated the rather disorderly Republic became the Ro- man Empire. In additioa to Rome it- eelf, Antiooh, Alexandria and ..subse- quently Conaarntinople grew in t he flourishing days of the Roman. Empire to be comparable to any of the great cities that have existed in the modern world prior to the nineteenth century. JUST A SMILE OR TWO A furniture store was featuring a new type of mattress, which was prominently displayed oa a bed in the front show window. To give the display a realistic touch, the store ad- vertised for a man to simulate sleep on the mattress in front of the pub- lic. 'The first applicant was a lazy look- ing chap. He yawned as the employ- ment manager recited the duties. "We're looking for a man to dem- onstrate the restful qualities of our new mattress," related the manager. "All you have to do is lie in bed on the mattress and pretend 3-ou're sleep ing soundly The applicant nodded. -you sleep on the bed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m." continued the manager. The applicant stuck out his chin. ''Say those are long hours,' he ob- jetted. "How about a rest period in bet w e en 1" • Several university presidents were dtscussing what they would do after they retired. What would they be fit for? was the question. "Well." said one of them, "I don't know that I'd be fit for anything, but I know what I'd like to do. I'd like to be head of an orphan asYluin—so I'd never get any letters from par- ents." "I've a much better ambition," ex- claimed another. "I want to be head of a prison,. The alumni never come back to visit." • At two o'clock in the morning a certain lady telephoned the president of a large department store. After much ringing. the mogul ansa-ered with a sleepy and gruff "Hello!" "This is Mrs. Soandso," said our lady friend in a syrupy voice; "I just codldna help calling you personally to tell you that the hat I bought at your store last week is simply atun- ning. I've been trying it on, and don't know when I've liked anything so Inuelt" "That's all very nice," yawned the president, shut would you mind tell- ing me. Madam, why you call me this hour of the night about a hat you bought last week?" "Because," she replied politely, "your. truck just delivered it." Seaforth AnIxamp e • • • • Of Farming Change •• (Peterborough Examiner) Dominion eot-ernment nor the Red Without eeeltieg 10 rc,arh down too Cross nor any other agency had any - far into Sawa,: tassible 10 fit/a thing to do with it as every farmer nom -thing to rand' -r'- over ir, events then was pretty much attending to which are recorded in the news of his own affairs, and at that time a the day. We entices one short report farmer on reaching the age when he front Seaforth sarins Mat at the imam felt be should quit his active life ing of the Tov.'r2 Ceuntai plans could anticipate being able to dispose been made for dealing with the Red of his property and holdings and he Cross arrd the Sets -mica] Army for dis- probably could move "into Seaforth tributing butter which would be made and retire. available through the efforts of the Possibly there are a number of Dominion government. in seeking to things which we do in a better and get rid of some of the surplus supply more scientific way tefrclay and mak- in the Dominions. If it is given to ing, butter is one of them, But sea families on relief, then it will mean dem does a farmer retire today and hitter will not have to be purchased we have so much butter in the land for a time for such families and that that we roust give some millions of should cause a slight reduction in re- pounds away in the hope of in,creas- lief costa. 1 ing the price which farmers will re - But apart from that the situation ceive for butter fat. is strange because it is so unlike the And it is in this distribution that situation which used to exist in and Seaforth is planning to share 'and around Seaforth. Seaforth is located in a splen,dal agri- Seaforth is a town of some 1,706 in cultural community. What is going Huron `County; by the 1911 census it on in Seaforth will be taking place had a population of some 2,000. But elsewhere and we used Seaforth as an it is still a good substantial place, a example because it happened to be shopping centre which serves a splen- mentioned in a news report. Of course did agricultural district in what was some of the families in town will at one time Canada Company land. benefit, but the real problem is out For years people living in that dis- in the country from which the cream tract watild take their butter to the crines to make the butter. And part stores in Seaforth; the farmers would of the mire consists in turning the then make it on their own premises output of the dairy herd toward the and, attend to the selling of it or trad- cheese factory in the May-to-Ootober ing it out for tbe goods ,they might season instead of sending everything need from the artores. Neither the to the creamery. "Marie Celeste" Is • • • Enigma of the Seas • The story of the "Marie Celeste" is a tale that has been told not may Where mariners gather, but through- out the length and breadth of the larsd. It has achieved immortality as one of the most intriguing of deep sea mysherries. It was net until 1840 the hazard of land travel baying been. lessened by the building of bridges and tbe estab- lieliment of stage coast, reutea, that Par:rebore Township was re/dolled from Kings County, ;i -'5 . „ Seen in the County Papers Crushing Contract Let At a special mxeting of Hullett council on Tuesday night of last week at which tenders far crushing gravel were (melted George F. Elliott, of Clinton. tendered successfully for the job. There were five tenders receiv- ed by the Clerk. Only other business of the meeting was the taking out of insurance an all township employees. the insurance being taken wita Lloyd's, of London.—Blyth Standard. Organist Engaged Mr. Harold Victor.- Pym, A.T.C.M.. of Listowel, has been engaged as or- ganist and choir leader of St. An- drew's Presbyterian Church, and offi- cially takes over his duties on Sunday. next. Mr. Pym was' present on San - day and at the conclusion ofsthe even- ing service presented an organ reci- tal. Mr. Pym has a wide experience having been organist at Listowel and St. Marys and for six years was or- ganist in Loew's Theatre, Toronto. The organ of the church has just been ovenhauled and repaired and is now in excellent condition.—Wingham Ad- vn.nce-Times. Smoke Caused a Haze On Wednesday and Thursday week the sky was overcast by smote or dust. It is believed that this con- dition waiscdipe to bush fires that have been raging in Northern Michigan. lit the spring of 1881 smoke and ashes from Miohigan fires overcast the sky to such an extent that it was almost. like night and people found it necea- sary to light lamps. Of course last week was nothing to compare with the dark day of 1881, but many old- timers have stince spoken of that dark day.—WinAdvance-Times. 'Secured Position in New York Mr. Carman' Hetherington, who +has completed his third year at the On- tario Veterinary College, Guelph, left on Saturday for New York where he has secured a position for the gum - mer in a Veterinary Hospital.—Wing- ham Advance -Times. More Honors For Goderich Boy True. the, trawler of the Parrsboro . De, Not -man S. Intiehana.n, eon of 15 Wells Street, Toronto, formerly Of Godench, who is arteistant professor of economics in the University of Cal- ifornia, had been avra.nied a fellow- ship by the Social Science Research Council, Rockefeller Foun,d,ation, en- abling him to spend a year abaaati in vessels of the Parrsboro shore areas study. Dr. Buoharian, who has, had a well kiloWn locarly as were those t, brilliant seholastic career, Is a native of Canning, Kingspont and Scott's ef Goderica, thollgth Most of his boy- ashood was spent in Thronto. Both his > . (00114,12taea on page 6) . (Continued on Page 3) Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Buchanan, of shore had taken place 21 years before the Maxie Celeste", christened the "Amazon!' came from the ways of the Sthiayards of Joshua Dewis at Spen- cer's Ielands—the firat vessel to ..be launched at this place. But the friend- ly intercourse of years was not sev- ered by changed boundaries ;and the •, .r. 4 • • 0